Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 620
[Episode 620] Choice and decision.
The time that was night has become day.
It means the day has passed.
The road back to the hiding place didn’t take long.
It was because all the problems in my body were in better condition, so the speed was much faster.
question here.
‘They say it’s a hiding place, so you can see it very well.’
Finding the entrance to the cave was so easy.
Yuri said that it was difficult to find because it was lost in magic or something.
Like the last time I escaped.
The same goes for figuring out the aftermath of the truth.
It seemed certain that something had changed in me.
“Stop…!!”
The guards standing in front of me saw me and immediately took precautions.
Fortunately, Yuri was with me, so I was able to enter without any major problems.
“you…!”
When I return to the hiding place, the white lotus sword urgently appears and checks on me.
She was trying to tell me something.
I stopped as if surprised to see Namgoongbia I was holding.
“…Ah…”
There are many emotions in her eyes.
I knew.
The idea that Baengnyeongeom wouldn’t feel comfortable seeing Namgoongbia.
Since Baeknyeonseom wasn’t such a harsh person, he must have felt various feelings for Namgoongbia, who took the role of bait himself.
“Please take him and check his condition. and.”
Because it wasn’t the time to figure it all out.
After I handed over the Namgoongbia I was holding to Baengnyeongeom.
he said to her seriously.
“I’ll go see the princess first.”
I had something to ask him.
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“Go back.”
An iron gate that was expected to have a palace.
As I approached it, the person who blocked the way said this.
Did you say black lion?
He was said to be one of the great generals of the North Sea.
You brought out your huge attitude and said to me.
“You can’t get to know the princess.”
The tip of the sword is full of vigilance.
I knew why.
‘Because I left after making a mess.’
It was because he made a fuss in front of the palace lord, threatening to defeat the palace lord.
The author must be too wary.
that is.
It means I’m cheap shit.
I raised both hands and made the kindest face.
“I think I did something wrong earlier.”
“…From the look on his face, he must have planned to do something to the princess. You will never pass this place.”
That fucking guy…?
The kind Mr. Yangcheon, who had taken care of himself, did not seem to be able to communicate.
“Haa…”
He put down his hands and sighed.
It should have been natural.
This is the point at which the princess’s physical condition deteriorated.
It’s a situation where I took refuge for that.
It was natural for interest to come out that way, since he had made threats in front of such a palace owner.
It seems like I can’t communicate with words, but then I can’t help it.
“Get out of the way.”
Unraveling his expression, he said to the black lion.
“Because I’m not going to do anything, just ask what I need to ask and come out.”
“Do you think that will happen?”
“It can’t be. Of course not.”
I flicked my fingers and measured the distance.
“Because I have to do it even if I can’t do it now.”
Things have changed from before.
There were things I needed to know.
The one who was judged to know that was the palace owner.
We had to meet at any cost.
Seeing my eyes like that, the black lion grabbed hold of the attitude and said.
“You were able to come this far. It was purely because I treated you as an honored guest. one.”
Whoop-!
Attitude is entwined with energy.
it’s strong
Whoa, whoa…
I could feel the air around me being crushed and crushed.
The speculation emitted by the unmanned man who has gone far beyond the hwagyeong is enough to twist the air.
It was the sound that this man was such a person.
“Not only can I not let you in who threatened the princess. Right now, the princess is getting a good night’s sleep.”
“haha.”
Hearing that, he burst into laughter.
“The situation is like this, does that nobleman get a good night’s sleep?”
“Don’t speak carelessly!”
Whoop-!
Attitude vibrates.
The momentum was quite menacing.
“If I misunderstood the princess one more time. I will cut you down.”
“You’re really scary when you say that.”
It was brutal enough to cut him down.
“If it were me, I would have said I would come next time and moved on. I’m really in a hurry right now. Could you please wake me up after telling me to sleep later?”
“Sure…. I think I’m going to see blood.”
“No, why do you see the blood that hurts…”
Sigh-!
The attitude of the black lion moves wildly.
Looking at this, I clicked my tongue briefly inwardly.
“Your Majesty.”
Shririk-! Knock-!
“…!”
He moved the ears on his left arm to bind his attitude and block his movements.
