episode_0135

Flames erupted from the right arm and flew in all directions.

The floor and walls turn red. The surrounding area suddenly became hot.

The flames that threatened to devour everything raged wildly.

And, the feeling that is pulled every time the flame flickers.

It was a clear scare.

The fire was immediately controlled.

It comforts and brings back the flames that have spread in all directions. The flames, which had expanded in size, gradually gathered together.

It wasn’t difficult because it was part of magic manipulation.

But this is not the end. When it comes to fear, you have to control not only the flames, but also the emotions.

At the same time, I caught the feeling that was about to rise. If you can control the heightened emotions caused by fear in the beginning, the next steps will be relatively easy.

It is easy to get carried away by inflated emotions.

So, you need to control and suppress your emotions in advance.

“His control is flawless, and he is good at coordinating his emotions… There is nothing to teach him in this area.”

The location is an underground facility that has been verified. I sat comfortably in the center and took a quick look while adjusting the fireworks.

Jeonghwa-ju and Hong Jin-hyuk, who were sitting a little away, were looking at me and scratching their heads as if they were embarrassed.

Several days have passed since verification.

The purpose of my visit, verification, was over, but there were a few days left until the banquet, so I decided to stay as a guest in the meantime.

I did three main things over the past few days.

While touring the family estate with Hong Yeon-hwa, I was introduced to them in person and met a few people along the way.

Watch Tanhwaju Hwa Byeok-un making military weapons.

And receive training on how to use swords from Jeonghwaju and Hong Jinhyuk…

Currently, I have had time to receive training in painting from Hong Jin-hyuk.

At the time of verification.

Choi Ji-yeon, who had witnessed my fear with her own eyes, asked with a complicated expression if we could take a few days to discuss it.

I nodded that I understood and said there was no need to rush.

There will be many things to discuss.

An outsider manifested the family’s unique abilities.

You may have already heard about it in the poetry cradle, but seeing it in person must have complicated your mind in many ways.

This is a pretty big issue.

This is not a matter to be taken lightly, thinking, “I just happened to make it happen.”

That’s right, so far, Gyeophwa is a unique ability that has only been revealed to blood relatives who inherited the blood of the family’s founder.

That fact has remained intact until now, and has played a role in uniting forces centered around blood relatives.

In the meantime, an outsider who was not related by blood suddenly grabbed the coin.

Of course, the truth is an imitation through my unique abilities, but I cannot make that known to the outside world.

In any case, from the outside perspective, I am a person who manifested cowardice without even being related by blood.

A precedent was created that it was not a unique ability unique to blood relatives, but a person was able to manifest brute force even if they were not related by blood.

It must be a very embarrassing situation for the Gyeophwa family.

‘In the third round…’

3rd trilogy.

Gyeophwa, Changhae, and Taesan.

An episode in which all three major families have unique abilities.

The first unique ability known to the outside world was Taesan.

During an external activity, he encountered an emergency situation and used Taishan to overcome it.

By chance, Lee Ji-yeon, the successor of the Taesan family, witnessed it.

Just as I have now visited the Hong Yeon-hwa and Gyeop-hwa families, for the third time I have visited the Lee Ji-yeon and Taesan families.

Also, we went through the verification process like now… and many words were exchanged.

It was the same for the Taesan family in the third episode, as it was embarrassing for an outsider to display the family’s unique abilities.

As a result.

In the third round, Samjong was named to the Taesan family.

In short, the genealogy was manipulated and inserted into blood relatives.

Shallow chat. They cover their eyes and say nothing… so what can they do?

It is a problem for an outsider to display the family’s unique abilities, but there is no problem for a member of the family to display them.

Are you actually not blood relatives? All you have to do is create a reason.

Who would argue even if you make it up like it was said that a blood relative who was disowned and disappeared in the past had descendants, and those descendants developed unique abilities in an atavistic way?

What is important is the justification that ‘this person is actually our blood relative.’

So in the third round, his name was added to the Taesan family.

Later, because Gyeophwa and Changhae were exposed, the surrounding relationships were turned upside down and turned into a mess… Anyway.

‘Is it going to go like that this time too?’

It wouldn’t be that much of a hassle to roughly insert it into the genealogy. And that’s also the simplest way.

“Hmm…”

I was broken out of my thoughts by the sound of silence coming from ahead.

After correcting his posture, Hong Jin-hyuk, who was stroking his chin and struggling, opened his mouth.

“Do you know that Gyeophwa doesn’t have many skills passed down in the family?”

[I’ve heard what you said]

Unique abilities that are passed down to blood relatives, such as three generations of families, or unique abilities in a similar branch of technology, create their own unique technologies.

It is an expansion ability that goes beyond the original ability, and there are also technologies that fall short of the expansion ability but have sufficient usability.

Representative examples are the ‘Woryu Water Mixture’ and ‘Sugyeonggu’ shown by Baek A-rin in the finals of the tournament.

