Chapter 68: When The First Snow Falls Again (4) (1/2)

Chapter 68: When the first Snow Falls Again (4)

Translator: hwarang

Editor: ardastre

Baek Pyo was surprised to see the sword that he had disguised himself to have shown itself before us. Since I was that surprised, how could Baek Pyo not be even more surprised!

But the person that expressed it the most was Kw.a.n.g Du.

“Woahhh!”

This was the first time Kw.a.n.g Du experienced something such as a sword crying on its own.

I quickly told Baek Pyo, “We’ll be going then.”

I was dragging Kw.a.n.g Du out the door in consideration of Baek Pyo, but then the sword started crying again.

Jiiinnng!

It sounded as if it didn’t want me to leave. So I stopped, then its crying receded. It was reacting to my motion. When I turned around Baek Pyo was looking at me with surprise. He had also realised that the sword was reacting to me.

I slowly approached the sword. Jiiinngg! The sword’s sound grew deeper. Then I took a step back and the sword’s cry became louder. It was definitely calling for me.

Baek Pyo looked at me with a questioning mean, “Why is something like this happening?”

I looked at Baek Pyo and asked him with my stare, ‘Can I go close to that sword?’

After looking between the Divine Sword of King Shura and me, he nodded. He was certain that the sword was calling for me. I slowly approached the sword and its crying sound receded, as if a wild animal was calming down.

It stopped crying after I touched it. And I took down the sword that was on the wall. Seeing this blade after about a year, my heart also moved.

s.h.i.+ng!

When I unshed the sword it felt refres.h.i.+ng and it started crying again.

Jiiinnnng!

This time it wasn’t crying, but expressing its emotions. It was saying something like ‘It’s been a while, Master!’

Yes, it has been a long time.

We were exchanging our feelings. The bond that we had developed after fifty-something years. Then I put it back in its sheath. Everything became normal again and great silence divided the room. No one said a word.

Then Baek Pyo asked me, “Who are you?”

At this moment I was certain that fate was calling for Baek Pyo. On the first day that he opened his shop, I visited. I sat at my favorite place and ordered my favorite food and drink from my previous life. Then I rescued his family from disaster, and I told him the exact words he had said to me. Finally, the Divine Sword of King Shura recognized me.

I quietly told him, “I am the heir of the Byuk Clan, Byuk Lee Dan.”

Baek Pyo looked at me flabbergasted. The sword that had never cried, had cried for the first time in front of me. This was the work of fate, calling for him to accept it.

“Someone who wasn’t worthy is now the mengju. Because of this, there will be great chaos in Kang Ho.”

Baek Pyo opened his eyes. He was the person who knew it best - that the current mengju was not worthy of that t.i.tle.

“I wish to put an end to it… Will you help me achieve this?”

*****

The next morning, Kw.a.n.g Du was cleaning the table at the inn. He was cleaning it to the degree that it was starting to glow.

Then someone asked, “Is the customer even supposed to clean the inn?”

Turning around, he saw Kong Soo Chan smiling at the door.

“So someone with a cheap lip finally decided to show himself.”

“I am sorry, master Byuk was looking for you. I didn’t want to say it but I got a feeling that I had to say it.”

“Haha, you did well telling him.”

Since Byuk Lee Dan had come in person, things were going the way he planned.

But there were some sights that he could not forget.

“Then why are you cleaning?”

“This is what I usually do when I get bored. It clears up my mind, making things clean.”

“I understand you. For me, it’s calculus.”

“Calculus? About what?”

“Just anything that comes to mind. How much we made last year, how much we need to start this guild…”

“Why do you do something like that? And you believe my cleaning is the same as your calculus?”

“I think I am the normal one.”

“Oh, my goodness...”

Kong Soo Chan started laughing and Kw.a.n.g Du followed. These two had gotten much closer since they had moved to Mu Han. To get close to someone, one had to live with them.

“So what was the result of your accident?”

Kw.a.n.g Du was looking out the window when Kong Soo Chan asked him this. The world seemed more innocent with the snow covering it.

“The result… I think we will have to wait and see.”

*****

Baek Pyo was watching Myung He play in the snow.

Jung Young approached behind him, looking at the two swords that were lying beside the door. One was her husband’s sword, and the other a sword that she had never seen before. That sword was the Divine Sword of King Shura.

Her eyes clouded. Ever since her husband had started his business, he had never taken out his sword.

“Did you watch as the first snow fell?”

He nodded to her.

“That’s a relief.”

Although she was hesitant, she trusted her husband. This was probably how all women who were the wives of Kang Ho members felt.

“Someone asked me to come back to Kang Ho with him.”

“Who?”

“Someone from far away. He is the heir to a Clan in San Dong. I don’t know what kind of person he is.”

“He must be a great person.”

Baek Pyo turned around with a look full of questions.

“If not, you wouldn’t be hesitating like this.”

That was true. When he had first seen Byuk Lee Dan, there was something about him that had made Baek Pyo feel connected to him. But that was not the reason why he was hesitant. Even though the person was great, he was not planning to take on anyone else as his master besides Chunhajin.

But then, the Divine Sword of King Shura shook his belief. Baek Pyo knew that a divine sword like King Shura would choose its master. And he was certain that it chose Byuk Lee Dan as its master.

Being accepted by the Chuhajin’s personal sword put Baek Pyo in a very uncomfortable position. He knew that his fate lay with Byuk Lee Dan. The man kept reminding him of Chunhajin ever since they had first met. And he had also saved their family, he was indebted to him.