Childhood Friend of the Zenith Chapter 549

〈 Episode 549 〉 Why are you here?

Four days have passed.

I had already left the Guangdong region and arrived in Honam.

Shoot.

I can hear the sound of waves in my ears.

Night was coming soon, so I found a valley and sat down.

I feel like I’ve been walking along the road for a long time, but I’m still in the forest.

“hmm.”

There was no feeling of moving slightly leisurely.

It was still okay.

‘Things worked out easily.’

This is because there is some time to spare.

There are three reasons why I wanted to move a little hastily from Guangdong.

at first.

‘One thousand years, one season.’

Remarks where 10,000 years of iron have accumulated in the Guangdong region.

It was for that.

Finding this wasn’t that difficult.

This is because I knew the information in more detail than I expected.

‘There were some problems in that gap.’

In the process, there was friction with a nobleman named Old Kwon Jeokma, and a battle broke out.

Rather, I was able to use it to solve the next problem.

‘I killed the bezoar.’

The second purpose of my coming to Guangdong Province.

It was to kill Weoseok, the current branch leader of the Guangdong branch of the Murim League.

This is a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of revenge.

‘It was both a business and a business.’

The purpose was to just deal with it while it was still there.

‘While we’re at it, we also have to spread our name.’

It won’t matter since I made the military officer Seodong aware of that part.

‘There is a possibility that I won’t say anything.’

Although they were told to report, there were certainly cases where they did not do so.

Even so, it didn’t matter.

The important thing is that the bezoar was killed.

Perhaps because of this, the Guangdong branch will take about a month to resolve the issue.

The only person who died was the branch manager.

‘It’s no different from turning it upside down.’

It is no different from the fact that the branch was killed by an unidentified person.

If the report goes up as seen, there will probably be many changes there as well.

‘One to two months.’

Time to send in a new branch manager and resolve the remaining situation.

It’ll probably take that long.

That’s not a long time, but it will be too late to deal with an accident caused by a monster inside.

Then, there will probably be casualties.

hani.

“Just pay attention to that part.”

To the words I quietly whispered in the middle of the night.

[I will follow your orders.]

A voice answered from the darkness.

I didn’t bother to turn my head.

[We will assign personnel by region.]

This means that while the curtain is shaking, we must take reasonable care to avoid casualties in the Guangdong region.

ah.

“While you’re at it, let the rumor spread appropriately.”

[I will accept it.]

Just when I thought I had finished saying everything I needed to say.

[and… .]

As if speaking, an electric sound is heard.

[The Lord had something to tell you.]

“The King of Cancer?”

As I raise my eyes as if asking something, the sound of words continues.

[‘The child is ready. I’ll send it back now.’ That was the order.]

“…”

After hearing the words, I let out a low breath.

Because I knew who those words meant.

‘I’ll see soon.’

The last time I saw it was two years ago.

It’s been some time since I left with the King of Cancer, saying there was necessary training.

I nodded slightly and spat out the words.

“All right.”

As I finish speaking, the person behind me disappears.

Only after I felt that did I get up from the rock.

take a step

I left where I was and walked in the direction where I could hear the sound of the waves.

Getting a little closer.

Shoot!

The river water illuminated by the moon was shaking under the influence of waves.

And I see someone sitting near the river.

Splat! Splat!

Someone is squatting down and washing something in the river.

He must have taken off his top, so his pale skin was clearly visible.

I asked while looking at it.

“What are you doing?”

“… !”

A person who was diligently washing his clothes in the river is startled by my call.

Then he turned his creaking head and looked at me with a gesture.

The first thing that caught my eye were yellow, somewhat tired eyes.

The identity of the young man is exactly that.

In his past life, he was a swordsman and a celestial being.

There.

Kunlun’s warrior general. A person expected to be a disciple of Cheonghae Ilgeom.

It was Seongyul.

“What are you doing now?”

“…”

In response to my question, Seongyul shows me a glimpse of the clothes he was holding.

“… Clothes… I was kind of sucking it.”

“Tonight?”

“… yes… . “Because the time wasn’t right.”

“hmm.”

There was definitely no reason to do anything other than wash.

But, no matter what.

‘He’s not in his right mind either.’

In this situation, I can’t believe I’m washing my clothes just because a valley has appeared.

Meanwhile, the upper body of the guy with his shirt off is visible.

Even though he was a martial artist who had reached a high level, his muscles were poor.

The muscles are big, but that’s probably because they’re skinny.

In particular, the scars visible not only on the chest but also all over the body are noticeable.

