Chapter 506 – Just grab it once.
Wow, this is difficult?
This is the thought that came to Goeseon’s mind as soon as he saw Gu Cheol-woon standing with his back to the ground.
It had been about a dozen years since I had seen the White Lotus Sword, as well as Gu Cheol-un.
It wasn’t really a meeting. We only met briefly while fighting Sapain, so it wasn’t really a meeting.
‘What is that?’
Goeseon had to swallow his tears as he looked at Gu Cheol-woon.
The reason is none other than this.
He didn’t know why he was in Sacheon out of the blue, and why he had to appear right when he was there, but that aside.
‘You don’t feel anything?’
Goeseon had to shake his eyes as he looked at Gu Cheol-woon.
I couldn’t feel anything. That was the problem.
Let’s think back to the past. I’m talking about the time when I was pushed from behind by a foul-mouthed old man and had a life-or-death fight with Hyuk-eo-chun.
What was it like for Gu Cheol-woon, whom you met at the last minute?
As the gosun remembers.
‘It was disgustingly strong.’
Gosun had to sense defeat as he watched the intense heat surrounding his body and the presence that lightly weighed down his surroundings.
Even Namgung Myung, who had confirmed Gu Cheol-woon, would have told him to run away immediately if he was the enemy.
That much presence.
At that time, the level of pressure that Gu Cheol-woon had was so great, but now I can’t feel anything.
What does this mean?
Could it be that Goo Cheol-woon is so weak now that Goe-seon can’t feel anything?
That can’t be. Goeseon now knew why Gu Cheol-woon’s presence was blurred.
Quite the opposite.
The ghost couldn’t feel it. The gap was so wide that he couldn’t feel it.
‘under….’
Thinking about that, Goeseon swallows a deep breath. A small sense of triumph boils inside him.
Fear overwhelmed him first.
I never thought I would feel the same way from Gu Cheol-woon as I did from my grandfather.
While Goeseon was watching Gu Cheol-woon, holding back cold sweat.
Gu Cheol-woon also looked at Goeseon as if he felt her gaze.
As the red eyes approached, the goblin’s body trembled slightly.
“Goeseon, it’s been a while for you too.”
Goeseon’s eyes widen at Gu Cheol-woon’s words.
“… did you remember me?”
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It was a fateful encounter. We did run into each other a few times during the later index period.
Even that was a trivial relationship, and the last meeting was even one-sided.
Because of his overwhelming majesty, Goeseon remembered Gu Cheol-un.
On the other hand, it was strange that Gu Cheol-woon remembered the strange man.
When Goeseon said this as if it was unexpected, Gu Cheol-woon tilted his head and answered.
“Because he wasn’t so shabby that I could forget him.”
“…”
So of course I remember. Goeseon made a strange expression at the words that contained that meaning.
‘this.’
It’s incredibly subtle to actually experience something you’ve only heard of through rumors.
‘If she were a real woman, I would have fallen for her.’
The goblin chuckled.
It felt like I had confirmed the truth of a strange rumor that had been circulating in the past.
With that thought in mind, I glanced around. The problem wasn’t me.
I can feel the shaking as if there was an earthquake nearby.
The powerful female general who had been there until just now was gone, and instead a woman who looked extremely frail was there.
‘ah….’
Baekryeongeom couldn’t believe this situation.
Why is that person here? Why is he facing me?
I couldn’t bear to go see it, so I avoided it so much.
How long has it been since I last saw your face? There have been too many to count the days.
‘You’ve got wrinkles.’
It has changed.
The White Lotus Sword thought so.
The young man who felt the pressure and loneliness on his back through his dark features has now become middle-aged.
Wrinkles are visible here and there, including around the eyes.
one.
‘…’
The White Lotus Sword immediately realized that such things were not important.
In those hot gazes that looked around and gently protected me.
As time passed, it felt like it had become much darker and deeper.
Is it because I met those eyes?
Thump…
Baekryeongeom realizes that his heart is starting to beat too strongly.
By then it was already too late.
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“… ah….”
What should I say? There were so many things that came to mind, but no words came out.
It had to be that way.
The White Lotus Sword was in a state where it was difficult to maintain its sanity.
‘What should I do?’
It was dangerous. The emotions that were barely moving away began to waver just by meeting each other’s eyes.
I left because I didn’t want to be like this, and I thought things were finally getting better.
Perhaps it was because he was attached to his child and constantly recalled memories of the past. The blow was severe.
‘… If you get old, you might as well become ugly.’
It’s unfair. Other people are just a little bit worse.
Why is that person still the same?
The White Lotus Sword really hated that.
That guy who was still cool as time went by. I hated him so much.
“White Lotus Sword.”
“…!”
A voice calling out to oneself in a deep, bass tone.
At that voice, Baekryeongeom flinched. Baekryeongeom bit his lip at the action he had performed without realizing it.
