Episode 91: Is it really true?
The leader of the Pungcheon Church was sitting by the window and looking outside.
In the yard, the Demon Lord Seop-Hon, Cheong-Seon, was practicing martial arts. After officially becoming the Demon Lord Seop-Hon, her training time was reduced, but even so, her skills were improving day by day. She definitely had talent in the art of seop-hon.
The leader of the Fengchun sect, who had been watching Cheongseon’s training while fiddling with his dagger for years, habitually looked back. There were empty display cases where the sacred water had been placed.
The leader of the Pungcheon sect sighed.
He said that he would take the dagger and make it his sacred object, but now the only sacred object in his room was the eternal dagger he held in his hand. In a sense, he had exchanged all of his sacred objects for this one dagger.
‘No. Let’s not live a life of looking back anymore.’
We must change emptiness into relief.
In the past, would you have been so concerned about the smell of the water that you could even go out for a cup of tea?
But now, I can go anywhere with this knife at my side. They say that you have to empty yourself to be free, and that was exactly right. Yes, that’s what I think.
Meanwhile, Cheongseon finished his training.
“Master, then I will take my leave for today.”
“Good work.”
Cheongseon, who was about to turn around, came back and said what he had been hesitating to say.
“Master.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“When will you teach me the true secrets of the Master?”
The leader of the Fengchun sect had not yet passed on his secret techniques.
“Cheongseon-ah.”
“Yes, Master.”
“Why are you in such a hurry?”
“It’s because I’m weak. Because I’m weak, I naturally become impatient.”
She is the one who killed the executioner and ascended to the position of Demon Lord. At first, all the witch doctors of Seo Hwan Jin were crazy about her, but now I felt that her popularity was slowly cooling down. These days, I was suffering from the pressure of having to show the witch doctors some overwhelming martial arts.
In addition, he didn’t like Saujong, who tried to meet him whenever he had the chance. He was so nice, but when he became the Amazon, he started to hate him like a lie. Every single action he did was annoying.
I really want to break up with him, but I still meet him occasionally just in case someone starts spreading strange rumors.
She was so distraught that she even thought about possibly killing him.
“What kind of Amazon do you want to be?”
“I don’t have time for such extravagant thoughts. How can I sleep with this skill?”
“If you, who are ambitious and talented, practice hard for thirty years, you can become me. What do you think? This is what your future will look like.”
For a moment, Cheongseon flinched.
“I feel like I need to work ten times harder than I do now.”
Cheongseon was worried that he had made a pointless joke, but fortunately, the leader of Pungcheon laughed heartily and accepted it in a good mood.
“Why didn’t you just give me about five times more?”
“Sorry, I meant to say twenty times.”
I joked again while I was at it, and the leader of the Pungcheon Church laughed even louder.
It was the first time they had exchanged jokes since they met.
Cheongseon saw a new side of the leader of the Pungcheon sect. She thought he was just a very closed-minded person. It was unexpected.
“Yes, you have eyes and ears to hear, so you probably have some idea of what I’ve been through and what the situation is like.”
I didn’t tell her directly. But she probably already knows enough. That I gave up my position as the leader and joined hands with Geommu-geuk. What on earth does she think of me?
“I know that deep down you look down on me.”
“No. You made a choice that I would never have made.”
“Then it would be even more pathetic?”
“That’s why I respect you more.”
“The reason I bring this up is because I want to tell you that martial arts are important, but other things are more important.”
“What is that?”
“It’s a person. To be exact, it’s the eyes that see people.”
“yes.”
“Did you just think to yourself, you sounded like a human being and fell asleep?”
“No, Master.”
“I would have been like that too. So it’s okay.”
“Absolutely not.”
As the leader of the Fengchun sect stared at her, Cheongseon revealed her true feelings.
“If your martial arts skills are weak, I think people are useless. They will all leave in the end. I’m sorry to say this, but I still think martial arts skills are more important than people.”
“Yes, I thought so too. One day, you will understand what I mean.”
