Absolute Regression

Episode 139 Punishment on the cowardly drinker!

Chwima was sleeping, speechless. I drank so much that I didn’t even know I was there.

“Nim-nim Chu-ma!”

No matter how many times I called him, he didn’t wake up. At times like this, he looks like a drunkard.

I picked up the fishing horse and threw it into the lake.

with a plop!

The drowned horse did not come out even after waiting for a long time.

“I really can’t live, I can’t live!”

I also jumped into the lake.

The horse sank like a corpse at the bottom of the lake. I brought him back up to the water.

“Come to your senses!”

It was only then that Chuma opened his eyes and recognized me.

“Gongja?”

I climbed onto the boat first. The horse did not come up, but was floating on the water and looking at the sky.

“Aren’t you coming up?”

“It will be here.”

“Are you a rebellious youth? I really can’t watch it. “At least you have a good-looking face, so I’ll give it a look.”

“Stop looking at my handsome face and give me a drink there.”

“Now, can you show me how to drink while lying in the water? “What number of martial arts skills is this?”

When I didn’t give him alcohol, Chuma held out his hand. The alcohol on the ferry flew into the air. He drank while lying down.

“The rumors are true, right?”

Chuma made no reply.

“What on earth happened?”

As if he didn’t want to answer, Chwima swam away from the boat while lying down.

I rowed and caught up with him.

“I told you to reconcile, but you ended up having a duel? This means you want to fight with me, right? “Come out and join me.”

“It’s not because of me. It’s because of that old man. He threw away the alcohol I gave him as a gift. “It’s in the front yard as well.”

Chuma, who is sensitive to smells, noticed that the alcohol had been thrown away. It was wrong from the start.

“So, do you know what that old man says to me?”

Chuma stood up. I laid down the bottle of alcohol that I had finished drinking and sat on it. Neither the alcoholism nor the intoxication subsided.

“He asked me if I liked getting drunk and escaping reality. Of all the Mazons, I am the most pathetic. So I did that. Aren’t there some seniors who are escaping reality even though they are not drunk? “I asked who was more pathetic.”

“You two are the same, not even the kids. “You are so mature.”

“They did it first!”

“So?”

“I was going to end it by then. But they just made comparisons.”

“You did it with Extreme Soma.”

Chwima nodded and imitated the voice of Hyeolcheondoma.

“You are worse than a masker. “A masker only hides his face, not his heart.”

He was good at imitating things, so if you closed your eyes and listened, it really sounded like Hyeolcheondoma was speaking right in front of you.

“Where are you comparing things? That too, like Extreme Soma! “I almost opened the lid of my drink.”

“So?”

“What’s wrong? I got angry and took it. “I’m better than a timid person who suffers his whole life because of one woman.”

I shook my head with an expression that said I couldn’t stop him.

“You didn’t touch Yeokrin, you just ripped it off.”

“The old man is a dragon scale and I am some kind of fish scale? “That one touched it first!”

With a plop, the horse went into the water. He must have gone all the way down to the bottom and came back up after a while.

I asked him as he just stuck his head out of the water.

“Just go ahead and apologize for your mistake. If someone curses at you, just endure it and listen. “They even apologize, but they won’t ask for a fight.”

“no. “Even if you apologize, you have to do it there.”

“Then we have to fight.”

“I don’t like that either!”

“Then what should we do?”

“I don’t know either.”

The horse swam away again. Instead of chasing him, I rowed in the opposite direction. Then the horse swam and chased me.

“It’s because of you that I don’t want to fight Thomas.”

“It’s because of me?”

Then unexpected words came out of his mouth.

“Because if you fight with me, the Thomas you love so much will die.”

With his serious expression on his face, I rowed faster.

“I don’t trust what drunk people say.”

Chuma’s voice was heard from behind.

“I’m going to die!”

“Okay, so sober up and wait. I’m going to go see old man Thomas. “If you’re drunk even then, I’ll kill you!”

After leaving Daechwirim, I went straight to Hyeolcheon Doma.

Hyeolcheon Doma was still training today. He was using a rougher and more aggressive herbivore than usual. Just looking at the atmosphere, it was the night before a decisive battle.

“Why are you training so hard to catch a drunkard?”

Hyeolcheondoma took his sword and sat down on a rock in the yard. He was wet with sweat all over his body.

“What happens if we break the unwritten rule of not fighting among mazons?”

“Nothing happened.”

“Are you saying there are no sanctions?”

“I see.”

