Absolute Regression - Chapter 394



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My 394th meeting is now over.

“Why is it so quiet outside?”

Jo Chun-bae turned his head at Song-i’s words.

Stir-fry, boil, and bake.

He was in the kitchen, struggling with the cooking. He was cooking with all his might, worried that he might be late or that it might not taste good.

Cho Chun-bae cautiously poked his head out of the kitchen. The noisy first floor had become quiet, and everyone was looking up at this floor.

Jo Chun-bae also came out of the kitchen and looked up at this floor.

Surprisingly, the Apostolic Lord was writing on the wall.

‘omg!’

Jo Chun-bae covered his mouth.

I couldn’t see what was written, but there was another writing written on top of the writing of the leader of the Apostles. It was definitely the writing left by the leader of the Murim clan.

‘ah!’

Cho Chun-bae was so surprised and excited that his legs were shaking. He thought there would be nothing more surprising. Today, Cho Chun-bae’s heart is getting stronger.

Meanwhile, Bisain, who had seen the writing on the wall by his master, lowered his head as if he was ashamed. However, a smile appeared on his lips.

It was a piece of writing left at a three-way meeting, so it was a piece that would become a hot topic in the martial arts world. It was a piece of writing that could become history for a very long time.

He must be the master who didn’t know that, but he mentioned himself. Even at this moment, the master was making himself the main character, not the sword dance or Jin Ha-gun.

After leaving the message, the leader of the Murim Alliance and the leader of the Apostles came down. After them, the Heavenly Horse and the successors came down together. The sight of them coming down the stairs was deeply engraved in Jo Chun-bae’s heart. To him, every scene that happened here was moving.

The masters downstairs didn’t know exactly what was being said upstairs because Geom Woo-jin had made sure that the sound of the conversation didn’t leak out.

However, judging from the expressions on the faces of the three leaders and the writing on the wall they left behind as they came down, it was clear that this historic meeting had ended successfully.

Jin Pae-cheon, who was about to go out, smiled and spoke to Jo Chun-bae, who was standing in front of the kitchen.

“Both the alcohol and the food were delicious.”

The words, “Oh my, thank you,” came out of Jo Chun-bae’s mouth naturally. Normally, he would have run over and bowed, but he couldn’t do that in front of Cheon-ma. He bowed in front of the kitchen to express his gratitude.

As Jin Pae-cheon walked out, Jin Ha-gun and Jin Ha-ryeong followed behind him, and the Jeongpa masters spread out on the left and right. They followed the leader quietly and disciplinedly, to the point where it seemed as if they had never been drinking or talking.

Before leaving, there was one incident that only the parties involved knew about.

Taeeulshin Sword finally glared at Ilhwa Sword Lord once more, and Ilhwa Sword Lord did not avoid his gaze until the very end.

Instead of saying ‘You’re young, you’re young’ to Ilhwageomjon, Hyeolcheondoma, who was standing next to him, sent a message to Taeeulsingeom.

-Stop glaring at me now.

Taeeulshin Sword glared at Hyeolcheon Doma. Instead of being afraid, he let out another cold word.

-Before I gouge out your eyes.

Taeeul Shingeom was flustered because he didn’t know that Hyeolcheon Doma would curse so crudely. He couldn’t even yell at him. Judging from the ferocious attitude glaring at him, if he reacted, it seemed like he would immediately shout that he wanted to fight.

After winning and losing the battle with the Bloodthirsty Demon, and even after a successful meeting, the leader and the leader of the cult said goodbye, so there was no way they could fight.

‘They know that and that’s why they’re doing it.’

Taeeul Shingum, who was glaring at Hyeolcheon Doma, suddenly turned his head away.

‘Anyway, these damn demonic bastards!’

If it was really the devil’s cult, he would be a real jerk.

Ilhwageomjon asked Hyeolcheondoma through a telegram.

-What did you say?

-I politely told him to stop looking.

Ilhwageomjon thought that it couldn’t be true. The previous reaction wasn’t a response to polite words.

-Thank you, my friend.

When Hyeolcheon Doma looked at her with a dumbfounded expression, she answered.

-We’re the same age now.

Bloody Cheon Do Ma smiled faintly. At least, the response he gave to Tae Eul Shin Geom a little while ago was appropriate for the saying, ‘If only I were ten years younger!’ The actual curse words he uttered were words that he would have said when he was forty years younger. If it weren’t for the Il Hwa Geom Jeon incident, he would never have done it.

Next, Sapa went out.

Before leaving, Baek Ja-gang took a look at Geom Woo-jin and Geom Mu-geuk.

‘Let’s meet up sometime on harvest day.’

I thought it would be worth a try if the seeds of this child-rearing battle were non-signed.

