Absolute Regression Chapter 556

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The night air was clear and cold.

Visain and Hanseol walked together through the inner garden of Cheonhwaru.

For her, this walk was also an extension of the surprise. When she set out from the ice palace, could she have ever imagined that she would be walking alone with the leader of the Apostolic Alliance under the moonlight?

“Watch your step there.”

The fight last night left Cheonhwaru broken and broken. Bisain felt sorry for her for suggesting that she take a walk here, since she was drinking heavily. She came out without any plan, afraid that she might ask her to dance.

“I’m sorry if I surprised you.”

Hanseol shook her head at Visain’s apology.

“No, I really wanted to get some fresh air. I drank more than I could handle.”

Her face, too, was flushed with intoxication.

The two stopped walking for a moment. The masked guests on the nearby rooftop moved away from the spot. Han Bingsanggeom also stood far away and did not disturb the spot.

“The moon is really bright today.”

At her words, Visain also looked up at the night sky. It was as if such terrible darkness had covered the world, but today, the moon and stars were in harmony, beautifully decorating the night sky.

There was an awkward silence for a moment.

Visa wanted to look good to her. Not make a mistake in speaking and look cool. Was it because of that greed that he felt burdened? On the contrary, he couldn’t speak well.

‘You have to be comfortable with it! Naturally.’

The more I thought about it, the more my heart started pounding. It was my first time experiencing something like this.

The first person to speak was Hanseol.

“When I received the letter from the sect leader asking me to meet here, I was honestly surprised. I didn’t expect that he would invite me to a gathering with his friends.”

If she was close to him, Visain would have said this. A friend who surprises people is a charm in life.

“He is a friend who always keeps his word.”

“Last time, the main palace received great help from the sect leader. If it weren’t for the sect leader’s invitation, my mother wouldn’t have allowed me to come to the central plains.”

He said he was helping the Ice Palace, but she could feel it. More than that, what moved her mother’s heart was that he had thawed the frozen relationship between them.

While Hanseol was thinking about the Ice Palace Ju for a moment, Bisain glanced at her.

In his eyes, she was so beautiful. Objectively speaking, Ian was much more beautiful, and Jin Ha-ryeong was also more beautiful.

But when I look at them, I just think they’re beautiful, but when I see Hanseol, my heart flutters. This is the first time I’ve felt that you can really fall in love at first sight.

But that doesn’t mean I can confess to her.

No, you can confess. What next?

He was the one who had to lead the Apostolic Alliance, and she had to return to the North Sea Ice Palace. There was no way the Ice Palace Lord would allow this relationship. The Apostolic Alliance Lord would also definitely not be pleased with it.

‘Yeah, this isn’t the time to be paying attention to women.’

His head thought so, but his eyes kept looking at her.

“Shall we go there?”

She looked down the road leading to the sponsorship.

“Yes, that’s right.”

Two people walked towards the sponsorship.

On the way, Visa failed to elicit any interesting conversation. Eventually, he admitted it honestly.

“I’m sorry. I’m not very good at talking.”

“It’s okay. Me too.”

Visan was curious. She said that her ideal type was a man who was stable and quiet. I couldn’t tell if she was just teasing Geommugeuk or if she was being sincere.

The two people who had been walking in silence stopped in front of a place where part of the wall had collapsed.

“What kind of villain could have destroyed this beautiful wall?”

At her pitiful words, Visain spoke with a flinching face.

“Me.”

“yes?”

“I fought here and destroyed it.”

It was the words she brought up to break the awkward silence, and it just so happened that it was the place that Visain had destroyed.

Hanseol looked at the collapsed wall again and said.

“I think it would be a good idea to open the door on this side.”

At those words, Bisain laughed. Hanseol also laughed along.

At her smiling face, Bisain turned his head without realizing it. He couldn’t look at her because of the bright feeling of looking at her white eyes.

Anyway, thanks to you, the awkwardness went away.

“Oh, I was invited to the Cheonmasingyo.”

Visain nodded calmly. I invited the princess of the Ice Palace, but I won’t just send her away.

“It’ll be fun if you go.”

To be honest, I wanted to follow him too. I really felt like saying, ‘Let’s go together!’. If I blurted out those words, I could probably make a bunch of jokes like I did with Geommugeuk.

Meanwhile, the two of them walked around the Cheonhwaru building.

‘Oh, already!’

Visan was so sorry. He hadn’t said anything properly. But he couldn’t ask to go on another awkward walk.

“It was fun.”

“I had fun too.”

Hanseol walked back to the building where the drinking party was still going on.

“Miss Han.”

“yes?”

Visain hesitated for a moment, then mustered up his courage and spoke.

“Sometimes I’ll wear warm-colored clothes.”

A smile crossed Hanseol’s lips as she felt Visain’s voice tremble.

“It will suit you well.”

As I was about to turn away, she added:

“Oh, and I’m going to the new church to meet my older sister.”

She entered the building.

Visain stood there blankly for a moment, then looked up at the roof and said.

