Ten Years and the Adult's Advice
As usual, I stroked So-ye's hair and thought about the past that had passed today as well.
Ten years ago, on that day, I had crossed the Peak Realm wall, and So-ye had also crossed the wall with me, becoming a martial artist at the Peak Realm.
“As talented as I am.... I, your older brother, can't keep up with So-ye.”
However, even if we both crossed the Peak Realm wall, reaching the extreme in that realm and then advancing to the next realm are different things....
Ten years have passed, and now that I have reached the extreme of the Peak Realm, So-ye has reached the beginning of the Super Peak Realm, a genius in her own right.
“Heeheung.... Older brother is so warm....”
More than anything, the talent that So-ye possesses is nothing short of genius, yet her determination to protect something makes me feel it strongly....
Because I know that the result came from her efforts to that extent, I don't feel jealous of So-ye.
It's just that there's a deep regret that as an older brother, I haven't been able to teach So-ye.
-Kiiik....
“So-ye, hurry and get up. It seems like people who are trying to stop us again are coming.”
Thinking about such past memories ends here, and I have to wake up So-ye who is happily dreaming in my arms as an older brother.
After all, it seems like people who don't want our peace are about to launch an attack.
“Haaam.... I understand, older brother.”
When So-ye got up from my lap, I pulled out the sword I had beside me and began to prepare to face the attackers.
Whooosh—!
With sword energy like a blazing flame, I prepared to fight together with So-ye....
“It's been a while since we've fought together. Shall we try it?”
“Hee.... Before going through the coming-of-age ceremony, do you want to see my compatibility with you first?”
“...Wait a moment, So-ye, where did you learn such words?”
“T-that was from the book that Miss Dang So-so taught me....”
“I have to stop Miss Dang So-so from visiting the house for a while.”
Watching So-ye suddenly spew out such undisciplined words made me panic, and my head started to ache as usual.
After ten years of not roaming the rivers and lakes, I had met Miss Dang So-so from the Sichuan Tang Clan, but....
Every time So-ye showed such undisciplined books to Miss Dang So-so and gradually got influenced by her, I thought that I had to stop her from coming to the house.
‘Why me! Ja-hyeok older brother! I didn't tell you that in the first place, So-ye is.... Uup—!!’
After that, somewhere, the voice of Miss Dang So-so protesting that she was wronged echoed like a hallucination....
But I dismissed it as the sound I heard because I thought about Miss Dang So-so after a long time, and started aiming the sword at her for real.
-Hurry up and kill the Yang Dragon and the Ice Snow Fairy—!!
Soon, the signal heard from afar echoed through the room, and from the ground, it seemed like gunpowder exploded, and with acrid dust and smoke, the sword shot up.
Kiing—!!
“The one coming from below is quite formidable! Sado Alliance member!”
However, even so, this side is a martial artist who has reached the extreme of the Peak Realm and....
“How dare you point a sword at your older brother.... I hope you repent with your death!”
Kwaaang—!!!
There exists a high-level expert in Binggong at the Super Peak Realm.
Especially as a younger sister who hates those who point swords at their older brother and try to kill them to the extreme.
After such a somewhat intense fight, the inn we had been staying in was not just half-destroyed, but completely shattered to the point where it could no longer serve as an inn.
“Hahahaha—!!! My Cheongryong Inn, which I built with my entire fortune, has become nothing but rags—!!!”
In that sight, the inn owner burst into tears and almost fell while grabbing his head....
“Ugh.... I'm sorry! Here are two taels of gold....”
“Ah.... Thank you, young hero.”
Fortunately, So-ye appropriately gave the gold that could be worth the value of the collapsed inn to the owner's hand, and fortunately the owner didn't fall while grabbing his head.
“Haha.... I think I acted too harshly, thinking that it was someone who tried to attack their older brother.”
“What.... Even if it were me, if So-ye were attacked, I would feel the same way, so don't worry too much.”
“Older brother....”
Originally, So-ye, who was usually not so bold as to break such a large inn, but this time, seeing the situation where her older brother was about to get injured, her dark energy had become uncontrollable to some extent....
