Bachelor Swordsmanship Remastered [EN]: Chapter 191

191. Thank You

Bingje spoke softly.

“There is another divine artifact passed down with the Eternal Ice Crystal. It is the Falling Sun Sword, or more precisely, the Sword Spirit of the Falling Sun.”

“What do you mean? Could it be…….”

Binghu frowned.

However, her intelligent eyes soon began to fill with surprise.

“Are you saying that the Falling Sun is made of the Eternal Ice Crystal?”

“Well? I don’t know. It’s impossible to know now.”

Bingje said with a calm look.

“But the previous Ice Emperor told me, ‘Only when the Falling Sun disappears into the light will the name of the Northern Sea cover the world.'”

Binghu’s eyes sparkled.

*Wasn’t it just now that Unhyun said that the Falling Sun disappeared into the light?*

She had never heard the previous Ice Emperor say such a thing.

“I thought those words were just to鞭策 [spur or encourage] me. Because no matter how high my realm became, the Sword Spirit of the Falling Sun never changed.”

Bingje was not looking at Binghu.

Sitting on the bed, Bingje clasped his hands tightly together.

“Later, I heard that even among the ancestors, only a handful had changed the color of the Falling Sun. And even then, a deep blue color like deep water was the limit. But he made it disappear into the light altogether? Haha.”

Bingje’s laughter was hollow.

“A realm I could never dream of.”

It was a confession that Binghu had never heard before.

Bingje had never admitted to being inferior to anyone, not even the Sword Saint.

One of the reasons she had to become Binghu was because of Bingje’s pride.

Swish.

Leaving Binghu’s eyes, shaken with astonishment, behind, Bingje raised his eyes.

Looking out the window at the endless Northern Sea, Bingje said.

“So I couldn’t leave him as someone unrelated to the Northern Sea. Perhaps even the title of Blue Wolf is not enough. He is the one who made the Falling Sun disappear into the light.”

Only then could Binghu understand Bingje’s actions.

It was certainly humiliating for a foreigner to achieve the legend of the Northern Sea.

No, it wouldn’t be strange to feel extreme betrayal and anger.

But Bingje, as the ruler of the Northern Sea, made the best choice.

Just as he had done with the Sword Saint in the past, he embraced Unhyun into the fold of the Northern Sea.

By bestowing the title of Blue Wolf.

Amidst the turmoil, Binghu barely opened her mouth to ask.

“……What does it mean that the Falling Sun disappeared into the light?”

“I don’t know.”

Bingje said, still looking out the window.

“Whether it melted, scattered, or he ate it…… Whatever the case, as long as he is alive, the Southern Conquest Theory will lose its power.”

The Southern Conquest Theory, which advocated conquering the South, would no longer gain anyone’s sympathy.

As long as Unhyun, the master of the Falling Sun, the successor of the Sword Saint, and the Blue Wolf, was alive.

“So you too.”

Bingje said, turning to Binghu.

“Don’t do anything that might incur the wrath of the Blue Wolf. No matter how much I am, I don’t want to see you die by his sword.”

Binghu smiled brightly.

She bowed her head lightly and said.

“Have I ever disobeyed your will? I will gladly do as you say. My Bingje.”

Bingje gave a bitter smile.

Binghu’s voice was as sweet as could be, but in fact, she had never followed Bingje’s will.

No, she *does* follow it.

After reinterpreting it according to her own standards and definitions.

Can that really be called following?

So Bingje’s advice was essentially futile.

Bingje silently turned his head and cast his gaze out the window.

And muttered to himself.

“In the past, it was you, and now it is your daughter…….”

The one who blocked the Sword Saint was Binghu.

And her daughter, the Third Palace Lord, led Unhyun to the Northern Sea.

“Calming the chaos of this land.”

Bingje was right.

Now the chaos of the Northern Sea would end.

The Southern Conquest Theory, which advocated conquering the South, and the Southern Forest Faction, which advocated friendship, would no longer be meaningful.

