◈ Episode 47. A person more shameless than a beggar
Dongchogae couldn’t hide his embarrassment.
“What, what do you want me to give you back?”
“The iron coin you picked up. It’s mine.”
“······.”
Judging from the fact that he even gave directions, it is definitely Yongchu’s.
But I couldn’t just give up on the heaviness in her arms that I was finally feeling.
Dongchogae had an iron plate on his face like a beggar.
“I picked it up, so it’s my money.”
“Are you really not going to give it back?”
“I can’t give it to you!”
“Then hit me once. If you hit me once, I won’t ask for money.”
As the dragon with its long neck stretched out and its face was sticking out, Dongchogae stepped back as if startled.
“suddenly?”
“Hit it quickly. If you don’t hit it, I won’t let you go.”
“If I hit you, you really won’t ask for money?”
“I told you so.”
Dongchogae, who was looking at Yongchu with suspicious eyes, clenched his fists.
“Eight.”
There was a light thud and the dragon fell backwards.
“Oh my.”
“I didn’t hit you that hard.”
Dongchogae, who had been looking at me with a trembling face, slowly turned around.
“Anyway, I can’t ask for my money back anymore. I’m going.”
Yongchu, who had been caressing the ball, raised his body.
“for a moment.”
“You said you wouldn’t ask for it if I hit you?”
“I’m not asking for it.”
“Then can I go?”
“no.”
The moment Dongchogae’s head, which was turning around, turned towards Yongchu.
“You hit first, so it’s fair play.”
A large fist appeared before the round eyes of the Dongchogae.
‘It must be self-defense······.’
Kwajik!
The world of Dongchogae went dark as the skull shook with an eerie sound.
Yongchu, crouching down next to the fallen Dongchogae, took out an iron coin from his bosom.
“I didn’t ask for it.”
***
The light before Judae’s eyes became as bright as day.
“It rides cool and well.”
Even though the world is filled with black and white, you can tell that the fire is burning well.
The burning thing is the pavilion that was used as a fire pit.
The walls had completely collapsed, making it difficult to find even a trace, and the oil-covered pavilion was collapsing in an instant.
“This is not the time to be looking at this.”
As soon as he came to his senses, Yuda flew somewhere.
***
The beggars at the banquet hall ate the food as if they were possessed.
No matter how much you fill it, the table will soon be empty.
Another worker came into the kitchen carrying a tray of food.
“I’ve never seen anyone eat like that since they were born.”
The maid also shook her head.
“This is the first time I’ve ever been called to a banquet and had such a hard time.”
It was a mistake to come alone since there were only about ten people.
Since each beggar ate as fast as a hundred men, there was no way he could survive alone.
Just when he was hesitating whether to give up his salary and go back, Danryehwa came in.
“Are you having a hard time?”
“You should have told me in advance that the guest was a beggar.”
She said with an awkward smile.
“Just hold on a little longer. It’s almost over.”
“I think I’ll be sick in bed for a few days······.”
Danryehwa cut him off and held up two fingers.
“I’ll double your pay.”
At those words, Suk-su’s determination burned.
“I’ll try to hold on.”
“You thought it through well.”
Danryehwa, smiling brightly, came out into the yard.
When I look up at the sky, the moon is setting between the dark clouds.
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It is understandable that the hostess would be having a hard time since the banquet started in the evening and continued until dawn.
‘It’s almost time to come now.’
Then her keen senses detected Yudaeha beyond the wall.
[Short story. Preparations are complete.]
[great job.]
[I’ll go first and wait.]
As soon as Judae disappeared, Danryehwa headed to the banquet hall.
Good alcohol is a poison so dangerous that it can even lower a person’s guard.
The red-crowned crane, which had been on high alert, was enjoying the feast of precious liquor and delicacies.
“So what happened after you met Somunju?”
Jinmu Lip said.
“When I looked at it, I could tell that Somunju was not the type of person to be trusted. How could I believe what he said in five days? He moved immediately after returning to the headquarters.”
“Hahaha! The Grand Sword Master must have been surprised.”
“We went into the main gate pretending to cut down the people coming from the branch. As expected, it was empty. After dealing with the Moonju and Somunju, we went to the northwest road, but the remaining guys lost their will to resist and surrendered.”
“Are you saying that there wasn’t a single subordinate who came forward to seek revenge?”
