Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 47

EP.47 This time to the volcano. (1)

This time to Hwasan. (1)

About a month has passed since I received the request from the Gu family in Haomen.

Big and small things passed by Dounchu in it.

The first thing Tao Yunchu did after Gu Yangchun left Haomen was to find out information about the Gu family, which was neither the request nor the whereabouts of the information he gave.

Judging from the fact that he talked about Munju first, he should have seen Gu Ga as a likely culprit.

The helper had to know.

Did the Gu family really kidnap Hao Wenzhu?

If so, for what reason and when?

And why did you send Gu Yang-chun to tell him?

While looking into that, I also had to check the authenticity of Gu Yangchun’s request and the information he handed over.

A month was too short a time to cover all of this.

Even in such a gap, he had no choice but to help.

There was no way to go back without doing it.

First of all, I gathered information about Kuga.

Haomen is a place in the middle of nowhere when it comes to seeking and hiding.

So even if I couldn’t use all the power of the text, I thought I could find something if I sincerely searched.

However, there was no new information about Gu Family, except for the information that Hao Mun had in the first place.

It wouldn’t be to this extent even if it was the fourth generation, but it was a strange thing to do.

It was as if someone had intentionally cut the flow.

‘…Are there three zones hidden in Sega?’

I wonder if I even thought of such a trivial thing.

It was difficult to ascertain the truth about the Yeokcheon Mountain Range that Guyangcheon gave and went to in a period of one month.

Because of the distance, it couldn’t have been easy for information to come and go.

However, I heard the news that I found a strange part, so I was paying attention.

Besides that, there is so much information that goes around countless times.

However, even in this situation, Dounchu had to maintain his composure and the original mask he was wearing.

Even if you have any questions, don’t show off.

Because the fact that you are curious about yourself is the biggest weakness you give to your opponent.

I have been living with that mindset and I am confident that I have not been wrong.

However, Dounchu had no choice but to put that mindset aside for a while today.

This was something I couldn’t help but ask.

After hesitating for a long time, Helpunchu finally asked.

“…Can I ask you one question, old Confucius?”

“No, don’t ask.”

“What happened to those eyes…?”

Do Yun-chu carefully pointed to the left eye of Gu Yang-cheon.

Gu Yangchun’s eyes, which seemed to be fine, were not enough to be swollen to the fullest, and there were blue bruises.

“…don’t ask me.”

At the same time, Gu Yangchen’s brow furrowed.

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‘I don’t bother asking this…’

It was uncomfortable to plant because I dragged my tired body.

Haa…

I let out a sigh at Dounchu’s question.

This wound was a token obtained from the fight with the wild boar last night.

Rotten…

That crazy wild boar, please calm down. Even if you die, you won’t listen.

What scared me in the middle was that Goo Hee-bi was laughing throughout the dance.

What is it that makes you so excited to run with such an expression?

He said that he would relieve the surging energy of my body, but from the middle it seemed that he was just excited about himself.

As a result, he was able to discharge most of his energy thanks to the fight with Gu Hui-bi, but he also got this kind of scar.

“…just something happened.”

“I see…”

After the dance, Goo Hee-bi looked sullen the whole time, as if she knew that she had gone too far.

‘…I dodged the sword, but where the hell is a human swinging an elbow?’

Right after dodging the sword, Gu Hee-bi’s body didn’t have enough bets, so it’s a shame.

Never see a fight with that human again.

In the meantime, Dowoonchu keeps peeking at my scars with narrow eyes, as if he’s worried.

In fact, wouldn’t this be enough to make fun of the eyes?

Perhaps noticing my discomfort, the helper coughed.

“…keuhm I heard that you had some work in Sacheon this time.”

“Day…?”

At Dounchu’s words, the teacup he was about to drink stopped.

If it was in Sacheon, it was just finding Vigo… No matter how much you do, you wouldn’t know about it…

“You defeated the thunder dragon.”

“ah.”

oh that’s what you said

Then I felt like my stomach was going down a bit.

Fortunately, you don’t seem to know anything about Vigo.

It was so useless that Dowoonchu asked, so I had already forgotten half of it from my memory.

“Isn’t this the story of Confucius that the first official of the Gu family broke the arm of the thunder dragon in a sword dance?”

“I didn’t break it…just tap it lightly.”

