Episode 121: How easy it is to forget.
Ian and I continued our journey.
The destination was Gwimun, the ghost’s family home. Since there was still time left before the wedding, I was enjoying the trip with Ian according to the schedule.
I met many people along the way. She met a lustful demon who was targeting her, and she also met a simple-minded Confucius who she loved so much that she sacrificed his life to adore her. A rich old man brought gold and proposed to her. The young demon died, Confucius cried, and the old man was humiliated.
The experience of meeting many people was new and good, but unexpectedly, what she liked more was seeing the beautiful scenery and eating the delicious local cuisine. Even though people may find it annoying, seeing Joongwon for the first time must have been something new.
She tried to remember that moment, as if she would never come here again. He also wrote about what happened during his trip.
“This dish is really delicious. “You should try it too, Master.”
“I like this better.”
“That was too spicy. “If you like spicy food too much, throw away the filling.”
“You can’t live in Sacheon.”
“Still, I want to try authentic Sichuan cuisine.”
Now I was not conscious of the gaze of those around me at all. People still glanced at her beauty, but since we didn’t care, they became nobody.
“But, master. “Can we play like this?”
“Why not?”
“The Archduke is probably trying to get the Mazon to join his side.”
“I guess so.”
“What if Hyeolcheondoma joins hands with the Archduke again?”
“Please say so. “How fun would it be to bring them back?”
“I feel uneasy because you are so leisurely.”
“Don’t be anxious. If I’m destined to become the successor, I can go back slowly, and if I’m destined not to be, I won’t be able to meet the Magons every day. And right now I’m doing something much more important than getting the Mazons on my side, right?”
“What’s going on?”
“Give food to the fish you catch.”
She pointed at herself and I nodded.
What a mistake. It’s so easy to forget that you wouldn’t even have a chance to catch a new fish unless you caught it first. How much do we take people’s kindness for granted? Where on earth can you compare the gratitude of being caught first and continuing to be there?
she said with a smile.
“I’m eating a lot of fish these days.”
“So you can’t complain later! “It was a lack of affection, a lack of trust!”
“In that sense, please order one more of that!”
“Order everything next to it!”
Of course, we did not neglect martial arts training while traveling.
Running, jumping and rubbing. In fact, except for the time spent eating and enjoying the view, I devoted all my time to martial arts training.
Especially these days, whenever I have time, I have been reflecting on the essence of martial arts left behind by the head of Mansa.
That realization, coupled with the Twelve Masters of Bicheon Sword Technique, makes me tickle something. Because I knew that this kind of tickling always leads to growth, I never neglected martial arts training even for a moment.
Ian devoted himself to martial arts training. In particular, as the Im Dok-yang vein was defeated, she reached the final stage of the eight levels of Bicheon Sword Technique. Now, with just a little more effort, it was possible to configure it.
Light attack training is an essential part of swordsmanship training.
“Aaaahhh!”
Ian was still screaming as he fell off the cliff, but his movements were different than before. The limbs that had been struggling moved calmly.
At the last moment, she turned several times and landed on the floor. Although he stumbled and fell forward, he succeeded in getting off the cliff alone.
“I did it!”
I jumped up and down because I liked her.
I followed her and got down next to her. At the last moment, she was startled when he walked through the air as if he was descending an invisible staircase.
“I jumped so many times after you that I also gained some weight.”
“Why are people so discouraged? “I came down after that mess and you’re like this!”
“I’m a human too, so I want to show off and show off, right?”
“You’re good enough even if you don’t act proud.”
“Oh, you keep showing off so much that I want to keep hearing you say this.”
“Please do it, I will do it without getting tired.”
Although she is so devoted to me, she is someone who loves to play, is cheerful, bright, smart, and values her personal life and happiness. That’s why I appreciate and like her even more.
Ian drew his sword.
“Now, you have to give me a compliment fee. “Please do your part.”
I had a rough fight with her.
