The Grand Mudang Saga [Path of the Shaman]

Episode 18

In the middle of the night under the soft moonlight.

A pair of beast-like pupils glow in the dark.

Bassack Bassak.

Swish Swish.

A cautious hand rummaged through the tall pile of cloth for a long time before grabbing something and pulling it out.

“…”

Disappointed in his eyes, which had been keenly examining the wide-open cloth, his hand again turned to the pile of cloth.

Swoop.

The fabric pulled out this time seems to be quite good, so I hold it for a longer time than before, trying it on my body and even rubbing it on my arm.

Then I didn’t like something, so I annoyedly poked it back where it was before, and then I snuck it again…

“Who’s there?”

“…!”

I said that I was as careful as possible, but did my hands get rough without realizing it because of the irritation caused by the continuous futility?

Someone woke up and lit a lantern.

“huh? Why is this?”

A handsome middle-aged man, revealed under the twilight light, hurriedly approached, surprised to see the messy interior.

The clothes that should have been laid out beautifully in the morning to attract the attention of passers-by were scattered on the floor.

“Where the fuck did you get a hoe from… huh?”

The man who was tidying up his clothes with a nervous expression found traces of growth on his clothes and examined them carefully.

It was covered with soil and was clearly revealed…

“…four human footprints?! I can’t even stand it…!”

It was the moment when the startled man hurriedly raised his head.

Took.

“….”

“….”

Another man who walked out from the darkness behind the man who collapsed on the floor before he could finish what he was about to say.

It was a fate that came to steal clothes from the dry goods store that I had prepared in advance for the escape.

He hadn’t even thought of that.

In order not to be suspected by people, I just needed clothes that fit my body, and since I decided to leave as far as possible, I just wanted to have decent clothes.

After choosing, I became greedy, and as I became greedy, I delayed a little… I thought the owner of the linen store would wake up.

I confirmed that he was asleep snoring as if he would not know who was carrying him, but his ears are also bright.

Unyeon, who had bitten his teeth and rolled his eyes here and there, suddenly tore his hair.

As the situation became embarrassing, the mistake of the past came to mind.

damn it I didn’t give all the money to the bandits!

How stupid was I at the time to just throw away the money that Jinheo gave me for pocket money, saying I didn’t need it?

I will never do that again. I will love and save money for the rest of my life… Ah, this is not the time to think about it.

Returning to reality from the swamp of regret as if someone had pulled him, he lowered his hand from tearing off his hair and fell into deep thought.

You must not delay unless you are caught.

For now, I knocked him out so he wouldn’t make a fuss, but after he wakes up, he’s sure to make noise in all directions…

Besides, he’s on the run. I had to leave as few traces as possible.

“…”

Suddenly, a bleak life shimmered in Unyeon’s eyes.

The dead don’t speak.

If I shut my mouth, the murderer’s mouth will be…

“…Damn it.”

I couldn’t bear to do that. What kind of crime did the draper shopkeeper commit? It wasn’t enough that his clothes were stolen, and he even died.

Still, I couldn’t just let it go.

Chew!

Yun-yeon immediately tore one of the clothes scattered everywhere.

I tied my hands and feet and put a gag on my mouth so I couldn’t scream…

I felt a little sorry, but it wouldn’t hurt much if I did that.

If someone finds it, they’ll save it, and by that time, they’ll have already run away.

Island island island.

After meticulously restraining the shop owner, he leans the shop owner on one side…

“….”

The floor is cold?

What if my mouth goes back all night?

I was even robbed, wouldn’t it be too unfair?

After standing tall and contemplating for a while, she collects the clothes scattered on the floor and spreads them out.

Un-yeon stood up with a satisfied expression only after laying down the dry goods store neatly on the piled up seats that seemed to be a little soft and covering them with a thick hemp from a pile of cloth.

yes this is it

I didn’t like it very much, but I chose clothes that fit well, and the clothes I was wearing were wrapped in a wrapping cloth.

there is no time now

Let’s go….

Glance.

