Episode 1546. nevertheless. (1)
It’s a childish daydream… It’s not like that.
Even if that were the case, it doesn’t matter. A child’s strokes are frowned upon, and a dream muttered by someone who has nothing is laughed at, but today’s Yoonjong is neither a child nor a person who has nothing.
The door owners could not say anything. Even Hyeonjong.
This is because they know that what they have done is too pitiful to put blunt words on their hot but cool-headed determination that is like a well-honed blade.
“Yoonjong….”
In the end, it was Baekcheon who opened his mouth. But he, too, gaped for a moment and then stopped.
I understand how you feel, but now is not the time to be stubborn.
That’s what I was going to say, and I think that’s what I still need to say.
But I couldn’t bear it. How angry he must have been as he listened to the same words countless times. However, when he tried to say those words directly to Yoonjong, he couldn’t bring himself to say them.
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve grown older or because I can see things I couldn’t see before.
At least, I hoped that it wasn’t just a fear that came from having more things to own and having more things to protect.
No one is willing to open their mouth. It’s immature to agree with Yoonjong’s words, but I don’t have the courage to criticize him.
Yoonjong opened his mouth as if he knew how everyone felt.
“I have no intention of inconveniencing you with my short-term thoughts.”
“….”
“But I think someone has to do it. So please don’t stop me and let me go. “That’s all it takes.”
In the end, Baekcheon spoke in a sighing voice.
“Can not be done.”
“Sasuk.”
“I’m not denying what you said. But you can’t send it alone.”
“I…”
“No matter what you say, you can’t. If you want to go alone, cut me down and go. “Not before my head falls off.”
Yoonjong bit his lip gently.
If Baekcheon had spoken with authority, Yunjong would have immediately protested. However, Baekcheon is now worried about the company’s affairs as a private residence of a sect rather than the chieftain of Hwasan.
How can we discuss right and wrong there?
At that time, someone suddenly said something.
“Is it okay if I’m not alone?”
When Baekcheon turned his gaze, a person was standing there with a calm face.
“Let me ask you. “If I’m not alone, could you send me away?”
“…That…”
“No, let’s change the question. Even if he doesn’t go, will you stop us if we say we do?”
Baekcheon bit the inside of his mouth tightly.
Kwak Hwan-so. He, who was attending this event on behalf of Haenam, was staring at Baekcheon more resolutely than ever.
“Kwak Sohyeop. “This is….”
“Now that I think about it, we have requested to join the Cheonwoo Alliance, but it seems we have never held a proper joining ceremony.”
It had to be that way.
From the time they escaped from Haenam Island until now, they haven’t been able to afford it even for a single moment.
“If we say we are going, will you send us with you?”
“Kwak Sohyeop.”
Before Baek-cheon could dissuade him in a concerned voice, Guo Huan-so shook his head.
“Please don’t stop me. “No, even if you stop us, we have to go.”
“Why?”
Kwak Hwanso glanced at Yunjong.
“Because I forgot.”
“…yes?”
“Not all the time, but sometimes. And… now sometimes.”
Guo Huanxiao slowly shook his head. His expression was somber.
“No. “Now I spend more time not thinking than thinking.”
Soon everyone’s faces darkened. It was because I realized who he was talking about.
Those who remained in Haenam Island.
I tried to console them and reassure them that the Sapaeryun would not have the power to vent their anger on Haenam, and that Haenam was not an important place for them right now.
But was that really the case?
It’s impossible to know.
He may have left them alone to focus on the war, or he may have swung his vicious blade to make an example of them.
No matter what choice Sapaeryeon made, all those here could do was hope for the safety of those living in Haenam Island.
“I don’t want to vent or whine. I just realized it again. There is nothing wrong with what he said. “It hurt and hurt so much, but now I’m living like that.”
“….”
“We lost many executioners and Jang Mun-in. To be honest, I was unhappy the whole time. “After being abandoned by the old faction and attacked by the new faction, I wondered why we were the only ones who had to suffer this unfair suffering.”
Some of the five swords nodded. I can’t help but sympathize with this, as I felt the same way about volcanoes in the past.
“But thanks to Dojong Yoon’s words, I learned how ridiculous that was. “In the end, the people who suffered the most were the ones who stayed in Haenam, but we who abandoned them were pretending to be unhappy in the world.”
A self-deprecating laugh flowed out. Hyeonjong, who was heartbroken by that laugh, comforted Kwak Hwan-so.
“Kwak Sohyeop. Don’t blame yourself. “Wasn’t it something that could not be helped?”
“yes. That’s right, Lord Maeng. I lacked strength and I lacked ability. It had to be that way at that time. But that’s it.”