Vortex water mixing is a method for utilizing the water of the sea in battle, and water gyeonggu is a basic technique for full-fledged operation of the water of the sea.

These are great technologies, but they are not scalable.

Thanks to this, I was able to use ‘suggestive writing’ itself rather than singing. Of course, if you use it as a spear, its power will be much stronger.

Anyway, there are few such techniques in Gyeophwa.

“Intimidation is such a damn ability.”

Hong Jin-hyeok, one of the people in this generation who makes the most of Gyeophwa, evaluated Gyeophwa as terrible.

“Detailed manipulation is difficult, and sublimating it into technology is even more difficult. Even if a technology is created, it is processed into knowledge and passed on to future generations, and there are not many cases where the future generations acquire it.”

It’s not that there are no techniques for using Gyeophwa, but the difficulty in acquiring them is clearly higher than that of other families.

In short, the barrier to entry is high and not many people have mastered it.

Considering that Voryu Water Soul Souljang was a technology created to increase the military power of blood relatives who specialized in water techniques that were not suitable for combat, such basic technology was absent in the Gyeophwa family.

“But Gyeophwa is simply strong.”

This is partly because it is a unique ability that can be fully utilized even without such basic skills.

With Gyeophwa’s outstanding output, it is enough to just throw it at the opponent, and it has overflowing killing power.

Since it is a skill specialized for combat in the first place, there is no need to weave it into complex skills.

Therefore, what Hong Jin-hyuk taught me was not a complex technique, but rather the detailed manipulation of the sword.

“It will be very difficult. So listen carefully and tune in later during your personal training.”

Of course, most people are not capable of such detailed manipulation.

Therefore, Hong Jin-hyuk emphasized the difficulty in advance and added the words to follow along carefully.

“…true.”

– Grumbling…

Hong Jin-hyuk looked at the flames with an embarrassed face.

The flames fluttering from the fingertips kept changing their appearance.

Shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, and pentagons.

Armed figures such as swords, bows and arrows, spears and axes.

The thin, long flames waved from side to side like waves and then contracted to form a small ball.

The flames took on various shapes and changed repeatedly. It was an operation that required everything from simple basic operations to detailed operations.

Over the past few days, I have received a lot of know-how on detailed manipulation and have put it into practice.

It was thanks to the basics that Hong Yeon-hwa herself taught me before, and Hong Jin-hyuk who taught me with great care.

Of course, the proficiency that could be used in battle was a different matter. I need to train even more for him.

“This is absurd. It took me a good few months to focus on succeeding in that.”

‘……’

“The lady is like that too. I feel like I’m becoming an obsolete person these days…”

I thought about Hong Jin-hyuk grumbling for a moment, but I couldn’t find anything to say in response.

The necklace of confession chose silence.

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Time passed and the day of the Gyeophwa family’s regular banquet dawned.

Even though I didn’t want to know, I found out thanks to the surrounding area being crowded a few days ago.

Even now, a procession of vehicles coming one after another was being observed in real time.

Those in the vehicle have red hair and eyes. Also, although there are differences, the magical power within their bodies is fiery.

It appears that he is either an affiliate of the Gyeophwa family who was convened at the regular banquet, or a person from a subordinate force tied to it.

Also, the building that is presumed to be a banquet hall is crowded.

As I was observing the staff coming in and out and getting ready, I got the feeling that the banquet was about to start.

Even if you guessed it, it seemed large. It is a banquet hosted by the Gyeophwa family. I will prepare grandly to match the standard.

There was some pressure about participating in a banquet of that scale… but there was no way I could escape from here.

In the end, there was no other way than to quietly participate.

– smart

“Master, this is Ariel.”

[yes]

[You may come in]

Squeak – The door opened, and Ariel came in, dressed in the modern maid uniform that I was now quite used to.

[Sorry for the inconvenience]

“Not at all. It’s just my job to begin with, and since she’s in the next room, it’s not a hassle at all.”

Ariel shook her head and said she didn’t think much about it, but there was a rectangular box in her hand.

She bowed her head in greeting and then pointed to the box she was carrying.

[that?]

“This is the clothing that you will wear.”

In response to my question, Ariel unfolded the box on the table.

What was inside the box was clothing.

Clothing was examined through observation.

The color is red. Perhaps it was created intentionally by the Gyeophwa family, but the color was reminiscent of deep flames.

It looks like… what should I say about that? Fluttering cloth clothes… or no clothes?

The overall length is long and wide. Also, decoration was not greatly emphasized. It seemed to be a style that emphasized elegance rather than splendor.

[It’s a pretty outfit]

“Yes, it is the traditional attire of the Gyeophwa family…it is a garment made for a very precious guest.”

[okay?]

At my impression, Ariel nodded with her characteristic expressionless expression.

For some reason, I emphasized that it was very valuable.

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[Unique ability ‘All-rounder’ grows]

[Unique ability “Magic affinity” grows]

[High? High? ｢?｣ is growing]