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There was a question in the eyes looking at me. As I faced her, I looked around.

Gwisan (鬼山), where the glory of the past has completely disappeared due to the runaway spiritual energy, the thousand-day plum blossoms, which were always bright red, have now become naturalized and are laughing at the living, and here and there in the dark Hongseongmun Gate there are red lanterns that appear to have been hung by Sayun. It showed signs of destruction around it.

I’m Sayoon over there… Just for convenience, let’s call her Little Sayoon from now on.

Anyway, it may have been an extremely awkward sight for her, but it was an all too familiar sight for me and us.

I glanced at little Sayun. I didn’t want her to see this.

It may be familiar to me and us, but it must be a terrible scene for little Sayun, who grew up seeing only good things.

Nevertheless, I said, hiding my bitterness towards her who stood firm and showed her determination.

“Could you wait here for a moment? I want to talk alone.”

“Uh… are you okay?”

“Yes.”

I stroked little Sayun’s head and pointed to a corner.

Because there was no need for her to keep looking at the tombstones of the Hongseong disciples, which could also be seen in the bright moon of heaven.

“Take a break.”

“Um… yes.”

Little Sayun nodded slightly. The doubt in her eyes did not go away, but the trust she had built so far kept her moving.

As little Sayun walked away, I looked at a woman who was quite familiar.

A bleak gaze.

A cold, stiff face.

A face that shows devastation and appears to be several years older than Sayoon is now.

Sayoon, whom we felt sorry for and wanted to save, was right in front of us.

I turned my head without realizing it.

I see the girl who made eye contact with me smiling brightly. I waved my hand lightly at her.

I, we saved that child.

He saved Hong Seong-mun and prevented the world from danger.

But that doesn’t mean it’s the end.

The woman in front of me is Sayun.

I was the person we wanted to save.

How can I back down with her in front of me?

“You must have a lot to say to me. okay. That will happen.”

I took a step toward the older Sayoon, and she took a step back, hesitantly.

That’s how it advances and retreats.

How much did it move? She looked at me with confused eyes and then raised her sword.

“That’s it.”

Prevent human access.

It will happen.

After losing everyone in the first chapter, he saw that even the people in Island Village who had helped him and comforted him in chapter 1 had all died.

Later, in Chapter 2, he lost Joo Hye-eun, a friend who helped him both financially and spiritually.

Since then, her main story has always been a repetition of losing.

She was always deprived of the people she loved.

As if those people shouldn’t exist for you.

As if you had to be completely alone.

Sayoon had no choice but to become devastated and lonely due to that vicious scenario.

So, this is how you set up thorns.

“…Don’t even think about getting close to me.”

I stopped at her refusal. But that didn’t mean nothing was done.

I just said it.

The pain, suffering, and adversity she went through.

Stories that could not help but be literally the theater of life.

It was doubtful at first, but Sayun’s eyes were filled with confusion.

I spoke calmly to her who was so embarrassed that she couldn’t say anything.

“You think I will be harmed if I get close to you, right?”

“…Uh, how.”

She thought of herself as a ghost.

Because of his confidence, Hong Seong-moon was destroyed.

Because of his presence, Seomhwa Village burned down.

Joo Hye-eun died because she was confident, and because she was confident…

Of course, even though it wasn’t true, the reality of what happened was enough to make her despair.

but.

Nevertheless, even though she was tormented by her fate, she did not hate people.

Therefore, he risked solitude and lived alone to achieve his goal.

He didn’t want to cause harm to people who came close to him, so he always treated them in a sharp and cold manner.

Nevertheless, she never gave up on being good and did not hesitate to protect.

I opened my mouth with the woman we had always seen in front of me.

“Don’t tell me. I, who watched you and had no choice but to watch you, let us tell you.”

I declared.

With everyone’s will.

Not just the members of Sayun, but everyone who was in heaven and knew about Sayun.

I said what I always wanted to say to Sayun, the unfortunate avenger who did not lose her goodness even in the midst of such pain, adversity, and hardship.

“You are not an evil spirit.”

Suddenly, Sayun’s body stiffened. The hand that was aiming the great sword loses its strength.

“….No.”

“It was hard, right?”

I approached Sayun, but the lowered greatsword could not be lifted.

Sayoon’s light purple eyes.

My eyes, which had been wet with pain, suffering, adversity, and exhaustion, were becoming watery.

“Still, he did it well.”

“…that…just.”

I’m shaking.

I am afraid.

I was suffering from feeling warmth again.

Since she was sad because she had no choice but to become a revenge demon, I approached her and raised my hand.

The feeling of soft hair against my hand was no different from that of Sayoon, whom I knew and often stroked.

“I consider it an honor to meet you like this. thanks. For holding on well. For holding on until now.”

“Ugh… Ugh… Ah…”

It falls apart.

I couldn’t be recognized by anyone, and I couldn’t hear a single warm word from anyone.

