Chapter 39 – Chapter 4 – Meteor

“Let’s sit down. You don’t seem to be here for a short business.”

“…Excuse me.”

I left the party outside for a while and entered the house of a man believed to be Danyuseong alone.

There’s no guarantee yet that he’ll be single.

“Looking at the apricot flower on the sleeve, it seems that he is from Hwasan. No matter how wide the midfield is, Hwasan won’t have two women named Han So-yeon, right?”

– Flinch

“…”

From the time he knew the name, the odds of him not being monotonous were extremely low.

As he said, no matter how wide the midfield was, there were not two women named Han So-yeon in Hwasan.

“Are you…”

“I’m sorry to interrupt you, but I’ll ask you a question first.”

There was a tremor and thick disgust in his voice.

“What’s your relationship with her?”

‘..Yes.’

Even if I was prepared, it was a painful question.

But he came this far and couldn’t back down.

“..The child’s teacher.”

Every time I spit out a letter, it felt like my strength was draining away.

“…Hah. Are you a teacher?”

“…”

“He did a great job educating his disciples. I’d be proud wherever he was.”

“I’m sorry… I do…”

I couldn’t help but bow my head at his cold tone.

“You came so quickly. Even if you count roughly, it seems like it’s been more than 10 years since that day. Why did you come here now? It’s just making bad memories come back.”

“..I’m here to pay my debt..”

“Debt? Ha. Debt. Yes, of course. If you have done such a thing, you must pay the debt. You have ended the life that once dreamed of being a soldier, and of course you have to pay it.”

Guilt filled my heart and kept choking me.

“I am entirely responsible for what Soyeon did.. It’s none other than my disciple’s.

“Even so, why are you so late? It’s been 10 years. 10 years. Haven’t you ever wondered how I lived for 10 years after going through that at such a young age?”

“..I don’t know if this can be an excuse, but.. I kept looking for you.

“In conclusion, didn’t you leave it unattended for 10 years?”

“…I have nothing to say even with ten mouths. I’m sorry.”

I’ve been keeping my head down ever since.

I couldn’t even look into his eyes.

“As you can see, I’m still living my own way. Even though I had to give up my dream of being an unmanned man, I was too young to die as it is. I’ve been rummaging through trash cans for food… I’ve been using the skills I’ve learned so far and starting small jobs, so I can somehow make a living. The road opened up. I’m living a stable life now… But thanks to that, I’ve been able to remember the bad memories I’ve barely forgotten.”

“…”

When the Danjeon is destroyed, most of them become destitute.

I couldn’t dare imagine how much effort he must have gone through and how much pain he must have endured to overcome the pain and live like this now.

“So… How are you going to pay off the debt?”

“First of all… I will fix your short circuit no matter what. I owed Shinui a long time ago, so if you ask him, he will surely be able to fix it.”

“Where are you going to use it now to fix the short circuit? It must have been a while at the latest.”

“..I will teach you.”

It’s something I’ve already thought about.

She corrects his dantian and teaches him martial arts.

The reason why he came to Hwasan was to keep the old man’s will that he wanted to smell the plum blossoms of Hwasan, and that was actually So-yeon’s method of approaching him.

“Ha. Are you saying that you take in a person who has been ruined because of your disciple as a disciple?”

“..You don’t have to come in as a disciple. Even if you don’t, I’ll let you know.”

“…”

“You don’t have to take me as your teacher. Of course, I won’t ask you for anything. If you want martial arts, if you want money, money. If you change your mind in 10 years and are not interested in martial arts, I will do everything I can to support you. Just say it.”

If the Elders of Hwasan had been here, they would have asked me if I was sane, but more than that, atonement took precedence.

I also have the power to shut them up.

“…To be honest, I don’t care much about martial arts. It’s too late to relearn it now.”

“..Then do you want anything else?”

“You may need your help with what you’re doing these days. I’ll think about it a little. You came to me unexpectedly.”

He got up and headed to the kitchen.

Looking at his back, I wondered if that young and weak child had grown up like that before he knew it.

