Absolute Regression

Episode 58: Don’t kill me for now.

As soon as Hyeolcheon Doma sat down, he started looking for alcohol.

I brought home the alcohol I had bought and poured myself a glass.

“Has something bad happened to you?”

Only after drinking several glasses of alcohol in succession did Hyeolcheondoma reveal the reason for his anger.

“Those idiots openly bullied me.”

“ha ha ha.”

“I didn’t mean that for a laugh.”

“sorry. “I never thought there would be a Mazon who was ostracized.”

Hyeolcheon Doma’s eyes widened even more as if it was no joke.

“sorry. “How on earth did you get away with it?”

“No one talked to me.”

“Isn’t it always like that?”

“Well, I didn’t talk much, but not like today. “If you had confronted me openly, I wouldn’t have been so angry.”

“What are you talking about?”

“You mean you!”

“yes? Me?”

“They suspect that you collaborated with me to kill the Subsoul Mazon. “That’s why you’re bullying me.”

“Did we do that?”

“We didn’t do that.”

Hyeolcheondoma glared at me with cold eyes.

“I guess you did. “You killed him, right?”

“Why is everyone suspicious of me?”

“Because you are the one with the most blood on your hands these days. Isn’t there a law that prevents the blood of the soul of the soul from getting on those hands? “Is that you?”

Instead of answering, I stared at the blood chopping block. He must have read the look in my eyes. That I killed the Soul Mazon.

“Why are you telling me the truth?”

“I didn’t say anything.”

“Yeah, I didn’t say it. “I did it with my eyes.”

If I had just tried to pull it away, I would have pulled it away. There were two reasons for not doing so.

First, the intention was to create tension in me. Being close is being close and it will lead to a relationship between me and him as masters. The intention is for you to believe in me and follow me without having any other thoughts. Moderate tension in human relationships will reduce mistakes.

The second reason was because I trusted him. Because I wanted to tell the truth and believed that no problems would arise if I told it.

“You really believe in me.”

“If you didn’t believe it, you wouldn’t have made the elderly person sit on the chair.”

“Before I was a Left Master, I was a member of the Palmazon.”

“You may be Palmazon, but you are my sitter.”

“If you trust people so easily, you will get stabbed in the back one day.”

“It wasn’t easy for me to believe it. “Think about what happened to you and me.”

Hyeolcheondoma suddenly asked.

“Aren’t you scared?”

“What?”

“Becoming Palmazon’s enemy.”

“Samazon, to be exact.”

“Samazon?”

Hyeolcheondoma, who looked at me blankly for a moment, hit the table with his glass and stood up suddenly.

“what? When did you kill three more? “Did you kill so-and-so?”

I quickly spoke to him who was yelling.

“Fix it, that’s not what I meant.”

It was a really short moment, but it was surprising that Hyeolcheondoma thought that. How great does this person think of me?

“Then what do you mean by Samazon?”

“Listen to my calculations. Now that the Subsoul Mazon is dead, it is now the Seven Mazon, right? If the elders are left out, only half of the Six Demon Zones and Geomzones have been handed over to me, so it’s half of the O Amazon Zones. First of all, let’s say that the Omazon class is my enemy. In this situation, you and Geomzon senior are not going to be playing around, right? If the two of you combine to take charge of half the Ilmazon and deal with it, you will be left with exactly the Samazon. So my opponent was Samazon. In fact, it may be less. Even if there are two more people out of the Seven Mazon who will join hands with me, I only have to deal with the Imazon. “It’s easy, right?”

Hyeolcheondoma looked at me with the most absurd expression since I met him.

“Okay, I already know that you’re this crazy, so I’ll skip it. “There is one thing you haven’t thought of.”

“What is it?”

“I and Geomzon will never fight with the Mazons.”

I know. Because it is an iron rule of Mazon that has been passed down for a very long time.

“I know. “I will do the fighting, so you don’t have to betray me.”

“Betrayal is not something people do. Circumstances do it. So you shouldn’t trust me.”

“I will not create a situation where you will be betrayed. So please help me, old man.”

I faced Hyeolcheon Doma with faith. I thought that was the best way to make him mine.

After drinking, he poured it out.

“If you make a mistake, you will die, you bastard!”

At that moment, my heart was turbulent. I sensed genuine concern from the words he blurted out.

“Yes, I will be careful.”

We drank in silence. When the glass was empty, I poured it and drank again. When the bottle was empty, he told me one thing.

I did that before. Hyeolcheon Doma is more emotional than me. Although he denied it at the time, he is clearly an emotional person. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have told you this now.

“The Mazons called in a person to reveal this incident.”

“Who are you?”

Something unexpected came out of his mouth.

“Pungcheon religious leader.”

I was surprised. Are you the leader of Pungcheon and not someone else? This is the Pungcheongyo Bridge where I saved the Eumraejong and the blood stability essence.

“Why is Pungcheon Pyoju?”

“Suphonma’s magic is based on blood religion’s magic. As you well know, Hyeolgyo was the predecessor of Pungcheongyo. So, I believe that the leader of the Pungcheon Cult will be able to accurately determine the cause of death if he looks at the corpse of Seophonma.”

“I heard that the leader of the Pungcheon Church never vacates his throne.”

“He will definitely come.”

“Why are you so sure?”

“I will make you come somehow. Don’t ignore Palmazon’s power. They will somehow get the Pungcheon cult leader to come here. “Whether it’s threatening or giving me treasure, I’ll do it no matter what.”

This would have been impossible in the past during the time of the clan religion. There were several wars with our school and they were powers that could not coexist.

However, after it was changed to Pungcheon Bridge, the relationship changed. As the Palmajons joined hands, it was Pungcheon Bridge that established themselves as an ally rather than an ally.

