Absolute Regression Chapter 610

Episode 610: Cheonma is overworked

A sword dance took place in Taesa Temple at the sound of a bell heard from afar.

“Ahhh! It’s finally over!”

It’s my first day as the temporary leader.
It’s the first time a day has felt this long. I’d rather train or fight until I’m bleeding.

As I was coming down the stairs and trying to leave Cheonmajeon, Hwi emerged from hiding and revealed himself.

“Mister.”
“From now on, you should call me ‘Hwi Daeju.’”
“When we’re alone, I’ll call you ‘Mister.’”

Hwi’s eyes were soft as he looked at the sword dance. After the trip with his father, Hwi and I became closer than ever before. We also got to know each other more.

“The residence has been prepared in the inner courtyard of Cheonmajeon. You will have to sleep there for the time being.”

As he was in the position of the leader, he was naturally treated and escorted as a leader.
I walked around the inner courtyard with Hwi and asked cautiously.

“Is your father okay?”
“He is okay.”
“Then it’s okay.”

The Geommu-geuk was worried that there might be another reason for this closure. Fortunately, no worries were found in Hwi. The person who could get the most accurate answer about his father would be Hwi.

“This is the room.”

The place that Whi guided me to was the room across from my father’s residence.

“Isn’t this also the room that your father used?”
“That’s right. He used to read books and think here. He asked the young sect leader to give this place to him.”

It was a room that was decorated in an elegant and luxurious manner, although not as luxurious as the room my father slept in. The bookshelf and the table looked ordinary on the outside, but they were all made by a furniture craftsman.

There was also a large bed in this room, covered with clean, soft bedding. Sitting down on the bed, Geommu-geuk said.

“Now I understand why my father goes to bed so early. How can he not sleep when he is so stressed and works so hard during the day?”

The person who watched the whole thing from the closest distance was Hwi, who was smiling right in front of his eyes.

“I’m going to go now. If you need anything, please call me.”
“I need my father! Please go and get him.”

Just as he was joking and sending off his anger, something caught Geommugeuk’s eye.

“Huh? This is!”

The surprised Geommu-geuk walked over to the display case.
There was something on the display case next to it.
Surprisingly, it was the Amazon dolls sold at Magachon.
All the Amazon dolls were there, and Geommu-geuk’s own doll was among them.

A while ago, when Hanseol came to Cheonmasingyo, a merchant selling dolls in Magachon said that a doll of the young cult leader would come out soon.
It seems that the doll came out while he was away taking care of the Hwangryongmu-gwan business.

What surprised Geommugeuk was not because his own doll appeared.

“Why is this here?”

A Mazone doll in Father’s room!
Hwi just smiled faintly.

“Really? Did your father buy this?”

Surprisingly, Hui nodded.

“Before he went into hiding, the leader had a drink at the Magachon Pungryu Bar. On his way back that day, he saw the dolls of the younger leader and bought them all.”

He said that he had no interest until now, but he bought it when he saw that his son’s doll came out. He probably bought them all, including the Amazon ones, because he only wanted to buy one.

I remembered that day. The sight of my father buying a doll while red-faced and drunk after having a drink at a bar.

It was touching that you bought it, but it was even more touching that you displayed it like this.

“Please wait here for a moment.”

The swordsman left the room.
After a while, the swordsman returned with something. What he had bought in an instant by speedboat was a Cheonma doll. There was no father doll among the dolls on display.

After moving his doll standing in the middle to the side, he placed his father’s doll in the middle.

“It’s finally finished.”

Hwi’s smile deepened as he watched the scene.
Originally, he should have taken care to remove the doll before giving the room to Geommu-geuk. The leader was not the type of person who wanted his son to see something like this.

However, Hwi did not do it on purpose. He wanted to let Geommugeuk know the leader’s feelings. The leader he served was someone who would never reveal his feelings to his son if he did not do this.

“Then rest in peace.”

As I left the room and closed the door, I saw Geommugeuk looking at the doll.

It’s a good thing I didn’t clean it up.

The next morning, Geommugeuk ordered Hui to assemble his guards.

“Please gather all of the Cheonmajeon guards. Including the guards of the young sect leader at my residence.”

