Chapter 66 – Chapter 5 – Smell

“Why is Master with the child?”

The moment he heard that, his head stopped.

I couldn’t answer the voice that felt rather indifferent with all kinds of emotions mixed together.

It wasn’t like that for other reasons.

It wasn’t even that I was surprised that a disciple whom I hadn’t seen in a long time, a sinner who had been cut with my own hands, had returned alive.

‘Why was I… With you?’

I really didn’t know, so I couldn’t answer anything.

What did she mean by asking such a question?

Why are you with him in a place like this, in a tavern?

Or apart from that, why am I with him wherever this place is?

Or both?

I couldn’t answer either one properly.

Fundamentally, I couldn’t be confident that I was with him.

No matter how much it is a problem that originates from So-yeon in front of me

After all, the disciple’s fault is the master’s fault.

Even after cutting her teeth, I felt responsible for her.

If I had told you more, it wouldn’t have happened.

-Shaking

“Really.. Is it Soyeon..?”

“It’s said that a long time has passed, but don’t you recognize the disciple who cut himself down?”

“…”

I looked at Soyeon’s red eyes with shaking eyes.

Bloody eyes like a symbol of blood ties.

It was clear that her bloodline had played a trick on her.

“Are you revived as a Jiangshi?”

“I don’t know. And I asked the question first.”

“Why is Master with the child?”

Her question prompts for an answer.

My heart, which started beating like crazy, couldn’t calm down easily.

‘What should I answer…’

So while I can’t answer anything

“Ha.”

Soyeon let out a sneer mixed with lamentation.

“It must be because of me anyway. Feeling responsible for what I did to Yooseong, he must have found Yooseong, placed him under Master’s shadow, and raised her. Time is time, so the wounds on her body and mind must have cooled.”

“…Ah.”

After listening to So-yeon, she realized that she was mistaken for her.

So-yeon seemed to think that I found him right after that, or almost immediately.

In fact, it was not long before we met.

“Well. Thinking like this might be rather fortunate. If I had grown up under Master’s shadow, I wouldn’t have passed through the hands of other women, and Master wouldn’t have laid a hand on that child. You might feel a sense of responsibility or maternal love.”

-Thud!

It felt like a heavy piece of metal had fallen on her chest.

‘Uh..?’

A cold sweat began to break out from my body.

He had no choice but to avoid her red eyes without realizing it.

She hurriedly met her eyes again, but it seemed that So-yeon already sensed something strange.

“..Isn’t it?”

“..Ugh…”

As long as she remained silent, she would have no choice but to be found out.

She closed her eyes and opened her mouth.

“We haven’t been together that long. I’ve been looking for them for the past 10 years, but I haven’t been able to find them, and I’ve barely met them recently.”

“..Then what was Yoosung doing all this time?”

“..What do you mean?”

“When Master found Yooseong. What was Yooseong doing? Didn’t he survive to meet Master because he did something for 10 years? What have he been doing? Did he seduce women? Did he sell himself? What has Yooseong been doing all this time!!!”

Mad love. A feeling that can only be expressed like that.

Her life, which had been submerged in coldness, began to heat up again.

“Ji, calm down. She said she lived in the mountains with her master.”

“Master… You mean?”

“Yes. It seems that he has a benefactor who took care of him after he was seriously injured because of you. He seems to have learned his own tricks in the meantime, so when I first saw him, he was living a decent life by himself.”

She thought of the first time she met him.

A person who ran a fortune teller in Shaanxi and even developed a reputation in his own way.

He must have gone through a lot while reading the heavenly gi, but he was a decent young man living with his own convictions.

It’s because it doesn’t look like it.

“..Then is the teacher a woman?”

Soyeon’s words frowned.

I knew I was jealous, but it was too much.

I’m sure you’re holding back even your master.

“I don’t know. I haven’t heard of that.”

“Then…!”

“But even if the teacher is a woman, there’s no way that kind of thing you think would happen. In the relationship between the teacher and the teacher.”

Even the age difference…

‘Hehe.’

..In love, age is a barrier that can be overcome enough, so even if it is meaningless, the relationship is a teacher-teacher relationship.

There could be no rational attraction between the two.

The relationship is like a parent and child, so how could there be such an outrageous thing.

“No matter how twisted your affections are, you just went too far.”

“…”

-Kwook

Soyeon’s hand holding the sword and her lips tightened.

