EP.24
For a moment, goosebumps ran down my spine.
Why do dead people walk around this world?
It’s not like there’s nothing to guess. Surely someone could have died. For example, Kang Yunho, who gave unscheduled feedback and fell asleep on the bed, or Kang Yunho, who lost his body to me. But since I couldn’t show it, I decided to ask.
“haha. The person standing in front of my grandfather is a living person. A dead person? “Are you saying I’m a jiangshi?”
Do you think I’m still alive? I didn’t think it was a situation to make the same joke, so I intentionally smiled and joked.
“That’s why it’s even more interesting. “It’s been 50 years since I learned about Cheongi, and this is the first time I’ve seen a fate like this.”
The grandfather had a worried look on his face as he stroked his beard.
“What kind of fate is that?”
Let’s find out.
“Surely you should have died last year. Although he was a small and evil star and even treated others badly, he was destined to die as fuel for other stars.”
ah! Was this the story about bastard Kang Yunho? That bastard is dead. I survived because I was a dick.
“I guess the other star wasn’t as good as I thought.”
“That’s not the problem. It was a dying star, but it is a star that will do great things in this world. That fate is so certain. You were supposed to be the fuel for that star. But now I see that you are alive before my eyes, and the dying star is burning even brighter than its original fate. “How on earth did this happen?…”
The grandfather who was reading fortunes looked at me with eyes filled with suspicion.
You’re living hard. Moyongsang. How are you? I’m not doing well.
He’s a smarter grandfather than I thought. I think I was being too easy on him because he was reading fortunes in front of the shack. An old man like this would be able to recognize that the star’s identity is Mo Yong-sang and that I am the dead Kang Yun-ho.
In times like this, it’s better to just make an excuse and avoid suspicion.
“sorry. That’s actually the date of birth of my friend who passed away last year. Seeing a person with the appearance of a genius sitting like this, I wanted to know what was the reason for my friend’s unjust death. I’m really sorry.”
I got up from my crooked chair and apologized to my grandfather.
“Hmm, I see. Somehow I was never destined to live. He’s a close friend… Yes, that’s possible. Because I was destined to be eaten unknowingly. Tsk tsk.”
The grandfather clicked his tongue and fiddled with his tools.
Grandpa, I’m alive. I was deceived without knowing it. This old man isn’t a complete idiot, but he doesn’t seem to be a genius.
Still, I think it’s worth listening to my original date of birth. I quickly calculated my original date of birth as 60 years old.
“sorry. I did it because I was truly frustrated with my friend’s fate. “I will pay double the bokchae, so I will tell you my date of birth now.”
I calculated the original date of birth of the possessor Kang Yun-ho. Grandfather fiddled with his tools again and smiled at me. Why are you doing this again?
“you.”
“yes?”
“Don’t even dream of running for government office.”
“yes? “Why is that so?”
“I gave a lot of advice without thinking and it wasn’t the right thing to say, and then I sold it. “Wouldn’t it be unfair if he died while speaking directly? Wouldn’t it be really unfair if he died after giving a lot of thoughtless advice?”
“….”
Suddenly, I remember the unscheduled feedback I worked so hard to write. No, I thought about it a lot when I wrote it. He said he was filled with anger. As expected, this old man is half a man.
“I asked if things would go well in the future, but it would be difficult if you told me that I was destined to die.”
“ah! Look at my mind. The fate ahead was so amazing that I was mistaken. Don’t worry about work. If you don’t pass the civil service examination, you will achieve great success. Actually, you can talk a lot. “Don’t worry.”
“That’s a good thing.”
Isn’t fortune telling originally just about hearing good stories? This is a business that will prosper in the future. I felt better when I heard that my grandfather, who seemed more trustworthy than other fake fortune tellers, spoke to me.
“Pay the price of the bokchae in the money box in front of you and leave.”
“yes. “I will listen carefully.”
Although I heard some unpleasant stories, I was satisfied and left because it was a good experience.
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“Oh heavens!! “If you don’t have enough travel expenses, you won’t be able to leave!!”
It’s already been a week here. Maedamjail was experiencing a boom. Once we talk about it, it’s not at the level of buying silk clothes or buying a house.
It was enough money to eat hearty hangover soup three times a day, have a drink in the evening, and even save money. Say goodbye to the life of eating a piece of Mantou with salt.
“you. “I heard a rumor that your skill at magic tricks is amazing, and it turns out it’s true.”
I stopped by Mr. Wang’s dry goods store to exchange money. It was late in the afternoon, but for some reason there were no customers.
Mr. Wang spoke to me to see if he was free. Why am I so free? Even when I came to exchange the money I usually received, they only gave me a rough calculation.
“Have you seen it today?”
“I saw it from afar. It was amazing. “There’s a lot of noise around here these days with your story.”