Honestly, if such a situation arose for me with So-ye, Yang energy might have exploded, so I just comforted her.
“It's okay.... After all, this action was for the sake of your older brother, wasn't it?”
And more than anything, in the end, as the coming-of-age ceremony approached, the thought of So-ye's coming-of-age ceremony unfolding in the main house was even greater.
“No matter how it goes, when we return to the main house, it's the coming-of-age ceremony.”
“That's right, older brother.”
Although So-ye's coming-of-age was over last month, until she went through the ceremony....
By law, since her coming-of-age hadn't passed, I didn't lay a hand on So-ye at all.
“Haaaa....”
In the end, even while roaming the rivers and lakes, I couldn't find even one medicinal pill or treasure that could heal me and So-ye.
Of course, I had eaten quite a few medicinal pills.
It's just that they were not medicinal pills related to Yang and Yin energy, but only those that raised the inner energy realm or treasures....
Even my face, which usually didn't show emotions well, was not good, but So-ye smiled at my face and comforted me.
“Older brother is handsome when he smiles. So don't make a bad face....”
Smirk—!
“Hehe.... Thank you, So-ye.”
Seeing this, I wonder if I am a really bad older brother.
So-ye has a fate where I can't save those who want love and end up overlapping bodies to achieve Yin-Yang Unity.
“Oh! Mun-geum uncle! It's been a while. Older brother! Shall we buy two skewers of Tanghulu and share them?”
“Oh! It's So-ye?! Haha, I heard that a martial artist had grown up solidly!”
“I am here too, Mun-geum uncle....”
“Eheong tsk.... Ja-hyeok is here too.”
“Unlike So-ye, I am treated too harshly, isn't it?”
“Would a man like meeting a man?”
“I don't think so.”
Seeing the conversation of Mun-geum uncle, whom I hadn't seen in a long time, and the sparkling Tanghulu skewers reminded me of the past again.
“Older brother! Here, have a bite!”
Like always, So-ye, who never left my side, and....
Even if I bought Tanghulu, I remain the So-ye of my childhood who couldn't walk without her, but time is truly cruel.
Already, So-ye has become a dignified and delicate woman, having left my arms.
Kwaksak—!
“It's quite sweet....”
With such thoughts, the taste of the Tanghulu made by Mun-geum uncle, which I ate for the first time in a long time, was quite sweet.
Perhaps So-ye gave it to me to eat, but anyway.
What was shown when returning to the main house was that for some reason, it seemed like Yang energy had been sucked out by someone, and the father looked quite weak....
“Kruuug.... My waist....”
“Um.... You're already here? It would have been fine if you had played a little more.”
For some reason, the mother, who had even tighter skin and appeared not to have aged at all, was visible.
“Ugh.... Is father okay?”
“Probably....”
At this point, I thought that the mother might not be the young palace master from the North Sea Ice Palace but a seductress who had mastered the absorbing yin method, but....
That thought was somewhat disrespectful to the mother, so I immediately erased it from my mind.
“Then I have to go through the coming-of-age ceremony.... So-ye, come here.”
Soon, the mother entered the room with So-ye for a moment, took out something, and began to give it to So-ye.
“So-ye. This is a dress that contains my mother's elegance....”
“Ooh....”
After all, there was no reason for me to watch So-ye go through the coming-of-age ceremony, and for some reason, the sound of conversation in the mother's room with excellent soundproofing didn't reach me at all, so I just waited on the floor with my father while talking.
“Father is still in good health.”
“...Rather than being healthy, it's closer to being forcibly corrected.”
“Eh?”
“If you get married, you'll know.... No.”
Although father seemed to be in good health despite being quite old, I gave him some praise....
Father just sighed helplessly, as if seeing my future, and couldn't continue speaking.
“I understand....”
“One piece of advice: If the wife takes care of you more than usual, use the escape technique quickly. It's sincere advice.”
And I just became solemn while looking at the father giving me advice.
The adult.... must be truly difficult.