Episode 49 If you don’t give permission, even your pants.
The first person to arrive at the Pungryu Bar was Demon Lord Jangho.
The large size and scars on the face overwhelmed everyone in the bar. I couldn’t hear a single breath from the guests until Jangho crossed the first floor and came up to the second floor, and when he joined us, time finally stopped.
“How have you been, Mr. Lee?”
“I’m doing well. “I don’t know if they called someone who was busy for no reason.”
“I would have been very disappointed if you hadn’t invited me here.”
“Of course I should call you. It’s my first drinking party with all my people. Now, take a drink from me first.”
I poured Jangho a full drink.
“thank you.”
Seo Dae-ryong and Jang Ho also exchanged greetings. We knew each other because of the last letter incident. As Jang-ho sat next to the already small Seo Dae-ryong, he looked three times bigger.
After drinking a glass of wine, I asked Jangho.
“You’ve been very busy, right?”
“I was busy at the beginning of my tenure, but things are getting better now.”
“If you have any problems or concerns, please come to me at any time.”
“sure. “I will come to you first.”
Jangho was always dependable. Contrary to his appearance, he is an emotional and delicate person who values human relationships.
When Jang-ho came, the speed of drinking increased. Jangho was as good a drinker as he was big.
While drinking, Seo Dae-ryong secretly glanced at Jang Ho. It wasn’t a glance, but a look filled with envy.
“Are you jealous?”
When I hit the nail on the head, Seo Dae-ryong was startled.
“What?”
“Do you envy Lord Jang?”
Seo Dae-ryong took advantage of his intoxication to answer honestly.
“Yes, honestly, I’m jealous. At one time, I also wanted to be like the monarch. Even though I failed.”
“It’s not too late yet.”
“You said it before. He said he was disappointed because I lamented that it was already too late. But what if it’s late? “I’m already thirty-two years old.”
“But it’s not too late.”
Seo Dae-ryong, who was about to get angry for a moment, drank the drink in front of him. If it had been any other person, I would have yelled at him not to talk so easily about other people’s business.
I swallowed my anger with alcohol, but Seo Dae-ryong was refreshed.
“Isn’t it really too late?”
I knew he was asking sincerely, so I answered sincerely.
“It’s too late.”
“Oh, that’s right then.”
Seo Dae-ryong was disappointed. I guess I was wondering if it was really too late.
“On the contrary, there are good things about it.”
“What is that?”
“I will try harder. “Even if you throw your sword once, you will do so with more force than others, and even if you take a single step, you will have deeper concerns than others.”
“Even so, isn’t it true that we can’t catch up in the end?”
“I can catch up. Ah, here comes a good example. “The embodiment of denial of reality!”
Seo Dae-ryong and Jang-ho followed my gaze and looked towards the first floor. Ian, a large man, was hurried up to our seats on this floor, attracting everyone’s attention.
“The person who walked that path one step ahead of you, the person who makes a living at the training center these days, and yet such a bright person comes over there.”
When Ian arrived, he first apologized.
“Oh, I’m really sorry. Take a shower. “I was late because I had to change into my uniform.”
“I’m just drinking, so what’s the rush?”
“We have to hurry, this is an event with precious people.”
Ian greeted the two people.
“Hello, Lord Jang. Inspector Seo.”
The two people stared at her as she greeted them brightly. Ian apologized again, wondering if it was because he was late.
“I’m sorry, I’m late, right?”
The reason Seo Dae-ryong stared at her was because she said she was an example, but Jang Ho did it for a different reason. Jangho spoke to her politely.
“Something has changed, Ian.”
“Me?”
“yes. “It feels different somehow.”
The eyes of the monarch leading the demon army were certainly unusual.
Then Ian glanced at me and smiled and said.
“I fell into training hell and even lost weight. “It’s a little different, right?”
Of course, Ian and I know very well that that is not the case. This is because her prayers changed after learning the Bicheon Sword Technique. It is still a secret that must never be told to the outside world about Bicheon Swordsmanship.
Jang-ho probably felt that it was not only because of that, but he did not ask any more questions about the change.
“The weather was gloomy and I was desperate for a drink. “Give me that drink!”
Ian held out a glass and I poured him a full glass.
“You have a hard time training, Ian.”
“What about the hardships? Of course it’s something to do. And I know that you have practiced much more than me. “You even have to reduce your sleep.”
Then Seo Dae-ryong was surprised.
“really?”
“Didn’t you know?”
Seo Dae-ryong looked at me at Ian’s question.
“You look like a person who can play pranks.”
“Yes. But underneath that lazy-looking shell is a warrior who is an incredibly hard worker.”
Seo Dae-ryong looked at me, then at Jang-ho, and then at Ian again. And I drank alone.
“I feel like I’m the only loser.”
“But you work hard, right?”
Seo Dae-ryong bowed his head in comfort from Ian.
“I put off today’s work until tomorrow and came to have a drink.”
“Oh my. “Our inspector Seo looks like he’s very diligent.”
Ian secretly teased him. At times like this, Ian appears to be a flawless young girl with a giggling smile.
“Now let’s have a drink for today’s loser!”
Ian raised his glass and we toasted. The loser also did not feel bad and joined in the final toast, saying, “I am the main character.”
“how is it? Everyone works so hard. Would you like to learn martial arts properly?”
“yes? To each Lord?”
“no.”
“Then to whom?”
Seo Dae-ryong looked at Jang Ho without realizing it.
“Why are you looking there? “The busiest person among us.”
“Ah, I trained the executioners before, just in case.”
