episode_0039

The area around my eyes feels a little moist, but I’m glad there are no problems. I pointed to the Byeokgokdan piled in the cart.

” Precautions when taking Byeokgokdan: Eat a fortune-telling breakfast after using Naegong every day.”

“Hmm… that’s not difficult.”

“And you must not take it with other foods.”

Hongryeon widened her eyes and tilted her head. But since this was non-negotiable, I remained indifferent.

“This Byeokgokdan is also an item that is planned to be sold to other Taoist sects in the future. Some Taoists, such as the Shaman faction, forbid eating fire.”

“I see…”

“This verification also includes the intention to check whether it is possible to live with Byeokgokdan alone. As you may know, it is said that in Taoist martial arts, the more you practice martial arts, the less pure your skills accumulate.”

Nod. She seemed to know that part too, so she didn’t deny it much.

“Of course, Hongseong Shingong says that’s not the case… but don’t you know that if you continue to practice Zen, your blood and internal energy will become pure? And since it’s about a month, I hope you can understand that part. If the request is unreasonable, you can refuse it.”

“Ah. no. There’s no way I could refuse. okay. Because it’s the children’s intensive training period. I’ll tell you well.”

“I hope there are no complaints. Say it again. When everything is over, I will treat you to a large treat, so please do me a favor.”

When I said this with a smile, Hongryeon paused for a moment. Then, after sighing deeply, he slightly averts his gaze.

“Well, then I’ll go on patrol. Let’s talk about the rest later.”

And then he got up from his seat and left. I laughed as she disappeared from the guesthouse in an instant.

good. With this, we can feel some peace of mind regarding addiction. Of course, we can’t be completely reassured, but we can still prepare.

“Hmm. Is that guy Nakilgeom? I heard the story… but your skills are quite good. Having strong momentum is a testament to fame.”

At that time, Kinoya came out from inside. He walked quite leisurely, stroking his beard, and frowned when he saw the jar placed in front of me.

“Tsk. In the end, this terrible guy came out into the world.”

“Haha. Does Noya know this too?”

“You know. The only people in the world who can eat something so tasteless like this with a smile are bastards. By the way… I’m sorry for just hanging out and eating here. If it’s okay, can you give me something to do?”

“You can just rest well.”

“I’m a bit bored just staying here with that silent guy… right.”

He snapped his fingers and grinned.

“I heard from Jeomsoyi that Teacher Yu is practicing martial arts. Shall I teach you my tricks?”

It’s hard for Chae to learn tai chi right now.

When I shook my head, he looked very disappointed and nodded.

“If you don’t like it, there’s nothing you can do. Then…”

“If it’s okay, would you be able to participate in the patrol? There are a lot of people worried because of the recent scary rumors.”

“Oh. It’s patrol. That would be fine. If it were me and that guy, we could go back and forth to Mt. Hongseong quickly. Moonlight will be there next to Teacher Yu, so escorting him will be no problem.”

After laughing happily, Ki Noya leisurely walked outside with Weiye. And as soon as they go outside, their bodies disappear like the wind. Did he at least use a light attack?

anyway.

Cards are being laid out one by one to prepare for the Iron Blood Legion.

This should work properly…

Just as the sun rises even if you twist a chicken’s neck, the coming of the Sanghyulvis did not diminish my work. No, on the contrary, it increased even more.

Several other merchants, who sensed my anxiety after seeing the movements of Gohwadan and Jugyeongdae, came to make improvements to buy not only the barley harvested this time but also my properties in Seomhwachon.

Merchants are the ones who sense a crisis the fastest. This is because for them, the crisis itself is an opportunity to make money.

If bandits attack a village, they plunder or burn the village’s valuable items. If that were to happen, the losses would be great, so there were definitely people who sold them cheaply and fled just in case.

Of course, if you don’t come, you will suffer a big loss, but if it really comes, you can save your property and life by quickly organizing your property and evacuating quickly.

It was like some kind of gambling.

But since I wanted to stop it, I had no choice but to turn a blind eye to such modifications.

Of course, in response to my reaction, they brought up something that was close to a threat, but Mongdung knew the answer.

Anyway, starting with those miscellaneous things, I took care of things to be given separately to the county spirit, created a patrol route for Chaejin and the three masters staying at the guest house, and sensing the anxious energy, I worked with the village chief to plan a festival to appease the confused people of Seomhwa Village. Even weaving.

There were a lot of things to do one way or another.

As I worked through the piles of paperwork that had increased, I heard a knock on my door as the sun was setting.

“Come in.”

He said without taking his eyes off the documents. After a while, I heard footsteps, but nothing else was said. What’s going on?

