Episode 67
That’s enough
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… … .
A deep silence fell between me and Dang Gyu-jin again.
There wasn’t much conversation, but there was more conversation going on than any other conversation.
At that moment, Dang-gon, who was standing next to me, spoke while drooling.
“A sword is a weapon. It is the sharpest and can cut or harm anything. However, since there is no will in it, it can become a divine sword or a demonic sword depending on the person using it.”
“Yeah. That’s right.”
To put it simply, I was saying that I would use Dang Gyu-jin to do a lot of damage.
Of course, Namgung Sanyoung was no exception.
Now, Namgung Sanyoung has lost all his limbs and is incarcerated.
Given her personality, it wouldn’t be surprising if she did something rash again at any time.
In that case, the tip of the sword called Dang Gyu-jin would immediately be pointed at Namgung San-young.
There is a risk that an unfortunate incident could occur where a daughter hits her biological mother.
Dang Gyu-jin immediately understood the meaning.
Do you have the confidence to continue clashing with Namgung Sanyoung like this?
“If you think it might be difficult, we can help you become a monk right now.”
“Before the event starts?”
“Yes. Before that happens. As soon as possible.”
“… … .”
If Dang Gyu-jin changes his mind midway because of affection, things will become complicated.
I didn’t want to hurt her, so if it seemed dangerous, I was just going to get her out of my sight.
In the end, Dang Gyu-jin was given a choice between two options.
“… You are really cruel at times like this.”
Dang Gyu-jin laughed bitterly.
“But it seems like I’ve been taking your side all this time, even when it came to clashing with your mother.”
“I really appreciate that. But I’m telling you this because if you go any deeper than that, you really have to be very determined.”
“No. You’re wrong.”
Dang Gyu-jin continued speaking, shaking his head.
“I’ve already made up my mind about that a long time ago. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from both the Tang family and Cheongseong, it’s this.”
Dang Gyu-jin’s words gained strength.
“Chivalry.”
“!!”
“My criteria for judgment are only these. Is it fair or not? Is it just or not? If it’s the former, I’ll follow it. If it’s the latter-”
“So you’re saying you’re going to refuse?”
“That’s right. So I judged that the matter regarding my mother was wrong, and I have already been acting accordingly. If you doubt my conviction, then regardless of my favor towards you, we have no choice but to part ways.”
Collaboration… Ira.
It was a topic I had never even thought about.
The cooperation that the people of the Central Plains I met were calling for was actually largely self-interested.
So, whenever I heard that, I just laughed.
But the cooperation that Dang Gyu-jin was shouting seemed a little different.
There was an echo.
“I’m sorry. I made a mistake.”
I guess I was mistaken.
Dang Gyu-jin had already decided to boldly cut off the ties between us with his own hands and was trying to hold my hand, so I was casting doubt on him, so it would be stranger if he didn’t get angry.
I bowed my head.
Because there is nothing worse than doubting one’s own beliefs.
Only then did Dang Gyu-jin loosen his stiff expression.
“No. I think it’s natural for you to do so, as the head of a small household. So I’ll do it. Sword.”
“Thank you-”
“But I also have a condition.”
Dang Gyu-jin’s voice was firm.
I nodded.
“No other innocent people should be hurt by this incident. No one should be wronged. Just promise me that.”
“I promise.”
“And one more thing.”
“yes.”
“Become a loser.”
“?”
“If you’re going to use a sword, don’t worry about what others think and just swing it around like a rascal.”
I ended up chuckling.
“If that’s the case, then it’s my specialty?”
“That’s enough.”
Dang Gyu-jin nodded heavily as if he had made up his mind about something and raised his glass.
An empty glass with nothing in it.
But just a little while ago, something new was added.
It was a drink called Belief.
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“Unhwi, during this time, I will become your only sword, living and dying only for you.”
“I will use it well so that there is no blemish on that sword.”
I also raised my glass with a smile.
I too was an empty glass.
But it was also a glass that was not empty.
Jjaeng!
They raised their glasses with a light toast.
Does she really know?
It seemed like she was thinking of throwing everything away and going back to Mt. Cheongseong after this was over, but I knew that I would never let her go.
