Chapter 405 – I Worked Out (3)
My days have been extremely busy lately.
I’ve been coming up with new games besides air hockey, testing them with Hwangbo Hyosun, or helping Yeongho Gyeong, who’s been struggling with the advances of Sun-gi Seong, whom he’s been admiring lately.
But above all, what I’m concerned about is checking on No Hee-bang’s condition.
“Strange…?”
I deliberately brought Mong-ah in front of No Hee-bang several times. Sometimes Hwangbo Hyosun looked at me with a puzzled expression, but she didn’t seem to be digging deeper into the matter since I didn’t explain anything.
No Hee-bang, who I suspected would take care of my sexual needs (since she usually did when she had the time), whether it was me or Mong-ah, couldn’t hide her surprise every time she saw us.
It was within my expectations, but…
“Why doesn’t she stop us?”
I thought she would say something like, “Even if there are unavoidable circumstances, try to reduce the frequency,” whether it was me or Mong-ah, but she just seemed surprised and didn’t interfere any further.
Even if there were unavoidable circumstances, it was not a sensible action. No matter how much No Hee-bang showed interest in the opposite sex’s bed, it was not something that could be easily accepted.
So I was going to try to avoid getting involved with No Hee-bang, who was trying to stop me, but she never approached me.
Is she just going to watch me and Mong-ah and think about getting me some medicine…?
“Um…”
“Why are you doing that?”
“Oh, no reason. Shall we continue?”
Did my voice just come out?
As I stumbled over my words, Hwangbo Hyosun turned her body without much interest and stood in position.
This time, the event was foot volleyball. The ball, made by the skilled craftsmen of Magyo, bounced with elasticity, and soon flew towards me after hitting Hwangbo Hyosun’s foot.
Since it was a foot that didn’t have any power, the ball’s momentum was ordinary, but my foot barely touched the ball, which was aimed sharply at the corner.
“Why are you so good at this?”
Hwangbo Hyosun seemed to have more talent in ball games than martial arts.
Even though I had never handled a ball like this before, I quickly got the hang of it and the ball went exactly where I wanted it to go.
In addition, she moved quite quickly with her half-baked martial arts, making her a challenging opponent. If I didn’t use my half-baked martial arts to resist, it wasn’t easy to catch up with her.
It was rewarding in its own way to practice like this.
After repeating the back and forth of passing the ball for a while, Hwangbo Hyosun suddenly spoke up.
“I don’t know if you were worried about something, but you seemed to be. Is it something you can’t tell me?”
“Well… it’s nothing.”
Of course, I had to say that.
But after my affirmation, Hwangbo Hyosun said something that made me doubt my ears for a moment.
“Is that so… then it can’t be helped. But if you need help, you can always come to me for advice.”
“Uh…?”
What is she talking about? What does this woman know?
As I received the ball that came into my arms like a rising tide, I lifted it high and hit it back to her.
“What do you mean? What would you do if I asked you to help me with something strange?”
“Something strange is obviously not okay. I’m talking about something that doesn’t go against my conscience.”
Hwangbo Hyosun split her legs and bounced the ball again, then tricked me with a half-beat and lightly hit the ball back.
“It didn’t seem strange to my wife, but if it’s something with hidden intentions, what would you do?”
“Well, that’s…”
As she stumbled for words, the ball went back and forth between her and me several times.
I didn’t have any intention like that, but I wondered if this rally would feel like urging her to answer.
The ball stopped with a thud.
“Wife? Don’t play with the ball with your hands according to the rules…”
“…Don’t make fun of people on purpose when you know everything. It’s your bad habit.”
Hwangbo Hyosun bounced the ball on the ground with a sullen expression. Then, as she continued to bounce and catch it, she looked towards the ball and spoke again.
“I went to the playground.”
“How was it?”
“Nothing special. I’ve already done everything there is to do there, even including the ones that weren’t adopted.”
That was true. I had asked Hwangbo Hyosun to try everything, including the ones that weren’t adopted, and asked for her impressions and points to improve.
“But it wasn’t much help since she just said everything was fun.”
However, if there really wasn’t anything special, I wouldn’t have brought up the topic all of a sudden, so I quietly waited for her to speak again.
“People seemed to be having fun. There were some people who didn’t seem familiar, but I seemed to adapt after a few tries.”
“Well, it’s designed to be fun to play. I’m glad you enjoyed it.”
“To be honest… I was suspicious of what Magyo was doing again. I was thinking of secretly checking if they were taking advantage of their power or embezzling wealth, although I can’t do it like No Hee-bang.”
Ah.
“But there was nothing like that. People were buying things and talking to the members of Magyo like they were just ordinary neighbors. It was as if that was the real purpose.”
I was taken aback by Hwangbo Hyosun’s words. I didn’t even know that becoming a neighborhood neighbor was the ultimate goal, but for some reason, I felt like this woman would just guess the right answer without knowing anything.
“I know there might be other motives. But if you can join hands with Magyo and create such a scene, I think it’s worth it.”
“Do you really think so? Can you handle it if it backfires?”
“Well, I don’t know. Didn’t you tell me before? If we do the same thing that happened in Pengga, we can wipe out at least half of the orthodox martial arts. If it was really going to backfire, we would have done it earlier.”
It was something I said when we were bluffing against the Magyo gang, but I still remember it.
