Tale of a Scribe who Retires to the countryside - Chapter 11

‘Why, why do they do it?’

Son Bin thought with an awkward laugh. But no matter how you think, you can’t see why you suddenly notice yourself.

‘Cow, do you want to raise your hand?’

I thought it would be better to say hello, so Sun Bin, who could not stand the awkward tension, just raised his hand.

“What do you mean?”

The beauty of the cold impression turned her head and looked at Sajahyuk and asked: “What’s the matter with you?”

“Heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know.”

What Saja-hyuk just said was that no one knew, and that he was a clean official to the gold-bearer.

It also means that there are no secrets in the world, and that people should live in the light of heaven so that there is no shame, but what does it have to do with the situation now?

“That’s what…….”

Beauty frowned. However, Saja-hyuk’s words are not over yet.

“He knew, and he wrote, and now he will know the village, and the high-ranking man will know. Is that the only thing? Man dies, but the record does not die, so those who will be born in the future will know, and those who will be born in the future will know, and those who will be born in the future will know, and those who will be born in the future.”

Saja-hyuk said.

“The fact that I accepted your offer and became the first person in Heaven.”

Saja-hyuk’s eyes were shining intensely as he spoke.

“The record belongs to the winner.”

Beauty said.

“History belongs to the winner. In other words, no one will know this. The records will be destroyed, the books will be burned, and all those who know this will be buried, no matter who they are.”

Her eyes, too, shone intensely.

“If you accept my offer, history will record the cause as the absolute only one, the absolute one, who is not compared to anyone and does not look up to anyone.”

“Too.”

Saja-hyuk said in a harsh tone.

“You look like someone I don’t like.”

“I’ll take it as a compliment.”

The woman said. But in her eyes there was a glimpse of a willingness to never back down. She has already disputed the reasons for the three rejections Saja-hyuk said. Now it was Saja-hyuk’s turn to answer.

“Do you know wolves?”

She nodded lightly at Saja-hyuk’s words.

“The wolf gallops through the mountains to my liking. They hunt their prey without fear, and live with their cubs as they are unwilling. The herd wolf is not afraid of anything.”

Saja-hyuk said.

“But even if the wolves howl toward the moon, they cannot climb into the sky. Do you understand? If you’re a wolf,play with the wolves. Run the heavens at your will, hunt your prey, and live like that. But do not think that you dare to climb into the sky.”

Saja-hyuk’s gaze was bright.

“No matter how much you say you are the king of the wolves, to me you are just a beast creeping up the earth.”

The beauty of the cold impression slightly bit her lip. Saja-hyuk’s words were not only a resolute rejection, but also a great insult to her.

“Hoo.”

Silent, she sighed slightly.

“Great. Today, we’re stepping back.”

In a calm voice, she said.

“But my proposal is still valid. And there are surprisingly many ways to move people.”

With cold, sinking eyes, she said. Otherwise, her expression was as if it were a cold frost.

“Even if you move mountains and you move rivers.”

Saja-hyuk said. His eyes were bright, too.

“People don’t change.”

Beauty said nothing. But quietly, lightly, he looked down and turned back.

Sarak.

After her, Hanga and Soha follow. Wigazin gathered both hands and politely gave an example to Saja-hyuk, who also followed the beauty.

Sabak, Sabak.

At a distance of some distance, the beauty said in a low voice, without turning her head.

“Soha.”

“Yes.”

“Find out everything about the name Saja Hyuk. Everything, no matter how small, is related to him.”

“It won’t be easy, will it?”

Soha said with a bitter laugh.

“It’s very insane that such an uninhabited person is not yet known.”

“Yeah. Very insane. But if Soha wants to know, there’s nothing you can hide in Heaven, right?”

“Of course.”

Sik laughed and Soha replied.

“Let’s confide in him. Oh, and you shouldn’t even leave it out for that door, right?”

“Of course.”

It’s a natural story. The nodding beauty reminded me of the young man in the door.

“Hang Ah.”

“Yes.”

“What kind of person was that doorman?”

“I looked up close, but there was nothing special. However, shortly after the start of the mission, something secretly came and went between the two men.”

“Immediately after the start of the rain?”

“Yes.”

Beauty frowned slightly.

Saja Hyuk is a self-respecting unmanned man. It is not easy to convince such an unmanned man that the mission has already begun and that he is secretly speaking. Before there is a reason to do something.

‘The third reason, it was the door.’

Saja-hyuk heard three things as reasons for refusal. That there is no need for a relative comparison, that there is no need for anyone to stand under him, and that he is recording.

