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It took three days for me to remove the stagnant fish from the pond.

It can’t be said to be a long time… but what happened in that time?

“Sisters are all idiots!”

Sarah jumped up and down and got angry. I asked while trying to calm Sarah down from her excitement.

“Okay, what happened?”

Sarah glanced in the direction where the group was, and the group flinched. To be precise, Black Cat and Yeo Il-ye flinched and Tang So-yeol giggled. Dang Do-yeon and Oksul seem to be outsiders.

Sarah explained the meeting that took place two days ago.

When I heard about that dance, I became dizzy. Ah, I guess you finally noticed what happened on the day of the triumphal ceremony. It seemed like Yeo Il-ye had no intention of hiding it.

“Just! The wind blows like it’s blowing away from the training ground and the floor is frozen!”

“Keuung.”

Listening to Sarah’s description, it felt as if she had been hit with all her might.

hmm.

Yeo Il-ye came to Ronin Gaekjan looking for me, but she didn’t particularly press me for an answer. To be honest, I didn’t have time to think deeply about this. The ranked match held in Sichuan Province at that time should have been a bit shocking…

I was distracted by the Sichuan private secret war, and then I was distracted by the topic leading to the climax that continued from Jasoojing, and as soon as the climax was reached, I was kidnapped, not kidnapped, to the Tang family, and the Tang family was also busy resolving various issues.

Under the pretext of…I didn’t give Yeo Il-ye an answer for a long time.

But suddenly Sarah broke the news that the black cat and I were clashing lips… Yeo Il-ye, who normally accepted the black cat’s behavior gently, seems to have reached the limit of her patience.

“And then, hehe, two people even get hurt…!”

“What?!”

Sarah’s eyes filled with tears as if she was suddenly filled with sorrow. I comforted Sara by patting her on the back, while also checking the extent of Yeo Il-ye and Heuk Cat’s injuries.

Now I see that the bandage is sticking out from between the black cat’s sleeves.

“Unni Black Cat had a cut on her arm and Unni Yeo Il-ye suffered an internal injury during her oral cavity…”

“I see…it’s okay. Because they both look fine. Huh?”

“Sigh, I really hate both of them!”

It seems that Sara was shocked by the dance between Heukmyo and Yeo Il-ye, who hurt each other. Even now, if this were the case, there would have been loud wailing at the scene. Anyway, I gave her tea, patted her back, stroked her head, and treated her with all my sincerity, and Sarah’s tears stopped.

“I really hate it when Sarah pretends to be friendly only in front of her and then fights behind her back!”

…Well, no matter how much Sarah intervened, how could the grievances in my heart be resolved all at once?

“But Sarah, what did the teacher do wrong to Sarah again?”

“Dang So-yeol is not interested in anything other than my cheeks! joy! I thought he was a trustworthy person because he comforted me during the bimu!”

Sarah slams the tea table as if she was truly betrayed by Tang So-yeol. What does this mean again? Although I saw Tang So-yeol touch Sarah’s cheek…

“It’s because I touched Sarah’s cheek too much.”

“Oh!”

As Tang So-yeol sat down next to Sarah, Sarah quickly hid behind my back. Tang So-yeol looked at Sarah, who was glaring at him from behind my back as if wary, and smiled once before opening his mouth.

“With the two of you fighting and you not around, where would that child have been able to go? When I comforted him when he was sad, he came running to me. So I held her in my arms and massaged her cheek.”

“My sister is the worst!”

“As an aside, I also told you that Heukmyo and Yeo Il-ye pretend to be friendly in front of Sarah, but they glare at each other behind her back.”

Is this person… the type of person who plays a practical joke on someone they like and enjoys the reaction?

Anyway, I understand the situation.

The two had an emotional dance, and Sara, who was the cause of the dance, was shocked by the results she had caused. Sarah must have been crying so hard that the two of them would have stopped dancing and tried to comfort her.

I thought it would end like that, but maybe it was the party’s fault that started it?

“Ugh…Master. Please eat some iron.”

“That’s right!”

“Anyway, I told you everything, so you can take care of the rest.”

finish.

Finish it.

Well, that’s right. Now it was time to leave Podalap Palace. Podalap Palace will suppress the conflict between Sichuan and Yunnan, but it is too hopeful that the conflict will end only with the appearance of Podalap Palace.

