Chapter 28. For Teacher (1/2)

Chapter 28. For Teacher

Neng Ha Young was looking straight at her grandfather, with red eyes and a blush. Neng Mu gi took in her gaze without a word.

“………Promise me something, grandpa.”

“What?”

“To never tell anyone else about this story, ever again in your life.”

Neng Mu Gi nodded.

“I promise.”

Neng Ha Young began thinking about something, then called out to her grandfather with a sad face.

“Grandpa.”

“Yeah?”

“I think it’d be better to not make the Martial World Sequence Records in this age.”

“I won’t make the Martial World Sequence Records for this era, to protect your honor.”

She took out the partially completed sequence records from her clothes. She observed it carefully for a moment, then put it down on the table.

The sequence records had all the martial artists of this generation listed according to the order of power. Neng Ha Young didn’t need it anymore.

“I don’t want to do it, but since I told myself that I would do it, I will make the sequence records in the future. But not now.”

Neng Ha Young stopped speaking, and looked at her grandfather.

“I will wait until the next generation appears. I still have a lot of time left, after all.”

Neng Ha Young bit her lip, and stood up.

She expected it to an extent, but knowing the truth truly made her feel uncomfortable. That was because she had absolute confidence that her grandfather was the strongest man in the world up till now.

After seeing his granddaughter say her goodbyes and leave, Neng Mu Gi opened his mouth.

“Yup (曄).”

The empty room. In that room, where only Neng Mu Gi was thought to be in, a second person appeared out of nowhere.

“Yes, master.”

The man that appeared was the Night Emperor’s only disciple, Shi Yup (視曄).

He was a young man with a pale skin, and a smooth face. He appeared in front of Neng Mu Gi with a polite attitude. Neng Mu Gi looked at the young man, and spoke.

“How was it?”

“What do you mean?”

“How was my granddaughter, in your perspective?”

Shi Yup thought for a moment. What should he say? After thinking a bit, he spoke.

“………She looked wise.”

“Did she, now.”

“Yes.”

“But she is in quite a bit of danger. A girl that gets a little too smart would endanger herself. Her intelligence itself would be her enemy.”

“………”

Perhaps that was true. The martial world was a world of men. Living in that world with a woman’s body. That in itself was extremely dangerous. If a woman didn’t have a reliable shield around her, living in the martial world would not be easy.

Shi Yup quietly thought about his teacher’s words. Then he realized. His master, who seemed cold and uncaring. The only thing his master actually cared about was Neng Ha Young, his master’s granddaughter.

‘It seems that he does care about his own family.’

It seemed that Neng Mu Gi, who didn’t even seem like he would bleed when stabbed, actually had some attachments to his family. While Shi Yup was thinking about such things, Neng Mu Gi opened his mouth.

“I think the time has come to let you go.”

Neng Mu Gi’s words. It took a while for Shi Yup to process it. Once he did, his eyes shook violently.

The words he didn’t expect out of his master’s mouth. When his master spoke, all his thought processes paused for a split second. And after recovering, he immediately went down on his knees and bowed towards his master.

“M, master, are you trying to throw me away?”

“Yes. I’m sorry I was so late.”

Shi Yup trembled at Neng Mu Gi’s words.

No, not yet. This was too early. There was still much to learn from his master, wasn’t there?

“I am not ready.”

Neng Mu Gi shook his head.

“You have already inherited all of my techniques a long time ago. Now, you just need to break out of your shell.”

“But this is still too early. Master, please take back what you have said.”

Neng Mu Gi looked at his trembling disciple with a emotionless face.

“You need to learn how to live on your own, now.”

“…….!”

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Living on his own.

That’s right. Shi Yup had forgotten how to live without orders a long time ago.

A manual human.

Once he realized this fact, his face froze. Neng Mu Gi, seeing that, opened his mouth with a bored face.

“You are no longer my subordinate. So go. Go anywhere you want. Live the way you want.”

Neng Mu Gi said this, and looked out the window. Shi Yup, seeing his master’s quiet self, couldn’t approach him.

‘This can’t happen.’

He had served his master for almost 20 years. He had so much loyalty towards him, that he could kill himself if his master told him to do it.

But there was something else that couldn’t be explained with loyalty.

‘Why can’t I leave him? Because he’s admirable?’

Shi Yup began thinking. And he immediately found an answer. Neng Mu Gi was his teacher and master, and at the same time, a father like figure. Others were jealous of Neng Mu Gi’s position as one of the three sovereigns, but Shi Yup knew what it was really like for Neng Mu Gi to be one of the three sovereigns.

His master’s life wasn’t filled with riches and prosperity. His master actually led a desolate life, contrary to what others believed.

Shi Yup never saw Neng Mu Gi laugh out of joy so far. That was why Shi Yup wanted Neng Mu Gi to become happy, at least once. The reason why Shi Yup trained day and night under his master, was to at least make his master feel a sense of accomplishment. Shi Yup had never disobeyed his master, for his master’s happiness.

But not now. This was an order that he couldn’t obey.

“……..I will not leave.”

Neng Mu Gi didn’t respond. He simply looked out the window with an uncaring face. Shi Yup felt a sense of sternness from his master’s attitude. Neng Mu Gi was a man that wouldn’t back down from a decision, no matter what happened. Shi Yup, knowing that, made a desperate expression.

But after thinking for a long time, Shi Yup faintly smiled. He already knew what Neng Mu Gi was truly worried about, didn’t he? Come to think of it, Shi Yup could take care of his master’s only worry himself. He felt that he could make his master truly happy by doing that.

“Thank you for taking care of me from now on.”

Neng Mu Gi did not reply. He simply turned around, and stared at Shi Yup. Shi Yup opened his mouth, under his master’s gaze.

“Master, from now on, I’ll…….”

“You idiot. I am no longer your master.”