Chapter 363
363fury. gift
The lights at Baekryongjang did not go out until late at night..
The disciples, who met Baek Soo-ryong again after a long time, chatted non-stop. We talked endlessly about what kind of training we did during our vacation, what happened, who we met, and where we went..
“Our family held a banquet, and that bastard, Paeng Sa-hyuk, came? So I did that. Hey Paeng Sahyuk. Don't fuss, just be quiet and go away. So that kid was scared of me.…….”
Seniors and juniors booed Heon Won-gang, who was in the middle of telling a brave story..
“It's a lie just by looking at it.”
“If you're going to do it, do it right.”
“I enjoyed listening to your imaginary story..”
“Oh, it's real! I added some seasoning though…….”
Baek Soo-ryong quietly listened to his disciples' stories..
But the disciples did not leave Baeksu-ryong alone..
Even though everyone was far away, they had heard rumors about the Blue Dragon Credit Union..
“The teacher said he caught a spy from the Murim Alliance.?”
“It's true that we saved the poisoned Lord Ark.?”
“It is said that beggars bring the rice they have donated to the teacher every day to repay the favor.…….”
“Isn't that enough to be a beggar king?.”
“I heard that in public, it is secretly called Cheongryongshingae.?”
A mischievous smile appeared on the lips of the disciples, already thinking of making fun of their teacher..
In particular, Heonwon River's eyes shined like a hunting cat hunting for prey..
“Hehe. teacher…….”
“You're being rude again.”
I wasn't a white water dragon who would leave that alone..
Taaak!
A black dragon struck like a thunderbolt on the crown of Heonwon River..
“Ouch! Why do you only hit me!”
Heonwon-gang, clutching the top of his head, protested with an aggrieved expression on his face..
Baek Soo-ryong said with an expression as if he still didn’t know the reason..
“Wongang, you have the best taste..”
“……It's number 158 of Jojigi, the Hundred Water Dragons! Let's show the results of special vacation training.!”
Heonwongang shouted with vigor, but no one joined him. Because the future was clearly visible.
And as everyone expected, after a while, Heonwon-gang, now in tatters, was lying face down on the floor..
dump.
“It’s a waste… … . I was able to take a hit this time.…….”
“The teacher didn't even move a single step from his spot, so what's the waste??”
Yeomin sighed, lifted a fan, and roughly brushed away the dust from the Heonwon River..
“right. Minah.”
Baek Soo-ryong, who was watching this, took out a bundle that he had kept in a large travel bag and handed it to Yeo-min, grinning..
“This is a gift from your aunt..”
“……My aunt?”
Baek Su-ryong naturally told his disciples the story of his visit to the North Sea Ice Palace. Everyone's eyes grew wider and wider..
“Yeomin senior’s mother was from the North Sea Ice Palace.?”
“Congratulations! Looking for family!”
“her. Senior, you come from a great family..”
Everyone sincerely congratulated Yeo-min on finding her family..
Yeo-min looked at the gift Eun Hwi-ryeong sent with a face that had no sense of reality..
“……I heard it from teacher Seo Ri-ae. My mom is from the North Sea Ice Palace.…….”
The bundle contained elixirs that were helpful in learning ice ball, a letter written by Eunhwiryeong himself, and items that could only be found in the North Sea..
“My mom never said anything like that. So I thought there was no such thing as family…….”
White hair sways lightly in the wind.
The same color as the many warriors that White Water Dragon saw in the North Sea Ice Palace..
The moment they see Yeomin, no one will be able to deny Yeomin's lineage..
“I told the palace lord that I would send it to you after this semester, but if you want to go to Beihai before then... … You can do that..”
Baek Su-ryong was not going to stop Yeo-min even if she decided to go to the North Sea Ice Palace right away..
No matter how important the Heavenly Emperor system is, it cannot come before family..
However, Yeo-min shook her head without any hesitation..
“no.”
Through Seo Ri-ae, I learned that my mother is from Bukhae Binggung..
But then and now, Yeomin’s thoughts have not changed..
“I want to go after the Cheonmu Festival is over. After I win proudly, I will go to my aunt and brag to her..”
At Yeo-min's answer, not only Baek Soo-ryong's expression but also everyone's expressions brightened..
However, Heon Won-gang had a complicated expression on his own..
“The North Sea Ice Palace…….”
The distant North Sea Ice Palace is my hometown..
It's good that Yeo-min found her hometown, but isn't it too far from Heonwon-se?.
“When you graduate, you will go and live in the Beihai Ice Palace.?”
“You don't know. I haven't been there yet.”
“Okay…….”
Baek Soo-ryong asked Yeo-min, leaving Heonwon-gang behind, who looked like a scared puppy..
“Teacher Seo Ri-ae?”
“Come every morning. Maybe he'll come tomorrow too.”
“Then I'll have to tell you the good news tomorrow morning..”
Baek Su-ryong did not forget and received Seori-ae's pardon from the North Sea Ice Palace. Now, Seori-ae could return to the North Sea Ice Palace as much as she wanted..
As we talked, more than an hour had already passed. Baek Soo-ryong told his disciples to go home and sleep..
Everyone seemed to want to play more, but when the white water dragon tapped his palm a few times with the black dragon and grinned, his dissatisfaction began to sink in..
“Early morning training starts again tomorrow, can you handle it??”
“Come on in now!”
“The heartwarming thing is over now…….”
After confirming that everyone had entered the room, Baek Soo-ryong also went into his room and roughly organized his luggage..
Changryong Shingeom, who had been quiet until then, spoke..
[They are good kids.]
‘They're good guys.’
I intentionally didn't talk about the Changryongshingeom..
To the disciples at Baekryongjang and to Namgungsu and Zhuge Xiaoying who came with us from Wuhan..
