Episode 64. After the sea reunion (1)
The rain, which had been raging uncomfortably from the Yonggang River, only became refreshing by the time we reached the vicinity of Xi’an.
Rain is refreshing, what do you mean?
Well, it just stopped raining. The refreshing rain is the only rain that has stopped, to me.
When the rain stops, spring comes down to the nose.
By the time the morning sun instead of rain warmly taps on my mug.
I tightened the reins.
Juju stopped at the spot with a long roar, as if the spring breeze had lifted his spirits.
Xi’an began to appear in the distance.
It’s been a long time indeed.
“after-.”
How many times have you left and come back?
When he returned, he faced Xi’an with a younger appearance.
After the collapse of the Murim Meng, I wandered around and stopped by for a short time, in the ruins of Xi’an.
And now, Xi’an can be seen in the distance.
It was different every time, and this time, of course, it was different.
buzzing.
It is as if tens of thousands of people were soaked in a boiling cauldron.
Don’t ask why.
It must have been thanks to Taesamdaejeon, that worldwide event of Moorim.
I lowered my head for a moment and read the gray piece of paper on Juju’s back one last time.
<Moorim Newspaper>.
I’ve seen it countless times since coming here. And I was incredibly sure.
Originally, Muk-ho, the previous Demonic Cultist, was defeated by Namgung-Geum after seven days and nights of fighting in the Great Battle of the Blue Sea, a large-scale invasion of the Central Plains by the Demonic Cult, which would occur a few years later. At that time, his mouth was not able to heal the internal wounds, so he was supposed to die.
But already dead.
That guy, Jin Seol-woo.
In addition, Hong Jae-yeon, who assisted Muk-ho, and numerous masters of the Demonic Cult, who fought hard and raised their notoriety throughout the world, fell to their knees.
To that bastard, Jin Seol-woo.
yes, that guy That bastard is every thousand.
I’m sure enough to be suspicious of sending a signal so sure.
?-.
I tore up the <Moorim Newspaper>.
There is no more time to worry.
Goes. I have to go catch him.
and.
‘Before that, I have to make a perfect net!’
Causality is also a net that can be perfectly confined.
There were a lot of people I had to meet in order to do that.
I purposely rode a juju and entered Xi’an slowly. The gun was sleeping in the [warehouse], so I didn’t have to take it out.
There was a reason why I dared to ride the Juju to Xi’an.
Big oh oh oh-!
When Eun-ho, the size of a bear, cried loudly, the crowd split. The people filling the streets flinched at the sound and grabbed the handles of their weapons.
I gently punched the juju guy in the head.
“Hey. Don’t cry in crowds, did you, didn’t you?”
Nyaaaaagh~
He continued to drive the guy with his head down like a docile sheep.
Repeatedly telling people, ‘My child doesn’t bite.’
Then, he opened the lid of one of the bottles tied to the side of the liquor bottle. I put a sip into his mouth and put the bottle into Juju’s snout.
Anyway, the drunk cat. Now the eyes are also relaxed and completely calm.
Well, thanks to that, I drank a sip of alcohol, and the spirit of alcohol danced in my body.
Now, lying on the enormously wide juju back, I looked up at the sky.
“Weather Joe~~ typo.”
Suddenly, a kaleidoscope overlapped in the sky.
The long years since leaving Xi’an passed by in an instant.
It really ran non-stop. Before I left, I never thought I’d be away from her hometown for so long.
stay like that for a while
Standing tall, Juju stopped walking.
Have you already arrived?
I got up.
The lengthened shadow of the door greeted us first. The door that is twice as tall and wider than the door in my memory. And the changed side was seen.
Windless world.
I knew it had changed, but seeing it with my own two eyes like this felt quite different. A much different feeling comes from arriving in Xi’an. Like a real home.
“Who, who are you?”
A person meeting for the first time greets them warmly (?).
Seeing that he exudes quite sharp momentum, is he a new surveillance guard?
He was more frightened at Juju than at me.
Hey, when could you have ever imagined a tiger this big? Besides, he even drank and his cheeks were flushed, so what? They’ll probably look hungry and angry.
