The World of Sound - Chapter 4
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Their gazes became intertwined in the air.
Someone was looking at the other person with eyes burning like fire as if they were going to kill him, while another one was tilting his head with a puzzled look in his eyes as if wondering who that was.
“Brother. Is there something bothering you… … .”
Naturally, the former was a wire mesh margin, and the latter was a cotton cloth.
Because the person who was hit usually remembers, but the person who hit quickly forgets.
It was partly because his impression had changed due to the goatee he had plucked out, but also because he had not thought much of his existence enough to remember it.
“No. Nothing.”
However, the look in Majin’s eyes, which seemed like he would rush in and kill Cheonhwa at any moment, soon changed.
This is why I cannot pretend to know Cheonhwa or get angry at him in this place.
It’s not a matter of saving face like Heukhobang, but in order to explain our relationship, we have to unravel what happened between them, and we can’t say things like he got beaten up in the mountains and passed out because of his martial arts division or because of his face, and it’s too late.
Because of that, I had no choice but to try to calm my bubbling stomach.
“Who is the author?”
“Hmm. I’m seeing this author for the first time… … Ah! He’s a musician invited from Gaeyangnu. I asked Gaeyangnu to find the best musician for the wedding ceremony tomorrow, and it seems like he’s that person.”
However, when I asked him briefly about the existence of Cheonhwa, the Black Tiger Ark narrowed his eyes as if he had no idea, but thanks to his subordinate who ran over and told him, he was able to talk about it roughly.
“A musician? The author is a musician?”
“If you don’t like the author, I will replace him with someone else right away.”
At those words, Margin’s expression crumpled once again.
Even if it was just a coincidence, it was unbelievable that the man who could knock her out was a musician.
Could it be that someone has infiltrated with some hidden agenda?
He became serious for a moment, but his expression relaxed again when he saw the Black Tiger’s surprised reaction.
Just being in the same place as Cheonhwa was quite uncomfortable, but he thought of the incident during the day as a strange coincidence that could not happen again and something he had to solve himself.
“No. Leave it alone. I just looked at it because it resembled someone I know.”
“Oh, yes. Then I will take you there!”
So, for now, I pretended not to know and gave up.
I went inside and was treated with the utmost hospitality by the Black Tiger Lord.
Although they call each other brother and sister, their relationship was so skewed that it seemed like they were a boss and a subordinate, or a boss and his underlings.
“Who was it? Well, if it’s someone I don’t even remember, then I don’t have to worry about it!”
Cheonhwa, who was still looking at the back of his head with an expression of not knowing what it was, soon lost interest.
He grabbed one of the busy people and asked about his accommodation and meal times, then went into his room as if there was nothing more to see and just waited for the meal to be served.
“… … No, you said you put a lot of effort into preparing it!”
But after a while, Cheonhwa couldn’t help but feel angry when she received a meal at her assigned room.
He had expected a grand feast filled with meat since it was supposed to be the biggest martial arts banquet in Gaeyang, but all he got was a bunch of grass and a few pieces of meat.
“I’m not a Taoist priest!”
Not even a single bottle of common liquor was brought up.
Although he had prepared the meal in such a way that it would not be a burden to Cheon-hwa, who had been looking forward to it, it was bound to be disappointing.
“Damn. What am I supposed to do with just this?”
Rain, rain, rain
Of course, that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t eat, and it was impossible for me to play carelessly.
I had no choice but to endure it, with the expectation that I would be able to have a proper meal after finishing the meal, and with the thought that I would stop by Gaeyangru with the remaining money after this was over and order all the dishes I had been drooling over.
“Ugh! I’m so hungry I can’t stand it!”
… … I thought so, but as time passed and the night deepened, my hunger grew even greater.
Perhaps it was the emptiness that came from the author running away with all his wealth, or the oily, savory smell of food wafting from the other pavilions, but he felt hungrier than usual.
