〈Episode 571〉 To Hanam.
I got up and headed towards the shaman’s main gate.
As I headed there, several people greeted me.
“Ah, old Sohyeop!”
Yeongpung and Gureunghwa. There, Geomhu was standing holding a luggage.
“I guess you came early.”
“yes.”
Just after Woo Bong-chui said that the interrogation was over.
It is said that Geom-hu and Mu-dang-geom-seon finished talking separately and settled the matter.
After that, the shaman swordsman had to take action to deal with the incident that had occurred at the shaman.
Therefore, the guest could not remain in this situation and had to quickly leave the shaman.
Move your gaze.
The shaman is talking to these people from a distance.
I got the feeling.
‘Are the authors also elders?’
It seemed like they were elders who came to replace the Mudang Sword Master.
It was engraved in my eyes.
They seem like people I’ll have to meet someday.
at that time.
“Brother.”
The owl next to me spoke to me.
“hmm?”
“… Are we okay?”
It’s funny how he talks like he’s anxious about something. He wants to look confident, but he’s still young.
Feeling that, I roughly ruffled Gu Ryeong-hwa’s hair.
“What are you worried about? Just do as you normally do.”
“…”
If it were normal, it would have fallen with a thud!
He must have been quite surprised because he just stayed still.
“The shaman said there was no problem. Your teacher probably said it was okay too.”
“…huh.”
“Then there will be no problem.”
It absolutely had to be gone.
If there is any, I will burn the problem itself.
I hate seeing this ugly thing cry.
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“… Then, where are you going now, oppa?”
“me?”
I thought quietly at the question.
I wonder if I can leave like this. And where should I go if I leave?
‘If it’s the current schedule….’
Originally, I should have gone back to Sega for a while.
Once you get here, there is only one way.
“Shouldn’t we go to Hanam?”
“Hanam?”
Gu Ryeong-hwa widened her eyes in surprise at my words.
There.
“Old Sohyeop, what you said is perhaps….”
Yeongpung heard the words and came closer with shining eyes.
“Are you thinking of participating in the martial arts competition?”
The Shinryong Martial Arts Festival is held in the summer.
It was a question of whether I should take steps to participate there. I answered with a smile.
“Yeah, well. I thought it looked fun.”
“ah!”
Yeong-pung’s expression brightens as if he is excited after hearing the answer.
“Then, I guess I’ll see you later in Hanam.”
“hmm?”
I tilted my head at those words.
“Are you going to the dojo too?”
“Yes. I have already received permission from the chief secretary.”
Then I thought she was going to Hanam with me.
“However, for this, I think I should go to Seomseo first.”
“ah.”
A precious thing in Youngpung’s arms.
Guijeong, who was called the darling of the volcanic sword, was in Yeongpung’s arms.
It seems like it was received after consultation with the shaman.
‘hmm.’
After briefly observing the scenery, I looked at Yeongpung again.
“Then I guess I can see you later.”
There were many words that came to mind, but I tried hard not to say them.
Could it be an illusion?
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I felt a slight heat in my left arm.
This too was tried to be ignored.
He simply added more strength to the hand that was stroking Gu Ryeong-hwa’s head.
“You too. See you next time.”
“already…?”
When I said it as if I was saying goodbye, Gu Ryeong-hwa said it as if she was surprised.
When I heard that, I said in disbelief.
“Then, shall I chase you all the way to Seomseo?”
“But, but… It’s only been a few days now…”
“Then, will you follow me?”
“…”
“Or, just follow your teacher.”
As soon as I said that, Gu Ryeong-hwa grabbed my collar.
I looked at it because I was curious about something.
“… Then, this time… . Please accept the letter.”
“ah….”
As Gu Ryeong-hwa said with tearful eyes.
I nodded awkwardly.
“I’ll try.”
I probably wouldn’t, but I had to give a solid answer.
While I was calming Gu-ryeong-hwa down like that, this time Geom-hu came over to me.
“Let’s go now.”
His expression doesn’t look very good.
‘I guess so.’
It’s only natural that he behaves like that, since he didn’t do anything good and wasn’t treated very well.
I turned my head slightly and looked at the people who had come with Geom-hu.
They are shaman masters.
Looking at the situation, I could realize what they had come for.
‘Is that… an escort station?’
You may wonder why you need any escort since the inspector is going with you.
Since you are holding the returned item from the shaman, it would be right for the shaman to personally escort you up to a certain distance.
He plans to send a few of his disciples on a journey.
You probably won’t make it all the way and will probably turn back halfway, but that alone will give you a reason to do it.
