Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 89



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Who threatened to call me Cheonmahara with a knife? Episode 89

Forgetting myself (2)

Baekcheon did not back down easily.

“If so, could you teach me the Peking Opera or Bian Lian? I should learn it first, so I can adapt it to the achievements of the great heavenly demons.”

“Ahem. Sorry, but I haven’t seen it myself. Anyway, Baek Gwan-do has less than a year left until he graduates from the Magic Academy, so wouldn’t he learn it after he graduates from the Magic Academy?”

Baekcheon nodded his head in agreement with Ilmok’s explanation.

“So you mean that completing the Magic Academy comes first! I understand. I will not forget the favor I received from you this time!”

Baekcheon, who showed his extreme courtesy by taking the lottery ticket, left with a brisk gait.

It was hard to believe that he was a man who had been subjected to the punishment of three days of fasting for a month until this afternoon.

Jeong-hyeon, who was watching the back of the person leaving blankly, cautiously spoke to Ilmok.

“Well, it seems like you are popular with Confucius.”

“? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Bae, Senior Baekcheon, and there are more than one or two people who come to see you every day, Confucius.”

Jeong-Hyeon spoke in a very discouraged voice, his shoulders hunched.

Although he only had one person he could call a close friend, Ilmok, there were too many people looking for him.

As time went on, Confucius began to become more friendly with others, and he began to fear that he would be forgotten.

That would be the case, since among those who were looking for a job, there were many who were better than him.

Among his peers, Dokgo-pae and Bang Mi-hwa need not be mentioned, and Baek-cheon, who has just come, has also caused trouble, but he was the top student of the above class and a direct descendant of Baekga, one of the five great families.

As she turned her head away and avoided eye contact, her self-esteem beginning to drop, Ichimoku stroked her arm, which was giving her goosebumps, and said.

“Don’t say such horrible things, even if it’s just a joke. I’m satisfied with staying here with Jeong Gwan-do.”

Because if they were crazy people, I would hate them.

And at that blatant expression of the first glance, Jeong-Hyeon trembled as if he was having a match.

“Is there anything uncomfortable?”

Ichimoku asked with a worried voice at the familiar sight.

It was a sight I had seen before. When we first met, Jeong-Hyeon suddenly started a fight.

‘It’ll get worse if I get closer?’

Because he knows the side effects of Jeong-Hyeon, Ilmok is unable to do anything.

“Well, I’ll go first!”

Jeong-Hyeon, whose face turned pale, ran away from the empty lot.

* * *

Meanwhile, at that time.

The atmosphere at Heukho Hall was bustling with activity as they prepared for the expedition that was to depart early the next morning.

Among those busily moving about was Mak Ho-yeol, who was known as a martial arts fanatic.

And Mak Ho-yeol, who was fully prepared to leave, returned to his room and began making final preparations.

After he finished eating with a clean mind, he wrote down some words on a piece of paper.

The letter, written in a cool and bold handwriting that suited his personality, was a kind of challenge.

He caught the eye of the adjutant Yu Geuk at the last military training session and received special training for about a month.

Thanks to that, I have achieved noticeable results, and I think I will be able to achieve results together with my seniors in the upcoming expedition.

That’s why, after returning from this expedition, he planned to challenge someone.

I would have liked to challenge myself and fight every day, but I thought that was not polite.

‘He is a man who is several steps ahead of me. At the very least, shouldn’t he achieve enough to make the other person interested in me and then challenge me again?’

Mak Ho-yeol, who had been writing the letter of challenge with such thoughts in his mind, folded the letter carefully as soon as the food ran out and got up.

Mak Ho-yeol left Heukho-gwan and headed across Daeyeonmujang toward Heukryong-gwan.

“A glance at the map!!”

The opponent he wanted to challenge after the expedition was none other than Ichimoku. No matter how much of a junior he was, Ichimoku was now a goal he had to overcome.

“Please come out for a moment!”

As Mak Ho-yeol continued to shout loudly at the entrance of the Black Dragon Hall, Ilmok soon appeared.