“I would be upset if I missed it too?”
Finally, Danggon smiled brightly and clinked his empty glass as usual.
If Dang Gyu-jin is a candidate for the Left Commander, Dang Gon is the Right Commander of Gwangmyeong.
In the future myth of the species I draw, these two people are both standing on my left and right, guarding my back.
* * *
“Dangunhwi! Dangunhwieeee! You! You must… …!!”
The news that Unhwi had become the head of a small household was also passed on to Namgung Sanyeong.
Namgung Sanyeong wanted to go to Nanhyeopjeon and ask Dang Hosan about it.
How can you choose an illegitimate child as your successor when you have two legitimate children?
If only those two people lacked talent or had bad character, then that would be understandable, but how could that be so when it’s not like that?
Even if he lost the power struggle with Yun Hui, isn’t this an excessive action?
So I wanted to leave the main building to protest.
Crunch!
Two guards guarding the main gate of the main shrine blocked the way.
“You can’t go out.”
“Get out of the way!”
“You can’t go out.”
“Hey you guys! Do you know who I am-”
“You can’t go out.”
“Come out!! Didn’t you say you wanted to see the head of the branch family?”
No matter what I tried to say, they just kept repeating, “You can’t go out,” like parrots, and the monks showed absolutely no sign of giving way while holding onto their bags.
Namgung Sanyoung was so angry that he raised his internal energy.
The power of the heavenly wind.
It was the strongest technique that the Namgung family could learn.
but.
Sssssss… … !
The moment the monks untied their backpacks and rolled up their sleeves, the waves of energy that had been swirling around Namgung Sanyoung broke in an instant.
My skin felt tingly. It was hard to breathe.
‘miasma!’
The demons were revealing the poison of the Samyang Poisoning Technique.
Samyang Dokgong is a martial art that is only revealed when the Tang family members face a life-or-death situation.
If anything, he plans to use a water cannon on Namgung Sanyoung.
To her, the great lady!
“I will give you one last warning. Go inside and rest. This is an order from the Separatist.”
“… Do you think you can get away with persecuting me, your high lady, like this?”
“We only do as we are ordered.”
Although his speech was still dry and emotionless, Namgung Sanyoung could read the anger contained within it.
They were already not considering her as their lady.
It was defined as an enemy.
In the end, Namgung Sanyoung had to withdraw his strength and return to the main building.
“… … If this keeps up, I’m really going to die, I’m going to die. Unhwi, if only that guy hadn’t lied to me-”
From then on, Namgung Sanyoung had to suffer from anxiety and bite her fingernails.
It was a problem that Yun Hui had taken the position of Sobun Gaju, but now he had a sense of crisis that Dang Hosan might kill him.
If even a single monk can persecute himself so cruelly, how could Danghosan be any different?
Namgung Sanyoung, who had lived with him for a long time, knew well what kind of person Danghosan was.
Danghosan never forgave anyone he once defined as an enemy.
In particular, he wanted to eliminate anyone who posed a threat to the family, no matter who it was.
So even if he left me alone for now, it was clear that he would definitely try to get rid of the aftereffects.
‘Unhwi, that guy is the same. He said he would spare my life if I did as he said, but I haven’t heard anything from him yet… …! He’s trying to throw me away, you know.’
In the end, there was only one way for him to survive.
‘I have to hit them first.’
Namgung Sanyoung’s eyes shone coldly.
Of course, she had to use her head because she was isolated and helpless and there was nothing she could do right away.
‘I’m aiming for the land of the rich.’
Yun Hui clashed with Baekgolmangsa and took advantage of it alone.
Then, why don’t you try using your wits in that way this time?
It is to clash between the Tang sect and the Demonic Cult.
If Yun Hui and Dang Ho-san die in the process and the Demonic Cult suffers great losses, the successor position of the Nine Dragon Branch will naturally fall to Dang Gyu-jin or Dang Yu-chang.
‘Then I have to somehow get in touch with my parents… … Muyeong is already dead. What should I do?’
