Episode 199 Do I look like someone who would have something taken away from me?
Go-wol, who was sitting at his desk reading documents, asked with his eyes still looking down.
“Hey, pastor, are you having any worries these days?”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church was leaning against the window and looking outside.
“What are you worried about? Why all of a sudden?”
The two were busy moving around the Central Plains, creating an information organization. Go-wol was always busy, and the leader of the Fengtian sect was relatively free as he was acting as a guard and assistant.
“I thought you had some worries.”
“Where can you find a life as leisurely as mine? No worries.”
“People who are originally busy don’t have any worries.”
“I told you there isn’t any.”
At the firm answer, Go-wol looked up from his documents and looked at the leader of the Fengchun sect. Of course not. The leader of the Fengchun sect, who was looking out the window, was clearly depressed and seemed to be worried about something these days.
“it’s hard?”
“It’s hard.”
“I’m having a hard time.”
At Gowul’s words, the leader of the Fengchun sect looked back at him. Gowul added as if he was sincere.
“It’s hard. I wouldn’t have been able to endure it if the leader hadn’t been there to help me.”
“So who works so hard? Since when did you become so loyal?”
“Should I just do it roughly from now on?”
“You’re going to do a rough job.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church turned his head out the window again.
“It’s hard, that’s what a leader who is about to die would say. That’s not like a leader.”
“What is it about me? No. You’re just going to keep saying things that ignore me. Stop it!”
It’s not like Gowol wouldn’t do it though.
“A person who looks petty on the outside but has a heart as big as the ocean on the inside, a person who seems to live roughly but has a big picture in his heart. A person who grumbles but is deep on the inside. This kind of person is a religious leader.”
“Huh! You’re saying the opposite? That I’m petty, living a rough life, and complaining?”
“And the one who is more perceptive than anyone else!”
The leader of the Fengchun sect made a face like that. If it were normal, all sorts of things would have poured out. The leader of the Fengchun sect still had his eyes looking out the window. Go-wol got up from his chair and walked forward.
“Are you feeling homesick?”
“I’m talking about homesickness, but this time I definitely realized that I’m not a person who likes my hometown. I don’t miss my hometown at all. I don’t even want to go back. I think I’ll go once before I die, but I don’t think I’ll ever go again.”
“It’s not homesickness. Then what could it be?”
The leader of the Pungcheon cult trembled. It seemed like he had something to say, but the leader of the Pungcheon cult changed the subject.
“Why isn’t the engineer here? Did he contact you properly?”
“Are you busy?”
“I’m busy. We’re just being pushed down the priority list. I’ve done everything I can, and then, huh? That chain sent me a message to meet you. Should I meet you sometime? Or not?”
“If that’s the case, aren’t we investing too much money in those shackles?”
A huge amount of money was being invested in this project. The information network had not yet been fully established throughout the Central Plains, and funds were running out.
“I guess money is rotting away.”
“Cultist. Why are you angry? Are you depressed because you can’t lose weight?”
“Huh! If you put your mind to it, you can lose it all in a month.”
“Didn’t you say that a month ago?”
“When you get older and lose weight, you look like no one is there.”
“The leader looks too much.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect turned around with a frown and pretended that Go-wol was joking.
“What are you worried about?”
After a moment, the leader of the Pungcheon Church spoke.
“If I tell you why, you’ll tease me again, right?”
“Listen.”
“I never said I wouldn’t tease you.”
Finally, the leader of the Pungcheon sect brought up the story.
“Do you remember Seok-chung that we met a while ago?”
“I don’t remember.”
The process of establishing an information organization in the Central Plains was really a lot of work. I had to meet a lot of people. And then I met people like Seok-chung.
“That guy, he spoke badly to me that day and was rude to me.”
Go-wol nodded. If he had known the true identity and abilities of the leader of the Fengchun sect, would he have done so? He was just introduced as a rich man with a lot of money, so he believed in his meager martial arts skills and acted rudely.
“The leader endured it well.”
“I keep thinking about that guy. I should have destroyed him back then. No, I should have at least scolded him. I held back then because I wanted things to go smoothly. But now I keep thinking about it.”
The leader of the Fengchun cult couldn’t remember how many times he killed the guy in his imagination. In fact, it wasn’t a mistake that would lead to killing him, but he kept getting angry and wanting to kill him.
“You know that guy who used to be so dirty? I could hold it in well then. But I can’t hold it in well this time. Oh, I know. Don’t tell me. You know how petty I am. But what can I do when I keep thinking about him?”
“I understand.”
“Do you understand?”
“He was a f*cking idiot. Even if the leader had beaten him up, he wouldn’t have stopped him.”
