The World’s Best Childhood Friend Episode 891 (891/1020)
“It’s been a while.”
I exchanged a quick greeting.
The young man who was eating his meal at my greeting looked at me.
“It’s been a while… .”
“Are you eating?”
“Yes. Would you like some?”
“No, I don’t have an appetite.”
I didn’t come here to eat in the first place.
“What about you, sir?”
“Grandpa went out for a moment.”
“It’s just right.”
They sat across from each other at the table. Jegalhyeok was currently staying at Shinui’s residence.
I thought about providing a separate place for him, but I made the decision after thinking about God’s will.
Because of that, it became a bit annoying to talk about it, but I could bear it to this extent.
“But hyung.”
“huh.”
“How is someone who should be in Sacheon here…?”
This is the third question I’ve asked today.
“I came quickly because something came up.”
“Ah, that’s it.”
Jegalhyeok nods as if he already knows.
“Have you checked already?”
“I was looking into the situation separately. It didn’t seem like it was time to send a letter yet, so I was waiting.”
“Wait….”
It seemed like a strange situation even to Jegal Hyuk.
Jegal Hyuk heard my muttering, put down his chopsticks, and asked.
“So, whose letter did you receive, hyung?”
Hearing that, the corners of his mouth went up.
This guy was sharp as expected.
“At first glance, she was Mrs. Mi. But it turns out she wasn’t.”
“Does that mean someone intervened?”
“Right. But I don’t know who it is.”
“When?”
“I received it the day before yesterday. I heard that Mrs. Mi also sent a letter. She said that it will arrive today at the earliest.”
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“is it so?”
After hearing that, Jegal Hyuk rolled his eyes for a moment. A few seconds passed like that.
“It seems like someone planned it knowing that the old lord would be caught.”
The answer came right away.
“The most likely one among the expected range is the Murim Alliance itself, which we caught directly… If that’s not it… Two or three.”
“Are you sure?”
“No. I think I need to think about it more to be sure. So I can’t give you a definite answer… Are you here tomorrow?”
“I can see you in the evening after I come back from the Murim Alliance.”
“Then, I’ll think about it and tell you later.”
“Okay, thank you.”
The conclusion is drawn from that short conversation.
It’s amazing no matter how much I look at it. I have to rack my brain for a long time to figure it out.
‘I’m not sure if there’s a definite answer, though.’
Just one day.
That should give you an idea of the answer.
That’s fine.
Of course, not everything Jegal Hyuk said was correct.
‘At least Chil-ha is trustworthy.’
If it were a previous life, I would have said it was nine percent, but even now, it is seven percent.
‘First, listen to that and then move.’
The route is decided based on Zhuge Hyuk’s words.
With that thought in mind, I drank the water in front of me.
After closing his mouth, he spoke the following words.
There’s something to check first.
“So. Is this letter really from you?”
I asked about that because something happened before.
He takes out the letter that Jegal Hyeok took out and examines it.
“Yes. I sent it.”
Thank goodness. If it weren’t for this, I would have been in real trouble.
If that were the case, you wouldn’t have even a clue where to start.
Besides, this letter was the biggest reason why I came to see Zhuge Liang today.
“What happened?”
The contents of the letter.
It said that Dangdeok’s location had been discovered and that Shinryongdae had moved to capture him.
“Why did things suddenly turn out like this?”
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“There is too little information on this part to say anything more… but it seems like that’s the trend.”
“movement?”
“Yes. Have you heard anything from Mr. Dang?”
“doesn’t exist.”
I don’t really talk much with Dangdeok. If I have an order to give, I just relay that.
“I heard that there are a lot of suspicious people around here.”
“Are they from the Murim Alliance?”
“I think so.”
“So you’re saying you’re not sure?”
“yes.”
I held my chin and thought about it. If Dangdeok is in his current position…
‘Hubei.’
Rather than saying that he was sent away, he was sent there because of something.
But there are some subtle people gathering over there?
‘This is becoming annoying.’
The plan to link the Gyecheonmun and the Demonic Cult had not yet been properly completed.
But if something strange happens here, it’s a problem.
at that time.
“What do you think?”
