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Sejin looks at me for a while to see if it’s surprising that I brought out the food using subspace magic.
Steamy chicken, glossy pork and mapo tofu, sesame ramen, dumplings, and potato crackers.
It was prepared only with things that Master liked.
It’s a bit of an odd combination, but… Well, it’s not a real sacrifice.
“Let’s bow.”
“Oh, yes. there… Teacher, then how many times should we bow?”
“Well? Shouldn’t I bow twice though?”
I honestly don’t know the specific order.
I’ve been to Jesa-ya, but I’ve never learned the order.
As we got older, we grew apart, and we didn’t go at all.
Well, Master isn’t really dead, but he’s become a Taoist, so I can do it my way.
Still, I bowed roughly as I remembered, and took out a small cup of bamboo leaf extract, which the master liked, and poured a little and sprinkled it around the tombstone.
Make Sejin do it too.
“Would you like something to eat?”
Originally, after the ancestral rites were over, I remember sharing a little bit of the ancestral food, so I recommended it to Sejin.
But Sejin shook his head and refused.
Do you feel uncomfortable because it is a ritual food?
I picked up one snack and tried to put the rest back into the subspace, but left it as it was.
“Shall we stop?”
“Yes? So how do these foods… .”
“You can leave it alone. I’ll come and clean it up later.”
If the scene when I entered from the portal earlier was made by the master, it might come again later.
Maybe it’s still there, but I can’t see it… .
I have to tell Sejin the answer, so I’ll have to clean it up later.
“Ah yes. Master Tae, I’ll come back next year.”
“next year?”
“Isn’t the ancestral rite held every year?”
“yes.”
If I come often, I think I’ll get depressed, but once a year would be fine.
I came out of the portal with Sejin.
Now that I’ve finished showing Sabu Sejin, it’s time to give him an answer.
“I, sir… .”
“Could you give me your hand for a minute?”
“Ah, yes.”
I don’t think we’re talking in the middle of a mountain like this, so I grabbed Sejin’s hand and used warp magic.
Perspective changes in an instant.
“Sir, sir? Where are you?”
“Tokyo Tower.”
It is not the Tokyo Tower observatory, but the exterior above the main deck that I climbed up to rescue the children during school trips.
I was wondering if there would be a quiet and atmospheric place, and this place came to my mind.
“Even Tokyo Tower?”
“Do you have a fear of heights? Then go somewhere else… .”
“no. Tokyo Tower means here in Japan.”
“I explained warp magic earlier.”
“I didn’t know we could go this far.”
“It doesn’t matter where I’ve been. If not, should we just go home?”
“No. The scenery here is nice. It’s high, so it’s not hot.”
“yes.”
Certainly, scenery is art.
It’s dangerous even if you stumble even slightly, but I think it’s okay because Sejin is also at the peak stick level.
“there… .”
“I… ”
“Tell me first.”
Now is the time to really answer.
“yes. Since when?”
“Yes?”
“Since when did you start thinking of me as a reason rather than a teacher?”
“… I do not know. At first, I thought he was just a handsome teacher, but at some point… .”
“What is it? Then, do you remember how we were misunderstood and interrogated here and there for the two of us?”
“Ah yes.”
“Then you’ll remember what we explained.”
“Teacher and disciple… .”
“right. And like Hae-myeong, Se-jin never thought of you as a member of the opposite s*x other than a student.”
“okay… .”
Sejin’s complexion suddenly deteriorated.
“I was a little embarrassed last time. If the cat could be you… .”
“That, at that time, I did as the guild teammate’s older sister gave me advice without knowing the situation… Please forget.”
“Um, but didn’t you hate it? I didn’t think of it at all, so it’s a reversal charm? Honestly, it was cute.”
“What… . Don’t make fun of me.”
Sejin’s face and even his ears were stained red.
At first, I was more inclined towards refusal.
Like I said earlier, I never thought of Sejin as a member of the opposite s*x.
Even if Sejin is an adult, he started out as a student and a teacher at school and kept saying no to those around him.
Besides, Sejin is not alone in confessing to me.
