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The road back to the Demonic Bridge, or Heukcheon Bridge, was comfortable, unlike when I ran away.

When Cheonma showed even the slightest sign of fatigue, he stopped walking and immediately prepared to camp.

Thanks to that, the way back took quite some time.

We mostly slept in the middle of the forest, and perhaps thanks to her martial arts skills, we were never attacked by wild animals. The same goes for flying insects.

– Hehe, eating grilled meat like this is very tasteful.

She made skewers using wild boar meat she had gotten from somewhere and smiled as she looked at my face.

As we walked from Sacheon to here, she didn’t let go of my hand, and even now, one of her hands is holding mine tightly.

Occasionally, he would trace the back of my hand with his little thumb, but every time he did that, I would feel a strange feeling and would inevitably avoid looking away.

Although he laughed and said that he liked this side of me too.

The Heavenly Demon didn’t care that I had no memories.

Based on past experience, I thought he would ask a lot of questions about the circumstances, but he really didn’t show any interest.

He looked so cool that I asked him why.

– I don’t remember anything, so that doesn’t matter?”

– memory? It doesn’t matter. After all, aren’t the memories we will build in the future more important? What goes by just goes by.

I had nothing to say in response to the answer I received.

So, walking, resting, sleeping, and then repeating.

When we arrived near Hanam, Cheonma announced that today was the last day of camp.

She began to skillfully make room.

As she waved her hand in the air a few times, the trees fell down with a crash, and she roughly gathered them up and packed them into a nice place.

I’ve seen it a few times, but it’s a truly amazing ability.

“Why are you doing that?”

As I stared at it like that, Cheonma, who was making a bed, turned around and said.

“No, I think you are very familiar with it.”

“Well, you might not remember, but we spent a lot of time outdoors like this.”

“Ah… I see.”

“You always said you didn’t want to get ready for bed and held on. Every time that happens, I kick his butt.”

What was so funny made her laugh.

But does that mean my butt was still fine after getting hit by that kick? A kick that would blow away Namgoong Soyeon in one go?

“Haha…”

I didn’t have anything to say in response, so I just laughed.

“Aren’t you hungry?”

“Of course. I’m a little hungry.”

In fact, the belly clock had been ringing furiously since a while ago. I was just so overwhelmed by her intimidation that I couldn’t say anything.

“Yes, you will be able to get meat soon.”

“Well… I have a question. How on earth did you get the meat? It’s not like you hunted separately.”

When I asked stupidly, she clapped her hands as if she had finally realized it.

“Ah! You don’t know. In fact, there is one more person here now.”

“One more person?”

When I looked around, it was an empty space with only me and Cheonma.

“Come out.”

As the Cheonma speaks, the shadow of the Cheonma falters and a woman appears.

“!!!”

I couldn’t even scream, I just gaped at this strange phenomenon.

“Let me introduce you. He is my favorite child in school. You can call me Youngma.”

“Greetings. Lord Sogyo. It is said to be a young horse.”

“Sogyoju?”

A woman dressed in black bows her head and greets me.

“You are a disciple of the religious leader, aren’t you the small religious leader?”

“Uh…?”

“Why are you doing that? Of course, Sogyojiji. This is a title you should get used to now.”

When I asked Cheonma with a glance what she meant, she responded as if I was asking for the obvious.

“……”

Suddenly, it’s Xiaoqiaoju. I’m dumbfounded.

I felt a little uncomfortable seeing a woman I had never seen bow down to me like that in a submissive position.

If you look closely, you will see that the clothes are tight and the curves of your body are revealed without filtering.

“Youngma.”

As she was looking at the Young Demon like that, the Heavenly Demon suddenly called her name.

“Yes.”

The Young Demon, who had been bowing down, got up, and the Heavenly Demon swung his arms –

-thud!

The spirit demon was blown away. The spirit demon that flew away was stuck in a tree, but even though the tree fell with a loud noise, she returned to her seat without even moaning.

“Sorry.”

“Yes, I wish I knew.”

“Ji, what’s happening now…”

I asked stuttering as I couldn’t keep up with the flow of the conversation, and Cheonma snorted and said.

