Episode 190
‘How to explain.’
It’s not hard to come up with a rough word. However, it will not be possible to earn Haegaram’s trust with just a few stories.
So, instead of making me believe, I decided to borrow the name of someone I could trust for a while.
“… Could you please stay away for a moment?”
In response to my serious attitude, Hae Garam instructed Haeun-hyung to do so with a chin gesture.
Even after Haeun-hyung left, he manipulated the confrontation system to completely block the noise.
I started talking slowly as I watched the sun set.
“Of course, I didn’t figure all of this out on my own. At first, I was just an academy cadet.”
“then?”
“Someone has told me those facts.”
This is where it matters.
It is necessary to properly select a person who can earn Hae Garam’s credibility and who will not become a problem in the future.
And coincidentally, I knew one person who met all those conditions.
After showing a hint of hesitation on purpose for a while, I continued my conversation towards Haegaram.
“He is, indeed, Ching-Il.”
“… What?”
Haegaram tilted his head for a moment, then asked if he was right what he heard now.
“If it’s Sino-Japanese, are you referring to the Sino-Japanese that I know?”
right.
The hero of Cheongga and the founder of the Cheonghwa Academy.
It is referring to the people who were evaluated as having a completely different level of competence.
“What the heck do you know, Qing-Il died more than a century ago?”
“I just knew that.”
In fact, if I hadn’t known the original information, I would have only thought that he had left Cheongga and died.
And here, you need to mix in a little bit of truth.
“Do you know the story of the Eternal Labyrinth?”
“Eternal maze?”
“It’s a rumor about the human-eating barrier.”
If that’s the case, you’ve probably heard of Haegaram as well.
Although its identity has not been revealed, it is often rumored that there are a few eyewitness accounts and the occurrence of periodic disappearances.
This was also confirmed in the original.
“I got involved in there at the end of last year. And I managed to escape the maze after overcoming many obstacles.”
“If it was the end of last year, maybe… … .”
Apparently, there was a little bit of a haegaram in the corner.
After a while, she also spoke to me with a serious expression on her face.
“I heard information from across the street. There are survivors of the human-eating barrier. And the creators of the rumors said that there were helpers who could not be identified.”
There were some people in the party at the time who were connected to the headquarters, so they probably reported the contents of the outline to the upper level.
Fortunately, the promises made with me in the process seemed to have been kept well.
“In a word, would that mean that you were the helper?”
“I will not deny it.”
“And if you think about the flow of conversation, maybe in that… … .”
“you’re right. Chung Il survived inside the maze of eternity. This is something I only knew after we met.”
A lie is also a lie.
Depending on how you wrap it, it instantly turns into a plausible story.
And looking at the reaction, it seems that a series of stories has been completed in Haegaram’s head at this moment.
“Cheonil-nim cannot come out of there right now due to circumstances.”
So far, this is not a lie.
In fact, Chung-il was trapped in the Guilty Labyrinth, one of the mazes of eternity, and it was impossible to escape on his own.
“However, even in that situation, you only let me know about the crisis of Cheongga.”
“That it is information related to the Jin Myung line.”
“you’re right.”
The sun was already halfway over this way. So here, it was necessary to give the final blow.
“Actually, after that, I made a connection with Cheongga and tried to figure out whether the warnings of Chung-il were true. Maybe you have something to point out about that.”
“… … .”
Surprisingly, it was around that time that a riot broke out within the Cheongga over Cheongjuhwa.
And in the process of examining the criminal’s past, Hae Garam must have recognized that I was already at the center of the incident.
When things come true like this, honestly, I can’t help but trust anyone.
“Jeong-Hwa can’t disobey the orders of Ambassador Jin Myung with hints from her childhood. All of Cheongil-nim’s warnings are true.”
“… To be sure, nothing I’ve heard right now can’t be denied.”
The persuasion is over. Haegaram completely trusted my words.
I kept my composure and called for joy inside.
“However, I cannot abandon my duty to protect Yangcheol Palace.”
“There has been a major accident this time, so the other prisoners will not cause any problems for the time being.”
“… … .”
“Besides, if Ambassador Jin Myung takes control of the Korean magic world, it is highly likely that he will try to touch Yangcheolgung, which has many useful shogi horses.”
In a word, it was said that blocking Ambassador Jin Myung had nothing to do with keeping his duty.
Those words certainly made sense, so after thinking for a while, Haram Chung finally nodded.
“great. I will help you.”
“… thank you This saved me an hour.”
“So, from now on, let’s talk about something practical.”
A full-fledged plan to stop Jin Myung and Jeong Jeong Ha.
Haegaram and I, who started a discussion to establish it, disappeared from Yangcheolgung several hours later.
Now, the time for the decisive battle was really drawing near.
***
After Han Kang-yoon was sent to Yangcheolgung, many things happened on the other side as well.
