episode_0058

He pulled up his stamina, focused his eyes, and focused on the eyes of the little boy called Iron Blood.

Soon, a thin layer of blue energy spread around her body like a garment began to enter her eyes, and when she opened both her eyes to give them more strength, a large, frozen lake appeared beyond the Iron Blood’s back.

“Wow… .”

It was indeed a force that could be praised as being outstanding.

still.

I’m not bragging, but he’s no match for me, having lived for over 300 years.

I squinted my eyes and looked at Cheolhyeol.

I think you said you were 31 years old… .

This amount is probably the amount of history I have accumulated over the past 100 years.

I let out a small sigh, feeling insignificant at the huge difference in talent.

Truly, there is no other genius like him.

When I wanted to give her a little bit of recognition and give her a small compliment.

This damn kid started laughing with his signature wicked smile, covered his mouth with his hand and let out a ‘whoosh’ laugh.

“Wow… I feel sick… Was that grandma?”

“… What?”

I blinked at the sound I couldn’t understand.

…grandma?

Did I hear wrong?

Me? My grandmother…?

To make sure I heard correctly, I turned my head slightly and looked to the side.

Myeong kept shaking his head, sweating profusely.

Indeed, looking at that, it seems I misheard.

Hmm, right.

If it looks like there are veins on your forehead, it’s an illusion.

He nodded slightly and forced the corners of his lips to lift up, looking at the damn brat.

“Haha, what did you just say?”

“Oh my gosh- Are you so old that you’ve lost your hearing? You’re such an old hag.”

At that moment, my killing intent surged and I pulled up my inner strength into my right hand… .

I bit my lips hard and tried to stay sane.

What am I going to do by fighting with this fucking brat?

I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and looked the damn brat in the eye.

In times like these, it is important to find a peaceful solution.

“Profit… Aren’t you an old lady too?”

“Grandma? What did you just say?”

The little boy kept furrowing his eyebrows, clenching his fists, and starting to tremble.

This is done.

I managed to get this fucking kid to take a beating.

A sense of relief welled up in a corner of my heart, causing one corner of my mouth to turn up crookedly.

“… Grandma, are you going to do it now?”

“Huh? What are you saying? Are you saying that you can’t hear well because you’re old?”

He keeps acting like he doesn’t know, tilting his head here and there with his arms crossed.

The little boy began to tremble, raised his index finger, and started pointing at me.

“You, you!”

“Hmm? Why are you doing that?”

I turned my head away, pretending to be calm, and whistled, which didn’t come out very well.

The more this happened, the more the kid’s face turned bright red, which was quite amusing in its own way.

Wasn’t it obvious that I would win in the first place?

The years we have lived are different.

This means that each word has a different weight.

The vibe that comes from experience, in a word, can be said to be the difference in experience.

That makes sense, isn’t the difference in the amount of years this guy and I have lived together?

Hmm, of course.

…of course, whenever I think of this fact.

I felt like a corner of my heart was collapsing… .

This is inevitable.

Wouldn’t it be even more humiliating to lose an argument to a little brat like that?

To put it a bit vulgarly.

If I’m an idiot whether I lose or win… I’ll choose to be an idiot who wins.

I nodded my head.

So, while Cheolhyeol and I were talking about each other’s ages and continuing our mud fight.

Elia, with a slightly worried expression on her face, took a step forward and stood between us.

“Can we stop now…?”

At Elia’s words, we looked into each other’s eyes.

This fucking brat, no, Iron Blood’s eyes are red.

If you touch me just a little bit more, I feel like the world will end and I will cry.

… At this point, I guess it’s safe to say I won?

And, it’s a little embarrassing.

I also got a little dust in my eye, and the area around my eyes started to get wet.

If I shed tears here because of ‘dust’, it will seem like I’ve lost.

At this point, it would be mutually beneficial for both sides to retreat strategically.

Iron Blood must have thought so too, sticking out his lips and nodding his head.

“Ugh, damn it, old lady, tell me later!”

“Let’s do that, ma’am.”

My gaze met Cheolhyeol’s in the air again.

To exaggerate a bit, you would have also heard a “snap!” sound effect.

“This damn old lady till the end!”

“You fucking brat! Didn’t you start the fight first?!”

When we look at each other again and start to giggle.

Lucius moved behind Ironblood, grabbed her shoulder, and shook his head slightly.

“How about you stop… .”

“Ugh… I guess so.”

Cheol-hyeol pretended not to be defeated, turned his head away, and stuck out his lips.

I looked at him and smiled.

In the end, it ends with my victory!

When I was celebrating my victory alone like that.

Anonymous came up behind me, placed his hand between my armpits, and lifted me up.

“What! What! Let go of this!”

I flailed my arms and twisted my body this way and that, trying to get away from the nameless man.

of course.

If you don’t control your strength properly, you might end up hurting Myeong-un, so just enough to convey my intentions.

However, unlike Moo-myeong, who usually lets you go right away if you throw a tantrum like this.

Now, he continued talking to me as I was holding him.