If the identity of the Changryong Divine Sword is revealed, the reason why the Hyeoncheon Divine Maid resides in the sword must also be explained, but Baeksuryong had no intention of telling anyone about Yeokcheon's fate..
After briefly organizing his luggage, Baek Soo-ryong took out a long wooden box from his travel bag. It was the item that was handled with the most care when brought here..
[It's late, can you bring it to me tomorrow??]
“You're not going to sleep yet. You can at least make a bet.”
Baeksu-ryong smiled and left Baekryongjang. And then he went straight to Mae Geuk-ryeom's residence at the Blue Dragon Hall..
As expected, the light was on in Mae Geukryeom's residence. Baek Soo-ryong made a show of popularity outside the door..
“Grandfather. That's a water dragon.”
“Come in.”
When Baek Su-ryong opened the door and entered, Mae Geuk-ryeom was sitting in acupuncture clothes..
“Why did you come here? You can see my face tomorrow.”
It was Mae Geuk-ryeom who left his seat at Baekryongjang to talk comfortably with his disciples. So we couldn't talk much.
“Did you wake me up while you were sleeping??”
“……What to do with something that has already been broken? Now that we’re here, let’s have a chat..”
Although he said so, Baek Soo-ryong knew that Mae Geuk-ryeom was not sleeping..
‘He seems like a dishonest person.’
Even though he was sleeping, the blanket on the bed was folded neatly without even unfolding it..
“How did you spend your vacation? I heard rumors about you from time to time.”
The grandparents sat across from each other and talked about various things..
Mae Geukryeom, who was listening to the story while sipping a teacup, looked at his grandson's face and frowned..
“You seem to have lost some weight..”
“yes? I'm not sure…….”
Mae Geuk-ryeom stretched out his hand and touched Baek Soo-ryong's forearm here and there, and his eyebrows furrowed as if he was very displeased..
“Did you eat properly? The medicine I gave you?”
“that is…….”
“this guy! I thought so. You didn't eat properly. Just because you're young, you know you'll be lively forever!”
Mae Geukryeom, who had been nagging for a while, let out a long sigh..
He was always worried that his grandson seemed to be overexerting himself. It was even more so because my daughter's sickly face often overlapped..
“Your parents loved to play so much, but you work like a cow..”
“……Isn’t it because I resemble my grandfather??”
“her! You speak well..”
To Mae Geuk-ryeom, who burst into laughter, Baek Soo-ryong grinned and handed the wooden box he had brought..
“Actually, I have a gift for my grandfather..”
“gift? useless things…….”
Mae Geukryeom grumbled but opened the wooden box. Inside was a scroll neatly rolled up and tied with string..
“Why a scroll??”
“Take a look.”
The moment he opened the scroll with a light heart, Mae Geukryeom stopped breathing..
“…….”
It felt like time had stopped.
Mae Geukryeom was speechless at the sight of the three people captured in one canvas. The old man's gaze was fixed on his daughter's face and did not move..
The fingertips holding the scroll trembled. Suddenly I couldn't breathe well. It was something that could not have happened to a warrior who had achieved outstanding heights..
At this moment, Mae Geukryeom was so defenseless that even a child's fist could not be blocked..
“…….”
It was the face of my daughter whom I had not seen in thirty years..
The face I had never forgotten, even in my dreams, was smiling on the canvas..
Mae Geukryeom barely opened his mouth with a trembling voice..
“……How to do this?”
“I met a man named Pungwolhwagong in Shaanxi..”
Baek Soo-ryong calmly told the story of meeting Pungwolhwagong..
There, he saw a picture of his parents when they were young hanging there, and he also told the story Pungwol Painter told him..
“They just barged in at dawn and asked me to draw something??”
Then, an expression appeared on Mae Geuk-ryeom's face that made it hard to tell whether she was smiling or crying..
“…… That child would have done enough. Even when I was young, I was such a troublemaker that I went around making ponytails on the heads of all the boys my age..”
Baek Soo-ryong, who saw Mae Geuk-ryeom's expression gradually becoming distorted, stood up..
“Grandfather. It seems like it's too late. I'll leave today.”
“……okay. See you tomorrow.”
Mae Geukryeom barely answered. He watched his grandson's back as he left the door until it became a small dot..
“boy. If you're quick-witted.”
At that moment, the tears I had been holding back flowed from my bloodshot eyes..
Mae Geukryeom stood still and cried silently..
Thick tears fell down my wrinkled cheeks..
“……They're all old and ugly..”
Mae Geukryeom wiped her eyes with her sleeve and picked up a scroll and hung it on one wall..
And I looked at my daughter's face endlessly..
“……Yakbinga.”
Not being able to go to his daughter's funeral left a lifelong feeling of guilt in the old man's heart..
I knew that people around me were whispering that I was a cold-blooded person who didn't even attend my daughter's funeral. Still, I didn't refute it even once..
What excuse can a poor father who couldn't even protect his daughter's last days because he was afraid of Simma?.
I was planning on living like a sinner for the rest of my life..
“It looks good.”
I could see the bright smile of my son-in-law sitting next to me. At this moment, I didn't seem to hate you.
Not to mention the grandson standing behind him. For Mae Geukryeom, it was the most precious treasure in the world and a gift left behind by his daughter..
A calm smile appeared on Mae Geukryeom’s lips..
“Looks good. You look happy.”
Yak-bing in the canvas was smiling beautifully..
She seemed to say that she was the happiest woman in the world..
Mae Geukryeom stretched out her finger and carefully placed it on her daughter's cheek..
Even though it was just paper, I felt a strange warmth..
Thanks to that warmth, Mae Geukryeom was able to gather courage for the first time in thirty years..
“This baby... … Will you forgive me??”
My daughter's warm smile seemed to tell me that it had been a long time ago..
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