I stayed up all night in the guesthouse to finally see the light shining. My heart falters back and forth in the black night for a long ti and fortunately, the light doesn’t change.
It was my fault that I fell into such dim spells. The reason why I couldn’t sleep like usual was because of my heart. My martial arts is getting stronger but if I decided to consider the ranks of the people in Kangho, how far towards the top would I be? Suddenly, I have such a thought. If the rankings changed, my rank would fall and rise constantly.
Today too, I tried to compose a love song for the shining sun. I don’t know. The reason my eyes search for the morning sun.
The difference between why a poor person tries to cash out of a rag, and a rich one cashes out of a person.
The difference between those who should be killed and those who don’t get killed.
I don’t know all that. How to live without being crazy.
The sin of bleeding and the promise to not die. The mind which knows to be stronger and how to kill.
But the heart of a woman is more difficult to understand.
The feeling of tearing the wicked to death and giving them chances despite knowing it is wrong. The anticipation held in it.
Will they fall into hell or be born as beasts?
Generally, one cannot know.
Why can I not fall asleep?
Well, I haven’t found an answer yet.
“Alcohol is a bit…”
I suddenly lift the bottle and realize that I was drinking all night. It was only then that I walked to the ledge on the second floor and looked at the guy cleaning up the corpses and cleaning the ground.
“Have you cleaned everything up?”
“I am cleaning it.”
“The corpses?”
“I moved them outside and covered them with mats.”
As soon as I make eye contact with the guy, I ask,
“What are you looking at?”
To which the guy hesitates to ask.
“Does the song have a title?”
“No.”
“It is a song with no title?”
“I haven’t co up with a na yet. You….”
“Yes?”
“Do you not want to die?”
“Please spare .”
“You are the one who ca with the young lord to kill . Sparing lives isn’t an easy thing to do. If you don’t want to do what you are told you should have killed yourself right then. I have saved strangers a few tis, but I never once held back from killing those who betrayed .”
The guy looked at for a while as he says,
“If you spare , I will do as you ask.”
“You realize that your life is at stake, right?”
“Yes.”
Pointing my finger at the disgusting part of the inn, I say,
“This is the guest house of Butcher.”
“Yes, I know that.”
“Even when I go near the kitchen I sll blood. It looks like the Butcher had taken in so innocent people and cut them. Not just the knives but even the ground is a ss of blood of body and heads. I don’t know how many people he had to have killed for such a stench to co. You clean the entire guest house. If you do that, I will let you live.”
“…”
“Wipe the blood, remove any clotted blood, remove the hair. Clean the guest house so that no sll of blood cos. Be it 10 or a 100 days, tables, chairs, chopsticks, the kitchen things… throw anything which cannot be reused. Then I will give you the money to get new ones.”
“….”
“Turn it into a place where people can co over at tis and eat food or drink. Clean and repair it… can you do all that?”
“I will.”
I nod.
“Question.”
The guy cautiously asks ,
“… it isn’t that I won’t do it. I’m just really curious so I want to ask, why are you so into changing this shabby inn…”
I brush my hair up and roughly answer,
“I cannot sleep here because of this vengeful spirit which refuses to let go of . I am planning to train here, until the master of the Butcher cos over when sothing special happens. There is a lot of ti. Do I have to have a reason for wanting to make the place I’m staying in clean? If you run, I will be the new Butcher, get it?”
“Yes.”
“Workers will probably co during the day or the afternoon. So, you handle the corpse disposal. Make them work, pay them, and also supervise them. I will be busy training in martial arts so you will play the role of the owner.”
The guy takes a deep breath and then says,
“Yes, I understand.”
“Death by my hand… or clean. Either one. Clean the kitchen first and it should be clean enough to invite warriors from Kangho to co and eat. And do not co to this floor for the ti being. There is a good chance that I will throw a knife.”
In this way, I turn into a nasty owner.
The previous owner was beaten to death, the entire property gets taken in by and the only survivor of the incident is being threatened to work and forced into being a hired hand.