“Stop peeping and come out.”

Then, Geommugeuk and Jin Ha-gun, who had been hiding on the roof, appeared.

Two people sat side by side on the edge of the roof.

“I guess we won’t have to worry about the Apostolic Alliance anymore. The person who will become its leader is so clueless. Oh my, I almost died from frustration.”

Visain did not deal with the sword dance and spoke to Jin Hagun.

“That guy is always like that, but why are you like this too?”

Jin Ha-gun smiled awkwardly. He was dragged out by Geommu-geuk to eavesdrop on what they were talking about, but did he really have to be dragged out by force? To be honest, he came because he thought it would be fun.

The sword dance answered for him.

“Even our great leader Jin needs to enjoy a break from the norm sometimes. How can you live as a knight every day?”

“Rather than a deviant, he seems like a model student who got swept up in bad company and became corrupted?”

“You speak so well? Why didn’t you do it like this earlier!”

He showed off the bottle of alcohol that Geommugeuk had brought.

“Come up here! I’ll tell you about women! What is a woman?”

“Okay. I don’t want to hear that kind of lecture from someone who doesn’t even know where his own heart is.”

Visain flew up and sat down next to me on the edge of the eaves.

After gulping down the entire bottle of alcohol, he finally let out a long sigh, as if he was feeling nauseous.

Even now, my heart was pounding. No, it was more nervous now than when we were together. What would she think of this walk? Did I ruin everything by calling her out for no reason?

The swordsman spoke to the non-singer.

“I like you. Was this so hard to say?”

“What next?”

What countermeasures can there be for this swordplay? Can you give me an answer?

This time, Geommugeuk drank alcohol while it was still bottled.

“We’ll have to think about that later. There’s no need to wear a raincoat starting today just because you’re worried it might rain tomorrow.”

Jin Ha-gun smiled faintly, and Bi-sa-in took the bottle of alcohol that Geommu-geuk was holding and drank it.

“It’s easy to say it’s not your business.”

“That’s why you have to listen to those words. To those easy words.”

The hand of the non-singer who was drinking stopped. When he looked at me with an expression asking what I meant, Geommugeuk answered.

“Your mind must be so complicated right now.”

That’s right. All kinds of worries were popping up in his mind.

The bottle of alcohol that had stopped tilted again. I began to think that I myself wasn’t sure what was right.

“Don’t worry. The red thread between you two hasn’t been broken yet. I’m the one who connected you to Cheonjamsa.”

At that moment, the first rooster crowed in the distance and the dawn began to brighten the world.

“This night is passing by too.”

The three of them felt sorry. They knew that when the sun rose, they would have to go their separate ways again.

I would have liked to have spent a few days playing around, but I couldn’t. They were all important people, and they were all busy people. And above all, I had to fix Cheonhwaru.

“Ah! I want to play more! I want to keep playing!”

The cries of the sword dance pierced the dawn air, representing everyone’s hearts.

* * *

The next morning, Cheonhwaruju treated them to their last meal.

We all drank too much last night, but the hangover soup she made with so much care was so delicious.

After the meal, we said our sad goodbyes.

The three friends were friends, but the subordinates were also sad. They knew that in the future, opportunities like this would not come often. Rather, they thought that the moment when they would have to point their swords at each other might come first.

Geommugeuk said to Jin Hagun and Bi Sain.

“If you’re in danger again, I’ll call you without hesitation. You know? Not calling you because you’re in danger is not friendship.”

At the end of the sword dance, Bisain threw a parting joke.

“If that rascal we fought against shows up again, I’ll definitely call Janelle.”

The swordsman flinched and took a small step back.

“In that case, you can call Jin Dae-joo first.”

Visain greeted his two friends like that, and also expressed his gratitude to the evil Soma. He was able to let go of his worries with his subordinates thanks to their protection yesterday.

And the parting he regretted the most today was Hanseol. Of course, he didn’t show it at all on the outside.

“I hope you have a nice time exploring the Central Plains and return home.”

“Thank you. Your Majesty the So, please take care of it too.”

Visain, who was about to turn around, suddenly spoke.

“You may stop by the fort on your way back. There are quite a few scenic spots nearby. When you get there, let me know and I’ll go out.”

After speaking quickly, he turned around. He had unknowingly said what he had been hesitating to say.

‘Oh, I had an accident.’

He turned around and gasped for breath. And he did it in front of so many people.

In order not to be caught in a panic, he walked briskly without even listening to her answer. He walked so fast that even the Sado 13th Rang was flustered and quickly followed behind him.

At that moment, Hanseol’s voice was heard from behind.

“Yeah.”

At that moment, Visain stopped walking and looked back at her. Hanseol smiled and said.

“I’ll stop by on my way back.”

Bisain was so happy that he tried to hold back his face from brightening. Hanseol read Bisain’s emotions from that expression.

“Then I’ll see you then.”

Visain also left with the thirteen apostles.

Geommugeuk suppressed the urge to tease him by sending him a telegram. He told him to fully enjoy this happiness right now.