Has the merchant come again? Or did you come from Hongseongmun? Or government office? Or the village chief?

Without taking my eyes off the document, I spoke as I always did.

“Report.”

I said one word and focused on the documents again.

Sensing a crisis, some villagers were planning to liquidate their assets and move to Yangwiseong, and this was a request asking if they could buy their land. Since the yield is not bad, there will be no problem if you buy it.

It’s annoying that there’s a bit of wasteland, but since it’s a land with a stream and a well nearby… well, it wouldn’t be difficult to clear land at this level.

As I was processing the contents of the document, devising a solution to the request for water use among the peasants, and writing down a mediation plan, I realized that I could not hear anything from the servant who came in.

Feeling strange about that, I looked up and found Hongryeon staring at me blankly.

“Uh. Sue, I went on patrol.”

“Oh my.”

Is it because it is reflected in the sunset shining from the window? Her face is red.

“I guess I made a mistake.”

I stood up and pointed to the chair. And I tried to get the car out, but Hongryeon quickly stopped me.

“No. I’ll just take a break and then go.”

“If you need to rest, I’ll tell you below, so eat something…”

” Well, I was just going to sit here for a while and then go… Ah! Is it okay to drink this water?”

“Of course.”

“…I’m sure I’m busy, but it’s okay to work.”

“Hmm… Then I’ll just finish this document.”

The government office asked me if I had any plans to create a separate blacksmith shop to make equipment.

Although there was a blacksmith shop in Seomhwachon, the skills were not that good. Well, it has to be that way. Island Village is an early area that disappears after Part 1, so it was natural that good equipment could not be produced.

There is a skilled craftsman among the people the county governor had a relationship with when he was working in the military, and he happened to be able to invite him. However, since there are no suitable positions, they are asking if I can apply…

This type of blacksmith shop had to be located a bit away from the downtown area, and I happened to have a nice plot of land I owned. It seemed like the prefectural government was aiming for that, and since I had no reason to refuse, I put my seal on the document.

“It is done.”

“Uh… Uh. huh. huh. You must have been concentrating? What happened?”

“Nothing much. The county government was trying to build a police station, but it needed some land, so it asked for cooperation.”

“Oh. Then we can make better weapons… Hey?”

“Well… it’s not impossible.”

However, that is only a story after overcoming the Sanghyeungmun attack. If it fails…

It’s scary to even think about it.

Just thinking about it made me feel sick to my stomach, and without realizing it, I reached for the pipe.

“Ah. That.”

“You gave it to me. But Sojeo Hong. Is this true that you engraved this yourself?”

Nod. Hongryeon nodded slightly, her face still red under the glow of the setting sun. The look in her eyes was anticipation. Come to think of it, I took this and didn’t say anything to her. She shook the pipe that was in her gaze and brought it to her mouth.

“Oh.”

“I am using it carefully. Thank you. You’re more dexterous than I thought.”

Should I just leave it to you to design a pattern to engrave on the pocket when making a sachet later? I think I’d be good at something like this.

“… Well, thank you for that… Yes. ”

“What.”

Hongryeon watched me bite the rope and then jumped up from her seat.

Is it because it’s almost time to go?

When I tried to get up to see them off, Hongryeon hurriedly waved her hand.

“No! No need to get up!”

“No, I still want to see you off…”

“Because it’s really okay. Are you busy?”

If you say it that way, there’s nothing you can do about it. I sat down and spoke to Hongryeon, who hesitated.

“Then, please take some sweets from below.”

“…Yes. I’ll eat well.”

Why does your body look bad? Could it be that I’m already addicted? But looking at his expression, it doesn’t seem like that…

Normally, she would have rejected it right away, but she answered in a hurry and then quickly walked down. I glanced through the window and saw that they were leaving empty-handed and that they were rejecting my offer, so they were just pretending not to notice.

Then I stopped and looked this way, our eyes met and I waved.

Is it because they told me to take it with me and I got caught for not taking it?

She turned around and looked at me blankly. She waved her hand hesitantly and even used a light ball to walk away.

Tsk. I’ll have to send it to you later.

I smoked a cigarette and focused on work again. After completing a few tasks, it was time to go down and do it.

“I went~!”

Chaejin, who had returned from patrol, approached me smiling. It looks like he didn’t meet Ki Noya, Wiyeol, or Hongryeon while patrolling.

Well, the place I asked Chaejin to go to is on the outskirts of the village, and the place Hongryeon patrols is inside the village and along the road. Because Kinoya was on the Hongseong Mountain side.

