Chapter 148
Comparative Advantage (3)
-Are you Kanghyuk?
If there is a voice that chills the heart just by hearing it, wouldn’t it be this one? Kang Hyuk swallowed saliva in his mouth as he listened to Taeyang’s voice ringing through the speaker of his smartphone brought to his ear.
“… … okay. grow.”
Obviously, the night air near early summer should be warm, but is it because of the cold sweat clinging to the whole body?
Chicken meat and goose bumps began to spread throughout the body, starting from the upper arm.
The wind that wraps around the body is cold.
“Did you take Yeriel?”
-Uh, did I take it? What’s wrong?
“… … Are you saying that now? Bring it out right away.”
In order to resist the heavy blow of the son-in-law’s air, he rather resolutely tightened his neck and exhaled the air in his lungs.
Did you say that words are a mirror that reflects a person’s heart? Since the heart is so cold, of course the words that come out of the mouth are cold.
I don’t know why I’m so obsessed with Yeriel.
Did she see my potential for development? Or did he simply need a place to turn?
If that’s not the case… … .
Then a voice awakened my thoughts rang in my ears.
-… … Come to the park in front of the dormitory.
I hated myself for being a little relieved by that answer.
I felt the touch of a note left by Sky on my fingertips in my pocket.
* * *
evil deed.
evil act.
In other words, it means an act that harms others, either psychologically or physically.
I will do evil to Kang Hyuk from now on.
“… … Come to the park in front of the dormitory.”
All evil deeds cannot be justified.
Even if they are moving according to the justification of excluding unknown dangers. In the end, Yeriel belonged to Kang Hyuk, so it was an act of robbing others.
Since Yeriel was a sword that did not yet know the limits of its abilities, the material damage that took away the sword.
Kanghyuk secretly relied on Yeriel, so it was heartbreaking.
Evil deeds, no matter how well they are packaged with good intentions, are ultimately evil, and they are fundamentally bound to hurt others.
That’s it.
I opened the door and walked down the dorm hallway.
A light hanging from the ceiling illuminates the hallway.
In the middle, the children who recognized me lowered their eyes and got out of the way.
[…] … .]
After reading the atmosphere around her, Yeriel is silent.
No one wants to make eye contact with me.
Even if the other kids usually avoid me, it wasn’t to this extent.
At least it was glancing.
At that moment, a small voice sounded in my ears.
‘Hey, who touched him? It looks like it’s going to kill a real person.’
Why is my expression like that now?
I thought about raising my hand and groping my face, but then I stopped.
Because it was something you didn’t have to do in the first place.
Now that my heart is hardened, my expression must be the same.
It was at this moment that I remembered the line that Geumtaeyang always spoke in the game.
He thought of himself as a third-rate bully, but even he had at least a line of determination that emanated from his heart.
“’A villain be a villain, and poor hypocrisy degrades evil.’ Was it… … ?”
After all, it could not be anything other than a line like the golden sun who enjoys spreading his evil deeds in front of others.
And aren’t those lines the words I need the most right now?
As I thought about it, I felt my facial muscles loosen up for a moment.
After passing through the corridor completely, I heard the dead sound coming back to life again.
How long did you walk outside the dormitory complex?
The park where I met Anya before and gave her the necklace caught my eye.
It was definitely a good atmosphere back then, but why is the atmosphere so desolate now even though it’s the same place?
I saw a silhouette waiting for me on a bench in the far corner of the park, and I closed my eyes for a moment.
muttered in the dark.
Yes, from now on I
is a villain
and when the eyelids are lifted.
Kanghyuk was caught within sight.
the guy says
“Geumtaeyang, return Yeriel.”
I laughed.
“why me?”
“Because it was originally mine.”
“hmm… … . If it’s yours, are you talking about this?”
I took out the chain wrapped around my waist and showed off Yeriel.
When it was released in the air, it floated in the air ignoring gravity, showing Kang Hyuk the full image of Yeriel.
[Hyukah—!!!]
“Yeriel-!”
When I see Yeriel, I see a guy who is unconsciously trying to approach me.
“It really couldn’t have been the scene of a tearful reunion.”
I snapped my fingers.
It was just one really light gesture.
-Fuck!
At the same time as the friction of fingers rubbing, several more chains protruded from the restraints and began to wrap around Yeriel’s body.
[This time again, nothing—! town!! Ugh!!!]
It’s best to shut up with the gag in the mouth of the unfortunate princess.
Kanghyuk, who was about to jump out when Yeriel’s words didn’t follow, stopped and flinched in place when he saw my hand shaking in the air.
“I don’t know what will happen if I get closer.”
“Geumtaeyang, why the hell?!”
“Why?”
I blew a mean laugh at the guy.
as vicious as possible.
while evil
That kind of laugh befitting a villain.
“Isn’t that obvious?
I straightened my back and held my chest out proudly.
Look up to the sky and act as if you have no shame.
“Because I want to have it. Because I’m greedy. I don’t think I can stand it without holding this in my hand. Because this sword deserves to be held in my hand.”
“… … what?”
Looking at Kanghyuk’s hardened expression, I thought.
yes get angry Realize your weakness and burn your hatred against me.
Should I do it or not? Carefully stroked Yeriel’s shining sword.
“It is often said that a sword and a swordsman are a pair.”
Hyuk Kang. If you’re consumed with anger, I’m fine with the story of this game.
“I felt it in the final. This sword is not suitable for you. It’s an overkill sword. It has excellent abilities as a sword, and its appearance has also reached the level of a work of art.”
Even if it doesn’t happen, that anger will make you stronger, so you just have to go through this story on my behalf.
