episode_0164

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Water droplets fall on the glass.

The glass is generous, so even if a few drops of water fall, the glass does not overflow.

So, drop by drop.

Water droplets fall into the glass.

Droplets of water fall to the bottom of the glass with a knock, knock sound.

And soon they came together and formed a very shallow puddle.

As time passes, the water starts to fill the glass.

The water level gradually rises, and it looks as if it will soon overflow.

A glass that stayed that way for such a long time.

On top of that, water drops fall again.

A knock, a drop, is the appearance of a disciple.

Tok, the other drop is the relationship with the student.

One drop, another drop was the death of the teacher.

As the water reaches its limit and is on the verge of overflowing, water droplets fall, and soon the water overflows.

Jeanne’s name is Temperance.

The name of overflowing water is instinct.

***

After the incident at the market, Soyou had no intention of leaving Inho’s side.

They were so close together that In-ho, who was about to go to the bathroom, looked around in case something happened.

Soyou found such a student very funny.

‘No way, will I follow you to the bathroom? Even though he is my disciple, he is so unusual.’

Soyou chuckled as he watched the bathroom from a fairly distant distance.

In-ho and Soyou left the village and were walking through the empty plains.

There was no suitable destination. Originally, Yeomjin or Soyou would have set the destination.

However, he left the village as if he was running away, and Soyou showed no interest in anything other than Inho, so his next destination is up in the air.

They walked along the road taken by wandering merchants and slept in the open.

“So, I still don’t know where I’m going.”

“Okay. I don’t think I should. How about going somewhere with a nice view and resting?”

“You know I have no money right now, right?”

“Hmm….”

“You’ve been walking without a destination for 5 days already. Take a picture anywhere.”

“But, I really can’t think of anything.”

Soyou shrugged his shoulders as if he was surprised, and Inho let out a long sigh.

In-ho, who had been suppressing the anger that had been boiling inside for a while, raised his head.

“Then, can I choose?”

“Well, it doesn’t matter. Is there a place that comes to mind?”

Soyou seemed to be intrigued by Inho’s enthusiastic reaction, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

“Um… because this is Hanam.”

He leaned back and looked around.

He placed his hands above his eyebrows, made a gesture of looking somewhere in the distance, and then clapped his hands together.

“Let’s go there.”

“If it’s over there… a mountain?”

At Inho’s fingertips, there was a tall mountain that could be seen at a glance.

Soyou frowned.

“Yes. It’s a mountain.”

“Suddenly? Have you heard that there is a bandit?”

“Hmm… there may be. First of all, I want to go there once.”

“That’s strange. A guy who would normally say that climbing a hill, let alone a mountain, is a hassle.”

As Soyou narrowed his eyes and spoke, Inho avoided his gaze and went ahead first.

Inho didn’t say why he wanted to go there, but at least it seemed like he didn’t choose the destination haphazardly.

Rather, he was enthusiastic.

After walking for two days, he arrived at the beginning of the mountain and asked a herbalist who happened to be passing by about the mountain.

In-ho did not know the name of the mountain, but he seemed to know the general topography and shape of the mountain.

Soyou found it fascinating.

“It’s okay for us to take a road that no one can travel, but there is a story that bandits are camped out on the main road. Don’t go up there for no reason.”

Seeing their well-dressed behavior, the herbalist responded kindly.

“Oh, that’s okay. There is a part of us that we all believe in. Anyway, thank you.”

“No. Then I’ll leave.”

After finishing the conversation with the herbalist, Inho returned to Soyou.

“Shall we go up?”

Soyou looked curiously at his disciple’s face, which was filled with strange anticipation.

The mountain was very steep.

If it had not been for the martial people, it was clear that it would have spread before even reaching the halfway point.

In-ho and Soyou easily climbed the mountain using light techniques.

“You know the route pretty well, right?”

Soyou asked on the back of the disciple who was leading up the mountain.

It was because following him in silence got a little boring.

“Yes. Because it’s a place I’ve been to before.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“You must have told me this before, do you remember?”

“What do you mean?”

“You asked about the most memorable scenery I’ve ever seen.”

“Oh, it was like that. Did you say the sunset was pretty?”

Soyou said as he crossed the sharp rock.

“Yes. That place is here. It’s daytime now, so you won’t be able to see the sunset, but it’s pretty just as it is.”

“When will that scenery come out?”

In response to Soyou’s question, Inho pointed to the right with his finger without answering.

Sheer cliffs, green sea spreading out below.

The movement of the trees swaying in the wind was like waves.

Soyou’s legs stopped.

“……”

In the grandeur of Mother Nature, Soyou felt as if all the negative things that had filled her heart were washed away in an instant.

“How do you feel? It’s pretty, right?”

“Yes… it’s beautiful. It’s so beautiful just by looking at it, but it would be really beautiful with the sunset.”

They admired the scenery like that for a while.

***

What interrupted their enjoyment, which seemed to continue, was an arrow that flew out of nowhere.

The arrow that made a clicking sound was aimed at In-ho’s head, but perhaps the aim was wrong and it flew far away, grazing next to his ear.

“Who are you?”

Wearing animal skins and giggling, he looked like a typical third-rate bandit.

Although he already guessed who it was, Inho asked out of courtesy.

“Climbing the mountain without fear. This is our area, pay the toll to pass.”

“Are there any wild vegetables in the vacant lot that you come across when you go up a little further from here?”

Inho asked back what the bandit said.

“Well, what is it? How do you do that?”

The bandits, who thought they were just passersby, drew their swords.

“Hmm…. It wasn’t built in the middle of nowhere. Well….”

Inho chuckled.

He moved his body around and stretched.

“Master, what number are you going to use this time?”

When Inho asked, cracking his joints loudly, Soyou thought for a moment and then said.

“There are a few numbers this time, so let’s go with 30.”

“Yes. Okay.”

“These!! Hit, hit!!”

The bandits each drew their weapons and rushed in.

“I’m sorry. I want to visit your mountain vegetables.”

Inho seemed truly sorry and asked for their understanding.