“What about the sacred items of Pungcheon Bridge?”

“You’ll figure it out. “If I’m really anxious, I’ll pack everything and come.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to send the body there?”

There was also a way to process it so it would not spoil and send it by wagon.

“The reason the leader of the Pungcheon Church is here is not just because of the autopsy.”

“Is there any other reason?”

“There are three more reasons. First, the Mazons show their determination to find the evil beast. This is to show not only the main school but also the Murim Alliance and the Sado Alliance that Palmazon should never be touched. “This is the most important purpose.”

“You’re trying to show that even the Pungcheon Bridge is moving. “If you touch the mazon, he will definitely take revenge.”

“yes.”

“What about the second reason?”

“It’s because of the leader.”

“Father?”

“I want to show it to the leader. “We are trying to show off that the reason Pungcheongyo and Cheonmashinyo are allies is not because of the religious leaders but because of Palmazon.”

Palmazon has constantly kept his father in check. Perhaps the reason my father brought me in also stemmed from that conflict.

“What about the third reason?”

“It’s you.”

“Me?”

“If you killed the Subsoul Mazon, the leader of the Pungcheon Church will definitely find out about it through you. “I will find out who you are and what method was used to kill you.”

That was correct. If you were the leader of the Pungcheon cult, you might be able to find out that I put blood stabilizing water in my eyes.

I must hide the fact that I killed the Soul Mazon. If it is revealed, he will not be able to become the successor due to their desperate opposition, let alone the revenge from Palmazon.

“But are you okay?”

“me? why me?”

“You became an accomplice with me, right? “He drank with me all night, so you might think we moved in together.”

“Maybe I dozed off for a while while drinking.”

I chuckled when he said that he would get out of there if he had to.

“Which of the Palmazons went to get him?”

“How did you know that Palmazon went?”

“Of course, someone important must have gone. “Isn’t it strange that everyone is rushing in?”

“Mabul has gone.”

Mabul, one of the Palmajons, had a close relationship with the leader of Pungcheon. The reason for sending him was the will to bring back the leader of Pungcheon without fail.

I asked Hyeolcheon Doma with a smile.

“Shall we chase after Mabul and kill him? Or should I kill the departing Pungcheon religious leader? Or… kill them both?”

“If that happens, a war will break out with Sae-Oe and the Martial Forest. If we are divided, those idiotic Murim League bastards will suddenly shout for the overthrow of the Demonic Cult. “Sado-maeng’s eyes will turn red as if he doesn’t have anything to eat.”

“Why don’t you drink some fresh blood with me?”

Hyeolcheondoma stood up and said.

“If you want to die, die alone.”

“Wasn’t it a symbiotic relationship between you and me?”

“Ever since we were born, Gongja Lee, our lives have been about living on our own. “I’m leaving.”

Hyeolcheondoma left my room.

I poured down the last of my drink.

‘You mean the head of the Pungcheon Church is coming?’

* * *

The next morning, when I arrived at Cheonmajeon after receiving my father’s call, my father was not sitting in the royal palace but was standing by the window.

“Did you call me, father?”

“come here.”

I slowly walked up the stairs to where my father was standing.

“I already heard that Seo Hwan-jin is noisy.”

“Would it be any different if they were ghosts? “It will be the beginning of a power struggle.”

Seo Hwan-jin, who lost his owner overnight, was confused.

There was no sadness at the center of the chaos. Because he was a soul mazon who was always immersed in his own world, no one mourned his death. The magicians were only paying attention to who the next soul mazon would be.

“Please leave for a moment and come back.”

“Where are you talking about?”

“Isn’t it time to take a look at the Hwangcheongak branch in the central plains?”

I could tell. My father also knows that Palmazon called the leader of Pungcheon. That they are worried about me and are trying to send me out.

“Please reconsider sending me out.”

“The reason is?”

“Palmazon called the Pungcheon cult leader to investigate the death of Subhonmazon.”

As expected, my father was not surprised at all. You already know this. It occurred to me that perhaps one of the Mazon might have my father’s limbs. Or maybe a talented Sejak is delivering accurate information about the movements of Palmazon.

“If I go to school at a time like this, they will be suspicious of me.”

“I already have doubts. That’s why I called the Pungcheon religious leader. The leader of Pungcheon is not an easy person. “I don’t know what method you used to kill Seophon, but I will definitely find out that it was you.”

“It’s not me, father. “Isn’t it possible that the Murim Alliance sent assassins?”

“That means they want to go to war with us, but they are far from war right now.”

The Murim League knew each other intimately. If war breaks out, no matter how secretly it is carried out, the signs will be detected at least three days in advance.

“Are you really confident that you will get through this safely?”

“yes.”

“Where does your confidence come from?”

You asked the same question before. The same answer was given in a different way.

“If your father were me, would you have gone to school?”

“no.”

“I am my father’s son.”

“Yes, you are my son, not me.”

“Instead, I can at least imitate my father. “If the object of imitation is the father, then just imitation is enough.”

My father thought he could no longer break my will.

“Okay then, keep one thing in mind.”

I thought you would tell me to be careful. Of course I thought so.

My father said as he turned and walked away.

“You must not kill the leader of the Pungcheon Church.”

At that moment I knew.

“no way? “Are you worried about the leader of the Pungcheon Church, not me?”

My father added as he strode out.

“Not even other mazon! “Don’t kill anyone for now.”

“I didn’t kill him!”

I pulled it all the way out, but my father had already closed the door and left.

I slowly went down the stairs, walked the bloody path, and left the Cheonmajeon Hall.

Killing the leader of the Pungcheon Church? How well do I know about Pungcheon Bridge and its leader? To me, this person is like a treasure trove and I am grateful to him. However, if he comes here and puts pressure on me… he will be more grateful to me.