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After realizing that it was her mistake that Ho Cheon-an had tried to kill her and that Yu-chan and Sima Gyeong-hwi had betrayed her, Yu-gyeong obediently accepted the trip.

He didn’t have the shame to tell Ho Cheon-an that he would return to the empire after making such a mess, but even though it was an illusion, he was prepared to die but survived, so if you think of it as an extra life, this trip was quite understandable.

Yugyeong became Eunamil and traveled around the world.

He climbed on Seokwoong’s back, looked at the scenery, and even patted Seogong and Miho, who showed curiosity and approached.

Following Navin, who puts a sweet treat in his mouth and a happy expression on his face, and Ho Cheon-an, who looks at Navin with a smile, he stops by cities and villages to see how the people of the world live.

“This area belongs to our Doksa Sect!”

“I heard that a one-day puppy tiger doesn’t know how to be scary! How dare you attack the Mengryonghoe and think you would get away with it!”

I also witnessed the fight between the martial arts people firsthand.

“Hahaha! Old men and young girls who are all dying! These big guys risk their lives!”

“Give everything you have… keak!”

“Coriander…quack!”

We also encountered a group of thieves.

“Jang.”

“…No, why are you keeping it so long?”

Because he was wanted, he was killing time with a plainclothes person using the pseudonym Maeng Dan.

Through her travels, Yu-kyung saw and felt the world and the lives of those living in it. Yu-kyung acknowledged that Ho Cheon-an’s thoughts were right. Yu-kyung before the trip and Yu-kyung after the trip clearly became different people.

But the hole in my heart still hasn’t been filled.

This was not a petty stubbornness that refused to change.

The majestic scenery you see while riding the Seokwoong, Hocheonan’s cuisine that satisfies the tip of your tongue, the feel of Seogong who occasionally comes and passes by with his head in his hand, the sound of Navin’s laughter that makes you smile, the laughter and worries of the people. Thoughts about them, and anger towards the warriors and thieves who harass them.

It just tickled the hole and escaped.

When Yu-kyung thought about it, it seemed like this hole would never be filled in her lifetime, but even so, she followed the journey in silence.

Because Hocheonan’s journey seemed to have a clear goal.

It would not be too late to come to a conclusion after seeing the end of the journey.

And so Hocheonan’s journey continued.

In the end, Yu-gyeong placed the plaque of the Jeomchang faction in front of her.

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The Jeomchang faction was shaken up by the visit of Ho Cheon-an, the Venerable Thunderer, who came without any contact, but the confusion was soon resolved.

This was because there was someone who could recognize Venerable Noe Myeong as Ho Cheon-an, a Noe Geom-nang and Sacheon-nang who had once traveled with Yeo Il-ye and Hyeok Kirin.

“Although he is lacking, his name is Changmin, and he holds the position of leader of the Jeomchang faction. This is how I get to meet Daehyeop, the Thunderer who put an end to the chaos in the world.”

Ho Cheon-an, who was invited to Jang Moon-in’s room and met Chang-min, felt the passage of time. Changmin, who was training with him, was Jang Mun-in.

“Are you here to honor the Ambassador and Sister Yeo Il-ye?”

“That’s not true, but I guess I can’t say it’s unrelated.”

Ho Cheon-an honestly confessed to Chang-min, who looked at him with questioning eyes, that he had brought Yu-kyung with him.

Changmin opened his mouth after hearing the whole story.

“Are you crazy? Kidnapping the emperor?”

“I’m just showing the world to His Majesty.”

“Ha.”

“So, I would like to stay in the Jeomchang faction for a while, but would you give me permission?”

“…I can’t help it.”

Changmin touched his throbbing forehead and let out a deep sigh. After the shock and astonishment passed, I began to understand the situation.

What was the reason why Emperor Yugyeong suddenly oppressed the Wulin people? It was because of the anger over losing Hyeok Kirin.

If we can control that anger, Moorim will also be able to recover its former glory.

Since it was for the benefit of the entire Moorim, it was a request that Changmin could not refuse, so he could not refuse and had no choice but to say yes.

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The group was divided into two.

Jeomchangpa’s stay was easily decided, but the issue of Hocheonan’s group staying there was not so simple.

Changmin was worried about the large spirit creatures, and Ho Cheon-an was worried about the theory of plain clothes.

Perhaps it was because of the passage of time, or perhaps because the realm had changed due to the prohibition and no Tao was worn at the waist, but no one recognized the Sabok theory, but it was not the duty of a guest to pretend not to know the Sabok theory, which had been in conflict with the Sacheonjeong faction, and to bring him into the Jeomchang faction. And all it did was throw the spark of discord.

In the end, the large spirits were taken care of by Sabokseol at a suitable distance from the mountain gate, and Seo-gong and Mi-ho, who were small and strong unlike the other spirits, stayed in the guesthouse with Ho Cheon-an, Navin, and Yu-gyeong, and three days passed like that.

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Yu-kyung woke up early in the morning, lay down on her bed and sighed.

