Chapter 30 – Jinrihoe (3)
At the same time as Seo-jun spoke, a strange silence fell inside the room.
Calia was looking at Seo-jun and her smartphone with a clear expression of embarrassment.
Seo-joon looked at Calia calmly.
The Sword Saint was watching the situation with a puzzled expression on what he was doing.
silence that followed.
There, only the voice of Buddha Shakyamuni emanating from the smartphone resonated emptyly.
[Someone says the definition of existence is the soul. If this is true, it would be the same being if the body was different but the soul was the same. Therefore, even if possessed and returned, the essence of its existence should not be different.]
[Then, what is a soul? Thinking Consciousness? Or a mere extension of memory? Today, I want to examine the definition and soul of such beings.]
From the beginning of the lecture, Seo-joon hurriedly closed his ears as he felt like he was about to lose his mind.
However, realizing that it was a lecture he had to attend anyway, Seo-joon sighed inwardly.
“That… what do you mean?”
But Calia asked Seo-jun whether he knew about it or not.
Calia’s expression looked calmer than before, but there was still a look of bewilderment.
Seojun came to his senses and said.
“It is literally. What do you see on the screen of this smartphone you are looking at right now?”
It is also true that Shakyamuni’s lecture, which is being played now, should only be seen and heard by Seo-jun.
To be precise, it would be accurate to say that only those involved in the transcendent academy can see and hear, not Seo Jun.
then.
“You’re asking… strange questions.”
What does Calia’s expression mean?
“I don’t think that is a difficult answer.”
“It feels too difficult for me.”
“Can I take that as a sign that I don’t want to answer?”
“What if?”
“Then I can’t help it.”
Seo-joon shrugged his shoulders, saying, “No.”
And Calia kept her mouth shut as if she thought she had just gotten back what she just said.
After that, Calia was silent for a long time.
Seo-joon waited patiently for Calia.
A long time passed again like that.
“Black screen.”
Calia’s mouth opened slowly.
“All I see is a black screen.”
Seo-jun lowered his eyes slightly and looked at his smartphone.
Sakyamuni’s lectures being played normally.
Seo-jun raised his eyes again and asked Calia.
“Is it really true that there is no lie?”
“yes. I swear by the name of the truth, it is a fact that is not mixed with lies.”
At Calia’s confirmation, Seo-jun kept his mouth shut.
It was because the oath made in the name of truth was absolute for the teachers of Jinrihoe.
All the more so if the person making the remark was the successor to the apostle of chastity.
In a word, it was an undeniable fact that Calia could not see Shakyamuni’s lectures.
Therefore, at least Calia did not want to meet Seo-jun because of the Transcendent Academy.
Seo-joon put the smartphone back into his arms.
“I don’t know how you got a satisfactory answer.”
“Sure.”
“Then how do you think positively about sponsorship?”
“yes.”
Seojun shrugged once.
And then.
“I will not accept.”
he said with a smile on his face.
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The room where Geomseong and Seo-jun left.
Calia sat alone in the quiet room and stared out the window without saying a word.
Perhaps because of the ambiguous height of the 11th floor, the scenery of Seoul, Korea, seems almost impossible to see at a glance.
smart.
“Come on in.”
At the sudden knocking sound, Calia took her eyes off the window.
A man wearing a black hood then entered the room and Calia asked the man as if he had been waiting.
“How was it, Calcus?”
“…the Distortion was not visible.”
At the answer of the man called Calcus, Calia kept her mouth shut.
He just tapped his index finger a few times and asked again.
“Are you sure what you saw then?”
“I swear by the truth. I am very sure.”
With Calcus’ confirmation, Calia didn’t ask any more about it.
“…”
But I couldn’t shake off the feeling of discomfort that remained in a corner of my heart.
Seriously, Calia even recalled a low-level joke, wondering if she had just said that Calcus was not an oath of truth, but a misery of truth.
Calia slightly lowered her gaze and repeated the image of Seo-jun she had just met.
To be honest, there was nothing special about it.
And if it’s special, it’s at the student level anyway. He was there.
If there was one thing that was embarrassing, it was suddenly holding out his smartphone and asking what he could see.
It was something Calia hadn’t seen, but it was a problem that could be.
“I’d rather report to another apostle…”
Calia thought for a moment and shook her head at Calcus’s words.
“no. Let’s watch it for now. Right now, the Distortion that happened in the dungeon takes precedence. What happened to the other heroes?”
“Except for spirituality and ignorance, everything has been contacted. As you know, they can’t be seen…”
Calia slightly turned her gaze to the empty seat.
The seat where Seojun had been sitting until just now.
‘I can’t see it…’
Calia was locked in an unknown thought.
After leaving the hotel, Seojun and Geomseong headed to Dream Academy again.
