Episode 35: Rather Don’t Forget.
“It’s unfair. “I didn’t do it!”
The person complaining of injustice in the Hwangcheongak interrogation room was Bae Jong-tak, a member of the Bukcheon Geomga led by Ilhwa Geomjon.
He was accused and arrested on charges of raping the young daughter of the Geom family. In the past, this would not have been an incident, but this time, Bae Jong-tak was immediately arrested the day after the complaint was made.
“That argument is slandering me! Please confront her! “I feel wronged.”
“Why would Sibi frame you?”
“You don’t know. Maybe I was instigated by someone, or maybe I made some mistake with that child. But at least I didn’t rape that kid.”
He seemed really aggrieved.
“Okay, I’ll confront you.”
“Please bring me here right away.”
When I gave a signal, Seo Dae-ryong, who was waiting outside, came in with a girl who looked to be about thirteen or four years old. The child was very frightened.
“hey! “Why are you doing this to me?”
Bae Jong-tak shouted at the child.
I raised my hand to calm his excitement.
“quiet! “If you scream one more time, there will be no newspapers to confront you.”
“yes. “I do it because I feel unfair.”
I asked the girl.
“Is the person who raped you the author?”
The girl nodded slowly.
“Look at me! “He nodded without even looking at my face.”
“I know this person, do I need to look closely at their face?”
“You can’t look at me because you feel guilty.”
“Isn’t it really your doing?”
“No, I swear to heaven no. I feel so unfair if they only believe what the child says and punish me like this. Think about it. “If you miss a woman, you can go to Giru, but why would you mess with a child like that?”
“I don’t know. you tell me “Do you get excited when you see a child?”
“Didn’t I say no?”
Bae Jong-tak glared at the child fearfully.
“Don’t you know how scary false accusation is? I will forgive you, so be honest. “Say no!”
The child cowered as if frightened.
“Look at me! “You’re shaking, aren’t you?”
“That’s because I’m scared. “I heard he said he would go to my family back home and kill them if I revealed the rape?”
This incident was not reported by the girl. The child told another sister-in-law, and that sister-in-law went to the Hwangcheongak branch located across from the Pungryu Bar instead of her friend and filed a complaint.
“Why do you only believe what that kid says?”
“Because I trust that kid.”
“Isn’t that too biased?”
“Because I’m sure you raped me.”
“So, give me solid evidence! “Don’t just believe what that kid says.”
When I looked at Seo Dae-ryong, he went out. And then he came back in with two children. They were girls who were a little bigger than the ones who came in earlier.
The moment Bae Jong-tak saw those children, he was startled.
“Remember? “These are children who previously worked for your husband.”
“I know. “You’ve grown a lot!”
Bae Jong-tak greeted them warmly, but the children bowed their heads and did not respond.
“I suddenly became curious while listening to the child’s testimony. “I committed it this time, but haven’t I committed it before?”
As a result of searching for and investigating the previous victims, it was discovered that they had also been raped.
“All testimony has already been completed. The way they raped the children was the same. The threats are the same. “After playing around like that for two or three years, I replaced him with another child.”
Bae Jong-tak’s expression changed when he realized that it was no longer possible to escape. The person who complained of injustice disappeared and revealed his true nature.
“I made a mistake after drinking. Please just take a look.”
The guy’s suddenly calm appearance was so different from the one he was complaining about just a moment ago that it felt like watching the performance of a gang of street performers.
He spoke calmly to the children.
“Honestly, you guys liked it too, right? “You gave me money every time I finished, right?”
Then the youngest brother took a coin out of his pocket and threw it on the floor. Coins pouring down. She kept it without spending a single penny and brought it today.
Bae Jong-tak pretended not to see me and turned his head to plead with me.
“I heard that in the history of Hwangcheongak, there has never been an example of someone being imprisoned for interfering with a dispute.”
“I studied in advance. that’s right.”
“We will make sure this never happens again. I swear to heaven. If I have to write a memorandum, I write it. “No, I won’t let women fight at all.”
“You won’t go to jail.”
The children raised their heads at my words. They all had frightened faces.
“thank you. thank you.”
He grinned and looked at the children, who all lowered their heads to avoid eye contact.
“You should go somewhere else instead.”
“Where are you?”
“here.”
Hiss! Phew!
My sword decapitated him with a single blow. The guy fell backwards along with the chair, dead, without even letting out a single scream.
The children were startled by the sudden situation and screamed. His blood flowed from the coin that fell on the floor.
I immediately turned to the kids.
“The one who tormented you is now dead. Your family won’t die. So from now on, just live without worrying.”
The children looked at me with surprised faces.
“I will never forget what happened to you until I die. If you can’t forget it anyway, don’t forget what happened today. Let this moment when this guy pays for his sins cover up what happened to you. “Remember only this final end of the author.”
This was the best I could do for my children.
The children looked at the corpse and then back at each other.
After a while, the eldest child among them stepped forward and bowed his head politely.
“Thank you so much for your revenge.”
The other children also bowed their heads.
“Thank you, old man. “Ugh.”
The youngest child burst into tears and the other child hugged her. Tears also flowed from the eyes of the child I was hugging.
No one cares how the right and wrong are treated. I was like that in the past too.