Although it had already been three days since I stayed at the guesthouse, I was feeling pathetic at myself for not being able to take a single step out of the guesthouse.

I had been fooling myself into thinking that I was relieving the fatigue that had accumulated in my body, but after a few days of rest, my body was so full of energy that I couldn’t even sleep for long, so I didn’t even have a good nickname to give myself.

Cheomsangpa.

Yu-gyeong is the place where Hyeok Gi-rin, who I only heard about through letters, grew up and lived. Every time Yuya talked about her memories as Hyukgirin, Yugyeong would feel both gratitude and jealousy toward Jeomchangpa.

I was grateful that they warmly embraced Yuya, who had to leave the nest called the imperial family, but looking at Yuya’s happy expression, I was afraid that her life as Hyeok Kirin would be better than that of Princess Yuya.

It was only after Yuya passed away that he arrived at the fortune telling faction.

That fact alone made Yu-kyung unable to make up her mind.

This place is filled with memories of Hyeok Kirin, which Yu-kyung only heard about through letters and from Yu-ya’s mouth. What should I do if I come across Hyeok Kirin’s memories here?

Because she didn’t know the answer, Yu-kyung was just wasting time in the guest house, unable to do anything.

“Hey!”

A sharp and powerful sound of energy reached the ears of Yu-kyung, who was trying to somehow sort out her twisted mind. It was Navin’s now familiar voice.

When I left the room and went into the yard, I saw Navin practicing martial arts with his eyes shining.

Yesterday, he was fuming that he had sparred with fellow students of the Jeomchang school and was completely defeated, but it seems that he has been sharpening his blade for revenge since dawn.

Snap!

Seogong, who was now completely familiar with me, raised his front paw and pretended to know me. Yu-kyung, who sat next to Seo-gong, who was sitting on a chair watching the two, patted Seo-gong on the back and looked at Navin’s training.

I thought it would be called special training since I was defeated by the disciples of the Jeomchang faction, but it was just a repetition of the same training as always.

Navin, like Yu-kyung, may have been expecting special training, but his dissatisfaction gradually grew on his face, and before long he exploded.

“Oh my! Master! I told you that I really want to win against Chansong today! Please teach me the special move!”

“Hehe, Navin. There is no such convenient method.”

“Iing~ Sabu~ Please let me know~ Yes?”

Navin was angry. He seemed confident that Ho Cheon-an had a secret plan to defeat his opponent overnight.

Yu-gyeong, who does not know martial arts, also had the same thoughts as Navin. If it’s that Hocheonan, I’m sure it can do the trick. However, Ho Cheon-an stared at Navin as if she was cute, but never told him his secret plan.

“If Master shows up like this, I won’t practice martial arts either!”

Navin soon ran out of patience, lying down on the floor and making noises. However, Ho Cheon-an just smiled and nodded.

“Then, let’s end today’s training here.”

“I hate you!”

Navin got angry and jumped up, took Seo-gong and ran away, but Ho Cheon-an seemed to find that even cute, so he just burst out laughing.

“You coughed.”

“That’s right.”

Yu-kyung stared with complicated eyes at Ho Cheon-an, who gave her a light greeting. What on earth did this person hope for that brought him to this place? I don’t know what he was thinking, but he probably didn’t want to be crouching in the guest hall like this.

Nevertheless, Ho Cheon-an did not say anything to Yu-kyung.

“Hehe, Navin. Still, shouldn’t you eat breakfast?”

“Hmph! Don’t follow me!”

Yu-kyung looked up at the sky to see Navin and Ho Cheon-an fighting and walking away. It may be obvious, but the answer Yu-kyung hoped for did not fall from the sky, so she just sighed again.

When I was killing time, just staring at the sky helplessly.

Navin with bulging cheeks and a Jeomchangpa guru with a troubled expression appeared before Yu-kyung’s eyes.

“Grandpa Amil! Let’s go together!”

“…what?”

Instead of Navin, who was still fuming as if his anger had not subsided, Master Jeomchangpa opened his mouth.

“Nabin Soser wants to visit the main school’s elementary school, but he needs a guardian. Navin Sojer stubbornly refused to use the Venerable Thunderbolt…”

It wasn’t a particularly pleasant business for Yu-kyung. In the end, in order to act as Navin’s protector, I had to leave this guesthouse.

“Mmm. Even though it’s a small school, isn’t it a place for fortune-telling? I don’t understand why you need a guardian to travel that distance.”

“If it were just a simple field trip, that would be fine…but I think there would be a fight.”

“Um.”

Yu-kyung understood what the Taoist monk was worried about. No matter how much supervision there is, children can get hurt while playing. If Navin were to get hurt while dancing alone, it would be quite embarrassing for the fortuneteller.

“I don’t know if it would be okay for me, who doesn’t know anything about martial arts, to go instead. How about going with the Brain Master?”

“Hmph! I don’t know! Master doesn’t care whether I win or lose!”

It seems that the anger toward Ho Cheon-an has not yet been resolved. In the meantime, did he want to take revenge for yesterday’s defeat?

