Chapter 22
“Uuugh...”
Namgoong Jipyeong felt like he was going to die.
It all started with a moment of pride, spurred by a sense of being underestimated. He’d boldly shouted that he could do it. And up to a point—he could.
But that was it.
In the middle of executing a sword form, just as he thrust forward, the child had abruptly told him to freeze.
Standing frozen in that pose, with two hundred jin strapped to his limbs, his arms and legs began to tremble violently.
“Uuuugh...”
A groan escaped his lips. He hoped the child would hear it.
Why... why isn’t she telling me to stop?
The girl just stood there, stroking her chin with a serious expression, watching him intently without giving any command to move.
I—I can’t take it anymore...!
He had tried to endure to the end, but his limit had come.