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Maintaining composure means maintaining more mental strength than you might think.

Especially when Hongryeon or Chaejin smile slightly when they stare at me, it puts a strain on my heart.

When I’m not conscious of it, oh, I just smile. You may think so, but when I realize it, it feels like an expression of affection, and it makes me feel very tingly.

“Guest guest? Why are you doing that?”

Hearing Sayoon’s voice makes me feel a little more at peace. She looked up at me with a worried face and asked.

“You look tired…”

“Are you overdoing it again these days?”

“Don’t do that. really. ah. And I’ll prepare some medicine for you, so take that too.”

Is it because of the experience of falling last time? The two reacted quickly to Sayoon’s words. I smiled at the two people who were approaching me, maintaining my composure as much as possible.

“Haha. It’s no big deal, so don’t worry. By the way…”

I stared at the training hall.

Time has passed since Hongryeon and Chaejin visited Mirror Secret Garden, and the last training session at Munwoljeong remains.

Today’s training is sparring.

It was a day to test what I had learned.

“Hyeonhwi Sojeo…”

“Ah. I’m fine.”

The numbers don’t match.

If Moon Wol-jeong had a disciple, she would have sparred with him too, but what else could he do?

As Hyeonhwi shrugged his shoulders, the apprentice who was watching spoke leisurely.

“In that case, let me do the guiding duty. How about joining me?”

“It’s an honor, but I wonder if I’ll be your opponent…”

“Haha. I also only use books. And suppress my inner energy as much as possible.”

“Then, I would like to dare to take on the challenge.”

“Hehe. Good. ruler. Then let’s do it first.”

The apprentice lightly clenched his fist, and Hyeonhwi also clenched his fist.

A battle between a deacon and a deacon.

First of all, I’m writing a volume, so I’ll have to take a close look at this.

“Haaaa!!”

Hyeonhwi jumps out with low energy, and the disciple receives it.

“Wow…”

I can’t help but feel admiration. Is that a proper martial law?

Like Hyeonhwi, Doje also seems to be an expert in martial arts and his movements are no joke. They say you can study the fights of expert players just by watching them.

While people were watching frantically, the sparring ended. Hyeonhwi, who was covered in sweat, smiled and gave his arms around in satisfaction, and the apprentice nodded slightly.

“The power is good, but overall it is too biased towards the strong. Even though Hongseong Shingong itself uses the river, we must not ignore Yu.”

“I will keep this in mind.”

After finishing sparring, Hyeonhwi headed to the corner to recover. The apprentice, who glanced at her sitting there alone with her thoughts, turned his gaze in this direction.

“Next.”

Sayun, and Chaeryeon. The two got up from their seats.

As they walked up unarmed, I, who was sitting in the seat, looked at Sayoon with a serious expression.

“Has Sayun’s skills improved a lot?”

“Hmm. yes. It has increased a lot.”

I nodded to Hongryeon’s serious voice. And Chaejin, who was sitting next to me, briefly clicked her tongue.

“But Ryeon is not an easy guy… It seems like he is slowly reaching for Dun.”

Hongryeon glanced at Chaejin, and Chaejin also saw Hongryeon.

We haven’t even started rubbing yet, but the atmosphere is so sharp.

…Do I think I can do well like this?

“Start.”

As soon as the Doge said a word, Sayun and Chaeryeon showed courtesy to each other.

And the drawn sword and sword.

Two flashing weapons collide for an instant, creating a strong sound.

“Oh…”

By the standards of the Murim Alliance, Sayun-do and Chae-ryeon were warriors of the same upper rank, but there was bound to be a difference in their skills.

Despite this, Sayun was not pushed back. No, it actually seemed like he was pushing a little harder.

“Hongseong Shingong is a lecture martial arts.”

Are you saying that because it is strong, it is difficult to take it easily? Following Hongryeon’s explanation, Sayun’s sword moves. When her sword began to unfold brilliantly, as if trying to finish quickly from the beginning, Cai Lian’s sword also moved.

