episode_0302

*** ***

The black cat entered the cave, engraving in his mind the image of an unknown person disappearing through the gaps in the formation.

Black Cat raised his eyebrows as he looked at Tang Xiaoyeol rolling around on the bench outside the mansion. How is it that Tang So-yeol, who is usually the last to wake up, is awake this early in the morning?

Black Cat, who had approached to say a word, noticed that Tang Xiaoyeol’s hands were moist and his sleeves were wet.

Seeing that scene, the black cat felt an intuition passing through his mind.

“…Did you know?”

Did you know the true identity of the unknown?

Although the subject was omitted, Tang Xiaoyeol answered calmly.

“Okay.”

“Since when?”

“The first day I met the elderly.”

Heukmyo was speechless at Tang Xiaoyeol’s calm answer. Tang Xiaoyeol smiled while looking at the black cat.

“So, didn’t you say it was the most interesting attraction in the world?”

Tang Xiaoyeol recalled that moment. Since a mysterious person suddenly appeared, it was natural to be on guard. So, the Party Soyeol tried to somehow find out the mystery.

However, Tang Xiaoyeol’s insight had little effect on Bulmyeong.

When Tang Xiaoyeol saw the unknown, he felt like he was looking at something far away in a fog where he couldn’t see an inch ahead.

I couldn’t find out anything about the unknown person.

There were too many clues to figure out that Unknown was Hocheonan.

A gigantic shape whose presence you can’t help but feel, no matter how foggy it is. Because that was the shape that Ho Cheon-an felt that day when he faced Jeong Cheol and raised his voice in Dangata.

The black cat frowned at Tang Xiaoyeol’s unexpected words, and Tang Xiaoyeol laughed while looking at the frowning black cat.

“It’s really fun.”

Tang Xiaoyeol looked at Hu Tianan’s enormous talent and thought he would become a great person, but the result was beyond imagination. I never thought I would come back from the future to the past to change my past.

“Have you heard anything from the elders?”

The black cat shook his head.

“Yes. Thank goodness.”

“Are you glad that happened? There is no harm in knowing in advance the adversity you will face in the future.”

“Is there anything more boring than a story with a known ending? I was worried that I might accidentally hear something about the future, but I’m so glad I can put my mind at ease.”

Is this person really living his life just for fun? I was still distraught because of my breakup with Myeong-myeong, but I held back what I wanted to say as I looked at Tang So-yeol, who was smiling to herself.

“Ugh.”

This was because he knew that Tang So-yeol, in his own way, cherished his relationship with Unknown.

The evidence was that Tang So-yeol’s hands and sleeves were still wet as he rolled around.

“It’s over.”

Suddenly the mansion disappeared. The pile of ashes, with only the outer shell remaining, disappeared as if swept away by the wind, and everyone who had been sleeping in the mansion was thrown to the floor and jumped up.

Everyone looked around in confusion and finally realized the situation and sighed.

“Noya…”

“Wouldn’t you at least let me see you off on your last journey.”

“You went.”

Everyone expressed their disappointment in their own way. Ho Cheon-an also looked at the place where the mansion had disappeared, then picked up the chamam sword that was lying on the floor and put it on his back.

“Alright, let’s all eat something.”

Tang Xiaoyeol applauded and said, attracting the attention of the group.

“Do you mean rice?”

What is that noise all of a sudden? Tang Xiaoyeol stretched out his finger while receiving puzzled looks from his companions.

“Ah….”

There was an altar there.

And a rich table was set on the altar.

“Eat before it gets cold. Everyone, please come quickly.”

The black cat pushed the group’s backs toward the altar. It was a table prepared by Myung-myeong, using the little time he had left. In addition, it was also a table prepared by a secret party member with the help of unknown person.

“Key, you used some strength at the end.”

The black cat sighed as he looked at Tang So-yeol, who rolled up his water-stained sleeves and slyly held out his flippers. A person who always slept in late woke up at the crack of dawn and made food together with unknown people.

I thought he was a really dishonest person, wondering if he was doing this because he cherished his relationship with Unknown and had something to hide.

Heukmyo, who suffered from lunar delay, tried hard to understand Tang Xiaoyeol. okay. Since I was born with a harp hand, I guess I ended up like that because I had my own difficulties.

But that is that and this is this.

The black cat recklessly picked up the chopsticks and pinched the back of Tang Xiaoyeol’s hand as he tried to pick up a side dish.

“Aaagh!”

“This is the last gift from the elderly! Everyone, take your seats! You should eat it with a little reverence and after thanking the unknown elder for his hard work!”

