The Art of Sword

Chapter 26: Conflict Resolve

After setting up the hot pot and the ingredients. Grace and Grimm are responsible for the cooking while Sunz sits there watching. After a few minutes, another person knocks on their room and says they are here to deliver a blanket. Sunz goes out to open the door, the voice sounds familiar to him. And to Sunz's surprise, it was Jihu delivering the blanket.

Sunz: Did the hotel run out of staff? Why are you being the errand boy?

Jihu: I try looking for you but to no avail. So I went to ask Sogae and I met her carrying this blanket. She ask "Are you looking for Sunz", I said "Yes" and she told me to take this blanket to the room where you currently staying at.

Jihu takes a peek through Sunz's shoulder and sees that Grace and Grimm are both in the room, but they don't know that it was Jihu delivering the blanket.

Jihu frantically said "Well I guess you must be tired so I'll let you rest and we can talk tomorrow.", waiting for Sunz to take the blanket.

Sunz smirked "Oh no buddy I know what you see and you ain't running away." Then he whispers, "I know you have a relationship with class rep and this is not my business, but issue needs to be resolved here and now!

Jihu pauses for a moment and sighs: You're not the type to call out but when you do it means serious. So fine! I'll try my best. Ok!

Sunz: You won't regret it! I hope...

Sunz takes the blanket from Jihu's hand and throws it in the corner of the room. Grace and Grimm don't bat an eye.

Sunz steps away from the door and said to Grimm and Grace: Do you guys mind if we invite another person?

Grimm see that it was Jihu who Sunz invited "Sure! Come in the more the merrier." And he nudges Grace "Right!"

Grace didn't expect that Sunz would invite Jihu so she was at a loss for words. Until Grimm nudges her a bit, making her return to reality and she mutters "S...Sure he can join"

The four then sit around the hot pot in a square shape with Grimm and Sunz sitting between Grace and Jihu. While waiting for the food to cook, the atmosphere around the room was tense, no one talk to each other. So Grimm decided to break the ice "Are any of you able to drink alcohol?"

No one answered, maybe the three of them just waiting for one more person to respond.

Grimm points at both Grace and Jihu "You two if you have something lingering in your mind then let's resolve it here and now."

Grace starts to panic "There is nothing lingering between us... and don't worry I can drink." Then she tries to take a beer can near Grimm. As soon as Grace's hand touched the can, Grimm stop her and raise his voice "I won't let the alcohol do the talking."

After all that mess Jihu starts talking "I'm sorry! I'm sorry for ignoring you for the last 10 years. I was just following what my grandpa said from 10 years ago, even when I grow older he said that the reason was, a conflict between the two clans."

The room suddenly gets a bit colder. Grace starts to tear up, look at Jihu with a smile, and said "Here I thought that after all those years you hated me, to the point that you asked your grandpa to kick my family out of the clan."

Jihu is surprised by Grace's statement. "Wait kick your family out of the clan?" Grace answered, "That's what my parents told me."

Jihu starts to think about the reason why his grandpa kicks Grace's family out of the clan (Wait there has to be another factor for that event to happen. Grandpa always said this to me "Members that break the rule or try to destroy our clan from the inside will face death as their punishment. Jihu! I know you're a kind soul, but there will come a time that you need to carry out the judgment.")