episode_0235

It’s been 5 days since I started performing. Finally, the door to Podalap Palace was opened.

Following Nurbuchi’s guidance, we took a look at the panoramic view inside Podalib Palace. An ordinary building with nothing particularly noteworthy, except for the occasional Buddhist decorations and writings.

As if there had been a rumor that I was coming in, I happened to encounter numerous monks observing me while pretending to be passing by.

The anticipation that could not be hidden was clear in the eyes of the practitioners we encountered. Hmm, I don’t know how things will work out, but I might have to put on a performance for the practitioners.

“Siju, I hope things go well.”

Nurbuchi, who had now become a little more friendly, spoke to me.

“I hope so too.”

“The palace lord may impose strict conditions, but please consider it.”

“Of course.”

Nurbuchi talked about various things as he guided me to Gajujeon. In summary, the story was that even if the palace lord did something wrong, the reward from Podalap Palace would be generous, so he should be patient and think about money.

Well, since he is a father with a daughter who is worried, he must be on edge. Since I already knew the situation and had prepared for everything, I just nodded.

“Nice to meet you, the current princess of Podalap Palace, Ranojingbuyo.”

“It is called Ho Cheon-an, a wandering magician.”

The first impression of Rano Jinbu was that he was a sturdy and spunky monk. Although the muscles are not swollen, anyone can see that the body has been trained through intensive training. The face was like a rock, and the wrinkles between the eyebrows along with the ringed eyes had the power to make people feel intimidated.

“I called you from Podalap Palace to gain insight into your talents. If you can meet the conditions of the performance, I will pay you handsomely.”

Lano Jinbu spoke in quite a hurry.

Ask where you come from, what your background is, and what a magician is. He said he was trying to see his skills as a magician. Like agreeing on compensation?

He completely ignored these procedures and immediately said what he wanted.

“What if it’s a condition?”

“I have a sick daughter.”

The story of Rano Jinbu was quite surprising. To be precise, I must say that the measures taken for my sick daughter were surprising.

“I’m surprised that your daughter, who has a weakened immune system, is taking care of her hygiene.”

From what I heard, it seems like they are protecting their daughter by following quite strict hygiene controls. Even at a cursory glance, I could tell that enormous efforts were being made to prevent the invasion of germs.

How could someone who worked so hard to maintain hygiene to protect his daughter think of letting an outsider in?

These thoughts pass through my head.

“That’s right, the doctors who take care of Sarah’s condition are, um. We will thoroughly investigate whether any evil energy is present in the magicians or their tools.”

“I understand. Because I don’t want to make my child sick either.”

The verbal discussion went smoothly. For Lanojingbu, my daughter’s well-being was the best, the second best was pleasure, and for me, the performance itself was my goal, so there were no conflicts.

“Um.”

Nimagalchen nodded with satisfaction.

To be honest, I should just say that I put it all together.

If I were really the leader of a traveling circus troupe, I would not have agreed to these conditions no matter how much money I paid.

Regardless of the original purpose of moving Podalap Palace, the revenue generated from magic performances is enormous. To be honest, I thought I would be lucky if I could just save the cost of hiring workers and the materials used to make magic tools, but now I’m making a lot of money.

When the performance is over, the coins literally turn into a small garden. We are in a situation where the merchants who help us are wasting money to the point where they are becoming flagships.

It’s the time when the water is coming in, so you can make a lot of money just by rowing, but even if you pay a lot of money, who would put such strict conditions on something that may or may not turn out to be a success?

Well, it may be possible in terms of career management.

“Please agree with Otter Tea on any matters necessary for the performance.”

“Okay.”

From the perspective of magician Ho Cheon-an, the consultation with Ottercha was more genuine than the consultation with Nimagalchen.

“I would like you to perform all the magic tricks I have seen.”

“But didn’t you say that Lord Sogung was in the room? Isn’t it impossible to create a stage there?”

“Can’t small magic tricks be shown directly in the room, and magic tricks shown on stage be made on a simple stage outside the window?”

After all, it is difficult to negotiate with practitioners. Ottercha wanted to show Lord Oxgung all the magic he knew and began to review the problems that needed to be solved to do so.

“I guess we have no choice but to prepare here due to the location. But…”

“Can we tear down this wall?”

“Then it should be resolved.”

They say they will renovate and repair the building, but how serious are they about magic? Anyway, as someone who has seen magic performances many times, an agreement was reached without difficulty.

The performance date is three days later.

The day of the decisive battle has been decided.

*** ***

The day of the decisive battle arrived.

The doctors nodded at our health status and the magic tools that were thoroughly prepared with modern hygiene standards, and we entered Podalap Palace safely.

After greeting the palace lord and wife, Ranojingbu and Sudalcha, we immediately started preparing for the performance.

