Absolute Regression

Episode 172: I don’t have time, so I’ll get on your back.

“Where on earth are you coming from?”

Josin greeted the sword dance with an angry face. It was only after waiting for a long time at the guesthouse that I encountered the sword dance performance.

“I’m on my way back to get some fresh air.”

The courtiers would not be able to imagine it. That sword dance is the way to meet one’s father, meet the Murim lord, and return.

And that he was the prey of the sword dance. He came to his feet and stuck his head into the tiger’s jaw.

“You seem to be free from the beginning.”

He took out a dagger from his chest. It was a dagger with words written on it congratulating Jin Ha-ryeong on his win, which he failed to give to Jin Ha-ryeong.

“Shall I stab your master to death with this? “I think this would be a perfect ending to this.”

“The best outcome of this matter would be for Confucius to marry Xiaoje Chen and for me to gain 100,000 nyang.”

“Then you have to get your money’s worth.”

“You have to have the money you received to make it worth the money.”

“How much do you think it would be in terms of money not to stab your neck with this dagger?”

Josin was worried that the marriage would not take place like this and was anxious. Moreover, she even shouted at Cheol-gon, who personally came and pressured her into marriage, so she had to proceed somehow. This was the reason why he, who had never waited for anyone in his life, waited for Sijin, who performed a sword dance in his guesthouse.

Geommugeuk said, looking down at the dagger placed on the table.

“It’s time for a shot.”

“One room? What kind of room?”

“As the granddaughter of the Murim Lord, how many noble families have you seen? “Everyone will brag about their family, money, and military achievements, but when she sees it, how pathetic and boring must she be?”

Not long ago, the courtier also boasted about his money and family, so I had nothing to say.

“We need to show something different from the self-restraint of a prestigious family.”

“So what is that?”

“Whether you’re a pretty woman, an ugly woman, a good woman, a bad woman, a young woman, or an old woman, there is one room that everyone can fall into. “This is it.”

Geommugeuk raised his dagger and tried to stab the courtier. Then Josin quickly grabbed Geommugeuk’s wrist.

“You’re going to kill me? do you want to die?”

“This is it.”

“what?”

“It’s about saving her from danger. The man who saved his life. “What more do you need?”

“!”

Josin’s eyes widened. I thought this was it. Why didn’t I think of this? It was to the point where I felt belatedly blaming myself.

“It is an old-fashioned method that has been around for hundreds of years, but it is also the best method that always works. Is there anything in the world as powerful as the debt of one’s life? Instead, you will need to plan well. “Jin Sozer is a quick-witted person.”

I already felt the sword dance. The court is already halfway through.

“Oh and something really important! You should leave it to someone you trust. “If you make a mistake and the loser gets hurt or dies, the tribute’s life will also be lost.”

The sword dance was expected. If Josin is related to Cheonmyeonghoe, he will ask for help from there. You can’t entrust such an important task to just anyone.

“You should never use someone from the Confucius family. If it is revealed later, it will be a huge problem. Are there any people who are completely unrelated to you? You must be an expert enough to overpower Jin Sozer. And he must be a trustworthy person.”

The moment Jo Shin heard those words, one person came to mind.

Cheolgon.

That scary person was definitely suited for this job. Of course, I didn’t know if he would accept it, but there was hope. His mission was to get himself and Jin Ha-ryeong married as soon as possible. Because he was anxious enough to come and put pressure on me.

Geommugeuk noticed that Josin was thinking of someone.

‘also! There’s someone around.’

Geommugeuk said, pretending not to know anything.

“Don’t involve me in that dangerous task! “I did everything I had to do.”

Of course, the intention was to please include me. What people want to do when they are told not to do it is human psychology, and now Jo Shin had a reason to include sword dance.

“You must help me until the end.”

“I just hate risky jobs.”

The courtier imagined. When servant Lee and Jin Ha-ryeong are in danger, he appears and saves them. It shows the contrast with this incompetent guy. Yes, there is nothing to think about complicatedly. This is the end.

“And you have to bring Jin Sozer out. “If I take him with me and a villain appears, anyone will see that I manipulated it, right?”

“great. Let me help you. Because I need to get paid too. If you’re going to do it, you need to hurry. “If this happens after Jin Xiaoje officially joins the organization, the Murim Alliance will begin an official investigation.”

Even if it wasn’t for this reason, the courtier’s mind was busy.

“Please wait and do not leave the room until I contact you.”

“All right.”

The courtier left in a hurry. Sword Dancer quietly followed behind him.

* * *

Josin and Cheolgon met in a shabby warehouse near the Murimmaeng.

“I would have told you not to contact me unless it was something important related to life or death.”

“It’s that important. “I need you to help me just this once.”

“What’s going on?”

“If you help me, I can marry Jin Ha-ryeong.”

At that time, Cheolgon looked like he was saying something out of the blue.

