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Episode 166 Just one word is enough.
The sound of the poisonous insect’s wings flapping in Chung-ui’s hand heightened the sense of crisis.
The poisonous insect seemed ready to fly in and bite me at any moment, but I stared at her calmly and spoke.
“I have a subordinate whom I cherish like my heart. She was abandoned by her parents when she was young. Despite that, she grew up to be so bright and strong.”
The strength in the fingers of loyalty made the poisonous insect flap its wings even faster.
“There must have been a turning point for her as well. If she had taken a different path then, she would have lived an unhappy life, filled with resentment and revenge toward her parents.”
“Why are you telling me that story?”
“Because you, Congressman, are serving as a milestone at that turning point.”
“!”
Loyalty was surprised.
“Did you know?”
“Yes, I know about the things you do in secret, sir.”
I knew why she was so into money.
She sponsored countless abandoned children. She provided them with food, sent them to school, and sent them to military posts. She prepared a way for them to live and sent them out into the world. She was the godmother of orphans, living her entire life for them, despite being called a “money-grubber.”
This fact was revealed after her death. When I said I would give her five hundred thousand nyang, I meant that I would donate the remaining amount after deducting the medical expenses to the children.
She was staring at me, then squatted down and tore off the wings of the poisonous insect, then began to nibble at its legs one by one and eat them.
“I’ve developed a tolerance to the poison, so regular medicine can’t treat my addiction. I’m barely holding on by using poison to treat poison.”
She rubbed her shoulders, arms, and legs, wondering if the pain was severe.
“How did you know about my work?”
I sat down next to her.
“I am the second son of the leader of the Cheonmasin Church.”
There is one good thing about being a father’s son. As the successor to the Cheonmasingyo, it is understandable that he would know some secrets.
“Then why did you give me more money?”
She wasn’t surprised when I revealed my identity, and she didn’t try to look good. It must be because of this personality that she was able to endure all her life’s abuse and remain steadfast in her devotion to her children.
“Yes, I also added my heart to your good deeds. To me, you are not a loyal person, but a great divine doctor.”
Chung-ui’s eyes trembled slightly at the word “Dae-shin-ui.” Dae-shin-ui was the highest compliment given to a member of parliament.
“You hid it so that you wouldn’t receive this kind of congratulations.”
Chung-ui chewed and ate the poisonous insect that he was holding, whole. He frowned because it was so bitter, but he swallowed it anyway.
She doesn’t want praise, but I think her intentions are different.
Don’t you ever wish that someone would notice your good deeds? Don’t you ever wish to receive such genuine respect and praise? At least once.
One thing I learned in my life before my regression is that a single word can sometimes release deep wounds and emotions that have built up over a long time.
If only someone could say that one word, just once. We don’t hear that one word easily.
Thank you, thank you for your hard work, sorry, it’s thanks to you… … Just one word is enough.
You become mentally ill because you can’t hear that one word that seems to come out but doesn’t. You live your whole life with a wound that could be healed with just one word.
I hope what I just said to her will do that. Be the one word that will lift the lid off her miserable life. Great, your life.
Chung-ui looked back at me sitting next to him.
I also stared at her and then blurted out.
“He’s holding my wrist right now.”
Before I knew it, she was grabbing my wrist. Of course, I could have avoided it, but I didn’t.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I’ve gotten into the habit of taking people’s pulses whenever I see them.”
Even though she said that, she was looking into me. She wanted to know if what I was saying was true. She wanted to judge not by my words but by my body’s reactions. Through the small changes in my body, she could feel the pulse and figure out if the other person was telling the truth or lying.
A person who is unmanned does not give out his pulse without permission. Not stopping her from taking my pulse now is no different from saying, ‘I truly trust you.’
At that moment, Chung-ui, who was examining my body, was surprised and asked.
“Really? Have you achieved great success in the art of strengthening the Heavenly Vein?”
Indeed, the divine will was divine. In this short moment of pulse diagnosis, he realized that I had achieved great success in the Heavenly Vein Strengthening Technique. In the past, I was able to achieve great success in the Heavenly Vein Strengthening Technique thanks to the demons who were subordinates of the Blood Heavenly Demon.
“That’s right.”
For the first time since we met, I saw her eyes tremble with sincerity. I know where her surprise came from.
* * *
Seo Dae-ryong had a dream.
It was a dream that I was stabbed to death in the Sa Gang Bi Mu, let alone the finals.
Geommugeuk said as he looked down at himself dying with fatal injuries.
“I spent five hundred thousand nyang, and now I’m dying in vain? Isn’t that too much?”