The Tao of Chaeryun moves fluidly according to the fierce, strong, and destructive swordsmanship of Hongseong Shingong.

It’s literally a battle between Kang and Yu.

“It is called competent steelmaking.”

Chae-jin grinned as he watched Chae-ryeon effortlessly block Sayun’s sword attack. Still, I think he liked the fact that the situation was resolved to his advantage because he was the younger brother.

-Pow!!

The moment he closed the distance by dealing with Chae-ryeon’s swordsmanship, Sayun’s sword hit Chae-ryeon’s abdomen. Chae-ryeon, who was hit and thrown out, let out a groan and jumped up.

“It’s pretty good, isn’t it?”

“Thank you.”

“Good. ruler. Then I’ll go too!”

Still, I don’t think it was a big hit. Chae-ryun ran quickly and unleashed his sword, and was blocking it.

-click!

Chae-ryeon’s sword spun past the sword, and as she threw the sword into the air, her hand naturally caught Sayun’s wrist.

and.

-Wudangtang!!

Cai was Tai Chi. Chae-ryeon, who knocked down Sayun using herbivorous skills, which I also know, grabbed the sword that was still in the air towards Sayun, who had not found her stance.

And before a further attack, Sayun used Hongseong Shingong’s Chosik to force her to retreat and stood up.

“Hehe. I paid you back once.”

“Ahaha. I thought Chae knew a bit about taijiquan after seeing him do it. It’s a little different.”

“Because my style is mixed.”

Sayun takes her stance again. Smiling at her, Chae-ryeon pointed the sword at her, and their dance continued.

“Inhale!!”

With a low level of energy, Sayun’s fist struck Chae-ryeon’s chest. Only after seeing Chae Ryeon fall to the floor, unable to block it with Tai Chi or other defensive techniques, did the disciple raise his hand.

“Stop. The winner is Sa Sojeo.”

“Huh? Is there still more we can do?”

Chae-ryeon looked puzzled and stood up. The apprentice shook his head at her.

“You need to think about time allocation.”

“Achacha. I didn’t even think about it because mixing things up was so fun. Sayoon. Do you want to do it again later?”

“Phew… I like it!”

Neither Sayun nor Chae-ryeon seemed to be very obsessed with the game itself.

That’s because we were on the same level as each other, and we were able to gain experience by sharing herbivorous meals.

It was just that Sayun had a few more valid hits based on the time so far, so it was her victory, but if it lasted for a long time, there was no telling what the outcome of the match would be.

Still, it was a satisfying dance.

What was important to me was seeing Sayoon’s growth, and I was able to see that she had grown tremendously beyond what I thought.

Oh my god, it’s on the same level as Chae-ryeon…

I saw a red lotus.

“Huh? Why?”

“Haha. I thought you must have suffered a lot.”

I remember the things I saw in her image.

I guess Sayoon was able to grow that much because she gave up what was hers and shared it with her sisters, right?

I smiled at her, and Hongryeon looked confused, then smiled at me.

“…I also sparred with Sayun a lot.”

“Of course, I am always grateful to you.”

I knew that Chaejin sparred with Sayun whenever she had the chance.

Sparring with Chaejin would have been of great help to Sayun, who had little experience in combat and had no contact with others.

“Uh. No, there is no need to answer so seriously.”

“I am always sincere in everything.”

“Ahaha!”

Chaejin smiled happily.

As the atmosphere calmed down for a moment, the apprentice looked in our direction.

“Come out.”

Today’s main event.

Hongryeon and Chaejin’s dance was about to begin.

The two quickly went down unarmed, and the apprentice who was watching them spoke calmly.

“I heard from Mr. Yu that they decided not to hurt each other too much when competing?”

Chaejin nods. He glanced at me and sighed.

“It’s a bit scary to be afraid of the unmanned person getting hurt. Well, if you decide to do that, let’s spar accordingly. Then… let’s start.”

As soon as they could say anything, Hongryeon and Chaejin rushed at each other.

After a long time of dancing.

The match ended in a draw, the same as Hongryun’s last time.

