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[275] Companion (3)
Haras with Simalyun and Cron with Murimmaeng. The distance between the two cities was enormous.
Seongmin Lee had traveled all over the area for various reasons, but this was his first time traveling such a long distance.
Moreover, getting to Crohn is not the end. After stopping in Kron, the plan was to go to Trabia in the north.
Joining the journey are Sima Lianju and Scarlett. And one more person joined.
Because the road was so long, we decided to take a carriage, but there was no one suitable to drive the carriage.
“It’s called Yehwa.”
Sima Lianzhu maintains an undisclosed bodyguard within Sima Lian. They strictly follow the words of the Master of Sima Lian, and do not stand out within the Sima Lian.
Honghwa (紅花), who escorted Wijihoyeon to the forest in the past, is one of the bodyguards owned by Sima Lianju.
Yehwa was the person in charge of Honghwa’s sobriety. Lee Seong-min glanced at Ye-hwa, who had short hair cut near her shoulders and was hiding her face by wearing a fox mask, and then sent a message to Sa-ra-bi-ju.
[Why are you wearing a mask?]
[Imitating the main position.]
Sima Lianzhu answered in a sour voice. After hearing those words, Seongmin Lee was curious and asked again.
[if. Are you saying she’s Master’s secret daughter or something like that?]
[Say something that makes sense. How many times do I have to say that I have no children?]
[Then, adoptive daughter?]
[I don’t think so, but that child may think differently. Most of the guys I have as my personal guard are orphans. Even open beggars cannot be active in Haras, where the Four Horsemen are located, and in this vicinity. In the end, the beggars of this city live day by day, being run over by Sapa gangsters without the support of openness.]
[He took them mercifully?]
[That’s not it. They took people who had the backbone to survive by begging, fed them, gave them shelter, and made them learn martial arts.]
Sima Lianju answered like that and passed by Ye Hua. Yehwa bowed her head as Sabeibju passed by her. Her Yehwa’s head was not raised until the Four Masters had completely passed by.
[Even though they only do that, the people I have acquired are happy to even accept death if I say so. It’s because I gave them what they have now. Rather than taking a decent man as a subordinate and making him loyal, it was more convenient for the principal to take in a young beggar who had no sense of reason and take good care of him to instill loyalty.]
Seongmin Lee glanced behind him. Ye Hua was still lowering her head.
Although he said that, Lee Seong-min guessed that Sima Lianju did not just do that to Ye Hwa and other members of the Royal Guard.
The person named Sima Lianju that Lee Seong-min felt while living with him was a person whose words and actions were slightly different.
[Is the entire safflower going?]
[That’s so eye-catching. The only thing that goes is Yehwa. Because there is no one to drive the carriage. Honghwa and other guards will be holding their breath inside Sima Lian while I am away.]
[Are you worried about Sima Lian?]
Lee Seong-min recalled what Sima Lianju said. In his thousand years of training, Sima Lianju said that he abandoned everything other than his desire for martial arts.
That too… … Lee Seong-min did not completely believe it. Aside from that, it was because Sima Lianzhu was also paying quite a bit of attention to other things besides himself.
Even while he was secluded in the forest, he periodically intervened in the Sima Lian with the help of Osla, and even formed a bodyguard to monitor the internal situation of the Sima Lian.
[This is the bare minimum awareness.]
Sima Lianzhu’s steps stopped in front of the carriage.
[It is about being aware of where the seat stands. This is not because the throne is unrivaled. Whatever it is, the main topic is the practice of Sima-ryeon. Although I have never wished for this, many people are tying their lives to my toes.]
[You don’t want to make them die?]
[There is nothing I can do if I die. But, didn’t you tell me? It is the minimum awareness.]
Sima Lianju said so and got on the carriage. Scarlett was already inside the carriage.
The carriage, which was equipped with various magic for convenience, was worth more than the price of a decent mansion, and it was so comfortable that it could not be called a carriage.
“I’m leaving.”
Yehwa opened the carriage door and said so. At first, he was wearing a fox mask, but now Yehwa is not wearing a mask.
Even a passing child would be suspicious of a carriage pulled by a masked driver. When Sa Beop-ju nodded her head, Ye-hwa immediately climbed into the coachman’s seat and began to drive the carriage.
“How do you feel?”
Sima Lianzhu asked. Lee Seong-min, who was naturally sitting cross-legged and was about to meditate, opened his eyes, which he had tried to close, when he realized that Sima-ryeonju’s question was directed at him.
“What do you mean?”
“That kid. “Do you think it’s pretty?”
“… … What do you mean all of a sudden?”
“Rather than pretending to be someone you’re not and trying to lure women around, I’m asking just in case. “If you tell Yehwa, she will take off her clothes in front of you without a second thought.”
“hey. “Am I listening right now?”
