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Side story 205. One-Won-Won Comics (5)
The night came like yesterday and tomorrow, never tiring.
Still, the night was new. That’s how Lee Cheon-sang felt.
Now, whenever I looked at the night sky from the window of the civil war room that I was familiar with, I felt an indescribable feeling.
‘Even though there are so many stars, the moon owns the night.’
Now I think I can finally understand the feelings of those who are absorbed in admiration while looking at the moon. It must be a similar feeling to when you get drunk and look at the stars and think of your dead subordinates.
It is a feeling that is hard to feel under the sun, which awakens the bitterness of life with its scolding heat. Only the night, the night that gives the softer wind than silk and orders the moon to prepare for the sun of tomorrow, can give this warmth.
But something was different tonight.
The cold was hot and the darkness stung my eyes.
Even in the midst of that contradictory feeling, Lee Cheon-sang didn’t know what expression to make. The past, when he had never cared about such things, now felt like a very distant past.
Now you’re starting to act more human.
Whenever such thoughts suddenly occurred to me, a voice that sounded almost mocking was heard from somewhere.
Drawing black lines on a cat’s body doesn’t make it a tiger.
I thought it was a very plausible statement. A person can only be called a person if he or she is human. If someone who is not human tries to imitate a person, it will only make everyone uncomfortable.
‘That’s okay.’
It’s okay to remain a cat or a monkey. The important thing is to remain.
If non-human beasts can live on this earth, then dolls that only look human can also remain in the world.
‘At least it’s made of blood and flesh.’
Lee Cheon-sang, who was nodding his head, suddenly remembered the look in the eyes of the benefactor he had given up on leaving behind in this world.
‘father.’
The owner of the Igasangdan and his adoptive father who saved his life when he was starving to death.
He asked himself, to kill him.
Until then, Lee Cheon-sang had never seen anyone who wanted something so desperately. However, there was no one around his adoptive father who would readily grant his request.
It was truly a strange thing. Lee Cheon-sang did not think that his adoptive father was irresponsible, even if he was not a man who was respected by everyone. And people tend to worship and follow those who perform the most obvious duty of responsibility.
Moreover, they were like Ji-eum, who had been with her adoptive father all her life.
Of course I had to give in. Because that’s what he wanted.
The concept of death is one that most people find unsettling, but it is an inevitable future and an absolute limitation that all living beings must experience at least once.
In other words, the adoptive father simply wanted to reach his limit a little faster than others. It wasn’t like they were asking for their wives or killing their children, so why did they ignore the adoptive father’s earnest request?
In the end, the adoptive father asked his only adopted son to die.
Lee Cheon-sang had no choice but to listen. Since his adoptive father had saved his life, he thought it was only right to repay him with the death he had wanted.
My greatest desire was to repay the favor by granting what he wanted, but at the same time, I believed that life and death were one.
Life and death are one.
And now his thoughts have been half-repudiated.
‘Life is worth living, just by remaining on this earth.’
Life and death are one. That is a fact and a truth. But the proposition of that truth does not comfort emotional common sense.
Although life and death are one, most people living on this earth do not consider their own lives valuable. Therefore, they do not try to reach their limits until they have achieved a valuable life. Even those who have lived more passionately than anyone else want to avoid death.
Death is such a rough and scary thing. And even though it is a future that we will inevitably reach someday, people ignore it and stay away from it.
‘I understand now.’
Really, perfectly.
With his perfect ‘heart’, Lee Cheon-sang was able to understand the actions of those who did not listen to his adoptive father’s request.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I regret or feel disgusted by my actions in granting my adoptive father’s request.
I just realized.
‘If I were truly human, I should regret or try to make excuses when I attain the enlightenment I have now. But I don’t. I don’t feel the need to do that.’
Lee Cheon-sang closed his eyes.
‘I drew a black line, but it’s still not a tiger.’
The thought was long.
And when I realized it, I heard a familiar voice.
“I think it’s finally time to confess.”
Lee Cheon-sang opened his eyes and turned his head.
There was a middle-aged man of solid build walking toward me with a large sword slung on his back.
“You haven’t even reached the terms yet, have you?”
“I have a hard time understanding what you mean.”
“Otherwise, it would be hard to grow taller at that age. Somehow, I feel like I’m taller now than before I went on vacation.”
Lee Cheon-sang stood up and pointed to the front seat.
Yang Baek-ho shook his head.
“The weather is nice. It’s been a while since I’ve been in the civil war. I know a nice walking trail. Shall we walk and talk?”
“great.”
After a while, the two came out of the hut and walked through a fairly large forest.
“Are you eating well and living well?”
“Yes.”
“You seem to have grown taller, but you also seem a bit thinner. Eat well. You’re human too. If people don’t eat well, they won’t be able to exert their strength.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
Even though it had been a long time since they had met, the two talked as if they had just seen each other yesterday.
There was no awkwardness with Lee Cheon-sang in the first place, and Yang Baek-ho was very happy to see him. Rather, he had to calm down his somewhat excited heart for fear that he would act awkwardly because of the happiness.
