Invincible with Twin Swords

Chapter 52 : Am I the Only One Who's Not a Genius?

After meeting with Naeng Muyeom, I gathered everyone.

And I told them the conversation we had.

Parip hyungnim asked with a worried look.

"Will that go as planned? It seems dangerous if things go wrong."

"Naeng Muyeom specifically mentioned ten days. What do you think this means? Since we already know how they will come out, won't we be able to respond sufficiently?"

Parip hyungnim was nodding, but the strong-but-clueless Deoksam asked.

"What is it? Why are you always talking about things only I can't understand?"

Our Deoksam always needs a detailed explanation.

"Naeng Muyeom needs ten days. For example, it might take ten days for someone who will help him to get here, or something like that."

In the end, he plans to eliminate me.

Although he said it plausibly, in the end, my very existence will be a nuisance to him.

Naeng Muyeom probably requested a master from the Demonic Cult to eliminate me.

Because he knew from the last duel that he couldn't eliminate me alone.

"How about informing the alliance?"

"Then Naeng Muyeom will also find out, and things will get complicated. Since there is no evidence yet, it will only create unnecessary noise. And he mentioned the revelation. We might be able to get the information we desperately need. I'll say it again, our urgent task is to find out the information, not to reveal the Demonic Cult's spy."

One thing that bothers me is that Naeng Muyeom mentioned the Flying Heaven Sect.

It might have just been a threat, but there is no need to provoke him unnecessarily.

I will get what I want from him in ten days and then kill him.

Because there is no need to leave any worries behind.

"This is giving me a headache. How about we just have a go at the Demonic Cult?"

Deoksam! You don't have to use your head.

What I expect from you is not the image of a cold-headed strategist.

I'll use my head, so you just use your strength.

"But you're not really thinking of going alone just because he told you to come alone, are you? The Demonic Cult is dangerous."

If it's someone Naeng Muyeom requested from the main cult, he will surely be a master.

It could also be master's'.

"For now, I'll have to go alone, won't I? That way, I can get the information I want."

"Will Naeng Muyeom hand over the information?"

"I have to make him hand it over somehow. By using my head well."

I am going in even though I know it's a trap.

To hear the content of the revelation from him.

Of course, he won't just tell me willingly.

I was planning to create a situation where he had no choice but to speak.

Though I don't know if it will go as planned.

"Since he knows your skills, they won't come out moderately on their side."

"I won't be pushed back anywhere now. And even if several people come, they will have to move secretly, so at most it will be three or four. I have something in mind, so you don't have to worry too much."

It's a good thing to have companions who worry about you.

All of this would have been difficult alone.

"Anyway, I'll have to stay here in the Martial Alliance for about ten more days. Let's solve this cleanly and quickly bring Great Hero Jong and return to the Forest of Swords."

There is a lot to do.

But if it's information about the revelation, it's worth risking my life.

And I can't leave a spy of the Demonic Cult in the middle of the Martial Alliance.

Jong Ilmyeong came to visit with a few bottles of wine in his hand.

It was the first time we had met since he came out of the thunder prison.

I thought he would have many things to sort out, so I deliberately didn't contact him.

Although the sun was still high in the sky, we all gathered and tilted our wine glasses.

Those who don't know how to drink think that you should only drink on a dark night, but that's not the case.

You have to start drinking when the day is still bright.

That way, you can drink for a long time.

"My thanks are late. If it weren't for you..."

Jong Ilmyeong said, holding his wine glass.

"It's just that the truth has been revealed. It would have happened someday. You have suffered a lot in the thunder prison."

"I'm not saying thank you for getting me out of the thunder prison. I'm saying thank you for helping me to sever that bad fate myself."

I couldn't answer.

He was betrayed by his beloved wife, and in the end, he cut her neck himself.

Who in the world could be in their right mind?

Who could understand his heart?

Fortunately, his face looked much more comfortable now.

"Oh! I just heard that you have solved the secret of that painting. I, who had studied it for so long, couldn't even get a small clue. To solve it in one night, you are truly amazing."

"Solved the secret? I've only just peeked at a single strand of hair. And it was possible because of various connections."

I slowly looked around at the familiar faces.

It was possible because of the various connections that had been made after regressing to the past.

"I heard that you, Sect Leader Jin, like to drink. So it's nothing special, but I brought a small gift that would suit this drinking party."

Jong Ilmyeong suddenly took out a small leather pouch from his bosom and took out a bead from it.

It was a small bead the size of a pinky nail, and it was emitting a hazy light like a fog.

Even at a glance, it was not an ordinary object.

He held the bead with his fingers and showed it to us once, then put it into the wine bottle.

"No, what is that?"

"Haha! Just wait a moment."

After a short time, enough to take a breath, frost began to form on the wine bottle.

Jong Ilmyeong held that wine bottle and poured a new glass of wine for each of us.

"What on earth is this?"

The wine he had brought was Fragrant Snow Wine, and since it was a wine that was deliberately less fermented, it had a strong sweet taste. A wine with such a sweet taste can only be enjoyed to its fullest when drunk cold.

But wine is not something you can drink cold just because you want to.

"Haha. It's a small piece of Ice Jade. It's an item I obtained with difficulty from the far North Sea. Well, it's nothing special, but if you put it in water or wine, it immediately makes it cold. And even after pouring it into a glass, that coldness is maintained for more than a moment. No matter how hot the weather is."

No! To think that there is such an amazing item.

Isn't it perhaps a more amazing item than the Heavenly Lord's Painting?

