Return of the Blossoming Blade — Chapter 50

IN THAT CASE...

...I HUMBLY ASK YOU TO MAKE ME STRONGER.

I VOW TO DO ANYTHING YOU ASK OF ME.

I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF ABOVE LEARNING FROM MY JUNIORS IF IT WILL SET ME THE PATH TOWARD MASTERY.

IF YOU WISH FOR ME TO TREAT YOU AS I WOULD A SENIOR BROTHER, THEN SO BE IT. IF YOU WISH TO BE TREATED LIKE MY MASTER--

NO THANKS.

HUH?

I SAID, NO THANK YOU.

BUT WHY?

B-BUT... THEN...

...WHAT WAS THE POINT OF TELLING ME ALL THIS? WAS IT NOT TO ENLIGHTEN ME ON MY PATH?

WHY WOULD I DO THAT?

WHAT A HASSLE.

BESIDES...

...I THINK YOU MISUNDERSTAND, SENIOR BROTHER.

WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

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IT'S FUNNY HOW SELFISH PEOPLE CAN BE SOMETIMES.

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YOU'VE MADE YOUR PEACE WITH WHAT HAPPENED ALL BY YOURSELF, AND YOU DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY FURTHER CONSEQUENCES TO YOUR ACTIONS.

YOU THINK THAT THIS IS ENOUGH PUNISHMENT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE?

WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE NOT WRONG.

I'VE PUNISHED YOU ENOUGH FOR BULLYING THE THIRD-GRADE DISCIPLES.

HOWEVER...

...I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED MAKING YOU PAY FOR PISSING ME OFF.

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YOU JUST DON'T GET IT, DO YOU?

N-NO! I DO!

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND!

NAH... I THINK YOU NEED MORE HELP TO SEE SOME SENSE.

I CAN TELL BY YOUR FACE THAT YOU'RE STILL CONFUSED AS TO WHY AND HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD BE HAPPENING.

DON'T YOU WORRY. THE NIGHT IS LONG.

I'LL MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU EXACTLY STAND.

WHY YOU'RE SO WEAK...

...WHY YOUR SWORDSMANSHIP IS FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED...

...AND...

...WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER, EVER MESS WITH ME.

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HERE WE GO!!!

Episode 50

WELL, THAT WAS CATHARTIC!

WHAT A BABY.

I BEAT HIM TO A PULP, BUT I DIDN'T CAUSE ANY MAJOR INJURIES. HE'LL BE FINE ONCE HE REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS.

HE'LL BE IN PAIN, BUT I MISSED THE PART WHERE THAT'S MY PROBLEM.

I SHOULD'VE DONE THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE! I FEEL GREAT!

THE SOLUTION WAS SIMPLE AFTER ALL--

STOP HIDING YOUR PRESENCE!

ANNOUNCE YOURSELF!

I DID.

WHEN?!

YOU WERE BUSY BEATING HIM UP.

WERE YOU WATCHING?

SINCE A LITTLE WHILE AGO, SURE.

HMM...

WILL YOU KILL ME TO ENSURE MY SILENCE?

WHAAAT?

WHY WOULD I KILL YOU?

THAT'S TOO FAR, EVEN FOR ME.

WHY ARE YOU STARING AT MY HAIR?

NO, IT'S JUST...

I'M WONDERING WHICH PART OF YOUR HEAD I NEED TO SMACK TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THIS.

REMEMBER WHAT?

SO... YOU FORGOT?

Y-YES, I'VE FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED HERE...

SHE'S A LITTLE DENSE, BUT HER SENSE OF SELF-PRESERVATION IS INTACT.

NOW THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT HAPPENED...

TEACH ME THAT SWORD STYLE OF YOURS.

HERE WE GO AGAIN...

BUT SINCE SHE SAW ME THRASHING BAEKCHEON, I CAN'T EXACTLY KEEP IGNORING HER...

WHY DO YOU WANT TO LEARN THAT?

I CAN'T TELL YOU THE REASON...

...BUT I MUST LEARN THAT STYLE.

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SHE'S JUST TRYING TO LEARN IT BECAUSE SHE THINKS THE PLUM FLOWERS ARE PRETTY...

ARE YOU CERTAIN?

WELL, THERE'S NO NEED TO EVEN ASK.

THAT SWORD STYLE BELONGS TO MOUNT HUA.

YOU'LL BE TAUGHT IT EVENTUALLY. ALL IN GOOD TIME.

BUT IT'S NO LONGER IN MOUNT HUA'S POSSESSION.

OH?

SO SHE KNOWS THAT STYLE BEEN LOST?

