The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 292

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 291

The Sacred War Shrine

Nox had an old dream.

Events from long ago, since she had just hatched from her egg, passed like a panorama in her dream.

It felt like a dying person’s last vision. She even thought her breath would soon be cut off.

Nox blinked as she watched the countless memories pass before her eyes.

This terrible nightmare showed no sign of ending.

How long had it been?

Even though there was a time difference between dreams and reality, so much time had passed that it was difficult to estimate.

“Now, stop it now…….”

Several faces came to mind in Nox’s memory.

Like Yuseong-woo, who seemed indifferent but was actually warm, or Yoo Ji-woo, who always greeted her with a kind face.

Or Shua-nel, who nagged but still took care of her.

They were precious family members found on Earth. A strong desire to return to their side filled her.

“I miss you…….”

The little girl, uttering a small word, covered her eyes with both hands.

However, instead of darkness, the scene suddenly brightened, and the consciousness buried deep in her subconscious rapidly surfaced.

Soon, the girl opened her eyes.

Familiar ceilings and people’s faces came into view.

“Nox! Are you okay? Can you hear me?” Yoo Ji-woo, with a tired expression, was the first to ask, stroking her face.

She, who had been by Nox’s side without rest, hugged Nox, who had finally opened her eyes, and shed tears.

“Thank goodness, you finally woke up… Oppa [older brother] said you would wake up, but didn’t it take too long?”

“Sister…….”

Nox also opened her arms and hugged Yoo Ji-woo, blinking her eyes.

*Is this a dream?*

*Has what she wanted in her subconscious appeared in the form of a vivid dream?*

Nox, contemplating various possibilities, hugged Yoo Ji-woo tightly.

What did it matter if it was a dream? Her family, whom she longed for, was right before her eyes.

Yoo Ji-woo wiped away her tears and said, “Oppa [older brother] must have done well. He left for Japan to catch the guy who did that to you…….”

“He, he went overseas?! Uncle did?! For me?!”

“Yes. Oppa [older brother] couldn’t just wait for you to wake up.”

At her words, Nox realized that all of this was not a dream but reality.

So, Yuseong-woo really went to Japan, dealt with the culprit, and woke her up.

“Uncle…….”

“Oh! Yong-yong is awake?”

As the two were hugging and sharing a touching reunion, Veronica, wearing only a boxy t-shirt and with an ice cream in her mouth, came into the room.

As soon as she saw Veronica, Nox, seized by instinctive fear, burrowed into Yoo Ji-woo’s arms.

Veronica pouted at that reaction.

“Even so, I’m a little hurt if you react like that every time we meet.”

Veronica, whom Yuseong-woo had set up as a bodyguard just in case, was about to leave the room, sucking on her ice cream again, but stopped at Nox’s call.

“S, sorry, Veronica unnie [older sister]… I keep feeling like this for some reason…….”

Only half her face was visible from Yoo Ji-woo’s arms, trying to overcome her fear somehow.

Veronica smiled brightly, as if she liked that alone.

“Ah, has… Uncle not returned yet?”

“Boss? I wonder? Seeing as you’ve woken up, I guess he’ll be back soon?”

Veronica thought about Yuseong-woo. He usually became disgustingly strong after handling something like this once.

*What the hell does he eat to get so strong…….*

*I wonder how much stronger he’s become?*

***

“…A new Sacred War Shrine.”

“You have achieved sufficient qualifications. Judging by your divine power, you are no different from other great deities, and it is also admirable that you have achieved such a divine status in a human body.”

Gods are divided into three types:

Those who are born as gods.

Those who die and are recognized for their achievements and become gods.

Those who achieve divine status while alive and reach the divine throne.

Among them, the first and third are considered the highest rank.

The Three High Gods, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, and Amaterasu, belonged to the first category, and Yuseong-woo belonged to the third.

Moreover, he achieved the feat of attaining great deity status while still in a living human body.

It would not be strange for him to establish a new Sacred War Shrine.

“But I think it’s too early for that. Because there is a decent Sacred War Shrine in the land where I was born.”

“Are you talking about the Korean Peninsula Sacred War Shrine? Certainly, it is difficult to have two Sacred War Shrines on the same land.”

“Hey, that’s enough.”

Seeing signs that the conversation was getting long, Amaterasu stepped in between them and cut them off.

She looked at Yuseong-woo and said, “As Tsukuyomi said, I have no intention of fighting you here now. You have exercised your rights and achieved just revenge.”

“Yeah.”

“We also want to avenge our brother’s death, but as you said, now is not the time. Attacking and killing a tired guy will only lower our divine status.”

They are noble deities.

If rumors spread that such gods ganged up and killed a dying man, it would obviously have a negative impact on their divine status.

“And, from now on, you should also be careful about your actions. As you have achieved great deity status, meaning will be given to each and every action, which will affect your divine status.”

“Thanks for the advice.”

“And… you should seriously consider the story about the Sacred War Shrine. It’s not that there aren’t great deities who move alone.”

Yuseong-woo nodded.

“…Then it’s time to go back. I’ve been here too long.”

Perhaps Hong Seo-hwa and Shua-nel were waiting eagerly for him on Earth.

Amaterasu looked at him and said, “I’ll open the door for you. You look very tired…….”

He didn’t bother to refuse the favor.

As Amaterasu stretched out her hand and chanted a spell, a dimensional door to Earth appeared before him.

