The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 34

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| Chapter 34

“…Sa Yeo-un?”

But that was only momentary, as Yeo U-hui let out a snicker at Son Jin-won’s words, as if asking what the big deal was.

“Of course he’d have to be at that level to pull off something like this. But so what? My nephew isn’t even a Jeongdo-in. Is there some reason he can’t meet the daughter of Cheon Se-hyeon-ma? That hardly seems like grounds for kidnapping, does it?”

“We initially approached this matter with courtesy. But it was your side that refused to cooperate from the beginning.”

“Is there some reason my nephew had to cooperate? We don’t take anyone’s side. There’s no reason we should help, and no reason we should be kidnapped.”

Since Euiseonsu-ga was neutral, neither Jeongdo nor Mado, Yeo U-hui’s words weren’t entirely wrong.

“We don’t want to get involved in your fights. So don’t mess with us. Did my nephew meeting that Maegyo follower’s daughter cause you any harm? No, right? But you were the ones who made the first move. Am I wrong? If I am, why don’t you try making up some lie as an excuse?”

At Yeo U-hui’s words, Go Ji-hwan and Gu Pyo felt a pang of guilt inside. As she said, weren’t they the ones who had made the first move against Yoo Eun-hyun?

They had thought there must be some kind of relationship between Yoo Eun-hyun and Sa Yeo-un, but it turned out they had been barking up the wrong tree.

And they knew well how important justification was in situations like this.

But Son Jin-won showed no intention of backing down.

“I regret that unintended actions led to this result, but… So what are you trying to say? That you’ll hold us responsible for the results of unintended actions? Seriously?”

As Son Jin-won’s voice became not just harsh but twisted, Yeo U-hui momentarily closed her mouth. But soon she opened it again, showing she wouldn’t back down.

“If it was an unintended mistake, an apology should suffice. Or can’t you even do that? Is the neck of the Yacha Jin-ryong that stiff?”

“My apologies aren’t light enough to be given for things I didn’t do wrong.”

“Then what? Should we just end it here?”

As the two glared at each other, neither willing to give an inch, the atmosphere around them began to grow heavier and heavier.

“Of course, we don’t have to end it here. However, you must know that in cases like this, the solutions are extremely limited.”

Son Jin-won now openly displayed his fighting spirit as he looked at Yeo U-hui. But the intangible energy seemed to become tangible as the air grew heavier, making it difficult to breathe, and no one present could move.

It felt like any movement would draw all that killing intent upon them, and that was something anyone would want to avoid.

“Um… wait a moment.”

At that moment, it was Yoo Eun-hyun who broke through that energy. Of course, it wasn’t because this energy didn’t affect Yoo Eun-hyun at all. In fact, he didn’t really want to get involved, but there was a reason he had to step forward.

‘This isn’t the time to be doing this. I don’t know when Yeo Un might come chasing…’

There was nothing good about staying here like this. Moreover, since Son Jin-won and the Cheonmu Alliance were tracking Maegyo, if they were focused on Sa Yeo-un, she would be too busy responding to have time to pursue Yoo Eun-hyun.

“Since I’m the party involved in the first place, you can’t do this without me, right?”

As Yoo Eun-hyun said, he was the biggest victim of this incident, but by confronting each other while leaving him out, they ended up ignoring him.

Eventually, Yeo U-hui, who was on Yoo Eun-hyun’s side, was the first to withdraw her sword. Son Jin-won also looked at Yoo Eun-hyun, who had broken through that energy and stepped forward, releasing his aura and giving him his attention.

“First, to get straight to the point, I have no ill feelings toward the Cheonmu Alliance.”

“No ill feelings? Really? You don’t need to be considerate for no reason.”

“No. I was definitely angry at first, but now I understand there were reasons for it. Anyway, unwanted misfortunes happen plenty in life, and as a farmer, I’d rather focus on what will happen rather than dwell on what has happened.”

Having said that much, Yoo Eun-hyun subtly gauged the mood around him. The gazes of those around were still focused on Yoo Eun-hyun, but there seemed to be some of that strange excitement from before still remaining, so Yoo Eun-hyun continued speaking.