There were no problems at all.

All of Tang So-yeol’s cigarettes were confiscated, and there were minor problems with the makeshift stage that was prepared in 3 days. Still, it wasn’t a big problem, so we started preparing for the performance right away. Because the cigarettes were taken away, he looked arrogant and finished working on the escape magic. Tang Xiaoyeol put the herb in his mouth and chewed it.

I gathered the group together and opened my mouth in a voice so low that the attendants could not hear.

“Now, everyone remember the settings, right?”

The companions nodded. As a final check, I asked various questions to my group members to make sure I had memorized the settings properly. How did you join me, where did you travel, what experiences did you experience, etc.

Now that the performance is over, we have to move on to the next stage of the operation.

Corn expressed concern.

“The palace lord seems to be a very stubborn person, but I am a little worried whether he will entrust the treatment of his daughter to us, who appear to be courtiers. ”

“Um.”

I don’t know about anyone else, but I was a little worried when the affinity master, Corn, expressed concern, but it was a step I had already taken.

“The situation has turned out better than originally planned, so let’s take a peek and if it doesn’t work out, try a second chance.”

With the active cooperation of Otter Tea, a stage was set up inside Podalap Palace. Even if things don’t go as planned today, you have the foundation to get a second or third chance. So even if things went wrong, there was no need to force it.

“So, you can just focus on magic.”

The group nodded.

Looking at the eyes of the rest of the group, except for Tang So-yeol, there was a sense of leisure in them.

An expression that seems insignificant compared to performing magic tricks among tens of thousands of people.

hmm. You all have become great wizards.

“Then I’ll go get ready now. Everyone, please wait.”

The stage magic outside would be performed by the group, and I was planning to go in with the palace lord and wife to perform magic that was relatively simple and could only be performed up close.

Following the instructions of the doctors, I thoroughly cleaned my body and changed into clean clothes. After completing all preparations and waiting for a while, the palace lord and his wife appeared.

“Are you ready?”

I smiled slightly as I looked at Lanojingbu and Chairang’s faces, which were filled with tension and worry.

“It’s perfect.”

*** ***

Ranosara thought.

I can’t hear any cheers today.

‘Could it be related to the construction taking place nearby?’

For the past few days, I have been hearing the sounds of materials falling, hammers, and saws near my residence. Then, the shouting that had been heard these days disappeared completely.

The reason why the shouts disappeared was because Ho Cheon-an and his group stopped performing outside and entered Podalap Palace, but Sara decided that the reason for the disappearance of the sounds was due to construction.

It was thought that the building had been reinforced in some way to block outside noise.

‘It was a sound full of joy.’

A time when I was young and I don’t have any clear memories. It was a sound that could only be heard when a festival was held.

It was so fun that it made a sound that could be heard all the way from Lhasa to Podalap Palace.

I was curious.

Sarah lay on the bed and looked out the window. It was a window I couldn’t remember when it was opened.

I wanted to open the window and look outside, but I knew very well that my body, which was now so weak that I could hardly even lift a glass of water, could use all my strength to open the strong, large and thick window.

Because I already tried it secretly while everyone was asleep.

Sarah decided to just endure it. Because I saw a slight commotion spreading around the place, it seemed like my parents had arrived.

“Sara.”

“You’re here, mother and father.”

Sarah immediately noticed that the two people looked strange. What should I say about this? Sarah, who received a look in her eyes that was both anticipation and tension, tilted her head.

“…Didn’t you ask about the commotion outside earlier?”

“Yes, I did.”

“Jungwon people who show mysterious tricks have arrived from outside. The talent was so amazing that the people of Lhasa screamed while watching the talent, and the sound even reached this place.”

“Wow…”

Sarah’s eyes sparkled.

They came from the middle of the country, where there are many people wearing silk clothes and where the land never gets dark at night. What kind of talent could a person from the central plains perform that made the people of Lhasa cheer so happily?

Rasa shook her body and got closer to the two people.

“Do you know what talents those people showed?”

“I don’t know that.”

“Ah…”

Sarah let out a sad sigh. Sarah, who had been trying to imagine whether it might be that he had the talent to create an alter ego by pulling out hair like Son Wukong in Journey to the West, or that he might be spewing out moths from his mouth like Sao-jeong, lost her mind.

Looking at Sara’s disappointed face, Chai Rang smiled slightly.

“Because we don’t know much, we directly invited the magician from the middle of the team.”

Sarah lifted her head. Before I knew it, an unfamiliar young man was standing at the entrance.

“Hello. Sogungju.”

The young man waved his hand lightly and said hello. The moment when Sarah reflexively lowered her head.

Sarah.

