<Episode 219> Prelude. (5)
Prelude. (5)
‘It’s been a while since I’ve seen you.’
I haven’t seen Gujeol Yeop since the day I killed Elder Il.
Not only did I not go out of my way to look for it.
That’s because from then on, I thought that just seeing the face was a problem.
‘Because I can’t go there and do anything.’
Should I have at least apologized?
That couldn’t be possible.
It wasn’t something I did impulsively enough.
If that was how it was going to be in the first place, then you shouldn’t have killed it.
I looked at Gujeol-yeop with somewhat puzzled eyes.
A face that is gaunt and haggard, unlike before.
He must have been going through a lot of mental anguish because he looked so ugly.
‘I knew you’d come to me.’
I had to face this at some point regarding the Guseonmun issue.
Since the elders’ meeting was over, I was planning to visit them as soon as possible.
On the contrary, I didn’t know that this phrase would come to me that day.
Swish.
The guy is slowly coming towards me.
One step at a time, slowly.
‘•••hmm.’
Given the circumstances, it was possible that Gujeol-yeop might do something to me.
At first, I just watched that phrase quietly without doing anything.
At this time.
As Wi Seol-ah stood in front of me as if to protect me, I quickly grabbed her shoulder.
There was.
I told you not to do that.
“Your Majesty.
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okay.”
A moment that seemed longer than usual passed.
Gujeolyeop stood in front of me.
“•••I have a question.”
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When he said that he had something to ask, I expressed my doubts inwardly.
It seemed like Gujeolyeop had no intention of doing anything to me.
Of course, I had no intention of giving in even if he did something.
In the meantime, there’s something I want to ask you.
“Ask.”
But my permission has been granted.
Gujeol-yeop’s lips do not open easily.
I waited quietly for Gujeolyeop’s mouth to open.
After waiting a little longer, Gujeolyeop’s lips finally open.
“•••Why did you do that?”
I could see his lips trembling as he spoke.
”flaw ”
Phew.
I’m asking this right away, not because I’m complaining.
It’s not even a curse of anger.
Why are you asking me?
‘He said he’d been locked in his room all this time and wouldn’t come out.’
I had been secretly hearing the news.
After the elder’s death, he is said to have been locked in his room and not come out.
“Why did you do that?”
•••yes.
“Didn’t you hear? Why did I do that?”
“No, I heard.”
You must have heard me say this before. Maybe it was this elder, or Muyeon, or some other swordsman.
Either through a circle or both.
Since it was not a small matter, there must have been a lot of talk going back and forth.
“But why do you ask? Everyone said they did.”
“Because I felt like I had to hear it myself.”
It’s strange.
Gujeol-yeop’s eyes were still focused on me.
The emotions inside me couldn’t be hidden and were seething on the outside.
The boiling emotions will surely not cool down for a long time.
Even in that situation, Gujeol-yeop asked me the reason.
Of course, he may have chosen that method because he couldn’t do anything about me.
‘You’re not going to run away, are you?’
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I wonder if this can be described as ‘escape’.
Anyway, Gujeolyeop came to see me in person.
With that in mind, I said to him:
“Your grandfather crossed the line beyond what I can tolerate.”
Contrary to my thoughts, the voice that came out was firm.
“It didn’t just hit me, it hit those around me. Furthermore, it hit three families.
It was happening.”
In a flat tone, without any rhythm.
I said something even more cruel to Gujeolyeop.
The consideration of speaking in return was not there for writing now.
“Because I couldn’t look after it, I did it myself.”
“ ”
“If you thought you could hear something different from me, I’m sorry.
“There is no such thing as a run.”
I don’t know what you were hoping to say, but Gujeolyeop came to me.
That’s all you can say to me.
As he listened to what I said and looked at me silently, Gujeol-yeop answered as if he was saying something.
“There was nothing I wanted to say.”
“then ?”
“I don’t know, that’s why.”
“You don’t know?”
After hearing Gujeol-yeop’s words, I frowned a little because I didn’t quite understand.
What do you mean you don’t know?
“I don’t know what I should do from now on.”
“So you came to ask me that?”
“•••No, that’s not it.”
It was understandable that many were shaken and lost.
One, if you come to me to help solve that.
It’s such a shame.
‘You foolish guy.’
What conclusion do you want to find from me?
