Chapter 9
Episode 9: What I think of is magic.
The next day, Ian came to me with a puzzled look on his face..
“How did I come back yesterday??”
“You came back carrying me. I don't remember how I got back.”
Then Ian's cheeks turned red..
“Don't lie. I wasn't that drunk. It was very heavy, right? I'm sorry, master..”
“It would be a lie if I said it was light. It wasn't heavy enough to make me feel sorry. Look at these forearms!”
“Wow, your already thin forearms have gotten even thinner..”
“Look straight at the lumpy muscles!”
After exchanging jokes like that, Ian bowed his head..
“Thank you, master..”
“Let's drink again next time.”
“Yes, master.”
As she was about to turn away, she asked again.
“If I have made a mistake in speaking, please forgive me with a generous heart. Honestly, I don't remember what I said..”
“Don't worry, I didn't make a mistake. Oh, if you make a mistake next time, use your right of pardon..”
“Right to pardon? what is that?”
“It is my right to be forgiven even if I make mistakes or mistakes..”
“Did you give it to me? I didn't receive it?”
I reached out to her..
“handshake.”
Ian held my hand with his big hand..
“Okay, I've issued it now..”
“Isn't it possible to get at least 10 sheets of what you've been given? I will follow you around for the rest of my life, so one page will not be enough.?”
“no! It's just one piece. So use it sparingly!”
“yes master!”
Her brightly smiling eyes disappeared into the flesh..
‘If there is someone in my life who can be forgiven, will it be me or you? You have to issue me fifty pardons.…….’
* * *
That night, I was sitting alone and practicing to release energy..
While detecting three places at the same time, a person was detected by the energy flying to the left..
These days, I've been immersed in the fun of finding out what kind of person the other person is through energy. When I find someone while sending out energy, I start by scanning the person from head to toe. How tall are you, what weapons do you use, and what is your martial arts level?.
This time too, just when I was trying to look at the other person..
The opponent sneakily dodged to the side..
Thinking it might be a coincidence, I sent my energy towards him. But the opponent moved his body in the opposite direction again and avoided my energy..
‘Surely it's not like he knows and avoids it??’
This thread-thin and secret energy was something the other person could never detect..
But the other person started to avoid me, as if he could sense my energy..
Who on earth is this??
I was curious about the other person. I left the room still upset..
Practice releasing energy while moving. Of course, you had to expend several times more mental energy than if you were to exert it while standing still, but in actual combat, you would be more likely to expel energy while moving..
I felt the other person step back. I chased after him as he ran away, almost like he could be caught..
The place we arrived at was the pavilion of the civil war..
The moment I saw the person standing there, I unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief..
“father!”
The person who brought me here with my energy was my father..
“Well then. I was nervous because I thought someone else could sense my energy..”
“What a great energy. You'll also notice the dog snoozing under the fence over there..”
“Aren’t dogs naturally good-natured guys? But what is going on in my place??”
“It was a passing road.”
Even though you said that, you were definitely looking for me..
“Seeing that we meet by chance like this, we must be destined to be in a relationship..”
“That's all there is to it.”
“yes!”
I closed my mouth and quietly looked at the night sky my father was looking at..
After a while I asked.
“When will you decide on a successor??”
“A hundred years later. you guys still have a long way to go.”
“Let’s do it in 100 days. I think I'm all there.”
“If that were the case, Hyeolcheondoma wouldn't have come looking for you..”
“how did you know?”
It was just the two of us meeting, but my father knew. In other words, it means that you are watching me. Well, you knew that I was poisoned by acid poisoning..
“As soon as I met you, Hyeolcheon Doma came to me..”
“What did you say??”
“I wanted you to be punished..”
“yes?”
I was surprised by the unexpected words. Could it be that Hyeolcheondoma went to my father that way and asked him to punish me??
“It was unexpected. I'm not the kind of person who would come to me and make such a request since my student is dead..”
“Why did you do that??”
Although I pretended not to know, I guessed what Hyeolcheondoma was thinking. This is to test my relationship with my father. Will my father really punish me, and if so, what kind of punishment will he inflict? I'm trying to find out if my father considers me his successor..
“So I plan to punish him..”
“There is no reason to punish me. That disciple deserves to die..”
“All you have to do is create a justification..”
I drew my sword and drew a long line on the floor..
Then he drew a line about one-tenth and said,.
“Hyeolcheondoma told me. This longer side is the size my father thinks he is. Did the justification come from this route??”
Instead of answering, my father asked me back what I had asked at the hunting ground..
“Did I ask you which of the Magons you trust the most??”
“yes.”
My father gave his answer now..
“no one believes.”
I could tell. With this answer, it was simultaneously answered that the line drawn by Hyeolcheondoma was not accurate..
“Which side are you? Are you the one who believes in people or the one who doesn't??”
“It will depend on what kind of person the other person is..”
“How do you know what kind of person he is?”
“You'll find out as you go along, right??”
“This is a stupid idea. The human mind is something that can never be known. No matter how transparent a person may be next to you, you should never think that you know that person..”
Suddenly, Ian came to mind. I thought I knew her well, but it's like discovering new sides of her..
“I'll keep that in mind.”
“Did you say that we need to maintain discipline at our school??”
“yes.”
“Let’s stop talking nonsense about having to catch corruption. Tell me your honest thoughts..”
“Can I be really honest with you??”
“When did you lie??”
“Not really. I think this answer will be rude..”
“speak.”
