Episode 1177 I have something to tell you. (2)
Several people are gathered in the room.
King Hyeonjong and the elders of Hwasan.
And Tanggunak, who serves as the actual vice leader of the Cheonwoomaeng.
Four people were looking at one person with stiff faces.
However, Cheongmyeong Lee, who received that gaze, only smiled brightly.
“Really…”
Hyeonjong seems speechless, clears his throat and asks again.
“Are you sure you’ll be okay?”
“yes. what.”
Cheongmyeong shrugged his shoulders.
“Actually, the answer was decided from the beginning, right?”
“Even so…”
“Do you think differently, Jang Moon-in?”
Hyeonjong takes a deep breath and exhales.
“…My thoughts are not that different.”
“yes. “If my thoughts and Jang Moon-in’s thoughts are the same, there is nothing to worry about.”
Cheongmyeong’s gaze turned to Tanggunak.
“I feel a bit sorry for the matriarch.”
“It’s nothing for you to be sorry about.”
Tanggunak shakes his head.
“The party suffered no loss. “The status of the Tang family is twice as high now that it is treated as the second-in-command of the Heavenly Wu Meng compared to when it was in the Five Great Families.”
Tang Gunak looked at Cheongmyeong with eyes filled with warmth.
“And it’s not just the status. Thanks to you and Hwasan, the Sacheon Party, which only cared about its own family’s benefit, has learned what is right as a political faction. “This is a precious experience that cannot be replaced by anything else.”
“Hmm. “I’m a little embarrassed.”
“No, you are proud enough….”
“Actually, to put it bluntly, Sacheondanga did have some aspects of that. Selfish and vicious. “Ugh, just thinking about it.”
“….”
Tang Gunak’s eyebrows twitched.
“…anyway.”
“yes.”
A small sigh escaped his mouth.
“The lords of other sects have also said that they will completely follow Hwasa’s decision, so there will be no opposition. “But there’s something I want to ask you.”
“yes.”
“Are you really okay with that?”
“….”
Tang Gunak continued with an extremely serious expression.
“Even if it is the more right path, it is still a decision to give up everything you have achieved so far. “Even if Hwasan regains the reputation of being one of the best in the world, even if he achieves the same status as Shaolin.”
Cheongmyeong closes his mouth.
“What you were trying to build wasn’t just status, was it?”
“Well, it’s like that… but it’s okay.”
As soon as those words were finished, Hyeonyoung, who was sitting with a sullen expression on her face, said, ‘It’s okay. ‘Damn it.’ he muttered, then bit his lip when he saw the grim expression on the phenomenon’s face.
“I know. Is it equal status or is it just an old file? That doesn’t really mean anything. Actually, this is giving cash and receiving a bill. “No matter how big the amount is written on the bill, couldn’t it be reduced to pieces of paper overnight?”
“I know very well. “But why?”
“In the first place, Cheonwoomaeng was a means, not a goal.”
Cheongmyeong shrugged his shoulders.
“I didn’t create Cheonwoomaeng because I wanted the volcano to become a great place. We came together under the name of Cheonwoomaeng because we wanted to protect at least one more person. However, giving up a safer path by obsessing over the means is a betrayal of the principal.”
“Do you trust the court?”
“Of course I don’t believe it.”
Cheongmyeong said clearly.
“What I believe in is me and the volcano. And these are the other sects that were part of Cheonwoomaeng. Do you think I will obediently listen to what the great bald man thinks? That sounds like a no-brainer. “There’s no head anywhere!”
“….”
Cheongmyeong, who gave a slight sigh, smiled and continued speaking.
“So, let’s go in first. “It’s better to go under the eaves of someone you don’t like than to stand in the field when it’s raining heavily.”
Tang Gunak shook his head.
“The more I listen, the less I understand.”
“…What?”
“For us, wasn’t Cheonwoomaeng the eaves?”
“….”
Tang Kun-Yeok looked directly at Qingming.
“It’s a contradiction. If things continue like this, it could be argued that Cheon Woo-maeng can give up everything for the sake of negotiation. He could be praised for making a great decision for the future of Kangho. But won’t we end up losing something we shouldn’t lose?”
Cheongmyeong closed his eyes without answering.
“I think what we shared in the Cheonwoo Alliance wasn’t just strength. Haven’t we seen something beyond that? But now, choosing to simply become stronger and safer…”
Cheongmyeong slowly opened his eyes again.
His eyes were infinitely sunken.
“I’ve been feeling it for some time.”
“…What do you mean?”
“Maybe I’m running towards a certain outcome and I’m just ignoring it.”
Tanggunak closes his mouth. This is because the weight carried by Cheongmyeong’s words was too heavy.
“Parents want their children to grow up properly. “I hope that you will become a person who does not give in to injustice, maintains integrity, and knows how to help the weak.”
“I guess so.”
“But no parent would want their child to die for someone else.”
“….”
“You can cry over what has already happened and praise yourself for doing a good job. But no one would let their child jump into a fire pit to save someone else.”
Tanggunak closed his eyes.
I think I know what Cheongmyeong wants to say.