After the match, Chaejin changed out of his tattered clothes and was caught by his apprentice, swinging his sword in the corner of the training hall. Perhaps he was trying to give additional explanation about the chosik that Chaejin demonstrated in the sparring earlier.

That’s why I went to Hongryeon.

After sparring, she was also injured, although not seriously, and I was worried.

Besides me, Sayun and Hyeonhwi were also worried, but I said I would go and took the medicine from my room and stood in front of Hongryeon’s room.

When I knock on the door, a moment later I hear a voice from inside.

“Who?”

“Me.”

It’s a bit awkward every time I ask them to come in and then try to go in by revealing it like this.

“Now, wait a minute!”

A crunching sound is heard from inside. What do you think the person receiving treatment is supposed to do?

I waited like that, and when they told me I could come in after a while, I opened the door and burst into laughter.

“Haha. What are you doing?”

“Hmm. A sickly beauty?”

The cold winter air coming in through the slightly open window was shaking her red hair. White clothes covering the body, bandages here and there.

Despite all that, Hongryeon was still beautiful, her black eyes shining at me.

“Are you here to visit?”

“That’s right. It would be better to go to the medical room.”

“Hehe. I just need to get some rest.”

“Ah. And eat some of this. It’s a good recovery medicine, so take it and take a nap, you’ll get better soon.”

This is one of the recovery medicines I brought. I brought it with me to use it in case of an emergency, but I never thought I would use it like this.

I heard it earlier, but Hongryeon said there was no need to receive separate treatment, so she did not prescribe it.

Still, if you are injured, you need to take medicine to get better quickly.

I opened the vial, poured it into a bowl, mixed it well, and held it out to her. She looked at it and her eyes widened.

“Ahaha… But what? It’s hard to raise your hand.”

You’re asking me to feed you, right?

The fact that Hongryeon doesn’t treat others like this and only treats me like this means that Hongryeon cares about me.

If so, let’s do it.

“Now.”

“Huh?!”

“I didn’t ask you to feed me.”

“Uh…uhh. Really?”

“Would you like me to feed you fake food? ruler. Ah, please.”

I lifted the silver spoon in the medicine bowl. Hongryeon, who was looking at me alternately, was embarrassed, then closed her eyes and opened her mouth.

When I put a mouthful of medicine into it, she tilted her head.

“Why is there some medicine?”

“Good. Eat everything and eat this too.”

“Yes…”

Hongryeon took a mouthful of the medicine and only closed her mouth after the medicine was given to her.

For a moment, silence continues.

“Actually, I could have won…”

“Well, I was trying to keep my promise. There’s no need to be obsessed with winning or losing, right?”

At that time, the doctor from the medical room came in. After checking her condition and saying that she only needed to take care of herself for a day or two since she took the medicine I gave her, Hongryeon smiled with an awkward expression as she left.

“It would be better if I just had a little bit of luck. I feel like I’m only worrying you for no reason.”

“Still, it’s better to take it easy.”

I pointed to Hongryeon’s shoulder. The spot that had been hit by Chaejin’s new herbivore earlier was still stained red.

Certainly, she also used herbal formula, which she had never used before. By passing the Mirror Mirror, you must have overcome your mental demons and your skills have increased.

Like the red lotus before my eyes.

“He must have overcome his mental illness too, right?”

“I guess so.”

I noticed that her voice was shaking slightly.

She blushed slightly, perhaps remembering what she had done in her imaginary world, the mirrored world, and squirmed, then looked at my face and lowered her head.

“You look unwell. Could you please rest?”

I laid her down on the bed as she nodded slightly without answering.

And when I covered him with the blanket, he lifted it up slightly, peeked out his eyes, and smiled beautifully.

“Thank you for coming to visit me. No… thank you always. In everything.”

“That’s what I want to say.”

“Hehe.”

“Then I’ll just go…”

At that time, Hongryeon, who grabbed the hem of my clothes, stared at me with her dark eyes and said,

“Can’t I go a little later…?”

There’s nothing that can’t be done.

I waited patiently until she fell asleep comfortably.