Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 378

The meal started with a rental of an entire inn.

Of course, my father was sitting at the head table.

Next to him was Mrs. Mi. The vacant seat seemed to be that of an elder.

Gu Hee-bi and Gu Yeon-seo were also sitting in their seats.

Gu Yeon-seo, in particular, looks like she is crying because her eyes are red.

It was fine until there.

Crying. What can it be?

It doesn’t matter if Gu Yeon-seo cried after seeing Mrs. Mi for the first time in a while or for some other reason.

the problem here.

‘Why are they there?’

What I was concerned about was something else.

It was obviously a family meal. It was because some unexpected faces were showing up.

People who want to know why these people are here.

first of all.

‘Why is Namgung-jin here…?’

Namgung Jin, the Changcheon Sword King, the head of the Namgung family.

He was sitting right next to his father. I honestly thought I was wrong.

Why the hell is that person sitting here?

Not to mention Namgoongjin, the King of Swords. Namgoongbia was sitting next to her.

Namgoongbia opens the door and sees me come in and waves her hand.

‘Yes, it’s okay until here.’

It could be because she is engaged to Namgoong Sega.

It’s a family meal, but it was possible to eat with the engagement family.

Even though it wasn’t expected up to that point, I felt like I wanted to be okay.

‘…why is he here again?’

Wi Seol-ah, who was next to Namgoongbia, was the problem.

Looking at Wi Seol-ah’s expression, I can feel the emotion.

He had a face that he didn’t even know why he was here.

Eyes meet Wi Seol-ah. Her eyes were shaking like crazy.

The look on my face was filled with the desire to save me.

‘Looking at that, it looks like he was dragged in.’

Who are you attracted to?

No, even if he was brought in in the first place, it’s strange that his father allowed this…

‘…Ah.’

My father knew that Weiseol-ah was the sword master’s granddaughter. Is it because of it?

But that doesn’t mean that my father called Wiseol-ah.

at that time.

-…I…brought him.

I hear electrical sounds in my ears. It was Namgoongbia.

– You brought it? He’s… Weird?

– Yeah…

– Why?

-no?

Namgoongbia tells me what’s the matter.

I was more curious as to why I thought that would be the case.

-…No, this is…

-Permission…I got it.

– With permission? To whom.

-Mother….

I had to slightly frown at Namgoongbia’s words.

My wife allowed this?

‘Why is Mrs. Mi?’

My eyes go straight to Mrs. Mi.

As soon as I look away, Mrs. Mi also looks at me.

The moment I was about to ask a question with a question. Mrs. Mi told me first.

“Did you mean to stay still?”

“…I want to sit down now.”

I took a step and pulled out a chair across from Namgungbia and sat down.

It was because there was virtually no vacancy there.

Wi Seol-ah was sitting next to Gu Hee-bi.

Because of that, Gu Hee-bi slowly approaches Wi Seol-ah and starts talking to him.

“You…”

“Yes…yes?”

“Have you seen us?”

“…!”

Wi Seol-ah is taken aback by Gu Hee-bi’s words.

It has to be.

Because Wi Seol-ah had actually met Gu Hee-bi in the past.

By the time I finished my trip to Sichuan and arrived at Kuga.

It must have been when Goo Hee-bi, who was working as a swordsman, returned to her hometown.

It was about a year or so since I returned.

Gu Hee-bi, who saw Wi Seol-ah, said that to me then.

-Hey, give it to me.

Goo Hee-bi asked for Wi Seol-ah, who was playing the role of my servant.

At that time, I said that I would not give you Wisul-ah, saying that I was saying something stupid. I almost burned all my hair.

It’s a pretty brutal memory to say it’s a memory.

Goo Hee-bi, who remembers that time, says while looking at Wi Seol-ah.

“Yo cutie. Don’t you remember my sister?”

“Now…just a moment.”

“It’s nice to see you. Why is my cutie here?”

Gu Hee-bi hugs Wi Seol-ah and strokes it here and there as if she found a good prey.

Wi Seol-ah sends her eyes once again asking for help.

That wasn’t something I could do anything about.

at that time.

Bia Namgoong suddenly looks at Hee-bi Gu and says,

“…excuse me.”

“hmm?”

Goo Hee-bi frowned at Namgoong-bia’s words.

Gu Hee-bi did not like Namgoong-bia very much.

‘Should I say I’m uncomfortable rather than disliked?’

Even when I was punished and rolled on the front line, Namgoongbia was on the side of hanging out with Goo Heebi.

Goo Hee-bi expressed her dislike.

Namgungbia didn’t care, and would stick to Gu Heebi and follow her through all the dirty work, such as searching for wires or exterminating monsters.

Does Namgoongbia secretly like this, Goo Heebi?

