The World’s Best Childhood Friend Episode 908 (908/1020)
One night passes and it is dawn again.
As the night passed and the sun rose, I came out of my room.
I looked around in the fresh air.
I saw things I hadn’t seen before.
The sound of birds chirping that you hear without realizing it, or the sound of shouting that you hear secretly from the morning.
-bout!
-bout!
Everyone looked at him with a heightened sense of awe at how he looked like he had started his dawn training.
It wasn’t much different from what I saw yesterday. People who didn’t look human at all were gathered together and practicing swordsmanship.
-Higher! Don’t let your lower body weaken!
In front, someone who appeared to be an instructor was shouting and checking on his students.
Even in such a sweaty situation, plum leaves continue to fall continuously.
If there weren’t a few really artificial appearances, it would be an appearance that you wouldn’t suspect was from the Central Plains’ volcanic faction.
-Hot! Hot!
-bout!
-There! Put your arms straight!
-sorry!
-Aren’t you focused? If you’re going to write like that, you don’t need it, so I’ll take it off for you.
-Sorry, sorry!
“…”
What are you talking about?
I heard some pretty harsh words. Did I mishear?
“What are you looking at?”
I heard a voice from behind me and turned my head. Shin Noya was walking out of the room with a tired face.
“I was just looking because I saw it.”
“Is it fun to watch the kids suffer?”
“Yes. After all, other people’s suffering is the best.”
“… Judging from your expression, you’re not joking.”
“Don’t you like Noya too?”
“That’s right.”
Shin Noya nods as if he agrees.
As expected, there is nothing better than seeing others suffer.
He chuckled and looked around the training grounds again.
“How on earth did you manage to get the system to work?”
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I was curious about how the training was arranged, so I asked.
“I wouldn’t call it a system. It’s just something I did roughly.”
“…What is that rough outline?”
“It’s just something simple. You teach one or two people and then tell them to teach the others as well.”
“iced coffee.”
It was literally a really simple method.
And also.
‘That’s a dangerous method.’
It was the easiest, yet most dangerous way to manage a sect.
Even if the right teachings were imparted, the question was how many people would be able to accept them as they were.
‘Looking at it, it doesn’t seem like it’s that bad.’
Fortunately, given the intensity of the training and the way the disciples accepted it, it didn’t seem like it would be a problem.
“…hmm.”
What is the level of skill of those who teach?
After seeing that, I tried to ask Noya again.
“paddle….”
I had to stop asking questions because Shin Noya’s expression was strange.
Should I say it’s sharp, or should I say the symbol is distorted in an annoying way?
Whatever it is, it’s a weird face.
“…”
I sighed inwardly as I looked at it, because I knew why that gentleman became like that.
“Hey, are you still upset?”
“Who said they were upset?”
When I point it out, Noya gets angry and shouts. I can tell just from the way he looked just now that he’s not upset.
“You didn’t even do it yourself, so why are you so upset?”
“Who said it was frozen…!”
“Then you’re feeling embarrassed. Are you perhaps hurt in your pride or something?”
I turned my head.
WHEEK-!
Kwaaaaa—!!
“What the…?”
I quickly dodged the punch, but the wind pressure from the fist that cut through the air hit me.
It felt a bit slower than usual, but it seemed like he had a lot of energy inside him.
Looking at that, Shin Noya looks at him in disbelief.
“damage?”
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This man looked at me and spoke confidently.
“If you hadn’t dodged, you would have died. Are you in your right mind…?”
“You underestimate yourself too much. You won’t die easily at that level.”
“That’s funny.”
“This kid…?”
Noya raised his fist again and shouted urgently.
“Ah, if you’re going to argue, then argue with Jin himself! Why are you yelling at me!”
“I told you I didn’t lose!”
“You lost!”
bang-!
“Ugh!”
I finally got hit once. It was much stronger than usual, so I had to sit down.
“Ugh… .”
He clutched his forehead in pain and glared at Shin Noya.
“Just wait and see… Once I become stronger, you’ll see what happens next.”
“Huh, even if you become stronger, do you think you can even reach my toes?”
“Yeah, I won, right? Oh, I’m sorry.”
I apologized urgently because I felt like the atmosphere was going to turn tense.
Damn old man, your jokes just don’t work.
‘I’m dying from this unfair treatment.’