What did you hope to gain by finding the person who killed your grandfather?
It seemed that even the phrase leaf itself did not know that.
Yeah, at best, Gujeolyeop is just a song that can’t even pass the terms and conditions.
Up until now, he was just a boy who couldn’t endure the difficult situation.
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I asked that phrase to the person who said that.
“Do you blame me?”
“yes.”
Gujeolyeop’s answer was without hesitation.
“Do you want revenge?”
“ ”
This time there is no answer.
It looks like he wants to say something positive inside his mouth.
It seemed like that wasn’t going to be easy.
“no?”
“•••you’re right.”
“But why did you hesitate?”
I wonder if he hesitated to dare to say that he wanted to kill Sega’s blood relatives.
If you look at it that way, that may be true.
On the contrary, if it were me, I wouldn’t have been able to do that.
‘Can you come to your senses when the enemy who killed your family is right in front of you?’
I don’t know what to do now.
At least at Gujeol-yeop’s age, he wouldn’t have been able to do that.
At a time when I wondered how that could happen.
Gujeol-yeop answers this.
“•••Because it goes against the agreement.”
“discussion?”
This is a somewhat random statement.
Negotiation?
“Really, Moonju… If your grandfather did what Ilgongja said.”
Gujeolyeop’s precarious shoulders begin to tremble slightly.
“•••Because I have no reason to resent Confucius.”
He did not hide his ambitions.
Not only did he do something bad to his direct blood relatives in order to make his grandson the head of the family, but .
Something that was secretly going on behind Sega’s back.
If all that is true.
Gujeol-yeop was saying that he himself was not the subject of resentment.
So are you saying that you are confused about your own appearance that you still feel resentful about?
It was something I couldn’t understand.
“You’re making things complicated.”
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“ ”
“I don’t know why the talk of negotiations is suddenly coming up, but I can help you.
“There is nothing.”
Even if Gujeol-yeop resents me.
Or, if you truly harbor murderous intentions, there is nothing you can do about it.
Even if you harbor resentment, I won’t care.
Well, if you harbor murderous intentions.
‘I have to kill him.’
Will kill.
There is no second time.
The only consideration I can give at my level is to not touch the leaves right now.
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After the elder died, he was buried in the tomb.
You will not be allowed to enter the tombs of the important figures of the original family.
am.
It is not possible to leave the one who committed the sin alone.
When the sins of the elders are properly revealed.
The treatment of the leaves as well.
If you inherit your grandfather’s karma, you never know what will happen.
Even if the phrase “leaf” is not guilty.
The blood karma this damn land gives is something that cannot be helped.
Something that will help reduce the damage.
That was all I could do.
‘I don’t know if this is what he wants.’
If we think about the character of the phrase Yeop that we briefly encountered, I think he probably doesn’t want it.
But that’s it.
“What did you decide to do about the Guseonmun?”
“ • • • Elder Lee said he would take care of it for a while.”
“Elder Lee?”
I was slightly surprised by Gujeol-yeop’s words.
This elder, who has nothing to do with swords, is in charge of the Guseonmun?
Are you only in charge of management and have someone else handle the main schedule?
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‘It would be better than falling into the hands of the three elders or the president.’
It was a bit of a strange story.
“Are you okay with that?”
“•••I don’t have the strength. I don’t have the ability or qualifications to take on the role of the head of the family.”
Gujeolyeop was a potential rumor.
This is because he was clearly the grandson of Iljangro.
It is true that he is very talented.
That won’t solve everything, though.
“I don’t know why you came to me, but I can show you the way.
doesn’t exist.”
“ ”
“Moreover, it is strange that you ask me for directions.”
It’s not right for me to tell Gujeolyeop what to do now.
On the contrary, it is also strange to want to get something from the person who killed your grandfather.
I can’t help but feel resentful.
“I feel sorry for you. But that’s about it.”
No matter what kind of person the elder was.
Because you killed your own flesh and blood.
I felt sorry about that.
“If you want to hate me and resent me, then do so. I will accept it.”
I won’t take responsibility though.
I can accept it.
Because of this, I don’t know what choice Gujeol-yeop will make.
After hearing what I said, Gujeol-yeop did not hide his darkened expression and just muttered.
“I… don’t know.”
“Then think about it. What do you want to do?”
