Chapter 196 – Chapter 10 – The Family

“Now. Now let’s listen. Why was the master so dissatisfied that he left as soon as he entered the closing ceremony?”

“That… I was originally going to wait.”

“It’s funny how my mind to wait changed in a few hours. I know you left the same day I entered.”

‘…’

– Beep beep

I tried to make excuses, but the situation only got worse.

I was going to wait, but I thought it would take too long, so I tried to excuse myself for coming out, but I would have known that he ran away the same day.

‘…Whoa.’

Okay.

I have no excuses now.

It would be better to just surrender honestly and seek light.

“…I was bored and ran out.”

“…?”

“Master said that he would be attending the closed-door training for two and a half to three years, but thinking about living alone in the mountain without Master during that time, I was so bored that I ran out.”

“…”

I said that and lowered my eyes to the floor.

Perhaps Master will be angry with him now.

-Sueug

– Flinch!

And just then, I felt Master reach out and bring it towards me.

Thinking that I might be hit by several, I gritting my teeth and prepared for the pain that was about to come.

-Ssutdamssdam

“…I see.”

“…?”

I raised my head, puzzled by the soft touch that seemed to make the preparation for it colorless.

“That part was a bit lacking on my nerves. There’s no way a child who hates being alone so much can’t endure it all this time. At least you should have thrown something to do in the meantime. Then it would have been better.”

“Oh, no, it’s fine! I don’t particularly hate being alone.”

“Before entering the closing ceremony, I periodically asked the merchant at the bottom of the mountain to bring me daily necessities, but I should have told you in advance. I didn’t tell you because I wanted you to be surprised, but in this case, it was rather poisonous.”

“…Yes?”

Was there such a thing?

It was, of course, something I didn’t know.

“Uh, why would you say that?”

“I thought that if I waited a little bit, I would naturally find out, but I didn’t know that I would run out right away as if I had waited.”

“…”

I thought maybe it would have been possible to come out of the mountain and not have to suffer.

No, but since I came out of the mountain, I met Dang Ah-young, and I met Swordswoman and Yeo So-cheon while traveling, so I can’t say it’s all bad…

“Since you sang songs from the outside world like that, I tried to ask you to go out with me after I finished training, but you said it was ominous and told me not to.”

“…Uh.”

If so, what did I really do?

It would have been much safer if I had just waited and come out with Master.

‘Oh, no. At that time, the midfield must have been in an uproar.’

However, when I think about it again, the midfield of the parallel world may not be in very good condition.

I don’t think I’ve made any significant contributions to preventing blood ties, but the fact that blood ties and Jungwon are fighting a war is probably the same in that world.

It would be difficult to travel around and enjoy the midfield in that state, so it would be better to come out early and enjoy everything.

…I want to believe that.

Anyway, contrary to what I thought, Master’s reaction seems to have ended smoothly, so you can rest assured now…

-Suuk

“Now that my mistakes are over, let’s talk about your mistakes.”

“Uh.”

When I came to my senses, I was lying on my stomach on Master’s thighs before I knew it.

And with this attitude…

– Damn!

“Evil!”

“First of all, you wrote all the gossip about the teacher in the letter you left behind. You were an old maid who couldn’t cook or wash by herself, or an eccentric old woman.

“That, that’s… Evil!”

-Match!

“What’s wrong? Keep talking. This teacher is old and can’t hear well.”

The first time I ran out of the mountain, I was very excited, so I wrote a letter a little drastically.

In fact, at that time, I had a great feeling of ‘I’ll come back’, and even if I did come back, I thought I’d come back and erase all traces of my past before Master came out, so I didn’t think much of it…

-Match!

“Awesome!”

At the time, I had no idea that things would turn out like this.

I couldn’t go back because something happened, but I didn’t even think that Master would come looking for me in this wide midfield.

-Match!

“Now, it seems that the warm-up has been completed, so choose how many hits you will get.”

“…Now warm-up?”

“If you entrust it to me, I won’t stop you. My disciple said he would do filial piety for the last time before he died, but you have to accept that much.”

– Beep beep

One of my parents’ best go-tos. How many will fit?

I was still suffering from it even after I ate it for over 20 years now.

It also puts her lover and a woman she doesn’t know next to her.

‘Help me too.’

I secretly asked Dang Ah-young for help with her eyes, but…

“Well, I’m going to go recruit house repair workers!”

‘Even you, Brutus!!’

As if in revenge for not knowing that Dang Ah-ying had been afflicted by her master earlier, she quietly avoided her seat.

And she can’t even move, and the vampire woman watching us from the corner…

“…”

‘…What kind of gaze is that.’

He was glaring at me with an expression that didn’t make sense.

