Chapter 282 – 5. There Were No Victims Anywhere (2)
“Ugh… Ugh…”
“Coke! Coke!!”
“Soju! Bring soju!”
“Are you far from potatoes? Quickly grind them and bring them!!”
There was chaos all around. In the midst of black and gray ashes flying, countless people were sick and moaning in pain, and among them, countless people were carrying clean water and cloths, changing cold towels over the reddened areas.
People carrying water over and over again. Bringing new cloth from here and there. Wash the cloth that has already been used, boil it, and dry it again.
Hundreds of disciples from Juklimmun became ill and lay on the streets, and the villagers desperately nursed them.
They know.
That not all of those who belonged to the political faction were good.
And the reason why their village can be so peaceful is that among the Murim people belonging to such a political faction, the Jukrimmun are very innocent, and they are connected to the huge sect called Jegalse.
More than anything. It was an open fact that the village was protected by the huge camp that surrounded it.
“Scholar. Now, have some tea here.”
“Uh, ugh…”
Since they wanted to be scholars rather than Moorim people, the villagers called them scholars.
While so many people were treating and nursing the people of Bamboo Forest, Yuria and Chenming, who passed by there, couldn’t help but look dark.
“There are no deaths, it’s so much more terrible than I thought…”
“In the end, this is the reason why they can only be demonic cults. Demonic cults and political factions. After all, neither of them can be victims.”
Here and there, lying down with bamboo ribs on, or moaning while sitting down. Amidst the crowd of people in Jukripmun who were coughing and coughing, no one in the village cared about Yuria and Chenming.
I felt like I had to help, but there was nothing I could do here for the two of them.
I went to the inn with such a heavy heart, but the owner of the inn also went out to help the people of Jukrimmun. The inn was empty.
“…This”
“It’s nothing special. Right now, many of the people of Juklim Gate must be wandering between death and death.”
Yuria looked at Chenming as she wondered what to do.
“Something, can we help?”
“Hmm…”
Chen Ming thought about it for a moment before opening her mouth.
“Why don’t you sing a song that will ease their pain?”
“To?”
“As I said before, Mrs. YuRia’s songs were of an amazing level that ordinary people would not be able to listen to even if they paid billions of dollars. Surely, a song like that would help alleviate their pain.”
YuRia thought about it for a while and then nodded her head.
A song that can comfort those who are moaning in pain.
What is it?
Meanwhile, Yuria suddenly remembered a song.
This genre is also a song to comfort people’s pain.
However, the kind of pain to comfort is different, but isn’t pain still pain?
With those who quietly groaned in pain.
Yuria, who quietly moved among those who were busy moving to save even one more person who was moaning in such pain, quietly opened her mouth.
“素足を晒して駆け出した少年少女の期待”
(Suashio Sarashite Kakedasita Shōnen Shojo no Kitai)
People stared at Yuria for a while at her song that began calmly and took her first rhyme.
There were more people who were busy or moaning in pain, as if she hadn’t heard the song yet, but Yuria continued her song.
This song, which belongs to the genre of Japan’s Utaite (I sang a song), is a time when Japanese people who were moaning in pain for a different reason could not overcome the pain and committed suicide countless times.
It was a famous song that stopped them from trying to take their own lives.
素足を晒して駆け出した少年少女の期待. (Even if it’s your happiness)
僕に, 止められるだろうか. (Can I make it stop)
“This is the same as water.”
(Konosaki and Mizuni Nuretemo Iikara)
Song lyrics that don’t make sense.
However, the melody was filled with feelings of comforting and cheering them up, even though they seemed sad.
“めくるめく議論は ト ト ロ ジ に she あ あ she ま た 日 が 暮 レ て っ た her こ ぞ っ て 造 り 上 げ た セ ン セ シ ョ ン そ の 時 胸 を締 め 付 け て た feeling と”
(Mekurumeku Kironwa Totoro Genie Aah Mata Higa Kuretetta Cozote Tsukuriageta Senseshon Sonotoki Muneo Shimetsuketeta Kanjoto)
And.
A miracle happened.
A magic that even YuRia had forgotten, remembering only its existence.
Maybe it was because the will contained in the song was so clear, even though the magic through the song had to be done in a language that could be conveyed to this world.
Originally, I couldn’t express my abilities. At most, miracles were manifested through the passage of a very weak ability at the level of manipulating Methuselah’s interface in the White Watch.
Paaaaa -!!
“Koboshita 涙つつられた涙の消費期限is Itsumadedesuka 或る未来笑IAえてる未来 Please don’t forget the day after tomorrow”
(Koboshita Namida Tsurareta Namidano Shohikigenwa Itsumadedesuka Aru Mirai Waraiaeruteru Mirai Ato Sujitsugono Mirai Datta no Nara)
The more the song continues, the more I let go of the light that spreads widely around me, one by one, to that song.
