Episode 8. Encounter, Coincidence 2013.09.28.
“Other people?”
Sonbin, holding a book in his hand, asked a question.
Who are the people Sajahyeok cares about? But Sajahyeok did not answer.
While Sajahyuk drank the tea slowly, as if savoring it, Sonbin turned his head and looked inside the cup.
The guesthouse was noisy and noisy. She didn’t even look at Sonbin or Lion Hyuk in particular.
‘hmm. if… … .’
Sonbin carefully looked around to see if there were people who looked like martial people. Most of them were merchants or travelers, but I could see a few people wearing military uniform sitting in the opposite corner.
‘Oh, come to think of it, over there… … .’
As I searched, I could see quite a few unmanned people. As Sonbin was looking around, he suddenly heard Sajahyuk’s voice.
“It’s not them.”
Sajahyeok quietly put down his teacup and said.
“Do you see four people sitting near the entrance? “Two women and two men.”
Sonbin inadvertently turned his head. And at that moment, Sajahyuk’s eyes crossed with one of the people he was talking about.
He was a young man with clear eyes and a cute appearance, and he was dressed like a child from a wealthy family with considerable power.
The noble-looking young man sitting next to him and the young lady across from him were also dressed in similarly luxurious attire.
“Hmm, but they don’t look like martial people… … .”
Sonbin looked at them and said. To put it bluntly, they look like they went on a sightseeing trip.
“Who said I care about the martial arts people?”
Sonbin looked at Sajahyuk with a blank expression. Sajahyuk said.
“What I care about is strong people.”
Sajahyeok’s eyes were shining as he spoke.
“They are watching us.”
A young man with a handsome appearance said with a smile. The sight of the young man, stylishly dressed in luxurious clothes and holding a teacup, was like a painting.
“I see.”
The young lady sitting across from him answered in a calm voice. She was a beautiful woman who looked good in flashy clothes, but her cold expression gave off a chill.
“The pitch-black great sword is very impressive. “Who could it be?”
Another young man glanced away and said. He looks a little younger than the rest of the group, and his eyes are sparkling.
“Come on, don’t look. “I got caught.”
Another girl across from me said with a puzzled expression. She was a young lady with cute round eyes.
“Well, how about it? You probably already know this. “They’re watching it openly, too.”
The young man who was scolded pouts and says. The nobleman who spoke first spoke quietly.
“There was a record that a man named Lee Ho-seon of Shaanxi Province used great Tao… … .”
“Probably not.”
The person who interrupted him was a young-looking young man.
“There are no special records about his great path. That person, at least, is not the person recorded in Baekinrok. “Because there is nothing about the pitch-black, unusually shaped long sword anywhere.”
“Ho, could it be someone who came after us? Or an assassin somewhere… … .”
The girl with cute eyes spoke with a restless expression.
“no.”
A young man who looked like a nobleman answered with a wry smile.
“That can’t be possible. “Now I even have suspicions that that person might be a Shaolin or a shaman in disguise.”
“yes?”
“no way.”
The two people spoke at the same time. The cold-faced beauty also frowns slightly.
“It’s no joke. This momentum I feel now… … .”
The expression on the face of the noble-looking young man who was speaking suddenly hardened.
“Excuse me for a moment.”
The young man who spoke quickly closed his eyes while holding a teacup. And he immediately pulled up his stamina.
Phew.
At the same time that a strong energy began to radiate from the young man, steam began to rise from the teacup he was holding.
“Huh.”
A young-looking young man watching from the side groaned involuntarily. Meanwhile, steam continued to rise in the teacup. As if a teacup had been placed on a fire.
Then, a moment later, the small teacup he was holding broke helplessly with a small sound.
Crispy.
The shattered remains of the teacup fell helplessly on the table. The tea that should have been in the teacup was not even visible. At the same time, the young man opened his eyes.
“Whoa.”
The young man exhaled slowly and looked at the teacup that had shattered in his hands.
“That’s amazing.”
As he spoke with a bitter expression, he immediately felt the gaze of those around him. Most people weren’t paying much attention, but a few people who appeared to be martial people were casting wary glances with their eyes shining.
“sorry. “It attracted unnecessary attention.”
The young man apologized. But no one thought that he really did this for no reason. Among the group who were keeping silent with tense eyes, a young-looking young man asked.
“Now, no way… … .”
It was an expression of disbelief, but the noble-looking young man nodded.
“okay.”
He said with a bitter smile.
“Suddenly a tremendous force came. It’s incredibly subversive. Just by shedding it… … .”
