The World’s Best Childhood Friend Episode 831 (831/880)
“welcome.”
As we passed through the gate, an old woman greeted us.
“Thank you for coming.”
She is an old woman with a very kind impression. I heard that she is the new person in charge of the Tang family’s medical center.
Was he the only elder who survived?
I bowed my head cautiously as I looked at the old woman.
“I hope you’ve been doing well.”
“It’s always the same. How are you, Your Majesty?”
“Me too… .”
“I hear you are doing so well that I am very proud of you.”
“…ha ha ha….”
I smiled awkwardly. Whenever this happens, I don’t really have a reaction.
It’s one thing to like something, but it’s even more one to show off. This was just the limit.
After a brief greeting, the old woman looks to the side with a smile.
“miss.”
“hello….”
Tang So-yeol also bowed his head at the old woman’s wink. For some reason, his reaction seemed slightly uncomfortable.
“It’s been a long time. I remember the way you soared.”
“…thank you.”
The conversation didn’t last long. The old woman seemed to know that Dang So-yeol was uncomfortable.
Did something happen to Dang So-yeol? It was something I had never heard of.
I wanted to ask about it, but I couldn’t right away.
“First, I will take you to the manufacturing room. The master is waiting for you.”
Now, I have to figure out why I came to the party in the first place.
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I walked along with the old woman for a while. The inside of the temple was not much different from before.
They said that they sealed the gate, but it was being managed to some extent.
but.
‘It’s a little old.’
It seems that it could not maintain its former splendor.
The slightly dark atmosphere and quiet feeling are a bit chilly at first glance.
The lofty appearances that seemed to show the power of the Tang family, known as the Four Great Families, did not feel like they were being carried away.
In a way, it was an inevitable result. Furthermore, it was something that the party brought upon itself.
Looking at that, I glanced at Dang So-yeol.
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Just like before, Dang So-yeol’s expression wasn’t all that good. The problem is that I don’t know if it’s because of the current situation of the party or if it’s for another reason.
I tried to ignore it and walked on.
If you walk a little more like that, you will soon reach your destination.
Medicine shop.
The name written on the address. I nodded my head as I looked at it.
Because I felt something strange even though the door hadn’t even opened yet.
‘This energy.’
A strong energy was felt from inside the residence. And it wasn’t just any energy.
‘It’s like poison?’
miasma.
That’s a significant amount too.
There’s no particular problem. Since I have the ability to be invulnerable to poison, poison won’t affect me anyway.
Moreover, even though there are a lot of them, they are not so much that they actually dig deep, so if your skill level is high, you can endure it.
As for Dang So-yeol, he is someone who learned the art of self-defense from the beginning, so there shouldn’t be any problems.
“If it’s uncomfortable, please prepare something like a cloth…”
“No, it’s okay.”
The old woman asked me cautiously, not knowing that I had immunity, but of course I declined.
“It’s bearable. Come in.” He grabbed the door and opened it. At that moment.
Hwaaak-! A surge of energy came from within.
The air was filled with a strong medicinal scent, including poison.
I squint my eyes and look inside.
“You’re here…?”
Inside, a middle-aged man who looks tired welcomes me. The owner of the Tang family, Dokwang.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t come pick you up….”
The poisonous king, who had been speaking to me in a tired voice, flinched as he spoke. This was because he saw Dang So-yeol standing next to him.
“Wow, you’re here.”
“father….”
It was an ambiguous attitude.
As the Poison King was swallowing his breath while looking at his daughter, Tang So-yeol sighed and spoke to the Poison King.
“It’s been a while.”
“Yeah, I’ve been doing well-.”
“I heard you visited the branch yesterday.”
In the middle of the conversation, Dang So-yeol cuts off the poison king.
“That, that’s it. I have some business to attend to with the old prince…”
“I told you clearly that I would come see you today.”
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The voice became a little colder. Because of that, the Poison King started to panic even more.
“It’s that urgent….”
“I guess so. It must have been very urgent. But… .”
Dang So-yeol added with a small frown.
“But why didn’t you come looking for me?”
“…”
Hearing this, the Poison King looks this way.
I could feel it in his eyes. It seemed like he was asking for my help… .
‘What would you do even if you saw me?’
There was nothing I could do. I was actually curious. Isn’t it strange that he came all the way to the branch and left without seeing his daughter?
‘At that time, I thought it was because he didn’t want to get in trouble.’
Looking at Dang So-yeol’s reaction, it doesn’t seem like it’s entirely his fault.
It seemed like there was something I didn’t know.
“That is….”
The hesitant Poison King tries to say something.
“… Okay.”
Tang So-yeol turned his back as if he didn’t want to hear it.
“… I’ll go first. I’ll see you again when you’re done with your work, Prince Gu.”
