Episode 1. Failed student 2013.09.03.
Homun Gaekjan was a small, shabby guesthouse located at the entrance of Homun Mountain. Since it was not a major highway passing through and there were no major castles or famous scenic spots nearby, the guesthouse was always quiet.
The only people who stop by here are the occasional merchants and travelers with light pockets. After the signboard fell off due to wind and rain a few years ago, it was unclear whether the original name was Homun Gaekjan or whether it was called Homun Gaekjan because it was the entrance to Homun Mountain.
Wangpal Noya, the owner and chef of this guesthouse, was looking inside his guesthouse with a deep frown on his face. There were so few customers that the narrow room seemed empty, but it wasn’t the lack of customers that was bothering Wangpal Noya right now.
The reason he was frowning was because of one drunken customer.
“If the water in the changlang is cloudy, it doesn’t matter if you tell me to wash my feet.”
The young man spoke in a tongue-curling voice. A man dressed in shabby civil attire and carrying an old luggage. He was a man who could be seen at a glance as a failed student.
The student, who was already very drunk, was pointing his finger in the air and muttering something towards the empty wall.
“Not anywhere else, but at a meeting where state officials are selected. How could something like that happen? They looked after me because I was a relative of a high-ranking official, and they looked after me because I was the son of a wealthy merchant. Doesn’t this mean that the world is rotten? “It’s not cloudy water, it’s rotten, ugh, water.”
He lifted the glass he was holding and swallowed it curiously.
“Big!”
widely!
There were already a few empty liquor bottles on the table where Seo Saeng put down his glass, but there weren’t that many of them. Wangpal Noya clicked his tongue and looked at that figure.
‘Ahh, tsk tsk. If you’re drunk, you’ll just sleep quietly.’
Staring at the student with a disapproving expression, Noya Wangpal muttered to himself.
‘I got so drunk after just drinking a few bottles of cheap alcohol… … ‘If you order a lot and then do that, you won’t know anything.’
“It’s absurd! absurdity!”
The student who was clutching his empty wine glass suddenly spoke loudly.
“The whole world is absurd! You got it all wrong! shit!”
bang!
The student slammed his empty fist on the table.
‘Hey, that guy, that guy! Just break it! Compensate for damages immediately… … .’
Wangpal Noya glared at the student who was hitting the old table, but the drunk student did not even look at him.
Wangpal Noya, who was glaring at Seo-saeng like that, secretly turned his gaze to glance at another customer.
There was another man sitting there alone, silently drinking.
‘Gwae, you’ll be okay, right?’
Wangpal Noya’s heart tightened as he watched the other man’s thoughts.
The man wearing light military uniform was a middle-aged man with gray hair and an incredibly sturdy build.
Aside from his thick forearms that looked like they could slay a tiger from Mt. Homun, it was clear that he was a martial artist just by looking at the large sword on his back.
That’s not an ordinary martial artist, but a martial artist who doesn’t mind killing people.
Even now, the look in his eyes as he quietly stares into his glass of wine is so deep and intense that it is even eerie.
‘Oh my, look at those forearms. If you just swing your fist, a student like that will be defeated in one hit.’
The drinking glass in the man’s hand looked unusually small. He ordered a light meal and only had a small bottle of alcohol.
Although he kept quiet, which did not suit his first impression, I could clearly see what would happen if I offended him just by looking at the sharp purple black sword on his back.
‘If I just throw a knife at someone because it bothers me for no reason, I’ll be in big trouble…’ … .’
With a restless expression on his face, Noya Wangpal tightened his heart. Arguing while drinking is a common occurrence.
However, if someone dies and the guest house is destroyed, it will be a huge headache for Wangpal Noya.
And now, that terrible situation is about to happen right before our eyes.
“The world is drunk, but I am the only one who is sane!”
‘Ahh!’
Wangpal Noya was startled by the sudden voice of the student.
‘Why is that son of a bitch acting like that all of a sudden?’
Wangpal Noya glared with all his might at the student who was urging his life without even realizing it. I couldn’t help but hate a student who was acting alone and unaware of the atmosphere so much.
Whether Noya was glaring or not, the student who was muttering to himself suddenly let out a long sigh.
“ha… … .”
‘Tsk, the guesthouse is going to collapse.’
After gathering his startled heart, Noya murmured inwardly, clenching his lips. However, whether or not he knew what Wangpalnoya was thinking, his student kept muttering to himself.
“what? Are you saying that if you talk nonsense, you will be punished? Is that what a ruler would say? It is the job of a government official to stick to a powerful person and twist what is right. Damn, what a dirty world it is. Damn, damn.”
The student, who was muttering in a barely intelligible voice, brought the glass to his mouth again.
“Big.”
widely.
After emptying his glass, the student lowered his head with a deep sigh. And she muttered like a complaint.
“This damn world. If no one knows, it becomes like it never happened. “If no one knows, it never happened.”
Sweet.
It was a small sound, but it was enough to make Wangpal Noya’s heart drop. Because it was the sound of the middle-aged warrior who had been sitting silently getting up from his seat.
‘Oh my gosh, what kind of Sadal is finally coming out?’
While Wangpal Noya was crying and calculating the expected scale of damage and the corresponding countermeasures in his head, the sturdy warrior slowly walked towards Seosaeng.
“If no one knows, it never happened?”
The middle-aged warrior spoke to the student in a low, deep voice.
The student, who had his head down, raised his head and looked at the warrior with dark eyes. It seemed that his drunken eyes were not able to understand the situation well.
