Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 72

EP.72 A bit scratched. (1)

Scratched a little. (1)

After a while, Youngpoong entered the room again with an embarrassed expression.

The situation didn’t calm down very much, but I kicked the two guys out for breakfast.

Wiseol-ah still seemed to have a lot of complaints, but it seemed like he went out without saying anything about food.

I was supposed to eat too… I thought it was a matter of urgency if Yeongpoong came early in the morning, so I waited.

After a while, Youngpoong came in and looked everywhere.

Who would have known that a genius who would represent the volcano in the future would be such a quick-witted person

.

From my point of view, it was love bullying, but I don’t know what Yeongpoong’s position would be.

I asked Youngpoong, who was moving his eyes here and there.

“What have you been doing since morning at Yeongpoong Dojang?”

“ah.”

Youngpoong smiles slightly as if he has come to his senses at my call.

Or is it because you are relieved that the atmosphere is relaxed?

“It’s nothing else, Jang Moon-in found Gu So-hyeop.”

“Are you talking about this time, Mr. Jang?”

Maehwaseon is looking for me?

I wondered if there was something to be found, but I wondered if it was because of the energy in my body.

“Can I see you now?”

“He told me to come back when it was convenient for me.”

So that means you don’t have to go right now.

Then, fortunately, I thought I would be able to eat and go.

“Did you have dinner?”

It was a question I asked Yeongpoong, who had been running around since morning.

In fact, I thought I would know at the point where I was already wearing the uniform properly and taking a neat appearance.

“Oh, I just ate and was on my way to morning training.”

“…You’re amazing from early morning.”

“yes…? Doesn’t everyone usually go to practice around this time?”

What nonsense is this?

I couldn’t bear to answer Yeongpoong’s words.

The Taoist’s morning is early.

In Taoism, there is a saying that you must receive the energy of dawn, so even if you can’t, you will wake up at the time of death (5 to 7 in the morning).

…I wake up after the sun has risen.

In the case of today, I woke up early because I hadn’t slept well.

[Why can’t you say that you didn’t sleep well because of the sound of breathing next to you?]

‘…’

…Hmm.

Namgoongbia hardly moves when sleeping.

I was just lying comfortably and breathing, but that bothered me so much.

Because of that, I hardly slept.

‘Thanks to that, I drank a lot of morning air.’

As expected, the morning air gives a good feeling.

Still, I didn’t feel like drinking often. Getting up in the morning was still hard work.

Yeongpoong must have sensed something from my words, and for some reason, his eyes changed into bright lights.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Frightened by my question, Yeongpung speaks to me.

“Sohyeop It’s fate that we met like this.”

“…You came to tell me in person, but what do you mean by fate?”

“Would you like to train with me?”

I’m not listening at all

It was the same when Youngpoon accompanied me to Hwasanpa, and for some reason, Youngpoong only wanted to train with me.

I don’t know if he’s just crazy about training or if there’s some reason, but he was recommending it almost every time he saw me.

“…No, I won’t…”

I had to eat, and training was on my own, so I tried to refuse this time too.

Suddenly, I wondered how the Volcano Sect practiced.

They begged me to practice with them every day, but what was the difference?

I thought a little that I wouldn’t practice so ignorantly from the wind in the morning.

“Um… what if you’re okay after I eat?”

“Ohhh!”

So I just spit it out once.

With the mind that I must die.

Even if it’s a little excessive, you can think of doing a lot of morning training.

And after a while I found out.

Curiosity is a sin.

In fact, I knew it well.

Why did I have to feel that again…

Shit…

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A time that hasn’t even passed since I started training.

“… uh uh uh… uh…”

I lay on the ground and moaned in pain.

My whole body felt uncomfortable because it was wet with sweat.

The pain that echoed through every joint rang through my head.

Crazy…

I can’t even breathe properly.

Yeongpoong, who started training together, was casually playing magic next to him.

Youngpoong said that he was going to climb the mountain behind him again with sandbags hanging from his limbs…

‘Are you crazy?’

I wasn’t the one who went through regression and neglected training.

I thought that I had been doing intense training whenever I had free time.

No matter how ‘it’s’, this is too much, too much…?

In the middle, I could see the other three disciples training, but there was an overwhelmingly large amount of training for Yeongpoong.

