The Heavenly Demon Who Reigns Chapter 179 : The Father's True Feelings (1)

What should I say?

Looking at Cheon Jin in front of him, Cheon Myeong thought for a mont.

'Sohow... there's a lot to talk about.'

The period he had been away from the main headquarters and in the North Sea could not be said to be that short.

However, compared to that period, it seed that too many things had happened, so Cheon Myeong needed so ti to organize his thoughts.

*Thump-*

Still, the first thing he had to do in his eting with Cheon Jin would be decided.

Cheon Myeong thought so and folded his two hands to perform a fist salute.

"I greet the Leader."

"...Yes, did you have a good trip to the North Sea?"

"...?"

Huh?

For a mont, Cheon Myeong thought he had misheard Cheon Jin.

Because Cheon Jin had answered his greeting.

Moreover, he could assert that there had never been a ti when he had spoken in a way that seed to ask about his well-being, even without having to search his mory.

"..."

Did he drink heavily during the day before eting him?

No, no matter how much he had drunk, if it were Cheon Jin, he would be able to shake off the intoxication at once just by circulating his internal energy.

That ant that he had said that to him in his right mind...

It was a much more surprising event than the sun rising from the west.

"Ah... yes, I had a good trip."

Barely coming to his senses, Cheon Myeong answered.

Then, Cheon Jin continued to speak with a calm expression.

"Yes, how was the North Sea?"

Not once, but twice, Cheon Jin had spoken to him in that way.

Cheon Myeong was not used to this atmosphere now.

Didn't that seem like a parent kindly speaking to a child who had returned ho after a long ti?

Since the appearance Cheon Jin had shown him until now was infinitely closer to just a leader than a parent, Cheon Myeong was just bewildered by Cheon Jin's suddenly changed appearance.

"...It was a mysterious place."

"..."

"Although it was the first ti I had been there, it did not feel that unfamiliar. The Ice Palace also welcod ."

Hearing the answer, Cheon Jin maintained his silence for a while.

A complicated emotion felt in his gaze as he looked at Cheon Myeong.

Cheon Myeong could see that the emotion felt in that gaze now was similar to what he had seen when he had first said that he would leave for the North Sea.

"The White Disease... what happened to the treatnt of the Young Palace Lord?"

At that mont, Cheon Jin opened his mouth at the end of his silence and asked.

A cautious tone and voice that did not match his usual dignity.

Since there was nothing more to be surprised about, Cheon Myeong was able to answer quite calmly.

"I treated it."

"...!"

"I watched the progress for a few days after the treatnt was over, so the disease will probably not recur now."

Hearing those words, Cheon Jin's two eyes were very wide.

In fact, when he had first sent Cheon Myeong to the North Sea, Cheon Jin had not thought at all that the treatnt of the White Disease would be possible.

Just as he had failed when he had tried to treat Seol Suhwa's White Disease in the past, he had thought that it would be the sa for Cheon Myeong.

However, since a completely opposite answer had co out, no matter how much it was Cheon Jin, he couldn't help but show surprise on his face.

"Really... you treated the White Disease?"

"Yes, that's right."

"How... how is that possible?"

Cheon Jin muttered that and held his head with both his hands as if he were in pain.

No matter how much he was the leader, there were things he could not do.

Until then, he had thought that there was nothing in this world that he could not do.

No matter how much he had risen to the position of the number one in the Demonic Cult, no matter how much he had gained a power that no one could ignore, he could not protect one woman he loved.

"..."

From that mont, everything felt aningless.

The fact that he was sitting on this grand master's chair, which tens of thousands of believers looked up to.

Although everyone served him, he had realized that that was a vain thing.

"I... was not a god."

In the world, he was called the Nine Provinces Heavenly Demon.

The Nine Provinces Heavenly Demon could be said to be a being like a god.

But to think that a being called a god could not save one person.

When he had just been watching Seol Suhwa's death, he had keenly felt the fact that he was an infinitely weak and powerless being.

Was it from that ti, that he had been constantly drinking just to fill this emptiness?

*Swish-*

At that mont, Cheon Jin raised his head and looked at Cheon Myeong.

In his gaze as he looked at Cheon Myeong, all sorts of emotions seed to be crossing, and soon, Cheon Jin opened his mouth to Cheon Myeong.

"I thought you were the sa as ."

"..."

"Just because you are my son, your life is already decided. Yes, from a young age, you received the education to beco the leader, and you had to rise to the sa position as , regardless of your own will."

Since he had also done that, Cheon Jin had thought that Cheon Myeong would naturally have to walk that path.

Because that was natural.

From the mont he was born as the leader's son, he had thought that Cheon Myeong had that duty.

"But you hated becoming the leader."

"..."

"Although that timid and kind nature did not suit the leader, I had thought that that would gradually change if you received the education."

So at one ti, he had forced Cheon Myeong, which was not a force.

Because he himself had had such thoughts in the past.

He had thought that even if it were difficult now, if he just rose to the position of leader, he would be grateful to him to the extent that he would forget all the hardships.

"But... Seol Suhwa's death, your mother's death, made realize that that was wrong."

No, to be precise, it could be said that he had fird his thoughts when Cheon Myeong had fallen into qi deviation and had been hovering between life and death.

Is it really the right thing to force Cheon Myeong to continue walking a path that is different from his own will like this?

Also, since he had realized through Seol Suhwa's death that this path of a leader, compared to what it seed, was really vain and insignificant, his thoughts had also changed.

Is there a need to make even Cheon Myeong walk this path where only emptiness remains?

Rather, letting him walk a different path might be the last duty he could do as a father.

"So when you said you would leave the main headquarters, I rather thought that that path would be good for you."