In the end, Ho Cheon-an, who had never tasted the food Bulmyeong had made, ran towards him like he was about to pick up the chopsticks and stopped in the same position.

Black Cat quietly put down his chopsticks and sighed as he looked at Ho Tian-an, who had a serious expression on his face. How many decades will it take for that senior to have the heaviness of an unknown elder?

“Thank you. Elderly.”

“Sniffle, Noya.”

“I will eat well and gain strength.”

After completing their rituals, the group began to eat the rich meal prepared on the altar.

“Delicious!”

Ho Cheon-an repeatedly let out exclamations and inhaled his food faster than anyone else.

Ho Cheon-an, who had to eat cold rice and preserved food while living in Jinbeop, shed tears because of the injustice. The taste in my mouth was heavenly, letting me know that I had mastered my cooking skills!

“I can’t believe I couldn’t eat this delicious food by myself! Ahhh!!!”

The companions smiled bitterly as they watched Ho Cheon-an fighting with his spoon as if he was going to release the grudge that had been pent up for three years right here.

In the end, Ho Cheon-an, who had inhaled all the food except the bag of sweets for Hyeok-rin and the bag of fried rice for Black Cat, fell backwards, clutching his protruding stomach.

The black cat looked at Ho Cheon-an, who was barely breathing with his stomach swollen like a balloon, and remembered the unknown.

With eyes stained with regret and self-reproach, I remembered the unidentified figure lowering his head, unable to handle the guilt overflowing in his heart at his own words.

Unknown was blaming himself to the point where he looked like he was saved by just saying that he would have left such a will at best.

The black cat thought.

The weighty old senior was not a bad thing, but the current immature appearance suits him best.

So, you have to stick close to him and keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t go down the wrong path.

In the end, I don’t know if it was my blindness or something, but I twisted my whole body to try to do it on my own, and this is what led to this sad month.

‘As expected, seniors need colleagues. I don’t know if this senior knows that.’

The black cat felt disgusted with Hocheonan for no reason, so he poked his stomach, which was swollen like a balloon, and asked.

“Did you eat well? Senior?”

“Okay.”

Ho Tian-an nodded and thought.

Ho Cheon-an said while looking at the ceiling of the cave. Anyway… I guess I’ll at least say hello at the end.

Ho Cheon-an grumbled inwardly as he thought about the unknown. Even so, we lived bumping into each other for such a long time. Did you think that if you just ran away like this in the end, you could keep it a secret forever?

There is no way.

Ho Cheon-an thought so and muttered.

“2 portions of homework money, I ate it well.”

*** ***

Ho Cheon-an closed the door of the cave inside the Jinbeop.

Wooo!!

The blue light from the stone gate, which was evidence that the formation was in operation, could not be confirmed because it only emanated from the outside, but the vibrations made it possible to infer that the formation was working properly.

“It’s over.”

Ho Cheon-an muttered. The keystone has been used and the results are now irreversible.

Was he really embodied in that day’s drawing pattern?

It was something unknown.

Even if one more key stone was obtained, the modified method of sending a duplicate of oneself to that day was already at its limit.

The formation was running right now, but because of the excessive modifications, it would soon be broken.

If it had been successful, it would have already been implemented at that time, so it probably didn’t matter.

Ho Cheon-an looked around with empty eyes. It has been maintained intermittently for decades, but now it has reached all its usefulness. Ho Cheon-an checked the mansion and its belongings according to his ingrained habit.

Although he knew very well that there was no point in checking the supplies and the mansion now that the formation was in operation, Ho Cheon-an checked the supplies as usual.

Even if you know it’s meaningless, if you don’t do it, you’ll be caught up in the past again.

Ho Cheon-an thought as he repeated that meaningless act.

Can you change your past self?

Thinking about that, I let out a dry sneer. It was because it made me laugh at the fact that someone who made an irreversible mistake again and again burned his house down for decades in order to change the past.

Eventually, all maintenance was completed. Hocheonan stood tall after confirming that there were no problems with the materials and facilities that had been planned for decades.

With nothing left, Hocheonan felt no need to move any further.

As always, he just reflected on his mistakes and regretted them.

The fight with Jeongcheol was long and fierce.

Jeongcheol somehow refused to give Hocheonan time to grow, and Hocheonan had to somehow grow through Jeongcheol’s interference.

Even if all conditions were met, it was not easy to catch up with Jeong Cheol’s skills in a short period of time.

However, since all kinds of obstacles were added on top of it, and we had to keep coming up with measures to get rid of those obstacles, how could we have grown properly?