Although they are collectively referred to as the Yunnan Four School and the Sichuan School, in reality they are not really one group, but rather a group of schools with their own thoughts and goals moving in a similar direction. In the beginning, they may have noticed each other and come together as one, but what will happen if Podalap Palace appears?

It becomes impossible to do anything within the huge framework of the Yunnan Four Schools and the Sichuan True Schools. If there are no benefits to be gained from the union, it is obvious that the framework will be maintained and each person will scatter like grains of sand.

Among them, there would be a need to block movements that could pose a threat.

Now that the goal of mobilizing the masters of the Podalap Palace had been achieved, it was necessary to return to the central plains and observe the movements of those factions.

“Bee-”

As Tang So-yeol returned to the blacksmith shop, he looked at Sarah sticking her tongue out at the back of his head. Sarah resembles a black cat in many ways. Not only was he like that on the outside, but so was his lack of experience in human relationships compared to his age. If Black Cat was psychologically closed off, Sarah was physically isolated.

Well, Sarah’s growth is not my responsibility or concern. Sara has a home called Podalap Palace and her parents, Ranojingbu and Chairang, who love Sara more than anyone else.

What I was worried about was whether Sarah would be able to accept the separation from the black cat well.

Sarah is angry now, but wasn’t she the one who was clinging to the black cat?

I’m not sure.

For now, I played with Sara without showing it. We played with gonggi by carving out rolling stones, and we also told stories about what happened at Bodhi Lotus Garden. Sarah also demonstrated a martial art that she has been learning recently.

It seemed like she was practicing martial arts hard, so I praised her a lot, and Sarah was very happy.

“Magician! See you tomorrow!”

“Yes. You haven’t completely overcome the oral pronunciation period yet, so go to bed early and wake up late!”

“Yes!”

When Sarah returned home in the evening, Black Cat and Yeo Il-ye approached her.

“Congratulations on your achievement. Silver ball.”

“Your constitution seems to have improved a bit.”

“Thank you. It’s a black cat. Thank you. Yeo-il-ye Sojeo.”

After a brief exchange of greetings, there followed a strange, silent confrontation in which none of the three of us spoke.

It was natural that the two people who had a huge fight had an awkward relationship… I guess both Heukmyo and Yeoilje would be dissatisfied with my attitude…?

“I heard that the two had a secret dance…”

It often happened that Black Cat and Yeo Il-ye danced together. Since we were a group to begin with, it was strange that we didn’t dance together. Heukmyo, Dang Do-yeon, and Yeo Il-ye had similar transcendental stages, so they tended to do a lot of mixing for one reason or another.

However, both of them probably know that the dance just mentioned is not that kind of everyday dance.

“That’s right.”

Yeo Il-ye and Heukmyo’s eyes met. It seemed like the emotions hadn’t completely disappeared yet… but at least the atmosphere wasn’t as scary as it was before entering Bodhi Lotus Flower.

“…I’m reflecting.”

Suddenly the black cat spoke.

“Sarah was a child who had just come into the world, and I think it was a bit careless of her to get excited and follow along just because such a child offered to support her. I was the closest person to Sarah’s guardian here.”

“…That’s the same for me too.”

Yeo Il-ye also opened her mouth.

“He was just angry and acted according to his feelings without hesitation, and he injured Sojeo, the black cat, and caused a great shock to Sarah.”

The two people each seemed to feel something when they saw Sarah’s tears.

“I think I should apologize to both of them.”

When I saw the two people, I also strengthened my resolve in my heart. In fact, I don’t know what [Reincarnation Truck]’s intention was to push me into this world of martial arts. Worrying about the intention and purpose of the reincarnation truck pushing me here could actually be said to be groundless.

Even if the reincarnation truck showed up one day and decided to do something to me, there was no way I could prepare for it right away.

Considering the fact that you left me alone until now, there is no chance of that happening in the first place.

However, the part about this body, ‘Hocheonan’, was different.

Mixed blood.

This onion-like thing that popped out again and again no matter how many times you peeled it was unusual.

Grains of impurities that did not budge even in the energy of the Bodhi Lotus Dam, where the spirit of the sacred mountain gathered. Dok-ui’s story that my impurities were artificially created also passed through my mind.

Until the age of fifteen, where did Ho Cheon-an come from, whose child was he, and what did he get caught up in to end up in his current situation?

I felt like I had to know that to make room in my heart.

A space where someone can be accepted.

The moment when I was about to open my mouth to convey that determination to the two people.

