Absolute Regression

Episode 159: How frogs survive.

The courtier’s eyes changed when he heard the word servant.

If I didn’t know about him, I could have seen the sword dance. The contempt in his eyes. That unbearable, frivolous anger was conveyed, such as, ‘Why are you drinking with the person who will be my woman?’

‘He’s been like this ever since.’

Or rather, now that he was young, he was unable to hide his true nature. When he was older, Jo Shin was really good at hiding himself.

“You’re a person with a big heart, as rumored, to drink in a humble manner with a servant.”

Jin Ha-ryeong asked back what he said was good to hear.

“Do I have to have a broad mind to sit in the same place as the servant?”

Hasn’t the issue of sitting together with servants been a topic of discussion for her recently? Apart from the joint meeting, the word that occupied the most space in her mind over the past few days was not ‘Soryongjeon’ but ‘Secretary’.

“It means I don’t care at all about eating with servants.”

“Oh, I see. You have a great heart for treating your subordinates equally. “Well, there’s a banquet tomorrow. It’s going to be an obvious one, so let’s hold our young banquet here.”

It was an easy-going offer, complete with compliments, but Jin Ha-ryeong flatly rejected it.

“I’m sorry, but I decline.”

Honestly, Jo Shin is handsome. So I felt like sitting down and having a drink together.

But it was the sword that preceded those feelings.

If you drink together, you will have to send Geom Yeon out. However, if you drink it together, the courtier will get angry.

In both cases, I was reluctant. In particular, I don’t want to say things like, ‘We need to drink, so please leave your seat now.’

“This is my first time. Asking a woman out for a drink and getting rejected.”

“You’re going to see me tomorrow anyway, right?”

I didn’t see Jin Ha-ryeong, but I did see the sword dance. The moment she refused, Jo Shin’s eyes changed. How dare you reject me? Dark and cold emotions beyond that annoyance are blooming.

When Jin Ha-ryeong was about to turn around, Jo Shin sat across from him in front of the sword dance.

“I will have a drink with this attendant.”

Josin spoke to the startled woman.

“I can’t be there, but I want to find out what kind of charm this attendant has so I can be with him.”

The moment Jin Ha-ryeong heard those words, he became irritated. Jo Shin’s actions now mean that he will openly harass Geom-yeon. Are you going to act like this just because you won’t drink alcohol? The crush I felt because he was handsome disappeared in an instant.

‘Don’t you have any intention of impressing me?’

She didn’t understand. If his grandfather had mentioned marriage, this courtier would have known about it.

She sat down again.

I sat down because I was worried about the prosecution, but that stimulated Jo Shin even more.

“What a charming servant. “You made Soje Jin, who was about to leave, sit down again.”

Josin asked Geommugeuk.

“What is your name?”

“It’s a sword.”

“It’s a cool name, first and foremost.”

“thank you.”

“Do you know who I am?”

“You said earlier that you were Jinryongjang’s assistant Sohyeop.”

“I have a good memory. “Where did you get such a wonderful species?”

Her expression frowned slightly when she heard the word servant. Josin was looking into those emotions that could not be hidden, and Geommugeuk was looking into Josin’s emotional changes.

“Isn’t Jin Sozer beautiful?”

“Is beautiful.”

“Enough to think about it at night? how is it? “With her…”

Jin Ha-ryeong cut him off because it was obvious what would come next.

“Be careful what you say! “You keep crossing the line.”

“I thought you had a big heart when I saw you drinking with a servant, but it seems that your magnanimity also discriminates against other people.”

The two people made eye contact.

At that moment, an image appeared in Jin Ha-ryeong’s mind. It was a black poisonous snake raising its head and flicking its tongue. She was embarrassed because it was her first time seeing a person like this.

At that time, Josin smiled with a kind face.

“I guess my joke went too far, right?”

He tried to pass it off as if it was a joke, but Jin Ha-ryeong was in a state of low spirits.

‘Are you trying to show off your pride by treating the lord’s granddaughter carelessly?’

Josin asked Geommugeuk again.

“I have no idea. “What kind of person is our Jin Sozer?”

“I don’t know either.”

“You don’t know?”

“I am a valet, but I am not Jean Soger’s valet.”

“No?”

Josin was surprised.

“Then whose attendant are you?”

