EP.13 Black Patch (1)
Black Patch (1)
“I had an accident….”
This is what I thought when I returned to my quarters after the Battle of Nine Dragons.
It’s fucked. It’s really fucked.
“This little punk, why on earth did he do that?”
Finally, I thought of Gu Yeon-seo, who had been hit in the face and collapsed. Her nose was bleeding profusely… .
Since his body was weak, he didn’t use his strength properly and didn’t use his internal energy, so he probably didn’t suffer much damage.
“No matter what, it was too much.”
That doesn’t mean the hand gesture was excessive. It was more appropriate by my standards, but it wasn’t something to be taken lightly.
I just forgot the identity of the person who wrote the story.
At a festival hosted by Guga, was it really necessary to let Guga’s blood relatives collapse so shamefully, surrounded by hundreds of onlookers?
Even if Gu Yeon-seo was really trying to destroy me, she was still young.
I was twice as old as Gu Yeon-seo if you include my past life, but I was too swayed by my emotions.
“After going through so much, you’re still immature.”
But isn’t it the elder’s fault for putting me there at that age in the first place?
…Why are you questioning it? It’s the old man’s fault.
-Shoot!
The wind blew by with a tickling sound.
Even though winter is over, spring nights are still cold.
Even though he was wearing only a thin robe, he didn’t feel the cold at all, thanks to the Gu Yan Hualun Gong.
“Etch!”
I turned around at the sound of a short sneeze and saw Muyeon and Wisul-ah.
While Muyeon was greeting me, Wi Seol-ah approached me. She was holding a bunch of cloth in her hands.
“What are you holding?”
“Your Majesty… Your hand… .”
It was only then that I checked my hand.
The shell was completely peeled off and blood was slowly flowing out.
Gu Yeon-seo had a bet wrapped around her entire body, so it must have been because she had been hit without anything wrapped around her.
People who have already accumulated internal energy in their danjeon regenerate faster than ordinary people, so if left alone, a wound of this level will quickly disappear.
“Something like this… This much is okay… .”
Without giving me a chance to speak, Wi Seol-ah wrapped my hand in a cloth. Not knowing what to do, I just spun it around, still clumsy.
If I had to do it, I would have done it myself, but seeing tears streaming down from Wi Seol-ah’s eyes, I couldn’t bring myself to touch it.
When Elder Lee was beating up Pang Woo-jin, he looked excited, but he was a little embarrassed to see him get hurt like this with only such a small wound.
‘I tried wrapping a bandage around Wi Seol-ah, it’s amazing.’
Later on, the best person in the world will do this. Isn’t that an honorable thing?
The cloth that had been winding around quickly stopped only when it had become as thick as two batches of my hands.
Wi Seol-ah starts to cry, caressing something that is not known whether it is a hand or a ball of cloth.
“Your Majesty, are you in a lot of pain…?”
“I wasn’t sick before, but I think I’m going to be sick because of this.”
“You’re not sick? That’s a relief… … .”
“… Oh, right.”
Are you only hearing what you want to hear?
I took a bit of an unexpected walk and walked along the night road for a while before returning to my quarters.
Is the oral history okay?
‘I don’t know.’
I tried hard not to care.
Because now there is no way that the family love that was barely there will come back.
Of course, oral history, and me too.
When I returned to my quarters, the light in my room was on. I wondered what was going on, so I asked the servants around me, and they were surprised.
‘Huh…? You said it was already discussed in advance… .’
In an instant, his face turned pale.
I wondered who it was because of the noise in the room, so I opened the door and there it was.
“Oh! Prince Gu!”
A crazy guy… no, Peng Woo-jin was sitting there.
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“Nice to meet you, my name is Peng Woo-jin.”
“I know. Peng So-hyeop.”
“You can call me Peng-hyung or Woo-hyung.”
“No, we’re not close….”
Why is this crazy guy here?
And why is Peng Ahee covering her face next to Peng Woojin?
I could tell that he was quite embarrassed because his ears were red.
Paeng Ah-hee said as she roughly pulled on the collar of Paeng Woo-jin, who was somehow pretending to be friendly.
“Brother… Since we had an accident, wouldn’t it be better to apologize first?”
I can feel my voice trembling with embarrassment.
At Paeng Ah-hee’s words, Paeng Woo-jin makes an “Oh my” expression.
“I see… Since the engagement was broken off, it would have been right to leave Ah-hee behind. I was just too careless.”
