Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 124
< Episode 124 > A young goblin. (1)
A young goblin. (1)
I passed the road and moved to the central building. Originally, I was supposed to report to the commander-in-chief and then
go to the room, but I ignored everything and went.
No one stopped me just because I went in.
When I arrived at the room, I opened it without knocking on the door and went in.
“What is going on?”
My father greets me as before. I keep my eyes on the writing and
do not look this way.
I looked at my father and asked.
“…I heard there was a problem.”
Only then does the father move his gaze this way.
“There was. Who did you hear from?”
“The Namgung Family Head came to visit.”
“hmm…?”
As much as yesterday’s incident happened, the householder came to visit me personally, so it seems unexpected
.
“Did you have a problem with him?”
“Nothing happened. I just came and gave you information.”
“That Namgoongjin?”
“yes.”
He seemed to have mistaken me for something, but he didn’t say that part.
There was something more urgent than that now.
“I heard that it wasn’t Namgung’s men who hurt the attendant.”
My father looks at me quietly and gives me an answer a little late.
“They say that is their position.”
“…Have you checked yet?”
“What do you mean?”
“I thought I should check it out.”
Sarak.
He put the book his father was looking at on the table. From the slight frown in his eyes,
he could tell how depressed his father was.
“Nine Yangcheon.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Are you aware that this is a presumptuous remark?”
“”
“Didn’t you know that if you were going to say that to me, you would have to come with a position appropriate to it?
A drop of cold sweat broke out .
Even though I wasn’t using bets at all,
the pressure that filled the room was heavy.
Dad was talking to me. If you want to get involved, ask for the name tag of Sogaju
.
Now, as my father said, I am nothing.
“Namgung admitted that they made a mistake.”
They were constantly saying that it was not them who touched the attendant, but
they admitted that they had made mistakes in that area.
This is what Namgung-jin said about making sure there was no damage to me.
“It is Shinui, not anyone, who is healing the warriors of the Namgung family that you destroyed
. Fortunately, he said there was no problem with the treatment.”
Because I made it that way on purpose. Just because I was in a fit of rage, I didn’t just break it
.
“Can you say that you are not guilty?”
“no.”
It was something I had to admit. Even if things went wrong, I was responsible.
“Even if the Namgung side acknowledged it, it is a story that cannot help but take responsibility and compensation
.”
Even if external causes and responsibilities are passed on, the problem will not go away.
That’s what my father is saying.
“It’s one thing to give them enough compensation that they won’t feel bad about it, and the responsibility that you have to bear is
one thing.”
It was something that could not be refuted.
[Unlike you, who is so shameless, your father is a more normal person than you think
.]
While taking advantage of the political cause and advantage with Namgung,
he talked about definite compensation and responsibility so that no voice came out from behind.
“Never mind the problems that come into your head. Remember
that is not what you need to see .” My father
did not say
anything about the fight with Namgung-jin or the situation that followed . “..I
will
visit the servants and the warriors of the Namgung family as soon as possible .”
My father nodded at my words.
It was something that should have been done even before my father spoke.
[She admits it easily.]
‘I can’t help but admit it.’
I don’t know who did it or what they tried to do by capturing one of the attendants.
I was right to intervene and cause the accident. Even if external sins
are eliminated, responsibility does not disappear.
If you find out and find it right, you should take responsibility.
[…but they broke their teeth and twisted their arms to make them heal?]
‘Can’t Noya?’
[How do you do that?!]
‘It’s not as difficult as I thought.’
Even if it looks cruel on the outside, it is to make the treatment easy.
To inflict pain and leave no trace.
If you repeat it hundreds or thousands of times, you can learn it not very difficult.
Seeing that he uses it frequently even in his present life, it
is funny that it was not a useful experience.
‘I need to respond less emotionally.’
It was much less than in the previous life, but it did not seem like it would be easy.
“Is this the end of the matter?”
My father spoke out, as if telling me to get out now, but the original business hadn’t even started yet
.
[I was just scolded as soon as I arrived.]
“…Still left.”
“Speak.
99
“Didn’t you say that Taeseondan, who you said you would give it to me the other day, could do it as another request
?”
“It did.”
“Then I’d like to ask you another favor.”
At my words, my father makes a strange expression. I said without avoiding my father’s gaze
.
“I want to go underground for a while.”
Father’s eyes widen when he hears the business. Among the father’s reactions I’ve seen this year,
it was the most unusual reaction. I
had no choice but to think that the words of wanting to go underground would come out of my mouth
.
