Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 29



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Episode 29 – Obi-Irak (2)

Namgung Yerin wondered how she should accept this.

A sudden message from Cheongun asking if he could come as a missionary.

When you treat someone you’ve nursed all night for over a month like a sack of barley, what kind of situation is it when you suddenly ask them to come to the missionary office?

Of course, as someone whose life was saved, I had nothing to say.

“······You could have at least said thank you.”

Or just a word of thanks for your hard work.

I took care of her diligently, losing sleep over the night for over a month. It was also my first time taking care of someone else’s sick body and taking care of them.

Namgung Yerin felt pouty.

And my pride······was a little hurt.

“Do you think I’m the kind of person who comes when I tell them to come and goes when I tell them to go?”

How many men would cross the world and come if Namgung Yerin called right now? And Namgung Yerin would go instead?

Namgung Yerin, absolutely not! Absolutely not!

I had no intention of becoming a missionary······.

“I’m curious about what you’re trying to say.”

Namgung Yerin tried hard to convince herself and headed towards the missionary office.

The missionary arrived like that.

The first thing that caught Namgung Yerin’s eye was Kwae Cheong-cheon, blinking his eyes like a wild boar.

It seemed as if Cheongun had also called Kwaecheongcheon, but Namgung Yerin looked at the place where Kwaecheongcheon was blinking, wondering why he was doing that.

and.

We were able to discover ‘tremendous treasures’ piled up in the mission office.

“·········.”

Namgung Yerin blinked her eyes with a face that was not much different from Kwae Cheong-cheon’s.

* * *

My mind suddenly snapped open at the sound of Ju Gwan-cheon’s shout.

There was no way of knowing what kind of reward the bounty hunter had prepared, but thinking back to last time, it was clear that it would not be ordinary.

-This time I’m going to give you a real beating, so you better brace yourself! Hahahahaha!

Above all, didn’t they say that it would give you a ‘single-handed’ feeling?

Fortunately, Ju Gwan-cheon had not yet revealed himself. Far away, somewhere, he was approaching the missionary office, laughing like a madman.

‘I have to run away.’

I just woke up today, so I could have just lied and said I passed out later.

It was at that moment when I was trying to hide my body in such a hurry.

-Cheongun, you idiot!!

Suddenly, Ju Gwan-cheon’s voice, similar to a scolding, was heard again.

-I came after hearing the news that you woke up! If you try to escape, you must be prepared to disobey His Majesty’s orders!

And then, my body, which was trying to run away, suddenly froze.

‘Shit.’

That bastard already knew that I was awake. I could have just told him, but I couldn’t do it when I heard the name ‘Emperor’.

The emperor’s ‘rewards’ were like the emperor’s ‘decrees’, which in turn could be said to be the emperor’s ‘orders’, so it was obvious that there would be numerous imperial warriors next to Ju Gwan-cheon.

Murderers who grew up armed with the wealth and treasures of the imperial family.

······There was no escape from the royal guards.

That’s why Gwangmaumgui also came to the missionary office first. He couldn’t handle the ‘royal warriors’ that Ju Gwancheon was bringing, so he struck first before they arrived.

-I’ve already spread my net across the entire territory of Uihwang-ri, so if you want to run away, then run away! Hahahaha!

The plan to run away was useless.

Breaking through the net spread by the royal family’s warriors… No, but what kind of net spread did they spread?

I couldn’t tell if it was true or not, but either way, my plan to run away was useless.

“······.”

In the end, I had no choice but to accept the ‘reward rope’. I wondered what a reward rope was and what a bond rope it was.

“Hahaha! You bastard Cheongun! As expected, you were here!”

Soon, Ju Gwan-cheon appeared.

And the appearance was really no different from a ‘walking chair’.

He was crazy enough last time too······

“Come forward and receive His Majesty the Emperor’s reward! Hahahahahahaha!!!”

This time, it was Ju Gwan-cheon who was caught up in ‘madness’.

The Subjective Heaven of Madness.

I stepped forward like a livestock being led to the slaughterhouse and showed my respect to the emperor. Then, when Ju Gwan-cheon unfurled a splendid scroll, it reached the floor.

‘What’s so long?’

······I wondered what kind of awards were written down that made it stretch so long.

Soon, Ju Gwan-cheon roared and recited the contents inside.

“His bravery in not breaking his sense of justice even when his life was at stake by exposing the extremely evil mastermind called Yeommae became an example to all the world······.”

Every single word, the content continues.

To summarize simply, it was a long story of ‘You did a great job’ with all sorts of embellishments added.

