Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 519

Chapter 519 – The Lazy One Prepares (4)

“Boy.”

Wei Yanho flinched.

“Ah, don’t look at me with those eyes.”

It was overwhelming.

Over time, Wei Yanho had seen many looks from his master. Most were disapproving, but sometimes he also received warm or playful looks.

But he had never seen him look at him with such compassion as now.

“What’s so important about it? There are many people who suffer injustices in the world, and many who die without being able to resolve their resentments. This is nothing, I’m not going to die because of something like this. So there’s no need to…”

Wei Yanho sighed.

“Don’t look at me with pity. It makes me feel weird.”

“Pity? Idiot! What master would pity his disciple?”

“Exactly!”

“It’s not pity!”

Baek Muhan clicked his tongue.

“It’s just that I think your life is too complicated, boy.”

“Compared to master? Everyone has complicated lives then!”

“Huh?”

“Isn’t it true?”

Wei Yanho grumbled.

“You were born into a prestigious family, you had a childhood without shortcomings, you were considered a prodigy since you were a child, then you became the best of your generation, the first under the sky, the best of all time… What a life without obstacles. Even if they wrote it in a book, it couldn’t be more perfect.”

“Tsk tsk, boy.”

“Yes?”

“Why did you omit the part about me being popular with women? That’s the most important part.”

“Ugh…”

Wei Yanho trembled but did not dare to lash out.

Although he was now recognized by all the strong in the world, for Baek Muhan he had only gone from being a fly that could be crushed with a finger to a beetle that needed two.

Baek Muhan’s index finger was always ready to hit Wei Yanho’s head, so he had no choice but to shut up.

“…It’s nothing important.”

“It seems like it is.”

“It’s okay. I can solve it.”

“It doesn’t seem like it will be easy.”

Wei Yanho’s face turned red.

“It’s not like delivering a sword strike!”

“Don’t yell at me!”

“…”

Wei Yanho, now mute as if he had eaten honey, looked at Baek Muhan with empty eyes.

Hadn’t he said he wanted to comfort him?

“Hey, boy. Do you really think you can solve this?”

“Why couldn’t I?”

“What can you do if he doesn’t want to?”

“He’s just crazy. A few hits will bring him to his senses.”

“Boy…”

Baek Muhan’s voice dripped with compassion.

“You know it’s not like that, right?”

“…”

Wei Yanho closed his mouth.

Baek Muhan sighed and continued.

“You know that your brother, that Wei Sanho, is not the type of person who decides his path on impulses or whims, right?”

Wei Yanho’s eyes trembled.

Yes.

He knew it.

Baek Muhan’s words resonated in his heart. Perhaps Wei Yanho already knew: that changing Wei Sanho’s mind was impossible.

Wei Sanho was like that.

He was not a man who would give in to temptations. He meditated again and again before deciding his path, and once decided, he did not look back. Wei Yanho had seen it all his life.

Just as Wei Sanho knew him well, Wei Yanho also knew him.

Even if he denied it, Wei Yanho already knew that no words could change Wei Sanho’s mind.

“That’s why I’m going to bring him by force.”

“Are you going to use force to force a man to change the path he chose?”

“Then what do you want me to do!”

Wei Yanho shouted angrily.

But this time, Baek Muhan did not reprimand him.

“I can’t do this or that!”

“Idiot.”

Baek Muhan clicked his tongue.

“Then don’t do anything.”

“I can’t do that!”

“Why?”

“Because he’s my brother!”

Wei Yanho’s fists trembled strongly.

He knew it.

Perhaps all this was useless. But how could he stand idly by?

His brother had become a follower of the Demon Cult.

“You know that the Demon Cult is not absolutely evil, right?”

“That doesn’t matter. I can’t support them. If my brother joins the Demon Cult, I will never be able to see him again. How is that different from him dying?”

“Boy.”

Baek Muhan shook his head.

Even he, who always showed Wei Yanho the way, had no words this time. Wei Yanho’s situation was too complicated.

“Do you think something will change if you force your brother to come back?”

“It will be better than doing nothing.”

“It could be worse.”

Baek Muhan’s eyes turned serious.

“You’ve felt it, haven’t you? The way he looks at you hasn’t changed.”

“…”

“If he had looked at you with hatred, at least it would mean that something is different. But that boy…”

“Yes.”

Wei Yanho replied weakly.

“It was the same brother. The same Wei Sanho as always.”

That was what made it unbearable.

Even now, he was still conflicted.

Leaving aside whether it was possible to get Wei Sanho out of the Demon Cult, was it really the right way?

It was an unanswerable question.

“Life is like that.”