“But at one point, I was pushing the volcano’s disciples into the fire pit. “The louder the volcano’s cries become, the more incredible the volcano becomes, and the more dangerous they become.”
Cheongmyeong shrugs his shoulders.
“Of course, it’s not just about volcanoes, it’s about Cheonyu-maeng as well. “For example, it is like that.”
“…I know.”
“At some point, I started having that dream. We will defeat Sapae-ryeon, the Heavenly Demon, and everyone else, and peace will finally come to Gangho. A moment when everyone can be happy.”
“Isn’t that what we want?”
“But there are no volcanoes there.”
“….” “Hwasan, Dangga, Namgung…. The two clans of Nokrim and Sae-eu. no one.”
Cheongmyeong looks up at the ceiling with a sad face.
“In the end, it worked out well. Because everyone kept what they wanted to keep and achieved what they wanted to achieve. But… I couldn’t laugh when I saw that.”
The voice was calm, but strangely sorrowful.
“Because nothing has changed. Because it’s the same result.
“It was something I couldn’t quite understand. But the emotions contained within are clearly evident. That deep bitterness and regret.
“I just did what I wanted, but at some point, Hwasan became a sect that created great agreements. And everyone suddenly feels like they have to risk their lives to negotiate.”
“You…”
“What is there at the end?”
Tang Gunak could not bear to answer.
“Things like Hangzhou will happen again and again in the future. Because I’m blind every time. Because it’s a volcano. Because it’s a party. “It will be natural to go to the front and fight the fiercest.”
At those words, Tanggunak couldn’t help but nod his head.
Even if you want to deny it, you can’t. Hasn’t everything in Cheonwoomaeng already started to take on that trend?
“Then one day, we may face the outcome of only others enjoying everything we have preserved through our sacrifices.”
That’s the path the volcanoes of the past took.
Cheongmyeong deeply regretted it and vowed never to repeat the same thing again.
But isn’t it funny? Despite so much resentment and regret, Cheongmyeong was already following the same path.
The more he understands Qingwen and the past, the more his choices become like the volcanoes of the past.
And I was afraid that the results would be the same.
“So what.”
Cheongmyeong shrugged his shoulders again.
“If I were a really great ally, I might say that’s okay. To be honest, I’m a narrow-minded and selfish person, so I can’t stand to see others enjoying what we achieved through all our hard work. “I just need to be a little more cowardly.”
“You…”
“That would be right.”
Cheongmyeong laughs. “
Those damned things won’t save themselves even if you tell them to save themselves, and they won’t be able to do so even if you tell them to fight just as much as others. So I have to stop it. “Not more dangerous, not more difficult.”
“But… didn’t you say over and over again that you can’t defeat the Demon Cult by doing that?”
“Maybe we can find another way. “The reason there was no answer was the same from the beginning.”
“That’s irresponsible.”
“i know.”
Cheongmyeong sighs.
“But this is my limit. It’s difficult anymore. What’s left is to discuss it with the great bald man. “He may not be trustworthy, but there are aspects of him that see the situation better than I do.”
Tang Gunak looked at Cheongmyeong with heavy eyes.
“…You have become an adult too.”
“It sounds like you have become cowardly.”
“If it’s a compliment, it’s a compliment. “Because you can’t live on just ambition forever.”
A bitter smile forms on Cheongmyeong’s lips.
The answer came easily. He just looked back at what he wanted to protect the most.
What he wanted to protect was the volcano and its disciples. And the future of volcanoes.
It was not a powerhouse, not a midfielder, not a world, but a volcano.
Wasn’t it Cheongmyeong who was so opposed to Cheongmun’s words that the world must be protected in order to protect the future of Hwasan?
But at some point, he too was following the same path as Cheongmun. So now we have to change that path.
“Do you feel the same way, Lord?”
“I too am just a small person.”
Hyeonjong shook his head.
“It is just as Cheongmyeong said. “I wouldn’t dare call myself the parent of those children, but what parent in the world would want the blood of their child to bring peace to the world?”
“….”
“I just hope that there will be less blood shed by those children. “Even if more blood is shed by others in return for that choice… that will be the price of my sin that I will have to bear.”
“I understand. enough.”
Tanggunak nods his head with his eyes closed.
They must protect the people and protect the world. However, just as the Tang family is to Tang Gunak, Hwasan’s disciples are also people they must protect.
Perhaps more precious than everyone in the world.
Discussing agreement while putting such people in danger may be the reckless behavior of someone who has become absorbed in ideals.
Therefore, Tanggunak understood their words. Both of them had such a terrible view of volcanoes that they had no choice but to make this decision.
“I understand what you two mean.”
Nothing much will change.
All you have to do is get inside a bigger fence. There, there will be Hwasan, who has now become one of the nine factions, and there will also be the Tang family and the Namgung family, who have joined the Five Generations, and the Saeui factions and Nokrim will also be together.
Even if the name changes, that connection will not disappear.
So the only thing that changes is one thing.
“then.”
Tang Gunak spoke a little bitterly with his lips that had not yet parted.
“That’s it for Cheon Woo-maeng.”
Everyone who heard that just closed their eyes.
As if they couldn’t bear to see each other’s faces.
