Chapter 55. First Subordinate (2/2)

Cho Ryu Hyang put his glasses back on, and spoke.

“Didn’t teacher tell me that I needed to find a subordinate of my own soon?

“Right.”

“The Administrator will be my first subordinate.”

Gognson Chun Gi nodded, and opened his mouth.

“This guy here hasn’t seen your true potential yet. He hasn’t accepted you. is that fine?”

Cho Ryu Hyang nodded. Right. The Administrator still doubted him. But that didn’t matter.

“He’ll accept me in the future. I’ll make him.”

It was an amazing amount of confidence. Gongson Chun Gi had to change his view of his disciple a bit. He thought that his disciple didn’t even know about his own talent, but it seemed that wasn’t the case.

The boy already knew about his talent. That alone made Gongson Chun Gi happy. Gongson Chun Gi was unable to suppress the happiness welling up inside him.

“Kuhahaha! As expected of my disciple. You know my worries don’t amount to much. Good, good.”

“Thank you.”

Cho Ryu Hyang faintly smiled when he looked at his laughing teacher. It seemed that his teacher realized his intentions some time ago.

‘He truly is amazing.’

The feeling he had when he became that man’s disciple. That feeling that he was going to respect the person in front of him very much was beginning to come to life.

“Hui.”

“…….Yes, your holiness.”

Gongson Chun Gi grabbed Un Hui’s shoulder, and made a playful face.

“Honestly speaking, I feel sorry for a lot of things. I need to pay you back someday. But now, I feel as if I’ve already paid you back for what I owed you.”

“…….”

He felt sorry? Those words were too much for Un Hui. He already got so much from the Pope, but the Pope still said such things to him.

‘How should I respond?’

While Un Hui had been thinking that, Gongson Chun Gi resumed talking.

“You will continue living while observing this child. And you’ll come to realize that this child truly deserves to be my disciple. You’ll even become thankful to me for bringing the child here.”

Un Hui smiled when he heard the Pope’s words. He then slowly put his hand towards his face, then took off his mask.

Slip–

He was almost thirty, but a face of a twenty year old man was hidden behind the mask.

“I trust your decision.”

Gongson Chun Gi grinned.

“The only thing you have left is to confirm everything by yourself.”

Un Hui looked at Cho Ryu Hyang. Cho Ryu Hyang didn’t avoid that gaze. Then, Cho Ryu Hyang realized.

‘If the Administrator was inside the formation, I wonder how this would’ve turned out?’

No matter how much he thought, he couldn’t come up with a solid conclusion. Cho Ryu Hyang fondled his glasses, and bitterly smiled.

‘This really was a big gamble for me.’

But that gamble really paid off. Cho Ryu Hyang would’ve done anything to get Un Hui, no matter how big the gamble was.

While Cho Ryu Hyang was thinking that, Un Hui knelt down again.

“You’re going to damage your knees if you keep doing that.”

Gongson Chun Gi said this with a playful grin, but Un Hui didn’t smile back. He bowed down with a serious expression. When his face was nearly touching the ground, he spoke.

“Administrator Un Hui promises to serve the Heir of the church for the rest of his life.”

Cho Ryu Hyang thought a bit when he heard this. What should he say?

He tried to get some advice from Gonson Chun Gi by glancing at him a few times, but Gongosn Chun Gi’s eyes just showed “it’s not my problem, do this on your own”.

‘What should I say.’

Un Hui really was a desirable person. Wasn’t that why Cho Ryu Hyang made the whole situation to be like this in the first place?

Plus, Un Hui was going to be his first subordinate. He wanted to say something memorable to the man.

‘It isn’t easy, eh?’

Gongson Chun Gi was just grinning while he looked at his disciple. Getting on a high position just meant that there were more responsibilities.

One couldn’t make any mistakes, and every one of his/her action would hold significance.

‘What will you say to him?’

Gongson Chun Gi made an expectant face. Right then, Cho Ryu Hyang smiled a little. He thought of something fitting for the situation. Cho Ryu Hyang knelt down, put his hands on Un Hui’s shoulders, and spoke.

“In the future, I will treat you like Fan Kuai (樊噲: The right hand of Emperor Gaozu of Han. Whenever Emperor Gaozu got cornered, Fan Kuai would save the emperor’s life).”

Fan Kuai? Un Hui felt emotional when he heard the child’s words.

“I will protect you with my life.”

“Thank you.”

Cho Ryu Hyang smiled. That was how his very first subordinate was chosen.