episode_0012

“Gasp… Hehe… Hehe…”

Ugh, what’s so difficult?

Even though I said I would practice regularly and thought I would wake up from exercise, it’s like this.

A feeling as if molten metal is sloshing around in your lungs.

I don’t really hate exercise, but I’m really not used to this.

After trying my hardest to get out of Hamyang, I put down my wake and lay down in the reed forest.

“Let’s get some rest. At this rate, we would have gained quite a bit of distance.”

I wish I was a little girl like Yeongi…

No, that’s not it.

It makes me feel nauseous to think that a distant man has horse ears and a tail.

Ugh.

‘Well, enough of this nonsense.’

I quickly started preparing for camp.

I collected pine needles, pine cones, and dry reeds and pounded them with a bush and flint.

widely! widely!

I flicked it skillfully a couple of times and the fire quickly rose up.

I placed the sweets I had not forgotten to bring with me while running away nearby and began to warm them with the residual heat.

Although the feeling of satiety is relatively low, the calories are sufficient, so you will be able to get by with the confectionery for now.

“…You look familiar.”

Wake said.

It was a somewhat gloomy voice.

“Yeah, whatever. Because I’m used to life as a fugitive.”

Have you ever had an accident or two in the village?

There is a reason why a troublemaker like me was able to endure despite Jin’s strict laws.

I didn’t know anything else, but I was confident about running away and hiding.

I don’t know, but even if you search the entire midfield, it would be hard to find someone who stands out like me.

“Listen. If you’re going camping, you need to feel strong. Otherwise, you will quickly get tired and give up.”

“…”

Heng Jeok picked up the confectionery and started eating it without saying a word.

“…”

She forced down the pastry and tilted the leather water bottle to quench her thirst.

“What do you plan to do in the future?”

Wake asked.

“Huh?”

“You can’t spend your whole life as a fugitive in the wilderness, right?”

Wake explained.

“I killed someone. If you get caught, you will lose your life.”

That’s right.

Although it was a time when self-defense was much more widely recognized than in Korea, Haeng Jeok was from the aristocracy of the Chu Dynasty.

Jin’s laws, which were famous for being applied unfavorably to the nobles of the fallen nation, could not save the wake.

“Abandon me and run away, Yugye. I can keep at least one body of myself…”

“It’s noisy, you.”

“…What?”

“If an adult… takes care of you… say thank you… and accept it… they’re all telling you to do well… so don’t listen to them… ugh… .!”

Shivering.

I spoke in a voice that had completely completed the possession.

“…”

Oh my, my famous jokes aren’t working.

Ugh, this is why kids aren’t allowed. Tsk tsk.

“Where are you going alone? Is there somewhere to go? Can you outrun Jin’s soldiers? Who should I trust?”

“…”

Hang Jeok kept his mouth tightly shut.

“No? Then listen to me. Because I am an expert in this field.”

“…”

Haengjeok lowered his head.

“Why?”

Hang Jeok muttered in a gloomy voice.

“Why are you being so nice to me? I can understand that when you don’t know me. There were countless people who were interested in me just because of my appearance. But even after seeing my true nature… even after seeing that terrible power…”

Oh, I cringe!

Well, the unique sensibilities of adolescence are so cringy that I can’t stand it.

A delusion unique to adolescent boys and girls who believe they are special and overestimate their abilities!

Ah, but Hang-woo is really strong, so isn’t this a delusion?

Hmm, anyway!

My personality isn’t good enough to leave a cringy little boy alone.

“I think you are mistaken.”

I blurted out the words.

“Your strength isn’t something terrible. It’s nothing special.”

“…What?”

Haengjeok looked at me with puzzled eyes.

“Quick on the feet. I’m good at counting. Good at farming. He speaks well.”

I added, pointing my finger at the wake.

“Strength is strong.”

“…”

“It’s just that each person has a different personality. There is no such thing as someone being special or a monster or anything like that.”

“…What do you mean?”

“You’re not a monster, you kid.”

I spoke plainly.

“Everyone is ordinary, so everyone is special. Because everyone is different, everyone is universal. That’s heaven. Just because you’re a little better at something than others doesn’t mean you have to settle down and say you’re a monster or something. Because that’s just the personality you’re born with.”

I felt embarrassed because it felt like I was going on a tirade.

I cleared my throat and quenched my thirst with water.

“…I see.”

Wake raised his head.

“Is that so.”

Haeng Jeok smiled quietly with a somewhat relieved expression on his face.

Ugh, this is making me cringe to death.

I really hate this atmosphere.