“all right.”
What do you know? I was like that too. At that age, no matter who told me, I wouldn’t have listened.
If you are possessed by someone like the Sword Dance Theater and your new water disappears every time you turn around, and you are dragged around with chains wrapped around your neck, you will realize that what your master said was right.
Only then will you realize that while martial arts are important when killing people, in reality, your ability to judge people is a hundred times more important.
“I will see your achievements soon and move on to the next step.”
“Thank you, Master.”
Cheongseon left the place smiling happily.
When I first took Cheongseon as my disciple, I thought of her as a stubborn, ambitious woman. At that time, I was so distracted by other things that I didn’t think much about Cheongseon.
I wondered if I could really develop feelings for her, but as I started teaching her, I started to develop feelings for her.
Especially after being bullied by smart people here and there recently, it feels like a relief to have someone like this who I can nag at and act like an adult.
But that was only for a moment.
Not long after she left, she had a visitor. It was none other than the Grand Duke Geommuyang.
“I came to see you because I wanted to see you, Reverend. I apologize for not letting you know in advance.”
“It’s okay. Come in.”
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The black cat sat across from the leader of the Pungcheon sect.
“I was so busy that day that I couldn’t greet you properly.”
“Don’t worry about it, I was the same way.”
“I heard that you have become very close with my younger brother.”
“There were many twists and turns.”
“It must have been a great coincidence for Mugeuk.”
“Actually, that wasn’t the case.”
“What are you talking about?”
“My younger brother is so smart that I have a lot to learn from him.”
The leader of Pungcheon spoke of his own suffering, but Geommuyang misunderstood that the leader of Pungcheon was speaking highly of Geommu Geuk.
“My younger brother is smart.”
“He was the smartest person I’ve ever seen.”
Bloodthirsty Doma said that he was moved by his heart, and the leader of the Pungcheon Church said that he was the smartest person he had ever seen. Is there a charm that moves hearts while being smart?
Geommuyang still didn’t think that such compliments suited her younger brother well.
“By the way, what are you doing so busy? Isn’t the Grand Duke the busiest person in the Cheonmasin Church?”
“Please help me make that happen. I’m a busy person.”
Geommuyang spoke bluntly.
“If you join hands with me, I will grant you the two things you most desire.”
When the leader of the Fengchun Church heard it, it was really the two things he wanted the most. And as he listened to the story, he thought of one person.
* * *
The leader of the Pungcheon sect came to visit Gowol.
“What about the engineer?”
“He hasn’t come back yet.”
Perhaps because there was no sword dance, the leader of the Fengchun sect was angry at Gowol for no reason.
“If I’m here alone, what’s the difference between that and being chained?”
“You keep saying that because you’ve never been chained before. Would you like to try being chained once?”
“Okay, okay.”
Even though it was the same joke, I felt more at ease than before.
“Listen. I have a favor to ask.”
“Please speak.”
“Can’t we just talk comfortably when it’s just the two of us?”
Gowol looked at him for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“Hey, leader.”
“Yes! This is it!”
“You gave up that important position as the leader for me, so how can you not grant me this request? However, I have one concern.”
“What?”
“I like it now, but what if I start to hate it later? If I start to hate it, this is what I’ll think first. That little brat’s informality will really annoy me then.”
“By then, our relationship will have been ruined anyway, so what does it matter? I’ve already lost you anyway.”
At that moment, Go-wol’s heart was agitated. He really hated this person, but there was no one who loved him as much as this person.
“Okay, good. Don’t regret it later.”
“Regret is mine. Don’t worry.”
“Why did you come today? I don’t think you came here to say this.”
“I just came to see you.”
Go-wol, who had been quietly observing the leader of the Pungcheon sect, suddenly spoke.
“The Archduke came to see you?”
For a moment, the leader of the Pungcheon sect flinched.
“How did you know?”
“I thought so.”
“Is that so? You’re pretending to be smart by secretly spying on me and finding out things? You’re all scammers, aren’t you?”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect made an expression as if he was wondering why he would say such things.