“It is truly a masterpiece.”
“… … .”
“But how about you compared to that?”
“… … .”
The guy can’t answer. The guy’s tightly clenched fists are red.
So hate it.
those that are full of you.
“Low mana, almost nonexistent talent. The inferiority and low self-esteem that comes out endlessly from the garbage-like skeleton and the abilities that are far superior to the heroic parents.”
Anything that gets in your way.
“… … It really is a waste of a sword.”
Use them as fuel and burn them with hatred and anger.
That’s the only way you can hit and climb.
I’ll take care of it as much as I can
– Knock. pop.
In the end, I could see red blood flowing between Kanghyuk’s fists.
He stretched out his left arm and grabbed Yeriel in the air and brought it to his waist.
And threw a sword at the guy.
It is an ordinary training iron sword.
It rotated round and round and soared high in the air, and with a ‘puk’ sound, it was pinned right next to Kanghyuk’s right hand.
“Want to get yours back?”
In this final, I felt that I had been wrong all along.
After not being able to pay attention to various things for a while, his skills grew rapidly.
What Kanghyuk needed was not to pave the way for him and provide comfort and comfort.
Rather, it only hinders his growth.
I realized too late that if I truly wanted to help Kang-hyeok grow, I had to induce him to burn the lumps that were blocking his growth.
“Then do it yourself. Don’t be shy, stick your fist in my face and fight for it. Otherwise, this sword will never be recovered.”
So we need to fix it right now.
Even if it means I’m covered with a stigma.
[Ugh-! Eup Eup Eup!!!]
Kanghyuk stretched out his blood-soaked hand and grabbed the handle of the sword next to him.
‘Pak-!’ With a sound, the sword bounced off the ground and began spewing out brilliance after receiving Kanghyuk’s magical power.
– Kwak!
Seeing this, he stretched out his hand on his waist.
Grabbing the handle of Lancelot’s beloved sword, not Yeriel’s, I knelt down and prepared my sword.
“Golden sun-!”
Kang Hyuk runs.
Not yet.
“You bastard-!!!”
The brilliance is getting closer.
As the light emitted from the sword approached, the surroundings gradually brightened.
Seeing this, he began to tense his arms.
The left arm holding the scabbard was pulled.
The right arm gripped the handle and pushed.
– Clap.
At the junction between the scabbard and the sword, the black and blue color of the dragon blade flashed.
A ray of light draws in the air.
The brilliance in Kanghyuk’s hand split into pieces.
But, that’s all.
A broken blade spins in the air.
Kanghyuk, who had crossed with me, did not intend to move the sword in the same position as he had raised it, so I approached him and tapped him on the shoulder a couple of times.
Only then did the boy turn his head, his expression blanked out.
“… … Come back later if you want your sword back. No matter how good you look at it right now, I don’t think you can handle it.”
Leaving Kanghyuk alone, I moved to the dormitory.
All that remains is to pray that something has changed inside Kanghyuk.
* * *
– Turbuck. Turbuck. Turbuck.
The sound of Taeyang’s footsteps was heard in Kanghyuk’s ears.
The sound of the footsteps, which had gradually diminished, soon disappeared, leaving only the broken sword in my hand.
– Took. Took. Took.
The skin on his palm, which had only been dug through by his fingernails, had been completely torn in the clash a moment ago, and blood flowed down the blades of his hands.
– Took. Took. Took.
it just flowed
Taken away.
Didn’t get it back.
-Ting… … .
A broken sword falls to the ground.
Only emptiness remained in Kanghyuk’s chest and embraced his heart.
It’s futile.
All the blood and sweat shed with Yeriel in the past was in vain.
– Took. Took. Took.
Only the sound of liquid dripping and falling was heard in the son-in-law.
“ha… … .”
I pulled the lump in my chest into my mouth and spit it out, but nothing changed.
“ha… … .”
I vomited again, but nothing changed. All that was left was a torn palm, spilled blood, and a broken sword.
ah.
I did have one.
I stuffed my left hand into my pocket and looked at the note that was believed to have been left by Haneul.
-brother! Good game today!
what did he eat wrong?
When I saw the first sentence of the note, a blank laugh leaked out of my mouth at the thought.
And read the next line.
-All the other kids are talking about Taeyang and older sisters. I’m still used to it, so I can see my brother well.
Kanghyuk’s shoulders started to tremble.
-Don’t be too mean, but if you get hurt like today, you won’t be able to meet.
ah.
I felt like I knew a little bit why I was so obsessed with Yeriel.
-I didn’t know that my brother would win. Did you win in the end though? lol congratulations
next line.
next line.
As he read line by line, Kang Hyuk’s breath gradually regained stability.
The fundamental reason why I was so obsessed with Yeriel was that I wanted to become a proud older brother in front of Heaven.
He clung to it tenaciously because he thought he would be able to achieve it easily if he held Yeriel’s hand.
It was because I was too obsessed with it that my field of vision narrowed, and I lost my fundamentals and was shaken.
After all, today’s defeat is only temporary.
Because I haven’t fallen down yet.
I picked up the broken sword that had fallen on the floor.
What’s the big deal no matter what’s in your hand?
In the end, there is only one destination.
Kanghyuk’s gaze turned to one place.
Across the long road, past the main building.
A place familiar to students.
A place that even Kang Hyuk knows well.
When I close my eyes, the letters written on the signboard are drawn in front of my eyes.
-Wu Lin Feng.
Kanghyuk, who firmly grabbed the broken sword, went back to the dormitory.
Surely he could make himself stronger.