Absolute Regression - Chapter 401



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Episode 401 Sorry, but this is just the beginning.

The expressions of the three hostages all hardened at the words heard from outside.

Is that the correct answer?

If they knew how to think, wouldn’t the rescue team that came to rescue them have knocked on the door so kindly? They would have broken the door down and stormed in.

Finally, joy filled the woman’s face.

‘Damn! It’s that guy over there!’

Yang Joong let out a deep sigh.

‘But who on earth is it that he likes so much?’

Squeak.

As the door opened, Ian leapt at the person standing in front of him.

“master!”

He just hugged Geommugeuk without any consideration for the front or back.

“I missed you!”

I’ve hugged Geommugeuk many times in the past, but I’ve never been happier or more touched than I was today.

Yes, you got the answer!

No, what if it’s the wrong answer? It’s a sword dance. A sword dance that appears just in time for this difficult situation has come.

The trio who were watching the scene felt fearful of the new arrivals, but at the same time, envious of the man.

‘Who on earth is this beautiful woman that she likes so much?’

Looking at his face, he was a young and handsome young man.

Ian belatedly discovered Chwima standing behind the sword dance and watching him.

“Ah! Your Majesty!”

Ian’s face turned red as he was startled and fell away from the sword dance.

The woman who was just thinking about cutting off her arm or neck is now acting so shy!

But that wasn’t the problem for the three of them now.

‘Drunk on a horse?’

The three people who were captured looked at each other with puzzled expressions. They looked at each other with expressions like, ‘Did I hear wrong?’ After all, there was only one person they knew who was the master of the castle.

Their eyes, hoping they had misheard, turned back to Chwima.

The handsome middle-aged man had a presence that somehow drew attention, even though he didn’t show any special prayer. Their gazes, which were somehow decadent and empty, turned to the bottle of alcohol on his waist.

I don’t know about anything else, but I knew this for sure: the poisonous weapon of the drunkard was a bottle of alcohol.

‘I didn’t mishear!’

Their livers grew cold.

‘Amazon is here? Here? Why on earth?’

The fear that the Demon Lord gave in the martial arts world was truly enormous. When Chwima glanced at them, the three of them all lowered their heads and avoided eye contact.

Chwima looked at Geommu-geuk. His eyes said this.

I don’t get bullied by you, I’m like this when I go out.

The sword dance smiled at him. Even though he acted calm on the outside, he knew that he was not feeling well, so he tried to smile at Chwima a lot.

The swordmaster asked Ian.

“Who on earth were you trying to save?”

“As expected! You know even without me saying it.”

Ian told me why he came here. It started when he met a woman by chance while going to where Seojin, the younger brother of the spirit, was.

“… … I came all the way here after hearing your story while getting a glass of water. It was really expensive water.”

The Sword Dance Theater knows that this incident perfectly describes the person Ian is.

It’s not that he threw himself to save himself simply because he was an escort. It’s because he’s this kind of person that he willingly threw himself to save himself.

“Was it originally this hard to handle this kind of work? I always thought it was easy because you handled it so quickly whenever I saw you, Master.”

Ian sighed as he looked at the three people he had kidnapped. It was all good until they caught them. He thought he could make a nice hostage exchange and leave with the people he had rescued.

“How could I have known that you would abandon your own child? That’s why I was thinking of killing those guys and just leaving.”

Those words, which were not in my heart, were meant to be heard by the three people who were captured. No matter how they were handled, an atmosphere of fear had to be created.

Now the sword dance has taken over the situation.

“Can you leave the rest to me?”

“Please take care of it!”

It’s a martial arts show, so what could she be worried about? It’s unlikely, but even if she messes up everything, who cares? That’s what a martial arts show was to her.

The swordsman approached the three and whispered quietly.

“You guys would have been in big trouble if I hadn’t come. That pretty girl, you don’t know how scary she is.”

Ian spoke from behind.

“I can hear everything.”

At this time, the three people were thinking similar thoughts.

‘Who on earth is this young man? Is he one of the horse’s henchmen?’

Somehow, it didn’t seem like that. Judging from the fact that the woman called him “Master,” he seemed to be of high status… .

But no matter how I looked at him, he didn’t seem to have learned martial arts at all. His appearance and the feeling he gave off were exactly like that of a child from a prestigious family. How could a child from a prestigious family do something like this while hanging out with the Demon Lord?

In any case, what had to be done had been decided. Yang Joong was determined to somehow use this variable to survive.

‘I’m using this to survive.’

Yang Joong asked politely.

“Who are you, Sohyeop?”

He tried to suppress the urge to yell at her and ask, “Who are you?” and tried to be as polite as possible.

“He is the savior of your lives.”

