It’s not the 120th Angel Gate, it’s the Cheon Yang Gate.
Ian sent me a message.
-What should I do?
-I’m going to buy you a drink, so do whatever you want.
I was going to watch to see how she would cope.
– This is the first time in my life that something like this has happened.
―It’s my first time watching it from the side.
-Are you really doing whatever you want with me?
-sun.
-I really do.
The Bicheon Sword Technique is good, and the Imdok Yangmaek method is good, but the most important weapon to protect her is experience.
The man introduced himself.
“My name is Goksa, the head of Cheonyangmun.”
She was adorned with expensive silk clothes, wrists, and fingers, and all sorts of expensive jewels. Even her fan was set with gorgeous jewels.
“Have you heard of the text?”
“No. I’m just not very knowledgeable, so I didn’t hear about it. Sorry.”
“No, it could be.”
In fact, Cheon Yang Moon was a fairly well-known sect in the area.
Just by looking at my appearance, I was the type of person who would ask where my family came from, so I lost my greatest weapon because she didn’t know about it.
“How is your status as a monk, my lady?”
“You probably don’t know about this sect, it’s a nameless sect in a remote countryside.”
“Then please tell me your name.”
“It’s a lie.”
I answered like that because I was reminded of the white mask. The goksa was a little embarrassed by the strange name Baekmyeon, but soon smiled and said.
“Okay, Miss Baekmyeon. Shall we move to a different seat and talk?”
“That’s a bit difficult. We’re in the middle of a conversation right now.”
Only then did the narrator look at me. He was the one who had never even glanced at me since he had sat down.
“Who is Sohyeop?”
While Ian hesitated about what to say, I answered first.
“This is the escort of the white-faced lady.”
For a moment, the sergeant’s expression slightly frowned. It meant that he was asking why the escort was wearing a hat, but with this one reaction, he could tell who he was.
I sent a message to Ian.
―I’ll be your escort for today. You’ve been my escort your whole life, so why not just one day? Enjoy it. This isn’t an opportunity that comes often.
-I really enjoy it.
The narrator said to Ian.
“I see you are close with your escort.”
Ian looked at me and said with a playful look in his eyes.
“Even though I tell him to live his own life, he won’t leave me.”
The gong master glared at me. His eyes were like this. Since your master is beautiful, aren’t you trying to get close to her and try to get her to do something?
“I wonder what you want to talk about with your escort.”
“We talk about all kinds of things.”
“If I may give you one piece of advice, it would be to keep your distance from escorts.”
Ian answered the song’s words.
“Building affection for an escort is like earning points for them to die in my place, right?”
I laughed to myself. Now she was just repeating back to me everything I had said before.
The narrator said with an expression as if to say, “What kind of nonsense is that?”
“That’s not it.”
“Then why?”
“If you give your subordinates a chance, they’ll start thinking about something else. It’s not good for them either.”
He had a serious expression on his face, but what kind of life experience could he have with all that jewelry on? I could sense that he was just putting on airs to look cool in front of women.
“Cute.”
“Huh? Oh, that’s right. Sometimes I find it cute when I see my subordinates harboring other people’s thoughts.”
“No, I think the song is cute.”
The narrator was momentarily taken aback. It seemed he had no idea that someone could say something cute so openly.
“Okay, buy me a drink. Go to the most expensive bar in town and buy me the most expensive drink.”
Ian stood up from his seat.
“Why? Did you change your mind when I asked you to buy expensive alcohol?”
“How could that be? Let’s go.”
We left the bar. Ian was acting differently than I expected. I didn’t know she would be so willing to let me have a drink.
After a while we found ourselves in a special room in the most expensive tavern in town.
“Song So-hyeop. Since we’re going to play, let’s invite all our friends. Invite all the guys and girls and let’s play together. Why? Don’t you have any friends?”
The singer’s face turned slightly red.
“In the world of martial arts, the only person you can trust is yourself.”
It seems like he was taught this way from a young age. Not to trust anyone.
“I guess you don’t have any friends. Then I guess I’ll have to be your friend for our lonely song.”
Ian was leading this place, which could have been infinitely gloomy, with his own unique cheerfulness. The atmosphere was infinitely brighter, and she seemed to be genuinely enjoying this place. It felt like this.
Want to drink? Okay, what can’t we drink? Since we’re having fun, let’s have fun!