She replied. The first thing she will give is absolutely the only one, and it is a place where no one needs to look up. And that records can be removed at any time.

Nevertheless, Saja-hyuk refused. It also concocts obvious insults.

When the beauty is silent for a moment, Hanga asks Nazak.

“Will they be followed?”

After a moment’s thought, Beauty shook her head.

“No. No need. You can’t do it.”

This is Saja Hyuk, who has been able to identify Hanga’s secret from the beginning. When he thinks of the ground he has shown, flimsy dogging only stimulates his vigilance.

“But make sure you understand their path of travel.”

“All right.”

Hanga bowed and received the command.

“Lady.”

The voice was Wigazin’s. Beauty stopped her steps. And he turned his head.

“Why?”

“Must it be him?”

The beauty’s eyes shone sharply.

“What do you want to say?”

After a moment of silence, Wigazin opened his mouth.

“He’s a different person than anyone I’ve ever met. He…….”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“I don’t know,” said beauty, breaking off Wigazin’s words.

“He’s different from anyone. I’m not a flimsy idealist, I’m not a sleazy, helpless groundsman who seeks only strength. It’s not like sleazy people who don’t want to be in power, but who follow the interests of their eyes or the fame of vain people.”

A faint jostling passed over her mouth.

“He’s different. He has a lofty ideal of arrogance under his feet, and a prodigious control over the heart of man. Just one call will make you on your own side.”

Wigazin smiled bitter. But her words were true. It was not only the sword of Wigazin that Saja-hyuk succumbed.

“But more than all that, he has absolute powerlessness. Overwhelming and destructive, literally absolute helplessness.”

Her eyes were not already looking at Wigazin. Her eyes, gleaming fearfully,were now facing straight at someone beyond the invisible.

“As soon as I saw his Powell eclipse, I was sure. This is the man who can stand at the apex of the Gangho Group.”

She was silent. And after a while, her eyes turned to Wigazin.

“That’s why I need him. The only person who can establish the absolute only unshakable authority in this group of all kinds of human statues and many strong men. He’s who he is. And this decision never changes.”

Wigazin said nothing to her. Every one of her words was content that we had no choice but to agree with.

A clear fact that can be seen only once with him.

“But you, who did you say this for? Is it me or is it him?”

Her eyes were sharp as they pierced Wigazin’s heart.

Whisk.

Wigazin immediately got down on one knee on the spot.

“Stomach, I dare to be dazzled by insolent thoughts, and I will be punished by the Monarch.”

As soon as he saw Powell’s eclipse, Wigazin was convinced. That he is never a man to move at the will of others. It’s like the moon flows over the clouds.

So she wanted not to touch Sajahyuk. It was loyalty for her, but maybe it was for Saja-hyuk, the only true strong and uninhabited person she met in Murim.

“Wake up.”

She looked up and said, with bright eyes, to Wigazin.

“But, there’s no double.”

She turned away. And quietly walked. Hanga and Soha followed, but Wigazin could not easily raise his body.

***

Everywhere was strangely quiet. I couldn’t even think of it as the place where the rain was going on until just then. Saja-hyuk stood staring at the spot where the beauty and her group had disappeared.

“I think you touched something troublesome.”

Saja-hyuk frowned and muttered. But just then, Saja-hyuk turned his head.

“Now, is it over?”

Son Bin, approaching imperceptibly, asks.

“Yes. Once.”

Saja-hyuk nodded.

“That lady, you’re not like a normal person, are you okay?”

Not the average person. She did not want to back down for a word from Saja-hyuk. It was just after I saw that great mission.

In addition, even after being insulted, he coped calmly and calmly to the end. It’s impossible if you’re not as deep-hearted as you are. Someone like that is more scared of the back.

“It’s fine.”

Saja-hyuk said.

“What shall the beast that creeps the earth dare to do to me? But you might be a little bothered…….”

Saja-hyuk looked down at Son-bin and said, ” I’m not going to do that.”

“You’ll be fine in a different sense, so it doesn’t matter.”

‘Different meaning?’

He frowned slightly, but Saja-hyuk said nothing more.

“Let’s go.”

Saja-hyuk looked up and began to move his steps.

“Oh, there…….”

Son-bin tried to call Saja-hyuk. Because there were still many things I wanted to ask. It’s about blue black and pottery, about the sword, about the Powell Eclipse, and about the young unattended wigazin and the unknown beauty.

However, Saja-hyuk walked silently without any hesitation.

Lowbuck, lowbuck.

From his back, Son-bin knew that Sajahyuk would answer nothing more.

“Hoo.”

Son-bin covered the booklet he had laid out, and put a brush on a thick cotton cloth. And closed the entrance of a small calabash with prey.