"..."

"I thought that that was what you wanted, and that it was the path for you."

Although Cheon Jin had been talking quite at length until now, to be honest, Cheon Myeong could not understand all of those words.

'So... all the actions you have taken towards until now were for my sake?'

He could understand that point.

And co to think of it, hadn't Cheon Jin never directly hard him until now?

Of course, although it could also be said that he had been that uninterested, from what he had heard until now, it felt as if he had been excessively forcing his own position in the past, so he was now trying not to act that way.

'To think that that Cheon Jin is speaking his true feelings so frankly...'

Is it because he had treated Seol Baekmyo's White Disease?

Although he didn't know what aning that had co to Cheon Jin, it seed to be true that he had begun to speak his true feelings in earnest from the mont he had brought that up.

"..."

Until now, Cheon Myeong had not felt even a bit of a father's affection from Cheon Jin.

However, this appearance now, unlike his appearance until now, could be said to be very human.

He himself, who was talking directly, not anyone else, was feeling that way.

"...I have sothing to ask."

"...Speak."

"Was it you, Leader, who blocked Seong's qi sea point?"

As Cheon Myeong asked, Cheon Jin maintained his silence for a mont.

*Nod-*

Soon, Cheon Jin, who nodded his head without a word.

Watching him, Cheon Myeong continued to ask.

"Why did you do that?"

He understood that the actions Cheon Jin had taken until now were for his sake.

In the first place, since his past self had tried to run away from the fight.

But isn't Cheon Seong different?

Even at the mont he had run away from the main headquarters, Cheon Seong had been working hard on his own to beco the Young Leader. But regarding the fact that he had arbitrarily blocked his qi sea point, he could only think that Cheon Jin had intentionally interfered with Cheon Seong.

"That was... to protect Cheon Seong."

"..."

"If you stand out, you are easy to be targeted. Since you had already suffered such a humiliation, I could not let Cheon Seong beco like that."

Was he saying that Cheon Jin already knew that the cause of his falling into qi deviation was due to Su Yeongseong's sche?

From what he was saying, it seed so.

Therefore, in order not to be targeted next, he had intentionally blocked Cheon Seong's qi sea point and had suppressed Cheon Seong's skills.

In fact, since Su Yeongseong had seed to have aid not only for his own life but also for Cheon Seong's, Cheon Jin's choice could not be said to be wrong.

However, that could not be a reason that he could accept.

"Why did you have to do that?"

"..."

"If it were your power, Leader, you would have been able to protect us enough without that thod. But to act in that way... wasn't it too irresponsible to just try to avoid that situation?"

Cheon Myeong said with a firm voice.

Although he had spoken as if it didn't matter if he were to be cut down by Cheon Jin in this place right now, Cheon Jin rather said with a troubled voice, as if he were sorry.

"I also thought so in the past. That if it were , the leader, I could do anything."

"..."

"But I could not protect even one woman I loved. From that ti, I realized that I was a powerless being."

The person he loved... Cheon Myeong could imdiately tell that that was Seol Suhwa.

And he could vaguely tell that the reason why Cheon Jin was now showing a different appearance from usual was also there.

"I did not have the confidence to protect you. Therefore, as you said, I must have just tried to avoid it."

"..."

"Still... you seem to be different from ."

From the ti Cheon Myeong had reappeared, saying that he would return to the main headquarters, Cheon Jin might have been feeling that way.

Since he had not been sure at that ti, he had just been watching Cheon Myeong's choice.

However, as ti passed, Cheon Myeong continued to show actions that were beyond his prediction, as if he were a different person, and accordingly, Cheon Jin's thoughts about Cheon Myeong began to change.

"You eventually did what I could not do in the past."

"..."

"The thing that even I, the leader, could not do... seeing you like that, I had many thoughts."

Cheon Jin said with a bitter expression.

Cheon Myeong, who was watching him silently.

The appearance of Cheon Jin, which had only seed powerful until now, now seed infinitely weak.

Strong on the outside, soft on the inside.

Cheon Myeong could clearly see in this place that the appearance of Cheon Jin that had been seen on the outside until now was actually him wearing several layers of masks.

"...Then from now on, please don't run away anymore."

Cheon Myeong's two hands, which were saying that, were trembling slightly.

As if he were holding back his anger, if the opponent were not Cheon Jin, it seed that he would have already punched him in the face.

"The leader... the Heavenly Demon must be stronger than anyone else."

"..."

"As you said, Leader, I am different from you. So I have no intention of running away like you."

Even after talking this much, Cheon Jin had no reaction.

Watching him, Cheon Myeong swallowed his anger in his mind and said.

"From now on, I will wipe out the Jeonsu family."

"The Jeonsu family...?"

"Yes, and I will prove it to the world."

"..."

"The fact that I am the one who will beco the Heavenly Demon. I will show it clearly to the mbers of this cult."

As Cheon Myeong said that, Cheon Jin couldn't help but be surprised.

Because this was the first ti Cheon Myeong had expressed his position so clearly.

But hearing that thod, Cheon Jin couldn't help but have a question.

"I understand your will. But... it is not good to touch the Five Great Demonic Families rashly."

"..."

"The power they have accumulated since the past can by no ans be ignored. Therefore, not only I but also all the previous leaders could not do anything."

"If they gave you a pretext first, what would you do?"

"...What?"

Cheon Jin, who was looking at Cheon Myeong with a puzzled face.

Then, with a aningful smile, Cheon Myeong said.

"Now is the chance."

"..."

"For as well. And for you as well, Leader."

It would be a chance to correct this twisted discipline, which was not revealed on the outside.

(End of Chapter)