This too was written by a top-ranking civil servant, and the writing was extremely ornate.

So roughly this much time has passed?

“······Therefore, I highly commend this achievement!”

Ju Gwan-cheon shouted again with his eyes flashing with madness.

“I grant Cheongun one thousand five hundred gold coins!”

······What? How much?

1,500 gold coins? Not 150?

My mind just flashed.

With 1,500 gold coins, you could live your entire life just breathing and eating without any problems.

What does a lifetime mean?

It was a huge sum of money that I could live off of for my entire life, as well as for my children’s lives, my grandchildren’s lives, and even my great-grandchildren’s lives, as well as my great-great-grandchildren’s lives.

A truly absurd amount of money that could instantly make you the richest person in Gangseo Province.

in other words.

‘If you receive it, you die.’

It was an amount that could eat up all of my ‘612 days of merit’. That’s why this alone was an overwhelming reward for me······.

“Furthermore, I will grant you five thousand bundles of silk! Ten thousand seoks of rice! And eight thousand bundles of furs!!”

······This is fucking crazy, really.

The joke wasn’t ‘a fountain’ but ‘a fountain’.

So, the nonsense was just spewing out endlessly.

Where on earth can you find such nonsense? This is nonsense that only the ‘royal family’ can engage in.

But what the heck?

Is this the voice of our rewarder being heard again?

“In addition, I grant you the Heavenly Dragon Auxiliary Elixir!”

······what?

My eyes opened wide without me knowing.

Heavenly Dragon Auxiliary Elixir.

If the Cheonryongbowondan I know is correct, then its name means ‘retaining the energy of the Cheonryong’ and, as its name suggests, it was a medicinal elixir that had internal energy equivalent to 120 years.

Twice as much as the ‘Yoji Seongdan’ I ate last time.

It was an elixir that was extremely precious and valued even by the royal family. It was a ‘top-grade’ elixir that was not easily given to even those who had achieved considerable achievements.

As expected, the eyes of the royal guards watching me from the surrounding area were filled with ‘envy.’

But actually, that wasn’t the case for me.

‘The moment you receive that, you will die for real.’

That was no different from a death potion to me, not an elixir.

But the ‘poison’ left for me did not end here.

“Finally, I grant you the Cloud Dragon Sword!!”

The bounty hunter’s voice came again, and I was left speechless.

Cloud Dragon Sword.

If this is the Yunlong Sword I know, then it is a sword famous for the following legend.

『If you draw this sword, you will receive the help of the Sword God and be able to defeat any enemy. You cannot possess it without the permission of Heaven, and if the one who possesses it commits an act that goes against morality, he will leave his master, but if he is with morality, he will cut down all enemies who stand in his way.』

A peerless sword that goes beyond the level of a famous sword and is called a ‘divine weapon’.

From the Cheonryong Bowondan to the Yunryong Sword.

To this extent, it was no different from raiding the imperial secretariat.

I wondered if it was okay to just bring it like that and give it to me.

Even though Ju Gwan-cheon was a distant relative of the emperor, it would not have been an exaggeration to say that he was punished for treason.

For the ‘crime of treason’ that uprooted the pillars of the imperial family.

“Originally, I wanted to bestow more elixirs and weapons, but Your Majesty and the ministers tried to stop me, so I had no choice.”

…Am I crazy?

The Heavenly Dragon Sword and the Cloud Dragon Sword alone were unparalleled treasures in the world.

However, Ju Gwan-cheon only expressed his regret by biting his lip, so it was fortunate that the emperor did not cut off Ju Gwan-cheon’s head.

and.

“By chance, I’m going to tell you in advance that I’ll be distributing rewards to the victims of this incident again. I’ve already paid out all the compensation while you were unconscious!”

······was a wedge.

If this was the case, there was no way to stop the rewards.

Ju Gwan-cheon really intended to beat me up hard.

This time, he prepared a ‘reward’ with the intention of killing me. However, Ju Gwan-cheon himself did not know anything about it.

“So, these awards are all yours, Cheongun! Hahahahaha!”

Ju Gwan-cheon began to place the awards in front of the missionary’s yard, almost bursting into flames.

I had to refuse somehow.

However, no matter how much I racked my brain, I couldn’t come up with an ‘excuse’ to refuse. I couldn’t come up with an ‘justification’ to defy the emperor’s reward and edict.

Eventually, the missionary’s yard was filled with enormous rewards.

“But why is the missionary like this?”

