#125. Addiction 5
The verdict for the man and woman who committed negligence, not accidental injury, was concluded as a forced marriage.
“I’ll tell my brother. Ah, I guess we have to hurry up with the wedding… If we continue like this, the eldest grandson will be born before we can even hold the wedding….”
“Oh, no! I, I’ve never done anything else besides folding doors!”
“huh?”
“That, that’s not it… That. That’s… Huaaaaang….”
It’s a sad sound of a candle that resonates, as if it were a sound that has some inner strength in it.
The bitter cry of injustice erupted from the sound of the candle, but in this day and age, to borrow Hwa-eun’s words, isn’t that exactly the kind of skinship that only a married couple would have?
They said the two were engaged, so maybe they came to a conclusion because they liked each other.
So, the Ji-ryong addiction incident was concluded to be a mistake made by two young men and women who could not control their temper, but the aftereffects of the incident affected me, Hwa-eun, and our children.
What this means is that Hwa-eun and I have low levels of poison control, so we could tell what kind of poison it was, but we were unable to suck out the poison that had spread throughout our bodies.
So, in order to treat the dragon, we needed a master from the Tang family, such as the head of the household or the grandfather of the Mandokshin Army, and for that reason, the Shinto who was to take us had to go back to the Tang family.
If the symptoms of addiction affect the nerves, it is best to seek treatment as soon as possible.
Because if neurological problems such as frequent seizures are left untreated, they can lead to permanent nerve damage.
Nerves are extremely sensitive organs and can be damaged in an instant if they are continuously and excessively stimulated.
When this fact was told to the military man, Zhuge Hu, he chose Shintu.
If you want to bring someone quickly, there’s no other way than the Murim Bullet Taxi Shintu.
Because of that, our journey was delayed by a few more days.
“No, you want me to carry that old man, Mandokshingun?”
“Please, Elder Shintu. You said that the details wouldn’t get worse, but if the symptoms persist, it won’t be good…”
“No, why don’t you just send a quick guy and have him bring that old man over?”
“There has to be someone as fast as you, sir···.”
“I don’t like it. Why the Mandokshin Army! Just going near it makes me feel poisonous···.”
Well, at first, Shinto also opened his stomach.
Because it seemed like he and his grandfather had a bit of an antagonistic relationship.
But when the eldest adult of the Murim Alliance came forward, he had to run straight to Sacheon without saying a word.
“Shintu, I have a favor to ask. Right now, I have to take care of external matters related to the Blood Cult, but how can the military be distracted by household matters?”
“Ah, I understand. If His Majesty says so, then….”
Is it because I’m a thief that I feel like I can’t do anything to the head of a public institution in the martial arts world?
“You must tell the children that you will be a few days late.”
“Oh, I see.”
Even though he hated being carried around, Grandpa Mandokshin couldn’t refuse once he received the leader’s personal letter, and in the end, perhaps because he hurried, Grandpa Mandokshin arrived at the entrance of the Murim Alliance with an uncomfortable look on his face, two days one way and three days round trip, which was faster than when we came.
And treatment was carried out on the dragon.
Even the sound bar is included as a service.
“The poison scattered throughout the body has been sucked out to some extent, but it seems like it will require long-term treatment.
The poisoning period was long. The poison has been absorbed into the body so much that it will be impossible to remove it in a short period of time. Once you feel better, you will no longer have any trouble moving around and your body will return to normal. Come back to your hometown.
And for a while, your eyes or mouth will tremble, or your arms or legs will limp. Although I was able to quickly cure it with Soryong’s advice, it will take a long time for the symptoms to improve because you have been addicted for a long time.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty the Mandokshin.”
“And you too, come here. Just because we ate together and there was no problem means that the symptoms have not yet appeared. You too are probably seriously addicted.”
That evening, Grandfather Mandokshin arrived.
Since my grandfather had returned to his lodgings in the evening after a long treatment, I went to the reception hall with Hwa-eun.
Maybe just to check on the treatment and see if it’s going well?
Since Zhuge Yongcheon was from one of the Seven Great Families, he paid a courtesy visit to the sick.
As we arrived in front of the guest house where Ji-ryong was staying, we heard laughter coming from inside.
“Your nickname is no longer Ji-ryong, but Byeok-ho (壁虎)!”
“Wahahaha! Byukho!”
Inside, the voices of Ji-ryong, Ji-ryong’s girlfriend Eumbong, Geom-ryong, Kwon-ryong, and Gung-bong, who seemed to be his friends, could be heard.
“Please do something about Cheonrang!”
“No, guys, stop it!”
“Okay, let’s stop. The sound is embarrassing. But why is it embarrassing?”
‘Wall tiger? That’s called a gecko, right?’
It was a teasing atmosphere, as if they were real friends, but still, if it’s a wall, it’s a term for a gecko.
Out of curiosity, I put the chimney inside.
I was going to go in anyway, and I was hearing things that I was interested in.
“Are you there, Ji-ryong? I am the little dragon of the Sacheondangga.”
“Oh! Little Dragon Little Swordsman! Come in!”
The delighted voice that I hear as soon as it hears my voice.