“Would you like to learn if there is someone who can teach you? “I may not be able to become your official disciple, but I will be able to teach you proper martial arts.”
“Who are you?”
Instead of telling him who it was, I told him.
“Your determination comes first. If you decide to be reborn, tell me. “I’ll tell you who it is.”
I was thinking of him as the next Nether Footnote. But he was too young to be the next footnote. However, he was not a good scholar or had political connections. Something needed to be a footnote.
Then suddenly, one person came to mind.
A person who I didn’t get along with at all, but who might get along better.
“I give it a slice. Think about it.”
“yes? “Are you going to decide right here?”
“Normally, if you think about things like this for a long time, you can’t make a decision. After today’s drinking, it’s back to square one. You and me too. “You know?”
Then Seo Dae-ryong fell into serious trouble and we drank while looking outside, where it seemed like rain was going to pour down at any moment. I drank quietly for Seo Dae-ryong. Because I, Ian, and Jangho have been thinking a lot lately.
When we finished the bottle of alcohol, Seo Dae-ryong made a decision.
“I will try.”
“really?”
“yes.”
“This is something that will change your life.”
“I’m ready. What is life? If you see an opportunity, take it! “If something goes wrong and I die, bury me in a sunny place!”
“I’ll bury it on a street where many pretty women walk.”
“great.”
Seo Dae-ryong coolly emptied the drink in front of him.
“oh! congratulations!”
Ian clapped vigorously and Jangho congratulated him.
“It wouldn’t have been possible if someone else had recommended it. But when Gakju recommended it, my ears became strangely thin… Let’s grab this. It’s an opportunity. “I had this thought.”
Ian smiled and agreed.
“Our master’s persuasive skills are second to none.”
Jangho also nodded as if he acknowledged it.
Seo Dae-ryong emptied his drink again as if he was in a good mood. He, who usually does not drink much, was drinking excessively.
“But as you know, I worked as an investigator for ten years. I stayed up a lot of nights to become a special investigator. I feel bad about throwing it all away…”
“Why did you quit being an investigator?”
“yes?”
“There’s no need to quit. Why should you quit when you are the person most needed in Hwangcheongak? “It means being an actor without work after hours.”
Seo Dae-ryong heard me as a joke.
“Are you tired to death?”
“Instead, the dream I couldn’t achieve will come true.”
Seo Dae-ryong looked at me as I answered seriously and was surprised.
“no way? “Are you serious?”
“Of course I’m serious. What’s so urgent about learning late? “Slowly learn after work.”
“It’s urgent because it’s late. Can you become a master by learning like that? “Shouldn’t I risk everything in my life and take on this challenge?”
Seo Dae-ryong looked at Jang-ho and asked for support. However, Jangho did not respond and just looked at me as if he was listening to me.
Seo Dae-ryong, unable to find reinforcements, returned to the battlefield.
I spoke to him calmly.
“Usually that’s why everything fails. You may think you can risk your life, but in reality, it doesn’t work out. Rather, it is more difficult if there is time left from morning to night. I have so much time, but why am I not making any progress? What on earth am I doing? I feel frustrated and defeated. You will achieve much greater results when you just work on your own time and make an effort little by little. “Because it’s not just work, it’s also fun.”
Ian and Jangho, not Seo Dae-ryong, the person involved, nodded. Seo Dae-ryong seemed to have complicated feelings.
“And what matters is who you learn from. If you learn from a true expert who matches well with you, the training time is not very meaningful. For a person like that, just learning to drink a cup of tea will be better than a lifetime of babbling by a clumsy bastard.”
“Who is the real expert?”
Even Ian and Jang-ho were curious about who they were planning to make as their master.
“It will come soon.”
“You’re coming here?”
Not only Seo Dae-ryong, but also Ian and Jang-ho were surprised.
“So, did you know that Inspector Seo would make this decision?”
“Are you a fortune teller? know that “I came up with it by accident.”
“Then he doesn’t know about this situation?”
“of course.”
“oh my god!”
Seo Dae-ryong drank one more drink. He had already exceeded his usual drinking limit and was starting to enter the stage where alcohol led to drinking.
“Whether you get permission or not is the biggest battle. If that doesn’t work, I’ll have to hold on to my pants and hang on.”
We all drank together, making sure to get permission.
Ian told Seo Dae-ryong to put his mouth to his glass, but he emptied his glass cleanly, saying he couldn’t do that before an important event.
“I don’t know who it is, but I will definitely get permission. Unless you give permission, the right pant leg is mine. Sir, please take charge of the left side.”
Seo Dae-ryong felt refreshed, perhaps because he thought that something he had dreamed of for a long time would come true.
“The master you saved must be a really great and good person.”
Of course, as soon as Ian said that.
Flash! Rumble! Boom!
Lightning struck and thunder was heard.
“It looks like it’s starting to pour in earnest now!”
It was right then.
“Oh, there he comes.”
Everyone’s eyes turned to the first floor at my words.
A person was entering there.
After checking the other person, Ian covered his mouth and suppressed a scream.
Jangho was also startled and opened his eyes wide.
Seo Dae-ryong, who had his back turned, turned his head for the last time.
I could see Seo Dae-ryong’s surprise in real time. He opened his eyes wide, screamed a single word, tried to get up, and even spilled his drink.
thud.
The person who arrived at our place placed a large sword on the floor.
Bloody demonic energy gushed out from his small, torn eyes.
“Where are you so arrogant and asking people to come and go?”
The person who arrived was none other than Hyeolcheon Doma.
Shoot!
As if waiting, it started to rain.