Absolute Regression

Episode 14 These days, knowledgeable people are braver.

There were people standing in front of the demon lord’s office as well.

“I cannot see you without a prior appointment.”

“There was an official investigation. “Get out of the way.”

“I can’t do that.”

Since I did not want to see any more repeated scuffles between Seo Dae-ryong and the demon army, I held out the order that Seo Dae-ryong was holding in front of the demons.

“Do you see what symbol is drawn on this order?”

Since it was an official document, the symbol of the Heavenly Demon was engraved in the background.

“Blocking this order is not stopping us. “It’s stopping the religious leader.”

When the Heavenly Demon was mentioned, the demons were shocked. I’m probably the first person to mention Cheonma while showing the background of an official document.

“We can look at it in a funny way, but we can’t look at this in a funny way, right? is not it? why? Are you going to look at me funny too? Should I report it like that?”

“Oh no!”

“Absolutely not.”

Then I heard someone’s voice inside.

“Take them inside.”

The demons were relieved and opened the door.

Seo Dae-ryong must have felt it. They should have done this to the gatekeepers earlier. It may have been difficult to dare to mention my father, but you must know that it is the authority of the Heavenly Demon that can be used in times like this.

“Confucius, please come here.”

Demon Lord Gu Cheonyang was of ordinary build, but he had the power to overwhelm larger demon lords.

However, he was inferior to his older brother, Hyeolcheondoma. It was a similar face and similar eyes, but the fire seen in the eyes of Hyeolcheondoma was not visible.

“It is more difficult to meet you than to meet my father.”

“It looks like our kids have been rude. “They are truly ignorant, so please understand.”

“Seeing them rushing out and arguing, it looks like they have nothing to do, so why don’t you at least read a book?”

“Isn’t it brave to be ignorant?”

“It’s an old saying. These days, knowledgeable people are braver. “I plan my strategy well and know what to do.”

“As I get older, I guess I fall behind the times.”

Even during our brief conversation, we were fighting. Demon Lord, who was worn out by school politics, accepted my words without emotional agitation.

“But for what reason did this Confucius take responsibility for this investigation?”

“It looks like my father wants to punish me.”

“Bee?”

“I made some mistakes when I went hunting.”

“ah!”

The demon lord gave an expression that he finally understood. When you heard that they were sending me as an investigator, you must have thought about everything.

“Then why did this investigation by Hwangcheongak begin? “Did he send a letter like before?”

Although he pretended not to worry, the demon lord must have been nervous inside. As with other organizations, Hwangcheongak was not a place that could be easily ignored. Hwangcheongak was a place where, if a crime was discovered, it would be executed according to the established law.

“I cannot tell you anything related to the investigation.”

“Isn’t it okay to tell us that much between us?”

How can you use the word “between us” so naturally? You really have to have this level of shamelessness to become the center of a faction fight on campus.

“I will be honest with you, my lord. That’s right, a complaint has been sent.”

“As expected.”

To be honest, Seo Dae-ryong, who was sitting next to me, looked at me. His eyes said. Are you saying all this? My eyes said It’s okay, you can tell me everything.

The corners of the Demon Lord’s mouth rose as they exchanged looks like this. In his eyes, these actions will look clumsy, so it is actually an advantageous situation for me.

“They say that when a letter comes in, Hwangcheongak must dispatch an investigator. “I just found out about this for the first time.”

The demon lord naturally claimed his innocence.

“If you are in a position to lead ignorant and rough people like Demon Lord, you will suffer from all kinds of slander.”

“I actually thought something like that wouldn’t happen. Isn’t it something you have to turn your head to even when doing evil? “If they were as ignorant as you said, would they even think of submitting a letter?”

“Ignorant people are not usually greedy. No matter how much you do, you have to be careful. “When ignorance and greed come together, things that would never happen happen.”

Despite the subtle threats, I did not lose my smile.

“We will complete the investigation as quickly as possible, so please understand even if it is inconvenient.”

The Demon Lord’s slightly stiff expression relaxed.

“You’re uncomfortable? Are we like that? “This is disappointing.”

“Isn’t it true that everyone knows that Hyeolcheondoma supports my older brother?”

“That’s true, but isn’t your brother your brother and I am me? “I support our Confucius.”

I smiled brightly at the blatant lie.