“Huh? Huh?”
He spoke to me as if he was notifying me and then disappeared. Wow… I guess my Dharma skills have improved in the meantime?
Time passes in an instant.
“…”
I scratched the back of my head while looking at it. It was a situation where I felt it was difficult to react.
So I look at the Poison King again.
“…”
“…”
Even if we make eye contact, there’s nothing we can do. It just continues to be an awkward situation.
“… First, come in.”
The Poison King spoke in a slightly sad voice, so I went inside without saying anything.
“Ahem. Well, excuse me for a moment.”
The expression on the Poison King’s face was too sad to ask. His face was so hurt that I couldn’t even comfort him.
‘I heard you haven’t been home in years.’
I thought it was just for training. But is there something else going on?
I was dying of curiosity, but I had to hold back.
‘If you didn’t say anything, there must be a reason.’
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That Dangso-yeol didn’t say anything to me. There was no reason not to ask.
Isn’t the Poison King also speaking to me with his eyes?
‘I told you not to ask.’
It’s something I don’t really want to answer. So please don’t ask. I can’t help but notice those eyes, so I try to ignore them.
After entering the pharmacy, I looked around to check the situation.
‘hmm.’
This is a mess.
It’s a sight that makes me think like that.
The inside of the residence was not tidy at all. There were unidentifiable materials scattered here and there.
I picked up one of them.
‘This is….’
I looked and opened my eyes slightly. It looked like a simple grass, but it had a familiar shape.
‘It’s a small grass.’
It looked like a weed, but it was a very expensive herb. It meant that it wasn’t something that should be rolling around on the floor like this.
‘That’s not all there is.’
Aside from the soy sauce, I could see other expensive ingredients. I laughed out loud at that.
‘It wasn’t like this when I came here before.’
The last time I visited the Tang Dynasty, it wasn’t like this. It looks like a mess, as if to tell the situation.
Perhaps because the bewilderment was evident on his face, the Poison King looked at me and coughed in vain.
“Ahem. Hmm. That’s because I’ve been busy lately.”
“… How busy do you have to be to handle herbs like this?”
That too, from the Tang family.
“As we neared the end, it became difficult to take care of anything else.”
“okay.”
I just let it slide because it wasn’t my place to meddle in the organization. What was important was the results.
“so.”
The Poison King speaks to me.
“Is there really a way?”
His eyes were full of power as he spoke.
How can your gaze change so suddenly when you were just struggling with my daughter?
No, should I say that it has to be that way?
It was a matter of reclaiming the long lost history of the family. It was also a matter of perhaps being able to revive Sega. It was a matter of considerable importance to the King.
Of course, this was important to me too.
“… First, please show me what the situation is.”
What kind of situation did it come to? That was the first thing I had to check. After hearing that, the Poison King immediately took me deeper into the place.
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The manufacturing room inside the pharmacy. It was a space where the energy felt particularly strong.
‘Here it is.’
It’s impossible not to know.
The amount of medicinal herbs and poisonous plants was much greater than outside.
Boiling water of unknown intent.
The ingredients inside and the lumps on the left.
There was even an unknown stench there. It was so bad that I had to block my sense of smell.
As I follow the stench, the cause becomes immediately apparent.
He pointed to it with his hand and asked.
“Is that it?”
“…”
The Poison King nodded. That was the correct answer.
As you get closer, you can see some unknown dough. This is the cause of the bad smell. Also.
‘The reason the Poison King is having a headache.’
The failures that failed to become Dokcheondan. I think this is it.
I reached out and grabbed the dough. Then the stench got worse.
Not only is it fluffy, but it also has poisonous weeds mixed in, so you can feel the strong poison.
“Hmm… .”
The condition is serious. It’s hard to believe how it got so rotten.
“This is what is called Dokcheondan dough.”
“Not exactly. Because I failed before I could succeed.”
“Can you see what kind of phenomenon this is?”
As soon as he asks, the Poison King brings something.
Unlike the dough in my hand, it looked fine. The poison was still there, but at least it didn’t smell bad.
There was even a considerable amount of energy permeating it, as if to indicate that it was a material for the English alphabet.
And above that.
Woof.
The energy embedded in my heart. Objects that react with magic rise.
It was a magic stone.
It’s a very red magic stone.
The red demon’s magic stone. The Poison King who grabbed it picked up a tool.
“Ugh!”
Keuggeuggeuk—!!
Grind the magic stone into a tool with great force.
Then, a thin layer of powder fell from the stone and settled on the dough, and immediately began kneading the dough.
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That moment.
Cheeeeeeeee-!
“her?”
The color of the dough mixed with powder changes in an instant and it starts to smell bad, just like before.
It was evidence that it was rotting in real time.
Chapter (831)