“When farming, natural disasters cause the most damage. But analyzing why such natural disasters happened is pointless. It’s not some grand thing about rising above past events. Farming is different every year, and people inevitably have something called development each year… Let’s just throw away the past.”

Yoo Eun-hyun had simply shared his farming philosophy to escape as quickly as possible, but the audience fell quiet upon hearing his words.

For some reason, it sounded like words containing profound mystery.

“Aunt. I’ll apologize on your behalf. It was wrong of me to go out without saying anything. Is that alright?”

“No. You don’t need to apologize, nephew. I didn’t lock you up, and when I gave you permission to go out, I sent you out prepared to take responsibility.”

“Thank you, Aunt. Besides, there’s no reason to make enemies with the Cheonmu Alliance for nothing.”

“Right. I can’t interfere with the relationships you’ll form. Do as you wish.”

Yeo U-hui’s expression was now completely relaxed. Yoo Eun-hyun slightly turned his head to look at Son Jin-won. Actually, unlike Yeo U-hui, who was at least reasonable, this side was more worrying.

But Son Jin-won, who had been silent for a moment as if savoring Yoo Eun-hyun’s words, looked strange but not particularly bad.

“Honestly, I’m a bit surprised.”

Son Jin-won widened his eyes and made a surprised expression toward Yoo Eun-hyun. He looked greatly impressed by something, which seemed to be because of Yoo Eun-hyun’s words.

“Surprised?”

“Yes. The courage to intervene in such a situation. The will to resolve it directly, the wisdom to convince everyone, and even profound insight. I’m sorry for dismissing you as just a farmer earlier.”

Thus, Son Jin-won, who had been arguing with Yeo U-hui over apologies, extended his hand to Yoo Eun-hyun and apologized.

“It doesn’t really matter…”

Yoo Eun-hyun muttered while grasping Son Jin-won’s hand and accepting his apology. Naturally, he had no particular desire to become friends with such a troublesome fellow.

‘Why did Dosa-nim have to choose someone like this… Is he trying to test me? There’s no reason for that, is there?’

Still, he didn’t want to escalate the situation further at the moment. Even if his personality was terrible, there was sincerity felt in Son Jin-won’s current apology.

“I should think positively about what my master said too.”

“Well… we’ll have another chance to meet later, won’t we?”

“If you’re related to Euiseonsu-ga, that might be possible. When that time comes, I’d really like you to speak casually.”

Son Jin-won half-jokingly lightly patted the shoulder of Yoo Eun-hyun, whose hand he was holding.

In the now completely relaxed atmosphere, Chae Eun-seol, Gong Si-hak, Go Ji-hwan, and Gu Pyo let out sighs of relief.

Chae Eun-seol and Gong Si-hak naturally didn’t want to cause problems with the Cheonmu Alliance, and Go Ji-hwan and Gu Pyo also didn’t want to oppose Euiseonsu-ga without justification since they had kidnapped Yoo Eun-hyun.

“It’s fine even now.”

“There’s no need to drag out a simple matter.”

As if pleased with Yoo Eun-hyun’s answer, Son Jin-won gripped Yoo Eun-hyun’s hand tightly. Perhaps because of his small build, his hand was smaller and had thinner joints compared to Yoo Eun-hyun’s farming-trained hands, but the strength contained within was passionate.

Yoo Eun-hyun, who wanted to escape Jinan as quickly as possible, quickly resolved the situation here, and since Son Jin-won wasn’t there for leisure either, the situation ended with promises for the future.

Now that the situation was resolved, Yeo U-hui didn’t say anything more, and thus Yoo Eun-hyun quickly returned to Euiryun-gak with Yeo U-hui.

*

“Phew. That took ten years off my life.”

As soon as they returned, Yeo U-hui exhaled and muttered, and seeing this, Yoo Eun-hyun spoke as if he felt ashamed.

“I’m sorry. I seem to only cause problems.”

“That’s not it. As I said before, you don’t need to feel sorry, nephew.”

