Chapter 57
##57fury. the raindrops stopped
There was a time when Heon Won-gang and Paeng Sa-hyuk were close friends when they were children..
-hi……?
-hi!
The two boys were the same age, both were the sons of family heads, and had something in common: they had been playing with wooden swords since they were toddlers..
-Wanna spar with me??
-huh! good!
At that time, Heonwon-gang's father often visited Paengga with his son, and young Heonwon-gang was happy to be able to meet friends his age..
I didn't know until then.
What is the relationship between Heonwon Family and Hebeuk Paeng Family?.
Why did my father have to visit Paeng’s house so often, and why did he sigh deeply every time he returned?.
-Sahyuk! I came!
-puppy!
Young Heonwon-gang was just happy to be able to meet and play with friends his age, and it was fun to be able to roll around swinging a wooden sword together..
-Ahaha! I won again!
-Woo! next time i will win!
Dalian always ended with Heonwon Gang's victory..
Every time he lost, Paeng Sa-hyuk grinned and promised himself that he would win next time, but Paeng Sa-hyuk's attacks were clearly visible in Heon Wongang's eyes..
-I'll come again next time! Let's play again then!
-You have to come quickly!
-huh!
But as he got older little by little, Heonwongang began to feel that something was strange..
The people of Paenga wore better clothes, ate delicious food, and worked much more than people in Heonwonsega..
But at a young age, I didn't know exactly what it meant..
That was when the two boys turned eleven years old..
-river! Let's spar! This time I will win!
-good. Come on as much as you want!
Sparring with Paeng Sa-hyuk, whom I met for the first time in almost half a year, was particularly difficult and strange..
At that time, Paeng Sa-hyeok had already started learning the family's sacred technique, Five Tiger Danmundo, and his skills had increased several times..
It was the time when Heonwon Gang also began to learn the Jincheon Dobeop, but the original copy was lost and the only half-restored Jincheon Doro could not compete with the Oho Danmundo..
‘I will never lose!’
However, Heonwongang's talent was enough to make up for his lack of swordsmanship..
After dodging several dangerous attacks by improvising, he aimed for Paeng Sa-hyeok's empty shoulder and swung his sword strongly..
But this time, Paeng Sa-hyuk did not back down easily..
This time, he turned his body to avoid the attack, saying he was going to beat Heonwon River, and attempted a counterattack..
With enthusiasm, the two boys' attacks diverged.,
-Ouch!
The Tao of Heonwon River hit Paeng Sahyeok on the head..
It was an accident that happened unknowingly..
Blood flowed from the head of Paeng Sa-hyeok, who fell unconscious..
Hearing the screams, the vassals of the Pan family came rushing in..
-Lord Soga!
-Confucius!
Both boys were inexperienced in martial arts..
However, the vassals of the Peng family who saw Sogaju bleeding from his head did not think of such a thing..
-How dare you use water on Lord Soga?!
-A guy who doesn't know grace!
-If something happens to Lord Soga, do you think it will end with just your life?!
-Heonwon! These guys again……!
-Quickly take Lord Soga to the doctor.!
Heon Won-gang couldn't even make excuses and was trembling because of the violence of the masters surrounding him..
Paeng Sa-hyeok, who fainted, was immediately taken to the hospital, and after a while, the heads of the Hebei Paeng family and the heads of the Heonwon family appeared together..
-……Did you kill my son??
The head of the Paeng family, who appeared in front of Heonwon River, asked quietly..
However, Heonwon River was dozens of times more fearful of him than the previous vassals..
-Me, I…….
Young Heonwongang trembled with overwhelming fear..
The feeling of encountering a tiger the size of a house.
It felt like if I said one wrong word, I would be torn to pieces..
It was then.
-Lord of the house!
His father, who was standing in front of the Heonwon River, knelt before the head of the Hebei Paeng family without hesitation and bowed his head..
-sorry. sorry. Please forgive me just once. My son did this without knowing anything..
-…….
When I think about it now, I think the head of the Hebei Peng family was taken aback, as if he had not expected that he would kneel down..
That's how desperate the father was to save his son..
-The head of the family. Don't you know that the two children have gotten along well since they were young?.
-……Because we played together, you thought my son was just like your son.?
-no. Is that possible? It can't be the same. It's all my son's fault.
The head of the Paeng family clicked his tongue at the sight of his father's servile appearance, and news was delivered that Paeng Sa-hyeok, who had been taken to the hospital, was safe..
The head of the Paeng family gave an order to congratulate the two people as if they did not want to see them at all..
-Go back. Please forgive me just this once..
-thank you. Thank you so much for your kindness..
