chapter 1142 - The long-awaited feast (1)
Hwang Ji-ho declared, “I will hold a grand banquet, but I will select only a few guests.”
Since the entire floor of Hwangmyeong Tower was occupied, it was easy to move around and it looked deserted, but the number of guests who arrived did not seem to be particularly small.
I was a guest, but I looked like the host because I was wearing the clothes prepared by the tigers.
‘There is no dress code, but the nobles are all wearing hanbok, so I stand out. And I am wearing red silk accessories, so it is even more so.’
Not only the venue today, but also the mother-of-pearl jewelry box prepared as a thank-you gift for the visit was decorated with red silk.
It seemed that way because the banquet was prepared based on the red silk of Jeho, Kim Shin-rok’s real name.
However, it seems that they made an implicit decision to only wear red silk clothes, as the main character, Kim Shin-rok, and his parents, and the other nobles avoided red clothes.
Instead, I wore one of the red silk ornaments, and somehow I ended up wearing it too.
I was wearing a red silk tassel with the same design as the one that decorated the hall with a jeogori made of Andongpo, so I looked like just another member of the powerful clan.
Since a student’s suit is a school uniform, wouldn’t it be better to change into the school uniform right now?
“Joeui-shin.”
However, before I could make a decision, I was caught by a tiger that read my mind in real time.
There were a blue dragon and a black tortoise tied with arrows around me, and the two of them, who were talking, greeted me warmly.
If there was just one white tiger, I could just pretend not to know, but with those two, I couldn’t do that.
I gave up and greeted them.
“I finally got to talk to the benefactor of the dragon clan. Are there really that many people to greet?”
“There are so many people who care about this child, and I’m very polite, so I couldn’t help it. But why didn’t you come?”
“I’m sorry for being late.”
“Don’t worry about what the Blue Dragon said. I was just upset because the descendant of the Dragon Clan who came with me left to greet Yeom Bang-yeol.”
While greeting, I called the automatic maid who was walking around the hall and gave the white tiger a drink to drink.
Since the visitors were served low-alcohol dried persimmon wine, non-alcoholic champagne, dried persimmon cheese platters, and other foods containing dried persimmons, anything I fed the white tiger would cause pain.
“Jujak didn’t come this time either. Baekho, did Jujak not contact you at all?”
“I sent a gift along with a message expressing my intention not to attend.”
Baekho-gun said, gesturing to the pile of gifts piled up like a mountain near the entrance of the hall.
When I passed by, I saw a box with the logo of Juche Concern on it, which seemed to be a gift from Jujak.
Jujak was close enough to the noble family to be invited to this event, but it seemed that he ended up not attending.
Cheongryong felt regretful and continued the conversation, but Hyunmu stared at the pile of gifts for a long time.
‘The archers who appeared in Lubowon’s shadow play seemed very close. In particular, Jujak cherished the archers a lot.’
I thought it was not wrong, so the white tiger did not give him a hint.
“Hyunmu, how long are you planning to stay in the Korean peninsula? The Chinese youth team that called for a higher being has already returned home, hasn’t it?”
“I plan to stay a little longer with the child who came with me.”
On the last day of the shadow play, while I was visiting the Yonggung, a higher being exerted its power at Hoyeon Hall.
The identity of that higher being was Fuxi.
Fuxi, who must have really liked Yao Leqi’s performance and Lubowon’s shadow play, shone a light over the heads of the two who appeared for the curtain call.
Although he shared the power, it became a big topic that Fuxi, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and also considered the creator of China, had displayed such power in Korea.
Since the play was over, the Chinese team decided to hurry back to Korea, and Lu Boyuan and Yao Leqi are said to be planning to stabilize their power and tour the areas with deep ties to Fuxi along the Yellow River to perform a play.
‘As Renzoin Karen said, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors have appointed new agents. And Li Wei and Xuanwu, agents of the Yannong Shen Emperor, are still in the Korean Peninsula.’
