Episode 291: What if that scary guy is a craftsman?
“I said I would be a father if Ian wanted it.”
Everyone was watching the sword dance performance at Kwon Ma’s bombshell announcement. They were curious to see how he would react.
Surprisingly, he didn’t seem surprised and just blinked.
“Aren’t you surprised?”
It seemed that Geommugeuk’s own reaction to Hyeolcheondoma’s question was unexpected.
“Yeah. Why am I not surprised?”
Why? He must be doing that to tease Kwon-ma.
Geommugeuk looked at Kwonma and Ian alternately.
“Wow, there are fathers and daughters who are such polar opposites. Isn’t that why you’re not surprised?”
If someone else had said this, the Heavenly Swordsmen might have needed a shield, but Kwon-ma obediently accepted Geommu-geuk’s teasing. Even in his own thoughts, their appearances were polar opposites.
“Will no one believe me?”
“Will you believe me, Master?”
Bloodthirsty Horseman intervened and made a joke out of his serious remark.
“You must think you’ve been kidnapped.”
Kwon-ma nodded as if he acknowledged those words.
Just then Ian suddenly said.
“father!”
Surprised eyes gathered around Ian. The most surprised of the three was Kwon Ma. Ian stared at Kwon Ma and said.
“If you don’t mind having a daughter like me, please adopt me as your daughter.”
Kwon-ma opened his eyes wide. It was the first time he had seen Kwon-ma so surprised since meeting him.
“Would you be okay with a father like me?”
Kwon Ma’s voice trembled, which was really out of place. Even if ten thousand enemies were lined up in front of him, Kwon Ma’s voice, who wouldn’t even blink, was trembling.
“You are too much for me.”
Ian’s eyes filled with tears. He was so touched that such a great man would become his father. He was so grateful that he almost cried.
Ian looked at the swordplay and asked with his eyes.
Can I do this?
It was a haphazard decision for her, too. It might have been the most important decision of her life, but she made it in a split second.
Is this really okay?
The answer was given by the brightly smiling expression of the swordsman.
“Congratulations, Ian.”
Ian took a deep breath and asked Kwon Ma again.
“Can I ask you one thing?”
“As much as you want.”
“Why did you say you wanted me as your daughter?”
Kwon Ma’s answer was simple.
“I wish I had a daughter like you.”
It was the answer that Ian liked more than any other words.
Ian stood up and bowed to Kwonma.
“Please take good care of me from now on… …Father.”
She started to choke up as she said the word ‘father’.
“The word ‘father’… … I said it for the first time since I was born.”
She had never said the words “father” or “mother.”
I resented my parents for abandoning me, tried to understand why they had a reason, missed them, hated them, and tried to forget them. I should never become that kind of parent. No, I shouldn’t become a parent. I should just live alone and die quietly.
Tears flowed down as the pent-up emotions welled up.
The sword dance, bloody swordsman, and the swordsman looked down silently at her as her shoulders shook. They let her cry as much as she wanted. The strongest people in the world stood there for a long time, protecting her.
When her crying subsided, Kwonma helped her up.
Looking at her, who was covered in tears, Hyeolcheondoma joked.
“Now that I’m ugly, we’re starting to look a bit like father and daughter.”
Geommu-geuk laughed loudly. He was originally a bloodthirsty man who didn’t meddle in other people’s business. However, he was particularly good at joking and teasing when it came to Kwon-ma’s business. That meant he got along well with Kwon-ma and liked him. He joked that he would be ostracized when he went to the gatherings of the demon lords.
A powerful aura emanated from Kwon Ma’s body as he looked at Ian.
“When I return to the school, I will officially announce that you are my daughter. From now on, as long as I live, no one in the martial arts world will be able to treat you rudely.”
Tears flowed from Ian’s eyes again at Kwonma’s declaration.
“This is the last time I’m crying. I won’t cry again.”
Even though I tried to smile, the tears wouldn’t stop.
The existence of her parents has always been the biggest wound to her. She didn’t want to tell anyone, and only told Geommu-geuk. From now on, she will live her life bragging about her father. What does your father do? It’s my father, Kwon-ma!
Hyeolcheondoma said with a surprised expression.
“When you first brought it up, I thought it was a joke.”
The sword dance took his word for it.
“You’re not the type of person to joke around about things like this, are you?”
“That scary guy is your father-in-law?”
“That’s right. What kind of son-in-law would be able to handle that?”
Then, Hyeolcheon Doma looked at Geommugeuk with an expression that said, ‘I was talking about you!’
Whether he knew or not, Geommugeuk teased Ian.
“Ian, what are you going to do? The wedding is already over.”
Then Kwonma suddenly said.