“What’s going on?”

It was a look that clearly showed that he was annoyed to death, but Mak Ho-yeol didn’t care.

“Just accept this, junior.”

“???”

Ilmok accepted the carefully folded letter that Makhoyeol offered with a puzzled expression.

At Mak Ho-yeol’s words that followed immediately after, Ilmok flinched without realizing it.

“I wrote this with all my heart.”

“What do you mean?”

“From the day I first met you, I have never forgotten you.”

After losing the first day’s battle, Mak Ho-yeol never forgot the sword of Ichimoku.

‘What the hell is this?’

Of course, Ilmok couldn’t understand Mu-gong-gwang’s way of thinking.

“Please read it carefully. I will give you the answer after I return from this expedition.”

However, as if this was enough, Mak Ho-yeol said what he wanted to say and turned around to leave.

Ilmok, who had been half-asleep, turned his head and looked around.

Was it because Mak Ho-yeol was screaming so loudly? All of his classmates were watching the scene. Even in the corner, Jeong-hyeon’s face was glimpsed through the shadows.

‘Are you feeling a little better?’

Ichimoku, who remembered what had happened in the empty lot earlier, threw down the letter he was holding in his hand and tried to approach Jeong-hyeon.

“A single glance at the map!! How can you treat the letter that my brother wrote with such care so carelessly!!”

Suddenly, the Dokgo gangster started having a seizure and started blocking the road.

Ilmok sighed deeply at the meddling of Dokgo-pae, who boasted of a close friendship as if they had become sworn brothers.

* * *

Early the next morning.

The senior riders, including Mak Ho-yeol and Baek Cheon, left the Magic Hall.

Perhaps because the senior rider had disappeared, the magic hall had a quiet atmosphere.

It was a situation that could be considered a blessing for Ichimoku, but he was not very comfortable with it.

For some reason, it was because Jeong-Hyeon started avoiding him after that day when he tried to have a seizure.

“Jeong Gwan Do!”

“Heeeeek!”

It went beyond simply avoiding them, and when Ichimoku got even a little closer, he would start a fight and run away.

As for Jeong-Hyeon, there was nothing he could do.

– I’m satisfied with just staying here with Jeong Gwan-do.

Because the explicit expression of the first glance kept lingering in my head, I was so embarrassed that I didn’t know what to do.

In particular, it was a fatal blow to Jeong-Hyeon, who had been having a hard time seeing Il-Mok since the incident in the fantasy world last time.

“ha.”

Ilmok, who was sighing as he watched Jeong-hyeon running away into the distance, soon realized an important fact.

‘Come to think of it, why do I keep chasing after Jeong-Hyeon?’

From the beginning, I decided not to associate with the mentally ill patients of the Magic Academy and entered the institution.

‘Was I feeling lonely without even knowing it?’

Jeong-Hyeon is a bit shy and has a hard time being close to people, but compared to other crazy guys, he is quite docile, so it seemed like it was a little bit comfortable.

“Ugh. I was running around for nothing.”

Perhaps because of the side effects of the Talhonmujeonggeom, Ilmok quickly became bored with everything as he recalled all the sweat he had shed chasing after Jeong-hyeon.

Ilmok, who had given up on chasing Jeong-hyeon, headed straight for the secluded empty lot.

It was a place I used to go with Jeong-Hyeon, but today Ilmok was alone.

I wasn’t particularly lonely. I wasn’t the type to particularly dislike being alone.

“Well, if I wait here, he’ll come someday.”

I don’t know why he avoids me, but I thought that rather than forcibly chasing after a surprised person, we could just talk to him later when he calms down.

I was quite confident that Jeong-Hyeon would return.

“I’m alone too, but Jeong Gwan-do doesn’t have any friends either.”

* * *

Fortunately or unfortunately, Jeong-Hyeon did not return to that secluded empty lot.

Maybe he came stealthily while Ilmok was napping, but Ilmok never encountered Jeong-hyeon.

Anyway, Ichimoku enjoyed napping alone there every day, and as he spent more time napping, time seemed to fly by.