“What should I do… I guess he’s really crazy.”
I agree with what Peng Ah-hee said.
Since he keeps talking nonsense, Peng Ah-hee says she has no choice but to speak.
“I’m sorry for coming so late at night without telling you and being rude, you crazy bastard… My brother said he wanted to go see you anyway, so I couldn’t stop him.”
“Peng So-hyeop me?”
“You can call me Woohyung.”
“No, it’s okay.”
I don’t want to get involved, you punk.
While the tea he had hurriedly ordered to be brought cooled down, Peng Woo-jin just smiled with a good-natured smile and didn’t say much.
“So why did you come here…?”
Was Elder Lee trying to blame me for the accident? It seemed to have healed a little, but one side of Peng Woo-jin’s cheek was still swollen.
It was a place that was hit directly by Elder Lee.
‘You said you adjusted your strength…’
Where did they adjust the strength? If they applied just a little more strength, would their head explode?
“… .”
… I was a little scared because I felt like it might really be like that.
“I had nothing to do with what Elder Lee did. I definitely stopped that guy.”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
Oh, isn’t that why?
When I looked puzzled, Pang Woo-jin continued speaking.
“It’s nothing serious. He’s Geombong’s younger brother, and I wanted to see his face one more time, so I came to see him.”
“Are you close with my eldest sister?”
I’ve never heard that Peng Woo-jin was close with Gu Hee-bi, and of course Gu Hee-bi and I weren’t particularly close either.
If we really have to compare, it’s a slightly better relationship than Guyeonseo?
“I think we’re close, but I don’t know about Geombong.”
‘Then we won’t be close.’
This was even more so when considering Gu Hee-bi’s personality. She was not the type to get along with Pang Woo-jin, but rather fight with him.
“So I came here to get my face painted as well.”
“What are you going to do with me by stamping my seal? I don’t have any special abilities.”
What are you trying to get from a guy who is half-sold out by Sega?
Even with Peng Ga, we couldn’t say we had a good relationship because he had already broken off an engagement.
Peng Woo-jin said.
“I thought Geombong would be the only funny person in the district, but there was one more.”
Are you referring to me?
Fun? What kind of fun are you talking about out of the blue? It was fun the first time I saw it, and I keep finding it fun, but I don’t know what the meaning is.
‘It seems like he’s a weird guy.’
Considering that none of the top players in the future were normal people, it wasn’t surprising that they were like this from the beginning.
Of course, I still didn’t want to get involved.
It would be good for Pang Woo-jin to build up his network, thinking about the future when he will be called a disciple.
‘I don’t know why, but he’s a difficult person.’
I don’t know if it was because of his inscrutable personality, but he was a very difficult person.
“If you want to get a stamp, it would be better to go to a different place and get it stamped by my older sister. I’m not really useful.”
“If I go now, I won’t be able to see it…?”
“… Wouldn’t it be better if you went tomorrow instead of now?”
Well, is he still passed out?
“I came to see the old lord. Actually, I’m not particularly interested in the old lady.”
“Brother, could you please be careful with what you say?”
“Um, I’m sorry. I’m not good at that.”
What in the world should I do with this person?
The headache that had subsided a bit recently seemed like it was going to come back.
Peng Woo-jin took out a black card from his bosom, not knowing whether he knew what I was thinking or not.
“This is the seal I give to Prince Gu.”
“Are you talking about a seal?”
The black bag had the word Peng written in yellow letters. It didn’t look like much on the outside, but Peng Ah-hee was very surprised because it seemed like she had been given something important.
“Brother, no matter what, does it make sense to just hand this over so carelessly?”
“So what? It was given to me to use. I’d rather give it to someone else.”
“No, but still….”
“What on earth is this?”
“This is a badge proving that you are a guest of Pengga. If you bring this to our Sega, you will be treated like blood relatives.”
“Take it back….”
Why are you just skipping over something so burdensome?
If I received this, I felt like I would get involved with Pang Woo-jin without any excuses.
“I guess, since I have a history of broken engagements with that Sega…”
“I don’t care about that.”
“Brother, am I worried?”
“I hope you will accept it, Your Highness.”
The words of Peng Ah-hee, who had intervened in the middle, were chewed and swallowed like medicine. There was no way that it would be bad to build a good relationship with the Four Great Powers.
I don’t understand at all why Peng Woo-jin is suddenly doing this to me.