Numerous flowers appeared in the young man’s hands. Sarah’s eyes widened at the flower that suddenly appeared in her empty hand. The young man smiled as he casually gathered the flowers together and placed them on the desk next to Sarah.

“It is called Ho Cheon-an, a magician from the central region.”

As soon as Sarah saw her face, she was completely immersed in the magic of Hocheonan. As the simple card magic and cup magic continued, Sarah continued to exclaim in exclamation and her eyes sparkled. The palace lord and wife observed Sara’s expression as she was immersed in magic.

‘I knew you would make this kind of expression…’

“This guy is actually a magic squirrel.”

Sarah laughed as Ho Cheon-an humorously pulled a squirrel card from his shoulder. When there were more than ten squirrels around my waist, I opened my mouth in admiration.

Rano Jinbu engraved Sarah’s expression in his heart. As I was just looking at Sara, Sara tugged on Rano Jinbu’s sleeve.

“Father, father. Did you just see it?”

“Oh, yes.”

“It’s really amazing!”

“Haha, the palace lord also enjoys magic together… Let’s see. How about this? The palace lord chooses one of these paddles.”

Ho Cheon-an skillfully brought in Lano Jingbu. Lano Jinbu had no choice but to choose one card.

“Now, let’s put the red card on top like this.”

As soon as Ho Cheon-an placed the tiles on the table, he immediately laid them out on the table.

“Now shall the palace lord look for the red tile?”

“Um.”

Lano Jingbu couldn’t even feel any sign of movement from Hao Tian’s hand movements.

That’s why he let out a groan as if he was in trouble.

It was natural that the top of the unfolded paddles was a red one.

If she picks up the red card like this, wouldn’t it only ruin Sarah’s joy in the world?

“Come on, Dad!”

In response to Sarah’s excitement, Lano Jinbu had no choice but to pick up the top tile and turn it over.

“…?”

However, the tile was blue, not red.

“Oops, you’re wrong.”

Ho Cheon-an picked up the bottom tile and flipped all the tiles over. All twelve cards without duplicate colors were revealed, and the red color was in the center of the cards.

what? I was fooled? At best, you couldn’t even sense the movements of the climax expert?

Regardless of the confused Lano Jinbu, Hocheonan’s magic continued. Ho Cheon-an gathered all the cards together and put the blue card that Rano Jinbu had picked up on top, and laid the cards on the floor again.

“Lord of the Palace, you will be able to find the card this time, right?”

“Come on, father! I’m curious about the results!”

Lanojingbu turned over the top page. However, this time there was a red card. Sara laughed as she looked at Lano Jingbu’s dumbfounded expression, and Ho Cheon-an turned the paddle over again. As expected, the blue card was in the middle.

Starting with hand magic, the palace lord and his wife Sarah immersed themselves in magic together. Because deep down, my prejudice that I thought it was at best a dexterity practiced by a climax expert has been completely shattered.

It was a dreamlike time for Sarah.

As I listened to people’s shouts of joy, things I thought were just other people’s stories became reality. And the reality was much more fantastic, enjoyable, and fun than I thought.

“Ah…”

Sarah let out a small exclamation. This was because Ho Cheon-an’s hand, which seemed to be performing magic endlessly, stopped.

Ho Cheon-an said hello and retrieved the magic tools. Sarah looked disappointed as she looked at that.

“How did you enjoy the performance?”

“Yes! yes This is my first time seeing something like this!”

Sara shakes her body and nods repeatedly. Ho Cheon-an looked at that and smiled.

“I’m glad you liked it. I’m glad you were satisfied even if it wasn’t stage magic.”

“Stage magic…?”

“Ah, stage magic is magic on a larger scale. I heard that Lhasa’s cheers could be heard all the way here?”

“Yes, just a little bit.”

“The reason why the people of Lhasa cheered was because they saw stage magic. Because it is a magic trick that cannot be performed unless you prepare for a big stage, it is much more mysterious and fun than something that can be performed simply by hand.”

“Ah…”

Sara, who was imagining stage magic, looked at Ho Cheon-an with slightly resentful eyes. Just a moment ago, I was happy as if I was walking through clouds… but why did they tell me that there was such magic?

Because Sarah was in a position where she couldn’t go out of this room.

There was no way I could see the stage magic that could only be performed on stage.

If I hadn’t known, today could have been the happiest day of my life.

“So.”

Ho Cheon-an walked towards the window, feeling Sara’s gaze filled with slight resentment.

“From now on, let’s look at that.”

Shake!

The window opened and Sarah’s eyes widened.

The wall that should have been visible outside the window was nowhere to be seen, and instead what was visible was a stage where magic tricks could be performed and a corn bowing with a ring.

Wow!

“A magician from Jungwon! It’s called corn!”

Stage magic began to unfold before Sarah’s eyes.