Jegalhyeok asked me.
“what?”
“It seems to me that it has something to do with my brother going to Sacheon… What do you think?”
I nodded at the guy’s question.
A hint of anxiety can be seen in Jegal Hyuk’s eyes.
I looked at it and thought to myself.
‘It’s definitely different from my previous life.’
Jegal Hyuk often asked me for a definite answer.
Do you think I would know if you asked me that? I didn’t know either, so I came looking for someone smarter.
It was really subtle when he asked me this question.
If it had been Zhuge Hyuk in his previous life, he wouldn’t have had such anxiety.
What he says is right. Everything he thinks is correct, and anyone who says anything else is wrong.
That was Cheon Yu-rang’s way of thinking. The shit thing was that most of what he said was true.
There are only a few people who can refute his words.
‘But it seems like the major shareholders were willing to listen…’
No, the Sword Demon and the Green King didn’t even treat me like a human, so that wasn’t it either.
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anyway.
‘It’s okay.’
When I look at Zhuge Hyuk now, I have many thoughts compared to his previous life.
It’s not that this appearance is unattractive.
‘The feeling that he is definitely a different person than before.’
The perception that Cheon Yu-rang-ah and the current Jegal Hyuk are significantly different people.
It was actually a good thing that it happened.
“Why do you keep asking that? How could I know something that you don’t?”
“You might know, hyung.”
“I always say that you’re smarter than me.”
At my words, Jegal Hyuk scratched his cheek.
“… No.”
“No, it’s not. Otherwise, why would I ask you?”
“Do you need someone to talk to?”
“Plague.”
This is ridiculous. The guy really seemed to think I was smarter than him.
This is funny.
‘That must be so true.’
A guy who has killed several unmanned civilians with his normal body.
The anecdote of how he solved the problem by using only his head in the middle of a battlefield was a famous story in the Central Plains at the time.
‘Would it have been possible if it were me?’
Let me imagine for a moment, but no matter how much I think about it, the conclusion is the same. It was impossible.
If that was the case, I would have been a bookworm. Why would I be going around throwing punches?
“Don’t worry about it. I think you’re right, too.”
“…yes.”
I went to Sacheon branch and someone got attached to Dangdeok.
In addition, there are circumstances in which the Shinryongdae is moving for that purpose.
The connection was too deep to be purely coincidental.
‘That means.’
Did Mukyeon anticipate this and send me to Sacheon?
‘That’s ambiguous.’
It’s been five years since Gyecheonmun started doing this.
It is significant that it has come to prominence at this point, but the timing is somewhat odd.
‘If that’s possible.’
Either Mukyeon had been involved with the Gyecheonmun for five years or he had been plotting all this before I entered Seongryongdae.
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but.
‘It was I who brought silence into the room.’
Mokyeon’s return to the Murim Alliance was hastened by the attack that occurred in Hanam.
This could be considered my aftermath.
‘So it’s impossible unless Mukyeon sees the future.’
From the beginning, I had no doubt that there was some kind of ulterior motive behind the plan.
The problem is.
‘It’s not the first time.’
It is possible that there was some recent intervention, if not from the beginning.
for example….
‘When I figured out the work of the astronomical observatory.’
If you were planning to send me to Sacheon by linking that up, then it would be a different story.
It was just the right time. The justification was sufficient.
‘Even without that, Mukyeon was suspicious of me.’
Even though it didn’t seem like it, I was on the suspect list.
I guess they were probably looking at it quite strongly.
What if I had been sent to Sacheon and then immediately moved my forces to find out Dangdeok’s location?
‘It’s not impossible.’
It was sufficiently suspicious.
‘however….’
If that happens, there’s one more thing that’s going to happen.
‘Father’s work.’
It was my father’s job.
It just so happened that things went wrong when I went to Sacheon.
Should we call this a coincidence? It couldn’t be.
‘If it was a coincidence, I wouldn’t have played around with the letter.’
We found out that Mrs. Mi’s letter was fake.
What is the meaning contained here?
‘… He tried to use my father’s work to entangle me.’
Otherwise, it means that my father’s work itself was a plot to link me to him from the beginning.
