Episode 113
I keep it in my heart
Maybe it was because we had a common theme(?) of ‘making fun of Dang Gyu-jin,’ but I was able to quickly become friends with Lee Cheol-san.
“That’s why my sister-in-law is there-”
“Gyaaaah! Why are you talking that far!”
“Hahaha! Why are you so serious? It all happened when I was young, and now it’s just a memory.”
“It’s a memory I want to forget!!”
It was mostly Lee Cheol-san who brought out Dang Gyu-jin’s hidden old stories, and every time he did that, Dang Gyu-jin had to run around to somehow stop Lee Cheol-san from going wild.
“So what happened? I’m so curious.”
“Hmm! Is it because my mouth is dry? My throat feels rough when I try to speak-”
“Oh no! The glass is empty! It’s my fault! Here it is!!”
“Hahaha. That’s not what I meant.”
“But aren’t you my brother? Drink it all up. Drink it all up!”
“When you say that he is the younger brother of our party’s sister, I really feel like he is my younger brother. If I had a family in this world, I think Un would be just like him.”
“I don’t feel like Sanhyung is like other people either.”
“I see? I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that! Hahaha!”
“That’s right. Hehehehehe!”
As the laughter between Lee Cheol-san and me grew louder, Dang Gyu-jin, who was in the middle, started to feel uneasy, as if he was sitting on a bed of thorns.
If someone saw me, they’d think I was trying to eat them.
Dang Gyu-jin would occasionally give me a sharp glare as if to tell me to stop, but I continued to ignore him and pretend not to see him.
Brrrr!
Dang Gyu-jin’s shoulders seemed to be shaking slightly.
As if my teeth were chattering.
“Strangely, don’t those two get along so well?”
“… Yeah. Actually, I thought it wouldn’t be right.”
“So, what I’m saying is.”
Yoo Su-min and Sima Seon-ui whispered secretly to each other.
It was as if he thought I definitely wouldn’t hear it.
“Who would have thought that someone like the Tang Confucius would hang out with that upright old man?”
… I couldn’t just pass by here.
“Excuse me, you two!”
“?”
“?”
“What on earth are you talking about?”
Yoo Su-min tilted his head.
“What do you mean?”
“A person like me? What does that mean? To someone like me who has lived his whole life faithfully to his conscience!”
“…Who? Prince Tang?”
“Then who would be there!”
“her.”
Instead of answering, Yoo Su-min brought the teacup to his lips with a rotten smile.
Sima Xian was blinking his eyes without thinking about anything as usual.
Lee Cheol-san also said with a bitter smile.
“I guess I can’t help but get involved here. ‘Mister’? I’m not old enough to hear that kind of thing yet-”
“How old is your brother Cheolsan this year?”
“… Age is just a number.”
“As far as I know, didn’t the first digit change to three?”
“Ehhhhh! Not yet-”
“Then it would be next year. Anyway, it’s your ninth year this year, right?”
“… … .”
“By the way, how old are you and I?”
“… … .”
“How old are you?”
“… How much was it?”
“Don’t pretend you don’t know.”
“… … Was it this year’s contract?”
“Yes, that’s right. I just turned twenty.”
“… … .”
“Then how old are you and your brother?”
“Khuuuuum!”
“Where is your conscience?”
“Kreum keum keum!! Knock knock knock!”
Lee Cheol-san could no longer resist and immediately sank.
Yoo Su-min, who easily destroyed the Sacheonjeil review index with just a few words, snorted with his arms crossed.
“Consider yourself lucky that you can hear my voice. If you keep pretending like nothing happened, I’ll just treat you like an old man in the neighborhood.”
“… Be careful.”
Lee Cheol-san slowly averted his gaze to the side.
“… It’s a slap in the face, isn’t it?”
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“You’re just stabbing someone in the heart with a knife. Your speaking skills are at the level of a cult leader, at the level of a cult leader.”
“A female cult leader has appeared! A female cult leader has appeared!!”
“What kind of world has become for such ridiculous things to happen!!”
The ghosts made a fuss as if an emergency had been declared.
Hold on tight, you guys. I’m going crazy.
“And Prince Tang.”
… I feel like I shouldn’t answer this question.
