The power of the 92nd horse is scary.
When he returned to his residence after completing his martial arts training, Go-wol was reading a book in his room, and the leader of the Fengtian sect was standing in the yard, looking up at the night sky.
He had a completely different vibe than when I first saw him. He had definitely become calmer for some reason.
“When did you come?”
“I came to see your precious soldier, so you don’t have to worry about having to wait long.”
“Did you enjoy seeing our precious soldiers?”
“I’m so confused.”
“Oh, no. This won’t do. How dare you scold the leader. I’ll give that soldier a beating.”
“Don’t say things that aren’t on your mind. Your words are even more annoying.”
I smiled brightly and he smiled back happily.
“I waited on purpose to see you.”
“What’s going on?”
“The Archduke has come to see me. I have been waiting to tell you in person that I will never waver.”
“Oh, I’m really touched.”
“Yes, I should be touched. The Archduke offered such great terms, but I rejected them all.”
“Thank you, Reverend.”
I didn’t ask what conditions were put forward.
“Then I’ll go. They say you shouldn’t hesitate in times like this. It’ll diminish the emotion.”
“Yes, that’s right. It would have been perfect if you hadn’t even said that.”
“is it?”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church smiled awkwardly. I really had a deep connection with this person. I think we will have an even deeper connection in the future.
Exactly!
When I snapped my fingers, I and the leader of the Pungcheon Church were standing in the middle of a green field.
The leader of the Fengchun sect was shocked.
“You’ve completed the space-time transfer technique!”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church looked around. The straight trees, the grass swaying in the wind, and the winding country road leading to the mountains in the distance.
“It’s perfect.”
“Thank you for teaching me such great martial arts.”
“Perhaps since the creation of the martial art of time-space teleportation, you are the first person to have completed it so quickly. You have no idea. I have trained for so many years to create this space… … .”
“I was lucky.”
“Don’t be humble. There really is no need to be humble in this matter.”
The leader of the Pungcheon Church has shown that he has grown through the recent storms.
He grabbed my hand tightly.
“Congratulations.”
I also conveyed my sincere feelings to your heartfelt congratulations.
“Thank you. At least in this space, you are my teacher.”
“You really… … .”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect was unable to continue speaking.
“Oh, and I have a question for you.”
“Please speak.”
“Can you make the time that flows in space-time transfer different from the time in reality? Is it possible to make it flow more slowly than the time outside?”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect opened his eyes wide and looked at me.
“Why do you look like that?”
“In the past, I would have definitely done this. You punk, does that make sense?”
“Now?”
“Hey, you punk, does that make any sense!”
I laughed, and the leader of the Pungcheon Church laughed along with me and told me about it.
“Actually, I’ve thought about that too. I actually studied it. But it was impossible. I thought about it a few years after completing the space, but you’re thinking about it as soon as you finish it.”
First of all, it meant that there was no secret recipe that had been passed down. In order to accomplish this, I would have to study and think about it again when my level of ignorance had improved.
“I understand what you are saying. Okay, let’s free up some space.”
“Before that, wait a minute! Are you serious about what you said earlier? That you think of me as your teacher, at least here.”
“I’m serious.”
“Then please open this space to me sometimes. When in your life will you have the opportunity to be your teacher?”
“Yes, I will do that.”
As I watched the face of the leader of the Pungcheon Church light up, I snapped my fingers and we returned to reality.
“Then, take care.”
The leader of the Pungcheon sect, who had been walking over there, suddenly turned around and shouted.
“I’m a scientist to the end!”
And then I snickered as I watched him disappear into the darkness as if he was embarrassed.
The leader of the Pungcheon sect has such a cute side? Well, he must have had such a heart that he was able to leave everything behind and come.
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Mabul was very angry.
I understood why Geommuyang had gone to see Hyeoncheondoma earlier. After all, there was something he had to resolve with him.
But he couldn’t bear to go to see the leader of the Pungcheon sect. He clearly saw the war of nerves between him and the leader of the Pungcheon sect, but he still went to see him.
“Your Highness.”
“Yes, sir.”
“You met the leader of the Pungcheon sect?”