-Don't ever bring that guy here again..
-yes. I will never let you go near Confucius again..
On the way home, Heon Won-gang thought that the profile of his father in the carriage looked ten years older..
-father…….
-Don't say anything. I want to get some rest today.
-……yes.
After that day, Xuanwengang did not go to Hebei Paengjia to play..
I received several letters from Paeng Sa-hyuk, but he tore them all up without sending a single reply..
The two met again after turning fifteen and entering the Blue Dragon Academy..
.
..
“Is this all you can do??”
Paeng Sa-hyuk looked at Heonwon River with an expression full of disappointment..
In front of him, Heon Won-gang was kneeling, covered in blood..
“Ugh…….”
My clothes were torn here and there, and my lip was burst and bleeding..
His face had turned pale as if he had suffered internal injuries..
On the other hand, Paeng Sa-hyuk's sleeves were slightly cut, and he didn't even look like he was breathing heavily..
Onlookers held their breath in front of this overwhelming result..
“I can't believe that Heonwon River is stuck and unable to move.…….”
“Paeng Sahyuk was that strong?”
“Why would I give you a cow from the five major families for no reason? In the first place, the world we live in is different..”
“But why don't you go to Cheonmuje?…….”
“Shut up everyone!”
The students who had been whispering after Paeng Sa-hyeok's death fell silent..
Now Peng Sa-hyeok was in a very unpleasant mood..
I beat Heonwon River for the first time, but I wasn't happy at all..
Grumbling.
Paeng Sa-hyeok, who gritted his teeth, glared at Heonwon-gang..
“Did you think it would be the same as when you were young??”
“…….”
“While you were running around drinking, I was practicing martial arts to death. When you were running away with an inferiority complex, I was working hard to become stronger..”
“Sigh… … . Of course you did.”
Heonwon-gang laughed heartily, raised his eyes fiercely and said,.
“You must have made an effort by drinking expensive elixirs given by your family, studying under the best of the family, and learning great martial arts that are only passed down to the family head from generation to generation. But if you're weaker than me, aren't you an asshole??”
Every single word that seems to ooze poison.
Deep anger was visible in his open blue eyes..
But Paeng Sa-hyuk snorted when he saw that..
“Did this guy only train his tongue while others were practicing martial arts?.”
“uh. You don't need elixirs, a low class, or a famous family to play with your tongue..”
“So what should I do?.”
“……what?”
Paeng Sa-hyuk looked at Heonwon River with a pitiful expression..
“What does it have to do with me being born into a wealthy family?.”
“Because you don't know that now……!”
Heonwon-gang tried to get up, but at that moment, Paeng Sa-hyeok's foot kicked him in the abdomen..
Powok!
“Ouch! This bastard!”
Heonwongang, holding his abdomen, whined with his face turning red..
Paeng Sa-hyuk, standing in front of him, asked in a low voice..
“Let me ask you just one thing.”
“Fuck you, this dog.…….”
“Did you think that if you became stronger than me, I would use my family's power to persecute the Heonwon family??”
“…….”
Heonwongang couldn't answer..
It was because he could feel great anger and disappointment toward himself in the eyes of Paeng Sa-hyuk, who he met at that moment..
“Did I look like that kind of guy in your eyes??”
“…….”
I've never said anything like that directly..
But the humiliation and sad memories my father experienced that day at Paeng’s house..
The gaze of the vassals and head of the Hebei Paeng family who treated them like trash..
I thought that over time, this guy would eventually become just like them..
over the past few years.
“Answer me. 'Cause now there's nowhere to run.”
Peng Sa-hyuk stretched out his hand and tightly grabbed Heon Won-gang's hair, which had become scattered..
So close that your breath can touch you.
Paeng Sahyeok glared at him with burning eyes and asked..
“Did I really look like that kind of person? You fucking bastard!”
“……You don't know that.”
Powok!
Heon Won-gang's body fell sideways after being hit in the face..
“Listen carefully, Heonwon River. This is my final advice as an old friend..”
It seemed as if flames were pouring out of Paeng Sa-hyeok's eyes..
Heonwon River, who had always avoided him, approached him for the first time, so he thought something had changed..
but it wasn't.
Even in the Blue Dragon Academy, which is full of inferiority complexes, this guy has the most incorrigible inferiority complex..
“Don't ever be in my sight again. If you see me even from a hundred yards away, just avoid me. When I see your face again…….”
Paeng Sa-hyuk let out a cold sigh, sorting out his last remaining feelings for his old friend..
“Because at that time, I really feel like I want to step on it like a bug..”
“…….”
“Pathetic bastard.”
