1523 times. flowers and butterflies
The girl who was lowering her head thought she had heard wrong and asked back.
“What did you say?”
“Do you want eternal love she asked?”
“of course. But isn’t that impossible for me?”
She said she was immortal and even Namgung-yeon was not in this world so it was like a dream.
“If possible would you give up immortality?”
“Do you mean to die?”
“The question is whether it is possible to live the lifespan of an ordinary human being.”
“Can a being like me live the lifespan of a human?”
To Yeon Jeok-ha who was puzzled the wise woman of Gucheon spoke with an indifferent expression.
“God is said to be the ‘immortal will.’ So it is true that physically killing God is close to impossible.”
“I am that kind of person. “You know.”
“Nevertheless many gods died. “They faced extinction not by an external force but by the gods forgotten by humans breaking their own ‘will to exist.’”
For a moment I felt a shock as if I had been hit in the back of the head with a hammer.
This was the first time I knew that God could disappear like that.
“When you tell me to live according to the human lifespan… are you saying to break the will of existence like them?”
The Nine Heavenly Wise Woman’s eyes twinkled like stars as she nodded.
Then Yeonjeokha spoke one after another.
“But what about Sister Yeon? You don’t have sister-in-law do you? “You’re probably not telling me to have an eternal love with someone else.”
“What if Namgung Yeon abandons the immortal world and reincarnates as a perfect human?”
The Nine Heavenly Wise Woman’s eyes grew hot with eagerness.
Originally Namgung-yeon chose her because she did not want to be seen growing old and dying alone.
She was willing to give up the position of immortal if she could end her life with Yeon Jeok-ha.
It is quite ironic that the reincarnated body chose an immortal life but the original body actually became mortal.
If other hermits had known they would have dissuaded her from her foolish desire but the wise woman of nine heavens in this world chose love over eternal life.
The main culprit behind her dramatic change as a wise woman of nine heavens was Namgung-yeon.
In the past she Nangong Yeon risked her given death and went to the ‘Fourth Heaven’ where she met Yeon Jeokha.
The ‘fourth sky’ belongs to the superior world rather than the good world.
Thanks to her Namgung-yeon Gucheon Hyeonnyeo who experienced her upper world achieves great enlightenment.
It means that life in the lower world the upper world and the upper world are not much different.
The end of her path of enlightenment was as meaningless as her life.
In response Gucheon Hyeonnyeo did not try to ask about her feelings for Namgung Yeon.
Rather she risked a thousand kalpas to help Yeon Jeok-ha and eventually she decided to leave the Suseon world and reincarnate as a perfect human being.
In fact it would not be an exaggeration to say that the current Gucheonhyeonnyeo was Namgungyeon.
It is often said that the eyes are the window to the soul.
She felt strong emotions in the eyes of the wise woman from Gucheon who was looking after her.
The current Nine Heavenly Wise Woman is noticeably different from what she looked like in her childhood and before she went to the fourth heaven of Guju.
In the past the wise woman of Gucheon was calm and only showed her emotions to show her compassion.
But now she was like Nangong Yeon.
She is Nam Gung-yeon the person they met again in ‘The Fourth Heaven’ and shared a passionate love with.
He was happy but at the same time the sudden change in the wise woman of Gucheon who had been like a stone and a rock bothered her.
She said ‘When she has doubts she creates ghosts that don’t exist [疑心暗鬼]’.
For a moment Yeon Jeok-ha’s mind became more complicated than ever before.
At that time the wise woman of Gucheon who was very excited asked with a slightly disappointed look on her face.
“Why is there no answer?”
“There’s something a little suspicious about it.”
“Tell me.”
“A thought occurred to me just now. If Gucheonhyeonnyeo’s past life was Yeon… then what is Gucheonhyeonnyeo that I met in the warehouse?”
When Yeonjeokha was six years old she met Namgung Yeon and Gucheon Hyeonnyeo.
His idea was that if Gucheon Wise Woman was reincarnated as Namgung Yeon she should only be one of the two.
“If the nine-cheon wise woman is the true body then Namgung-yeon is like her alter ego. Consider that Shastra Parakti incarnated in the ‘Fourth Sky’ and lived as Luna Mylus. Even when Namgung Yeon was by your side in the name of Luna Mylus Shastra Parakti existed.”