Yoo Su-min had bleary eyes.
It looked just like the eyes of a dead fish.
“Don’t you think that Prince Tang really has no conscience? He kept manipulating people like that until late last night.”
“Ahem! That’s right, since Lady Yu said that she also needed to train, I did it together.”
“Oh, yes. Of course you would.”
Yoo Soo-min glared at him as if he knew it would be boring to talk about useless things any more.
Next to him, Sima Xian and Tang Gyujin silently nodded their heads as if they agreed.
It’s so unfair, really. Where can you find someone who lives as uprightly and considerately as I do?
Of course, I’ve been working them hard and not letting them sleep for the past few days, but I’ve made sure they get at least two hours of sleep every day.
To this extent, he is quite conscientious for a cotton farmer.
Anyway, once people treat you well, you don’t know how well they treat you, you don’t know.
“Huh? You four trained all night? Can I ask what you mean by that?”
Dang Gyu-jin gave a simple answer to Lee Cheol-san’s question.
Since the incident with the Demonic Cult’s attack, the four of them have been taking turns teaching each other swordsmanship.
Lee Cheol-san’s eyes widened slightly.
“You think I can use a sword?”
“Yes. Well, I just started a little while ago, so a little bit.”
“With that little bit, you became the sworn brother of the Lion King?”
Yoo Soo-min intervened.
I shrugged.
“That’s because I’m kind of cool?”
“Look at this, look at this. Even if you look hard, you can’t find a single bit of humility. That’s why they say your conscience is damaged.”
Then what can we do? You can’t blame someone for being good, right?
Yoo Su-min shook his head, and Lee Cheol-san spoke without hiding his surprised expression.
“It would be no exaggeration to say that all three of them are already masters of the sword, but if they are even able to interact with each other, Yun Je’s skill must be quite extraordinary. Well, when I said that the way they fought against the King of Dowagers was somehow familiar and unusual. Haha! It was a sword!”
Lee Cheol-san’s eyes sparkled with interest.
As if I had found hidden ginseng.
“May I also join in on the action? Actually, I was inspired a lot by seeing Unje’s martial arts.”
The eyes of Dang Gyu-jin, Yoo Su-min, and Sima Seon, which change from moment to moment, were truly something to behold.
‘Why?’
‘Why do you want to buy it and go through all the trouble?’
‘Let’s just drag them in quietly! It’s hard for us to die alone! Brother Cheolsan is going with us too!’
Typical bad symbols of ‘We can’t be the only ones who are unhappy, so let’s just increase the number of victims and take comfort in watching them struggle.’
The mindset of the people who will lead the future of Sacheon Murim is so annoying. It is truly regrettable.
“As the saying goes, if you get close to food, you’ll turn black too – sob sob -“
“The sect is now slowly beginning to be influenced by the personality of the sect leader-“
I smiled brightly.
“I would welcome it with open arms.”
“Thank you for your willing consent.”
Lee Cheol-san, who had not yet noticed the gaze of Cheok Sa-sam-won, was steadily digging his own grave.
The place continued for a long time after that.
It was mostly close to praise and compliments on my and the Lion King’s martial arts.
It was a story about an idea he received from a swordsmanship style that was steeped in tradition and formality, something he had never thought of.
As the topic of discussion shifted to ‘sword’, Dang Gyu-jin, who had been sullen until now, and Yoo Su-min and Sima Seon-ui, who had been sitting blankly, also began to speak up, their eyes sparkling.
What I realized thanks to that was that everyone has different views on swords, and their depth varies as well.
The conversation did not contain any of the usual topics like the stormtroopers, the difficulties of the exam, or everyday life.
‘I guess it doesn’t matter. It probably means that they are all pure.’
An appearance that only swordsmen who are faithful to the sword can show.
No matter what kind of adversity or hardship it was, they were full of confidence that they could overcome it with their own sword.
Is that why?
Their swords each had their own distinct personalities.
Lee Cheol-san was fair and upright.
Dang Gyu-jin was upright, but sometimes he had a sharp and vicious side hidden inside him, like a blue-haired man.
As expected from his arrogant personality, Yoo Su-min was quite bold with his sword.