I went out to Baekjagangdo. Behind me, the masters of Sapa spread out and walked.

After seeing off all the masters of the Jeongpa and Sapa, Geom Woojin left last. Geom Muyang and Palmazone followed him, spreading their wings.

So everyone left and the only people left at the Pungryu Tavern were Jo Chun-bae and Geommu-geuk.

Oh, there was one more person.

“Songiya. You worked hard today.”

I paid Songi, who was working in the kitchen, for her work and sent her out. Today, she had a lot of work to do, so I doubled her pay and packed her a lot of leftover food in the kitchen.

“Thank you! You should go to bed early too, sir.”

When Songi left, only Geommugeuk and Jo Chun-bae remained there.

Geommugeuk looked at Jo Chun-bae with gentle eyes.

“You really worked hard.”

“Oh, it feels like a dream.”

Jo Chun-bae slumped down on his seat. Then he suddenly got up.

“Excuse me, can I go to this floor for a moment?”

“Let’s go together.”

Jo Chun-bae stood in front of the wall on this floor and was moved.

“I never thought this day would come.”

The three people, Cheonma, Murim Alliance Leader, and Apostol Alliance Leader, left messages on the wall of their tavern. There is probably no tavern like this in the world. There has never been one, and there will never be one.

At the same time, Jo Chun-bae became afraid.

“I am scared.”

“What are you afraid of?”

“What if this wall gets damaged?”

Just imagining that event made Jo Chun-bae tremble with fear. What if someone had written graffiti on the wall when he came in the morning? What if they had broken the wall? What if they had stolen the entire wall?

Geommugeuk said with a smile.

“Who would dare to do that, which would make them the enemy of all magicians? Even if they were to tear down that wall and steal it, where would they sell it?”

Geommu-geuk knew that these words would not completely reassure Jo Chun-bae. He would remain anxious and uneasy the whole time.

“Even if something like that happens, it would be meaningful in its own way.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Every month, someone will damage the wall for one reason or another and disappear. That too will become a moment in history. Maybe that will make for a more interesting history.”

Jo Chun-bae really didn’t know that Geommu-geuk would say something like this.

“The owner just has to remember this moment. Then it will remain forever. Look. Who among the people who are left on that wall will be upset that the wall has been damaged? They will probably come back and write it again.”

It was the moment when the heavy rock that had been resting on Jo Chun-bae’s chest fell to the ground.

“So let us remember this moment well in our hearts.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

How can someone so young be so thoughtful? No matter how much Jo Chun-bae thinks about it, he can’t understand it.

“Can I have a drink?”

“Okay, let’s have a drink from the owner.”

Jo Chun-bae politely poured a drink for Geommu-geuk.

“As expected! The alcohol our owner makes tastes the best.”

After a refreshing drink, Geommugeuk picked up the bottle.

“Have a glass of my wine too.”

He poured Jo Chun-bae a glass of alcohol.

After politely accepting the drink, Jo Chun-bae emptied his glass.

Only after drinking that drink did he feel that the greatest event of his bar life had come to an end.

And Jo Chun-bae saw the figure of Geommu-geuk sitting quietly and looking at the street outside the tavern.

A quiet appearance different from the one when he was laughing and talking. Jo Chun-bae now knows. That calm appearance that makes him feel lonely is the true face of the cult leader.

“Master, then I will be going now.”

Cho Chun-bae couldn’t think of what to say to greet them. He didn’t know how to express his great gratitude. So he greeted the customers of the tavern the way he always did.

“Please come again, sir!”

How could Geommu-geuk not know his mind? Geommu-geuk greeted him like a regular customer, following the rhythm of his mind.

“Sell a lot, boss.”

As the blacksmith left the tavern, the people in the market who had been holding their breath until then were seen entering the tavern. Perhaps Cho Chun-bae’s boasts will continue until late today. They won’t even be able to cough in front of that wall. As long as those people are alive, the wall will also be alive.

* * *

After returning to the main office, I headed straight to the cult leader’s office.

It was to see the main character of today’s meeting. My father, who led the tripartite meeting to success, was not at the synagogue.

“The young cult leader told me to bring him here when he arrives.”

The place that the escort, Hwi, guided me to was the hot springs that were set up behind my father’s residence, reserved for the cult leader. He usually didn’t let me in here, but for some reason, he let me in today.

My father was soaking in a hot spring with steam rising from it.

“It’s been a while since I took a bath with Dad! How nice!”

Just as I was about to take off my clothes, my father reached out his hand. The opened hem of my clothes closed again, and I was pushed back by the empty water.

“You are too much! Please let me in too!”

My father shook his head firmly.

“You put an elixir in that water, right? If you soak in it, your skin becomes as strong as steel and stuff? So you only do it by yourself?”

