Possessing Nothing Novel (쥐뿔도 없는 회귀)

Chapter 78 - Shaolin

What one experiences is different from what one sees and feels. It was a continuation of the enlightenment that Lee Sung-min had felt on Mush's mountain. The world changed when he changed.

'I have changed, so what I see is different.'

"... If you're staying here, I guess I'll go around a little bit more."

Scarlett said, tilting her head.

At that, Lee Sung-min glanced at Scarlett.

"Really?"

"Ever since I've come here, I haven't learned nor gained anything. On the way to this place, I was worried about you. But now, if you're here, you're not going to be in danger. I can rest assured"

"... Where are you going?"

"Everywhere. I have a lot of talent to keep myself." She said vaguely, shrugging her shoulders.

Lee Sung-min thought about not letting her go, but then immediately exterminated that thought. Scarlett's past life did not have him involved. Her fate was likely to change significantly if she got deeply involved with him.

"Will we meet again?"

"Of course we'll have to meet, idiot. Forgot what I said? Whenever you'll be in danger, I'll help you."

Scarlett grumbled and put her hand inside her robe. After fumbling around for a while, she pulled out a bracelet made of red thread.

"Take it."

"What is this?"

"It's a bracelet that's connected with my psychic. I gave it to Baek Sogo. I didn't expect you'd be the next one to receive it."

The bracelet did look extremely familiar.Thinking back... He recollected that Baek Sogo was definitely wearing such a bracelet on her wrist.

"It's not really a convenient tool for telepathy. But wherever I am in the world, if you wish to talk to me, the bracelet would inform me."

Lee Sung-min nodded his head and put on the bracelet without a word, feeling grateful to her.

The next day, even though she had wondered if she was leaving too soon, subsequently, she left, saying that it would be meaningless to stay any longer. The same was true for Namgong Hee-won.

"If you're alive, you'll be treated whenever your brother comes."

It was a sudden meeting, but the relationship was not thin. Namgong Hee-won knocked Lee Sung-min's shoulder a few times and went down the mountain. The lineage's other successors, like Moya, had already left the previous day.

Shaolin's monks offered Lee Sung-min a room to live in, but he politely declined. Lee Sung-min grabbed his spear and left through the Shaolin's rear door. He relied on his memory to reach the Grandmaster's residence.

He decided to postpone his journey to go to Drimoor and meet Denir, the god of time. In any case, Drimoor was not far from here, and he thought it would be a great honor to receive the guidance of the Grandmaster and Jihak.

'Five years later... When winter starts.'

The spirit in Grandmaster Bul-yeong's body had told him to go to a place where the snow did not melt. The northernmost region of Eria was the only place where layers of snow piled up not melting throughout.

Five years later, it said, so there was still time left. Lee Sung-min thought about what he should do in the future.

He was supposed to meet with Wijiho-yeon when he turned 24. Five years from now, the fight between Baek Sogo and Wijiho-yeon would take place. Prior to his reunion with Wijiho-yeon, Lee Sung-min had to prevent Baek Sogo's death.