Yeomryun-gong – 1

The next day, as soon as it dawned, Yeomjin called Soyou and Inho.

Seeing Yeomjin’s unusually serious demeanor, they looked at each other. As soon as Yeomjin called them, they sat before her with tense expressions.

“Yesterday, Soyou crossed the wall.”

“Do you mean she succeeded in materializing the wager?”

Inho asked in response to Yeomjin’s words, and Yeomjin nodded.

Inho looked at Soyou next to him with an ‘oh~’ expression, and Soyou poked him in the side with her elbow for his frivolous behavior.

“So, I think the time has come, so I called you.”

Soyou was reflected in Yeomjin’s eyes.

Soyou swallowed.

“Soyou. From now on, you are Yomryun Skill.”

Namgung Soyou’s eyes widened like lanterns.

“Master. What do you mean? Me, Yomryun Skill?”

At Soyou’s words, Yeomjin unfolded her fan.

“Just like you have been called the successor disciple, the successor, until now. You know that I am called Yomryun Skill.”

“I don’t think you’re young enough not to know what this means.”

At Yeomjin’s calm words, Soyou’s face frowned.

“My learning is still shallow. How can I inherit the name of Yomryun Skill?”

“I have passed on everything I know to you. And you have mastered them. Even setting aside the issue of proficiency.”

Yeomjin did not avoid her eyes and continued to speak.

“I was about your age when I received the name Yomryun Skill. So don’t say it’s too early.”

‘You can fill the lack of experience and skill by wandering the Jianghu.’ Yeomjin added.

“Then what happens now?”

Unlike Soyou, who was looking down at her knees with a complicated face, Inho asked with a calm face.

“I will go to the Martial Arts Alliance this way. I plan to report it formally.”

“‘I’ means we are not going to the Martial Arts Alliance?”

Inho demanded a specific answer to Yeomjin’s words, which subtly drew a line.

“All you have to do is change the name on the list anyway. There’s no need for everyone to go together.”

Yeomjin examined Soyou’s complexion.

“Now, don’t travel with me, but travel the world together and help those in need.”

Yeomjin indirectly brought up the fact that she would leave them.

“…Soyou.”

Yeomjin called her disciple with a pitiful smile.

The disciple flinched at the call, but did not raise her head.

It was because she didn’t want to show the tears she was secretly shedding.

Sigh, Yeomjin sighed softly and got up and went to Soyou.

She hugged Soyou, who fit perfectly in her arms, and patted her back lightly.

“It’s not like we won’t see each other again, why are you crying so sadly? I’m just putting down the name Yomryun Skill.”

“But….”

A cracked and hoarse voice popped out of Soyou’s mouth.

Yeomjin hugged Soyou, who was holding back tears as if she was sad, even tighter.

Tightly, Soyou felt her Master’s heart.

“This Master has lived for seventeen years under the name Yomryun Skill.”

“Now I want to spend the rest of my life as one person named ‘Yeomjin’.”

“……”

“I’m going back to my hometown to rest for a while. I have to take care of my parents’ graves too. When the time is right, I will send someone to deliver the news.”

Yeomjin promised the next time.

“Master….”

Soyou also opened her arms and hugged Yeomjin.

It was the appearance of a master and disciple who had been connected by the name Yomryun Skill for a long time.

Inho’s nose tingled slightly as if he was watching a friendly mother and daughter.

“As I said, after finishing things at the Martial Arts Alliance, I will go to my hometown.”

Yeomjin, who had finished preparing to leave, told Soyou and Inho, who had come to see her off to the hillside, about her future plans.

“After you finish your work here, go to Henan. If there are people suffering there, help them. That is the duty of a Martial Artist.”

“Yes, don’t worry.”

When Inho answered with a bright smile, Yeomjin smiled and looked at him.

“Inho, I’m so glad you’re here. Thanks to you, I was able to put my mind at ease. You are a lucky charm.”

“Haha, I am a lucky charm.”

Inho joked, changing the subdued atmosphere.

“Yes. Now I feel like I’ve unloaded all the burdens I had in my heart. I’m going to live a leisurely life and laze around for a while.”

With light steps, Yeomjin went down the hillside as if flying, and the two men and women watched her disappear into a dot in an instant.

“…Let’s go back too.”

Soyou, who had been looking in the direction where Yeomjin disappeared for a long time, said.

On the way back to the Hwajeonmin village.

Soyou, who was returning to the village, pushing through the lush bushes, kept looking back.

It was because she wanted to see her off to the foot of the mountain, but she felt sorry that she couldn’t.

‘Yes. She said she would contact me when her busy work is over.’

Promising the next meeting, she looked at the back of her disciple who was walking ahead.

Looking at his flat and broad back, Soyou blushed.

‘Master said it was okay….’

It was Yeomjin who said that there would be no problem even if Inho and she were together.

Thinking that she had tacitly acknowledged the relationship between the two, Soyou had strange expectations as she thought about the days she would spend with Inho in the future.

3 months later.

Soyou and Inho in Henan received a letter from a person sent by the Martial Arts Alliance.

[Yeomjin. Deceased.]

The message that the letter wanted to convey was simple and clear.