And there is no monthly salary either.
If there was a wicked business owner in this world. That would be .
I think I have to get so sleep, so I go outside the inn. If I sll blood while sleeping here, there is a risk of using the Crazy Demon Blade technique the mont I open my eyes.
I look at the sign of the guest house, then jump onto the roof of the inn and lay down on the flat surface.
If I sleep here, I will wake up when the sun rises in the middle of the sky. I say to the escort before heading to bed,
“If you die by my hands… it will be because you didn’t clean right.”
After about 2 hours of sound sleep, I hear the voice of Pervert Demon.
As soon as I open my eyes, I frown. I slept using my arm as a pillow, and my eyes stung as they were hit by sunlight and the moon.
‘Fuck…’
I stand up and look under the inn, like an idiot with nothing to do.
Pervert Demon looks at like I am pathetic. He asks as he brings the workers,
“Why are you sleeping there?”
I answer staying where I am,
“Shut up. Ah, I feel so thirty.”
After jumping off the roof, I look at the workers. They all seem to be people who are trained in martial arts and not just regular laborers, so I have no choice but to ask.
“Where did you get them from?”
Pervert Demon answers,
“From ho.”
It ant these people belonged to him, and he tells his workers,
“Help them. There is a broken place near the floor. Move the bodies too.”
“Yes, young master.”
Unexpectedly, this shitty face is the second son to an esteed family.
As I pull a bag out I say,
“If they are mbers of the family, then they should be given…”
Pervert Demon says,
“Enough, I beat them to death, so I need to be responsible for getting rid of the bodies.”
Co to think of it, except for the Butcher, everyone here died by the hands of Pervert Demon.
“Let’s head in first.”
As soon as Pervert Demon enters the guest house and finds the escort to the young lord, he frowns.
“He is alive? What is that guy?”
“The guy who passed out. I hired him as a server.”
“Ah…”
In the middle of the conversation, Master Yukhap cos in from the entrance and says,
“I was looking for you for a while now.”
“How did you find ?”
To which Yukhap says,
“The dead bodies outside.”
Yukhap says holding his nose,
“This isn’t a place for running a business. What place slls so bloody.”
Pervert Demon claps his hands and focuses on the people he brought.
“… pay attention now.”
“Yes, young master.”
“The guy holding the cloth over there is the escort to the young lord, so if he escapes or acts odd, kill him.”
“I understand.”
Pervert Demon fans his face with his hand and tells ,
“… let us head out and eat sothing. I cannot bear this place.”
So, I suggest sothing because I want to.
“Should we get so noodles?”
Pervert Demon shakes his head.
“I feel like throwing up at the thought of eating noodles. I cannot.”
“Why do you think so?”
“I think it’s the sight of it.”
“Let’s go.”
I get up with Pervert Demon and Ghost Demon. As we head to the square of the town and look for a nice place to eat, I find that people are gathering and looking at sothing.
Going there I realize there is a soldier wearing a robe with the word ‘Alliance’ stitched on the back with several more things attached.
I stand there with the two of them and when people begin leaving, I move closer to the Murim Alliance’s building.
What is this feeling?
The list of achievents announced by the Murim Alliance along with their appearances. The timing of the announcent is different from the past and so is the list. Warriors I didn’t know of were on the Murim achievent list.
Looking over the list of the Murim Alliance’s enemies, there seed to be 10 in total, and Pervert Demon says,
“The bounties look high.”
And he continues,
“It is Murim, so there should be a high bounty. Their skills must be great.”
Yukhap points to one person and says,
“Wow, that person has risen this high.”
“Who?”
Looking at it, there was a na which read, First Sword of Dongho. Of course, this person is soone who achieved a lot in the past life. He is a mber of the Five Evils which was the group that ranked as the highest in the last life. Actually, he is supposed to be ordinary, but because his sword is the best in the entire region of Dongho, strong people consider this man as the best in swordsmanship.
I don’t have to look to know.
A state in which travelers and warriors have been replaced by pictures of the clothing they wore over their appearance.