I can’t apologize to Gujeolyeop any more.
That is why there is no place for comfort.
No teachings can be given.
Even if I go back in time, I would make no other choice than to kill the elder.
Because it wasn’t the same.
‘Even if I save you, I won’t kill you with my own hands. In the end, I would have killed you.’
Or crush his danjeon and let him die slowly.
Or else, he would have used other means to strangle the old man.
As is my choice.
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The choice of the elder would not have been different either.
Gujeol-yeop, who was looking at the ground with a very gloomy face.
I wipe my face with my hands as if I’m tired.
I still just watch that kind of phrase-like appearance.
He didn’t say a word.
When the wind is blowing quietly.
Gujeol-yeop, who was biting his lips, slowly asks me.
“•••I heard you are heading to the front lines.”
“When did you hear that again?”
We just came up with that, where on earth did you hear that?
“Elder Lee told me that Ilgongja will go to the front lines.”
“what?,,
What does this mean?
This elder told me in advance that I was going to the front lines?
This is what I mean.
‘•••Did you and Elder Lee have a conversation before?’
He had already said that he would send me to the front lines as punishment for this.
‘He was as big as a bear, but he was really weak.’
He’s probably still pissed about me disobeying him and breaking out of jail.
I secretly avoided him too.
I looked at the leaves and asked again.
“So, why is that?”
In response to my question, Gujeol-yeop speaks to me with a tired face.
“I want to go with you too.”
“What? Where?
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“I’m talking about the front line that the general is going to go to.”
“Are you crazy?”
What the hell is this?
You want to go to the front with me?
“What is your intention?
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“I want to follow you and find it.”
“Are you really out of your mind?”
You want to go with the person who killed my grandfather?
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‘Are you planning to assassinate me in advance?’
If not, I honestly don’t understand why Gujeol Yeop said that.
I didn’t go there often.
“I want to decide what I should do later.”
Live resenting me, or live seeking revenge.
If not, then just accept it, forget it, and live with it.
The boy, who was confused and unable to make up his mind, seemed to have decided to fight back.
” under.”
For me, it was difficult to make that kind of decision.
Because it was a choice I wouldn’t have made.
“•••Do as you wish. I don’t know if they’ll allow it from above though.”
If it were the past, I wouldn’t know.
I’m in a mess right now, and I have a guy next to me who might have ill intentions.
There was no way I could send it.
Even if, just in case, this is permitted.
“If you have any complaints, I will accept them, but I have no intention of accepting anything more than that.
As I said before.
If you have something more than that.
Because I will cut it off too.
Are you done talking?
Gujeol-yeop, who had been quietly watching me, bowed his head slightly, turned around, and walked away.
Behind them, several unmanned people who appeared to be members of the Guseonmun Gate were visible.
Maybe he was thinking of protecting Gujeol-yeop, or maybe he didn’t know what Gujeol-yeop would do to me.
It must have been those who followed.
[It’s so soft.]
As I look at the back of the distant phrase leaf, Shin Noya speaks to me.
‘So are you saying that I should have killed that guy?’
[I wouldn’t have done that, but you little brat, aren’t you different?]
Those were words that pierced my heart.
Certainly, if it were the past, I would have killed Gujeol Yeop without hesitation.
When you kill an elder.
But that wasn’t the case.
Gujeolyeop may hold a grudge against me and turn into a stone in the future.
Even if somehow it turned out that we couldn’t have a good relationship.
I didn’t want to kill Gujeolyeop as long as he didn’t cross the line.
The first priority was the desire to live differently from the past.
Secondly, it was heartbreaking to see the family ruined by their own karma.
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Because I did that.
[That’s why they say he backed down.]
‘That’s right.’
The current action is in a situation where a disaster called a bloody disaster is imminent.
It was true that it left a spark.
one.
“ • • • I wanted to try something like this.”
[Tsk.]
Noya didn’t say anything more after that.
Kook.
I felt something wrapping around my hand and looked closely.
Wi Seol-ah was gently wrapping her arms around my hand and holding it.
“Your Majesty… Are you okay?”
“Why, doesn’t it look okay?”
“Yeah… It looks hard.”
“Don’t worry, I’m fine.”
I don’t know why Wi Seol-ah looks at me like that.
I was okay.