“But why isn’t the unwritten rule broken?”

“Because I know that someone will definitely die. There is a high chance of dying in a fight, and even if the opponent doesn’t kill you, the loser’s life as a mazon will end. Who would follow as leader a person who has lost to another mazon?”

“Are you saying you want to duel knowing that?”

“why? “Are you worried that I might be kicked out of my position as Majon?”

“You’ve lived your whole life as a Majon, but it won’t be easy to live as an ordinary Majon.”

Then, Hyeolcheondoma said something unexpected.

“Do you think I’m foolish enough to risk my position as a Majon because of that sneaky guy?”

“Then why are you fighting?”

“It’s for you.”

Coincidentally, both of them were saying that it was for my sake. One side says they won’t fight for me, the other side says they fight for me.

“He’s suddenly acting kind to me. Of course, it’s because of you. You told me to reconcile, right? “I found out and deliberately provoked him.”

“I heard that Chwima mentioned Geomzon senior?”

“That’s a big deal. Everyone thinks Geomzon is my greatest weakness, but that’s actually not the case. On the contrary, at this age, you can take advantage of your weaknesses.”

“You’re saying that you didn’t ask to join because you were angry, but you asked to join on purpose.”

“okay. I thought you could take advantage of this confrontation. If a problem like this arises, of course you will intervene. “Wouldn’t it be easy for you to take advantage of him?”

“Have you thought that far?”

“Did I judge wrong?”

“no. “Well done.”

“For this matter, I will follow your wishes. If you want to fight, fight. Don’t tell me not to fight. “This fight is your fight, not mine.”

Hyeolcheondoma was seeing through the essence of this incident. I am the one who tried to reconcile in the first place, and I am the one who is trying to mediate now. In the end, Doma knew from the beginning that this problem was between me and Chwima. Perhaps he even expected me to come visit him like this.

“Don’t expect me to make up with him. Instead, I understand that you need him. If it were anyone else, I would have stopped him until the end, but if it were you, you could have even taken that insidious bastard with him. I decided to trust you, not to get drunk. So, use this opportunity to catch him.”

A thought suddenly occurred to me. I can’t afford to lose any fights from now on. How can I be diagnosed when someone like this is there for me?

There were so many things I wanted to say to him that I just swallowed them all.

“thank you.”

After bowing politely, I turned around and came out, but Hyeolcheondoma spoke softly from behind.

“I have to pay for the medicine I gave you.”

You are paying for an elixir, not a tonic.

* * *

“I guess you didn’t want to die.”

Meanwhile, Chu Ma had sobered up, changed into new clothes, and was waiting at Chwimongru.

“What did the old man say? “I’m sure you’ll take that old man’s side.”

“It doesn’t matter what Old Man Thomas said.”

“what? why? Did you curse at me again? It did?”

“This is between me and Chuma. “This happened because I asked you to reconcile with Elder Thomas, right?”

“I tried.”

“I really felt this as an opportunity. It is impossible for you two to reconcile. In any case, this issue is between me and Mr. Chwima. “The two of us have to solve it.”

“How can we resolve this with you?”

I put down the bottle of alcohol I brought in front of me.

Chuma asked in surprise.

“Let’s relax with alcohol?”

“Let’s drink until we die. “What kind of snacks are you not giving me?”

Chuma, who was looking at me blankly, burst out laughing. It was the most heartwarming laugh since I met him.

“Okay, this is it. “This is why I like Lee Gongja!”

Chwima called Yeobin.

“Bring me a drink. “Bring all the alcohol I’ve saved!”

I started drinking and drinking.

The other day, for the first time, I fought with my father without any restrictions.

This drinking party was the same. Until now, I had been drinking carefully to avoid making mistakes. But today I just drank it. I went back to the time when I was addicted to alcohol as a ronin.

“You drink this well. “How have you been able to endure it for so long?”

“There can’t be two drunkards at our school, right?”

Chwima laughed at my words. When I decided to drink, I felt so good that I was almost dying.

Drinking alcohol in this pavilion had a different flavor than on a ferry boat.

Chwima told all kinds of stories, from stories about meeting women in his youth to gossiping about other Magons.

I also spoke without hiding my true feelings, from stories about how my older brother bullied me when I was young to stories about my father.

So we got more and more drunk.

Although I drank with pleasure, my drinking capacity could not keep up with the taste. He even drank twice as much alcohol as me.

“Ah, now I understand. “Why is Mr. Chuma jumping over there?”