It was because he felt so shabby at the moment. However, he couldn’t show it. Baekryeongeom barely managed to spit out words as if trying to hide his actions.
“Oh… long… long time no see.”
Why is my voice shaking like this again?
Do you still want to look young even though you’re already an old woman?
Even though he thought it was too shabby, Baekryeongeom tightly closed his eyes.
However, Gu Cheol-woon didn’t seem to care much about this.
“How have you been?”
“… Uh, uh… yes. Well, I’ve been well.”
“Thank goodness.”
Sabak.
Gu Cheol-woon takes a step and slowly approaches Baekryeon Sword.
The White Lotus Sword seemed to hear his footsteps particularly loudly.
“I heard from my wife. She said that you came to visit me once in Hanam.”
“…”
Lady Mi spoke.
At Gu Cheol-woon’s words, Baekryeon Sword couldn’t help but feel resentful towards Mi Hyo-ran.
…I clearly told you not to talk about it.
“… I, I had something to do… I just went to see Miss Mi.”
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“My lady.”
Gu Cheol-woon reacts to the title spit out by Baekryeon Sword.
I wonder if you don’t like being called Miss Mi.
At that moment, I was thinking that it was time to fix the White Lotus Sword.
“What a nostalgic nickname.”
A voice with a slight smile.
At Gu Cheol-woon’s words, Baekryeon Sword bit his lips once more.
It was a warning to myself.
Don’t be shaken.
What if this happens again?
“I heard that the White Lotus Sword is protecting our child.”
“Ah… that’s that… .”
“Thank you.”
“…!”
The Baekryeon Sword wavered at Gu Cheol-woon’s words of gratitude. A word of gratitude from Gu Cheol-woon’s mouth.
The unexpected attack shakes the White Lotus Sword’s spirit.
The gossip who saw that hurriedly supported the White Lotus Sword.
“Why is this lady acting up all of a sudden?”
“… are you okay.”
The White Lotus Sword takes its stance again and pushes away the Gosun’s arm.
“… It’s not something to be thankful for. It’s just that I had a little work to do.”
“Whatever the reason, as a father, I am grateful to you.”
“Something… has changed a lot. You… too.”
Hearing those words, Gu Cheol-woon narrows his eyes.
“Does it look that way?”
“Yes. It feels like it’s changed a lot… a lot.”
He seemed to have become a bit more talkative. His characteristic low tones were still there, but there was a subtle warmth in his voice.
Because it was the White Lotus Sword that I recalled and reminisced about every day, the difference was even more evident.
“Then that’s good.”
Jeobuk, Gu Cheol-woon takes one step further.
At the sight of the approaching White Lotus Sword, it seemed as if it wanted to run away.
A wall that I thought was built layer by layer.
The feelings that were stored inside it because they could not be erased.
The wall, which I thought had become a little stronger, cracked in an instant because of this small encounter and conversation.
I had to run away.
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It’s dangerous. Anything more than this was dangerous.
Yeah, let’s run away now. I know it’s rude, but if we stay here any longer, we’re going to be in real trouble.
The Baekryeon Sword, which was a strange and evil spirit, was about to burst the bet and run away.
Towering.
I had to meditate on the sensation I felt at my toes.
I was frozen like a stone and couldn’t move my feet.
As if someone had caught him.
‘… no.’
However, Baekryeongeom soon realized that it was his own foolishness.
It was already too late.
Gu Cheol-woon was already standing in front of Baekryeon Sword.
“hmm.”
Gu Cheol-woon’s gaze as he looks at the White Lotus Sword is strange.
Gu Cheol-woon was looking at the side of Baekryeongeom’s ear, not his eyes.
Swish.
Gu Cheol-woon’s large hand turned in the direction he was looking.
Baekryeongeom wanted to twist his body this way and that as he watched the approaching hand, but his body, rigid and stiff, couldn’t even do that.
Sarak.
The tips of his fingers brush against Baekryeongeom’s hair.
Gu Cheol-woon, who had just emerged, was holding a leaf in his hand.
“Excuse me.”
“…”
“This is what was asked.”
Without much emotion, Gu Cheol-woon burned the leaves and erased them.
Was that the problem?
Even as he watched the leaves disappear into ash, a sound was heard from within the White Lotus Sword.
Warrrrrrrr-!
It’s the sound of a thick wall collapsing.
The wall that Baekryeongeom had painstakingly built to contain his emotions collapsed.
Then, the shameful feelings that were barely contained inside him poured out and attacked the White Lotus Sword.
It’s a huge tsunami.
Perhaps because it had been tied up for a long time, the force was much stronger.
The waves crashed. The waves flowed and flowed, and in an instant, a sea was created.
“…”
Feeling that, Baekryeongeom became convinced.
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‘… This sucks.’
What I’m saying is that now there’s no going back to the way things were.
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The time when the sun sets and the sunset appears.
