Episode 717 You were here. (One)
“why!”
A voice filled with anger rang out.
No, maybe it’s sadness or resentment.
“why! Why are you not letting me go, why!”
Despite the shout, the elderly person who had been staring at the moon in the distance quietly turned his head.
The weight in his eyes weighed down his entire body, but Cheongmyeong did not back down. The eyes that were calm as a lake and the eyes that were like a burning volcano clashed fiercely without giving an inch.
“Are you really asking because you don’t know?”
“Long sentence of death!”
“If you are left out here, we cannot guarantee victory. No, you will inevitably lose.”
Clutter.
Cheongmyeong changed his mind at Cheongmun’s words.
“That guy… … “He’s gone missing.”
“… … .”
“You don’t know what that means? yes? Cheongjin, you bastard! “That damned bastard went missing, in the Hundred Thousand Mountains!”
“know.”
“Long sentence of death!”
Cheongmun slowly closed his eyes.
His expression was calm, but his slightly trembling eyelids showed that his current mood was not at all clear.
“What was lost… … “We are not the only ones who have lost someone.”
“… … .”
“Everyone lost. But how can we be the only ones to cause trouble?”
“Are you saying they are going crazy?”
Cheongmyeong’s face suddenly distorted.
“Are you being outrageous by asking me to go find a priest?”
“Cheongmyeong… … .”
“I don’t know what the damned cause is, but you’re telling me to let a priest die for that damned thing! “He might still be alive!”
Even Cheongmun closed his mouth for a moment, as if he was momentarily speechless due to the anger overflowing in Cheongmyeong’s voice.
“What is that! Damn it! “What is that!”
A voice full of regret came out from Cheongmun’s mouth as he silently looked at Cheongmyeong’s face, which looked like it was about to explode at any moment.
“… … It’s a great purpose… … .”
Soon, Cheongmun smiled slightly.
It was so low that it seemed like a laugh or a sneer, but either way, a smile that was so pitiful that I couldn’t bear to look at it calmly appeared on Cheongmun’s lips.
“Did you think something like that would still be there? “This to me?”
“… … .”
“That may have been the case in the beginning. But now it’s worn out and there’s only one thing left. “Do you know what that is?”
“… … “What is it?”
“future.”
Those firm words came out of Cheongmun’s mouth.
“If we don’t defeat them, we have nothing left. And we need you to defeat them. you! “Maehwageomjon Cheongmyeong.”
“… … .”
“Will you still go? And yet, will you leave this place alone and rescue Cheongjin? What will you say when Cheongjin, whom you saved, comes back and finds us all dead? Did you think he would at least say thank you for saving his life? “You foolish bastard!”
A clear stream of blood eventually flowed from Cheongmyeong’s mouth, which had been bitten tightly. The blood pooling between his teeth stained his lips as if they had been smeared with red rouge.
Cheongmun slowly shook his head.
“He won’t want it. “What he cares about most is not you or himself, but the children he left behind.”
“… … .”
There was a fishy iron smell.
What you feel in your mouth. The scent wafting from the end of the words.
It was just fishy and dizzy.
“If you really want to go find that guy, go after this war is over.”
“execution!”
“Aren’t we the only ones who lost?”
Cheongmun shouted. The anger and resentment that had never been found in him burst out like a torrent.
“Do you know how many people want to go find him right now? I am more than you! I! Damn… … .”
He ended up cursing and chewing his lips.
“Damn… … .”
His voice was shaking terribly.
Cheongmun is the leader of Hwasan and is leading the midfield against that demonic bridge.
How much burden is weighing on those shoulders?
“… … “I sent it.”
“… … .”
“I was the one who entrusted him with this dangerous mission. “If you want to blame, blame me.”
The emotions had suddenly disappeared from Cheongmun’s face, as if they had been washed away.
“As an expert in Huashan, I cannot allow you to go to Cheongjin. “Go back to your seat and wait.”
“… … .”
Cheongmyeong also looked at Cheongmun with an emotionless face.
The smiles that were there every time we saw each other were gone. The two men stared at each other coldly with faces as hard as iron armor.
Cheongmyeong’s mouth opened indifferently.
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“If you are the name of Jang Mun-in.”
“… … .”
“I guess I should follow suit.”
Cheongmun’s eyes trembled at that emotionless voice.
“but… … execution.”
There was a hint of sarcasm on Cheongmyeong’s lips.
“Can what you gain fill the void of what you lost?”
Cheongmun finally closed his eyes tightly. The cold clear voice cut into his chest like a knife.
“I don’t know what meaning there is in gaining something by losing something that shouldn’t be lost.”