‘That’s it.’

It’s not a scar that someone gave.

These are the marks that appear when you hurt yourself.

“hey.”

“yes… ?”

“Give me those clothes.”

“… ?”

Seongyul gave me a puzzled look at my words, but he obediently gave me the clothes.

He grabbed it like he was taking away wet clothes and blew on it.

Woe!

“… !”

Then, in an instant, heat spurts out and dries the wet clothes in one go.

Immediately after, I roughly threw the dried clothes to Seongyul.

The guy hastily takes the clothes with a dumbfounded look on his face.

I hated seeing the scars.

I asked while looking at that guy.

“You didn’t manage to run away?”

“… ah.”

It wasn’t that long since I was gone, but it was enough time to decide to run away.

The last few days since we started walking together.

There were similar situations in the meantime, but Seongyul never attempted to escape.

In response to my question, Seongyul speaks to me without much change in his expression.

“If you run away, there is nowhere to go.”

“why? Go home. “It’s at your house in Cheonghae.”

When the story about the Kunlun faction is brought up, Seongyul’s expression darkens slightly.

“… It is… “It’s not my place to go anymore.”

Whenever he talked about Kunlun, his expression was always like that.

What if I learned something about Seongyul over the past few days?

‘Age doesn’t make sense.’

Did you say you’re twenty-five now?

‘It seems like he belongs to Kunlun as well.’

Current affiliation.

‘Belonged’ or something.

From what I could see, it was one of two things.

There.

‘It is true that it is related to Cheonghae Ilgeom.’

It’s never been said directly, but it certainly is.

A guy like that.

‘Why are they doing that here?’

Since he is a mortal, it is no wonder that he has been reduced to a murderer.

However, if it is a warrior who belonged to the Kunlun faction, several problems will arise.

‘Though the Cheonsalseong is supposed to be killed when discovered.’

This is one of the rules established in the Meng.

Cheonsalseong must be reported to the department as soon as it is discovered.

This is close to a law that any political believer must follow.

‘Cheonghae Ilgeom, who knew this, was pretending not to know this.’

Even if he was raising it in his own arms.

‘What was the intention?’

I don’t know that far. The important thing is.

‘It’s become a bit of a bothersome situation.’

If you say that in the past he was just a crazy murderer.

What is the Sword Demon like now?

At least to me now, he was a normal guy, just looking a little fierce.

‘But that doesn’t mean he’s completely fine.’

If you look at his appearance when he first met him, it seems like he was right.

That guy was no different from the Sword Demon I had seen in my past life.

but.

‘It hasn’t been completely tainted by the celestial nature yet.’

It felt like I was eaten by my constitution in a past life.

That doesn’t seem to be the case at all now.

To put it another way:

‘I’ll get eaten someday anyway.’

In the future, they will not be able to overcome the celestial nature and will be eaten.

When I think of that.

‘It’s right to just do it for its original purpose.’

It is corrupted into a demon and used later.

I found this guy for that purpose. I couldn’t do that.

‘Tsk.’

A few days ago, the eyes of the guy who was overcome with guilt and asked me to kill him come to mind.

When I thought about that, I got irritated.

‘Oh, shit, I saw something useless.’

I was annoyed.

If I hadn’t seen it, I would have just thrown it away.

I hesitated because I looked into those damn eyes.

Tsk.

As I was biting my tongue from the rising emotions, Seongyul finished getting dressed and asked me what I wanted to say.

“that… .”

“what.”

“May I ask what you want from me… ?”

“what?”

Seongyul asked carefully.

“… “I wonder if someone like you wants to accompany me at all, so that he can use me for something.”

Because he’s like you.

I chuckled at what I heard.

“Do you know who I am?”

“I do not know. However, I know that you are an unusual person.”

It seemed like he was misunderstanding something.

I’m not that great of a person.

‘I’m not even human anymore in the first place.’

I swallowed the words I didn’t want to say.

“Then you don’t know who I am or what I’m going to do. “Why are you following me?”

“… “Because you told me to follow you.”

I told him to follow me, so he followed me.

Seongyul was telling me that.

“So you didn’t run away?”

“Even if you run away, not only will you have nowhere to go… .”

Seongyul spoke to me with quiet eyes.

“I decided I couldn’t escape.”

“hmm.”

The reason I didn’t run away was because I thought I couldn’t escape even if I did.

‘You’re more perceptive than I thought.’

It was correct. I had no intention of letting him go easily.

‘If I kill you, I kill you.’

He is a man with a will to kill.