I narrowed my eyes.
‘It shouldn’t be like that.’
I hope not, but at this point, I find myself thinking about it.
‘if.’
Just maybe.
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‘Could it be that it’s all connected?’
Going to Sacheon. Or the Gyecheonmun incident itself.
In the process, the movements of the Shinryongdae and the work of the father.
Could it be that all of this is actually made up of one single line?
I had such a creepy thought.
What if so?
So what is the end of these things? What did we do all this for?
Knock, knock, knock.
I thought about it, tapping my fingers on the table.
‘Is it me?’
If there is an end to the stem, it would probably be me.
Sending me to Sacheon and doing something was just a waste of time. And sending a letter to provoke me was.
‘To make him come back?’
Maybe it’s to get them back to Hanam as quickly as possible.
‘It all fits together, though.’
It’s purely a delusion that there might be such an intention to somehow tie it together.
‘… Useless.’
But I somehow felt like this wouldn’t be wrong.
“brother?”
“Phew.”
Sigh softly.
Then he looked at Zhuge Hyuk.
“… You said you would know by tomorrow, right?”
“Yes. I’ll try to do something before noon.”
I laughed in vain at the guy’s words.
I’ll try to do something. He must have said that after seeing my expression.
What kind of face does a dizzy person have?
“You don’t have to go that far. Just do it moderately so that it doesn’t come to mind.”
“but….”
“First of all, I have somewhere to go, so I’ll go first. See you tomorrow, and give my regards to the old man.”
I got up. I had finished asking and requesting things from Jegal Hyuk, so I had to move right away.
“Where are you going?”
When I suddenly heard that he was leaving, I avoided eye contact and answered.
“…there is.”
There is someone to see.
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To be exact, there was a person that my head kept wanting to see.
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There’s still a little time left until the sun sets.
We arrived in a forest under a sky that was gradually changing colors as the sunset approached.
“…”
I land lightly and look around. The lush trees are covered in colorful leaves, as if to announce the arrival of fall.
It’s probably reached the end, so it won’t be long before all the leaves fall.
It was dyed nicely for the time being.
I walk while looking at it.
Even in the midst of all this, he constantly looked around as if trying to remember something.
‘…also.’
I am familiar with it.
This sight. This scenery.
And even the smell that flows into the tip of your nose.
I’ve only been here a couple of times, but it feels like I’ve been here for a long time.
‘It’s strange.’
I’m sure it didn’t feel like this the last time I came here. Why do I feel this way now?
I couldn’t figure it out.
Ssaaaaaaah-!
The wind blew and the maple leaves fluttered. It was a truly tranquil atmosphere.
After walking a little further like that.
“…”
At some point, my steps suddenly stop.
There was nothing to see.
There was only a field.
The sunset was setting in the sky, and the wind was blowing and the grass was swaying.
It’s just a scenery like that.
For some reason, that place where there is nothing particularly bothers me.
‘No matter how much I look, there’s nothing there.’
Why do I keep feeling like there should be something there?
Just as I was about to shake my head with my eyes wide open.
“You’re here?”
“…”
I heard a voice from in front of me. I opened my eyes and looked straight ahead.
A rock placed in a space that feels out of place.
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There was someone sitting on it.
“hi….”
A black-haired woman waving her hand weakly.
I frowned at her.
If I saw you again, there was something I wanted to ask you.
It definitely was like that.
“Autumn… you said it was pretty, right?”
The woman’s chattering makes me shut my mouth for a moment.
Strangely, my mouth wouldn’t open.
What could it mean? I thought about it for a moment and then remembered.
That’s what she said at the end.
Come before fall is over.
I’m sure it’ll be pretty.
“…”
At that time, I asked why I came here.
Before I knew it, fall had arrived before it even ended.
I rubbed my chest with my hand.
It sucks.
I feel a heat rising from the emotions I feel inside.
This shouldn’t have happened.
This feeling is one that should not be felt, at least not towards ‘that thing’.
“You mean.”
At that moment, I was about to spit out all my annoyance.
“I missed you.”
“…”
Cheonma said with a smile.
“really.”
At those words, my mouth fell shut again.
Damn it.
