Chapter 485
485fury. Little by little
As the two entered the bar, the familiar owner and wife greeted them warmly..
“Oh my! You came back with the handsome bachelor who came before? The last time I came, the atmosphere was cold, as if we would never see each other again, but it seems they have reconciled.…….”
“Instead of talking nonsense to the guests, I will quickly show them to their seats.!”
Wow!
The man let out a brief scream when his wife's soft palm struck his back, and he immediately led the two to an empty seat. Because it was late, there were few customers..
The man lowered his voice and said while looking at his wife's thoughts..
“I've never heard of my wife not being good at cooking somewhere, but I can't tell you how disappointed she was the last time she just left without taking anything. No matter what I ask you to do today, I will show you my best and show my skills properly.?”
Baek Soo-ryong chuckled at the owner’s rude attitude, which seemed like a nice person..
“Then, I would like to ask you to cook plenty of food today..”
“Last time, there was a big bachelor here who did all the calculations, and today it looks like a handsome bachelor is living there.?”
“……Hehehe.”
Baek Soo-ryong suddenly cleared his throat as if he was embarrassed by the unexpected comment..
Now that I think about it, I unintentionally made Saho do the calculation last time. Baek Mu-heun came right around the corner and left in a hurry, so I didn't even think about that..
White Water Dragon looked at Saho with a slightly embarrassed expression..
“I'll buy it today, so if you want to eat anything, you can order it to your heart's content..”
“…….”
But Saho just stared at the White Water Dragon’s face. To put it mildly, the man who was taking the order became so awkward that he spoke to him instead..
“A big bachelor. I ate all the dumplings I made for you for breakfast.?”
As Saho nodded silently, a satisfied smile appeared on the bar owner's lips. When Baek Soo-ryong asked him to take care of the food, he answered yes and went straight into the kitchen..
‘Did you like dumplings??’
Baek Soo-ryong suddenly realized that he did not know what kind of food his former disciples liked..
Saho likes dumplings. Baek Soo-ryong remembered that fact. Next time, I think I should put dumplings on a small plate..
Baek Soo-ryong turned his head and said to the kitchen..
“Please give me a drink first..”
After a while, a liquor bottle and two glasses were first placed on the empty table..
gurgling…….
Baek Soo-ryong filled his own glass with alcohol and poured alcohol into the glass opposite him. Saho didn't even touch the glass, but Baeksuryong didn't bother to offer it either..
Naturally, a miracle unfolded around the two people. Baek Soo-ryong glanced around the inside of the bar and said with an expression of surprise..
“Have you been staying here all along??”
Of course, I thought I would find a place to stay in a place I didn't know, but I didn't expect that I would stay here forever..
“…….”
Saho remained silent..
It was like that the entire time I came here. He seemed deeply lost in his own thoughts, even looking somewhat dazed..
Sigh.
Saho took out a pen from his pocket and pushed it so Baek Soo-ryong could see it..
Why did you waste your time on such a useless person??
Before coming here, he had not yet received an answer to the question he asked while stopping his old teacher..
-This is a place where a lot of people come and go, so I think it would be better to talk in a quiet place..
The old master delayed answering, so he was brought back here..
The teacher and disciple sat across from each other again for the first time in a few days, in the same place, with a glass of wine in front of them..
thud.
Saho's palm lightly hit the table..
It meant that you had come to a quiet place, just as you had hoped, so don't delay answering any longer..
“I'm a useless person…….”
Baek Soo-ryong re-read the sentence written in his notebook and made a bitter expression. Then he asked Saho a question..
“Since when have you been watching??”
It was not easy for even Baeksu-ryong to detect the presence of Saho, who had completely hidden his prayers..
I only guessed that he had been watching from afar, but I didn't know exactly when it started..
I saw you walking around with a girl..
For Saho, who lost her voice, her handwriting was the same as her speaking style..
His handwriting, which was much rougher than the first day, showed that he was emotionally shaken..
“……I think I saw you walking around with Tang Soso..”
“…….”
Saho saw his old teacher laughing and chatting with students at the Blue Dragon Academy..
No one was afraid of the old master. Students approached him in a friendly way and pretended to know him, and his former teacher did the same..
Although he often swung the stick he carried, it was not the same corporal punishment he had experienced in the past. The proof was that no one was truly afraid of the old teacher..
why?
My old teacher was the most outstanding martial arts instructor in the blood religion..
Under his guidance, numerous masters of blood religion were born, and among them, the apostles were praised as the most perfect masters..
Maneu called the apostles and evaluated them as the greatest masterpiece in Instructor Twenty-Seven's life..
I've never felt proud of that fact, but that doesn't mean I can understand what my old teacher is like now..
-……Instructor. What happens if we give up??
-Besides you, there are plenty of people to replace you in the church. It will be thrown away after it is discarded..
Saho remembered a conversation between Ilho and his old teacher a long time ago..
I can still vividly see the venomous look in his eyes as he looked down at them as they lay bleeding profusely..
-So if you don't want to be abandoned, struggle until you die..
That's what I said back then.
I wish I could have shown Chosik again and again to the abandoned unmanned person and waited patiently until he completely understood it..
Why are you being hypocritical now??
Kugugoogung Palace……!
A violent tremor centered on Saho and began to spread in all directions. His expression was still indifferent, but his eyes staring at the white water dragon were shining like a terrifying beast..
