Chapter 83 (1/2)
Chapter 83: The Place that the hidden message led me to (2)
Translator: hwarang
Editor: Kidyeon
I headed straight home. Since everyone was busy with their own tasks, it wouldn't matter if I left Mu Han alone for a bit.
I got the feeling that I needed to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible, thus I decided to go straight to Elder Jong right after meeting my parents.
”What is it?” Elder Jong asked when I laid a couple of gifts in front of him.
”Just some good medicine. And these are some new clothes for you, so that you'll have some to wear in the spring.”
”Why are you giving me these things?”
”Why? They're my gifts to you.”
”Gifts?”
”They're gifts of grat.i.tude for you giving me your wonderful disciple.”
Elder Jong laughed. ”Ha! Stop trying to impress me. Get to the point.”
”So you really know how to read someone.”
He looked down at the gifts and replied, ”You were extremely obvious with these.”
”Hahaha.” I gave him a piece of paper with the encoded text written on it.
”Please decode this for me.”
After looking at the paper Elder Jong replied, ”This looks pretty challenging.”
In other words, it excited him to solve such a thing.
Kong Soo Chan had said that he'd learned how to decode things from his master. Originally, Elder Jong had wanted to become a scholar, but somehow, he'd ended up becoming our financial manager. One day, I wanted to hear his story.
”Come back after dinner.”
”That early? Really….”
”Make sure to bring a bottle of wine with you.”
”I will.”
He then asked me, ”How is he?”
Although he was cold and stiff, he was still a caring master.
”He's doing well.”
”Alright.”
I left Elder Jong's room.
***
These days, Song Hwa Rin was training from sunrise to sunset.
She'd even told her father that she was going to temporarily stop learning the family business so that she could focus on her training.
Which martial artist family wouldn't allow this? Song Woo Kyung had allowed her to focus on training right away.
After that, she'd begun training the martial art that I'd taught her.
Although she was still only at practicing the basic steps, she was able to feel how profound and different this martial art was. The more she practiced it, the more she liked it.
She jumped from the floor and swung her sword.
s.h.i.+ng!
Her movement was fast yet precise; gentle yet firm.
Even though she'd only been practicing for a short time, it looked as if she'd been practicing for a long time. This sword art was a high-level sword art, yet she'd been able to a.s.similate it rather quickly because I'd taught it to her.
If someone else had taught it to her, it would have taken her years to reach where she was now.
'Really, he's…'
She didn't understand him. She became confused whenever she thought about him. When she turned around, she screamed in surprise.
”Ahh!”
The person who was standing behind her was exactly the person she'd been thinking about, Byuk Lee Dan. She was even more surprised because it was me.
”Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.”
”No, it's fine. However, why are you here?”
”Because I need to do something at home. I must return as soon as possible.”
”Oh.”
”However, I have until dinner-”
Before I was able to finished she cut me off and said, ”Wait for me, I'll go change.”
”Alright.”
She quickly left the practice ground. After she was out of my sight, she sped up her steps as she rushed to her room. She had so many things left that she had to do. She needed to take a bath, put on good clothing, and put on makeup.
Half an hour later, two people were walking down the street together.
Some of the pa.s.sersby stopped to stare at her; they were jealous of me when they saw Song Hwa Rin. However, I didn't feel bad at all. Rather, I was enjoying the attention. I enjoyed their jealous glances at me and her.
Today was a good day to go out on a stroll. The skies were clear, and the birds were chirping.
It seems that winter is over, and that spring is on its way.
”How is Mu Han?”
”Way more complicated than this place. There are tons more people.”
”There must be a lot of girls prettier than me.”
”Probably. Yeah. What?”
Surprised at her attack, I turned around.
She continued on as if she was agreeing with me, ”Yeah, there are probably many girls who're prettier than me, considering the fact that it's such a big city.”
”Someone prettier than you…”
Seeing her act like this made me want to tease her. There was no one I knew who was prettier than her.
”There are a few here and there.”
She instantly began to pout.
”Hahaha.”
Knowing that I was only teasing her, she laughed along with me. This was the first time that she'd looked jealous in front of me. She seems to shows me a new side of her every time I meet her.
We reached the end of the street while talking about various things.
”Where should we go now?”
”I don't know?”
This was the first time that I realized that I'd gone on a date like this with a beauty.
”We should walk around a bit more.”
”Sounds good.”
We walked back the way we'd come. And when we reached the other end, we went back again.
Going back and forth like this wasn't boring since we didn't have a destination in mind.