Chapter 294 – Chapter 294- Love, That Is (2)

“You… You madman.”

I felt dizzy.

The one who thinks that the dark ghost was captured is nothing special.

Not only that, but tie it up with a tortoiseshell tie.

I wanted to be more surprised by the guy who confined the dark ghost in the room.

Hearing the words ‘I fell in love for the first time in my life with an enemy who hurt Master’ uttered by Kim Cha-ryeok.

I didn’t know what to say, and I was at a loss for words.

This kid is a true madman.

However, Kim Cha-ryeok proves that what he just said is really serious.

He was in agony, with veins standing on his head.

When he was doing that, he seemed more like a madman.

Contemplating which question to ask first, I decided to bring it up step by step, starting with the question that popped into my head.

“You.. What’s that tortoiseshell tie?”

The most delicately tied tortoiseshell tie.

It’s because of the shocking appearance of the dark ghost that still remains vividly in my mind, so I instinctively asked this question first.

“Ah, that’s what you mean.”

Kim Cha-ryeok nodded his head with a strangely satisfied expression, then replied.

“I copied the tortoiseshell tying from Trouble Love Volume 3.”

“Will you see it once and that’s it?”

“One time. Hanjun, I can’t even remember how many times I’ve read that comic book.”

“…”

Having said that, I couldn’t tackle anything.

In fact, in that world, when he did his greatest eccentricity, it was usually when he copied exactly what was in the comic book.

When Kim Cha-ryeok fell in love with a comic book about the best fighter on earth, Kim Cha-ryeok even copied that.

Parrying a blade into the palm of your hand, grabbing a speargun, and more.

Things that other people would die right away, he did with his physicality at the forefront.

Not only that, but I’m obsessed with random, minor subjects like knitting.

There was a time when he made fur hats for all the classmates by himself.

So, to put it simply, it was said that Kim Cha-ryeok was a talented madman.

I immediately admitted that the tying of the tortoiseshell, which even felt artistic, was the work of that guy.

“But why are your ears tied?”

In response to my question asking if it could be bound in a different way than normal.

Kim Cha-ryeok answered silently.

“I wanted to try it once for my beloved.”

“…”

At this point, something became pitiful.

It was like a chimney that I wanted to bet on, but it was clear that there would be no end to it if I went over there.

I immediately posed the key question to the guy.

“No, so how the hell did you catch the Dark Ghost?”

“Ummm…”

Charyeok Kim stroked his chin once, and then he slowly began to explain.

“Hanjun, do you remember that time?”

“When.”

“Isn’t it right before the war breaks out, when the dark demons attack?”

“Of course I don’t remember.”

At that time, we pushed to the brink of catching the Dark Ghost.

The dark ghost, who had been told not to deal with on a rainy day, rained like a miracle.

Thanks to that, the black fish that we almost caught was able to escape to us.

“On that day, just before the dark demon finally escaped.”

Kim Cha-ryeok, as if recalling that day, was focusing his eyes on the air.

“He looked at my eyes clearly with his white eyes.”

That the dark ghost meets the eyes of the other person.

It’s not a simple meaning, it’s a message sent to someone who must be killed someday.

I once told Kim Cha-ryeok about it.

“Because our eyes met simply, it felt like what you were talking about. From that day on, I realized that I had become her target.”

“Why didn’t you tell me then?”

“I did it because I thought that if I heard this, unnecessary support would be added to me. I was confident in myself, but…”

Kim Cha-ryeok sighed.

“That was my arrogance, Hanjun. On the battlefield, when I was frantically destroying the culture of the phoenix.”

I immediately noticed what Kim Cha-ryeok was trying to say.

‘Master!!!’

The words of the guy who suddenly shouted were heard by me too.

“That’s the best opportunity for an assassin, as soon as I missed it. Her blade fell on my neck. And instead of me, Master took the blade.”

The boy furrowed his eyebrows, perhaps recalling the despair at that time.

“Hanjun, after you disappeared. Do you know what I felt when I saw Master lying in a hospital bed?”

“What.”

“It was shame and anger. The fact that Master was hurt because of me was so pathetic, but I was angry.”

Perhaps the presence of the headmaster that Kim Cha-ryeok felt must have gone beyond a simple teacher-teacher relationship.

It was clear that the headmaster who taught and cared for her every day would be like her family.

“So I decided to catch the cancer ghost with my own hands.”

“If you catch it, it’s not going to be easy.”

Dark demons could travel through space with scattered objects.

It was extremely difficult to catch an elusive dark ghost that was almost on par with Hongma-dong.

The guy in front of me now was after success.

“It will be difficult to find and catch the dark ghost. I thought it would be easy to catch the dark ghost coming this way.”

“You can’t.”

Suddenly, he realized what he had done.

“That’s right. I’m out of the camp. I was sitting alone in a remote place.”

“… Crazy bastard.”

“In the first place, Hanjun, you acted so hard that the power over there was cut in half. I thought there was no reason why the Dark Ghost wouldn’t come to me in a situation where that side was already at a disadvantage.”