In the meantime, a feast was prepared. As you can see from the way it was prepared, all he had was money, and that was his martial arts skills.
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“This liquor costs more than fifty nyang per bottle.”
Ian was taken aback by the bluff of the song.
“This is my first time drinking such expensive alcohol! Here, I will drink gratefully. Oh, and I will give a drink to my escort too.”
Ian poured him a drink without waiting for an answer.
“Sword Guard, have a drink. It’s a very expensive drink, so don’t waste any.”
“Before that, let me do a quick check.”
I took out the silver needle and inspected the alcohol and food one by one. Of course, the goksa made all sorts of impressions, but Ian smiled and said to him.
“Gok So-hyeop, you wouldn’t be playing with food or anything like that, would you? You’d get in trouble! You’d really get in trouble.”
“How dare you report me! Even if I didn’t do that, the women would have lined up.”
Then Ian laughed bashfully. It was a charming laugh that even appeased the hearts of his enemies.
“I knew it. Okay, let’s have a drink.”
The three of us toasted. Ian expressed regret as he emptied his glass.
“It’s a shame to keep such good alcohol to ourselves. There are guards outside!”
This time she called the escorts outside. Four escorts entered the room.
“Gok So-hyeop, do you want to drink with them too?”
The singer immediately made a displeased expression.
One of your escorts stepped forward.
“We are fine. We must protect you, my lord.”
Ian told him.
“Was the young master really being protected out there?”
The escort driver remained silent at the meaningful words. Up until now, he had only been guarding the drinking parties of a scoundrel who used money to seduce women.
Soon Ian gently persuaded the sage.
“Gok So-hyeop, don’t put too much meaning into this. We’re just having a drink together. Come on, sit down.”
The escorts watched the cavalryman’s every move.
When Ian looked slightly disappointed, the goksa couldn’t hold out any longer. The goksa nodded and the four of them sat down.
“Come on, each of you have a drink.”
She poured them drinks. Maybe Ian felt affection for them. They were fellow escorts.
“Come on, let’s all have a drink!”
She raised her glass and we toasted.
“Wow, the alcohol tastes good. Gok So-hyeop, please order more alcohol! Oh, isn’t it too expensive?”
“What are you talking about! Do as much as you want.”
Beauty was overwhelming everything.
Add Ian’s signature cheerfulness and liveliness to it, and nothing could stop her.
I never imagined that this kind of atmosphere would be created with these people.
She was straightforward. She had no prejudices against others, so no one felt emotionally uncomfortable.
I could tell that it wasn’t just because I was there.
It was again due to her confidence in her abilities. The knowledge of the Imdokyangmaek would have given her even more confidence.
We drank and talked about all sorts of things. The escorts, who had been extremely reserved at first, began answering questions one by one, and even things they had not known before were revealed.
“You had a son ten days ago? Oh, congratulations!”
Ian didn’t ask for details he obviously didn’t know. Instead, he set the tone for everyone.
“Now, here goes our Confucius a gift! A gift! A gift!”
I admired her. She congratulated me without making me feel bad. Honestly, at that moment, I thought to myself, she’s better than me.
The goksa had never given gifts to his escorts before, so he didn’t know what to do.
Ian spoke to him calmly.
“There are people I know who like to draw lines.”
She picked up her chopsticks, dipped them in alcohol, and drew a line on the table.
“This is where you are hired, and this is the end. If you come all the way here, you can die for your employer. Going all the way? It’s not easy. But the escorts want it. The relationship between themselves and the person they are protecting comes to an end. Even if it’s the line where they die. That’s what the escorts here are all about.”
Her calm words made the four escorts slightly excited. Those words were also spoken to me. That I was like that.
“You know a lot about escort drones.”
A question came out of the mouth of one of the escorts.
“I experienced it when I was young.”
At that moment, the sergeant glared at the escort. His eyes were asking where he was coming from. The escort who had stepped forward shrank back and lowered his head.
Ian spoke softly to the singer.
“If you look at people with those eyes, the line goes in the opposite direction.”
“I don’t believe that someone could purely give up their life for someone else. Do you believe that, young lady?”
Ian nodded and held out his glass.
“Trust the Song So-hyeop once.”
“If you believe me, you will get hit in the back of the head.”
“If you don’t believe it, does that mean it’s not true?”
“!”