Why does this have to be right?
It is truly so unfair. Besides, there was no other reason why Noya was so upset.
‘…Because I won the duel with Noya.’
Another god, Noya, who was sleeping in Yeongpung’s body.
It was because I fought him and won in the Shinryu Martial Arts Competition.
Last night, while we were talking slowly, we talked about this.
Noya let out a gasp after hearing those words.
The funny thing is.
-… I lost?
It seemed like he didn’t care that there was another self or a ghost, and that the only thing that mattered was that he lost to me.
-Yes. I was really hurt and cried a lot.
The result of the fight was my victory.
It was obtained somehow by striking at the weak point.
‘It’s actually close to what I saw… .’
I knew it.
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At that time, the rain was almost like Noya was playing with me.
No matter how much he made them let their guard down and used his power to gain victory, it was only possible because Noya had been watching over them at that time.
‘If Shin Noya had wished, his neck would have been cut off with a single sword.’
I knew it then, and I know it even more now.
Noya could have cut my throat any time he wanted.
Of course, there is a clear difference between the Noya of now and the Noya I met back then.
Even so, it seemed like this fact would not change.
But, that’s that.
“Why do you keep getting angry at me?”
After hearing that, Noya started to tease me without stopping.
“I’m just annoyed that I lost to this piece of shit.”
“So you’re saying it’s just venting your anger?”
“okay.”
“Why is this old man so confident?”
“You sent a person to the goal yesterday to vent your anger. I’m better off talking.”
“…It’s unfair to bring up the past.”
People have nothing to say.
“But I have a justification. This doesn’t have any justification.”
“Why isn’t it there?”
“yes?”
Then is there a justification? I wonder what he will say. I am waiting for him to speak.
“I’m not feeling well. That’s my excuse.”
“…”
That was a really shitty answer.
Oh, my head hurts… .
“… This is really going to happen.”
He said, holding back a sigh that was about to come out.
“Why don’t you bring up anything important and only focus on that?”
There were more than one or two things I said yesterday. This gentleman didn’t seem to care about any of that.
Among them, especially.
“The only thing that matters is that you lost to me, and isn’t it amazing that I’m the reincarnation of Noya?”
What I heard from Noechonilgeom.
That I am the reincarnation of Noya.
To be exact, was it the body that should have been reincarnated into?
That part must have been quite shocking, but Noya didn’t seem to care much about it.
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“What’s the big deal about such a trivial thing?”
“Private… Private?”
How is that trivial? It’s ridiculous.
at that time.
“no.”
Noya suddenly ponders whether there was something strange about the answer he spat out.
Yeah, even if you think about it, it was kind of a crappy thing to say.
“It makes me feel a little dirty because then the claim that we look alike would become more credible.”
“Just give up, really.”
I am the one who expected this man to be like.
He kept swiping his face with one hand.
“Hehehe.”
The old man who said that was busy laughing as if he himself was having fun.
Then Noya wipes his smile and asks me a question.
“My dear.”
“yes.”
“Don’t tell me what to do. You don’t seem all that surprised either. Am I wrong?”
“…”
I slightly averted my gaze. At the same time, I had to make an awkward expression.
“It’s clear from the expression on your face. You probably expected it to some extent. Or.”
Noya moves the hand he was holding and carries the bag behind his back.
“Didn’t you already know that?”
“…”
After hearing Noya’s words, I kept biting my tongue. It was difficult to make eye contact.
Those peculiar eyes that seem to know everything really annoy me.
It was a bit like that when we were souls, but it’s even more so when we face each other in person.
“I didn’t know.”
How would I know that? Honestly, I didn’t even expect it.
Still, the reason why I react like this is….
‘But it didn’t matter.’
Yeah, I think it’s better to look at it that way.
It’s not like I expected it or was certain about it.
I really don’t think it’ll matter anyway.
Rather, if I were the reincarnation of such a being, wouldn’t my value rise a little more?
I wonder if I could have gotten a little closer to those I wanted to protect.
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I think those thoughts and feelings were the biggest.
only.
“Hmm, really?”
I just don’t want to tell Noya those thoughts even if I die.
‘I guess this was also something that was decided in the end.’
It was also the case that I came to possess the plum blossom stone that Noya had been holding.
It was also through this that Guijeong came into my hands.
