Episode 137
I really have to tell you this
I returned to the white room and lay down on the bed.
My body was tired.
I wanted to rest a little, but strangely, my mind was clear.
‘… It seemed like he had something to say.’
Even though I had finally ascended to the throne of the Western Heavenly King as I had wished, the look in the dark lord’s eyes that I saw for a brief moment was not one of pride or satisfaction.
yearning.
Or maybe it looked like loneliness.
What on earth does that mean?
I couldn’t figure it out.
But this is something you can’t ask anyone.
Finally, I closed my eyes and tried to clear my mind.
… … .
Around that time, my mind started to get a little tired.
“Are you there, Sobun Gaju?”
Suddenly, outside the door, a noise was heard, along with the voices of Dang-gon and Gui-je-gal.
What are these gentlemen doing all of a sudden?
I straightened my disheveled clothes and opened the door wide.
“What’s going on, all of a sudden?”
But why was Dang-gon grinning and Gui-je-gal smiling broadly under his mask?
“Would you like some alcohol? Something strong would be nice.”
“I know you have some hidden things, but why do you have so many horns?”
“Why would that be?”
Danggon glared at Gui Zhuge with sharp eyes.
Gui Zhuge’s smile deepened.
“Woah, hooray! I was just kidding.”
“joke?”
“yes.”
“What kind of joke was that?”
Suddenly, Gui Zhuge took a step back from Dang Gon and shouted in a serious tone.
“Dead mortals, how dare you wander this world and harm my comrades! I will never give you this path until a knife is stuck in my heart-”
“Get out of here, you little shit!!”
Dang-gon swung his Maengpungpyeon with a very pale face.
It was so strong that I thought the crown of Gwijegal’s head would be shattered.
Even if Gui Zhuge’s head was like that, it was hard to bear the mess in my room.
I quickly flicked my sword and repelled the gust of wind.
“If you’re going to fight, then go outside and fight! Why are you causing trouble in my room!”
“Look at the way he acts! It makes me mad! Wouldn’t it make you mad!!”
Before I knew it, Gui Zhuge had come behind me and was chopping it up.
“In the name of this fierce knight, Dang-gon! On behalf of King Yeomra, I will guide you, who are wandering the nine heavens, back to the underworld!!”
“Dieee …
Dang-gon’s eyes now rolled back and he swung his Maengpung-pyeon with the sole purpose of killing Gui-je-gal by any means necessary.
But the whip was always blocked by my hand, and Gui Zhuge was busy teasing Dang Gon while trying to avoid it.
Now, steam was rising from the top of Danggon’s head.
“Why do you keep interrupting me!!”
“I told you this is my room!”
“I don’t know about that, but just hand over the rat hiding behind you! Or I’ll keep swinging!”
“Ah, don’t bother me and go out and do it! Wind Knight Danggon! Even if it means getting a knife stuck in my heart, I will lead you back outside in your name!!”
“You too, you little bastard!”
“Kyahahahahaha!”
Boom boom boom!
Danggon was running wild, and Guijegal and I were playing around, avoiding him here and there… … .
There was a huge uproar in the White House.
“Wind Knight, it feels really good to see that guy get teased and teased again every day.”
“And then when you turn around, you completely forget about it. How good of a personality do you have?”
“Why did I have to get caught up with the cult leader?”
“No, but isn’t it true that that guy named Guijegal became even more vicious after being infected by the Soryuju?”
The ghosts now chatted peacefully, unfazed by the daily routine.
“Gasp, gasp, gasp… …! You damn humans! If I don’t bury you two in the back mountain somewhere, you’re not human, you’re not human!!”
When a person gets very angry and runs wild, he or she will quickly become physically exhausted.
It was a miracle that fire didn’t pour out of Dang-gon’s mouth as he breathed heavily.
“Hey, if you were going to bury people just for teasing them, there wouldn’t be anyone alive in this world.”
“You’re worse than that damn bastard! You always nag at people and scratch their insides!!”
“Isn’t it time to get used to it now?”
