218. East, Hwaguk (6)
“hehehe, but it’s nice to see Seo Bang-nim’s face after a long time.”
“Why don’t we… Put away this bloody sword for a while and have a conversation…?”
This woman with a sword thrust into my neck and smiling brightly was a person from the past named ‘Dohwa’.
“Dohwa wants Seobangnim’s death.”
I managed to squeeze her elbow with the back of the sword so that her sword did not touch her neck.
She thought I had completely succumbed to temptation and thrust her sword into it, but I wasn’t dumbfounded by a mere wooden soldier’s disguise, that is to say, by her temptation.
After touching the feeling, her name flooded into her head, so she was embarrassed.
[ Disciple, just die. ]
Sierra, who was watching me, pretended to cut her throat with her thumb.
Really.
Well, it was just that her timing coincided with the time when her body odor from Dohwa’s bandaged chest, which somehow touched her face, touched her nose.
“To begin with, I’m not your husband, much less your lover.”
I guess, she has something to do with my past life.
However, I couldn’t figure out why the Door of Deception recognized me as the person I was in my previous life.
It’s complicated to explain, but Hanzo’s tomb, that is to say, this dungeon, recognizes me as one of the three saints, kings, and demons in my previous life.
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I don’t know what kind of English it is.
I don’t know why such a thing is possible.
If you have to think about it, there is a possibility that it is because the Hanzo in my previous life was someone I knew in my previous life.
However, if you cross all the barriers, you will have a chance to hear Hanzo’s explanation.
This gave me one more reason to clear this dungeon.
By the way, Hanzo is dead.
The only thing I can meet is a guy around Hanzo’s ghost.
“Have you already forgotten me…?”
“That’s why I don’t know who Dohwa is.”
“……”
Suddenly, her sword’s arm gave out and she dropped her sword to the floor, causing her to cry.
In the original game, this gateway was not difficult at all.
No matter what kind of person the wooden soldier took on, the player was not hit.
However, when I experienced it with my own skin, it was a difficult gateway in many ways.
Although he said he didn’t know Dohwa, it was quite annoying to have the same face as Kaen and even make such a realistic expression.
‘As for Kaen’s head… I’ve had it cut off…’
Her When once sparring with her, did not decapitate her within her fantasy magic.
At that time, the distance was far away, and I was offended by Kaen at the time, so I felt less repulsive.
Yes, it’s just a resemblance.
He is a separate person from Kaen.
It could be Kaen’s ancestors.
‘Wait a minute… Then will I cut down the ancestors of the woman I love…?’
That was a problem on its own.
First of all, the important thing now is how strong the woman named ‘Dohwa’ was.
Hanzo’s disguise is never simple.
Copying without an error in appearance is also copying, but it also brings some degree of force.
I know that it is implemented using the memories of the person who entered the gateway as a database, but I couldn’t anticipate her since I don’t have Dohwa in my memory.
Even though she was holding a sword, she was at that moment when she was desperately hoping that maybe she wasn’t a person capable of fighting.
[ Looking at it, the outfit looks familiar… ]
Sierra opened her eyes and studied her drawing, which she had lightly draped over her clothes.
[ Are you in the kingdom of the moon…? ]
“Master, if you have any information, please let me know as soon as possible. If possible, it would be better if it was information that showed her strength.”
“Seobang-nim, who are you talking to in front of Dohwa?! Are you wearing bandages around your eyes because you saw something empty?”
“It’s great…”
Dohwa grabbed my cheek and made her pouty face. Kaen’s and her personality are slightly different, so this was a different taste in its own way.
[ Dohwa… Dohwa… Hmm… ]
Sierra repeats Dohwa’s name over and over and touches her chin.
[ Ah…! ]
Then, with her shriek, she thumps her palm with her fist.
[ …But I don’t know if she’s right. ]
“Who are you…?”
[Sword Demon, Dohwa… Her grandfather once told her that when Bonnyeo took her sword, there was such an outstanding female swordsman in the past. My grandfather also said that it was a story of her past, which can only be passed down through her words, so even if she existed, it must have been quite a long time ago. ]
“A sword demon…?”
“…Seobang, I told you I didn’t like that nickname very much.”
“……Sorry.”
Sword Demon isn’t such a good nickname.
What is certain right now is that it is a nickname given to someone who handles a sword very well.
“Then let death be the punishment.”
The sword that he picked up the sword that fell on the floor disappears from sight for an instant.
I quickly scattered my feelings, but…
‘…Disappeared?’
Except for Sierra, there was nothing to touch. I did reach something from afar, but it might be grave robbers trapped in a trap field.
It was no time to care about them.
‘Where are you…’
Where is the painting?
I raised my sword and guarded my surroundings.
[ I’m behind you! ]
Soon Sierra’s voice echoed in her head, and it was already too late.
ㅡ Imprisoned.
Dohwa appeared from behind and hugged me tight.
“Did you find me? By the way, since I didn’t see you handling the sword in reverse, did you learn some other swordsmanship?”
“…Why didn’t you stab me?”
“I am the shadow of the moon… The shadow of the West. How can I aim for the neck of the West?”
After all, Dohwa didn’t feel warm as if it was just her neck bottle, but the attitude she was showing now felt something different from the normal neck bottle she knew originally.
“And haven’t you already gone through a lot of death?”
“How to…”
Dohwa’s meaningful words were whispered in her ear, and at that moment, her status window rang loudly and her head pounded.
[ Contact with key figures from the past! ]
[ Progress is greatly increased! ]
[ As a reward for achieving a certain level of progress… ]
I was about to read the reward.
