Episode 72 before the sky gets too dark
After washing and changing my clothes, I sat down at the table in the main hall and looked at Cha Seong-tae and Ho Yeon-cheong again.
“Seongtae, go back and get some drinks. “Three glasses.”
“yes.”
When Cha Seong-tae put down the drink and placed the glasses in front of each person.
I looked at Ho Yeoncheong.
“Hoyeoncheong, listen carefully.”
“yes.”
“I still don’t care whether you are Yusicheng or Hoyeoncheng. I don’t care whether you are really a warrior of the Hoenn Sword Family or a warrior of another force plotting in Jianghu. You are just an unlucky prisoner of mine. From now on, you will do whatever I tell you to do. okay?”
Ho Yeon-cheong answered briefly.
“All right.”
I took out the flash dagger I had brought with me and placed it in the center seat of the three people.
Sigh!
Cha Seong-tae and Ho Yeon-cheong looked at me, wondering what the intention was.
I pointed to the flash dagger.
“It’s a way of life and death in our neighborhood. “If we can’t communicate from now on, let’s just stab each other to death with that.”
Cha Seong-tae smiled and was about to say something, but when he saw my expression, he immediately shut his mouth.
I stated what I wanted.
“From now on, I will give you one hundred and eight days. “Hoyeoncheong, please pass on all martial arts you know to Cha Seong-tae, other than swordsmanship, footwork, and naeggongsimbeop.”
Ho Yeon-cheong’s eyes widened, and Cha Seong-tae quickly looked at me.
“… … .”
Of course, Hoenncheong will have a lot to say. It would be bullshit to say that transmission to anyone outside the family is prohibited. However, after seeing the flash dagger stuck on the table, I couldn’t easily keep my mouth shut.
Rather, Cha Seong-tae responded with a puzzled expression.
“Master Mun, how can I learn all of that guy’s martial arts in one hundred and eight days?”
“Seongtae.”
“yes.”
I looked at Cha Seong-tae intently.
“Do you want to die? “I would have said it was life or death.”
“ah… … .”
“ah?”
“no.”
I explained my day to Ho Yeon-cheong, who said nothing.
“This is the Black Tomb Room, so the two wake up when the Myosi (卯時, 5 a.m.) begins. Eat breakfast and practice, eat lunch and practice, eat dinner and rest. You are given free time to rest, but when going out, escaping, or running away, I will apply life-or-death measures and kill you myself. “If you don’t like it, pull out your flash dagger and stab me now.”
“… … .”
“Ho Yeoncheong lost his inner strength to me, so during the break, you can either take the time to recover your inner strength or rest as is, it is up to you. Again, it’s one hundred and eight days. If it’s long, it’s long. If it’s short, it’s short. I’m not saying you have to learn everything. However, after 108 days, Cha Seong-tae will have to be stronger by 108 days than now.”
“How do you estimate becoming as strong as one hundred and eight days?”
I answered Cha Seong-tae’s question.
“If you don’t like it, pull out your dagger and stab me.”
“It was just a question.”
Ho Yeon-cheong finally asked me this question.
“One hundred and eight days is too much to teach even one sword technique.”
“It’s none of my business. Although Cha Seong-tae is a glutton, he is not an idiot. It’s entirely up to you whether you teach it in general, or whether you teach something else after you become familiar with swordsmanship. “You take care of it.”
Ho Yeon-cheong answered without realizing it.
“We, the Hoyeon Sword House… … .”
“I don’t care what your family is like. “If you don’t like it, pull out your dagger and commit suicide.”
Only then did Ho Yancheng close his mouth and close his eyes for a moment.
I spoke to both people.
“There are quite a few things in life that are better than death. If you don’t want to teach, die right here. Seongtae, if you don’t want to learn, just die right here. Don’t waste your time on rice. If you don’t like this and that, pull that out and attack me. “I will kill you.”
This time, Cha Seong-tae also tilted his head back and closed his eyes.
I told the two people who were giving me a shit vibe.
“I don’t like it, just say one word. “I will draw the dagger first.”
Seongtae Cha raised his hand.
“I am fine.”
I looked at Ho Yeoncheong. Ho Yeon-cheong pursed his lips before finally answering.
“I will teach you everything.”
I glared at the two people and nodded.
“Now we’re making some sense.”
I pulled out the flash dagger, bled my finger, and dropped it into the bottle. Then he held out the flashing dagger to Cha Seong-tae.
