Fabre in Sacheondangga Episode 145
Love 7
“The master quickly closed his eyes, which had been wide open in surprise, and quickly checked Ji-ryeon’s appearance.
Shoes, clothing, headgear, and last but not least, a broken sword.
Perhaps he was trying to check whether Ji-ryeon’s words were true based on her shoes, clothes, and hair accessories.
Since she came out wearing the shoes and clothes she wore when practicing cultivation, it seems that there was no way to check whether Ji-Lyeon’s status was that of a princess. Also, since she came out with her hair tied up with a string, there was no way that the Master could find anything there that could confirm Ji-Lyeon’s status.
But the broken sword hilt that the Master examined last.
Ji-ryeon might not have noticed it when she was holding it in her hand, but she could hear the Master gulping as he saw the handle studded with numerous jewels.
-Gulp.
And after a long silence, the Master opened his mouth and a question was heard.
“Me, really? No, really?”
I feel like the teacher was really surprised.
It had not even been a year since he had decided to take him as his teacher, but Ji-ryeon was so frightened that he thought he would be excommunicated or something like that, so he picked up the broken sword blade, held it to his neck, and shouted.
“If you try to pretend that nothing happened or kick me out, I will kill myself right here!”
But who is the opponent?
The leader of the Botaam clan and the leader of Geomgak, known to be the highest level of swordsmanship among women.
-visor!
The sword blade that Ji-ryeon was holding disappeared from her hand along with the sword that her master had swung without her even noticing.
I really want to learn swordsmanship, I want to learn the swordsmanship that suits me, I want to cut through the sunset, the darkness, and the moonlight like my master, but the moment the hope I had briefly held in my hands disappears.
“Huhhhhhh… I really want to learn swordsmanship….”
If only I wasn’t a princess, I could learn swordsmanship to my heart’s content…
The sobs that had been building up within me burst out in torrents.
Then, the teacher, who had been looking down at him without saying anything, asked in a quiet voice.
Why do you want to learn swordsmanship so badly?
“Why do you want to learn swordsmanship so badly?”
“Sniff. I don’t know. Just since I picked up a sword when I was six. Sob… The sword was my everything.”
There was no grand reason.
Since the time he first picked up a sword at the age of six, all Ji-ryeon’s thoughts have been about swords.
Wouldn’t a sword be fun to swing all day long?
Then the teacher nodded his head.
“Well then, I’d like to hear that story.”
The teacher said that he wanted to listen to the story rather than just say that he would kick it out or pretend it never happened.
Ji-Ryeon, with her eyes wide open, began to recount a story from when she was six years old.
“So, at first, on the waist of the imperial guard······.”
And when the long story was over and the sun was rising, the Master, who was looking at the rising sun, drew his sword and placed it on Ji-ryeon’s shoulder and spoke.
“Is this also a fate? Good. At first, I thought that Shakyamuni Buddha had sent you as my successor because of your outstanding qualities, but I will accept you as a lay disciple of Bunmun.
There are no secular disciples in the text, but let’s make an exception.
Also, although they say that they are a sect that does not interfere with the affairs of the martial arts world, they are a sect that does not intervene much in the affairs of the martial arts world. Even if she is a princess, it is not a big problem… No, it will be a problem, but I will try to handle it somehow. I will leave the royal family to the princess.”
Ji-ryeon trembled at the words that he would be accepted as a disciple.
Because I have obtained the status of disciple that I so desperately desired.
“Oh, thank you! Thank you!”
And under the pretext of paying homage to the 100-day vows, he stayed in the hermitage and secretly learned swordsmanship from his master every night.
The day when I parted ways with my teacher after 100 days.
“You’re really fast. You learned all the forms and styles of the One Hundred and Eight Temple Sword, the Prajna Bodhi Sword Technique, the Great Compassion Thousand-Hand Sword, the Great Compassion Thousand-Li Sword, and the Seven Absolute Demonic Sword Techniques, and you were able to skillfully use them all in just a hundred days.”
“It is only thanks to the teacher’s teachings.”
“No. It’s because you are so outstanding. The only regret is that since you are a lay disciple, I cannot teach you the essence of swordsmanship, the Eighty-Four Thousand Bodhi-Demon Sword Technique. What a pity.”
“that···.”
If the swordsmanship we have learned so far is this great, how great is the 84,000-bori Hangma Swordsmanship, which is said to be taught only to the successors of Geomgak?
On the way back after receiving 100 days of teachings.