But after thinking about it for a few days, I realized it.
That I was taking it too seriously was the problem.
If it’s a marriage, you can ask for this and that, but in a relationship, it’s enough if you like each other.
It’s been a long time since I haven’t been in a relationship, so I was thinking too hard.
Not everyone who falls in love gets married.
It’s not good to be too lighthearted, but you don’t have to take it seriously from the start.
There is a saying that you become a father or a father while playing oppa.
In the first place, I am 26 years old, and Sejin is only 20 years old.
So I decided to keep it simple.
I’ve never thought of both Mr. Kim and Sejin as the opposite s*x, but of course they have a crush on them, so you just have to choose the one you like more.
“there… Are you serious when you said you didn’t hate it earlier?”
“uh?”
“Well, if that’s the case, can I understand that you will accept my heart?”
I was expecting a lot, but he seems to have noticed.
In terms of the length of time we were together, I did spend a longer time with Mr. Kim.
Since last summer, we went to attack portals together, and Sejin helped us a lot with reinforcements.
However, simply knowing the mind for a long time does not make it deeper.
Of course, Mr. Kim helped me a lot with this regeneration magic as well.
At the beginning of the portal attack, when the portal level increased and an ogre appeared, Mr. Lee Seol asked me to run away, but I did not follow his opinion and came to find me.
The ogre aggro was attracted, so it was close to trolling rather than helping.
I feel sorry for Mr. Kim, but I feel more for Sejin.
Sejin might die for me, but he tried to jump off the roof.
Besides, Sejin believed in me no matter what I said.
Except for the master… No, maybe it’s because Sejin trusts me more than Master.
That’s why I taught martial arts.
No matter how many times I think about it, Sejin is much more comfortable than Mr. Kim.
And last time, the cat was also personally very tasteless… .
Keuheumheum, anyway, ‘Okay, let’s meet.’ I tried to answer, but my throat trembled.
I was so nervous that I thought it was because of my mood, but I actually feel the vibrations.
“Teacher?”
The necklace given to Luciel vibrates.
At the same time, it feels like my inner energy disappears in a lump, and a white light bursts out.
“Why is Shin Hyuk meeting an ugly boy like you?”
ruler… Wait a minute, what is this voice?
I closed my eyes because of the light, but the voice was so familiar.
Fortunately, the light quickly disappeared and I opened my eyes… Oh My God.
Luciel, who spreads four gray wings, is staring at Sejin.
“Luciel! How are you?”
“Didn’t I say you’d find out when I got out?”
I smile and say, but I don’t understand the current situation.
Could it be that the magic I’ve been researching for so long was magic that came out to the outside world?
However, since Luciel is the guardian of the demon tree, she cannot escape from the vicinity of the demon tree.
In the original work, even after hearing that Kim Do-hyun was getting married, he asked Lee Ji-seong to call Kim Do-hyun, so how on earth… .
“Sir, sir? Acquaintance… doesn’t seem to be what?”
“No, that… .”
It’s so shocking, how the hell can I explain this… No, I don’t know what to say.
“You know what? It’s mine, Shin Hyuk, so don’t skimp on it. On a filthy ugly subject.”
After talking, he comes to me and puts his arms around me and pretends to be friendly.
What the hell are you doing when you suddenly jump out? .
i really want to go back
* * *
No matter how primitive he is, he couldn’t stand the ridicule.
“Liu Liang, I’m sorry. Not much help.”
Sambong, who always laughed, has a really sorry expression, unlike a guy.
“All right. It’s not like he was completely wrong. Anyway, I refused.”
“still… What, is there anything I can help you with?”
“You said you couldn’t tell your students that I didn’t finish first? Then that’s it… No, yes. If you have a drink, give me some.”
“alcohol? This man, where is alcohol in the world of angels?”
“No alcohol? Alcohol was your favorite thing.”
Mu-dang factions are definitely Taoists, so they don’t enjoy alcohol, but Sambong-i, unlike a guru, liked alcohol quite a bit.
“Because I became a Taoist and gave up all those things.”