“…”

“It is a repetition of choices. There always seems to be a path, but in reality, it is not always prepared. Sometimes you have to create it yourself.”

“Has master created paths?”

“I have never been able to follow a path.”

“Why?”

“Because there was no one before me. I have always had to open paths.”

Baek Muhan smiled.

“Like you are doing now.”

“Master.”

“Yes, my disciple.”

Wei Yanho finally said what he had in his heart. What he wanted to hide. But it was impossible to hide his true feelings from Baek Muhan.

“Can we go back?”

Baek Muhan looked at him in silence. His gaze was so deep that it was impossible to know what he was thinking.

“Can we go back? To those times when we lived without thinking about our positions. Can we go back?”

It was a difficult question.

Not even Baek Muhan could answer immediately.

But he had to give an answer.

“Everything in the world changes.”

“…”

“The only thing that doesn’t change is that everything changes. Everything changes. Nature, the world, even relationships between people. Even what seems immutable is changing. Are you asking if we can go back? We can’t. You change, your brother changes, how could they be like before?”

Wei Yanho bit his lip.

They were painful words.

“But that doesn’t mean you should give up. Change is not always bad. It can be for the better.”

“Is that possible?”

“It won’t be easy.”

Baek Muhan smiled.

“It will be difficult. Maybe impossible. But you don’t think you’re going to stop, do you?”

“No. I will never give up.”

“He he, even this Lazy one can have that look sometimes. Hey, boy. If you had put that effort into learning martial arts, this situation would be much easier to overcome.”

“…Do you want me to do more? I almost died that time!”

“You exaggerate, boy.”

Baek Muhan’s gaze was warm.

He was an inept disciple. Terribly Lazy. But he had a hidden tenacity.

Those who did not know him well did not know it, but his disciple rarely gave up. Otherwise, he would not have survived the harsh training in the cave.

Although Baek Muhan had pressured and beaten him to teach him, enduring that whip was not something anyone could do.

“Yanho.”

“Yes, master.”

“Look clearly.”

“…Yes?”

“What is the Wei Sanho you know like?”

“Well…”

Wei Yanho tilted his head.

He didn’t understand what his master meant.

“What do you mean?”

“He’s not the type of person who insists on nonsense, is he?”

“…No.”

Baek Muhan was right.

Although he did not trust himself, Wei Yanho trusted Wei Sanho.

“He is not reckless either. Even if he has chosen his path and joined the Demon Cult, he would not have appeared like this for no reason. There must be an urgent reason for him to take their side.”

“Ah…”

Wei Yanho’s eyes lit up.

It was as if something nebulous was cleared up.

“Then?”

“That’s what you must do. Think about why your brother had to make that decision.”

Looking back…

‘There was definitely something weird.’

Although he seemed lucid, his attitude was suspicious.

‘It means there’s something I don’t know…’

If there is something he does not know, he must find it out.

Finally, his unclear goal was defined.

“Yes, master! Now I know what I must do.”

“Good. Just don’t let them kill you while you snoop around the Demon Cult.”

“…Do you have to say it like that?”

“Tsk tsk, how weak.”

“The Demon Cult is not like before! They are really strong.”

“Shut up, boy! How can Baek Muhan’s disciple be beaten by those guys? I saw that your brother has also become quite strong.”

“…My brother was always strong.”

“Not as much as now.”

“It also seems strange to me. No matter how much he has practiced demonic arts, how can someone become so strong so quickly?”

“You’re not one to talk, but I also wonder. It’s impossible with normal methods. It seems that he practices special demonic arts, but that they give them to him so easily…”

It was not surprising.

Wei Sanho was the son of the Great Demon King. The legitimate heir to the Demon Cult. If they planned their resurgence through him, they would not skimp on teaching him their superior techniques.

“Are there demonic arts that increase power so quickly?”

“I don’t know.”

“Didn’t you investigate them?”

“That was done by Baek Muhan. As you know, I am Baek Muhan, but I am not Baek Muhan.”

“It sounds vaguely useful, but also not… The only thing that’s certain is that you don’t help when it’s important.”

“That will be your limit.”

“Ugh.”

Wei Yanho shook his head.

It was enough.

It was enough that his confusion had been dispelled. Now he just had to do it.

“Master.”

“Yes.”

“Don’t worry. I am your disciple. No matter how strong those from the Demon Cult are, will they be like the Sword Emperor?”

“…Boy.”

Baek Muhan smiled with satisfaction.

“But just because I’m stronger than the Demon Cult doesn’t mean you are, does it?”

“…”

Until the end, he was someone who knew how to baffle others.