Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 123



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123. Land of the Blind (2)

Several men wearing torn clothes came out of the alley and trudged towards the street where the child was.

As they came out onto the street, even the few people who had been passing by disappeared. We were the only ones left standing there. It was inevitable that we would make eye contact with them.

“What are you looking at?”

One of the men glared at us while spitting yellow saliva on the floor.

Myeongil immediately drew his sword. The men’s faces turned into laughter as the little boy, who seemed to be about to touch his chest, drew his sword.

“Oh my. If you swing a sword wrong, your thumb will break off.”

“I don’t want to talk to you guys.”

“Haha. How absurd.”

The man who had been laughing out loud suddenly took something out of his bosom and threw it at Myeongil. I thought it was a very quick move, but to me, with my enhanced talent, it was so slow that it made me yawn.

And it seems that the same was true for Myeongil. Although Myeongil is not yet a scholar, he is the strongest of the three disciples.

Even those who were once small in stature began to grow taller and their shoulders broadened as they got older.

Myeongil swung his sword as if he was throwing it away. The meteor that flew through the wind crashed into the ground.

Myeong-il glanced at me. I told Myeong-il not to show off that I was a shaman. So I wouldn’t use the shaman’s sword.

“Huh. It looks like it’s a prestigious school.”

The man who threw the meteor laughed heartily.

Heukdo was not ashamed at all of the fact that he had surprised a child much younger than him and that it had been blocked.

“Me, really. That’s why the noble families are the problem. We don’t even know if we’re doing the right thing, but then we draw our swords.”

“That’s right, that’s right. These guys ate our hard-earned money. We’re the victims.”

As the black men snickered, the child who had been lying on the floor gritted his teeth and got up again. Then he picked up a rock from the floor and ran to the men.

“Give me back my sister!”

The black swordsmen are also crude, but they are people who have learned some martial arts. It is impossible for a child who has not learned any martial arts to be hit by a rock.

One of the black men tripped the running child, tripped him, and kicked him in the face.

“Where does this beggar dare to go!”

“Give it back, give it back!”

“Didn’t you say you were sold for debt? Are you deaf?”

“I was going to pay you back, but you guys ran away!”

Just by hearing that story, I could roughly understand the whole story. There are people like that among the loan sharks.

Deliberately lending money at high interest rates, and then trying to avoid paying it back by increasing the interest. It was exactly the kind of idea that only black people would come up with.

It was then that the child rushed in again and the man’s fist was loaded.

In that moment, Myeong-il intervened and dug into the black man’s arms before the child’s fist. The black man was lifted into the air and thrown to the ground without even being able to defend himself.

Tomorrow’s blade was aimed at the neck of the man who had been struck, and the vicious weapons of the surrounding black swordsmen were aimed at Tomorrow’s neck.

“Let’s stop. How much debt do you have?”

It was Yeo Hongyang who stepped forward at that time. A sneer appeared on the faces of the black people.

“Why? If you knew how much it was, why didn’t you pay it back?”

“Please speak up. I’m just curious.”

“Ten nyang of silver. No, fifteen nyang of silver.”

Yeo Hong-yang frowned at the change in his words, but silently took out fifteen nyang of silver from his pocket and gave it to him.

Fifteen nyang of silver would be a lot of money for the common people, but for the son of a wealthy family, it was enough to buy one dinner.

“Ha. You guys are really mature people.”

The black demons laughed while mocking Yeo Hongyang. They packed the silver in a bag and leisurely disappeared.

Myeong-il picked up the boy who had been lying down. The boy bowed to Myeong-il and Yeo Hong-yang repeatedly.

“Thank you, thank you!”

The child then went into the alley without even giving Myeongil and Yeohongyang a chance to say anything.

Myeong-il and Yeo Hong-yang stared blankly down the alley the child was heading to, then made eye contact. Yeo Hong-yang was the first to strike.

“Dojang. Please think about us too. If things get worse, you’ll take responsibility, right?”

“I told you not to think about the future when you are doing something. Even lay disciples will learn that.”

“Let’s be realistic. Be realistic. Isn’t this how we resolved things peacefully?”

“We can’t get rid of the roots. They will continue to commit evil deeds.”

“What if the roots are too deep and thick?”

“If you die while practicing chivalry, then you have fulfilled your duty as a warrior. That’s what I was taught.”

“You should leave that noble man alone. I learned that nothing shortens lifespan as much as a sense of chivalry.”

“I really can’t communicate with you.”

“Who would say that!”

Yeo Hong-yang screamed and kicked the dirt on the floor nervously.

Myeongil looked at Yeo Hongyang with calm eyes and then nodded.

“Shall we go?”

I shrugged. Myeongil and Yeohongyang followed behind me quietly. I didn’t say anything.

* * *

The cheap atmosphere continued even after dinner. When Yeo Hong-yang asked for the side dish next to Myeong-il, she told me, and vice versa.

There wasn’t really any conversation going on, and the guest house was completely quiet with no other guests besides us.

“Hey, I’m stuck in the middle, so let’s apologize to each other.”

I smiled and said to Myeongil and Yeohongyang.

“I don’t really want to reconcile.”

“I agree.”

Of course, the seeds didn’t work either. In my experience, in situations like this, trying to force something causes a backlash. It’s better to just stay still.

At that moment, the door to the guest house opened wide. A rush of people came rushing in, filling up the entire space around us.

“Jeomsoi! Take your order!”

“Hey, I see feet!”

