Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 94

Baekji went to the male protagonist's side, but he was surrounded by women, so he couldn't get close.

Baekji's eyes saw the space behind the stage.

Various props were placed, and the people who had appeared in the play were busily coming and going.

Baekji stealthily entered.

"Where is the female protagonist?"

Baekji asked a young male actor who was passing by.

The actor, who had looked Baekji up and down, who was dripping with nobility, pointed towards the stairs.

"She is in the dressing room on the second floor."

Baekji went up to the dressing room.

The female protagonist was removing her makeup, looking at a bronze mirror at the end of the dressing room.

A young woman who was undoing the female protagonist's wig from behind her head saw Baekji and said, "You can't come in. Would you please wait downstairs? You have to give us time to remove our makeup."

It seemed that people who came to the dressing room like this were occasional.

She didn't think much of it.

Baekji, looking around the dressing room, said, "I'll just wait here. Your makeup is very thick. It's like a human skin mask."

The female protagonist, who was removing her makeup, glanced at Baekji and said, "You must be a martial artist."

"Yes. Not necessarily, but..."

"What is it? It's rare for a martial artist to come looking for me."

"I have something to ask."

The female protagonist was puzzled at the words that he had something to ask.

The female protagonist, who had removed her makeup and washed her face with the water in the basin next to her, lightly applied makeup.

"What are you so curious about that you came all the way to the dressing room?"

"Oh, right, this..."

Baekji took out something yellow from his money pouch and held it out.

The family heirloom that Baekji wielded... a ten-tael gold ingot.

The eyes of the woman behind the female protagonist widened.

"What do you mean?"

The female protagonist asked, even though she had a guess.

After the play ends, the rich, high-ranking officials, and the children of famous families call them to hold a banquet or give them a sum of money.

Among them, there are those who secretly make advances, so one has to be careful.

"Yes. It was really touching. That's why I'm giving it to you."

"It's too much. One tael of silver is enough."

When the female protagonist tried to refuse, Baekji took her hand and pressed it firmly.

"You're wise for your young age. Excessive gifts usually have ulterior motives. But this is fine. Eat something delicious with the troupe members who have worked hard."

The female protagonist felt strange that a boy in his teens was praising her.

'What? This brat?'

From his attire, he seemed to be the son of a famous family.

Baekji asked, "What's your name?"

"Just call me Chogang. That's more comfortable."

Chogang was the female protagonist's name in the play.

"Yes. Is that so? A play is a strange thing. Even though you know it's a made-up story, you get drawn into it. How does it feel to live as Chogang?"

The female protagonist looked at Baekji intently.

This was the first time someone had asked her such a question.

"You're reincarnated every time you perform. You live a new life. No, it's different from life in reality, isn't it? It must feel strange to live as Chogang. A while ago, it seemed like you were really Chogang."

The female protagonist gave a faint smile.

"I try to think and speak as if I have truly become Chogang. I also try to act like Chogang in reality. What would Chogang do in a situation like this?"

"That's right. Even now, it feels like Chogang is speaking. What should I say? There's a certain dignity."

Baekji chimed in.

"But why does Chogang make such a foolish choice? Have you ever thought about that? Even after being reincarnated, she can't achieve her love. It's too cruel a fate."

Chogang could not throw off the shackles of her family, and she could not abandon her love either.

As a result, it ended with the death of herself and her lover.

"That's how the story goes."

"You can just change it. It would be good if the two of them ended up together."

The female protagonist looked at Baekji.

There are occasionally people who ask for the two protagonists to end up together.

Since he was still young, he must want that.

She smiled inwardly.

"Well, you see..."

The female protagonist, after thinking for a moment, said, "When I first received the script, I thought so too. I couldn't bear Chogang's sad fate. So I asked the writer what it would be like if the two of them ended up together."

"Oh, and then?"

"The writer said that's how human affairs are."

"Huh? What does that mean?"

"Although they promise to meet in their next life, they forget their past lives as they cross the 'River of Three Crossings'. That's why lovers from past lives kill each other, and enemies from past lives become husband and wife."

