episode_0251

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“Black cat, shall we give it a try?”

“Hmm. Is that so?”

Black Cat smiled bitterly as he looked at Ho Cheon-an, who had a fierce look on his face. The black cat had also been watching Sarah’s antics since morning. It was only right to respond to Sarah’s efforts like this.

The two people took a stance and looked at each other, slightly surprised.

“You’ve become a lot stronger, senior.”

“You too have changed a lot?”

Hu Tianan felt that the black cat’s momentum had completely changed. Compared to the level of the black cat, there was no excessive pressure. To put it in a good way, he was hiding himself well, and in a bad way, it was impossible to overpower him. However, as I began to mix hands with Lano Jingbu, the unique pressure of a cilantro took hold in my body.

The black cat looked into Hocheonan and realized once again that seeing and facing are different. Ho Cheon-an, who learned the sword technique through special training from Tang Xiaoyeol and learned how to use the sword technique from Yeo Il-ye, became a full-fledged expert.

Ssss!!

“Going. Senior.”

The dance began with Hocheonan’s black sword cutting through the sutra made up of nine notes.

‘Your senior is growing remarkably.’

Heukmyo stretched out his long sword, recalling the Hocheonan he had before awakening his sword energy. At that time, Hocheonan would have been limited to wrapping a sutra around his body, so the bimu itself would not have been established with the black cat that used the oral technique.

A mouth-watering device that can even freeze river energy. The sutra around Hocheonan would have easily frozen just by coming into contact with such a mouth sound device.

“Difference sum!”

The black cat twisted its upper body to avoid Hucheonan’s sword and at the same time sprayed a long spell. Frost caked on Hocheonan’s sword, which destroyed two of the Black Cat’s Jangyeongs.

If it had hit the body, it would have been cold enough to cause frostbite, but what it had touched was a sword. Black Cat smiled as he watched Hu Tian-an cut off the sutra he was injecting to generate sword energy. It was an appropriate response since if the sword energy had been maintained as is, the nine-tone energy could have penetrated Ho Cheon-an’s body through the sword.

However, since Ho Cheon-an had only just awakened to the sword energy, it was a burden to repeatedly interrupt and continue the flow of sword energy.

It wasn’t long before Ho Cheon-an could see the palm of his hand resting in front of his chest.

“lost.”

“Thank you for your hard work. Senior.”

After the dance, the two people drank tea side by side.

“Whew, but it feels like I’m alive with something warm entering my body.”

Ho Cheon-an had both hands glued to the teacup. No matter how much I responded by blocking the black cat’s Jangyeong with my sword and cutting off the sword energy before the Nine Yin energy penetrated, I couldn’t avoid the residual cold coming into my palm.

The black cat found it funny that Ho Cheon-an was holding the pine nuts with both hands and let out a low laugh.

“Hehe, a cup of warm tea is the best after running the ice ball.”

“Hmm. Really?”

“It’s inevitable that your body will get cold.”

Ho Cheon-an’s heart felt a little heavy as he watched the black cat smiling contentedly while drinking warm tea.

‘Should I have paid more attention to the black cat?’

Ho Cheon-an stared at the black cat’s white hair. Perhaps because he had just pulled up the ice ball, his black hair, which had looked gray, had returned to white hair. No matter how much a black cat is born with lunar retardation, it would be a burden to just embrace the oral lunar retardation in its body.

What a terrible thing the oral organ is.

He was such a terrible guy that he couldn’t be defeated even with the Elixir of Heaven, so he could barely balance it with the Elixir added to his Elixir. But isn’t it a black cat that absorbs that energy with its bare body? It was a mistake to not pay any attention just because he said he was fine and could get over it.

“I’m sorry.”

“…?”

“No, when I made Sarah’s cure, it would have been nice if I had also made a medicine that could strengthen your body, but now I’m thinking about it…”

The black cat looked at the apologetic Ho Cheon-an and smiled.

“How am I now?”

“Hmm…I think white hair looks good on you too.”

“Senior, are you stupid? Not that one.”

The black cat wrinkled his eyebrows as he looked at Ho Cheon-an’s puzzled expression. Sometimes you are the most perceptive person in the world, but at times like this, you turn into an idiot who has lost all sense of perseverance.

“Am I now a person who gets along with people?”

“Ah.”

At those words, Ho Cheon-an pushed out of his mind the color of the black cat’s hair and the gesture of drinking the steaming tea. Rather than the result of absorbing Sarah’s oral energy, I thought about the intention behind why I absorbed the oral energy into my body.

“…I see.”

The black cat wanted to save Sarah.

As Ho Cheon-an realized this fact, various thoughts arose in his mind.

Among them, the word that came to mind the most was trust.

The cat that used to hide in the dark and stare at people has suddenly become a charlatan.

“Your actions helped a lot.”

After realizing that fact, Ho Cheon-an uttered the first word that came to mind.

The black cat smiled upon hearing those words.

“The magic performance was successful, but the palace lord very stubbornly refused treatment. The palace lord’s heart was broken as he placed his hopes on various people, failed, and became frustrated. Will I be able to persuade the palace lord within the remaining time? The moment I was thinking like this, you absorbed Sarah’s oral skills.”

Ho Cheon-an said that the palace lord was also able to overcome his broken heart because he saw Sarah’s improvement with his own eyes.

“Because you absorbed Sarah’s energy, I was able to buy enough time and prepare everything.”

Ho Cheon-an recalled the time when he hunted spirit beasts. What would have happened if Yeo Il-ye had not performed well? Still, I would have been able to catch the black armored dragon. We also prepared ways to deal with dangerous situations. However, there must have been serious injuries or casualties among the monks.

