39. Cheonuimubong (1)
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Muk Yeon-hwa, who received the membership fee, knelt down with him alone in the middle of the dojo and explained the rules of the dojang.
“First of all, my name is Mu Yeon-hwa. He is the master of this dojo.”
“Instructor?”
“It means that I am the second-in-command of this dojo. And to become a dojang official, you need to serve the instructor and director as if you were serving your parents.”
All in the military department. It means to serve teachers, parents, and lords equally.
Muk Yeon-hwa’s dojo from the East had this idea at its base. Of course, in the East, all dojos had similar thoughts, so it wasn’t a big problem, but—
“Take care of them like you serve your parents…… ? That’s kinda…….”
“…… It just means you have to do what you’re told to do.”
“Aha.”
This is a kingdom, especially the city of adventurers. It was a city where people who drank water and drank things like benevolence, righteousness, and wisdom were scattered all over the place.
Muk Yeon-hwa, who had personally understood the fact, skipped over it. He thought it was unreasonable to expect the boy in front of him to have the same thoughts as the boys in the East.
However, there is a problem that needs to be clearly pointed out.
“You cannot spread the skills learned at the dojang outside. Got it?”
“Ah, there was an old man in front of me who said he would teach me the swordsmanship that I learn here if I give him 10 elso.”
“…… How did you do it?”
“I gave and learned. There’s something I don’t understand…….”
Damn adventurers, Muk Yeon-hwa looked at Evan after swearing at the adventurers who were like assholes.
How dare you proudly say that you learned the skills of this dojang from another place…… I couldn’t tell if it was nice or dull.
But that wasn’t the point. Even though Evan learned swordsmanship from adventurers, the fact that he came to the dojo means that he is a talented person who will not leave easily.
“They are the ones who spend money here to learn skills and then teach them roughly. Evan, you shouldn’t be like that.”
“Yes. All right. So, when do you learn swordsmanship?”
“You are full of enthusiasm. Ok, fine.”
Muk Yeon-hwa went into the warehouse and took out a uniform that fit Evan’s body. Evan, who looked curiously at the oriental-style uniform she had never seen before, put on a uniform and came out to the dojo.
“Is it right to wear this?”
“No, like this… ….”
As Evan knelt in front of him and saw the ink lotus flower putting on his clothes, he felt something come up.
A thrill that cannot be described in words. Seeing it up close, it smells good for some reason.
“…… Over there, Master.”
“Why?”
“I’m sorry to say this, but…… Master, are you a woman?”
Hearing that, Mu Yeon-hwa said nothing, only raised her head and looked at her Evan. Eyes that show no emotion.
But I couldn’t help it. Mo Yeon-hwa’s hair was similar to Evan’s, but it was short, and her breasts were not visible at all under her uniform.
Evan first saw her with short hair and small breasts. If she is a woman, she is all the more so because she has always done one of the two, whether she has long hair or big breasts.
“Is that important?”
“Important…… If you do, it’s important.”
“Whether I am a woman or a man, nothing changes. Now-! It starts with warming up!”
Mu Yeon-hwa thus began her classes while hiding her own gender. Evan looked at her mukyeonhwa with her slightly flustered expression, then she followed her through her stretch.
Well, it doesn’t matter whether Mu Yeonhwa is male or female. Rather, it was more difficult to find out the gender.
I came here to forget the woman with the sword, but even in the dojo I found, if there was a woman, it would give me a headache.
* * *
After her basic exercise was over, Muk Yeon-hwa, who handed Evan a bamboo sword, secretly exclaimed as he watched Evan naturally grip the bamboo sword.
“You do quite a bit? Have you ever held a sword?”
“Yes. About five years.”
“Who did you study with?”
“You studied on your own?”
“Ah.”
Worried that she might be teaching another swordsman’s apprentice at will, Muk Yeon-hwa let out a sigh when Evan told her that she had learned the sword by herself.
If you ask me to pick someone who has the most difficulty teaching something, surprisingly, it’s not a beginner who doesn’t know anything, but an expert who has taught himself alone.
It’s because painting something on pure white paper is much easier than painting on paper with stains on it.
‘It’s a big deal. If she had been self-taught for five years, she must have had the wrong habits… ….’
It is easy to stagnate in self-study. Five years is something, most people’s skills stagnate even if it’s just a few months.
It was too late to come at this age. Even if it came a year earlier…… Moo Yeon-hwa shook her head and brushed off her thoughts.
“Okay. Then where would you like to swing?”
Nodding- Evan nodded and slowly lowered his sword while holding the bamboo sword. A weapon in its first form. It took a few seconds to get used to because it was more like a short stick than a sword.
However, after wielding it a couple of times, he was perfectly adapted and was able to demonstrate his true abilities right away.