Because everyone who got close to him was destroyed.

Because everyone who helped him suffered.

Even though he reveals his own sharp words and harsh attitude, and even though he sheds tears every night due to loneliness.

Sayun, who did not forget Hong Seong-moon’s teachings and maintained his goodness, eventually collapsed.

“Ugh… Ugh… Ugh. Sniff… Ugh… Ugh… Ugh… Oh, how much…”

“……”

“My, how… ugh… hee, it’s so hard. Hmm… Master… Master. Ambassador… Sisters… Hmm… Hmm… Sniff. Tsk…!”

“You must have been lonely. It must have been painful. It must have been difficult. Nevertheless, I persevered well… thank you. Really.”

“Ugh, wow!!”

I gently hugged Sayun, who eventually burst into tears. I let out a small sigh as I patted her as she sobbed, holding on to my clothes tightly.

The will is strengthened.

This person who doesn’t know what happiness is.

I, we had to be saved.

She seemed to have calmed down a bit and fell asleep.

In the bright moon of heaven, she was always lonely. There was no one to share their pain with, no one to understand, and no one to understand.

It was natural.

Because all those people are dead.

So, knowing her pain and sympathizing with her, I feel like my heart has eased a little.

“Uncle…”

At that time, little Sayun walked over. She quietly came next to me, sat down, looked at the older Sayun who was sleeping, and then cautiously opened her mouth.

“You know this person, right?”

“Yes.”

In fact, I didn’t want little Sayun to know about her potential. No matter how meaningless the future may be, we are about to see a future in which our beloved family members die.

And look. Didn’t little Sayoon, who already realized what the situation was and actually saw it, become sullen?

I stroked her head.

“Actually, I should have told you first. I’m sorry.”

“Ugh. no. I think you didn’t tell me because you were thinking of me.”

Little Sayun declared, and I smiled at her.

Thank you for saying that.

“By the way. excuse me. What should I do now?”

What Little Sayun was thinking was that after receiving the Hongseong Divine Art from Sword Saint, he tried to pass it on to Big Sayun.

In reality, that’s probably the best she can do.

“I studied the method.”

“Yes? Really?!”

Was it because of the panicked cry of little Sayoon?

Sayoon, who had been sleeping, slowly began to open his eyes.

As if the confusion and change from earlier were a lie, Sayoon’s face had returned to the blunt, icy face I knew.

“…….”

I must have been thirsty since I fell asleep after crying so much earlier. I was thirsty too, and little Sayun was also swallowing dry saliva.

So I took out the water bottle and poured it into a glass.

The water in the bamboo glass may be lukewarm, but it will still be drinkable.

“It would have been better if it was cool water.”

Big Sayun stared at the water in the glass I held out, the glass in my hand, and the glass held out to Little Sayun, then pointed his finger.

– Damn it!!

Ice was formed in the glasses she pointed to.

The little Sayun, who was looking at the big Sayun alternately at the cool water with thin ice floating in it, said with a surprised expression.

“…Did you learn the ice ball too?”

“Because ice ball calms down blood and heat. If you do not become calm in the process of gaining enlightenment, you will have no choice but to attain enlightenment or become a devil. In the past, I helped Ice Snow Flower, the successor to the North Sea Ice Palace, and learned ice skills.”

Originally, it would have been the monk, teacher, and sister-in-law who would have taken care of it, but the great Sayun couldn’t do that.

So, if it was helpful to learn Hongseong Shingong, whether it was ice ball or anything else, I learned it.

Unlike little Sayoon, who was surprised, I didn’t show much of a reaction, so she slowly turned her gaze to stare at me and I shrugged.

It wasn’t something I knew about, so I wasn’t surprised.

I just wonder why every single episode is nothing but tear-jerking.

Anyway, that’s not what’s important.

I stared at the tall Sayoon, and when she made eye contact with me, she hesitated and then slightly averted her gaze.

“I have a suggestion for you. Are you thinking of leaving here?”

Tall, the head that had been avoiding comes back to face me.

Big Sayun’s gaze became sharp.

For her, Hongseongmun Gate was a ruin, but it was a place where memories of her teachers and sisters-in-law remained.

It was also the place where their burial mounds were located.

So telling her to leave this place could have been showing greater hostility than attacking her herself.

In fact, during the event, there was an event where I had to kill all the bandits trying to take over Hongseong Mountain, and by solving it, I was able to get the nickname ‘Guardian of Hongseong Mountain’.

Big Sayun, who was staring at me silently, sighed deeply and opened her lips.

“…Are you telling me to leave Hongseong Mountain? You said you knew about me. There’s no way you wouldn’t know what that means, right?”

“Of course, I am not saying that you should leave Hongseongsan Mountain or Hongseongmun Gate.”

I held out my hand to her.

“Let’s leave this world.”

I said my last words to her in confusion.

“Come with us.”