After throwing the completely stretched out Gongsun Yaoye into the Mucheongak guest room, Cheong diligently went outside again.

There was so much alcohol in my stomach that it felt like waves were crashing in my stomach with every step I took.

Of course, if you want to fill your stomach, you have to fill it with food. If you fill your stomach with water, it’s hard to move.

I went to the main gate of the Murim League and asked about it. After walking about half an hour, a familiar sign caught my eye.

Jungrim Gaekjan.

Among the administrative districts of Junghwa, there were regions that took pride in their location and claimed that it was the center of Junghwa, and since Hanam was one of them, there were an unusual number of stores with Chinese characters in them.

As I entered, I saw Paengdaesan written on the table inside the open wall on the other side.

Cheong quickly approached and crushed the chair on the other side with his butt.

“I came to tell you what would happen if you come, and you’re still here? “Don’t you have anything to do?”

I thought that Paeng Daesan might come later and try to find Cheong in vain.

So, I was planning to give the owner a coin and tell him that I settled in Mucheon-gak.

It seems like he had fun walking around with his identity hidden, as he looked very skinny with his face covered.

“Did you say hello to the lord well?”

“huh. I heard you were given a very luxurious accommodation. It’s called skyless. “Awesome, very.”

“The Heavenly Pavilion?”

Paeng Daesan did not hide his doubts.

Mucheongak was a guest hall that served only the most distinguished guests of the Murim Alliance.

Since this most distinguished guest refers to the Queen Mother, it was also a facility that was rarely used after the unrecorded agreement that government affairs were inviolable.

“It looks like you showed off quite well to the lord.”

“Originally, the elders look at me kindly. And do you view your peers positively as well? “The kids get crazy when they see me, so you can say that I am actually loved by everyone.”

“It would be better to leave out your peers. “It’s surprising that the more you know, the more disappointed you become, and the more there is to be disappointed.”

Paeng Daesan made an uncharacteristically humorous joke.

“hmm. I don’t know why my friends are becoming more and more harsh. Jegal is like that too. Me too. Even Geomwoo strangely began to hear his words through his mouth rather than his ears.”

“Are you asking because you really don’t know?”

To put it bluntly, they have extreme dining etiquette, rude words and actions, endless jokes, and an attitude that doesn’t know how to be serious.

Above all, I’m the type of person who has no boundaries and rushes into other people’s business. In fact, I even draw a distance from my work and cut it off because it is my work.

But Cheong-

“I don’t know. “But you won’t know, so there’s no need to explain.”

It’s just that you don’t want to know, so you have no choice but to continue not knowing.

Moreover, it is said that if you are less friendly, you will praise each other, but if you are very close, you will criticize each other.

Since we can say that we have become friends without fault, it is time to reveal each other’s faults.

“It’s a shame.”

“You look like you have a lot to say, but let it all out. “I’m not going to change it just by listening to it anyway.”

“You’re proudly talking bullshit.”

“Look. It’s like this. Because it’s getting thinner. Should I just throw away old friends, make new ones, and listen only to good words?”

“When you say things like that, you are hearing bullshit.”

“Well, I can’t even joke. Oh, by the way, I saw him at the Yongbong branch today. “Brother Joe.”

Cheong giggled and continued.

“Oh my god, if you’re going to lure a woman, you have to lure her properly. There’s a fuss about being pretty no matter what you do. The funny thing is, everything came out except the face. How on earth does that sound work? “Compared to that, Gongsun’s younger brother is a very heart-hunter.”

“You’re Gongsun’s younger brother?”

“ah. Yes, I mean, he is a polite younger brother, but he is very gifted at seducing women. He follows you around very quietly, takes out a handkerchief for you when you sit down, gives you a plate, gives you spoons, and cuts the food so that it’s just right for eating. “If you ask me to feed you, I will even give you food.”

Peng Daesan’s eyebrows twitched.

I couldn’t see Cheong because it was covered by a hat, and it was impossible to observe Paengdaesan Mountain because it was my eyebrows.

So, it was a manifestation of my unconsciousness that I did not even notice.

“Hmm. So, was it good?”

“It’s comfortable, but it’s also a bit burdensome. Because I can see that he was very determined to seduce me. “It doesn’t seem like they have any intention of hiding it in the first place.”

“under. It looks like he showed his face at least? “Like you did to me?”

“no? Even though I don’t know this beauty. From what I heard, I heard that I am Gongsongyoye Sojeo’s only friend, so it looks like he wants to make me part of his family. hmm. “He’s admirable as a younger brother, but as a man, he’s a bit impure, isn’t he?”

“Hmm… … .”

“What is hum?”

However, instead of giving an answer, Paeng Daesan answered the question with a question.

“So, was he handsome?”

“who? Gongson’s younger brother? He’s handsome, he’s very handsome. No, he is a bit delicate and has thin lines, so should I say he is closer to being pretty rather than handsome? But even if you look like that, whenever you open your mouth, you say something that makes you blush.”

“Hmm.”

“Only women are very shy. What is a white giraffe? That’s what the women of the Phoenix Society whisper. They say there’s something about a warm white giraffe and a cold black giraffe. “Maybe the mountain is black.”

“Hmm.”

“No, why have you been sitting there just breathing? “When someone speaks, you should counteract it.”

“Agree.”

Paeng Daesan seemed to think for a moment and then asked the question as if it had nothing to do with it.

“So, you liked him?”

“Well, as my friend’s younger brother, I can say it’s a passing grade. Is it a normal idea to chase after a village woman for the sake of sister Ji? I knew there was something under the cotton thread. “In my case, it could be said that I won a huge banquet.”

“That won’t be everything.”

“huh? what?”

“That means he’s doing it for his sister. “I wouldn’t have approached you just for the sake of my sister.”