“Oh, my temper! I don’t know what the hell happened!”
It was none other than Baek Eun-seo of Yoo Ha-on and his party who showed their temper while rolling their feet.
And now, they were discussing the future by hiding in a corner of the house vacated by the evacuation of citizens.
“… I know. When I said that I got over the crisis somehow, it was like this right away.”
Yoo Ha-on and his party assisted with the subjugation of Horonggyo, which is believed to be an S-rank youkai, and finally succeeded in defeating him.
However, a problem arose shortly thereafter.
It was news that Han Kang-yoon, whose whereabouts were still unknown, became a mortal criminal and was sent to a special prison, Yangcheolgung.
Of course, Han Seo-ah, who came from the same orphanage, couldn’t hide her agitation, and Yoo Ha-on and her group decided to gather information first to find a way.
But now, the exorcists of the Cheongga came and held a forceful demonstration asking them to put out the cheongju.
“What is it? You can see at a glance that there is something, but on the other hand, it is difficult to understand the situation because you don’t know anything.”
This time, Johan, an exchange student, was also with him.
Johan had known from his previous conversation with Han Kang-yoon that he was entangled in various things, but it was unclear how it was related to this situation.
At that time, Cheongju-hwa, who was diligently organizing his thoughts, opened his mouth.
“Probably because of the blue house.”
“Do you have any guesses?”
“I don’t know for sure, but we had a conflict with the elders of Cheongga last time.”
As soon as Han Kang-yun was sent to Yangcheolgung, Cheongju-hwa was visited by exorcists from the Cheongga.
It was strange to think that this was rather unrelated.
“The problem is, we don’t know what’s behind it.”
In simple terms, it would be Qingdaoyul, but he suffered a huge loss from previous failures.
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Moreover, it seemed that he could not afford to deal with the Baekgwi-yahaeng incident, so the possibility that he would have done this was less than expected.“Are there any other elders you had a bad relationship with?”
“yes. No. Except for the Qingdao rate, there were more good ones than bad… … ?”
Besides, since Han Kang-yoon maintains a pretty close relationship with Chung Ha, it would not have been easy to act so openly unless you offended her.
Thinking up to that point, Cheongju-hwa felt a certain sense of incongruity.
“Something is cheap.”
“What do you mean?”
“Cheongha-nim is on her back, so she would have prevented any manipulations… … .”
The reality is quite the opposite.
Exorcists from the Cheongga appeared asking them to give themselves up by using force at all, and there was no word from the side of Jeonghwa.
What does that mean?
There are probably several possibilities, but frankly, the one with the highest probability has been determined.
Cheongjuhwa had no choice but to admit it.
“… I was thinking wrong.”
It’s not a cleanliness rate. Rather, in this situation, Han Kang-yoon and Cheongju-hwa are the opposite.
“… I’m Jung Ha. Maybe the relationship is completely messed up.”
“So, did he hit the betrayal?”
“I’m not sure, but it looks like it.”
At that conclusion, the party all had a blank expression on their faces.
It’s not strange.
If there is anyone who wants to become an exorcist in Korea, there is no one among them who does not know the name of Jeong Ha.
If she was really behind the situation, she wasn’t the kind of person who could do anything if only Yoo Ha-on and others gathered to think of a way.
“… The scale has grown too large.”
“Ah, what the hell are you doing with this? To be honest, cleaning is just a different weight class.”
As a direct line of the family, Baek Eun-seo had countless connections, but even if he summoned the elders of the family, he was not confident that he would be able to stand up to Jeong-ha.
But at the same time, I couldn’t give up in such a situation.
Because in this place right now, there are so many people who are deeply related to Han Kang-yoon.
The interior of the apartment is followed by some silence.
And at that very moment, there was a response to the detection barrier laid out by Cheongjuhwa.
Jiying!
“… Someone came. number is two. Besides, it’s pretty strong.”
That’s what I said, but honestly, it was a bit embarrassing.
The amount of spiritual power felt from the two of them was at least level 1, maybe even surpassing him.
“He disappeared right downstairs.”
“Is it a cover-up? Everyone get ready!”
Ha-on Yoo and his party raised the tension by bringing out their respective jugs.
Now they are also battle veterans. No matter what opponent comes, he is not easily dealt with.
How much time has passed like that?
The locked door opened, and from there, a girl in a hood, with silver hair fluttering, slowly appeared.
After taking off the hood completely, she scans the faces of Yoo Ha-on and his party in the room one by one, and then opens her mouth.
“… you were here I was looking.”
“Huh?”
At that sight, Ha-on Yoo and his party were astonished. And then it softened the boundaries a bit.
“… Is it okay if I go in?”
The girl who appeared was Arietta Morgan, a graduate of the Cheonghwa Academy.