The quiet guesthouse immediately became noisy. If it had been a hell of silence before, it was now a hell of noise. It was so noisy that my ears hurt, so I had to force myself to lower my hearing.

“Oh, the place is full!”

People kept coming in and out. The place we ate was a mid-priced guesthouse. It wasn’t that we didn’t have money, but we had no choice but to come in because all the expensive guesthouses were full.

And the characteristic of these low- to mid-priced guesthouses was that sharing tables often occurred in the first-floor restaurant.

“Hehe. It looks like there’s some empty seats.”

Two middle-aged men, who looked pleasant, approached us. We were sitting at a round table, but only half of it was occupied, so the other side was empty.

“Please sit down.”

We didn’t order so much food that we could take up an entire table, so I agreed.

The two of them immediately called Jeomso and ordered dumplings and a bottle of Baekju.

“Give me the alcohol first!”

Jeomso-i followed the men’s instructions and brought out liquor in a white porcelain bowl. The strong scent of the liquor wafted across the table.

“Haha. You guys are young. You seem like outsiders. Why did you come to such a remote place?”

“You must have come to a remote place because you are an outsider.”

“Hahaha! That makes sense.”

We didn’t say a word, but the two men seemed to get along pretty well. None of their jokes were funny, but their friendship was evident.

Perhaps because the impressions of the two were good, Yeo Hong-yang’s expression as she watched the two relaxed slightly.

“We are just peddlers.”

“Ah. You are merchants! I thought the clothes all looked expensive. They are made of materials that are not easily found in Gansu.”

The men laughed heartily.

“I’m sorry to disturb your quiet meal, but would you like a drink of white wine? Of course, this is what we live for.”

“You seem to be drinking expensive alcohol, but aren’t you just dirtying your mouth?”

“Oh, what should we do then? We can’t afford to eat anything but white wine. Would you mind having a drink with me?”

The men’s actions were so exaggerated that they were quite humorous. Even Myeong-il, who had been quiet, snickered.

“I don’t think it would be polite to refuse when you’ve recommended it so much.”

“Would you mind drinking something cheap like white wine?”

“I also drink soju when I want to get drunk. I feel like getting a little drunk today.”

It seems that the child who was hit by Yeo Hong-yang was also caught in the eye. Yeo Hong-yang glanced at me.

“Would you like to drink together?”

“We have to drink together! We have to drink together!”

The men immediately grabbed a narrow-mouthed ceramic jug, shook it, and poured the liquor into the cups. In an instant, four cups of strong-smelling liquor were made.

“It’s fate that we met like this, so let’s just bump into each other and wash away the world’s dirt stuck in our throats!”

“You are quite a poet.”

“I used to be a student who prepared for the civil service exam. If you look at me now, I don’t look like that at all.”

The men raised their glasses. I was the only one who didn’t raise my glass. Yeo Hong-yang looked at me. Her eyes were like, “What am I doing without a glass?”

“Please eat first.”

At my words, the table was enveloped in even more silence than before.

The men looked embarrassed, then burst out laughing.

“Huh, heh heh. We’re just drinking together. What’s the point of who drinks first?”

“I told you to drink first.”

As my words became shorter, the old men’s faces also turned red.

“Have you ever seen such an impolite friend? I think we chose the wrong seats to sit down together.”

“Really, what do you think of people?”

The middle-aged men were furious, and Yeo Hong-yang was taken aback when I suddenly appeared like this.

“Why are you suddenly like that? Just drink it.”

As Yeo Hong-yang was about to put the glass to her lips, I snatched the glass away and scattered it on the floor. The white wine spilled on the floor of the guest room.

But I didn’t take my eyes off the two men.

“Drink it. Or I’ll feed it to you myself.”

“What the… … .”

“This guy is completely crazy!”

The men slammed their glasses on the table and tried to get up. I immediately stepped on the table and flew towards them.

There was no need to say anything. I broke their heads and poured the alcohol from the glass into them. Since I opened their throats and poured it into them, they couldn’t help but drink.

“What, what are you doing! All of a sudden!”

Yeo Hong-yang screamed.

“Are you okay?”

Yeo Hongyang tried to approach them quickly. At that time, instead of showing any sign of displeasure, the men put their fingers into their mouths in a thoughtful manner.

“Wow. Wow!”

The two immediately lay down and tried to vomit out the alcohol they had consumed. Then, the people in the guest room began to rise from their seats one by one.

“Didn’t they not act well? They looked a little awkward.”

“Hey, but there aren’t many people who do that.”

Those who stood up giggled among themselves. They were clearly strangers who had come in at first.

Only then did Myeongil and Yeohong Yang notice something strange and come closer to me.

Everyone who stood up laughed and took out their weapons. There were various weapons, including swords, daggers, hammers, and maces.

“Arthur. You guys are not the ones who deserve it.”

At that moment, the person in the corner of the guesthouse raised his voice. People started to split left and right based on that person. It was as if a passage had been created that only connected him and us.

He slowly approached us through the passage. He had his mouth pressed so deeply into his mouth that it was hard to see what he looked like.

“You’re quick-witted.”

“Thank you. The players performed well.”

“Thank you. I’ve fooled quite a few people, how did you know?”

“It’s just a feeling. What’s there?”

“You have a very developed intuition.”

“You could say that.”

The man in the bamboo hat laughed loudly at my answer.

“Isn’t your intuition working right now?”

The man took off his mask. Surprisingly, there was no black in either eye. He was blind.

“If what you’re saying is true, I’d be yelling at them to run away.”

In an instant, a cool breeze filled the room.