“haha. Just your words are reassuring. Now then, please take care of the next few days.”

“If you go out, I will give you a place to stay.”

I was about to get up and leave, but the demon lord attacked me.

“Be careful. “I’m saying this because I’m really worried about you.”

“Like last time, when the investigator was murdered?”

“Could it be that the religious leader sent us here to kill Confucius? “It’s on my mind.”

“Haha, I feel reassured just by hearing your words. “Then I’ll just leave.”

I left the office with Seo Dae-ryong. Judging by the heat on the back of his head, his expression must have been tense.

‘Then you better be careful. ‘It seems like the reason my father sent me was for one of you or me to die.’

* * *

Commander-in-Chief Sima Ming was watching the Heavenly Demon Sword Wujin polishing his sword.

“It’s been a while since you took out the black magic sword.”

One of the Four Great Swords of the Heavenly Demon Church was this Black Demon Sword.

The Heavenly Demon Sword worn by the Heavenly Demon is the best sword, followed by this Black Demon Sword. The third was the evil spirit sword and the last was the white flower sword.

The treasured swords had their own characteristics: the black magic sword was rough and destructive, the spirit sword had a dark and evil energy, and the white flower sword was a sword with a soft and noble character.

“Did you take it out to give it to this Confucius?”

At that moment, Geom Woojin’s hand stopped for a moment and then resumed.

“If my son is lucky, he will receive it.”

Sima Ming could guess. If this Confucius handles this matter properly, he will give this sword as a gift.

“It won’t be easy for this Confucius to deal with the demon lord.”

Sima Ming did not understand the religious leader’s decision. Although it is said that the recent actions of the sword dance have been unexpected, it is not considered to be at the level of a match against the demon army.

“There have already been reports of a conflict with demonic forces. “Maybe passing through Socheon-dong could actually be poisonous.”

Because of that confidence, I could have done things wrong. Still young. Even though he is young, he is still so young that it will not be easy to deal with that worn-out demon lord. Therefore, Sima Ming was confident that this black magic sword would return to the depths of the treasure trove.

“I should have taken matters into my own hands.”

We learned about this from the previous incident in which the Hwangcheongak investigator was murdered.

The demon lord has captured the Nether Pillar or exploited its weakness. Hwangcheongakju covered up his subordinate’s death without properly reinvestigating it. Therefore, rather than leaving it to Hwangcheongak, he tried to resolve it at Tongcheongak, which he led.

Then Geom Woojin said something unexpected.

“That guy said that. “We lost the magic sword.”

For a moment, Sima Ming was startled. Those words were rude not only to Heavenly Demon, but also to Sima Ming, who was in charge of the religion’s military affairs.

Sima Ming was more anxious than displeased.

“Is that why you sent it?”

In other words, these words were no different from saying, ‘So are you trying to kill me?’ This thought was natural because Sima Ming had not yet directly experienced and felt the changes in sword dance.

“If you shout that loudly, you have to show it with action.”

These words also sounded like this to Sima Ming.

‘If you were arrogant, you should take responsibility.’

Sima Ming was silent for a moment and watched Sword Wujin’s hands carefully polishing the blade. Even though he sent his blood relatives to death, Geom Woo-jin did not waver at all.

“So you say you will find the lost magic sword yourself?”

“It seems so.”

“If this Confucius’ recent actions are anything to go by, we can look forward to it.”

Geom Woojin remained silent and only focused on cleaning his sword. Sima Ming, who stood there for a moment and watched the swordmanship, said goodbye.

“Then I have some work to do, so I’ll just leave.”

Sima Ming greeted him politely and left. As I was walking down the red carpet, I glanced back.

Geom Woo-jin seemed uninterested in the life and death of the sword dance, but he was more sincere than ever in the way he polished the sword.

‘no way? Do you believe that this Confucius will deal with the demon lord?’

I usually didn’t show my feelings easily, but this time I couldn’t even tell what the leader was thinking.

Sima Ming took steps again.

When he arrived at the end of the red carpet, Sima Ming came to this conclusion.

As expected… the dark magic sword will return to the treasure trove.

* * *

We made dumbfounded expressions in the room where the Demon Lords guided us.

“This is too much.”

The room they gave us was not cleaned at all. There was dust everywhere and there were even cobwebs on the ceiling.

“I can not understand. No matter how much the demon lord follows the archduke, the prince himself came here.”