As we entered, the rest of the Oryongsambong group, excluding Brother Peng and his party, were sitting on chairs.
Even the bong’s ears were red.
“I came to see you for some details since the treatment is over.”
“Oh, I should have looked into it, but my body is like this… After listening to the story of Eumbong, I feel greatly blessed. Sohyeop.”
When I first met him, he seemed a bit nervous and had a stiff face, but perhaps it was the effects of mercury poisoning, and his speech and face had become much softer.
“No. It was a great favor. Grandfather Mandokshin-gun cured me, and I was just adding to the story.”
When I responded humbly to Ji-ryong’s thanks, Ji-ryong spoke with a serious expression.
“No. You saved me and Yin Bong by finding out what I was addicted to, so of course I should be the one thanking you.”
Ji-ryong’s left hand was still shaking, and even the corners of his mouth were trembling from the effects of the addiction, but he struggled to throw a lottery ticket at me.
It was after such a simple greeting that I received the tea that Eumbong had given me.
I asked what the sound of the wall creaking I heard at the entrance earlier was.
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“By the way, I didn’t mean to hear this, but when I came in earlier, I heard something about Byeokho. What was that story?”
-Phew!
-Phew!
At my question, tea spurted out from the mouths of Geomryong and Kwonryong, who were drinking tea together.
The palace in the middle looks like it was struck by lightning.
Gungbong looked at the two with a blank expression.
“to···.”
And the giggles that can be heard as he hands the towel to Gungbong, unable to hold back anything.
“Khuhuh···.”
“I, I’m sorry. Palace. Phew···.”
As Hwa-eun and I looked at each other, not knowing English, Ji-ryong scratched his head awkwardly and answered.
“My benefactor asked me a question, so I couldn’t not answer… That’s… It’s nothing else….”
“Cheonrang!”
“No, since you are curious, I can’t not tell you···.”
“Ha, but···.”
Eumbong stopped Jiryong as if trying to prevent him from saying anything, but the explanation continued.
“Aren’t injections not originally meant for humans to ingest? Ahem···.”
“Yeah, really?”
“Isn’t the only one who takes injections originally Seok-cheok?”
“A stone?”
If you say sukchuk, it refers to a lizard, so why would a sukchuk eat mercury?
When I made a face that said I didn’t understand, Hwa-eun spoke in a calm voice from next to me.
“Ah, are you talking about the stone slab used to check the sand of the palace?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“ah···.”
I wondered what they were talking about, and it turned out that Ji-ryong was talking about a story he had once heard at Namgung’s house.
It was a story about an abused lizard raised for virginity testing.
It’s an absurd saying that if you grind up a lizard that has been raised in a jar and fed injections throughout its life and put it in the water of a woman’s body, the water will not wash off if she is a virgin.
“But why that stone?”
When he wondered why he suddenly brought up the story of the abused lizard, Eumbong kept poking Jiryong in the ribs and signaled him not to talk.
An explanation flowed out of Ji-ryong’s mouth, avoiding Eum-bong’s gaze.
“Ahem… So, the lizards that are raised to take pictures of the water palace don’t serve as a proof of a woman’s chastity?”
“Yeah, really?”
I don’t know if it really confirmed it, but I nodded my head because Namgung’s daughter had proven her innocence with that.
Then comes the answer.
“Yes, well, that’s what it means. In other words, it’s about protecting a woman’s honor···.
“I also ate the jar containing the injection and protected the purity of the yin yang… I protected my honor. Those friends said that it was like raising a stone to check the water palace….”
“yes?”
“But I’m a five-year-old man, so I think a tiger-shaped wall tiger would suit me better than a stone tiger… Is that a joke…?”
So, even though we kissed so frequently and repeatedly, we couldn’t make any more progress, so they teased us that we were like lizards that took injections to stay chaste.
“Sigh···.”
I tried to hold it in, but the laughter just burst out.
I wondered what kind of people Oryong were, and it turns out they were really interesting people.
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“Hahahaha. Really? You and that guy Doryeong are like brothers? Then just call me hyung too.”
“Oh, then if he’s Doryeong’s younger brother, then he’s all of our younger brothers.”
“Why, you people, do you treat my benefactor as your younger brother?”
“Then wouldn’t we be your older brothers? Since Xiaolong saved your life, we should be your older brothers.”
“What!?”
“Hahahaha!”
Geomryong was the eldest son of the Jongnam faction’s great disciple, Doho was Mujin, and Kwonryong was the eldest son of the Hwangbo family, and his name was Hwangbo Yeong.
People with cheerful and generous personalities.
We quickly became comfortable with each other after exchanging a few words, as if we were naturally popular. We were just going to say hello and leave, but we ended up talking until late at night.
“But if I save your life, will you treat me like your older brother?”
“yes?”
Gungbong was a bit foolish in appearance, but he was a disciple of the mysterious sect Myohwagung.
[Ah, don’t worry about the palace, it’s just like that.]
[Gungbong has pure beauty.]
They say that alcohol is not sold within the Murim Alliance, but on a day like this, they say that we have to drink, and a drinking party is quickly prepared.
“Should I have a drink too?”
“I’m still young···.”