“No, you don’t have to do that.”

“It’s okay. Senior.”

…what.

As I was blinking, Yeo Il-ye was the first to open her mouth.

“Seeing Sarah’s tears made me reflect on many things. The situation is very different now from when I expressed my feelings on the day of the triumphal ceremony. I threw away everything, but Eungong took on a lot of things.”

“I suddenly remembered my meetings with Eunkong. I once again realized that Eun-gong took care of me, who was blinded by revenge, and even threw the Eun-won plaque to stop me. But…I was with Dangata that day and saw with my own eyes what kind of burden Eun-gong was carrying, and yet I did something like this, putting my own emotions first. ” I am truly ashamed.”

“Yes.”

The black cat nodded.

“I’m sorry, senior. I didn’t mean to force my feelings on my senior. I was also careless. Because I knew what kind of person my senior was… I knew how he would perceive my actions that day, but I ended up behaving like that.”

“No…”

“No, no! I’m saying it’s okay if you don’t force yourself to give an answer right now! Isn’t that right?!”

The black cat lost his temper and asked Yeo Il-ye for consent. Yeo Il-ye looked at the black cat for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

“Yes, Sojeo the black cat is correct. I think Eun-gong was trying to promise us something unreasonable, is that correct?”

…It’s impossible.

Now that we are trying to stop Jeongcheol and prevent the conflict between the Yunnan Sect and the Sichuan Sect, it may be unreasonable to reveal the secret of my origins and the source of mixed blood.

At a loss for words, the black cat became angry.

“Anyway! I knew it would! Every time I ask you to join me, you strangely end up taking on all the burden!”

“That’s right. If you had trusted me more during the Black Armored Earth Dragon, things would have been much easier.”

“But this is my job…”

“Eun-gong, when you helped me, did you do it because it was your job?”

I opened my mouth to try to refute something, but I was forced to close my mouth again due to Yeo Il-ye’s question.

Yeo Il-ye said with a grin.

“Eun-gong, just as Eung-gong was indignant after hearing my story, I was also angry at Jeong-cheol’s actions. Eun-gong may think that Jeong-cheol’s work is only his business, but is that really true?”

“That’s right! Seniors are not the only Sichuan ronin! Besides, that bastard Jeong-cheol is the one who destroyed our cute Ryo-ah’s precious home!”

is it.

I was not the only one who had a connection with Tangga. Sacheon was not the only place where people lived in Sacheon.

Maybe I overlooked that point.

“I definitely want to hear an answer from my senior! But I also have a desire to defeat Jeong-cheol! Ah, I really don’t know what to say!”

“I don’t want to be pushed around by the situation or listen to an answer that is forced upon me due to pressure. Eunkong, I want to hear the answer from your heart.”

“Yes! That’s it! So, all you have to do is defeat Jeongcheol cleanly, lie comfortably in the corner of your room, think about it, and then tell him!”

Could it be that Yeo Il-ye expressed what he wanted to say? Heukmyo let out a refreshing sigh, like a person with a hollow heart, and held out his palm to Yeo Il-ye. Yeo Il-ye looked at the black cat’s palm and made a puzzled expression.

“Now! In this case, raise your palm like this!”

“…Do you mean like this?”

match!

Yeo Il-ye clumsily raised her hand and Heukmyo’s hand collided. There was quite a contrast between the black cat, who made a cheerful sound and a relieved expression, and the puzzled expression of Yeo Il-ye, who was experiencing a high five for the first time in her life.

“Thank you…”

“Uh-huh!”

“Sorry…”

“Eun Gong.”

No, they don’t let me say anything. Yeo Il-ye looked at my aggrieved expression and laughed. The black cat also snorted and smiled in satisfaction.

“Apologies and thanks are all done, what are you going to do from now on, senior? What are your next plans?”

“It’s time to return to the midfield.”

When the word of leaving was mentioned, everyone, including Heukmyo and Yeoilje, turned into sad expressions. In particular, the black cat seemed more disappointed. Because the black cat and Sarah were connected by some unknown bond.

He must be feeling even more regret, especially since his relationship with Sarah has become so strained that he is unable to even talk to her.

“So let’s prepare a farewell meal.”

The two people looked at each other questioningly.

What led to Podalap Palace and what led to Sarah.

It led to magic.

So, shouldn’t you show magic even when you break up?

“Of course, the ending is a magic performance.”

Let’s prepare the best magic.