episode_0015

“I’m a master…! Then fall…!”

An anxious voice came from behind. Of course, I just ignored it. I’m so busy with the road ahead that I don’t have time to answer each and every question.

“You idiot…!”

“Ah, it’s really noisy! If you’re really that worried, shouldn’t you just move faster?”

“But you are too fast.”

I’m sure I’m fast for a five year old,

Of course, it wasn’t like that from the beginning. I’m also human, so when I first skipped, I had a hard time getting used to this small body.

But that’s just a story from the past, and 23-year-old Yoon Soo-hyun has long since completely adapted to the body of a 5-year-old.

And after I finished adjusting to my new body, I realized something again. How incredible is the body of a five-year-old?

Aside from everything else, should I say that fuel efficiency is at a level that makes no sense? To put it a little exaggeratedly, it felt like my physical strength was constantly growing in an infinite amount of time.

‘This is why fathers become dead bodies and collapse after playing with their children…’

This was something close to incomprehensible, something my old, aging body could never handle.

Moreover, my development is very good for a five-year-old in this era, so there is no way that So-ah, whose life is easy just working as a maid, can catch up with me even if she runs hard. Did Soa, who was following me from behind, not know that fact?

He chose Apostle instead of Jeongdo.

“Master, look here. It’s a confectionery. Sugar~!”

For some reason, I had a strangely sweet smell from before, so I guess I was hiding something like that in my arms.

Did he think that would be enough to stop me? The sound of Soa’s footsteps, which had rang in harmony with my footsteps, had long since stopped.

“···Confectionery?”

“Yes, it’s a confectionery, it’s a confectionery.”

“Soa, eat it yourself.”

“···?!”

If you truly wanted to seduce me, it would have been more certain in terms of possibility to take off the clothes you were wearing.

The confectionery doesn’t taste very good and it doesn’t really feel like it’s sticking in your mouth. Did you really think you could seduce me with that?

In that case, he expressed his regret, smiled at So-ah, and ran forward, making full use of his half-charged body.

“You idiot…! And then he really falls ooooh…!”

“Don’t fall.”

“The last time you said that, you fell on your face! Do you know how much I was scolded by my wife back then?”

You cowardly use facts,

Well, I kept him next to me because I liked the way he wasn’t unnecessarily strict and was able to be reasonable when necessary.

‘And her breasts are also larger than those of other maids.’

Now that I’m thinking about it, I’ll ask you to show it to me later.

With that thought in mind, I quickened my pace. After working hard with my feet, I was finally able to reach it. At the destination, the training ground.

The training ground was filled with flagstones made from individually carved stones rather than scattered dirt. Standing guard there was a middle-aged man with an impressive scar running across the bridge of his nose.

“Uncle Jang!”

“Ouch, master, are you here already?”

He was the man who managed Bugok, which could be considered the private army of our Yun family. The village people and his biological parents used to call him Officer Jang. I just call him Mr. Jang for convenience.

“It is not right for a disciple to wait for his teacher.”

“Hehe…! Duality, where did you learn such words?”

“I just picked it up here and there.”

“It would be great if my son was as dignified as you. How can a guy who is ten years older be even more reckless than you…”

“Isn’t that how kids are supposed to be? I’m just a little unusual.”

At the same time, Mr. Jang was also the one who spread the theory of prodigy, the eldest son of the Yoon family, who are ruling Chohyeon. Just by looking at him, Mr. Jang looks like he will keep his mouth shut tightly until the moment of his death, but even looking like that, his mouth is almost like a feather. In that sense, after today’s martial arts class, wouldn’t the rumor that ‘Mr. Yoon’s eldest son’s intelligence is so outstanding’ hit Chohyun once again?

“So is this basic ball today as well?”

“Yes, that’s right. It is true that the earlier you enter martial arts, the more advantageous it is, but if you practice too much at an early age, it often causes more harm than good…”

“Are you saying that it is better to build the foundation step by step from the bottom rather than trying to rush?”

“That’s right.”