At the time, I meant to say “But don’t do such a thing, trust Magyo,” but this time, it was Hwangbo Hyosun who was saying it.
So she was saying to trust them.
“Of course, I don’t trust the entire Magyo. Your role will probably be significant.”
“…”
“So… as I promised you, I thought that maybe you could do something that the orthodox martial arts haven’t been able to do so far. If you need my help for that… huh?”
“…”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Approaching Hwangbo Hyosun, who was only looking at the bouncing ball, I lowered my posture and looked up at her. Hwangbo Hyosun grabbed the ball and quickly turned her head.
“Can’t you say that while looking into my eyes? Why are you only looking down there? It seems like I’m finally hearing some compliments from my wife. No, isn’t it the first time?”
“Ah, no, that’s… because you…”
Hwangbo Hyosun was about to raise her voice in protest, but she barely calmed down her excitement and spoke in a low voice.
“Because you did something strange. Even though you knew everything…”
“I can’t deny that.”
“R-right. That’s right?”
She seemed a little annoyed and was about to nag at me, but I couldn’t just leave it like that.
“Anyway, can I assume that my wife thinks I did well?”
“…?”
“If so, there’s something I’d like to ask for your help with… It’s not something difficult for you, my wife.”
Hwangbo Hyosun, who was about to pour out her complaints, was taken aback by my sudden request, but soon nodded as if there was no other choice.
No Hee-bang was walking alone through the streets of Ungasa-dan.
As she passed by the members of Magyo, they looked at her with a hint of curiosity, but it was nothing to be suspicious about anymore.
But No Hee-bang didn’t even notice them.
“Why…why do they have that kind of thing?”
The elixirs collected by the priests of Yangsan-gae were not very effective. It was natural since there were hardly any elixirs among the open martial arts that had strong Yin energy.
However, there was one elixir that was somewhat useful, and unfortunately, it was causing her a headache.
“The Extreme Yin Hwan Hee Dan…why did they have that?”
She had a rough idea. They wouldn’t have purposely sought out such a thing in the open martial arts, so it was likely obtained from some other faction.
It was a substance that, when taken by a woman, would cause a surge of Yin energy that would make a man with Yang energy crave her, a so-called aphrodisiac.
Gangho’s color horses used the surge of Yin energy to supplement their own internal energy. Women were just a filter that removed the toxic Yin energy.
But what if a man, especially one with too much Yang energy to handle, took it?
“I don’t know.”
The Yin and Yang energies could naturally harmonize, or he could become overwhelmed by the Yin energy and crave the same thing.
Moreover, the claim that the elixir only made women like that because of Yin energy was just the original owner’s assertion, so it couldn’t be ruled out that a regular aphrodisiac was mixed in.
But the problem Kang Yoon was holding, the problem of having to hold the woman because he couldn’t control his Yang energy, could be solved quickly.
“Haah…”
No Hee-bang had a pretext in her hand. Even if she revealed everything and advised him to take the elixir, she had no reason to be blamed.
As long as she could see the effectiveness of the elixir, that was enough. Even if there were side effects, no one would suspect No Hee-bang of anything.
Of course, now, with the unfortunate fate of the posthumous index, her conscience and her pride in how she would appear to Kang Yoon were blocking her from taking advantage of this opportunity…
“Hmm? How did I get here…”
No Hee-bang suddenly realized she had come near the Gu-gi-jang. She knew it was a place where the members of Magyo tested their games on Kang Yoon and Hwang Bo-hyun.
She had heard they were doing something today too, so they might be playing something now.
But it was so quiet that a strange suspicion began to creep into No Hee-bang’s mind.
‘Are they really not involved with each other and just exercising?’
She could understand up to the point of emitting a dense amount of Yang energy, and since it was a monk’s body, there was hardly any room for suspicion.
But what if there was a similar exchange with Hwang Bo-hyun? Could it be seen as having no ulterior motive?
And if such a motive existed, wouldn’t it be okay for No Hee-bang to intervene in their relationship for a moment to satisfy her own desires?
Swallowing a dry spit, No Hee-bang suddenly became aware of the existence of Seokcheok, a material that was usually so light that she couldn’t feel it.
‘Just for a moment…’
The flow of her inner strength changed differently from usual, and the influence of the object began to blur No Hee-bang’s senses infinitely. As a device designed to deceive the senses of a top-notch master, it was impossible to detect its existence without seeing it.
No Hee-bang confirmed that there was no sign of anyone around and silently approached the Gu-gi-jang like a shadow.
And when she suddenly thought of raising her head, No Hee-bang began to doubt whether she was just having a wrong idea.
They might just be taking a break. Maybe it was just a forced act to find a material to convince and break her conscience that was holding back her own desires.
Stopping her misguided thoughts, No Hee-bang raised her head, thinking that she should be more careful until she found a better potion.
“Do we really have to…?”
“There’s nothing wrong with it, right? You said it was okay for that much earlier.”
“But still…”
Just as she was about to step back, the casual conversation between the two caught No Hee-bang off guard.
‘No way, no way?’
No Hee-bang felt her heart pounding. Her hand trembled slightly, but her inner and outer energy-trained hand easily supported her body, and she slowly raised her head with a high spear.
Looking inside, No Hee-bang’s eyes widened as she confirmed that the two were sitting side by side with their faces very close together.