When I first saw it, I doubted how he would have passed the entrance exam, but now he is at the level of most men.

The weak and sickly-looking face also changed to a healthy-looking one.

“Have you eaten? It’s time for lunch soon.”

“..I’ll decline. I can’t be in more debt here.”

“Then I’ll ask you as part of the debt. Let’s have a meal or go. I think I’ll see you more often to pay off the debt.”

With that said, I couldn’t refuse.

“..I see.”

He started making food skillfully, perhaps because he was accustomed to living alone.

‘..Come to think of it, I couldn’t ask for your name.’

It was virtually certain that he was a meteor, but he was never asked for his name.

It wasn’t once or twice that I thought that he had changed his name and lived in hiding after 10 years of searching and continuous failure.

“Are you still using your name?”

“Yes. I’m using that name. Do you have any doubts?”

“..I thought you might have changed your name and lived in hiding.”

“Is that an excuse again? Listen carefully. My name has never changed, then or now..”

“Single oiliness…”

“Meteor Cluster…”

…

-Thud!

“What did you just say?”

Haha! I made a little mistake on this. It’s a short meteor. Yes. I made a little mistake.”

He hurriedly shook his hand and began to make excuses.

I heard clearly.

It’s not ‘Meteor Star’, it’s ‘Meteor Cluster’.

“…”

“Why, why are you looking at me like that?”

Come to think of it, there was a suspicious corner.

It is true that the power supply is broken.

But isn’t that the only crime So-yeon committed against him?

Rather, in a way, it was a bigger sin than the broken Danjeon, but he didn’t say a word about it.

“Dude.. Are you really the Dan Yooseong I know?”

When the buds of doubt began to bloom, everything started to become suspicious.

No matter how much time has passed, innate musculature is unavoidable, but how can such a child become such a strong young man without mastering martial arts?

“Then, would I be lying to you, Swordsman?”

“Swordsman.. I only told you that I was Han So-yeon’s teacher, but I don’t think I remember revealing the nickname..”

“…Quit!”

Even the fact that the faces are similar is not convincing evidence.

After all, I remember him from 10 years ago.

He was young, not even learning, and his face could change as much as he wanted in 10 years.

And is the midfield usually a large area?

People with similar faces can be found if you just look for them.

“..Look, let me ask you a question.”

“Everything, you ask me a question…”

-Seokkeok

A scar formed on the wall beside him.

“Do you think I haven’t seen a single impostor in 10 years?”

“Sah, an impersonator! What kind of a small thing is that!”

“Yes. I knew a lot, so I didn’t doubt it either. Even the impersonators I saw were the ones who were caught making up stories on the spot.”

Her name is Han So-yeon.

That she broke a child’s short circuit.

Knowing this, of course I thought it was him.

“It’s a question. My disciple. Han So-yeon. Tell me what you did to Dan Yoo-seong. Everything.”

Anxiety crept over his face.

I could immediately feel him desperately rolling his head.

“Everything, I broke the Danjeon.”

“Is that all?”

“Po, did you assault him?”

“Tell me again. Is that all?“

A question could be seen on his face.

You probably don’t know more than this.

“..Under.”

You wouldn’t know

If you don’t know, you can’t guess at all.

It was natural.

It would be unimaginable that the famous swordsman, who was famous for being beautiful and kind, would try to rape a boy who was barely educated.

‘..Soyeon-ah.. What are you..’

…But the problem is that he actually did it.

“Where is the force? For what purpose did you do this?”

I was convinced that he was a trickster of another faction.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out the name properly, so I came to see it like this, but that much was enough to infiltrate quite deep into the volcano.

Those in the know still know the information that So-yeon broke the Dan-jeon of a boy named Dan Yoo-seong, but

Only very few people knew that they were trying to rape.

As a guru, as a human being, it was something that I couldn’t even bear to leave a record with my own hands.

“…”

“If you don’t open your mouth, I’ll guess.”

He drew his sword and opened his mouth.

“Is it a blood bridge?”

A strange light flashed in the man’s eyes.