Yeo U-hui waved her hand as if it wasn’t Yoo Eun-hyun’s fault, and seeing this, Chae Eun-seol pouted and let out a small laugh.

“We’re the ones who lost ten years. How does our General Manager, at her age, keep picking fights like that?”

“Then should I have just backed down in that situation?”

“Fight while reading the situation. Honestly, are you confident you could beat Yacha Jin-ryong?”

“I have no intention of losing.”

“What are your odds?”

“…Fifty-fifty.”

“Really?”

“A bit less than that.”

And hearing their conversation, Yoo Eun-hyun carefully asked.

“Is he that strong?”

“Our General Manager doesn’t seem capable of objective judgment right now, so I’ll tell you. Titles in the martial arts world aren’t just given out randomly, and Yacha Jin-ryong is one of the two top disciples of Dojeon Ssangseon. And as one of the leaders of Cheonya-dae and Samwondae, the Cheonmu Alliance’s greatest military forces, he’s among the top ten masters in the Cheonmu Alliance. Considering his age, he’s expected to become one of the top five masters before long. So he’s one of the dragons currently making waves in the martial arts world.”

Chae Eun-seol gave a lengthy explanation about Son Jin-won. When Yoo Eun-hyun glanced at Yeo U-hui, she nodded, so it all seemed to be true.

‘Wait. Was he that famous? I hope I didn’t get unnecessarily close to him.’

Yoo Eun-hyun recalled Son Jin-won’s final appearance and felt somewhat of a headache coming on, but shook his head. He’d leave future matters to his future self… he thought irresponsibly.

“So what will you do? The plan was to leave today, right? Don’t you need to take care of various things?”

When Chae Eun-seol asked Yeo U-hui, she turned her gaze to Yoo Eun-hyun instead of answering.

“Nephew. What do you want to do? If you’re not feeling well, we could stay one more day before leaving.”

“I’m fine. If you’re all ready, Aunt, let’s depart right away.”

“Hmm… You seem a bit urgent. Was there something else besides the Cheonmu Alliance matter?”

And perhaps finding such urgency from Yoo Eun-hyun strange, when Yeo U-hui asked, Yoo Eun-hyun flinched but shook his head.

“No. Nothing like that.”

It was obviously a lie, but the experienced and sharp Yeo U-hui, as well as Chae Eun-seol, began looking at Yoo Eun-hyun suspiciously.

Rather than suspicion, it seemed like they wanted to know the cause to help ease his worries, but ultimately Yoo Eun-hyun had to come up with a believable excuse.

“A-actually, I want to see my mother quickly.”

“What? Was that it? Hehe… Right. You were captured by the Cheonmu Alliance and had big events happen while living just farming on the mountain, so that makes sense for my nephew. Good! Then shall we go even faster?”

Fortunately, this reason seemed to work, as Yeo U-hui stood up with a smile.

Chae Eun-seol also smiled slightly and didn’t say anything more.

Of course, thanks to that, Yoo Eun-hyun ended up quite embarrassed.

*

Two nights after leaving Taewon.

The two had traveled diligently and finally arrived at Euiseonsu-ga. Normally, they would have traveled for two nights and arrived around noon the next day. But perhaps Yoo Eun-hyun’s words about wanting to see his mother touched Yeo U-hui’s heartstrings, as they made quite a forced march and arrived half a day earlier.

“We’ve arrived. It’s almost midnight, but now there’s nothing to worry about.”

In front of the signboard with ‘Euiseonsu-ga’ written in large characters, Yeo U-hui turned to Yoo Eun-hyun and spoke, but Yoo Eun-hyun was only half-listening to her words.

The scale of Euiseonsu-ga was much more massive than Yoo Eun-hyun had imagined.

For Yoo Eun-hyun, who had never seen a martial arts clan in his entire life, this was only natural. He should have realized this much when he first saw Euiryun-gak.

“Let’s go, nephew.”

After patting Yoo Eun-hyun’s shoulder once to wake him from his dazed state, he silently changed direction and walked toward the main gate of Euiseonsu-ga.

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