“ah! I see. Then just as Luna Mylus returned to Shastra Parakti… Perhaps Yeon-nim also returned to Nine Heavenly Wise Woman….”
“That’s right. “I and Namgoongyeon have become one.”
“Now I understand. So what does it mean to be reincarnated as a perfect human being?”
“It means that Jinshin will leave the water line world and be reborn as a human.”
“Why? Until now Gucheonhyeonnyeo’s past life was probably not just Yeonnim. Why are you suddenly giving up your eternal life?”
“While I was reincarnated in the body of Nam Gung-yeon I experienced a life in the extremely high upper world. I bet you do too. Aren’t you strange? Life in the lower world and the upper world is not very different. Whether it was the life of a mayfly the life of a human or the life of a hermit… the joys sorrows sorrows and desires were the same. The only thing that was different was a greatly increased lifespan.”
“….”
Yeonjeokha shook his head greatly agreeing with those words.
This is because he had the same thoughts as her in ‘Savior’ and ‘The Fourth Heaven’.
“For immortals the only thing that was eternal… was a long time. Everything else is as light as a straw blowing in the wind. Fate life love… Just as Namgung-yeon risked her death and went looking for you I also intend to do the same.”
It was only after I started studying that I was able to understand Gucheonhyeonnyeo.
Namgung-yeon who was like an active volcano melted the heart of the wise woman of Gucheon who was like wood and stone.
Looking back it was similar to the change that Namgung-yeon showed.
Namgoongyeon always seemed indifferent but when we met her again in ‘The Fourth Heaven’ she was hot.
The wise woman of Gucheon who was staring at her lover lost in her thoughts opened her mouth again.
“Will you live a mortal life with me?”
“yes.”
Yeon Jeok-ha answered firmly.
I don’t know what meaning eternal life has for humans let alone gold and stone.
If it is repeated hundreds or thousands of times it will wear out and become dull.
It is no wonder that from Kama Devyas and Ushas Undra the Heavenly Jama and the Golden Temple emerged.
There was no way to prevent him from becoming like them in the future.
A smile spread across the face of the wise woman of Gucheon who had been anxiously waiting for her answer.
At that moment Yeonjeokha took a step towards her Nine Heavenly Wise Woman and she said.
“Sister!”
“….”
Gucheon Hyeonnyeo was surprised by the sudden change in title but she did not deny the words.
Encouraged by her attitude Yeonjeok stretched out her hand towards the face of the nine-cheon wise woman.
She touched the face of the nine-cheon wise woman and muttered to herself as if she were talking to herself.
“You really are my sister. I thought I was dying to see you. “I also wanted to achieve enlightenment and go to the world of heaven but… I need to know something.”
“You don’t have to struggle. “I just have to go.”
The wise woman of Gucheon responded despite her embarrassment.
Then Yeon Jeok-ha overflowing with emotion hugged the wise woman of Gucheon.
The wise woman of Gucheon who was gently patting her shoulder while being held by him spoke in a whisper.
“Time is up. When I’m reincarnated I won’t remember anything. “I will bloom as just a flower so come to me like a butterfly.”
Startled by those words Yeon Jeok-ha hurriedly took the Nine Heavenly Wise Woman out of her arms and asked
“Find it? “How?”
“Make a promise in words. He said he would definitely find me and live for 100 years. “Then it’s okay.”
I didn’t ask anything after that.
It was the words of Nam Gung-yeon who was called the Empress of the Ten Battles so all you had to do was do as he was told.
“I promise in the name of Yeon Jeok-ha a disciple of Gong Ya-ja and Cheong Bul-no. “I will find Sister Yeon who has been reincarnated as a perfect human and live with her for a hundred years.”
As soon as Yeon Jeok-he finished speaking the wise woman of Gucheon kissed him.
Surprised Yeonjeokha opened her eyes wide.
But before she could even feel the sweet shock the wise woman of Nine Heavens moved away behind her as if she was being sucked in.
“Sister! “Sister!”
Yeon Jeok-ha ran but strangely the distance did not narrow at all.
Just before Gucheonhyeonnyeo turned into a dot and disappeared Yeonjeokha shouted desperately.
“I’ll find you! Wherever you are! “I will find it!”
Finally the figure of the Nine Heavenly Wise Woman completely disappeared from her sight.
As the thick clouds dispersed her small room reappeared.
Her sparkling 9 Heavenly Wise Woman was covered in dirty rust stains at some point.
