Episode 51 That’s all.
“Eww!”
Seo Dae-ryong got up from his bed, making all sorts of expressions.
“I’m thirsty, water! Water!”
“Next!”
At someone’s words, Seo Dae-ryong instinctively reached out and drank the water on the table next to the bed.
“Ugh, my head. From now on, when I drink, I’m a dog, a dog.”
Seo Dae-ryong drank water from the kettle.
Only after quenching his thirst did he realize that he had woken up in an unfamiliar place. The bed was large and fluffy, and the bedding was soft and luxurious.
‘By the way, who was the person who just said ‘next to you’?’
Seo Dae-ryong looked around.
Over there in the distance, a man was sitting by the window, reading a book. I couldn’t tell who he was because of the sunlight.
“who?”
As his eyes gradually became accustomed to the light, his form came into view.
“Ahh!”
Seo Dae-ryong screamed. The man reading the book was none other than Hyeolcheon Doma.
“Hey, where am I? Why is the Amazon here?”
Seo Dae-ryong was so surprised that he even stuttered.
“Because it’s my room.”
“Oh my! Why am I here?”
“Don’t you remember?”
“……yes.”
“When we were about to leave the tavern, you suddenly got up and started yelling at me to carry you. How could you leave your disciple behind? You even grabbed my trouser leg.”
“Me? No way?”
Seo Dae-ryong was so flustered that he didn’t know what to do as he realized that he had ended up holding onto someone’s trouser leg.
“I don’t know how many decades it’s been since I’ve been allowed to set foot on the ground.”
Bloodthirsty Demon looked at Seodaeryong.
“You want to die, but don’t have the courage to jump off a cliff?”
“… … .”
At that time, one question came to Seo Dae-ryong’s mind.
“But why did you make me sleep in your bed?”
“Of course you don’t remember that either?”
Seo Dae-ryong gasped and became nervous.
“When I brought him here and tried to put him to sleep in the guest room, he called me a heartless master for making his disciple sleep in such a shabby place. Then he sat down on the floor and cried, saying that he deserved to be treated like this.”
“… … .”
“Is life hard? It was hard for me too. I held back from wanting to kill you.”
Seo Dae-ryong quickly got down from the bed and knelt down.
“I’m sorry, I’ll quit drinking from now on.”
“Why are you quitting that good liquor? You should quit your injections.”
“Yes, I will stop. Please forgive me. I drank too much last night.”
No matter how much he shouted and acted violently, he could have thrown Su-hyeol into the stable instead of the guest room. It was so unexpected that he let him sleep in his own room, and on his bed at that. Of course, it was because of the sword dance, but he didn’t think he would let him sleep on his own bed. Seo Dae-ryong saw a new side of Hyeolcheon Do-ma.
“Go and see.”
“yes.”
The outer garments were neatly folded on the table next to the bed. Of course, there had been some trouble, but I felt like I had been treated well.
In the meantime, Hyeolcheondoma was reading a book, but his appearance was unfamiliar.
‘Are you trying to act sophisticated in front of me?’
But strangely enough, the sight of her reading a book suited her. When I looked around the room, there were several bookshelves filled with books.
At that time, there was a book that caught his eye.
“Huh? This book?”
Seo Dae-ryong absentmindedly pulled out a book from the bookshelf. It was an adventure story about a boy who meets a peerless master and grows into a hero. It was a book he had read several times since he was young.
“This is my favorite book. Have you read it?”
He looked back at the blood clot with excitement.
On the other hand, the Bloodthirsty Demon was glaring at him fiercely.
“I hate people who touch my stuff without permission.”
“omg!”
Seo Dae-ryong was so surprised that he dropped the book and stopped it from falling to the floor with his foot. The book bounced off his foot and rolled on the floor.
There was silence.
When he saw the crumpled book that was open, Seo Dae-ryong’s eyes darkened. Soon, his life would become like that book.
Seo Dae-ryong ran over, picked up the book, and straightened the crumpled parts with his hands.
“I’m sorry. Oh, luckily the boring parts were crumpled… … Sorry!”
Fortunately, instead of cutting off Seo Dae-ryong’s arm, Hyeoncheon Doma turned his attention to the book he was reading. Today, he was the embodiment of forgiveness.
“I’m going to go now.”
As I was timidly greeting and leaving the room, Hyeolcheondoma suddenly asked me.
“Why do you like that book?”