It wasn’t like he was trying to wield a sword.

“..But I’m suspicious.”

My doubts haven’t allayed yet, but the conversation I’ve had so far has paid off.

That So-yeon is not in a state where she has lost her senses like other blood members.

She apparently retains memories and emotions from her life.

If we do well, we might be able to resolve this through dialogue.

Apologize to him after resolving it through dialogue.

‘..Wait for a sec.’

Come to think of it, he had lost his memories of So-yeon.

Thanks to that, I can stick to him without being hated by him now.

If…If So-yeon makes him apologize, he should explain everything to him first.

– Pounding

‘Then.. What should I do..?’

That has to be revealed.

That I cheated on him.

That I had deceived him.

No matter how much he apologizes to So-yeon… Will he stay still for deceiving himself?

How will he look at me, who deceived and deceived him from the position of a sinner in order to satisfy my insignificant greed?

If it was like the old days, I would have thought about it for a long time.

However, as if he had gotten used to it, he raised his sword in his mind and cut off his thoughts.

And he opened his mouth to Soyeon in front of him.

“I don’t know how you got resurrected, but I don’t think you’ve lost your will. Why do we need to cross swords?”

Stay calm. As calmly as possible.

He calmed his still beating heart and continued.

“Even though your sins left an indelible scar on that child, you have already died and come back to life. Shouldn’t you apologize to him first?”

I didn’t want to cut Soyeon again.

It’s something I’ve regretted over the past 10 years.

Should he have been killed?

Should he have been cut?

If I had tried, maybe I could have returned it.

It was something I regretted so much that I kept thinking about it and even dreamed of it.

“..What do you mean?”

“He’s a teacher who’s been watching you since you were little. I know that your personality wasn’t like that originally. It must have been because of some misunderstanding. Didn’t you also want to be hated by that child?”

“…”

“Apologize to that child first. It’s been 10 years since the last time. If he doesn’t do it now, when will he be able to do it?”

“Apology… You mean.”

“Do you want to remain hated by that child?”

“…”

Soyeon bit her lip.

I let out a sigh of relief inside.

Mad love. Even if it’s crazy love, it’s a kind of love in the end.

Soyeon wouldn’t want to be hated by him either.

If you have a chance to share love innocently, you’ll want to do it.

“Isn’t it already too late…”

He reached out his hand toward Soyeon, who was lowering her head.

“I’ll help. The moment you give up because it’s too late, it’ll only get to a place where you can’t touch it because it’s too late.”

Soyeon bit her lip again.

He seemed to be in deep trouble.

“…”

I also didn’t urge, just kept holding the hand that I reached out to So-yeon in silence.

And after a while, her mouth opened.

“..I’ll try.”

Her voice seemed to soften more.

“Yes. Good idea.”

“..Could I apologize right now?”

“Before that, wouldn’t you need to prepare? And now he won’t be in a condition to receive your apology.”

While facing swords with So-yeon, he pointed at him who had been sent far away using the empty water.

“Wow.. Here’s the bottle..”

In the midst of this commotion, he could be seen still drunk, as if he hadn’t woken up yet.

“..Why is Yoosung doing that?”

“You must be very drunk.”

“Have you been drinking?”

“It looks like he got a new hobby while he couldn’t see it. He really likes alcohol.”

In order not to provoke So-yeon for nothing, she did not say that she started drinking because of her.

“Ah.. Then you came to the bar alone?”

“Because I can’t risk going around alone. Because I wanted to go to this tavern like that, I had no choice but to follow.”

She broke into a cold sweat, hiding her impure intentions as best she could.

She didn’t know what would happen if she found out the truth.

“..I see.”

Fortunately, So-yeon approached him as if he didn’t suspect me.

-Sreuk

“Uhhh.. Don’t pull…”

“..I’m sorry. Please stay like this for a while.”

Soyeon wrapped one arm around him.

“Sup.. Haaa..”

“Tickle…”

In that state, I was momentarily surprised to see him put his nose near his neck and breathe in, but he did not react in particular.

Because he didn’t seem to be doing anything else yet.

“Huh…”

After a while, Soyeon’s mouth opened.

“Master, can I ask you one question?”

“What is it?”

I asked indifferently.

I thought there would be no specific questions coming up now.

I am still

“Why does Yooseong smell like Master?”

He didn’t realize that he had underestimated So-yeon’s madness.