Episode 931:
I had a dream.
‘Wow, was the tree this big?’
I looked down at my hand and saw a very small, chubby pink back. It’s a baby’s hand.
The child was drawing something on the floor.
It was a crooked picture, but I could tell that he was holding a knife.
[What are you drawing?]
Who is asking? The face is not visible.
Young Jin Cheon-hee answered.
“I’m going to draw a charlatan.”
The child’s speech was a little slurred and his pronunciation was strong.
My cheeks are tingling.
It feels like the inside of my mouth is torn.
This seemed to be the cause.
Did I collide? Did you get hit?
I couldn’t tell, but the child was still trying to pronounce words clearly.
[knight errant? ■■ seems to like charlatans. What do you particularly like?]
“Being a thief is a great thing. Even if I get knocked down, I keep getting up. “That’s how he protects the river.”
As expected, the inside of my mouth feels so sore.
It tasted like iron.
It looks like the bleeding is continuing.
It hurts, it hurts.
Nevertheless, the child did not stop drawing the thief.
Someone watching it laughed for a while, wondering what was so fun.
Finally, he asked.
[Right now, we can protect the powerful just by having the thief fall and rise again. But soon a world will come where that alone will not be possible.]
“…?”
The child’s head tilts.
I have no idea what this person is talking about.
[Is your wish to become a charlatan?]
“Yes! “Become a thief and protect the powerful!”
When I forced myself to pronounce it correctly, my cheeks and mouth hurt again.
But the child seemed satisfied.
[The person in power who hit you like that is also a person and lives in a river. But do you still want to protect people?]
The child touches his tingling cheek.
sick.
But I looked down again at the picture I had just drawn.
The sword he drew was really cool.
Although it cannot be compared to the artist’s wonderful paintings.
All it has is a cross drawn on it.
Still, didn’t you repeat the line ten times?
A knife drawn by repeatedly pressing it.
stylish.
If this is the case, no matter how bad a eunuch comes and steps on it, it won’t go away.
I drew it by pressing down on it ten times with the strongest tree branch.
It won’t go away this time.
The child mumbled and clenched his fists.
I felt like I could become a thief as long as I had this sword.
Besides, if he were to be considered a charlatan, he had just fallen.
One of the common trials in heroic tales.
I looked down at my palms again.
It was covered in red.
The child wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.
“It’s Geommi who will become a thief!”
After all, it hurts.
This time my pronunciation was off.
[For today’s powerhouses, it is not enough to just fall and get back up. Even if you die, you have to keep getting up again, and even if you do that, it is a terrible thing and you have no choice but to protect yourself.]
Do you still want to become a charlatan?
He was asking that.
A child does not understand death.
Still, I know that I can never meet a dead person in my life.
However, I was too young to deeply understand the concept of death itself.
At that time, the child was not a genius, nor did he have someone invincible inside him.
I was just a child.
But I admired the thief.
He was in the same position as a modern-day warrior and was someone all children looked up to.
Among the stories of charlatans he read, there was one about the ordeal of being bullied like this when he was young.
But even so, I stood up bravely.
Because that’s what a charlatan is.
[Didn’t falling hurt? Even if it hurts, it hurts.]
The child did not deny what he said.
“It hurts so much, but…”
I rub my numb cheek and move my sore tongue in my mouth.
I look down at my palms and knees.
How much do you have to fall to become a charlatan?
I knew that every time I fell, I would get angry and feel bitter.
still.
Nevertheless.
Longing is more powerful than ignorance.
“I still want to become a charlatan! No matter how difficult the adversity is, get up! “I want to become a great thief who protects everyone!”
[Hahaha! Hahahahaha!]
His laughter fills the place.
[You’re naive, you’re naive! Trust people with a slap in the face! Discussing cooperation with swollen lips! Hahaha! Is it because I’m young? Or is it because you’re stupid! Well, since he’s human, it could be both.]
The man smiles and laughs for a while as if he heard a funny joke.
[Why are young and foolish things so fun?]
I laughed and held my stomach for a while, wondering what was so fun, and then I raised my hand.
[okay. Children your age believe in folk tales and fairy tales. No matter how hard it was, I thought it would lead to a happy ending in the end.]
I saw a dry and bony finger.
Every single bone, even the prominent veins.
Even the outlines of his muscles were visible, making him look like he had no fat.
I couldn’t see his face, but I could tell he was so thin that it was a wonder he didn’t starve to death.
But it’s big.
The man was very tall.
Jin Cheon-hee thought while contemplating the dream.
‘No, maybe it looks big because it’s a child’s body.’
The large hand covered the child’s face.
[Pure wind. This is why a child’s obsession is so scary. Ignorance and innocence are two and one. Even the sky is a moving force.]
The fingers touching my forehead are cold. No, it was hot too.
It was strange.
A person’s body temperature can be cold and hot repeatedly.
He said.
[Your wish has just been fixed. Baby hero. How many times will you have to die before you let go of the alliance? Ten times? A hundred times? A thousand times?]
No, before that, is it worth it?
Are humans really qualified to go beyond the ‘end’?
He muttered under his breath and then said this.
[I wonder if the Hyeop will still be shining brightly in your eyes when the time comes.]
Is the being in front of you a person?
Is it something like God?
Or is it an illusion?
Suddenly, Jin Cheonhee realized that his voice was somehow familiar.
A voice I’ve heard before.
But even if I try to think of it, I can’t remember it, as if it’s blocked by a wall.
[okay. Oh no. Let’s make a bet.]