Quk.

Saja-hyuk’s first mission, witnessed by Son-bin, ended like that.

***

At dawn the next day, Son Bin opened his eyes in his room. The window was still dark, but things were bright enough to be clearly visible. Son Bin rose from his seat and opened the window completely.

Dalkak.

Son-bin slowly took a deep breath as he felt the dawn-specific air coming from the window.

“Huuuu.”

Cold air fills the chest. Son Bin exhaled slowly. With the familiar dawn air, the still-lingering sleep disappeared. After carefully washing, Son-bin carefully refined the garment. And he sat at the table and stretched out a book.

rustle.

Rising up at dawn and reading the Scriptures is a routine of Sun Bin’s for over a decade.

He did not do it for a while after his departure at the time, and Saja-hyuk woke up in the middle of the night, so he missed a few days.

However, as the body gets used to the changed life, it naturally revives its long habit and opens its eyes at the set time of dawn.

Although he was eliminated, his participation in the Ceremony meant that he had passed through the city of Hyang and had obtained the qualification of a giant. To do this, you must master numerous scriptures, annotations on them, various historical books, as well as literature and poetry.

It is a past test that you can’t go near without reading from dawn to late at night.

So it is never an exaggeration to express the feeling when you fall, also known as ” deeper than the bay with a knife.”

So did Son Bin. And that habit, which has been doing for more than a decade, is still waking Son Bin up and making him spread the book.

rustle.

“Hoo.”

As he handed over a few books, Son-bin sighed. I can’t get used to the old old books, and I can’t get tired of them. However, he has no choice but to re-open the disgusting book.

‘The next time will be another three years later….’

I was troubled by the thought that I would have to spend three years preparing for the past without commitment again. Son Bin covered the book.

Tak.

Covering the book, Son Bin recalled these thoughts. But the more I think, the more I feel dizzy, but the longer I sigh.

“Haa.”

Son Bin arose from the table. And looked out the window.

As I look at the slowly brightening dawn landscape, I naturally recall the rain yesterday. It’s like a dream, like a fantasy in which the blue, black and ceramic are intertwined in an aspect that is not like this world.

‘But, after all, it’s a world that doesn’t have anything to do with me.’

Weigazin, Saja Hyuk, and the other two people with the cold impression of the unknown beauty are people from a different world than Son Bin.

‘Would you like to quit now and go down to your hometown?’

Seeing great people makes you more aware of your plight. After a moment of conflict, Son Bin sighed again. Then I think that I’m sighing all morning, and I’m surprised again.

“Arthur, false thoughts only consume your heart….”

Futile troubles only torment the mind. Son-bin lifted the book on the table and placed it in his luggage, as if to reap the gossip.

‘Oh, and I almost ran out of my prey yesterday.’

It was hard to write down, so it almost revealed the bottom of the food in a small porcelain bottle that was used as a mukho. Son-bin took out the jelly and fleas from his luggage and prepared to go to eat.

The right fleas were expensive, so what Son Bin had was cheap. But it was a good way to eat.

I always cared about washing fleas,so I had to use cheap fleas. Son Bin dropped a little water on the fleas and began to grind them to eat.

It’s a great place to be.

It’s not just about going to eat. There is a saying, ‘When you go to eat, it’s like a sick man, when you lift a brush, it’s like a business man.’ Never give strength and move your entire arm slowly and tenaciously in a natural position, in a circle, to get the right food.

Son-bin put his position right and slowly moved his arms as if to remove the chatter of his mind. With his movements, the transparent water gradually turns into a shiny dark black food.

When I repeated the monotonous movement of pouring a little water again and eating, I remembered Saja-hyuk’s words without knowing myself.

‘Deeply, slowly, but constantly, as if riding the flow……………’

Son-bin involuntarily recalled Saja-hyuk’s words. How long did you do that? When you realize that you are going to eat fleas, the peculiar feeling of bitterness is exceptionally silent.

‘The trick of Hyuncheon is to use it to eat.’

Phisic.

Even when I thought about it myself, Son-bin laughed because it was outrageous. It’s not going to happen.

‘It’s just vague to say it’s a trick, so it just feels like it makes sense to put it all in anywhere.’

Muttering so, Son-bin filled a small calabash with food. And he took out an old booklet that recorded yesterday’s demeanour. Now the records have been built up, and we have had to clean up by now.

rustle.

Son-bin pulled out an old booklet with small, fine-grained writing. And slowly began to peruse again.

The window was bright and the morning birds were beginning to hear, but Son-bin, who was hooked on the record, was not listening.