episode_0252

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While Namgung-cheon sighed heavily after receiving the membership, I looked around the room.

Perhaps because it was before lunch time, there were very few customers, and there was nothing special going on other than Sayoon, Chaeryeon, and Yura gathering in the corner and drinking drinks.

Then you can take some time to relax.

“Would you like a drink?”

“That’s good.”

After a while after I gave instructions, Jeomsoy came out with a bottle of alcohol and some light snacks.

Namgung-cheon, who received it, drank the glass of alcohol I poured for him in one go and sighed.

“I went back and talked to my son.”

“Is that so.”

“Sure… It was just as you said. When I asked him if it was a burden after giving him the Heart Sutra, he couldn’t answer.”

But that alone would have been the answer.

It is true that Nangong Chu-seong respects Nangong-cheon, but it is also true that he is a burden.

“That’s why I left my letter behind. I handed over all duties and authority to my son.”

There will be an uproar because the head of the family is away.

The faction created around Nangong Qian will not follow Nangong Qiusheng.

Those who aim for Hapbi, who was oppressed by the prestige of being the king of lightning and swords, will rise up.

My son will struggle under the huge burden of the Namgung family.

Although he knew all of this, he left the Namgung family for the sake of his son’s growth.

“You didn’t tell me where I would stay. But… it will become known soon.”

“I see.”

“I think I’ll just go on a trip for a while.”

“That’s good too.”

“I’m thinking about going to the north.”

“Ah. Then, would you please accept my request? I should have investigated that anyway.”

“…What are you going to say to the person who left home now?”

“What else can’t you do? This is the person who openly told me to leave the Namgung family.”

“Ha.”

He let out a sigh as if it were absurd, but he didn’t seem to be in a particularly bad mood.

“Anyway, I plan to stay here for a while and rest before leaving. If it’s a request, I’ll accept it then.”

“Thank you.”

“By the way, it’s the north. There is something that can be helpful to Sega…”

“Elderly.”

“Ah. this. Having lived my whole life for Sega, I tend to think that way without realizing it.”

“It wouldn’t be a bad thing to find yourself sometimes. So forget everything for the time being and rest here.”

“I guess so…”

It’s really sad to see his shoulders drooping, but I’m sure this is also for the purpose of raising the Namgung family. I smiled bitterly at him.

“I can chat with you occasionally while you drink.”

“That’s right. Would you like some alcohol?”

“I drink better than my father-in-law.”

Last time I went to Cheongho, I beat him with just my strength and not using my strength. Namgungcheon was impressed by my words.

“Wow. That chae beat that guy? Is this you? Well, even when I first saw it, it didn’t look like a person.”

“Haha.”

“Anyway… If you really drink well, let’s have a drink later.”

He chuckled and stretched lightly. When his slumped shoulders rose, he looked at Hongryeon and Chaejin who were sitting in the corner and looking at him.

“But those two. These are the people who became superhumans this time, right?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm… Can I practice martial arts behind here? For larger guests, they prepare their seats that way.”

“Yes.”

“Okay. I’m bored, but I guess I should check out my juniors’ skills.”

Namgungcheon got up from his seat and approached Hongryeon and Chaejin.

And, after saying something, the two took their weapons and headed to the backyard with Namgung-cheon.

“Mr. Uncle.”

“Hmm?”

Namgungcheon, Hongryeon, and Chaejin are seen going to the backyard and pointing their weapons at each other.

Sayoon glanced at it and asked in a low tone.

“Why did the Thunder Sword King come here?”

Um… what should I say?

I patted Sayun’s head and she smiled brightly.

“You came to take a bath.”

“Ahaha… I see…”

“It went well. Go and have a look. I heard you can study just by watching the expert’s sparring? Chaeryeon Sojeo. You go too. And Yu Sojeo, go and see it too.”

“Uh… is that okay?”

“It won’t matter.”

It’s not even about passing down the vision; it’s just sparring. What you get from it will depend on your ability.

I nodded to Yura and she headed to the backyard with Chaeryeon and Sayoon.

“I think Sayun will have another friend.”

“That wouldn’t be a bad thing either.”

I smiled and nodded towards the swordsman who had just come down.

By the way, if Namgungcheon is going to stay here for a while…

There won’t be any worries if something happens for the time being.

There was no need to spread the rumor that Namgungcheon, the king of lightning and swords, was staying as a guest at the guesthouse. That was because his eccentricities quickly became known.

Hot spring Jibaknyeong.

A superhuman, rarely seen once in a lifetime, sings in a bathhouse or goes into a steam room and applies salt to his body.

Or, it was quite a sight to see them chatting with the workers and people of Seomhwaseong Fortress while eating eggs baked in a fire oven.

You can easily meet him by just entering the bathhouse.

How many times have you had the opportunity to meet someone so easily and have a heart-to-heart talk with someone who you had a hard time seeing face to face not long ago?