Sima Xian’s sword was so flashy and magnificent that it seemed like I would be swept away by it if I tried to consciously chase after it.
‘As expected, the path of the sword is long and far.’
I tried to memorize all their views without missing a single one.
Cheonmagugeom is a martial art that combines nine types of swordsmanship with different characteristics.
So it was necessary to familiarize myself with as many views as possible.
There was also a second checkpoint already occupied.
-Ten Complete Gods and Demons School.
If the Maracheon Sword type pursues extreme pleasure and reveals destructive aggression, the Sipjeonshinma type pursues omnipotence.
The goal was to perfect all ten elements that make up the Shijun (十全) and become a Shinma (神魔).
The art of supporting the sword, the art of divine magic, and the art of reverence.
The phage, rider, idea, and image that holds the sword.
From breathing to accumulating energy and operating.
All of these are combined into one to create a strong sword that no one can easily approach.
‘The Maracheon Sword type focuses solely on destructive power, so if the offensive is not successful, it is easy to lose. However, if the Ten-Warrior Sword can support you firmly from behind, you can even achieve a free transition between offense and defense.’
The Master once said that there is no set order for opening the Heavenly Demon Sword.
That is something that is decided based on one’s own needs, or on what one lacks or needs to supplement.
So I thought about the combination of Mara Cheon Geom Hyeong and Sip Jeon Shin Ma Ryu.
It was for this very reason that the Red Dragon Horse was created.
I think that the Red Dragon’s body’s strong durability and sensitive senses will be able to handle the overload caused by the two sword attacks.
Given the circumstances, the drones that had been hovering around, wondering if they could join our conversation, fled in a huff.
It was like, why are we talking about martial arts at a banquet like this, which makes our heads hurt?
But I enjoyed this moment so much.
In my previous life, whenever I tried to bring up stories related to martial arts, I was usually ignored.
Even the loyal Five Great Swordsmen avoided eye contact with a bitter smile.
Well, I was a sorcerer, not a warrior.
If it was natural, then it was a natural attitude.
But there is no need to worry about that anymore.
As time passed like that, Lee Cheol-san tilted his head while looking at the sunset sky.
“By the way, why hasn’t Won Mae come yet? He said he’d join us soon.”
Won sale?
“Are you talking about Miss Dang Ye-won?”
“Miss? Hohoho! That brat really is a direct descendant of the Tang family. To hear that title come out of my younger brother’s mouth. That’s right. That friend has decided to join. We are all members of the Choksan Church.”
“Huh? If you’re Dang Ye-won, then you’re the granddaughter of that dark lord…?”
“Oh! The young sect leader is finally going to greet his fiancée! Weren’t you so flustered in the carriage that you couldn’t even talk much?”
The ghostly bastards already had excited eyes.
“Whia, did you know?”
Dang Gyu-jin must have read the subtle mood in my words and quickly sent a message.
She knew I knew nothing about prenatal care.
『Yes. It was due to a mistake by Musabu a while ago.』
“Is that so…?”
For some reason, Dang Gyu-jin’s eyes narrowed. A sinister smile appeared.
For a moment I thought, “Oh no.”
no way…!
However, Dang Gyu-jin’s smile soon turned into a bitter smile as he looked towards Sima Seon.
“?”
I was wondering if you were going to make fun of Dang Ye-won, but why are you suddenly looking at Sima Xian?
Although I was puzzled by the fact that Dang Gyu-jin didn’t say anything, there was something I had to sort out first.
“Sister, this isn’t really the right place to ask this question.
『?』
“What would happen if I told my lord that I wanted to break off the engagement when we met privately later?”
Dang Gyu-jin’s face hardened.
“What? What are you-“
『Of course, Miss Dang Ye-won and I only have the same surname, but we are very distant relatives, so there is no problem in marriage. I also know that it will be difficult to break up because of the relationship between the head of the family and the head of the branch family.』
Did you read the subtle air flowing between Dang Gyu-jin and me?
At some point, the other three people started quietly looking only at the two of us.
“But I think I should break off this loveless engagement.”
“What is the reason?”
I took a moment to catch my breath and then answered calmly.
“I have another lover in my heart.”
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