Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 143



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Who threatened to call me Cheonmahara with a knife? Episode 143

Counseling Diary (2)

“Are you calling that a question now?”

At the question that seemed to be absurd, Representative Seo Jae-pil smiled softly.

“Hahaha. I’m sorry if I offended you. If so, could you tell me more about the side effects?”

Sohong, who had a pained expression on her face, sighed faintly and answered.

“It’s bulimia.”

“Oh… That must have been hard.”

At Seo Jae-pil’s reaction, So-hong showed a look of surprise.

“Do you really think so?”

So far, everyone who has heard of the side effects of Sohong has responded unanimously that it is nothing special.

It’s a side effect of wanting to eat food, but it seems so mild compared to the side effects of other magic.

But, as expected, Assemblyman Jeong Sim-won was different and tried to understand her difficulties.

“Isn’t it true that too much of anything is worse than not enough? If you overeat repeatedly, it will be just as bad for your body, so binge eating is also a side effect that is harmful to your body.”

“That’s not all. For the uninitiated, binge eating is a deadly side effect.”

Perhaps because it was the first time she had met someone who sympathized with her, So-Hong was able to vent all the anger that had built up inside her.

“If you overeat and focus on training, you will often end up vomiting. This is because you will not be able to digest anything at all. Furthermore, if you overeat repeatedly, you will gain weight, and if you gain weight, it will interfere with your martial arts. The problem is that if you gain weight and your skills decline, you will become ill, and if you become ill, your binge eating disorder will become even worse.”

“Huh. It seems like there is no such thing as a vicious cycle.”

“This is rather good. Isn’t it a problem that comes when you can eat? When there is not enough food, it really feels like your blood is drying up. When other people feel a little hungry. I think I’m going crazy.”

Her complaints continued after that.

The desire to be passionate about work and to rise to a high position was simply her natural disposition.

The problem was that the burden of being obsessed with that work combined with her bulimia and tormented her.

Whenever things didn’t go well, my stomach kept screaming.

However, if you eat all you want, you will gain weight and have problems performing martial arts.

Besides, if I really went crazy and gave in to bulimia, I could have eaten so much that my stomach would burst and I would have died.

Her bulimia was a side effect of her magic, so she didn’t know how to use it in moderation.

The woman who fought a war against her body every day was So Hong.

It took a while to listen to Sohong’s endless complaints.

“Phew.”

Seo Jae-pil, who was watching So-hong, who had just finished complaining about her life, gulp down the tea that had already cooled down, calmly asked.

“So, it seems that your feelings about the Ichimoku Kwando have nothing to do with the side effects of the magic.”

“Phew!!”

When the topic of Ilmok suddenly came up, Sohong spit out the tea she was drinking.

Even though the car was splashed in his face, Seo Jae-pil breathed a sigh of relief.

‘Phew. At least you kept the diary.’

It was Seo Jae-pil who quickly flew to protect the diary amid the flying debris.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. Hahaha. I guess I asked the question too hastily.”

Seo Jae-pil answered while wiping his face with a cloth.

Sohong, who was watching the scene, thought for a moment.

‘It seems like the rumor has already spread, so even if I say no, it won’t work. But I can’t reveal that it was a mission ordered by the Guardian of the Law.’

After much thought, she had no choice but to lie.

“Yes. It’s my taste, regardless of side effects.”

Seo Jae-pil nodded and muttered as he continued writing in the journal he had barely managed to keep.

“Liking young men has nothing to do with magic. Okay, I understand.”

“… … .”

Sohong’s face turned redder than when she revealed the side effect of bulimia.

* * *

Since then, Seo Jae-pil’s counseling has continued.

“Nice to meet you. I am the official of Ju Seo-yeon.”

“Nice to meet you, Representative Seo!”

Joo Seo-yeon entered the room with a bright face, and as soon as she finished greeting people, she quickly turned her head and looked around the infirmary.

At her somewhat distracted attitude, Seo Jae-pil smiled and asked.

“I heard that you are trying to become a vassal of the Ilmok Guando?”

Only then did Joo Seo-yeon, who was looking around the infirmary, turn her gaze to Seo Jae-pil again.

“Yes, sir. I must become the servant of Prince Ilmok.”

At her answer, Seo Jae-pil thought, “That’s what I heard.”

‘According to Instructor Eun-ryeo, the official Zhou Xuyun also had favor with Confucius.’