Yun-yeon looked at the owner of the clothing store once more and straightened the slightly crooked long hem.

Let’s see… I’m in trouble if the owner of the clothes shop can’t be found, so maybe it’s better to leave the gate slightly open?

profit.

“…”

Un-yeon carefully opened the door of the tightly closed clothing store.

Because it was late at night, there were no people in the shopping street.

thank god.

With no eyes to see, you won’t have to worry about leaving traces anymore.

Un-yeon opened the door and secured it so that it would not close, then sneaked out and walked.

Back alleys Back alleys are safe.

It’s dark and dull…

For those who run away, isn’t the back alley the same option as the truth of eternity?

Un-yeon carefully examined her surroundings and moved to the back alley covered in darkness.

When the Merchant Street ended, a shantytown of homeless vagabonds was revealed.

It was a mountain road just past this place.

Slowly so no one suspects. like an ordinary passerby.

The fate of walking along the darkness of the wall was about to leave the street of vagrants.

“He is a cursed bastard!”

“Wicked bloodline!”

“Get off immediately!”

An angry cry was heard from somewhere.

“…?”

I was curious for a while, but I didn’t even have time to feel curiosity about the world.

Yun-yeon shook her head a couple of times to shake off her curiosity and hurried her steps.

However, the disturbance seemed to have arisen somewhere in his path.

Un-yeon fell into trouble at the voice that grew louder as she got out of the hut and got closer to the mountain road.

Shall we change direction?

no. Isn’t it a mountain road if you go a little further?

Unexpectedly, he was just passing by, but what was going to happen…

A wide empty lot came into Un-yeon’s field of vision as he walked at a higher speed than before.

Numerous people who appear to be outcasts are surrounded by something, surrounded by… A child?

“…”

A deep gap opened between Unyeon’s brows.

The child, dressed in rags that could hardly be called old and dirty clothes, was trembling with frightened eyes at the shouts of those around him.

A child who looks only about seven or eight years old.

but why? And why are you alone?

…Did I mention that there are many wandering children who lost their parents among the gang?

Among them, there will be children who lost their parents early, and there will be abandoned children.

“go! go away! Don’t come around again!”

But everyone is so bummed out.

He is such a young child who seems to have nowhere to go…

I felt sorry for him and would have given him a night’s sleep, but all of them were persecuting the child as if chasing insects that had flown into their territory.

What kind of sin did that young child commit so that everyone would react like that?

While questioning, a corner of my heart ached.

It was because the image of himself, which had always been neglected by his own people, was reflected intact.

“…”

Unyeon clenched her teeth and closed her eyes tightly.

What is the story?

Let’s just ignore it for once. No, you should pretend not to know.

Wasn’t there a precedent in which I was caught in a trap set by the dog-like Hwangshin bastard after I went out to save him?

For now, let’s just think about running away.

It’s just that I’ve delayed quite a bit of time. From the mountain road, I had to run without looking back.

It was the time when he forced himself to calm down his sympathy and strode forward with clenched fists.

“Aren’t you going? This damned Han family! You bastards crawl in, asking where we are!”

“…”

The steps of destiny stopped suddenly at the cry of a tramp.

Now… What?

“Yeah, these little wormy things!”

“The bloodline of the wicked one!”

Un-yeon, who had been listening to all kinds of evil that was pouring toward the child with her head bowed for a while, slowly turned her head.

The faces of the tramps who come and get stuck one by one.

What appeared in their eyes toward the child was severe disillusionment, and at first glance, it seemed that they were harboring a desire to live.

“The Hans, both children and adults, must all die.”

“that’s right. I’m sure you’re out of luck with those things.”

“You have to chase them away.”

Voices of accusation roaring from all over the place pierced his ears like an awl.

Even the emotions that permeate each letter into the intonation…

Huiik! Pooh!

“…!”

Someone threw it, flew it, and hit it.

Un-yeon’s pupils as she stood and watched the scene as if nailed to it, reflected the staggering image of that small, clumsy child.

A cracked forehead with blood dripping from it and a red stone rolling around on the floor…

“Look at that terrible guy!”

