Festival Sightseeing – 4

It wasn’t difficult to climb onto the roof, avoiding the eyes of the people in the pavilion.

Soyou leaped onto the roof as lightly as if she were walking on flat ground.

Inho was a little unsteady, but he still followed his Master without being noticed by others.

“Your lightness skill has improved a lot, but you still need more training.”

“I know. I guess I’m not used to this feeling yet.”

For him, who had lived in the modern world, adapting to the feeling of flying in the air was a distant dream.

“Okay, this is a good spot.”

Soyou carefully sat down on the slanted roof after checking for any dirt.

And Inho sat next to her, so close that Soyou glanced at him.

“Here’s some wine and something to chew on.”

Before climbing onto the roof, Inho had bought wine and snacks from a street vendor and took them out.

“Are you possessed by a ghost who died of starvation?”

“I heard that poets drink while looking at the moon. Let’s try it too.”

Soyou smiled as if she was fed up with his gluttony, and Inho said while pouring wine into a glass.

“You don’t even know how to read, yet you’re imitating poets…”

Soyou clicked her tongue as if she was displeased, but her eyes drew a soft curve.

Soyou raised the glass that Inho handed her, and Inho skillfully poured the wine.

“Shall we cheers?”

Inho, who had filled his glass, said while slightly raising it.

“Cheers?”

“It’s when you clink glasses like this.”

Inho’s glass lightly touched Soyou’s glass and then moved away.

Soyou stared at Inho as he drank the wine.

“Why? I didn’t put any poison in it.”

Inho, who had finished drinking, said, looking at Soyou’s still-full glass.

“I’m going to drink it.”

Soyou raised the glass above her eyes.

The blue light of the moon subtly shone on the glass.

Soon, the moonlight rose as if seeping into the surface of the shimmering glass.

“If you do this, it feels like you’re drinking the moon. You should try it too.”

Soyou said to Inho as if teaching him, sipping the wine.

Inho made a dubious expression, but followed his Master’s words and raised the glass above his eyes.

After a moment of hesitation, he closed his eyes and drank the wine.

“How is it?”

“It’s the same?”

“Tsk, you unromantic fellow.”

Namgung Soyou chuckled at his unadorned honesty.

Soyou and Inho’s drinking party didn’t end quickly.

It was because the light of the moon, beautifully rising in the sky, and the scenery of the night market, which had not yet died down, caught their attention.

Over a glass of wine, they exchanged many stories.

Inho talked about the feeling he had when he first spoke,

Soyou talked about the resentment she felt when she lost to Cheong-yeon.

Thus, a glass of wine was passed around.

Soyou brought up the story of when she first saw Inho,

Inho brought up the story of when he first learned the Internal energy cultivation method.

Thus, another glass of wine was passed around.

“…So, what were you doing before you met me?”

Soyou, who was moderately drunk, asked Inho with bleary eyes.

“……”

Inho’s gaze, which had been speaking without hesitation until just now, shifted from the moon to the night market.

“I wonder. What was I doing?”

Inho murmured as if he were dreaming.

“You said you were a farmer.”

Soyou asked back, noticing her disciple’s strangely hesitant reaction.

“I was thinking about before that.”

Inho stroked the distant experiences and memories with his eyes.

“Oh… what did you do?”

Soyou perked up her ears at the story of her disciple that she didn’t know.

“Well, what could I have done?”

Suddenly, Soyou thought he was teasing her and sharply raised her eyes, but seeing Inho’s sunken face was not a joke, she silently stared at him.

Twice today alone. Inho was showing a serious side that he had never shown before.

Inho’s infinitely serious appearance, not the playful appearance of her disciple, came to Soyou in a fresh way.

-Thump thump

As a bonus, her heart rate was also getting faster.

“I don’t even remember it well now. There were so many incidents and accidents.”

“Is that so.”

Soyou grabbed the wine bottle and poured wine into her glass.

“I did a lot of things. Then one day, I got caught up in an accident and drifted all the way here.”

“Accident?”

“It’s hard to explain. I don’t think you’d believe me if I told you.”

Haha, Inho gave a dry laugh.

“I think if I hadn’t gotten angry back then, there might have been a different result.”

“Hmm, a martial artist should never lose their composure.”

“I don’t think Master is one to talk. Just look at today’s match…”

“Shut your mouth.”

“Yes.”

An awkward silence flowed.

A noisy sound was heard from below the roof.

It seemed like people with some money had gathered and were drinking and singing merrily.

Despite the commotion happening right below, the man and woman on the roof were still entrusting themselves to the stillness.

“…So.”

It was Soyou who broke the silence.

“Do you regret it? Not holding back your anger back then.”

Soyou carefully asked, pouring wine into her mouth.

“Hmm….”

Soyou poured wine into Inho’s empty glass, and he received it with both hands, choosing his words.

“You can’t just cut off the world’s affairs and choose whether you like them or not.”

He poured the wine into his mouth at once and then said.

“Well, I do regret it.”

“…I see.”

“But, but… if I hadn’t gotten angry back then, I wouldn’t have been able to drink with Master like this. So I think I did a good job too.”

“Wh, what!”

Inho smiled brightly, and Soyou’s face turned red.

“That’s what I mean. If you lose something, you gain something.”

“Yo, your words are flowing like a clear stream.”

Soyou muttered, turning her bright red face away.

“Ah, right. Master, this.”

Inho made a rustling sound and placed something in her hand.

Something cold and clattering was felt through the palm of her hand.

Soyou looked at what was placed on her palm.

Something long and sparkling.

It was an earring.

“This is?”

“I bought it on the way to buy wine. I thought it would suit Master.”

“But, why is there only one?”

“I don’t know. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to be? They only sold one.”

“Hmm….”

She picked up the earring.

The earring sparkled in the moonlight.

“I’ve never worn something like this before.”

“Why? Is it not like a martial artist?”

“…….”

A silent affirmation. Inho chuckled.

“Does wearing this one earring reduce your Inner Force? Does it make your body so heavy that you can’t do lightness skill? Don’t push yourself too hard. There are so many fun things in the world. You should enjoy those things too. If you only dig into one thing, you’ll go crazy.”

“Huh, trying to teach your Master?”

“Even though I look like this, I’m older than Master, you know? I may not know Martial arts, but I probably know more about living in the world than Master does.”

“It wouldn’t be so annoying if you couldn’t talk.”

Soyou clicked her tongue as if she was pitiful at her disciple’s appearance, who didn’t give in even a single word.

Even so, she shook the earring that Inho gave her in front of her eyes.

“Okay. I’ll let you have your way today.”

She puts the clip-on earring on her ear. She felt a little pressure, but it wasn’t unbearable.

“Is this how you do it?”

Soyou awkwardly asked, showing the dangling earring.

Inho looked at her for a moment, then gave a deep smile.

“You’re prettier than the moon.”

At the unadorned words, Soyou’s face turned as red as a drunkard who had drunk alcohol.

-Thump thump

“Are you drunk?”

“Be quiet.”

Soyou raised her index finger and blocked Inho’s mouth.

She wanted to remember this moment quietly for a long time.

-Thump thump

Feeling an unknown warmth rushing into her chest, Soyou slowly closed her eyes and basked in the moonlight.

Her heart beat like a drum.

Thus, the festival deepened.

Grand Master Yeomjin fan art.