Ju Gwan-cheon tilted his head as he looked at the shattered missionary officer. And I had no chance to say anything.

“This won’t work! I’ll submit another petition and summon the best carpenters in the palace, so don’t worry! I’ll fix it up and make it look brand new! Hahahahahahaha!”

It could truly be called the ‘Mad Subjective Heaven’.

Only then did Ju Gwan-cheon burst out in laughter as if he was satisfied and left the place.

Before my eyes were piles of valuables that seemed to have been robbed from the royal treasury.

These were treasures that could be called ‘gold and silver treasures’, but they didn’t seem like that to me at all.

I quickly unfolded the folding screen.

and.

[Conversion Merit] – 1 day (-652 days)

Not only the ‘612 days of merit’ that I had just barely accumulated, but even the ’41 days of merit’ that I had previously accumulated were all gone.

My life was literally on the line.

* * *

Namgung Yerin couldn’t understand what was happening.

The enormous amount of wealth accumulated in the mission office.

It was piled so tightly that it not only filled the missionary office, but also extended beyond the fence.

Beyond the truly piled up wealth.

“Are you here, my lady?”

Cheongun revealed himself.

“What is this······?”

“This is the reward Your Majesty has bestowed upon me.”

At Cheongun’s answer, Namgung Yerin turned her head again towards the piled up treasures.

“All of this······?”

It was an unbelievable amount of wealth. Although Namgung Se-ga was known as the leader of Anhui Province, Namgung Ye-rin had never seen this much wealth.

Indeed, it could be said that it was a distribution befitting the greatest ruler in the world, an imperial family, and an emperor.

At first glance, it might seem excessive, but when you think about Cheongun’s achievements, it wasn’t entirely the case.

That’s why I was a little jealous······.

“As you can see, it is a bit excessive.”

However, Cheong-un did not seem to think so. Even though he had the wealth to spend his entire life playing around with right in front of him, Cheong-un showed no sign of joy.

For some reason, Cheongwoon had an extremely embarrassed look on his face······.

“The reason I called you two is to ask you to divide these goods between you.”

Cheongun’s words were heard out of nowhere.

“······?”

“······?”

Namgung Yerin and Kwaecheoncheon tilted their heads at the same time.

I couldn’t understand what Cheongun was talking about.

Of course, since he asked me to ‘take the goods’?

Cheongwoon continued speaking, not knowing whether he knew the feelings of the two.

“This is the reward Your Majesty has bestowed upon me, but in reality, this is not a case that I solved alone.”

Didn’t you solve it by yourself?

Namgung Yerin wondered what Cheongun was talking about. Kwaecheoncheon’s thoughts were not much different from Namgung Yerin’s.

That’s understandable. It was Cheongun who first solved the salt bribery case, it was Cheongun who discovered the mastermind behind Gwangmaeumgui, and it was also Cheongun who caught Gwangmaeumgui.

Of course, there were many warriors in the place where Gwangmaumgui was being held, including Namgung Yerin and Kwaecheongcheon.

But the only thing he did was ‘be bound by the Jibaksaekyeoljin’.

“More than anything, if the Lord Kwai had not used his innate energy to help me, I would have been dead. How could I say that I alone caught the demonic spirit?”

Nevertheless, Cheongun was saying that.

“I hope that with this money, you can buy medicine that can restore the innate energy that you have lost.”

“But…! This money is too much!”

Kwae Cheong-cheon shouted as if it was nothing.

As you say, this money is too much.

Unlike internal energy, innate energy cannot be restored once it is consumed.

As it was literally an ‘innate energy’, even the highest quality elixir could not restore it, and only the ‘internal elixir’ containing the ‘natural energy’ could restore it.

Of course, it was extremely rare and also incredibly expensive.

But this money was enough.

No, you could say it’s overflowing.

“You two can split the remaining money.”

“Yes, yes?”

“Th, what is that···?”

Namgung Yerin and Kwae Cheongcheon’s faces lit up at the same time.

“Of course, I don’t mean for the two of you to take it personally, but I hope you will bestow this wealth upon the people in the name of ‘Murim Alliance’ and ‘Namgung Sega.’”

After a while, Cheongun looked at Namgung Yerin.

“I understand that there are many people who do not like the Namgung family at the moment.”

“That, that···.”

It was an undeniable fact.

Of course, the mastermind behind the salt bribery incident was revealed, and it was possible to ‘prove’ that the incident had nothing to do with the Namgung family.

However, it could not be denied that the first person to commit the crime was a collateral branch of the Namgung family.

