Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 335 (Part 1)



335 (Part 1)

”'<Chapter 336: Mother. (2)

When I recall memories of my mother.

I don’t remember much.

– Son.

The slightly high affectionate voice that called me.

The gentle touch that stroked my messy hair.

With one hand holding my younger sibling.

The expression on her face as she looked at me with a smile.

I remember my mother feeling the wind as if she were enjoying spring.

By the time I realized that this was called a memory.

My mother had already disappeared.

My mother particularly loved the seasons.

She seemed to like spring the most.

But even if that wasn’t the case she loved every season.

In spring she liked it because the flowers bloomed.

Even in the summer which was hot and tiresome she would say it had its own charm.

On rainy summer days she would sit on the porch.

And we would watch the falling rain together.

In autumn when the leaves turned and in winter when the snow fell.

The warmth of her hand that held mine was something I couldn’t let go of.

Yes my mother loved the four seasons.

She loved this world.

At least that’s how it seemed to me.

– Son.

Lying in bed at night.

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After putting my younger sibling to sleep I closed my eyes and looked at the ceiling.

– Are you sleepy?

— Ugh… O •

With a voice that seemed to whine.

My mother stroked my belly and sang softly in my ear.

Perhaps it was the lullaby she sang in my dreams.

I felt comforted and fell into a deep sleep unaware of the world.

The reason I could hold onto a memory in this desolate place.

Was ultimately because of my mother’s embrace.

And so.

– Son… I’m sorry…

The last gentle touch that stroked my cheek.

The final voice that called me while sobbing.

It has remained in my mind until now.

Becoming the shackles that bind me.

“…What does that mean?”

I bit my tongue struggling to speak.

Why.

Is my mother’s story coming from the World Tree?

“Are you saying that the thing inside me is related to my mother?”

I couldn’t easily calm the raging energy within me.

I never expected to hear a story about my mother here.

‘My mother… is connected to this matter?’

How could that be?

[Calm down Sado.]

“How can you tell me to calm down after saying something like this? Isn’t that selfish?”

This was a story I had never considered before.

I had endlessly pondered about the beast contained within my body.

But in the end all I could know was its name.

And I didn’t think that was significant information.

What is it?

I initially thought it was something attached to the Mado Cheonheobong.

Isn’t that right? It consumed the demonic qi contained in the magic stone to fill its belly.

When it swallowed the demonic qi the Mado Cheonheobong naturally activated.

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When it devours demonic qi it is purified and enters as qi.

Thus I thought its true identity belonged to the powers granted to me by the Heavenly Demon.

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However as time passed my thoughts changed.

I began to think that it might not belong to the Mado Cheonheobong.

But rather to the Guyeom Hwarun Gong.

If its actions were focused on purification rather than consuming demonic qi.

Then it was closer to Guyeom Hwarun Gong than Mado Cheonheobong.

The problem is.

No matter what it is I cannot understand why this thing is attached to my body.

Shin Noya had said.

That within my qi center.

Due to the mixing of my qi and the demonic energy.

It was a state where it wouldn’t be strange for my body to burst at any moment.

With that demonic energy and qi mixed together.

It was Shin Noya who prevented problems from occurring in my physical body.

If Shin Noya didn’t block it.

The demonic energy would immediately rampage and inflict pain on my body.

Shin Noya was helping to ensure that my qi and demonic energy in my qi center wouldn’t clash and could remain stable.

‘And.’

What I can think of here is.

If my qi and demonic energy are like that.

Then what about the demonic qi?

Becoming a demonic practitioner in the first place means.

That all the qi residing in the qi center is converted into demonic qi.

The moment demonic qi enters my body.

The Guyeom Hwarun Gong begins to purify it and turns it into qi.

However since the speed isn’t very fast.

It’s the same for the demonic qi entering my body.

In this case.

It means that three types of energy coexist within my body.

While Shin Noya is blocking the clash of demonic energy.

Then what about the demonic qi?

I think.

In the first place demonic qi is a power that doesn’t have a significant problem mixing with other energies.

No matter how strong a master is.

The reason the Heavenly Demon can turn someone into a demonic practitioner is also because.

Demonic qi can coexist with other energies.

‘That’s only when one is a demonic practitioner.’

This is only true when the Heavenly Demon has bestowed the power to turn someone into a demonic practitioner.

Why do I see it that way?

‘…Demonic qi gnaws at my qi and flesh.’

If someone who is not a demonic practitioner contains demonic qi in their body.

Their qi would be blocked and their flesh would slowly rot away.

I could tell by recalling the aftermath of my life as a swordsman.

I could also tell by recalling those who suffered from demonic qi in my previous life.

Demonic qi is fatal to martial artists.

It’s true that the Heavenly Demon possesses absolute power.

But the reason the Demonic Cult could invade the Central Plains so quickly.

Was because the power of demonic qi was that cruel.

Their energy was like a force born to kill martial artists.

And what about me who carries such a rough energy?

‘I am not a demonic practitioner.’

I handle demonic qi and live with it inside me.

But I was ‘still’ not a demonic practitioner.

That means.

Normally the moment demonic qi entered my body.

It would have been a force that would have rotted away and killed me.

Thinking back to when I ingested the magic stone in this life.

It would have been strange from the very beginning.

The Mado Cheonheobong absorbs the demonic qi of the magic stone.

And the Guyeom Hwarun Gong can purify that demonic qi into qi.

I thought it was fine for me who was not a demonic practitioner to have demonic qi in my body.

But indeed.

Was that the right story?

As Shin Noya said.

Wasn’t there something preventing demonic qi from invading my body?

This was a thought I had recently.

And if there is a being capable of doing that and if it is with me.

‘It must be that guy who has been grumbling every day.’

I had been thinking about that being with a frown for years.

Aside from consuming food and whining about being hungry every day.

It hadn’t posed much of a danger.

In a way if I think about it it might have been trying to provide me with information or help.

So I thought it might not be entirely ominous.

‘This guy… is related to my mother?’

The World Tree said.

To understand this being.

I must understand my mother. I frowned at that statement.

“That’s nonsense.”

[Why do you think that?]

“This is the first time I’ve seen this thing in this life.”

If this thing had been attached to me in my previous life.

I would have known.

But if this thing is related to my mother then why am I only finding out now?

I thought that the beast was related to the reason I had returned.

“This thing didn’t exist in my previous life so why is it related to my mother…?”

[Do you really think it didn’t exist in Sado’s previous life?]

“What do you mean by that?”

I frowned at the World Tree’s words.

Do you really think this thing didn’t exist in my previous life?”’