It was something I couldn’t understand, but since he said he would spare my life, I thought this was the moment.

“If you spare my life, I will give you whatever you want.”

“Anything?”

“Yes. If you want money, I’ll give you money. If you want martial arts, I’ll teach you the martial arts in the text. If you want fame, I’ll give you fame.”

First of all, you made a lot of promises that may or may not come true. What could you not do when your life is at stake?

Ian, who was behind him, smiled faintly. Who would you give money to and who would you teach martial arts to? Besides, your reputation would not be comparable to that of all the people in your sect combined.

“Can’t I give you all three?”

“I’ll give you all three!”

But soon, Geommu-geuk began to be viewed with suspicion.

“But what if your father refused to exchange hostages? Would someone like that pay you money and teach you martial arts?”

“that……!”

Seriously, this was the most shameful and frustrating part of Yang Zhong’s life.

At that time, Geommugeuk made a subtle suggestion.

“How about this? Tell us where the people we need to save are imprisoned. Then we’ll save them. Then you can let them go. After all, our goal is to save them.”

The moment he heard those words, Ian knew.

‘Ah! That was the right answer.’

Trick the author into finding out where they are imprisoned and rescuing them himself.

‘Why didn’t I think of this simple idea?’

It was a plan that I thought I should have thought of first, but surprisingly, I didn’t.

Swap this side with that side. When I got my mind set on this, I didn’t think about anything else. The other person was a cruel person who would even give up his own child, but I was only thinking about making a fair exchange. No way things would go as planned.

If the Sword Dance Theater hadn’t come, I would have been kicking off the blanket and saying, ‘Oh, why didn’t I think of that?’

‘As expected, I feel at ease when I am with the leader.’

At that moment, Ian’s eyes met Chwima’s. Chwima made an expression as if to say, ‘I know how you feel too.’

Now I can just watch comfortably, but what if he was a reckless cult leader? What if I had to follow that reckless person around and deal with the accidents he causes? It’s something I really hate to think about.

“You have to live first, right?”

The persuasion of the sword dance was also for Ian’s benefit. She wanted to rescue the captured woman’s husband and the others.

The problem is that even if Yang Jung is released, Bukhyeolmun will never release them. If they were going to release them, they would have agreed to the hostage exchange in the first place.

Ian said that he gathered people with unique constitutions, so it seems like he’s testing them out.

Clearly, he’s plotting something that shouldn’t be revealed to the public.

Yang Joong, who had been worrying, spoke carefully.

“Those people probably already moved.”

Before I knew it, he was halfway there.

“Do you know where it was moved to?”

Of course, there were places that Yangjung could roughly guess.

“Even if I tell you, the security is so tight that you won’t be able to be rescued.”

Geommugeuk looked back at Chwima and said.

“Didn’t you hear who it was just now?”

Yang Joong’s heart started pounding. He was scared of the horse and afraid that he would eventually confess.

“Besides, wouldn’t it be better for you if we go and get caught? Why? Are you afraid of being treated as a traitor? You can just say so later. You told us the location so we could be caught.”

The sword dance provided a way out.

“If we tell you the truth, will you let us go?”

“Let go.”

“How can you believe that?”

“Because I promised I would let you go.”

Looking at those clear eyes and that kindly handsome face, I felt like he would definitely keep his promise. But how can you trust someone based on their appearance alone? Come to think of it, I don’t even know who this person is.

As the worries continued, Geommugeuk turned around coldly.

“Then just die. What are you doing? Kill all three of them!”

At the command of the sword master, Ian drew his sword and approached the three people. Yang Joong shouted urgently as he felt a strong, unhesitating murderous intent.

“I will tell you!”

Yang Joong eventually confessed the location. He mentioned not just one place, but several places that could possibly be there.

“If the location you mentioned is correct, when you open your eyes again, you will wake up in your room at the Bukhyeolmun Gate.”

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Three gusts of wind blew simultaneously and subdued their blood transfusions. They fell asleep right then.

Of course, I don’t plan on just letting you go just because the location is right. I had to deal with the Ice Palace and get what I could from them first.

That’s not the end of it. There is still punishment for what the Bukhyeolmun has done.

Ian said with a sigh.

“Why didn’t I think of this from the beginning?”

“Even if I had done it back then, it wouldn’t have worked.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“I would never have told you. I would have held on to you until the end. But you’re not the type of person to torture people.”

“Ah! So you confessed because you found out that your father abandoned you!”

“yes.”

“I didn’t even think about this part! Why does the answer keep avoiding me!”

Ian looked at the sword dance with renewed admiration.

The sword dance didn’t forget to show off.

“I always feel good when I see your eyes full of respect.”