I was sitting on the floor, facing Dangdeok. Dangdeok was half-kneeling and bowing his head. As if to prove that it was not his will, the veins on his neck were standing out.
Looking at such virtue, I asked.
“So. What happened?”
“… First, the elder returned…”
“Without a word?”
“… yes….”
Dangdeok’s eyes were filled with speculation that he did not like being spoken to formally.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I would care about that.
‘Just go back.’
The elder of the Tang clan just turned around because Dangdeok stopped him?
Why? I had to recall a strange expression as I listened to the words.
I turned my eyes and looked at the objects on the table.
These are tea leaves taken from a herbal medicine herb.
‘I said I just gave that to you too.’
It was a leaf that was originally intended to be given to Dang So-yeol, and it was Dang Deok who received it.
I heard that Dang So-yeol was excited and tried to give it to me because I made an excuse.
‘hmm.’
There were many parts that I couldn’t understand.
I reached out.
Woof-! A small vibration spread, and a bundle of tea leaves floated into the air and came towards me.
A hollow object.
It is a power that can be used by touching the mirror.
It was a power that made bets like crazy, but didn’t show any cost-effectiveness.
I held the tea leaves and looked at them from all sides.
“Isn’t this it?”
Just before I left to practice alone, I called Dangdeok and gave him an order.
He told me to stick to Dang So-yeol as his bodyguard and stop any strange guy who tries to do something.
The condition is any access that I do not permit.
Over the past few days, I’ve been going around the Tang Dynasty and picking out a few.
Since everyone was suspicious, I only picked out the people who seemed okay.
The order was to prevent anyone other than them from approaching.
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‘When I heard it from Nahi, I thought it might be true.’
As soon as the paralyzing poison was created, Iljang-ro went to find Dang So-yeol.
And then he handed over the tea leaves.
Could this really be a coincidence?
I thought not.
Even if it was because of what the Tang Dynasty Emperor said.
‘It’s related to sugar fever.’
Does that mean that Iljang-ro is thinking of doing something through Dangso-yeol?
“…”
He put the tea leaves he was holding into his mouth and chewed them.
Crispy.
The unique texture of dry leaves is felt and an unpleasant feeling spreads.
I ignored it and chewed and swallowed it.
“… what.”
Then, the question becomes more serious. This is because there does not seem to be anything particularly toxic in the tea leaves.
I wonder if the paralyzing poison isn’t included here.
Or maybe he was just aiming for Dang So-yeol.
A question crosses my mind. Also.
‘That’s too bad.’
The regret also passed.
If there had been a paralyzing toxin here, it would have been an excuse to catch them and kill them.
‘So you’re not that stupid?’
Well, if he had mixed poison, he wouldn’t have had the stupid idea of going to give the tea leaves himself.
‘In the meantime.’
The question is how much does the elder know about Nahi.
Since Nahi still had some use for it, I was thinking of using it even if it was forced.
If this seems like it might be a problem… .
‘Should I take care of it in advance?’
I thought that might be better. Not right now, but it would be better if it was more of a hassle.
Looking at Dangdeok with that judgment in mind.
The guy was looking at me with a distorted face. I looked at him and smiled and asked.
“What’s with those eyes?”
“…What on earth do you plan to do?”
“hmm?”
“What on earth are you planning on doing by attaching me to that detestable woman of the Tang family?”
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“What are you planning on doing? I told you properly. I told you to protect it.”
“…snap.”
Dangdeok is gnashing his teeth.
Looking at that, I let out a little admiration.
‘Still a dog?’
I’m sure he must have been crushed by his energy, but Dangdeok was still able to project such emotions onto me.
It’s just amazing.
Perhaps it was because it was mixed with the body of a monster. It felt like the compulsion wasn’t working properly.
‘Then, I guess I’ll have to trample on it once.’
This guy is useful.
It means that I am not the type of person to just throw things away.
I’m going to kill him someday, but I had to use him more.
In order to do that, I had to step on it a bit to use it properly.
‘I guess I should start pressing it little by little.’
Let’s do that now. Yeah, I was bored so this is a good idea.
With that thought in mind, I got up.
I immediately started to feel better and started walking towards Dangdeok.
Boom-!
Suddenly the door to the residence opened and someone ran in.
“… huh?”
I had to widen my eyes the moment I saw him. The person who suddenly barged in was none other than the White Lotus Sword.
That lady, Mo Yong-hee, they said she was wandering around outside, what’s going on all of a sudden?
There.
‘…Why is your face like that?’
Your face is as red as a ripe apple. Did you drink alcohol during the day?
As I narrowed my eyes and looked at her, the White Lotus Sword quickly approached me as soon as it saw me.
“Hey!”
“…Why are you doing this?”
At the moment when I was very flustered by the somewhat rough reaction, Baekryeongeom grabbed my shoulder tightly.
“By any chance, don’t you need one more mom?”
“… What, what is it?”
He let out some crazy, unimaginable words.
