Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 30



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30. Fallen Angel (1)

Before I could even explain, Cheonghwa immediately objected.

“What kind of nonsense is that?”

“That’s not nonsense. If a lay disciple has business outside, can he go out at will?”

“That’s true, but since you’ve just become a disciple, isn’t it time for you to focus on your martial arts?”

There was something Cheonghwa didn’t know. Before I put my efforts into martial arts, I needed money. That’s why I left. But if I said that, there was no way she would understand.

“I just wanted to get some fresh air and see my father.”

“father?”

Cheonghwa’s voice became slightly embarrassed. Hehe. What do you think? No matter what, I can’t touch my family. Who would stop me from going to see my family?

“Yes. I should also brag about becoming a disciple under the name of a monk.”

“hmm.”

Cheonghwa touched her chin. She seemed to be thinking about something.

“You didn’t go out and not come back, did you?”

“No way.”

In the past, I would have thought about running away, but now that I’ve become a disciple under the name of a monk, I plan to suck up everything I can.

“Okay. I guess we need a little ventilation.”

“oh.”

He gave permission without much trouble, as I thought. There wasn’t really a good reason to not allow it in the first place, but I thought that if it was Cheonghwa, he would at least try to block it.

“Take Myung-gyeong with you instead.”

“yes?”

This time my face frowned.

“why?”

“How could I trust you and send you out alone?”

“Have you been deceived? I told you I’d come back.”

“You need someone to supervise you. If you were alone, wouldn’t you be able to practice martial arts?”

That’s all I have to say. But what can I do if I can’t do it because I don’t have talent?

“But does it really have to be Myeonggyeong’s death penalty?”

“Myungsung has recently gained enlightenment and his martial arts skills are improving rapidly. At times like this, you should focus on martial arts. Myungjin is the youngest.”

“Then let’s do that.”

Anyway, getting out was important. I didn’t think I’d get sick, but that wouldn’t stop me from doing what I had to do.

After the first outing was decided, I immediately went to the outer garden. It was where the lay disciples were.

“Oh. Name.”

“Hwiyoung. It’s been a while!”

“how have you been doing?”

As soon as I got there, the lay disciples welcomed me. It was a welcome so warm that I was embarrassed. They were people I had never talked to when I was a lay disciple. Some of them were even in the same group as Sa Gong-hyeon.

I knew why they were acting so friendly.

The fact that I had become a disciple of the unknown clergy had already spread throughout the shamanist sect.

Even if I don’t know what that means exactly, I feel like I’m getting some kind of special treatment from the nonpartisan group.

For the lay disciples who were more interested in connections than martial arts, I was a connection they absolutely had to have.

“Congratulations. I heard you have become a disciple with a public name.”

“But what is a named disciple?”

The disciples surrounded me and continued to act friendly. I looked around at them with a slight smile on my face.

The disciples flinched. They knew it too. When I was targeted by Sakong-hyeon, they pretended not to know, but now it is shameless for them to act friendly.

“It’s just learning better martial arts than a lay disciple. It’s not much different.”

But I just answered indifferently and even smiled. I also needed connections.

Anyway, the relationship we wanted wasn’t one of best friends who would take responsibility for each other’s lives. It was just a business associate who we could contact when needed.

“I’m touched that you welcome me like this.”

“Okay. We’re in the same class.”

ha ha ha.

ha ha ha.

An empty smile filled the room. I smiled and slowly got back to the main topic.

“Yes. We are comrades. Love for comrades, love for country.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

“I came here because I have something to ask of you guys.”

“Oh. What is it?”

“Can you lend me some money?”

The expressions of the children who had gathered were frozen like stone statues. Some of them even stepped back.

“… … Well, that’s a bit.”

“Oh, I should practice my martial arts.”

“See you next time!”

The kids just went away like the tide. It was just this kind of relationship. After lightly swatting away the swarming flies, I went around the outhouse.

When I went to the backyard, I saw that some of the lay disciples had gathered together and were training individually. Among them were the ones I was looking for.

I waited until their training was over. Only after the training was over did the kids notice me.

“Still, it’s been a few months and I’m starting to feel better.”

I laughed. Although he was inferior to the main disciple, he showed signs of having trained quite diligently.

Yeo Hong-yang and Jeon Oh-su sat down in their seats as if they were going to die. They were the people I had come to see.

“Hey, don’t be ridiculous. Make it harder than you think. If we go out and embarrass ourselves, it’ll be the shaman’s disgrace.”

“That’s true.”

When a rumor spreads that someone has defeated a shaman’s disciple, it doesn’t take long for the word “secular” to disappear from the rumor.

“Why did you come?”

“Why are you like that? It’s disappointing. Do you have to come to me when something happens between us?”

“I can tell something is up by the way you’re talking.”

It was nice to meet a lay disciple after only speaking with the disciples of the main temple, and to be able to communicate well with them.

“I want to borrow some money.”

I spoke bluntly. However, unlike other lay disciples, they did not try to run away.

“You brought up an uncomfortable topic.”

“how much?”

Jeon Oh-su smiled but didn’t look uncomfortable, and Yeo Hong-yang immediately asked how much money she needed.