I’m going to go to the middle of the day-!!
A power struggle to hold on to the black lion and hold on to it has begun.
Whoops–!!
The opponent is a warrior from Hwagyeong. It is also a person who has already reached the stage of maturity.
Even more so, foreign trade must be developed as much as using attitude.
Trying to resist that force, my muscles went wild.
but it didn’t slide.
Seeing this, the black lion’s eyes widened.
coo-! thud-!
Vibration explodes with force and power.
The aftermath begins to damage the surroundings.
Patter.
Dirt and dust fall from the ceiling of the shaking space.
“this guy…!”
“You really want to break it all in? Wouldn’t that be a good ending?”
“I am the king’s warrior. He cannot leave anyone who is a danger to Him.”
“hmm.”
It was a suitable mind as an escort.
I feel full of conviction that I will never give up.
If so, there was only one way.
“Then I’ll beat you up and go.”
Whoop-!
lift the spirits He rotated the ring of the flamethrower to add heat to his body.
Combined with fighting spirit, it gathers flames in its grasp.
I grabbed the infernal jade that was about to explode at any moment.
The black lion also sees my condition and puts all its strength on its body.
promptly.
The moment I was about to fight.
[Pause.]
“…!”
Upon hearing the voice from behind the door, the black lion immediately retrieved the strong energy.
It was the voice of the prince.
[Black Lion. Open the door.]
“Ha-oh-ah… the princess…!”
[It’s name.]
“…”
At that moment, a look of disapproval passes through his face.
The Black Lion didn’t say anything more.
After simply putting the sword back into the back.
Kwak-!
I just grabbed the doorknob.
“…I will follow your orders.”
Kki-Ik-!
The door opens.
Confirming this, I recovered my energy again.
Hwaaak-! The cold chill I felt the other day passes by.
[Come in.]
As soon as the princess stopped talking, I moved on.
“…This time, please be polite to the princess.”
Hearing the bloody send-off of the black lion, he entered the space with a dangling dung.
It was still a cold and unpleasant space.
The place where the palace is just sitting.
if anything else.
It must be the difference in how I look at him.
[It’s nice to see you again soon.]
“Sure. I didn’t expect to see you again like this.”
I reached out in front of him while talking.
It’s still a look.
Half of his body is wrapped in ice.
Frost radiated from him and enveloped him in all directions.
and.
‘Same energy as a bastard.’
I felt a very similar energy to the guy named Yoo Seon I met just before.
Although there was far less displeasure or hostility than that.
[Yeah, what business did you wake me up from?]
“Did you really sleep?”
[very. You were sleeping very well.]
The princess smiled and said that.
Of course I didn’t believe it.
[Did Confucius have something to do with me, so he even staged such a play?]
“Hmm.”
I couldn’t help but smile when I heard the palace master’s words.
It seems that he was caught.
Confrontation with the Black Lion.
It was intentional to go out strong on purpose and let the princess appear on her own.
The princess seemed to have figured it out at once.
Does not matter.
After all, the purpose has been achieved.
I immediately looked at the princess and said.
“I just came to see your son or daughter.”
[…]
“The name was ‘wired’. Maybe that’s the culprit.”
A name may be a pseudonym. Yuri said it was my older sister’s name.
Because what I saw was obviously a man.
of course.
It was possible that the gender itself was fake.
The princess stares at me at the words that I have come up with.
It was still a vertically torn pupil.
[It’s wired…]
The princess spat out in a low voice.
[I see.]
I heard the identity of the child who caused the rebellion.
The palace’s reaction did not show much change.
[I think it was that child.]
“…Is that all the reaction?”
[Thank you for coming to talk to me. You made me walk fast.]
I had to frown at the strange reaction.
I also had a point.
“no. I came to ask you something.”
[Tell me. I will listen carefully.]
“…for the princess.”
I took a deep breath and told him.
“Do you know about dragons?”
[Hmm.]
Upon hearing the question, the princess was silent for a moment.
[I know.]
Surprisingly, he gave an affirmative answer.
Of course I thought I’d pretend I didn’t know.
“…you know…you know?”