“In their eyes, I am someone who will disappear in the succession battle anyway. What does it mean to be pushed out in a succession battle rather than another battle? It means dying. Where is that? “If you become friendly with me, there is a risk of being purged along with you.”

I pointed at Seo Dae-ryong with my finger and then slit his throat with the blade of my hand. If you were friendly with me, you too would have been a bitch, but Seo Dae-ryong didn’t seem to mind that much.

“No matter how much it is… I don’t think you can do something like this, even looking at you, the leader?”

“You know. That my father doesn’t care about this. Rather, you are watching with interest, right? And this room is not the Demon Lord’s work, but Godang’s instructions.”

“Because the narrow-minded person is holding a grudge….”

“This is only shortening my reputation. “Do not forget my prophecy.”

“Anyway, I’m going to do some cleaning. “Please stay out.”

“Let’s do it together.”

“That can’t be possible.”

“Is there anything that can’t be done?”

I cleaned up the place with Seo Dae-ryong. He looked at me several times, wondering if it was strange that I was cleaning it myself. If you knew how much hardship I had suffered in my life before returning, you would know that cleaning like this was nothing to me.

After finishing cleaning with him, Seo Dae-ryong went and brought a clean blanket.

“Are you really going to sleep here?”

“huh.”

“May I ask why?”

“We need to find the person who sent the letter. “You need to be here as much as possible so you have a chance to reach us.”

“Then I will be there. Confucius, please return to your home and sleep.”

“If you sleep alone, a pervert might break in at night. “What if a pervert who gets excited when he sees a small man comes in?”

I said it as a joke, but Seo Dae-ryong took it seriously.

“Let’s sleep together.”

“What if I’m such a pervert?”

“I will also bring out my hidden feelings.”

When the grayish guy told this joke, it felt like a cold wind blew between him and me.

“hungry. “Let’s go get something to eat.”

When we left the room and left the building, Ildaeju Godang was waiting for us at the entrance. His broken hand was wrapped in a bandage.

I pretended not to know and greeted him warmly.

“Did you have dinner? If you haven’t done so, let’s go together. I guess I hurt my hand. “How did you get hurt?”

Godang glared at me like an angry beast. Even Marshal Cheolcheon would not look at me this scary. I guess he was originally going to give me a cold warning, but his face turned red as if he was getting angry at my obnoxious reaction.

“I will not forget your cowardly act, Confucius.”

He thought I had ambushed him and broken his hand. If you don’t realize that even if it wasn’t a surprise attack, nothing would have changed, any move you plan to make from now on will be a precarious tightrope walk on the edge of death.

“What do you mean?”

When I pretended not to notice and grabbed him, he gritted his teeth.

“Sometimes there are people who make mistakes. “A noble person won’t have a knife in their stomach.”

“Can you hold a sword with that hand?”

“We’ll see. “Do you drop your sword or your intestines?”

Even though it was over the line of abusive language, I smiled and waved, and he left in a huff.

“Aren’t you being too provocative?”

“That guy provoked me.”

“yes?”

“He was the one who waited to threaten me, and he was the one who said he would stick a knife in my stomach, right?”

“Now that I think about it, I guess so.”

“Because he is a villain, he is that kind of person, so we understand villains for various reasons. I think that’s ugly. Why do we understand the wicked? We need to set stricter standards. Much harsher than the average person. “I thought it was not enough to keep my head down, and this villain was so excited that he wanted to die.”

Seo Dae-ryong nodded his head loudly, as if he completely sympathized.

“I saw someone who had poor taste in food, so let’s buy the most expensive and delicious food.”

“yes.”

“Can’t you react a little more violently when you say you’re going to spend money?”

“sorry. “Because I don’t enjoy eating.”

“What do you want to enjoy? Go and eat the noodles.”

“yes.”

Seo Dae-ryong really had a short mouth.

When I saw that half of that expensive dish was left over, I decided that I should just buy noodles next time.

When we came back after eating, we stared at the bed blankly for a moment.

A pair of dead crows were thrown on the bed.

Seo Dae-ryong’s eyes were still gloomy, but he became even more gloomy.

“I guess I’ll have to get the blanket again.”

“Before that, take that and follow me.”

“Why is this?”

I said as I walked out of the room.

“We need dead crows more than live crows.”