Rather, it went well. If I had to meet him, he would just argue. Hongryeon and Chaejin are experts who cannot ignore each other, so fighting will only result in loss of power.

ruler. Anyway, with this, all the conditions for the route to Hong Seong-moon’s happy ending, which was discovered through the collective intelligence of those who had nothing to do when they were empty, have been achieved!!

The Empire’s elite soldiers can fight against demonic cultists and are armed with new equipment from the Cheonghoe Sangdan!

Two famous military leaders!

There’s also moonlight in there!

Hong Seong-moon’s disciples have become much stronger than before!

And after ruling out the possibility of poisoning spreading to Hongseongmun, what if Hongseongmun does a few more things?

According to the research results, if this level is achieved, not only will it be possible to stop the Sangvis’s attack without significant damage, but if done well, it will be possible to capture the Sangvis’s leader, the main character of this attack and the Sangvis’s leader.

good.

Come here. Come here.

I will chew and swallow even the bones.

***

When did it start to be thought that the heart was broken?

Maybe this morning. If not yesterday.

no.

It may have been when the Master said he would teach other disciples.

okay. My heart must have been broken from then on.

From the time he knew that he had to do the work that other disciples had done for him while he was being taught by his teacher.

Patrolling Seomhwachon, a job I have been assigned to at Hongseongmun for some time now.

Of course, as a member of the political faction and Hongseongmun, who had a long-standing relationship with Seomhwachon, supporting village patrols was not that difficult.

The way is everywhere. It was possible for Hongryeon to gain enlightenment while patrolling the village, so patrolling was not burdensome for Hongryeon.

Still, her heart started pounding.

Maybe it was because that was where he had to go to patrol.

You must not be conscious of it.

You shouldn’t care.

But how could that be?

When I arrived in front of the guesthouse, trudging along with my heart barely steady.

The moment I saw him skillfully and quickly giving instructions to his servants with his characteristic blunt face.

My heart broke again.

You must remain calm. Even though the other person is an adult that you can recognize. Even so, you must remain calm.

I talked to him while somehow calming the pounding of my heart, and I went on a quick patrol to calm down my heart that was racing so hard that I couldn’t stand it, but my damn heart still wouldn’t calm down like a crazy bitch.

iced coffee. What should I do?

Actually, I knew the answer.

That night.

From the day I started to be aware of him, the night the demon cultist attacked, my heart was telling me, and I was just ignoring it and pretending not to notice.

She consciously turned her head away from that voice, but eventually, after patrol, she couldn’t bear it anymore and looked for him.

If you are the one who broke this heart, then I want to ask you whether you should fix it.

And I was speechless.

No, I forgot to breathe.

Because he made my heart stop beating like a crazy horse in one fell swoop, just as he wanted.

What wafts through the room is the bitter, strong scent of tobacco, and the smell of incense that men often use to hide it.

The man’s body odor mixed with it.

The scent of ink and paper that can often be smelled by those who are concentrating on work.

It was an extremely attractive and fatal scent to her, an appropriate mixture of various other scents.

And at the center of it all was a man.

The shadow of an adult was engraved on his face, which looked dark because his back was turned to the sunset.

The slightly raised arms were thick, and the large hands were holding several documents.

His eyes, burning like flames, are focused solely on the documents, not even paying attention to himself entering the room.

ah. I want you to look this way.

I wish you would look at me with those eyes.

The whisper of my heart that had stopped gave me goosebumps.

What is this kid talking about? I don’t have that kind of relationship with guest janju Yu, so please be quiet.

When I desperately pleaded with my heart, he raised his head as if he had heard the conversation.

I looked this way as my heart desperately wanted.

At that moment, the heart that had stopped starts moving again.

Faster than before.

So crazy that her reason can no longer control it.

I couldn’t even remember what we talked about after that. I just thought that I had to go back quickly and get my mind together.

When Hongryeon was out of breath, having returned to the clan in such a hurry.

Her lovely sisters came over.

“Hmm. Did you have a good training today?”

Hongryeon, who spoke to them with a smile, felt something strange.

Ryu Hyun’s expression is bad.

When Hongryeon had doubts about that, Master came up and calmly said something.

” Sayun’s ‘uncle’ sent a letter. ”

So isn’t that a good thing? But why is the atmosphere like this?

Hongryeon felt strange and headed to the room with her, Ryu Hyeon, and Sayoon.

And in the room they arrived at, Hongryeon bit her lip as she anxiously read the letter that was presented to her.

The writings of ‘Uncle’, who gave great help to Hong Seong-moon.

“…Hongseongmun may be attacked, so prepare according to the information below…”

It contained a warning about Hong Seong-moon’s crisis.