The World’s Best Childhood Friend Episode 909 (909/1020)
“Where have you been?”
As morning passed into noon, a question was asked to Cheonma, who had arrived late.
“walk.”
He frowned at the simple answer.
“You went for a walk the whole day?”
“huh.”
“Where have you been?”
“around.”
“The answer is really cool.”
It’s probably better to just say you don’t want to answer.
I felt like I was going to let out a sigh, but I barely held it back.
‘It doesn’t matter anyway.’
It doesn’t matter to me where this guy goes, or even if he disappears completely.
Yeah, it would be better if it just disappeared, so it seemed strange to bother with it.
“Tsk.”
He clicked his tongue briefly and moved it.
As I moved, the Cheonma followed me quietly. I wanted to tell it to go away, but I tried to ignore it.
I looked up at the sky while moving.
The purple sky is still heterogeneous. Also.
‘hmm….’
I was judging that it was noon by the position of the sun, but something felt strange.
‘Time is strange.’
It felt like it should have been past noon by now and the sun should have already set, but the sun was still bright.
‘Is this a mistake?’
I wondered if it just felt like it was flowing slowly, but somehow I felt like that wasn’t the case.
‘Every day is different from the middle of the country.’
I think it would be right to see it that way.
If that’s the case, then how could that be possible? From the beginning.
‘The time itself is already different, so why bother worrying about it?’
The situation that happened to me was too much to ask about one by one.
-bout!
-Merge!
The shouts that have been heard since morning are still there.
It also meant that even though so much time had passed, the enthusiasm had not died down.
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I glanced at it and continued walking.
‘Unmanned.’
These people, holding wooden swords and displaying powerful auras, all look different, but their forms are those of warriors.
A being from another world.
But he is using the martial arts of the Central Plains.
That strange feeling of alienation was indescribable.
Is it a matter of prejudice? Or… .
‘Is there something you can’t accept?’
He scratched his neck.
An incomprehensible emotion crossed my mind. I tried to push the thought aside and increase my walking speed.
“Nice to meet you.”
Someone appeared in front of me and blocked my path.
I wasn’t particularly flustered. I knew they were watching me anyway.
“yes.”
Although she gave a short answer, the woman did not erase the smile she had been holding.
My gaze naturally turned to his ears.
It’s like Gubong. He was also a person with the ears and tail of a beast.
If there is a difference, it is that he was more like a wolf or a dog, and the woman was more like a cat.
He looked at it and asked.
“Who are you?”
“I am Seol Yeong, the first disciple in charge of training the current three disciples.”
Are you another great disciple?
I narrowed my eyes without realizing it. It was because I had a feeling of recognition after the fight with Gubong last time… or to be exact, the beating he gave me.
Seol-yeong, who saw that, waves her hand urgently.
“Oh, I’m not like that stupid guy Gubong, so don’t worry.”
Seol-yeong begins to speak as if explaining something she has already heard.
“The priest was originally jealous and a bit oblivious. I told you I knew he would cause trouble.”
I almost laughed without realizing it when I saw him nodding in agreement.
It was like the attitude of someone who had already been through a lot.
“There’s no need to bother me… If you just lie down like that, I’ll have to take care of the rest.”
“Should I say sorry?”
“Oh, I didn’t say anything to you. I just find that guy a bit frustrating. I wonder if it’s necessary to live like that.”
His expression is filled with frustration, as if he is being sincere.
Looking at it, it didn’t seem like he had come to pick a fight with me.
“So. If you didn’t come here to say something, then why did you come to me?”
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If you didn’t come here to complain, you probably didn’t come here to complain. So what’s your purpose?
When I ask to get to the main point quickly, Seol-young’s eyes widen slightly.
“I’ve heard that story. It’s true.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Dodong Ajae said that the nobleman resembled Jang Moon-in.”
“…Who the hell is that person?”
What kind of kid says such harsh words so casually?
I must catch him right now and break his limbs apart.
“Uh… You’re the gatekeeper of the castle. Don’t you remember me?”
“ah.”
Are you talking about that little old man? I remembered his impression.
That gentleman’s name was Dodong.
‘Just take a look next time.’
I had no intention of leaving it alone.
“haha….”
Seol-yeong smiles awkwardly, as if she realized something was wrong with my reaction.
I frowned at her. I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed after hearing what she just said.
“So what’s your business?”
The tone of voice naturally became snarky.
It wasn’t there to begin with, but what little there was is gone.
“No… It’s nothing special… I heard you had an easy victory against Priest Gubong.”
“Yes. Why? Are you going to fight with me too?”
“Yes? No? I don’t really like being hit.”
“…”
What do you mean, that guy Gubong likes to be hit?
