prolly because geumryangs spending part of his energy keeping grandpa alive as part of their initial "deal" — so if grandpa dead = geumryang gets his energy back = geumryangs alive and strong again, most of his aura was 'weakened' because he was trying to keep his grandpa alive or soemthing
Taesun: abeoji my friend is hurt because of me idk what to do"
Abeoji: maybe I should die
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