<Episode 313> Dragon’s Note. (3)
The day I first met that kid.
Under a cloudless blue sky.
It was a warm, sunny spring day.
A young man from Jungwon who knows nothing and runs away from the school after fighting with his teacher.
All I know is how to make plum blossoms bloom.
A young woman who only had the will to achieve justice and harmony.
Take off the white uniform you were given at the volcano.
It was a time when I wore light blue clothes provided by the military.
Of course, there was no nickname.
Just a swordsman from the Murim Alliance.
It was around that time that it was appropriately called that.
– •••Why are we going on reconnaissance?
A loud voice echoes through the forest.
There was a small wrinkle on the woman’s forehead.
It’s a sign that you’re not happy with the situation.
– It’s noisy.
The one who answered the woman’s voice was a young man with a fierce look.
Although he looked fierce, he was a tall, handsome man with a distinct impression.
He was the sergeant of the unit the woman belonged to.
He was also a famous warrior who stirred up a lot of noise in the Central Plains at the time.
He is the strongest divine dragon of all time, proven in the battle.
A young warrior who may become the greatest of all time.
Shinryong Gu Cheol-un, he was the woman’s shooter.
The woman’s frown deepened at the hunter’s words.
– No, senior. It was the mission of the Blue Dragons in the first place… Why do we have to do that?
The mission the woman was currently on was to search for the monster that the Blue Dragon’s swordsman had missed.
I don’t like it.
As soon as I enlisted in the Maeng unit.
I heard you were drafted into Shinryongdae.
How much did the swordsmen belonging to the Blue Dragon Corps give notice?
Originally, I should have been drafted into the Shinryongdae through a gradual process.
The shooter and the woman in front did not go through that process.
It was a situation where I had to go straight to Shinryongdae.
This is a decision made after considering the potential and strength of both people.
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How harsh the criticism from all sides was.
-But now they’re asking us to handle their own mistakes… Isn’t that too much?
I think his name was Namgung Jin.
I didn’t like that shameless guy who was called the Sword Dragon.
I gave you everything you needed to know.
When you need it, just look for it.
Is this something a political person should do?
I can only sigh.
Even in that situation, his own shooter did not say anything.
It was like that from the first time I saw it.
It’s been half a year since our first meeting.
A person who does not speak except when he has something to say.
However, he is a character who shows absurd strength in real combat.
The woman saw that Shenlong was that kind of person.
Meanwhile, Gu Cheol-woon looks back at the grumbling woman and opens his mouth.
-It is the Lord’s command. Just follow it.
It is the direct subordinate unit of the leader.
A unit that resembles the face of the Murim Alliance.
Shinryongdae.
Just by going in there.
Than a woman who has been jealous and looked down on.
Gu Cheol-un in front would probably have done more.
In fact, Gu Cheol-woon seemed to have no feelings at all.
It’s as if he doesn’t care about any of that.
– Instead of worrying about that, get your bearings in order.
– •••What do you mean?
– The sword on your waist is disheveled, so you should fix it.
At those words, the woman urgently checks her waist.
However, contrary to Gu Cheol-woon’s words, the sword was properly organized.
-Senior, it’s done properly!
The woman spoke as if she was in disbelief.
Gu Cheol-woon speaks to the woman with cold eyes.
– It’s already too late since you heard me and confirmed it. That means you weren’t sure.
– What is that…!
I’m about to spit it out as if it’s a forced logic.
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The words didn’t come out easily.
– Instead of worrying about what other people think, be confident in yourself. That will be more beneficial to you.
The woman shut her mouth tightly at Gu Cheol-woon’s words.
There’s so much to talk about.
The woman was also not good at arguing.
Because it was something that came from none other than a shooter, I couldn’t refute it.
Be confident in yourself.
It was such a distant dream for a woman.
– senior….
After hearing the words, the woman wanted to ask something.
Gu Cheol-woon’s large hand blocks the woman.
– senior?
– Quiet.
Woof.
As Gu Cheol-woon speaks, heat spreads around him.
It was a unique aura he had.
– There is something ahead.