In other words, he only ‘indicted’ the incident, but did not take ‘responsibility’ for it.

As if he knew that fact, Cheongwoon opened his mouth again.

“Of course, it is said that the inspector took care of the victims, but Gwangmaumgui was definitely not only active in Oksan County.”

It was the Gwangmaumgwi who had already taken control of the Black Sword Sect throughout Oksan County a year ago. It would not be an exaggeration to say that its influence has now spread throughout Gangseo Province.

Moreover, the wickedness was beyond words, so no matter how much Zhu Guanqian tried, he could not embrace everyone.

“Young Lady, please personally give these goods and win the hearts of the people.”

By doing so, they were able to turn the public sentiment of the Namgung family around by taking responsibility along with a clear ‘calling’.

That’s why Namgung Yerin had no choice but to ask.

“Why on earth······?”

What is the reason that Cheongun does this?

What on earth would be the reason for helping Namgung Yerin and Namgung Se-ga by emptying one’s own pockets?

When Namgung Yerin asked with a blank expression, Cheongwoon answered with a small smile.

“You must have had a hard time taking care of me for over a month, so please consider this as a small gesture of kindness on my part.”

“That, that···!”

Namgung Yerin’s eyes opened wide.

I thought Cheongwoon didn’t even care.

‘I, I don’t even know that···.’

······Namgung Yerin’s heart, which had been pouty just a moment ago, melted away.

Cheongun looked intently at Namgung Yerin’s face.

And why is that?

Namgung Yerin couldn’t look Cheongwoon in the eye straight in the eye. Her heart started pounding without her knowing it, and Namgung Yerin’s eyes became confused and lost, not knowing what to do.

and.

“I will prove the innocence of Namgung Se-ga, and you will help me.”

Cheongun’s answer came out of nowhere.

“······to?”

“As if you could pull out an ox’s horn in one go, let’s move these goods right away with the Chupung Swords and Cheonpung Swordsmen.”

“Ah, no···!”

“Then I guess that’s what we’ll do. I’ll be going now.”

Then, Cheongwoon ran away as if he was running away. Cheongwoon ran away in case Namgung Yerin and Kwaecheongcheon said something else.

Rather, it is I who has to run away because Cheongwoon is changing his words.

So, it was Namgung Se-ga who had to ‘repay’, but he ended up being repaid by Cheong-un.

That is a huge sum of money that can be spent just breathing and playing for several generations, and it is a huge amount that even the Namgung family cannot easily afford.

The same goes for the Murim Alliance that Kwae Cheong Cheon belongs to.

“······.”

“······.”

In an instant, Namgung Yerin and Kwae Cheongcheon became ‘borrowed barley sacks’. I wondered if it was right to call them ‘borrowed barley sacks’…

“haha···.”

Suddenly, Kwai Cheong Cheon burst into a hollow laugh.

“I still find the word ‘hyeop’ in Cheongun Sohyeop… no, Cheongun Daehyeop ridiculous.”

Kwai Cheong-cheon’s two eyes were fixed on Cheong-un’s back as he walked away.

“How can a person be that big?”

······big.

The ‘person’ called Cheongun was big, and the ‘vessel’ called Cheongun was big, but it was too big.

Namgung Yerin also feels and thinks the same way.

That’s probably why it was like that.

‘I want to know a little more······.’

This is the first time Namgung Yerin has been ‘interested’ in men since she was born.

* * *

The place where Namgung Yerin and Kwaecheoncheon left.

“shit.”

······I felt like I was going to die from pity.

The expression ‘my balls are in knots’ was truly accurate.

That’s understandable, what kind of money is that!

It is a huge sum of money that can support one’s great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and even great-great-grandchildren just by ‘breathing’.

How could I not be offended when I donated such a large sum of money?

But there was nothing I could do.

“Because life is the most important thing.”

No matter what, it wasn’t more important than life. No matter how much money you have, what good is it if you’re dead?

In that sense.

“I guess the merit has returned···?”

It would have been a real shame if he hadn’t come back.

Of course, he would have come back.

However, the key question was ‘how much’ it had come back.

That would be the case, since I had the ‘Unryong Sword’ and the ‘Cheonryong Bowondan’ in my hands.

It would have been odd to share this with Namgung Yerin and Kwae Cheongcheon, and it would have been awkward to give it to other people, so I kept it.

In other words, the merit for these two treasures could not be returned, so the key question was ‘how much’ of the merit was returned.

“I hope it doesn’t get too much of a hassle···.”

I took the folding screen out of my bosom with trembling hands.