My father said with his eyes tightly shut.

“It’s ordinary water. It’s been around for a long time.”

“Then shouldn’t I drink some elixir? This is where the Heavenly Demon bathes.”

“You buy some and give it to me.”

“Anything that is natural is better.”

Yes, no matter how much my father has changed, he is not the kind of person who would bathe and do things with me. Just bringing him here is a big change.

“Then I’ll take a breather here.”

I sat in front of the hot spring.

“How was it meeting the leader of the martial arts world and the leader of the apostles?”

“It’s still the same.”

Even if you didn’t say anything, you must have seen something I didn’t. They must have meant something else to my father.

My father, who had been staring at me quietly, spoke softly.

“You look tired.”

With those words, my heart, which had been stiff all day, seemed to melt away.

As expected! Father knows.

I was tired. I was really tired.

We danced, laughed, and joked around, but we were nervous from the beginning to the end of the meeting.

I was on edge, worried that they might plot a plot during this meeting. My father was there, and the leader of the martial arts world and the leader of the apostles were there, so I was even more nervous. Originally, conspiracies were supposed to exploit this kind of carelessness.

Fortunately, this meeting ended without any problems.

I think the reason the enemies didn’t make any foolish attempts was because they were strong. They made the right decision. They calculated correctly that if they plotted while they were all gathered like this, they would end up losing.

If all the magicians were to gather together and directly encounter an external enemy, it would result in uniting them even more.

“It seems like you were very nervous, knowingly or unknowingly.”

Father nodded.

“Aren’t you going to tell me that you had a hard time?”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“It was a compliment I got by poking my father in the ribs, but it still feels good.”

I looked around the hot spring.

“I remember coming in here.”

At that moment, my father’s eyes twitched slightly. The steam blocked his vision, but with the help of Shinanjutsu, I could clearly see my father’s expression beyond the steam.

“I remember crying because it was hot. My father carried me inside. I also remember my brother. He was sitting in front of me with an expression that said he wasn’t hot at all. Thinking back, even when he was little, my brother wanted to look good in front of my father.”

“Even after becoming the successor, if your older brother isn’t around, you still curse him behind his back.”

“You saw that cool look earlier, right? He’s the type you can’t let your guard down with.”

How could I possibly be insulting my brother? I’m sure my father knows that I just said that to say that my brother was so cool.

After a moment, he spoke politely to his father.

“Thank you, Father.”

“what?”

“Everything.”

My magic is blocking my father’s magic. He must have confirmed it again today. It must have bothered him and annoyed him. But my father doesn’t show any sign of it.

After a moment, my father said:

“You must be tired. Go and rest.”

“Yes, Father. Take a rest.”

Of course, I didn’t just have it.

Visit.

After playfully splashing water on his father, he ran away.

Of course, not a single drop of water that flew away reached my father.

Next time I’ll push your back, Father.

I don’t know if that day will ever come, though.

* * *

When I returned to my residence, I created a second space of my own using space-time teleportation.

If the first place was a beach with blue sky and sea, this space was a snowfield with pure white snow all around. I made a small hot spring there. When I saw my father’s hot spring, I became interested.

There were only two things here.

Eyes and stars.

It was a place where only pure white snow and stars in the night sky could be seen.

‘What do you think, Father? Isn’t it more charming here?’

After taking off the clothes and drying them, I placed the casket on top of them.

And then I soaked my body in the hot spring with steam rising from it.

“Ah! Good!”

As I sat there looking up at the night sky filled with stars, I felt like all my fatigue was gone.

I finally realized that the meeting was over. Other people’s meetings had already ended, but mine was over now.

After talking to Cho Chun-bae, meeting my father, and confirming that everyone was safe, today’s meeting was finally over.

A pleasant sense of relief washed over me. The tiredness I felt along with it mixed with the warm water, and I felt better.

with a plop.

I immersed my head in the water and fell into it.

The stars in the night sky were dancing above the water.

I really enjoyed this alone time. If you truly respect someone, you should respect their alone time. I am respecting myself to the fullest right now.

Oh, I’m not alone now.

After raising his head above the water, he spoke playfully to the turtle.

“Are you cold? Do you want to come in too?”

Thanks to him, I’ve already absorbed the Black and Pure energy. I don’t know how many more I need to absorb to become the complete energy.

Honestly, if it were anyone else but me, I would have focused all my attention on finding out the secrets of the energy absorbed into the body or the body parts, but I was relaxed.

It was like that from the beginning, so I left it to fate to lead. We just went along like this, like friends. But sometimes I was curious.

“How much energy do I have left to absorb?”

It was a ridiculous question that could not be answered.

“You don’t know either, do you?”

As always, Bigwi just smiled brightly.