And finally, the third test arrived.

The path out of the Magic Academy, guided without fail by the instructor.

Among the Eulban officers following Instructor Eunryeo, Jeonghyeon was seen.

Jeong-Hyeon, who was moving slightly apart from the other officials, accidentally made eye contact with Ilmok and turned his head away in shock.

‘…Does it really hurt somewhere?’

While Ilmok was thinking about that, Chu Il-hwan, who was lining up the officials, opened his mouth.

“This test will be held in a much larger location than before. The map I’m handing out now shows the destinations you must go to.”

As he finished speaking, the assistants who were holding pieces of paper, sticks, and whistles began to hand them out to the officials one by one.

“Unlike the previous two exams, this exam is an individual competition, and points will be awarded based on the time and order in which you arrive at your destination. There are countless traps prepared along the way to get there, so you must carefully watch your path as you proceed.”

As Chu Il-hwan listened to the story, Ilmok opened the map he had received from his assistant and let out a faint sigh.

‘It’s a long way.’

There were three mountain peaks drawn on the map.

It was said that one had to go to a place that could only be reached by crossing three of the countless mountain peaks in Cheonmandaesan.

“If you go outside the area drawn on the map, you will be trapped in the formation. However, the formation is designed to lead to one place, so you don’t have to worry about getting lost.”

And this time, Chu Il-hwan held out his whistle and stick and spoke.

“These two are for emergencies, so keep them safe. The test will last for two hours. If you don’t reach your destination within two hours, light this stick and blow the whistle. The instructor and assistant instructors will come to your rescue.”

When Chu Il-hwan lit a stick, perhaps to demonstrate, bright yellow smoke poured out. The yellow smoke seemed to act as a kind of beacon.

“Lastly, just like the last exam, the test will begin and after a while, the assistants and instructors will patrol the testing area to look for you. This is to find those who are injured or lost in the ship, but on the other hand, those who are caught by the assistants or instructors will be marked as failed.”

Following his explanation, the instructor and his assistants showed the bells tied to their belts.

After briefly explaining the test, Chu Il-hwan added a warning with a playful smile.

“Because the testing area has expanded, you should be careful. Also, I hope you don’t get injured because you’re greedy for grades or don’t send a signal even after two hours have passed. This is an exam where there are occasional casualties or deaths.”

Even when told of deaths and missing people, the officials did not seem surprised or anxious, but rather showed confidence and determination.

It was as if he had been prepared for that from the moment he entered the Magic Hall.

At the sight of the children losing their sense of fear, Ilmok shook his head alone.

‘With those crazy quacks.’

I had a feeling that the people who brought in sixteen-year-olds and made this test were some kind of crazy people.

After that, Chu Il-hwan continued his detailed explanation, and when he finished his explanation, he shouted and turned the hourglass over.

“If you do, start!”

As expected, as soon as the test started, Dokgo-pae and Bang Mi-hwa shouted confidently and started running.

“The victory in this exam is mine!”

“Confucius! This time I won’t spare you!”

One difference is that while Dokgo-pae ran alone as if it were an individual match, Bang Mi-hwa was with Ha-young without fail.

“Phew.”

Ichimoku sighed and turned his head to look in the direction where the Eulban officials were gathered. To be exact, in the direction where Jeong-hyeon was.

‘Even though it’s an individual exhibition, I think it’s okay if we play together until the early to mid-game.’

It might be uncomfortable if people are crowded together, but they will all disperse soon anyway.

At that time, I was thinking of having a casual conversation with Jeong-Hyeon.

“!?”

Jeong-Hyeon, unlike him, ran out at full speed as soon as the test started and then quickly used stealth to hide himself.

“Ugh.”

Ilmok clicked his tongue as if he felt regretful, shook off his regret, and walked forward while looking at the map.

“You have to cross three mountains.”

The thought of sweating made me feel uneasy in many ways, but like the previous exams, no useful shortcuts came to mind.

“I guess it would be best to just finish quickly and rest.”

After gathering his thoughts, Ichimoku took a step forward.