Because they kept cooking and eating until late at night, the greasy smell that filled the garden never stopped.
“Just a taste. Just a taste.”
Finally, Cheonhwa took advantage of the darkness and came out.
Instead of walking through the still-busy manor late at night, I climbed up onto the roof and sniffed around to find the kitchen where the maids were.
I had already asked to cook for myself, but was told that it was not possible.
If it’s like this, and you’re preparing for tomorrow in a grand way, it won’t be obvious that you’re skipping something.
“Sniff sniff. Is it this way?”
Sasak- Sasak-
Cheonhwa, who had roughly figured out the location by the smell and the sound of a knife falling on a cutting board, very stealthily flew towards the building where the kitchen was.
Although he was a famous martial arts master, no one could detect his voice or movements.
– Stop it.
So, while he was clinging to the roof of the building where the kitchen was, wondering how to get in, a voice rang in Cheonhwa’s ear.
Pre-sounding.
It was a technique of controlling sound with internal energy and whispering so that only the desired target could hear it.
Someone discovered his presence and sounded the alarm.
“… … !”
At the same time, Cheonhwa also figured out the opponent’s location.
He even figured out the other person’s identity and made a face.
Wire mesh margin.
He was standing near the pavilion, looking at himself with his hands behind his back.
– Follow me.
If he were to be discovered like this, he would be greatly misunderstood.
It’s a location where you can easily be mistaken for a thief or a murderer sent by another martial arts faction while trying to steal a few plates of food.
Since the place is the place, you can protest the truth, but you can also be misunderstood as trying to poison the food.
– If you don’t want to cause a fuss.
Margin also pointed that out and instructed him to follow her.
With a threat that if he doesn’t listen, he will immediately reveal his presence to those around him.
‘Tch, this is annoying.’
In the end, Cheonhwa had no choice but to follow him.
However, his expression was filled with annoyance rather than embarrassment.
Even if he was falsely accused, there was no one here who could cause him trouble.
It was just annoying to know that I could end up losing money just for a few plates of food, and to have been caught by that annoying guy whose face I couldn’t remember.
“Come down. I have prevented anyone from approaching this area.”
The place where Margin led him was a place where there was no gaze from those around him.
gymnasium.
This is the martial arts sect’s breakwater, and the martial arts training ground is a place to train martial arts, so even if there was a big banquet scheduled for tomorrow, there would be people training there, but as Majin said, there was no one there.
Because Margin had already informed him that he would be using this place for this moment after meeting Cheonhwa.
In the martial arts world, spying on another martial artist’s training was a taboo, so as soon as Black Tiger Lord heard that, he took measures to make sure that absolutely no one was allowed to come near this area.
“As expected, you are no ordinary musician.”
Although he didn’t know that fact, Cheonhwa, who confirmed that the statement itself was not wrong, landed lightly on the rooftop in a smokescreen.
Looking at that sight, Margin’s expression hardened even more.
It’s a simple movement that anyone who has mastered martial arts can easily demonstrate, but it’s unlikely that an ordinary musician would be able to move their body so nimbly.
It is also clear that he has mastered martial arts, but he does not have the protrusion of the solar plexus, which is a characteristic of a trained warrior.
Could it be the realm of Banbakguijin? I thought it couldn’t be true since there are martial arts that don’t make the sun’s blood flow to begin with, but Margin didn’t care what it was.
The only thing that was certain was that he would be there to repay the humiliation of the day.
“I don’t look that ordinary. Well, you’re not in love with me, are you? Are you trying to use my weakness to your advantage… ?”
“What nonsense are you talking about? I just want to avenge the humiliation of the day.”
“Daytime? Then you could not possibly have been following me since daytime… …?”
However, unlike him who was gradually raising his suppressed anger, Cheonhwa’s response was mind-boggling.
It’s like he’s intentionally making you angry, he just keeps saying strange things.
“Are you saying you don’t remember me?!”
Kuung!