“Then why don’t we go to Jungwon and get them? yes. When I come, I also try mapo tofu and pork belly… .”
“That… You don’t seem to know that you’re not a Taoist, but a Taoist can’t go down to the underworld.”
“Why did you say you would help?”
“I’m sorry… .”
It seems that refusing to take the top line was the right choice.
There is nothing to be, nothing to be, but I can’t live like that.
I don’t know when he will come, but Shin Hyuk is better off waiting for him.
I was going to ask them to send them back to where they were because they didn’t need them all, but then I remembered what my student had asked for in the past.
“Then, do you remember the law of inner court spirit?”
“I remember it, but what kind of inner peace? Even a shaman’s Taegeuk Shin Gong or Yang Ui Shin Gong won’t be of any help to your level.”
“Did I ask because I didn’t know that? Taegeuksimbeop, consciencebeop, nothing like that, just basic simbeop.”
“energy… Basic mental method?”
“My pupil asked me to look into it before, but I had never learned it in my entire life. Do you remember?”
“I know, but… .”
Even though I know, why is that child blurting out his words again… .
“Tell me something. You reached the top line, but are you still obsessed with non-partisans? It’s not a big deal, it’s a basic simbeop.”
“Your disciple is a person from another dimension, but if you tell me the shaman’s martial arts… .”
“No, Sambong-ah, have you already learned my martial arts? The disciple took the disciple and even raised the son, but didn’t the Primordial Celestial Master say anything earlier?”
I thought about it for a while, but it seemed that the persuasion worked.
Since it is a basic method, the efficiency is not very good.
Why did Shin Hyuk ask him to tell you where he is going to use these things?
“I remembered everything, so please send it back.”
Sambong waved his hand once with an apologetic expression, and a black gap appeared.
“I am saying this out of desperation, but if you go somewhere other than where you are and harm the law of cause and effect, the heavens may impose sanctions… .”
“I got it. Are you nagging even though you’re fresh?”
“I hope you will be able to reunite with your disciple soon.”
“Well, he’s not that heartless, so if you wait, he’ll come someday. Take care of yourself too.”
As soon as I stepped into the black gap, I returned to where I was before… wait, what does this smell like?
I ran towards the smell and found a small table in front of the tombstone. Chicken, ramen, pork, and even alcohol?
all my favorite things
I almost lost my mind and ran, but I managed to gather my mind and spread my thoughts.
what… what?
The fact that there is food here means Shin-hyeok has come, but I can’t feel his energy anywhere.
Could it be that he didn’t just go?
When I dipped my finger in the ramen soup, the warmth remained very finely.
It could be because of the sunlight, but maybe I didn’t detect him.
“Kang Shin-hyeok! Hey, you stupid disciple!”
I let out a lion’s roar and headed for the place where he always appears.
However, Shin Hyuk could not be found.
It’s not a will, but even if you search all over the portal, it’s the same, and there’s not even a word left in the cave.
It’s not just him to blame.
If I hadn’t followed Sambongi… .
No, if I had left a line on the cave wall, I would have been able to let them know that I hadn’t finished first.
I came back to the place where the food was with a broken heart.
Shall we eat first?
Even the soup was cold ramen with swollen noodles, but the spicyness remained.
The chicken was already soggy, but it didn’t lose its savory taste.
Even though the pork belly was cold and cold, the taste of the sweet and salty seasoning did not change.
But the best is the bamboo leaf soup and potato crackers.
The crispy texture of the potato crackers is the same as the one I used to eat.
The bamboo leaf extract was only half full and the lid wasn’t even closed, but the scent was still intact.
Crisp-.
After filling my stomach with food for the first time in a while, I feel like my depressed mind has calmed down a bit.
Come to think of it, I’ve been messing around here and there saying I’m going to copy Dongbin Lu’s technique.
If Shin-hyeok hadn’t suddenly gone blind, he would have seen it and would have known I didn’t finish first.
I resent the guy who didn’t wait despite knowing it, but he’ll come back sooner or later.
I believe in my disciple.