Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 272

272. What’s the Reason? (2)

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Kang Yeon-hwa blinked, feigning ignorance. She was so nonchalant that Yeon-woo felt like he was the one talking nonsense.

“How can you not know what I’m talking about? You’re the one who used some strange power to keep me alive, Mom.”

“I wonder. Did I do that?”

“……”

Just then, a teacup and teapot floated out from the kitchen.

[Ahem. Ahem. A deep conversation between mother and son should be shared over a cup of tea. Although my skills are lacking, I will offer a cup to Yeon-hwa and the young master.]

The old geezer, who had been hiding somewhere on the wooden floor, slyly appeared. He began to heat water in the tea set and brew tea with a casual air.

If you only looked at that, it seemed like a peaceful moment.

However, with the throbbing pain constantly coming from his arm and the tear-streaked face of the child spirit, he couldn’t forget reality, no matter how much he wanted to.

“Come and have some tea. People might say I’m a heartless mother if I don’t offer a cup of tea to my son who returned after two years.”

After saying that, Madam Kang slurped her tea first.

*Go sit down. Sit down quickly. Hurry!*

Under the pleading eyes of the child spirit and the house spirits, Yeon-woo reluctantly sat next to Madam Kang.

“The tea smells quite nice.”

“……It’s not bad.”

It felt very strange.

Outside, there were countless lesser spirits and vengeful ghosts trying to get even a piece of Madam Kang’s flesh.

But the inside was so peaceful and quiet.

And Madam Kang, in the middle of all this, was the epitome of tranquility itself.

It was as if nothing could touch Kang Yeon-hwa.

“It was you, right, Mom? You saved me back then. It was you, wasn’t it?”

“Hmm. I wonder.”

Madam Kang nonchalantly sipped her tea as if she had never done such a thing.

Yeon-woo was the only one who felt like his insides were burning.

“How did you do that?”

“I wonder. If you had studied and trained hard, wouldn’t you have figured it out on your own?”

“……Excuse me?”

“That’s why you should have studied harder.”

Then she took another sip of tea.

Everyone around them was in a storm, but only Madam Kang was calm.

Yeon-woo thought for a moment.

‘Why is studying and training suddenly coming up here?’

They were having a serious conversation, but suddenly something unfamiliar popped out and shouted like this.

[Children, friends! Let’s all study hard to become great people!]

It was like filming a dark noir genre movie, but suddenly a brightly dressed host popped out from the right angle with a bright and cheerful song.

“……Don’t change the subject.”

“Why would I change the subject? This mother only speaks the truth. Have you ever lost out by listening to me?”

“……”

“No, right? See?”

This wasn’t it.

Maybe it was a mistake to try to get the truth out of Madam Kang with words in the first place.

After all, Kang Yeon-hwa was a person who could easily win over even experienced and cunning veteran politicians.

“Why do you say there’s no loss? There is.”

Madam Kang raised her beautifully painted eyebrows as if to say, ‘Go ahead and tell me.’

As expected, the expression she often saw when monitoring the footage was reflected on Madam Kang’s face.

Yeon-woo almost got caught up in Madam Kang’s words, but he didn’t forget.

‘The only reason Kang Yeon-hwa would try to deceive me like this is…’

After calming down his bewildered mind and looking at the situation calmly, the answer came out very simply.

‘She doesn’t want to tell me.’

The reason she deliberately spoke words that subtly avoided the core with a nonchalant face.

It’s because she doesn’t want to tell Yeon-woo the truth.

The words that his training was insufficient might not be entirely false.

However, that didn’t mean it represented the whole truth.

“You’re the one who blocked my dream, Mom. Right? Ah. Don’t tell me I couldn’t stop it because I lacked training and studying. You blocked it as if you had deliberately planned it. And it’s been like that for a long time.”

Two years.

It was a long time if it was long, and a short time if it was short.

‘Every time I thought about going back, I felt a rejection.’

After running away from home, not really running away.

It’s not like he didn’t think about going back at all.

Honestly, he expected Kang Yeon-hwa to call him back right away.

However, as if mocking that thought, Kang Yeon-hwa rather issued a ban on approaching.

The problem was that he had occasionally done that when he needed to purify his mind and body, so he didn’t think much of it.

‘I also thought, who would dare to threaten that Kang Yeon-hwa…….’

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call her an iron-blooded woman.

Yeon-woo knew very well how difficult it was to raise children while controlling fierce and intimidating people while working.

“Okay. Let’s say it wasn’t you who saved me, as you say. We can talk about that later. But no matter how I think about it, I can’t understand why you issued a ban on approaching until it got to this point. Why? Am I less trustworthy to you than that child spirit?”

[Ah, why are you suddenly bringing me up…….]

The child spirit, who had been attached to the eaves, hid himself in a hurry from the sparks that flew at him.

“I have a lot to say to you too, so don’t interrupt. I wondered where you’d been wandering off to these past few weeks, but you’ve been secretly coming to Kang Yeon-hwa without me knowing? Even knowing Kang Yeon-hwa’s situation and keeping it a secret? You traitor.”

[Betrayal……! No! This is a bit unfair……!]

“Shut up. Traitor.”

