44 – Tease

Teasing (6)

Baek Ryeo-il sat cross-legged and folded his arms. His eyebrows furrowed into a straight line. At the end of his gaze was Seong Mu-yeon. He was busy sweeping and wiping the entire Emerald Pavilion today, as if he had so much to do.

“You have to ventilate every day! Are you listening!”

‘If I take my eyes off him for even a moment, he’ll cause an accident.’

Baek Ryeo-il’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

Just yesterday, he was peeking outside the fence for no reason and almost got into a fight with the young Disciples, wasn’t he?

Fortunately, the little one stopped him this time, but similar things will happen a lot in the future.

“Are you listening! You filthy bastard!”

‘……What to do.’

Baek Ryeo-il picked his ear. These days, more and more people were looking for him. The biggest problem was the Senior Brothers who were trying to stick him with a Disciple he couldn’t even beat. If he beats them down one by one, they’ll eventually give up, but…….

“Ugh! This is so annoying!”

As Baek Ryeo-il went on a rampage, Seong Mu-yeon shouted along.

“Ah, I understand! I won’t make you do it because it’s dirty!”

“Huh?”

Seong Mu-yeon turned around abruptly and started beating the rag in the kitchen.

Baek Ryeo-il scratched the back of his head, then grabbed his hair again and tore at it. He had lived his life without ever worrying about anything. But lately, he had too many things to think about.

Baek Ryeo-il narrowed his eyes and glared at Seong Mu-yeon’s back.

‘It’s all because of that bastard.’

It was then. He felt a presence rushing in from outside the Emerald Pavilion. The presence rushed straight into the residence.

Seong Mu-yeon, who was in the kitchen, was the first to greet them.

“Are you here to see Master Baek? Shall I call him?”

“We’re not here to see Senior Brother, we’re here to see you!”

It was an angry voice. Baek Ryeo-il was about to run away through the back door, disgusted at the thought of another sparring request, but stopped abruptly.

Meanwhile, Seong Mu-yeon wiped his wet hands roughly on his front and widened his eyes.

“Yes? Why me?”

The uninvited guests who suddenly barged in were one of the second-generation Disciples and some boys. Looking at the composition, he could roughly guess what they were here for.

As expected, a familiar face with a blue bruise on his eyelid, one of the third-generation Disciples, walked out. It was the guy who had been beaten up by Gang Woong the day before.

“I must hold you responsible for making my Disciple like this!”

The second-generation Disciple seemed to be the boy’s Master. The boy drooped his shoulders dejectedly in front of his Master, but secretly raised the corners of his mouth slightly when he made eye contact with Seong Mu-yeon.

‘Look at this?’

Seong Mu-yeon felt a tug at the back of his neck. The one who started the fight was disgustingly pretending to be the victim and making it look advantageous.

“What happened was…….”

“How dare you come to another Sect and lay your hands on our precious Disciple! I won’t let this go!”

“……I didn’t touch him.”

The one who touched him was not him, but Gang Woong.

As soon as he thought that, Gang Woong, who had been standing quietly in the corner, trudged forward.

“I hit him, so blame me, Fourth Uncle…….”

He was very subdued, as if he had already been scolded severely. Moreover, he was anxious that Seong Mu-yeon would be harmed because of him.

“Be quiet! What are you talking back for? I’ll deal with you later. Young master! What are you thinking?”

The second-generation Disciple, who had scolded him fiercely, turned his body aggressively towards Seong Mu-yeon.

“At first, I thought you were a pitiful person, but now you’re bringing in outsiders, and what happened to Senior Brother Jang? Now you’re even laying your hands on young Disciples? Tell me, Sang-yeop. What did that guy do to you?”

“He, he incited Senior Brother Gang to beat me up and then……. I’m scared, Master.”

The boy, backed by his Master, acted pathetically in an even more trembling voice.

Seong Mu-yeon was speechless.

“Did you hear that! In all my life……!”

“I understand. Master Gang has done nothing wrong, so please let him go.”

If it weren’t for Seong Mu-yeon, Gang Woong wouldn’t have been involved in the fight. Besides, he had incited him to beat up the boy, so he was largely responsible.

“Who do you think you are, telling me what to do?!”

The second-generation Disciple screamed. The blood vessels in his neck were standing up. He looked so excited that he seemed about to pass out.

“Master Gang was just caught up in it while he was with me.”

“Oh ho. So you’re admitting that Young master assaulted my Disciple?”

“Master, look at me. Do I look like someone who can assault someone? Especially a Hwasan Sect Disciple?”