Scarlett, who was taking out the grimoire, glanced at Sima Lianju and spat out in a fierce voice.
“You’re not saying something that shouldn’t be heard, are you?”
“It’s not something I really want to hear.”
Scarlett grumbled. Sa Beol-ju chuckled at those words and nodded his head.
“You were inconsiderate.”
“You are very kind. “It’s different from how you treat me.”
“I am not a person who does not know manners.”
“Why don’t you show me that courtesy?”
“For me, courtesy means an appropriate distance.”
Sima Lianju said with a grin. Scarlett was happy and snorted when she heard that. She felt it on some level, too. What Sima Lianju is showing is not simple favor, but rather a distant bystander.
“Should I keep my distance from you, my disciple?”
“… … Just do what you normally do.”
“anyway. It’s okay to touch Yehwa, but if you’re going to do it, make sure you do it in a place where the principal and Jeoktapju don’t know.”
“I won’t.”
“Pretending to be loyal.”
Ignoring Sima Lianju’s taunting words, Lee Seong-min closed his eyes and entered meditation. Heo Joo chuckled in his head.
[Pretending to be polite. Wouldn’t it be better to enjoy it while you can?]
‘Why are you talking bullshit too?’
After saying that, I erase the distracting thoughts from my mind. Seongmin Lee recalled his most recent fight.
It was a fight with King Chang. I had to admit what I had to admit. King Chang’s martial arts skills were several levels higher than Lee Seong-min’s. He tried to make up for the lack of skill with more skill than King Chang, but the difference in class created by King Chang’s technique was not something that could be made up with just his excessive strength.
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Even though I performed the nine-cheonmugeukchang Palchoin Hwangye, I could not finish it. It is true that he was able to gain a certain upper hand, but his worldliness was a double-edged sword.
If this continues for a long period of time, Lee Seong-min’s magical power will run away.
‘We have to find a way.’
One way or another. Lee Seong-min chewed his lower lip.
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It was after nightfall that the carriage stopped. Coach Ye Hua said it didn’t matter, but Sima Lianju’s opinion was different.
When Yehwa said that there was no need to rush, Yehwa did not refute but calmly gathered firewood and started a fire.
I couldn’t sleep because I had a lot to think about. Sima Lianju calmly went into the carriage and went to sleep, but Li Seongmin sat near the bonfire and watched the fire.
The story he heard from Abel was still confusing Lee Seong-min.
Also, his own body, which is in an ambiguous state.
Not far away, Scarlett was curled up inside a thick robe. Seongmin Lee glanced at Scarlett, putting on her glasses and moving her pen.
“What are you writing?”
“The grimoire.”
Scarlett answered.
“It’s annoying, but I thought it would be better to write it down.”
“Are you planning on donating somewhere?”
“At first, I was planning to donate it to the wizard guild to train younger students. Now that I think about it, I don’t think the senators would watch the young guys do well. “Even if I donated it for everyone to read, those bastards would only take care of themselves and not make it public.”
Seongmin Lee doesn’t know much about the wizard guild. However, through Abel’s story, we learned to some extent that the senators above the magic tower owners were extremely rotten.
“But it has to be completed first. Because it would be a waste to keep it to myself. someday… … “If the opportunity arises, there will be a time when I will reveal it.”
Scarlett muttered that and took off her glasses. She stretched out her arms and bent her neck from side to side. Then she got up and walked towards her carriage.
“I’m tired, so I’ll go in and sleep first.”
“There is a master inside.”
“I don’t think you’re shameless enough to grope my sleeping body?”
“Yes, of course.”
Scarlett burst out laughing at Lee Sung-min’s answer. Scarlett, who was opening the door, stopped and looked back at Seongmin Lee.
“You seem to have a lot to worry about. If you think about it and don’t come up with an answer… … “Sometimes the answer may be not to think about it at all.”
Lee Seong-min smiled sheepishly, as if his true intentions were discovered. Scarlett shrugged her shoulders while looking at Lee Sung-min.
“Well, you say this, but I don’t know what you’re worried about. That’s not what I want to hear from you, though. “I don’t want to just listen to other people’s concerns and then turn around and give helpful advice.”
“… … it’s okay.”
“If that’s the case, I’m glad. But, if it’s really frustrating and difficult. “I can comfort you in a healthy way.”
“What is a healthy way?”
“It’s the exact opposite of an unhealthy approach.”
Scarlett smiled mischievously.
“Or, now that you’re all grown up and no longer a kid, do you find unhealthy ways more appealing to you?”
“no.”
“If you answer with a straight face, you’ll end up getting hurt for no reason.”
“Is that a joke too?”
“I thought you were too stiff, so I told you to relax. Of course, I have no intention of giving you unhealthy comfort just because you want it. It just means I’m going to drink and listen to your complaints. Just nodding your head in agreement without a soul. “I heard you have a really good drink?”