[Me, me a traitor……!]

The child spirit muttered in shock as if he had been betrayed.

Lightly ignoring him as he was suffering in silence with only his voice.

Yeon-woo stared intently at Kang Yeon-hwa.

“Are you angry?”

He had been a child with few emotional ups and downs since he was young.

After realizing that no one would understand even if he was shocked and made a fuss about things that others couldn’t see.

After learning that his uniqueness was nothing more than a ridiculous flaw to others.

Because of that, after being backstabbed by those he believed were his friends.

Yeon-woo gradually became a child who spoke less and didn’t easily express his emotions.

“No. Of course! How can I not be angry?”

When he spoke in a rarely agitated voice, Kang Yeon-hwa looked at Yeon-woo with fresh eyes.

“I see. It’s amazing. You’ve learned to be really angry, not just acting out in childishness.”

Two years ago.

The last time he saw her was when she scolded him not to go out because he had bad luck.

The ignorant Yeon-woo, not knowing his fate, ran out without looking back, saying it was the usual nagging.

“Until then, I was so immature…….”

“……No. Isn’t it foul to bring up that story now? What’s important now isn’t that story. You’re trying to change the subject again, aren’t you!”

“I thought at that time. What is that guy going to become, doing that? I always thought he would be immature. I haven’t done anything in vain.”

Kang Yeon-hwa, who muttered that, sighed.

“My strength must be running out. To be caught by you, who lacks training.”

That self-deprecating sigh was very frustrating.

“Were you really planning to leave without saying a word to me? Even in that way?”

Kang Yeon-hwa was a person with many secrets in many ways.

So he knew that she had a lot to hide, but…….

Even in the current situation where her life was at stake, did she really have to hide it?

Moreover, even though it was clear that this whole situation was caused by Yeon-woo himself.

Kang Yeon-hwa didn’t even try to say a word to Yeon-woo, who was the person involved.

“You know the situation outside, right? What would have happened if those guys had broken through the barrier? Your whole body might have been torn to pieces. Why did you stop me? Even interfering with my precognition!”

“I know enough even if you don’t say it, so there’s no need to say more.”

Slurping.

Madam Kang answered while sipping the now lukewarm tea.

The old geezer twitched at the end of the wooden floor, wanting to warm up the cold tea.

But he failed because the child spirit grabbed him by the collar and dragged him away.

“Then what should I say? How did things get twisted and messed up from the beginning? If you tell me something, I can at least try to do something. Does acting like you don’t know anything solve anything?”

“Don’t do it.”

The voice that came out was indifferent.

“There’s no need to do it.”

“……Then are you telling me to just stand by and watch you die?”

It was said that when people are dumbfounded, they laugh.

That’s what Yeon-woo was doing now.

A hollow laugh burst out from within.

But that was only for a moment.

Yeon-woo’s eyes sank even deeper.

“What happened? What did you sacrifice to save me?”

“……”

“When, when have I ever asked for something like that?”

It was a statement with the most important part missing, but both Yeon-woo and Kang Yeon-hwa knew what Yeon-woo wanted to say.

“Really.”

Kang Yeon-hwa, who sighed deeply, put down her teacup.

Then she stared silently at Yeon-woo.

“Then what should I do?”

A straight ball without beating around the bush [a direct and honest approach].

When Yeon-woo blinked at the unexpected answer, Kang Yeon-hwa said again.

“My son is dying. What mother in the world would just stand still?”

Whoosh.

A long sigh flowed from Kang Yeon-hwa’s mouth.

“Why did I save you? What do you think?”

Suddenly, one thought came to mind.

-You must grow up and do great things.

-The power you have is a power that must be used for people. So don’t be vain and devote yourself to training.

-If you have great power, you must not fall into evil ways. Keep your mind straight. If you neglect your practice, you will fall into demonic ways.

Whenever Kang Yeon-hwa saw Yeon-woo, she always urged him like that.

The power we have must be used rightly for the world.

We must not hesitate to help people.

It must be used for greater good.

And then she always added this.

-You have a bigger vessel than me. So you must keep my words in mind and put them into practice. That is the reason why you were given great power. That is our destiny.

Even though she had the power to make a lot of money, Kang Yeon-hwa looked at fortunes while avoiding all kinds of wealth.

People gathered, so wealth gathered together, but in the first place, Kang Yeon-hwa was different from the fake shamans who performed fraudulent rituals for money.

And Kang Yeon-hwa wanted Yeon-woo to be like that too.

The reason why he had stronger power than any of his ancestors was precisely for that reason.

Why is that word coming to mind so clearly at this moment?

“So…… because I have to use great power in the right way….?”

That’s what it was like when I thought about it based on what Kang Yeon-hwa had said so far.

Kang Yeon-hwa, who regretted Yeon-woo’s deviation, who had greater power than anyone else, and poured out nagging.

I wondered if it was to prevent the great power that would be used rightly from disappearing.

But.

“I thought you were all grown up, but you’re still not grown up in this kind of situation. You’re still young. Young, young. Tsk tsk.”

No. Why is the story suddenly jumping there again?

It was when Yeon-woo, who had become wronged, was about to open his mouth.

“Why did I save you?”