“I was only admonishing you for daring to disturb your gaze by wearing obscene clothes.”

“That’s right, Master Sogyo. From now on, I will pay more attention to how I dress.”

What kind of joke is this?

“No, I didn’t particularly see it with those eyes…”

“Go! I know that your gaze rested on the demon’s buttocks. How dare you try to deceive your teacher?”

For the first time since we met, she screamed at me.

The hair was flying, it looks like he was raising his bet and shouting.

“…I’m sorry.”

“Okay, I admit my mistake, so I’ll leave it at this.”

The Cheonma placed the meat on a tree branch near the fire and sat down next to me.

Is it because of the flames of the bonfire? I could feel the heat in her gaze as she looked at me.

“I am not denying men’s inherent instincts. However, feeling an instinct for just any woman is like an animal. Do you understand?”

“Yes… Yes.”

As if receiving a promise from me, she gently stroked the back of my hand.

“All you have to do is look at me, feel only me, and desire only me. I don’t need another woman. Do you understand?”

“Yes… Yes?”

“I understand. ”

“No, wait a minute.”

“It’s noisy. Ah, I can’t hear, I can’t hear.”

Shaking her head and ignoring me, she walked up to Youngma and gave him some instructions, and Youngma bowed once and then disappeared.

***

next day. Heavenly Demon woke me up earlier than usual.

“The road to the bridge is quite rough, so you need to hurry.”

We climbed the mountain, leaving our camp behind with no complaints.

As if what Cheonma said was not a lie, the road to Heukcheon Bridge was very difficult.

I don’t even like mountains themselves, but having to climb a poorly maintained mountain path was too harsh of a punishment for me.

Although she fell to her knees at various times, she was more stubborn than before.

“Wake up quickly. The more you sit down, the later you will arrive.”

“Yes, yes.”

As I continued to hike, I was overcome with anger, so I gave Cheonma a little look, but she just laughed at my rudeness and didn’t do anything else.

By the time she reached what she called the halfway point, the sun had already set.

“The difficult section is now over.”

“You said that at the beginning of the mountain.”

When she looked at Cheonma with cold eyes, saying one of the most untrustworthy words when climbing a mountain, she answered that it was true this time.

Well, whether it’s real or fake doesn’t make any difference.

“Inho.”

As I was walking aimlessly up the road, she called me and stopped me.

I looked where she silently pointed.

Along the steep cliffs, I saw a wide forest spreading out.

An orange sunset that illuminates the magnificent scenery of nature.

It felt like a huge sunset was filling my body, and my heart swelled.

“Isn’t it beautiful?”

She came next to me and held my hand, and when she asked, I nodded.

“This is the scenery that you and I had in our hearts.”

“Me and… Master?”

As I struggled to say the word ‘Master’, which was still awkward, she smoothed the back of my hand.

“Yes, the scenery you and I said we would see together someday.”

Her voice seemed to be choked, and there was moisture in her voice.

“This is the landscape that I have been cultivating for a long time to show you.”

A single tear flows from my ruby colored eyes. It flows along the corners of the eyes, down the cheeks, and settles on the tip of the chin.

“I will ask you again. This scenery. Isn’t it beautiful?”

“Beautiful… so beautiful.”

Her appearance reflected in the sunset was so beautiful.

***

After watching the sunset, we climbed the mountain again.

Night came early on the mountain and we were worried that it would get dark, but our worries were for naught and we quickly arrived at Heukcheongyo Bridge.

The sounds of noisy people, the sound of instruments resonating, and the fragrant smell of oil.

A noisy atmosphere hit me as soon as I opened the church door and entered.

“Meet the supreme leader of the Black Heaven Church, the leader!”

“Congratulations on your return. Lord Sogyo!!!”

A huge crowd of people bowing to the Heavenly Demon and me. I flinched back from that magnificent human wave.

“Spread your shoulders and back. you are my disciple I won’t allow you to look ugly anymore.”

The voice of the Heavenly Demon whispering in my ear. I straightened my posture at the stern voice.

“Yes, keep showing that side.”

As if she was satisfied, she tapped my shoulder a few times and stepped forward.

I followed behind her, and she raised her arms high in the sky and shouted.

“Sound the music!!”