Seo-joon didn’t know why Geomseong was going to Dream Academy again, but now he decided to just do it.
In front of Dream Academy, where we arrived.
Seo-joon moved toward the Dream Academy building.
“You bastard. Why did you reject Calia’s offer?”
Just then, the Sword Master’s question came.
When Seojun stopped walking and looked at the swordsman, the swordsman was looking at Seojun with a puzzled expression.
It wasn’t the suspicion that Geomseong had consistently shown to Seo-jun, but a genuine question.
Seojun replied with a smile.
“It’s reluctant.”
“Reluctant?”
Seojun nodded.
In fact, Seo-jun knew that Calia was related to the transcendent academy.
However, after checking, Bakalia had nothing to do with the Transcendent Academy. I don’t know what the Jinrihoe was like, but at least Calia was like that.
And if Calia had said that he could see Sakyamuni’s lecture, Seo-jun would have readily accepted the support of Jinrihoe.
If so, it was highly likely that Seo-joon was a senior at the transcendent academy, and the posts in the first-time students’ chatter were probably written by people from the Jinrihoe.
Then Seo-joon would not have hesitated for the opportunity to directly hear their advice as well as sponsorship.
However, as a result, Calia did not see Shakyamuni’s lecture.
In a word, it means that he does not know about Transcendentalist Academy.
Nevertheless, Calia’s attitude seemed to know that Seo-jun had something.
Seo-joon did not want to accept the goodwill of the opponent who did not show his hand.
However, the swordsman, unaware of this situation, just tilted his head and asked.
“So you’re saying that Seoyoon’s academy isn’t anything to worry about?”
“of course. Where else can you find a woman as honest as Seoyoon?”
Seojun replied with a smile.
It was as if he had seen the trembling swordsman’s hand, but Seojun didn’t pay much attention to it.
Geomseong stared blankly at Seo-joon and tucked his tongue.
I looked away.
“By the way, Sword Master. Can I ask a question too?”
Then Seo-joon asked a question.
The swordsman said indifferently.
“Tell me.”
“What do you mean the dungeon is twisted?”
“Why are you asking that?”
“It’s just… Sword Saint and Sir Calia are having a serious conversation, but I don’t understand at all.”
The swordsman answered calmly.
“It means that the mana has been distorted. If the dungeon is distorted, it means that the magic wave inside the dungeon is distorted.”
“The magic wave inside the dungeon is distorted? what is that?”
Although Seojun couldn’t understand it, the swordsman nodded as if he fully understood.
“At the time of the formation of the dungeon. This means that it differs from the measured value. This kind of distortion has several ripple effects, but most often the dungeon’s grade suddenly rises or the dungeon explodes before the time has come.”
“yes? Are such things possible?”
Seojun was surprised and asked the swordsman back.
Because, as far as Seo-jun knew, there had never been a case like that.
As if proving him, the swordsman nodded and opened his mouth.
“It is a phenomenon that cannot be seen now.”
And a word that follows.
“But it happened all the time during Cataclysm.”
“Ah…”
Only then did Seojun understand why the swordsman and Calia were talking so seriously.
“what?”
Suddenly, Seo-joon was able to recall another thing Calia had said.
“Then, Sir Calia said earlier that it wasn’t over…?”
“Never mind. Because that’s just old Calia’s misunderstanding. The cataclysm is over.”
The swordsman shook his head resolutely and said.
That attitude was so resolute that Seo-joon didn’t say anything more.
At that moment, Sword Saint suddenly turned his back and left.
“Where are you going?”
“I don’t know.”
“You seem to be busy.”
“Then did you think I looked like I had nothing to do?”
“Wasn’t it?”
The swordsman was momentarily at a loss for words.
It was because the behavior of the swordsman had been like that.
Geomseong said to Seo-jun with a displeased expression.
“You bastard. If Seoyoon were to play a strange trick, then he would not let her go. Do you understand?”
“Does that mean you acknowledge me anyway?”
“It means to wait and see.”
“Ah, you can’t be honest. Because you keep doing that, aren’t you getting farther away from Seoyoon-ssi?”
A string of reason that suddenly breaks.
This bastard is really…
“Huh? I want to hit you again!”
However, Seo-joon rushed into the academy building without any help from Geomseong.
“Anyway, whatever you do, try to solve it with your own strength. I have to grow up quickly and face it.”
After entering the academy, Seo-joon grumbled and moved on.
It was a swordsman who used his strength when he was wrong, but it wasn’t a bad feeling.
It was always a part of her heart for her granddaughter, and above all, that killing spirit she radiated to Calia.
It was because the appearance of the Sword Saint that he could see now was practically the same as losing.
“That doesn’t mean I’m good at it.”
Seo-joon smiled and opened the academy door.
Then, the appearance of Seoyoon in the distance. Seo-joon shouted happily.