Then, with my eyes closed, I looked at a little girl who was absorbed in singing in a trance.
The warm light that embraces the surroundings is not just a feeling, but really little by little. Pain from burns.
Inhale the smoke and dust, coughing non-stop bit by bit. I started to calm myself down slowly.
One by one, their eyes focused on the girl, and more and more people fell in love with her song.
The girl continued to sing with all her heart, not noticing the situation.
“僕 に も が い て る text に ひ と つ る text に ひ と つ つ て を 引 ka せ て her あ な た が 抱 え て る 今日 は 救 え や し な い か そ れ で”
(Bokuni Mogaiteru Mojini Hitotsusen O Hikasete Anataga Kakaeteru Kyowa Sukueya Shinaika Soredemono Sono Kattani Yasashisao Noseta Nara Sono Aio Kanjirarerudaroka)
After 4 minutes and 30 seconds, and the song was finished, Yuria quietly opened her eyes.
And. The surrounding scenery was no longer the same as before I closed my eyes.
Although. It hasn’t been cured yet, but the area around Hana is no longer an urgent place to fight against death. How did Yuria look at those who stare blankly at her in a state that has improved enough to survive? She did and she looked at them.
Someone started clapping at YuRia, who was idly by herself, not even understanding what had happened.
And it soon spread like wildfire, and everyone started clapping except for those who couldn’t clap due to injuries.
Clap clap clap!!
“Eh? Eh?”
“It was great little girl”
“Thank you. Thanks to you, my pain has healed a lot. I think I’ve gained hope that I can live now.”
YuRia, dumbfounded by the voices coming from all around her, said anyway. Seeing everyone cheer up, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their chests, they smiled involuntarily.
“I heard that everyone liked it, so can I sing one more song, even though it’s not enough?”
At those words, the gloomy atmosphere disappeared completely, and as whistles and cheers were heard, YuRia chose the song again with a lighter heart.
I don’t know what happened, but now there are no people who are on the verge of death anymore, so I changed the mood of the song a little.
With a bright, cheerful and more lively song.
After that first song, Yuria sang three more songs, but the same miracle as the first did not happen again.
But. Thanks to Yuria’s song, the people of Jukrimmun, who were depressed, seem to have regained their energy to stand up again, and Yuria thought it was fortunate.
And. Why?
For some reason, Chen Ming was looking at herself with a very complicated expression.
As if you were facing an unexpected situation.
* * *
“Yes. My little lady is having trouble being separated from her party in the capital, right?”
A young scholar wearing her bamboo ribs said while stroking Yuria as if she was cute.
Although he improved a lot with her YuRia’s song, she was smiling at YuRia even though she was still badly burned.
“Just in time, there was one copy left in good condition, so I can report on what happened here and share your story.”
“Ah?”
“Then can you tell me what you would like to convey to the capital? Keep it short and simple if possible.”
YuRia thought about it for a moment.
However, considering that this letter was not meant to be delivered to Loa, he figured out how to convey his regards to Loa most effectively.
“First of all, my name is Yuria. I want to tell my husband that I am going to the capital safely.”
“To?”
He looked quite surprised as he scanned her up and down YuRia.
“Uh, um… Ho, were you not a kid by any chance?”
“…”
When I put on a dissatisfied expression, he quickly apologized with an embarrassing smile.
“Mi-sorry. Keuheum! It’s definitely not the body of a child.”
He seems to have a complex about being short, but he thought it was the wrong thing, so he hurriedly took out a pen and ink and started writing down her report.
Demonic Cult. Black Slaughter Attack. Death and destruction.
Death affairs. Many injuries.
Eun-in, a blue-haired girl. Lifetime of the wounded.
Silver request. Vice military reunion.
He who wrote this far… And looked at YuRia again.
“What’s your husband’s name?”
“Loa. Loa Lionheart”
Then he started playing with her brush.
Buguniness. Loa Lionheart
“Uh?”
“Hehe. I know how to speak the western language.”
Eun-gong is returning to Yeon Capital.
After writing the last words, he waited a moment for the paper to dry, then folded the letter finely and hung it from the pigeon’s leg.
“Please, don’t die at the hands of the Demonic Cultists and arrive safely.”
“…”
It was.
Certainly, if the telegraph was blown from here, news would arrive quickly, but there might be Demonic Cultists around here, and if there were, there was no guarantee that the telegraph would arrive safely.
Food Deok!!