” The reason is?”
“There is something I want to see.”
“You mean.”
“yes.”
I had to check. Is that the guy Namgung-jin was talking about?
“You said you never wanted to go again, so what kind of wind blew you up to ask for this
?”
My father, who would normally have told me to do so, was already asking twice
.
The goddamn old family name had such a meaning.
“It’s just one piece.”
To be exact, I didn’t even need a single angle. Because it was a space I didn’t want to be there.
I’m crazy and I’m trying to go there again on my own feet.
‘Even so, I have to check.’
It would be useless to ask my father. Because my father won’t know his name
.
you won’t know It was me, not my father, who knew more about the underground
.
My father told me to organize my thoughts.
“Are you saying this even though you know you won’t be able to run away anymore?”
It was a word with many meanings.
“You can’t escape anyway, can you?”
Accepting fate was a story that couldn’t be helped. It was a story that could not be helped in the end, even if it was
exhausted and fed up.
There is one thing.’
It was the way I had done it in my previous life, and it was something I would never do again.
“…I thought he had changed a lot… but to say that he came to his senses
is not enough.”
I haven’t got it up yet.
That’s why I run into accidents, and it seems that one return is not enough.
I couldn’t and didn’t want to do it until the second time, so I had to live harder. Even if it sounds like
shit .
“…Are you thinking of going right in?”
“The sooner the better.”
My father takes something out of his pocket and throws it at me. Upon receiving it,
it turned out to be a seal of red light. This is something I haven’t seen in a very long time.
It was the key to open the door and the token you would receive if you sat in the Sogaju seat.
“…the time limit is just one angle when it crosses Jinshi today.”
“yes.”
“I will pass the word on to the commander-in-chief. See you later.”
Contrary to what he expected that his father would go in with him, he
seems to be thinking of sending him in alone.
‘Why?’
It would be better to be comfortable if there is no one next to me, but it was questionable that he trusted me to this extent
.
Even after closing the door to the family room, the biggest question was this.
[What the hell is underground, so I worry so much.]
‘Didn’t you see it?’
[I said I didn’t see much.]
Even Noya, who said he looked through the memories, didn’t seem to see anything about the underground.
‘Then you don’t have to wonder.’
[…That sounds like a nonsense, I just saw it, so don’t be curious? Do you think that
would make sense?]
It was a part of Gu Family’s dark side and karma. The fewer people who know this, the better
.
[Did you hide the underground treasure jar?]
‘Treasure? No way.’
It would have been really nice if it was like that. Unfortunately,
there is no such thing as treasure in the basement of the Gu Family.
Being there was not a treasure-like splendid and desirable thing.
I |…….
…
…
…….
‘There seems to have been many names, but I
can only think of one.’
There was something that the Heavenly Demon, no one else, said after seeing it.
-It looks like you dragged the hell out of it.
I remembered what he was saying with a smile on his face. Hell Yes, the Heavenly Demon
looked at the underground and said it was hell.
It was a word that sounded too suitable even for himself.
The sun went down and evening came.
I haven’t seen anyone in the meantime during sunset.
Because I needed to spend time alone.
When the time came, I followed my father’s words and found the general.
The underground location is not too far away. It’s because it’s under the central house where the housekeeper’s room is placed
.
Following the guidance of the general, I slowly descended the stairs.
Kiki-kike-!
Every time I went down the stairs, the sound coming from here and there gave off an ominous atmosphere
.
I came down the stairs that were not that high in a short time.
This means that the underground location is not that deep.
“I will make you wait here.”
When I came down the stairs, the general said to me.
It means we can’t go together anymore. I left the commander behind me and moved on.
Wooung….
After passing through the long passage, tinnitus rang in my ears. The curtain must have been opened at this point
.
It is also because of this that the general is waiting outside.
Only the blood relatives of the Kuga family can break through the barrier without incident.
Among them, only my father and I.
Even the Heavenly Demon, who said he would destroy everything and stand on top of the sky, couldn’t clear the curtain.
It succeeded in penetrating while receiving enormous damage, but
was unable to break it in the end.
It’s really the same thing that even that kind of existence can’t do anything.
Because it was a story that felt like something I could do nothing about.
After walking down the street, I finally reached the door.
There is one very small empty space in the huge door.
I inserted the seal I received from my father into it.
Kiriric.