No matter what happened, the shaman did her best to return the stolen goods.
That’s the excuse.
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What this means is.
‘You can tell just by looking at it that it’s for show.’
I thought that might be one of the reasons why the inspection was unpleasant.
Thinking about that, I approached Geom-hu and spoke.
“Then, I will go first.”
Let’s just say we’re leaving casually.
The inspector looks at me and says.
“Are you going to leave already?”
“Yes, I’m a little busy.”
“I’m not leaving right away… How about we have a meal together before we go?”
Thankfully, the inspector tells me.
I had to laugh and decline.
“Even without that, Yeonghwa… .”
“I’m sorry. I’m busy, so let’s eat together next time.”
It didn’t really have any special meaning.
Because I’m really busy.
It was just because time was so pressing.
If I speak a little firmly, is that so? I could see the inspector smiling bitterly.
“Okay… Then I guess there’s nothing I can do.”
Although he looked obviously disappointed, he seemed to understand because he was busy.
Gu Ryeong-hwa was still holding onto my collar as if she wouldn’t let go.
“See you next time.”
I carefully took the child’s hand away.
He just turned his back.
Fortunately or not, I didn’t hear anyone calling my name.
Or maybe I was just trying not to listen.
I try to forget somehow and walk as if I’m refreshed.
My toes felt unusually heavy.
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After that, I left the shaman and time passed.
I was walking through some cave.
Light pours in shallowly through the collapsed ceiling.
It was moonlight.
Slap.
I continued walking, trampling on the water that had pooled on the floor.
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Perhaps because of the humidity, the walls were covered in moss. When I touched the wall with my fingertips, I could clearly feel the moisture.
I had to click my tongue briefly, feeling an awkward sensation.
“Tsk, why did you have to choose a place like this?”
In terms of distance, it could be said to be somewhere between Hubei and Hanam.
A little bit away from the shaman.
I told him to go to a place with as few people as possible, but it seemed like he really did pick a place where there wouldn’t be a single person.
Slap.
I ignored the annoying noise and kept walking.
It’s a cave that has been there for no known time.
There are so many places like this that it wasn’t anything special.
Every time I went in and out of the cave like this, useless memories would come to mind.
A day when rain poured down heavily.
I remember that time when I was carrying a bleeding woman on my back and running until my legs were torn apart.
When I think back to that time, I can’t help but laugh.
Now that I’ve gone through those memories, should I say that I have new feelings?
I thought about it and laughed in vain.
‘It looks too peaceful to be described like that.’
At least I knew full well that this wasn’t the word to use in this situation.
“excuse me.”
A voice was heard from behind.
When I turned my head, the first thing I saw was Seongyul standing there with his characteristically pale face.
He didn’t say a word the whole time he was moving, but now he took it out.
“why.”
“Here…. What brings you here?”
Hearing that, I smiled slightly.
It must have looked quite strange to that guy.
“I want to meet someone.”
“… Are you talking about here?”
Seongyul makes a strange expression at the answer.
It was obvious. It was obviously not a place to meet people.
“That’s right.”
I didn’t want to meet you in a place like this either.
There was no choice.
“They said they were all gathered here.”
This was at a time when people had already gathered.
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He took a step back, speaking.
I clenched my fist slightly.
Woof-!
The bet moves, swings its body once, and returns.
It was to check the status.
‘Tsk.’
Of course, the condition was not good.
Even though my body wouldn’t be completely better after a day, I still had to check.
Because I had to calculate the time.
‘At most, two months from now.’
A letter kept in my arms.
To divert the position and attention of the Mudanggeomseon from the blind side.
In addition, the Dragon Martial Arts Festival is held to select a new Dragon Corps.
That meant there were at most two months left until that happened.
If that happens.
‘A month is not enough.’
If it takes three months for the body to fully recover.
He said that about a month was not enough.
‘… I think I’ll recover to some extent in two months.’
That’s not enough.
This was the most important starting point. It was truly the ‘beginning’ of the plan.
We had to create the best possible situation.
‘Tsk.’
I wish there had been a bit more control from the beginning.
‘Things turned out like this because I got involved in going to a shaman.’
Originally, the plan to find a shaman was not now.
If it were original, it would have been this winter.
‘It overlapped with Shin Noya’s work. I was trying to do it side by side, but it got a little tangled.’
If Youngpung, whom I suddenly encountered, had not suddenly told me that he was the successor to the Hwasan Shingum, I would not have hastily changed my path to becoming a shaman.