That damn painting only tells you about martial arts, but if you have that bead, doesn't it mean you can drink cool wine even in the hot summer for the rest of your life?

"It's a small gift for the Flying Heaven Sect. It will be helpful when you have a drink in the summer. Seeing that you all seem to enjoy drinking. Haha."

Na Yeryeong, who was listening, intervened.

"Thank you. But the men here can't drink well."

Hmm. It's humiliating, but I have nothing to say.

Because all the men here have lost to Na Yeryeong.

I am a man who knows how to admit defeat.

"Don't worry about useless things, Miss Na. I'm thinking of drinking tea instead of wine now. It's good for your health and has a good atmosphere. The thought of drinking cool iced tea even in the hot summer is already making me feel good. Thank you for giving me such an amazing gift."

At that moment, Parip hyungnim, who was quietly savoring a glass of cold wine, said as if something had come to mind.

"Didn't we decide to start a decent business after this is over? I just had a good idea."

"Oh! Tell me quickly what it is."

"Why, on a hot summer day, don't you sometimes want to drink a glass of cold iced tea? But the teahouse I went to never had a seat. Or sometimes I wanted to drink it on the go because I didn't have time."

When you think of tea, you usually think of something warm, but in the summer, iced tea is perfect.

And there are more people than you think who always insist on iced tea.

I heard that they even call themselves 'ice-dead-cold' because they only drink iced tea even if they freeze to death.

But it is not an easy task to make iced tea yourself.

"That's right. It's not like you can learn the Ice Soul Divine Palm of the North Sea Ice Palace just to drink a glass of iced tea."

"So what came to mind is this. We use that Ice Jade to make a lot of cool iced tea. And we pour it into bamboo tubes, one glass at a time. So that you can take it with you. You can also drink it while walking."

Am I the only one who's not a genius among the people here?

"No, hyungnim. How on earth do you come up with such a brilliant idea?"

"Oh! That's a really wonderful idea. In fact, it's not easy for us women to have a cup of tea in a teahouse. It would be so nice to be able to carry tea and drink it."

Na Yeryeong and Dam Sook praised him, giving him a thumbs up.

"Let's buy two glasses later and chat to our heart's content in our room!"

Na Yeryeong and Dam Sook were already in a frenzy.

Those two will probably have an endless chat all day with a glass of cold iced tea between them.

And when they part, they will say.

Let's talk in detail tomorrow.

Parip hyungnim had always said that he wanted to open a small teahouse and live quietly in the future.

But I didn't know he would come up with such a brilliant idea.

"No, so what will you name it? It would be good if it's a name that reveals that the customer can take the tea with them."

"It just came to me. It might not be a good fit."

"Just say it. If it's not good, we can come up with a cooler name."

Parip hyungnim hesitated and said.

"I'm going to sell it cheaply so that anyone can buy it without any burden. So that even the poor can stop by anytime and take a glass of cool, clear iced tea with them. So, what about 'Taeik-awun', using the four characters for great, beneficial, elegant, and transport?"

Ah! Could there be a more fitting name than this?

For some reason, I feel like Parip hyungnim's business will be a huge success.

I can already picture everyone in the Central Plains walking around with a bamboo tube containing a glass of cold tea in one hand.

Deoksam's 'Gubang' last time was amazing, but Parip hyungnim's 'Taeik-awun' is even more amazing.

At this rate, if the two of them join forces, they might even come up with the idea of delivering a glass of cool iced tea to your doorstep.

These people, for some reason, seem to have been born in the wrong era.

Such geniuses, one of a kind in this world.

I should put in my share before they change their minds.

It might make my old age warm.

The drinking party continued until late at night, and I lost to Na Yeryeong once again.

Just as there is a talent for martial arts, it seems that alcohol tolerance is also innate.

But I believe that there is nothing in this world that cannot be achieved with effort.

I will definitely beat her one day.

Parip hyungnim, as always on the days he drank, had gone under the table and was sleeping, curled up like a ball.

Deoksam...

Where did Deoksam go?

There's no way this huge guy would be invisible in a small room.

And there's no way that guy, who hibernates regardless of the season, would have woken up before me.

As I was looking for Deoksam in the small room, the door burst open and Deoksam came in.

"Are you up now? Shouldn't you be a little more diligent? A person who is a sect leader. Tsk tsk."

For you, who always oversleeps, to say such a thing just because you woke up early one day, I'm in a very bad mood.

As the sect leader of the Flying Heaven Sect, I will create a special dawn training course just for you.

You should know that your morning sleep ends today.

"Yes. You diligent fellow, where have you been without even telling the sect leader?"

At that moment, the door opened once more and Dam Sook came in.

"He was with me. He said he wanted to eat somen but didn't want to go alone, so Great Hero Han went with him."

The guy who said not to wake him up early in the morning even if the Demonic Cult invaded.

The power of love is this great.

To the point of turning a bear into a person.

At that moment, a noisy sound was heard from outside.

"What's going on outside? Why is it so noisy?"

"Haven't you heard yet? They say an amazing person has come to the Martial Alliance."

Dam Sook is not yet familiar with the masters of the martial world.

Someone from the alliance must have told her that he is an amazing master, but the real amazing master is right in front of you.

Though I'm a little tired because I'm not over my hangover yet.

"Anyway, the martial artists of the Martial Alliance always exaggerate. So you don't have to believe their words too much, young lady. Who on earth is it that they are making such a fuss about?"

"The Sword Emperor!"

(End of Chapter)