“haha. “That’s good news.”
The more rumors spread, the better. Because we’re going to keep telling the same story for a while.
Just because I’m a conversation partner doesn’t mean I always tell colorful stories.
Let’s say someone hears my story yesterday and spreads the word to others that it’s interesting. But if I tell them a different story every day, they will get disappointed and leave. Because it’s a different story than expected.
If word of mouth spreads, it’s good to keep telling people what they want. For that reason, I will continue talking about Prince Hamurin for the time being.
“Excuse me?”
As Mr. Wang and I were peeling the fish, a warrior wearing a sword came in. who is this.
“oh my!! “Aren’t you Daehyeop Yoon?”
What, Daehyeop Yoon? Are you talking about the famous Yoon Dae-hyeop?
“I came out to collect protection money at Changgeommun.”
What is it, Neungnam High School? I’m disappointed.
“Oh my gosh, the date is already like that! “I should have come to see you, but I took the trouble to make this happen.”
“no. The date is tomorrow, but I stopped by on my way through. “Business will be busy, so wouldn’t it be better for me to walk on the street like this instead of the owner taking the time tomorrow?”
“oh my. You said so. “I will give it to you right away.”
Mr. Wang disappeared behind the dry goods store, probably trying to take out the money he had prepared.
“Now that I see it, there’s a person here who has been talked about a lot lately.”
Daehyeop Yoon shifted his gaze from Mr. Wang, who had disappeared behind the dry goods store, to me and pretended to know me.
“hello. My name is Kang Mo, a plumber from Joseon. “It is an honor to meet the famous Daehyeop Yoon.”
I quickly got up and said hello.
“haha. “I heard you’ve only been here for a short time, but have you already heard my name?”
“of course. A Maedam is a person who sells a story, but he is also a person who needs to hear the story faster than anyone else. Among such stories, I often heard the famous name of Yun Dae-hyeop, the pillar of Changgeommun Gate.”
Actually, you don’t know. Still, it looks strong, so I’ll at least oil it.
“is it? I’ve been active a lot lately. I heard your story too. “I heard the story of Orang Cachigon was interesting, so I wanted to listen to it later.”
young. If I say Daehyup, at least say Korean. The words that go are kind, but the words that come out are barbarian.
“haha. “Next time you come to hear the story, I will give you a special place in the front row.”
I will specially invite you to the front seat and extort money from you using old tricks. Don’t you give it to me? Hold on until it pays.
“I’ll keep you looking forward to it.”
When we were at a loss for words, Mr. Wang appeared.
“It’s here!! This is the protection fee for this month.”
“There’s no need to look at the amount. Now, let’s settle here.”
Mr. Wang immediately signed the document given by Yoon and handed it back.
“See you next month.”
Yun Musigi waved his hand once and left the dry goods store.
“Yes, please come in!”
“Goodbye!”
After saying hello, I opened my mouth to Mr. Wang again.
“It looks like they take protection money from Changgeommun here.”
“Oh, all the merchants here pay protection fees to the window gates. “People like it because it is a sect founded by a lay disciple from a shaman sect, so it doesn’t cross the line.”
“Are there black swords roaming around this neighborhood?”
White and black.
In martial arts, the terms “right faction” and “sad faction” are often used interchangeably, but the nuance is slightly different. The right faction and the sad faction are directions of martial arts. White and black are divided into legal and illegal ways of making money.
Of course, because Sapa often makes money illegally, Sapa and Heukdo are often used interchangeably without much difference.
I don’t think I’ve seen much black island while wandering around here.
“I walk around sometimes. They’re not great guys, just a few people who have some martial arts skills and a bunch of gangsters hanging out together. “They sometimes pick the pockets of passers-by and peddlers.”
“Now that I think about it, did I also have to pay protection fees to Changgeommun?”
It makes me uneasy to think that a black sword is wandering around. When I was a beggar, I didn’t have anything to hide, so I got out of the way, but now that I have a little, I feel anxious.
“no. Maedamja is not a store. More like a peddler. The window gates are not maintained up to that point. If Changgeommun also manages the peddlers who come to Chilgok-hyeon and only sell goods for a short period of time, there will be a lot of clashes with the Heukdo kids. That’s why Changgeommundo doesn’t collect protection fees from peddlers.”
Are you providing regular protection services only to stores with fixed income? They don’t protect kids like me who don’t know where they’re going.
“I feel a bit uneasy hearing the story about the black sword.”
“Take care of yourself. “The salesman who was selling the story there before also left because he was stabbed by the black swordsmen.”
“I really need to be careful. “I’ll just get up now.”
Please let me know that fact sooner. After saying hello to Mr. Wang, I headed to the shack.
I feel anxious hearing about Heukdo for no reason.
Should I carry a phone book with me wherever I go?