As Gu Cheol-woon spoke.
Woman, Soyi’s eyes change.
Sling.
He drew his sword and raised his sword.
Crispy.
In an instant, Gu Cheol-woon’s body was engulfed in flames.
Going forward with a bang.
There was no need for any further instructional dialogue.
Soyi doesn’t care how Gu Cheol-woon moves.
Because I was able to support you from behind.
A brief moment passes.
Hwaruk-!
Gu Cheol-woon increases his speed while burning sparks.
He dug through the grass.
Accordingly, Soyi followed in, wearing a strong arm.
-huh?
The place I followed while attracting speculation.
It was a space that was completely out of place with the combative atmosphere.
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-Was there a place like this…?
This area was one that Soi had also been to several times.
What I was seeing now was a terrain I had never seen before.
In a small plain.
The flowers are in full bloom.
Even though it is spring.
The atmosphere was somehow alien.
Soyi, who was looking around like that,
Come to your senses again.
Because now wasn’t the time to see something like this.
-line…!
Soyi, with her sword drawn, urgently searches for Gu Cheol-woon.
Gu Cheol-woon was still surrounded by flames.
In that way.
-senior?
He was holding someone by the neck.
– person?
The person held in Gu Cheol-woon’s hand was a woman he had never seen before.
If there’s anything a little unusual.
About hair color.
‘It’s white.’
It’s pure white.
It’s my first time seeing such white hair.
Is this the aftereffect of the deep attack?
But you don’t feel any bet from the woman?
-Soo, breath… .
The woman whose neck was grabbed mutters as if she is having a hard time.
Gu Cheol-woon didn’t move an inch.
-senior?
-This is an outsider I’m seeing for the first time. Who is he?
-Ugh… .
As he exerts strength in his grasping hand, the woman groans in pain.
Are you thinking of literally breaking my cervical spine?
-If you don’t tell me, I’ll burn you.
Oh, no. I guess you’re just going to burn it.
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Are you crazy…?
-Senior! Wait a minute!
Soyi hurriedly blocks Gu Cheol-woon’s arm.
It doesn’t move at all.
Fortunately, the flames on Gu Cheol-woon’s body are not harming So-yi.
In the meantime, it meant that Gu Cheol-woon was controlling it.
Gu Cheol-woon asks while looking at So-yi.
-What are you doing?
-Senior, what are you doing right now? You’re clearly not a monster!
I checked to see if it was a monster I missed.
No matter how you look at it, he was human.
In that situation, this method does not seem good.
Soyi spoke with a raised voice.
Gu Cheol-woon answers with a cold gaze.
-Why do you think so?
-yes?
-Why do you think this isn’t a monster?
-no….
You can tell just by looking at it that it’s not true.
Soyi didn’t say out loud what came to her mind.
A short tongue-clicking sound was heard, perhaps conveyed to Gu Cheol-woon.
-You can’t know that without looking into it.
A firm yet cold voice.
-Isn’t that what they say when they say not to judge a book by its cover?
Come on…!
– A person who suddenly appeared in the realm of the blind. How do you know whether this person is a monster in human skin or a warrior from the Four Sects and is so calm?
Who would have thought he’d bring up his own sect here?
Soyi bit her lip tightly.
This man had a needlessly cold and indifferent side to him.
-•••Even if you say that, I won’t hear an answer.
-What do you mean?
-If you hold my neck like that, there’s no way I can answer.
According to Soyi’s words.
Gu Cheol-woon’s eyebrows moved slightly.
A few seconds passed like that.
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Bam.
-Ugh!
The woman who was being held by Gu Cheol-woon falls to the floor helplessly.
White hair fluttering as it falls.
It looked like the flapping of a butterfly’s wings.
It’s rustling.
A flower petal fell from somewhere and settled on the woman’s hair.
– Oh my… .
The woman makes a noise as if her butt hurts.
At the same time.
Sling.
Soyi’s sword blade was aimed at the woman’s neck.
-What is your identity?
Unlike before, the tone is somewhat sharp.
After hearing that, Gu Cheol-woon extinguished the flames surrounding his body.