Perhaps that is why the number of martial artists visiting his guest house to meet him has increased considerably.

Thanks to this, guest work also increased. Of course, just because it increased, it didn’t mean I was completely out of my mind.

And that wasn’t the only special thing.

Sayun has another friend.

“Yura! Come on!”

“You are always welcome.”

I saw three girls going out into the backyard.

Thanks to Chae-ryeon’s lively and sly personality and her ability to get along with people quickly, the three people of similar age quickly became friends.

From what I heard, there was talk of the three of us going on a Murim trip together in the future…

It’s not a bad thing. I watched Sayoon follow the two and wiped the table.

“I heard the atmosphere is unusual these days?”

Then I listened to the merchants’ stories. Although the North was opened, commercial commerce within the empire did not completely disappear.

No, it actually increased more.

Nokrim, which was associated with the Iron Blood Order, was literally ‘cut to pieces’ by the military, leaving the bandits to fend for themselves, leading to an increase in commercial travel.

In addition, as the code of conduct for encountering monsters, which I created in collaboration with Uchemun, became known, merchants also began to take fewer risks.

Because there is a way to avoid it.

Nevertheless, the fact that the atmosphere is unusual is probably one reason.

If a major problem arises in Heavenly Moon, one-third will go to the Iron Blood Order, and one-third will go to others. The last third could be said to be demonic.

Among them, the Iron Blood Order is over now, so the rest are the problem. Listening to their story, it seemed difficult to see it as a guitar problem.

“They say the demons are moving as if they are looking for something?”

“U. This is scary.”

“There is also a story that a demonic religion appeared from Tonghoe Village last time and killed all the villagers.”

“It’s bloody. I guess I should avoid that place.”

I sighed after listening to the words of small-scale merchants.

The number of magicians suddenly increased. This was similar to the event of finding the remaining half of the Heavenly Demon God.

“Do you know who this is?”

“The Murim Alliance investigator said it was the traces of a ghost ancestor.”

Ghost messenger. Among the five families of the Demonic Cult, he is one who follows the will of the original Confucianism.

Origin Confucianism.

The strongest family in the current Demonic Cult.

A place designated as a representative enemy in an event where you can obtain half of the Heavenly Demon’s Magic.

and.

One of the enemies of Yura’s main event, who tried to plant demonic properties in Yura and turn her into a blood demon.

The fact that all of this was moving now was enough to make me nervous.

It’s okay since the biggest danger called the Iron Blood Order has been prevented, but there are people looking for half of the Heavenly Demon’s magic…

In Heavenly Moon, if you fail the event, you just have to do it again, but that doesn’t work here, so if you fail once, you will get half of the Heavenly Demon’s skill in Yuga.

If that happens…

Literally, trial and blood will unfold.

“Uncle!”

I saw Sayun approaching, smiling brightly. Her and Yura and Chaeryeon behind her.

I shook my head as I stared at them, who often hang out and spar with each other these days, complementing each other’s shortcomings.

“Why are you thinking so deeply?”

The emotion in Sayun’s eyes was worry. Is it because he saw me making a serious expression?

I felt my anxiety transfer to her.

So I put my hand on her head and stroked it.

Sayoon just smiled brightly, perhaps because their relationship had now reached a point where she naturally accepted patting her head with a smile.

“It’s nothing.”

okay.

This is nothing.

****

Yu Jang-mok was astonished after receiving the report.

Let’s say it’s Geomseong. However, I did not know that the superhumans Hongryun and Chaejin would continue to stay in the island Hwaseong.

no. I was able to laugh and move on up to that point.

But Namgungcheon.

Why does that crazy old man stay in that guesthouse instead of the Namgung family?

According to rumors, he will stay for a while and then leave for the north, but seeing as there is even talk of a hot spring called Jibakryeong, it seems like he will stay there for a while.

“Huh…”

I was already prepared that attacking the Island Hwaseong Castle and finding half of the clues to the Heavenly Demon Divine Art would not be an easy task.

However, in the current situation, a frontal attack can never be successful.

okay. With a frontal attack.

Yu Jang-mok sighed deeply. Perhaps, Yuga may have to risk everything for this incident.

but…

‘If I can find the remaining half of the Heavenly Demon God’s skills…’

It’s not a waste to sacrifice everything.

That’s why he told his subordinate.

“Go back to Yuga. And to mobilize all the power of the Blood Demon Gangshi and the Confucius.”

They forcibly instill demonic nature into a child and let him develop that demonic nature for a long time before using all of the Blood Demon Gangshi that can be created.

If anything goes wrong, oil prices will collapse in an instant.

And yet you make this decision.

“Isn’t it dangerous?”

“Now is the time to take a chance.”

In response to his cool answer, the subordinate eventually let out a heavy sigh and moved, and Yu Jang-mok closed his eyes.

When the entire power of the Yu family came here, along with the Blood Demon Gangshi.

Everything will be decided.