Every word Anonymous spoke flew at me like a knife and pierced my heart.

“Master, it’s a little… ugly… .”

“What are you talking about?!”

I felt resentful towards the anonymous person who unilaterally did not take my side, so I relaxed and slumped down.

I’m the teacher… and that damn kid is the first guy I met today… .

Common sense tells me that you should take my side, right?

… This anonymous guy likes that skinny kid better than me?

He pouts.

I just don’t understand why you don’t take my side.

Tears were welling up in my eyes from the sadness, but I held them back as best I could.

If you shed tears here, your dignity as a teacher will fall to the bottom.

I kept hiccuping and rubbing my eyes with my arms.

The voice that came out of my mouth naturally was so quiet that even I was surprised.

“… Put this down.”

“Master?”

“Are you making me say it twice?”

The anonymous man put me down without saying a word.

When your feet finally touch the ground, a strange sense of relief begins to creep in.

I turned around and kicked my foot hard at the nameless man’s shin.

“Ugh!”

“This stupid disciple!”

I looked at the nameless man with slightly worried eyes as he fell, clutching at his shin, but then I steeled my resolve and ran out of the living room and started running.

I want to be alone for a while now.

“Master!”

I tried to ignore the anonymous voice coming from behind me by covering my ears.

…

-Cheonmu-myeong

As the Master ran out of the reception room, a heavy silence fell over the room.

The first one to speak was Lucius.

“Can I not chase after you?”

“Anonymous… Follow me quickly.”

He himself was unable to respond to their words.

The teacher who was hurt because of me… .

Is it okay if I chase after you?

What if you don’t want to see me?

If, really if.

It’s a truly horrible assumption that I don’t even want to imagine.

If I chase after you and then the Master casts me out… .

Ominous thoughts began to enter my head one after another.

I sat on the floor like that and lost my mind for a while.

The man named Iron Blood came up to me and placed his foot on my head.

He, who was already on edge, immediately frowned and opened his mouth.

The tone of speech that came out naturally had a slightly rough feel to it.

“What are you doing now?”

As I growled lowly, the iron-blood placed its heel on my head, sniffed once, and opened its mouth.

“Keung… Hey, you piece of trash.”

“… What is it?”

“I know you have a trash mind, as expected from a loser.”

Cheol-hyeol blew his nose once and continued speaking.

“If I continue to be in the same space as you, I feel like your sloppiness will spread to me too?”

“…”

“If you understand, can you please get out of here quickly?”

With those words, Cheol-hyeol took his feet off my head and returned to his seat, lying down.

He got up from his seat.

“Thank you.”

After bowing once to the Iron Blood, the Warrior, and the Saintess, he left the reception room.

…

“Master! Where are you!”

He ran up and down the hallways of the castle, shouting.

Glance- I looked outside through the window and saw that the surroundings were starting to get dark as the sun set.

but.

He himself had not found the Master until this time.

I clenched my teeth.

… it might not be too late.

I tried to ignore my rising breath and continued to run down the hallway.

It was now completely dark.

A man caught me running down the hallway.

“What!”

My heart was aching, and I turned my head with a furrowed brow, thinking that someone was bothering me.

There, the old butler who had first guided us was looking at me with a kind smile.

As the Master said, it is impossible to reprimand someone who has shown you kindness.

To calm my heated head, I took a deep breath and opened my mouth.

“…Why are you like that?”

“Aren’t you looking for Harang?”

At the old butler’s words, both eyes opened wide.

He reached out, grabbed the old butler’s arm, and asked him.

“Yes! Do you happen to know where the teacher is?”

“Yes.”

The old butler smiled slightly and told them where the master was, and he ran towards it.

…

In a dark room, the only light coming from the fireplace on the wall.

He himself walked slowly towards where his teacher was, relying on the light.

The teacher was lying in bed.

Even that is obscured by the bed curtains, so only the teacher’s silhouette can be barely seen.

I opened my mouth carefully.

“Master… .”

The voice that came out was so full of guilt that it felt like my throat was choked up if I listened to it carefully.

But, despite such earnestness, there is no answer.

Are you really angry?

I carefully sat down in front of the bed and knelt down.

Then, although the teacher couldn’t see it, he bowed his head to show respect.

“The unworthy disciple failed to understand his master’s heart.

Please, just show me mercy once

We will take steps to ensure that this never happens again.”

He slammed his head into the ground with a thud.

“Please.”

How long have you been burying your head in the ground?

I don’t think you’ll be so confused that the teacher won’t answer… .

Slowly realizing that something was strange, he cooled his heated head and began to concentrate on the sounds around him.

Color- Color-

A regular, even breathing sound is heard.

…no way.

I jumped up from my seat and pulled back the curtain covering my bed.

-Wow

“… Master?”

All the strength left my body and I almost collapsed on the floor.

The Master was sleeping with a very peaceful expression on his face, his bedding and clothes scattered here and there.

A burst of laughter broke out.

“Ha, haha.”

…what on earth was he worried about?

I felt ashamed of myself for not being able to trust my teacher.