“who… … ?”
The unmanned person chuckled. And he looked down at her daughter and said.
“Talk to me for a moment. But before that… … .”
As his large hand slowly approached the student’s head, Wangpal Noya had forgotten his calculations and was staring intently at the scene.
I really thought they were going to beat him to death with their fists, but unfortunately, the situation that Wangpal Noya had hoped for did not happen.
“I think I need to sober up first.”
The middle-aged warrior grabbed the student’s collar near the back of his hand with his large hand. And he lifted it lightly, as if he were handling a ball.
“uh? uh?”
The student hanging in the air had a bewildered expression on his face, unable to understand what had happened to him.
The warrior, who lifted the student lightly as if he were handling a puppy or a child, walked away with long strides and left the guesthouse.
Tarang.
The sound of an old bell announced that they had left the guest house.
Wangpal Noya, who was crouching his head down for fear that a spark might fly at him, could only watch without opening his mouth as the warrior carried out the student’s life.
But soon, Wangpal Noya had no choice but to cry in front of the scale of damage that became a reality before his eyes.
“Damn, who’s going to pay when everything is gone?”
In a very low voice, Noya Wangpal muttered like that, as if he were crying.
***
“Aaaah!”
The student screamed with all his might. But his own screams were drowned out by the wind and were not heard at all. This is because he was passing at great speed through the pitch-black mountains where nothing could be seen.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
The sound of the wind that sounds like a waterfall, the wind that hits your face so hard that you can’t make a proper expression, shadows like trees that sometimes pass with a sharp swishing sound, and the moon and stars in the night sky spinning dizzyingly.
“Huh, stop! “Stop!”
The student screamed bitterly.
“Are you coming to your senses now?”
The voice was clearly heard despite the strong wind noise. It was as if the voice was speaking directly into my head.
“listen! Listen! I’ll take it! So now, g-maaaaan!”
hook.
Suddenly, the sound of the wind ringing in my ears disappeared. And the body that was moving with great momentum also stopped. But my vision was still spinning.
Sreuk.
The ground seemed to be getting closer, and the cold blades of grass embraced Seosaeng’s body.
“Oh, my… … .”
The student placed his hands and knees on the ground. Although he still felt dizzy, he felt profound relief that he was no longer shaken.
“I’m glad you came to your senses.”
A heavy voice sounded from above my head. The student raised his head. It was hard to see her because of the darkness, but her white teeth were clearly visible between the man’s smiling lips.
“If you still can’t come to your senses, I was going to throw you over there.”
The student also turned his head to follow the man’s gaze. And for a moment, she felt a shiver run down her spine at the sight before her.
“Huh.”
It was natural that Seosaeng was caught off guard. The two of them were now on top of a tall waterfall, and right in front of them was a dark blue puddle under the cliff with its mouth wide open. Just looking at it made my stomach tingle.
“W-what’s going on? how… … .”
The student, who had been reflexively arguing, kept his mouth shut. It was only then that he realized that the man standing in front of him was no ordinary person.
The man looked down at the student with his arms crossed and grinned. Her man’s forearms were so thick that it seemed like it would be brave for her to have his arms crossed.
gulp.
The student swallowed his saliva without realizing it and thought.
‘I’ll just go to one room.’
The student’s impressions upon seeing those forearms were not much different from those of Noya, the king’s arm. Of course, there is no way that both of them would know that fact.
∴
Shoot!
While listening to the powerful sound of the waterfall, Seo Saeng washed his face in the shallow water. My hair was all tangled up in the wind, but my face was covered in sweat, tears, and even snot.
“Whoa.”
After lightly washing his face and touching his hair, he straightened his clothes. After washing his face and grooming himself, it was only then that the alcohol seemed to subside and he came to his senses.
The student turned his head and looked at the man. A middle-aged man who looked like a huge rock was staring at her daughter with shining eyes. Even if it wasn’t the military uniform he was wearing, the large sword on his back gave us a rough idea of the man’s identity.
“Hmm.”
The student straightened his posture and straightened his body.
“First of all, let me tell you, your behavior is extremely rude.”
Seosaeng said with his eyes focused.
“No matter how old you are, is it really okay to treat someone so carelessly?”
Not only the graying hair, but also the white beard gave us a rough idea of the age of the man standing in front of him. Still, the thick-lined face still looked like a middle-aged man in his prime.
“But you still have a temper.”
The man said with a grin.
“What a temperament!”
The student spoke in an angry voice. Even so, I was angry at the other person’s violent and rude behavior. I tried to behave politely like a scholar, but when the other person started arguing, I couldn’t help but feel angry.
“What on earth is the reason for bringing in such a random person like this? “Do you know that such behavior is strictly prohibited by imperial law?”
“The Imperial Law?”
The man chuckled again.
“Just now, you were imitating a noble scholar by saying it was an absurd world, but now you’re trying to cling to that absurd world by talking about imperial laws? Of course, if you are a man too… … .”
The man who was speaking suddenly looked at the large rock standing next to him.
Phew.
With a low sound, the man’s uniform suddenly began to flutter even though there was no wind. And the next moment, the man’s fist cut through the wind.
Phew.
Quang!
“omg!”
The student reflexively lowered his body and swallowed a sigh of relief. A large rock, taller than a person’s height, shattered under the man’s fist.
‘How can a person do something like that with his bare hands… … .’
Patter.
Standing among the stone fragments scattered in all directions, the man said with a grin.
“Isn’t it right to travel the world with one’s own strength?”
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