I also jumped into the lake. After swimming one lap, I felt like I could survive at least a little.

“That lake is my comfort zone.”

“I will drink slowly from now on.”

“Stop drinking. “You still drank a lot.”

“You know what? “The coolest thing about Chuma is that he doesn’t force you to drink.”

“What if it’s just the coolest thing?”

“You mean winter? How cool is that? It’s not like anyone else, it’s a hobby, and that’s why it’s so cool. “Oh, I’m drunk.”

I lay down flat.

Chuma didn’t scold me for my rudeness. He continued drinking and I lay down and listened to his story. It was a position that some people might not be able to endure. Because Chuma boasted a lot about himself. But I didn’t find the boasting that annoying. Honestly, it was fun.

After drinking like that, I made an offer to him.

“Shall we arm wrestle?”

“Arm wrestling? “Are you using your skills?”

“Of course I don’t use it. “How about a man-on-man match?”

“Good. Instead, let’s just bet because it’s no fun. “Grant the winner’s wish.”

“Do you only wish for arm wrestling?”

“This is the real game. Our sect leader, the Murim lord, and the three lords of the Sado gather together to compete. A bout of arm wrestling with the fate of Moorim at stake! “Wouldn’t the martial arts people find this more interesting?”

“great. “Then go into the water once and come back. Don’t make an excuse later that you lost because you were drunk.”

“are you okay. “It’s about you!”

After clearing the table, we arm wrestled. How can he overcome my youthful strength? As I was passing my arms like that, I felt Chuma secretly using his power.

“I knew it would be like this! “You drunkard!”

I also started using my skills.

Then Chuma began to use his skills in earnest. Could it be that all the alcohol he’s drank so far has become a poison? His strength was strong beyond his imagination. It was an internal skill that showed that the claim that he could kill the Hyeolcheon Doma was not just a bluff.

But I couldn’t beat my internal strength. Today I did not hide my drinking capacity or my strength.

Boom!

The drinking table was broken and the match was decided.

“Punishment on the cowardly drinker! “I won!”

I jumped up from my seat and jumped up and down like a child.

“This is invalid. When we first started, you gave us the strength first! I drank more, right? “I’ll go in and out of my water, so let’s have a formal game!”

There was no way his force of using internal energy first would work.

I leaned against the railing, listening to his words. The sunset that had just begun to set was staining the world red. After staring at the scene for a moment, I told Chwima my true feelings. I couldn’t say this while looking at him, so I said it while looking at the red-stained lake.

“Everyone says Chuma is shady and suspicious, but I enjoyed drinking with him.”

“!”

“Why are there people like that? Everyone says I’m not that good, but I’m a good person. Chwima is that kind of person to me. I liked showing off, I liked bragging, and I liked the empty look in my eyes every now and then. So I was nervous. What was the intention behind approaching me? To be honest, I thought it didn’t matter even if the intention was impure. Who doesn’t have secrets and who doesn’t have selfish plans? I thought everything was fine. I just wanted this. Please make it something I can understand. Please don’t say we can’t be drinking friends.”

Chuma’s eyes shook when he sensed that I was telling the truth.

“Our engineer’s injection is serious. “Because you’re drunk, you say whatever’s on your mind.”

I finally looked at him and said.

“older brother.”

Chuma’s eyes widened at my words. He looked really surprised.

“Starting today, let’s treat each other well. “This is my wish.”

“You won, why?”

“Because that’s what I wanted too.”

There is a sense of surprise and passion that comes from unexpected emotions. It was all contained in Chwima’s expression.

“You… you must be really crazy.”

“I hear that from you, Chwima, and even from your brother. “Seeing everything I hear from the Magons, I guess he must be really crazy.”

“I’m more scared because the madness is subtle.”

Chwima adjusted his posture, sat down, brought a glass and poured me a drink.

“Brother, please get a drink.”

“Yes, brother.”

I drank the drink he gave me. This time I poured him a drink. He also drank alcohol.

“Don’t be too impressed. It’s true that I’m attracted to you, but I’m also doing this because I really need you to become my successor. So, only half of the heart is pure. “Let’s fill the other half with alcohol. Then we’ll call it a day.”

The moment I was about to get up first out of awkwardness, Chuma suddenly spoke.

“It’s because of me.”

Unexpected words flowed from his mouth.

“It’s because of me that the relationship between Doma and Geomzon worsened.”

Chuma looked at me in surprise and confessed an even more surprising truth.

“I caused a wedge between the two of you.”