“Oh, it's an earthquake!”
“Customers! avoid out!”
As the bar began to shake as if it might collapse, the few customers ran outside screaming..
“Young people! It's dangerous, so get out quickly.!”
The husband of the owner and his wife ran to them and shouted at them to get out quickly, but the two just looked at each other and did not listen to the sounds around them..
“……Just leave it and leave.”
Fortunately, the quick-witted wife grabbed her husband's arm and left the bar..
“stop it.”
Baek Soo-ryong said with a hardened expression..
The bar, with only the two of them left, was shaking as if it would collapse at any moment..
For now, the aftermath was limited to the surrounding area, but if time passed like this, the warriors of the Murim Alliance could flock in..
Slurp.
The brush moved on its own and wrote in the notebook..
please answer.
The reason why Saho bothered to use the airborne object now was because his fists were clenched..
He was desperately persevering. If I wanted to, I could have devastated the entire area with a single punch, but I had to get an answer from my old teacher, so I suppressed and repressed my emotions..
“……You can just ask honestly.”
Baek Su-ryong smiled bitterly. He sighed softly and continued..
“Don't you want to ask why things have changed after all the abuse, beating, and teaching you did??”
“…….”
Saho just glared at the white water dragon with fearful eyes..
Baek Soo-ryong did not avoid his gaze, but looked directly at him and spoke..
“okay. In this life I have changed. Since coming to Blue Dragon Academy, things have changed little by little..”
He began to tell his former student one by one the events that had occurred from the entrance exam until now..
The day he confidently declared that he would win the Blue Dragon Academy, the puzzled eyes of the students looking at him..
Becoming friends with fellow instructors and a bad-tempered instructor at Cheongryong Academy who reminded me of myself in the past..
Big and small incidents that occurred during class with students and what I learned from them.
and today.
After listening to Dang So-so talk about the student council and seeing Mo Hyeong-woo sweating and training, all the things I felt were added together..
“Little by little, I think it changed me..”
“…….”
“and.”
Baek Soo-ryong took the Changryong Shinsword from his belt and placed it on the table..
“The day the tip of the knife touched your heart.”
To be exact, the day the blade pierced the white water dragon's body and touched Saho's heart..
Baek Soo-ryong pressed his finger to the scar near his chest with an awkward expression..
“You weren't the only one who got stabbed. If that's enough, wouldn't it be enough experience for a person to change??”
“…….”
Kugu Palace…….
The vibration gradually subsided, and my tightly clenched fists slowly opened. Saho's eyes, which were like a wild beast, gradually returned to their original state..
[……I don't think they'll attack me.]
When Changryong Shingeom, who was very nervous, spoke as if he was glad, Baek Soo-ryong answered in his heart..
‘I expected something like this might happen.’
Saho was like a child learning emotions from scratch..
It is not strange to say that his actual age is an old man, but his emotions have been suppressed for a long time by the blood religion's Dafa, brainwashing, and blood magic techniques since he was young..
A child whose body has grown but whose mind has not. That's why I was even more confused now..
Baek Soo-ryong knew that fact better than anyone else. Until recently, I wasn't much different from Saho..
“The glass is empty.”
Baek Soo-ryong filled the overflowing glass again. This time, two glasses full.
Saho did not drink it this time, but he looked at it curiously..
“Last time, you said you blamed me.”
“…….”
“You can resent it even more. It's okay to get angry, throw things, and attack others until you lose your temper. 'Cause you have the right to hate me.”
Saho, who was looking at his drink, raised his head and looked at Baeksuryong. The look in his eyes seemed to be asking if it was really okay..
Baek Soo-ryong emptied his glass in one go and laughed..
“But I won't die easily either..”
With those words, Baek Soo-ryong stood up, took something out of his pocket, and placed it on the table. It was the blue dragon plaque, a jade tablet engraved in the shape of a coiled blue dragon. It was Baek Soo-ryong’s own item..
“If you have this, you will be able to enter the Blue Dragon Academy whenever you want..”
“…….”
Saho could hide in the Blue Dragon Science Museum whenever he wanted. So there was no need for this stuff..
Nevertheless, Baek Su-ryong handed over his Blue Dragon plaque. It seemed like a clumsy favor and a cautious attempt at reconciliation..
“…….”
“…….”
The teacher, who did not think he was worthy of asking for forgiveness, and the student, who was unfamiliar with expressing his emotions, looked at each other for a moment..
“……See you next time then.”
Baek Soo-ryong went outside and found the bar owner and his wife. He told them that he was paying a large sum of money, which was more than enough to build a new store, and to take good care of the young man in the store..
And then I added one more favor..
“If you have any leftover dumplings, could you pack them for me??”
“yes? Ah, wait a moment here! I'll bring you everything that's left!”
Even after his old master had completely left, Saho stared blankly at the glass of wine in front of him. Then, a thought occurred to me, so I reached out my hand and emptied the glass in one go..
“…….”
Saho's brow furrowed. The alcohol I had only drank a few times in my life was very bitter and unpleasant. Of all the alcohol I've ever had, this was the cheapest..
But I couldn't figure out why I wanted to drink more..
gurgling…….
Saho repeatedly filled and emptied his empty glass, fiddling with the Blue Dragon plaque his old teacher had given him..
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