“Ah, I thought the main character was similar to me. He was born poor, had a dark personality, and didn’t adapt well to the people around him. It’s a story about a guy like that becoming a hero… … I’ve probably read it twenty times now. It’s a book I keep by my side and read every time I can’t sleep.”
Blood Heavenly Horse, who had been staring at Seodaeryong for a moment, did not say anything in response and instead turned his gaze back to the book he had been reading.
“Then I will go. Thank you so much for letting me stay.”
Then Hyeolcheon Doma asked again.
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“Do you think Lee Gong-ja will be your successor?”
There was no need to hesitate on this question.
“yes.”
“The reason is?”
“He is a great person. He is better than anyone I have ever met. I believe that our school will change because of him. Of course, for the better.”
“Would you give your life for him?”
Seo Dae-ryong thought for a moment and then answered honestly.
“no.”
“What if the person with the engineering skills is a great person?”
“Not me. I am not a great person who would sacrifice for others.”
Although his gaze was still focused on the book, the corners of Hyeolcheondoma’s mouth rose slightly.
“Wait in the yard.”
“yes!”
Seo Dae-ryong stood in the yard and waited for the blood chopping board.
‘Are you going to beat me up using that as an excuse for saying I’m not prepared to die for you, my lord? Should I have said I’m prepared to die?’
While he was feeling so anxious, Hyeolcheon Doma came out late and threw a large sword.
Phew!
The lightly flying sword landed in front of Seodaeryong’s feet. It wasn’t as big as the Heavenly Sword, but it was wider and longer than a normal sword.
“Listen.”
“yes.”
Seo Dae-ryong drew his sword. Since the martial arts he had previously learned were swordsmanship, he had never practiced Taoism. He had hardly ever even heard of it.
“How is it?”
Although he didn’t know what the question was intended to mean, Seo Dae-ryong said the first thing that came to his mind.
“It’s heavy.”
Bloodthirsty Demon nodded and said.
“That’s all.”
“yes?”
“Understanding that heaviness is the beginning and the end of the Taoism I wish to impart.”
“!”
At that moment, something touched Seo Dae-ryong’s heart.
“My heart was pounding.”
Seo Dae-ryong, who was looking down at the road, raised his head with a surprised expression.
“That’s because you drank too much yesterday. Or, you have a heart condition.”
“Ah yes.”
The blood clot has turned around.
“Don’t be late for training later.”
“Yes! I won’t be late!”
Seo Dae-ryong put the sword down in the corner of the yard and went out, then came back and picked up the sword and came out.
As I walked out of there, I wondered if I had really just talked to Hyeoncheon Doma, if I had really slept there.
‘I might still be dreaming… … .’
He walked out of there with a hangover weighing down his whole body as heavily as the sword he was holding in his hand.
* * *
Seo Dae-ryong entered my office.
He looked disheveled, still drunk, and had a long sword on his waist that I had never seen before. Just looking at the sword, I could tell that things had gone well with the Bloodthirsty Demon.
“Is your right arm here?”
“It must be the right arm that was sent to the temple.”
“Fortunately, I came back without getting cut.”
“How could you send me to the Bloodthirsty Demon? You should have taken care of it yourself!”
“It seems like you don’t remember anything from yesterday.”
Seo Dae-ryong flinched at those words.
“You threatened to go with the Bloodthirsty Demon even if you died. Do you know what you even said to me?”
“What did I say?”
“Why do you want to separate master and disciple? I really thought you were a disciple who had been together for fifty years.”
“… … Don’t lie.”
“I wish I was lying too. You said you would never learn martial arts before you fell asleep, but then suddenly you woke up as your disciple. If you really doubt it, ask Lord Jang. Lord Jang shook his head while looking at you.”
“Ugh. Is there really such a crazy drunk living inside me?”
Seo Dae-ryong clutched his head.
“It’s a shame.”
“What?”
“You’re so unique and good when you’re gloomy and gloomy, but you’ve been so bright lately. You even made me laugh like yesterday.”
“Don’t worry. It will be dark again tomorrow.”
“what do you mean?”
“This is the first training session after work today. You’ll probably kill me halfway. Ah! I wish work would never end.”
“It’s a shame. I can’t see that sight.”
“yes?”
“I’m leaving today. It’ll take about two months, so take good care of Hwangcheon-gak while I’m away.”
The playfulness disappeared from Seo Dae-ryong’s face.
“Is that why you’re leaving?”
“That’s it?”
