Chapter 79 – The Turning Point
#079.
Early morning. Gaon left the villa after washing his face and getting ready. When he arrives at the empty lot as always, he is greeted by Ha-yeon, who had come out beforehand, waving his hand.
“Master!”
Sports bra and leggings. Although it is a fairly skimpy outfit to wear in autumn weather, his immunity increased along with his physical ability, so he did not feel the cold to this extent.
Gaon slowly approached, watching the sight of his breasts wrapped in a bra jolting and jolting from the recoil of a hand waving.
Normally, I would start sparring right after stretching and jogging, but not today.
To be honest, spearmanship is now more than a certain level of proficiency, so there is no need for him to teach.
Now, it was enough to learn a sense of practice while doing sparring, and to make the technique more sophisticated. It was time for him to focus on handling mana, not spearmanship.
In particular, Gaon’s spearmanship is a technique that exerts great power when combined with rubella. Even for that, he had to train in mana handling in advance.
Gaon said while staring at Hayeon, who was looking up at him with his eyes blinking.
“Ju Ha-yeon, starting today, I will learn a different skill in the morning.”
“Any other skill?”
“Yes, spearmanship is on track to some extent, so now I’m thinking of teaching you how to handle mana. I need it to learn rubella.”
At the mention of rubella, a bright smile appeared on Ha-yeon’s face, who was tilting her head cryptically.
“Rubella? Will you teach me?”
Ha-yeon asked, pressing her face with her twinkling eyes. Gaon’s eyes looking at her like that are dry.
Gaon replied by pushing Hayeon’s face right in front of him.
“Look. Can you feel mana for now?
“Yes! I even absorbed the elixir last time. I can feel the lumps in my belly!”
Hayeon placed her hand on her own belly as she felt the tension go through her leggings. Gaon, who got a strange feeling from her appearance, cleared her throat for no reason and brushed off her thoughts.
“Okay, then the lower belly. It starts with moving the mana gathered in the Danjeon. You need to be able to do that so that you can follow the skills that will be taught in the future. Try to focus on Danjeon for once.”
“Yes, I will try!”
Ha-yeon sat cross-legged on the floor at Ga-on’s instruction, closed her eyes and took a slow, deep breath.
Gaon focused his gaze on her chest.
It’s not that I’m trying to put her eyes on the deeply exposed breastbone from an angle, I’m just trying to see if she’s breathing properly.
With the sound of her inhaling, her tempered abdomen swells slightly.
This is proof that you are doing excellent danjeon breathing. Gaon watched her silently without making a single sound so that her Hayeon could properly contemplate her inside.
I don’t know if she’s handling mana properly, but she didn’t feel impatient and took her time. You can peek through your senses, but I also refrain from that in order not to give even a hint of room.
Gaon used her Poongwolbo to fall about 2m without making a sound, then put her buttocks on the floor and leisurely gaze at the high autumn sky.
In an untimely break, her head sank calmly.
With the cool autumn wind tickling her hair, even as she slowly poked her head out over the eastern horizon, she completely revealed herself and began to shine on the world.
The cool temperature rose and became moderately cool. The tree’s shadow grew longer and fell over Hayeon’s head.
Did you even feel it? She stopped breathing momentarily and then opened her eyes.
The attractive orange pupils flashed golden in the sunlight. Ha-yeon blinked her eyes and saw her ga-on, and she smiled and softened her sharp eyes.
“Master!”
“Yeah, how was it?”
“Mana moved! She doesn’t listen very well yet, but I think if she keeps repeating it, she’ll be able to move it however she wants.”
Again, great talent.
No matter how much she could feel mana thanks to the elixir, she didn’t know that in less than an hour, she would be able to move even a little bit.
Despite her satisfaction, Gaon deliberately kept her expression calm as she spoke.
“Good job. From now on, until breakfast, practice privately in her room to improve her mana control. After the meal, I will teach you various ways to use her mana. Got it?”
“Yes!”
“Okay, then rest now. It’s not long until lunchtime.”
“No! I’ll get to know Mana a little more.”
“Do whatever you want.”
She knew it would be like this.
This is because this training maniac, who trains alone in the evening even after sparring until he is wrecked every day, has no time left.
Gaon closed her eyes again and watched Hayeon concentrating on herself and placed her buttocks opposite her.
It would be a waste to just spend time idle, so it would be better to train the mana rod in the meantime. She’s a rubella-type mastery anyway, so it’s possible to contemplate without closing her eyes, so there’s no problem.
To prepare for an unexpected situation, Gaon stared at her and drew mana from the danteon.
The posture was maintained until 5 minutes before meal time.
Gaon, who was looking at the wristwatch he had bought the other day, when it was time to eat, cautiously talked to Hayeon so as not to surprise her, and they entered the villa together.
As I headed to the table in front of the kitchen, I was greeted by Chorin, who had just set all the meals and unwrapped her apron.
“Has Gaon come? Come on, have a seat! Because the meal is ready.”
“Yes, thank you as always.”
“Huh! It was nothing. If you eat deliciously, am I happy? Hayeonie, sit down too.”
“Yes, sister!”
After a brief conversation, the three sat around the table. Lunch was bulgogi and various herbs. All three of them are Korean, so there is not much of a difference between likes and dislikes when it comes to meals.
I’ll have a good meal—” He shouted, and the meal began.
Gaon took a few mouthfuls of bulgogi and rice to fill his stomach, then put down the spoon. Chorin and Hayeon’s eyes were focused on that action.
Cho-rin had a worried look in her eyes that she wanted to, but she wanted to because it didn’t suit her taste, and Ha-yeon was just delicious, but why? It was a puzzled expression.
