[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith":3,"chapter-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-132":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Childhood Friend of the Zenith",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1240158,1667,"Chapter 131: Why Are You Here Again? (2)","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-132",132,"\u003Cp>༺Why Are You Here Again? (2)༻\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why is he here again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t really hard to figure that out if I looked back at where it started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day before I leave for Dragons and Phoenixes tournament,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the time when I last looked over Namgung Jin’s movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Jin couldn’t afford to stay in Gu Clan any longer, and I also had plans of my own, so there wasn’t much I could do about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said that he was fine, but the disappointment in Namgung Jin’s face was clear as day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I understood his disappointment, but for me, all I was doing was just say what Elder Shin told me to say to him… so I felt more relieved since I was done with this hassle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem came afterwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been a while, Yangcheon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How have you been?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After meeting up with Namgung Jin, I went to see the First Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Elder said he has to come with me when I told him about it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I aggressively denied him and told him that I was going by myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Elder couldn’t understand why I was doing this, but him going with me didn’t really help me much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’d actually be worse since that would mean that I’ve brought someone on completely opposing side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at the skinny but fierce old man that sat in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a small and skinny body, but I was still able to feel the sharpness within his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still a skilled swordsman despite his age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that also meant that I was now at a level where I could read martial artists at the level of the First Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Elder asked me with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, what brought you to this old man?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just thought that I should check on you, to see if you were doing fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh… Thank you for your consideration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled back at the First Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Sunmoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a branch clan of Gu Clan, and it was also called the Sword of Gu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Location wise, it wasn’t too far from Gu Clan, but instead of it looking like it’s associated with Gu Clan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It rather feels like they are separated from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know whether it was supposed to be like that, or whether it’s been passed down by ancestors of the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So yes, I heard that you were doing well recently.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, I am always well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The start of the conversation was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t afford to ask him questions right away after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard that you even had an engagement with a pretty girl, I’m glad to hear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thankfully, her clan also saw me in a good light.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Elder smiled after hearing me. Contradicting his smile, the atmosphere felt heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt that he was slowly changing the atmosphere in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This old man.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ever so slightly putting his Qi out into the room, just enough to be not noticeable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he started doing a nasty thing first, I too also flowed my Qi around and scattered it to air in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Whoosh-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t use any heat though, as I didn’t even need to do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like he didn’t expect this to happen, as the First Elder’s expression slowly began to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then spoke while looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not really a fan of this heavy atmosphere you know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, I see…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Elder erased the smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, I prefer this anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems like you’ve changed quite a bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am still growing after all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe… You were a child that couldn’t even look into my eyes, but now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was I? I guess I probably wouldn’t have been able to endure that nasty atmosphere he made back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I was still the old me, I wouldn’t even have decided to go see the First Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I while half-listening to the First Elder, took a sip of the tea in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t put poison in this, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I’m worrying about such a thing because of the number of times I’ve been tricked.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Elder wouldn’t have done such a thing in this situation, but he always had assassination and of course, poison on his mind back in my past life, so it made sense why I was worried a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, he had a bad habit of using his Qi to alter the air around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems like you did indeed change a lot compared to yourself back then, it’s nice to see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it really nice to see?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, how could it not be when the key figure of our clan has changed this much for the better?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s nice of you to say.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Key figure of the clan huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder how he’s able to say that like it’s nothing when he doesn’t think that for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some time back in the past, I thought that maybe he did think that way,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I learned that all his words were lies as time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The reason why I came here to see you today, First Elder,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Woosh-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red aura crept up my shoulders and danced around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura held the Qi of a peak realm martial artist, and when the First Elder saw it, he began to frown slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just had something to say to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…And what could that be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason why the First Elder didn’t seem very surprised when he saw that I became a martial artist that had reached the peak realm, was because he probably already knew about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only had one reason to show that I was at this level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t because I wanted to hint him that I’d screw him over if he kept bothering me, because I wasn’t strong enough to do so anyways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I may be at an impressive level at my age, but it was still just a peak realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was high compared to ordinary martial artists, but it still wasn’t a level where I could go brag about it to people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was still only at a level where I would die if the Sword Emperor or the Sword Master pulled their sword out against me, let alone the Heavenly Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant that I still wasn’t strong enough for me to be nasty to whoever I wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢How about you calm down your personality then.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…It really isn’t that easy.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I already had calmed down quite a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world doesn’t acknowledge that though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am aware of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering that I’ve already reached this stage, don’t you know that it’s too late? So stop bothering me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something like that, was what I wanted to hint at by showing him my Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the First Elder not take that hint?