What would have happened if the black cat had not absorbed the oral energy and bought time? They would have had no choice but to push the monks in hastily, which would have resulted in more casualties.

As Ho Cheon-an spoke, he realized something. The black cat helped a lot in treating Sarah.

I can’t believe I’m only now realizing that.

‘You were blind.’

Ho Cheon-an thought that he had not lost his cool. Because we practiced as usual, pounded metal, and performed magic tricks in a fun way.

But that was just my own illusion.

I was only concerned about moving Podalap Palace and couldn’t look around.

I thought it was just a good thing that I absorbed the Gu Yin Qi and gained stronger martial arts, but was it really that simple to think about?

Even though he acquired a powerful oral technique, the black cat had to change the martial arts style he had been honing his entire life overnight, and his hair color also changed.

Black Cat prepared a lot to save Sarah and actually accepted it calmly.

It was only now that Ho Cheon-an realized the mindset and determination of the black cat.

And I also noticed how buried I was in anger.

He finally realized that his heart was filled with anger towards Jeongcheol, to the extent that he did not even try to see it properly, let alone understand what kind of determination and heart the black cat had absorbed the oral energy.

“…Thank you.”

Ho Tian-an greeted the black cat with many emotions.

Is that greeting a thank you for making the plan to move the Podalap Palace easier by absorbing Sara’s energy? Or is it a greeting for the kindness of the black cat who just calmly waited for him who was blinded? If not, is it just a greeting that has been silently with him until now? Or is it a greeting that made me realize my current state?

Ho Cheon-an spoke with a feeling that could not be put into words.

Looking at that, the black cat put down the teacup.

[Wow, sister! It’s obvious that you like magician Hocheonan, so why aren’t you doing anything!]

‘So, why didn’t I do anything?’

Black Cat recalled the moment when she took off her cotton cloth for the first time and showed her face to Ho Cheon-an. Why didn’t he do anything back then?

The black cat could have answered now.

It was scary.

I was afraid that if I acted carelessly, my relationship with my senior, which had been connected with the absurd excuse of chance hunting, would end.

The black cat asked himself a question.

Are you still afraid of being abandoned by Ho Cheon-an?

‘it is not so.’

This senior was a person who had a lot of trouble taking care of everyone. He was a person who took care of this person and that, but still moved forward.

The black cat thought. Since I decided to learn how to be with my senior, I have had many different relationships.

After work in Sacheon Province, Dang Do-yeon persuaded him to take a ride on the Bicheon Carriage.

He became friends with the bright Hyeok Kirin, was shocked to hear that he liked Ho Cheon-an, growled with Yeo Il-ye, who mysteriously and secretly joined the group, and flew to Dangga on a raincoat together. Then, he met cute Ryeo-ah, got caught by her, and was forced to hang out with Yeo Il-ye. He becomes a companion with Tang So-yeol, who is gifted with the energy of stars like himself.

Reach out your hand to others.

He also saved Sarah.

And it was so cute and thankful that Sarah did all sorts of things for him.

So shouldn’t we respond to that feeling? It was a time created by Sarah’s sacrifice, even giving up her cheek to Tang So-yeol. But if nothing happened at this time, how would Sarah be viewed?

“Senior, this is all because of the way we work together that you taught us.”

“What?”

The black cat stretched out his hand and grabbed Hu Cheon-an’s front buckle and pulled him. Ho Cheon-an’s embarrassed expression appeared before his eyes.

Ho Cheon-an swallowed dry saliva at the face of the black cat that appeared before his eyes. The scent of a black cat, which I thought had disappeared for some time, filled my nose.

The black cat was also nervous about the current situation, so she shed some of the Taeeumgi.

The black cat said something to push the pounding heart out of his head.

“When I think about it, it’s shameful.”

“Huh?”

“If you are grateful, don’t just say thank you in words, give a reward.”

Yes, this is a fair price. Thinking like that, Black Cat put strength in his hands and pulled Ho Cheon-an’s upper body.

The lips of Black Cat and Ho Cheon-an touched. The two people’s lightly touched lips parted and the black cat took a deep breath.

“Black…”

Ho Cheon-an’s lips, which he was about to say in a daze, were once again covered. Unlike just before, when their lips lightly touched each other, the black cat pushed in deeply.

‘As expected, seniors are special.’

After learning how to be together, the black cat had a lot of fun. He laughed with Hyeok Gi-rin, ate ssam with the Wolbok Party members, played with Dangyeo-ah, and took care of Sarah.

It was all fun. Those were the days when I could understand why my senior wanted me to be someone who could be together rather than just the two of us.

But still.

Even after experiencing so many things, my feelings toward Hocheonan still did not change.

Meat offal and offal went back and forth. The black cat looked at Ho Cheon-an’s shaking eyes and smiled for some reason, so he parted his lips. Now I felt like I knew what Ho Cheon-an was thinking. This person has too little self-evaluation compared to his talents and talents. Why are you kissing someone like me…? You must be thinking the same thing.

It’s not like someone made it like this, so why is my self-evaluation so poor?

Such thoughts passed through the black cat’s head, but he soon decided that it was probably a good idea. Because it is a good plan including these aspects.

“Senior.”

The black cat tugged at Hocheonan’s front buckle again and muttered.

“From now on, I won’t miss it.”

never.

Thinking like that, Black Cat once again covered Ho Cheon-an’s lips.

The conversation between the two continued for a long time.