As Margin stomped his feet hard in anger, the solid agate stones laid on the smokescreen crumbled like candy.
The waves that arose with him swept through the surroundings, causing hair and the hems of his clothes to flutter, clearly revealing the grandeur of his inner strength.
“Remember? Hmm. I don’t remember the faces of people who aren’t that important to me. Have we ever met?”
But even as he received the wave, Cheonhwa simply scratched his head without flinching in the slightest.
He tilted his head as if he really couldn’t remember.
“This, this guy… … !”
Because of that, Margin’s blood pressure rose to the point where his face was about to burst.
He stroked his moustache under his nose habitually, his hair flowing out like a mane, which is also the symbol of the Iron Lion, and then paused.
Because the beautiful hair that was his pride was no longer there.
“Ah! That swindler!”
Only then did Cheonhwa clap his hands as if he remembered.
I remembered him with his annoying goatee, but I couldn’t remember his changed appearance because he had ripped it all off in the end.
“Saying that again… …! It doesn’t matter. From now on, just seeing a beard will make you wet your pants.”
“Huh? It doesn’t seem like you’re at that level yet… … Are you already losing control? What a shame!”
But even if I remembered, nothing would change.
Cheonhwa, looking at Margin who was finally venting all his anger, just made a pitiful expression as if it was a shame that he had already lost control of his urination.
“That three-inch tongue is truly a master of the highest order. Let’s see if you have the same level of skill!”
BANG!!
Eventually, the margins couldn’t stand it and jumped out.
The new form seemed to blur, and then he threw a brutal punch at Cheonhwa as if he was going to pierce through his body with one blow.
“I’m already starving because I only eat grass, so why are you acting like this? I understand that you’re not a very good person, but if you keep doing this, I won’t be able to say anything nice to you either.”
However, his fist, which he thought had pierced through, only pierced through the air.
Cheonhwa, who had spread his magic and moved to the side, showed no will to fight and only waved his arms.
“You bastard! Can’t you do it properly?”
“Why me? It’s annoying. I don’t want to do something that won’t pay, so if you really want to go wild, ask the Black Tiger Captain over there.”
“How dare you… … !”
What do you mean by map?
Who dares to tell whom?
It was surprising that he easily dodged his own attacks, but it was also surprising that he didn’t use his full power.
Rather, Margin, who became angry again at those words, raised all of his internal energy as if he had no intention of doing anything about it.
The waves alone were enough to shatter the stone floor and turn the training ground into a mess.
“Oh, that’s expensive! Don’t you know that? Don’t ask me to split it!”
“If you don’t do it right, I’ll tell you everything you were planning to do.”
But even so, as Cheonhwa continued to evade, Margin warned him as if putting a noose around his neck.
If you don’t do it right, I’ll tell you what happened earlier.
He could exert all his strength to make the guy decide to do it, but he couldn’t accept that his honor had been restored even if he had defeated an unprepared opponent.
“You can’t even go to the bathroom, and you’re a snitcher at that age? You’re in really bad shape. I understand, so let’s just get by. I don’t know what kind of scam you’re trying to pull off this time, but if you keep doing it to the martial arts people, you’ll get in real trouble.”
Bam!
But I just couldn’t stand those words.
I felt a stiffness in the back of my neck at Cheonhwa’s words, which were calling me a swindler who was incontinent and a swindler.
“And who would believe me if I said something like that when I wasn’t even caught in the act? They’d just see me as an invited musician or a harassing person.”
Since he has already left the scene, there is no evidence to claim any attempt of his own.
Looking at Cheonhwa who claimed it, Margin wanted to say that if it was his words, even a lie would become truth, but it was already too petty.
Regardless of whether it was possible or not, it was bad for his reputation, so he wanted to coax him here and now and settle the matter between the two of them.
“… … Yes. You liked money. Let’s do this. If you fight me properly now, I’ll give you 10 nyang of gold regardless of whether you win or lose. What do you think?”