Because the Blue Wolf, who came from the boundary between heaven and earth, had appeared in the Northern Sea.

Binghu said nothing.

She only looked at Bingje’s back with a lonely gaze.

“I.”

Binghu said, moving her red lips.

“I will step down now.”

“Do so.”

Bingje did not turn to look at Binghu.

Binghu bowed her head lightly and turned her body.

Sigh, sigh.

Listening to her receding footsteps, Bingje stared blankly at the scenery of the Northern Sea.

Was it just because he was old that even that vast and magnificent scenery felt meaningless?

Or had he become a little wiser, freed from meaningless obsessions?

“Hoo.”

Bingje let out a long sigh.

Somehow, he felt tired.

Swish.

Bingje turned his body and lay down on the bed.

In Bingje’s lonely residence, only a quiet silence returned.

***

Unhyun, who had left Bingje’s room, quietly followed behind the Little Palace Lord.

Sigh, sigh.

The Little Palace Lord said nothing.

Judging from the atmosphere, she seemed angry, but Unhyun had no idea why she was angry.

The Little Palace Lord didn’t say a word until they arrived at Unhyun’s room.

Clack.

The Little Palace Lord, who had stopped in front of the door, turned her body.

And bowed politely to Unhyun.

Rustle.

Her black hair poured down.

“Uh, well…….”

Unhyun tried to say something with an awkward expression, but the Little Palace Lord didn’t even respond.

Swish.

The Little Palace Lord raised her head.

And turned around as she was.

It was at that moment that she was about to leave.

“Are you angry?”

Unhyun’s words caught her.

The Little Palace Lord turned her body.

For the first time since leaving Bingje’s room, the two people’s eyes met.

“Why *should* I be angry?”

The Little Palace Lord said.

“The wise Blue Wolf, who came from the boundary between heaven and earth, solved the relationship between the Northern Sea and the Murim Alliance [martial arts alliance], which no one could easily solve, in one fell swoop, so why should I be angry? Isn’t that right?”

Unhyun gave a bitter smile.

If so, what *is* it that is flickering in the Little Palace Lord’s eyes now if not anger?

“I had no idea things would turn out this way either.”

“Oh, really?”

The Little Palace Lord smiled brightly.

But that was by no means sincere.

“You just happened to make the Sword Spirit of the Falling Sun disappear into the light, and somehow saved the life of the Ice Emperor of the Northern Sea, and unknowingly ended up with the name of the Blue Wolf.”

Her words were sarcastic, but from Unhyun’s point of view, they were also true.

“Uh……, yes.”

As Unhyun nodded, the Little Palace Lord’s eyes shot up in an instant.

“Do you think that makes sense? Why are you always, why!”

The Little Palace Lord, who was speaking as if shouting, bit her lip.

Her red lips were distorted under her white teeth.

The Little Palace Lord lowered her head.

“Why do you make the plans that I worked so hard to set up so easily useless? Why are you always like that…….”

Her voice was trembling.

But Unhyun couldn’t understand what she was saying.

No, he could roughly guess the content of the words.

But he couldn’t understand why she was showing such an emotional reaction.

Swish.

The Little Palace Lord turned her body with her head lowered.

And tried to run away as she was.

Clack.

However, the Little Palace Lord could not move.

Because Unhyun had grabbed her slender wrist.

Looking straight at the Little Palace Lord, who was surprised and looking back, Unhyun said.

“I’m okay with it.”

It was a sudden remark.

But Unhyun continued to speak with a serious look.

“The Little Palace Lord is bearing too much responsibility. She has brought us here, evading the pursuers, and has been solely responsible for the important task of risking the lives of the Ice Emperor and us.”

Unhyun’s eyes towards the Little Palace Lord were more serious than ever.

Filled in those eyes was a heart of concern for the Little Palace Lord.

