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# 25
Taejonbirok Volume 1 Episode 25
Chapter 8 – Going to Yurim (5)
The next day.
“All of this?”
Moon Eun-ji felt inwardly delighted at Wi Yeon-ho's voice, which sounded like it was full of fatigue.
"is it so!"
“……You want me to beat all of this?”
In front of Wi Yeon-ho, there was a mountain of firewood piled up.
Wi Yeon-ho was taken aback as he looked at the firewood piled up high above people's heads.
The trees here are firewood that Hanrimdaejangwon had diligently collected to survive the winter. It was firewood that dozens of people would use throughout the winter, so there couldn't have been a small amount.
“It’s not that long!”
Wi Yeon-ho shook his head.
“Isn’t it humanly impossible to finish all of this in one day?”
“Why? Can’t you do it?”
“Of course. Who could beat this in one day!”
Moon Eun-ji smiled faintly.
“No, you can’t. You have to pay for the meal. You have to finish it all today. Or else, you can leave.”
“……There’s nothing I can do.”
Wi Yeon-ho walked with a shaky step.
“Where are you going?”
“To your father.”
Moon Eun-ji blocked Wi Yeon-ho's path.
“Why, Father!”
“But since I’m leaving, I should at least say goodbye.”
“Are you leaving?”
“I have to leave. I can’t possibly finish all that in one day, even if I die.”
Moon Eun-ji smiled brightly.
“That’s too bad. Then, goodbye.”
“Okay, thanks. Okay, that’s all.”
Moon Eun-ji was enveloped in a strange sense of foreboding as she watched Wi Yeon-ho walk away obediently.
“Now, just a moment!”
"why?"
“What are you going to say to your father?”
“What? You should say thank you and say you’re jealous.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I should be grateful that you’ve kept me company until now, and I should be jealous that you have workers who can chop down a pile of firewood like that in a day.”
In that moment, Moon Ji-eun's face turned grave.
“All of you!”
“Honestly, I’d like to see it once. It’s amazing. But, if that person were here right now, he wouldn’t have asked me to do it, so I guess I’ll just say I’m jealous and go.”
Moon Eun-ji's face distorted.
“Oh, no!”
"what?"
“Father is busy, so you can just leave without saying goodbye!”
Wi Yeon-ho shook his head.
“It can’t be like that when a person receives grace.”
“No, but still…….”
“Don’t worry. It’s just a quick hello.”
In the end, Moon Ji-eun surrendered.
“Okay, okay. Then let’s give it a week.”
“A week?”
"yes."
“It’s a bit short…….”
“A week is enough, what more do you want! I absolutely cannot give in to anything more than that.”
Wi Yeon-ho smiled faintly.
“Okay. Then let’s do it for a week. If we finish a little early, can we rest?”
“Okay! But if you don’t finish it within a week, I won’t let you off easy!”
“Whew~! I’m scared.”
Moon Ji-eun narrowed her eyebrows.
I hated that snobbery so much.
It was a real truth that a single movement or single word could scratch a person's heart.
“Within a week! Understood?”
“Yes, yes, that’s right.”
Wi Yeon-ho walked away with a big smile.
“……Where are you going?”
“To rest.”
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“Rest! Why rest! Why! I told you to finish all of that within a week!”
“It will be like that.”
“But where are you going!”
“Don’t worry. I’ll finish it within a week. I’ll rest later, so I’ll rest early.”
“Hey!”
“I told you not to worry, but it still happens.”
Wi Yeon-ho laughed and went into his room.
Moon Eun-ji gritted her teeth as she watched Wi Yeon-ho's back.
“Just try not to finish it on time!”
At that time, I will definitely drive that hateful person out of this place.
Moon Eun-ji swore again and again.
One day passed, two days passed, and another day passed, but Wei Yanhu showed no sign of working.
Moon Ji-eun, who couldn't stand it any longer, barged into Wi Yeon-ho's room.
“What the hell are you doing!”
Wei Yanhu's head slowly popped out from within the pupa made of a blanket.
“……What now?”
“Aren’t you going to work?”
“What are you going to do?”
“But why are you doing this!”
“There are still three days left.”
“You, you’re not planning on just saying you can’t do it on the last day and leaving, are you?”
Wi Yeon-ho's face became quite serious.
“There was such a thing!”
“The person you are…….”
Wi Yeon-ho snickered.
“Then why don’t you just go there and kick me out?”
“Who do you think is trying to kick me out?”
"no?"
Moon Ji-eun stuttered in embarrassment.
“No, that’s not it.”
“Then don’t worry.”
Moon Eun-ji had nothing more to say, so she could only stare at Wi Yeon-ho.
That's true, but who would say something so blunt?
“Anyway, you have to finish this on time! Otherwise, I really won’t let you off the hook!”
“I told you, I got it.”
Wi Yeon-ho waved his hand as if he was annoyed, then wrapped himself in the blanket again and fell asleep. Moon Eun-ji glared at Wi Yeon-ho with sharp eyes before leaving the room.
“I really won’t let you go!”
Moon Eun-ji, who had been grumbling for a while, turned around and walked away, letting the cold wind blow.
Wi Yeon-ho opened his eyes slightly.
'I'm so impatient because I can't harass people.'
She really was a strange woman.
A week later.
"oh my god……."
Moon Ji-eun looked in front of her with a blank expression.
“How did you get all this…….”
