I Became an Academy Genius Swordsman

Episode 72. Reunion (2)

Episode 72

One

I got the answer I was looking for. I called for joy in my heart.

Even if the time to discover Kim Chul-jin was a little later, it would have taken a lot more time, and it is unknown what will happen to his memory during that time.

I was lucky.

Meeting Wow also played a part in that luck.

The road to oblivion was straight, with no crossroads or obstacles, but thanks to talking to myself against WoW, I was energized, and that energy became energy and I was able to speed up my steps.

However, at some point, WoW is not visible.

Where did you go?

Siu was sorry, but he didn’t bother to find it.

This is the guy who suddenly fell from the sky. It must have gone as suddenly as it did when it came, I thought.

Wow, which left an impression that was only welcome, was gradually being erased from his memory.

2

“Who are you?”

“My name is Siwoo Lee.”

Siu readily revealed his name.

The reason why he came to rescue Kim Cheol-jin is to make his side. Kim Cheol-jin is the head of Cheonilmun, and if you bring him in as an ally, the entire Cheonilmun becomes an ally.

Kim Cheol-jin bowed his head deeply.

“Thank you for retrieving my memory.”

“no.”

I was worried that Kim Cheol-jin might come out hostile, but it’s fortunate.

Information about Kim Cheol-jin and Kim Cheol-woo is currently unknown to Cheonilmun executives. Only Kim Cheol-jin and the elders who were in charge of the brotherhood knew the inside story in detail, but they had all died a long time ago. Those who grew up at Cheonilmun with Kim Cheol-woo before running away only know that Kim Cheol-woo ran away from home.

Even that happened more than 40 years ago, so no one remembers it, and most of them have descended.

So, if a bright young guy recites the secrets of Cheonilmun one after another, it would not be strange to arrest him, lock him in a cellar, and torture him until he reveals the source.

However, his tone was infinitely gentle.

Probably because it brought back memories. The road of oblivion loses memories from previous lives, but it does not forget the memories accumulated in the underworld.

That would be it for the dead, but for Kim Chul-jin, the living, this is very important. There could be an unfortunate incident where you forget the face of the deceased you saw a while ago and check it again.

He reconstructed memories of his son in the underworld. Siwoo clenched his teeth and fleshed out the emotion in the empty space of his memory, and finally regained his memory.

This was reassembled at Siwoo’s plausible words, so there is a clear difference from the previous life.

Maybe some of the existing memories are completely different, but the fact that ‘Kim Cheol-woo = son’ and the fact that ‘the reason he came to the underworld = to find his son’ were filled in for sure, so the rest doesn’t matter much.

“Excuse me, but have you ever had an enemy at Cheonilmun in your lifetime?”

I didn’t ask where the information came from, but that question seemed unavoidable.

Leaving aside the identity of the dead man holding the byeokjomok and candles, his eyes are shining as if he is eager to hear the answer. In fact, with just that question, we can roughly guess the motive and identity of Siwoo’s help.

It would have been so if Siu had not been an irregular who had fallen here from another world.

“Similar.”

he said roundly. It’s not really a lie. There are about 10 characters that belonged to Cheonilmun. Cheoljin nodded without asking further.

You are probably chewing on the name ‘Lee Si-woo’. It’s not very meaningful because I lost most of my memories from my life.

Then Kim Cheol-jin lowered his body and asked if he realized that this was not the time.

“Honey. I know you have no shame. Nevertheless, would it be all right if I ask you a favor?”

“I think I know what to ask. So I refuse in advance.”

“… Is that so. Once again, thank you very much for your kindness. I am a person in the present world. If I return to the present world, I will find the nobleman’s place and repay the favor.”

Cheoljin Kim greeted him like that.

However, Siu did not accept the greeting and stared at him.

“Noble man?”

“Can I hear how you plan to repay the favor?”

“that… ”

“I will be able to pay it back only when I return to the present world. By the way, Kim Cheol-jin doesn’t seem to have any intention of returning to the present world.”

“… Don’t you know too? I came here to find my son. You can’t go back until you find Cheol-woo.”

“Doesn’t that mean you won’t repay the favor?”

“… no. I will definitely go back.”

“Sounds like stubbornness to me.”

“that… … .”

“How can you be sure that a person who is not sure of going back will repay the favor?”

“… However, I… .”

“And from what you’re saying, it sounds like you’re trying to find the place where I’m buried. I am not a dead man. I am a real person like you.”

At this point, Cheoljin Kim must have been surprised as well, his eyebrows twitched.

We’re going to be allies, so there’s no need to confuse information by hiding or twisting it. However, the source of the information is something that even Siwoo cannot disclose, so it is necessary to keep a reasonable distance.

“I will say it right away without saying it again. Go back to the real world. Cheonilmun is desperately looking for you.”

“that… … sorry.”

“It seemed so.”