I need to quickly hand that woman over to the Moorim Meng to gather information, but when will the fuss over there stop?

“The moxibustion is quite long. Can I take it as the meaning of leaving it to the discretion of the teacher?”

“Oh no! Hold on!”

“I’ll give you 10 seconds. 10..”

“Yeah, I’ll hit you tropically!”

I said that and looked at Master.

What will be the outcome of my challenge?

Pass? Fail?

-Smile

Seeing Master’s bright smile on his face, a sense of relief rose in my heart.

“Let’s hit 30.”

– Damn!

In the end, I was able to barely escape after emptying my hands and feet from Master.

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“The discipline of the disciple who ran away on his own is over.. Bring that or something.”

“…Is that it?”

“The marbles you used to play with. I bet you haven’t forgotten.”

“Ah. That’s it.”

I listened to Master’s words and took out a blue marble from my chest.

I’m probably saying this.

It has a strange aura inside, so it was useful many times when reading heavenly secrets.

“I never lost it. I always had it in my arms.”

“…Give it to me.”

If he had learned how to use it properly before Master entered, he would have been able to use it better.

In fact, thanks to that marble, I’ve been a proper fortuneteller.

The moment Master saw the marble, Master’s expression seemed to darken, but first he handed the marble to Master, and Master held the marble close to his eyes and examined it carefully.

Master had been looking at the beads for a long time, but I was getting more and more anxious, wondering if I had done something wrong.

“…Ha.”

-Surprise!

I had no choice but to react sensitively to the sound of sighs that never sounded good.

“…30 years. You ate this much in 3 years.”

“Uh, what does that mean…”

“This means that you blew away 30 years of the energy stored in this marble. In only 3 years.”

“…”

Did I really do this wrong?

Of course, Master, who didn’t tell me about it in advance, said he hadn’t done anything wrong, but I wonder if Master expected that I would run out of the mountain and open a fortune teller.

I gave you a card to buy a snack, but if you scratch the building, of course you will be scolded.

30 years isn’t even a dog’s name.

“…Whoa. It’s okay. Considering the time I’ve waited so far… If I go back into the forest and gather your spirit, I’ll recover faster than 30 years…”

“…I can’t go back now.”

“…What?”

“That is..”

I briefly explained to Master the current situation in Jungwon.

“…So you’re saying that strange youkai invaded from a world different from the one you came from and they’re pretending to be after they occupied the Blood Bridge?”

“It’s roughly the same.”

“And if we don’t stop their tricks, will this world perish?”

“Yes.”

“…It’s hard to believe, but there’s quite a lot of evidence, so why don’t you believe it? That kind of Jiangshi I’ve never seen before… A strange imprint on your soul…”

– Flinch!

I flinched at the words that seemed to imply a contract with the saintess.

“…And I kept trying to ask, but what are those gray hairs? Have they grown old in the meantime?”

“Ah. It’s not that kind of gray hair, so I just pull it out.”

“Is it like that? I thought it was dyed on purpose.”

After that, Master casually sat me on his lap and tousled my hair.

-Koo Woo-wook

“…Master, this position is uncomfortable.”

– Tuk tok

“It’s not like it’s going to continue like this, so be patient for a while. This much will be pulled out soon.”

Due to Master’s physical condition, it was uncomfortable to sit on his lap, no matter how small I was, but fortunately it didn’t take that long.

“Um. That’s it. After all, your hair should be black without gray hair to look healthy.”

“… Later, when the teacher comes along, I will pick one for you.”

“Well. I don’t know if that day will ever come.”

After finishing his hair, Master pushed me out of the uncomfortable position.

– Suk seuk seuk

“Anyway, it seems difficult to go back to the mountains right now in such a situation. I don’t know what destruction means, but as the name suggests, no matter how deep in the mountains, it won’t be without effects.”

“…But why are you casually digging my ears?”

“Do you know how much I worried about you in that room? Are you eating well? Are you doing the laundry well? Are you wearing the right clothes…”

“That’s what I’m talking about?!”

Who cares about who?!

Who usually does housework?!

I eat well and live well even without a teacher?!

“Then, Master, did you eat well in it?”

“Do you know the taste of Byeokgokdan?”

“I know you didn’t eat well.”

What kind of taste do practitioners eat that tasteless thing?

And I know the next words without having to say them out of my mouth.

Because it’s family.

-Beep

“Is there any dish you want? Since it’s from the world, you should eat something made with good ingredients.”

“I think anything you do will be fine.”

“Dang Ah-yeong is better at cooking.”

“Isn’t the person who makes it more important than skill?”

Anyway, even before I asked, I had decided what to cook.

The dishes you can make with the ingredients you can get in the mountains are limited, so there aren’t many of them anyway.

After all, we all know what Master likes the most.