I couldn’t read the text anymore.
My vision darkened, and my bodily sensations were cut off one by one.
ㅡ Fluffy.
My mind goes farther and farther away.
***
“Dohwa, where are you?”
I entered her room in her painting and looked for her, but she was nowhere to be seen.
“Dohwa? …Are you going to make fun of Jim again?”
I held my breath and sat down on the floor.
“I’ll wait for days and days.”
Then, Do-hwa appears and carries her from behind.
“Did you find me?”
“hahahaha, I don’t think I’ll be having fun, so I’ll see you come back…”
“heheheh… You haven’t been looking for me since you’ve been busy for a while. How about hanging out with me at least a little?”
“Isn’t it the same as being busy? I hear you went to Ishai this time.”
“Haa… I heard the two tribes were fighting again.”
“There’s no choice but to do that. Let it be. Forcibly tightening the frame doesn’t mean that a beautiful shape will come out… The day will come when the conflict will end someday. It won’t be a long-lasting reunification anyway.”
When I say something serious that doesn’t fit the mood, Dohwa shakes my head as if he doesn’t like it and jumps right on me.
“It’s gotten really heavy.”
I stood up with her on my back.
“… Her muscles are glued.”
“hahahaha, that’s nonsense.”
Soon, an angry Dohwa pats my back.
There was no longer a sword demon that I had met in the past who had completely dried up emotions. There was only my wife, the lovely Dohwa.
“Rather than that, why do you want to destroy the goblins by investing all your resources? I don’t think it will be too late to subdue the country after Daewolguk has found a little more stability. Not to mention the land of the goblins… “
“Why do you care when it’s far from the East?”
“…I know I don’t like it, but I just don’t understand it.”
Dohwa said carefully.
“Dohwa, how many Westerners do you think are dying fighting demons at this time?”
“…Well.”
“I heard there were 5,000 casualties in the last battle. And if that goblin devours the West, where will it go?”
“They will come to the east.”
“These guys grow in strength by eating corpses. As the days go by, their strength grows stronger and as many humans die as well. Humans’ enemies are not humans. Goblins. Rather, they want to bury their burdens. Humans Why don’t you join forces with the goblins?”
“Did you tell me that when you went to Cheonseon Academy this time?”
“That’s right. I don’t think anyone listened intently… But young people these days want…”
“Oh my, our Seobang-nim is still young too?”
As I put the drawing on her bed, she somehow gave my actions more meaning.
“Rice, it doesn’t mean anything. Just put it on the floor…”
“That’s strange…? Wasn’t it Seobang-nim who said he wanted to have a child?”
As if provoking Dohwa who cut off my words, I lifted her leg slightly.
“That’s… So… Yes! I need to help train the soldiers…”
“For soldiers, I gave them special training in the morning.”
Dohwa’s special training?
It looks like the soldiers’ bones and muscles have been harpooned.
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As soon as my ‘duty’ is over, I think I’ll have to call the councilor right away.
One on my side.
Five on the soldiers side.
I quickly finished the calculation and smiled at the drawing.
She’s like the cold woman who was once called the Sword Ear, now crying out for a hug.
Life is something you have to live and see many times.
***
It was a very sweet dream.
When I open my eyes, I see Dohwa and Sierra.
Two women were staring down at me.
“Ugh…”
Have you had a complete headache yet?
“Did you sleep well, Mr. Seo?”
“…Sorry. In the middle of sword fighting…”
Is the softness I feel in my head the knees of Dohwa? Looking at Sierra’s narrowed eyes, it seems like that.
It seems that what I just saw was my memory from my previous life, more precisely, the memory of what happened with Dohwa.
It was a very different feeling.
I thought I would feel like a different person, but of course I came to think that I was there, and it felt so vivid that I really had that conversation.
“Write…”
A little bit of nausea was probably a side effect of the phenomenon.
I barely stood up and watched Dohwa stand up.
I still couldn’t believe that she was her former wife. That was that, and I was also curious about the relationship between her and Kaen.
“It’s time to tidy up.”
Dohwa raised his sword again and spoke to me.
“…I guess so.”
“If I don’t die, the West won’t be able to cross this passage, right?”
“I think so.”
“Then pass by.”
“But…”
If the wooden soldier does not die, the next gate will not open.
“Please pass by. Even if you’re a mean western lady who doesn’t remember her only wife… I don’t want to show her again.”
Dohwa smiled widely.
“……”
It seemed like he knew what he didn’t want to show.
Is that why?
The words ‘I don’t want to show it again’, which she spat out with a smile, were very annoying.
But for now, I decided to respect her choice. Because there is nothing that can be gained by lamenting belatedly and using hordes.
I nodded her lightly and walked past her and in front of her.
With every step I took, fear welled up.
Around the time when I thought I was quite far away from her.
ㅡPoo-wook.
A sound I didn’t want to hear comes from the other side.
I resent having acquired excellent hearing, at least for now.
“…”
I clenched my teeth.
I should have stopped my ears.
It was her brief time, but she may have been dazzled by her. In that sense, her former wife was cheating.
It was a wooden bottle, but it wasn’t a simple disguise.
The woman I just met was a real dohwa.
I’ll have to ask the person concerned how that was possible.
‘Hanzo…’
It was a very unpleasant disguise.
I think this anger will be resolved only if I beat the face of Hanzo, who provided the cause.
‘Don’t think you can easily get over it just because it’s a ghost…’
I had a master who would blow spicy fists on my behalf.