Absolute Regression

Episode 79 Me too.

As I was about to overturn the drinking table, a ray of internal force flowed and pressed down on the drinking table.

When I looked up, it was a blood chopping board.

He sent a message to the head of Pungcheon Church.

-Be patient. If the statue is turned over, what you see will not be the bottom of the statue, but the bottom of the pontoon.

Feeling that the dissuasion was based on good will, the leader of Pungcheon took his hand off the table. The look in Hyecheondoma’s eyes said. I understand you to some extent.

Sword Dancer spoke again to the shackled man.

“Since you’ve been tied up here for a long time, I thought you might want something made out of these shackles.”

The shackled man did not hesitate and asked for one thing.

“Then please make me a fan.”

“Is that okay?”

“That’s enough.”

I left the shackles to Jangho.

“Take this to Craftsman Kwak at the main school’s iron room and ask him to make a fan made of a thousand years of iron, and to use the rest to make eight daggers for the number of people gathered today. “It’s a celebration that we’re gathered here today, so let’s share a sack each.”

The eight bags included the Pungcheon pontoon and the shackled man.

Then Seo Dae-ryong said.

“I don’t know about others, but I don’t know if I can accept such a precious dagger.”

“me too.”

“I think the same thing.”

Ian and Jangho also came out together.

“If you have any humility, work until you die and pay it back!”

Everyone bowed their heads in sorrow at my joke.

“thank you.”

On the other hand, the reaction of the Pungcheon religious leader was cold.

“Why are you taking care of mine?”

“I want to celebrate today.”

“I don’t want to celebrate?”

At that time, the shackled man sent a message.

-Take it kindly. You’re excited because of me, but the leader also has to accomplish the big goal of advancing to the midfield, right?

The leader of Pungcheon was very grateful to the shackled man. He was trying until the end. It’s just you who can’t live up to expectations.

“Just kidding, give me one too. “Those shackles are meaningful to me too.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Anyway, you are really amazing. It would not be easy to find a dagger made of iron that lasts forever in Jungwon. “You’re handing it out to everyone.”

“They are such precious people.”

“There’s no guarantee that those precious people will still be precious later, right?”

“It is not a gift given with hindsight.”

“then?”

“This is a gift I give you as a thank you for what you have done for me so far.”

The leader of Pungcheon was speechless at the words of the sword dance. As if understanding his feelings, Hyeolcheondoma poured him a drink and said,

“Didn’t we tell you earlier? We can’t handle the ascending dragons. “It would be best to just let it go.”

The leader of Pungcheon emptied his drink without saying a word.

The drinking party, which seemed as if it was going to explode, continued.

After giving and receiving a drink or two, everyone got drunk.

“Investigator Seo. Stop eating. “If this continues, will you grab Master’s trouser legs again today?”

Seo Dae-ryong shouted loudly in response to Ian’s dissuasion.

“I’m fine!”

“I can already hear the sound of my tongue curling?”

“Don’t worry! “I’m not drunk.”

Seo Dae-ryong started drinking as if he had accumulated a lot these days, and Ian, who had been trying to stop him, was also sipping the alcohol he had been holding in throughout the training.

Geommugeuk looked at Jangho. Jang Ho gave them a look telling them not to worry as he would take good care of them.

“Shouldn’t it be the other way around? “You get drunk, and those two stop you.”

“That’s right.”

“If you show any signs of throwing a tantrum, hit me with that big fist.”

“It’s not easy to do that. “Both of you are in unusual spirits these days.”

Of course, Seo Dae-ryong was still far away, but in the case of Ian, it could not be said that he would lose to Jang-ho. Because it was a martial arts technique that could kill even Jangho if he was not careful.

Seeing this, the leader of the Pungcheon Church spoke to the Magons.

“The world has been turned upside down. “The world has become one where you have to please those below you.”

It was not a comment about Ian and Seo Dae-ryong, but a lament about the shackled man. Then he asked Geommugeuk.

“What does Gongja Lee think? Even if you become the leader, do you plan to run the church while paying attention to your subordinates?”

Instead of answering, Geommugeuk asked the leader of Pungcheon.

“Do you know what the characteristics of people who can’t work are?”

“Isn’t that because he’s incompetent and lazy?”

“That’s possible. “But there are more common characteristics.”

“Something?”

“You don’t have any sense.”

At that moment, the expression of the Pungcheon Church leader hardened. The intention is to tell a story that clearly contradicts his words.