There was a faint sound of the device moving, and the door slowly began to open.
Whoa…!
Wow.
Unlike the size of the door, the opening space was quite cramped, but
it was not difficult to enter and exit.
I hesitated for a moment in the empty atmosphere full of darkness, but I closed my eyes tightly and put myself inside
.
thud!
As soon as everyone was gone, the door behind them closed as if they had waited.
Unlike when it opened, it closed much faster.
Hwaaak-!
A light gradually turns on in a space where nothing could be seen.
I didn’t use mouth sores. It is the light coming in from space by itself
.
By the time the lights were turned on in half the space.
[…What the hell is this…]
I hear Shinnoya’s trembling voice in my ears. I slightly opened my eyes, which had been frowning
because I had adapted to the darkness .
The wide space was still there. It is a huge space that I want to make in the basement.
Unlike coming down in a not very long time, the size of the space is huge, as
if it came from another space.
Chunk.
bang-! bang-!
The lights come on and immediately there are noises from all directions. The sound of hitting a wall,
the sound of iron banging, the sound of a fingernail scratching something, etc.
There was a lot of noise coming in as if it was trying to bother my ears, but that
wasn’t the only thing I could hear.
-Ah…
I heard a voice. It wasn’t just one voice, but several voices.
-who is this? who is who who is who?? who is this?
-It’s not a big goblin. It’s a small goblin, but it’s ugly. It’s ugly.
—Kill…kill …kill…kill…kill.
-Let it go…let it go quickly!! I’m going to go out and kill them all!!
—My dear… . Baby, come here… come here… come here!
[What the hell is this…. What the heck is this place?]
Bang bang! bang!
There are dozens of prison-like spaces filling the walls.
Even just looking at it makes me dizzy. Rather than a complicated situation, it felt like someone was touching me
.
-It doesn’t work… it doesn’t work… it doesn’t work? is it the same guy?
-If you let me out, I’ll try to live….
[Son…! This is…]
‘Wait a moment, please be quiet for a moment.’
Even though my hair was still itching,
I was not in a situation where I could even hear Shin Noya’s words.
This is why I didn’t want to come here, but even though I didn’t go all the way to the center and stayed at the entrance,
it was at this level.
‘…it still feels like shit.’
Another door in front of the entrance is firmly closed, looking this way.
That place was real. It wasn’t that important here.
But you don’t have to go yet. Because today’s purpose was right here.
I still hear dozens of voices in my head at the same time, but my body
starts to circulate the deep air on its own, and I feel a little better.
He sighed once and whispered quietly.
“■■■.”
[…hmm? Baby, what did you just say…]
Shinnoya stopped asking. Because when I spoke, the sounds I heard from all sides
stopped, as if it had been an auditory hallucination.
The silence that came for a while.
And what broke the silence was a voice from nearby.
– What are you?
It was described as a prison, but there are no iron bars blocking it. A thin, thin-looking membrane
is barely blocking it.
In the darkness without light, a palm pressed firmly against the transparent membrane.
-Young goblin, tell me what you just said.
As if I had waited, I walked in the direction I heard the sound.
– How did you put my name in your mouth? where did you hear How did you know? How
did you find it ?
As I get closer, the owner of the voice gradually appears.
[…!]
Seeing his true identity, I heard Shinnoya gasp.
It will. Because he had the same face and body shape as mine.
Except for being naked, there was nothing different.
the guy asked me
– When, when, when was the last time we saw each other?
“It must have been four years.”
That’s probably it. If you think about it now, it makes sense.
-that’s right! that’s right. I don’t have any sense of time being here. But isn’t
it strange? I saw you but you couldn’t see me so why not be surprised?
I looked at him with an expressionless face. Since I don’t respond, he crumples his expression
.
-I’m not surprised by this. Then how about this?
thud! The guy’s face twists horribly. Not only the face, but also the body twisted,
and the body shape changed in an instant.
This guy’s face was the same as his father’s.
-oh…! oh… oh? Aren’t you surprised by this?
That was enough for what I wanted to see. He couldn’t get out of the basement
.
After checking that, I turned around. Because I don’t want to be here anymore.
-uh? Are you going to cover already? Little goblin, little goblin!
At his call, I turned my head and looked at him.
Then he waved his hand and smiled brightly at the sun.
With his father’s face and figure.
– Nice to meet you. See you next time.
I wrinkled my face at his greeting. You will see it anyway.