“I am the attendant of Master Seo-ryong of the Seo Dao faction who participated in this So-ryong battle.”

“Then why were you drinking with Jean Sozer? “Isn’t that even weirder?”

It was the same for Geommugeuk that sensed something strange.

‘Why are you so excited?’

Even when he was still young, Jo Shin was a cautious person. Today’s behavior was too much to say it was just jealousy.

‘What makes you run wild like this?’

Like a child who received praise from his school teacher, like a merchant who made a lot of money, like a martial artist who achieved great martial arts, he felt like he was engulfed in uncontrollable heat.

widely.

At that time, Jin Ha-ryeong put his drink down loudly. It was a silent warning to stop now.

Then the courtier showed a different attitude than before. He asked her softly, like an old friend.

“Isn’t Jin Sozer strange?”

“What?”

“The Murim Lord’s granddaughter is drinking together with the servant of the martial artist who attended the secret martial arts competition. The granddaughter, who was actually involved in the incident that everyone was surprised by, did not find it strange at all. How do you feel?”

“so? “What do you want to say?”

“If you put a frog in lukewarm water and boil it slowly, it will die without even realizing it is dying, right?”

The corners of Jin Ha-ryeong’s mouth rose. Before she could get angry, Josin continued.

“What if this person approached Soje Jin with some kind of purpose? What would you do if you approached Jin Sojeo in an attempt to poison him with alcohol ahead of the finals? Are you going to go and say you were deceived then?”

Josin brought his face close to Geommugeuk’s face.

“What is your purpose?”

Geomgeuk didn’t say anything. Jin Ha-ryeong stepped forward in the face of Josin’s ferocious spirit, which seemed like he was about to hit the ground running.

“Jo Sohyeop.”

Her cold tone told me how she felt.

“See you tomorrow at the banquet hall. “There is still a long time left for the water to boil.”

The two people’s eyes met. Jin Ha-ryeong glared confidently at the snake that raised its head. Now she wasn’t afraid of the snake.

Josin smiled.

“I guess I made a mistake on the first try. I’m sorry, Jean Soger. “I’ll see you tomorrow at the banquet hall.”

He stood up and smiled at me. I felt it not only in the sword dance but also in Jin Ha-ryeong. The deep murderous intent contained in that smile.

As Josin left the guesthouse, Jin Ha-ryeong drank in silence. It seemed as if he was mulling over what the courtier had said earlier.

Geomgeuk waited in silence for her to open her mouth.

After a while, she sighed and said. Instead of the cold feeling she had shown to Jo Shin earlier, she returned to her usual self.

“It’s difficult, it’s difficult. “What’s so difficult?”

“I originally said living was difficult. Even if you ask a person from 100 years ago, it would be difficult, and even if you ask a person from 500 years ago, they will answer that it is difficult. Maengju will answer that it is difficult, and even Jeomsoi over there will say that it is difficult. “A child born tomorrow will have a hard time growing up.”

“It’s like this. “You’re saying things like this all the time, so how can you not be suspicious?”

“Do you also doubt me?”

She answered honestly.

“To be honest, I was shocked the moment I heard about the frog.”

“If you fall for that, you will be taken from a warm spring to a pot that boils real water.”

Jin Ha-ryeong shook his head.

“You speak so well. “You won.”

“What does it mean?”

“I don’t want to trust that person even if he dies, so I have to trust you.”

“In times like this, you shouldn’t trust either of them. Why choose one over the other?”

Jin Ha-ryeong looked at the sword dance performance. I thought that if this person was truly evil, it would be a big problem. I had a feeling that it would be harder to stop this person than the snake-like, scary courtier. But she decided to trust her instincts.

“It’s not time to worry about me. You’re in big trouble. “They say the frog here is still swimming in warm water, but the frog there was just placed on a rock in the middle of the lava.”

She had a natural sense of recognizing people. She noticed. A courtier is not the kind of person who would spare a servant who sat down and drank with the woman he wanted to marry. Even more so if the woman was an attendant who even took his side.

“Young Master will protect me.”

“No, even if you are a talented person who advanced to the finals, I cannot protect you. That person’s family is not ordinary. “Please return to your hometown this way.”

“I can’t leave you alone, Master. If the author tries to harm me as Soje said, can I avoid it by going back to my hometown? Rather, it will cause damage to the master’s monastic order.”

“That is correct.”