YuRia, too, watching the billboard flying toward the sky. In addition, Juklimmun Gate, which suffered great damage, also prayed for the safe arrival of pigeons.
“It’s fortunate. Maybe this long journey can be shortened a bit.”
Chen Ming, who was watching all of this from the side, was looking at herself with a slightly lonely expression.
“That’s right. When I meet my husband, I’ll do my business properly.”
At those words, Chen Ming put on a slightly sad expression.
“I think it’s a bit regretful. Now, if you meet the party, do you think you won’t be able to meet again…”
“…Ah”
Chen Ming seemed to be regretting that her parting with herself was approaching.
But on the other hand, she seemed bitter to herself that she couldn’t be genuinely happy, even though she was equally happy that she was able to meet her companions and feel at ease now.
“I’m sorry, but you can be friends. Even if my current husband wasn’t there, you wouldn’t be my ideal type.”
“Ugh!”
Seeing Chen Ming make a mischievous and exaggerated expression while seeming to be genuinely distressed as if he was too much, YuRia chuckled and laughed.
“Then, what is Mrs. Yuria’s ideal type?”
“…Well”
YuRia looked at Chenming again.
Why?
She makes him feel so comfortable. Even though she can trust him, the reason why she doesn’t feel that he is her ideal type.
To be honest, it was a little strange to think that Roa was also his ideal type.
From the very beginning, she had lived without a chance to have love feelings, so she must have had no time to even think of herself as the ideal type.
No. There was.
My ideal type who I have already met and the meaning of thinking about has disappeared.
“Should I call you a prince?”
“Pu-fu-fu-fu!!”
“Meong…”
Hearing the word prince, he couldn’t help but laugh and was embarrassed to see Chen Ming burst out with a suppressed laugh. Said, but she just decided not to think about it any longer.
That’s how you feel like a friend you can open up to.
“Ahaha! You really look like a girl.”
“Sir, it’s noisy”
Looking around, the other people might have heard this conversation, and YuRia turned red when she saw her smile as if she was cute, covering her mouth with her hand and suppressing her laughter.
“Ugh, ugh!!”
Okay.
Loa was my own prince who reached out to me even though I didn’t have a white horse, but I was trapped in Rapunzel’s Tower, which was isolated.
What I really want is not someone whose status is a prince.
It was like a fairy tale for me. It was just a person with a symbolism like a prince who saved a princess in crisis.
But looking at Chenming again, YuRia tilted her head.
If so, it’s even weirder.
Even if it is because her own eternal prince, Loa, has already been established in her heart, can it be said that Chen Ming does not meet the conditions of a prince simply by simply looking at the ‘condition’?
Why?
Even if a new prince appears, he won’t choose. Why couldn’t he be a prince?
YuRia pondered over it again.
Picture. She is her own ideal type, and there is definitely one more that she deserves.
She thought that if she had met him first, and not Loa, she might have chosen him as her companion.
Jincheong, the elder of the White Dragon Gate.
Qin Qing: If so, can he be called a prince to himself?
After thinking for a while, Yuria finally made a decision.
Jincheong also said that the prince was right on his own terms.
Then. What’s the difference?
Two people named Roa and Jincheong. And the difference between Chen Ming.
Glancing at the back of Chen Ming, who was having a conversation with people, YuRia felt a strange feeling.
Just nothing?
Or, am I missing something important?
The next morning. Chen Ming and Yuria, who were about to set out to find Roa again, were puzzled by the villagers calling them, but followed them. And there stood an amphibian wagon, a little old but still strong enough for the wetlands, as was a water buffalo, a little old but still well-groomed.
“This, this…”
“It’s a reward for saving the bamboo forest.”
She was thrilled to have received such an undeserved gift just because she had sung a few of her songs, but Chen Ming tapped her on the shoulder of YuRia and just shook her head excitedly.
“I’ve said it before, but your song was worth a thousand gold to listen to. In fact, if you were to evaluate its value as it was, you would have to pay a lot of money, but the situation in the village is also the same. The villagers also requested and sang it. It’s not even a song, so you should be satisfied with this.”
“B… I have to be so impressed in a place like this.”
The villagers also smiled awkwardly as if a part of their heart was pricked by him, and soon various items began to appear here and there.
However, when it was brought out like that, it became impossible to carry on a water buffalo cart, so the villagers who kept an eye on each other soon began to replace them with items with high value in the smallest volume possible. Leaving space for Chenming and YuRia to ride on, it was firmly fixed with a cover cloth and twine.
“Chenming… Unsurprisingly, it’s hard work.”
“Haha…”
Chen Ming, scratching his head smartly, climbed onto the wagon, grabbed the wagon’s rope with a hand that didn’t look familiar, and slowly started the wagon.
