156 – EP.7 Namgung Sega-3
※ There are corrections in the last episode. If you haven’t seen the edits, please read the last episode.
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So-yu took the bewildered In-ho and went to Namgung’s house.
Following the flat stone road, Soyou and Inho headed to the guest room.
Some of the servants remembered Soyou’s face and welcomed him.
Soyou didn’t look welcome, and answered the greeting by slightly raising his hand.
The servant left, saying that he would inform the householder of their arrival.
Left in the guest room, So-Yu and In-Ho looked around the room blankly.
“By the way, why are you so quiet when you say it’s your birthday? Aren’t guests coming?”
When In-ho asked, thinking about the boisterous banquet, So-yu scolded him for not knowing that.
“The feast is tomorrow. We will stay overnight and participate in the feast.”
“Where are you staying? Are you staying here?”
“My home is not far from here. I will stay there.”
Souji said in a strangely subdued voice.
“Ambassador too?”
“Well. Judging from how you said you had other things to do, it looks like you’ll be staying somewhere else.”
At the end of Soyou’s words, a chuckle was heard from outside the door.
“The head of the family is telling me to drop by.”
At the servant’s words, Soyou and Inho stood up.
Inho walked on the polished floor and looked around.
Well-arranged trees and pieces brought from somewhere were harmoniously placed.
‘It’s incredibly big.’
Feeling the scale of Namgung’s family, which he couldn’t see at a glance, In-ho chased after So-you.
Eventually, they arrived in front of the housekeeper’s room and straightened their clothes again in front of the door.
When the servant opened the door, a middle-aged man stood up waiting for them.
“Soyou. How many years has this been?”
Before Namgung Soyou could even sit down, Gaju approached her and tapped her on the shoulder a couple of times with his big, rough hand.
“Eldest father. Please say hello first.”
Namgung Soyou did not open his hardened face despite the householder’s hospitality.
Embarrassed by her nephew’s stiff reaction, the family head returned to her seat and sat down.
Soyou bowed, and Inho, who was next to him, hesitantly bowed with him.
“Hmm…”
The family head, Namgung-hyeon, who was watching the appearance, brushed his beard with his hand.
“Why is that?”
Namgung-hyeon looked at himself and In-ho with a serious expression on his face, so So-yu asked something with a worried mind.
“I already knew through the letter that I was your disciple, but…”
Namgunghyun said while brushing his beard again with a serious face.
“Somehow, I don’t know why my daughter has the feeling that she brought a man to marry.”
As Namgoonghyeon threw a joke with a boisterous laugh, Soyou’s face turned red.
“Big Father!!”
Quack! I shouted, and Namgoonghyun laughed loudly.
“Now you’re like my nephew. hahahahaha!!!”
“You’re kidding too much.”
“Oops, that’s a big deal.”
Soyou narrowed his eyes and stared at Gajoo, while Namgoonghyeon made fun of Soyou Namgung, making a face that he was in serious trouble.
“hahahaha, anyway, welcome back. It’s already been 3 years since you became a disciple of Yeomrun Gong. Besides…”
Namgoonghyeon’s eyes turned to Inho.
“Besides, you’ve already brought in disciples.”
“My name is Kang In-ho. Dae-in.”
I think I should introduce myself at this point, so when Inho said, Namgunghyun nodded.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Namgoonghyeon. It’s not good enough, but it’s also called the Thunder Sword.”
Namgunghyeon, the brain sword.
He is one of the top five sword masters, and it is said that the more he raises his bet, the more golden energy he uses.
It was given the title Thunder Sword because it was as powerful and fast as lightning.
If you go back to the roots, there is an overlap with Lei Lun Gong, and there is a theory that Lei Lun Gong was divided before it became one of the three traditional martial arts.
“I hear stories about you often. They say that you are a man with excellent martial arts, enough to be used as an expedient by Yeomryun Gong.”
“It’s an undeserved compliment.”
In-ho was embarrassed by Namgung-hyeon’s praise, and it seemed good to Namgung-hyeon.
The householder’s gaze turned back to Soyou.
“Yes, thank you for stepping out like this in the midst of your busy schedule.”
“…….”
Soyou was speechless.
“Oh, did you see the garden on the way? It’s a place where my wife’s sincerity went into it. Would you like to take a look at the garden if it’s okay? I’d like to finish talking with my nephew.”
Namgunghyun looked at Inho and said.
At the polite request, Inho nodded and left the room.
Namgunghyun looked in the direction Inho had left for a moment.
“I heard that he is a man who has only been training for a year, but his achievements are quite high.”
“I don’t have talent, but it seems like I’m trying twice as hard as others.”
“Even though the master’s excellent teachings were there.”
Namgoonghyun smiled.
“Soyou. I thought you wouldn’t come.”
“How did you think of that?”
“Didn’t you come out of the Namgung family after inheriting the name of Yeomrun Gong?”
“That’s right. Namgung is just a surname. I have nothing to do with the Namgung family. But…”
“However?”
“I found it because it was the birthday of the son of the respected brain sword.”
“…Thank you.”
Namgung-hyeon felt confused at his nephew’s mature reply.
Silence and discomfort came into the room as if they were a couple.
Soyou rubbed the dirty floor with his fingers, and Namgoonghyeon looked at the outside scenery through the small window.
“Soyou. Do you resent your father?”
Namgung-hyeon, who had been choosing his words for a while, asked.
“No. Uncle.”
Namgoonghyun remembered his younger brother, Namgoonghyuk.
My head ached at the way my younger brother treats his own children so ruthlessly.
“It’s worded wrong… but your father didn’t hate you, he wanted you to be happy.”
“There is no question about my father’s choice. It was a choice that should have been made for the sake of the Namgung family. Because I lacked the achievement of the emperor swordsmanship, I was not enough to shoulder the duty of being a military officer of the Namgung family.”
“I think differently. Even though you lacked achievement in your family’s mental and sword skills, aren’t you helping people by learning Yeomrun Gong like this?”
Namgunghyun looked at Soyou Namgung with a sad face.
[A man who is a mangung but cannot use the martial arts of a mangung.]
This was a yoke firmly established in the heart of a dear nephew.
From the location of the house, Namgung-hyeon always saw the same scenery.
The appearance of my nephew who continued to practice even during the rising and setting of the sun.
And the look of the younger brother who urged the nephew.
Late at night, Soyou Namgung is crying quietly under a wall.
Namgung-hyeon hastily abandoned the thought of understanding how hurt and childish that young thing must have been.
It was just sad.
“Learn the martial arts that suits you… helping others…”
Namgoonghyun’s voice was watery.
“How can you not be a great warrior?”
I handed over to my nephew the words that I had kept in my heart for years.
I hope that these words will heal my nephew’s wounds a little…
“I heard that So-yeon’s martial arts is excellent.”
However, it did not reach Soyou.
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Despite his uncle’s consolation, Soyou’s face did not change at all.
“…although it is said that he walks quickly and speaks quickly…but that’s something we don’t know yet.”
“Your birthday has passed, so you’ll learn martial arts now.”
“Yes, it is true.”
“It is a great blessing for the Namgung family to have another talented person from the Dae Namgung family. Congratulations, uncle.”
Soyou lowered his head and said to Namgoonghyun.
Namgunghyun bit his lower lip.
“Don’t forget that you are included among those who have such outstanding talent, Soyou.”
“…I don’t know.”
After thinking about it for a long time, the words that came out of Soyou’s mouth were negative.