On the other hand, the list of the 10 Murim public figures to watch out for, there was no Evil Emperor, Butcher, and no special title holders like Crazy Demon, Pervert Demon, Ghost Demon, or Poison Demon.
In the previous life when such a list got announced…
So were captured or even killed. It seems like the announcent was made just now.
Well, it feels strange to be looking at this list again from the days before I began to work earnestly in Kangho, along with these two.
The voices of the Murim Alliance mbers could be heard.
“… even if you accurately report the location and their doings- it will bring you a nice reward. So, I hope the brothers in Kangho will keep it in mind. Please keep an eye out. It is the Alliance Leader’s command. It is right to copy this list and their appearance to pass it around.”
While the mbers of the Murim Alliance were shouting loudly and walking, a man approaches and says,
“Sect Leader, it has been so long.”
As soon as I see the man, he bows to .
“Who…”
The man smiles as he says,
“I am Dan Hyuk-san, a mber of the Seven Swords troops. Ah, young lord Mong is here too.”
Dan Hyuk-san bows to Pervert Demon too.
“Nice to et you, warrior.”
The guy smiles as he looks at , who is still puzzled.
“Sect Leader, did you forget the Seven Sword troops? There was an alliance between the Alliance Leader, Sect Leader, and young lord Mong. I was there.”
Only then did I turn wide eyed.
“Ah, right. You have suffered so much.”
Dan Hyuk-san suddenly snaps his fingers and speaks with a voice imbued with internal qi.
“Attention!”
And the mbers of Murim Alliance, who were scattered here and there, had gathered together. And as soon as they see , they start smiling.
“Oh! Sect Leader?”
The warriors of Murim Alliance surround and bow. Even Pervert Demon, who fought with us, was being recognized. Actually, there was never a ti when I had such a friendly conversation with the Murim Alliance, so all this was dumbfounding for .
I suddenly feel my stomach burn. Co to think of my past life when I was trapped in the desire of the Murim Alliance….
It occurs to that there were so crippled or dead ones in my hands. I didn’t realize it then, but I was too young, and they were too.
Well, let be silent unlike my usual self…
Pervert Demon grabs by the shoulder.
“What? Feeling guilty? After eting so many alliance mbers you are talking less.”
At his words, the mbers of the alliance burst into laughter.
“Hahaha…”
“Sect Leader, why would you?”
I look around at each of them with a shy smile.
“… even now, I haven’t beaten orthodox warriors to death.”
Pervert Demon covers my mouth and laughs out loud as he says,
“Hahaha. All this while, Sect Leader went around and beat down unorthodox sect people. You all know, he is one to beat another to death. You all must have heard about the Butcher.”
“Ah, we did.”
“Right. He died at the hands of Sect Leader. But he wasn’t on the list.”
I nod without saying anything and turn to Yukhap. This guy too, had nothing to say.
After barely coming to my senses, I tell the alliance mbers,
“… you all must have been busy since you are on duty, so drinking should be difficult. If you don’t mind, I will bring so rice or tea.”
After I say it, there is silence.
“…”
I don’t understand why the atmosphere turned like this. The mbers turned to Dan Hyuk-san, and he says,
“Sect Leader, then can I get a al?’
He seems to be their leader or senior. And when he says he would like to eat, the other mbers’ faces brighten.
Actually, since all I possess is money, it won’t be difficult for to buy them food and drinks.
I’m just puzzled because I’ve never done such a thing before. And I tell the Murim Alliance mbers.
“We were on our way too, let us go together. I am curious about the current happenings for Alliance Leader and the alliance. If there is a problem due to not being present for duty, you can use my na once.”
Dan Hyuk-san smiles.
“Ah, it is fine. If we use your na, the Alliance Leader will forgive us.”
I suddenly have to lead the two idiots and the alliance mbers to find a nice place to eat.
How do I express this? The voices of Murim Alliance mbers smiling and laughing feel like drums are being pounded against my chest.
Just where is this life going?
One could never know.
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