Since Xuanwu had agreed to help meet the leaders of the two clans, it would be difficult to return to China.
Since they were members of the Twelve Zodiac Alliance, Huang Zhihu invited the leaders of each alliance, but the two clans did not respond.
However, the two clans sent a gift.
It seems that the leaders of the two clans are at least minimally polite, judging from the fact that they regularly attend the 12-horse alliance meetings and warn of nightmares.
On the other hand, there were leaders who attended but didn’t really care about the politeness.
“Heuheueuung! Heukho, I’m sorry I forgot!”
“Toyeon-ah! Heuheu······ I missed you! Heuheu······.”
As soon as Oktoyeon came back, she was chatting with Eunho’s descendants, and she found Hwang Jiho going around greeting people with Heukho and Cheongho.
Then she suddenly grabbed Heukho and cried, and Heukho started crying too.
Hwang Jiho wanted to kick Oktoyeon out because she thought it would bring bad luck on the day of the feast, but she held back because she thought that if she did something like that because she was crying, she would have to send Heukho out too.
“It’s a good day, so cry a little and calm down.”
“I thought you’d kick me out right away, but you’re holding it in well. Thank you. I’ll take care of the two of you, so you go.”
“Oktoyoon, are you telling me to leave Black Tiger behind right now?”
Cheongho, who was caught in the war of nerves between Hwang Jiho and Oktoyoon, smiled bitterly.
It was a good day, a good feast, but there was another Jinjok who was upset besides the tiger and the rabbit.
“Why is there a crow here? Isn’t this the Demon King’s retinue?”
Seodol, who had seemed overly happy when he greeted me, frowned when he found the crow.
Although Sidelentium didn’t attend in person today, he received an invitation, and the crow’s retinue entered the hall confidently with the invitation in his mouth.
The crow’s retinue took their place between the large chandeliers installed on the ceiling so that they could see the entire hall the best, and the sharp-eyed Jinjok quickly found them.
Since the fact that the servants were guests of the clan was still the same, no one said anything about it, but Seodol was different.
“The Crow Demon King didn’t have enough connections with the clan to be invited to a place like this. That means he did something worthwhile, but the clan happened to have a big problem······.”
Seodol glared at the crow without hiding his displeasure, and made a deduction that was almost true.
To borrow the expression of the black horse, Seodol was a ‘rat with voyeurism’, so it seemed that he felt a hatred for his own kind and was being so persistent towards the Sidelentium.
“I wanted to greet the leader of the Seo clan, but it would be difficult.”
“Leave the rat with voyeurism alone.”
He was a little surprised that the words he was thinking were heard in his ears.
There was Gulinbursti, who had recently become the official leader of the Don clan, and the black horse.
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Today, when I was greeting the leader of the Sajok who only showed his face and left, I also greeted Gullinburst, who happened to be nearby.
From Gullinburst’s perspective, I was just a human high school student with a connection to the clan, but I was friendly and spoke to him in a friendly manner.
If Gullinburst became the official leader, a more proper 12-horse alliance meeting might be possible.
“There are so many of you. Isn’t this the first time since the creation of the barrier that so many leaders of the 12-horse alliance have gathered?”
The one who said this was Mihuwang (美猴王), Jecheondaeseong, wearing a golden long-legged goa and an eye patch.
As Jecheondaeseong said, there were a lot of leaders here.
‘All the 12-horse tribes are here except for four. It’s not ordinary for eight to gather for a 100-day banquet.’
Of the Jin tribes belonging to the 12-horse alliance, four were absent.
One is the Wu clan, whose leader is still vacant and a civil war is going on among the remaining members.
The Yang clan, who keeps talking about nightmares and doesn't think about coming out.
The Gye clan, who is not particularly close to the Ho clan, so they only sent gifts.
The Gyeon clan, who seems to have intentionally missed the event to hide the fact that they are close allies with the Ho clan.