Even a feeling close to anxiety.
Yang Baek-ho said in a cool voice.
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“A while ago, a man named Hongsan brought Captain Heo with him.”
“Didn’t you run wild for a long time?”
“He was so violent that he even came to the commander’s office. He only calmed down after Yul Footsteps beat him up.”
“… … .”
“There are many people who care about you, you know that.”
“I know.”
There was a moment of silence between the two.
The person who broke the silence was Lee Cheon-sang.
“Let me get straight to the point. I… … .”
“Do you want to close it?”
Lee Cheon-sang stopped walking.
“Did you guess?”
Yang Baek-ho walked five more steps before stopping.
Yi Cheon-sang couldn’t see Yang Baek-ho’s face. All he could see was the sword diagonally slashed across the commander’s broad back.
Yang Baek-ho said in a calm voice.
“Did you know that I have a lot of feelings?”
“I understand that it might seem that way.”
“If he looks like that, that means he is that kind of person. Because actions are what proves his heart.”
“No matter what, I will give up my position as commander.”
“Who cares?”
“… … .”
“Do you think that the position of the Yaksha Commander is so light that you can resign if you want?”
“No.”
“But you’re still going to quit?”
“That is… … .”
“Because it’s for the good of everyone?”
Lee Cheon-sang shook his head.
“No.”
“underneath?”
“You could say that, but it could easily be misunderstood. Therefore, I have no choice but to answer clearly and definitively.”
“… … .”
“I am resigning as the Yaksha Commander for my own good. As a bonus, I will be able to prevent the lives of the Yakshas from becoming like a light in the wind.”
That would be good for the yakshas too. Lee Cheon-sang tried to answer like that.
But the reason he changed his answer like this was because he did not ignore the yakshas.
Quitting for the sake of the yakshas? That statement could easily be seen as insulting to the yakshas.
Of course, there will be many among the Yaksha who will not be happy about the fact that they can become the target of the civil war minders because of a single footnote.
However, there may be some among them who risk their lives for the sake of the two thousand, or because they do not like the mines belonging to the civil war.
It was impossible to lump them all together and say that he was for them all. Lee Cheon-sang thought so, and his answer satisfied Yang Baek-ho.
“It seems you learned a lot during your vacation. You weren’t such a delicate person.”
“Is that so?”
Yang Baek-ho started walking again.
Lee Cheon-sang also followed him.
“Hey, Heaven.”
A strange light appeared in Lee Cheon-sang’s eyes.
He calls them by their names, not by their titles. Is it because Yang Baek-ho considers this position personal, or is it because he intends to grant his wishes?
“I guessed why you went into civil war and caused chaos. Honestly, I didn’t know you would go this far, but I definitely thought you would cause a huge vortex in the heart of the Cheonma Sect.”
“… … .”
“Don’t you think it’s strange? You are certainly a person born with incredible talent, but even so, you are still just a minnow. A minnow with greater potential than anyone else.”
“you’re right.”
“But the civil war is full of people who believed in their own potential, nurtured and cultivated it with decades of experience, and finally blossomed into their own.”
“… … .”
“No matter how fast you grow, how can you survive among those who have already glimpsed your perfection? Anyone would have predicted your death. Yet I believed that you would survive, that you would brave the storms of civil war and create another gale.”
“… … .”
“Why did you think that?”
“I don’t know.”
“Yeah, I don’t know either.”
Yang Baek-ho burst into hearty laughter.
“I just had that thought. It’s impossible to interpret the logic or reason that you risk your life for. I just couldn’t imagine that you would lose your life in a place like this.”
I couldn’t understand it in the past.
But Lee Cheon-sang knew that it was this vague, cold-blooded intuition that could be called irresponsible that could lead people to a realization that overwhelmed reason and logic.
“You will be great. And I am not the only one who knows that. I have not the vision. It took me a long time to see you. There are many people in the civil war who have better vision and are more capable than I. Some of them must have recognized your potential long ago. They will give you a lot.”
At that time, the people who came to Lee Cheon-sang’s mind were Do-heon, Baekgol Shin-ma, and Baek So-dam.
Do-heon helped him with his belief in the future as fuel, Baekgol Shinma helped him with the formality of a deal, and Baek So-dam helped him with the pillar of neutrality.
“Heaven.”
“Please speak.”
“Do you think we could get hurt because of you?”
“……yes.”
“Then, maybe you could think about it this way?”
“… … ?”
“Thanks to you, the organization you belong to, the Yaksha Commander, may become even greater.”
Lee Cheon-sang’s eyes shook.
Yang Baek-ho stopped walking and looked back at Lee Cheon-sang.
“The Yaksha Commander is an organization made up of by-products who couldn’t make it into the mainstream organization, including the Yaksha Horyeong. Of those by-products, I was the dirtiest one.”
“… … .”
“Even if it is covered by a curtain of darkness, if that fire can ride the wind called you and rise high into the sky, so that a mere lamp can become the sun for a moment.”
“… … .”
“Isn’t that worth risking one’s life for?”