I finally got down from Juju’s back to the floor.
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“It is other than monotony.”
“Single oiliness!? who… … ah!?”
notice that you know me Then you won’t have to turn long.
“Yes.”
“Is the executioner really a sweet citron saint? No, you are!”
That’s an overreaction though.
Well, not bad.
I said lightly raising my cheekbones.
“exactly. Go inside and tell him that Xi’an’s son has returned.”
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I’m sorry.
Not long after the interrogator went inside, the door opened again.
I dragged the juju and entered slowly. The guy also holds up his tail and chimes, as if he has a special feeling.
After passing through all the doors like that, the gymnasium, which was much wider than before, and the taller buildings opened up in front of my eyes.
Above all, the people who saw us and stopped right there, as if they were under a stop spell. Their eyes were also frozen, fixed on this side.
People who are recognizable even at a glance, even after all these years.
Machil, who has a long belly, Hwang Jeong-gi, who feels like he has become the head of a family even though his hair is bald, Yangyang and Hoya, who are now full-fledged women and young men, and… … .
“Did you come?”
The one who put down the broom he was holding and silently approached me.
“I kept hearing that he was doing well.”
Then he strokes the juju next to me. It seems that everyone couldn’t get close to Juju’s cute (?) appearance and aegyo, but it’s different as expected.
only father.
“Nyaaaaaaaa~”
“You’ve grown a lot.”
Along with a brief greeting to me and Juju, my father strokes my hair lightly.
“How did your hair become like this?”
“I just took a bath in warm water and it happened like this. Without notice.”
My father looked at me for a while and then bluntly said something.
“You must have suffered a lot.”
Again, a short word. However, with that one word, the hardships of the past are gently healed.
“Yes, a little.”
“okay.”
Will it be a recovery spell this time?
With a mere ‘yes’, everything is washed away.
This is what it looks like coming home.
“Good come back.”
After all, he is a person who cannot be found even if he looks for a single bit of coolness, but the light smile on his father’s lips and the wrinkles on the back of his stretched hands look as deep as they have been for more than ten years.
So thank you more… … I’m sorry.
At that time, Juju suddenly lowered his head in a soldier’s stance.
Dude, you’re better than me.
I smiled lightly and bowed to my father’s back as he grabbed the broom again.
“Yes, we are back. father.”
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Soon, the windlessness became noisy.
Danyuseong, Dansohyup, Oh! Son of Xi’an, etc.
The names were different, but there was no one who was not happy.
I guess I’m coming home for this taste.
“Aye-! To think that the old-fashioned little boy appeared as the winner of the first Taesamdaejeon in Sacheon like this!”
to finish
At first glance, it sounded like a sarcastic tone, but other than that, he didn’t know that it was the best sign of happiness.
“Isn’t it strange that even the flags of the villages changed the world like this, and I appeared as the greatest master in the world?”
“Oooh-. be sad Seong-eun is embarrassed that such a person would go to such a shabby place, you bastard.”
I laughed at his joke and looked at Machil’s stomach.
“I’m about to finish, but isn’t my stomach protruding too much?”
“Yaya, at this age, belly fat is class and skill.”
“haha. If the belly fat is dignified, the last man must be the best.”
Machil, who was hit back by my joke, giggled for a while.
“haha! Boy, even if your hair color changes, it’s still the same. I was worried that my shoulders would go up again and I would be unlucky.”
“My shoulders went up a lot. You are much taller than your uncle.”
When I joked with Machil’s shoulder, Machil was very small.
“Well, now you are also in the middle-aged class, so you have to grow up a lot.”
“… … The middle-aged man has gone too far.”
At that time, there were two little figures running towards them.
“Yooseong hyung!”
“Brother!”
Yangyang and Hoya were siblings. The two give me a lot of hugs.
The children have grown up a lot. Now that they are all grown up, they come in quite heavily.
“Are you old enough already?”
In fact, the bombing is also coming in hard.
“… … No, not yet.”
“But isn’t it too sad to be middle-aged without even getting married?”
“… … No, dude.”
“Then can I get married?”