Bet?
[For that, you need the most precious thing. [Bring out the most precious thing.]
The child was procrastinating and went somewhere and took out something.
After hesitating for a while, I finally blurted out.
“Because the bet is settled. You can eat it. “Because you look hungry.”
Is it because of his scrawny body?
He looks down at his palms. A thin body with nothing but bones.
What the child gave was his most precious treasure.
“Because it is the cooperative that provides food to hungry people.”
Dreaming of becoming a charlatan.
Was he at least impressed by the story of giving food to the poor?
The child speaks with a determined voice.
I saved it until the end.
It was a tangerine that I had cherished so much that it was now half rotten and soft.
The man looks down at the tangerine for a while, and then he looks intently into the child’s eyes.
[Change of mind.]
“…?”
[I’ll have to bet, but I guess I’ll have to change the content.]
He laughed again.
* * *
“Huh!”
Only then did Jin Cheon-hee stand up.
“Strange dream…”
At that moment, most of the dream began to be forgotten in an instant.
“Oh, I shouldn’t forget… I shouldn’t.”
I quickly wrote it down on the blanket with my finger.
However, like grains of sand, they slipped through my fingers and there were only a few left.
“Is this a dream? Or…”
Is it like a memory left in this body?
I can not know.
That kind of ambiguity is the essence of dreams.
Thinking like that, Jin Cheonhee was a little surprised when she saw where she was lying.
Because he was lying on a luxurious bed.
Moreover, they are properly dressed.
It seemed like he had fallen asleep.
‘but. After gaining enlightenment and eliminating all waste, I was quite tired.’
Isn’t this one of Kang Ho-in’s most defenseless moments?
I got up from the bed and looked next to me, and there was a table and food.
Indeed, Admiral Taegam!
‘Is this what it means to be like a tongue in your mouth!’
Only in this way can one enjoy power and be called the emperor’s vassal.
-It looks like the bad smell has gone. come here.
at that time.
Suddenly I heard a familiar voice.
Jin Cheon-hee knew at once who the owner of this voice was.
Cough keung keung.
The door to the dragon’s residence is opening of its own accord.
Eungryong is calling.
‘This again… what’s going on? By the way, the Admiral Tae-gam is probably watching this too…’
Even though I was worried about that in my mind.
Jin Cheon-hee stood up from her seat, picked up the bundle she had previously packed and placed in a corner, and walked toward the aisle.
If Eungryong calls me… I have to go.
Even so, there were a lot of questions to ask.
* * *
Fog is gathering.
And just like before, it felt like it was scanning Jin Tianxi, then it retreated and disappeared.
And soon we arrived at Eungryong’s residence.
Eungryong looked down at Jin Cheonhee with the same look as before.
It is a majestic and majestic being whenever you look at it.
A sacred spirit that should not be dared to be called a living thing.
furthermore.
As Jin Cheon-hee, who had entered a new realm of Five Element Divine Skills, she was able to see and feel things that were different from before.
‘This is Eungryong-sama’s level… It’s enormous!’
The moment I saw Haeseondo, my body became stiff.
There was something about that being that made ants crazy just by looking at it.
However, Eungryong feels like it has a higher status than that.
-Has the blood become thicker? I’m amazed that it’s still alive and well.
Jin Cheon-hee opens her mouth, thinking about the meaning of Eung-ryong’s words.
“Were you watching me?”
In the past, Eung-ryong said that it was fun to see the world through Jin Cheon-hee.
-I used to be able to see it all the time… but lately it’s only been blurry. I was finally able to find out a little bit about your condition. okay. It smells like the sea. Did you see the frog?
frog.
I’m talking about seafood.
Does this mean that to this being, Haeseon is no different from a frog?
Or is it just called that because there is a slight resemblance?
One thing we can know is that Eung-ryong is not very friendly to Hae-seon.
That seemed certain.
“Well… it was a short meeting so I couldn’t really tell.”
I couldn’t even have a proper conversation with Haeseon.
I just heard a one-sided declaration.
-It looks like he wasn’t released even though he met you. Well, if it’s your special ability….
Eungryong was lost in thought before continuing.
-He hates creatures of the land. If they had been released, all the land would have already been submerged and washed away.
‘As expected, the Big Red Button approved by Eungryong!’
Jin Cheonhee sighed inwardly.
“Are there many places like that?”
-You mean the place where those guys are sealed? Quite a bit. But I can’t tell you.
‘Ha…. Nothing comes easy. It’s not just grumpiness… ‘There must be some reason.’
Jin Cheon-hee grumbled inwardly.
-You don’t ask why. Hehehe. This is not why I hate smart guys.
Eungryong is satisfied.
Looking at Eungryong like that, Jin Cheonhee thought.
‘Thank goodness. Dragons are capricious, but they are not hostile to humans.’
Even if you see the same ant, isn’t the way each person treats that ant different?
The same goes for Eungryong.
Jin Cheon-hee unpacked the bundle she brought.
The table is taken out and the plates, food, and liquor bottles prepared on it are taken out.
An offering prepared in advance because I have something to ask Eungryong when I enter Vigo.
“I offer this to the great dragon.”
-It looks like you learned some of our manners from somewhere. okay. It looks like you have something to wish for, right?
“There is something I would like to ask you, Eungryong.”
-Hoo. I’m allowed to ask questions.
Eungryong made an amused expression.
It was fortunate.
“If the heavenly energy collapses further in the future, will beings like Haeseon be able to roam the world freely?”