“Please try to kidnap her. “Then I will appear and save you.”

Cheolgon was so dumbfounded that he almost cursed for a moment.

“Look here, Prince Jo. “Are you drunk?”

“I’ll be honest. “I shouted at you, but now Jin Xiaoje has no intention of marrying me.”

Jo Shin revealed everything honestly. They decided that begging would be more effective for this cold and scary man than any other tactic.

“If you put pressure on me to marry this woman in this situation, what talent would I have to marry her? If it were another woman, she would have made it happen by threatening her, but the other woman is the granddaughter of the Murim Lord. “If I’m so frustrated, would I even use this method?”

“Do you think this shallow trick will work?”

“That’s why I need you. A person who has the skills to fool Jin Ha-ryeong. “Someone who can definitely subdue her without getting hurt.”

“Then what it means is that after I subdue Jin Ha-ryeong, you will appear and save him. “Would you believe it if you kicked me out based on your skills?”

Cheol-gon considered Jo Shin to be one step below Jin Ha-ryeong.

“Why do you think I am weaker than Jin Ha-ryeong?”

The courtier revealed his prayers. It was a sharp momentum that was unusual for the late Jisoo, and it was not at all inferior to Jin Ha-ryeong. The courtier also had a secret secret.

“Isn’t your mission to marry Jin Ha-ryeong? If you miss this opportunity, you will never be able to carry out your assigned mission. Honestly, I don’t care. “I’m only doing this because you’re forcing me to marry her, so what should I be worried about?”

Cheolgon was worried. Although it was a ridiculous suggestion, if the two people get married through this method, he will be completing his mission.

“You said you wanted me to grow into a big tree? “Then wouldn’t it be necessary to give fertilizer to the seedlings sometimes in order for them to grow well?”

Cheolgon thought for a moment and nodded.

“Okay. Let’s do it.”

When Cheol-gon accepted, Jo Shin’s face brightened.

“Oh, and in the process of subduing her, make that bastard an asshole. “I cut off an arm and a leg.”

Cheolgon said with a blatant look on his face that said he was really bothering me.

“If you hate it that much, it would be better not to kill it.”

“I want to see how she gets out of this miserable situation.”

The courtier laughed coldly, recalling the situation in which the bastard was crippled from start to finish. Jin Ha-ryeong says she feels sorry for him and wants to take him with him for the rest of his life? I was sure that could never happen.

“If you show such sacrificial behavior, I will acknowledge it.”

He just wants to see that Jin Ha-ryeong is a snobbish and insignificant woman.

To the courtier, Jin Ha-ryeong was still a defiled woman who was interested in her servant. Even if we get married, I will never love her again.

Cheolgon felt sorry for such a courtier. I don’t know if it was because I was stupid or because I was still young, but I thought I would never do it.

“Please let me know when the time and place are decided.”

Cheol-gon left first and Jo Shin followed.

Two other people appeared where they disappeared. They were Geommugeuk and the Murim lord Jin Pae-cheon. Jin Pae-cheon said he would stay in the closed room for a few days and was secretly moving around with Geommugeuk.

Jin Feicheon was shocked to see Jo Xin’s true appearance. I really had to suppress the urge to run out and smash it to pieces.

“Why don’t they catch that Cheon Myeong-hoe here?”

“Our target is not authors. Although the author sticks to it, it is ultimately just a consumable product. “No matter how much we interrogate him, we won’t be able to lead him to the Heavenly Order.”

Judging from what he had seen so far, Lord Cheonmyeonghoe was not someone who could be captured by one of his subordinates.

“Then what are you going to do?”

“Our target is that courtier.”

“What are you going to do with the courtier?”

“I will take him to the gates of hell. Let’s see what Joyback will do when we push Josin to the edge of the cliff. “The person who will guide us to the Lord Cheonmyeonghoe is Joy Baek.”

Jin Pae-cheon was secretly impressed by the intelligence and unstoppable drive of the sword dance. Really, if it weren’t for the Demonic Cult expert, I would have done whatever it took to make him my son-in-law.

‘What a waste.’

However, let alone a son-in-law, Geommugeuk was a potential enemy of the political faction Wurim. That also looks too dangerous.

Hiding his true feelings, Jin Peicheon spoke bluntly.

“Now there are four days left.”

* * *

The next day, Jin Ha-ryeong put on his favorite military uniform and left his residence.

Geommugeuk asked me to go to Dongho to play.

She was in a good mood the whole ride. At times like this, she was able to see how hypocritical she was.

As much as I felt good, I also felt sad.

‘If it wasn’t for the servant.’

Behind this feeling was the thought that she could not or would not marry an attendant.

And she knows. That he would never cross that line of status.

‘I’m going to regret it later. You pathetic bitch, you snob! Just live alone. Do you live alone.’

While thinking about this and that, the two arrived at Dongho.