Instead, he sent a message to Jin Ha-gun.

– If you look closely, he’s a womanizer. Isn’t he deceiving us?

Jin Ha-gun laughed at that sound. In his opinion, all three of them were far from being womanizers.

The Geommu Theater also said goodbye to Jin Ha-gun.

“I look forward to hearing good news.”

Jin Ha-gun knew what these words meant. It must mean that he had officially become the successor. Yes, he also wanted to convey that news to Geommu-geuk and Bi-sa-in.

“Even if it’s bad news, I won’t regret it.”

The person who silently watched the two people’s farewell was Jin Ha-ryeong.

She also felt regretful. She wanted to go to Cheonmasingyo with Hanseol, but she couldn’t. She felt like she was just hanging around the Geommu Theater for no reason, and her pride was hurt.

At that moment, Cheonhwaruju approached her, who was standing apart from her.

“Miss Jin.”

“Oh, Your Majesty. Thank you for your kind words yesterday.”

“I also had fun after a long time.”

Yesterday, while talking a lot, Cheonhwaruju had a certain sense of her feelings toward Geommu-geuk. No, Jinharyeong had used his intoxication to deliberately reveal his feelings. He wanted to open up his feelings to someone. Not to someone around him, but to someone he would never see again once he saw them.

After exchanging greetings, the two stood side by side and watched Geommugeuk and Jinhagun talking.

Then, something suddenly surged up inside Jin Ha-ryeong’s mind. At this moment of farewell, he blurted out something he had never said even while drinking.

“Until now, I’ve always been the main character. The granddaughter of the leader of the martial arts world, the best in Hubei, wherever I go, I’ve always been the center of attention. Whenever I speak, everyone listens and looks only at me. It’s still the same now. But… … .”

She was silent for a moment, then added with a sigh.

“I felt like I was a supporting actor hovering around the main character throughout the drinking party yesterday.”

It was something I would never say to anyone else. But strangely, the words inside me came out easily to Cheonhwaruju. I felt it since yesterday, but there was a strange trust in her.

After a moment, Cheonhwaruju asked.

“What do you think of the little cult leader? Does he look like the main character?”

“That guy is always the main character.”

“Is that really so?”

“yes?”

After greeting Jin Ha-gun, Geommu-geuk was talking to each and every one of the Mystery Demon Corps members. He was acting coy towards them, saying that the Mystery Demon Corps leader had become too cool these days and was burdensome.

At that moment, Jin Ha-ryeong could understand what Cheon Hwa-ru-ju meant by those words.

‘Oh, come to think of it, that person is always trying to make someone else the main character.’

Come to think of it, it was the same when I first met him. He was Seo Dae-ryong’s servant.

“He looks like the sun, but I think the little sect leader is like the wind.”

Suddenly, the image of Geommu-geuk drinking alone came to Jin Ha-ryeong’s mind. He couldn’t figure out why such an image came to mind.

Cheonhwaruju looked at Jinharyeong.

“If Lady Jin chooses to travel with the wind, the future will be very difficult. But it won’t be because of your pretty heart or because of each other’s status. It will be because the wind cannot be caught.”

Jin Ha-ryeong stared at Cheonhwaruju silently with trembling eyes. These words served as a milestone for his complicated mind that was unable to make sense of things.

“Can I come play again next time? I’ll be alone then.”

“Anytime.”

Jin Ha-ryeong bowed his head politely and thanked her.

Then he spoke loudly to Jin Ha-gun.

“Brother, this separation is too long! Let’s go quickly.”

And he spoke bravely to Geommugeuk.

“Take good care of Miss Han!”

I also said goodbye loudly to Hanseol.

“Miss Han, not all men in the Central Plains are that talkative. Don’t get me wrong!”

In this way, Jin Ha-gun, Jin Ha-ryeong, and the Myeolma-dae left Cheonhwa-ru.

And our final farewell for today.

The evil Soma and the faceless guests decided to stay in Cheonhwaru.

“You go back first. I will stay at Cheonhwaru for a little while longer and then go back.”

The evil Soma will remain and rebuild the broken Cheonhwaru building and set up its own defenses to prevent something like this from happening again.

The evil soma returned the clean and neatly washed supernatural robe. Geommugeuk wrapped it around the handle of the black magic sword and said.

“We survived this fight too.”

Then, a soft sincerity flows out from the evil Soma.

“It was an honor to fight together.”

The sword dance also conveyed his sincerity to him.

“I was able to survive thanks to you, Soma.”

The sword dance paid a respectful greeting to the demon lord.

“Then I’ll see you at the main school.”

Then, the faceless guests lined up behind the evil Soma all greeted him in unison with the same courtesy they would show to a young cult leader.

The eyes behind their masks were smiling. Eyes full of kindness. Even the unmasked guests could not miss out on the harvest they had gained on this journey.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Geommugeuk turned to Hanseol.

“Now, shall we go and see the spiciest, most stimulating, and most dangerous taste in the Central Plains?”