I'm A Minor Villain In A Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 28

“What do you know about that kid?”

“What?”

“You’re talking disgustingly about Lin without even knowing her.”

Hwang Bo Yeong’s face contorted.

‘I definitely heard he had Gueum Jeolmaek?’

Ji Cheon Wu’s grip strength seemed strangely powerful for someone with Gueum Jeolmaek.

“You’re not even worth Lin’s time. I’ll take care of you.”

Hwang Bo Yeong’s eyes met Ji Cheon Wu’s. He felt cold sweat running down his back.

They were eerie eyes.

Dark eyes filled with obsession.

Hwang Bo Yeong’s instincts screamed a warning. That guy wasn’t normal.

The clueless classmates from the academy shouted from behind Hwang Bo Yeong.

“Bo Yeong, show that bastard what you’re made of!”

“Let him know how impressive it is to always rank at the top in Cheonhaje.”

“Knock him down!”

Ji Cheon Wu raised one corner of his mouth. If Nam Gung Lin saw, she would be shocked.

Because it looked exactly like the Ji Cheon Wu of Cheonma Jijon that Nam Gung Lin was familiar with. He spoke to Hwang Bo Yeong in an arrogant voice.

“Come at me.”

It was the first time wielding a sword after Gueum Jeolmaek was cured.

‘I don’t know how much stronger I’ve become.’

He must have gotten stronger.

Because after absorbing the inner elixir of Taeyang Hwari, Ji Cheon Wu felt his body become astonishingly light.

His body wielding the sword felt light.

Provoked by him, Hwang Bo Yeong let out a rough breath and charged.

In that moment, Ji Cheon Wu realized.

‘I’m more of a genius than I thought.’

Hwang Bo Yeong’s movements felt slow. The world looked completely different before and after Gueum Jeolmaek was cured.

Under the scorching sun, Ji Cheon Wu could realize how brilliant the talent Nam Gung Lin had given him was.

His body moved at a speed he had never imagined before.

It was too obvious where Hwang Bo Yeong’s sword was headed.

Clang!

The swords clashed.

Dismay spread across Hwang Bo Yeong’s face while Ji Cheon Wu became bored.

Ji Cheon Wu struck down Hwang Bo Yeong’s sword as he charged at him. Dazed, Hwang Bo Yeong dropped his sword without much resistance.

Ji Cheon Wu’s sword was pointed at Hwang Bo Yeong’s neck. At the same time, the noisily chattering students from Cheonha Academy fell silent.

“The top rankers of Cheonhaje are nothing special.”

Hwang Bo Yeong’s face reddened.

That’s when it happened.

“Ji Cheon Wu!”

A girl started running over.

At that moment, Ji Cheon Wu’s face was seen transforming.

The boy’s face, which looked like it would slit his throat at any moment, bloomed with flowers.

In that time, Hwang Bo Yeong felt a chill. Ji Cheon Wu spoke to Hwang Bo Yeong.

“And Lin likes handsome guys. Not brawny ones.”

As if Hwang Bo Yeong wasn’t even worth his time, he turned around.

That’s when the girl, Nam Gung Lin, reached Ji Cheon Wu’s side.

With a surprised expression, she began examining Ji Cheon Wu all over.

“What, what happened? Don’t tell me you fought, are you hurt anywhere?”

As Nam Gung Lin said that, she glared at Hwang Bo Yeong.

No, I’m the one who got beat up…

He was the one who got thrashed, but Nam Gung Lin was acting as if he had hit Ji Cheon Wu.

Unable to say that fact, Hwang Bo Yeong swallowed it down.

It was because of the chilling gaze Ji Cheon Wu was giving him.

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The man lost his name.

He couldn’t remember who he was.

Who was he and why was he here?

What was his name?

All that remained for him was one blindly driven purpose.

‘I need to return…’

To whom did he need to return?

He stood blankly in the middle of the market, gazing at a girl.

Was she eight years old now?

She was still a young girl.

Whenever he saw people, he would feel an inexplicable murderous intent.

But looking at the girl before his eyes, the man felt no murderous intent at all.

And that was clearly strange.

He didn’t want to slit her throat, he didn’t even feel annoyed by the sound of her breathing.

The man’s gaze didn’t leave the girl. His hand slowly rose.

His hand, reaching out towards the girl, stopped right there.

“Going to kill? Let’s kill. You’re strong so killing is easy, right?”

That couldn’t be.

He was someone who couldn’t touch a child.

“But you’re a monster. With a single gesture from your hand, that fragile neck would snap, right?”

No.

I can’t do that.

“Actually, that’s right. All the humans in this market, don’t you want to kill them all?”

If that happens, I won’t be able to see that child.