“I’ve been drinking since I was twelve, so I’m okay.”
And when the drinks were served, the two insisted that they couldn’t miss out on singing, and urged Eum Bong to sing for them.
You were teasing me like that earlier.
“Eumbong, shouldn’t you play the flute for your benefactor?”
“That’s right! It’s not because of alcohol, but please tell your benefactor a debt of gratitude.”
“ha···.”
The sound of the bell seemed reluctant, but since I had never seen a sound hole before, I was curious and asked.
“If you don’t mind, could you give me a glimpse? I’ve never seen a yin yang before.”
“If my benefactor, the Little Dragon, says so···.”
What Eumbong took out from his sleeve was a jade flute.
I wondered what the deficit was, and it turned out to be a Chinese flute.
-Beep.
After a truly sad and beautiful song was played and I was amazed by its beauty, a demonstration of the sound went on.
Eumbong, who was annoyed by Geomryong and Gwonryong, let them doze off for a while, then woke them up with a loud noise.
‘Huh!? What is this?’
When I made a surprised expression at the last crack of the sound, Eumbong asked me.
“Have you heard of our Wolyeong Palace?”
“Yes, of course. I was impressed.”
Hwa-eun also nods her head.
Eumbong smiled in satisfaction at our admiration, then reached into his sleeve and took out a mother-of-pearl box, then made a look of disappointment.
That was because what she took out was a mother-of-pearl box containing only a single object.
He seemed bewildered that he had brought it up again after all the chaos caused by the addiction.
“Ah… I’m so used to it… It’s something Cheonrang bought for me, but I guess I should just throw it away.”
“Next time I’ll buy you something made from safflower.”
“But that doesn’t look good on your lips…”
Listening to the stories of those coming and going, I feel like there must be some kind of story.
After checking with both of them, I could see why she was so obsessed with putting something on her lips.
She has mastered the art of music and uses the flute as her main weapon(?). She says that when she plays the flute to practice her martial arts, her lips often crack.
The Wolyeong Palace she belongs to is also a military palace, so they don’t really care about that kind of thing, and if they really want to, they put on something like oil. It’s said that Ji-ryong felt bad for her chapped lips, so he bought her a lotus leaf and that’s how their romance began?
Their kiss was a kind of therapeutic check-up to see if their lips were well-moistened.
“So that’s what happened?”
“Yes, well···.”
A blushing face as she tells the story.
The mood became awkward for a moment, so I decided to change the mood by asking her a question that came up at the end of her performance.
“Oh, Eumbong, I was listening to your performance and something just occurred to me. If you don’t mind, could I ask for your advice?”
“Is this advice?”
Eumbong, who tilted his head at my words, smiled and nodded.
“Of course. You saved my life and Cheonrang’s, so of course I should help you.”
“Actually, I heard that cracking sound from the sound you showed me a little while ago. The moment I heard it, my internal energy was shaken and I couldn’t come to my senses. Is there any way to prevent that?”
“Yes? Have you ever been s*xually assaulted?”
The sound she made at the end of the tunnel reminded me of the sound of the flapping wings of the strange tiger that made people lose their minds.
I thought that if she was a master of the sound, she might know a way to stop it.
“It’s a secret, but the five of you aren’t the type of people to go around leaking information. In fact, it’s from Yunnan······.”
It’s confidential information, but it’s information you should know because you’ll catch him someday.
Furthermore, in a situation where the Odokmun joined hands with the Blood Cult, there was no way that a strange nameless person would not appear in the Central Plains, so this was good information to know, so I explained it in front of the five.
“······This is how it happened.”
“Ah, so that’s why you didn’t tell me the details about Geombong and Penghyung back then?”
“Yes, Hwangbo hyung.”
“So, is the sword okay?”
“Yes. The three of them are receiving treatment at the Beast Palace, so you don’t have to worry.”
“That’s fortunate.”
After my explanation, there was a brief exchange of worried questions about Mr. Peng and his party, and when the atmosphere calmed down, Eumbong poured half a glass of alcohol into the glass that had been served with the snacks.
And he made Geomryong tap it with his chopsticks.
-Ting. Ting.
“Sound spreads out like a wave, like a stone falling on water creating ripples. So if you can find the opposing sound and make them collide with each other, you can cancel each other out like this.”
As Eumbong finished his explanation and began to play the flute, the sound of Eumbong’s flute and the sound of Geomryong’s cups being struck both disappeared.
‘Ah! This is some kind of noise canceling!’
I thought you were a kiss addict, but you’re actually more talented than I thought.
The sound bar turned out to be a debuffer that could weaken the opponent!
That’s also the ultimate counter for the famous person!
I decided to make a deal with Eumbong right away.
“Eumbong, if I ask you a favor, would you do me a favor just once? When I go to catch that weirdo, would you go with me and block out his voice? If you do that, I will make what you two need.”
“It’s for the sake of the martial arts world, so of course we should help… but what do you need from us?”
Eumbong tilts his head at the thought of receiving a gift.
I was curious as to what it would be like if I made something for them both.
What could it be?
A non-toxic lipstick that moisturizes your lips and allows you to kiss without any worries.
‘Just do it without any worries.’