Everyone else was present.
That means that the Ho clan's status is not ordinary.
The black horse asked, wondering if it was unexpected that Je Cheon Dae Seong had come.
"Monkey, I didn't know you would come too. You've been very busy, haven't you?"
It is said that Je Cheon Dae Seong has hardly done any outside activities since finding Mu Ji Gi and participating in the Christmas Eve battle.
He had to treat Mu Ji Gi, and he had used up a lot of energy at that time, and he had to travel around the world to alleviate the aftereffects of his friends who had become higher beings intervening in the present world.
It is said that the frequency of the irregular lunch meetings has also decreased significantly as a result.
By the way, the one who relayed this message was Doshihu, who seemed to be in constant contact with Jecheon Daeseong.
Jecheon Daeseong said.
“If you want to invite someone, I should accept the invitation too.”
“Who and where should I invite? Hwangho?”
“There’s a big event coming up soon. I should invite Hwangho too. And since it’s an important event, the benefactor of the Wonjok.”
At the same time, Jecheon Daeseong turned his head toward me.
I didn’t want to eavesdrop, I just heard them talking nearby, but I felt nervous.
The white tiger narrowed its brows and moved a step as if to block Jecheon Daeseong’s vision, but Jecheon Daeseong’s eyes, who had risen to the level of a god enough to wear an eye patch, couldn’t avoid it that much.
“What, you too?”
“Yeah. I guess we’re in a similar situation.”
The black horse also started looking this way.
I felt certain that if I stayed in this area any longer, something annoying would happen, so I decided to leave for the time being.
I greeted those two in advance, so it wouldn’t be too rude.
To calm my mind, I decided to look for the Eun Gwang High School people.
‘In addition to the Jin clan, I invited quite a few humans to today’s event. I guess it’s groundwork to reveal that Kim Shin-rok is the title.’
There were quite a few people related to the association, the pro player team, and Eun Gwang High School.
If I had to be specific, it would be closer to the Yong clan, but Yeom Bang-yeol also came, and Kwon Je-in, °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° who is also an honorary teacher, also came.
Hong Gyu-bin was also invited as a representative of the Player Association, but he only sent a greeting and a gift in the association’s name because he was busy.
There were also quite a few Eun Gwang High School officials.
‘Still, it seems like there are more students than faculty.’
First, Cheon Dong-ha came.
On the surface, Cheon Dong-ha is a visiting researcher at the Hwangmyeong Research Institute.
So there was no problem in calling.
And of course, Andain and her family came here too.
“I wish I could have called Sanghoon too, it’s too bad. I would have called him if there wasn’t a big competition coming up.”
“Hmm······ Sanghoon was the vice president of Dain’s class last year. I’d like him to come with me next time.”
Kim Yuri, who accompanied Jukho, nodded and glanced in a certain direction.
Kim Yuri would know.
If Yoo Sanghoon had come here now, she would have been upset.
‘If Yoo Sanghee appeared while being escorted by Do Wonwoo, his clothes would burst.’
Yoo Sanghee also had deep ties to the clan.
Yoo Sanghee had taken classes from Kim Shinrok, and the healing Gwangrim she used had saved Jeokho, so it was natural for her to come here.
But I don’t know what Kim Shin-rok would think if he saw many of his disciples attending the 100th day party.
‘Wouldn’t Kim Shin-rok feel embarrassed if there were more disciples from Eungwang High School?’
Considering that Kim Shin-rok has a similar personality to me, he would probably feel embarrassed even at a birthday party, but he would feel even more embarrassed at the 100th day party.
Still, he would probably hold back because he knows what his parents are thinking when they hold a 100th day party.
If my parents were to hold a 100th day party for me now, I would gladly attend, no matter how embarrassing it might be.
While I was exchanging greetings with the Eungwang High School students, the surroundings became noisy.
It seemed like the main character of the 100th day party had finally appeared.