It was information I didn’t really want to know.
“Then what… .”
“Ah. That, that’s nothing else.”
Seol-yeong speaks to me carefully.
“I was just teaching my students… I wanted to give them a new experience, something different.”
“So?”
“Because we only practice here every day, we have no other experiences… If possible, I hope you can show the children a new world…”
Now that I’ve heard that, I can understand what you want from me.
So in the end.
“Are you telling me to be a spectacle in front of your disciples?”
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“It’s more like a martial arts demonstration than a spectacle…?”
“I don’t like it.”
I walked straight past Seolyeong. I was already so busy, what was the useless talk?
“Ahhh-! Just a moment!”
Seolyoung follows along.
“But can’t we do it just once for the sake of the growing sprouts?”
“Yes. Not even once.”
“No, but still… . Your Majesty, with your generous heart, could you please… .”
“My tolerance is not broad. It is narrow and very narrow.”
“Hey! That’s because you think it’s narrow. If you want to make it wider, it can be as wide as you want.”
“…”
I stopped walking and looked at Seol-yeong.
“Ugh.”
Seol-yeong flinched when she saw my face.
His expression will probably be filled with annoyance.
“Why do you keep bothering me? I told you I didn’t like it.”
“ha ha ha….”
“Am I easy? Where in the world have I lived without hearing people say I have a nice personality?”
“Yes. It certainly looks that way.”
“what?”
“No, I’m joking. Hahahaha… .”
What the hell is this?
It’s a personality I’ve hardly ever experienced.
If I treated him like this, he would probably just turn off, but he’s really persistent. Oh, what should I do?
‘Should I sell it?’
Should I just send it away? That thought crosses my mind.
“I don’t like being right.”
Seol-yeong spoke like a ghost.
“… Do you know how to read minds?”
“No, it was just a feeling… Was it correct?”
“You’re quick-witted.”
“Thank you for the compliment. I hear it often.”
“But then, if you keep acting like this, you know how I’ll react, right?”
“…”
Seol-yeong takes a step back.
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As expected, it seemed like he was quite perceptive.
Still, it doesn’t look like it will fall off easily.
But since I couldn’t really send it away, I sighed and chose another method.
“No matter how much you ask, I can’t do it as I please. Please at least get permission.”
“Permission?”
“Yes. If I hear from the old man you call Jangmun-in that it’s okay, I’ll come and… .”
“Oh, I got that.”
“…what?”
He frowned.
what?
“You received it?”
“Yes. Of course, I asked Jang Moon-in first.”
“…What did that crazy old man say?”
“I told you to do whatever you want?”
“…”
I naturally placed my hand on my forehead.
He’s not really a crazy person.
This time too, he said he would be out for a bit and acted like he was busy. When did he allow something like this? I was suspicious and told Seol-young.
“… Isn’t that a lie?”
I wonder if you’re just trying to convince me by talking vaguely. That’s what you’re asking.
“Oh, I’m sure you said that your majesty would say that.”
“…”
“Then you asked me to answer like this.”
“…What did you say?”
“You’re just going to come in and do nothing but sleep, shit, and eat. Stop complaining and do some work, you rotten brat.”
“…”
“If I tell you, you will… do it…”
Seol-young made an awkward expression, perhaps thinking that even her words were a bit strong.
‘… sick.’
It was Noya’s words that were too new to be denied.
“Haaaaaah….”
A sigh comes out on its own.
There’s already a mountain of things to worry about.
I’m so busy trying to find a way to get back to the Central Plains right now, and now you’re telling me to help train my disciples?
‘Are you crazy?’
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He tells me to stay put and not go out, but then he disappears.
Are you asking me to do this?
“… This old man is really.”
My fever suddenly rose. I thought about just throwing up and leaving.
I was just thinking about that for a moment.
“ah.”
A thought crossed my mind.
“Your Majesty?”
“Let’s go.”
“yes?”
“Let’s go. Let’s do that.”
“Ah, all of a sudden?”
“yes.”
Seol-young is flustered when she sees me suddenly accepting after repeatedly rejecting her.
But, I was sincere.
Even when he becomes slightly happy and laughs, Seol-young’s eyes twitch slightly.
“That sounds fun. Let’s try it.”
“… That… huh?”
Seol-young’s reactions were getting stranger and stranger, but I was sincere.
‘I lost.’
How dare you make me do this? The heat that was gradually spreading around my body was engulfing me.
I told Seolyoung earlier.
‘I won’t make you regret it.’ My tolerance was extremely narrow and also mean.
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I moved along the path.
The place we arrived at was a place where shouts echoed from morning to night.
“Instructor!”
As soon as Seol-yeong appears, those inside swinging their wooden swords stop for a moment and approach with bright faces.