THAT MEANS SHE REALIZES THAT THE MOVE I SHOWED WAS FROM THE PLUM BLOSSOM SWORD STYLE.

TRUE. MOUNT HUA NO LONGER TEACHES IT.

BUT IT WILL SOMEDAY SOON... WHEN IT'S READY.

WHEN IT'S READY?

SWORD OF THE YUE MAIDEN*!

*A SWORD STYLE ORIGINATING FROM THE YUE STATE OF ANCIENT CHINA.

THE STYLE THAT I'VE DEDICATED ALL OF MY TIME AND EFFORT TOWARD MASTERING...

...BUT...

IT'S DIFFERENT FROM MINE, SOMEHOW...

IT'S NOT SIMPLY THAT THE MOVEMENTS ARE DIFFERENT...

...IT'S SOMETHING MORE FUNDAMENTAL THAN THAT...

THAT WAS THE YUE MAIDEN SWORD STYLE, ISN'T IT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

NO, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND.

HOWEVER...

I THINK I HAVE AN INKLING OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME.

THAT IT'S MY JOB TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR MYSELF...

...AND THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO LEARN YOUR STYLE UNLESS I REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL...

...SO I MUST FIRST HONE THE BASICS AND THE TECHNIQUES I HAVE ALREADY LEARNED. AM I CORRECT?

I TAKE BACK WHAT I SAID. SHE'S NOT SO DENSE AFTER ALL.

RIGHT AGAIN.

FINE.

ON ONE CONDITION. I WON'T TEACH YOU A THING IF YOU TELL ANYONE WHAT HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT.

I SWEAR I WILL NOT.

PERFECT.

GOOD GIRL.

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I'M YOUR SENIOR SISTER...

...AND YOU'RE MY JUNIOR BROTHER.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

GOOD JOB TODAY, KID.

OH, AND ALSO...

...CAN YOU BRING THAT BUFFOON BACK TO HIS ROOM?

HE’LL CATCH HIS DEATH IF WE LEAVE HIM OUT HERE.

PLUM BLOSSOMS...

FATHER...

I VOW TO RESTORE THIS SWORD STYLE ONE DAY.

AND ONE DAY, I HOPE TO RETURN TO MOUNT HUA AND BEG FORGIVENESS.

SEOL, I’D LIKE YOU TO COME WITH ME.

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE MOUNT HUA.

I MUST LEARN FROM HIM...

...NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES.

HE'S BACK!

HEY. WHY ARE YOU TWO STILL AWAKE?

I GUESS TONIGHT’S TRAINING WAS TOO EASY.

NEVER MIND THAT! IT’S BEEN CHAOS OVER HERE!

CHAOS?

THE SECOND-GRADE DISCIPLES BARGED IN, DEMANDING TO KNOW WHERE SENIOR BROTHER BAEKCHEON WAS.

WHAT?

WHY WOULD THEY LOOK FOR HIM AT WHITE BLOSSOM HALL?

DID THEY THINK ONE OF US KIDNAPPED HIM OR SOMETHING?

THAT’S NOT BAD, ACTUALLY.

I SHOULD’VE THOUGHT OF THAT...

IT CERTAINLY WOULD’VE BEEN EASIER.

SO YOU’RE SAYING THEY SUSPECT ME?

HMPH. HOW RUDE.

OF COURSE, I KNEW YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!

THANK GOODNESS--

NAH, IT WAS ME.

SO WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE YOU WERE WRONGFULLY ACCUSED?!

HOLD ON. SO YOU WERE WITH SENIOR BROTHER BAEKCHEON TONIGHT?

YEAH.

T-TELL ME...

...YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT I'M THINKING OF, RIGHT?

DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF.

HAHA... TH-THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY...

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT AS RECKLESS AS YOU SEEM SOMETIMES...

TH-THERE'S NO WAY YOU BEAT UP A SENIOR BROTHER... RIGHT?

AT THE VERY LEAST...

...YOU DIDN'T SOCK HIM IN THE FACE, DID YOU?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

PUNCHING HIM IN THE FACE WOULD DEFINITELY HURT HIS PRIDE MORE...

HEY, COME ON. I'M NOT A CHILD, YOU KNOW...

OH, GOOD!

EXCELLENT, CHEONGMYEONG!

I KNEW I WAS RIGHT TO HAVE FAITH IN YOU!

YOU MIGHT BE RECKLESS AND OUT OF CONTROL, BUT NOT EVEN YOU WOULD STRIKE A SENIOR BROTHER...

OH, I DIDN'T JUST HIT HIM.

I BEAT THE ABSOLUTE STUFFING OUT OF HIM.

HAHA, I SUPPOSE CAN BE A BIT STUFFY SOMETIMES...

HUH?

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