episode_0116

Evening time at Hyehwadang.

Right now, a fairy dressed in wings was eating chicken next to us.

The sight of Hongryeon eating fried chicken, which looked like something out of an old-fashioned oriental painting, was very unique.

“Umm~. Mr. Jinwoo! What is this fried chicken dish?”

“Ah… It’s called fried chicken.”

“It’s really good. Lee Seung’s cooking has also developed quite a bit. In the old days, everyone had no taste buds.”

“Which era are you talking about?”

“I don’t really remember. At that time, humans were boiling tree bark and eating it.”

Hongryeon munched on the chicken and made an expression that it was delicious. Hongryeon, who came down to this world after hundreds of years, did not know much about modern cuisine. It seemed a bit surprising that someone who read Sarah’s memories well didn’t know how to cook.

“But fairy, when you read Sarah’s memories, are you saying you can’t read her memories of food? You always react to food these days as if you’re seeing it for the first time.”

“It’s not that I can’t read, it’s that I don’t read on purpose. If you read your memory and taste the food, you won’t be impressed! There is not enough chewiness. My hobby is to try new dishes every time I come to this world.”

“It looks like stagnant water.”

Hongryeon was like a stagnant figure in a game.

He was deliberately suppressing his abilities in order to enjoy the new content called food.

Hongryeon expressed her appreciation while savoring the soft chicken meat.

“Hmm~. It tastes like your soul will be corrupted! After all, food from this world should have such a stimulating taste. I suddenly have a craving for alcohol.”

Then Hwayeon Bodhisattva carefully asked Hongryeon.

“Princess Hongryeon. Shall I offer you a drink? There will be a bottle of Dohwaju at home.”

Hongryeon raised her hand as if she was satisfied.

“I don’t want Jinwoo and his younger brother to see me drinking. You’re both young.”

“Okay. You are very considerate.”

As the topic of alcohol came up, I once again felt that Hongryeon was a spirit who had lived for a more distant time than a human being. Since she looks like a girl, I don’t think she should drink alcohol.

After a while, the meal was over.

I helped Hwayeon Bodhisattva clear the table and clean up after her. Because I was originally on duty for dinner today.

There was also something I wanted to ask Hwayeon Bodhisattva.

After finishing washing the dishes, I spoke to Hwayeon Bodhisattva.

“Hwayeon Bodhisattva, did you happen to miss my father while you were walking around to work?”

“Your father’s soul? well… .”

The soul of my deceased father. I definitely confirmed that my father’s spirit was wandering around this world in the past, but I still haven’t found out where he is. Even on the mountain where Jangsan Beom had haunted, my father did not appear again.

If you are Bodhisattva Hwayeon, have you ever seen your father?

This is because he travels around the country as well as overseas.

I asked with hope, but Hwayeon Bodhisattva shook his head.

“I don’t think I saw it.”

“My father has curly hair and wears a black coat. Did you really not see it?”

“Jinwoo. If I had seen it, I would have contacted you right away. I saw your father’s picture before, right? I remember everything you look like.”

Hwayeon Bodhisattva had a photo of my father stored in his cell phone. Since I was in elementary school, I had been asking Hwayeon Bodhisattva to contact me when I saw my father.

If Hwayeon Bodhisattva couldn’t see his father, he really couldn’t see him.

Where on earth is my father doing?

These days, I couldn’t find any clues, so I was extremely curious.

It seemed like he was probably preparing revenge on his killer.

“If you see my father, please contact me.”

“Yes.”

That’s how I ended my conversation with Hwayeon Bodhisattva.

I went from the kitchen to the living room and found Sarah alone, watching TV.

I don’t know where Hongryeon went, but I couldn’t see her inside the house.

“Sera. Where did the fairy go?”

“What’s my business? Do I need to know where my sister went?”

“This is the spirit you serve.”

“I don’t know.”

When I first asked where Hongryeon was, Sera answered bluntly. Normally, Sarah should be in a good mood on the day she eats chicken, but today she was grumpy. It seemed like it was because Hongryeon was teasing Sarah too much.