Seo Dae-ryong felt disappointed at the cold response.
“Your Majesty, you are being too harsh. I am going to die. I am going to die.”
“Everyone dies. There are no cases where someone dies immediately after receiving treatment worth 500,000 nyang.”
Seo Dae-ryong shouted in frustration.
“That’s why I said I wouldn’t do it!”
Seo Dae-ryong woke up screaming. He was startled by the sight before his eyes. Just like in a dream, Geommu-geuk was looking down at him.
“I told you not to do that either.”
Unlike in his dreams, Seo Dae-ryong let out a sigh of relief at the soft gaze of Geommu-geuk.
“I had a dream that I died in the river Sa.”
“It’s okay if the dream is the opposite.”
“The lord said that he felt sorry for wasting five hundred thousand nyang while watching the dying monk!”
“Then isn’t it the opposite? I guess I’ll lose in the Sa River.”
“Please don’t say such unlucky things.”
Seo Dae-ryong tried to get up, but his body wouldn’t move.
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“Huh? My body isn’t moving.”
Seo Dae-ryong raised his head and looked at his body. He was shocked. His entire body was covered in needles.
“I think I got paralyzed because I put the needle in wrong. I can’t move at all!”
“It is an important needle, and loyalty has subdued the blood.”
Only then did Seo Dae-ryong feel relieved.
“I’m sorry. I got hurt for no reason. And I made you spend so much money.”
“Hey, Detective Seo. This is what you say in times like this. No, sir. You made me go to the martial arts competition for no reason and got me hurt like this. It’s too much. Even if it costs five million nyang instead of five hundred thousand nyang, please fix me!”
“Oh, please don’t make me feel any worse and leave.”
As Geommugeuk was about to turn around and leave, Seodaeryong spoke from behind.
“Honestly, I wanted to get treatment. I said it was too much money, but I thought it would be nice to get treatment and go on stage. That’s why I pretended to lose and got treatment. If it was my money, would I have gotten treatment?”
“I would have received it.”
“Why are you so sure?”
“People who spend other people’s money and don’t spend their own money won’t even have these concerns in the first place.”
“It could be a camouflage tactic. Trying to pretend to be good until the end.”
“Why are you pretending to be nice to me? Just give me one reason.”
“… … .”
“See, that’s not true.”
“I think so.”
I left him and went outside.
Chung-ui was sitting under the window of the room I had just come out of, basking in the sunlight. I sat down next to her. Chung-ui asked me if I had heard the conversation we had in the room.
“Then why are you acting so nice to me? Does the successor of the Demonic Cult care about the orphans of the Central Plains?”
As I asked the question, Chung-ui took hold of the pulse on my wrist again.
I confessed my honest feelings at the turning point of my life.
“As you said, I am a successor to the Demonic Cult, so I am walking a path where I may die at any moment. So, wouldn’t it be natural for me to want to look good to someone who has the medical skills to revive the dead?”
“Is that all?”
“What else could there be?”
She let go of my wrist.
She stared at me for a moment and then suddenly held something out. It was the poisonous insect she had eaten earlier.
“Would you like to try it? It’s delicious.”
“I will eat it too, as long as it doesn’t kill me.”
“Will you not let me die?”
At this moment, I knew that I was at another turning point in my life.
“There is one thing I have always wanted to accomplish as a member of parliament. However, it is something that only someone with a strong bloodline like you can even attempt. It may be dangerous, but if you succeed, it will be a test that will be of great help to you.”
After thinking for a moment, he nodded.
“Let me give it a try.”
“Why don’t you ask what kind of test it is?”
Because I know what the test is and I already know the results.
When I brought Seo Dae-ryong, I wondered if this fate would reach me. It was a fate that I couldn’t force myself to get. So I decided to get it if I got it, and if I didn’t get it, I would just let it go. But now, that fate is reaching me. In that sense, it was Seo Dae-ryong who led me to this fate.
“Because I believe that if it is a test given by someone who has lived his whole life helping orphans, at least it will not be a test that will harm me.”
“Are you an idiot? This could be a plot to kill the successor of the Demonic Cult.”
“It’s okay. There are other people who can take over the seat besides me. There are people waiting in line after me too.”
Chung-ui patted his shoulder while chewing on the poisonous insect he was holding.
“I’m dying from pain. Please give me some relief.”
I rubbed Chung-ui’s shoulder.
“You seem to have a lot of work to do. Why don’t you take care of your disciple? Tell him to rub your shoulders.”
“Who among the young people these days would like poisonous insects? They all run away after a month or two.”