Cha Seong-tae also dropped blood on the bottle.
Next, Hoyeoncheong also shed blood in the same way.
I took a bottle of alcohol mixed with the blood of three people and filled three glasses.
“This drink contains the blood of three men who risked their lives and died. According to the oath, for 108 days, Master Ho Yeon-cheong will teach martial arts to disciple Cha Seong-tae with sincerity, sincerity, soul and effort, and for 108 days, disciple Cha Seong-tae will learn Master Ho Yeon-cheong’s teachings with passion and sincerity. “I, Lee Ja-ha, as the subject of the oath, swear to the gods of heaven and earth that if the two of us take lightly or show an unfaithful attitude to the duties of men with whom we have made a life-and-death promise, I will end the remaining lives of both of them with a flashing dagger.”
Cha Seong-tae’s face turned pale while he listened to my oath.
Ho Yeon-cheong was constantly swallowing his saliva.
I looked at the two people and raised my drink.
“Do you two swear to keep your covenant?”
“I swear.”
“I swear too.”
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I nodded my head loudly.
“Let’s drink.”
The three of us drank alcohol mixed with blood. I put down my drink and said with a cheerful face.
“Good. “The harsh training will begin tomorrow, so let’s have the last supper together today.”
Seongtae Cha responded.
“I don’t have anyone to cook right now.”
“Right.”
The concubines also left for Ilyanghyeon, and most of their subordinates were still at Unwuhoe. I rested my chin and thought for a moment.
They killed Teacher Su and Prince Lee Ryong, but the difficult problem was how to solve dinner immediately.
‘Ugly guy… … .’
Seongtae Cha said.
“Shall I go out and buy it?”
“why? Run away?”
At this time, the door to the main hall burst open and Hongshin appeared. However, I did not look at Hongsin’s face, but rather looked at what was in her sister’s hand.
Hongshin said with a calm expression as he slowly raised what he was holding in his hand.
“Master, please eat some dumplings. “I came and bought it.”
I said, “Write… … !” I made a noise and then applauded Hong Shin. When I applauded with a serious expression, Cha Seong-tae nodded and clapped his hands.
Hongshin looked left and right and answered.
“Why are you like this?”
I held out my hand to Hong Shin.
“excellent. “Come and sit down.”
“yes.”
When Hongshin unwrapped the cloth on the table, dumplings showing off their immaculate appearance appeared there.
Hongshin fluttered.
“I didn’t know what you liked, so I mixed half meat dumplings and half vegetable dumplings. “They were selling tangchori chuk next door, so I bought it as a side dish.”
I answered while wiping away tears with one hand for a moment.
“excellent. “From now on, we will confirm that the ambassadors will be Baek In, Cheong Jin, Baek Yu, and Hong Shin.”
“Suddenly?”
“let’s eat.”
I spoke to Ho Yeon-cheong, who was still chewing a dumpling.
“You eat too.”
“yes.”
Ho Yeon-cheong answered cautiously and then reached for the dumplings.
I spoke casually while eating dumplings.
“If the results are not enough after 108 days, you two will die by my hands.”
Cha Seong-tae answered while eating dumplings.
“Yes, I understand.”
Hoyeoncheong also responded.
“All right.”
I said to Hongsin while eating dumplings like a beggar living in a tunnel.
“Are you bad at noodles? “The ingredients will be in the kitchen.”
Hongshin responded with a relaxed attitude like Guan Yu, saying that he would return after cutting off the enemy’s head before the alcohol cooled down.
“Can you do it? “I’ll eat this and make it.”
I nodded several times, afraid that Hongshin might change his mind.
“Yes, thank you.”
“all right.”
Seongtae Cha said while slightly bowing his head towards Hongshin.
“Please do me a favor too…” … .”
“Well, since I’m doing this, I have to do a lot. “Even the commander-in-chief.”
Suddenly, Hongshin, Cha Seongtae, and I looked at Hoyeoncheong. Because Hoyeoncheong was a prisoner, he was in a position where he could not ask Hongshin for anything. Even though we knew that, the three of us waited for Ho Yeon-cheong’s words. It’s like an unspoken pressure that if you don’t say something, it’s not yours.
Ho Yeon-cheong eventually answered in a calm tone.
“I am okay.”
I clicked my tongue.
“You’re being damned. Sister Hong, please make it so we can all eat together.”