[exactly. Even now…]
The princess’s torn pupils turned to me.
[It is not in front of me.]
“…!”
I listened and raised my eyes.
this human.
‘Did you know?’
It seemed that he knew my true identity from the start.
How did you know?
I didn’t ask that question.
The Dark King noticed.
As if Yoo Seon recognized me.
I saw that the princess could do that too.
but.
“You mean you let me in without knowing?”
[Why can’t I let you in? He is a valuable guest who has visited this place.]
He shook his head as he listened to the princess’ answer.
How far should I ask?
How far does the author know?
How far can I ask him?
Such a thought ran through my mind.
The trouble didn’t last long.
“Your son was also a dragon.”
This also did not surprise him.
[Right. Did Bingjeong finally choose that child…]
He just closed his eyes as if he had come to a realization.
Looking at the princess like that, she continued talking.
“And when they saw me, they called me Pureblood.”
spit it out like that
[What…?]
Strangely, the reaction this time was unusual.
“I came to ask. Even about your children. As for what I call pureblood.”
[…]
The princess’s eyes widen at the words she heard.
When I heard about the child I met earlier, he seemed okay, but on the contrary, he seemed unable to contain his flagship.
What is the reason?
What is the difference?
[blood? Did the child tell you that you were pure-blooded?]
“Yes.”
He even cut off his arm and tried to kill him.
I didn’t say this out of the blue.
“What on earth is that like?”
[…huh…]
The princess laughed in vain.
[…I see…]
Soon, he nodded as if he noticed something.
[Is the time finally here?]
After that, he spat out unknown words.
Damn-!
“…!”
Suddenly, the ice covering the body of the palace begins to crack.
The ice that started to break while making a line soon shattered.
Swoop.
The princess got out of it and slowly raised herself.
I had to hide my surprise inside.
big.
The princess was much taller than I expected.
‘…almost equal to my father?’
I didn’t know it because I was sitting there, but when I saw it, it was quite large.
Patter.
Gongju brushed off the ice fragments on his body and looked at me and said.
“Will you follow me for a moment?”
The echoing voice returned to normal.
It was a light, heavy voice that was pleasant to listen to.
“Suddenly? The conversation is not over yet.”
“I’m going to tell you the answer to that, so please follow me.”
“…”
“Please.”
I frowned and looked at the princess.
He is just looking at me with a serious expression.
The conversation isn’t over, so where else should I follow you?
He said he would get annoyed at the urgent situation, but he would listen to the answer, so he answered with a sigh.
“…Where can I go?”
“Thank you for your understanding.”
After hearing the answer, the princess smiled slightly and then turned around and walked away.
walked after him
Didn’t walk very far.
I didn’t even get out of the space, I just walked a little further in the opposite direction from the entrance I entered.
By the time you reach the wall.
I could see something on the wall opposite the entrance.
It is a door.
There was a door in the wall leading to another place.
A door not too big.
Considering the size of the palace, it was a very small gate.
In a way, it feels appropriate for me, who is relatively short.
“What is this again…”
“Open the door once.”
Do you want to question where the door is going?
Those were the words of the king.
Why didn’t you open it yourself and let me do it?
‘Have you set any traps?’
Such doubts pass by.
“If there is any doubt, I will put on the desired restraint.”
“…”
The princess, perhaps realizing that I am suspicious, raises a river.
If it was normal, I would have put a ban on it.
Now, for some reason, the hand reached out first.
This is also a matter of intuition.
It was like that from the moment I saw the door.
Instinct speaks.
Come on, grab the door.
Accordingly, he put his hand on the frozen doorknob.
That moment.
Damn it—!!
My fingertips only slightly touched it.
A large crack went around the door.
Around the time when you are embarrassed by a sudden situation.
Hwaaak-!
The white cold air from the door passed through.
Kiyiyiik…
I didn’t even open it, but the door started to open by itself.
‘what’s this?’
what else could this be? I stare through the door with bewildered eyes.
“…Really.”
The king who saw this said:
“I guess what you said was true.”
“…what do you mean?”
“This door can only be opened by purebloods.”
“yes?”
“It was decided a long time ago. It was only now that I knew it was true.”