Before stepping into the dimensional door, Yuseong-woo asked Tsukuyomi, “I don’t know why you’re so kind to me. Did you hear something from someone?”

At his question, Tsukuyomi smiled brightly and nodded.

“Aren’t you under the protection of the moon? Seeing that person means that you and I are like brothers…….”

“The protection of the moon……?”

Unable to understand, Yuseong-woo tilted his head, and Amaterasu kicked him in the butt and pushed him into the dimensional door, shouting, “Hey! Get out of here quickly! We have a mountain of things to clean up!”

“This bastard…!”

“What?! Bastard?! If I see you next time, consider yourself dead!”

Amaterasu stuck her tongue out at Yuseong-woo, who was disappearing beyond the dimensional door.

And soon, when his figure completely disappeared, Amaterasu, who had closed the dimensional door, sighed deeply and muttered, “…Susanoo, you eventually met a sad end. But that is also your karma.”

“Sister.”

“Tsukuyomi, we’re going to be very busy from now on. Our work will increase as much as Susanoo has disappeared.”

“That’s not a welcome word.”

Tsukuyomi smiled bitterly.

Now the two had to do the work of those who were left behind.

***

Thump!!!

The place where Yuseong-woo fell after crossing the dimensional door was the ceiling of Fushimi Inari Shrine.

He frowned and got up, having broken through the ceiling and fallen into the main hall.

His naked body was already dressed in clothes like a kimono.

It seemed that Amaterasu had taken care of him at the end when she kicked him.

Because it would be a bit much to fall naked.

“…What’s that sound, hic!”

Koyuki, who had rushed into the main hall at the loud noise, was startled and trembled when she saw Yuseong-woo.

It was only natural that the culprit of what was happening on the Japanese archipelago suddenly appeared before her eyes.

“H, how did you get here?”

“I’ve just returned after finishing my work. Is Inari here?”

At Yuseong-woo’s words, the sound of bells and a strong wind blew, and the Inari god appeared.

In the form of a human with fox ears and a tail.

She bared her teeth, raising her tail sharply when she saw Yuseong-woo.

“Y, you crazy bastard! What did you do in Takamagahara [the realm of the celestial gods in Japanese mythology]!”

“You don’t really need to know. More than that, it seems a bit noisy.”

Yuseong-woo took the divine status of Yamata no Orochi [an eight-headed serpent in Japanese mythology] and Susanoo [a Shinto god of the sea and storms] and rose to the position of great deity.

Yamata no Orochi was the guardian of the river, and Susanoo was the god of the sea.

So, various information flowed to him along the waterways.

Inari shouted in a voice full of anger, “It’s all because of you! You must have ordered to set fire to Susanoo’s shrine!”

“Do you have any evidence? Well, it’s true that I told them to do it. But it seems like something bigger is happening now.”

Information obtained through the waterways.

It was that a war was taking place in Kansai [a region in Japan].

Yuseong-woo snapped his fingers to summon Shua-nel and Hong Seo-hwa with his aura, and then looked at Inari.

The moment Inari made eye contact with Yuseong-woo, she gasped and her body stiffened.

Clearly, Yuseong-woo before leaving for Takamagahara was a human far weaker than herself.

Even though he possessed divine status, he was only an incarnate god who was no match for her.

Yuseong-woo, who was standing in front of her now, far surpassed his past self.

Since his end could not be estimated, it meant that he was at least superior to herself, on par with the Three High Gods.

As a stream of cold sweat flowed down her forehead, Yuseong-woo smirked.

He opened his mouth, having finished suppressing the atmosphere and organizing the hierarchy at once.

“It was quite a fun trip, Inari. Thanks to you, I gained a lot.”

He also caused a great revolution in hell.

He climbed Takamagahara and devoured all kinds of divine status.

He had obtained the power to completely change the human being Yuseong-woo itself, so there was nothing to fear now.

On this land.

“You can raise your true form now if you have the confidence.”

“Y, you, you crazy bastard!”

Inari, with her eyes rolled back, rushed towards Yuseong-woo.

It was a speed invisible to Koyuki’s eyes, but Yuseong-woo dodged slightly to the side and tripped her.

Inari, who crashed while destroying her own altar, gnashed her teeth and got up from the debris.

“Kuaaaaaaaah─!!”

What blocked Inari, who had completely entered beast mode in anger, was Koyuki.

She hugged her tightly from behind and begged, “I, Inari-sama [a term of respect]! Stop it! Please stop it! You know that now is not the time to do this!”

“I must see that guy’s intestines today!”

“The enemies are right in front of us, and if we fight among ourselves, we’ll all really die! Please calm down! Inari-sama [a term of respect]!”

“Enemies…….”

Yuseong-woo turned his back on the frenzied Inari and left the main hall.

Hong Seo-hwa, who had run at his call, jumped up and down with joy.

“Master! I knew you would do it! I believed in you!”

Shua-nel, who arrived a step late, silently approached him and hugged him tightly.

Looking down at her with a puzzled face at her unusual attitude, Shua-nel said in a small voice, “…I’m glad you’re safe. Did what we did help a little?”

“…Hmm, I don’t know.”

Whether it was weakened or not…….

Yuseong-woo lightly patted Shua-nel’s head, who was clinging to him, and said, “Explain to me what’s going on now.”