Chapter 45 : Chapter 45

Chapter 45. I Know. I Know Well (3)

At Han Cheong-un’s words, Eon Sohui was astonished.

‘What kind of man is…….’

Is he serious?

Is he really doing this sincerely right now?

Speaking of the Great Origin Divine Art, it is an excellent peerless divine art that once raised the Jinju Eon Clan to a family close to the Five Great Families.

But giving that for free?

Returning it to the Jinju Eon Clan because it was originally the Jinju Eon Clan’s thing?

Because that is the right way?

“Li…… It’s a lie.”

“Miss Eon.”

“It’s obvious it’s a lie, isn't it? Such gratuitous good will, right way stubborn enough to be frustrating. Even the famous lords of the prestigious Righteous sects don't keep such things. They just pretend to keep them.”

“…….”

“Good will? Right way? If such things exist, why did our Jinju Eon Clan have to live holding breath and reading faces for over a hundred years?”

“……Miss Eon.”

“If such things exist, why did we have to live wandering like duckweed unable to return to our hometown?”

Tears flowed from Eon Sohui’s eyes.

In the tears flowing down her cheeks, truly too many emotions were contained.

“If such things exist, why did we……. Why did I……. Sob…….”

Eventually bowing her head and sobbing.

Han Cheong-un’s hand came gently and touched her heaving shoulder.

And saying.

“It must have been hard.”

“…….”

“I express sincere respect for the Miss' effort who struggled to rebuild the collapsed family and came this far. Miss Eon is truly an amazing person.”

“…….”

Tears overflowed endlessly from Eon Sohui’s eyes.

It is hard.

I want to quit.

I wish someone would help me.

Such weak words she couldn't say even if her mouth was torn.

How could she show a weak appearance to the retainers she has to lead and care for?

As the Clan Head of the Jinju Eon Clan.

Since pledging to fulfill that duty, she lived firmly without showing a weak appearance to anyone.

I don't need anyone's help.

Even if the whole world tries to trample me, I will overcome like a weed.

In her life lived resolving so…….

“Now you may be at ease.”

“…….”

“This secret manual is now the Miss'. No price whatsoever is needed.”

Han Cheong-un placed the Great Origin Divine Art directly in her hand.

Eon Sohui looked at Han Cheong-un blankly.

What should this sensation be called?

What in the world should she call this feeling—this sensation as if, after a long, cold, and lonely winter, the warm sunlight of her life had finally arrived and was shining solely upon her?

“Please be at ease. From now on, everything will be fine.”

When winter ends, spring comes.

And when spring comes…….

“Young Master…… Han…….”

Flowers bloom.

* * *

Han Cheong-un went back.

Saying to keep in mind the two requests he made before going back.

“You must not trust the Namgung Clan. To be precise, you must not trust that human coming this time.”

This one.

“And when everything is over, please consider sincerely working as our Ultimate Path Gate's administrator.”

This.

He left making just these two requests.

“I wondered what you would do meeting her, but did you go through this hardship to make those requests?”

“Yeah.”

“And you don't think you suffered too much compared to the outcome.”

“Yeah. I don't.”

“Haaaa……. I want to go back to Sichuan.”

“Yeah. No.”

Han Cheong-un and Dang Jin bickering while going back.

Butler Jang, who was looking at those backs blankly, said.

“M…… Miss. Did you receive the secret manual?”

“Yeah. I received it.”

“Oh…….”

Butler Jang admired.

Finally, the long-cherished desire of the family has been solved.

Now they can regain the martial arts of the Jinju Eon Clan in earnest.

However…….

“Miss, per…… perhaps…….”

Can I ask this?

Wouldn't it be better just to bury it without asking?

Butler Jang thought.

However…….

Seeing the unprecedented appearance of the Miss looking blankly at Han Cheong-un’s back, he couldn't help but verify.

This was something he must verify as the family's butler.

And as a guardian who watched over the Miss for a long time.

Butler Jang closed his eyes tight and said.

“By any chance. Did that rude fellow make a cheeky demand to the Miss in exchange for the secret manual?”

Then Eon Sohui spoke while still not taking her eyes off Han Cheong-un’s back.

“No. He didn't.”

The answer returned immediately without hesitation.

Then Butler Jang swept down his chest in relief.

“Hahaha. That is truly fortun…….”