The sun hasn’t set yet, so I’m sure I won’t run into any black people while passing by.
Well, it wasn’t even a year ago, but now even if one or two people start a fight, I can win with a bit of ploy.
It may not happen, but if you meet a black sword, you should throw a barbarian punch or a hopan punch and run away.
“Hey brother, where are you going in such a hurry?”
ah.
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The road leading to Chilgokhyeon shantytown.
The only people passing by were widows and orphans. And in this place where only the poor live, an old man has been sitting on a stall for a week.
It was easy for anyone to know that the old man was a fortune teller. Behind it was an old, but powerfully written dot flag. However, there are not many people who come here to read fortunes.
In this place where people were worried about what they would eat today, there were not many people who could predict their own tomorrow.
A hawker whose first performance was successful, a peddler who happened to make more money than usual, and a few people out of curiosity asked the old man about good fortune and fortune.
“I finally met the ghost, and now it’s my turn to meet the ghost, but he doesn’t come.”
Even the old man does not know which person was the honored guest. I just saw a dot here as the sky indicated.
“One person will prosper through words and writing, two will prosper through business, and one will perish by the sword.”
Of all the people I met during the week, this was the only one with an interesting fate.
There was no one worthy of being called a noble guest.
However, the fortune telling says that he has already met noble guests, so he must have been one of them.
“I can’t believe the reporter of the world doesn’t recognize the noble guest. “It’s like a ghost crying.”
Reporter Cheon
The old man was a man known in the central plains as someone who could glimpse the secrets of heaven. Originally, he was a difficult person to meet, with many high-ranking officials and martial arts masters carrying gold and silver treasures to find out their fate.
“I saw someone with an unusual fate, but he was dead.”
A star that is born as a bad star and will serve as firewood for dying stars. There was a strange man who asked to see the future of a man with such a fate.
“I’ve never seen a fortune telling with such a firm destiny in my life.”
Reporter Cheon has peeked into the secrets of the sky for the past 50 years, but he is the first person to have such a fate.
If there was a being who created this world, that man was definitely designed to die last year. He was destined to die with such certainty.
“It’s burning fiercely.”
As the sun was setting and it was getting dark, Reporter Cheon looked at the sky. Although the criminal could not be seen, reporter Cheon could see a star burning fiercely.
For some reason, the star is burning even more than its original destiny. It was burning so intensely that it even burned the stars around it.
“There’s no way he’s alive when he’s burning like that.”
The man who should have died last year may have really been the man in front of him. However, Reporter Cheon had a hard time imagining such things after seeing the star burning so fiercely.
“If that man was a noble guest…”
if
really if
A man who should have died according to the fate determined by heaven.
A man who should have given his life as fuel for the stars.
What if that man is really still alive?
“I saw a reverse angel? no way?”
A lightning-like realization passed through Reporter Cheon’s mind.
reverse celestial body
A person who proudly rebelled against the destiny decided by heaven.
Such a person is called a reverse angel.
“It was not a small adversity, it was a fate decided by heaven. “You can defy that fate?”
Reporter Cheon also gives advice on crises that may arise in someone’s future. However, it is advice about small personal adversities, not advice on how to defy heaven’s determined destiny.
If you act against the will of heaven, heaven will scold you. (逆天而行應天譴)
That is why humans cannot defy the laws of heaven. That was common sense that reporter Cheon had known for 50 years.
But if
“What if I lived and fulfilled a calling that could only be fulfilled by dying?”
Then heaven will no longer scold him. No, rather, I bless you.
How could they be scolded for living and carrying out a heavenly mission that could have been accomplished through death?
“It was a reverse angel. “I saw a reverse puncture right in front of my eyes.”
Reporter Cheon looked up at the sky.
A very small star.
A small star that has escaped the orbit of a fiercely burning star and now stands alone. When I looked closely, I saw the star.
The starlight is faint.
It may remain that small until the starlight goes out.
But if there is a will to the stars. If you have the will to shine more…
“Now that we have deviated from heaven’s natural order, we can now change our individual fate, change the country’s fate, and change the world’s fate.”
You can change the fate of the world.
A word from the author (author review)
The preliminary round of the Nobelpia Contest ends today.
Almost four weeks have passed since I heard about the contest, prepared, and wrote. I started about 10 days late due to plotting and stockpiling, but I am grateful for the generous attention.
Originally, I wanted to proceed further and finish the main story, but I’m afraid I don’t have enough time. I’m really sorry.
I tried to write it down while only sleeping 45 hours a day, but since I’m an office worker, there’s nothing I can do about the lack of physical time.
We will continue the preliminaries of martial arts Miyeonsi’s barbarian writer here.
I’m tempted to go further, but I’ll get a good night’s sleep for a few days, build up my reserves, and come back.
We’ll see you again with a new episode and new heroine once the finals are announced.
thank you
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