The young man saw the remains of the teacup left in his hand. The small ceramic teacup was pulverized as if it had been hit with a large stone.
“It was like this.”
He gritted his teeth.
“It seems like that person is very uncomfortable with people peeping.”
The young-looking young man opened his eyes and turned his head. He was carrying a black sword on his back and was silently lifting a teacup.
The person staring at me was a young man dressed as a civil servant, and his gaze was purely curious, without any sense of hostility or force.
“B-But I didn’t feel anything?”
“No, Ma, that’s right.”
The woman with cute eyes spoke hesitantly.
“It was a really strong and stealthy force. “I, too, just barely noticed it.”
The young-looking young man looked at the two people in disbelief. But as long as these two people say it, it’s the truth.
“Are you saying that with all these people in between, you sent your energy to just one person without anyone else knowing? That too… … .”
He looked at the broken teacup. This is the result of a young man who looks like a nobleman draining the opponent’s momentum.
The young man’s ability to let go of all the momentum is admirable, but it is completely unbelievable that such a subversive momentum can be let go without anyone noticing.
“This much momentum?”
The young-looking young man turned his head and looked back at the black katana. He still gave off a strong impression, but his special energy was not felt at all.
‘How much of a monster is he?’
The young man had a hard time swallowing the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
“Can you win?”
The voice that quietly flowed from among them as the silence settled down belonged to a beautiful woman with a cold expression.
“I can’t guarantee.”
The noble-looking young man answered quietly.
“So, who is that person?”
“At first impression, I thought he was just an ordinary scholar… … .”
The young man glanced at the person sitting next to the black robed warrior. He was dressed like a typical civil servant and looked just as he had when I first saw him.
An ordinary person who feels nothing. But is the person who sits calmly next to such a monster-like warrior, and the person who allows such a powerful man to accompany him, just an ordinary person?
“I’m not sure right now.”
“How about Chang’e?”
The one called Hang-ah was a cute girl with impressive round eyes. She looked at the young man dressed as a civil servant for a moment and then shook her head.
“I do not know. The force of that warrior was so strong… … But one thing is certain.”
She said quietly, her eyes shining.
“The two of you are not compatible at all as companions. To the point where I actually have doubts.”
The beauty slightly shifted her gaze towards the young-looking young man.
“Soha?”
A slightly younger man answered right away.
“The same goes for that scholar. “He is a person who has no record at all in Baek In-rok or other sources.”
The beauty was silent for a moment and then spoke quietly.
“Let’s stay here today.”
The young man who looked like a nobleman frowned slightly.
“But lady… … .”
“I would recommend moving right on as planned.”
A slightly younger-looking young man named Soha spoke.
“There are too many uncertainties. Moreover, the other party has already expressed hostility towards us.”
“okay. that’s right.”
The cold-looking beauty answered quietly.
“The opponent provoked us. And ignoring provocation is not my style.”
She said with shining eyes. The noble-looking young man sighed softly and nodded at her.
“I’ll tell you to prepare the room.”
∴
“Heh.”
Sajahyuk, who was lightly holding the teacup as if savoring the scent of tea, burst into laughter. The small teacup looks especially cute in his large hand.
As Sonbin looked at him wondering what was going on, Sajahyuk muttered in a quiet voice.
“It’s pretty good.”
Sonbin did not understand what Sajahyeok was saying.
“What do you mean?”
Sajahyeok did not answer. Just quietly lift the teacup. Meanwhile, Jeomsoy appeared and started putting down the ordered food.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
As Sajahyuk mutters, Sonbin frowns. What do you expect from food from such an ordinary, not-so-famous place?
Jeomsoy also looked embarrassed, but soon smiled and spoke.
“sure. Our chef always does his best.”
After putting down the food, Jeomsoi quickly returned to his owner. It seemed like there would be no problem if they served a special dish to this guest.
‘what?’
Sonbin frowned as he watched Sajahyeok quietly starting to eat.
As Sonbin, who knew Sajahyeok on a daily basis, he could immediately tell that the mention was not about food. If so, there is only one thing to point out.
“Is there anyone strong among them?”
Sajahyeok was silent. But it was clear that the silence meant yes.
Sonbin looked at the young men and young ladies again. In his view, it just seemed like wealthy Confucius going on a cruise with young ladies.
But Sajahyeok never lies, at least when it comes to things like this.
I waited to see if Sajahyuk would explain something, but Sajahyuk just continued eating in silence.
Sonbin shrugged his shoulders and put down the old book and pencil he was holding. And he started eating.