“Then… Thank you guys. Please be healthy.”
“The little girl will return well to her companions in good health”
“Thanks for the song!”
Amidst the muddy sound of water buffaloes making their way through the muddy mud, the villagers’ farewells gradually faded away. Eventually, at some point, the villagers disappeared into the distance.
Soon, as the village completely disappeared from sight, Yuria turned her gaze forward, leaving behind her a bit of regret.
“Chen Ming”
“Yes”
“What kind of person is Chen Ming?”
At that, Chen Ming said, ‘Hmm… ‘ And seemed to organize her thoughts for a moment.
“Should we call it a fallen merchant family? Do you know the word ‘Mark’?”
“Roughly. It’s like a courier…”
Oh right. The concept of courier doesn’t exist here, right?
“Courier, courier? Looks like there is a mark in the West as well.”
“Oh no, that’s the wrong word.”
“Well, aside from that, I was running a small flag country. But as much as I was a flag country, I heard a lot about the world going on. That’s why people like me learned about the truth of the Demonic Cult.”
Hmm…
“It’s Susan. In a way, I don’t know if the habit of the old days is still left.”
“…”
“Well, it’s like this, shall I tell you my old story?”
The small ticket office run by Chen Ming’s father was not that great.
That said, even if it was small, it wasn’t just a large country, it wasn’t really a small country.
But it was one day.
Prohibited items were found in the luggage that was being transported.
But it was just weird.
Because I’ve never carried anything like that before.
“In the end, my father was arrested. And the transport request failed as requested.”
“Wait, isn’t the request invalid because it’s a forbidden item request?”
“They said they had never been hit with an item like that. Now that I think about it, it must have been from the beginning.”
“…”
Father is arrested Pyo-guk was disbanded despite a huge penalty and had to lose even the light.
“In the end, I paid off the light itself, but… Thinking about it now, I can’t even remember how I paid it back. And after that, it’s like this.”
Upon hearing Chen Ming’s circumstances, Yuria let out a sigh.
“Seriously. I’ll pay you back once you get to the boat.”
“Ugh… I know I’m not really asking for anything in return… But thank you for giving me something, I’ll do my best! Actually, I’m not in a position to cover things up.”
“Pufu…”
On the way, I saw a group of people in blue uniforms from afar.
There seemed to be dozens of them, and all of them were wearing excellent-looking swords on their waists and were walking on the road with their backpacks on their backs.
“That outfit looks like a blue dragon. It seems that the news of Jukrim Gate has already been delivered.”
“Changryongdae?”
“Speaking of which, it is one of the elite units of the Murim League. Apparently, the Black Slaughter Corps came from the Demonic Cult, so shouldn’t we balance it to some extent on this side as well?”
Hmm…
But why?
Yuria couldn’t get the impression that they were very strong from the members of the Blue Dragon.
Of course. If you are yourself ‘now’, you can kill even one of them.
But even that won’t be that easy.
If your opponent is careless or unlucky, you may win. Of course, it’s always 1:1.
Even if you win, it will be a victory that will only hurt you.
But why?
Why are you thinking this way about them?
They were getting closer and closer to each other.
“There, stop”
Hmm?
What’s going on? As he thought, Chen Ming immediately stopped the wagon with an awkward smile on his face as if he was nervous.
“Oh, Daehyeop, what are you doing?”
“I will requisition that wagon of yours to carry out my official duties.”
YuRia could understand why Chen Ming was nervous at those words.
This wagon wasn’t originally ours, so it wouldn’t matter too much if it was taken away, but it was a very big loss to lose the means of transportation that we had been able to obtain.
Above all, this wagon has already paid an excessive price if it is as Chen Ming said. It was their proper thing.
“Ah, oh my gosh. Joe, can you look after me for a bit? There are children in the party and I have a lot of luggage…”
“It’s noisy. I can’t cooperate on the way to deal with the evil Demonic Cult. It’s a shame.”
Chen Ming was smiling at him somehow, but his expression was almost crying.
As for Yuria, she took a long-awaited rest, and she didn’t want to lose her means of transportation, but in many ways, the atmosphere was unusual.
‘This is… Is that the true face of the political faction that those who called it the leader?’
As Yuria, who has only seen good people like Juhomun and Jukrimmun, her elder’s words didn’t really sympathize with her, but at this moment, it seemed to make a little sense.
“Ha-hao… What am I supposed to do with these burdens? My, please have mercy…”
In the meantime, members of the Changryong Corps came to the wagon and started tossing the luggage from the luggage compartment to the left and right of the road at will.