That longing for…?

‘why…?’

No matter how much I thought about it, it was something I couldn’t figure out, but it was the truth.

“…me too.”

“what?”

Bia Namgung pushed her hair in as if she wanted to be stroked as well.

Goo Hee-bi’s face went blank for a moment.

My face was also stunned when I saw it.

I didn’t know you would ask me to do that.

and. Upon hearing that, Goo Hee-bi immediately frowned.

“no. You are not cute when you grow up.”

“…!”

After resolutely spitting it out, he expresses his refusal, and then starts to knead Wi Seol-ah again.

In the midst of it, the expression of Bia Namgoong, who was shocked and turned white, was the best part.

Looking at it reminds me

‘It’s big. You mean height, right?’

Surely it will.

‘No, this isn’t important.’

The situation was so funny that I forgot something important for a while.

I immediately sent a telegram to Namgoongbia.

-Then… Did you call him too?

Bia Namgoong, whose soul seems to have escaped, looks at me and expresses her doubts.

Like who he is.

At that, I pointed with the tip of my finger to the guy sitting at the end of the table.

Sitting there was a handsome young man smiling brightly as if he was excited.

He was the most unexpected person to me.

“Yeah. I was hungry, but I am so looking forward to it.”

A young man with a bright smile who doesn’t seem to care about the uncomfortable atmosphere at all.

It was Woohyuk, the sleeping dragon.

How upset were you when you saw that?

Why is a guy who has to eat at a non-dangpa, even if he eats, sit here all of a sudden…

.

Mrs. Mi tells me that she seems to have noticed my question.

“I called Confucius Wu.”

“Are you Mrs. Mi?”

My wife brought the sleeping dragon?

“I heard that Yangcheon is your friend. Wasn’t it?”

“…Right…but.”

I wondered why the sleeping dragon appeared, but it seems that Mrs. Mi brought it.

No, my father allowed this…?

Cheol Ji-seon was also allowed, so Jamryong might think so, but…

Can this be done in the yard with Namgung’s wife?

“The Namgung family lord said he was also your friend, so he readily agreed.”

“Ah yes…”

Mrs. Mi coolly breaks down my last question.

It was obvious why Namgung Gajoo didn’t feel uncomfortable about it and said he liked it.

‘That person…’

Namgung-jin was in a position where he had to look good to me.

I would have allowed this lightly.

In the midst of something quite degenerate to be called a family meal anymore.

drooling.

The door behind them opened, and the elder Iljango outside appeared.

“It must have been this late.”

“…Elder?”

“huh?”

The elder one looks at me as if asking why.

The reason I called the elder was no different.

because.

‘…why are you carrying it over your shoulder?’

It was because a steel wire was hanging from the elder’s shoulder like laundry.

“That’s why… no.”

I tried to ask a question, but I kept my mouth shut.

It’s because I felt like I was just going to be what I was supposed to be.

I decided to give up on understanding.

First, I decided to just fill my stomach.

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Mealtime passed without incident.

I wonder what will happen if I only eat rice.

There were just a lot of people, so the conversation was on the side.

In general, there are a lot of conversations between Namgoongjin and Iljangro.

How is Cheonjoon doing?

Why didn’t Namgung Cheonjun come?

For reference, the reason why Namgung Cheonjun didn’t come was the same as the reason why he couldn’t come to Shinryonggwan.

I have given you an order not to come near Namgungbia.

Even if Namgung Cheonjun wanted to come, he would not be able to come to Hanam.

Even in such a gap, Goo Hee-bi was still hugging Wi Seol-ah.

I wonder if he liked it very much.

Even though he heard that Wi Seol-ah was the descendant of Geomson, his attitude did not change.

What stood out in the middle was the sleeping dragon.

Cheol Ji-seon is looking here and there and putting rice into her nostrils.

That crazy guy just ate with great excitement, not paying any attention to it.

‘…Please, you madman…’

At least, isn’t it a little bit like a guy called Doin holding a chicken leg in both hands and tearing it apart?

Even his father, who was not very interested in others, watched Jamryong closely.

Even so, I didn’t find any fault with him.

It was because the condition of the jamryong did not look very good.

His usual sleepy-looking eyes had a haggard expression on his face.

I could see that it was subtly different.

It’s strange that someone who should have belonged to the non-partisan faction is joining here and doing that.

‘Although the people in my family who allowed it were also strange.’

I don’t know what’s going on.

It was clear that the sleeping dragon’s condition was not very good.

Right after I lost my brother-in-law in the last raid.

It was at this point that the darkened back of the dragon caught my eye.

After that, every time I spoke to him, he pretended to be normal and smiled.

At least I had to know that that smile was a fake.

It was because it was a smile that he often smiled in the Magic Realm.

