The atmosphere was, mildly put, tense. Very, very, very tense if put a little less mildly.
Three things were the reason for this tense situation. One, the just faction barged in which was a direct insult to the Demonic faction. However, while the Demonic faction decided to look past it, they weren't over it so the tenseness from that side led to the inappropriate address of titles which was the complete number one reason for all of this.
The second reason was the presence of the present individuals. Now, the word 'Demonic' was a clear reference to sothing evil, and in the Murim alliance, only one organization was allergic to that word, the Shaolin temple.
The organization that served the one true god, the Buddha. No judgnt but whatever. I was too open-minded to criticize religions. So, in short, the servers of good hated the servers of evil.
And it wasn't just one-sided hate as well. Just as the Shaolin Temple hated the Demonic faction among the Murim alliance, the Demonic faction hated the Shaolin Temple as well and didn't really care for the others.
So yeah, it was mutual hate and there was no overcoming it. Even if an apocalyptic crisis befell Murim, while the Murim alliance would agree to work with the Demonic faction, the Shaolin temple would never even if it ant death.
With that being the second reason for the tense environnt in this place, the situation was quite bad by itself.
But then, when no one thought the situation could go any worse, the stupid monk had to do sothing like this…
[Your body is being probed by an external existence]
Not sure that was the right way to word it, but it was accurate as hell. The divine intent of the monk was trying to observe my body. While there wouldn't have been a problem if I let him because I had the elent of life inside , I also had the elent of death inside and if his power, which was linked to him, even slightly touched the power of death, the consequences would be dire.
I couldn't let the war start so soon since not all the players were here yet.
So I had to block it with my soul power which was very easy because soul power was superior to many pri elents. Of course, that was counting after death, life, ti, and laws because they were the sole essence of creation.
His divine power wouldn't work against the soul power and since it didn't, like a cliché situation in any ani where a strong character sees sothing and for no apparent reason says 'Interesting', these guys also saw and Rose like that.
But that wasn't the reason why the atmosphere was tense. No, this wasn't the third reason. The third reason was politics and a justifiable cause.
While Tae Yong wanted to see what I would do, she was also trying to use this opportunity to put the people of the Murim alliance, especially the Shaolin temple, in their place.
After all, they acted quite rudely against an esteed guest of theirs.
[Tell ]
[Was the addition of 'esteed' necessary?]
'We're talking about .'
Of course, it wasn't necessary, it was crucial. CRUCIAL.
Anyway, as the setting went, Tae Yong unleashed her storm of Qi. Good thing that and Rose were protected by soul barriers even if the protection against the physical form of Qi was less, lot, lot, less.
But, Rose had mana to protect her and she wasn't exactly weak either and I was tough enough to stomach it.
[HP -1000]
I stood corrected.
"Quite rude of you to display an intent of attacking my guest. The guest of the Cheonma." Tae Yong calmingly said. Her voice didn't even rise a little, as if she didn't care at all and she didn't. As I said, she was just using this opportunity and she was using it well.
The other side, the Murim alliance was quick to respond and they all hurriedly pulled out their weapons, their Qi flaring as well and while they did so, the people on the Cheonma side did the sa.
"Rose," I called Rose who was trying to bear the storm of terrible Qi next to . She turned to and waited for to speak, "Get my popcorn."
"Pardon?" Rose didn't understand which ant I wasted a mont. Perfect.
Anyway, the scene was getting tense, in a literal sense and it was only a matter of ti before things went haywire so…
"I think this has gone far enough," A calm voice entered everyone's ears, garnering their attention to the voice. It was none other than the fourth and the unexpected presence in the carriage.
A woman with platinum-colored hair and a little deep shade of the sa kind of eyes. Her beauty, well, it was on par with Rose.
Okay, I lied. It was a level, or maybe even two levels higher.
She was a beauty. A hell of a one and that was coming from .
[I can still beat her]
For so reason, I didn't doubt that.
Anyway, as the woman appeared, everyone stopped. The reason for stopping was clear. They all knew who she was and they were also shocked upon seeing her here.
A man with a smug smile was also standing next to her but no one cared for that even if everyone knew why he was so smug.
The woman turned to the Abbot and said, "I believe you were very ruse to this gentleman, great Abbot. It would be rude to let this escalate any further when you're the one at fault."
Damn.
Not many people in the world could say that. While I knew who this woman was, I didn't really understand why this woman was so important in this setting.
So important that the Abbot, the entity who only bows to the Buddha was hesitant upon hearing that. He turned to and said, "I apologize, man from a foreign land."
"No sweat," I replied in an easygoing manner. He wasn't my enemy anyway and I wasn't mad at him as well. No reason to kill soone just because they bore their fangs at .
[Yet you'll kill the knight]
He bore his fangs at Rose.
Different.
The platinum woman then turned to Tae Yong and said, "Mighty Cheonma, I hope it isn't difficult for you to look past this. That is, as long as your guest isn't offended."
She knew I wasn't so she stressed on the matter even when she asked in front of everyone and I said, 'No sweat,' in front of everyone.
Politics was a very funny thing. Make soone at fault, then take their side while pointing out they were at fault and it wasn't a big deal, then deal with the party offended, and then take it out with the person who was the righteous one in this scenario, ultimately making them a villain in the story.
Now if Tae Yong were to say otherwise, then she would be the bad guy here because she wasn't the bigger person. It wouldn't have been a problem had I not agreed but I did, which was because I didn't really want to deal with this matter and also because Tae Yong wouldn't stand with when this escalated, so she had no choice but to give up.
A crazy difficult scenario was carried out perfectly. Well, near perfectly, but it was near perfect enough. Such an elaborate sche and she carried it out naturally, making even Tae Yong the guilty party had she refused even when this was, once again, her land.
"Very well," Tae Yong curtly replied but anyone could tell she wasn't happy with this decision. As for the platinum girl, she couldn't be more chipper.
She turned to and said, "I thank you for understanding, foreigner. May I have the honor of knowing your na?"
"No."
No, that reply didn't co from .
That reply ca from the lovely pink-haired woman next to .
"My husband does not associate with bitc—unknown won."
'She was about to say bit*hy, right?'
[She was definitely about to say bit*hy]
I thought so.
"Oh, well, pardon . I didn't know you were married." The platinum woman replied faking nervousness even when she knew the truth.
"Yes. But that fatty isn't. So look at him." Rose monotonously said and while saying so, she also called the son of the Murim alliance's leader, who was the smug man earlier, a fatty.
"…" No, only the platinum woman wasn't speechless. Everyone was.
"Rose," I called out to her before anyone could do anything and said, "That guy isn't fatty."
"He seems fatty," Rose replied.
"That's because he is but you shouldn't call him that to his face. How would you feel if soone called you beautiful?" I asked.
"I would be flattered." She replied before she turned to and said, "By that logic, that fatty should be too."
"Yes," I replied, "But beauty is a positive quality. While being a fat, fat, fat, fat, fat man isn't a positive quality. It's sothing to be ashad of. He's ashad of being called that because he's ashad of his fat, fat, fat, fat, fat body. So be kind to the fatty and don't call the fatty a fatty."
My gentle guidance seed to have touched Rose and she turned to the platinum woman and said, "Don't look at my husband but extend your cunning claws to the handso fatso behind you."
"Good girl."
"…"
For so reason, everyone else was silent.
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