Eternal life

Chapter 43

The captain has put unconscious Ji Woon over his horse and like that they travelled to the town. Through whole journey no one uttered a word. The atmosphere became stiff and suffocating. Young master has become hard-faced.

Before entering the court Woong Tae stopped and spoke to the guard. 'Bring all of the Choi family to our yard.' He ordered and guard left to do so.

As they came to the court, young master spoke to the captain. 'Take this... friend of mine... and tie him up, then leave him in the middle of the yard. I will join you soon.'

Captain wasn't sure what to do, but eventually listened to the Woong Tae order and get to the work. Meanwhile Woong Tae get off of his horse and went to the father's study. The general was inside, as usual polishing his sword. As soon as young master walked in, general looked at him.

'Son, I've tried to warn you many times. Friends are no good.' Landlord has said and came back to his task.

Woong Tae earlier didn't said a word, not even welcomed his father, but after hearing this words he started to laugh out loud. General stopped his work and placed the weapon on the table in front of him. Then he approached his son and slapped bitingly his son's face. But it didn't stop Woong Tae from laughing.

'Do you need me to punish you again?! Stop playing around! Because of your silly sense of responsibility and absence your child is-' He didn't finish.

'Dead!' Woong Tae said in joyful tone. 'You know, I think is a good thing. It died before it could become a disgrace for you!'

'How disrespectful!' General wanted to hit his son again, but Woong Tae suddenly get rid of his smile, caught the hand, that was about to reach him and pushed his father away from him, leaving him completely shocked. It was the first time ever Woong Tae behaved like that towards general.

Young master, unaffected and adamant went to the table, where the sword has laid. He picked it up and started to look closely. 'You know, I always wondered how it felt to wield this, since you've never let me touch it. And I may say that I'm disappointed. Just a piece of steel, almost cold as you. Almost, because there is nothing cooler than my father.'

'You've gone mad! I knew it! My son went crazy!' General has lost his composure and started shouting.

'So how it feels?' Woong Tae run to his father and stabbed him with the sword, which he held. 'To be stabbed my such a crazy man, your only son and only failure in life?' Young master pulled out the sword and let the blood stain general's clothes, as well spout on Woong Tae face. Landlord got on his knees, not believing that he got wounded. 'Probably hurts your honour. But this will be worse. To be killed with your favourite toy.' Young master again stabbed his father and didn't stop until general stopped moving.

As he was standing over the motionless body, the captain walked in and halted in the doorframe, seeing the massacre. He reached for his sword.

The young master didn't even turn around, as he heard the guard move behind him. 'What are you going to do? Better think about it. Isn't it like this, that with his...' Woong Tae kicked the body. '...death I become the lord here?'

Captain was considering the options. He decided to not argue. Seeing what happened with landlord it was maybe better not to anger the Shim Woong Tae right now. 'Young master...'

'Master.'

'Master... Choi family is here.'

'Right. Let's go then.' He started to walk out, then he stopped. 'Oh, open all the changhoji here.'

Captain was shocked with the order. Opening all the windows would make all the people see the dead body of the general. They gathered, since they sensed some kind of attraction and came to see what was happening at the Shim court. Even though the order was weird, he proceeded to do as he was told.