"Yes..."

"If that weren't the case, everyone would try to meet their lovers from their past lives. An enemy from a past life is an enemy in this life too... the same life would be repeated over and over again. What meaning would that have? A past life is just a past life, and this life is different."

"I see."

Baekji nodded. The same life over and over again... that's terrible.

"In a way, reincarnation is a blessing. Because you can live a new life. Chogang's tragic fate lies in her indecisiveness, her inability to throw off the shackles of her family after being reincarnated."

The words of the female protagonist, who had lived as Chogang hundreds of times and had been reincarnated, were quite profound.

"Even so, you can't blame Chogang. You know what it means to abandon your parents and siblings, right? Was Chogang that kind of a person? She's not a woman who would only chase her own love, regardless of whether her family died or not."

"Yes. That's true."

"It's because you, young master, are emotionally invested in the protagonist. If you look at it from the perspective of the people around them, the two are people who should not have been together, but they carelessly gave their hearts. Since a play removes the perspectives of the people around and only follows the protagonist, of course Chogang's choice seems foolish."

"In the end, the fact that she was reincarnated in the wrong place was a tragedy in itself..."

Baekji muttered.

If he had woken up in the Demonic Cult... he would have adapted without any thought...

"Can a person be reincarnated as they please?"

"..."

"While playing the role of Chogang, I think about that. Chogang's love was completed both the first and the second time. Because Chogang, at least, did not betray her own heart."

"She did not betray her heart... there is much to learn from a story."

Baekji nodded.

"As expected, it's better not to know about past lives."

"Hoho. But it's still curious. Who knows if the two of us were lovers in our past lives?"

Chogang, slightly, smiled with her eyes.

Baekji's face lit up.

"Really? Do you feel that way?"

"That's just a figure of speech. I have someone I love right now."

"Aha? The male protagonist?"

"No. That person."

Just then, a slightly thin young man entered the dressing room.

Baekji recognized who it was.

"This brat, he's a bad guy, isn't he?"

"That's in the play."

The young man was the one who had played the villain who had put Chogang and the male protagonist in a vicious scheme.

Although the young man glanced at Baekji, he didn't say anything. He must have just thought he was a great villain.

The young man said to Chogang, "It's time to attend the banquet. Finish up quickly and come out."

"Yes. I'll be right there."

Watching the young man leaving the dressing room, Baekji said, "You said you live like Chogang. Then you should end up with the male protagonist, right? That brat... no, that person is completely different."

Chogang smiled.

An actor is an actor.

The laughter of rolling clear beads was exactly the same as Chogang's in the play.

"I live like Chogang, but the male protagonist doesn't. Do you know the male protagonist's personality?"

"The male protagonist? That brat is indecisive."

"No, he's cautious. In reality, he's upright and doesn't compromise with injustice."

"Well, if you're a man, you should be like that."

"To me, that person is that kind of a person. Even if Chogang came to reality and lived, she would have chosen that person."

"Umm... so that's how it is. He looks frail, but if that's the case."

Baekji stood up.

"Are you coming to Zhaojia County in Sichuan later? Zhaojia County is also quite big... if you come, be sure to contact me."

"You didn't even tell me who you are."

"I'm Baekji. If you say you're the Honored One of the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect, everyone will know."

Baekji left the dressing room and went to the place where Nangong Zhao was waiting.

"Why are you so late? It's late."

Nangong Zhao chided him.

"It's still early evening."

"If we go late, there won't be any good boats."

"A boat?"

"We're going to ride a boat."

"It's still cold, so what kind of a boat ride?"

"Then just go in. We'll go by ourselves."

"That's not right."

The three went to the dock.

Since it hadn't been long since the frozen river had melted, the dock for pleasure boats was deserted.

Only a couple of decorated pleasure boats were floating.

The pleasure boats tied to the dock were lined up.

Baekji saw them and teased, "You said there were no good boats. There are so many."

Nangong Zhao was flustered.