I fought by deliberately flying up the cliff with a light attack. Sword energy flew in the air, and while avoiding sword energy, I kicked off the cliff and flew up.
She felt on the verge of death several times. After falling off the cliff, she came back up and a sword energy flew at her. Narrowly avoiding the sword energy, she also released sword energy and had to climb up the cliff.
It was a fight between true experts. Even though I set the tone and guided her, she handled it brilliantly. I feel like my skills are improving. There were things I also felt while teaching.
The fight ended when we got back on the cliff.
“After hitting the Im Dok-yang Vessel, the movement of Jin-gi and the power of Cho-sik changed.”
“You know this time is important, right?”
“I know.”
Her eyes are full of determination. Beautiful views and delicious food are great, but she is also a natural warrior. There was nothing that could compare to the joy of the moment when martial arts grew.
“You’re doing great.”
“Who is the master that can’t do it?”
Her eyes toward me were filled with gratitude and respect.
“You said you wanted to see the wedding, right? “If we cross that mountain over there, that’s where we were going.”
“But why are you worrying about whether or not to stop the wedding?”
“I received a favor. “Please stop the wedding.”
“Who?”
“there is. “I was the one who received great help.”
Even if I explained everything else, this was a difficult part to explain.
In fact, I coldly told him to marry me and live another hell of a life, but I felt sorry for him.
If he wasn’t a ghost, he wouldn’t have been able to return. I understand that he was trying to go away by betraying me.
A chance to return to the past How can humans escape that temptation? Perhaps the reason he wanted to go back even after betraying me was to avoid that marriage?
I will make the final decision after meeting him, but I think I will try to stop the marriage if possible. Because I was so desperate.
“Are you a person who likes the woman you marry?”
“I guess not so?”
There will be no enemy like that. Because the ghost described married life as hell.
“Even if it’s not a wedding, there are people I want to see.”
letterweight.
My only friend during my days as a ronin. If she, the ghost’s younger sister, had not told me about the Great Law of Return, I would never have known about it.
“Now, let’s go first.”
I threw myself off a cliff. I heard Ian shout from behind me.
“I’m a person who is naturally afraid of heights! “You can’t just walk away like that!”
But contrary to what he said, Ian didn’t hesitate and ran after me.
* * *
The night of returning home was deep.
After becoming the successor to the ghost, Xu Gong (徐孔) became so busy that he did not even have enough time to sleep.
During the day, I had to learn esoteric demonic arts that were only handed down to the heirs of the demonic clan, and at night, I had to study the Great Method of Return. Since it was a long-cherished wish of the family, there were over thousands of volumes of material passed down from generation to generation.
Today again, he stayed up late reading a book.
At that time, a familiar voice was heard from behind.
“If I had learned swordsmanship with this sincerity, I would have become the best swordsman in the world.”
The ghost answered while still keeping his eyes on the book.
“If you had learned swordsmanship during this time of meddling, you would have been number one.”
The person who entered the room was his younger brother Seojin.
“I’m sick of overdoing it like that. “If my brother falls, it will all come to me.”
“Don’t worry. I made a promise to the ghost. “They won’t arrest me until this research is completed.”
“The ghost I met didn’t say that?”
Only then did the ghost take his eyes off the book and look back at her.
“Oh, my brother. Even so, his ugly face has become even more ugly because he is tired.”
“Isn’t it okay for me?”
“Only a mirror can accept such illusions, brother.”
The ghost laughed loudly. The person who gave him some breathing room in his daily routine was his younger brother.
Seojin placed the booklet he brought on the desk.
“here. “I have organized everything that I was told to organize.”
“Good job.”
“You had a hard time. Am I not a genius like you? Brother, if you want to see it once, you have to watch it five times. Why is it so needlessly difficult? “It’s really hard.”
“I know, I know.”
The ghost felt sorry for his younger brother. I’m spending my flowery youth only doing research.
Also, looks are not lacking. Above all, he was a younger brother with a refreshing personality. She used to be very popular when she went out, but these days she was confined to the lab.
