〈Episode 580〉 Nightfall.
Some time has passed since we arrived in Hanam.
About a month had passed, and the season was moving towards the middle of summer.
Among them, early morning.
I was seeing a doctor and receiving a medical examination.
The doctor, who had been concentrating on taking the pulse for a long time, opens his eyes and speaks.
“Hmm. This is truly strange.”
“Is something strange?”
When I asked why the god’s reaction was unusual, the god spoke to me with a face that seemed to be intrigued.
“I can’t believe I’ve improved this much in just one month. I don’t know what’s going on with my body.”
“Isn’t that because you are treating me well?”
“Haha, you really are talking like crap. What kind of treatment did you do?”
“…”
That was true.
He took my pulse and prescribed medicine, but the doctor said it wouldn’t be of much help.
In reality, even if I took the medicine, it didn’t seem to be very effective.
“I expected it would take at least half a year, even if I were being conservative… It looks like I won’t have to wait that long.”
“Is that so?”
Contrary to what I thought it would take about three months.
Shinui initially talked about half a year.
I was wondering if it would take that long.
Fortunately, it seems my prediction was correct.
… That means.
‘I guess that means even God can’t properly understand my body.’
In the end, the point was that only I could see my condition properly.
I’m not sure. But I think that if God doesn’t know, then no one in the world would know.
anyway.
Since there was no need to take my pulse any further, I tried to get myself together and slowly get up from my seat.
at that time.
“Are you getting along well with Hyuk?”
The god asked for words.
It was a question that had hardly been asked for almost a month.
“Yes, I am doing well.”
Yeah, that must be very busy too.
“…okay.”
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“If you’re worried, should I send it back?”
Of course, this is just talk. I have no intention of sending Zhuge Liang back to the gods.
Jegal Hyuk did a better job than I expected.
I can’t send you away because you are one of the most needed beings right now.
I had no intention of giving it back even if he asked me to, but I at least said something.
When I brought it up, Shin-ui looked at me and laughed in vain.
“It’s done. Since that’s what the child wanted, it’s pointless to intrude on that.”
“…”
He looked up at Shinui at those words.
Apart from the fact that he raised Zhuge Hyuk with great care, Shin-ui seems to be a friendly person in this regard.
That was a bit surprising.
“Just don’t let me get hurt.”
“… I don’t do anything that will hurt you or anything. I just help you pass the time with something to do.”
That’s a lie.
I plan to do so as much as possible, but I’m not sure.
“and….”
Shin-ui pauses as he tries to say something.
Looking at his expression, it was full of hesitation.
Looking at that, I sighed inwardly.
Because I knew what the god was trying to say.
“If you care, I can make a seat for you.”
“…”
“If you wish, I will speak to him too.”
The ‘guy’ mentioned here refers to the iron line.
He would probably come to Hanam soon, and then all we had to do was make room for him.
The reason I said I would at least talk to you rather than bring you here is.
I did that because I wasn’t sure either.
Normally, he’d say he understands anything.
This one was a little different.
‘It even caused a seizure.’
Seeing how you were angry at me and told me to kill you, I can’t believe things won’t go the way I want them to.
and.
God will also know this well.
“… became.”
Honey, you must be saying those words as if you were liberated.
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“… Yes. Okay.”
After hearing that, I decided not to bring up the subject any further.
If you push, you can push.
‘No way.’
If it was a story that Cheoljiseon avoided, I had no intention of bringing it up.
I just think about it.
‘There’s definitely something there.’
There must be something connected between Shinui and Cheoljiseon.
I was just so sure of it.
“Then I will go first.”
After paying homage to the god, he got up.
There was nothing more to talk about, so I had to go.
‘I need to practice a bit and visit the upper class too.’
Since my body had recovered to some extent, I had to start training in the morning.
If you don’t use your body enough, it becomes dull.
It needed to be warmed up a bit.
Later in the afternoon, I’ll stop by Baekhwasangdan to ask for a favor.
‘I need to send a letter.’
It’s quick if you use a sprinkler.
They had work to do. They had to go to the top because it was a letter that had to be sent in a somewhat formal way.
Thinking about his busy schedule, he immediately turned around and tried to leave the place.
“Oh, yeah.”
God called me, is there something more to the story?
“What’s going on?”
“Hey, what happened?”
“yes?”
“Your expression doesn’t look very good.”
“…ah.”
He stroked the ball at the words of the god.
What is that facial expression?
I don’t know the circumstances, but if that’s the case, I know why.
“…it’s okay.”
maybe.
“I didn’t sleep well.”
The problem might be a dream you had last night that you can’t remember.
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I escaped from the divine and went to the training ground.
Mrs. Mi must have found a good place to stay because there was a separate training room inside the residence.
Just the right size for moderate physical training.
It may not have set off a fire, but it was enough.
Let’s just relax a little.
With that in mind, I went to the training center.
“huh?”
There were already passengers.
I checked to see if anyone was there, and it was Dang So-yeol.
Tang So-yeol was kneeling in the center of the training ground, sitting still with his eyes closed.
‘hmm….’
When I saw that, I burst out in admiration.
At the same time, tension builds up in the body.
The problem was the energy that filled the training grounds.
The concentration is so intense that it takes your breath away. Moreover, the air that is densely packed is incredibly cool.
How should I put this?
Clean living.
I thought that was the most appropriate way to put it.
‘…Hey.’
The murderous spirit mixed with energy filled the entire place.
There was a clear sense of order within it.
This means that Dang So-yeol is controlling all of this energy by himself.
That wasn’t the only surprising thing.
‘You have so much energy.’
I don’t feel any poison in it.
As Dang So-yeol was born into the Dang clan, the energy he used was clearly infused with poison.