When he had asked his subordinate, he had said that riding pleasure boats had been in vogue since last year, so he had come, but it was different from what he had thought.

"Oh? It seems fun. Let's go."

Tang Yunseol took the side of the embarrassed Nangong Zhao.

The pleasure boat carrying the three went out into the river.

The boatman rowed the boat, and a woman who seemed to be his wife served the food and alcohol that had been prepared in advance.

"Yes. This has a certain charm. Look at the moon."

The moonlight was faintly reflected on the river.

Baekji was embarrassed.

"I think I'm being a nuisance. I didn't know it was like this. You should have told me. This is for two lovers to enjoy a secret meeting..."

"Why don't you just drink?"

"I'm not much of a drinker..."

Baekji stopped talking and turned his head.

Then, Nangong Zhao's gaze also turned to the other side of the river.

In Nangong Zhao's eyes, a red blood mist was visible in the darkness far across the river.

If he hadn't followed Baekji and looked, he would never have been able to see it.

Baekji, stood up and then flew.

"Ugh! Are you crazy!"

"Oh my!"

The boatman who was rowing and Tang Yunseol shouted in surprise.

Nangong Zhao also stood up and went to the side of the boat.

Papapat!

Baekji, with a bamboo staff on his back, ran on the water.

'Walking on water!'

"Ah, how can he do that?"

"Oh my!"

The boatman and Tang Yunseol's exclamations of admiration burst out at the same time.

Nangong Zhao's heart sank.

What on earth is that brat...

The peerless skill that I should have shown in front of the person I love...

He had also trained to death.

But that brat seemed to have trained from his mother's womb.

In an instant, he arrived on the other side of the river and then disappeared in the direction of the red blood mist.

Nangong Zhao shouted to the dazed boatman, "Boatman! Steer the boat to the other side."

"The current in the middle of the river is too fast right now."

"I will help you."

Nangong Zhao went to the back of the boat, spread his ki to balance the boat, and then spread his twin palms and struck the water.

Paaang!

Thanks to the rebound of the strong palm force, the boat, moved forward.

"Oh my! Brother Zhao, you're really amazing!"

Tang Yunseol's praise was heard.

'This is not easy either...'

Nangong Zhao, who had comforted himself, gathered all his strength and again poured his palm force towards the river.

Peoeong!

The boat crossed the river like an arrow.

* * *

'Heaven-Shattering Demonic Saber... has the Northern Divine General of the Demonic Cult changed?'

The Blood Fiend's mind was busy as he flew, holding Cho-hye by his side.

The pure white saber aura that had struck down from the sky like a thunderbolt.

It was definitely the 'One Saber Shattering Heaven'.

Since he had competed with the Northern Divine General, Madeung, in the past, he could not be mistaken.

But the person who had used the move was a woman in her mid-thirties.

For now, he had to escape.

If he burned the fresh blood of a full moon woman like today, the effect would be much better.

He had kidnapped a suitable woman and was waiting for the moon to rise in a deserted forest when Cho-hye had appeared.

A pure virgin.

The Blood Fiend had naturally subdued Cho-hye and had then burned the fresh blood of the woman he had caught first to satisfy the hunger of his 'Blood Blood Demonic Art'.

Just then, Mado had appeared.

When he was circulating the 'Blood Blood Demonic Art' with fresh blood, his cognitive ability would decline due to the excessive sense of fulfillment, and if he were attacked by a master at this time, it could be dangerous.

Since there was no opponent that the Blood Fiend, who had reached the 'manifestation realm', had to fear, he had been burning the fresh blood with a relaxed mind and had been caught off guard.

The young woman's martial arts were mysteriously high.

The Blood Fiend was feeling the ki that was chasing him closely.

'Just wait a little longer. When the ki of the fresh blood is absorbed... I'll burn your blood too.'

The Blood Fiend gritted his teeth and put strength into his legs.

But a wall of enormous ki stood in front of him.

"Red hair? You're the Blood Fiend, right?"

(End of Chapter)