Chapter 105. Cho Ryu Hyang Meets Ju Ho Yu (2/2)
Cho Ryu Hyang realized something the moment he heard the man’s job.
He found out what kind of a man this person was.
‘So it was him.’
This man was a professional mathematician, who dealt with things related to calculations in the Palace.
He was also the person who created the formation that trapped Un Hui.
These two facts merged into a single thing in his head.
Cho Ryu Hyang’s eyes became much more serious.
‘A man who views the world through mathematics.’
He had wanted to meet this man.
He didn’t know he’d meet the man like this, but perhaps this meeting was fate.
He would use this chance to see just how strong this man was.
Seeing it didn’t actually take too long.
“Are you thinking of activating the formation here?”
When Ju Ho yu asked this, Cho Ryu Hyang blinked a few times.
As expected, the man noticed the formation.
But this was something that even harmonious experts couldn’t detect?
‘And……’
It seemed that the man also knew that Cho Ryu Hyang was the one who create the formation as well.
He was good enough to notice a formation that wasn’t even active, and somehow, he was able to see who made it. This made Cho Ryu Hyang see that the man reached a considerable height in formations.
But there was one thing that he had to confirm before he could make this conclusion.
“A formation? I don’t know what you mean……”
When Cho Ryu Hyang pretended to not know anything, Ju Ho Yu frowned.
“Are you trying to hide it? Or are you trying to see if I am truly skilled? Do I really have to tell you that you set up a giant defensive formation here?”
“Formation? There’s a formation here?”
When Tai Gonggong said this with wide eyes, Ju Ho Yu frowned even more.
“Yes. It’s as big as the one in the Palace. It’s just not active yet.”
“Really? That’s pretty good.”
“Yes. It really is amazing. The size as well as its power….. depending on its owner, it’s possible to kill or save massive amounts of people.”
Ju Ho Yu said this as he looked at Cho Ryu Hyang.
His eyes seemed to be saying ‘are you still going to feign innocence?’ Cho Ryu Hyang could only smile in front of that gaze.
If the opponent knew this much already, everything would actually become quite easy.
“How did you know?”
“Is that important?”
Cho Ryu Hyang smiled.
It seemed that the other side did not know the purpose of his question just now.
There was a need to be more specific.
“Yes. It’s important. The Four Powers, or the Imperial Palace does not matter at the moment.”
“…….”
“The objective of the Four Powers is just too clear, and I can already tell why you came here, and they do not matter to me one bit. The only thing that I care about at the moment is how you noticed the formation, and how you knew I made it.”
Cho Ryu Hyang calmly stared at Ju Ho Yu.
This gaze made Ju Ho Yu’s eyes shake slightly.
He had seen a glimpse of someone he respected in the boy’s eyes.
“So I ask you to answer. If you thought you could just take information from here, you are greatly mistaken.”
“…….”
“The fact that there’s a formation here, along with the fact that I made this formation, is a great secret. Now, you must give back something of equal value.”
Equivalent exchange.
You gain something, and you lose something.
The world was unexpectedly fair this way.
Ju Ho Yu thought of the word and frowned.
But it wasn’t like he was going to take this lying down.
He would never let himself get dragged around by his opponent.
Especially when that opponent was a child.
“I figured it out myself, so you do figure it out by yourself as well.”
It wouldn’t be easy.
He definitely wouldn’t be giving any hints.
That was what Ju Ho Yu’s face was saying, but this only made Cho Ryu Hyang’s smile get even wider.
“I knew you’d say this. It would take a bit of time, but if you’re fine with that, I’ll do it.”
Cho Ryu Hyang knew.
He knew that his opponent didn’t know much about him.
The man probably thought that he was a normal formations expert.
Ju Ho Yu probably didn’t know that he used mathematics as well.
In that case, there was still something that he had to take from Ju Ho Yu.
“Would you bring me a brush and a piece of paper?”
When Cho Ryu Hyang said this, Lim Hak Gyum immediately issued a single command.
And a while later, someone appeared out of the shadows, gave Cho Ryu Hyang a brush, ink, and paper, then left.
Tai Gonggong made an amused face when he saw this.
“Hoh? So the church really does have some useful kids?”
“Yes.”
Cho Ryu Hyang lightly replied and looked at the paper in front of him.
He pushed away the snacks on the table and grabbed onto the brush.
After he dipped the brush in ink, he put the brush over the paper. However, just before he wrote what he had in his mind, a single ‘information’ made him stop.
Then, he trembled.
The thing that bothered him from a while back.
The reason why Ju Ho Yu sounded so familiar.
‘The best mathematician in the world……’
That was it.
That was what was in his mind for so long.
Jo Gi Chun had told him something once.
The area that even he had never managed to reach in life.
And the single mathematician who managed to reach that are.
‘At that time, teacher definitely mentioned Ju Ho Yu.’
This was it.
This was the person.
Cho Ryu Hyang stopped everything, and looked at Ju Ho Yu. There was a mixture of emotions inside his eyes.
He felt that there was something that tied them together.
‘I have to confirm it.’
If this person really was as great as his teacher had said, there was one thing he had to confirm.
Cho Ryu Hyang began to move his brush again, but this time, there was a different light in his eyes.