“Are you okay?”

As if he was worried about me lying down, Young Poong approaches after finishing the magic trick.

I could see sweat beading on my forehead, but I was dumbfounded at Youngpoong’s expression of being refreshed.

“Seal…”

“Yes?”

“…why are you okay?”

“yes…?”

From Yeongpoong’s point of view, this would be a more absurd question.

‘Has my body been weak this far?’

To be precise, it may have been a lack of effort.

The need to increase the amount of training was felt.

Even after going through death, I feel embarrassed that I lived a little indolently.

It was difficult because of my exhausted body and slightly foggy mind, but it was fortunate that I did not lose anything.

I guess it gave me an opportunity to calm myself down a bit.

‘…Still, I won’t go this far.’

He forced his throbbing body up.

I couldn’t move easily, so I ended up having to make a bet, but I managed to do it somehow.

[Are you okay?]

Shin Noya asks as he wipes his sweaty face.

‘What do you mean?’

[They say you have a problem with your body, so it’s okay to use your body that much.]

Shin Noya’s words must be that the problems caused by the collision of energy will not affect the body.

Mouth-flame ball, pottery of the volcanic wave, and something hidden inside the body.

Just thinking about it makes me want to put so much in my body.

The owner of the body doesn’t care and doesn’t even pay the rent. I’m wearing two things…

What’s more, I don’t know when these things will burst, and I was judged to be a time limit, so I laughed out loud.

but.

‘It’s still fine.’

I understood what Shin Noya was talking about, but it was okay so far.

It’s not a trivial thought like ‘if it was going to explode, it would have exploded long ago’.

To some extent, it was because there was a part that was expected.

Even the way to get better was expected to some extent.

not a cure.

It was a problem with a solution.

‘…I didn’t want to do it even if I died.’

Even if that was true, it was something to think about for a while.

So far.

He asked Yeongpoong, raising his sweaty head with his hand.

“Are you going to train more then go?”

“yes? Oh, of course, I have to go further.

“yes…?”

“It’s a pity… Gu So-hyeop seems to be feeling a little unwell today.”

“…I didn’t get much sleep tonight.”

“ah! Then you must be tired!”

I wasn’t tired at all, but I was glad I had at least one excuse.

He shook his head at Yeongpoong’s harsh words.

He seemed to be imitated as a military man, but why was he somehow reluctant?

[Because I haven’t tasted training yet. Tsk tsk… You’ll get used to that level of pain after running one more lap… Giving up without running this…]

…Are the humans at the volcano not normal, or am I abnormal?

It’s become something I don’t know much about.

After rinsing off the sweat with water, he changed into his clothes.

Taking a peek at the residence, Namgoongbia must have had enough sleep to find that she was taking a nap.

Wi Seol-ah was sleeping next to me, and I felt like sisters, perhaps because they were both radiant children.

I’m dying because it’s hard to walk properly now, but I didn’t like it when I saw him sleeping comfortably.

I immediately approached the two and grabbed the nostrils with my hand.

“Ugh!”

“…?”

Weiseol-ah jumped up as if she was out of breath.

Namgoongbia widens her eyes, but doesn’t wake up.

Doesn’t this happen…?

Looking at Wi Seol-ah, who woke up on the contrary, her pretty hair, which Hongwa must have worked hard to touch, was a mess from tossing and turning while sleeping.

Looking at it, I said.

“If you go to sleep as soon as you eat, you become a pig?”

“…huh…huh?”

Perhaps I hadn’t woken up, I looked at Wi Seol-ah, who was in a daze, and I roughly stroked her hair and woke up.

Namgoongbia had already woken up, but it seemed that she was already asleep again.

“Bocchan…”

“Huh?”

“Where are you going?”

“Here, the master craftsman is calling.”

“Does it take long?”

“well…? I don’t think it will take very long.”

“Do you come before bed…?”

“People have to sleep, so you should come before bedtime.”

Sleeping on the street is now a requirement.

Such an uncomfortable bed was enough for her previous life.

“Then it’s okay! Bye!”

After saying that with a smile, Wi Seol-ah lay down next to Namgung-bia again.

I decided to leave it a little longer anyway, since Hongwa will appear and drag me to work in a little while.