“Could it be that you have already returned to heaven?”

“I don’t think so. When my sister returns to heaven, I get a tingling feeling too. I’ve never felt that way.”

“Really? Then it looks like he is taking a walk outside the house.”

I spent time watching TV with Sarah.

However, even though time passed until late at night, Hongryeon never showed up inside the house.

It was almost midnight and it was time for us to go to bed.

Hongryeon might leave for heaven while you sleep.

I just wanted to say goodbye.

“Sera. Should we go say hello to the fairy before going to bed?”

“I don’t do it. They tell me to do as I please, whether I go or not.”

Sarah chicly refuses.

“Okay. I’ll go alone.”

In the end, I went to see Hongryeon alone. Hwayeon Bodhisattva was praying at the shrine, so I couldn’t talk to her carelessly.

“Fairy? Where are you!”

I opened the front door, went outside, and called Hongryeon.

“Fairy!”

Hyehwadang had a fairly large yard.

There was even a well in the backyard where purified water could be drawn. I walked around the yard for a while and stopped near the well. This was because Hongryeon’s voice came from above.

“I am here. Mr. Jinwoo.”

“Yes? Where is it?”

“Look above.”

I raised my head and looked overhead.

Hongryeon was sitting on the roof of the Hyehwadang building.

It was Hongryeon, who was perched precariously with her butt on the edge of the roof.

“Aha, you were there?”

For some reason I couldn’t see it, but it was on the roof.

Since she is a fairy who can fly, when looking for Hongryeon, she had to take the sky into consideration as well.

“What are you doing there?”

“Seeing the scenery.”

“What can you see in the night sky? Because this is Seoul, the stars are hard to see.”

“I’m not looking at the sky, but looking at people’s buildings.”

“Ah… It’s a bit different to see.”

Hongryeon was sitting on the roof watching the street at night. It was a sight I had always seen, but it seemed like something to see for Hongryeon. Should I say that she looks like a fairy from heaven?

“Fairy, I’ll just go to bed. I’m also saying hello to you in advance because I’m afraid you might leave while I’m sleeping. Goodbye.”

I said goodbye and tried to go back inside the house.

But Hongryeon called me.

“Wait a minute, Mr. Jinwoo.”

“Yes?”

“There is something I want to talk about with you. About the last time Jinwoo killed a spirit on a movie set.”

I killed a spirit on a movie set.

I remembered it right away.

Last time, I had a duel with a voodoo spirit called Bosou.

It was the spirit of warriors in the shape of a bull.

Hongryeon was asking me about what happened back then.

“You had a fight with Bull? What are you curious about?”

“He’s a bull… . You are probably the only person who insulted a god like that and survived.”

“I think that’s probably true. Because he was an unlucky guy.”

“Although Bosou was arrogant, he was a spirit strong enough to play the role of king in this world. You single-handedly defeated Bosou without even probing his magical weaknesses. Do you think that is a natural result?”

Is it a natural result that I defeated Bosou?

At that time, due to lack of time, I was unable to find out about the voodoo spirit’s magical weaknesses. I had no choice but to fight Bossou head on. Although I couldn’t attack his weak point, I won the duel with Bossou.

This will not be a natural result.

Because a person defeated a spirit in a fair fight.

“The obvious result is… Probably not. But I still have the Geumgangjeo that the fairy gave me! If you accurately hit a vital point with the Geumgangjeo, you could kill a spirit, right?”

“The Geumgangjeo that I gave to Jinwoo is a special item. It contains Indra’s thunderbolt. It is an object that contains the power of His Majesty Sangje. In heaven, it is a weapon used for military purposes.”

Indra.

He was the god of thunder in Indian mythology, identified with the Jade Emperor.

“Indra’s thunderbolt is the power of His Majesty Sangje? So, are you saying that Indra and His Majesty Sangje are the same person?”

“Yes. Because Abama has many different appearances. In the East, he is worshiped as the emperor of heaven, and in India, he is worshiped as the great Indra.”