Then I wouldn’t have suffered any internal injuries.
‘I can’t help it.’
This was something that had to be seen somehow.
So, even if it was a bit of a stretch, I came up with a plan.
Fortunately, there was a harvest.
‘First of all, the spirit of Yeongpung and the spirit possessed by the shaman are real.’
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I don’t know what happened in the past to have the spirits kept there.
The passion they had was real.
That’s right.
‘What is this?’
What is this thing tied to my left arm?
If that’s true, then this guy has to be fake.
There’s no way Shin Noya wouldn’t have noticed that this guy was fake.
In other words,
‘If there were two in the first place.’
It is possible that there were originally two Guijeongs.
Including the fact that Shin Noya never said that there was only one way.
That could very well have been the case.
but.
‘I’m saying something is strange.’
There were many strange parts to it, though.
‘Youngpoong said he heard a voice.’
Yeongpung had clearly said that he had heard the voice of thought left behind by Shin Noya.
‘Shin Noya left behind a thought.’
yesterday.
The gentleman’s thoughts were embedded in my body.
Even Shin Noya didn’t know why his thoughts had fallen asleep.
In that situation, did Noya leave behind a thought warning of danger?
‘That doesn’t make sense.’
There’s definitely something wrong.
There are two ghosts. The thought that Yeongpung saw.
Even the energy that Youngpoong has now.
It was clear that something was wrong.
‘I should have looked into it more then.’
I don’t know if I should have held on to Youngpung a little longer and checked on him instead of sending him back to the volcano.
There was a reason why I sent it even though I knew this so well.
‘I said I’d see you again in Hanam anyway.’
Furthermore, there were also things that bothered me about Youngpoong’s reaction to me.
When the spirit that the shaman brought rushed towards me, Yeongpung’s reaction when he saw it.
‘The subtle energy contained within it.’
A pungent sensation that was vaguely felt from Yeongpung.
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It felt definitely familiar and shitty.
If it were original, I would have put it next to me and checked it here and there.
‘I feel awkward being next to you right now.’
Somewhere, my instincts were speaking to me.
I’m saying that you shouldn’t be by Youngpoong’s side right now.
Since he’s going to appear in the martial arts competition anyway, I’ll probably see him in Hanam in the near future.
It was a decision I had no choice but to make because my remaining schedule was tight.
‘Anyway… This is something that could have been solved even if only Shin Noya had been there.’
It would have been easier if only that foul-tempered old man had been there.
It’s just a shame that I can’t do that.
‘Who’s to blame?’
There is no way to say this without being obvious.
The reason the old man inside my stomach, who had been chattering so noisily for so long, disappeared was none other than me.
Yeah, there’s no Noya.
Shin Noya is now.
‘Because I will be in the other world.’
Shin Noya, who remained as an idea, is probably currently in another world.
That was the kind of promise it was.
Suddenly.
After walking for a while to gather my thoughts, I suddenly found myself blocked by a wall.
It looked like I should change path, but I didn’t.
I reached out my hand toward the wall without hesitation.
Okay then.
Woohoo-!
As if by magic, the hand went through the wall.
This means that the wall itself was a lie from the beginning.
I had to suppress a chuckle when I saw that.
“You did a really thorough job.”
It’s a truth.
It must have only been a few days since they arrived, but they had already laid out this formation in front.
I told you you don’t have to go this far.
Anyway, he doesn’t listen to what I say.
I moved my feet right away.
yes-!
The body went through the wall.
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The situation inside was not much different from the outside.
If there is a noticeable difference.
It’s so damn quiet.
The sound of the wind.
Even the sound of water droplets falling down the wall.
It is a cool silence where nothing can be heard.
I turned my gaze.
The crumbling ceiling and the moonlight streaming through the gaps are impressive.
The moss I had seen at the entrance was spread out more widely.
The surrounding area was surrounded by rocks jutting out here and there.
And on top of that.
I felt ten pairs of eyes quietly looking this way.
Three pairs had normal pupils.
The remaining pupils are all colored purple and shine brilliantly.
I opened my mouth as I looked at that.
“I don’t think it’s necessary to bother saying hello.”
Let’s skip the useless talk.
“Let’s get straight to the point.”
At those words, the inside of the cave shook.
It felt like living, but it also felt like speculation.
The rough air gathers and gathers in the air.
“Three months from now. We.”
He spat out his words while looking at this. His tone was indifferent and his voice was soaked with annoyance.
The words that were spoken like that,
“We will attack Hanam.”
It was definitely not a light remark.