“then?”

“The Gongsun Gong family has a long-standing wish, so they must have been coveting your status and connections. “Aren’t the five generations close to the elders of the nine sects?”

“The motive must be impure? But isn’t that a bit much? “The guy who approaches me even though my face is covered is targeting my background?”

Then, the hat on Paengdaesan slowly rotated left and right.

“Just adding your name to the top 10 is not the end, so you need to establish relationships that didn’t exist before. It would not be possible to regain one’s surname once lost through treason. “He probably planned to bring his in-laws’ money into this Yongbong branch.”

After listening to it, it also makes sense that Gongsun Yaoye devoted his entire childhood and adolescence to cultivation.

I wonder if the people in that family would have left their successor in a car that didn’t look nice.

In reality, what Peng Daesan said was correct.

Since the successor cannot be free from the long-held wishes of a family passed down from generation to generation, the woman’s beauty and appearance were not of any interest to Gongsun Cheonil.

He also seems to have a good personality(?), his background is actually amazing, and more than anything, it could be good news for his pitiful sister who is devoting her entire short life to martial arts.

“If you are kind to every woman you meet, there is a reason to be so. “As long as you don’t reveal your pathological side like Cho.”

Cheong laughed.

“Well, then what? If that’s the purpose, I’m sure you’ll be kind to your wife and treat her well. Regardless of your motivation, it’s okay if you’re both happy and live well. However, it is not to the extent of being compared to Brother Cho. “That person was a bit creepy.”

“Isn’t luring a woman through tactics ultimately the only goal? “If you get married like that and your background disappears, will you reject me?”

“hmm? what. That’s for the parties involved to figure out, it’s not for us to argue, right? ah. right. Do you know Seoliri Sojeo? “Bing Snow Flower Seoliri Sojeo.”

“If you say that you are living well by making friends, it is only said by the elderly who are trying to gain some advantage. Isn’t that the reason why both parties are unhappy?”

“hmm. San’s views on love were surprisingly a bit conservative. By the way, are you continuing that story now?”

Basically, a conversation is supposed to flow, so if you force yourself to keep talking about the topic, you end up arguing like stagnant water.

Even though Cheong once brought up the topic with his brother Jo and again with an ice rumor, the story of an arranged marriage comes up again.

I wonder if he has some kind of connection.

“why. Is there talk of an arranged marriage in your family? Originally, one of the duties of an elder was to stir-fry her and nag her for marriage.”

“Marriage in the Paeng family is entirely up to the individual. It may not be the case with other Sega. Besides, I don’t think you have anything to worry about.”

“Oh, what is it? Are you confident that you can marry anyone at any time? Well, isn’t that incorrect? Come to think of it, it doesn’t seem like I’m really nagging at all. What, then, is Sando unmarried? “You hate women, right?”

“But doesn’t that mean we can’t leave Sega’s hostess empty?”

“but. That too. Well, don’t worry. They say that even straw sandals have a partner, and a woman who is good for herself, not just her face, will appear in San.”

“Rather than waiting for that, um. no. What about you? “Even if you say it like that, have you never thought about marriage?”

Then Cheong waved his hand.

The attitude was to not even say such a thing.

“Don’t say things like that. Can’t you tell when you see it? San, Geomwoo, Jegal, Changbin. They are all friends who are far from women, right? “If someone acts like a man to me, it makes me feel awkward just thinking about it.”

“hmm.”

“Besides, I must say that it is difficult for me to even think about such things right now. In the first place, um. okay. yes… … ”

Cheong’s voice calmed down.

It has already been five years since I lived in the martial arts world.

Now, other than looking at dirty toilets, I couldn’t think of any of the convenient features of modern civilization, so I thought I had adapted properly.

And now, yes. It was a happy life.

Perhaps even more so than my life before leaving the country.

I had so much fun that I forgot about it.

But how long will this last?

What if you open your eyes right now and say, ‘This is a familiar ceiling’?

What if it ends up being just a grandiose midnight dream or a secret memory kept to oneself?

After that, my mind was completely blank and I couldn’t think of anything.

Cheong just absent-mindedly wiggled his fingers, clasping and unclasping them, scratching his fingernails and rubbing his palms together, and gently groping the table… …

It’s so moist now that my palms start to sweat.

It was a characteristic of an anxious person.

“Hey, Cheong? “Why do you do that?”

“Uh, uh. huh. a little. What did you talk about? hmm. okay. It’s a bit like that. “I’m kind of like that.”

“Are you okay? It seems to be in pretty bad shape right now. If there is any problem-”

“no. okay. no. are you okay. no wonder. okay. no. “I guess I should go in first today.”

“… … “Are you okay?”

At that, Cheong let out a long breath.

The human mind is extremely complex, so if there is something you want to avoid, you sleep.

Those ancient nose-talkers regarded sleep and death as brothers, for the only moments when a person completely forgot his worries and felt peaceful were either sleeping or dead.

So Cheong continued to sleep.

I ate and slept, slept when I had time, and slept again at night.

When I wasn’t awake chatting with friends or putting something in my mouth to chew and swallow, I just closed my eyes.

That shouldn’t have happened.

I should have swung my sword at that time.

The first crisis was just luck, and transcending the climax is bullshit.

After cleaning up this damn status window, isn’t it okay to sleep from then on?

The same goes for this status window.

Don’t they usually tell you what to do?

If you throw someone in a corner of the midfield and tell them to do whatever they want and leave them alone, how will I know what to do?

So, even if you hear that it sucks, whatever.

Cheong looked pale behind the cotton yarn and squeezed his trembling hands to suppress them.

“It’s just that it’s a little complicated. I guess I’ve been a little lazy these days. “I’m thinking of swinging my sword until I’m tired and then going to sleep.”