Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 697

thud-! thud-! thud-!

When the flame touches my skin, my heart beats like crazy.
Nine Fire Flame Gong began to spin at will and his energy was running wild.

My blood is hot.

I faced the flame beyond my distorted breathing.

“It is truly a perfect vessel.”

What is this flame that speaks to me?
I didn’t worry too much.

The thing that makes me feel this much resonance is the Kuyeomhwaryungong.
The power of direct blood relatives was also evident.

The hot flame seen in front is the power of Nine Flame Flame Gong.
The problem is that this is my first time seeing a firework.

That means.

‘Even though he is a blood relative, I don’t know him.’

It means.

‘Then who is it?’

This is also not worth thinking about for long.
I wouldn’t know if it was in the past.

There was one person who could be suspected now.

Crack.

I tried to move my body.

I’m stuck.
An unknown suppressing force was suppressing my body.

I try to open my lips, but this also happens.
The stiff lips could not be opened easily.

Ugh.

It gave strength to my heart.
Fortunately, energy can be moved.

Giiiiiiing—!!! Rotate faster.

The bound energy was released and compressed even more.

Hwareuk.

Gather the burning flames into one point.

Tuk-!
It exploded like that.

Kwaaaaah–!!!

Blue flames explode through the body in all directions.
It spun around for a long time, as if creating a typhoon.

A vast energy fills the surroundings.

Crunch-!

Starting with the flame, I released my body’s inhibitions.

“Huh…”

Perhaps thanks to that, my mouth relaxed.

Perhaps it was because I suddenly used my energy, but not only my bloodstream but also my bones felt numb.
I had to use a tremendous amount of energy.

“Hoo.”

As I was moving my body here and there, I heard a look of admiration.

“That’s amazing.”

“…”

I asked, looking at the other person with my eyebrows furrowed.

“I will ask you first.”

As you spit out the words, the energy in your entire body rises to the extreme.
I asked in that condition.

“Are you my grandfather?”

“Hmm.”

Is it an illusion?
It felt like the fireworks were laughing at my words.

Because it is made only of flames, its expression cannot be clearly seen.
For some reason it seemed that way.

“It’s fascinating. “Your father wouldn’t have told you…how would he have known?”

I clicked my tongue in displeasure at the flame’s reaction.
I knew it.

It means that that flame is my grandfather.
Hearing this, he sighed and said.

“How are you alive?”

“haha.”

Why are you alive and not dead right away?
Although I thought it was a bit of a stupid question. I definitely had to ask.

“That’s a perplexing question.”

“What’s embarrassing is that I’m more embarrassed.”

All of a sudden, a human-shaped flame pops out, and they say it’s my grandfather, who is known to be dead. How can I not be embarrassed?

also.

‘It was said to be external.’

He looked at me and asked how I became an outsider.
This means that he recognized that I was not human.

Is it because of that?

“What is it?”

Due to the heightened alertness, a somewhat sharp tone of voice came out.

“Why did you look for me?”

I frowned and asked. The flame told me

“Isn’t it strange that a grandmother came to visit my grandchild?”

He said something somewhat straightforward.
When I heard this, I had to burst out laughing.

“If that’s the case, it doesn’t make sense that you haven’t shown up until now.”

I’ve never seen it before in my life. I had never even seen it in my previous life.

But now, if he shows up as my grandfather, how should I react?

That too.

“With such an aggressive encounter.”

“It was just a sign of happiness.”

“If you mark twice, you will die.”

“Cluck.”

I rolled my eyes as I heard laughter.
Look around. There was still silence.

I blew it and looked at the flame again.

‘Grandpa.’

The previous head of the Gu family.
I’ve never heard of him, and I don’t know what he did for a living.

Is that why?

Even though I was looking at it, I didn’t feel anything.

As much as I had a strong feeling that my grandfather was an elder, the suddenly appearing being was nothing but distant.

“Oh my.”

The flame came

“It’s been such a long time since I haven’t seen you, but it’s nice to see that you’ve grown up well.”

I frowned at the sudden compliment.
I suddenly wondered what he was talking about.

“The fireworks that rose up as if to show the effort made so far were truly beautiful.”

It’s definitely a compliment, but it feels strangely uncomfortable.

“The vessel is solid and the body is upright, so there is no need for the next generation to worry… However.”

A hand of flame grabs my shoulder.

“How could I have been left out with such a possibility? “I doubt that.”

“…”

crackle.

The hand that held my shoulder felt hot.
I looked at the flame, feeling the swirling sensation inside.

It seemed like I had no idea what to say.

“It has become like that in my life.”

I just struggled to survive and that’s what happened.
There were limits to the words that could be uttered.

“Hmm…”

The flame tilts its head upon hearing my answer.
And then I spit out the words.

“also. Should I have burned that girl? “The precious flame has been mixed with impurities.”
I had to stiffen my body after hearing the words.

“girl?”

I intuitively knew who he was talking about.

“I should have put it away when I first saw it. “It would have been better if I had done that.”