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I doubt that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After my serious stare, he finally took off his last mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that it seemed like he had any intention to hide it in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You changed so much that I can’t even tell if it’s you. It’s as if you became a whole different person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hear that a lot. They do say that all it takes is just one moment for a person to mature.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, indeed. I hoped that you never did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whatever you are doing, or are dreaming, are none of my concern.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dream of an old man like him was pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t care about what he dreamt of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But for some reason, I get the feeling that I’m always involved in that dream of yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem lies where I seem to be the problem for his dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could you not be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right? It’s quite an annoying hassle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What was it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Elder asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What was it that changed you, who used to live with your head kept down? Was it some petty hope, or was it some poor belief?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been forever ever since my hope burnt to a crisp, and it’s not like my household is clean enough for me to have belief in anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that father still keeps a person like the First Elder, proved that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really is a shitty household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can there not be a single thing that I liked about it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your father is filled with arrogance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made a strange expression after hearing his sudden remark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a random parent shit talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that true?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you telling me to join you in insulting my own father?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I get that I had a hard time understanding my father,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what was he trying to get me to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems like you don’t understand how arrogant it is, for your father to think that only you and him can afford to manage this land.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I put down the teacup that I was holding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because I didn’t expect to hear that from the First Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it strange? For me to know that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few people knew about this in the whole clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know if anyone outside the clan knew, but that was the case at least for people of the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But somehow the First Elder knows huh.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder since when he knew about it, or does he even know it to the fullest?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know much about the First Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, I was just a pathetic existence that didn’t even concern him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the First Elder truly began to show his true colors, only after I was given the spot of the Young Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even with you knowing, you are trying to climb a wall that you don’t even know you could climb?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t climb? Me, or any of my siblings?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any of you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not just your father that’s arrogant, but you as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story might have been different if the First Elder felt bad about the fact that father and I had the job of taking care of the basement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the First Elder had something different in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You wouldn’t know. Of how much power possessing them in your hands will give you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like my heat was cooling down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t want to know. No matter what it meant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Elder wasn’t allowed to step foot in there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he did go see it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he wouldn’t be at a state where he could walk around normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know what kind of delusional dream he was holding,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if you are dreaming about it, I hope that it stays as a dream.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had the freedom to dream of whatever he wanted. Which was probably why my father was still keeping him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Elder then spoke as if he was mocking my words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And what will you do if I choose to not keep it as just a dream?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the First Elder was blinded by his delusion, could he afford to do such a thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Sumoon’s value and role of the clan may have been high,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But father wouldn’t let him do whatever he wanted forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there was no way that the First Elder did not know that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was why the First Elder didn’t do anything severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spoke while staring into the First Elder’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An old dog that used to guard the house, seemed to have a brain problem, as the dog kept on baring its fangs to its owner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mixed some of the stories from my past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was more interesting that way after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A dog huh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, a dog.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then smiled slightly while continuing to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The owner let the dog be after thinking about all the time spent with the dog, but one day, the dog bit its own owner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then do you know what happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems that I do not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last moments of the First Elder was around this season, a few years later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remembered because the fall season back then was rather hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord of Gu Clan raged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the flames he summoned filled the whole sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He was burnt alive with all of its fangs pulled out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was just a small bite, the owner would’ve let himself get bitten, but the dog had crossed the line a little too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he laid hands on his children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father may have acted back then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it might be me that does that in this timeline a bit earlier than father did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally enough, that day back in my past life, was a day where I could have thrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I was given a reason that is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it seemed like it won’t be long until I get that reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was why I was still able to respond to him with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just wanted to tell you this story.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…An interesting tale. Very much so.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right? And I hope it remains just a tale.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Elder may have not hidden his greed in his eyes, but it seemed like he was doing a good job hiding his emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder if he raged inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would make sense since a young kid like me disrespectfully talked to him like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was a fun tale. I thank you for that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Elder smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was able to know a little more after seeing his smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That my relationship with him won’t change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And seeing Gu Jeolyub now like this, many thoughts came in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Sigh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because I went to father after I had that conversation with the First Elder?