“Grandpa~ Let’s go~”

Yu-kyung thought as she looked at Navin, who was holding her sleeve and begging her.

‘Yes… I can’t be stuck in this guesthouse for the rest of my life.’

Yu-kyung also knew.

Just as nothing changed when he was confined to the imperial palace, his complicated mind will not be able to be sorted out even if he stays confined to this guesthouse.

“Yes. Let’s go.”

Yu-kyung held Navin’s hand and left the guesthouse.

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Unarmed.

Navin and Chansong stood in the center, staring at each other.

“Be prepared! Because today I will definitely win!”

“Victory is mine again today!”

Navin and Chansong soon run at each other. Yu-kyung, who was watching the two people interacting together, realized why Ho Cheon-an did not teach Navin his special move.

Even in the eyes of Yu-kyung, an outsider, the gap between the two was not at a level that could be bridged with just one special move.

Unlike Chansong, who danced with other dancers of his age in the Jeomchang group as if they were eating a meal, Navin had no experience competing with dancers of his own age, so how could he be a match for him?

Navin, who was unable to land a single proper attack on Chansong, sat down in exhaustion, and Chansong just smiled triumphantly as he watched Navin like that.

“Cowardly!”

“What is cowardly?”

“You just avoid it! We must fight back!”

“Ugh, guessing is a skill and avoiding is also a skill.”

“Eeee! I can’t admit it like this! Compete by climbing a tree!”

A question mark appeared in Yu-kyung’s mind. Sudden tree climbing competition? Climbing a tree, which requires stamina, while sitting down with all your stamina exhausted?

“Ha, good! I’ll show you the power of the Jeomchang faction!”

A hymn that accepts that again. Besides, what on earth is the correlation between tree climbing and the power of fortune-telling? However, regardless of the absurdity Yu-kyung felt, the Jeomchang sect’s disciples and Navin gathered together and rushed out of the hall.

The Taoist monk from the Jeomchang sect who came with Yu-gyeong simply followed the children without saying another word, as if he had already become accustomed to their unpredictable behavior.

Before she knew it, Yu-gyeong was laughing as she saw Navin laughing and chatting happily with the students of the Jeomchang sect.

I thought he was very angry because he lost in a fight, but maybe he was just so excited about his first fight that he asked for a special move to enjoy it even more.

Yu-kyung was worried as she watched the children walking away. Should I follow along? Since the dance was over, I didn’t feel like I needed a guardian, and it was strange watching the kids play from afar.

It was a time when Yu-kyung was very worried.

“Muryangsubul. It looks like today’s dance ended quite early.”

A Zen master approached me reciting Taoho.

“Yesterday, Naveen Sojer and the disciples of the main school continued dancing for quite a long time, but today it seems that their interest has shifted elsewhere.”

“I see. I’m glad that the kids seem to get along well.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

The female teacher, who recited the Taoho once again, smiled and opened her mouth.

“My introduction is late. My name is Seonyeong, one of the Zen masters of the Jeomchang school.”

Yugyeong’s eyes widened at the Master’s introduction.

This was because the name Seonyoung remained in his mind. A person who was counted as a member of the descendants along with Hyuk Kirin and Yeo Il-ye.

The priest of Hyeokkirin smiled and opened his mouth.

“Now that you have walked this far, would you like to have a cup of tea?”

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Ho Cheon-an patted Seogong and Miho and waited for Navin to return.

“Master! Master! Listen! Well…!”

Navin, who returned only after sunset, seemed to have completely forgotten about his fight with Ho Cheon-an in the morning, so he ran in front of Ho Cheon-an and started talking about what he had been doing and playing with the Jeomchang sect disciples.

“Hehe. That’s right.”

“That’s right! So…!”

Navin held onto Hocheonan and talked about his adventures for a long time before he closed his mouth with a satisfied expression on his face.

“Yes. Who is Eunam-il?”

Navin only then spoke with a disappointed expression in response to Ho Cheon-an’s question.

“Oh! right! The Taoist sister said that my grandfather was spending time with a Zen master!”

Offering. It’s a Zen master.

Considering that Changmin, who was one generation younger than Hyuk Kirin, became the leader of the Jeomchang school, it was highly likely that the current Zen masters of the Jeomchang school were mainly of Hyuk Kirin’s generation.

“Hehe, I see.”

Ho Cheon-an smiled slightly. How can a sparrow just pass by a mill?

From the beginning, Yu-gyeong was unable to use Hyeok-gi-rin’s virtue. But what happened when Yu-kyung met a Zen master who knew a lot of Hyuk Kirin’s memories that she didn’t know about?

Without noticing the passage of time, it was clear that I was listening to memories of Hyeok Kirin.

“Nabin, are you going to bed early today?”

“Yes!”

So, Ho Cheon-an decided to go to bed early with Navin, who nodded. It was a consideration to ensure that Yu-kyung, who was sure to return late, would not feel unnecessarily embarrassed.

That night.

Ho Cheon-an smiled when he sensed the presence of Yu-kyung, who had returned late at night.