Geommugeuk, who had been looking at the lake in silence for a while, spoke first.

“Who said that? “We must part ways better than meet each other.”

“Why are you suddenly saying that?”

“I’ll be leaving in a few days.”

“what?”

“Thank you for that time.”

She was surprised by Geommugeuk’s words.

“Where are you going?”

“To my hometown.”

She felt sorry. I liked to be alone, so I only had a few friends, but none of them were that close to me. The words “don’t go” rose up in my throat.

But it’s not like I can take responsibility for his life. If I join the Murim Alliance, I won’t be able to see you often because I’ll be busy.

“You will become the Murim lord later.”

“what?”

That was when she opened her eyes in surprise.

Someone ambushed her from behind. She was so preoccupied with the sword dance that she did not notice the opponent approaching.

The moment I turned around in surprise.

Crack!

Cheolgon, wearing a mask, instantly overpowered her demonic blood. Because there was a difference in skill and it was a surprise attack, she was caught without a chance.

Of course, Geommugeuk sensed him approaching from afar. I was prepared for even the most unexpected situations. Because other variables could have occurred.

Cheol-gon, who had subdued her, turned his attention to the sword dance.

At that time, Jin Ha-ryeong shouted.

“Not that person! “Don’t kill me!”

Jin Ha-ryeong thought that the masked man would kill Geommugeuk. Obviously, if that was his goal, there was no way he would have saved the attendant who was with him.

“no! please! “Send me away!”

Despite her pitiful cries, Cheol-gon walked up to her and tried to cut off Geommu-geuk’s arm with one sword.

Right at that moment!

Cheolgon’s sword stopped in midair. A huge presence felt from behind. Before he knew it, all the hair on his body stood on end, and his survival instinct was screaming at him to run away. If it were any other time, I would have run away without looking back.

But my body didn’t move. He was drowning in the sea and struggling. It was in the middle of a vast ocean with no ships or islands around to save it.

Cheolgon desperately increased his strength and turned around.

A huge tsunami of unknown height was surging in front of me. The Murim lord Jin Paecheon was standing right behind him.

“…shit!”

I desperately tried to turn and run away again, but I was quickly overpowered by the demonic blood before I could take a single step. No matter how much of an expert Cheolgon was, in front of Jin Pae-cheon, he was just a second-class critic.

Cheol-gon could not understand this situation.

‘Why did the Murim Lord appear here?’

Originally, after cutting off this bastard’s hands and feet, a courtier was supposed to appear and save her. But why?

If things are going wrong, the courtier should show up now. And he has to cover up the situation by smiling and saying that he played this prank to impress Jin Ha-ryeong. You have to say, “This person is my subordinate.”

But the courtier did not even appear.

At that moment, a thought came to mind that sent shivers down my spine.

‘trap?’

Could it be that he sold himself to the Murim Alliance? Otherwise, there’s no way he wouldn’t show up, right?

Meanwhile, Geommugeuk noticed Josin hiding in the forest far away.

‘Don’t come out!’

The division between Cheolgon and Josin was what Geommugeuk hoped for.

Josin was hiding in the forest and watching the situation. He was greatly embarrassed by the appearance of the leader.

‘ruined.’

What are you going to say to the leader when you go out? You were trying to save me by faking a kidnapping? At that moment, the marriage will be lost forever. Besides, who will explain who Cheol-gon is?

But it couldn’t stay like this. Because I couldn’t let Cheolgon get captured like that.

I tried to leave, but I couldn’t move. He thought it was because he was afraid of the leader, but in fact, the energy released by the sword dance was secretly pushing him. Confused and scared, he didn’t notice it at all.

‘shit!’

In the end, Josin decided to withdraw from this place and take care of the situation. When I stepped back and turned around, my body moved as it pleased. He left there without looking back.

Jin Peicheon released his granddaughter’s demonic blood.

“grandfather! “How did grandpa come here?”

“I’ll explain everything later.”

Now it was important to proceed as planned.

Jin Feicheon and Geommugeuk looked at each other and nodded once.

Jin Feicheon soared into the air with the iron gun that had been suppressed by demon blood held at his side and disappeared from there in an instant. It was truly an incredible light technique that left one in awe.

Jin Ha-ryeong asked Geommugeuk.

“What is all this about?”

She felt that something was happening that she did not know about.

“Let’s go back too. There is no time for this here. “Are you able to tolerate dizziness well when you wake up?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Are you holding it in well?”

“I have never felt dizzy during a light flight.”

“If you feel dizzy, close your eyes. “You can’t throw up on your back.”

Geommugeuk turned his back and lowered himself.

“Get on your back. “I don’t have time. Come on.”

Since the situation was unusual, she was placed on Geommugeuk’s back. You’re running with me on your back? why? I wasn’t even hurt? She was like, let’s see what happens.

“I was worried that you might get dizzy while carrying me while running!”