“From some point on, we… … I think I've lost my magic..”
The area under my father’s eyes trembled. At least it wasn't something to say in front of my father..
“What do you think of magic??”
“The magic I think is…….”
After a while, I revealed a thought that had been dormant for a long time..
“I believe it is our school’s unique belief to defeat absolute evil..”
Perhaps it was an unexpected answer, but my father looked back at me with his eyes wide open..
“……This is our school’s belief in defeating absolute evil.?”
“I don't think it's political factions that stand in opposition to us..”
“Then what is it??”
“It's absolute evil.”
Clearly, what I say now will not be easily accepted by my father. Nevertheless, I calmly conveyed my thoughts to my father..
“There is so much cowardice, viciousness, and extreme evil in the world that humans cannot bear it. It is an absolute evil that would make even the devil click his tongue. Although the justice and cooperation advocated by all political factions may be able to suppress small evils, I believe that they cannot handle this absolute evil. This is because political factions inherently have forgiveness at their core. As long as you have a heart for humans, how can you endure the evil that runs rampant while giving up on being human??”
My father was staring at me. It was my first time seeing him so focused on what I was saying. Maybe deep down in my father's heart, he's thinking this..
―Aren't we the absolute evil??
―No, father. I hope that the Heavenly Demon Church in my world is not an absolute evil. I won't do it.
my words continued.
“As the only being in the world of martial arts who can eliminate meaner and more vicious evil, I think we must find the reason for our existence here. It doesn't matter whether we are good or evil. Sometimes with the face of good, sometimes with the face of evil. When a great evil that political factions cannot handle falls on our knees and trembles in front of us, I believe that the true path of magic has finally been established. Only then will Moorim truly bow before the majesty of our school. When they can't solve a problem on their own, they will ask us for help. They say that only the Heavenly Demon Church can save Wulin. This is what I think of.”
I can assure you that my father has never thought or heard of this even once in his life..
Because this idea was not something I learned or realized at my school. This is what I felt for myself while wandering around the midfield all my life..
“If we don't establish the magic path properly, we won't last long. For us to live... … we have to punish ourselves.”
Even my father, who was good at hiding his emotions, couldn't hide the shock of this moment. This is the father who blows an earth breeze in the face to confirm a lie. But at this moment, my father showed no reaction. Even though the story unfolds that even if the earth wind blew, it would have blown ten times more..
My father was deep in thought. Although I lived a longer life than my father, I couldn't guess what he was thinking right now..
But one thing I feel certain.
It's only been a few days since I returned, but the fates of my father and I are changing. We are beginning to turn towards a different future..
Finally, my father broke the long silence..
“Do you have any more arrogance left??”
“No, not today.”
I scratched my head and smiled awkwardly.
“I think I understand why Hyeolcheondoma came to see me and told me to punish you..”
“why?”
My father's confident eyes shined intensely..
“I read something from you. That's why I'm testing you through me..”
“I guess I read the possibility of him becoming a successor..”
“It may be a danger that will destroy our school..”
“Either way... … An old man like a skull has some sense..”
My father stared at me for a moment, then walked out of the pavilion in stride as if he had made up his mind..
“Follow me.”
* * *
My father took me to the deepest part of Cheonmajeon. It was a place I had heard of and knew well..
A small signboard hung above the stone cave..
Socheon-dong).
I was shocked and shouted at my father..
“You're not telling me to go in here, are you??”
This is a kind of training center for the later exponents who will become Cheonma..
Usually, the disciples or children of the Heavenly Demon enter when they take the test..
It should never be ignored as a training area..
You can go as you please when you go in, but you cannot come out. I heard that if you can't break through the gate, you'll never be able to get out. The success rate is half. In fact, half of the Heavenly Demon's blood relatives who entered this place lost their lives here..
That's why my ambitious older brother never said he wanted to join this place..
However, it was also a place that one had to pass through at least once in order to become a Cheonma. Because all those who became Heavenly Demons passed through this place. If you look at it this way, Cheonma is one of the extreme occupations..
“I went here when I was your age too..”
“So how soon did you come out??”
“two months.”
“oh my god. Spend two months of my bright youth in this dark and damp place.?”
“Don't be mistaken. In my case, it's two months, but the average breakthrough time is three years..”
My father is a man who is evaluated as having the greatest military talent among the Heavenly Demons of all time. Cheonmujiche was probably able to do this because he inherited his father's blood..
“Father, why are you doing this to me??”
“Didn't I tell you earlier? I'm thinking of punishing you.”
“Isn't that too harsh a punishment??”
“The sheep you killed will spend eternity underground..”
“Receiving cheers and applause from the people he bullied.”
But my father had already made up his mind..
father. Are you really sending me to a place where I could die? I heard that old man told me to punish him.?
Suddenly, I remembered what my father said while hunting..
‘Do you mind if your son dies? Or do you want me to come out stronger??’
If you don't make it out alive, it's a punishment, but if you do, it could be a reward..
‘Or are you trying to protect me from the blood chopping block that sticks out of my pocket like an awl??’
Because my father never revealed his feelings, I couldn't tell what his intentions were..
When my father touched the stone slab next to the cave and injected his own internal force, the stone door opened..
Grumbling.
I no longer refused the look in my father's eyes telling me to stop nagging and go in..
“great. I'll be out sooner than my father..”
Rumbling.
Through the closing stone door, my father spoke with a heartless yet spiteful smile..
“Good luck. don't die.”
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