“It has to exist.”
“Save it. I’ll pick the mulberry later. “I’m going to sleep today because I’m tired, really.”
Scarlett opened her mouth and yawned loudly.
“good night.”
Scarlett also entered the carriage. The only people left behind were Lee Seong-min and Ye-hwa. Seongmin Lee glanced at Yehwa sitting across from him. Since the initial introduction, I haven’t had any personal conversations with Yehwa.
“Do you need comfort?”
Suddenly, Yehwa asked that question. At those words, Lee Seong-min remembered what Sima Lianju had said as a joke in the carriage, and he looked at him with a straight face.
“it’s okay.”
“If the Lord of the Soviet Union asks for it, we will meet your expectations at any time.”
The name Soviet Union was unfamiliar. Lee Seong-min smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“I will never ask for such a favor, so don’t even think about it.”
“Are you not satisfied with me?”
“No, it’s not like that.”
Seongmin Lee looked at Yehwa’s face and sighed. Even though he was saying something embarrassing, Ye Hua didn’t have the slightest trace of shame on his face. Her attitude was as if she had to do it.
[young. Even if I give it to him, he can’t eat it.]
‘If I eat everything I’m given, is that a human being? ‘It’s an animal.’
[I give you something delicious to eat, but why don’t you eat it?]
‘Because I’m not hungry.’
[It’s been a while since I ate, but I’m not hungry? What a strange guy… … .]
‘Can you please stop making those cheap analogies?’
Heo Joo chuckles in her head at what Lee Seong-min said.
[It’s because I’m frustrated with having extremely depressing thoughts.]
‘Isn’t it just frustrating?’
[Even if you think hard about it, you can’t come up with an answer right now. The imbalance of magical power is something you cannot do anything about, and the story about the end is also something you cannot answer for now. You tend to rush too much.]
‘I don’t get it.’
Lee Seong-min pressed his frustrated head.
‘I am. I always used to worry about that. Why me? It was a simple coincidence that I caught the stone from my previous life. But everyone who met me back in the past spoke as if I was special. That was the question. I just came back by chance, so why are they calling me special?’
I knew the answer to that. It just didn’t matter who it was. When you die and return to the past while holding the stone of your past life, the ‘me’ of your past life becomes unimportant. Just by being reincarnated, you become an observer and are destined to lead the world to the end.
‘It was good no matter who it was. okay. I was just an unlucky ‘someone’ who got caught up in it. like that… … I was thrown into this situation. To the end that started because of me.’
[It was good no matter who it was. It’s not necessarily because of you.]
‘I don’t feel responsible. I just don’t want to die.’
[It seems like you have quite a few regrets in life.]
‘I wanted to live a better life than my previous life.’
Seongmin Lee looked at the sky.
‘At the beginning of my previous life. That’s what I thought. Because in my past life, I had nothing special to see. so… … Lived until now. Not just my efforts and my strength. Due to the blessings of fate. I’m not in vain. No matter what, I survived and gained strength incomparable to my previous life.’
[It looks like you are not satisfied.]
‘My past life.’
Seongmin Lee closed his eyes.
‘It was an unremarkable life. Life as a mercenary. Earn a day, live a day, drink. He doesn’t know when he will die… … Still. It wasn’t as frustrating as it is now. Although the reality was harsh and the situation was miserable, it was not as frustrating as it is now.’
Heo Joo listened to Lee Seong-min in silence.
‘What can I do?’
and.
‘What on earth am I?’
[You are you.]
The silence was broken. Heoju answered.
[You are you. It’s Seongmin Lee. You idiot. and… … In this old man’s thoughts. Not everyone was good. Because it’s you, I think you had to grab the stone of your past life and return to the past.]
Heo Joo’s voice subsided.
[Why did I die? It was a question, but I didn’t pay much attention to it. Asking questions doesn’t mean I’ll know why I died, and even if I do, it doesn’t mean I can go back to how I was before I died.]
For Heo Ju, his own death was only worth that much.
[I am here. That’s enough. I am here with you. Even if I die, here I am Heoju. Same goes for you. Even if you die and come back here, you are Lee Seong-min. Lee Seong-min is like a double head. Don’t doubt him.]
‘I am not you.’
[You’re talking like a fool again. Of course you are not me. Just the size of the d*ck makes a difference.]
Heo Joo laughed.
[Maybe this old man… … I think I might have died to meet you.]
‘what?’
[They say there are no coincidences.]
Heoju’s laughter grew louder.
[That doesn’t mean I blame you. Rather, it’s fun and curious. Was your existence worth enough to warrant my death?]
Heo Joo recalled an unknown entity in Lee Seong-min’s mind.
Shh.
Remembering the sight of the monster putting its finger to its lips, Heoju said no more.
fantasy,