Seojin brought up a story that had never been brought up before.
“Brother, do you really believe that regression is possible?”
“Believe.”
The ghost answered without hesitation.
“Even though it goes against nature?”
“Still believe it.”
Why doesn’t the ghost know why his younger brother is asking this question?
“Are you tired?”
“It’s because I’m frustrated. “If we pass research like this on to our children… our children will also spend their lives locked up in this laboratory, right?”
“I will definitely succeed in my college.”
“If you’re going to do it, please do it before I get older. Otherwise…”
the ghost felt. My younger brother is almost reaching his limit. Originally, my younger brother had an active personality. Even though I had no choice but to follow my father’s orders, I didn’t know how long I would last.
Seojin, who was about to turn around and leave, stopped in front of the door.
“Okay, just like you said, let’s say a return to law is possible. so? What if we go to the past? If you go back to the past, what will you do? Are you going to stay indoors and study again? “Now that you’ve accomplished regression, are you going to research reincarnation?”
“!”
“If you thought of something else… Brother, we are living the wrong life, right? You have to do that for a living now, right? “You have to go back and live the life you want to live, right?”
The ghost couldn’t say anything.
Although there was a lot to say, Seojin did not push her brother any further.
“Go to bed early. “My face was really hurt.”
As she left the lab, the ghost sighed and leaned back in his chair.
My brother is right. If you live your life faithfully now, there will be no reason to go back. However, achieving the Great Law of Return was the family’s long-cherished wish. It was a fate that could not be avoided once one became the successor.
At that time, a servant came and delivered good news. It was news that the person I had been waiting for so much would arrive here tomorrow.
* * *
The place where Ian and I arrived was at a guest house in a village with a ghost gate.
Ian wore a mask around his waist and a cotton robe, leaving only his eyes exposed.
After finding a room with two beds, I ordered a meal.
When the two of us traveled and stayed in guesthouses, we stayed in one room like this. Even though Ian told them to sleep separately because it was uncomfortable, he actually liked it. Her reason was that it was fun to fall asleep while talking about various things.
I was having a meal with Ian on the first floor of the guest house.
The guests around were talking about the news of the wedding of the ghost of the ghost. It seems that the hottest topic in this town recently has been the wedding.
“I didn’t know that Gwimun would become in-laws with Lim Clan Geomoon.”
“I was surprised too. “Hasn’t the Lim clan’s in-laws been in-laws with the sword family for generations?”
“I heard that Soje Lim persuaded my father.”
“It’s a combination of a ghost and a swordsman, so it can’t help but be interesting.”
“Ah, isn’t that the heir of the noble family over there?”
Ian and I followed them outward.
A man appeared on the side of the road. When I saw him, my heart was agitated. He was a ghost from his youth. I’ve seen him since he was middle-aged, so his face remains from that time.
‘Nice to meet you, ghost.’
In my life before returning, I only had a few brief encounters with him, but each of the most important moments spanned decades. I suddenly remembered my past hardships in finding Dafa materials.
The ghost was looking at the other side of the road as if waiting for someone.
After a while, five or six people arrived there on horseback. When the woman in the lead got off her horse, those following her also followed suit. From what I could see, they were warriors assisting the woman.
The ghost ran towards her.
“Im soger!”
She was none other than Lim Hyang, the ghost’s fiancé.
“Confucius? “Why are you here?”
“I heard that Sojeo was coming and came to meet him.”
Honey dripped from the eyes of the ghost looking at her.
“Thank you for accepting my marriage proposal this time.”
“It was a decision I made with confidence in Confucius.”
“What about your father?”
“You gave permission, but… I think we still need more time.”
“I will definitely change your mind, father.”
The ghost spoke loudly, ignoring the looks of the people around him.
“I will definitely make you happy, even if it means sacrificing my whole body.” “No one will be able to stop my feelings for you.”
I was watching that scene in astonishment.
‘What are you? Did you like your wife this much?’