“Are you telling me to keep an eye on your subordinates? So will the school run properly? “What if I get eaten by political faction bastards?”

“You have to pay attention to know what kind of person your subordinate is. You have to pay attention to know how they feel. “I refuse to show unreasonable loyalty.”

“stop!”

In the end, the Pungcheon religious leader turned the table over.

Everyone looked at him with surprised faces at the overturned drinking table. Alcohol and cooking got on my clothes, but no one cared.

The leader of the Pungcheon Church shouted.

“It’s a pretense. It’s a pretense to impress you. If there is a subordinate who doesn’t listen to me, I will secretly drag him away and kill him. I’m not saying I’m looking at your subordinates, but I’m looking at you. “I’m pretending that I want to take you away.”

His words rang out loud. To others, it was a sudden surge, but to him, it was a build-up and build-up of explosions.

The leader of Pungcheon resisted the urge to overturn the drinking table several times. However, the moment I heard the word “forced loyalty” in the last words of the sword dance, the dam I had held back collapsed.

These days, both the shackled man and his other subordinates were blaming themselves for being unreasonably loyal to him and even feeling a sense of victimhood.

There was only silence there.

Master Pungcheon gritted his teeth as he looked at the overturned floor of the table.

‘shit! whatever? Is this me? What should I do if I don’t want to hear things like that? shit!’

The overturned drinking table signaled the end of today’s long, decisive battle.

“I think I was rude. Please forgive me. “I’m late today, so I’ll see you again tomorrow and apologize.”

With Geommugeuk’s apology, Hyeolcheondoma and Ilhwa Geomzon said goodbye.

It was something that should not be done in front of the Magons. The two people were in a situation where they could be angry, but considering the sword dance, they did not show anything.

Jang-ho took the shackles and Seo Dae-ryong Ian and followed him.

Geommugeuk expressed his gratitude to everyone with a smile. If it weren’t for them, it wouldn’t have been established in the first place.

They parted ways at the entrance. No one said anything about the Pungcheon religious leader.

Jang Ho and Seo Dae-ryong Ian went to Pungryu Bar to have one more drink. Hyeolcheondoma and Ilhwa Geomjon returned to their residences saying they were tired, and Geommugeuk also headed to his residence.

* * *

The shackled man stood up.

The leader of Pungcheon was very unfamiliar with the sight of the shackled man walking towards him.

The shackled man picked up one of the liquor bottles that had fallen on the floor and drank from it. Then he handed the bottle to the leader of Pungcheon Church. The head of Pungcheon received the bottle and drank.

Maybe we could have sat side by side and drank like this a long time ago. What was so scary?

“I was shackled because I was afraid you would kill me. Or, to be more honest, you were afraid that I would kill you.”

“Probably not.”

“No?”

“The leader just didn’t think anything of it.”

“what?”

“The reasons I mentioned a little while ago are thoughts that I only came up with recently. Before that, you lived without thinking, right? Since I tied it up in the beginning, I just kept it tied up. “I’m soaked in inertia.”

The leader of Pungcheon could not refute. Like he said, I lived my life without thinking. I realized that these shackles were such a big problem after recently becoming involved with Lee Gongja.

Nevertheless, the shackled man comforted the leader of Pungcheon.

“Okay. “Everyone lives like this.”

“What’s okay? “This is why you’re leaving.”

“That’s not why I’m leaving. “It’s not because you’re shackling me.”

“Then why? Do you think we can change the world together with Lee Gongja?”

“I don’t have a dream to change the world.”

“If you do it, why? Why on earth!”

The reason was something that the Pungcheon religious leader had never expected.

“I’m leaving because I can’t get anything right.”

“what?”

“I handled everything related to the martial arts situation outside the country with the religious leader.”

“It did.”

“During that process, I couldn’t get anything right regarding the science and engineering skills.”

“You got it right, right? He said he was coming and he came. “I also need to ask for something new.”

The shackled man shook his head.

“Those are meaningless things. There were many reports coming in from outside the world regarding the Heavenly Demon Church. Many of them were graduates. Each time, Lee Gongja exceeded my expectations. I didn’t know how to kill the demon lord, and I didn’t know if I could kill the soul mazon. I didn’t know even more that it would attract the Blood Heavenly Chopping Demon. I didn’t know that he might bring everyone he had with him today. They might even ask for shackles. How can this happen? Yes, that’s right. Maybe I will be treated poorly if I go because the engineer is smarter than me. what? I brought you here as a soldier, but it’s not as good as it looks, right? You might be disappointed. But I still have to go and see it. I have to go and see why I couldn’t get it right and what kind of person I am that can do something like this. “I was truly curious.”