“Have you eaten lunch?”
“yes!”
It was a loud noise.
The ages that are visible are all different.
Some looked to be in their early teens. Some looked like they were just entering their teens.
Seol-yeong smiled as she looked at them, then turned her gaze towards me.
“Everyone, greet them. This is a noble person brought by the long-serving man.”
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“hello-!”
The clothes they were wearing were all the same uniforms that we had seen at the Central Plains Volcano Clan.
‘Did you make it like that?’
It seems like it was created through memories that Shin Noya has not forgotten.
How on earth did they even implement something like that?
‘… You must have lived a fulfilling life for over a hundred years.’
I was a little worried, but it looks like I didn’t need to be.
He looked at the three great disciples one by one and spoke to Seol-yeong.
“That. Seol… Miss Seol?”
Seol-young smiles slightly as I blurt out what to call her.
“You can just call me Seol-yeong. You also said that I was Jang Moon-in’s guest.”
“Okay, Seolyoung.”
“No, I didn’t mean to tell you to let it go….”
“Your instructor asked me to show you something, so I came here. He said he hoped it would help with your training.”
I ignore Seol-yeong’s words and move forward.
As he spoke, he glanced back.
I tried to see where Cheonma had gone, but she was already crouching in the shade of a nearby tree.
After confirming that, he looked at his disciples again.
and.
Whoosh whoosh.
He wrapped the blue flame around his hand.
“wow….”
“oh….”
Start by wrapping the fire around your body, starting with your hands.
As the sparks spread throughout the body, the reactions became clearer.
“Hey… .”
The same goes for Seol-yeong. She, too, was looking at my sparks as if they were amazing.
These are gazes I’ve never seen before.
In my opinion, their appearance is more unique.
He chuckled and muttered, observing the reaction.
“These are the things I can show you.”
If I had to say, it could have been done much more extravagantly, but I didn’t mention that.
Stop.
The sparks suddenly disappear.
Then, the eyes of those watching filled with regret.
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It seemed like he wanted to see more, but I thought to myself.
‘Don’t worry, I’ll show you everything.’
He tapped his chest with the hand that had been used to extinguish the flame, as if to dust it off. This was to briefly draw attention to himself before speaking next.
“Rather than this, I think it would be better to do something more efficient.”
“Is it efficient?”
He smiled and said this in response to Seol-young’s question.
“Yes. Since it’s training anyway. Rather than showing you something like this… wouldn’t it be better to let you experience it yourself?”
“Yes…? What do you mean…?”
“Shall we try some map editing?”
“Your Majesty, that is….”
The moment when Seol-young reacted in embarrassment.
“under….”
I heard a hollow laugh from somewhere. I turned my head and saw that it was a particularly large guy among the group.
When I made eye contact with him, he had a look on his face like he was upset about something.
good night.
‘also.’
Yeah, no matter how different the world is, there’s always someone like that. I wish there was someone like that.
I looked at the guy and asked.
“Why are you laughing?”
When I point it out, the guy pauses for a moment, as if he’s taken aback.
However, he was a man with some pride and immediately walked out through the crowd.
As I got closer, I felt his body getting bigger. He was taller than my father or the elder.
Almost like a bear… is it a bear?
‘Come to think of it, my ears… .’
It looks very similar to a bear.
“Huh-! Death penalty…!”
“Here he goes again…!”
As soon as the guy comes out, the three great disciples start to lament.
He seemed to be a very fiery-tempered man.
But.
“sorry.”
The guy who walked out immediately offered me an apple.
Is it a failure? I’m trying to think of it as a bit of a shame.
“No matter how noble you are, I thought your words were strange.”
Fortunately, that wasn’t the case.
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“Curious? What is it?”
“Because I don’t really look qualified to be a mapmaker.”
“oh.”
I’m impressed. This kid would say that out loud.
“Hey! You…!”
Seol-yeong tries to intervene urgently. I block it with my hand. I can feel it.
‘Except for these few guys, no one knows that I destroyed that guy named Gubong.’
I guess that’s what happened, just in case. If you knew, you wouldn’t have reacted like that.
He asked the man called Do-woong with a big smile.
“Qualifications? Don’t I look like I don’t have any?”
“It seems to me that….”
His gaze scans me up and down.
“I don’t really believe it.”
“Hmm.”
People say my face is a bit(?) fierce, but compared to that, I’m treated as young.
Even if that weren’t the case, he was still young to begin with.
So I get treated like this sometimes. Every time I get it, it feels refreshing and fun.
‘I also intentionally hid my energy.’
That’s something the other person doesn’t know, so let’s just ignore it.
“So. Are you saying I look too weak to be taught?”