I said nothing. I just walk through the entrance again to get out
.
It wasn’t until after I left that the flames on the wall disappeared as if they had waited,
leaving only stillness and darkness in the space again.
In the gap, he whispered quietly.
-This goblin is something different. But
there was no answer to come back.
“Uh-wook…”
As soon as I came out of the door, I spit out nonsense. I managed to stop anything real from coming out
, but the disgusting feeling didn’t go away.
[…Son.]
After gagging a few more times, I finally staggered and leaned against the wall.
“…Don’t you feel anything, Noya?”
[What else do you mean by those weird voices?]
“…It’s good that you don’t feel anything.”
Noya didn’t seem to feel anything, but I was different.
As soon as I set foot in the space, my mind started to shake. how long have you been It seemed that the food view of the body
was far exceeded, but it was probably not more than half an angle. It was a much more serious feeling than in the previous life, whether it was a side effect of
‘Damn it…’
regression.
It’s just a matter of going all the way to the door.
Something seemed to be dripping from his nose, so when he wiped it, his nose was bleeding.
I wiped the blood with my sleeve.
“Hey, I’m tired already.”
I’m talking so much that I don’t want to do anything. As I hold on to the wall to support myself, Shin Noya
speaks incomprehensible words.
[It’s windy.]
“Yes?”
Is it the wind? There must be no place for wind to blow in that tight space.
As if trying to clear up the question, Noya adds.
[I don’t feel anything. Because the concept of senses doesn’t
seem to exist in the spiritual body.]
“…then?”
[But I can feel the wind coming from the door on the other side.]
“You mean the wind?”
[Baby.]
“Yes, no.”
[Can you explain it?]
I
smiled bitterly at Noya’s question. It is a very difficult
question to be able to explain.
Sometimes Noya takes care of me like this.
Even if you look like you, an old man with a bad temper and a picky personality, it’s only when you’re like this.
Thanks to that, it was a feeling of remorse that I didn’t want to feel.
[Looking at the reaction, it seems like it’s still too much.]
“I can tell you what I can.”
There are many things I can’t say, but I thought I’d say what I could.
I’ve already gone all the way to the basement and watched the short, so there’s no way I can’t help but be curious.
“…But first I want to rest. I am a little tired.”
Noya didn’t say anything to my words. It
must be a silent consideration to do so.
With weary steps, I met the general, whom I had parted with earlier, and climbed outside.
After handing the seal to the commander-in-chief, he headed straight to the office. Originally, I was supposed to go see my father, but
it seemed that I would not be able to meet him as he is now.
I walked along the road at night. Even in the gap, the thought continued.
‘He was not. Then who is it?’
As far as I know, he was the only one with that characteristic.
If not a bastard, is he a spy wearing a bast mask? To say that is because I
didn’t notice it easily, and it takes words that memories seem to have been fabricated as a group
.
more and more thoughts
I still have a headache . It was heavy to the shoulders. It seems that something
piled up to the point of getting tired of it has been put on my shoulders.
what’s on my shoulder Even karma is enough, but what
makes it feel like there are so many?
[Because I’m coming to my senses, my breathing is broken.]
‘I’m coming to my senses. I’m still working hard.’
so as not to let go.
Perhaps because it was a cold autumn night, my breath leaked out.
I felt the cold, which should be hard to feel because I was exhausted or because I had learned the art of painting
.
I arrived at the shelter with slow steps. When I arrived,
it seemed that the attendants were saying something to me.
I had to give a rough answer and go into the room. I sigh and open the door and go in.
There were two familiar people.
“Uh… I’m here.”
“young master!”
They were Seol Wi and Princess Namgoong.
Why? Why are you here?
“ …That’s what the father said… Go this way…”
Namgoongbi said as if half-excusing herself. It was as if he knew that I would hate it and brought it
up. Listening to what Namgung-jin said, it seemed that Namgung-bia had said something.
Wi Seol-ah, who was hugging
a pillow next to Namgung-bia, also began to make excuses.
“I heard that my older sister sleeps…”
I must have seen a picture like this in Volcano Wave. What did I say then
It didn’t come to my mind.
The two seemed to be adding something to me.
I didn’t have the strength to listen anymore, so I collapsed into their arms with a tired body. I immediately
felt the soft skin.
“…Oh!”
“Damn it…”
[I was so worried about it…]
I heard a voice say something more, but I couldn’t bear the rush of stress and fell asleep
.