It seems that there were actually disciples who ran away like that.
“Shall I become your disciple?”
“Don’t say things that you don’t mean.”
“Is your Majesty okay?”
“what?”
“If I pass the test, won’t the person who will become the successor of the Demonic Cult become stronger?”
“I’ve been cursed at all my life anyway, so what am I worried about? Harder. Right there, next to me. Ah, that feels good.”
* * *
When Seo Dae-ryong woke up again, all the needles stuck in his body had been removed. He felt refreshed, as if he had just woken up from a good night’s sleep.
Seo Dae-ryong, who had raised his body, moved his arm, but it didn’t hurt at all. It felt like he had never been hurt in the first place. No, his body felt better than before he got hurt.
‘How can this be?’
When Seo Dae-ryong came out, Chung-ui was sitting in the yard, rubbing his arms and legs.
After walking slowly, I sat down at a distance from her.
“Thank you for treating me, okay?”
“You received five hundred thousand nyang.”
“You little punk. If I give you money, you don’t have to thank me?”
“I’ll tell you in a bit.”
“Why is a nice-looking guy so grumpy?”
“You said I looked like a prankster?”
“Are you so mean and narrow-minded that you can’t even joke around?”
While doing so, she massaged her arms and legs.
“Why are you hurt?”
“I got hurt catching bugs.”
“Why didn’t you treat it?”
“It’s been cured now.”
“What kind of bug did you catch that got you so hurt?”
“Stop whining and come and rub my shoulders.”
“I gave you five hundred thousand nyang, so why are you rubbing my shoulder?”
Although he grumbled, Seo Dae-ryong went to her and rubbed her shoulder.
“Ah! That’s refreshing. You’re better than your master.”
“I’ve heard a lot since I was little that I have sharp hands. I used to rub my grandmother’s shoulders a lot too.”
“Is your shoulder okay?”
“How did that wound heal so quickly? You are amazing.”
“Your internal energy must have increased a bit too.”
“yes?”
The surprised Seo Dae-ryong checked his internal energy. His internal energy had increased considerably. Compared to other people of the same rank, his internal energy was relatively lacking. However, now that he had internal energy that was comparable to theirs, his biggest weakness had disappeared.
Seo Dae-ryong was so moved that he fell face down.
“You are my benefactor!”
“Not a stone-thrower?”
“How can that be? You are a god!”
“Give thanks to your master who gave you the money.”
“Since we’re talking about money, could you please lower the price a bit?”
“Are you worried that your master will become a beggar?”
“Our master has a lot of money, so he doesn’t have to worry.”
“then?”
“It’s because it’s such a large amount of money that I have to pay it all back.”
“Are you going to pay all this money back?”
“I have to pay it back.”
A faint smile appeared on Chung-ui’s lips as he looked at Seo Dae-ryong.
“If you rub my shoulders well, I might give you ten thousand nyang.”
“Yes, my lord! I will massage your arms as well.”
Again, Seo Dae-ryong massaged her shoulders and arms diligently.
“But where is your lord?”
“It’s in the can over there.”
Seo Dae-ryong was startled. What she was pointing to was a container filled with a strange liquid in the middle of the yard. From the moment it first came out, the smell coming from that container was so bad that he could barely hold it in.
“You don’t look worried?”
“Who is worried about whom? Even if everyone in the world is worried, our Lord doesn’t have to worry. If I worry unnecessarily, I will be the only one who looks strange. I guess he went in because he deserved to go in.”
“There was a reason I wanted to give you five hundred thousand nyang.”
Seo Dae-ryong felt good because it was a compliment to himself.
“Go over there and get that purple can.”
“yes.”
Seo Dae-ryong frowned and brought in a can. That can was also filled with a liquid that gave off a terrible smell.
“You punk, how precious is that, and why are you blocking your nose?”
“What is all this?”
“My body became a rag while I was trying to catch those guys.”
Chung-ui took it and poured it into the container where the sword was locked. The liquids bubbled as they mixed.
“How easy is it to hide inside there?”
“If you’re that worried, go in instead.”
“I will decline.”
Seo Dae-ryong took a few steps back.
“But what kind of experiment is this?”
“I had a wish that I always wanted to fulfill while studying poisonous insects my whole life. Your master willingly became the test subject for that research. You will either come out dead or transformed.”
For Seo Dae-ryong, the death of Geommu-geuk was not a family affair.
“What do you transform into?”
Then, unexpected and surprising words came out of Chung-ui’s mouth.
“A body that is impervious to all poisons.”