A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 49



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Episode 049. Tag

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A quiet lakeside.

Two figures were running through the silence that had descended on the lakeside.

“Death penalty. Where are you going? Will there be a way to survive if you go that way? I don’t think so. Isn’t it? Am I right? Probably not.”

“Huh! Huh!”

James ran away, bleeding profusely.

It’s nothing serious, we were just playing a little game like before.

Before it was hide and seek, now it’s tag, only the event has changed.

I chased them like a thief, and they ran away, bleeding red.

Jack runs away hard and gets hit several times and passes out.

I slapped Jack in the face while he was unconscious, but he wouldn’t wake up, so I had no choice but to drag him around and chase after James.

It was possible because it wasn’t very fast, perhaps because a lot of blood had been lost.

We ran along the lakeside happily, occasionally hearing the low laughter of the horse.

“Huh! Huh!”

I could hear James’s heavy breathing as he walked ahead.

“Are you having a hard time? Are you having a hard time with that? You shouldn’t have a hard time with that, you brave assassins.”

I followed James and unpacked my story.

“When I was young. Huh? With injuries several times worse than that. Huh? I mean, we played tag with the demon for days on end, heart pounding and thumping. While spewing blood in such an appetizing way. Tsk, assassins these days have no stamina.”

“Ugh! Ugh!”

“Are you listening to me? Who am I talking to?”

Now that I think about it, it seems like it was because I was bleeding so much that the devil didn’t give up and followed me to the end, but that wasn’t important right now.

My mouth was moving nonstop.

The situation was the opposite before the fight.

A state of being so engrossed in one’s thoughts that one cannot tell whether it is oneself or one’s mouth that is speaking.

I couldn’t tell if I was angry or excited at that moment.

“Are you coming to your senses now? Were you in a sweet dream? Did you think you would kill your sister, betray the guild, and monopolize the legacy of Oposus and live in luxury? No way. Welcome to the filthy, damp, and smelly reality, you strange children. There is no paradise for traitors. If there is a paradise, it would be the underworld, haha.”

I often used the techniques I learned from Cheonma.

Whenever I was bored, I would shoot a lovely starlight at his butt through my fingertips.

“Hehehe, fire!”

“Ugh!”

The starlight was so thrilling that I jumped every time I was hit by it.

“The moment you stop, you die. I will plant an apple tree and till you finely and use you as fertilizer. Run, run! Run, death penalty! Priest, run! Oh, the priest has fainted.”

I chased the executioner, dragging the unconscious priest.

I ran and ran like that.

At one point, the priest who was being dragged away while being held by me muttered.

“… … Ketel.”

“Oh, you’re awake?”

I happily hit the priest on the head.

Bam!

Then the priest, who had come to his senses, suddenly took a dagger out of his sleeve and stabbed me with all his might.

“No, this kid.”

I immediately threw the offending priest forward with all my might before the dagger could hit me.

The priest flew through the darkness.

The impudent priest hit the executioner who was running ahead and rolled on the ground with a thud.

“Hmm. It’s nice to see. Brothers should get along well.”

I approached the groaning brother.

“Oh, Ketel!”

Then Jack lunged at me like an animal, his dagger drawn.

His eyes were already out of his mind. He looked like he was half crazy.

I am not a very generous man, so I immediately rewarded him for his generous act of risking my life.

He took the scabbard off his waist and swung it with the scabbard.

Why is a dagger called a dagger? It is called a dagger because it is shorter than a longsword.

Why is a longsword a longsword? It is a longsword because it is longer than a dagger.

Before the dagger could reach me, the scabbard struck the bastard in the head.

Bam!

Jack collapsed in vain.

“Ketel… … Are you truly abandoning me… … .”

Jack muttered as he fell, blood streaming from his head.

It was a poor will.

“Nonsense.”

I struck Jack in the head with the sword that had the power of history in it.

Bam!

The bastard’s head was instantly shattered.

I muttered dryly.

“You never reflect on your actions until the end.”

His head was already broken, but he remembered the bastard calling Shushuruta a thief and struck again.

puck!

I struck him again, thinking of how shamelessly he had been spouting nonsense at me.

puck!

He threw himself away on his own accord, and then he got angry at our poor Ketel for blaming him for nothing, and struck him down again.

puck!

Shushuruta, who had been staring blankly at the campfire all night, came to mind and struck one last time.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

“… … .”