“How about giving it to my eldest sister, since you’re keeping it? I heard you two are close… .”
“I already tried to give it to you, but you didn’t even listen. Even in my opinion, this is an incredible item… Why don’t you accept it?”
It’s already been fixed! Damn it.
“Then what about your second older sister?”
“I am giving it to you because I am interested in Confucius.”
“… I like that woman. Peng So-hyeop.”
“Oh, of course I like women too, don’t I? I guess so.”
Why are you questioning this, you punk? It’s creepy when you say it like that.
As I continued to stubbornly refuse, Peng Woo-jin took the bag back into his arms as if he felt regretful.
Peng Ah-hee couldn’t bear to look at her crazy brother’s actions.
Thank goodness he seems to be normal.
As time went by, I just wanted to lie down quickly.
I was tired, maybe because I moved my body too much in the sudden duel.
Noticing my physical condition, Pang Woo-jin feels regretful but gets up, saying that it’s time to go.
I guess that was really all there was to it.
As I was about to leave, Peng Woo-jin asked me.
“Will the old Confucius also enter the Shenlong Pavilion?”
“Well, I guess so.”
Born as a member of the Sega faction, in order to live as a martial artist, one had to go through the Shinryongwan created by the Murim Alliance at least once.
It’s a similar lineage to martial arts, so it’s probably not related to the story since they teach it well in Sega or the school.
In order to work as a swordsman who closes the gate of the Demon Realm, you must graduate from the swordsmanship course to obtain a swordsmanship certificate in order to deal with demons and gain knowledge.
In fact, there are not only Shinryongwan police stations, but also each region has its own police station.
It was considered natural for the sects or families that were the main factions of the political faction to go to the Shinryong Hall, which was managed by the Murim Alliance.
‘I’ve been thinking about a way to escape for a while now.’
The training period after admission is a full year.
I didn’t have the luxury of wasting a year of my life away.
“Then, you will soon become my junior.”
Peng Woo-jin smiles brightly and taps my shoulder. Since blood ties are out of the question and gifts are no good, is he aiming for school ties?
‘It wasn’t enough that I didn’t lose to Gu Yeon-seo, but the problem was that I hit her too hard. Why are you so obsessed with me?’
Even if a woman did it, it wouldn’t have been so bad, but it was really creepy to see a grown man do this.
As Peng Woo-jin leaves the residence, Peng A-hee follows him, but stops and looks at me.
“Why you again.”
“I told you I was older than you.”
“You said it was disgusting when I called you, so what do you want me to do?”
After hesitating for a while, Peng Ah-hee speaks.
“I’m sorry.”
“Why are you suddenly apologizing?”
“… The day we broke off our engagement, I threw you over and broke your arm.”
“…Was it like that?”
Did something so horrible happen to you?
“What did I do to deserve such a terrible thing…?”
“They called me the concubine’s son or something.”
“It was worth it.”
Even if both sides were broken, there was nothing to say. Rather, it seemed strange to me that Peng Ah-hee was apologizing.
“It’s okay if you don’t apologize. If you’re going to apologize, I should do it. I’m sorry about that time.”
They are both illegitimate children, so who would say what to whom?
It must have just been a complete sense of entitlement.
It was up to Pang Ah-hee whether she accepted my apology or not, but her expression seemed to clear up a little.
“How are you?”
“You too, be well, and even if you are annoyed by what your brother gave you, he probably gave it to you with good intentions, so use it well later.”
“What did you give me? I gave it back to you earlier… … .”
It’s cold. A knife flew and stuck in.
As I hurriedly searched through my pockets, I found the black card that Pang Woo-jin had taken into his pocket earlier.
‘When on earth…!?’
When Peng Woojin taps my shoulder.
Did you put it in then?
I remember that and chuckle.
“He’s really crazy.”
Finally, he sighed and put the bag back in his arms.
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On the third day of the Nine Dragons Festival.
It was a day when a festival was held in the market place to celebrate the after-party, but I sat down in the carriage to return to Sega.
Guyeonseo said that they had already left at dawn.
‘Thank goodness you woke up.’
It was fortunate that he came to his senses, but it seemed that it would be even harder to see his face now that things were already awkward.
As soon as preparations were completed, the carriage departed.
I’m trying to rest, but Wi Seol-ah keeps falling asleep and trying to lean on my shoulder.
I quickly threw the sack to another attendant and entrusted myself to the water.
