Chapter 27 – Chapter 3 – Postmortem

It happened while I was living with Master in the mountains.

“Master, I’ve been having a strange dream lately. It’s a dream in which someone is hugging me from behind and groping my body. I’m afraid it might be an ominous sign.”

One day, I started having strange dreams.

It was a dream in which someone tied me up and groped all over my body.

For the first few days, I struggled and struggled alone, but there was no sign of a solution, and the intensity intensified during that time.

“…”

“Master? Why are you silent?”

“..Did you hear resistance during that time?”

“Yes?”

“Oh, I was just talking to myself. Sit down and talk in detail about exactly what it was about.”

I sat on Master’s horse and began to explain the content of the dream.

“First of all, I can’t open my eyes. In that state, something that I don’t know whether it’s an arm or something binds me.”

“Hmm.”

“After that, a sensation that was clearly a hand stirred all over the body. Head, chest, stomach, legs, um.. All over the body.”

I couldn’t say the embarrassing part.

“It’s strangely vivid to call it a dream. As if it’s real. Even if you try to resist, you can’t do anything because your body is tied up. Do you know what this is all about?”

“…”

Master put on a thoughtful expression for a moment, and then he quickly opened his mouth.

“It looks like you have a demon attached to you.”

“A demon?!”

“Yes. No matter how weak you are and your body is broken, you have learned something from me all this time, but it is unlikely that a trivial ghost has clung to you. Since I didn’t notice, it must be a fairly strong demon.”

“Hey..”

My face turned white at Master’s words.

You’re evil Aren’t they demons that drive people into ruin or take their bodies by force?

Even if the master who sleeps with him every day doesn’t notice, it must be a fairly strong demon.

To the extent that I dare not deal with it.

“Well, then what should I do?”

“First of all, never resist. No matter what it does to you, hold back your voice and do not resist.”

“That, would that be enough?”

“Once you endure like that for a few days, there will be a gap. Then I will make a potion to drive out the evil spirits, so drink it before going to bed. Then the evil spirits will probably go away.”

After listening to Master’s words, I left my anxiety behind and went to sleep.

For three days from that day, his touches were more lewd and irritating, to the point that I had to check the inside of my pants as soon as I woke up.

In the end, by the time I couldn’t sleep well at night and the dark circles on my face had faded.

“It must be about time.”

Oddly enough, Master, who seemed to be full of energy lately, came up with a solution.

“Now, I’m going to use a little bit, but take this medicine before going to bed. You’ll probably be able to sleep comfortably from tonight.”

“..Every day?”

“For now, just try it for one day. See the medicinal effect first and then decide.”

On that day when I fell asleep after drinking a very bitter medicine, I was able to sleep soundly without feeling the touch of the ghosts, just like Master said.

“Master, I slept soundly today as Master said.”

“I feel relieved that you slept soundly.”

“But strangely, I feel weak and drained of energy. Is this a side effect of the medicine?”

“..It’s like that kind of medicine, so it can’t be helped, so bear with it.”

Strangely, Master’s skin looked good that day, but I thought it was because of my mood.

“Anyway, the medicinal effect seems to have been proven, so from now on, take one a week. Originally, evil spirits are persistent, so if you give them a break, they’ll come back.”

After that, every day when I took medicine once a week, my body was weak, so it was difficult, but the frequency of Master catching animals increased so much that I was able to endure it somehow.

It must have been bad to see the disciple suffering from the evil spirits.

* * *

“Um…”

In the early morning when the dawn had not yet broken, I felt the chill and opened my eyes.

It was still bright and there was still a long way to go until I started moving again, but for some reason I couldn’t sleep, so I had no choice but to go outside to get some fresh air.

Come to think of it, it’s been a long time since I stopped taking the medicine when I came out of the mountain, but seeing that there is no such strange thing now, it seems that the evil spirits have also gone away.

As soon as Master entered lung training, that phenomenon disappeared.

‘If..’

Did you take any action before entering?

It might be because he usually has a very eccentric personality, but he also has a kind side.

‘Come to think of it, the person who stands vigil…’

Crawling out, rubbing her eyes, she saw the back of a woman with a bloody face looking at the moon.

‘Come to think of it, she didn’t even ask for her name.’

Shouldn’t there be at least a word to put in front of Sojeo? Or even a nickname.

No, but why is that woman alone?

“Sojeo? Aren’t you sleeping?”

“Oh, are you awake?”