That’s how I got involved in this.
Was everything decided?
That thought comes to my mind from time to time these days. And.
‘If not that either.’
I wonder if it wasn’t something that was decided but something that someone intended.
I’ve been having some pretty scary fantasies lately.
That’s why I’m anxious.
I’m afraid that everything I’m doing now is meaningless, that it might even be someone’s intention.
That kept taking a toll.
‘Erase it.’
I wrote down my impressions and erased the thoughts. They were useless thoughts that only made me worry.
“Phew.”
He let out a deep sigh and looked into the distance.
I looked around to think of something else, and I caught a glimpse of the giant tree I had seen last time.
I think it was called a sacred tree.
“But Noya.”
“Why are you doing that?”
He pointed to the sacred tree with his hand and asked Noya.
“I heard you planted that yourself… Are there plum trees here too?”
There were many trees I had never seen before in the Central Plains, but it was really amazing to see such a large plum tree.
It’s even more questionable since he said he planted it himself.
Shin Noya answers my question with a smile.
“Ah. That one? Of course not.”
“Huh? Then that is….”
“That is the added image of the person who planted the seed. Since I planted it, it just blossomed as a plum tree. If someone else had planted it, something else would have come out.”
“Is that possible?”
They say that what blooms depends on who plants it.
I wonder if there is something like that.
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“That’s why it’s called a sacred tree. In the first place, isn’t it strange for a tree of that size to exist?”
“…That’s true.”
“It’s a lot more amazing than it looks.”
Noya looked at the sacred tree and said with satisfaction.
“It was really hard to steal it because it was something I cherished and cared for.”
“That must have been hard-. Huh? What?”
I quickly turned my head as I listened to the words.
Steal?
what?
“ah.”
Noya makes a face of surprise at my words.
“Didn’t I tell you?”
He pointed to the sacred tree with his hand as if he realized it too late.
“That was originally something your mother, the mistress of the universe, had.”
“…yes?”
“But I stole it and planted it in the ground. Hahaha. Because of that, I had to fight and run away here for fifty years, which was a lot of trouble.”
“…”
Noya blurted out crazy things without a care.
‘Hey. Shit.’
When I heard that, I thought to myself.
‘Should I come now?’
I think I made a wrong choice at first.
******************
Khuhhhhhhhhh.
Khuhhhhhh.
An unknown sound echoes within the huge cave.
In the middle of a dark and damp cave, something is sitting, catching its breath.
This unknown sound, surprisingly, was a breathing sound.
[Kuhuhuhuhu.]
A giant with the head of a cow and the body of a human.
The leader breathes heavily.
Is it because you’re hurt?
No, it was just a breath of anger.
at that time.
“Are you still like this?”
Someone appears inside the cave.
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[…]
The eyes of the leader who confirmed his opponent lit up.
[… projection.]
The man steps forward at those words.
As he moved, a black feather fell from somewhere.
“Captain, the master is very worried.”
[…Kuhhh…]
The leader bowed his head after hearing the words.
[…sorry.]
The man called Tusang nodded at the leader’s apology.
“If you want to apologize, it would be better to go see the master and apologize in person, not to me.”
[…]
“Also, the master has ordered you to wait, so put away your useless desires.”
[However…]
“boss.”
As the leader tries to say something, the man cuts him off.
“Are you thinking of disobeying my words because you can’t control your anger?”
The leader shut his mouth at the suggestion.
I want to run out and tear those guys to pieces right now, but to the leader, his master’s orders are all that matters.
“Answer me.”
[…I will keep that in mind.]
The commander nodded at the leader’s answer.
“I understand how you feel, but don’t worry too much.”
The projectionist spoke, reminding someone of something.
“The owl has moved.”
[…!]
The leader’s breathing suddenly became violent in response to the words of the projector.
“Honey, the time you want will come soon.”
After saying those words, the projection turns and walks away. Soon after, he completely disappears from the leader’s territory.
Khuhhh!
The leader exhaled softly, sparks flying out as if to show his emotions.
-The raccoon moved.
Those words made the leader’s heart beat wildly again.
The leader said, feeling his heart pounding.
[…next time for sure.]
We will catch them and get rid of them.
[All for the sake of the universe.]
The leader slowly closed his eyes.
He was waiting for his night.
