Chapter: 933
A daughter?
I had to sit there in silence for a moment after hearing what Noya said.
‘Your daughter?’
Shin Noya clearly stated that Yarang was his mother’s daughter.
“… What is that…?”
When I tried to say something, my mouth didn’t move properly as if it were broken.
Was it that shocking?
Does your mother have other children?
I thought it was too young and petty to be shocked by something like that.
It would really just be a surprise.
As I stammered with my eyes wide open, Noya, who was cutting grass with a rustling sound, added his words.
“That’s what your mother said. I don’t know what happened.”
Noya put down the scythe he was holding as he spoke.
“The important thing is that that little rascal has your mother’s eyes and ears.”
“… eyes and ears?”
“Yeah.”
Noya randomly tossed the scythe, wondering where it had gone, and began to put on the martial arts uniform he had carelessly thrown on the rock next to him.
“There is nothing in this world that Yarang cannot see or hear. That is the power he possesses.”
“It’s some kind of ridiculous power…?”
There’s nothing you cannot see and nothing you cannot hear.
Isn’t this beyond the level where you can just expand your senses with energy?
“Of course, this isn’t everything. After all, it’s also a realm of power.”
As he spoke, Shin Noya pointed somewhere with his finger. It was a place where there was a row of plum trees in full bloom.
“You cannot see where the sacred tree exists because you cannot use your power.”
“… Yes? Really?”
It was something I didn’t know.
No. You never told me that in the first place, so of course I wouldn’t know?
‘You cannot use your power where there is a sacred tree…’
Is there such a thing?
“So, you can’t usually use your powers inside the Night Moon Palace or other places.”
I frowned when I heard that.
Because there were some parts that I didn’t quite understand.
“Noya.”
“Yeah.”
“Just now, you said that you can’t use your powers around the sacred tree.”
“That’s right.”
“But if it can’t be used in other places… does that mean there are sacred trees there too?”
Are there sacred trees in other places, including the Night Moon Palace? I asked with a question.
“I guess so.”
“…You put that big thing there?”
I didn’t see a tree like that when I went to the Night Moon Palace.
No matter how spacious the interior was, something that big should have been visible at a glance.
At my words, Noya looked at me with a pitying face and said.
“Do you think all sacred trees are that big?”
“… Is it not that big?”
I had no clue since it was my first time seeing it. Shouldn’t you have told me?
“Not all sacred trees are large. Some are small and cannot be seen, or they may be hidden so that they cannot be seen at all.”
Not all sacred trees are big, and they can be made invisible.
Well, if all the sacred trees were that big, there’s no way I wouldn’t have seen them.
However.
“Are there more sacred trees like that in this world…?”
“If you look for it, you’ll find them. There are probably three more trees, excluding that one.”
“Three trees?”
“Yes. There are four sacred trees in total. The number is the same as the number of generals.”
It’s the same as the number of generals.
I focused on those words.
“Are you saying that there are as many sacred trees as there are generals?”
“It’s true that other regions exist, but… they’re probably not in one place.”
“Why?”
“Why?”
As I mentioned earlier, Shin Noya pointed to the plum tree.
“Because I stole it and planted it there.”
“…”
After hearing that, I unconsciously washed my face once.
What? What are you saying so confidently?
I heard it last time too.
He said that he stole the seeds of the sacred tree and got into a lot of trouble because of it.
“So you probably won’t be able to see all the way inside. The outside might be different.”
Noya began to hug the crops he harvested one by one.
Looking at Noya like that, I asked.
“… No, why on earth did you steal it?”
Why would you go to the trouble of stealing that sacred tree?
When I asked because I didn’t understand, Noya answered calmly.
“It was necessary.”
“Is it a sacred tree?”
“Yeah. But there’s no way to get it, so what can I do?”
“So you stole it?”
“Of course.”
Those were truly dignified words.
It’s so absurd.
“So that’s why Yarang is trying to find this.”
“Why Yarang?”
“That sacred tree originally belonged to Yarang.”
That plum blossom tree?
I looked at the sacred tree with strange eyes.
“It was Yarang’s….”
“The sacred tree is something that a general uses to establish his own country. That sacred tree is what Yarang received when he became a general.”
“Noya stole that?”
“Ah. It really wasn’t easy.”
The proud expression on his face, as if he had accomplished something great, was remarkable.
So in the end.
“… That sacred tree belonged to a woman named Yarang. Did you steal it and plant it here?”
“Yes.”
“So that’s what you’re trying to find?”
“I think so?”
“…Why isn’t the last one certain?”
I guess that’s how it should be. This might turn out to be true after all.
Noya said with a somewhat awkward expression at my comment.
“It might not be the case, so what?”
Could that really be the case?
It was similar when the being called Yarang came last time, and it is the same this time too.
Cheonma told me that he came to see me, but it’s strange that a general came to see me.
I remember trying to catch a dragon last time.
Then we should have fought as soon as we saw each other.
‘What if you’re more cautious than expected?’
So, if you don’t approach that could be the case.
When I looked at it, it didn’t seem like that.
‘Is that guy named Yarang strong enough to injure Cheonma?’
He was fine even after fighting the three Samjon alone.
Of course, the Cheonma of my previous life and the Cheonma of my current life feel so different. But even so, that’s still the case.
I never imagined that the Heavenly Horse would come here injured.
