Chapter 831 – 831. Darkness on the Frontier (3)
Next day.
Cha Han-seong packed up and immediately left the training ground in the mountains.
“” “Thank you so much! I’m your brother!””
As they were about to leave, it was the cry of the Heilang members who were shouting loudly through the mountains.
It was so big that Cha Han-seong, who left with his back turned, looked back in surprise.
“Tongue, older brother…”
Cha Hanseong scratched his head and smiled bitterly at his ambiguous title.
I waved my hand at them and said good-bye, and walked on my way again.
These were people you would meet again in your lifetime.
They were on Eun-hyeon’s side, and although she and Eun-hyeon weren’t friends, they were close friends to her boss, so they saw each other often.
I’m sure I’ll run into the Heilang members somehow.
At that time, I thought it might be possible to say hello.
“Moreover, even then, it would be embarrassing to be treated with such a title…”
Cha Hanseong was burdened by the excessive kindness of the Heilang members.
During their training, all he did was bring them back to the barracks after they had fallen.
However, the Heilang members treated the benefactor who brought Cha Han-seong out of the pit of hell as if they were honoring him.
It was all because of Eunhyun.
Originally, the training lasted only until yesterday, but the Heilang members were told that they had about two weeks of training left, and they knew that it was finished at the discretion of Hansung Cha.
I no longer had to go through hellish training where my limbs were torn, broken, and parts of my body were missing.
How could I not be grateful.
Eun-hyeon knew how to control people and public sentiment.
If he was a harsh whip, wouldn’t Cha Han-seong be about the sweetness of a carrot?
Cha Han-seong thought.
“Haha, I’m a carrot.”
I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
I smiled and walked through the mountains.
“Hey! Don’t go alone!”
“Ok?”
Hearing the voice of someone running up and down, Cha Han-seong looked back.
The way he ran while kicking the floor was unusual.
‘This sound…’
It’s very fast and stable.
Cha Hanseong was able to read and listen to the unique footsteps of Heilangdan as he watched Heilangdan’s training closely.
When you listen to and watch the same thing over and over again for a long time, you naturally realize something.
However, the footsteps that were now running towards him were not those of the Heilang members.
But I got used to it.
“… Hongi?”
Looking back while muttering the name of the person that came to mind, Cha Han-seong was right.
It was scarlet.
“Do you just leave without saying a word?”
“… Why did you follow me?”
“I will follow you too.”
“Eh?”
Cha Hanseong tilted his head at her sudden words.
I couldn’t understand her sudden actions and words.
“What are you talking about? Why are you following me?”
“Better with you than with the people over there!”
“…”
“Don’t you know? How annoying are those people! It’s all because of you!”
Ju-hong seemed to be annoyed, and in a fit of anger, he huffed and puffed.
The Heilang members treated Cha Han-seong and Ju-hong with respect, calling them older brothers and sisters, but their motives were completely different.
If Cha Han-seong was a benefactor to Heilang members, Ju-hong was feared.
The story of Eun-hyeon’s younger sister holding their lifeline spread widely among them.
They had a hard time with Ju-hong, who had anxiety that they could be decapitated right away if they got caught wrongly.
Look at her or treat her with a fearful gaze and attitude.
Even while their whole bodies were screaming from the arduous training, the Heilang members took turns cleaning the vermilion barracks in turn.
They were worried that if something happened to them that they did not like, they would harm themselves.
The favor of the Heilang members was not a trick of cowardice trying to get bean curd from Ju-hong.
It was close to the subservience of a servant who was afraid of Eun-hyeon and Ju-hong and did not want to look disliked.
“Really, I have explained to you many times that I have no intention of doing anything, but you don’t listen! Ah-oh!”
No matter how much he explained that he was not that kind of person, the Heilang members did not intend to listen to Ju-hong’s persuasion.
Because Eunhyun was behind her.
“It is much better to follow you than to be treated like that.”
“…”
After hearing Ju-hong’s explanation, Cha Han-seong made a complicated expression.
Juhong, who read his expression, narrowed his eyes and glanced at him.
“… Are you bothered by me too?”
“No. It’s not like that.”
Cha Hanseong smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He had something in common with the Heilang members.
The fact that if you touch her wrong, she might really get a big retaliation from her Eun-hyeon.
If Eun-hyeon hears that Ju-hong is accompanying him, what will he do to himself?
Perhaps the idea of Eun-hyeon hurting herself did not come to mind, but she would be worried.
After all, that’s what family is all about.
Cha Han-seong, who knew Eun-hyeon’s true intentions, didn’t bother Ju-hong’s intention to accompany him, even if it was difficult.
“Are you okay?”
“What?”
“Eunhyun-nim will be worried. It’s a grown-up man and woman traveling together.”
But Ju-hong sneered and replied.
“Joy! I don’t know about everything else, but you don’t have the right to talk like that to me about men and women.”
That’s what it says.
Although it was not intentional, Cha Han-seong had the most promiscuous relationship with the opposite sex among the people he knew was Eun-hyeon.
As a man, I had great respect for his strength and position, but at the same time, I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly at the foolish Eun-hyeon who was swayed by his wives.
“Okay. Let’s go. You won’t be scolded by Eunhyun-nim later.”
Is that why you have to scold so hard?
“Oh yea! I knew you would do okay! After all, you are my friend!”