There must have been only direct relatives at the party meeting. Who the hell is spreading the rumors…

“Because there are as many mouths as there are eyes.”

Dowoonchu replied instead, as if he had expected it after seeing his expression.

To be honest, I expected that rumors would spread quickly if I made the thunder dragon that way. It was strange that it stopped at this level.

“Namgung is already frantically blocking rumors, so it won’t spread much.”

On the subject, is a Namgung a Namgung?

To prevent this from spreading…

‘I think it would have been impossible unless I sprinkled even gold coins in the open field.’

It would be more difficult to prevent rumors from spreading than to spread them, but Namgung did just that.

There must have been more gold coins than expected.

In the meantime, you must have heard that he had defeated the Thunder Dragon, but it was more amazing that he had no response.

‘…My blue-stained eyes are amazing, but are you saying this isn’t surprising?’

It’s the same thing as it is…?

“That’s all right, how did the request go?”

To my question, Dowoonchu took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to him as if he had been waiting.

Without hesitation, I took the letter and opened it. It was news that I had been waiting for a month.

“…What is this?”

But something was strange.

After reading a few lines, I couldn’t help but frown.

A brief note on the letter contained information about the whereabouts of the child.

It is said that he left the search area with his grandfather at the time he had already received the request.

It was absurd.

That he left the area and that he suddenly left with his grandfather was something I couldn’t easily understand.

I heard you were an orphan, but you said you had a family? Even…

“Have you already left the area?”

“Yes, to the best of our knowledge, this is information we have found.”

Saechi, a special mountain topography that occupies half of the hair of a boy about 10 years old.

It would be more difficult to misunderstand because everyone is wearing a unique impression.

If this happens, Haomen is lying, or the information I knew was false.

something else has changed

‘It’s a headache.’

If Haomen is lying, what is the reason?

If I had to find a reason, I’d be keeping an eye on him to get more information from me.

Either he’s kidnapped and kept in captivity because he thinks I care about him…

or whatever, it didn’t hurt me.

If I could do that, it would be more convenient for me.

What if the information I know is wrong?

This is something I don’t like.

‘If I lied even in that situation…’

This is the past that no one but Jegal-Hyeok told me directly.

Not to mention, if he lied in that situation at that time…

It was a very creepy idea.

Would you have lied to me even in a situation where everyone was dying?

The reason I couldn’t be sure was because I thought that it might have been the case.

He was a guy who used his brain to deal with thousands of warriors casually with the body of an ordinary person with no internal skills.

‘Even if it’s the case.’

Whatever it is, there is nothing that can be done right now.

There was no point in going around to check it out for yourself.

Sooner or later, I had to go to the volcanic wave.

‘…It feels like troublesome things are overlapping at once.’

“young master.”

“…How do I do this?”

“young master…!”

“…what’s the matter.”

I was on my way out of Haomen and walking down the street.

First of all, there was nothing more to be gained by talking there, so he said he would come next time and came out.

And when I came out, before I went in, I tried to buy a medicine.

It seems to be living like a habit now.

While receiving a handful of yakgwa, Moo-yeon is making a sad face behind him.

Why are you doing that?

“…What? Why are you doing that?”

“…I don’t have any money, boy…!”

Unreasonable words shouted out of the blue.

What are you talking about all of a sudden?

Why do you think you will buy it with your own money?

I felt like I wanted to tease her a little bit.

“what!? Why are you saying that now…!”

At my words, Mu-yeon puts on a look of despair as if she knew that would happen.

Seeing his expression, he immediately took out a silver coin from his bosom.

The expressionless expression on my face is as if I was shocked.

Seeing that, I smiled and said.

“What are you kidding, are you kidding, did you really want to buy it with your money?”

“No…that’s not it.”

“no? Then why?”

“…If you have money, please give me the money you borrowed the other day

…

”

“ah! The medicine department has arrived. I need to go quickly.”

I hurriedly picked up the medicine that came out of my eyes and moved toward Sega.

It seemed that Muyeon was calling me sadly from behind.

I ignored it first.

I’m sorry… I’ll give it to you next time.

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The biggest change in Guyangcheon’s residence would be the rows of neck sculptures.

Not only Weiseol-ah, but also the swordsman’s hobby must have played a part in the ordinary and desolate living quarters starting to become a little lively.