There was a lot of blood spurting out.

I looked to the side, covered in blood.

James was staring at me blankly, his face blank.

I said with a snicker.

“Death penalty, you too are death penalty.”

“Whoaaaa!”

Somehow, the guy who had been so vulgar, brave, and confidently charging into this battle was running away screaming.

Even the man who was so dignified screamed like a girl.

“Haha, here we go again. Let’s run until we’re mesmerized by the night sky.”

I chased after the screaming, running away executioner and gave him various pieces of advice.

The bastard’s screams were intermittently interrupted by the rhythm.

“What’s your rank? Byeong (丙) rank? No. No. You’re Byeongshin (丙辛) rank. Do you understand?”

“Eww!”

“I’m not funny.”

“Please!”

“Where did you get the joke? How dare you make our little sister sad. Those who tear people’s hearts to pieces need to have their own bodies torn apart to come to their senses. Don’t you think so?”

“Please! Stop… … !”

“There are a few things in life that you should never do. One is to not break the heart of someone close to you, and the second is to not wear underwear on your head. Do you understand?”

“Come, save me! I’ll do anything.”

“Huh? I still hear you begging for my life. It should be the opposite.”

“Coolook! Coolook coolook!”

“No, but this kid. Thinking about it makes me mad. Why are you wearing panties on your head and talking nonsense? Do that in bed with your lover. Don’t show off your weird sexuality to the outside world. Is that something to brag about?”

“I didn’t write it!”

“Oh. So you’re saying you did nothing wrong? You should have given me a harsh word as the executioner.”

“I, I was short-sighted!”

“If you commit a crime, you should be punished. The punishment is death.”

“Whoaaaa!”

How far did you run?

At some point, a noise was felt from above.

When I looked over there, Shushuruta was looking over here with a blank expression on his face.

I waved happily.

“Oh, you’re here?”

“… … .”

“wait for a sec.”

I showed my palm to ask for his understanding, then struck him in the back with a magic spell.

James fell down with a “Ugh!” sound and rolled on the floor.

“… … .”

Shushuruta, who had been blankly watching the scene, jumped up and landed gently next to me.

In that moment, a thick scent of blood wafted out.

Now I see that he was covered in blood.

The murderous intent that had not yet subsided and was still standing was extremely ominous.

It felt like they had killed a lot of people. And that actually seems to be the case.

For a moment, I wondered if this was the Shushuruta I knew.

‘Is that the idiot Shushuruta who would cry after eating burnt beef jerky, who would spit out the ginseng he ate and get hit with a honey chestnut and cry, and who would periodically get teased for looking at a map upside down and roll his eyes at him every time?’

I spoke to Shushuruta, who was in a bad mood.

“Little sister. Are you a stranger?”

Shushuruta answered in a blunt tone.

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s just… … something new. Did you kill all the assassins?”

Shushuruta nodded once.

“Yes.”

I looked at her blankly and asked.

“Is there your blood in there too?”

Shushuruta shook his head.

“does not exist.”

“Hmm. That’s surprising. How did you win when you can’t even fight? I thought you could at best just shake me off.”

I didn’t think it would be dangerous since it was a quick-witted guy. I thought it would kill them all.

This was unexpected news to me too.

Shushuruta got angry.

“You’re good at fighting.”

“I got beat up in one go.”

Shushuruta avoided eye contact and hesitated.

“It was… … daytime, and I let my guard down.”

“You must be foolish.”

“By the way. What are you doing?”

Shushuruta glanced ahead and asked.

James lay on the floor as if dead, breathing heavily, then staggered to his feet and ran away.

“The devil… I have to run away… I have to run away from the devil… … .”

I was already out of my mind.

“… … .”

Shushuruta looked at James with a somewhat puzzled look… … .

He looked at me with similar eyes.

I interpreted the meaning of that gaze in my own way and then hit my forehead.

“Oh, it’s already time. I didn’t realize how much time had passed while I was playing tag. I’ll take care of it soon.”

Sling-

As I said that, I drew my sword.

Then James screamed, “Ugh… Ugh!” and ran away, stumbling and falling over with a thud.

I tapped his shoulder with my black mask and watched his pitiful behavior.

“You say I’m stronger than ten of the most elite assassins combined. Isn’t that right?”

“… … .”