“What did the Archduke do for you?”
“He promised to advance to the Central Plains if you join his side. He said that if it was a branch office, he would establish a foundation for it, which was more than what Lee Gongja had promised.”
“It’s a promise that can’t be kept. It’s a lie.”
“Why are you so determined?”
“The Grand Duke is someone who unconditionally obeys his father’s words. He is someone who has no irregularities like Lee Gongja. He will never allow the Fengchun Sect to advance into the Central Plains, following his father’s wishes. If the Grand Duke becomes the Heavenly Horse, the Fengchun Sect will never be able to hang even a small signboard in the Central Plains.”
“You are being biased in your judgment because you are on the side of science and engineering students.”
Go-wol ignored the leader of the Pungcheon sect and asked a question.
“What else did you suggest?”
“There were no other offers.”
Then, Go-wol’s gaze towards the leader of the Pungcheon sect narrowed.
“Don’t look at me like that. I didn’t put any conditions on it.”
“When you lie, it shows.”
“You said there was a sign? How?”
Go-wol didn’t say anything. Instead, he guessed exactly what Geommu-yang had said, as if it were true.
“You walked me?”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect opened his eyes wide.
“How did you know?”
“You promised to send me back to the leader. If there’s any offer that would shake the leader, it would be that.”
The leader of the Fengchun sect was honestly moved by the Grand Duke’s proposal.
If only I could get back Gowol? It may sound crazy, but I thought I could give up on advancing to the Central Plains.
He thought the Archduke was amazing as he watched him shake his heart by throwing away his position as the leader.
“The Archduke is also incredibly smart.”
“The Grand Duke is not a smart person. If he were truly smart, he wouldn’t fight the Duke.”
“You’re sick too, sick. A disease of engineering.”
“So what did you say?”
“Don’t worry. I firmly refused.”
“Don’t lie. The cult leader is probably using the conflict between the two of you to figure out how to get me back. He came to me to see if there was any way to get me back.”
After a moment of silence, the leader of the Pungcheon Church asked.
“Are they really all visible?”
“Hey, leader. Why do you keep forgetting? You said it clearly with your own mouth. You said you couldn’t possibly win against these smart guys. Why are you trying to use your brain again when you said that?”
“Well… … it’s because of you.”
“If I do this, I will… … lose you forever.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect sighed.
“I’m sorry. I knew it, but I still acted like a fool.”
“You have to fight with other strengths. You have to fight with other charms as a weapon against those who use their brains.”
“Where is my charm?”
“If the leader had not been charming, I would still be in chains.”
The eyes of the leader of the Pungcheon sect trembled slightly.
“You are the only one who says such things.”
“No. That’s because the leader only sees me. That’s because he sits on the throne and looks down on others. Now that he’s out in the real world and shows what kind of person the leader is, there will be a line of people who will say such things. Then, the leader himself might say such things about me. Oh, those shackles? I wonder if he’s alive and well?”
“That’s nonsense.”
The two people looked at each other and snickered.
“Cult leader, think of me as a bonfire. Stand a little further away from the fire and bask in the fire. If you get too close to me, you will get burned and covered in charcoal.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church nodded silently and said.
“… … Don’t remember me as that cult leader from back then.”
Even Gowoldo’s heart trembled. Even Geommu-geuk could not give him such emotional waves.
“Cult leader, from today onwards, recite this five times before going to bed.”
“What words?”
“He’s a scholar to the end. He’s a scholar to the end. Okay, do it.”
The remaining three times were filled in by the leader of the Pungcheon Church.
Contrary to what I said, I shouted this in my heart.
‘I envy you, you bastard, I envy you, you bastard, I envy you.’
Still, I felt fortunate that Gowol was there. He felt closer to me today than when he was chained and placed next to me.
It seems that there is a compatibility issue with relying on someone. Honestly, I felt like I would be okay with burning to death in a bonfire.
