Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 487 (Part 1)



487 (Part 1)

”’Chapter 488 – What Are You Splitting?

“Ahh… Young Master!? What are you doing all of a sudden…!”

I could feel Dang So-yeol flustered by the sudden contact from my embrace.

It was only natural for him to react this way after being caught off guard.

But I had no intention of letting go.

“… Just now… what did you say?”

I didn’t want Dang So-yeol to hear my conversation with the person in front of me.

“What are you splitting? You’re ruining the mood.”

“Master.”

At my words which I said with a smirk Dang Bu-ri’s righteous expression crumbled.

The face that had been smiling turned sour and one eyebrow shot up.

It was a face that looked good in a different sense.

“I heard you are a young hero from the Central Plains yet it seems you lack the manners to treat others properly. Let me remind you I am an Elder of the Tang Clan. Do you not realize how dangerous your actions are right now?”

He was a high-ranking bloodline that formed the backbone of the Tang Clan.

The insults I was throwing at such a person could easily be interpreted as an attack on the Tang Clan itself.

Do you know that and still act this way?

The old man was warning me with a hint of discomfort in his voice.

For me hearing such a cliché was simply amusing.

How could I not laugh?

“Do you know what I find the most disgusting and annoying?”

I could feel Dang So-yeol’s ears gradually heating up.

“Those old fools who pretend to be noble and act like they’ve aged gracefully. Those bastards are what rot the world.”

As humans begin to decay the severity of their corruption only deepens with age.

Once they start to rot it spreads to those around them.

In fact I wondered if a rotten human was more problematic than garbage itself.

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Dang Bu-ri’s face twisted into a grotesque expression upon hearing my words.

“How dare you… After I showed you respect first you come at me so arrogantly. It seems you truly believe your talent shields you from the world’s fears.”

I couldn’t help but chuckle at the anger seeping into his voice.

“Wow you’re a funny guy.”

“This brat…!!”

“Then should I show respect to the one who poisoned me? Is that how it works?”

“…!?”

“No matter how shameless you are that’s a bit much. Do I look that foolish to you?”

As I said this with a wide smile Dang Bu-ri flinched.

Yes this was the guy.

The one who fed me the poison of the metaphorical flower.

It had to be him.

Of course.

‘But it might not be.’

The doubt that it might not be him didn’t mean that the old man wasn’t involved in this.

It only meant that he might not be the one who ordered my poisoning.

That old man was still in cahoots with him.

“… What are you saying? Poisoning me?!”

After a moment of surprise Dang Bu-ri shouted his face turning red.

He looked utterly wronged as if to say how could I suspect him his expression claiming innocence.

“How can you spout such nonsense…!”

“If that’s the case you should at least cover up the smell before you speak. It’s annoying.”

At my added remark Dang Bu-ri’s expression changed drastically.

Yes there was a smell.

A subtle fragrance I had sensed from the food. It was likely the scent of the metaphorical flower wafting from the old man.

Was that the problem?

Dang Bu-ri looked at me with a face full of disbelief.

“You’re talking nonsense. The metaphorical flower is a scentless poison. Does it make sense to say it has a smell?”

Is that so?

But I could definitely smell something.

It wasn’t overwhelmingly strong but I could clearly sense a peculiar fragrance.

‘To smell something from a scentless poison.’

Could it be because I had reached a level of myriad poison immunity allowing me to perceive a scent that shouldn’t be there?

I wasn’t even sure if I had truly reached that level.

‘I haven’t been able to confirm it properly.’

However it was certain that I had developed a strong resistance to poison.

Ah but that wasn’t the important part right now.

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“A scentless poison you say.”

“I don’t know what suspicions you have but your words are an affront to the Tang Clan…”

“But how did you know? I never said I ate the metaphorical flower.”

“…!”

Dang Bu-ri who had been speaking fervently suddenly shut his mouth and stiffened at my words.

That expression was quite amusing.

“Unfortunately it seems your head isn’t very good. You need to be smart to do bad things you know?”

“Hah…”

A low sigh.

I could feel the atmosphere shift dramatically with Dang Bu-ri’s exhalation.

I pulled Dang So-yeol a little closer into my embrace.

Hmm.

I drew in energy to thicken the barrier around us so that Dang So-yeol wouldn’t notice.

“… I thought it was annoying but it turns out you were much more troublesome than I expected.”

“Looks like you’re done with the act? Why not continue?”

Then I would have wanted to kill him even more. It was a bit disappointing.

Dang Bu-ri looked at me with a changed gaze. His eyes were rusty and murky.

There was much more in those eyes than I had seen when he was smiling.

“Originally I only intended to come and see your face for a moment but you’ve created unnecessary trouble.”

“I didn’t need to. I was planning to go see your side anyway.”

I hadn’t expected to see him this quickly.

Was it a blessing in disguise?

“What is your purpose? What is it that drives you to act this way?”

“If you want to know my purpose….”

I had to think for a moment at Dang Bu-ri’s question.

I was thinking but nothing particularly came to mind.

So I decided to just be honest.

“Well I was asked for a favor.”

“A favor?”

“A great person told me to topple you guys because you’re making a mess.”

“Hah.”

At my calm words Dang Bu-ri laughed as if he found it absurd.

“How dare some lowly creature say such a thing?”

“… Uh you shouldn’t say that.”

Especially since you shouldn’t be calling yourself lowly.

If we were to measure by status he was a person who could be called the Tang Clan itself.

To be honest if she came back to life and told the Poison King to roll over the Poison King would have to roll over.

To call him lowly that was something he would regret saying after he died.

However oblivious to this Dang Bu-ri continued with a rotten smile.

“This is the Tang Clan. Soon it will become the most powerful family in the Central Plains.”

“Oh.”

His self-esteem was impressive. Dang Bu-ri was dreaming a dream he couldn’t achieve in his past life.

After the Namgung Clan was exterminated and Sichuan was occupied it was the Tang Clan that fled from the corrupted officials.

From my perspective knowing that I felt his dream was quite grand.

“Yet a clueless little rat crawls in here trying to muddy the waters. I even kindly warned you yet you truly aren’t afraid of the Tang Clan?”

As expected.

The poison sent to me was indeed a warning just as I had anticipated.

It was a message not to meddle recklessly that was it.

However there was a contradiction in saying it was done kindly.”’