“okay?”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect was delighted.
“Then should I have beaten him up? Should I go and beat him up right now?”
Go-wol just watched the leader of the Fengchun sect in silence. Only then did the leader’s excitement subside.
“Whatever you want to say, say it quickly.”
“doesn’t exist.”
“I told you to do it!”
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“Everyone lives like this. Because they are the leaders, they have lived their lives without seeing any dirty things. Everyone lives like this, enduring it. They beat you because you are angry, beat you because you are upset, beat you because you are rude. There are not many people who can live like that.”
“Are you trying to say that only people like Lee Gong-ja can live like that?”
“The same goes for the leader. He used to live like that. He lived comfortably his whole life, but he only recently started enduring it.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church nodded, as if he at least acknowledged that part.
Go-wol understood that the leader of the Fengchun sect was having a hard time. How hard must it be? He lived a life that no one envied, but now he is following him around without a single attendant and acting as his bodyguard. That is why he always thinks like this.
‘I think the cult leader committed a great sin against me in my past life.’
Go-wol walked next to the leader of the Pungcheon sect and they looked outside together.
“It’s not that I keep thinking about it because I’m narrow-minded, it’s because I’m filled with resentment in my heart.”
“Are you upset?”
“This is the first time the cult leader has done this, traveling around the Central Plains. Meeting people, meeting people again. It may seem like nothing, but it builds up a lot of anger without you even knowing it. The cult leader has endured it for my sake so far.”
“I’m glad you understand. But I feel a little better now that I’ve said it.”
“From now on, don’t hold back and just beat me up.”
“No. But I’ll endure it. If I was born with a narrow mind, I should at least try. No matter what happens, I’m going to die anyway. I won’t end up feeling miserable.”
Go-wol looked at him. The leader of the Fengtian sect was sincere.
“Do you want to curse at the engineers so that you can feel your heart melting?”
“Can I do that?”
“Let’s do this once after a long time!”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church spoke loudly as if he had been waiting.
“You lazy bastard! If you tell me to come, I’ll come right away. Why are you taking so long? Have you forgotten about us? Just forget about us! Have you never been eaten by fish in a fishing ground? Just slap! I’ll swallow your head first! No matter how much you treated me like that cult leader, like that chain, we’re still living well! You bad bastard! You ugly bastard! You bastard who cheats with lightness! Ah! Even if you yell like this, I feel better. You too, soldier! All the accumulated stress will go away. After all, cursing at a bastard is the most refreshing.”
Then Gowol said with a serious expression.
“Reverend, what kind of outrageous nonsense are you talking about?”
“huh?”
At the sight of the suddenly transformed Go-wol, the leader of the Pungcheon sect blinked with an expression on his face, wondering what she was doing, and then he felt a presence behind him.
The leader of the Pungcheon sect slowly looked back.
At some point, Geommugeuk was standing behind me.
“You’re swearing at me again.”
Why now of all times! I had been caught swearing before. The leader of the Fengchun cult was flustered, but he was not the type to just back down.
“Lee Gongja! Fix what comes up when you curse! Of course, I’m not the type of person who wouldn’t say anything if I said Lee Gongja… … .”
Just then, Kwonma came inside.
The moment he saw him, the expression on the face of the leader of the Pungcheon sect instantly became serious. The playfulness disappeared from his face and he returned to being the leader of the Pungcheon sect. He greeted Kwon Ma with a low voice.
“Long time no see.”
“Nice to meet you.”
The two greeted each other with a hug. Kwon Ma also revealed a different prayer than when he was alone with Geommu Geuk. They were now the leader and the devil. They were originally like this, but they were all changing after meeting Geommu Geuk.
Geommugeuk introduced Gowol to Kwonma.
“This is my military base, Go-Wol, where if you play Go well, you will become perfect.”
Gowol said with a smile.
“I am holding back on learning because I don’t want to clash with the General.”
This was said because the person teaching Cheonma how to play baduk was the commander-in-chief. This also meant that he was confident that if he learned and taught the sword dance, he could defeat the cult leader.
“Come on in.”
Geommugeuk and Kwonma came in and sat down.
Gowol brought out the tea.
“This is all I can give you.”
“You must have had a hard time coming all this way to work.”
“I am working happily, thinking of it as a tour of the Central Plains.”
Geommugeuk spoke respectfully to the leader of the Pungcheon sect.
“You’ve worked hard. Thanks to the leader’s protection, I don’t have to worry at all.”
“I do this because I like it.”
Gowol contributed to the efforts of the leader of the Pungcheon sect.