“We often associate betrayal with trust. But that’s only from the perspective of the person being betrayed. I trusted you this much, and you betrayed me! But the betrayer doesn’t betray because the other person doesn’t trust them, right? Most of the time, it’s for other reasons, right? Money, power, or their own personal reasons. I’ve never seen a case where someone says, “My master betrayed me because he didn’t trust me.” That’s an excuse they make up later. They betrayed me because they didn’t trust me. So you’re saying that I can trust you! Betrayal is a separate thing anyway!”
“That’s sophistry!”
“Let’s have a drink for today’s nonsense!”
The singer couldn’t refuse the glass of wine that Ian offered him.
He was drunk, but Ian was pretending to be.
I saw her occasionally releasing alcoholic fumes through her fingertips. She was careful, even though she seemed to be having a wild time. Perfect, Ian!
-When did you learn how to emit a cycle?
―I learned it when I was young. It’s just that I haven’t been able to do it until now because I don’t have the skills. Ah, what a waste. This expensive alcohol!
She cried out, remembering it too late.
“Oh, that’s right. Baby gift! Gift! Give me a gift!”
As she shouted in excitement, the singer took out a pouch from his bosom.
“A lot! A lot! A lot!”
Eventually, a fairly large sum of money came out of the pocket.
“it’s okay.”
“Take it. At least buy some clothes for the baby.”
“thank you.”
Ian gave him a thumbs up.
“Song So-hyeop! It’s cool!”
“It’s nothing.”
The singer’s face turned red for no reason.
Thanks to that, the atmosphere got better, and we drank all night. It was our first time meeting, but we talked about many things. It was also the first time for the sergeant and his escorts to have a drink together.
With Ian leading the mood, everyone got caught up in the fun of drinking like a drizzle. We drank all night long, talking about all sorts of trivial things. We talked about martial arts, about making money, and about our families.
Ian, who led the party, treated everyone with sincerity, so everyone unconsciously showed their sincerity. We drank so happily that it was regrettable to part ways.
“Gok So-hyeop, next time you come to this town, you should look for Cheonsamun first.”
“It’s not the Angel Gate, it’s the Cheonyang Gate.”
“Ah, our Cheon Yang Moon’s song So Hyup. I definitely remembered it. Song So Hyup, from today on, we’re drinking buddies.”
From today, the words drinking buddy could not hide his joy. Maybe when he first approached me today, he started with the intention of sleeping with Ian somehow. But now, he was touched by the words drinking buddy.
“And until I see you again, don’t go around flirting with any women! And practice martial arts. I’ll see you again when I look cool. Got it?”
“Okay.”
Surprisingly, the narrator nodded. Although he didn’t know, it seemed like things would change starting today. He even gave me some pocket money.
“Take good care of the young lady.”
“thank you.”
Oh, the sitter wouldn’t know. How much I admire her right now, at this moment. It wasn’t the sitter, but Ian. She made five men fall for her charm in one night. Honestly, six. Because I really admired her too.
So we left that place. The guards and the drones watching us from afar were sad to say goodbye.
“Actually, I was worried about you at first.”
“Me? Why?”
“I’m afraid of being deceived and manipulated by men. I’m afraid of getting excited and causing trouble. I’m afraid of being disappointed and hurt by men.”
When they first showed up, I thought they would eventually explode, or they would just keep making more noise and die.
But it ended in a situation I never expected. Would the story change like that if I were to be taken to the Hwangcheon Pavilion, scared, and beaten? It felt like the sunlight had taken off the outer garment that the wind couldn’t take off.
“But?”
“Now I have the exact opposite worry.”
“What are you worried about?”
“I’m worried about the men. If I send you out, all the men in the martial arts world will be ruined. You’ll squander your fortune, become obsessed with training to show off your strength, and get lovesick.”
Ian laughed out loud.
“You know how many tails I have?”
When I saw her today, I thought that I absolutely had to make her master the Bicheon Sword Technique. The stronger she becomes, the more attractive she will become.
“Where do we go now?”
“If I meet a guy like Goksa, I’ll hang out with him again, buy him some delicious food, and enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way. And I’ll also go see a wedding.”
“Who’s getting married?”
“There is a wedding that I am contemplating whether to hold or not.”
“Why are you stopping someone else’s wedding?”
“yes?”
“That would be fun! I’ve never been to a proper wedding before!”
She ran forward excitedly.
I slowly became absorbed into the painting, thinking that the sight of her running toward the rising sun in the distance was like a painting.