Hongshin, holding a dumpling in his hand, stood up smiling.
“all right.”
I gave a thumbs up as I watched Hongshin going to the kitchen. As expected, Kang-ho, who only gains and loses from her men, feels that it is no different from hell.
Suddenly, I looked at Ho Yeon-cheong, and as if the dumplings were stuck in my throat, I drank quickly and suddenly started crying like a crazy person.
I shook my head and looked at Cha Seong-tae.
“He’s being damned. Oh my. “Are they treating the dumplings because they are so delicious?”
“hmm.”
Cha Seong-tae was trying to make fun of Ho Yeon-cheong with me, but he closed his mouth with a bitter expression. It seemed a bit strange to make fun of the person I was supposed to call Master from now on.
Ho Yeon-cheong said.
“That’s not it. Anyway, I will teach you well.”
Anyway, while I was waiting for the noodles, I craved chaseongtae and hoyeoncheong to my heart’s content. I also began to wonder if there was a devil inside me. Well, if I had been such a good person from my past life, I would have been called a nickname like Geomseon (劍仙). But my nickname was Gwangma.
“Seongtae.”
“yes.”
“Are the good times gone? What should I do? Pahahahahaha.”
After a while, the four of us ate noodles. After filling my stomach with dumplings and eating noodles, I felt sleepy. I woke up after drinking all the soup.
“I’m going to get some sleep.”
“yes.”
As I headed outside the main hall, Cha Seong-tae asked.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to sleep.”
“Outside? why?”
“It’s my heart.”
I went out to the inner garden and lay down with my arms around a pillow under a plum tree with fallen petals.
The sun is falling in the sky, and night has not yet arrived.
Purple flowers filled the sky for a moment.
A sky that is neither bright nor dark.
Time passed quietly as I was able to see the sky blue, which has the same meaning as my name. I closed my eyes first before the sky got too dark.
I said hello in advance to the people I wanted to see.
It’s because my heart hurts when I meet him in a dream.
Everyone else is fine.
The guy I want to beat to death, the guy I want to bully, Gwangseung, Gwangmyeongjwasa, Maengju, masters belonging to Samjae, even the sloppy guys who beat me in non-martial arts gambling… … . I went to sleep thinking that these bastards could appear in my dreams as often as they wanted.
I fell asleep while thinking that the people I really want to see should not appear in my dreams. I didn’t know if it was a dream or a memory, but random thoughts passed by briefly like a sunset.
.
.
.
“Don’t hand this over to you.”
“why.”
“It’s something I don’t need anymore.”
I looked at the captain held out by Gwangseung.
“How do I use this when I’m not a monk?”
There was a crescent-shaped blade attached to the head of the captain used by Gwangseung, and Gwangseung turned the blade with his hand and removed the piece of iron from the body.
“If you want to give it, give it to me. Why are you taking it away?”
“You are so desperate for life that the blade is seized. This body itself is also a great weapon. “I would say it’s a weapon like unbroken faith.”
“Are you sure it won’t break?”
“If your beliefs are broken, you too are dead, so there is no need to worry.”
“What do you mean?”
“Literally.”
In confusion, I grabbed the metal baton that Gwangseung was holding out to me. Since the baton alone weighed over 60 pounds, it was an item that could not be freely handled in the first place unless one was a strong person.
I looked at Gwangseung’s expression and asked.
“Where are you going?”
“I have to go back.”
“You’re leaving suddenly?”
“It is a journey because there is a place to return to. “I filled it up a lot, so now it’s time to empty it again.”
“What is it if you have no place to return to? “Like me.”
“Why don’t you have a place to go to? If you come visit me anytime, I will shave that ugly head first. You don’t like that again, do you? Don’t lie down and lie down somewhere, but come visit her whenever you feel frustrated. “You ugly bastard, let’s go.”
Gwangseung disappeared in a puff of dust.
Since he was an unpredictable person, the sudden breakup was not surprising.
When the person who had been forcibly dragged around suddenly disappeared, the emptiness of that freedom was also very great.
Suddenly, I looked around and the only thing left next to me was a piece of iron nicknamed unbreakable faith.
I stood alone in the wilderness with a heavy piece of metal on my shoulder and looked around for a while, but there was no place to go to.
My mind was no different from the wilderness, so I headed back to Gangho. There is no place to return to, but the people who should be beaten to death still remain in Gangho.
The sky was getting darker.
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