He might have been offended by the fact that a child who was only five years old had cut off an adult, but there was no sign of such expression on Mr. Jang’s face. Instead, it’s just an expression that seems to say, ‘Where on earth did something this amazing come from?’

“This is something I feel every time I take a class with you, but I think accepting the head of the house’s offer to teach you will remain the best decision of my life.”

“I heard you refused at first?”

“Yes, the path to becoming a warrior is not an easy one. I thought that another path would suit you better than the path of a military leader.”

“If that was the case then, what about now?”

“Didn’t I already tell you that being able to act as your teacher even just for a moment is an honor that I will never again have in my life?”

As if this was a satisfactory answer, he grinned at Mr. Jang, who had an expression on his face as if he was saying just that, and climbed onto the stand prepared by the servants. Then, after throwing off the top I was wearing, I sat cross-legged, whining, and something that somehow reminded me of a bear’s paw landed on my back.

It was right after that that something pleasantly warm started to flow in through the places where we touched.

Personally, it was one of my favorite times. It felt like I was soaking in hot spring water, but there was never a time when I felt as clearly as I did that I was learning a special skill that could only be found in a martial arts world.

“As I’ve said several times, don’t worry about anything else and just focus on feeling the energy.”

I slowly closed my eyes while listening to the words ringing in my ears. I closed my eyes and began to picture myself sitting cross-legged in my head.

There was no need to draw in detail, because the important thing was to feel the flow.

So I drew only the part corresponding to the outline and consciously followed the hot energy flowing through my body at this moment. Every time I moved to follow what was flowing in one direction, a red line was engraved on something that didn’t exist other than the outline.

“Gihae, Hueyin, Yangtze River, Myeongmun, Central…”

What had been moving around my body as if I was doing some sightseeing finally settled down below my belly button. Then, it started to wiggle around inside it as if it were spinning, and that must have been the moment when it finally formed into a round shape.

Red lights rose from the human body model I had drawn with my own hands.

‘···uh?’

A phenomenon that has never existed before,

The moment I managed to hold back the fact that I almost had to open my eyes, the light that seemed to turn the world upside down began to seep into my body through my nose and mouth. At the same time, the thing that was wrapped around the belly button squirmed slightly as if to say welcome, and before I knew it, it met the group of lights that had descended there and increased its size.

“Stop, no more is good.”

The last word was cut off by the hot energy coming from my back. It was right after that that the red lights that had been fluttering before my eyes as if I could catch them evaporated and disappeared.

‘No, why…!’

To be honest, I was a little moved.

I was wondering if I could finally feel the guy’s inner strength or something, but it wasn’t even a trial version and he just cut me off right here, because there’s never been another tyranny like this.

So, I opened my closed eyes, and what caught my eye at just the right moment was the figure of Mr. Jang, standing in front of me and giving me a martial arts greeting, calling me Po Kwon.

“Congratulations on entering the world of energy. Master.”

By this world’s standards, a man who is at least 20 years older than me says that while slightly lowering his head. Honestly, how can I say something to that?

“Although I helped take care of Ki, I am truly amazed at the talent of my mother-in-law, that she realized the existence of Ki in less than seven days and nights.”

“Do you mean…?”

“Yes, I think we can start training in earnest tomorrow.”

The frustration disappeared in an instant. That’s because the ban on the thing that they never allowed even though I begged and begged for it was finally lifted.

“But…”

but?

“It is recommended that you purchase new equipment that will be used during training. In the case of the things that are currently available in the manor, they will not suit the master’s height.”

What else did I say?

Wouldn’t it be possible to have it custom-made with things that fit my body?

As people said that I wanted to remove the ox horn, I immediately ran to my parents and asked for their permission. As soon as permission was granted, I stopped by the workshop that was in charge of supplying various items to my house and ordered the equipment needed for training. I also found a wooden sword that fit surprisingly well in the palm of my hand, draped it over my shoulder, and took it. It must have been on the way back home.

“Ebebe, they say you have ghost eyes! Ghost eyes!”

“Don’t make eye contact with him! I might be cursed!”

Just then, I heard loud noises coming from inside the alley I passed.