As if he was going to watch for now.
-yes?
The woman looked at Soyi with wide eyes.
Soyi had to look into the woman’s eyes and be inwardly surprised.
The pupils in the eyes.
Because it was as beautiful as a jewel.
-•••Your name, what is it?
My voice trembled because I was momentarily flustered.
The energy was not dispersed.
The woman who heard Soyi ask.
Tilt your head for a moment.
-Cheonhee.
He answered like that.
The way he smiles brightly as he says my name.
To Soyi, it looks like a flower.
I feel a sense of warmth for some reason.
-My name is Cheonhee.
That was my first meeting with her.
“•••You didn’t die, what do you mean?”
The sound of the swordsman’s voice makes me feel better.
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Thump thump.
Not only the voice, but also the speculation that comes out without restraint.
It shakes the surrounding atmosphere.
It’s much higher level than I expected.
This was the thought that occurred to Cheonghae Ilgeom as he looked at Geomhu.
“That’s right. The kid didn’t die.”
Cheonhee.
A close friend of Geomhu.
She is the concubine of a good man.
The woman who is Jinryong’s biological mother.
Cheonghae Ilgeom was saying that she was not dead.
After examining it, I couldn’t understand it.
“Let me ask you. How can you, Your Majesty, mention that child?”
“I just wanted to tell you a story that Your Majesty was curious about.”
“If that was going to happen, you should have done it earlier.”
I was half out of my mind.
While wandering around the magic realm.
Or before that.
Around the time I found the Cheonghae Ilgeom.
If you were going to do it, you should have done it then.
“What is the point of bringing up such an unknown story at this time?”
Speculation kills as much as possible.
I had to endure it.
“I saw a child.”
“Are you talking about a child?”
“Yes, that child’s child.”
It was a story about a true dragon.
“A child I wanted to see at least once, but never got to see.”
“…there are also disciplinarians.”
“That’s right, your disciple was also that child’s child.”
“Are you saying that it has something to do with what you are telling me now?
In response to the question of the postmortem examination.
Cheonghae Ilgeom is quietly silent.
But my eyes were still closed.
The inspector knew that he was watching him.
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“There is only one thing I can say to you, Your Majesty.”
“•••Long story.”
“Whether you will listen or not. Decide for yourself.”
Those are the only two things I can say.
At Cheonghae Ilgeom’s words, Geom-hu bit his lips.
There is something you don’t know.
Whether it’s a plum blossom or not.
Whether it’s Gu Cheol-woon or not.
Whether it’s a sword or not.
Whether it’s Cheonan or Cheonghae Ilgeom.
Those who were involved in ‘that time’ lost something.
I don’t know, but it must have been something very precious.
then.
I am?’
Himself.
What have you lost?
Did you almost lose your life?
I don’t know. I got it back now.
That too, by the child’s son.
If that’s the case, then what should I do now?
The inspector didn’t hesitate.
The hesitation ended a long time ago.
“•••Please tell me.”
In response to the question.
Cheonghae Ilgeom stroked his beard for a moment.
Let’s have another moment of silence.
“Long story?
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“I’m sorry, I just need to figure out how far I can go with this story.”
Anyone can do that.
If I wanted to tell the story of that time, I had to keep my mouth shut.
“Is it true that that child, Cheon-hee, is alive?”
“That’s right. The child is alive.”
“Then where are you now…?”
“You’re asking something I already know.”
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At the words of Cheonghae Ilgeom, who interrupted Geomhu’s words.
She bites her lip.
“The reason why His Majesty the Sword wandered around the Demon Realm so much. Wasn’t it because you already knew?”
“As you think. That child is in the Demon Realm.”
These are reassuring words.
“•••Are you talking about the devil’s realm?”
“okay.
“Why…?”
“I don’t know why you are questioning that.”
Cheonghae Ilgeom opens his eyes slightly at Geomhu’s words.
The pure white eyes were there.
“Is it so strange that that child went back to where he was supposed to be?”
“•••Jang Moon-in, don’t you know that’s not what I’m saying?”