Kwak Hwan-so looked at Hyeonjong and asked quietly.
“Is that still the case?”
Hyeonjong was silent. There was a clear look of determination on Kwak Hwan-so’s face.
“Haenam is still lacking and inadequate. We lack the ability to retake Haenam Island, and there is nothing we can do other than hope that this feeling of regret will be conveyed to those suffering across the sea. But…”
Kwak Hwan-so took a moment to catch his breath and continued.
“There is now. Those who can save and help with their own strength.”
“Kwak So-hyeop….”
“If we stick to this place even though we have a place where we can reach, will we end up admitting that the reason we didn’t go to save the residents of Haenam Island was because we were afraid?”
Hyeonjong closed his eyes.
Even though I know that Kwak Hwan-so’s words will ultimately lead this meeting in a direction that no one wants, I cannot stop it. How could that be?
Guo Huanxiao tightly grasped the sword at his waist.
“Unlike Yoonjong Dojang, I still don’t have pride in my sword. Nothing has been achieved and nothing has been preserved. I still don’t know the grand reason why I should swing this sword. But just one!”
Kwak Hwan-so faintly gritted his teeth.
“I just know that we shouldn’t be seen like this by Jang Moon-in, who has passed away.”
“….”
“Haenam will go to save Anhui.”
Then one person intervened.
“no. This is presumptuous, Kwak So-hyeop. “That’s not Haenam’s business.”
Kwak Hwan-so sighed.
If someone else had said something like that, he would have been furious. However, if the person speaking is that person, I can understand. No, it is impossible to talk about this person without mentioning him.
“I’m coming.”
Nam Gung Do-wi, his complexion hardened, spoke as if chewing.
“I will tolerate it if everyone does not go. You can endure it even if it means stabbing yourself in the leg. But if anyone goes, no one will be able to go except the Namgung family.”
The door owners let out a long, trembling breath.
Things that have been suppressed are bursting out and spreading. It was as if dams were bursting here and there, spouting out streams of water.
Cheon Woo-maeng is young. That’s why sometimes we move with our hearts before logic.
And what is leading this meeting now is not the leader, King Hyeonjong, or the vice leader, Tanggunak, but young warriors from each faction.
“This…”
Tang Gunak gently pressed his temple as if he was in pain.
Soon, his sharp gaze returned to Yoonjong, who was the starting point of all this.
He was calmly facing Tanggunak. It is not a feeling of pride that comes from having done nothing wrong. If he has to be punished for this, he will also die.
That… was confidence in myself.
Tanggunak opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, but then stopped. I didn’t even know if I wanted to criticize him or praise him.
Even the moment he opened his mouth, the people on Yoonjong’s left and right extended their feet toward him as if they were escorting him.
It was Jo Geol and Dangsoso. It may have been an instinctive move, but that one step was enough to stop the Tanggunak.
The two people glared at Tang Kunak with slightly nervous faces. It was clearly his intention to protect Yunjong, but Tanggunak took it a little differently.
Their eyes were asking him. Have you forgotten the heartbreaking feeling when a saint is attacked? Have you forgotten how broken your heart was when you had to turn away from the saints?
Of course I have not forgotten and cannot forget.
Even if we recover the saints, destroy that massacre, and soak the plaque of the party house in red with the blood, we will not be able to completely wash away the resentment.
Tanggunak sighed softly.
“How can your heart not know? If I had had my way, I would have buried my bones in Sacheon back then. But the guys who dragged me here back then…”
As he spoke, he quickly burst into laughter.
When I think about it, there really is no reason. From one way to another, the logic changes arbitrarily and the position is reversed arbitrarily.
Still, I can’t blame it.
“Jangmun Assistant Manager.”
“Yes, matriarch.”
That is why Tanggunak called Baekcheon.
Here, there is a mixture of those who led the midfield and those who will lead the new team. There was no one other than Baekcheon who could look at both sides’ positions and find a way.
“What should I do?”
Baekcheon glanced back.
Yoonjong has a calm face, Jo Geol, Dang Soso, Yu Iseol still doesn’t know what he’s thinking, and even Cheongmyeong has his eyes closed.
Baekcheon looked around at everyone and looked straight at Tanggunak.
“It’s right not to send it.”
“Sa Sasuk!”
Tang Kunak narrowed his eyes and examined Baekcheon’s intentions.
“The reason is?”
“Because the military is not wrong in saying that the moment we are defeated by them, we will lose everything.”
Instead of immediately refuting, Yunjong lightly clenched and unclenched his fist.
I just saw Baekcheon’s back. It is the back of someone who has endured more than that and has a stronger will than that.
“Then can we do that?”
“It is right to send it.”
“…what?”