“You don’t have to thank me. It was thanks to your brave testimony that we were able to punish that guy. This is the punishment you brought about. So live bravely and live well in the future.”
“yes.”
“And there will never be any retaliation from Lee Ja’s friends or family. “Hwangcheongak will protect you from now on.”
Now even the oldest girl was in tears.
“thank you.”
Father, if we fail to protect these children under the pretense of being strong, we will be beheaded by the political faction you hate so much. No, it has to be cut. Even if your head is cut off, you have nothing to say.
Investigators came in and took the children out. They told me to pay special attention to these children in the future, so there was no need for them to worry.
This will also become known around the school, so there will be fewer people who cause trouble. We need to correct the misconception that this kind of thing is natural because we are Mine.
Ian, who was watching the investigation process, shook his head.
“When I saw that guy being taken away earlier, I thought something really unfair had happened. “It’s really scary.”
“Humans are scarier than ghosts.”
“But the author belongs to the Northern Heavenly Sword House. “Is it okay for Ilhwa Geomzon to just stay?”
“His subordinates continued to rape young civil servants. Are you taking issue with this because I killed someone like that? Wouldn’t it be better not to?”
“Aren’t you scared, Master?”
“I’m scared. “I’m afraid I’ll die without being able to clean up all this trash.”
“Ever since you became a member of the Hwangcheon Province, our school has become more and more kind. What if it becomes full of people who are better than the Murim Alliance?”
I immediately corrected her joke.
“Isn’t it a good thing to not be afraid of disputes? “It’s natural.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
“We haven’t been able to do that obvious thing until now.”
At that time, Seo Dae-ryong came back.
“Mr. Lord, why did you do that?”
“what?”
“You killed him intentionally, right? “Isn’t it your opinion that people like that should be locked in prison and made to suffer?”
Because our school’s prison was a place more painful than death.
“yes.”
“But why did you kill me?”
As expected, Seo Dae-ryong is a smart guy. I deliberately handled the case related to Ilhwa Geomzon myself and, as he said, I intentionally killed him.
“If I kill you like this, I will have an official reason to go see Ilhwa Geomzon.”
Seo Dae-ryong was surprised.
“The issue of Hyeolcheondoma alone is a headache, so why do you want to meet Ilhwa Geomzon?”
“Because I need a second tiger.”
“yes?”
He gave an order while looking at Seo Dae-ryong, who said he didn’t understand the meaning.
“Send a message to Geomzon right now. “During the interrogation process, a problem arose and I met in person to explain it.”
* * *
After an hour’s visit, I took Seo Dae-ryong and headed to the Northern Heavenly Sword House.
“Do you really have to take me with you?”
“It’s an official visit, but can Gamju go alone? The right arm should follow.”
“When did I become your right hand man?”
“He has a power-oriented and heartless personality, but he is a real man who only loves one woman. My half-hearted right arm that raises his hand when everyone else is silent is enough.”
“oh my god!”
“Which expression do you like?”
“I don’t like it all!”
Eventually, we arrived at the entrance to the Northern Heavenly Sword House.
If the Namdo branch of the Hyeolcheon Doma occupied the southern part of the main school, the Northern Heavenly Sword family of the Ilhwa Geomzon dominated the north.
“This is my first time at the Northern Heavenly Sword House. Until now, there have been no cases related to the Northern Heavenly Swordsman in the cases I have handled. Unlike Hyeolcheon Doma, Ilhwa Geomjon was managing his subordinates well. “The swordsmen of the sword family also valued honor.”
“is it?”
When I reacted indifferently, Seo Dae-ryong asked.
“Do you think not?”
“From what I see, it seems like a demon sword or a demon is all there. “Is it okay for people who value honor to look like that?”
The eyes of the magic swords guarding the entrance were not pretty.
It seems that Bae Jong-tak’s death was already known, but rather than a reaction of saying he died because he committed a crime, it was closer to a feeling of ‘Did you kill our Bukcheon Sword warrior just for stirring up a dispute?’ Of course, they couldn’t dare provoke me at a time like this, so they all immediately bowed their heads politely.
Seo Dae-ryong spoke to me softly.
“As a pacifist, this is a look I often see these days. “Whenever I’m with someone, I keep seeing them.”
“I’ll add pacifist to the description of you.”
“Ah…”
A drone was waiting to guide us.
“Mazon is waiting. “I am Sawujong (沙佑鐘).”
Saujong was a man known as Ilhwageomjon’s right hand man. He was one of the top three powerful swordsmen within the Northern Heavenly Sword Family, and his momentum was as sharp as a blade.
I know this man well. It was not because of a personal relationship or friendship, but because his ending was quite impressive.
“Nice to meet you.”
“Please follow me.”
Saujong took us inside and continued on. I passed through the buildings where the demon swords lived and entered the deepest part.
There was a small teahouse there.
This small, well-decorated place is the residence of Ilhwa Geomzon.
“The Lord of the Nether has arrived.”
At Saujong’s message, the door to the house opened and a woman dressed in white walked out.
“Welcome, Sword Footnote.”
The woman with the soft voice was Ilhwa Sword Zone So Yeon-rang (昭蓮郞).