Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 477 (Part 2)



477 (Part 2)

The fingertips of Dang Je-mun lightly touch the white marble stone.

Yet the white marble does not move.

Her fingertips merely penetrate the stone.

Seeing this I am once again reminded that she is not a living being.

– I have a favor to ask of you.

“…”

A favor.

The weight of that significant word makes me take a step back.

– A favor?

“I won’t accept it. I don’t need this.”

What kind of crap is she about to dump on me again? Having been entangled with the so-called heroes of the past who all went through hell just hearing the word “favor” irritated me.

“… I’ll just leave quietly. It was an honor to meet you senior.”

I hurriedly wrapped the Dokcheon Dan in my arms and walked away in haste.

I needed to get outside.

“Where the hell is the exit?”

Grumbling as I looked around for the exit my former rival approached and leaned in.

I nodded at the sight of him.

“Good. Find the door. You’re good at that.”

Krrrung?

I recalled that this guy was the one who had pointed out the entrance to the lake when I was looking for it.

However he just responded with a blank expression.

“… Tsk.”

Does he not know either?

Just as I was about to think that I would have to find it myself.

– Dang So-yeol.

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Suddenly—

The name that pierced my ears made my head turn quickly.

“… What did you just say….”

My heart sank coldly.

It was an unexpected name to hear from Dang Je-mun.

As I looked at her with that strange feeling.

– It’s about that child. Aren’t you curious Hoo-in?

For some reason she wore a face full of sorrow.

I thought while looking into her eyes.

It was strange that the topic of Dang So-yeol came up but why was she making such an expression?

It was clearly an unusual matter.

I wanted to throw everything away and run away right then.

But I couldn’t take a step.

The scales were always balanced in my heart.

And this time the weight was tilted to one side.

Feeling that I suppressed my emotions and replied to Dang Je-mun.

In this situation I had only one answer.

“… What is it? What do you mean by a favor?”

Hearing my question Dang Je-mun stepped closer to me.

– I have only one request.

Her expression was still dark and her gaze was inscrutable.

– … If you go outside….

The words that flowed from her mouth were quite shocking contrary to her calm demeanor.

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Saaaaa…

I could hear the sound of the wind stirring the waves.

The weather was still noon and the lake maintained its beautiful colors.

It was the same scene as mine.

“…”

The eyes of the woman watching this trembled incessantly.

‘What is going on?’

The woman with her swollen cheeks and flowing blood seemed unconcerned only gazing at the lake.

The woman was Nah-i an assassin from the Tang Clan.

‘What on earth… is happening?’

It had been half a moment since she had guided Gu Yang-cheon who suddenly leaped into the lake.

It was strange that Gu Yang-cheon had discovered her identity.

He had said he needed to go into the lake for a moment and now he had really jumped in and not come out.

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‘Did he really just die like that?’

From Nah-i’s perspective there was no other way to think.

‘Is it really… suicide…?’

The sudden leap into the poison was only possible in such a case.

No matter how resistant to poison the Poison King was it would be difficult to hold out submerged in the center of that lake.

In that situation Gu Yang-cheon who appeared to be an ordinary martial artist had jumped into the lake so it could only be seen as suicide.

‘What should I do?’

Nah-i had to bite her lips repeatedly.

She had been the one to guide Gu Yang-cheon.

But if Gu Yang-cheon had suddenly jumped into the lake and died.

‘… What should I say?’

She had no idea how to report this to the Poison King.

Even if Gu Yang-cheon had asked to enter the lake it was obvious she would be scolded for leaving him alone.

It was also impossible to explain the circumstances that led to that permission.

‘… Huh….’

A dilemma.

It seemed to perfectly describe Nah-i’s situation.

‘Orabeoni….’

Biting her nails Nah-i thought of her older brother.

Since the day they had joined hands in this filthy family they had endured all sorts of hardships together.

‘Why on earth…!’

Why had her brother betrayed them for a young prodigy?

Nah-i found it incomprehensible.

It was something she could not believe.

There must have been circumstances. It had to be that way.

‘I need to think… What should I do?’

If this continued it would truly be the end.

Nah-i had to think urgently.

She could not die like this.

‘At the very least… I must eliminate the “underground” before I die.’

The truth of the decaying Tang Clan.

She had to eliminate the underground of the Tang Clan which pretended to be a noble family while engaging in filthy deeds.

That was the way for her siblings who had died before her.

Drip.

Having bitten her nails so much blood began to flow from her thumb.

Drop.

As a drop of blood fell to the ground.

Saaaaaa…!

Suddenly something strange began to happen in the lake.

“…?”

Nah-i’s eyes widened in surprise at the sight.

“What…?”

She hurriedly got up and headed toward the lake.

“… Ah?”

As she approached the lake the signs of change grew stronger.

It should have been normal for the poison to thicken as she got closer yet for some reason she felt nothing.

“What on earth….”

What was happening? As Nah-i approached the edge of the lake with trembling eyes.

Kwaaaah–!

Suddenly the lake began to churn violently. It was a whirlpool.

As if being sucked into the center a rough whirlpool appeared in the lake.

And it did not stop there; the water in the lake began to gradually decrease.

“… Uh… huh?”

The Tang Clan’s precious lake Dokcheon Lake was disappearing.

In this bizarre situation Nah-i seemed to exclaim in confusion but the lake did not stop.

After about ten seconds passed.

In just that short amount of time the water of the lake had completely vanished.

Dokcheon Lake as it was called should not have had such a small amount of water.

Where had all that water gone?

Nah-i unable to hide her trembling hands examined the center of the lake.

She judged that something must be there since that was the center of the whirlpool.

And at the place she confirmed directly.

“… Huh?”

In the center of the lake where not a single drop of water remained.

Someone was standing still shaking off their body.

“Ptui.”

Spitting something out as if something had entered their mouth.

Then they began to look around.

The person who had briefly surveyed the now-empty space of the lake.

“Ah.”

As if realizing the situation.

“… Shit… I’m screwed.”

They spat out a sticky curse.