Then Seo Dae-ryong pointed to his own eyes with his finger. Only then did I understand what he was talking about.
Before I went out drinking yesterday, Seo Dae-ryong said in front of the residence of the Sub-Hon-Ma-Jon. He said that it was the look in my eyes that I gave him before I achieved the impossible.
“That’s right, that’s it.”
“That would be dangerous.”
“Fortunately, this won’t be too dangerous. I plan to use the risks I’ve saved up before.”
“yes?”
Seo Dae-ryong said he didn’t know what it meant, but he didn’t explain further.
Seo Dae-ryong bowed his head respectfully, his face devoid of any trace of playfulness.
“Take care on your way back! I’m sorry for always worrying you like this.”
“If you want to be able to do anything later, learn hard from Doma.”
As I was about to leave, Seo Dae-ryong called me.
“Your Majesty.”
“why?”
“If it weren’t for you, I would never have had the opportunity to learn martial arts from the Demon Lord in my life.”
“You never know what’s going on in the world. If it weren’t for me, I might have had the chance to learn martial arts from my father. Well then, thank you for your hard work.”
“Yes! Don’t worry about it. Just go.”
After going straight to Ian and informing him about the training he had to do for the next two months, I quietly left the school.
* * *
I continued running northwest.
As the level of the Wind God’s Sword gradually increased, the speed of the Quick Step also increased.
Unless you are a master specializing in light combat, even the most skilled masters would not be able to reach my speed.
When I ran like crazy and ran out of energy, I would rest and take a break in a forest where there were no people. When my energy was full, I would run again, and when my energy ran out, I would take a break again.
When I got hungry while running, I hunted using the skewer my father had taught me.
Now I could immediately sense the wild boar in the forest far away.
While they were roasting wild boars over a campfire, passing hunters and herbalists would join them and drink with them. Since they had met and been close to them so many times before returning, they were comfortable and nice to them.
From about halfway to my destination, I started to control my speed.
I enjoyed the trip itself since arriving too early would have been useless anyway.
If there was a mountain worth climbing, I climbed it. Of course, I didn’t just walk up, but climbed up the cliff. I climbed without any internal energy, only with my physical ability, and checked my body condition. I checked if there was any pain, and if there was any muscle weakness.
If you mainly use your internal energy, you will tend to neglect your original body, and that is where the difference between a true master and a mediocre master is made. Real masters do not miss even the smallest details. They know that the differences in small things are everything, so they do not miss even a single corner of their body.
As I climbed the cliff, I saw the sunset in the distance and sat on a rock or tree jutting out in the middle of the cliff to look at the scenery.
When I look at the beauty of nature like that, I feel like something that was blocked in my heart has been cleared.
I promised Ian that I would go on a trip to the Central Plains, but as I sit here on the edge of the cliff watching the sunset, I think of my father more than Ian.
I wanted to travel with my father. I wanted to look at these kinds of scenery together and talk. I wanted to know what kind of person my father was and what kind of thoughts he had while living.
Will I ever have that chance? Will that moment ever come to us?
Before returning, I never dreamed that I would develop such intimate feelings towards my father. Maybe I missed my father, with whom I had never had a proper conversation.
Even though I enjoyed the journey like this, when I had to run, I ran until I was out of breath.
By the time I reached my destination, my speed had gone up a level. My running speed had gotten faster, and the energy I had to put in had decreased.
“Hahahahahahaha!”
I ran down the street laughing like a madman.
As I was progressing in the realm of the Wind God’s Sword, I felt that the speedrun was a martial art that touched the very nature of a person. It was a martial art that brought the pleasure of running to the extreme, so it was addictive and made me want to keep running.
Now, I pass by at a speed that even if a person passing by sees me, they won’t notice me. I literally pass by in a flash.
I’ve actually heard this conversation many times.
“Didn’t someone just pass by?”
“What? I didn’t see it?”
I reached a point where I didn’t even realize that I had passed by while walking absentmindedly.
If you go up one more level, you won’t be able to tell even if you open your eyes wide. Whether a person or a bird has passed by.
How about a speedboat that has achieved great success?
It occurred to me that maybe I wouldn’t even notice it passing by.
So the place I arrived at was a place that no one at the school could have imagined would be my destination.
This was Hongsan (紅山), where the headquarters of Saewe Pungcheon Church was located.
The place where you can obtain the first material for the Great Return Method, the Sound Lightning Bell.
I’m back here again.