Shushuruta looked at me with a strange look.

It was an expression as if one was looking at a strange and monstrous demon.

I frowned.

“What’s with those eyes? What does it mean?”

“… … No. Where did the second death penalty go?”

“I went first because my head was smashed.”

“ah.”

Shushuruta looked into my eyes, staring at his brother-in-law, who was writhing in blood and sweat.

It was a look that contained complicated feelings.

“Ashvan.”

“what.”

“Can we talk for a moment…?”

I looked at Shushuruta intently.

I couldn’t guess what he was thinking, but he still had a murderous atmosphere.

What was the expression on her face? It was like she was holding back tears.

It was as pitiful as seeing a tiny kitten soaking wet because it couldn’t avoid the rain.

“… … .”

I looked at her, sheathed my sword, and nodded forward.

“……thanks.”

Shushuruta whispered softly, barely audible, and then approached his brother.

I deliberately took a few steps back and watched the scene from a distance.

Shushuruta seemed to be talking to him for a moment, then swung his dagger and cleanly cut his throat.

Shushuruta returned to me with her head bowed.

Instead of rain, he looked like he had been drenched in blood.

“Are you done?”

… … Nod.

Shushuruta nodded slightly.

He had his head bowed low so I couldn’t see his face.

I nodded my head once, following her lead, but I didn’t think the guy saw me nodding because he was looking down, so I opened my mouth to speak.

“let’s go.”

I walked ahead.

At that moment, the entire eastern sky was slowly brightening as if it was boiling.

The pitch-black night sky turned blue like a lake, and a red band formed along the horizon.

A myriad of colored stripes were layered between the orange horizon and the blue sky.

The calm lake became a large mirror, reflecting the scene onto the surface.

I tried to count each of those countless colored branches… …but I gave up.

Tub.

Because someone grabbed my back.

Hold… … .

I felt something small grab the hem of my clothes.

I paused for a moment and waited for her to speak.

Shushuruta remained still for a long time, holding onto the hem of my clothes.

Kuk… … .

The hand holding the hem of the clothes gained strength.

Meanwhile, the sun was slowly rising.

The sun rising through the darkness was dazzling.

The entire lake turned red.

As I watched the sun burn down the night and drive away the darkness… … .

Shushuruta’s small voice was heard.

The voice was slightly wet.

“Ashvan.”

“what.”

“I just had an idea. Would you like to give me the dagger?”

“… … .”

I slowly bent my knees, and Shushuruta jumped up onto my shoulders.

“Shut up.”

I walked over to her with my horse on my back and handed her the dagger.

It was unusually light today.

I walked in silence, watching the sun devour the darkness.

There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky, but strangely enough, it kept raining above my head.

I was getting rained on and suddenly I looked at the lake next to me.

The world reflected in the lake was turned upside down.

Looking from the other side of the lake, it seemed as if both Shushuruta and I were walking upside down.

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I opened my eyes while eating breakfast.

The achievements in martial arts so far have been truly steep.

It was a speed that could not be called slow even in vain.

Even I, who doesn’t know much about martial arts, thought, ‘Isn’t this a bit fast?’

So, I was so excited that I would make breakfast every time I had time.

I feel like I will soon be able to go beyond the realm of starlight and reach the realm of moonlight.

What is moonlight like? How is it different from starlight?

The night sky and starlight alone were so amazing that they were almost magical, but what kind of magic would moonlight work?

Thump thump.

And finally, it was yesterday morning when we reached the edge of the starlight.

No, I should say it was early morning today.

While clashing swords with Shushuruta’s disciples, a sudden realization flashed through his mind, and he breathed it into his sword, which became a sword forged from starlight.

I could tell intuitively.

That was the perfect form of starlight, the final stage.

All that remained was to tear down the wall leading to the moonlight.

So, with this morning’s breakfast, I was excited to break down the wall, enter the moonlight, and gradually cultivate the realm of moonlight.

But… … Did I underestimate martial arts too much?

“Ashvan. What’s the problem?”

Shushuruta’s voice was heard.

In front of her was a thick pine tree that she had dug up somewhere, and Shushuruta was sitting on a branch, picking off only the pine fruit and eating it while kicking her feet.

I stared blankly into space, dumbfounded, and muttered.

“… … It’s fucked.”

The first day of starlight.

Blocked by a wall.