The atmosphere makes you want to drink heavily.

“Anyway.”

I forced myself to lighten the mood and opened my mouth.

“Stop shaking, this is the plan for the future.”

“…”

Wake waited in silence for further words.

“For now, let’s stay here and wait as best as we can. By now, Hangryang and Youngi would have probably realized that we had an accident and escaped.”

“…Young?”

“Ha Hoo-young. That girl.”

“Ah, that kid.”

Haengjeok nodded.

“Young may seem a bit foolish, but he is very trustworthy in situations like this. No matter where I am, he comes to visit me. So, my primary goal is to hold out here as long as possible and wait for Ha Hoo-young to come.”

“So what’s next?”

Wake asked.

“Once we contact Yeongi, we will convey our situation to Mr. Hangryang. When Mr. Hang Liang hears this news, he will probably come running right away.”

It’s not because the wake is particularly important, but it’s probably because you want to avoid sparks that will hit you.

In the first place, Hamyang would not be a very good place for a big noble from the Chu Dynasty like Xiang Liang to stay for a long time.

If there is even the slightest risk, it will jump.

It was an inference based on such calculations.

“It doesn’t matter if Mr. Hang Liang doesn’t come. Whether you come or not, you will go to the accounting group.”

“Accounting? Why accounting?”

“Oh, that’s simple. The governor there is completely incompetent.”

“…?”

Seeing Haengjeok’s confused face, I giggled and explained.

“Inexhaustibly incompetent and lazy, but also greedy for money. As a result, security is a mess and soldiers have no motivation. It’s the perfect place for a fugitive to hide out.”

I myself have been indebted to that place many times.

My main action after the accident was to hide myself from the accounting group and then go back and hang around when Soha was handling the incident.

Looking at it like this, I feel a little sorry for Soha.

When I go back this time, I should at least buy you something to eat.

With money.

“After going to the accounting group…”

“After that?”

“From then on, you can just live your life doing what you want. You can farm.”

feather.

You look better with a hoe than a sword.

Wouldn’t it be a happy ending if Xiang Yu, who has no peer throughout Chinese history except for Jian, who was very filial to Western Zhou, helped him farm?

“You can write or run a business. Just live freely. One and only life. Isn’t it okay to live the way you want?”

I said that and laughed.

Okay, this is it.

This is enough.

He’s so scared of his own strength and wanders around, so if he gets impulsive like this, he won’t cause an accident.

Maybe he will show great talent for weaving and sewing and get married.

“I see.”

Wake muttered.

“Is it okay to do whatever I want?”

There was something eerie about the look in Hangjeok’s eyes as he said that, but I guess it was just my mood.

Anyway, one of the biggest headaches has been taken care of.

Now, what can I do to solve the problem of katydids so that I can spend peaceful days in a corner of the countryside?

I took one step closer to my grand dream of rolling around while patting and kneading my wife.

Great job, Yugye!

Reassuring, Yugye!

“…as I wish. Have what I want, hug the man I want to hug… As I wish.”

Wake was muttering like a person possessed by something.

It seems like I have found a new life goal.

Great job, wake student.

Are you happy, teacher?

But that feeling of pride did not last long.

Haengjeok jerked his head up at the sudden feeling of popularity.

I also clicked my tongue and grabbed the handle of my sword.

Although I pretended to be as calm as possible and gritted my teeth, Hangjeok and I are now fugitives.

If you let go of even the slightest bit of tension, it would not be strange for your head to disappear.

“…”

I was at a loss for words as I looked at the place where the shouting came from.

I could not bear to open my mouth because of the extremely shocking behavior of the person who appeared through the reed field.

“Hmph! Lower class people! What are you looking at like that? You can forgive me for being enchanted by my noble appearance, but the sin of daring to stare at the dignity of a nobleman is a great one!”

A woman who speaks in a slightly delirious tone.

But her tone of voice wasn’t the problem.

The woman was wearing a Renaissance European-style dress and was waving a fan in one hand.

…in ancient China!

No, putting that aside, that woman has her hair in a bun.

Also, blonde hair with a big two-parted bun.

Isn’t this too much to do?

What a blond bun-haired evil young lady!

“Oh-hohohoot! But I am a noble of the glorious Han Dynasty! I will forgive the minor rudeness of the lower class!”

The Lady Bun stuck out her chest and pounded it with her fist.

“That is the policy of me, Zhang Liang, a noble daughter born with noble blood!”

…Even that is Jangja’s room.

It’s going to spin, really.

I couldn’t help but moan and hold my throbbing head.