“Ah, ah! Dae, Daehyeop Nari!!
Chen Ming cried and tried to dissuade him, but the Changryongs were reckless.
All the luggage in the wagon was thrown out on the street, and the more Chenming did, the more he started to cry, not knowing what to do.
“Now, I don’t have any baggage. Is it now? You’re not saying that it’s not okay to work hard for the Changryongdae for you, right?”
“That, like that…”
YuRia was pulled up to her insides by the Changryong Corps, but she quietly lowered her head and pulled on the hem of Chen Ming’s clothes.
In response, Chen Ming slightly turned her head to look at her Yuria, and Yuria quietly shook her head.
“… I understand. Please use it well.”
After YuRia and Chenming got off the wagon, the wagon they were riding in began to pile up with the baggage of the Blue Dragons.
And after a while, while the Changryongdae were about to leave, they paused for a while and looked back.
Chen Ming, who was reluctant and did not know what to do with these burdens, and YuRia, who was quietly suppressing her resentment.
Daeju Changryong, who saw the two of them, instructed Changryongdae to leave first and approached them.
“What am I going to do with this… It’s a sincere garment that the villagers gave me after a long time…”
Chen Ming seemed to be more saddened by the sincerity of the villagers contained in it, although the value of the abandoned luggage was also worth it.
“I’m going to try to find only the most valuable items…”
“Haa… I should be, but really, this is…”
Yuria, who was just trying to figure out what to carry from among her luggage with her kind heart, turned her head at the presence she could feel.
“Huh?”
For some reason, one of the Changryongs who left the road is coming back, so Chen Ming too. Yuria also looked at him nervously.
Both of them instinctively sensed that the person from the Changryongdae was not coming for good, and the two exchanged glances quickly.
They exchanged opinions that it was a burden and that they had to run away like this, but she couldn’t even afford that.
No. Maybe more dangerous.
“Dae-hyeop? What, what’s going on?”
“It’s because I forgot one thing.”
“Yes, yes?”
Daeju Changryong pretended to and raised her hand to point at YuRia.
“Isn’t it really a suspicious-looking appearance?
At those words, Chen Ming’s complexion turned white.
“What do you mean by that! This child is from the western region! It’s a group of interpreters who came to trade in a huge country far away from the western region. The road to the capital is coming to take you to the fields!”
“It’s not my part-time job. You bastard, leave that bitch behind and go on your way.”
At those words, Chenming broke out in a cold sweat and began to tremble.
Yuria also had a very clear picture of what would happen if she fell into the hands of that person, so it seemed that she couldn’t breathe properly.
Something like this… Is this a Jeongpa?
Are you saying it’s not enough just to steal the wagon?
“Daegyeop! This child has saved the disciples of Jukrimmun who were injured in the attack of the Demonic Cult with the unique ability of the West Region! The report has already been reported to the top of the Jukrimmun Gate…
“Chenming!”
Chen Ming, who was rolling his head in order to somehow escape the situation, recalled the telegram sent by the Bamboo Forest Gate and mentioned that fact, but what came back was the kicking of Changryong Daeju.
“Tsk. Can’t you understand what I’m talking about?”
“Chenming!! Chenming!!”
YuRia, who was rushing to Chen Ming, who was hurriedly blown away with a puzzled look on her body and groaned, was stunned as it was and was grabbed by the back of her and stood up.
“Khehek-!”
“Where are you going, girl? Didn’t I personally say I would interrogate you?”
“Let go, let go! If I go wrong, do you have the confidence to handle the big friction that will arise with the West Continent!!”
To that, Changryongdaeju simply replied with a sneer.
“Why would a person so great as to cause great friction with the West Continent come to a place like this, kid?
“This, profit!! It’s not a lie! I am!”
Aww -!!
At that moment, the accident stopped as soon as YuRia’s clothes were torn roughly.
“Hoo…”
“Kyaaaaa!!!”
She hurriedly covered her breasts with her arms and bent over her body as she let out a scream. In the distance, Chen Ming cooed and coughed up her blood, forcing her to stand up.
However, a stone kicked lightly by Changryong Daeju hit his forehead, and Chen Ming fainted without screaming and fell backwards. When Chen Ming lost consciousness at all, Changryong Daeju no longer hid his ugly feelings and put a fishy smile on his lips. All.
“Actually, it doesn’t matter whether you are a real western continental magnate or not.”
“That, what is that!!”
“You’re going to disappear from here without any evidence anyway, so what does it matter?”
“!!…”
YuRia, who covered her chest with both arms and covered her chest with only her hair, flinched in fear and staggered back as if crawling behind him.
But. At this moment, no one was there to help her.