This guy wasn’t just a crazy guy, he was a smart crazy guy.

Like a smart madman, Kim Cha-ryeok created a bait with his own hands that had no choice but to come based on the situation at that time.

“For about a week, I didn’t even feel any sign of him heading towards me. However, a rainy day came, and I left the camp with the conviction that the Dark Ghost would come.”

Even the orthodoxy, ‘Don’t deal with dark ghosts on a rainy day’, he put up as bait.

It was the perfect timing for Kim Cha-reuk to know if he was alone and to approach the dark ghost who was searching for him even though he knew that he was luring him.

“Hanjun, until then, I had been meditating in a lonely place, thinking of the dark ghost. That’s why I noticed that there were other passionate emotions besides hatred for the dark ghost in my heart…”

“Did you deny it then?”

“That’s right. I thought it was foolish to feel such feelings toward the enemy who hurt Master. And in that state, I faced the Dark Ghost.”

Darkness on a rainy day.

And Kim Cha-ryeok, a shaman with an unusual constitution and abnormally developed senses.

The fight between the two seemed to start like that.

“At first, I was definitely pushed back. Hanjun, do you know why they say not to fight dark ghosts on rainy days?”

“Because I can use my spatial ability in the rain too?”

“Uhm… Almost got it right. Aside from getting space-transported by objects thrown by the dark ghost, the moment it rained. The dark ghost said that every water drop it touched could dehydrate or distort the space, so don’t fight.”

“…”

It made me realize just how crazy that was.

The drops of water he was talking about would have even included the water that pooled on the floor.

“I tried to hit the dark ghost somehow, but each time I failed, and I got more and more tired. By the time I realized that, my whole body had already turned into scars.”

Because he mixed his actions little by little, the situation at that time was drawn, albeit in a rough way.

Cancer ghosts protruding from all sides, and Kim Cha-ryeok trying to counterattack while avoiding fatal wounds.

Then, in the end, it was covered in blood.

Kim Cha-ryeok struggling to breathe in the rain, unable to see anyone.

Thanks to the guy’s realistically expressed explanation, I had already fallen in love with his words.

“So.”

When I said what happened, Charyeok Kim stroked his chin.

“Until then, I only thought that I felt intense hatred for the Dark Ghost. Maybe it was to harden my heart with hatred while denying the feelings in my heart. My movements were completely clumsy. And then… Eventually.”

Kim Charyeok waved his hand.

“I saw her dark eyes approaching me, and I recognized her. I loved her. The moment I realized that I felt both her hatred for her and her love for her.”

Kim Cha-ryeok’s churned hands drew the Taegeuk.

Then, from the center of the guy’s hand, a bright black and white Taegeuk was manifested.

“…!”

Complete taegeuk.

This Taegeuk, which is perfectly balanced, meant one thing.

“Just as hatred and love can be compatible without mixing. I realized that the existence of yin and yang also exist and are compatible at the same time, and I ended up completing Taegeuk.”

Kim Cha-ryeok realized love and completed Taijiquan at the same time.

“Hey… You crazy.”

As I stared at him with a bewildered look, Kim Cha-ryeok scratched his shiny head.

“After that, I caught the Dark Ghost and brought it to the camp. I tried to convince others that I had to kill them in a fit of rage, and I’m taking them with me. Hanjun.”

Kim Cha-ryeok asked me with serious eyes.

“The Dark Ghost certainly committed a crime, but her feelings were too lacking to deserve the punishment. I can’t say that she has no guilt, but at least… After I find her feelings. Even after feeling it, can’t we make her pay for her crimes?”

I could count on my hands the number of times Kim Cha-ryeok asked me.

And even when I fought Merlin before, he almost saved my life once.

I sighed and accepted his request.

“Yes, I heard that my one and only friend found love. What can I say?”

“Thank you, Hanjun.”

Kim Cha-ryeok smiled.

There was something warm about his smile that was different from before.

Shake up, shake up

Ever since I heard the sound of a dark demon struggling beyond the door, something was a bit like that, though.

“What are you doing to find the dark ghost emotion?”

“Umm… First of all, I’m feeding them lots of delicious things. They’re also playing animations.”

Surprisingly, all Kim Cha-ryeok did was absolutely sound except for tying his tortoiseshell.

While listening to him, I let out a cough when I realized that there was news I hadn’t told him yet.

“Hey.”

“Why?”

“You know, Darae is a woman?”

At my sudden bomb declaration, Kim Cha-reuk laughed.

“If you knew that, you would have already become lovers with Darae.”

“… Uh?”

When I said how did you know, Kim Cha-ryeok revealed his shiny dry teeth.

“It’s a basic cliché, Hanjun. A crossdressing woman in the same room, and a man and a woman who naturally become close.”

Kim Cha-ryeok smiled and patted my shoulder.

I wanted to refute something, but in reality, what he said was the truth.

I patted him on the shoulder even though I was devastated.

And while I was talking with Kim Cha-ryeok.

Darae and Cheok Dayoon are sweating profusely while surrounded by women.

Didn’t know.