Gaon looked at the two of them alternately and opened his mouth.
“Now, in just one week, it will be a month since I started training. You probably remember what I said earlier. After a month, I will go to the Devil’s Palace to check my growth.”
Originally, anything grows quickly at first.
If you don’t understand this correctly, it can develop into a serious problem in the event of an emergency.
If you encounter an enemy and miscalculate your power calculations and venture into an unfavorable fight, it is natural that there will be casualties. Intermediate inspections are essential to prevent such a thing from happening.
Chorin swallowed the food and asked if he had understood Gaon’s words.
“How long do you plan on staying?”
“It’s a week. And there is an important point that I will not follow.”
The two were shocked by Gaon’s bombastic statement.
Cho-rin widened her eyes and opened her mouth, and Ha-yeon stopped her chin from working hard on her writing.
After a moment of silence, a voice immediately flew in.
“Is it just me and Hayeon?”
“Yes, the two of you will enter the Demon Realm. Because I can’t really grasp how much I’ve grown.”
“That may be so, but…”
In this party, Gaon’s power takes up almost 80%. It’s already been a demonic world that I’ve been to many times, so if I went that far, I wouldn’t even feel a crisis in reality.
But still, I just can’t accept it.
Like Chorin, Hayeon also relies heavily on Gaon. She has no guarantees that she can get along without him.
As Chorin lowered her head sullenly, Hayeon quickly chewed and swallowed the food in her mouth.
“Master, am I still too weak? Chorin will be a nuisance to her sister!”
A very good self-objective evaluation.
Hayeon is just at the level of handling mana a little. Of course, it was bound to fall short of Chorin, who was skilled at using magic.
That’s why she expressed her will, even taking the humiliation of spitting out the fact that she was weak.
But if she was going to be swayed by that, she wouldn’t have even mentioned her in the first place.
“So we’re going to go together. If Icho Rin is there, she will be fine.”
“Ha, but… !”
Ha-yeon has her will. She is motivated, has great grit, and is even more talented. Perhaps the experience she gets while going through actual combat will be accompanied by tremendous growth.
With Chorin’s support, she can achieve unconventional growth without much threat.
‘Actually, I don’t intend to leave it alone.’
Would he send Cho-rin and Ha-yeon to the Devil’s Land for being crazy and be comfortable alone? I didn’t tell the two of them, but I’m going to intervene if I feel like I’m in danger while following secretly.
Of course, as much as you have to follow them, you have to keep a good distance, but there are no enemies strong enough to crush them.
Gaon blocked Hayeon’s mouth as she repeatedly tried to explain her helplessness.
“Joo Ha-yeon. You are my disciple How about having a little confidence? You’re weak compared to us, not that you can’t handle the monsters there. You don’t have to worry too much.”
“…”
Although he can’t completely shake off his worries, he seems to have regained some stability. Ha-yeon thought that she could certainly handle the monsters in her demon realm, but she didn’t say anything more.
When it seemed that the situation had been sorted out, Gaon continued.
“I know what you two are worried about, but the only ones there are fire lizards and scorpions anyway. I can handle that much just by Lee Cho-rin tying me up and Joo Ha-yeon quietly approaching me and suffocating me. Besides, among the magic Lee Cho-rin learned this time, aren’t there some that are easy to scout? You won’t be attacked, so don’t worry.”
The Familiar that Chorin has mastered even has the ability to fly through the sky and assimilate with her environment to hide her appearance. Even vision sharing is possible, so you can respond to a sudden surprise attack even if you leave it high in the sky.
It seems that he did not take into account his own growth after repeating the training every day for a month.
‘I need to lower my dependence.’
It was Gaon’s intention to rely on him to some extent, but he didn’t want to be so stupid that he couldn’t do anything without him.
He doesn’t want to play the role of a babysitter, but because he wants to have an ally to stop the destruction.
Chorin, who was contemplating hard to see if she felt Gaon’s will, raised her head.
“I will do as you say, Gaon. I think he’s too intimidated. Thinking back to the past, I think I could defeat 10 monsters in the desert by myself.”
“Good idea. Lee Cho-rin can do it.”
“Yes, Mr. Gaon says so, so I believe him.”
Receiving Chorin’s trust-filled gaze, Gaon’s eyes turned to Hayeon as she nodded her head in satisfaction.
She looked at the two of them alternately, then her determined eyes lifted her hand and patted her chest. It was a bonus that her heart jumped in shock.
“I will protect Chorin! She’ll take care of everything if you just keep it. Yes?”
“Are you handing it over to me?”
“It’s not about passing it off, it’s about role sharing. Isn’t it? Master.”
When Chorin turned on her twin wicks, Hayeon hurriedly looked away with a hot expression on her face and met her eyes with Gaon.
Gaon, who could not resist the earnest request for rescue, brought up another story to change the topic.
“It looks like you both got it, so let’s talk about something else.”
“Chit! What are you talking about?”
“This is an item to pack before entering the Demonic Realm. I bought the space expansion bag last time, so this time I have to buy things to fill it.”
Hayeon asked at Chorin’s words.
“What is it?”
“Hmm… For example, there is a case of magic lantern. It is a magic tool that emits light using magic stones. With that, you don’t have to bother to light a fire.”
The downside is that it is very expensive, but this time, there is no problem because I took the money from the request.
“And! Really? I will be very comfortable!”
“Yes, if you bring a tent or something, you won’t have to wander around the cave. Anyway, that’s how it is, so I’ll set aside time for tomorrow.”
“Yes, Master!”
“All right. Gaon.”
Hayeon nodded as if she understood Gaon’s explanation. After the story was over, the three resumed their meal.