There was no sense of venom in the air that filled the space now.
My body is a flesh that has reached the state of inviolability, so it is immune to poison.
Conversely, you can sense the poison more clearly.
There was definitely no poison in the air right now.
This is….
‘It means that you have reached a point where you can control your venom.’
It means that one’s level has reached a high enough level to be able to extract poison from one’s energy.
‘In just two years.’
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It was surprising that it had come this far, even though it was only just beginning, and was barely on the verge of reaching its climax.
If you have not only raised your level, but have also reached a level where you can control your energy in such detail.
‘What kind of training did you do?’
I couldn’t even guess what kind of chaos Dang So-yeol had gone through.
He looked at Dang So-yeol with somewhat sunken eyes.
She was still breathing with her eyes closed, and seemed quite focused, seemingly unaware of my presence.
I had to smack my lips as I looked at it with regret.
‘It’s a waste to practice.’
From the looks of it, it looks like there’s still a lot more to come.
I could have taken up a space over there and practiced if I wanted to, but I didn’t really want to do that.
I turned around.
Yeah, let’s go out and practice when we come back.
That was the feeling.
I came out and headed straight to the station.
Since Baekhwa Sangdae was located in the center of the county, it was a bit of a walk from the accommodation.
It’s early morning now.
It’s barely dawn, but the area is bustling as usual.
Now that the food is starting to cook, it’s starting to smell delicious.
The streets become noisy with people preparing their goods.
When is the morning like mine?
I walked quietly through their gap.
Why is that?
If it were normal, I would have walked by and looked around a bit.
For some reason I didn’t want to see anything right now.
‘Something feels uncomfortable.’
I feel bloated and stuffy.
That was also the reason why I left the training without practicing, using the excuse of being sick.
I could do it if I wanted to, but for some reason I didn’t want to do it today.
I feel an inexplicable irritation enveloping my whole body.
‘What could it be?’
What on earth could be the problem?
I couldn’t even tell myself.
What is it about that dream that makes me so annoyed?
It must be a dream you have occasionally.
‘Is it because I’m impatient?’
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Three months until I started working.
No, there’s only about a month left now.
I’m thinking calmly, but my heart isn’t like that, so why is it so frustrating?
It was something I didn’t know about.
One thing we can learn from this is that
What I want to do is recall that dream somehow.
From the time I woke up until now.
My whole mind was focused on that dream.
‘This won’t do.’
There’s a lot of work to do ahead.
I feel like I’m wasting my time on something trivial.
I shook my head to clear my mind.
“It’s all because I didn’t eat.”
Yeah, I guess it’s because I’m hungry.
It will definitely be like that.
I took a step back.
As I walked towards the top, I entered a dark alley in Hanam.
I started moving with the thought of filling my stomach first.
A little doubt crossed my mind.
‘Then let’s go to a restaurant.’
I came into the alley naturally, but why did I come here?
I moved without realizing it.
It’s a sight that doesn’t seem like it would be a restaurant at all.
Where have all the crowds that filled the streets gone?
There were so few people that it was almost like there were no people.
Still, I walked.
For some reason, my steps headed that way.
If you walk in a little bit like that.
An old building comes into view in a quiet alley.
“…what…?”
It was only when I saw the building that I could stop walking.
Smoke pours out through the cracks in the windows of the old building.
I had to tilt my head at the scent mixed with the smoke.
‘There’s this?’
It smells like food.
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The smell of food was coming from the building at the end of this back alley.
I burst out laughing when I saw that.
“What kind of crazy person builds a restaurant here?”
This is ridiculous.
It’s a street where not a single person passes by.
Why is there a restaurant in a back alley like this when there is a perfectly good road?
Even as I was thinking that, my feet were already walking towards the restaurant.
The inside of the guest house was ordinary.
To be exact, it means that there is no difference in appearance.
Like an old building, the interior is also old.
I can even see spider webs hanging from that wall.
“Welcome.”
I heard a sound and turned my head, and a bent old woman was welcoming me.
The dots weren’t particularly visible.
“It’s morning so all I can eat is noodles.”
The old woman spits out her words and enters the kitchen.
… You haven’t even said anything about eating yet.
“…hmm.”
What should I do?
I came in without knowing it… .
For some reason I felt like I had to sit down.
Yeah, let’s eat what we have already.
I moved to find the table.
There weren’t many seats, but there were seats right in front of me and next to me.
I move my feet again as if I need to sit down somewhere.
It felt as if there was a place to sit.
The very corner seat.
No matter how you look at it, this place looks the most worn out.
I had a feeling I had to sit there.
but.
Slurp slurp.
There was already someone else sitting there besides me.
I was already eating food.
Huruk.
He holds a bowl the size of his face with his small body and inhales the food.
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He didn’t seem to care whether his hair went into the plate or not.
There were traces of having eaten not just one bowl, but several bowls.
I had to open my eyes to see that.
It’s not that eating a lot is strange.
Since I was already used to seeing the Wiseol-ah, it wasn’t surprising at all.
The problem was the person who was eating in that seat right now.
“what…?”
He said this while looking at the woman who was eating noodles without stopping.
Okay then.
“hmm?”
The tips of my fingers that were busy using my chopsticks stopped, and the owner of the noodles looked over at me.
Our eyes met.
“uh.”
The woman looks at me and reacts.
Her black hair flows and her beautiful purple eyes look at me with a strange expression.
Then he put down the bowl and gestured over to me.
“hi.”
“…”
I was left speechless at the woman’s greeting.
No, it would be more correct to say that I couldn’t even react.
That would be true.
Who would have thought that I would run into the Heavenly Demon eating noodles in this back alley restaurant.
No one would have known.
