Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 368 (Part 2)



368 (Part 2)

“This is a gathering attended by many who have reached the rank of a hundred great masters as well as those who are halfway to becoming teenage masters.

Monsters that cannot be seen anywhere else are gathering causing people to light up with excitement and come to watch.

As more and more people started to gather this is how it ended up looking like this since seven nights ago.

“Master.”

As I hurriedly walked a man spoke to me again.

Should I just tell him not to bother me since it’s annoying?

“Master do you perhaps have a fiancée?”

Now he’s even asking about my personal life.

“…I do have a fiancée.”

And here I am answering that again.

“I see so you like your fiancée.”

“Well I don’t dislike her.”

Why is he asking such unnecessary questions?

It’s suffocating.

After hearing my answer the man suddenly fell silent. Was that the end of his conversation?

“My daughter these days…”

Nope it wasn’t over.

Is he starting again? How much longer until we reach the inn?

‘Not long now.’

I decided not to respond and just keep walking.

The best plan is to part ways quickly.

“My kind and beautiful daughter seems to have gotten involved with some scoundrel.”

“Haha. I see.”

Now that’s really personal.

I wonder how desperate he must be to bring it up. It’s not something I’m curious about at all so I didn’t want to hear it.

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“Word has it that he’s a man with a fiancée.”

“I see.”

But it was somewhat intriguing content.

So he has a fiancée yet his daughter likes him?

It seems like that man’s daughter isn’t in her right mind either. Why would she like someone like that?

“Word has it that he said he would break up with my fiancée and meet our daughter… What a rotten scoundrel.”

“He’s insane.”

He really is insane.

Not only does he have a fiancée but he also tries to woo another woman.

Is he planning to break off his engagement and then meet that woman?

‘What kind of person does he think he is to do such a thing?’

He must be tall and handsome. I don’t know who he is but he must be living quite comfortably.

In the meantime it’s a bit pitiful for the daughter who has given her heart to such a scoundrel.

If he’s that kind of man he’ll soon abandon her and look for another woman.

It’s a typical love triangle story.

‘Tsk tsk.’

She’s probably just a young woman who doesn’t know the ways of the world.

Anyway these days… just hearing about it makes me shake my head.

Of course if you ask me if I have a lot of experience in such matters I wouldn’t have much to say either.

“It must be hard on your heart.”

I tried not to speak but given the circumstances I added a word.

“Thank you for understanding… and also.”

“Also… what more is there?”

“No I’ve heard rumors that besides our daughter that scoundrel has other women he’s seeing.”

“…In many ways he’s quite something.”

Not just one or two but there are more?

Wow he really is something. How can that be?

If that’s a talent then it is indeed a talent.

‘Should I be envious of that?’

As a man it’s a talent one might envy.

But why doesn’t it feel enviable at all?

While I was thinking this with a frown in my heart.

The man continued to speak.

“I tried to overlook it for the sake of my daughter’s request but if the rumors are true…”

‘If they’re true?’

“I’m thinking of breaking his arms and legs. No matter what.”

The man’s voice was filled with killing intent. He seemed to be quite serious.

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Well I’ve never had children but if that situation were real I would have probably caught that madman and torn him apart while he was still alive.

“I see… I hope you achieve your goal.”

“It was probably unnecessary talk. Thank you for listening Master.”

He seems to vaguely realize that he was only talking about strange things.

Hearing that made me chuckle.

“It was somewhat entertaining.”

That was a lie.

It wasn’t very entertaining but since it was time to part ways anyway I just went along with it.

The time to part ways meant quite literally that we had arrived at the Baekrim Inn.

Wasn’t it the largest inn in Henan? I remember that the inn that Mo Yong-hee had told me about was also quite large and nice.

This one was also quite decent.

Especially the food was quite tasty.

‘I wonder if the kids are waiting.’

Recently I had been doing crazy things in the mountains. Since my meal times were all over the place I had told them not to wait for me and to eat first if possible.

But they didn’t. The group was definitely waiting for me to arrive.

Thanks to that I was trying to return as quickly as possible. If that was their plan then that’s quite impressive in its own right.

I grabbed the doorknob of the Baekrim Inn. Then the man spoke to me.

“Thank you for showing me the way. When the time comes I will repay you.”

Hearing that I opened the door.

Creeeak-.

As the door opened the interior of the inn came into view.

“There’s no need for repayment. After all we just happened to be on the same path.”

I said that because I didn’t want to get more entangled but the man seemed to take it differently as I heard a slight chuckle.

“That cannot be. If you’ve received a favor it’s only right to repay it double. I Mo Yong-tae swear to repay you Master.”

“No really there’s no need to…”

Huh?

The moment I opened the door and stepped inside my body stiffened.

…Just now.

What did this man say? How did he introduce himself?

“Mo Yong…?”

“Young Master!”

A familiar voice brushed against my ear. It was Mo Yong-hee.

Did she spot me from afar? She came running toward me as if she were sprinting.

“It’s a big deal… I just received word that my father has just arrived in Henan… huh?”

Rarely approaching me Mo Yong-hee seemed flustered and restless.

She froze like a stone upon seeing the man who had followed me in.

Confirming that I turned to look behind me.

Creeeak.

My neck turned stiffly as if it had rusted.

I made an effort to turn my head and confirmed the face beyond the man’s shoulder.

A sharp nose and thick eyebrows.

A middle-aged man with cold eyes that seemed to be frosted over.

And from his appearance which exuded a soft yet cold atmosphere I could see Mo Yong-hee in front of me.

“…M-Master?”

Mo Yong-hee spoke to the middle-aged man in a trembling voice.

Hearing that made my head go completely blank.

Meanwhile the man’s gaze also turned toward me.

His eyes were like icy blades.

“Master.”

The voice calling me was completely different from before.

The man who had been talking about his daughter now had a warm voice filled with affection but now it was.

As if he were suppressing emotions that were about to burst.

“…W-what?”

“I’m asking you now.”

Thud.

The man’s hand gently rested on my shoulder.

It seemed like he had placed it lightly but was it my imagination that it felt so heavy it could dislocate my shoulder?

“What is your name?”

“…”

At the question filled with killing intent I found myself nodding without realizing it.

Ah I see. This is definitely.

It seems I was in quite a bit of trouble.”