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Side story 160. The Devil’s Society (4)
Swish.
Baekheon’s eyes slowly opened as he lay comfortably resting in the golden bathtub.
It was a bathroom full of smoky steam, with the servants occasionally pouring hot water to prevent the temperature from dropping.
“Do you have any?”
A voice that is extremely languid.
“Yes, master.”
The voice of the squire coming from one side trembled faintly.
Baekheon slowly got up from the bathtub.
“Bring your clothes. We’ll stop here for today.”
“Yes.”
After a while, five or six servants came and cleaned every nook and cranny of Baekheon’s body.
After putting on his pants and red silk robe over his skinny body that was cleanly washed without a trace of moisture, Baekheon walked out of the bathroom without hesitation.
The day was dark and the wind was quite cool.
He looked up at the sky for a long time with his back to the ground, then walked barefoot on the ground. His feet, which had been cleaned after a long bath, became dirty in an instant, but he didn’t seem to care at all.
Baekheon enjoyed this sensation.
The feeling of stepping on soft dirt and small grains of sand. It feels like you are stepping on countless things below you.
Whenever he felt down, he would walk barefoot on the dirt road like this. Every time he did that, he felt alive.
So he headed to the sponsor’s house.
When did he arrive? In that pavilion, an old man from Seonpungdogol was looking at the moon with a backpack on his back.
Baekheon spoke in his characteristically languid tone.
“How dare you come in without the owner’s permission, you old man with no manners at all.”
The old man in the palace, the white bone demon, smiled and turned his head.
“Are you here?”
“Why didn’t you at least give me a message saying you were coming?”
“I said that because I thought you wouldn’t even come see me if I sent you a message.”
“So that’s why you climbed over the wall in the middle of the night like a rat?”
It was a brutal statement that did not match the calm tone.
The White Bone God shrugged his shoulders.
“You’ll be caught in the act anyway, so how can you sneak over and not say anything?”
“If I acted like you, what would you say?”
“I guess he gave me a lesson telling me to stop loitering around and use that time to learn some culture.”
Baekheon frowned.
The White Bone Demon pointed to the side opposite him with his chin.
“Come up. This is a really nice place. As expected, it’s the residence of Gwanghyeol, who is said to have the most financial resources among us.”
“What is your business?”
“I came here for a drink. I treated you the other day, so I thought it was time for you to treat me now.”
“How shameless.”
“I’ve always been like that.”
Baekheon, who had been quietly glaring at the White Bone God, turned his head and shouted.
“Look at the table. Bring the alcohol in broad daylight.”
After giving simple instructions, he climbed onto the platform and plopped down opposite the White Bone God. His posture was the most free-spirited of them all.
Baekgolshinma also sat down and asked.
“Why are you walking around barefoot after all that effort in washing? You make yourself dirty.”
“Do I have to tell you that too?”
“You seem very angry. You’re unusually sharp today.”
Baekheon smiled and looked at the moon.
Even the greatest white bone god in the world could not know what Baekheon was thinking at the moment. Baekheon’s eyes, looking at the moonlight, looked similar to those of the previous cult leader when he had fought countless battles.
After some time, a table full of various drinks was set up in the pavilion that had been filled with silence.
Baekheon, who saw one of the many poems, asked.
“When did you come in?”
“Huh? Ah!”
Sibi bowed her head deeply.
“Hey, I got a new assignment two days ago.”
“Wash up and go to my bedroom.”
The sibbi, who had been trembling, soon bowed her head deeper as if she had given up.
“I obey your orders.”
All the servants who had set the table like that retreated.
The White Bone God clicked his tongue.
“What a shame it is when you’re all old.”
Baekheon smiled faintly.
“An ugly person is ugly no matter what he does. There is no such thing as being clumsy when young and ugly when old.”
“As I remember, you weren’t that ugly.”
“You misjudged me.”
“That’s not true. If I was mistaken, then our lord was mistaken about you as well.”
“… … ?!”
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“I think I can hear the sound of my lord clicking his tongue from here.”
In that moment, Baekheon’s face hardened.
The White Bone God said as he filled his glass.
“Do you remember? The Battle of Honam thirty years ago… … .”
“If you put the word lord in that mouth again, I won’t stay still.”
It was a voice that made one feel the cold chill.
The corners of the White Bone Demon’s mouth slightly rose.
“If you don’t stay still, how can I stay still?”
“… … .”
“What on earth is so uncomfortable? Why? Are you embarrassed or something?”
“Skulls!!”
“If you have nothing to be ashamed of, then act confidently even at an old age. If you have anything to be ashamed of, then change so that you are not ashamed.”
“… … .”
“If, as you say, there is no such thing as being this way when you are young or that way when you are old, then it is also too petty to be stubborn using the excuse of being old.”
Baekheon’s eyes were twitching.
“They say that love grows on you, but I tried to share a drink with you to celebrate the affection we’ve built up over time, but it didn’t work out.”
The White Bone God brought the glass to his lips lightly.
“If you want to start, just reach out first.”
Phew!
The wind blew.
The cool breeze gradually turned into a hot wind. The humid and hot wind was mixed with a faint smell of blood.
Baekgolshinma didn’t pay any attention to Baekheon raising his magic energy. He just sipped the alcohol in his glass.
“Oh, that sucks.”
Baekheon smiled coldly.
“You’re quite good. Did you master the Black Goruma?”
“Where can you find great success in martial arts? It’s just about constantly moving forward.”
“Yes, you have some confidence in yourself, so you move your tongue around so carelessly.”
“When was it not like that? My tongue is incredibly flexible, whether I’m young or old.”
“You probably didn’t come here just to have a drink. Just tell me what you want and get out of here.”