“That’s because you always find a different way to tease me! What on earth is going on in your head that makes you come up with so many different ways to tease me, huh!?”
Yeah, I find that really interesting too.
I wonder if there’s a book called ‘100 Ways to Improve Your Character’ in your head.
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“It keeps coming up, what should I do? Well then. I have to use it.”
“Ah, that snout for real!!”
“And speaking of which, do you think it’ll end just because I get buried? Maybe I’ll come back to Ginger City and nag you even more?”
“fu*k!! I’m even more pissed because I think that’s really going to happen!”
Danggon grumbled and slumped down on his chair.
It seemed like he no longer had the strength to be brave.
I sat across from him, chuckling.
Gui Zhuge tried to sit next to Dang Gon, but was met with a glare and quietly asked me.
“Can I sit next to you, Sobun?”
“Why? Do you think you’ll die if you sit there?”
“It’s okay since he’s my boss who gives me a small gift, but I’m his coworker, so I think he’d really go and grab my balls and bury them.”
“Then let’s do that.”
“Thank you! Hohoho! In that spirit, let me introduce you to a very special guest!”
Gui Zhuge sat down next to me and took out a new looking bottle.
It was nice to hear the sloshing sound.
“Is this a correction room?”
“Oh! You recognize me just by hearing the sound?”
“I was curious about the taste anyway.”
“Haha! As expected, you know a thing or two about alcohol. This isn’t just any ordinary sake. It’s made from grain from four years ago when the harvest was really good.”
My eyes sparkled.
My mouth is watering.
“Can you give me something that good?”
“If we don’t open it on a day like today, when will we open it again? Now that the reputation of the small business owner has spread like wildfire, the time is now!”
“Wow! As expected, Punghwa Jeongju is truly loyal!”
“Isn’t this all thanks to the outstanding leadership of the small group?”
“Is that so?”
“Hahahahahaha!”
“Hmmhmmhmmhmm!”
“… … .”
Danggon shook his head with an expression that said he was going to see all kinds of strange people.
But even he, who was the best at liking alcohol here, was getting very excited and wetting his lips with his tongue.
When I opened the cork, a fragrant aroma filled the room.
The color of the liquor filling the glass was also transparent and clear.
Ttorr!
So the three glasses were filled and a light toast was given.
It was as spicy and good as it was strong.
It felt like all the fatigue that had built up throughout the day was completely gone.
“Wow! Now I know why it’s considered one of the three great pearls!”
The Sacheon region has some of the most fertile land in the Central Plains, and the crops grown there are famous for their excellent taste.
Of course, grain liquor was always considered the best liquor here. Sujeongbang was one of them.
“So what are you trying to say? Judging from the fact that you brought such expensive liquor, it seems like you have something you want to discuss at length.”
“I didn’t come here to discuss anything-”
Danggon and Gui Zhuge met eyes for a brief moment.
A lot of conversation took place during that short moment.
The content of the conversation could be easily inferred just by watching from the side.
‘You do it.’
‘Oh, no. You do it.’
‘I told you to do it?’
‘You were so good at running around like a thunderbolt on the battlefield, so why can’t you do it here?’
‘You’re good at tongue-twiddling, right? So do it. Or do you want to break a real pot?’
Who on earth would think that a conversation like this was about a middle-aged man in his forties?
In the end, it was Danggon who lost the long war of nerves.
As Gui Zhuge Li continued to laugh and fan him, the impatient one stepped forward first.
“shit.”
Danggon was embarrassed to bring it up, so he took another sip and shouted out loud.
“…thank you.”
Phew!
I couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the completely unexpected words.
Dang-gon’s face turned bright red. It seemed even worse than when he was teased earlier.
“What, all of a sudden?”
“To be honest, I still feel embarrassed and ashamed… but as the former captain of the Gwangpungdae, I felt I had to tell you this.”
Dang-gon’s tone became serious. His earlobes were still red, but his sincerity was clearly conveyed.
I smiled faintly.
He picked up the flask and filled the glass.