“You foolish bastard. You think that child will even remember you? Rather, she’ll resent you. She won’t want to see something like you. She’ll be ashamed. She’ll be horrified.”

The man denied the voice echoing in his head. He didn’t care if that child hated him.

It was something that couldn’t be helped.

“Liar. You don’t want to be hated. Let’s just kill them all. If you kill, you can go see that child.”

The young girl held her mother’s hand and left.

Seeing that, the man felt his heart ache sharply.

‘If that child were alive, she would be around that age.’

There’s no way he could kill a child around the same age as that child.

But… who was that child?

The man thought but couldn’t recall.

He clutched his head.

A very small something came to mind.

He had tried to protect that small thing.

The day he held the child’s hand came to mind. He could never forget the overwhelming emotion.

Small hands. Small face. Small body.

And the small gesture reaching out to him. It was suffocatingly lovely. He thought he could die for that child.

‘I said I would stay by her side.’

“What are you talking about? You’re the one who left, forget it. Why look for her? You’re only permitted slaughter.”

The man’s expression gradually faded at the voice echoing in his head. He realized he didn’t have much time left.

‘How many years can I endure?’

Though he was rejecting it with all his might, someday the rising murderous intent would stain his hands with blood.

Men in black approached such a man.

“Let’s return.”

“Another failure this time?”

“It seems he hasn’t been consumed by murderous intent yet.”

“Stubborn fellow.”

One of the men in black who had been silent for a moment spoke.

“I heard Nam Gung Jin Cheon’s level has become even stronger.”

Hearing his words, another man in black nodded.

“I heard the Je Gal brat visited the Nam Gung family. We’ll need to cause some trouble soon.”

The men in black disappeared, taking the man with them as they spoke.

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I examined Ji Cheon Wu’s body.

For some reason, Hwang Bo Yeong obediently let Ji Cheon Wu go.

Ji Cheon Wu was looking at me with an innocent face that knew nothing.

“What happened with that guy?”

Then Ji Cheon Wu rested his head on my shoulder.

I couldn’t help but be flustered.

Did something happen? Ji Cheon Wu wasn’t someone to show such a weak side. Perhaps he had taken the inner elixir of Taeyang Hwari incorrectly.

[But he looks too fine for that. As if Gueum Jeolmaek has been completely cured.]

The dagger ajeossi muttered in a disgusted voice.

[That despicable bastard…]

Ji Cheon Wu spoke to me in a small voice.

“There’s something I want to ask, can I?”

“Ask as much as you want.”

“Do you perhaps like brawny men…?”

“What…?”

Do I like brawny men…?

Ji Cheon Wu’s gaze as he asked that was directed at Hwang Bo Yeong. I had no idea what nonsense the author had spouted. When I looked at Hwang Bo Yeong, Ji Cheon Wu slyly hid him with his body.

“I mean big and strong men. Do you like that kind of man?”

I pondered for a moment.

“I don’t dislike strong men.”

But if I had to choose, I liked moderately muscular builds. Especially Hwang Bo Yeong’s type wasn’t my preference. No, more than that, wasn’t it strange for an eight-year-old child to have preferences?

I saw Ji Cheon Wu’s face turn sullen at my words.

“But I don’t like them too bulky.”

“Then what kind of man do you like?”

I thought for a bit.

It was something I hadn’t really considered since I was busy living life.

“Good-looking…?”

“That’s a relief.”

“What’s a relief?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

I saw the corner of Ji Cheon Wu’s mouth slightly rise at my words.

[That guy seems unpleasant somehow.]

‘What?’

[Doesn’t he know that he’s good-looking right now?]

‘No way.’

I couldn’t help but be surprised at the dagger ajeossi’s words.

It was because the Ji Cheon Wu from Cheonma Jijon came to mind.

‘That guy was very well aware that he was good-looking too.’

But I didn’t think the current Ji Cheon Wu would be like that.

Ji Cheon Wu ostentatiously held my hand first.

‘Ji Cheon Wu is holding my hand first?’

I was startled.

Up until now, Ji Cheon Wu had never held my hand first. Even if he did, it was only me holding his.

‘Sometimes he would even avoid it…’

But he held my hand first.

The dagger ajeossi clicked his tongue looking at Ji Cheon Wu.

[His acting is quite skillful!]

‘Could it be that something happened to him with the people from Cheonha Academy?’

Of course, Hwang Bo Yeong who had been facing Ji Cheon Wu looked even more unwell, but as they say, one’s own arm bends inward, so I was worried about Ji Cheon Wu.

[Hmph, no need to be concerned at all. Mandu, you’re too soft on that guy.]

I let out a sigh of relief.

It seemed like nothing bad had happened to Ji Cheon Wu after all.