Whee was nervous inside. It was nothing more than a request to call the entire escort team.

“All right.”

Hui followed the order without asking why.

After a while, all the guards gathered behind the Cheonmajeon.
There are many guards in the Cheonma Shingyo, but the most skilled among them are naturally the Cheonmajeon guards.
In particular, the group leaders who protect the leader with Hui inside the Cheonmajeon have great skills. Although they are group leaders, they are skilled people at the level of Danju or higher.

There, twelve guards, including Jeokyeon, the leader of the cult leader’s escort, were called in.
Since only the guards who protect the leader are allowed to enter Cheonmajeon, they were extremely nervous. Not to mention the leader, Hwi, the other guards were all seniors to them.

The sword dance was the first to greet them warmly.

“Hey, my guards! It’s been so long since I’ve seen you that I almost forgot your faces.”
“Meet the Young Master!”

They all clapped their hands and shouted loudly.
The sword dance approached the enemy.

“Are the women following you lined up?”

Jeokyeon, who had achieved great success in the art of eye surgery but still wore an eye patch because he felt awkward, was now taking it off.

“no!”

I don’t know when it was last time I went out to the market to practice martial arts!

If it were just the two of us, I would have given an answer like this.
I couldn’t give an answer like that in front of my seniors.

Jeokyeon was embarrassed in front of Hwi and his seniors. They weren’t carrying out their missions properly.
Of course, everyone knew that Geommugeuk was very free-spirited and liked to go around alone, but it was true that they weren’t carrying out their missions properly.

“You’ve been training hard all this time.”

Just by looking at their standing postures, Geommu-geuk could tell how hard they had worked.
In fact, they had been diligently training themselves while waiting for Geommu-geuk. Thanks to this, they had become much stronger than when they first met Geommu-geuk.

After gathering all the escorts like this, Geommu-geuk looked around at everyone with a calm yet majestic gaze.

“Your Majesty, I have a favor to ask.”
“Please speak.”
“While I am serving as the temporary leader, I will receive protection from my own guards.”

Not only Hui, but also the existing guards of Cheonma were taken aback by the unexpected words.
The guards of the minor sect leader were all the youngest, and he was saying that he would entrust them with his guard.

“I would like to give you a chance to gain experience through this opportunity.”

After thinking for a moment, Hwi answered politely.

“Okay, I will do that.”

The escorts, including Jeokyeon, were all delighted. They were finally given the chance to properly escort the Sword Dance. And that was also a mission in the Cheonmajeon.

That wasn’t the only reason why the sword dance brought them together today.

“I have one more request.”
“Please speak.”
“I will grant leave to all the guards except for my guards and Lord Hui.”

This time I was even more flustered by the unexpected words.

“This is also the first command I give as temporary leader.”

He nailed it down with an order. In fact, the person he wanted to give the most vacation to was Whee, but he knew that he would never accept this order, so he excluded him.

Hwi could tell that Geommu-geuk was trying to give the escorts a chance to rest this time.

“I have the authority to disobey any order that conflicts with my escort mission.”

That is the greatest power given to the escort lord.

“I know.”
“May I ask why you are doing this?”

Hwi guessed the reason, but he asked on purpose to let his subordinates know what Geommugeuk was thinking.

“Because it’s not an opportunity that comes often.”

The last time the three of them traveled, the escorts couldn’t rest. Even though they didn’t move together, they had to constantly interact with Hwi and wait in places they couldn’t see.

The gaze of the swordsman turned towards the escorts.

“Get some rest while your father is away. Visit your hometown, travel with your family, and catch up on some sleep.”

Who would have imagined that the little sect leader would give them a vacation? Everyone was at a loss, not knowing how to react.

The gaze of the swordsman turned to Hui again.

“Are you dissatisfied?”

Even if he had been excluded, he would not have accepted it, but he could not deny that this was the perfect opportunity to give his men a rest.

“No. I will gratefully obey the orders you have given me.”

When the vacation was decided, an unspeakable joy flashed across the faces of the escorts. Of course, how could they have worked every single day without fail? They took turns taking turns resting, but they could not even dream of a proper vacation like this.

“Okay, let’s split this.”