“I always said, I just did what I had to do.”
“But that doesn’t mean that the fact that it was you, Sobun Gaju, who relieved us of all the resentment, grievance, and resentment we had been carrying around for so long will disappear.”
The devil intervened.
The eyes that were difficult to read behind the mask showed a serious light for the first time.
Danggon said.
“Since the time when the Gwangpungdae disbanded, our time has always stood still there.”
“… … .”
“I was always stuck in that time. I never thought of breaking away. No, I couldn’t. The storm was our life, our whole life, our soul.”
“… … .”
“And it was the same for the Lord of the Bunga. From the beginning, the Guryong branch was a place that was created because they could not forget the storm.”
I remembered something Dang-gon had said one day.
He said that the Kowloon branch was just a camouflage, a ploy to create another storm.
You could tell just by looking at the words ‘Jeongpung’ and ‘Punghwa’.
Jeongpung (靜風) contained their wish to flow quietly and someday become a whirlwind, while Punghwa (風化) contained their will to become the wind itself again.
“But the Lord Sobunga made our stopped time move again.”
“… … .”
“The promise of the small business owner that he would make a storm blow warmed our hearts, and every moment we ran for it made our hearts beat stronger.”
Gui Zhuge nodded and continued speaking.
“The North Sea Clan has collapsed. We were at the forefront. The martial artists who were wary of our resurgence now acknowledge us and praise us. There may have been hidden intentions and ambitions behind it, but they can no longer deny our existence. All of this happened thanks to Sobun Gaju.”
The corners of Guijegal’s eyes formed curves.
and.
Click!
He brought his hand towards the mask and slowly lowered it.
A horrifying face was revealed, covered in burns.
Before he got hurt, I thought he was a handsome man with a beautiful appearance that was worthy of the name Hwayongwoltae.
I wasn’t surprised.
Because I already had some idea.
I thought it might be a wound received during the incident related to the disbandment of Gwangpungdae.
“For the first time, these scars that have been bothering me for the past dozen years are painless.”
“… … .”
“I would like to thank you again.”
“It’s not just us.”
Dang-gon got up from his seat. Gui-je-gal also got up while putting his mask on his face again.
Wheeee!
At that moment, a gust of wind blew from somewhere and all the doors in the White House opened.
widely!
Knock, knock, knock! Knock!
The front door opened wide. The door swung open. The windows swung back, revealing a clear view of the outside.
There, the warriors of the Nine Dragons branch were lined up.
People of Jeongpunggak and Punghwajeong.
Those who were part of the old Gwangpungdae or inherited its will all took the lottery this way.
“I’m meeting the head of the small group!”
“I’m meeting the owner of Sobunga!!”
Their will, shouted out with one heart and one voice, struck my heart strongly.
My heart was pounding.
thud……!
Danggon knelt on one knee and bowed his head.
Gui Zhuge also followed suit and prostrated himself.
thud!
thud!
Following this, the warriors of Jeongpunggak and Punghwajeong also knelt down.
thud!!!
All the members of the Guryong branch family, their family members, and servants bowed in unison.
“… … .”
I just looked at them quietly.
At that moment, I too was experiencing an emotion that I couldn’t describe in words.
I had a hard time figuring out what this was.
But I thought I knew one thing.
What the guests showed to the dark lord was respect.
But what they sent me was a completely different feeling.
Loyalty.
And faith.
Loyalty to me, trust in me was very thick in it.
Danggon shouted.
“To us, the small group is like a divine wind, like a typhoon.”
A divine wind is said to be the most mysterious of all winds, and a typhoon is said to be created only when all the strong winds gather together.
“As the wind, protect us, guide us, and blow us strongly.”
“If you do so, we will follow you as the arms and legs of the small group, become the poison and dark weapon that will fill the sky, and become fire and steel that will sweep away your enemies!!”
Everyone’s heads sank deeper.
Only Dang-gon raised his head and looked at me with deeply sunken eyes.
Those eyes were very hard.
“We give our loyalty to you.”
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