I listened and looked at the door.
I hadn’t seen the princess catch it yet, so I couldn’t tell if this was a lie or not.
You said that only purebloods could be opened?
‘Who the hell?’
I wondered.
Who the hell did this to the North Sea?
The moment I was about to ask the palace.
that buck
The princess bowed her head first and stepped towards the entrance.
do you mean follow me?
I walked again following the palace.
It feels completely different than before.
The aisle was not long. I was able to get through it in about ten steps.
That’s how you get out of the aisle.
“…her?”
I had to take a deep breath at the sight unfolding outside.
A space covered with all kinds of cold.
Something circular that fills the space is floating in the air.
It looked like ice, though.
It’s such an elaborate circular ice.
It was a shape that could not exist unless it was artificially sculpted.
Judging by its size, humans would never have done it.
What is that?
‘What the hell is that?’
thud-! thud-! thud-!
Does my heart beat like crazy just by looking at it?
Hoo-wook.
Hoo-wook.
He tries to soothe his increasingly rough breathing, but his gaze has long since been taken away.
What is that?
Why am I reacting like this?
Tboob.
The legs moved freely.
As if he wanted to get closer to that place, he said it arbitrarily.
at that time.
“This is what is called an ice crystal.”
I was forced to stop at the words I heard from the palace.
“Ice crystal? Is that an ice crystal?”
“Banjum is in the basement of the Ice Palace, but this is also an ice crystal.”
“…there’s another one like this?”
“It’s something that blood relatives have been protecting for generations. only.”
The gaze of the princess turned to Bingjeong.
“It’s also the first time I’ve seen it, but I think the ice crystal in front is the original.”
it’s original
Are you saying that the thing in front of you is a real ice crystal?
if.
“…why are you showing this to me?”
Why are you showing me these things out of the blue?
It was something outsiders couldn’t see.
no way.
Are you trying to kill me here? When you feel that kind of worry.
“As I said before, this is a place where only pure-bloods can come. That was the established rule.”
said the prince.
That’s what it means.
“Are you saying that I was brought here because I am pureblood?”
“Right.”
“Is it simply because of that…?”
“Confucius, do you think this is simple? It is not.”
The princess looked at Bingjeong with serious eyes and continued talking.
“The past hundred years. The blood relatives of the Ice Palace have endured by rooting themselves in the North Sea, bound by their karma. Today is the day to face that karma properly.”
The princess, who had been staring at the ice crystal, shifted her gaze to me this time.
“After a long time, if a pure-blooded being appears in the North Sea, be sure to face it and bring it here.”
yes.
I felt a slight vibration in the ice crystal.
“To maintain and protect the ice crystal until then. That was the karma of the bloodline.”
I hope that someone promised to protect the palace and this place for centuries will come.
That was the karma of the bloodline.
I had to frown at what the princess said.
“…Not a prophecy. Did you live like that, waiting for something that might come? Does that make sense?”
“That’s why it’s called karma and curse. Isn’t that cruel?”
The princess smiled and said, but her smile was covered with something terrible.
“But I didn’t know that someone like Confucius Gu would appear.”
“How can you be sure that the owner of the horse is me or not? It might not be-”
“It doesn’t matter.”
The princess cut me off.
“If it wasn’t, that door wouldn’t even have been opened.”
“…”
The words you said to open the door earlier.
Was it to confirm this?
“…For what? What do you want from me?”
Why did they wait for the existence of pure blood to appear?
How could I have hoped to reach that ice crystal?
I couldn’t understand
With such feelings, I asked the princess.
“History used to refer to it as ‘al’ when looking at it.”
At that, I looked at the ice crystal.
an egg?
‘Do you know that big one?’
It was too big and cold to be an egg.
If it’s an egg, what’s inside makes it so huge?
If something was to be born in a place like that, I was reluctant to even imagine it.
“I did say that to express it, but.”
The princess approaches me.
“Something was written in other words.”
The princess who came to my side spoke to me in a calm voice.
“The Heart of the Dragon Emperor.”
“…!”
Hearing the words, he turned around and looked at the princess.
“The ice crystal is the heart of the dragon.”