With a creaking body, I walked to the long gated residence.

While going, I could feel the disciples of Hwasan glancing at me, but I turned off my mind because it looked like a strange animal.

As long as there is no hostility, it doesn’t matter.

As I approached the door before I knew it, I heard Maehwaseon’s words from inside the residence, ‘Come in.’

I haven’t said I’m going in yet…. Keep your ears open.

As I entered the house carefully, I was sure it smelled of plum tea, just like the last time.

This time, proper refreshments were prepared.

“I think you said you didn’t have it the other day, but did you buy it?”

“Yeah, I thought there weren’t many, so I went down to the prefecture yesterday and bought some. Doesn’t it look delicious?”

It looks sweet and delicious, but…

Now that I’m not looking for something sweet, I just passed it off with a smile.

“What did you find me for?”

As soon as I sat down, I asked why, and Mae Hwa-seon laughed.

“I drank some tea and thought it would be like that… Anyway, Mr. Goo’s personality is really impatient…”

“Ah.”

Mae Hwa-seon’s gaze, as if he was overlapping with Elder Lee’s, was very disquieting.

Everything is fine, but to think he resembles that fiery old man…

It was nonsense.

My mouth was a little dry, so I took the medicine and one that was placed in front of me, ate it, and rinsed my mouth with tea.

Mae Hwa-seon, who may have seen my slightly ruined expression, sighed and quickly continued talking.

“It’s nothing special, do you remember the cabin we went to yesterday?”

“Yes… isn’t that where the swordsman is?”

The place where Geomhu is being treated by Shinui is the place I went to yesterday, but I couldn’t forget it.

Mae Hwa Seon handed me an unknown letter and said,

“Can you give this to Tae’s bastard and come back?”

“Me?”

It was a rather embarrassing request.

Because it was a difficult thing to say to a foreigner.

Why am I doing this?

There are so many disciples of Hwasan just by looking outside?

Like Young Poong, Young Poong, Young Poong.

Unbeknownst to me, an expression saying that I didn’t understand well because I couldn’t manage my expression came out.

Mae Hwa Seon sees it and smiles.

“You look like you don’t know why he’s asking you this.”

“Honestly, yes. It’s a bit ambiguous to tell outsiders.”

“…Actually, the fact that Swordsman is there is a story that most of the volcanoes do not know.”

I was momentarily dazed at what Maehwaseon said.

nobody knows?

“The fact that the child is sick is something that most people don’t know.”

“Why did I find out about such a seemingly important story…?”

“….”

If most of them don’t know, it’s a story that not only Youngpoong, but also the three great disciples, the second great disciples, and maybe the first great disciples wouldn’t know.

Why do I know such an important story?

Did Maehwaseon have an idea?

However, Mae Hwa Seon could not easily answer my question.

It looks like he’s slightly avoiding his gaze, but is it an illusion…?

I asked with a fluke eye in a strange feeling.

“Have you forgotten?”

“…Kuhm! No way!”

The reaction made it even clearer.

…You really forgot this?

Mae Hwa Seon’s clearing of his cough and reaction made him more and more confident.

Suddenly, he took me to Sinui, so I wondered if he had any thoughts, but he said he did it once?

The volcanic wave… is it really okay as it is?

[…God of Heaven and Earth…]

Shin Noya has finally reached the point where he seeks God.

“No matter how much I’m not a literary person, I’m helping with these things…”

“Medicine.”

“yes?”

“Didn’t you take the medicine?”

“What is that…?”

I looked around for a while to see what Maehwaseon was saying out of the blue.

There was a gap in the medicine and bowl prepared for refreshments.

It was because I ate one earlier.

‘…I can’t believe I ate this, so it’s not a mean thing to ask for help, right?’

I wanted to believe that it wasn’t, so I had nothing more to say when I saw Maehwa-seon, who kept avoiding her gaze as if she was strangely embarrassed.

It felt like the slightest remaining illusion about Maehwaseon that I had in my heart was being shattered.

Realizing that, I told Mae Hwa-seon.

“A man of longevity…”

“…yes.”

“I think I know why Jang Moon-in is close to our Elder Lee…”

“…Keuheum.”

As he mentioned Elder Lee, Mae Hwa-seon turned his head.

It seemed that he was ashamed of himself.