episode_0007

“Take it.”

next day. Chaeju threw me a book. The book, which was old and worn because people took turns reading it, had ‘Taesanbu (太山斧)’ written on the outside. Chaeju said, swigging his drink.

“That is a very basic martial art. Since someone with experience in radish has arrived, he should use it properly. You should focus on learning it for the time being. If you feel like your axing skills are getting better, I’ll let you fight outside from then on.”

And Chaeju drank again. He seemed to spend most of his day drinking. His eyes were staring into space as he drank, and it seemed like he was thinking about how a useful guy would come in and use him.

He said as he poured himself another drink.

“A true master seizes an opportunity when the sky moves. With Sanyeo in my hands and a smart young man who has learned martial arts crawling to his feet, this means that the time is coming when I can rise up the rank of Green Forest Chaeju.”

Do you know the story of the flea? Originally, fleas can jump 2m, but if you limit the flea’s jump to 50cm with a cup, it is said that in the future, even without the cup, it can only jump 50cm. I don’t know what it is, but the only thought I’m making is to move up the ranks of Green Forest Chaeju.

He pretended to be an opportunist, but he didn’t know how to seize opportunities properly. He pretended to be a big man, but he was just a poor guy.

Staying under him for a long time would be poisonous to me as well. At best, I thought it would be better to quickly get rid of the thief and run away from here with Sanyeo.

But there were still many things to ask him. I took advantage of Chaeju’s good mood to ask.

“By the way, what on earth does Sanyeo do? From what you say, it doesn’t sound like you’re an ordinary woman.”

The woman I met last night was a woman full of mystery. I needed to know something about her identity.

Chaeju wiped away her red face and looked at me and said.

“Don’t you know about mountain and yeo? It seems like you didn’t pay attention to the news floating around in Gangho.”

“I was deceived by a conman and only trained.”

Chaeju made a shy expression. I continued speaking without paying attention to his expression.

“Is it like a monster from folk tales?”

Chaeju shook his head and said.

“The name comes from there, but the Sanyeo over there comes from Sanyeo Valley, so it is called Sanyeo. He just wants me to call him that. No one knows the real name. The important thing is not that she is taking the name of a monster. He is a survivor who survived the mountains and valleys.”

“Something happened in Sanyeogok.”

Chaeju nodded and said.

“The Murim Alliance always says it’s not true, but everyone knows it. It is said that those who lived in Sanyeogok were exterminated by the Murim Alliance. But here. There are survivors who survived those mountains and valleys.”

Wouldn’t a survivor of a village annihilated by the Murim Alliance be a puffer fish? Why does Chae-ju think this is an opportunity?

“Then isn’t it a crisis? Why are survivors of mountains and valleys a chance?”

Chaeju shrugged his shoulders and then said:

“Isn’t your appearance outstanding? The people of Sanyeogok were originally known for their outstanding appearance. In particular, those red eyes were so attractive that many people wanted to take her as a concubine. Previously, there was a story going around that a child who survived the mountain and valley was sold at a high price as a concubine. I plan to offer my mountain to the owner of Nokrim and raise my rank.”

“That’s a really smart idea.”

He was a foolish person who thought of giving a woman who knew martial arts and had a good mind to someone else. But I had no intention of saying that out loud right now, so I ended up praising Chaeju.

Chaeju said this with a truly proud expression.

“Yes. Do it quickly and get the basics. If you don’t know anything, I will help you practice it.”

He didn’t seem like a guy with a good head.

******

“How good is the borrower here?”

As I was testing Taesanbu’s herbal diet one by one, I asked Sanyeo. I said I wouldn’t do anything until I escaped, but it was difficult if I got into bad habits at first, so I decided to tolerate her learning to eat herbivores.

Sanyeo said while watching my posture closely.

“He may be able to defeat a decent third-rate warrior, but he is still a clumsy human who has not reached the second-rate level. Debt stocks are at a similar level. Although creditors are stronger, the difference is not large”

“Then isn’t he a very weak person? How do you make and eat chaeju?”

Sanyeo shook her head and said to my question.

“The reason thieves act out is because they don’t have the will to catch them. In a terrain where the influence of the government military cannot reach, if all the surrounding clans are corrupt, even ordinary people who have not learned martial arts, not even third-rate people, can become a band of thieves and go on a rampage. Simply put, it’s a transaction. The clan said that thieves are afraid of their clan’s emblem. In return for attaching this to the top, you can do a small business. Thieves only make a living by picking on the really weak and robbing them.”