Peng Sa-hyeok turned around and left the Great Yeonmujang..
The students who followed him and the onlookers left one by one..
Heonwon-gang, who was left alone, lay down in the middle of Daeyeonmujang..
“Fuck…….”
lost.
I already expected that I would lose.
As Paeng Sa-hyeok said, while he was wasting his time and living as a fool, he must have been training himself to be worthy of being the successor to the Five Great Families..
‘Why did that bastard come into the Blue Dragon Academy??’
The other successors of the five great families were all learning martial arts at Cheonmuhakgwan..
However, only Paeng Sa-hyeok entered the Cheongryong Academic Hall..
At the time, that alone was a big topic, so no one paid attention to the fact that a successor to the ruined Heonwon family entered the palace..
-Heonwon River! It's been a while!
Suddenly, the day of the inauguration ceremony three years ago came to mind..
Before the inauguration ceremony began, Paeng Sa-hyeok was walking after spotting himself from afar..
- What have you been doing for these years? I sent you a letter but didn’t receive it? I wanted to go to your house, but my father didn't let me go.…….
-……go away.
-……what?
-Tell me to go away.
-……hey. That's what you would say to a friend you haven't seen in a long time... … . hey! Where are you going!
I turned around and hurried away. Paeng Sa-hyuk called him from behind, but he ignored him..
I avoided it for three years like that..
Paeng Sa-hyeok approached first at first, but as Heon Won-gang continued to ignore and avoid him, his attitude gradually turned cold..
-hey. Heonwonga’s bastard. Where did you go and drink today? It smells like alcohol..
-……Director Nam.
-Pathetic bastard. Are you going to live like that for the rest of your life??
While Heonwongang gradually became Anhamuin's bastard, Paeng Sahyeok took control of the club association and seized power..
Paeng Sa-hyuk was the best reviewer of Cheongryong Academic Hall along with student council president Dok Go-jun..
The only difference is that, unlike Dok Go-jun, who participated in the Cheonmu Festival every year, Peng Sa-hyuk never participated in the Cheonmu Festival..
‘Why won't I go out? It's because I'm not confident.’
‘If you go to the Tianwu Emperor, your skills will be revealed right away..’
‘Ji is king here too. If you go to Tianwu Emperor, you won't be able to get to Yongbong.?’
The students were criticizing Paeng Sa-hyeok for not going to the Tianwu Emperor..
So In-bae chose to have a snake head rather than a dragon's tail..
The reason he entered the Blue Dragon Hall was to gather followers and rule comfortably as king here, rather than competing fiercely in the Cheonmu Hall..
But Heonwon-gang thought it couldn’t be like that..
‘gibberish. That guy couldn't have joined the Blue Dragon Academy because he was afraid of competition..’
Even when he was young, he kept challenging himself, saying he would win someday even if he always lost..
There was no way a guy with that kind of competitive spirit would choose Cheongryonghakkwan over Cheonmuhakkwan because he was afraid of competition..
‘But why…….’
Turn around and go back to the same place.
Then why did Paeng Sa-hyuk come to the Blue Dragon Science Museum?.
Then, suddenly, a thought occurred to me..
-Did I look like that kind of guy in your eyes??
‘Maybe it's because of me?’
This doesn't make sense..
Are you saying that he followed me into the Blue Dragon Academy just because we were friends for a short time when we were young?.
-Did I really look like that kind of person? You fucking bastard!
no way.
to ask that.
“under. That can't be possible…….”
Heonwon-gang lay down on the main stage and looked up at the cloudy sky with a blank expression..
Tuk, Tuk Tuk…….
Suddenly raindrops started falling one by one..
The rain began to get stronger and soon turned into a shower..
Shoot ahhh…….
“……You really have a variety of things..”
Is this the expression of being beaten to dust on a rainy day in a situation like this? A laugh escaped me..
“Puhuhuh…….”
It really is a shit day..
Heonwon River covered his face with his arms to block the pouring rain..
Rainwater got into my wound and my whole body was sore, but I didn't want to move from my seat now..
-hi?
-Wanna spar with me??
-Woo! next time i will win!
-You have to come quickly!
-Ouch!
Memories from childhood come to mind.
If all these memories were washed away by the rain.
And I wish I could dissolve in this rainwater and disappear.
It was when I thought about that while the Heonwon River was getting rained on..
Suddenly the rain stopped falling on my face..
Shoot aaaaa…….
I could still hear the rain, but the raindrops had stopped falling on my face..
and.
“what are you doing here.”
At the familiar voice heard from above, Heon Won-gang lowered his arms that were covering his face..
A man was looking down at him with an umbrella.
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