He gave them the envelopes that the Black Magic Theater had prepared. Inside was enough money to enjoy a vacation. Regardless of the amount, I was even more touched by their sentiments.

“I hope you all get some rest.”
“Thank you!”

I was grateful for the loud answer.

The guards of Cheonmajeon all retreated.
Hwi went out with them. Hwi, given his personality, wouldn’t send them all out at once. He would have to coordinate schedules and check emergency contacts. He must have a lot to do.

Now the only ones left were the Red Smoke and the escorts.

“Are you sad that you can’t go on vacation?”

Then Jeokyeon answered on behalf of everyone.

“We were upset that we couldn’t work for so long!”

I was able to be honest because there were no seniors present.

“Can you protect me well?”
“Yes!”
“I only trust you.”

Not only Jeokyeon, but also the other escorts’ eyes were burning brightly.
Someday, they will grow up like their seniors. Just as Hwi was by his father’s side, Jeokyeon will be by his side.

“Red smoke!”
“Yes!”

Although he called in a solemn voice, his purpose was to fluster Jeokyeon.

“The blindfold has been taken off. Should we go seduce our woman?”

Jeokyeon answered with a red face.

“No.”

Geommugeuk walked away, his shoulders slumped and he sighed deeply.

“That’s right, no. There’s still a mountain of work from yesterday.”

Sima Ming piled up another pile of documents next to the ones left yesterday.

“Are the things you brought really things that need to be taken care of today?”
“Yes, that’s right.”

At Sima Ming’s answer, Geommu-geuk shook his head.

“All this happened in one day? No? You made it all up and brought it to me?”

Sima Ming took the joke of the sword dance as a joke.

“Yes, I couldn’t sleep at all because I was working on it all night.”

The sword dance shook its head.

“How can so many things happen in one day!”

The soldiers of Tongcheon Pavilion would have been sorting out information coming in from all over the Central Plains until late at night. Sima Ming would also not have been able to sleep until late at night.

“There was someone else who was going on vacation.”

Judging from the fact that he didn’t ask what I meant, he must already know that the escorts were on vacation.

“If we leave, the work of our school will be paralyzed.”
“What do you think?”
“Huh?”
“It will be paralyzed for ten days. We will send an official letter to the Murim Alliance and the Sadomasogae Alliance. We will rest for ten days, so do not touch us under any circumstances! If you touch us, there will be war in ten days!”

Sima Ming laughed at the suggestion that the vacation should be over and war should be started.

“Don’t worry too much, I’ll be resting well on my way back.”

But the swordsman knows that Sima Ming himself works without resting.

“The young soldiers are not worried. The general is worried.”
“I am fine. There is a secret method that the leader taught me before. I do it once when I wake up and once before I go to bed. Thanks to that, I am very healthy.”

Of course, my father would also be very concerned about Sima Ming’s health. Sima Ming was an indispensable person to our school.

Yes, the job for Sima Ming would be to finish the work as quickly as possible.

“Okay, let’s try to speed things up today.”

Certainly, the work progressed faster than yesterday.
While working together, Sima Ming discovered one great advantage in Jianwu Jie.

Geommu-geuk asked well. He was not ashamed of not knowing. He tried to remember clearly what he learned by asking.

Since Sima Ming was in the military business, he considered this to be a greater advantage.

I know from experience that when you pretend to know something you don’t, that pretending to know can sometimes turn into a big disaster.

So I always tell my subordinates, don’t pretend to know what you don’t know. It’s okay to go slow, it’s okay to look ignorant, but never pretend to know what you don’t know.

At that time, Geommu-geuk, who was handing over the documents, asked Sima Ming.

“But did your father decide on such matters?”
“Yes, he did.”
“The leader used to say that you can’t make big decisions without knowing the small details of the school.”

I couldn’t even believe that my father said that. The more I worked, the more I discovered new sides of my father.

“My father was the most misunderstood person in the world. Even by his son.”

When the martial artists think of Cheonma, they think of him as someone who enjoys all sorts of pleasures and pleasures, enjoying a bloody feast, but my father was quietly working for the religion. Even in the midst of all that, he took care of the demons in his own way.

“Cheonma was overworked.”

If I had known this would happen, I would have given up fishing.