I think of the Cheonma bleeding from its chest.
‘Is it different for generals?’
You said she was a yarang, your mother’s daughter.
For some reason, I felt a surge of discomfort.
Is it because I have a child I don’t know about?
Or is it because Cheonma came here injured?
I’m not sure, but here’s what’s certain.
‘I can’t see it properly, so I’m not sure.’
Those generals seemed stronger than I expected.
‘That chief is like that too.’
The level was so unpredictable it was difficult.
‘Because it’s ambiguous to move rashly.’
I needed to know more for sure if I wanted to finish as quickly as possible.
It would also be a good idea to try to contact your general.
Ssss
The road isn’t that long, but it’s a little blocked.
It felt stuffy and somewhat suffocating.
In that gap in my mind that started to feel a little irritating.
“My dear.”
Noya spoke to me. I heard him and turned my gaze.
Noya had already changed his clothes.
“Now that everything is finished, let’s go.”
“Yes? Where?”
Where are you going all of a sudden?
When I asked, bewildered by the sudden remark, Shin Noya smiled and said to me.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. I should take a look to see how big you’ve grown.”
“…yes?”
“Follow me.”
Noya leaped forward, throwing out those words.
The petals burst and disappeared.
I stared blankly at that and came to my senses.
Noya was drawing flower petals in the air as if showing the way.
“Her….”
I had to look at it as if it were ridiculous.
Suddenly I wondered what was going on.
But.
“…”
I quietly looked at it and then put strength into my feet.
Funny enough, my face was probably smiling at that time.
*
Following the flower petals, we arrived at an empty lot not too far away.
It was a location similar to where Gubong had been beaten up.
When we arrived late, Noya was standing alone in the center of the field with his hands behind his back.
He was closing his eyes, quietly savoring the wind.
I couldn’t help but click my tongue when I saw that.
‘I hate to admit it.’
It looks like there’s something there.
The human is a tall, neatly built old man who looks very cool when he keeps his mouth shut.
I cautiously approached while looking at him.
Even then, Noya still had his eyes closed.
“Why did you come all the way here to do that?”
At my words, Noya’s lips slightly curled upwards.
“Didn’t I say that earlier?”
I could see his uniform fluttering.
“I said, let me see how big you’ve become.”
He said that with a gasp.
“Do you really have to say it now?”
While we were talking, and while farming, all of a sudden this happened?
It’s a pretty strange situation.
I wondered what he was doing.
“Do you not like it? I brought you here because you looked stuffy.”
“I don’t like it or anything, it’s just so sudden.”
“For something like that.”
Swoosh.
Noya untied the load he was carrying.
“I thought you wanted to reveal the main thing inside at once. Was I mistaken?”
“…”
I didn’t answer.
Because I thought what he said wasn’t wrong.
That’s definitely true.
I haven’t felt oppressed lately, either mentally or physically.
“So, come and see for yourself. I can accept at least some tricks.”
“You call it a joke? For a joke, doesn’t it feel a bit rough?”
Ha ha.
Noya laughed out loud because my words were funny.
“Hey, you’re being too self-centered.”
As he spoke, Noya opened his eyes that had been closed.
That moment.
Hoo…
“…!!”
The hairs on my whole body stood on end.
My body tensed up and my hands started shaking without me knowing it.
My instincts were stirred violently.
As soon as I met Noya’s crimson eyes, I took a step back without realizing it.
“No matter what you do, it’s just a joke to me.”
“…”
“So, do the best you can.”
It felt like the whole world was distorted.
“Then I can enjoy it a little too.”
My ears were ringing from the sound of Noya’s voice.
It’s not that the voice is loud at all. It’s just that my ears can’t stand the energy wrapped around it.
I can feel it and know for sure.
‘… That time, you really did give me a chance.’
Shin Noya, whom I had met in Yeongpung’s imagination. When facing him, it was a feeling I had never experienced before.
It’s like being prey in front of a predator.
I’m shaking.
Then, without me knowing, the corners of my mouth went up.
I thought he was crazy, laughing while feeling something even scarier.
Craaack.
I clenched my fist.
Thump.
My heart beat violently, and heat spread throughout my body.
Giyiiing—!!
The ring of the Nine Flame Wheel.
Now all ten rings are filled and spinning like crazy.
“Hoo.”
Noya, who saw that, reacted as if it intrigued him.
“Hoooo…”
Even the breath you exhale is filled with heat.
Compress the power that is about to explode at any moment. Store it in your body, sweat and tears.
“Noya.”
“Yeah.”
I said while looking at Noya.
“Don’t you want to draw your sword?”
“Sword?”
Noya snickered at my words. It was clearly a sarcastic remark.
“Well, if it’s worth it, I’ll give it a try.”
“…Aha.”
The inspector said he would fight without drawing his sword.
They don’t just trample on your pride, they flat-out destroy it.
Under normal circumstances, I would curse and get angry about this.
“Then, where.”
This time I wasn’t angry. I thought Noya was someone who could and should say things like that.
Groan.
I bent my upper body.
I just put strength into my feet.
Drudududuck—!!!
As force is applied, the ground caves in.
Whoosh!
At the same time, my whole body was filled with blue flames.
“Let me show you some tricks.”
Bang!
I ran at him with all my might.
Kwaaaaaaaah—!!!
The flames poured down on Noya like the Red Sea.
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