“Can’t I do it with you?”
Ian waved his hand at Kwonma’s words.
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“Don’t say that. Your Majesty, don’t worry about it.”
Kwonma glared at Geommugeuk while waiting for an answer.
“I like salty food.”
“I’ll eat bland food from now on!”
Are you going to come out like this?
Geommugeuk said to him with a meaningful smile.
“Can you handle the Cheonma Sa-don?”
Kwon-ma flinched at those words. He only thought of Ian, and he hadn’t thought of that. The only person in the world who couldn’t move, and he was his brother-in-law? The leader’s brother-in-law?
“Here I am! Here I am! Here I am, a bride who has no intention of getting married!”
In the midst of this chaos, Hyeolcheondoma stroked his chin and imagined that day.
“If we really get married, there’ll be chaos.”
* * *
That night, Kwon Ma was practicing martial arts alone in the backyard of An Ga. It seems he was trying to calm his complicated feelings by practicing martial arts.
His muscles, bare chested, were as perfect as if painted by an artist.
“When will I become like Master?”
I also took off my upper body and stood next to him, throwing out the Byeokryuksura Kwon. The reason I take off my clothes when practicing martial arts is to examine each muscle movement.
It felt refreshing to practice with him after a long time.
Kwonma concentrated on repeating the Jeo-o-kwon Geumgang-sura. It was a superfood that temporarily turned the body into steel and protected it, and it could save one’s life in a moment of crisis. If you use Geumgang-sura and Cheonma-ho-singong together, it is also an expected superfood that can temporarily have the effect of making the diamond indestructible.
“Why do you teach the Vajra Sutra so intensively?”
“Looking at the situation you’re in, I think you should protect yourself first.”
Since a mastermind targeting the leader of the martial arts world has appeared, it was decided that it was not safe to assume that he was the leader of the Demonic Cult.
Kwon-ma repeated the essence of the Geumgangsura. There were parts that he had heard before, and there were also parts that were new.
If I didn’t understand something, I asked a question right away, and Kwonma explained it to me wholeheartedly.
“Okay, hang in there!”
“You’re not going to hit me with that fist, are you?”
“Why not?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Kwonma’s fist flew in.
Whoaaaaah!
Kwaaang!
I was pushed back without even thinking about blocking the attack, and in the process, the shock was relieved when Cheonmahosingong and Geumgangsura were activated at the same time.
Kwon-ma was very happy when I walked over without any problems.
“Well done. Geumgangsu will save your life someday. Never neglect it.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
After a long training session, we sat side by side and took a breather.
“Can I ask why?”
Even though I asked the question out of the blue, Kwonma knew what I was asking.
“Didn’t I tell you? I wish I had a daughter like Ian.”
“The real reason.”
After a moment, Kwon-ma said.
“I don’t know what my parents look like either. So I know better than anyone how that child feels.”
It was the first time I heard his personal story.
“When I was young, I clenched my teeth and denied them. I tried not to even think about revenge. To have revenge is to acknowledge them. I tried to completely erase them from my life.”
“What about now? Don’t you want to find your parents? You’ve been living well without them. Don’t you want to tell them?”
Kwon-ma shook his head and expressed his disappointment.
“I wish I still had that kind of petty revenge in my heart.”
It sounded like it meant that it had become bleak, without even that kind of feeling.
“I can’t believe I’m trying to make someone my family.”
I was grateful that Kwon-ma showed his human side. It meant that he trusted me.
“No, you did well.”
“Do you really think so?”
“I want Ian to be happy. And I believe that becoming Master’s daughter will be the greatest happiness for Ian. It is a good choice for Ian and for Master.”
A smile appeared on Kwon Ma’s scary face. I like this moment. A smile formed in fear, Kwon Ma is pretty cool at this time.
“Thank you for saying so.”
Who would have thought that Kwon-ma and I would have such conversations? Kwon-ma is usually a quiet person, but when he had to talk, he spoke better than anyone else.
“The future may be difficult.”
“why?”
“You’ve never been a father before, have you? What are you going to do if your daughter rebels?”
Kwonma raised his fist.
“Will it not work?”
“If that had worked, would people have said that raising a child was harder than becoming a swordsman?”
Kwon-ma put down the fist he had been playfully holding. That precious fist shouldn’t be lowered so weakly.
“But it might work elsewhere.”
“where?”
“You will have the most beautiful daughter in the world. You will have to use your fists a lot.”
Knowing what it meant, Kwon-ma clenched his big fist again.
“That sounds fun.”
“I’m sure Master will be happy. I will pray in advance for the souls of those who have passed away.”
A person’s life is so unpredictable. Who would have imagined that Ian would become the daughter of a powerful man?