Sweetie! Mu Yeon-hwa covered her mouth in amazement at the sight of the bamboo sword swinging in the wind.
‘How to…… No, more than that…… ?’
With her small eyes, she couldn’t even tell whether the sword Evan was wielding was good or bad.
Even if Mukchun, who is convalescing in bed right now, is here, will he be able to draw a sword like that? Moo Yeon-hwa, who felt suspicious of her, stopped her Evan.
“Enough, that’s it.”
Sweetie! Evan, who had been wielding her bamboo sword, stopped in the same position as he held out her bamboo sword, and looked at her mukyeonhwa. A pure expression unique to a boy who wants praise.
Moo Yeon-hwa, who saw her and thought that she was young, burst into laughter at her and gave her praise.
“Did she say 5 years of self-study…… Not bad. But.”
Then, Mu Yeon-hwa, holding her own bamboo sword, drew the sword down just as Evan had done.
“Like this—.”
Mu Yeon-hwa, who had lowered her sword a few times, felt something strange about her and hesitated. No matter how much I thought about it, it was because her own sword felt more immature than the one Evan wielded.
‘…… No way.’
Since she was a child, she learned to follow the sword under her father. Since his father had learned the sword at the same school even before his license was opened, he had wielded the sword for well over 20 years.
You’ve wielded a sword for that many years, but are you more immature with a sword than a boy who taught himself for 5 years? It is impossible. Never.
Thinking it must be an illusion, Muk Yeon-hwa replied that it was nothing to Evan, who looked at her as if asking what was going on, and then swung her sword again.
…… However, there was still one piece of uneasiness left in her heart.
* * *
“Today’s lesson ends here.”
“Oh, yes.”
“Yes. Wasn’t the class difficult?”
“It’s okay. Better than the people on the street who offer to teach you swords.”
Evan remembered the skills he learned today. It was quite new to him, as it was a training method he had never done before.
A way to make sword-wielding a form and follow that form perfectly?
Isn’t it like saying that swordsmanship is the answer? It was different from Evan’s sword, which wielded an unanswerable sword to fight imaginary enemies.
‘I think I have something to learn.’
I felt something tickle in my head. The intuition that you can learn something through this kind of training.
Considering that fact alone was worth the money, Evan lightly said hello and left the studio.
Moo Yeon-hwa, who was watching Evan leaving the dojo, looked blankly at the main gate of the dojo, and then she stood in the middle of the dojo with a real sword.
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‘─How did that kid swing his sword?’
Muk Yeon-hwa, holding the sword, recalled Evan’s swordsmanship. The movement of his arms, the movement of his legs, and all of them were vividly pictured in his head.
Once. Mu Yeon-hwa, who lowered her sword, realized for herself that this was not the case. Evan’s sword did not make such a dull sound.
Again. Grab a sword and wield it. Failed.
Again, relax his arm. Failed.
Again, with the center in mind, I failed.
Again, failed.
Again, again, again, again, again.
“…… Why?”
No matter how hard I try, I can’t do it like that child.
At that fact, Mu Yeon-hwa calmly looked down at her sword.
Why she couldn’t follow his sword herself, she couldn’t understand.
***
In the morning, I woke up, finished my meal, and headed straight to the dojo. It was after I informed the guild that I would be training in advance.
A swordsman-like person said he was going to train, but there was no one to interfere with it. Because the stronger I become, the guild will be able to entrust more requests.
‘What are you going to learn today? ….’
“—Is that because you don’t like it?”
“Then I think this is justified…… !”
A voice came from near the dojo. I leaned over and looked in the direction the voice came from. There, the adventurer who paid me money to teach me swordsmanship and Master Mu Yeon-hwa were shouting at each other.
After overhearing what was going on, I immediately knew why the two were fighting.
“Do you sell the swordsmanship you learned at our dojo? Right in front of the dojo, too!?”
“Where we sell what we paid for and learned is up to us. Is not it?”
“Yes, yes, if you want to send us somewhere else, pay us instead, or please us.”
“These conscienceless things! You haven’t even learned what morality is!”
“Yeah, we didn’t have parents so we didn’t learn that. Instead, I learned one thing.”
The three adventurers said while touching the weapon hanging from their waist, as if they believed in numerical superiority.
“─There is no problem legally. If you twist it, you will attack.”
“This, these damned adventurers…… !”
It seemed that Master would win if they fought, but in the end Mu Yeon-hwa, who bit her lip rather than fight, looked at the adventurers and asked.
“What the hell, why are you doing this? What did we do wrong…… !”
“Yes, there is only one.”
The adventurers who saw Mu Yeon-hwa, who couldn’t attack, burst into laughter and said,
“Because it’s fun.”