The voices of Yeonjeong Un-yeon Seo-yeon and Kim Mi-ran were heard one after another in Yeon Jeok-ha’s ears as she stood there with a devastated face.
“Really. “It made a strange noise.”
“I can’t hear anything?”
“Don’t do that just open the door quickly. “It shouldn’t be stolen.”
Only then did I feel like I was going to keep writing.
It seems that a little of her voice leaked out as she was distracted by the wise woman of nine heavens walking away.
When Yeon Jeong-woon’s family opens the door and comes in there is no shame like this.
Yeonjeokha quickly opened the window.
At the same time Yeon Jeong-woon opened the door.
Soon Yeon Jeong-woon became irritated.
“There isn’t one! “They said they couldn’t hear anything.”
Then Kim Mi-ran pointed to the window with a surprised face.
“window! The window is open. It was clearly closed earlier. oh! Now that I think about it the wrapping cloth is also untied. “Someone came in!”
Only then did Yeon Jeongwoon rush to the window.
However there was no sign of presence in the yard and the gate was still closed.
Kim Mi-ran who had rewrapped the Nine Heavenly Lady Sutra in a wrapping cloth approached Yeon Jeong-un and whispered to her.
“Let’s go to your nephew’s room.”
“why?”
“Just check if he’s in his room.”
Only then did Yeon Jeongwoon hurriedly leave the room.
Yeon Seo-yeon who was watching her parents’ conversation with a puzzled look asked Kim Mi-ran.
“Are you suspecting the enemy?”
“I’m just saying this just in case since there are no other outsiders.”
“Oh that’s not it. “There’s something to steal in this room.”
Kim Mi-ran was about to say ‘That bronze mirror is worth 600 million won’ but held back.
Because the fewer people who knew about such things the better.
After a while Yeon Jeong-woon returned to the small room shaking her head and saying.
“He was sleeping.”
“Then no. thank god.”
Kim Mi-ran stroked his chest.
The keepsake room and Yeonjeokha’s room are both on this floor and to get in and out through the window you had to set up a ladder in the yard.
However since there was no ladder in the yard it could be seen as something unrelated to Yeonjeokha.
Yeon Seo-yeon who was watching her parents’ conversation grumbled.
“Look. I said no. “Did she forget to leave the window open?”
“Okay let’s say the window was like that. Then how do you explain the wrapping cloth being unraveled?”
“A stolen cat?”
“She is my daughter but her head is such a flower garden. A thief cat unwrapped the wrapping cloth and looked into the bronze mirror? Rather say that her fairy came out of the mirror and walked around.”
“uh? really! That might have been the case. Could it be that the fairy who came out of the mirror opened the window and flew into the sky?”
“Tsk tsk! How old are you and you still talk about when you were young? Stop talking nonsense and go to sleep. And honey.”
Yeon Jeong-woon who was thinking deeply about something turned his head and looked at Kim Mi-ran.
“why?”
“You sleep in this room today. “I can’t do it because it feels uncomfortable.”
“okay.”
Yeon Jeong-woon who was anxious about a big deal obediently followed his wife’s words.
The next morning.
Yeon Jeong-un’s family and Yeon Jeok-ha sat around the table.
Yeon Si-woo a middle school student goes to school early and eats alone for the four of us as usual.
‘The thief is on his toes’ said Yeon Jeong-woon observing Yeon Jeok-ha’s notice throughout the meal.
“Uncle do you have anything to say?”
Yeonjeongwoon felt uncomfortable for a moment but forced a smile and shook his head.
“I don’t have any? why?”
“I feel like you’ve been staring at me since a while ago.”
“Isn’t it?”
Kim Mi-ran came forward unable to bear to see her husband trembling with pride like a guilty person.
“Actually there was a thief last night.”
“A thief?”
Yeon Jeok-ha asked back with a slightly surprised expression.
Then Kim Mi-ran looked at Yeon Jeok-ha with sharp eyes and continued her words.
“Someone secretly entered the room where your father-in-law’s belongings were kept.”
“No way… you’re doubting me right?”
Yeon Jeong-woon who had taken a step back in response to Yeon Jeok-ha’s words hurriedly intervened.
“No what? Why do we doubt you?”
When Seo-yeon Yeon’s mood became strange she quickly got up and went to her room.
The atmosphere became cold for a moment but Kim Mi-ran neither confirmed nor denied until the end.