“Yes. We met to try to draw you to our side.”
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He answered so calmly that I couldn’t get angry. And there was a clear reason for it.
“If we bring in the leader of the Fengchun Sect, wouldn’t the Demon Lord Seophon naturally join our side? That’s why we met.”
“What did the leader of the Pungcheon Church say?”
“I said I would think about it.”
Geommuyang didn’t say anything more about him.
Mabul wondered how to bring up the subject and convey his feelings without hurting Geommuyang’s feelings. In the end, he gave in and started with an apology.
“It was my mistake to call Yunnan Shuanggui.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I guess my thinking was short-sighted. I shouldn’t have dragged those people into the Grand Duke’s work.”
“I know full well that it came from the heart for me.”
“Thank you for thinking so. Confucius is truly a broad-minded man.”
“But there’s one thing we need to get right.”
“What are you talking about?”
“You said that you brought Yunnan Shuanggui into my business, but strictly speaking, it is not my business but yours.”
Geommuyang drew a clear line. He was walking the path to becoming the successor. He did not want to have even the slightest connection with trash like Yunnan Shuanggui.
Mabul wondered if it was really necessary to go this far, but he hid his expression.
“Oh, I made a slip of the tongue. That’s right, the Yunnan Shuanggui affair is my business.”
“Of course I know you called them for me, so don’t worry too much about it.”
Geommuyang smiled first, and Mabul smiled with him.
The conversation ended with a smile, but Mabul’s heart was not at ease. There was something wrong, and he couldn’t tell if it was his problem or Geommuyang’s problem.
As Ma-Bul left Geommu-Yang’s quarters and returned to his own residence, someone was waiting for him.
Surprisingly, he was a swordsman.
“A scholar?”
“I was waiting to see you, sir.”
“Me? Why?”
Mabul was nervous inside. He secretly raised his stats, thinking that he might be trying to kill himself in a place where no one was present. However, the reason why Geommu-geuk came was very unexpected.
“Would you like to go over to the author and have a drink with me?”
“Drinking with me? And from the author?”
If it were any other day, I would have rejected him outright, thinking that there would be no reason for rumors to spread that the two of them were gossiping.
But today’s Mabul was not the usual Mabul.
“Of course. There’s no reason why you can’t do it.”
If Geommuyang could meet Hyeoncheon Doma and Pungcheon Gyoju, wouldn’t he be able to meet Geommu Geuk at any time? He hoped that this would reach Geommuyang’s ears.
‘Lee Gong-ja, you are truly a lucky person.’
I can’t believe I came to a day like this.
“I think this is the first time I’ve walked side by side with an elderly person like this.”
“Don’t pretend to be close to me for no reason.”
A normal person would have walked quietly out of embarrassment, but Geommugeuk didn’t do that.
“I won’t have the chance to walk with you like this, but if I don’t act friendly at times like this, when will I? Please understand if I act excitedly today.”
“Even Tomato was tricked in this way.”
“Yes, that’s right. I knocked on the door endlessly.”
“door?”
“The door to the heart.”
Ma-bul snorted, then suddenly thought about whether Geommu-yang had ever knocked on his door. Then he calmed himself down.
‘No matter how much you try, Mr. Lee, I’m not a monkey who falls from a tree just because you shake me like a chopping board.’
The place the two arrived was a fancy tavern in Magachon.
Even without Geommugeuk introducing him, Jo Chun-bae recognized Ma-bul at a glance.
He was not flustered. He had changed since he had received Cheonma as a guest. Even if the leader of the martial arts world and the leader of the apostles came at the same time, he was confident that he would gladly accept them, thinking that it would be nothing.
“Welcome, my lord.”
“Since a precious person has come, please take good care of me today as well.”
“Yes, I will serve you with all my heart.”
So Geommugeuk and Mabul sat facing each other on this floor.
“This is my regular place.”
“I don’t want to know. Why did you want to see me?”
“There are many reasons, but you won’t believe them all. If I had to give you a reason to believe them, it would be a kind of restraint.”
“You call it checks?”