“Heh, you’re stoned and bleeding, don’t you even think about running away?”

“It’s definitely Mr. Han’s seed. You should be stoned to death.”

“Right, what kind of a crime is it to kill such a dog-like seed!”

“…”

That is what crowd psychology is all about.

One small opportunity spreads like a wave and takes hold of the whole.

In the process of transforming lies into truth and injustice into justice, authenticity does not matter.

The moment everyone believes it is right, it becomes the truth and justice.

“Let’s kill.”

“Okay, let’s kill them.”

ridicule and slander abound.

No one feels guilty and no one sympathizes with that poor little child who stumbles and bleeds.

Under the belief that justice is realized, everyone here is trying to punish the child without guilt.

A child who has done nothing.

Just because I was born with Han’s blood…

Hui Iik!

Stones flew from all sides.

puck! Perpuck! puck!

The child was afraid of the flying stone aiming at me, so the child closed her eyes tightly and crouched down, and the pupils of the punishers glistened with madness.

“…?”

What happened?

As time passed and no pain was felt, the child cautiously opened her eyes and raised her head.

“Are you okay?”

“…”

A man stood in front of the child.

She had very sad eyes and blocked all flying stones with her body.

“What! What are you doing!”

“Get out of the way! this guy!”

“It’s a team! That guy is also Han’s blood!”

“Kill! Let’s kill with the bastard!”

The man’s face was distorted by the angry cry, and the tramps, who had decided that he deserved to kill even those who stood in their way, picked up stones again.

“uh? uh huh?”

But no one threw.

Saah…

I got goosebumps as if a cold wind had blown from somewhere.

Even the fine hairs on the back of my neck stood on end, and my saliva went dry.

And it happened.

Un-yeon, the man who was stoned in place of the child, slowly stood up and turned his head toward the tramps.

“…go away. before killing them.”

“…!”

Some of them sat down and others took a backward step at the calm and lonely voice that seemed like a knife was piercing their throats in the dull darkness in their eyes stained black like the night.

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”

No matter how many rabbits there are, rabbits can’t catch the tiger’s gaze.

The ferocious eyes of the person who embraced the Mukryong and the vicious life spewed out by the warrior beyond the spirit were fear and fear that they could not even handle as they roamed the streets.

The fear metastasized in an instant.

The group of vagrants who had been throwing stones at the child were scattered like an embankment breaking into a small hole.

“…”

Un-yeon’s gaze returned to the child.

Seeing the terrified child trembling like an aspen tree, he bit his lip hard in his heart.

It was something I shouldn’t have done, but I couldn’t ignore it.

Is it because you’re a relative? Because it was the lineage of the ruined Mr. Han?

Maybe so… but more importantly, he was still a child.

A child who does not even know why Mr. Han, who did not commit any crime, dreamed of going to heaven.

It’s just that I was born that way, so what’s the sin?

“…are you okay. No one can say anything to you anymore.”

“…”

Unyeon knelt down on one knee and embraced the child.

As I patted my back for a while to cheer up, the child burst into tears as if the tension was relieved.

“Are you okay? are you okay. My parents are…”

Un-yeon, who was about to ask where her parents were, blurted out behind her with a sad expression.

It was crazy to think that the child’s parents might not be late.

Unknowingly, I took the child out of my arms and looked at it…

“…it’s gone.”

“what?”

“I needed to pee…it disappeared after I came back hehe…”

“…”

What are you talking about?

Did it disappear while you were peeing?

“I go around looking for my mom and dad, but there is no road…” “

…?”

“No, it’s dark…”

Un-yeon, who had been silently listening to the rambling words while shedding tears, sighed and got up holding the child in her arms.

In short, while he went to pee, the parents were away for a while, and it seemed that he came out of anxiety and got lost.

what to do

If I leave it as it is, I might be in trouble again with the vagrants…

But I was in a hurry to go.

You don’t know when you’ll be chased, so you shouldn’t delay even a little bit

.

“Let’s go home, I’ll take you.”