Even in the middle of eating, whenever I talked to Jamryong, he would reply as if he was fine.

‘It’s embarrassing.’

I couldn’t help it being so annoying.

In the meantime, Jamryong only ate real food, and as soon as the meal time was over, he said hello and disappeared.

No, did you really just come to eat?

‘It’s ridiculous.’

Watching that, I wondered if I was worried for nothing, and I was about to collapse.

I thought you had something to say to me.

Anyway, dinner time was over.

Anyway, since we were only eating rice, there was no such important thing going on and on…

‘Ah.’

I had to go through one.

While eating, Namgung-jin asked his father.

-When would you like to have your wedding?

I almost threw up while eating.

I’ll ask you that

It wasn’t a problem. I was at an age where there was no problem even if I got married.

If it wasn’t for the warriors on Namgoongbia’s side, it would have been heard that they were late.

It was a story that Namgung-jin could have brought up enough.

It seems that he didn’t expect the atmosphere to get cold because of those words.

As if there was an earthquake, Wi Seol-ah’s eyes shook wildly.

Goo Hee-bi’s eyes stare at Namgoong-bia become more intense.

and.

Namgoongbia just stared at me without showing any reaction.

That gaze was embarrassing.

It wasn’t looking like I was looking for an answer.

The situation must have just been burdensome to me.

In such a situation, the father tells Namgoong-jin.

– It’s still a busy time for the child, so when the situation becomes comfortable, go and think about it.

Fortunately, it was rejected first.

Sophistication and whatnot with needlessly inflated stories.

I turned it down because I had plans to go to Sacheon, etc.

‘Someday.’

Someday the right thing will come out.

then what should i do?

together.

‘Sogaju seat.’

The position of the minor head of the Gu family, which was received at the same time as crossing the terms and conditions in the previous life.

If there are no big problems in this life.

No, even if there is a big problem, you will receive it.

Maybe it will be decided sooner.

‘I didn’t want to receive it, so I thought about running away.’

By this point, even if the situation was twisted, it was too twisted. Including the truth you didn’t know.

Now that I know that my family is not just one or two things intertwined.

It could no longer bounce easily.

Do I have to deal with this anymore?

‘If there was a way not to do it, I would have done it long ago.’

Right now, I couldn’t see any other way.

The remaining time is a few years at best.

I had a bunch of things to do in it.

‘Is it an illusion that things pile up as I go?’

It would be better if it was an illusion, but unfortunately it is not.

“ha.”

I took a breath and breathed in the outside air. The night view of Hanam was still bright.

“Ugh…”

Then someone comes out of the inn. It is Weiseolah with a tired expression.

Looking at that, I looked at Weiseolah and asked.

“It’s okay… it doesn’t seem to be okay.”

“…are you okay.”

He looked a little exhausted, perhaps because he had been tormented by Gu Hee-bi all day.

“I don’t think I can eat well either.”

“no. I ate a lot.”

“You are lying.”

It was like barely eating a bowl.

I don’t eat a lot… If it was normal, I would have eaten five bowls as a basis.

“She… said Namgoongbia brought her?”

“Oh right. My sister… suddenly said she had a place to go, so she brought me here. sorry. It would have been a nuisance.”

“…it’s not a nuisance, so don’t worry about it.”

I don’t know about anyone else, but at least I didn’t think it was a nuisance.

Upon hearing this, Wi Seol-ah raised her eyes for a moment.

“I’m glad if that’s the case.”

He smiled broadly as if he liked what I said.

I looked at Wi Seol-ah’s smile and turned my head.

Like Namgoongbia, Wiseolah’s smile was hard to see for a long time.

“I have a question.”

“yes?”

“Isn’t your grandfather here?”

“…”

When asked about the swordsman, Wiseol-ah quickly becomes silent.

It’s a part I’ve felt before, but Wi Seol-ah’s expression darkened when I brought up the story of the existence.

‘Even Wiseol doesn’t seem to know.’

The attacker was none other than the black dragon sword.

Since he was a person who had his own contact with Geomson, I wondered if he would attend this meeting.

Geomson did not come.

In such a situation, he looked at Wi Seol-ah and asked.

“What are you going to do now?”

“I…”

“I’m going back. or not.”

will you come with me

I tried to ask a question about him, but that wasn’t what I was asking.

Wi Seol-ah is also hesitating, not being able to answer easily.

Maybe you’d rather ask me to go with you.

“lets think.”

I thought it didn’t make any sense.

Above all, Wi Seol-ah’s self-will is important.

Wiseol-ah, who hesitated for a long time, tried to say something to me.

-Where did cutie go?

“Hick…! I’ll go first, Gongja-nim…!”