Ju-hong cheered and put his arm around Cha Han-seong’s shoulder.
The natural skinship seemed like an act of expressing same-sex friendship, so even Cha Han-seong smiled and refused to hold her shoulder.
In fact, the meeting with Ju Hong was the first time they spent together at the training ground in the mountains where Heilang members were trained. Although the time they spent together was very short, the two quickly became close.
Maybe it’s because they’re from the same district, similar ages and values matched better than I thought, and the topic of the earth that sometimes pops up when we’re together made smiles bloom on each other’s faces.
Cha Han-seong or Ju-hong missed the memories of their previous life on Earth, and felt the pleasure of finding a friend who could bring up the topic with a smile and sympathize with them.
“Okay. We are friends.”
What about
She didn’t even sleep together because she and she had developed a relationship that was more than just her friends.
On the contrary, Eun-hyeon was happy that Ju-hong was able to make close friends who had a good heart while adapting well and living in this world.
Although he expressed mixed feelings about the fact that he was a man of the opposite sex, Erin and Lily scolded him for not thinking too deeply.
Cha Han-seong did not feel that Ju-hong was of the opposite sex.
Rather, I was glad that I had a good friend who could bring up the same values and topics and enjoy it.
It was a memory that could not be filled by a conversation with Princess Yuria, who had the same memories of Earth.
“The real oppa is too overprotective. I am no longer a child.”
“How was Eunhyun on Earth?”
One of the topics that popped up from time to time was the story of Eunhyun.
It was one of the common themes that started when Cha Han-seong became curious about Ju-hong’s grumbling complaints.
The story of Eun-hyeon’s past, who now has multiple wives and became a man who could secretly exert influence over the kingdom of Pernias and the entire continent, was enough to make Cha Han-seong curious.
‘I heard that I was not born on this continent in my previous life like me and Hongi…’
According to a story I heard at first glance, he lived an eternal life without dying until the earth was destroyed and this world was recreated.
I wondered how that was possible, but I didn’t dig deep.
The world is full of various secrets and undisclosed phenomena, and Eun-hyeon was holding such a secret, but he was not a villain who had a bad influence on the world.
Rather, he was a man who persuaded and led many people to prevent disasters and damages appearing all over the continent, and was moving vigorously.
So he didn’t dig deep.
“… I was foolish. Was nice so I was stupid That part is still the same today.”
Even so, Cha Han-seong nodded at the words of Ju-hong, who did not say anything more with a bitter expression on his face.
“I see.”
The two of them talked while walking in the mountains all day.
Small happenings at the training ground.
“Lily unnie’s cooking was really good…”
If not as much as himself, in the short time since they had just met, Ju-hong built up a good friendship with Eun-hyeon’s wives.
Illyana and Eleanor naturally had no choice but to treat her politely, overwhelmed by her innate aura and grace, but with Erin, whose first meeting was the worst, she quickly became friendly with them, and it was Lily who opened her heart the most.
Ironically, the reason why Ju-hong fell in love with Lily the most was that Lily had captured her stomach.
Hagiya, the fact that all the Heilang members were trained to the point of making them wait for mealtime only meant that Lily’s cooking skills were excellent.
But even so, there were times when Ju-hong felt awkward dealing with Lily somewhere.
“Are you still uncomfortable with Lily-sama?”
“… Boo, it’s not uncomfortable.”
Ju-hong put on a sullen expression and made an excuse that was not an excuse.
“Just… I’m sorry.”
When I first met Lily, I heard that she was a half-horse that inherited the blood and characteristics of a demon called a succubus, and I was furious with Eun-hyeon.
“Because when I was on Earth, I fell into the demons’ trap and died. And… Hyun hurt my older brother too… So she was very angry.”
At first, she even felt betrayed and disappointed by Eun-hyeon, who took her, her demon, as her wife.
However, when she heard Lily’s story and past that forced her to become a half-demon, Ju-hong shed tears and apologized.
Perhaps because of that happening, Ju-hong tried to be nicer to Lily.
She still couldn’t easily accept that she was the devil, but the fact that she was more attracted to her human side.
“… My brother must be trying to shake off the past too.”
That’s what she meant when she decided to accept Lily.
Can he really do that?
I’m trying, but honestly it will take a long time.
But it won’t be impossible.
Just as Eun-hyeon was able to do so because of the efforts of Belldandy and other wives, Ju-hong now has Eun-hyeon.
“…”
Cha Hanseong was silent.
Eun-hyeon and Ju-hong’s experience on Earth must have been truly terrible.
She was curious, but she wasn’t blind enough to ask about her past.
If she, unable to bear the bitterness of her loneliness, reveals her terrible past to her friend, herself, and asks for her help.
At that time, Cha Han-seong vowed to stay by her side and support her, her friend.
As the sun went down and they were preparing for their homeless nights, Cha Han-seong and Ju-hong finished setting up their tents and immediately lit a bonfire and prepared dinner.
The two had quite a long career of traveling alone as adventurers, but unfortunately, their cooking skills were not that good.
But it didn’t matter.
Because now the two of them had a fraudulent item to supplement their terrible cooking skills.
“Shall we eat ramen?”
“Huh! Want some! Let’s eat! Boil mine for two!”
After getting rid of his depressed mood, the mirthful Juhong spread his two fingers and sang.