Siu knew he would be stubborn.

So, here’s something prepared.

Siwoo took out a wooden doll.

Dolls have been a medium of possession since ancient times. In the East, it is a medium that allows the gods worshiped by shamans to descend, and in the West, it is a feared object that haunts people and haunts them.

This was more fully implemented in Desire’s worldview.

Most jobs in the [Summoning] and [Sorcery] categories have skills using dolls as a medium, and even ordinary people can possess at least a ghost without self who wanders this world if they have a magic formula and materials.

Even Kim Cheol-jin would not be aware of that fact.

‘I must have already done it.’

He must have done everything he could before coming to the underworld. Even if you called a famous shaman, you would have called a necromancer from the shadows.

‘But, it must have all failed.’

His being here means all the numbers have failed.

No wonder. Shamans specialize in borrowing the power of the great men of the past who have become sacred, and necromancers only use the dead with unclean emotions such as resentment and despair.

Kim Cheol-jin, who saw the wooden doll, did not ask anything.

Is it because I’ve already tried everything and been frustrated? He smiled bitterly, even though he certainly wouldn’t remember it.

“… I know what you’re going to do, but you probably won’t.”

“That remains to be seen.”

However, Siwoo’s wooden doll is different from the general ice-cap doll.

Siwoo held out a wooden doll and asked.

“Do you know the Scream Tree, Sword Master?”

“I do not know.”

The raw material of this wooden doll is screaming wood.

No matter what their death was like, those who could say their lives were ordinary choose reincarnation and extinction while walking the path of oblivion here.

However, the wicked, whose life can be defined as ‘evil’, go to ‘hell’ rather than the path of oblivion. Scream trees grow in that hell.

The Screaming Tree had the chastising character of tormenting the sinner by constantly speaking in a terrible voice of the sinner’s evil.

That terrible voice grows only in hell because it does not discriminate between sinners and innocent dead.

“This wooden doll is made of that screaming tree.”

“Is that so… .”

“However, despite being made of screaming wood, this wooden doll cannot make that terrible sound.”

Cheoljin nodded, but didn’t seem to understand what Siwoo was saying.

Siwoo checked the amount of candles. About 20% left.

“Well, it will be faster to see for yourself.”

Siwoo thumped the wooden doll’s square head with his fist.

Before long, the wooden doll started to emit a strange sound similar to white noise.

The dead nearby looked back.

The dead in front of him and those further away gradually looked back at them.

Every dead person in sight looked at them, to be exact, at the wooden doll.

“The scream of the screaming tree can be heard even if a sinner blocks his ears. Even if you run away from the screaming tree, the sound doesn’t go away. Once the chosen sinner is committed, he pursues the sinner until he repents. If it was a sound that could be avoided by hiding, it would not have the character of punishment.”

“That means… … .”

“Wherever the sinner is, the sound of the screaming tree reaches him.”

Cheoljin Kim’s mouth began to open.

“And this wooden doll has the horrible sound of the screaming tree removed. There won’t be anything painful for the dead to hear. It just touches the sound.”

He grabbed the wooden doll with trembling hands.

“The reason they are looking at us now is also because the sound has reached them. It’s more like looking back because someone called ‘Hey!’ He will probably walk forward again when he realizes that he is not calling.”

“Well, then… .”

Kim Cheol-jin, who stutters, and Sword Master are precious. .

Siwoo smiled and continued.

“What are you doing, are you going to keep the dead standing?”

“… … .”

“They are busy bodies. These are the people who must quickly forget everything and make the choice between reincarnation and extinction.”

“… … .”

“Call me. son’s name. I will reach him.”

Cheoljin Kim hesitated as he opened and closed his mouth. He hesitated at the thought of reaching his son.

I wonder if it will come even if I hear it, or if I can’t hear it.

Cheol-jin’s feelings seemed to be clearly visible, so he added a low voice from the side.

“The dead forget their names, but the screaming tree will find them precisely. Aren’t you worried that you might find someone with the same name? I will go to the one and only son who remembers the sword lord. Do not worry.”

I explained that somehow the sound reached me, but there is no basis to explain that it doesn’t come even after hearing it. It would be best to just convince him based on a scene from the past.

“Your son… … will definitely come You will regret it a lot. He must have had a hard time understanding the sword master’s heart as he became the father of a child. Forgiveness… … You couldn’t do it then, but you can now. You came all the way here.”

Cheoljin Kim nodded slowly.

Then, he opened his mouth behind the wooden doll.

“steel… Ooh.”

White noise subtly changed. It was a very subtle difference between the living and the spirits.

However, that change made all the dead walk forward again. The dead, realizing that they were not calling, slowly raised their heads and walked forward to oblivion.

When all the dead went forward, only one dead was going against the path.

Soon, the dead man stood in front of Kim Cheol-jin.

“Huh.”

The swordsman collapsed once again.