“I don’t want to know.”
Cheonghae Ilgeom answers firmly.
“Jang Moon-in.
“There are things you have to forget.”
“I don’t understand what you are saying.”
It’s always like that.
It seems like the world where one can only know through force is over.
They don’t tell anything to Geom-hu, who missed that moment.
I had to find it myself.
The truth and the secrets of that time.
Cheonghae Ilgeom, who faced such a sword with white eyes.
Speak softly.
“Do you know the nature of this world, Geom-hu?”
“.•.The essence?”
“Yes, the essence.”
This is a random story.
Suddenly the essence of the world?
The shoulders of Cheonghae Ilgeom, who was spitting out words, trembled diagonally.
“That child was the essence of the world.”
The saying goes that Cheonhee was the essence.
Geom-hu had to keep repeating those words in his head.
“what….
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“This land, you know.”
Blood flows from Cheonghae Ilgeom’s mouth.
Geom-hu opens his eyes in a hurry and tries to approach.
Cheonghae Ilgeom raised his hand and blocked the sword.
I told you not to come near me.
“If it had been so, it should have ended centuries ago.”
After hearing this, Geom-hu flinched.
A land that should have ended centuries ago.
Because it was difficult to recall the meaning.
at that time.
“Jang Moon-in, wait a minute…!”
The swordsman had to vomit out his flagship while looking at the Cheonghae Ilgeom.
Blood flows.
I could tell.
That is the aftereffect of the gold. Cheonghae Ilgeom said with his own mouth that the gold was not applied.
In the eyes of the inspector, that was definitely forbidden.
Although Geom-hu approached quickly, Cheonghae Il-geom’s actions were faster.
Knock knock knock!
“•••!”
The Cheonghae Ilgeom suddenly broke the little finger of his left hand.
Bam-!
The finger was literally cut off.
“This should be fine.”
What is okay?
The strange thing is, the expression on Cheonghae Ilgeom’s face after he cut off his finger.
Rather, it looks more comfortable than before.
There is no blood flowing from the cut mark.
It was said that the bet ended up stopping the bleeding.
“This is also the aftereffect of the sins I am paying for, so don’t worry about it.”
“•••Long story.”
How could that be possible?
“I will continue the story.”
Cheonghae Ilgeom straightened his posture and tried to open his mouth again.
“•••Jang Moon-in, you can stop now.”
After examination, it was clear.
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The more I spit those words out, the more the Cheonghae Ilgeom gets ruined.
Did you feel any concern after the inspection?
The corners of Cheonghae Ilgeom’s eyes slightly curved.
“You are so kind, as always.”
“No.”
“Don’t worry. I still have work to do, and I have no intention of throwing my life away.”
Geom-hu closed his eyes tightly.
Regardless of whether those stories are true or not,
That this story needs to be heard.
I feel like I’m at a crossroads where I have to decide.
He couldn’t understand why Cheonghae Ilgeom was talking to him now.
Although this is a situation far removed from the original purpose.
“•••If, as the long-winded man said, this world really should have ended centuries ago.”
Nevertheless, Geom-hu chose to listen.
Because I felt like the opportunity was only now.
“What does Cheonhee have to do with it, and why does the world exist? I don’t know.”
‘that”
Just before Cheonghae Ilgeom spoke to Geomhu.
Woohoo-!
“•••!”
The breathtaking display of swordsmanship by Geomhu and Cheonghae Ilgeom.
I felt something.
…
… .
…
The two people who felt it flinched and trembled.
It was such an intense feeling.
It’s energy.
It’s a very strong and intense energy.
‘What is this…?’
The first thing I felt was the aftermath.
It couldn’t be otherwise, the energy I was feeling right now was none other than Do-gi.
Something that you can’t help but be so familiar with.
It was the energy of a volcano.
‘The location that I feel is….’
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After confirming the location, the inspector reacts with his eyes wide open.
The location where the pottery was felt was surprisingly pottery.
It was near the residence of the governor where Cheonghae Ilgeom resided.
Because that is where the Guyangcheon River is now.
