Chapter 66. Gongson Chun Gi’s Gift (1/2)
Chapter 66. Gongson Chun Gi’s Gift
Cho Ryu Hyang, who came back to the garden, became extremely busy for the next four days. He had to be crowned as the Heir to the church.
The coronation of the Heir. Thanks to the Guardians of the church paying close attention to it, it was steadily becoming a very stable and perfect event.
And finally, the day had come.
Cho Ryu Hyang put on the Black Dragon Robe (黑龍布), the Long Red Shoes (赤長靴) with beautiful gold patterns inscribed onto it, with the small gold crown that symbolized Cho Ryu Hyang’s status as the Heir.
All the accessories and the clothes on his body were top-notch, and were made for just today, the Heir’s coronation day.
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“You look pretty good in those.”
Gongson Chun Gi came over to Cho Ryu Hyang right before the coronation, and smiled. It had been a while since he last saw Cho Ryu Hyang. Because he too was busy for the past few days, he was unable to go see him.
He just finished all his tasks, and managed to find some time to visit. Cho Ryu Hyang looked at Gongson Chun Gi, and spoke.
“The clothes that I’m wearing are so expensive, I can’t even move properly. I don’t even know why people wear these things.”
“Aa. That’s what everyone thinks at first. It’ll do well for you to get used to those soon, though. You’ll have to wear them till you get sick of it.”
Cho Ryu Hyang shook his head. It almost seemed impossible to get used to these. They were too inefficient. Gongson Chun Gi looked over at Cho Ryu Hyang. His eyes soon began to sparkle.
“Anyways, it seems you’ve gained something. Your eyes changed.”
Cho Ryu Hyang looked at Gongson Chun Gi. What should he call it? After thinking a bit, he decided to just smile.
The confident smile of Cho Ryu Hyang was all it took to show Gongson Chun Gi that what he gained was not small.
“Oho. It seems you more or less understood Ryun. Good job.”
“Something good happened.”
“Something good…….”
Gongson Chun Gi made a mysterious smile. As expected, it seemed the thing that Zhuge Liang fellow did worked pretty well. It really was ‘something good’.
‘But…….’
It looked like Cho Ryu Hyang still didn’t know that he knew about Zhuge Liang.
Gongson Chun Gi smiled evilly inside. He didn’t feel like telling his disciple that he knew about Zuge Liang just yet. It would be interesting to wait till Cho Ryu Hyang told him about it, wouldn’t it?
‘You’re supposed to eat tasty things at the end, after all.’
Gongson Chun Gi made a satisfied smile, and spoke up.
“Now, we can begin learning Shura Environment.”
Cho Ryu Hyang blinked. This was too fast. Was it alright to learn something new, especially when he didn’t take in the Moon Edge Blade Technique completely?
“This is the best time to learn it. After all, you’re body is just about done maturing.”
Gongson Chun Gi looked over Cho Ryu Hyang from head to toe, and spoke.
“Shura Environment isn’t as gentle as the Moon Edge Blade Technique. It’s barbaric and cruel. I took the technique that was already like that, and made it worse. It should be fun for you to learn it.”
Cho Ryu Hyang showed an uncomfortable smile in response to Gognson Chun Gi’s playful one.
His teacher, who didn’t really like fighting, found joy in annoying others. And the victim of his would almost always suffer terribly.
‘I’ll just have to endure it.’
This was what Cho Ryu Hyang decided to do from the start, anyways. He couldn’t complain now.
“You’re still set on becoming stronger?”
“Yes. I want to become stronger.”
More so than he was now. He wanted strength that would lose to no one. That want for strength just kept getting bigger every day.
“What do you want to do when you become strong? Revenge? What do you want to do after that?”
Cho Ryu Hyang began to think. What would he do after becoming stronger? What comes after revenge?
Cho Ryu Hyang’s mind got filled with various thoughts. Gongson Chun Gi looked at his disciple and smiled.
“What do I look like to you?”
What does he look like? What was that supposed to mean? Cho Ryu Hyang looked at his teacher quietly. Recently, he had been feeling the true strength of his teacher.
The Heavenly Demon Church was a small nation. Gongson Chun Gi was the leader who led the nation without any discord whatsoever. He always had an air of carefreeness about him, too.
No matter what happened, he would lead his people out of a crisis wisely. That was the power of Gongson Chun Gi, something that no one could imitate.
“A person who I want to be like.”
Gongson Chun Gi smiled. It was a smile filled with absolute happiness.
“You see, I’ve been feeling very happy recently.”
“…….”
It was a strange response. To think Cho Ryu Hyang would be able to hear something like this from his teacher, who always complained about everything. Gongson Chun Gi tapped Cho Ryu Hyang’s shoulders lightly, and kept talking.
“Never try to make something like a standard when judging others. Never try to consider their feelings, either. Just ask yourself, would making this decision make me happy? You should become extremely greedy. Only then would you be like me.”
His words were dripping with pride.
But how many people would there be, that could tell and teach his disciple something like this?
This was something only Gongosn Chun Gi could do. After all, he really was like that.
“Soon enough, you’ll be the disciple of the strongest person in the world.”
Cho Ryu Hyang’s face flushed as he turned his head away.
“…….It’s true that you’re great, but doesn’t it feel awkward saying something like that outright?”
Gongson Chun Gi tilted his head.
“Why should I be? I’m just telling the truth here.”
“…….”
Cho Ryu Hyang thought that no matter what happened, he didn’t want to inherit this aspect of his teacher.
‘Well, I don’t think I can even if I try.’
If he said something like this, the whole place would just turn awkward. But Gongson Chun Gi, on the other hand, seemed extremely natural. Everything he did and said made sense, just like how air existing everywhere made sense.
“We’re starting. Let’s go.”
Cho Ryu Hyang nodded. It was finally happening. The path that he would walk upon. It would be decided here, today.
“I got a special present, just for you, too.”
Present? The first thing that Cho Ryu Hyang felt was fear, thanks to the nature of his teacher. Cho Ryu Hyang looked at his teacher with a curious look on his face, but the only thing he got back was an evil smile.
“It wouldn’t be fun if I told you beforehand, don’t you think? You should learn to be patient.”