So I came up with a plan.
He threw out the bait, recalling the change in posture that had calmly appeared during the day.
Of course, he couldn’t trick him by saying that he would give it to him if he won and that he would teach him the real lesson, so he added that he would pay him regardless of whether he won or lost.
“10 nyang of gold? Hey. Fool me once, fool me twice. What kind of gold is that for a nobleman who only had 5 nyang of silver in his pocket!”
“… … Didn’t you see how the Black Tiger Ark treated me so kindly earlier? Don’t worry, I will accept that child of yours.”
Then, Cheonhwa fainted and her entire body began to tremble as she recalled unpleasant memories of being robbed of her ancestral rites, but she couldn’t make a mistake here.
I held back and tried to persuade him, and luckily, it worked this time.
“Hmm… … Okay. Let me fool you one more time, okay? It’s not like it costs anything.”
With that, the match was concluded.
It would be more of a one-sided beating than a fight, though.
“Then let’s get started. It looks like you have some talent, but you’d better be prepared. This time it’s going to be very different.”
“They look the same… … Well, think of it as you wish!”
I still felt sick at the sight of Cheonhwa standing awkwardly, not even maintaining her posture properly, but now that it had come to this, it didn’t matter anymore.
The match was a success and it was his choice for me too.
I swung my whole body with all my might, thinking that if it wasn’t sincere, I would make it so.
Forgetting the concessions that the master had made to the lower class, he rushed at him in anger.
“Cheolsan Bongseok!”
BANG!!
Is it because I thought it happened because I let my guard down, or is it because I have a poor learning ability?
It was a herbivore like in the mountains during the day.
Margin stepped strongly on the ground and slid his body towards Cheonhwa.
The fist, drawn taut like a bow, condensed its great power to pierce through him and even tear the space apart.
“Oh, I think you should go to the doctor. It seems like you’ve lost your memory!”
At that moment, Cheonhwa also ran towards Margin.
It also looks the same as in the mountains during the day.
Before enough power could be concentrated, he closed the distance and swung the jade flute at Margin’s head one beat faster.
Cheon Eum Shin Gong.
The sound of a crash.
One point… … .
“Iron block!”
But this time it was different.
The herbivore remained the same, but another new technique was unleashed from Margin’s body.
It is a peerless body strengthening technique that gave birth to the name of Iron Man and Iron Lion.
A powerful internal energy was concentrated in his head, making him stronger than a sword.
Unlike the Iron Head technique, which is one of Shaolin’s representative external techniques, it not only strengthens the head, but also makes the skin, skull, and even the insides harder than steel through special breathing and internal energy use, making the caster temporarily stronger like the legendary Diamond Indestructible, so Majin had no doubt that Cheonhwa’s attack would be neutralized.
“this……!”
Wow!!
As expected, this time Cheonhwa’s jade flute bounced off him instead of knocking him down.
Unlike the usual striking sound accompanied by a refreshing crashing sound, the impact and resonance like hitting a lump of metal was transmitted through the jade flute.
“It’s my turn now… … !”
Still, Margin felt quite a shock, but this time it wasn’t enough to make him lose consciousness.
He clenched his teeth and turned his waist to unleash all the power he had condensed. He extended his fist.
Pfft …
But this time, Margin’s fist couldn’t extend all the way.
The jade flute of Cheonhwa, which he thought had bounced off, fell back down on his head in the opposite direction.
Cheon Eum Shin Gong.
The sound of a crash.
One-hit wonder.
So-called hitting after hitting.
From the beginning, Cheonhwa’s attacks were not single attacks but consecutive attacks.
“It’s a real hit!”
Instead, he struck the head of Margin, who had thought that the jade flute, which had a stronger force than the first blow, had withstood it, once again.
At that moment, the iron ingot shattered.
“……all?”
Kuung!
Just like that, Margin’s body fell backwards.
It looked like something out of a mountain.