The food in the guesthouse was just edible, but the special dish served later was quite grand and delicious.
***
In the middle of the night, when everything was quiet, Sonbin opened his eyes.
‘Hmm.’
Although his eyes are open, the temptation of sleep and soft warmth still pull Sonbin to him. But Sonbin shook her head and forced herself to get up from her seat.
It’s still dark outside the window, and sometimes you can hear noises throughout the night. Sonbin got up from the bed and lightly washed her face with water prepared in a corner of the room and put on her jacket.
‘It’s time to come.’
Rattling.
just as expected? Sonbin’s door burst open.
It is extremely rude to enter someone else’s room in the middle of the night without asking permission. But now Sonbin had no power to argue.
“Are you here?”
Sonbin said.
“Are you awake?”
Sajahyeok said. Sonbin smiled bitterly and shrugged her shoulders.
“Well, it’s not like it’s been a day or two that you’ve been visiting like this all of a sudden.”
It’s not just a day or two. Since his stay at Homunsan Mountain, Sajahyeok has been training every single day. And always only in the middle of the night.
For the first few days, he couldn’t come to his senses because he suddenly woke up and was dragged out of his sleep, but as it continued every day, Sonbin got used to it in his own way.
As a result, today I woke up for the first time before Lion Hyuk came to visit.
“But do you really have to practice like this in the middle of the night? And that every day?”
Sajahyuk chuckled at Sonbin’s words, which contained a light protest.
“Let’s go out.”
Sajahyuk said. Sonbin sighed slightly and walked along with Lion Hyuk.
∴
The moonlight was bright and the surroundings were quiet. The occasional sound of lonely mountain birds and the cries of insects made me feel the silence of the night even more deeply.
Maybe it’s because I went farther today, but the moonlight I always see is unusually cool. Sajahyeok stood alone under the cool moonlight.
‘Hmm.’
Sonbin took out a thin brush and an old booklet and was looking at Lionhyuk.
‘I always feel this, but he is such an amazing person.’
Blue moonlight falls on Sajahyuk’s shoulders. However, even though he is just standing like that, Sajahyuk gives off an atmosphere that is difficult to come by.
‘What can I say, it’s a very noble atmosphere.’
It was an atmosphere that was truly worthy of the expression, lonely and high.
‘Gogo…’ … ‘That’s a pretty good expression, isn’t it?’
After thinking about it, Sonbin thought it was quite a fitting expression, so he quickly used his brush to write a short message.
And I quickly raised my head to see if Sajahyeok had started practicing martial arts in the meantime. But Sajahyeok didn’t move a single inch.
‘Why do you do that?’
This is the first time Sajahyuk has taken this much time. As Sonbin tilted his head, Sajahyeok’s voice was suddenly heard in a low voice.
“Why don’t you stop coming out now?”
‘Come out? Where… … .’
Sonbin was confused. However, Sajahyeok was not talking to Sonbin, but somewhere in the dark shade of a tree.
“If you need time to make up your mind, I can wait longer.”
Sajahyeok’s lips were showing a faint smile as he spoke. It was a provocative laugh. As if in response, a clear and pure voice came from the darkness that Sajahyeok was watching.
“You don’t have to do that.”
Okay.
Someone came out of the dark shadows and appeared under the moonlight. He was a nobleman with a handsome appearance, like a sculpture.
“I apologize for my rudeness.”
“I didn’t mean to be rude, so there’s no need to apologize.”
Sajahyuk spoke with a faint smile.
“But if you think you can still hide yourself from me, you are mistaken.”
“Of course I don’t think so.”
Rustle.
The two people appeared again, accompanied by a calm woman’s voice. There was a beautiful woman with an expression as cold as ice and a young man named Soha who looked a little younger.
“I was just afraid it might get in the way.”
Sajahyuk shook his head lightly. He didn’t even look at the beauty that appeared.
“You only get one warning.”
Sajahyuk’s gaze was directed towards Sonbin. Sajahyuk said, flashing sharp eyes at Sonbin.
“If you won’t step forward, I have no choice but to drag you out.”
Huh.
The moment Sonbin looked confused, Sajahyeok gently lifted one hand. At the same time, a force like the wind rose from Sajahyeok.
“Tsk.”
The young man, who looked like a nobleman, reflexively leapt up to block the beautiful woman.
The young Soha and the cold-faced beauty also turned white, but Son Bin, who was facing Sajahyeok’s momentum, did not notice what had happened.
‘uh?’
The moment he felt a soft breeze lightly brushing past him, a short groan came from right behind Sonbin.
“evil.”
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martial arts,