As expected, my eye for people has not yet rusted. There is a concept of pre-reflection in the value of some assets. Even if they are shabby now, if there is an expectation that they will grow in the future, that is reflected in the price. This is especially true for things like land.

They were people who knew how to see and evaluate my future rather than my abilities right now.

“As much as possible.”

I laughed. Jeon Oh-su and Yeo Hong-yang’s eyes became cold.

“Oh, is that rumor true?”

“what?”

“Your teacher has become a true believer in Cheonghwa.”

“That’s true.”

“Oh. Really?”

Yeo Hongyang’s eyes, who had asked the question, became deeper. It seemed as if she was reflecting the information and reassessing its value. While Yeo Hongyang was looking at me with strange eyes, Jeon Ohsu opened his mouth first.

“But I don’t have much money to spare. I only have the fancy title of owner.”

“how much?”

“About five hundred nyang in silver.”

I was surprised, but I didn’t show it. There is nothing more tacky and vulgar than being surprised at money. Five hundred nyang of silver was enough to feed a family of four for three years. I didn’t know he would value me that highly.

“It certainly isn’t that much.”

Those words came out of Yeo Hongyang’s mouth, not mine. Jeon O-su seemed bitter, but he did not refute them. That was because the person who said those words was the son of the king.

“I have about two thousand nyang.”

“You can be that flexible without reporting to the King?”

My body trembled slightly. Two thousand nyang? That was a truly enormous amount of money. At least a fifth-rank official would be able to borrow money on the battlefield.

Now, Yeo Hong-yang has evaluated me as a person equivalent to a 5th rank official.

“If you report to your father, you will become part of his network. I don’t want that. I need someone of my own.”

Yeo Hongyang’s eyes lit up. As expected of the son of the former king, he had ambition. Feeling the energy of youth in person, even I felt younger. Although I am actually young now.

Perhaps because they were young, they were quick to get things done. They took out paper and a brush and wrote promissory notes and loan certificates.

I looked through the loan certificates and promissory notes. But there was something strange.

“There is no interest?”

“There is no interest. There is no repayment period written on it.”

Yeo Hongyang said it naturally. Looking at them, it didn’t seem like a mistake.

Something stung a little. It felt like I was being a burden to my juniors as a senior merchant.

“Isn’t that working too loosely?”

“You underestimate yourself.”

But Yeo Hong-yang and Jeon Oh-su were resolute.

“Disciple of the Qinghua Jinnin, special treatment as a shaman. This is enough. If I had more money to lend, I would have called for more.”

“Lee Ha-dong-mun.”

When I was working at the Whiyoung Group, I tried not to interact with the unmanned as much as possible. Later, when I grew bigger, I had no choice but to interact with them. That’s how low I evaluated the unmanned, and I didn’t know their true value. However, it seems that the unmanned were more valuable than I thought.

I smiled. Even if I’m not a drone, I know my worth.

“You know how to trade.”

Yeo Hong-yang and Jeon Oh-su smiled brightly. I received the promissory note from them, and they took the IOU. Now, they were ready to go.

***

The morning of the day we left. Myeong-gyeong came out earlier than me and confidently folded her arms.

“Today is the day to go out.”

“Don’t think that you’ll be free just because I leave. I was given the mission by the Master to watch over you.”

“When did you say I was released?”

“Your expression has relaxed just now.”

As Myeong-gyeong had pointed out, my expression would have relaxed. In a way, it was the first time I had gone out freely since returning. The last time, the chief of the Yi Chang had gone out because he had a clear mission.

“Myungkyung is right. I don’t know what you plan to do outside, but you should at least plan on coming back quickly.”

Cheonghwa also scolded me, but it didn’t really reach my ears.

In addition, Cheonghwa went out and spoke about the manners, behavior, and precautions that a disciple of the shaman sect should follow. I just filtered them out.

“Then go and come back.”

“Yes, Master.”

I put on my lottery ticket, bowed my head, and turned around. I tried to go ahead, but Myeong-gyeong was in front of me with quick steps.

“When people walk together, the leader stands in front.”

“… … Yes. Please stand in front.”

I gave up the front seat to Myeonggyeong and walked out of Mudangpa. For some reason, as soon as I left the main gate of Mudangpa, the air felt refreshing and the mountains looked more beautiful and magnificent.

And Myeonggyeong was also busy looking around. In fact, Myeonggyeong had come to Mudeungsan at a young age, so she probably hadn’t been out much.

Myung-gyeong, who had been walking ahead, stopped when she came down from Mt. Mudang. I just watched her quietly from behind. Myung-gyeong turned around with a slightly red face.

“Come to think of it, where should I go?”

I snickered. It didn’t make sense for Myeonggyeong to be ahead in the first place. Wherever I was going, it was the road. I had the initiative for this descent.

“Follow me.”

“Where are you going? What are you going to do?”

As expected, Myeong-gyeong was very curious because she was a child.

“I’ll stop by a few places.”

“It will go on forever.”

“Why infinity?”

“It’s the city of Hubei.”

I swallowed my words.

This was because there was usually an official in each castle who approved the establishment of a superior.

Yes, this outing was to create my top.