It took a long time for Ho Cheon-an to surpass Jeong Cheol.

And even through the passage of time, Ho Cheon-an was unable to truly realize his arrogance and repeated his mistakes.

He fell into Jeongcheol’s trap, was caught and chased by other warriors after hunting Giyeon, and tried to increase his colleagues by providing enlightenment, but was met with backlash.

Every time such mistakes were made, the number of people in the group decreased.

Ho Cheon-an, who realized his arrogance through the sacrifice of his party, was able to complete his revenge.

Everything I wanted to protect was lost.

The world was in shambles.

Sichuan and Yunnan hoped that the conflict would not cause a chain of resentment.

Sichuan and Yunnan had repeated large-scale clashes several times, building up a cycle of resentment that no one could stop, and the bloody fight was continuing.

The Sichuan people who had hoped to continue their training in pursuit of a small degree became helpless in the process.

The confusion was not limited to Moorim.

After losing Yuya, Yugyeong became angry and tried to wipe out Safa. No, they tried to wipe out the entire Murim.

As a result, those involved in the Apostolic Reunion went extinct without leaving a single foundation stone behind.

Yu-kyung’s behavior that caused her to lose her senses became the start of numerous problems.

The sacrifices and chaos that occurred in the process of annihilating the Sadyoryeon shook the order of the imperial kingdom and the martial arts world.

Guan intervened in the martial arts and Muin intervened in Guan’s events.

Soldiers arrested anyone with weapons, and the Murim people moved to the border or banded together to claim themselves as kings of a new nation, raising the banner of rebellion.

In the process, the border was either sacrificed or barraged against the imperial kingdom and the martial arts.

The political faction, the four factions, the imperial kingdom, and the frontier.

The world had become a battlefield where many people fought for their own reasons. Ho Cheon-an, seeing the world like that, thought he just wanted to let everything go.

It was Hyeok Gi-rin’s will that saved Ho Cheon-an’s life.

It means asking for your brother. That one word became the driving force for Ho Cheon-an to continue his life and live his life resolving the chaos of the empire.

Then, by chance, I met Ki Seok Jo and thought I had found an opportunity to make up for my regrets.

I waited for decades just to make that opportunity happen.

Today I finally put an end to that obsession.

That’s why Ho Cheon-an was dumbfounded. I had lost everything, and even the regrets and regrets that were left in my heart were gathered together and burned, so I really didn’t know what to do now.

It was then.

“What are you doing?”

An unfamiliar yet familiar voice was heard from behind. Ho Cheon-an slowly turned around with an expression of disbelief at the voice.

A middle-aged Ho Cheon-an was standing there.

“Ha, I knew it would be like this. It seemed like he was mesmerized as if he had just seen a bad ending.”

“Huh…”

Ho Cheon-an, the unknown original, let out a dry laugh. It’s a bad ending…yeah, that’s exactly what you said. Everyone in the group died, the Sichuan people met a tragic end, and the martial arts world was in shambles.

The old man Hu Tianan felt his heart pounding. Even the old Ho Cheon-an had no way of knowing exactly how things came together…

Now, I was able to realize that this Hocheonan was a being realized by Jinbeop.

Was the same mansion built in the exact same spot? The mansion itself remained the same, but the arrangement and number of jars placed outside had been reduced.

Above all, the conclusive evidence was that a previously unseen platform had appeared in front of the mansion.

“I am truly indebted to the messenger you sent, an unknown elder. He treated me frugally and disappeared.”

Success? Did you really intervene in the lottery system at that moment?

The old Ho Cheon-an felt his throat being choked with overwhelming emotion. My heart pounded as I thought everything had burned down and there was not even ashes left.

“Goodbye…”

Was the past changed and the black cat saved?

Didn’t you realize your arrogance and make a mistake?

So, was it possible to save Yeo Il-ye, Hyeok Kirin, Dang Do-yeon, and Dang So-yeol, who died instead of me?

What happened to Yunnan and Sichuan?

Did the Sichuan people picture the life they wanted?

Did the Empire experience revival as planned?

And are you happy now?

Numerous questions lingered in his mind and welled up in his heart, but the old Ho Cheon-an could not utter any of them out loud.

This was because middle-aged Ho Cheon-an raised his hand to stop him.

“You know that you don’t have much time, right? Because their lineup would be a mess. I really worked hard to write it twice. Why did they charge double the homework fee back then…”

The old Ho Cheon-an only half understood what the grumbling middle-aged Ho Cheon-an said. The old Ho Cheon-an knew the state of the formation better than anyone else, but why did he have to do it twice?

