A War Between Two Schools

Minseok kept his dead master’s school alive by teaching beginners, fixing broken doors, and hiding his grief inside routine. Then a public challenge at the spring closing ceremony put his careful life on display, and the one person who saw through him fastest was Seungho, the rival fighter from the demon path. Minseok was always the first to be right, which meant nobody relaxed around him for long. He noticed weak stances, cheap lies, and the exact second a room turned against him. That habit kept him alive, but it also kept him alone. When old debts, a stolen name tag, and a tooth wrapped in paper returned to the same narrow room where his master once taught him, Minseok had to decide how m...