Would you keep them alive knowing what would happen later?

In the meantime.

‘It’s what I wish for.’

In the meantime, this is what I want from him.

“well.”

Nothing in particular comes to mind yet.

No, it has to be there. It wasn’t something I wanted from him right now.

“and. If I say what I want, what changes? Are you going to do it?”

“… I do not know.”

Seongyul shakes his head at this.

“one… . “If there is anything I can do, I will do it.”

When I heard that, I shook my head.

“That’s bullshit. I don’t know who I am and I don’t know what I’m going to do. “If there’s anything you can do, you’ll do it?”

Since he was such a disobedient person, I was planning to corrupt him into a demon and use him.

Are you sure you will listen to me?

It was just absurd.

“Why are you being so crazy all of a sudden?”

“…”

“What are you?”

He said he would listen to me on his own, so it must be convenient.

I wondered why.

I looked at him full of doubt.

Seongyul spoke to me in a tired voice.

“You know what problem I have, right?”

I know.

It’s a crazy constitution that craves blood and wants other people’s pain.

“If you know that and still need me… . “I thought that was okay.”

If you need yourself knowing that you are a thousand-year-old, that’s okay.

also.

“I don’t have anywhere to go anyway, so if we’re going to be like this, are you willing to do anything?”

“…”

It was a statement that conveyed a certain degree of desperation.

“Hmm… .”

After hearing Seongyul’s words, I remembered the words.

‘iffy.’

A sword demon who has not yet gone mad.

It would have been easier to write if it had been steeped in madness.

Right now, that ambiguous state is just a burden to me.

‘A bomb that might explode at any moment.’

He seems fine now, but if he goes crazy, he might change like he did in the guest room.

Knowing that, wouldn’t it be better to just make it mine now and use it safely?

That’s what I thought.

‘It’s too bothersome to worry about.’

Even the guy who felt guilty. I was also worried because it was related to Cheonghae Ilgeom.

After thinking about it for a long time, there was only one answer.

‘I wonder if there’s a way for me to suppress that guy’s selfish nature.’

Could something like that exist?

I don’t know what Cheonghae Ilgeom was thinking, but at least not as far as I know.

okay.

‘Let’s go easy.’

If I wasn’t going to turn it into a demon, I had to kill it.

In that case, it would be better to just turn him into a demon from now on.

While thinking that, I tried to reach out to Seongyul.

Saaaa-.

“… !”

I quickly turned my head when I felt a presence behind me.

“what.”

Seongyul looked embarrassed when he saw me.

“excuse me… ?”

“Be quiet for a moment.”

“…”

In the quiet moments, I spread energy by dragging my body.

Hwaaaaaaaaaaa!

A bet explodes from one’s toes and covers the surroundings.

Then I felt the presence more clearly.

There are two people I feel.

It was also quickly approaching this direction.

“this.”

As soon as I felt the presence, I had to frown.

Because it was the sign of someone who knew.

However, the problem was that there was no sign of it being felt here.

‘… ‘Why can I sense that child’s presence here?’

I had doubts, but I had no time to think. As soon as I confirmed her presence, I placed a bet on her body.

OK.

Wow!

The bones of the body make sounds and the physical body begins to change.

“… to… ?”

Seongyul saw that and spoke briefly.

Doo-doo-duk-!

In conjunction with the sound, the body becomes smaller and smaller.

My height decreased and my size also decreased.

The difference is about an inch.

“after… .”

After barely making his body smaller, he swept up his hair.

Immediately after, I looked at the reflection in the valley.

Slightly red eyes are seen first.

Fortunately, it seemed to have changed properly.

“… W-what… ?”

Seongyul looked shocked at my sudden transformation.

Now was not the time to explain what this was.

Just when I was barely gathering myself.

This is because I finally felt that the figure was getting closer.

Jerk.

I hear light footsteps.

“Uh… ?”

Then a voice was heard.

It is the beauty of a beautiful woman.

The woman’s voice clearly sounded quite embarrassed.

I turned my head to that voice.

“… what?”

The woman who makes eye contact with me widens her eyes.

The woman’s face seemed familiar yet awkward.

The corners of the eyes are slightly lowered as if sharp.

Black hair carelessly loose.

A small pattern was drawn between the white uniforms and a body that was not large even for a woman.

There.

Even a face that resembles someone you miss.

The woman was unable to hide her expression as she looked at me.

“why… .”

The identity of such a woman is surprising.

“… “Is your brother here?”

The fourth of the Gu family.

It was an old painting.