Tanggunak and King Hyeonjong’s mouths opened. Baekcheon said calmly.
“Losing is ultimately a kind of loss. However, Cheonwoomaeng was not created for profit.”
“Look at you, Deputy Jangmun!”
“Both are correct. Just because one is right doesn’t mean the other is wrong.”
Tanggunak let out a faint groaning sound. Of course that’s true. But nothing can be solved with such obvious words.
“So what should I do?”
“Two is right, but three is wrong?”
“…What did you say just now?”
“If three is right, four will also be right.”
Baekcheon, dressed in pure white military uniform, smiled.
At that moment, Tang Gunak felt somehow overwhelmed by Baek Cheon. Without any of the usual force or intimidation.
“If you ask me to choose the correct answer between two answers, I cannot answer. Because none of them are wrong. But why should we?”
“Baekcheon.”
“It’s all here.”
Baekcheon looked at everyone in the conference room.
“Don’t ask me what I should choose. The order you two should have given is to come up with the best method. He should have told us to somehow find a way to relieve those who are suffering without being defeated by our enemies.”
“Is that possible?”
Baekcheon shakes his head.
“I don’t know. However, it would be better to spend time finding a better way rather than having meaningless emotional fights and wasting time identifying differences in positions.”
“….”
“Now, people from all sects in the world are gathered in the Cheonwu Alliance. My own experience. It may not be possible with my own thoughts, but it will be different if we put our heads together. “Even if it’s clumsy and crude, why don’t you come up with a usable method?”
Hyeonjong and Tang Gunak looked at Baekcheon blankly. It’s not just because it’s absurd. Just….
“I want to be the greatest swordsman in the world, as well as the greatest swordsman in the world. I also want to be a strict yet kind teacher, and a trustworthy person whom priests can always trust and follow.”
“It’s impossible, Sasuk.”
“I’ve already screwed up a few of them.”
“failure.”
“These…”
As Baekcheon gritted his teeth and turned around, Ohgeom stung and quickly looked the other way.
Baekcheon calmed down, looked ahead, and continued speaking.
“It’s difficult to do all that, but it’s not impossible. Even though it may be difficult and difficult, I will try my best. But why does Cheonwoo-maeng have to choose only one?”
A hollow laugh leaked from Lim So-byeong’s mouth.
“Ha… I heard there are really crazy people out there.”
Ogum nodded as if he sympathized. Baekcheon spoke while clearly looking at King Hyeonjong and Tanggunak.
“Command.”
“….”
“Then we will find it. Do whatever it takes, even if it means squeezing out everyone here. “It may not be perfect, but it’s still a valuable answer.”
Laughter flowed from Yunjong’s mouth like a gust of wind.
‘Sasuk.’
In Yunjong’s eyes, his back now seemed bigger than anyone else’s in the world.
“Easier said than done.”
However, Tang Gunak coldly cut off Baek Cheon’s opinion.
“If compatibility is possible, why bother? “Aren’t you worried because it’s impossible?”
“Matriarch.”
“The problem arose from a lack of power in the first place. This is not a problem that can be solved through operation. “You can’t solve two problems at the same time.”
Baekcheon took a long breath and bit his lips.
It was then.
“Then we can increase it.”
Tang Gunak’s gaze returned. Cheongmyeong, who had remained silent, spoke with a sad expression on his face.
“If you can’t do both due to lack of power, you can just increase the power.”
“…I guess we’re doing this because that doesn’t work.”
“can.”
“okay. Well… what? “You can?”
Tanggunak was very surprised.
“Yes, that’s okay.”
“By what means? “Did you call it open?”
Cheongmyeong scrunched up his face.
“You sound like an open door! What power do those beggars have? “It would be nice if I didn’t have to eat.”
“….”
“You know. Those who play and eat. “And yet they are so damn strong.”
“…What on earth….”
“There’s no need to explain. “It looks like we arrived just in time.”
It was when Tanggunak and King Hyeonjong were about to ask what he was talking about.
“Tae Taesang Jangmunin! No, Lord! “A guest has arrived!”
“customer? “You mean a guest?”
The door to the conference room opened wide and a familiar… no, very familiar face appeared.
“you you! Why are you here? “This is crazy!”
Yoonjong saw. The sight of Baekcheon’s devoted face, which had made me admire him just a moment ago, was distorted to the point of being comical.
Of course I understood.
“The mouth is meant to speak, not to bark. “You still haven’t learned it.”
“Kruk….”
The person who immediately made Baekcheon lie down with a vase politely grabbed Baekcheon with a face that looked exactly like Baekcheon.
“Jongnam’s Jingeumryong. I meet you, Lord.”
A bomb fell in the middle of Cheonwoomaeng.