Seo Jae-pil asked a question, recalling the information he had previously heard from the instructors.

“By any chance, could you tell me the reason?”

But the answer I got was unexpected.

“Because only then can I be with Jin Ha-yeon, Congressman Seo.”

“If you’re Jin Ha-yeon… . Oh, are you talking about the Ilmok Guando’s sibib? The one belonging to the Eunwi Pavilion?”

“That’s right! So Congressman Seo also knows Jin Ha-yeon!”

Joo Seo-yeon answered with her eyes sparkling brightly, incomparable to her previous attitude.

Joo Seo-yeon continued to praise Jin Ha-yeon endlessly, and Seo Jae-pil wrote down the contents of the consultation on paper with sparkling eyes.

It wasn’t that I became interested in Jin Ha-yeon because I was impressed by Joo Seo-yeon.

‘Is it admiration or love? This is also ambiguous, so it would be worth studying. In any case, the fact that Ju Seo-yeon has feelings for Jin So-joo may be due to the side effects of the magic.’

As a member of the National Assembly, I just felt motivated to research.

He asked to satisfy his medical curiosity.

“Hmm. Could you tell me a bit about the magic and side effects that the Ju Seo Yeon official has learned?”

But this time again, the answer he got was beyond Seo Jae-pil’s expectations.

“I heard that the side effect of the magic technique called Mad Spirit Wind Magic Spear is that it causes distraction…”

Perhaps because the story about Jin Ha-yeon was over, Joo Seo-yeon immediately turned her head around and began to look around the infirmary as soon as she finished answering.

Despite his seemingly distracting appearance, Seo Jae-pil did not point it out.

‘Hmm. It doesn’t seem to be a simple side effect of being distracted. Could it be that your concentration is concentrated on one side, and you seem distracted by things you’re not interested in?’

His eyes just sparkled as if he was interested.

After finishing my first interview with Joo Seo-yeon like that.

“Ohhohoho.”

A female officer with her left lower face covered by a fan came to the infirmary.

“Nice to meet you. Mr. Bang Mi-hwa.”

“Oh ho ho. Don’t mention it.”

She answered proudly, then added while folding up her debt.

“To be honest, I came here because I was told by the regulations that I needed to get counseling. I don’t think I need counseling.”

“Can you tell me why?”

“I am enough just because I am me. Do I need to receive this kind of counseling? Oh! I am not blaming Assemblyman Seo. Those who have fallen for me will need Assemblyman Seo’s counseling to calm their hearts. Ohohohoho.”

“… … .”

Although Seo Jae-pil didn’t ask about the name of the magic potion and its side effects, he had a feeling for some reason.

But counseling is counseling. And since he had a great research subject, Seo Jae-pil tried to keep the conversation going.

“Then what do you do when you take a break from training?”

“But before you learn magic, haven’t you heard about the side effects?”

However, it was difficult to call it a conversation.

“Oh, ho. I spend my time looking at the mirror or practicing a play. Don’t they say that when people see something beautiful, their hearts calm down? When I see my beautiful appearance or see myself acting, I feel only joy.”

“I heard that it’s a side effect. You start to love yourself, right? But that’s not a side effect, is it? How could someone this beautiful not love me? Hahaha. That’s why even Ichimoku Kwando fell in love with me.”

A feast of crazy sounds. If Ilmok had been there, he would have felt dizzy, as if the magic was going to go out of control, but Seo Jae-pil’s reaction was different.

‘Hahaha! As expected, the Magic Hall is a fun place!’

Because there was an overflow of research subjects.

Of course, there were plenty of crazy people at the headquarters, but the atmosphere was different.

Since the warriors at the headquarters were mostly of a certain age, it was difficult to hear their inner thoughts in many ways.

However, since the officials of the Magic Hall were still young, most of them showed their raw emotions.

Also, even if you try to hide it, it is not very good at hiding it, so it can be easily discovered.

* * *

When all the fellow officers had finished their consultations, Ilmok went to the infirmary again.

“I heard that you also had a consultation with Instructor Sohong.”

“Yes.”

“I think he must have noticed that Instructor So was under suspicion. By any chance, was there anything suspicious during the consultation?”

Ilmok asked with an uneasy expression.

This was because, for some reason, Sohong, who had been approaching me so openly, was showing restraint recently.