“I wish he did.”

“……Yes?”

“It would have been fine if he did.”

“……?”

* * *

Quantity over quality.

Increase the force with overwhelming headcount and buy time so the Limitless Gate cannot act.

Jinju Tower's plan.

No, Eon Sohui’s plan hit the mark.

They confirmed the fact that Cha Museong of the Limitless Gate entered Yueyang leading warriors of the Limitless Gate, but just up to there.

They didn't take any action there.

Butler Jang, who received that intelligence, was relieved and reported this fact to Eon Sohui.

“It is a relief. Miss.”

“I see.”

“It seems to work out according to the Miss' plan. At least for the time being, it seems we achieved enough deterrence that the Limitless Gate cannot act rashly.”

“I see.”

“Now we just need the Namgung Clan to come on the scheduled date. News has already arrived that they departed from the main family.”

“I see.”

“……Blue Sky has moved, expansion is established.”

“I see.”

“Are you the Yellow Turban Rebels?!”

Butler Jang shouted abruptly.

“Huh? Ah……. Butler Jang.”

Eon Sohui coming to her senses only then.

She cleared her throat, looked at Butler Jang, and said.

“Khm, what is it. Is there anything to report?”

“I have been doing it until now.”

At those words, Eon Sohui smiled shyly and said.

“Sorry. It seems I am a bit tired these days.”

“Haaaaa…….”

Butler Jang had a headache.

He is a retainer of the Jinju Eon Clan and the Miss is the lord he must serve.

But apart from that, she is the Miss he raised for a whopping twenty-four years.

There is no way he doesn't know why her condition is like this right now.

‘Should I be happy about this…….’

Love visited the Miss' heart.

This is good.

Since life without love and life with it are completely different in richness.

Personally, how pitiful was it to see the Miss only working too much, calculating everything in the world, and trying to read the plot behind?

That warm spring visited such Miss' heart, this is truly a good thing.

Strictly as a personal guardian.

“Miss. Soon……. The Namgung Clan comes.”

“Is that so?”

“They said Young Master Namgung Sang, the Miss' fiancé, is also coming together.”

“……Yes. I know.”

“…….”

Only sighs come out.

This marriage is a marriage that absolutely cannot be withdrawn.

It has already proceeded as it has, and even if she received the Great Origin Divine Art, a sturdy protective shield called the Namgung Clan is needed for the smooth protection of the Jinju Eon Clan.

Even right now, looking at the Limitless Gate eyeing them for an opportunity, isn't it an opponent they cannot handle at all without the Namgung Clan's power?

So…….

“Don't worry. Am I a child?”

“…….”

“I will marry. I must. Marriage.”

“Miss…….”

“Why do you look at me so pitifully? There are so many women in the world who want to become the eldest daughter-in-law of the Namgung Clan? This is a good thing.”

“…….”

Looking only at conditions, it is correct words.

If they gather women in the world who want to become the daughter-in-law of the Namgung Clan and open a selection contest, people will gather enough to fill Dongting Lake to overflowing.

However…….

‘Right now, the Miss' heart is not that, is it?’

That was regrettable.

The reality that the Miss possessing both wisdom and beauty like this cannot be united with the one she wants.

It was sincerely and deeply regrettable.

* * *

A few days later.

The Namgung Clan holding high the blue flag of Blue Sky Namgung entered Yueyang.

Strictly speaking, Yueyang is the territory of the Unorthodox sects.

For the Righteous Way to set foot here, they had to read the room appropriately.

But the Namgung Clan entered Yueyang holding the flag high regardless of such things.

And Han Cheong-un and Dang Jin were watching that appearance from the second floor of an inn slightly away.

“Coming flashy indeed. Why bring the Blue Sky Flag when it's not even war?”

Dang Jin said indifferently.

In front of him, Han Cheong-un was drinking tea sitting face to face with him.

“He is originally that kind of human.”

“Do you know who he is?”

At Dang Jin’s words, Han Cheong-un smirked.

“Namgung Sang? I know. I know it well.”

“…….”

“Probably there are few people who know him better than me.”

What should I say about Han Cheong-un’s face right now?

It was an expression of being fed up.

At that appearance, Dang Jin spoke carefully.

“How are you connected? Perhaps is he also one of the Sect Leader's enemies?”