“…”

“It’s a shame. Although the dishes are so clean, they have lost a bit of their shine due to the mixture of ugly things… hmm?”

The fireworks that continued talking looks at me and tilts its head.

“Why do you have eyes like that?”

I wonder what my eyes are like.
Probably not as good as you might expect.

How good would that be?

“You talk so much. “Wouldn’t it be difficult to like it?”

Even if they are grandfathers, they treat other people’s mothers as impurities. How can this be good?

Ttuduk.

I relaxed my body slightly and spoke to the flame.

“At first glance, he doesn’t seem like a normal person either.”

The name has changed.
It’s really frustrating to treat him like a grandfather who doesn’t even exist.

Even more so, a body surrounded by flames.
To say the least, he was not human.

It simply imitates the human ‘form’.

The flame spoke at my words.

“The reason you can’t see me properly is because you don’t have the qualifications.”

“Qualification…?”

Does it mean a state?
Or does it really literally mean ‘qualification’?

“Are you saying it’s because I haven’t taken over the position of Sogaju yet?”

I asked without turning around.
Then the flame bursts into laughter.

“right.”

I can’t see myself properly because I can’t move from place to place.
So, if we take over Sogaju’s position, will we be able to see beyond the flames?

I don’t know.
Even though he was the head of Soga in his previous life, he had never seen his grandfather.

So I’m even more curious.

“Why did you come?”

Why did the man named Grandfather come to visit me now?

“As I said before, my grandchild…”

“Stop pretending to be unnecessarily friendly. “Do it right.”

“…”

I couldn’t hold it any longer so I cut off the conversation.
It’s jingle.

“There is not a trace of affection in your eyes or voice, so why do you keep talking nonsense? Do whatever is comfortable for you. “It’s so uncomfortable I feel like I’m going crazy.”

“Hoo….”

He spat out full of frustration. OK.

“Oh my…”

The atmosphere of the fireworks changes in an instant.

“I guess it wasn’t meant to be done this way.”

What little softness there was in the tone of speech disappeared.

Hard and cool.

The emotionlessness I felt towards the King of Cancer.
There was such an atmosphere.

“It’s a shame. “It’s a method that I’ve put some thought into.”

“I don’t think they even tried to hide it. “What nonsense are you talking about?”

Their eyes were different and their voices were different.

grandfather?
That word automatically reminds me of Elder Il. When I think of my grandfather, he is the only thing that comes to mind.

I don’t know for sure, but at least it wasn’t the look a ‘grandfather’ would have when looking at his grandchild.

“What is it? “What did you want from me?”

It’s not because I really want to see you.
If so, it must have a purpose.

I asked about this again.

“Because it is time.”

The flame looked at me and began to spit out an answer.

“I know I’m ready. The time has passed and so has the extra time you gave your father. But.”

Grumbling.
I felt the heat around me getting thicker.

“Oh my. “You haven’t received the keys yet.”

“…”

key.

Those words come to mind.
This seemed to refer to the seal of the Gu family that the So family head could receive.

“The time has come, so I must carry on the karma. “Because that’s what we have to do.”

These are words that make me feel uncomfortable just hearing them.

“Is that what you came to see me to say?”

The guy who was pretending to be dead came all the way here to urge me to hurry up?
Let’s ask this question.

“no. “This was purely out of curiosity.”

“curiosity?”

“We are the ones who hate strangers more than anyone else and must stay away from them, but you, who are to inherit the next karma, have become an ugly being.”
“…under.”

In the end, did you come here because I became a dragon?
So, does that mean that by becoming a dragon, there will be problems in continuing the karma?

‘How do you know in the first place?’

Leaving me to become a dragon. It must have meant that he moved because he noticed that he was no longer human.

‘Wait a minute…’

As I was thinking about this question, I suddenly had a passing thought and asked the flame.

“…perhaps. What happened to the head of the family? Is that involved?”

My father said that something happened and he couldn’t arrive in Hanam.
Mrs. Mi said that it involved something that only Sogaju could know.

But now my grandfather has appeared to me?

Is this really a coincidence? I thought no.
So, I asked a man called my grandfather what he said.

“right.”

“…!”

The flame expressed its affirmation to me.
It turned out that the prediction was correct.

“Why… what did you do to the head of the family?”

“It was done in accordance with reason. “Your father is guarding the ‘door’ on my behalf.”

‘door?’

What door are you talking about?

“This is what your father should have done, and it is what you will have to do someday.”

“…You mean just guarding one door?”

“It’s a job for that purpose, but how can you call it a job?”

Up to guard the door.
Could it be that there is value in the existence of the Gu family that I am not aware of?

What my father knows but I don’t know.
This meant that it was a truth that could only be known by going beyond being a small family head and becoming a family head.

I asked, thinking about that.

“If the problem is that I became an outsider anyway, doesn’t that mean I can’t do it anymore?”

If you look at it as ugly or wrong, it means that problems have arisen due to it becoming a dragon.
If so, wouldn’t there be something strange about continuing the karma itself?

Let’s speak with that thought in mind.

“Yeah, it’s a problem. “So I came.”