“There wasn’t a single one.”
The red-faced man clicked his tongue.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. You should have been nice to your subordinates. By the way, Jin So-hyeop’s wisdom is truly admirable. Who on earth taught you such wisdom?”
Jinmu-rip laughed mischievously and joked.
“Isn’t it innate?”
The red-haired man burst into hearty laughter.
“Hahaha! That’s right. If you’re stupid, no matter how much you teach it, it’s useless.”
At that moment, the door opened and the morning air and the sound of a flower came in.
[We can leave now.]
Jinmu-rip nodded at her words and stood up from his seat.
“Your Majesty, let’s go and see the branch that will be moving now.”
The red-crowned crane tilted its head.
“Where are you moving to? Wasn’t this the place?”
Jinmu-rip smiled brightly.
“How can we invite the heroes of the open world to this narrow manor? As you said, I have prepared a place exactly like Bunta.”
***
“Hmm.”
Dongchogae, who had been fast asleep, slowly opened his eyes to the cold morning air.
“Why am I here······.”
Yongchu’s fist was so fierce that it even blew away the memories of that time.
When I came to, a faint pain was on my face and a chill ran through my entire body to the point of shaking.
“Ugh. What the hell happened?”
Dongchogae, who had been looking around, hurriedly headed towards Bunta.
“What is that smell?”
As the fountain got closer, a pungent smell began to tickle my nose.
“It’s so cold I can’t stand it.”
It was a terrible experience to fall asleep on the street in early winter.
As I ran with both arms wrapped around my body, a building that was so burnt black that it was hard to even recognize its shape appeared.
Dongchogae, who had stopped as if someone had pulled him, stared silently at the house where the embers remained.
“This is······.”
Dongchogae looked around.
‘I don’t know whose house it is, but I need to warm up my body a little before I go.’
It might be unfortunate for some, but it’s fortunate for me, who felt like my mouth was going to roll.
Dongchogae, who had crouched down close, held out both hands in front of the fire.
“Ah, it’s warm.”
The embers were gradually dying out, but even that was a blessing to Dongchogae, whose body was frozen solid.
After a while of warming up, I heard a familiar voice behind me.
“Hey, Dongchogae. What are you doing there?”
“huh?”
When I turned my head, Yang Chun, who lived in the house across the street, was looking at me with strange eyes.
The smiling Dongcho dog waved happily.
“Hey! Yangchun! It’s cold. Come here and light a fire!”
As Yangchun’s expression changed to one of bewilderment, Dongchogae gestured again.
“I told you to come and warm yourself up? But whose house is this?”
Yangchun approached slowly and carefully opened his mouth.
“That······is your house.”
“huh?”
“This is your house.”
“······.”
As your field of vision expands, you begin to see things around you at a glance.
Her own yellow underwear was visible, burned to the ground in the ashes.
The astonished Dongchogae’s mouth opened wide.
“oh my god.”
***
The red-crowned crane that was walking along Jinmu-rip tilted its head.
“Is this the way back to Bunta?”
“you’re right.”
As the alcohol began to wear off along with the cold air, Jeokmogae finally began to regain his composure.
‘I feel cheap. I should drink less.’
Even if you regret it, you can’t turn back time.
As I got closer to the fountain, my heart started to beat strangely.
“smell of burning?”
In the midst of a sudden feeling of anxiety, Jeokmogae unfolded his new method.
In the distance, you can see a squatting donkey on the road.
And then, in front of that, the sight of Bunta reduced to ashes was visible.
The red-haired man glared at her as if in disbelief.
“Hey, what’s going on?”
The bunta that had been a sturdy nest for nearly ten years collapsed.
I felt like all the pulses in my body were releasing in this absurd situation.
“Haha. Lord Bunta.”
Dongchogae laughed blankly with a blank expression on his face.
I didn’t even know where to start explaining.
Because I don’t remember last night.
“You, no way?”
Since he often does such absurd things, it was inevitable that I was suspicious.
Jin Mu-rip, who arrived late, smiled and said.
“It’s not him. I ordered my subordinates to burn this place.”
The red-haired man’s eyelids fluttered.
“What?”
“I was planning on tearing it down and rebuilding it anyway. But don’t worry, I’ve found a place exactly like this.”
“Huh, heh heh heh.”
A complex mix of emotions, both bewilderment and despair, came rushing in like a tidal wave.