“Enemy…… not to that extent.”

“…….”

“But he is more sickening than the enemy bastards.”

“…….”

“To put it in one word, he is my first superior.”

“First superior?”

“The place I was assigned to for the first time after passing through the Murim Alliance's training facility was the Seven Swords Squad. At that time, it was named Blue Sky Squad.”

“Surely…….”

“When I went there, that human was there.”

Han Cheong-un pointed at one man with his fingertip.

A man wearing a blue martial arts uniform holding his head high confidently at the very front riding a horse.

He is the eldest son of the Namgung Clan, Blue Sky Sword Namgung Sang.

In whatever field…….

For a person to live a social life, human relationships are important.

How competent a human is above oneself is extremely important.

In that sense…….

“My first social life got twisted greatly because of that human. Ah. Getting angry. Shall I just go and kill him now?”

Han Cheong-un reaching for the spear next to him.

It seems he is genuinely pissed off.

“Calm down. Calm down.”

Dang Jin stopped such Han Cheong-un for now and said.

“Did he perhaps do something bad?”

“He didn't do bad things blatantly. Well, he did things like snatching my credit or inflating his credit though…….”

“He did. Bad things.”

“Well, still he didn't communicate with the Unorthodox sects, embezzle public funds, or take women forcibly using his power so…….”

“What on earth happens to the future Murim Alliance?”

“…….”

There are no words particularly to defend the Murim Alliance.

‘Don't want to either…….’

Thinking about it again now, it is absurd.

‘Why on earth did I stick to that Murim Alliance until the end?’

Only sighs come out thinking again.

Was he just distracted because it was war?

Did he inwardly think that even if the Murim Alliance is not perfect good, it is a better second best than the Eight Gates of the Evil Way?

Whatever it was, his thoughts were too narrow.

Anyway, in Namgung Sang’s case…….

“He didn't commit such blatantly committed evil deeds.”

Money?

Women?

Actually, what would the eldest son of the Namgung Clan lack to do such things?

But Namgung Sang’s most serious problem wasn't such things.

“A human who has motivation but no ability?”

“…….”

“Yet he couldn't look at himself objectively and overestimated himself.”

“What is that?”

“Even with such a subject, he didn't know giving up and continued attempting things that wouldn't work with indomitable spirit until they worked.”

“…….”

Dang Jin’s mouth opens wide.

Isn't it the worst character type to experience as a workplace superior?

To such Dang Jin, Han Cheong-un smirked and said.

“Do you know who that guy likes the most?”

“His grandfather?”

“No, Han Gaozu Liu Bang.”

“……Yes?”

Too random a figure came out suddenly.

Seeing Dang Jin not understanding, Han Cheong-un suddenly straightened his shoulders bravely and made his expression dignified.

And said as if mimicking someone.

“Today I lost because luck didn't follow. But do not worry. Han Gaozu lost countless times, but won against Xiang Yu once and unified the world. So blah blah bullshit dogshit…….”

Dang Jin was just bewildered.

“Really what is that?”

“Later I resented Han Gaozu.”

“…….”

“Because that human left a strange precedent for nothing.”

Thinking about it, in history too, kids who did mental victory citing Han Gaozu and Xiang Yu were almost all kids going to ruin.

“If one fails that many times, usually don't they go to ruin? Yet the Alliance entrusted the Seven Swords Squad to him continuously?”

“Because, he didn't go to ruin.”

“Why?”

Han Cheong-un didn't answer explicitly.

He just scratched his head and thought inwardly.

‘Because I was there.’

The days when Han Cheong-un was a low-rank warrior in the Seven Swords Squad.

He accumulated great merits several times unbelievable for a mere low-rank warrior.

And Namgung Sang reported those merits as his own.

As a result, the Seven Swords Squad thought of by the Murim Alliance was…….

[A military squad that suffers great losses often due to doing reckless things, but achieves that much merit. Suitable for vanguard.]

They evaluated like that.

Thanks to that, Namgung Sang could keep the position of the Captain of the Seven Swords Squad.

“Haa……. Anyway, since that human came, let’s get ready slowly too.”

Seeing Han Cheong-un rising from the seat, Dang Jin said.

“Is it certain that the meeting with the Namgung Clan will fall through?”

“Ten out of ten!”

Han Cheong-un could be certain.

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