The White Bone God filled his glass again with a calm expression.
“Did you find it?”
“What are you talking about, without any basis or end?”
“I asked if you had found a person who could be trusted to take care of the things your lord had entrusted to you.”
hook!
The simmering smell of blood disappeared in an instant.
Baekheon’s prayers paused as if he had been struck by a sudden blow.
A light appeared in the eyes of the White Bone Demon.
“Did you find it?”
“… … .”
“That’s surprising. I thought you were still worried about useless obsession, but you’ve already started looking?”
“… … White bones.”
“Thank goodness. Even though he has fallen, at least he hasn’t forgotten what he had to do.”
Baekheon’s eyes became bloodshot.
“Were you curious about that?”
“I was curious. I always was curious. And you were the only one? I wanted to visit all those who have received favors from my lord, all those who have been entrusted to me by my lord. As you know… … .”
The White Bone God smiled faintly.
“I can’t stand being curious.”
Baekheon, who had been glaring at the White Bone God for a long time, growled ominously.
“I think it was Lee Cheon-sang.”
“He’s a funny kid.”
“You’ve had quite a few accidents this time.”
“It was your fault. Weren’t the children you commanded the first to come looking for you?”
“It doesn’t matter who struck first. It matters who has more power.”
The eyes of the White Bone Demon grew deeper.
At that moment, Baek-heon felt as if all the blood in his body was flowing backwards. This was because he saw compassion in the eyes of the White Bone God Demon looking at him.
I would have tolerated it if he had just cursed and hit me, but I couldn’t tolerate him looking at me like that.
“It seems like you really don’t want to go back alive… …!”
“Do you want to be a cult leader?”
“… … !!”
“Or do you want to become a hidden power behind the scenes that can shake up even the cult leader?”
“White bones!”
“If you want to become a cult leader, then you must risk your cult status and take on the challenge now. You must choose whether to fight for it with your life on the line or die honorably.”
“Who are you!”
“I don’t want to see the man I once trusted the most, aside from my lord, fall apart any further.”
Baekheon growled.
“You’re pretty much ruined, aren’t you?”
“Yeah, I messed up a lot too.”
“You dare to teach me. You have really grown a lot. You were always eager to follow me, but now that you are on the Demon King’s throne, I want to at least show you some respect.”
“If you had really tried to attack that worthless guy, I would still be trusting you.”
“Shut up!”
bang!
In the end, it was Baekheon who overturned the table again today.
But today, even the White Bone God did not go down smoothly.
“Let me tell you the real reason I came today.”
“Shut up! I don’t want to hear it! Get out of here before I kill you!”
“From now on, I will kill you.”
“… … !!”
It was an unexpected statement.
The White Bone God continued speaking, closing his eyes.
“I won’t tolerate you any longer. Even if you are judged as mean and vicious, I will kill you if I get the chance.”
“… … .”
“Our relationship has ended here. I came here to tell you that.”
Baekheon’s eyes wavered.
That was when.
“Old man! We’re in trouble!”
One of Baekheon’s subordinates, who had been watching from the rooftop, approached the pavilion and knelt down. Normally, he would have reported it immediately, but because of the White Bone Demon, he couldn’t open his mouth.
Baekheon said, looking at the White Bone God Horse.
“What’s going on?”
“… … It is said that the elite of the criminal party are heading towards the Red Flag Unit.”
Baekheon’s shoulders flinched.
The White Bone God stood up from his seat.
“Then, take it easy.”
“I knew you were behind me.”
Baekheon’s voice, which sounded slightly hoarse, was filled with unspeakable emotions.
“But I never thought you would. You had no interest in power. At least you pretended to.”
“I’m not really interested.”
“But you hit me in the back of the head like this?”
At that moment, the White Bone Demon’s eyes emitted an incredible murderous aura.
The murderous intent was so strong that Baek-heon unconsciously clenched his fist. The man lying prostrate under the pavilion stumbled, gasping.
“You were the one who hit the back of the head first, Baekheon.”
“… … What?”
“You have forgotten your master’s teachings, abandoned your master’s will, and betrayed your master’s heart. This is truly a grave sin worthy of ten thousand deaths.”
“… … !”
“You are the one who not only tarnished the honor of your master who left everything behind, but also stabbed the backs of your comrades who risked their lives together. All for the sake of gold, power, and greed!”
Baekheon’s face was distorted to a degree that was difficult to describe in words.
The White Bone Demon growled like a beast.
“I, while the ten statues passed by, sent the rage that soared above the lost wind, the hatred that was hard to cast out, and the sorrow that could not be burned. For the world that the lord who passed away in vain dreamed of all his life, I endured a hundred times, ignored a thousand times, and chewed and swallowed ten thousand times the resentment so that our history that participated in that dream would not disappear into mere petty greed.”
“… … !”
“I no longer have a lifelong dream. I have no grand ambitions to carry on my master’s will. My life has become all about eliminating the place for petty and ungrateful thugs on this mountain that never gets a chance to breathe.”
Woohoo!
Behind the White Bone God’s back, a black skeleton-shaped aura rose. As if summoning the god of death from hell, the fierce and fierce aura was filled with overwhelming will.
That stubborn will was so strong that even the world’s most ferocious demons were speechless.
“I already died once, sending my master away, so why worry about my life at this age? The corpse that lived like a fool has finally drawn its fangs, so not one of you will die with a sound mind.”
“… … .”
“You can look forward to it. From the soles of your dirty feet to the tip of your head full of dirty desires, I will crush it into small pieces and sprinkle it gently into the Samdocheon River.”
The White Bone God Demon, who declared war with a terrifying roar, turned around.
While Baek Bone God left the sponsorship, Baek Heon was left speechless.