“So I’m okay with it. If the Little Palace Lord is safe, and if the Little Palace Lord’s burden is lessened even a little.”

Perhaps it was a completely irrelevant remark.

But it didn’t matter.

Since the conversation hadn’t been going well since earlier anyway, and more than anything, that was Unhyun’s true heart.

A moment of silence passed.

The Little Palace Lord lowered her head and said softly.

“……Let go.”

‘Ah!’

Unhyun was taken aback.

To forcibly stop a maiden of marriageable age, especially someone who was trying to leave, was impolite to say the least.

Unhyun quickly let go of her hand.

“I’m, I’m sorry. This is, well…….”

While Unhyun was stammering, trying to make some excuse, the Little Palace Lord quietly held the wrist that had been grabbed.

“……Are you okay?”

Unhyun unknowingly tried to approach the Little Palace Lord.

Then the Little Palace Lord flinched and stepped back.

Unhyun’s expression hardened.

Then the Little Palace Lord’s eyes shook greatly.

“It’s not. This is…….”

The Little Palace Lord, who was about to speak, stopped as if she herself was surprised.

Unhyun bowed his head deeply with a stiff expression.

“I’m sorry.”

There was no room for excuses.

So Unhyun couldn’t raise his head.

But because of that, Unhyun didn’t see it.

The Little Palace Lord, who was holding her wrist, gritted her teeth and barely uttered a word.

“……Thank you.”

“Yes?”

Unhyun raised his head.

But the Little Palace Lord was already turning her body.

Sigh, sigh.

As always, the Little Palace Lord moved her steps coldly.

But Unhyun was staring at her back, which was somehow moving away a little faster than usual, with a bewildered expression.

***

Whirr, rumble, thump.

The village was collapsing in flames.

The woman, who was staring at the scene with unfocused eyes, was already out of her mind.

Her disheveled hair, tear-stained eyes, and the dark red bloodstains smeared all over her face were even obscuring her radiant beauty.

“Did you see it clearly?”

The man’s heavy voice was heard in the woman’s ear.

The woman slowly turned her head.

“Why, why are you doing this…….”

A stream of red blood was flowing down the lips of the woman, who was speaking with difficulty.

The man said in a chilling voice.

“This is the price of your evil deeds.”

The woman’s eyes, already dry of tears, looked at the man.

“……Then just kill me.”

She said in a weak voice, as if she would break at any moment.

“You should have just killed me. Why, why all the villagers too…….”

“Filthy and hideous.”

The man said in a voice devoid of any emotion.

“You, that bastard, the people you met, this land you lived in, and everything you breathed, all of it.”

Looking at the woman with a cold gaze, the man continued.

“Everything is filthy. So I burned it.”

The woman shook her head weakly.

“Still, you have no right to kill them. You can’t…….”

“No. I can.”

The man said.

“I am a Celestial Being. The master of the Flying Celestial Martial Arts and the new master of the heavens chosen by the Great Inverse Heaven hexagram [a divination method] is none other than me.”

His eyes were so calm.

That’s why it was so eerie.

And the man’s actions were not over yet.

Swish.

As the man lightly waved his hand, a small boy was thrown in front of the woman.

Thud.

As if he didn’t even have the strength to make a groan, the boy trembled and looked at the woman.

“This is the seed of your evil deeds.”

The man said.

“Let your eyes watch this child die.”

The man slowly raised his hand.

It didn’t even need to be done twice.

One gesture was enough to take this child’s life.

The child’s eyes, filled with fear, were directed at him, but the man’s eyes didn’t even flinch.

“Hehe.”

The man stopped his hand at the sound of a dry laugh.

And looked at the woman.

“Hehe, huhahaha.”

She was laughing, shaking her shoulders.

With a bloodless face, the woman was letting out a laugh that sounded like a moan.

“You’re a Celestial Being?”

The woman looked at the man.

Her faint smile was mixed with pity and mockery.

“Without even recognizing your own child?”