“Shouldn’t I go to my past self and treat him like a dog… no, I need to wake him up.”

“Ah…!”

The elderly Ho Cheon-an completely cleared up his doubts through middle-aged Ho Cheon-an’s words, and at the same time, he felt his heart pounding.

Middle-aged Ho Cheon-an’s words that he was trying to carry on the actions of the old Ho Cheon-an were tantamount to saying that his plan had been successfully achieved, so wouldn’t it mean that his arrangements had successfully borne fruit?

“And it also means that seeing is better than hearing. Is there any need to talk loudly while keeping good eyesight? I need to use this golden time carefully.”

Middle-aged Ho Cheon-an entered the mansion with a meaningful smile.

Only then did the old Ho Cheon-an realize that he could feel various signs of presence inside the mansion. Sensing that he was popular, Ho Cheon-an’s heart began to beat violently.

These were the people I had only dreamed of.

Being able to meet those people once again was so overwhelming that I couldn’t think about anything. The desire to capture the sight of the group filled my heart.

Ho Cheon-an couldn’t take his steps. Because the chain called guilt was tightly binding Ho Cheon-an’s feet.

However, Ho Cheon-an soon moved his feet.

miss you.

Because the only thought that came to mind was that I wanted to see him.

“…Ah.”

Ho Cheon-an just shed tears as he saw the group welcoming him in their own way inside the mansion.

The future that has continued since then.

Even though it was just an imagination in my mind, the future of the group that I had never imagined because I felt guilty was unfolding right here and now.

It was truly a dreamlike time.

Some parts of the group’s future were exactly as the old Ho Cheon-an had predicted, and some parts were completely unexpected.

Ho Cheon-an just enjoyed listening to the group’s stories.

“Well, there were a lot of people I wanted to introduce to you for one reason or another… I don’t know what happened there, but I was worried that if I brought someone else with me, something would happen, so we just came by ourselves.”

“I see…”

“It’s time to go.”

The old Ho Cheon-an bit his lip in regret as he felt the flow of the formation being broken. And he simply repeated incoherently what he wanted to convey.

“Thank you. thanks. Thank you…”

“I made a lot of good memories with the unknown elderly person you sent along with my group. Actually, I didn’t like it…”

The grumbling middle-aged Ho Cheon-an and the group smiling bitterly behind him disappeared completely. The usual sit-down conversation with my companions suddenly disappeared.

Ho Cheon-an landed lightly and let out a long sigh.

The normal table disappeared, and jars stocked with preserved food that could last for years, considering the worst, reappeared.

It was evidence that the ban had been lifted.

Bulmyeong checked the plan once again. I knew that the Jinbeop had been solved and that the Jinbeop had expired, but it was just a procedure to clear my mind.

Ho Cheon-an looked at the altar for the last time and laughed when he saw a letter posted there. It was said that they were laughing and chatting at ease, but I didn’t even notice them, so they left a letter like this.

“It seems like your life has been quite difficult.”

There were two letters written in large letters in the letter.

Re-emergence.

Ho Cheon-an looked at those two letters for a long time. The moon set and the sun rose repeatedly, but Ho Cheon-an just stared at the two letters without moving, as if nailed down, and put the letter in his arms.

“You are right.”

Until now, according to Hyeok Kirin’s will, Ho Cheon-an had listened to rumors and helped out when something big happened to the empire.

Each time, he saw the world in chaos, but he ignored the sight and only helped the empire, and then stayed here and continued to study.

“I have to move now to wash away my mistakes.”

The wheel of resentment that is currently crushing and burning the world is so huge that even Hocheonan cannot handle it. The political faction, the four factions, the imperial family, the world… and many other forces were targeting each other and engaging in a bloody struggle.

With my mind like a heap of ashes, I didn’t even think about stopping the wheel, nor did I think I could stop it.

Ho Cheon-an did not believe that the wheel of resentment could be stopped.

However, I decided to do as much as I could.

Because Ho Cheon-an from the past told me to walk again.

Because I did my best to help him walk again and comforted his heart.

I thought it was only right to raise my body to repay that action.

With that in mind, Ho Cheon-an left the cave and went out into the world.

A forest on a certain world line in the future.

A warrior who is considered to be the main culprit who threw the world into chaos and who will forever be treated as an immortal piece of cake among the magnates due to his dual actions of bringing peace to the world at the same time.

The second biography of Thunder Myeongjonja (雷鳴尊者) has begun.