As always, I have to stay healthy. Wi Seol-ah looks at me with concern.
stroke the scalp
He spoke into thin air.
“So, please tell me now.”
It seemed like there was no one there, but there was someone.
Bushuruk-.
A giant that makes you wonder how he managed to hide among the bushes next to the tree.
Appears.
I wonder if you’re not fully recovered yet.
It was this elder who was wrapped in bandages.
“You seem to be more perceptive than before.”
“Isn’t it strange that you’re hiding there with that body?”
Even if you say so, this elder’s stealth skills are better than expected.
Even now, if I hadn’t been caught up in the feeling, I wouldn’t have known.
“Is there a reason you told him about the wires?”
“I asked and they told me.”
“You won’t tell me either?”
“Why would I tell my grandson, who doesn’t listen to anything I say, that he’s pretty?
what.”
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“ ”
As expected.
Elder Lee still seemed unhappy about my escape from prison.
As I was scratching my cheek, feeling slightly sorry, the elder continued speaking.
“I know you asked me to take care of Jeolyeop’s convenience.”
“•••greatness.”
How did you know? I told my father secretly.
“So you said you would take charge of the Guseonmun?”
“I said I would do it because it is better than having the three elders and the president take charge. Just leave it to them.
That’s all. I promised that I would take full responsibility for the martial arts of the disciples.”
“Are you talking about the Ilgeomdaeju?”
In terms of swordsmanship, the strongest one in the Gu family is Ilgeomdaeju.
I don’t know how it compares to the heyday of Iljang-ro.
It was like that now.
‘If you give me a single sword… will it be okay?’
When I think of him, he was a much better person compared to others.
At least he wasn’t the type of person to talk behind someone’s back.
“Are you feeling better?”
“Wow, you ask so quickly.”
“It’s better than not asking… Please put your fist down. Elder Lee, are you okay?”
It seems that the old man, who is not in good health, still has a bad temper.
“It’s okay. It’ll get better with a little bit of acupuncture.”
“•••Elder Lee, is your spit some kind of public hearing oil?”
If you spread that and get better, how can there be any god in the world?
“By the way, you brought an unusual guest with you.”
” ah.”
The elder’s words made me think of the old man who must be in the prison of Guga by now.
It was done.
‘I forgot about Haomunju.’
I had momentarily forgotten about Haomunju, who I had brought with me from the Black Night Palace.
“What the hell is going on?”
“By any chance, does this elder know you?”
In response to my question, the elder strokes his beard and coughs in vain.
“I just happened to see that guy for a moment. I knew he’d end up like that.”
‘So you knew about Elder Lee Do-mun?’
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Why do people know so much about Haomenju, which is not well known?
‘Anyway, this isn’t a normal corner of the house.’
It was a moment when I became more and more confident.
“He’s an old man I found in the Black Palace. My father told me to take him with me.”
In times like this, it was better to make excuses about my father.
As expected, when I brought up my father, Elder Lee nodded without saying much.
“•••Then, the head of the household will take care of it.”
Should I put a chimney in Haomen?
Or maybe it could be used for other purposes, but Moonju has already caught my father’s eye.
Yes.
It was something that was difficult for me to reach.
The guests are like that, too.
Elder Lee cut off his words and took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to me.
“I didn’t know you had any connections with Open.”
“Is it open?”
It’s suddenly open?
I accepted the letter, wondering what it meant.
The letter that Elder Lee gave me had a seal that said “information on openness.”
‘This is….’
With the name written in small letters under the seal.
I could tell who sent the letter.
Chuong.
It was a letter that the later King Geul gave me.
‘I knew the letter would come.’
It was faster than expected.
What is the information about?
If you have any information about the silent and paedon that I requested in Hanam… .
‘If possible, I’d like to be a loser.’
If I had to choose, I would have preferred information on the defeat rather than the silence.
Because it was more urgent for you.
‘I hope there are no particular problems.’
The letter that Chuong sent me was written briefly.
-Jinryong Gongja… Salmo… .
-No problem.
“…”
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The first line seems to have been erased without being written.
After reading the second piece of writing, he carefully folded the scroll and put it in his bosom.
And then he nodded and whispered.
“I guess I got caught.”
I thought I could forget about Chuong for a while.
I’ll figure out how to live well. I’m a king after all.