Of course, Seo Jae-pil did not reveal what he had learned.

“There has been nothing particularly suspicious so far.”

Even though I was lying, I didn’t feel any guilt.

‘I hope you understand that it was also the Eight Confucius’ decision not to disclose the contents of the consultation to others.’

Because the one who gave him a reason to do so was the young genius right in front of him.

It was just that in the past, there were those who aimed for the eight princes, so it was tolerated for a while.

In addition to that.

‘If you tell me the truth, I won’t be able to continue my research, right? Hehe.’

The movements of the instructors and disciples of the Magic Academy, and each and every psychological change, were subjects of study for him.

And since the one at the center of it all was the eight princes, he had a duty to see how things would go without his intervention.

“… Something feels off.”

Ilmok still showed a look of uneasiness as if he was suspicious of Sohong, and Seo Jae-pil opened his mouth to change the subject.

“Hahaha. In fact, after consulting with the officials, instructors, and many people at the headquarters, I discovered a peculiar symptom, Your Majesty.”

“What is that?”

“Not all of them are like that, but there are some who are like that. What should I say? They don’t even listen to what others say? No. Rather, there are some who only want to hear what they want to hear.”

The person with the most severe symptoms was Bang Mi-hwa, and there were quite a few others who showed similar symptoms, including Dokgo-pae and Joo Seo-yeon.

For some reason, people with such severe symptoms were particularly close to Ilmok, so Seo Jae-pil asked, taking a quick sip of his drink.

“I’m thinking about doing some research on these symptoms, but I’m having trouble coming up with a term to clearly describe them.”

“Are you talking about the symptom of only hearing what you want to hear? Hmm.”

Ilmok thought about it for a moment.

‘I think I’ve heard it before when I was Seo Ji-hoon.’

Before long, Ichimoku was able to come up with a term.

“How about calling it confirmation bias?”

“Huh. This is a symptom of biased acceptance of confirmation.”

“Conversely, it could be seen as meaning that we only accept biased information to confirm what we believe.”

“As expected, you are Confucius! Hahaha.”

Seo Jae-pil was praising him as if he was great, but only then did Ilmok feel something was wrong.

There was no doubt about Seo Jae-pil.

‘Well, come to think of it, why are all the people here so biased?’

The answer to the question that came to mind was also easy to find.

‘…Is it natural since the pseudo-magic is combined with magic?’

People who have their own firm beliefs often show symptoms of confirmation bias. It would be even stranger if they did not have confirmation bias if they believed in the doctrines of a pseudo-religion that was completely illogical.

He also mastered a magic that causes mental illness, so it’s like the icing on the cake.

The structure was such that even a sane person would inevitably develop confirmation bias after living here for a few years.

“I guess… I have to get out.”

“Are you talking about the Magic Hall?”

When Seo Jae-pil reacted to his own monologue, Ilmok almost flinched for a moment.

Escaping was tantamount to apostasy, and could result in one’s balls being cut off.

That’s why Ichimoku made up some excuse.

“After completing the training at the Magic Academy, I am thinking of going to other regions ‘for the sake of the new religion.’”

“If it’s another region… Ah! Are you trying to find the Central Plains where non-believers live?”

“Yes. Shouldn’t we spread the word about our new religion there too?”

It was a hastily made-up excuse to avoid being branded an apostate, but upon thinking about it carefully, it turned out to be a pretty good plan.

‘Even though he’s young, he’s a disciple of Cheonma. If he were to go, he’d probably start as a branch priest. It’s far from the headquarters, so surveillance would be lax anyway. It’d be nice to just stay in a quiet branch and rest.’

Besides, there was a good excuse.

‘If you say you’re going to the Central Plains to gather information and take revenge on the Biryongakju who killed Mr. Taehyun, that’s it.’

Revenge is revenge, so let’s enjoy peace as much as possible. Then, when the time is right, we can take revenge and that’s it.

‘Okay. That’s a perfect plan! Now, once I finish the Magic Academy, I’ll have peace!’

They both smile broadly, imagining a happy future.

Seo Jae-pil was also drawing his own future.

‘It will be a year and five months before Confucius graduates from the Magic Academy. Then I will be able to follow him. Hehe.’

Crazy guys. No, we studied those who suffered from magic, so now we need to compare them with those who have not learned magic. This was Seo Jae-pil.