“That’s a good method. Even if it’s not fun.”

You can live a long time with that method, but you won’t be able to rise high. Sanyeo nodded as if she understood the true meaning of what I said. I said as I looked through the prenatal care bag I had left behind.

“Would you like to take the same position again?”

“Like this?”

“As I was watching, my posture was out of balance. You need to bend your right knee a little more and extend your left leg. And straighten your back. They say you should keep your back straight here, but your back is bent now.”

“Like this?”

“That’s right. Like that.”

Sanyeo carefully turned the pages with her handcuffed hands. I repeated the pose a few more times to try to get used to it. Since it was my first time practicing, I was not familiar with each posture.

When you hear the name, Taesanbu seems like a simple and dull martial arts skill, but since it is based on using a hatchet, it is based on the premise of hitting and running at high speed.

Instead of striking hard one blow at a time, the shock received by the ax is reduced through posture and internal energy and recovered more quickly. As the number of reps becomes faster and the impact you receive decreases, it becomes easier to regain your posture, and the easier you get to your posture, the faster your follow-up hits become.

Therefore, contrary to his dependable name, Taesanbu was a martial artist who placed great importance on quick stance changes.

I said, repeating the postures like someone receiving PT.

“The creditor said he was thinking of offering you to the head creditor Nokrim.”

Sanyeo shrugged her shoulders at the news I gave her.

“I know. But, you don’t need to worry that much. Nokrim Chaeju is a busy person. If the creditor here wants to say something directly to the general creditor, it has to come this winter. Docheol, I don’t think you’re weak enough to not let me escape before then.”

She said that and winked at me. Although he didn’t ask directly, the tone was asking if there was an escape plan. I said, swinging the ax in the air.

“Wait for now. We have time, right? I’m learning a bit about this prenatal care. You go out and make some plans about what to do. Also, understand the internal situation. There has to be a process in everything in this world.”

“I agree.”

She said that and smiled at me. Looking at her magically shining eyes, I felt like I could understand why her clan was sold at such a high price. Of course, such a topic was not something to be brought up in front of people, so I averted my eyes and brought up another topic.

“Anyway. Why is this martial artist named Taesanbu? It seems like they value very fast combos.”

“Well?”

Sanyeo’s tone made me irritated because it seemed like she knew something, but I didn’t ask any further questions. Because it was obvious what she would answer.

“If you don’t understand the techniques yourself, what’s the point in practicing martial arts? For someone who does not understand this simple martial law, how can we expect the destruction of martial arts.”

It’s a huge bore.

Sanyeo uttered the words I expected as if singing a song in a sonorous scale that I had not expected.

******

“The creditor has no ambition.”

A few days later.

The debt owner, who had been waiting to see the newcomer’s face in person, finally called me over with a glass of wine. Next to him, a wife with a bright smile kept sending me signals, and the fan owner only focused his eyes on me, as if he didn’t know that his wife was a slut.

His conversation also discussed a more macroscopic future rather than lamenting his own situation.

“Think about it. Chae-ju is always drinking and trying to figure out how to raise his rank in this green forest. If you are born as a great man and jump into the ranks of powerful players, is it really necessary to live as a human being like that? A person in his 60s who is in his 60s jumps around like a girl just because his rank has risen a little! Is there a future?”

I didn’t answer what he said. Debt-ju said, hugging his wife tightly.

“Of course, I’m not saying that creditors should be pulled down right away… . If you have to follow someone, it’s obvious who to follow.”

“I see.”

“Look carefully. That Chae-ju guy is greedy for women and is running his own business, but haven’t I got such a pretty wife and am living well? uh? Difference in ability! The difference in distribution is what separates people!”

There was a large iron club lying in his barracks. It was a weapon that suited his style of winning using brute force.

And while he was shaking his glass and showing off his power.

The debt owner’s wife was still giving me a wink.

A rift between creditors and debtors.

Debt-ju loves his wife, but she is busy attracting men.

And I have a technique that is really useful in situations like this.

I laughed happily. Chaeju-ju snorted when he saw me laughing and poured a full glass of alcohol into my glass.

“Yes! Take the glass! Hahaha!”

I took a drink and shook my head.

Now that the foundation of the plan was established, we had to take a closer look at the internal atmosphere.