Before her eyes was a mountain of firewood neatly cut and stacked in a neat pile. It was an amount that even if ten men worked for ten days, they would never be able to finish.
But that worthless human being must have used some kind of magic to finish this large quantity in just seven days and nights.
No, not seven days and nights.
Didn't you see him loafing around and not doing any work until yesterday?
In the end, the time that Wei Yanhu moved was at most half a day.
In just half a day, this incredible work was accomplished.
“What kind of person is this…….”
Moon Eun-ji called out to a passing servant.
"wait for a sec."
“Yes, ma’am. What’s the matter?”
“Hey, have you seen this woodcutter?”
The servant shook his head with a puzzled expression.
“I haven’t seen it……”
“Did something like this happen yesterday?”
“It wasn’t there last night. So I thought you had bought some firewood somewhere. I thought it was strange that the logs that were there before were gone…….”
"……all right."
“Yes. Then I will go.”
Moon Eun-ji turned around, looking at the piles of firewood with a tired face.
“What the hell are you talking about!”
Moon Eun-ji let out a sharp voice and ran to Wi Yeon-ho's residence.
“You, what the hell!”
Moon Ji-eun opened the door roughly and went in, let out a scolding before closing her mouth.
“Where did you go!”
Wei Yanhui was nowhere to be seen.
The blanket that Wei Yanho had always been wrapped around was strangely empty, as if it were a shed body.
Moon Eun-ji clenched her fists and looked back at Wi Yeon-ho's traces with a resentful expression on her face.
I thought I could definitely kick them out this time!
In just one evening, they chopped all the firewood that would take ten men seven days and nights to finish!
Does this situation make sense?
“Ahhh! It’s falling apart!”
Moon Ji-eun couldn't control her irritation and shouted.
“Where did this human go!”
Wi Yeon-ho whistled.
“Oh, this is difficult.”
A voice coming from below sharply pierced Wei Yanhui's ears.
Wi Yeon-ho smiled faintly.
“What a spiteful young lady you are.”
Wi Yeon-ho tilted his head back leisurely.
I see blue sky.
The weather was still chilly, but the wind was blowing on the rooftop and it wasn't too bad.
I didn't like the fact that I couldn't cover myself with a blanket, but it was worth it just to be able to avoid the annoying, nagging eyes of the woman.
“But why is that woman so anxious because she can’t catch me?”
Wi Yeon-ho snickered as he heard Moon Eun-ji screaming.
She was a woman who seemed like a docile lamb in front of her father, but to Wi Yeon-ho, she acted more viciously than a wildcat, which was very strange.
There may be several reasons.
As a woman who grew up in a place like Hanlim University, she might not have liked every single one of Wi Yeon-ho’s actions, or maybe the actions she was showing now were her true self.
The true self that he couldn't show in front of his strict father. It may have been the suppressed self that came out when he met the variable called Wi Yeon-ho.
“I guess it doesn’t matter.”
Wi Yeon-ho lay down comfortably on the edge of the eaves. Then, a cool breeze blew and tickled the tip of his nose.
It was a luxury I could not afford while living in a cave.
A warm meal and a comfortable bed.
And just the fact that there was no master to urge him to practice made Wei Yanhu quite satisfied with this life.
But there was no way this life could continue forever.
'What do you want me to see and feel, Master?'
I came to Yulim and saw many things, but I didn't really feel anything.
Even if it was Yulim, it wouldn't be any different.
Some people dedicate their lives to their studies, while others simply open books and have no idea what they are doing.
Some people do their best to do what they believe is right, but they never question whether it is truly right.
What Wi Yeon-ho felt when he came here was that they were no different from other people.
'I don't feel anything in particular.'
Wi Yeon-ho closed his eyes.
If there was nothing to be gained from Yurim, then perhaps it was time to head elsewhere.
Just staying in Yurim doesn't guarantee that the ban imposed by the master will be lifted.
“Where are you!”
Wi Yeon-ho flinched at the sharp voice of Moon Eun-ji coming from below.
'I understand one thing. Women must be careful.'
If that was enlightenment, then maybe it was enlightenment.
Wi Yeon-ho carefully climbed up the eaves so as not to be caught by Moon Eun-ji who was looking for him.
The sun is warm and nice today, so it might be nice to take a nap on the roof.
“Ha, good.”
The lantern hanging on the roof whistled softly.
* * *
“Haven’t you been getting along well without any particular problems?”
“……Do you think so?”
"yes."
Gwanggu Shin-gae let out a deep sigh.
“If you think so, then so be it.”
Saga looked at Gwanggushin-gae with suspicious eyes.
“Because the work starts now.”
“This is the beginning?”
Gwanggu Shingae nodded.
“I told you, wherever that guy is, there’s always a lot of trouble. Who would have thought that such a big thing would happen overnight in that peaceful manor? And without any warning.”
“What the hell?”
“Well, it’s nothing. My classmates showed up, the secret police showed up, I got involved in a treason plot, and my family almost fell apart overnight.”
“Eek?”
“Why are you so surprised? Wherever he goes, that kind of thing is normal. Basically, you have to experience something like that to think, ‘Ah, Wi Yeon-ho has been there.’”
Saga was speechless.
What on earth happened in that peaceful manor to cause such terrifying words to spring forth?
“Aren’t I still talking?”
Gwanggu Shingae smiled bitterly.
“Don’t expect common sense from him. He always sees more than you can imagine.”
“…….”