“If it weren’t for you, my cult leader, I would have died several times already.”
In reality, there were several times when danger arose, but thanks to the leader of the Pungcheon sect, they were able to overcome the crisis.
Geommu-geuk looked at the leader of the Fengchun cult with gentle eyes. He knew very well how much he had sacrificed to come to him. Of course, the reason was because of Go-wol, but in any case, he was the one who had to eat the fruit. He always said that he was the leader back then, but he had no intention of making it so.
The leader of the Pungcheon Church said to Kwon Ma.
“I heard that you left the school together with the scholar.”
“I was enjoying some free time after a long time.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church asked quietly.
“Have you ever had anything taken from you by a scholar?”
“What was taken away?”
“If I let my guard down for even a moment, something that belongs to me will be taken by the Duke of Yi. I was wondering if something like that had happened to our Lord Kwonma.”
The look in the eyes of the leader of the Pungcheon sect seemed to say, ‘You might have been robbed too, right?’ So Kwon-ma firmly shook his head.
“That never happened.”
Then Kwon-ma gave him a look that said, ‘Do I look like someone who would have something taken away from me?’
In the midst of the invisible war of nerves, the leader of the Pungcheon sect was secretly upset.
‘Am I the only one who got everything stolen by Lee Gongja?’
He still occasionally thinks about the sacred water he gave to Geommu-geuk. Since he had already left the school, he had no lingering attachment or desire for the sacred water itself.
However, sometimes I feel doubtful whether I am the kind of person who gives everything that I don’t need to give, and whether I am the kind of person who only loses money. These days, such feelings are also contributing to the depression I feel.
Then Geommugeuk said.
“Yes, I have come to serve you as my master.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect was shocked when he heard those words.
“Really?”
“Yes, now you are my master.”
The leader of the Fengchun sect couldn’t help but be surprised. Soon, his mood improved as he looked at Kwonma.
‘You have been taken away too! You have been taken away from everything you are!’
This was what really pleased the leader of the Fengchun sect.
‘I wasn’t the only one who suffered!’
It was a great comfort to him, although of course Kwon Ma would never admit it.
Go-wol celebrated by taking the lottery ticket.
“I apologize for the delay in becoming a priest.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect also congratulated Kwon Ma.
“Congratulations.”
“Thank you.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church was licking his lips.
‘I hope you don’t become that master again.’
It’s something I would have ended up saying if I had been just a little closer to Kwon-ma.
“I’ll go talk to the soldier for a moment and then I’ll be back.”
Geommugeuk and Gowol went out.
Now only Kwon Ma and the leader of the Pungcheon cult were left there. The first one to break the awkward silence was the leader of the Pungcheon cult.
“You’ve made a big decision.”
“It just so happened.”
Yes. When I came to my senses, this is what happened. A smile appeared on the lips of the leader of the Pungcheon sect.
This time, Kwonma asked.
“The leader has made a big decision.”
“If Amazon saw me, I might look a little funny.”
“That’s ridiculous. Why are you saying that?”
“Seeing you abandon the Pungcheon Church and come to the Central Plains and live alone like this, I can understand.”
Originally, these two people would never have exchanged a single word of conversation. However, due to the central focus of the sword dance drama, they began to have conversations that they would not have had before.
“Why are you alone? There are soldiers here. And my disciple is here too.”
“I heard from the military that you support the Grand Duke.”
“That’s right.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect said something unexpected.
“Don’t treat me carelessly because I’m your disciple.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect was not at all afraid of Kwon Ma.
“You only bet half, but we bet everything on your disciple.”
Kwon-ma drank his tea without answering.
Meanwhile, Geommugeuk and Gowol came out into the yard. When they were alone, Geommugeuk consoled him for his hard work.
“You’ve worked hard.”
“It would have been less difficult than becoming Kwon Ma-nim’s disciple.”
The sword dance did not deny it and just laughed.
“Before I tell you why I left this message to see Confucius, I have one more favor to ask of you.”
“Tell me.”
“The leader is having a hard time these days.”
How? For what reason? How much?
Geommu-geuk didn’t ask this question because he could guess the entire content from the fact that Go-wol was talking about it separately like this.
“I still dream about that time when I was chained. Sometimes I talk to the cult. It seems like it’s not easy for a person to break free from the past. The same goes for the cult leader.”
The swordsman smiled at him.
“I’ll talk to you separately.”
“thank you.”
After telling Geommugeuk, Gowol didn’t worry about him anymore.
“Why did you want to see me?”
Then, Gowol said something unexpected.
“Have you ever heard of Shinsunchae (神仙債)?”