“Mr. Seoyoon. I am here.”
“uh? Mr. Seo Jun? Are you here sooner than expected?”
Seo-jun trudged over to Seo-yoon and said.
“It ends early. There will be time left. I want to finish training.”
“is it so? I thought you wouldn’t come today.”
“Somehow it happened like this.”
At Seo-jun’s calm words, Seo-yoon asked with a smile.
“But what? Sir Calia?”
“what… Nothing else was said.”
He said so, but Seo-jun briefly explained to Seo-yoon what happened with Calia.
“Um… that’s really strange in many ways.”
And after hearing all the stories, Seoyoon also tilted her head, as if she was suspicious.
Then Seoyoon asked as if she had suddenly realized.
“Come to think of it… Grandpa? I heard you came with me.”
“Ah, he suddenly left because he was busy with work. He came all the way in front of me, but he just left.”
Seoyoon carefully asked Seojun.
“Did you say anything else…?”
“yes. There was nothing to worry about.”
Then, Seoyoon let out a sigh of relief.
Then, Seoyoon said to Seojun with a very sorry expression.
“My grandfather interfered a lot. really sorry. I should have told you beforehand…”
Seoyoon really felt sorry for Seojun to the point where he couldn’t even lift his head.
It’s only natural that anyone, even a swordsman, would be offended if he acted like that.
“It’s a bit excessive, but… haha, that’s about it. it’s okay. Don’t worry too much about it.”
Even so, Seojun who said that and that, Seoyoon was just grateful.
Seoyoon lowered her head and spoke as if muttering.
“When will… Grandpa’s meddling will end.”
Seo-jun stared blankly at Seo-yoon.
In fact, Seo-jun could not fully understand Seo-yoon’s feelings.
For Seo-joon, who lost his parents in an accident when he was a student and has lived alone, he was the type of person who did not receive much interference from his family.
“I have nothing to say.”
That’s why Seo-jun was careful about what to say to Seo-yoon.
Seoyoon understood Seojun’s words.
It was because Seoyoon also knew about Seojun’s circumstances.
And Seoyoon knew it was a bad idea, but sometimes she thought about it.
I’d rather be lonely and hard if I didn’t have a family at all, but at least I could live as I wanted.
Seo-jun spoke as if he had looked into Seo-yoon’s heart.
“Do you wish you didn’t have the swordsman?”
“Honestly… I sometimes think about that.”
“Seoyun-ssi is not bad. From Seoyoon’s point of view, that could be the case. But… it was there.”
Seo-joon paused for a moment before continuing.
“The end of interference is the beginning of longing.”
Seoyoon gently lifted her head and looked at Seojun.
And in Seo-jun’s eyes reflected in Seo-yoon’s eyes, there was an indescribable emotion sitting down.
No words came to Seoyoon’s deep eyes.
Seo-jun, as if he had noticed Seo-yoon’s feelings, quickly changed his expression and opened his mouth again.
“The way Sword Saint is expressing it is wrong, it is not a bad feeling. It needs to be changed, but it can be done from now on. Whatever you do, I’ll give you a few hits. Of course it’s not free.”
Seo-joon scratches the back of his head.
“Phi what is that?”
A smile leaked from Seoyoon unconsciously.
Seoyoon glanced at Seojun. Scratching the back of his head with a puzzled expression was somewhat awkward.
But why?
“… thank you. Really.”
Whenever Seoyoon looked at Seojun, she felt a warm feeling somewhere in her heart.
a sinking silence.
The two looked at each other in an awkward atmosphere and did not speak.
What broke the atmosphere was Seoyoon’s applause after a while.
“Oh! Seojun, you said you needed money, right?”
“yes? Ah yes. It is, but… how did you know?”
“I sing every day, how could I not know?”
“When did I… I guess.”
Seo-joon nodded softly at the words and actions he saw passing by like a panorama.
After all, what Seo-joon needs most right now is money.
The free pass period will be reduced, but it is really far away when you think that you have to buy weapons and take individual lectures later.
In fact, going to see Calia was not without the impact of 100 million won.
Of course, despite refusing the sponsorship, Calia gave 100 million as promised, but this damn causal rate only raised the price to 200 million.
So Seo-joon used that 100 million to repay the debt that remained in front of him.
Thanks to that, I was able to pay off all of my debts, so it wasn’t a losing business.
Seoyoon said with a smile as if she knew what Seojun was thinking.
“So, while Seo-joon was gone, I searched for a bit, and there was one that was suitable.”
“Is it suitable?”
Instead of answering Seo-jun’s question, Seo-yoon manipulated her smartphone.
After a while, Seoyoon turned her smartphone around and showed it to Seojun.
And the writings on the screen were like this.
< The 24th Dungeon Clearing Contest will be held. >