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remember father just replying ‘Okay.’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only went there to ask him about what he’ll do about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I was ordered to escort the Young Master of the clan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You? Me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the First Elder play a part in this? But that’d mean father would have had to approve of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like father also had a say in this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A pawn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jeolyub avoided my eyes after hearing me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he seemed to know what his role was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been a while though, hasn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at him, but Gu Jeolyub didn’t try to hold eye contact with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because of last time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I didn’t beat him up that badly.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let him leave peacefully without breaking any of his bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought I was being rather kind to Gu Jeolyub, but it seemed like he didn’t see it as the same way as I.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir Gu…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Soyeol then popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she was glaring sharply at Gu Jeolyub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Now that I think about it, they must have met already.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like they’ve met already because of the thing I did last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, Tang Soyeol complained about it to me too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gu Jeolyub saw Tang Soyeol, he slightly lowered his head and greeted her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello again, Lady Tang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Hello.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when that handsome Gu Jeolyub greeted her, Tang Soyeol only replied with a slight frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Wi Seol-Ah ran towards me in the middle of this situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nice to see her, as she seemed to have kept her cheerful-self that I saw from back when I took her out to the streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sis Bi-ah is sleeping!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I figured.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she said last time, Namgung Bi-ah chose to join me on this trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard that she was already in the carriage, and it seemed like she was already asleep in there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Hello.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wi Seol-Ah greeted Gu Jeolyub when she noticed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Gu Jeolyub flinched after seeing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because he remembered the time where he was beat up after he tried to take her away from me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then spoke to Gu Jeolyub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you going for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pardon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s your role in this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting aside the fact that he was coming with me as an escort, there had to be another reason of him coming with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jeolyub then showed me a letter after he understood my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a recommendation letter for the Dragons and Phoenixes Tournament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one recommending him was none other than Gu Cheolun, which was my father’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing that, I lost myself for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was father and not the First Elder? When I stared at Gu Jeolyub with an absurd expression, it seemed like Gu Jeolyub felt the same way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed like he didn’t know why he was here and why he had to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…That’s funny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I turned around to the sudden voice I heard, Gu Ryunghwa was looking towards us with her round eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When did you come?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you here to send us off?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just happened to pass by.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, the entrance to the clan and the guesthouse Gu Ryunghwa was staying in was extreme in distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you leaving now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seems so.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then when will you come back…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Gu Ryunghwa with strange expression when she spoke in a slightly sad voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ryunghwa also seemed to realize what she said was strange, as she continued to stare at the ground with her face turned red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I held in my laughter and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder. I doubt it’ll take that long.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’ll at least be a shorter trip than when I went to Mount Hua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But would Gu Ryunghwa still be in the clan by then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I feel like she would still be in the clan by the time I’d return.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I believe she was staying here for half a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was trapped in my thoughts, Gu Ryunghwa spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Hyuk will look for you a lot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did she say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s with the Hyuk?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm? Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Like, what’s with that friendly way of calling him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s with you all of sudden?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyuk huh… she’s not talking about the Hyuk I’m thinking about, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are… you close to him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not really, but we did see each other yesterday.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master and the Immortal Healer had a meal together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean and. We just ate together that’s all…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You ate together when you’re not close? I stared at Gu Ryunghwa with suspecting eyes, but Gu Ryunghwa stared back, wondering why I was acting this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I gotta go see that Hyuk in the future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I decided that I’ll get closer to him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hyuk said that he’s already close to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, so I’ll be even closer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My little Hyuk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How disappointed I am that I can’t see you right now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As something was about to emerge out of my chest, Muyeon came to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master, we’ll load rest of the baggage now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is there still a lot more?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All we have left is the food.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the heavy part of the baggage is left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then spoke to Gu Jeolyub who continued to stand still while staring into nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pardon? What do you mean…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you standing around for, go help them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t care what the First Elder or father wanted to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was planning to use him if they gave him to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that it had turned out like this, I planned to make extremely good use of Gu Jeolyub for this trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then thought while patting Wi Seol-Ah’s head while she stood next to me like a puppy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder if Gu Jeolyub knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That I don’t let things in the past go so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can rate\u002Freview this series here.\u003C\u002Fp>",3324,"2026-06-05T15:09:39.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","af15e7172d77dff10e7c8c050a79bd12e685a8997d2fb3968e82294e34759900","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-133","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-131",974,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchildhood-friend-of-the-zenith-cover.jpg"]