“My brother started meeting my people. So I wanted to show him that I could meet his people too. The first person to do so was you.”
“Would anything change if we met?”
“I know your feelings for my brother are strong.”
“What do you know?”
“Didn’t you show me the day you came back? That’s when I really felt your concern for my brother.”
When Geommugeuk tried to pour him a drink, Mabul snatched the bottle and drank it himself.
“Don’t say you know me so easily.”
Mabul emptied his glass and Geommugeuk followed suit.
This time, Geommugeuk tried to pour him a drink, but Mabul filled his own glass.
“There will be times when it will be difficult for you because you are selfish. Please take good care of him and console him.”
“You are such a hypocrite. Do you think I will be impressed by your words?”
“That’s not why I cursed at my brother behind his back. Calling him a selfish person.”
Ma-bul praised Geommu-yang as if his sowing of strife was not working.
“Your brother is a bright man.”
“It lacks humanity a bit.”
“That’s okay. People who are going to do great things shouldn’t be swayed by personal feelings.”
“Sometimes I ignore the elderly.”
“It’s okay. You’re going to be a Heavenly Horse someday, so why would you ignore me?”
“I might even break an important promise.”
“The words and actions of the Heavenly Demon are the law. What is important and what is not, what is a promise and what is not. It is all decided by the Heavenly Demon.”
“You are truly impregnable. I envy my brother who has you on his side. I will drink this wine with respect for you.”
The sword dance emptied the glass.
Mabul laughed, one corner of his mouth curling up.
“I admit that Lee Gong-ja is good at dealing with people. But you won’t be able to persuade me. I’m a different person from Domana and the leader of Pungcheon.”
“I know. As I said before, I never intended to make you my man.”
“Why does it become like this?”
“I want to know who that person is. I want to know who is protecting my brother. And I came to a conclusion.”
“how?”
Ma-Bul was curious about how the scholar would evaluate him.
“If you hurt my feelings, you will be the biggest idiot in the school.”
Mabul laughed and emptied his glass.
Geommugeuk tried to pour him another drink. This time, he didn’t take the bottle away.
“Pour the drink and say, ‘Geommu-geuk.’
“When I see you, I think of you as a little giant. You are bigger than anyone else.”
The power of words is truly frightening. Even though I knew that it was obvious that he was trying to flatter me, I couldn’t help but feel happy. I especially liked the expression “little giant.” I used to think of myself that way, but no one had ever called me that.
Ma-Bul glared at Geommu-Geuk with an even more displeased expression, fearing that his true feelings might be revealed.
Whether or not he knew about those feelings, Geommugeuk threw out an unexpected remark.
“Please take good care of my brother.”
“You’re asking for the Archduke? What do you mean by that?”
“I intend to stop killing each other in the fight for succession in this generation. To do that, we need to avoid treating each other emotionally, but my older brother has strong pride, so it will be difficult for him to control that. Please help me. If you are the elder brother, you will be able to stop my older brother from going wild.”
Ma-bul, who was looking at the sword dance, spoke coldly.
“You don’t know anything about me. If the Archduke goes wild, I’ll add fuel to the fire. A small explosion won’t make you a successor, so I’ll urge you to blow everything up. So if you’re looking for a way to survive through me, I’ll tell you to wake up.”
Mabul stood up from his seat. Mabul, who was about to leave, said one last thing.
“If you believe you can choose a successor peacefully, you are either a fool or a madman.”
“I guess I am crazy, because all the elders who know me say I am crazy.”
Ma-bul, who was staring at the sword dance, spoke firmly.
“I hate crazy people.”
Mabul went down to the first floor.
Geommu-geuk looked down at Jo Chun-bae, who was sitting at the checkout counter.
Later, he was dozing off even when a demon passed by him, wondering how much he would freak out later. Well, it wasn’t just demons, but even when it was Grandpa demons who came, he couldn’t help but feel sleepy because he was tired.
Geommugeuk’s gaze, which had been looking at Jo Chun-bae, turned outside the tavern.
In the distance, a golden light was walking toward the horizon. It was half the height of an ordinary person, but its shadow in the sunset was large and long.