“It’s not like that, but….”
“Just don’t show off and start spitting out sparks. Is that what you mean?”
“He, he didn’t say anything like that… .”
“Okay. That qualification sounds good.”
I slightly released my wrist. The clicking sound was unusually loud.
“Your Majesty… Just a moment…”
When things start to get weird, he comes to me in a hurry.
I looked at her and said.
“The chief priest gave his permission, so I can pay for the meal. I’m going to do that for you, so please keep quiet.”
“but….”
“Don’t worry. Nothing will happen.”
“…”
Seol-yeong swallows dry saliva slightly at my words and steps back.
“Qualification. How can I show it…?”
I thought about it for a moment and then said to the guy named Do-woong.
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“Okay. Then shall we make a bet?”
“…bet?”
“If you stick close to me and brush my collar just once… I’ll get the long-suffering man here to give you one thing you want.”
“…!”
Do-woong’s eyes widen.
As soon as I sold Shin Noya, everyone’s gaze changed.
It seemed like the old man’s position was better than expected.
“how is it?”
“… Are you saying that you can do that?”
“Hey. Why are you thinking about that already?”
He waved his hands cunningly.
“I only worry about that when it comes to me. It won’t happen anyway.”
“…!”
The guy’s expression crumples as he scratches his pride.
I asked looking at that face.
“Are you going to do it?”
Instead of answering my question, the guy takes a lottery ticket.
“The third disciple of the volcano. This is Do-woong.”
The rough feeling from before had disappeared and it was now a properly formed example.
I looked at it strangely. I could feel Noya’s conviction in that attitude.
“Guyangcheon River in Shanxi.”
So, I adjusted to this part as well.
As soon as the lottery ended, Do-woong immediately placed his hand on the sword.
“Don’t regret it.”
In an instant, the three great disciples fall far away due to Do-woong’s actions.
I examined the guy’s body without moving.
It’s a solid muscle.
The moment he took the pose, his muscles responded. In particular, his lower body was firm, and just looking at the quality of his muscles, he looked like Dangdeok.
‘The level of the three great disciples is too high?’
The three great disciples of the Central Plains are at best second-rate, and at best first-rate.
When I first saw it, they were all the same except for Yeongpung.
‘This side is different, too different.’
Gubongdo, whom I met yesterday, also feels stronger here than Jungwon.
This is it.
‘Is it because of Noya’s teachings? Or… .’
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Is it simply because they are not human?
I unclenched my fingers as I recalled that.
“Get your posture right.”
Do-woong looks at me and says. I laugh when I see that.
“If necessary.”
“…”
At my words, Do-woong’s thick eyebrows twitched wildly. Seeing that, I brought up the subject before we started.
“Oh, I’m saying this just in case.”
Do-woong pauses for a moment.
“There was a guy who let his guard down and got beaten up by me yesterday. Be serious. Pay close attention to the situation.”
“…”
The boy frowned when he heard that, but didn’t respond. He just tightened his grip on the handle.
Looking at that, I looked towards Seolyoung.
Seol-yeong shouts urgently, as if she realized what he wanted.
“Ah…! Rain, rain.”
Hands go up.
“start.”
The slender fingertips pointed toward the floor.
Kook.
like that.
Spoon-!
The moment the sword was about to slip out of its scabbard.
Bam.
“…uh?”
For some reason, the swordsman couldn’t come out of the world. It didn’t move as if it was caught in something.
What is it? Do-woong is very embarrassed.
“I told you.”
“…!”
The guy quickly raises his head.
The body that had been far away had already arrived in front of the guy.
I held the end of the guy’s sword hilt with my hand to keep him from pulling it out.
like that.
“anyway.”
Bam-!
“Ugh!?”
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Bend over and press on the guy’s knee joints.
“I told you there’s no need to worry?”
He punched the collapsing guy in the face.
bang-!!
“Break.”
With a short sound, the creature’s massive body falls to the ground.
Thud. I dodged as he fell limply to the floor.
In the rising dust.
That’s how the fight ended.
“…”
“…to…?”
Those who were watching had blank expressions on their faces.
It seemed like he didn’t even realize what was happening.
The uneasy silence continues.
In the meantime.
“…”
Seol-yeong was looking at me and speaking with a shocked expression.
-You said there wouldn’t be any problem.
Those huge eyes are full of the meaning of being fucked.
Looking at Seol-young’s face like that, I also answered with my expression.
-Do you believe that?
“…no!”
“ruler.”
Ignoring Seol-yeong’s attempts to get angry, he looked at the other three disciples and spoke.
“next.”
Of course, no one came out.
Oh, of course.
I wasn’t the type of person to just sit still and say I wouldn’t come out.