Ji-ryeon’s mind was filled with the desire to learn more swordsmanship from the master and thoughts about the 84,000-bori Demon Sword Technique.
And when you arrive at the palace, you make one decision.
“I will somehow become my master’s successor.”
***
“So that’s why···.”
-Squeak.
-Tsurut?
“dad?”
While the princess was talking excitedly, the sound of the door opening was heard along with Bin-i’s question.
Although there was a fire outside, it seemed like it was difficult to endure just waiting.
He asked the princess in a cautious voice.
“I feel like I’ll keep bothering you, so would it be okay if I put you next to me? I think you should just move the chair away.”
“The poisonous creatures really follow the small talk. Okay, go ahead. I doubt the kids will go anywhere and tell my story.”
The other two guys followed Bin-i in, telling him to move the chair.
As the phoenix and the fairy clung to my body, the princess smiled and continued speaking.
“How much did I say?”
“He even said that he would somehow become the successor.”
“Oh, that’s right. So when I returned to the palace, I first told the Emperor that I had become a lay disciple of Botaam in order to keep my promise to my teacher. Other grandsons also serve teachers who study writing, so serving a teacher is not a sin.”
‘Me, a frontal assault?’
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Because she’s a princess, she charges straight ahead without fail.
The princess continued speaking.
“At first, the Emperor was a bit puzzled when I told him that I had become a secular disciple to learn swordsmanship, but after seeing the words of the commander of the royal guard and my swordsmanship, he was greatly delighted······.”
***
““So, the fact that the princess became a disciple of a place called Botaam means that ‘the princess’s excellence was recognized in the martial arts world.’ That’s what it means.”
“That’s right. Your Majesty the Emperor, the martial arts schools including the Gudae School do not accept disciples unless they are exceptional. Furthermore, Botaam is known as a mysterious school and does not accept lay disciples. However, the fact that it broke the rules and accepted the princess as a lay disciple shows how exceptional the princess is.”
“Hahaha… I will give a golden crown, a thousand seom of rice, and silk to the princess’s teacher, Botaam. No, since you said it was a temple, I will give a thousand bolts of wood for the monks to use to write their lyrics!”
I am grateful to my teacher for his kindness.
The Emperor’s side finished better than expected, and the next morning, Ji-ryeon spoke in a cautious voice to the captain of the royal army who had come to watch her training, sitting in front of her.
“Nosik, I have something to tell you today, so come have a cup of tea with me.”
“Do you have something to say to me?”
“Yes. It’s about the Bothaam.”
“Oh, I understand.”
Although the master of Botaam said that she had no master, the captain of the royal guard who had looked after her for over ten years since she was six could be considered half a master, and the only person she could have such discussions with was him who truly cared about her.
“Actually, the master of Botaam said that he was thinking of me as his successor.”
“Huh, successor!? Are you saying that you weren’t a descendant of the secular family!?”
At Ji-ryeon’s words, the leader of the Golden Army, whose hair had now turned white, opened his eyes in surprise.
He also said that he was from the martial arts world, so he would know what it means to be the successor to Botaam.
“No. It’s true that I am a disciple of the secular family. However, he said that he wanted to make me his successor because I am a superior person, but he regrets that he cannot do so because I am a princess.”
“I, I… You must be upset?”
“Yes, very much···.”
Ji-ryeon nodded at the words of the captain of the royal guard, who knew of her desire for the sword.
It wasn’t that bad though.
“But since that is a matter of becoming a monk, the Emperor would not permit it···.”
It is said that Botaham can get married if he wants without shaving his head, but it is still a departure from home.
As the commander of the royal guard said, there was no way the emperor would allow the princess, whom he cherished so dearly, to become a nun.
But Ji-ryeon has already made up her mind.
Ji-ryeon said with a smile.
“Yes, but I plan to get married.”
“Huh!? Cluck! Cluck!”
The leader of the royal guard spits out the tea he had been drinking and coughs in surprise at the news of his departure.
He asked again, wiping the tea dripping down his beard.
“I’m sorry, Princess. But what on earth are you trying to do!? Don’t you know that the Emperor would never allow you to become a nun!?
If you do it wrong, you will cause great harm to Botaham. You will be a burden to the person who has already accepted you as his teacher!”
Perhaps he was worried that if he became a monk, the emperor would make a fuss, and that Botaham would be in an awkward position.
But the kind of leaving home that Ji-Ryeon had in mind was not that kind of leaving home.