She suddenly got up from her seat.

“Wait. “I will at least get a pole that will come out of the lava.”

She left the guesthouse.

Soon after, Seo Dae-ryong sat in the place she left.

“Is this more fun than bimu?”

“You said you were tired?”

“No matter how tired you are, you must be able to bear it because you are curious. What is that guy from earlier? What do you mean, there is always an obstacle in a fateful love?”

“I guess I’ll be a hindrance to him.”

“It looked fine.”

“Those guys are more dangerous.”

“That’s right. “It’s because he didn’t notice that Lord Gakju’s beard was shaved.”

“Am I more dangerous?”

“Can you even compare? “It’s either something or it’s dangerous.”

Seo Dae-ryong laughed to himself as if he thought it was a funny joke.

“I will watch this fateful love and win.”

“Okay. “I’m going to take care of this while watching the fateful business.”

I was curious what Jin Ha-ryeong would do.

And the solution she came to the next day was something I had never thought of.

“Come to the banquet with me.”

I would like to go with you to the banquet held today. It was a banquet attended by the Murim lord and courtiers.

“I would have called you a coward and told you I couldn’t go.”

“Things are different between then and now. “I will take responsibility for your life.”

“how?”

“I’ll find out when I get there.”

Meeting the Murim Lord?

Will I be able to hide my existence from him? My level has already reached the point of returning to truth, and it may seem as if I have not learned any martial arts at all.

But would that work for the Murim Lord? Can I really hide the presence that I am as a person?

Probably not. Although you may be able to fool me with my eight-star martial arts level, you will not be able to fool me with my servant.

Meeting the Murim Lord means that I must be prepared to reveal my identity.

“What are you thinking about?”

“I’m thinking about how Grandpa Sozer will react after he finds out about me.”

Of course, she had completely different concerns.

“Grandpa won’t harm you because of your status. Even if you get angry, you will get it back at me.”

“Since you are a great person, you must treat your subordinates with respect, right?”

“sure.”

‘Then how will you treat the Heavenly Demon’s flesh and blood?’

It was something I couldn’t bear to ask her.

Of course, there is no way I will die in the Murim Alliance if it is revealed that I am the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Demon. Because if that happens, war could break out. In that sense, Murimmaeng is a safer place than our main school.

Instead, I will be expelled, and as I will be held responsible for causing problems with the Murim Alliance, this succession test will fail.

I thought about it for a while. Jin Ha-ryeong understood me and waited for me.

Eventually, I ended up thinking deeply about various situations.

“Okay, let’s go.”

“Oh, I thought well.”

“Let’s meet at the entrance to the Murim Alliance after halftime. “I’m going to a banquet and I need to prepare some.”

“great.”

After sending her away, he went up to the guest room and informed Seo Dae-ryong that he was going to a banquet held by the Murim Lord.

Seo Daeryong asked worriedly.

“Are you okay?”

“Are you going to be okay?”

“So far, Mr. Gakju has said that he goes to meet all kinds of dangerous people. Starting from the demon lord to the mazons. But now you are going to meet the Murim Lord.”

“how is it? A leader like this?”

“I would have hated it in the past.”

Every time they said they were going to the Magons, Seo Dae-ryong was scared and backed away.

“now?”

“Even if you step back because you’re scared, they won’t help you.”

We laughed together. The fact that we were alone behind enemy lines was bringing me and him closer together.

“Have a nice trip. “I will be training.”

I saw myself reflected in longing. Messy hair and cheap clothes. Instead, I messed up my hair even more and didn’t change my clothes.

Jin Ha-ryeong shouted when he saw me at the entrance to the Murim Alliance.

“You said you were getting ready to go to a banquet? “What on earth have you prepared?”

“Isn’t it better?”

“Not at all!”

“Shall I change and come?”

“No, then it’s late. song!”

When Jin Ha-ryeong and I entered the banquet hall, everyone’s eyes were focused on us.

Among the military leaders, the father’s presence appears alone in the black and white picture as red as blood.

The presence of the Murim lord was also the same. There were many people in the banquet hall, but I recognized who the Murim lord was at a glance.

Everyone looked black and white, but it felt like the Murim Lord alone was blue.

It is truly amazing the presence of the strongest martial artists.

Murim Lord Jin Paecheon, who was talking with the guests in the distance, slowly turned his head towards us.