Yangyang from the side cheers, raises his hand and shouts.
“Me, me, me! I want to marry my older brother!”
… … It’s nice that the kids are big, but now they’re grossly cute.
In addition to that, all of the children I had entrusted to her in the past grew up to be full-fledged warriors.
I had a short chat with the chattering kids.
Hwang Jung-gi, who had been watching silently until then, gives a signal as they are having such a good time for the first time in a while.
I barely separated the clinging guys and followed Hwang Jeong-gi.
“Hey, is everything okay now?”
“Did you hear?”
“Rumors go faster than you think. Especially in a time when there is a press called Green Window these days. Plus, with regard to you, it comes to us like the wind.”
“Why are you like that about me?”
“Why? It’s because the kids are collecting all the stories about you and the bizarre sea. haha.”
haha. The wretch of that guy.
I saw the children who were still looking at me from behind, and then I looked at Hwang Jeong-gi again, and Hwang Jeong-gi indifferently threw a word.
“Just like when you have time, you have things to do, you think of a lot of things to use because you have money.”
I stopped, my steps stopped.
I heard what I once said to Yunran from an unexpected person in an unexpected place.
“It was you too. An anonymous benefactor who continued to help through Nangja Yun.”
“I haven’t answered anything yet.”
“Isn’t that why?”
He gave off a smile that he was quite used to by now.
“What is my nickname? Isn’t it careless? He knows well even when there is no expression on his face. haha.”
“… … .”
“Anyway, there’s still a little bit left before the Taesamdaejeon finals begin, so in that sense, why don’t we go after a long time doing rabbit soup?”
“As expected, when I have time, I have something to do.”
“ha ha ha. yes. And let’s talk. There are guests I invited earlier, and I’m saying this because I feel like my spirit energy is lacking since I haven’t been able to take care of the family recently. ha ha ha.”
it’s a rabbit
Well, I’ve had rabbit soup here before.
“I’ll do it, it’s not difficult.”
“huh? Something?”
“I’m afraid I’ll take care of myself too badly.”
[Permanent martial arts: Cooking (料理)]
Lv. Max: Proficiency Max
Status: Absolute maturation
Additional effect: Increases stats by 10 for one trial (The increasing stats vary depending on the type of food you cook. However, if the amount consumed is too small, the increase effect may not appear.)
※ However, if the intake is too large, physical things other than ability may be excessively enhanced.
“Don’t worry. Machil or I would like to see only one late child. ha ha ha.”
“… … .”
… … I hope you will be one.
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I headed straight to the tenfold larger kitchen. However, the large kitchen was empty.
It’s good that the price has improved, but shouldn’t I have to use a dedicated accommodation?
I shook my head and quickly grabbed the spatula.
If I do it alone, it seems like it will take quite a long time even if I [absolutely master].
In that instant, I felt a long, slender shadow cross the kitchen threshold just in time.
“Ah, it’s good that you came. I’m going to have a rabbit bath here… … .”
“They say let’s be together, whether it’s one generation or ten thousand generations.”
hmm?
Startled, he turned his head.
ah.
ah… … .
There have been countless times in the past few years that I have woken up from a dream.
Most of them were nightmares, but sometimes there were good dreams too. I love it so much I don’t want to break it.
And each time, the female lead was always the same.
An entrance through which a few rays of sunlight stream in.
A backlit woman was coming down the stone steps cutting through the light. The heroine of her dream draws closer, showing off her ever-longer eyelashes, her sharp nose, and her flawless white skin. like a dream
“Are you making rabbit soup here, you?”
Shuk, a soft hand hits my hand and takes away the spatula.
Right now, the heroine was standing in front of me, opening her bright red lips.
I feel like I just woke up from a dream.
“Can we go together, now?”
She, Soso, smiles in reality.
Perhaps the clown and mouth flinched upward.
It may not seem like it, but I answered briefly, raising the muscles in my face that I had been holding back.
“okay.”
“Is that all?”
“huh!?”
… … As I did, a tingling feeling ran over my lips.
The old kiss was sweet.
also… … I guess I’m going back to my hometown with this taste.