“When did I say I was going to become a monk? When did I say I was going to get married?”
“Huh!? Marriage? Huh? Oh, you mean you’re getting married?”
Yes, what Ji-Ryeon was thinking of was not leaving home as a Buddhist monk, but leaving home in the sense of marriage.
There was a reason she thought about marriage.
The place where Master’s Putuo Temple is located is Putuo Mountain in the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang Province.
To get there, she had to take a boat from Hangzhou, so she planned to leave her fiancé in Zhejiang Province and go back and forth to Mount Putuo. When the man died, she would use that as an excuse to become a Buddhist monk and drift to Mount Putuo.
It is quite common in history for princesses to turn to Buddhism in grief over the loss of their husbands.
“It’s a wedding, but it’s more like a fake wedding, so I’m asking you this. Where can I find a man who will die young? Someone with an incurable disease, for example?”
At Ji-ryeon’s words, the captain of the royal guard’s white hair seemed to turn even whiter.
***
“So, the captain of the royal guard bravely rescued a man who had an incurable disease and the talent of a eunuch, no, that’s what you’re saying?”
“Second, the second condition was not what I wanted. I wanted to make sure that my chastity would not be questioned even if things went wrong, so the general insisted on bringing someone like that…”
“Anyway, why are you here and not in Hangzhou? You said you wanted to go to Hangzhou?”
“Ah! Now the most important story starts!”
Listening to the story, the princess is truly a woman who is crazy about swords.
He even got married in a fake marriage because he wanted to learn swordsmanship.
Somehow, Taesu couldn’t even say the word ‘mating insect’ to his wife earlier.
The princess continued her explanation as I shook my head inwardly.
“I asked the Emperor to appoint him as the Governor of Zhejiang Province, but for the first time, the Emperor refused my request. Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province is a trading port, so there is a lot of money flowing in and out. It is a place that even the ministers covet, so they opposed giving the position of Governor of Zhejiang Province to the inexperienced Bin-ak.
However, the Emperor could not simply refuse my request, so he decided to grant it after I had achieved great success in Akyang, even if my ministers opposed it.
He told me to work hard here for two or three years. But then doesn’t that mean I won’t be able to see Master during that time?
So the reason I have to do something is to resolve the issue of the black worms, and to use this to ask the Emperor to let me return to the post of Governor of Zhejiang Province.”
“Ah. Now I get what you mean.”
It’s been a long story so far, but I think you get the general idea now.
So, the princess is in a fake marriage and the groom has an incurable disease and will not live long.
The princess, who wanted to receive teachings from the Master, had to do whatever it took to get to Hangzhou as soon as possible. To do so, she needed a great deal of effort, and she was told by the Love Bugs that she would resolve this issue and ask the Emperor to send her to Zhejiang Province as a reward.
“You’ll help me, right? Our targets are different, but I’m crazy about swords and you’re crazy about poison, so we can understand each other, right?”
This is what the princess meant when she said that we could understand each other.
‘No, I don’t understand at all···.’
It was when I had a bewildered expression on my face at the whole incident.
The princess, who had been observing my expression, clapped her hands and said.
“Oh! Right! Do you like poisonous things? How about spirits?”
“Spirit?”
“Yes, if you help me with my work, I might be able to give you a gift.”
“What if it’s a spirit?”
Ears perk up at the mention of spirits.
The princess said with a smile.
“It’s probably a Hwari… I can’t tell you for sure because I didn’t see it myself. It was written in a letter by the Master.”
“Hwari?”
-Shaaaaa!?
Hwari is a carp.
At the word Hwari, Yeondoo pops out from inside her bosom.
Yeondoo looked at me with round eyes.
That makes sense. When I got to know Yeondoo, it turned out that he wasn’t eating the porridge because he was hungry, but rather out of habit.
Perhaps, the story is that Yeondoo could return to his wonderful self by eating Hwari’s inner medicine like a hoe and becoming a heavenly being, and that’s what the elders of the family expected.
He replied with a smile.
“I think it’s true that the princess and I will understand each other like old friends. I completely understand. How can we look so alike? Are we twins?”
“Right!? I knew it! Then what should I do?”
“Let’s feed it to Taesu!”
“You want to feed me?”
“I read a book a while ago that said that when a swarm of locusts was swarming, a king of a certain country swallowed a locust and told his people not to bother him and to eat his own internal organs. Let’s do that!”
‘What kind of king was he? Solomon?’
I was a bit weak in general knowledge.