“… … “Cheongmyeong.”
“I am… … .”
The blood that flowed from the corner of Cheongmyeong’s mouth dripped down.
“I will not accept this decision until the moment I die.”
After saying those words, Cheongmyeong turned away without even hearing an answer. He widened the distance between himself and Cheongmun without any hesitation.
I clenched my fists as if they were going to explode.
Crash.
Nothing will change even if you grit your teeth and pound your chest.
As he walked away without saying a word, he looked back with eyes filled with sorrow. However, Cheongmyeong’s eyes lost all their anger and power at the sight they soon saw.
Cheongmun’s shoulders, which had always been wide enough to embrace and rely on all of Hwasan’s disciples, were trembling helplessly.
Cheongmyeong couldn’t bear to look at his back, half-crouching as if he didn’t know what to do, sobbing quietly, and turned his head away.
‘Cheongjin… … .’
– execution.
Cheongmyeong, who was thinking of Cheongjin’s flawless smiling face, closed his trembling eyes.
sorry.
sorry.
… … sorry.
* * *
Cheongmyeong took a step forward as if possessed.
One step, another step.
Even though I stumbled as if I was going to fall at any moment, I kept moving forward.
And Yu Iseol followed him wordlessly. Cheongmyeong’s back appeared in her eyes.
That back was almost like Mount Tai. Sometimes it embraced them like the sea, and sometimes it became a cliff piercing the sky and became their target.
But now Cheongmyeong’s back is just pitiful.
like… … .
‘father.’
It was as if she was seeing her father’s back, which had vaguely remained in her memories, once again.
The back of someone who couldn’t accomplish what he had to do.
The back of someone who holds on to something that can never be achieved.
Why does that skinny back overlap with the current clear sky?
Cheongmyeong’s stumbling steps became faster and faster. Accordingly, Yu Iseol also increased his walking speed.
Hwasan’s disciples, who happened to find the two people, ran toward Yu Iseol, perhaps sensing a strange atmosphere.
“Samai?”
Yu Iseol put her index finger to her lips.
“Don’t disturb.”
Baekcheon looked at her and Cheongmyeong’s back alternately, then nodded. And she began to follow Cheongmyeong in silence.
One step.
One step.
Good people lead, and those who carry on their will follow. However, although the steps of the good man who walked first were filled with confidence, they were pathetically wavering.
Cheongmyeong’s eyes looking at the mountain rising in front of him are the same as he had in the past.
As for auscultation… … That’s not the case. I’m not the type of person to let go like that.
Even if the body that has lost too much blood is slowly dying, even if the urge to let go of everything and be comfortable gnaws at the soul.
That guy… … I am not the type of person who will let go of his hand and give up everything.
Jerk.
Cheongmyeong began to climb the mountain.
‘Think.’
What if I was Cheongjin?
What would I do if I were him?
I can’t go back anymore. Breath is on the verge of extinction, and there is no way for the executioners to go back to the volcano through the demonic cults everywhere.
So what did you do?
If he, a hundred years ago, was standing where Cheongmyeong stands now, what would Cheongjin have done the moment he saw that mountain, desperately trying to control his blurring vision?
As if he was possessed, Cheongmyeong’s steps as he climbed the mountain became faster.
I know. I know.
‘You would have done it this way.’
Even if it was Cheongmyeong, it would probably have been the same.
The mountain is not very high, so it cannot be a volcano.
but… … In this distant country, it is a small mountain that can remind you of the atmosphere of a volcano.
‘I have to go back.’
Okay, I have to go back.
Even though my body is here, I have to return to the volcano. Even if my body rots, I have to return to the volcano.
The place I left. Where we have lived.
Even after Cheongmyeong died, he couldn’t forget it, and it was as if he eventually returned.
It must have been the same for Cheongjin.
As Cheongmyeong stepped up the mountain, he became more and more confident.
Up and up again without resting for a single moment. Hesitation disappears with each step.
Eventually, as we got closer to the top, Cheongmyeong’s steps stopped.
Cheongmyeong looked ahead blankly.
And Hwasan’s disciples looked at his back with bated breath.
They didn’t know what made them feel this way. But I couldn’t even bring myself to talk to Cheongmyeong.
‘This place… … .’
Yunjong, who was looking around, narrowed his eyes.
“Sasuk.”
“… … why?”
“here… … Doesn’t it look like a volcano?”
“… … “The mountain is a little steeper than other places.”
“Oh, no. It’s not like that… … .”
Yunjong looked around a few times and made eye contact with Baekcheon.
“A place with volcanic waves… … . Yes, it’s similar there, isn’t it? If this mountain is a volcano, this is it… … .”