“The Geumgangjeo was a greater weapon than I thought? It contains his power.”

The history of the Geumgangjeo that Sarah and I received as a gift was truly extraordinary. It was releasing an electric shock containing Indra’s energy. A divine spirit like Bosou could have fallen after being hit by an electric shock.

Now I finally understand that I defeated Bossou.

This was because it had heavenly military weapons.

“What! Then isn’t it quite possible for me to defeat Bossou? Since you’re shooting Indra’s lightning, there’s a chance you can kill a god, right?”

“Originally, it was impossible.”

But Hongryeon shook her head.

“Because you are human. He is not a demigod who inherited the lineage of a god, but is of pure human lineage. No matter how good a weapon a human has, he cannot kill a spirit. The gap between human beings and spirits cannot be narrowed just by giving them a piece of Geumgangjeo.”

Hongryeon said.

Even if they possess the Vajra, it is impossible for a human to kill a spirit.

“It’s similar to a child fighting a tiger with a knife. No matter how good a knife is, a child can’t beat a tiger, right? If someone other than you had the Vajra, they could never have killed the spirit.”

“You are decisive. Still, I won.”

“So it’s mysterious. There is no way for a human being to fight head-on with a god and win. Even in heaven, the eight gods and the heavenly gods are causing an uproar because of you.”

The eight gods were the guardian gods of Buddhism.

He said that the heavens were in turmoil because of what I did to Bosou. I thought I was living a quiet life, but my name was being mentioned in places I never imagined.

Are the gods talking about me?

“Why are the gods making such a fuss?”

It was then.

Hongryeon, who was sitting on the roof, jumped lightly and came down to the yard.

Hongryeon, who landed lightly in the yard, looked at me and said.

“Because everyone is curious about your identity.”

“My identity… ?”

Is there such a thing as stagnation?

The expression is too grandiose.

I was the son of my father Kim Cheol and my mother Han Mi-jeong.

There was nothing that could be said to be a past life; he was just born.

“I am a human.”

“In heaven, they call you by a different nickname instead of human. A wonder chasing wonders, a god slayer, a hero from the East… . Should I call you that too?”

“Please just call me Jinwoo.”

“Haha. Because he’s an unusual person.”

Hongryeon smiled as she saw me feeling burdened.

silent Night.

There was silence between us for a moment.

Then Hongryeon quietly opened her mouth.

“Jinwoo, would you like to tell you a secret?”

“What secret?”

“It’s a surprising secret.”

I’m going to tell you a secret.

It was sudden, but I liked it.

Mysterious stories like the fairy’s secret have always been an illusion.

“I’m curious because I heard that the fairy has a secret. Please teach me.”

“Then, I have something to ask Jinwoo. Why do you think I contacted Sarah?”

Why did Hongryeon contact Sarah?

Wouldn’t that be obvious?

Hongryeon took on the role of a spirit since she was a younger sibling with whom she had a relationship in a past life.

He came down from heaven to help Sarah.

Well, I guess it’s something like that.

“Because Sarah is your younger sister? The fairy contacted me to help her younger brother.”

“No.”

But they said it wasn’t the right answer.

Hongryeon denied it.

“I did not contact you for such personal reasons. I descended to this world after receiving orders from His Majesty Sangje.”

“What command?”

Hongryeon brought her face closer to me.

Hongryeon’s red lips opened nearby as if to listen carefully.

“This is an order to personally watch Mr. Jinwoo from this world. You have been ordered to report any strange phenomena you observe. Because of you, Sera was chosen as my vessel.”

An order received from the Jade Emperor.

That was Hongryeon’s secret.

“Yes… ?”

I was embarrassed and speechless.

I had no idea that the reason Hongryeon contacted Sarah was because of me.

“Jinwoo.”

Hongryeon said, pointing to the sky with her finger.

It did not refer to the sky of Earth, but to a distant heaven.

“His Majesty Sangje is paying attention to you.”