“Maybe Master can really bring down the cliff.”
At the end of Geommugeuk, Kwonma asked with a puzzled look.
“Isn’t it the other way around?”
How could someone this soft and weak-willed be able to collapse a cliff? That must have been what he thought.
“When people change, martial arts change as well.”
Kwon-ma chewed over my words.
“I have to change to break it?”
“Have you ever imagined taking someone as your adopted daughter?”
Kwonma slowly shook his head.
“Master has changed. I believe that this change will break through Master’s limitations.”
Kwon Ma looked down at his fist and suddenly said.
“Perhaps when your fists don’t make a clap of thunder, you can knock down cliffs.”
It’s hard to imagine a wall-crawling Shura-ken without the sound of thunder.
But there was something even more frightening than ear-splitting thunder.
A fist that flies in without a sound and turns the heavens and earth upside down!
Thinking back to that scene, Kwon Ma and I couldn’t just sit there. We jumped up and threw our fists. Our training didn’t stop until dawn.
* * *
I said goodbye to everyone the next day.
“I will go to Gangseo District.”
The original purpose of this exodus was to stop by Honam and Gangseo districts and then return.
Until new clues come out regarding the firearm, I must live my life. Without being swayed, in silence.
“You want to go alone?”
“Yeah. I’ll take you two and go back to the church. Oh, and tell the guards waiting on the way back to go back as well.”
“You’re going alone, leaving behind an escort?”
“This time it’s an undercover inspection.”
I went to Honamjidan with my escorts and went there in a grand manner, so I plan to visit secretly this time. I hope that the Gangseojidan owner is not as corrupt as the Honamjidan owner.
“Go first. From now on, don’t even think about using this old man for your own gain.”
Bloodthirsty Doma said what he had to say and walked out the door. I shouted while looking at his back.
“Considering the results obtained by exploiting them, it seems difficult.”
Don’t worry, if the Amazons ever need anything, they’ll call other Amazons this time.
Next, I broke up with Kwon-ma.
“Thank you for teaching me yesterday.”
“Be careful.”
Kwonma also walked towards the door. Even though the large back had more things to guard, the back that filled the door and went out looked happier.
Only after Hyeolcheon Doma and Kwonma left first did Ian finally reveal his true feelings.
“sorry.”
“what?”
“You made a decision on such an important matter without discussing it in advance.”
“You didn’t decide it in advance either, did you?”
“I think I should have asked at least a phone call at the moment of decision.”
She must have been having trouble sleeping all night because of that. Yes, it is because she is such a good person that she must become Kwon Ma’s daughter.
“It’s such an important matter, so you make that decision. Just follow your instincts.”
“What if it’s the wrong choice?”
“You have to be patient. You’re suffering under a scary father.”
Ian made a face as if he was imagining that time, then pretended to wrap his head.
“He’s not just a scary father! He’s the scariest father in the world.”
“Don’t worry, it’s the second time. There’s a poor child in front of you who had his first father.”
Ian laughed at my joke.
“Trust your instincts. Your martial arts, your mind. The stronger you become, the more your instincts will work correctly.”
“I’ll keep that in mind, Young Master.”
“See you later at school.”
“be careful.”
Ian, who was about to walk out, turned around at the door.
“I became the daughter of the master. Thanks to you, I have come this far. Thank you so much.”
“Ian, our journey may not have even begun yet.”
Ian is surprised and can’t even imagine what lies beyond.
“Where on earth are you going?”
“I don’t know that either.”
“It doesn’t sound like a joke anymore.”
“Because I’m not joking.”
My goal in life is not to just kill Hwamugi. My goal is to live this life happily. In order to do that, I have to kill Hwamugi. After I kill Hwamugi, my life will continue. Me and my people.
“You said that to me, Master. If you’re tired, go and rest.”
“That’s right.”
“You look very tired now.”
It’s not just because of the training until dawn. I’ve been on edge lately, thinking about fire weapons. No matter how much I try to hide it, Ian can sense and read my emotions.
I smiled at her and nodded.
“Okay, take a rest.”
So even she left.
I stood in the yard of Anga for a while and looked up at the sky. I try to look at it whenever I have time. Every time I look, the sky seems to say this. Yes, no matter how busy you are, please look at me and live.
I know better than anyone that when life starts to push you, it’s hard to even raise your head. Just like my life before I regressed.
Back then, I only looked at the ground, not the sky. I only looked at the things I could fill my pockets with. I only looked at how I could kill my enemies. Even back then, the sky must have been that blue… … .
I set out on this journey to Gangseo hoping that it would be a comfortable and peaceful one.
So, you wicked people, get some rest too! Please!