Jinmu Lip said.
“You wouldn’t have burned this place down without any preparation. Come with me.”
“Okay······. Let’s go somewhere.”
As the red-haired man approached him as if he had been liberated, Jinmu-rip nodded with a bright smile on his face.
“Of course.”
Danryehwa, who had been quietly following behind, stuck out her tongue inwardly.
‘How can a person be more shameless than a beggar?’
She soon remembered that she was participating in that shameless human’s plan.
And now that the plan was nearing its final stages, I had to admit that I was in a strange state of excitement.
‘I······. am corrupt.’
This is something I could not have even imagined if I had been on Hwaryeongdo Island.
A sigh escaped me without me knowing.
The place where the red-crowned crane arrived following Jinmu-rip was a quiet riverside about a corner from Bunta.
On the riverbank where the cold wind blew, the only people visible were the occasional people carrying water.
“Are we there yet?”
“We’re almost there.”
Jinmu-rip glanced behind him and laughed at his empty expression.
If you had stepped aside nicely from the beginning, this wouldn’t have happened.
If you had cooperated obediently, you might have been given money or even lent the manor until the winter.
The opponent was too bad to be shameless.
Jinmu Rip is a person who can be even more shameless than that.
In the heavy silence, Jinmu-rip’s feet finally stopped.
What came into their sight was a sturdy stone bridge built in a place where the river narrowed.
But other than that, I can’t see anything.
“They all came.”
The red-crowned crane tilted its head and asked.
“Where on earth is the manor?”
“excuse me.”
The place Jinmu-rip’s fingertips were pointing to was right under the stone bridge.
Yudae Ha, who had been waiting, walked out and waved her hand loudly.
“Here it is!”
“Let’s go.”
The red-crowned crane that jumped down from the riverbank following Jinmu-rip could not hide its bewilderment at the sight under the stone bridge.
There were several smaller piles of ashes centered around a large pile of ashes in the center, and around it were scattered pieces of stone like a collapsed wall.
It was as if the burnt-out powder had been moved as is.
It was a work that Yoo Dae-ha worked hard on while Jin Mu-rip was dragging Dongchogae around.
“You clearly asked me to find the exact same place as Bunta.”
As the red-faced man’s eyes grew wider as he realized the situation, Jin Mu-rip, who was leisurely carrying his luggage on his back, kicked away the pile of ashes and looked at the red-faced man.
“The price of houses in Seongdo is quite expensive. Since I don’t have the ability to buy a house, I made a bunta like this. Isn’t it exactly the same?”
When I asked them to save the exact same place, they turned it into an exact same place as the ashes.
“Huh, huh huh.”
A dull laugh escaped the red-haired man’s mouth.
A situation where you suddenly find yourself sitting on the street.
I’m speechless.
He is a thick-skinned man, even more so than the beggar himself.
I never dreamed that he would burn down the bunta, and I couldn’t even ask him what kind of unreasonable thing he was doing.
Because you were the one who first started to insist that you couldn’t leave someone else’s house.
Jeokmogae, overcome with a sense of emptiness, collapsed to the floor.
The cold wind today is making me tear up.
Jinmu-rip, crouching down in front of him, placed his hand on Jeokmogae’s shoulder.
“But what’s the point of kicking people out of their homes in this winter······.”
The red-haired woman, who had wiped the tears from her eyes, looked at Jinmu-rip with a miserable face.
“I’ll tell you how to survive. Would you like to listen?”
Jinmu-rip’s speech had changed, but Jeokmogae had no time to consider it.
“Th-what is that?”
“Wash once a day. Share with me information about the future opening. If you promise to do that, I will provide you with warm lodging and meals. Wouldn’t that be more comfortable than going around looking for a place to sleep and begging in the cold winter?”
Jinmu Rip’s soft voice was as captivating as the whisper of an evil spirit.
There is no place in the Sacheon martial arts world that is open and friendly enough to ask for help.
But I couldn’t just let my disciples freeze to death like that.
After much hesitation, the red-haired man finally made a difficult decision.
“Okay. But there’s one thing that’s hard to hear.”
That’s the expected answer.
A single person would not have that kind of authority.
“Then let’s just share the information between Sacheon and Sae-oe······.”
“It’s difficult to wash once a day.”
“······.”
This was an unexpected answer.