Elder Lee thought so while looking at the eagle that had just been completed.

“He left Anhui.”

It is a question of swordsman.

Elder Lee put down the eagle he was fiddling with. Be very careful not to break it.

“I heard that.”

“…Did something happen?”

Shinui is a person like the wind.

don’t stay in one place for long

The information that such faithfulness went to Anhui had a special meaning.

Anhui is the province of Tianzhen, and Tianzhen is looking for himself.

In such a state, the trust that the swordsman was looking for set foot in Anhui…

I expected something bad to happen.

‘…But why?’

If the Heavenly Father had known that Sword Master himself was seeking trust, he would never have let go.

But Shinui has already left Anhui?

“Do you even know where he said he went, Guryun?”

At the swordsman’s question, Elder Lee thought for a moment.

The reason Elder Lee had to go to Namgung was because of the request of the family head.

I had to find out about Yangcheon’s engagement issue as well as issues related to trust.

When I think of the wanderings I went to Anhui, compared to the time I had to send Ooyangchun to Sichuan, I worked so much that I wanted to hit him at least one night when I met him.

Sinui had already left Anhui by the time he left.

Even if I asked where he went, there were a lot of words saying that he couldn’t tell exactly.

I heard that Sinui talked a lot about Seonseo at the place where he was staying.

“…Is it a volcano in Seomyeon?”

Familiar areas popped up. Just a few days later, Guyangcheon was the place to go.

“What are you going to do, old man?”

“If I have to, I’ll have to look for it myself.”

Swordsman himself? I don’t want to be found out, so I’m going to run with my own feet, who is hiding his identity here.

Is this too urgent for the swordsman?

Elder Lee could not easily predict the situation.

I asked what he was going to do, but the swordsman didn’t answer right away.

and after a few days

Elder Lee discovers that the names of Geomson and Wiseol-ah are included in the itinerary to leave for the Volcano Wave.

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As a farmer, summer is a hellish season.

This is because not only the scorching sun, but also the crops obtained through hard labor are withered and twisted, so they often earn less than their original wages.

If you put it that way, you might say that all four seasons are like that… But

summer was the toughest for a young boy who helps his mother with farm work and continues his life.

“Oh my! I will never sell this again.”

With a sad cry, he tossed the crops he was holding onto the ground.

It’s a bittersweet season.

When will this beggarly season pass again?

Every year I wipe the same sweat and lament, but nothing will change.

At that time, the light of the sun that was shining without rest was covered for a while.

“What are you?”

Thinking that it might rain suddenly, Mangdong raised his head.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t raining, but Mangdong couldn’t help but be surprised when he saw the person who was shading in front of him.

“…Huh…!”

Shocked by how surprised Mandongyi was, he shouted as he hit his butt.

Blue-white hair bathed in the sun, white skin as if I were living alone in the shade.

In the past, it was the appearance of the fairy family who would shout out when Mangdong’s father said he drank.

“Hey…”

said the fairy.

I can’t even pick up my crazy voice.

He couldn’t calm his beating heart.

“Yeah!?”

“Where to go to Shanxi…”

Shanxi…? What mountain book?

Does the fairy live in Shanxi…? The insane mangdongi even laughed at such a thought.

However, I regained my senses by holding onto the line I was barely holding on to.

“Sashan West is to the east from here…”

“Thank you.”

The fairy must have been in a hurry. As soon as she heard Mangdongi’s words, she flew to the sky… ha!

With a trembling voice, the mangdong shouted.

“What! Why are you screaming and fucking!”

“Oh my gosh fairy, fairy!”

“…Crazy man, he said he was beaten by Bangsuk the other day, so he lost his mind.”

“No… Really good…”

No matter how much I said it, my mother turned her head away as if she were going to work again.

There was no evidence to prove the mangdongi’s words.

“…what is this?”

There was only a silver coin lying where the fairy had been.

This amount was enough to feed the family for several months.

“I’m crazy…”

Did the fairy give it to me? Mangdong first picked up the hermit and placed it in his bosom.

There was only one questionable part.

The fairy asked the location of Shanxi. The only thing Mangdong really knew was that it was east.

“…but why did the fairy run west?”

He even pointed with his hand… but

Mangdong won’t know why until he dies.