The flame continues talking to me in a calm tone.

“To burn off impurities and return them to their original state. “For that purpose, I came myself.”

“…Tsk.”

After hearing this, my energy lifted.

Burn it away.
Does this mean you are going to kill me?

Ugh.

I strengthened my heart and glared at the flames.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

The body is covered with blue flame.

In order to adjust my posture at any time, I look at my opponent while raising my energy throughout my body.

“but.”

The flame continues talking with his back turned.

“I made a deal with your father, so I will give you extra time right now.”

“What did you say?”

You made a deal with your father?

“What is that-.”

The moment I was about to raise my voice and shout at the flames.

Just-!
sudden-!

“…!!”

As soon as I snapped my fingers, the flames surrounding my body disappeared.

I was surprised for a moment.
I tried to light the flame again.

Chiik-! Chik-!

Only a small popping sound was heard, but no fireworks exploded.

The ring of Nine Flame Hwaryungong also just stopped as if it were dead.

‘Why is this happening all of a sudden?’

The energy returns, but the flame does not come up.
I had to remain completely embarrassed by this.

at that time.

“So, first of all, let’s take away the embers from you.”

I widened my eyes at the words the flame spoke.
This means that my grandfather’s side has prevented me from using the Nine-Yeom Hwaryun Gong.

How on earth?

On the one hand, I was shaking my eyes at my grandfather’s words.
Before he knew it, he was raising his hand, and a blue flame was hovering in that hand.

It’s a familiar feeling.
Could it be that that is my flame?

“That’s why I came to you today. “If you want it back.”

As I was looking at the brightly shining fireball, my grandfather spoke to me.

“Come to ‘Xinjiang’ to find me.”

I had to take a deep breath at those words.

‘Xinjiang?’

Rather than the fact that my spark has disappeared, I’m more concerned about what followed.
Xinjiang?

‘If it’s Xinjiang…’

[Go to Xinjiang.]

This is the place mentioned by Namgung-myeong, who borrowed Woohyeok’s body in the North Sea, and it was also the place where the headquarters of the Demonic Cult was located in a previous life.

But, your grandfather is also in Xinjiang?
How did this become a connection?

It was a situation that made no sense to be considered purely coincidental.

“I won’t be able to give you much time. “Your father mentioned one year, so let’s take that into account.”

When I heard him say that, I answered right away.

“wait.”

My grandfather was trying to finish his sentence on his own, so I braced my legs.
It can’t just be taken away like this.

“It’s strange that they suddenly appeared, but why is everyone proceeding as they please?”
thud-!

I tried applying force, but still no flame.

He frowned and brought up another energy.

There are things you can do even without a flame.

I twisted my waist and tightened my fists.

‘Tuapa Heavenly Fighter (鬪牙破天武).’

He carries the energy of Tuma into his body and wields it as is.

Kwaaang-!

The bet exploded from the tip of his fist and swept across the front.

Quad deuk!

“hmm.”

My grandfather moved his hands slightly as if reacting to rough wind pressure.

Grumbling—!!!!

Flames explode from the floor and create a barrier.
Kuuuu-!

The wind pressure died down without being able to penetrate the wall.
Seeing that, I swung my fist once more.

This time, it’s not Tuapachenmu.

‘Heart power.’

I burst out with all my might.
Wow! The power of my heart poured out and touched the barrier made of flames.

Paaaaang-!!

The barrier that has been hit by the heart bursts and the space is revealed.

“Hmm.”

My grandfather saw this and gave a short reaction.
At that time, I had already arrived in front of him.

He immediately grabbed the fireball from his grandfather’s hand and snatched it away.

Sigh-!
As I hold it and crush the flame, heat seeps into the corners of my heart.

Grumbling!
Only then did the fireworks explode again.

“Whew…”

As expected, it looks like that was my spark.

However, even though the flame returned, there was no relief.
I don’t know what tricks they used, but it seemed like my grandfather could take it as he pleased.

When you make that judgment and feel tense.

“haha.”

I heard my grandfather laughing.

“Feel so good.”

Creepy-!

My grandfather’s voice gives me goosebumps all over my body.

I swallowed dry saliva as the alertness rose throughout my body.

What is this shitty feeling?

“also. “I’d like you.”

My grandfather takes a step forward, spitting out unintelligible words.

at that time.

Easy profit-!!!

Kuaaaaang–!!

Something suddenly fell between me and my grandfather out of thin air.

Guuuuuu—!!!
The dark black energy moves around and shows an aggressive stance.

For a moment, I was startled by the enormous energy.

Soon the energy faded and I saw a small lantern standing in front of me.

Long black hair with a purple tinge and beautiful shoulder lines.
A small figure blocked my grandfather in front of me.

I let out a low sound as I looked at her.

“You…”

The woman turns her head to look at me at the sound of my voice.

Meet purple eyes.

Heavenly Demon.

It was she who stopped her grandfather.

A word from the author (author review) Thank you for reading today. ( _ _ )

Sorry for being late.

I have a hospital schedule tomorrow, so I will inevitably have to use regular leave.