“I heard that other merchants or voyages stand by the night…”

“It’s just that I don’t sleep much, so I volunteered, so you don’t have to worry about it. The air is still cold, so stay inside.”

[The air is still cold. I’ll be back soon, so go to sleep. I just came out because I couldn’t sleep for a while.]

She was obviously a different woman from her master, but for some reason, her profile reflected in the moon overlapped with her master’s.

“…”

“..Why but?”

“It’s okay.”

I sat down nearby, tossing dry branches into the burning campfire.

Warmth spread through the skin and into the body.

“I’m also sorry I can’t sleep.

“…Well, do whatever you want.”

– Crackle

The woman continued to stare at the moon in silence, so the only sound she could hear was the burning of a bonfire.

I was the first to open my mouth to the awkward silence.

“By the way, if it’s okay with you, may I ask who you’re going to find?”

Even though Shaanxi and Anhui are next to each other, the land in Central Plains is not usually wide, and many people die of old age after living in the same area for the rest of their lives.

Unless there is a special reason to go on a trip like me, merchants selling goods, or wandering warriors looking for something to make money every day, it can’t be said that there are many things to go to other areas like this.

I heard that I was going to find someone, but I couldn’t help but be more curious.

Since she was going to follow her around Hanam, I had to ask in advance so that she wouldn’t make a mistake when I went there.

“…”

Even after the woman heard me, she remained silent for a while, only showing her back.

The moment she was about to apologize, wondering if she had made a mistake

“..There is someone who needs to pay off his debt.”

“Debt?”

“I’m in too much debt.”

I was told that it was a debt again, so I thought it was a common enemy, but it must have been a real debt.

“To be honest, I’m not sure if the person in Anhui right now is also the target. Up until now, I’ve been searching for people similar to me, but it was all my misunderstanding.”

“You don’t know who exactly it is?”

“..No. I know everything. I know the name, gender, and detailed characteristics.. But.. No matter how much I search, I can’t find it.”

“Hmm… You must have been looking for it for quite some time.”

“It’s been a long time. It’s been over 10 years.”

It’s a very long time.

At that age, if the debt was from 10 years ago, would you become a benefactor when you were young?

– Crackle

“It must be a very big debt. Seeing that you didn’t give up.”

“..It’s a huge debt. I can’t even think of a way to repay it.”

What the hell is a person who owes that much to a person who has reached the pinnacle at that age?

‘I’m a little envious.’

Just looking at it, he seems to be a big man in the future, but I wonder what the hell he could ask for with such a debt.

It can be sensitive to ask about the detailed circumstances, so it would be better not to bring it up.

To be honest, I thought that if I had searched that much, it might not already exist in the world, but I wasn’t so ignorant as to bring it out of my mouth.

“I don’t know who it is, but I’m envious. A beauty like Sojeo is the one I’m looking for so much. A man wouldn’t have such an honor.”

“..Poohyong.”

“Maybe you’ll find it someday. You’ve been looking for it for that long, so I pray the Gods of Heaven and Earth will help you.”

Only her backside was shown, so she couldn’t be sure, but got the feeling she just laughed.

* * *

‘It’s an honor…’

She wondered if the child could ever have feelings for a woman after all that had happened, but she felt strangely relieved.

Can that strange man say such a thing even though he knows my identity?

‘Still, thank you for the compliment.’

Whether she knew it or not, she was praised for being pretty, but she had no reason to be offended.

I hadn’t heard this kind of talk while living on the volcano.

-Sereung

With one hand, the wind fluttered in her face, and with the other she drew her sword.

“Come out, it seems you’ve already made up your mind to attack, so why are you hesitating?”

“…”

“Three behind the tree. Five on top of the tree. And two behind the wagon waiting for an opportunity. If you come out smoothly, you won’t see any blood.”

Despite giving them a chance, the night raiders didn’t even move.

It was familiar.

“You keep your head down and don’t get out of here.”

I put my hand in her arms and tried to put my hand on the shoulder of the cotton gold ear that was still hardened.

-Ugh

‘…?’

An invisible translucent film was built around him.

I didn’t knock it, but it was a fairly solid shield.

It was enough to block a blind knife with certainty.

‘It’s not about self-defense… Of course. It’s a very strange thing.’

In the first place, Kangi was the kind that was put on things, not the kind that was created in the surrounding air like this.

Anyway, I’m a little less worried about him.

-Sereung

From now on, it was time to do what I had to do.

By the time the merchants jumped out with urgent expressions at the screams of the thieves, the situation was already over.

There wasn’t a single drop of blood on my sword.