“… … .”
Only then did Baekcheon look around with a stern expression again. A sigh soon burst out from his neat lips.
“ah… … .”
I felt like I knew what Yoonjong was talking about.
If we call this mountain a volcano, the place where they are standing now is where the volcanic waves are. Although it doesn’t completely match, it was definitely a place that people who have lived in a volcano like their home would feel similar.
Baekcheon’s gaze turned to Cheongmyeong.
‘Then you…’ … .’
At that moment, Cheongmyeong casually knelt down on the spot. He crawled on the floor with both knees, grabbed the growing bushes with trembling hands, and continued to trace the floor with his bare hands.
Hwasan’s disciples just watched the scene in silence.
I don’t have the courage to help.
no.
I felt like I shouldn’t help.
This is not something they should get involved in hastily. I don’t know the exact reason, but all of Hwasan’s disciples here now had the same thought.
“… … “What are you looking for?”
To Dang Soso’s question, which was almost a whisper, Yu Iseol answered without even turning her head.
“fox earth.”
“… … .”
“Because they would have dug a hole. “If you want to come out with your salary.”
“ah… … .”
Tang Xiaoxiao nodded and looked at Qingming.
At that time, Cheongmyeong’s hand, which had been groping the floor, suddenly stopped. Cheongmyeong’s fingertips trembled slightly as he stopped.
When the long, thick bushes were removed, a small hole was eventually revealed.
There was nothing particularly strange about a hole like that in a mountain. It is a very small hole, as if a cave dug by a mountain animal had been abandoned and collapsed over time.
But at that moment, Cheongmyeong’s hands were now trembling to a pitiful degree.
The hand that dug the hole fumbled at first became faster and faster, and eventually began digging like a madman.
“ha… … eww… … !”
The pain that he could not fully express came out of his mouth as an insubstantial sound. Scattered dirt rained down on my head and back. Baekcheon, who was looking at the scene, unconsciously took a step towards him.
“Cheongmyeong… … .”
But at that moment, Yu Iseol’s hand grabbed his shoulder.
When Baekcheon turned around, Yu Iseol quietly shook her head.
“… … .”
Baekcheon bit his lip and eventually nodded. For now, I had no choice but to just watch Cheongmyeong.
Cheongmyeong dug up the soil, pulled out pebbles, and smashed the rocks with his bare fists, gradually digging into the ground.
The sound of heavy breathing strangely sounded like sobbing.
Cheongmyeong was digging and digging the ground and it was covered in dirt. Cheongmyeong’s hands, which had been digging like crazy as if this was their only mission, became stiff for an instant.
At the fingertips digging into the soil, a different sense came into play.
The tip of my finger, which penetrates the soil, catches nothing. That means this back is empty.
Cheongmyeong’s breathing became increasingly difficult.
“… … .”
He now began to carefully remove the dirt. It was a delicate touch that was completely different from before.
The eyes of the volcano disciples who were watching the sheep widened.
‘cave?’
It wasn’t clear exactly what it was.
However, what is certain is that where Cheongmyeong is currently clearing out, there appears to be a space for people to enter.
Soon, Cheongmyeong stumbled and entered.
“… … “Sasuk.”
Baekcheon nodded at Yunjong’s words.
“… … Let’s go and see.”
Baekcheon took the lead, bending towards the cave where Cheongmyeong entered.
Although it was a narrow passage, there was more space inside than expected. Baekcheon, who lightly jumped down below him, raised his head and took in the sight with his eyes.
‘Cheongmyeong… … .’
Baekcheon was perhaps a little shocked at that moment.
Cheongmyeong’s small shoulders, so small that they looked as if they would collapse at any moment, were shaking as he could not control his emotions.
What you see over that shoulder… … .
person? no. That thing sitting cross-legged was not a person, but a white bone.
A white bone that maintains its original posture even though all that remains is rotten bones. The cloth draped over the white bones was so crumbly and worn that it was difficult to guess its original form when alive.
But I had no choice but to know.
This is because a majestic text was engraved on the stone wall, as if it had been carved with internal energy, with white bones on its back, as if carved with fingers.
A sigh escaped Baekcheon’s mouth.
Even though my body sleeps here
My heart is with a distant volcano.
Cheongjin, the thirteenth disciple of Daehwa Midwifery.
“uh… … .”
My outstretched hand, trembling, touched the words very carefully. Her shoulders began to shake violently.
“iced coffee… … . ah… … .”
A suppressed sob finally burst out from Cheongmyeong’s mouth as he collapsed on the spot. Baekcheon slowly closed his eyes because the crying was so painful.
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