After whining like that, the three of them came out.

Outside, the snow that had stopped for a while was falling heavily.

“You really have no desire to look at snow.”

Ian looked up at the sky with a bright face. Geommugeuk could feel once again that Ian suited winter well.

Ian ran out into the snowy yard.

“Looking at Ian running around like an excited puppy, Geommugeuk said to Chwima.

“You take care of rescuing those people. I’ll go meet the princess.”

Chwima nodded silently and walked into the snow without saying a word.

Ian, who had been running around, stood for a moment and watched Chwima. Was it because he had never seen his back properly before? Or was it because of the heavy snow? Ian thought that Chwima’s back, walking alone through the snow, looked lonely.

“Is this a problem that can be solved with just one word, ‘Do it yourself’?”

“Why is Amazon called Amazon?”

“Thanks to you, I am now free!”

Ian lay down in the snow.

Geommugeuk said, looking up at the snowy sky.

“I’m sorry, but this is just the beginning.”

* * *

Hanseol and Chan arrived at the meeting place after receiving the message from Geommugeuk to meet.

There were two people waiting there.

The moment Han Seol saw the woman standing with the sword dance, he had a hunch. The woman wearing the bamboo hat and cotton robe was the subordinate who had kidnapped the children of the Bukhyeolmunju.

‘The subordinate was a woman.’

The two were talking comfortably. Even from a distance, you could tell that they were comfortable with each other. They seemed like friends, or maybe siblings.

‘As expected, there is no authority.’

It was like that in front of the horse, and it is like that in this situation right now.

Then, I naturally began to think that the rumors and achievements of the leader of the cult might have been exaggerated. If it was a demonic cult, they could manipulate it at will.

As Hanseol approached them, Ian greeted her politely with a wave of his hand.

“Hello, my Lady Princess.”

Hanseol nodded her head slightly to receive the greeting. She had an expression that said that Suha was just a subordinate.

In her attitude, the sword dance did not feel bluntness or authority. What was felt now was emptiness.

“Why did you ask to meet me?”

In response to Hanseol’s question, Geommugeuk got straight to the point.

“I will return the children of the Bukhyeolmunju.”

Hanseol asked calmly, holding an unexpected sense of anticipation that things might work out well.

“Of course, there must be conditions, right?”

“of course.”

“Go ahead.”

“First of all, you must not hold my subordinates responsible for kidnapping them.”

Hanseol’s gaze briefly turned to Ian and then back to Geommugeuk.

“I wonder if the Bukhyeolmun will accept it.”

That’s what he said, but Bukhyeolmun had no choice but to accept it. He could blame and curse the typhoon that had come, but he couldn’t jump in head-on and say he was angry.

“Okay, I’ll accept it. Where are the two princes?”

“There is one more condition.”

“What is it?”

“Please let us stay in the Ice Palace. We would like to stay for a while and investigate the death of the Lord of Baekjuseolwon.”

Hanseol firmly refused.

“The palace does not allow outsiders to stay.”

“My conditions are only two.”

“It’s not my place to decide. I will discuss it with Your Majesty and then tell you.”

Just as Hanseol was about to turn around, Geommugeuk spoke.

“I think you can decide this yourself. How about you make the decision and persuade the princess? As the princess, don’t you have that much authority?”

Although it was a provocation, Hanseol did not show off her pride.

“I don’t have that authority.”

“Take this opportunity.”

Hanseol’s eyes became cold.

“Isn’t that a bit too obvious?”

“I think this is an opportunity for the princess.”

“What kind of opportunity is it?”

“This is a chance to formally negotiate with the leader of the Demonic Cult. The Princess will also pay attention to the process and results. She may even be looking forward to it. She will see you take the lead in handling this matter.”

Suddenly, Hanseol remembered herself giving that report.

This matter was decided on my own. Please trust and support me, Your Majesty.

I wonder what my mother will think when I say this?

That’s the problem. It’s completely unexpected. She still doesn’t know what kind of person her mother is.

“I’ll contact you again.”

It was just as she was about to turn around.

“Can I say something?”

Ian, who had been silent until now, stepped forward. She slowly took off her hat and scarf.

Hanseol couldn’t take her eyes off Ian’s face for a moment. She wasn’t admiring its beauty.

Hanseol was thinking about one thing.

You’re a different person from me.

When did you ever think about this? Was it long ago when you told your mother?

At the same time, doubts arose. Why do I have such thoughts when I see a mere subordinate of the leader of the Demonic Cult? Why do I feel such a deep resonance? I couldn’t understand it even when I thought about it myself.

“What do you want to say?”

It was the first time that the gazes of two contrasting women, one cold and one warm, met.