It was the first time the man in shackles spoke so much.

The Pungcheon religious leader knew. That I can’t hold him anymore. I asked last.

“Are you sure you can’t do this with me?”

“do. Come with me.”

“You crazy idiot, how can you keep being so simple! What will my subordinates think of me? “Do you think you will follow me as I go under the pale blue scientist?”

“Then let’s leave everything and go.”

“what?”

“Please hand over the position of leader to your successor and come with me. “It’s living a new life.”

All kinds of swear words came to mind for the Pungcheon religious leader. But there was a feeling of defeat that preceded the anger.

“If I leave out the title of Pungcheon Church leader, what would I be used for?”

“If you took away that title, you’d be a pretty cool guy. I was tied to that title for the rest of my life and lived an ordinary life. “I am not the only one who has lived in shackles.”

“What is he saying now.”

The leader of Pungcheon threw the liquor bottle he was holding and broke it.

“You want me to resign from my position as leader? “This place where you can kill anyone you want with a single word, eat whatever you want, and invite all kinds of beautiful women?”

“So are you happy?”

“Of course I’m happy! No, let’s say I’m not that happy. so? Will I be happy if I step down from this position? “The happiness that didn’t exist even when I was the leader of the cult came to me on my own.”

“I don’t know that either. “You have to find it.”

“You are trying to destroy me. “You’re going crazy just to make me unhappy.”

“Maybe so.”

“shit! “I’m just going to kill you and be done with it.”

“It’s too late.”

“what?”

“If I was going to kill him, I should have killed him before Gongja Lee came. If Li Gongzi releases my shackles and kills me, what would happen to my feelings towards you? He will blame himself for my death because of him, and that will spread into hatred towards the religious leader. If that happens, the leader will never be able to leave the new world. “For your sake, too, you must not kill me.”

“shit!”

“Accept it as fate.”

“Don’t talk like it’s fate! “Where is the fate of discriminating against people like this?”

“Sir, you are the leader of Pungcheon. This is a person who discriminates against and rules over everyone except birds. “How can the word discrimination come out of your mouth?”

After being silent for a while, the leader of Pungcheon suddenly spoke out.

“I lost. Yes, I lost to you guys who are well-spoken and smart. good.”

I meant it sincerely.

It was the moment he gave up on being a shackled man.

“Go and suffer until you die. Regret to death the day you left me. Go go. “I’m sending it to you because it’s dirty.”

Finally, the leader of Pungcheon was truly freed from his shackles.

At that time, the shackled man placed something in front of the Pungcheon religious leader. Surprisingly, it was a key that looked exactly like the key that could unlock the shackles.

“what’s this? no way? “Is this the key to the shackles?”

The shackled man nodded. The leader of Pungcheon was astonished. The key that was attached to the necklace earlier was taken by a subordinate of Geommugeuk along with the shackles, but the same key was found again.

“It was forged several years ago.”

“How on earth? “Then why didn’t you run away?”

The man in shackles didn’t tell me about it.

“If you had been able to remove the shackles, you would have had a chance to kill me, right? “Why didn’t you kill him?”

“It would be similar to the reason you didn’t kill me even when I swore at you. The religious leader said that, right? I am the person who understands and appreciates you the most. me too.”

The moment he heard those words, the Pungcheon religious leader’s heart was moved and his eyes became tearful.

This is why. The reason why this breakup is so difficult and disappointing.

The leader of the Pungcheon Church looked down at the key and said.

“I can’t believe you put this out there at this moment. “I am a loser until the end.”

Then the shackled man bowed deeply on the spot. And he greeted me with the most polite expression and words I had ever seen.

“It’s not like that. The reason you didn’t kill me and the reason you told me to go along so obediently. At least to me, the leader was a cool person. Even though I could have run away and wanted to die many times, the reason I lived like this was probably because I became attached to my religious leader. I will never forget the grace that freed me today. “I look forward to the day when we can be together again, sir.”

The shackled man left the room like that.

The leader of Pungcheon, who was left alone, slammed his fist on the floor.

I felt a sense of relief, but I also felt sad, and at the same time, I felt empty, and at the same time, I was happy. And then I felt sad.