Seong Mu-yeon raised his skinny arm and showed it. It was plausible because it was trembling from beating the rag just now.

The second-generation Disciple himself seemed to think it didn’t make sense, and he flinched. No matter how young the Disciples were, they had all worked hard to become martial artist before entering the Sect, and only the children who showed promise could enter the Hwasan Sect, so comparing them to ordinary commoners was absurd. Besides, Seong Mu-yeon looked so weak that he didn’t seem like he could even catch a fly, didn’t he?

“Isn’t it true that Young master is muddying the waters of Hwasan? Why do you keep causing accidents! Our Disciples are being harmed for no reason!”

However, the second-generation Disciple, who had come all the way here in a fit of anger, raised his voice again because his pride would not allow him to easily accept and back down.

“The Disciples of Master started the fight first, and Master Gang only responded. From now on, I hope such things don’t happen from the beginning…….”

“So you’re saying my Disciple was wrong?!”

“…….”

The light quickly disappeared from Seong Mu-yeon’s eyes.

Seong Mu-yeon, who had admired the Taoist Sect, realized that this was also a place where people lived.

……He didn’t want to know.

The second-generation Disciple continued to scream and shout.

“If you come to another Sect, you have to, huh?! Respect the etiquette, huh?! The Demonic Cult bastards are like this because……!”

“…….”

“I’m telling you! I’m talking to you directly like this!”

“…….”

Seong Mu-yeon thought that he was quite good at social coping. It was thanks to his experiences in two lives. But now…….

‘So, are you telling me to kneel down now?’

His head was starting to throb. He couldn’t figure out what that second-generation Disciple wanted.

The second-generation Disciple’s actions were nothing more than tantrums. It was difficult to expect the response of an intellectual who would thoroughly investigate the cause and effect and consider ways to improve so that the same thing would not happen again.

He was just unhappy with his feelings.

Seong Mu-yeon looked at the third-generation Disciple with cold eyes. He flinched slightly, but then secretly smiled, as if he had won, avoiding the eyes of others.

……His fist was crying. Trembling.

Seong Mu-yeon was an odd stone that had settled here arbitrarily, so he had to deal with things as peacefully as possible. He had already caused a big accident once, hadn’t he?

‘Okay, as peacefully as possible.’

Seong Mu-yeon opened his mouth with the softest smile he could muster.

“I heard that Hwasan is a Sect that values ​​negotiation, but I guess that was just a rumor?”

“Wh, what?!”

Oops. He made a mistake. But…….

“Don’t you know who I am?!”

The second-generation Disciple shouted.

‘How can you not get pissed off when you hear that?’

He couldn’t stand it.

Whatever will be, will be.

“That’s not what I was going to say, but since the topic came up, let me say this. You said I brought in outsiders……. That’s a misunderstanding. I was kidnapped too. How dangerous is my position outside, especially in the Demonic Cult, that I would bring them in myself?”

Seong Mu-yeon, whose patience had finally reached its limit, spoke like a machine gun. He had already half given up. Living in Namgung Clan wouldn’t be so bad.

“You say that, but who knows if it’s just an excuse you made up because things went wrong!”

“You can ask Master Baek Ryeo-il. He saved me.”

When Baek Ryeo-il’s name came up, the second-generation Disciple was horrified and shut his mouth.

“And it seems like you think I deliberately provoked the Jang Han-soo Master incident, but that’s also a misunderstanding. Master Jang had a personal grudge against the Demonic Cult. In that situation, I appeared and was shamelessly wandering around, so how angry would he be? It wouldn’t be strange if he went into Heart Devil for a moment. I was so scared.”

“Th, that…….”

“I heard that the rumors in Hwasan are strange. That’s why the Disciples of Master misunderstood me too. Now that you know for sure, I hope such things won’t happen in the future?”

Seong Mu-yeon scanned the boys with cold eyes. The boys, who had lied to their Master, hurriedly avoided his eyes.

‘From the beginning, they weren’t targeting me.’

They vented their anger towards Gang Woong, which they had been harboring, on Seong Mu-yeon, whom they happened to meet.

“Th, then what! Then does that mean my Disciple wasn’t beaten for nothing?”

It was impossible to communicate.

It was the moment Seong Mu-yeon opened his mouth to say something.

“Why are you taking your anger out on innocent people just because your Disciple is weak?”

Baek Ryeo-il strode out. When he appeared, it became quiet as if cold water had been poured on them. He just glanced at the people indifferently, but those who were touched by his gaze cowered and avoided his eyes.