“Okay, see you later…”

Hearing Goo Hee-bi’s voice coming from behind, Wi Seol-ah disappears without even listening to my answer.

It looked like he was really harassed.

I wonder if it will be like that.

Looking at the back of Weiseolah, who quickly leaps and disappears.

“greatness.”

This time, someone comes to me with something to do.

“How are you…?”

It was Namgoongjin.

I knew this man was looking at me from a while ago, but I was deliberately pretending not to know.

“…Ah yes. long time no see.”

“Heom-hum…”

Namgung-jin, whom he met after a long time, somehow felt that the atmosphere had changed somewhat.

Although the original unluckyness did not go away.

I must say it feels a bit dull.

‘…Or I could ask you to teach me something else.’

If that was the case, it would be very difficult.

The teachings given to him are unknown to me.

At first, Shin Noya did it.

The second was just spilling what I heard from the demon swordswoman in the past.

It was quite difficult because there was nothing more to tell Namgung-jin.

Meanwhile, Namgoongjin tells me.

“First of all, congratulations.”

“What do you mean?”

“I heard you got a new nickname.”

“…Ah yes.”

congratulations on that right?

I guess I turned it around.

Namgoong-jin, who is in the mood to grunt, quietly approaches me and says,

“That…”

“I had a prior agreement with the head of household. See you later.”

Namgungjin, who was about to say something, left behind and jumped out.

It was really difficult to get caught here.

If this happens, there will be problems later anyway, but it was difficult now.

That’s why I made an excuse for my father and jumped out.

I was hoping you would come to catch me. Fortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

I left for the location I had decided with my father, keeping a close eye on Namgungjin’s presence.

like that.

Left alone, Namgung-jin looked at Gu Yang-cheon, who was leaving quietly, and then moved his gaze.

toward the entrance of the inn.

Watch over there and quietly open your mouth.

“Is it okay if I don’t go with you?”

At Namgoongjin’s words, someone appears.

It was his daughter Namgoongbia.

Namgoongbia approaches Namgoongjin and kisses her lips.

“…He…has business to do.”

“okay.”

A moment of silence passes.

Nothing much had progressed between the two fathers and daughters.

It was also a problem that it was already too old to revert.

Whether it was Namgung-bia or Namgung-jin, there were things that they didn’t pay attention to.

“Il Princess.”

“yes.”

Namgoong-Bia responds to Namgoong-Jin’s call.

“…I have spoken to him as you wish.”

“…”

“They gave me an answer before heading to Hanam.”

Namgoong-Bia looks at Namgoong-Jin’s words strangely.

Who is Namgoongjin talking about?

that’s right

“Your great-grandfather wants to see you.”

one of the trio.

Tianjon (天尊). Namgungjeolcheon.

He was looking for Namgoongbia.

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After leaving Namgungjin, we headed to an empty lot in Hanam.

I had already talked to my father about meeting him here.

All I have to do is wait quietly until my father comes.

When will you come? I don’t think you’ll be too late.

If I had to talk to my father, what should we talk about?

‘Should I start by asking where my mother is?’

This is the most important question so far.

The beast in my body and the advice I had to put the energy of the new sword into my body.

All related to mother.

furthermore.

– Even the abyss in your body.

That’s what the blood demon said while looking at me.

Are you saying that a beast is such a great existence that such an existence is used with honorifics?

What was the intention of my mother who put such things in me?

To know about it, after all.

I had to meet my mother who said she was alive somewhere.

‘Besides, the blood demon is also a problem.’

Although the blood demon that took over Jang Seon-yeon’s body often descended on Jang Seon-yeon in that way.

This meeting was definitely different from that feeling.

Even…

it seemed to have something to do with the skin on my arms.

‘I called that pain hostility.’

The blood demon must have seen the pain he felt at the meeting.

He expressed hostility towards himself.

That means even the blood demon knows about it.

‘Did they change their plans after seeing something like this happen to me?’

What is the blood demon’s plan or thoughts?

When doubts about this are growing rapidly.

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

….

‘Did my father come?’

You came earlier than expected.

Thinking so, I looked back.

“uh…?”

The familiarity he felt was not his father.

I thought it was my father who erased his presence because he was so quiet.

The person who appeared was a completely strange person.

Her unique embroidery is beautiful on her light blue uniform.

The sword hanging from the waist and the ornaments next to it look expensive at first glance.

Where is the shabby man wearing shabby clothes and wearing bamboo ribs?

Appeared in front of me in the form of a neat middle-aged man.

“Nice to meet you.”

the man tells me

“…How is this?”

Sureureung.

Mo Yong-tae, the master of the baekcheon sword, looked at me and quietly drew his sword.

and say

“Are you willing to tell me your name now?”

“…”

Seeing that, I couldn’t help but frown.

Why is this man doing this…