When Muyeong and his colleagues, who had been like chains binding him, died, he felt so relieved, but when he tried to use them, he couldn’t find them.
It was just then.
“Mother, the little one has come.”
As the main door opened, Dang Yu-chang came in.
“Son! How are you here-”
“I could have come and begged my father. Are you feeling better? Your face has become much more haggard.”
Dang Yuchang hugged her.
Namgung Sanyoung’s eyes suddenly welled up with tears.
“Your father, your father, how could you do this to me-”
“I also resent my father. My mother was just trying to protect us siblings… My sister is going too far! Who caused this situation and you don’t even visit her?!”
Tang Yuchang pounded his chest with his fist in frustration.
Surveillance of the main building did not stop at the main building.
The same thing was happening in the Red War where he was.
Although he wasn’t under arrest like Namgung Sanyoung, he wasn’t any different from that.
During that time, Dang Yoo-chang had communicated the most with Namgung Se-ga on behalf of Namgung San-yeong, so there was a possibility that there might be a secret communication network that had not yet been discovered.
“Sister… Yes. You had a sister. But she’s gone now. Your sister is already dead.”
“mother…….”
“Let’s talk about something else. Is that bastard harassing you? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Young lady, it’s okay for now.”
yet.
The meaning behind those words was heavy.
Dang Yu-chang’s face hardened.
“But now that that baseless guy is in power, won’t he try to harm us one day?”
“then-“
“There is one leap for the little ones.”
Dang Yu-chang looked around to see if there were any hidden signs, then quietly took out a small glass bottle from his bosom.
There was a cloudy liquid rippling inside.
“What is that?”
“This is the crane-crowned crane that I secretly discovered at Muyeong’s residence.”
“Ha, if it’s Hakjeonghong!”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s a deadly poison extracted from the crown of the blood crane.”
“!!”
Blood Elements was a spirit that could only be found in the Nanman region, further south than Yunnan.
As its name suggests, the ‘blood-red crane’ boasts red feathers and has a very poisonous body, making it a target for many poisonous people.
Now that it has been extinct for a long time, the poison extracted from it was being traded at a very high price that could not be obtained even for a thousand pieces of gold. Hakjeonghong mixed several drugs into this deadly poison to maximize its toxicity.
“I think Muyeong had it to use in case of emergency, but what if he were to use it on his bastard son?”
“…I’m going to die.”
“I think so too. Even if he becomes strong enough to catch Baekgolmangsa or Bukpungwi, he will not be able to escape the clutches of Hakjeonghong. It is even said that the former leader of the Demonic Cult died from this.”
Hakjeong Hong was known to be able to bring down even the most powerful masters.
So, unless the Dark Lord comes out, Un-Hwi will have no choice but to die.
“If only that bastard would die, everything would be resolved on its own, Mother.”
Dang Yuchang’s two eyes sparkled with madness.
Namgung Sanyoung swallowed dry saliva.
Can we really just leave it like this?
She had already been thinking about killing Yun-Hwi until just a moment ago.
But when it came to actually getting things done, there were more than a few things that bothered me.
‘You can kill that inhuman guy? Really?’
The face of Un-Hwi, who had been laughing in front of him, came to mind.
I also remembered the sight of Baekgolmangsa’s head being brought in on a bamboo spear.
They all looked like they weren’t from this world.
Somehow, it seemed like even if he drank the Hakjeonghong, he wouldn’t die, but would return from the afterlife and laugh at me.
The fear that the existence of Un-Hwi gave to Namgung San-Young was very great.
The problem was after Yun-Hwi really died.
Will Danghosan really stay still after that?
What about the Danggon and Gwangpung members who showed their support for him? Wouldn’t Dang Gyu-jin also try to uncover the secret somehow?
If there is any evidence left, the Dark Lord may investigate it himself-
“mother.”
As Namgung Sanyoung’s mind became more complicated, Dang Yuchang grabbed her hand.
Namgung Sanyoung’s eyes widened.
“Don’t try to solve everything at once. Just solve them one by one. Slowly.”
“…slowly?”
“Yes. After the bastard dies, the right to succession will inevitably fall to me. After that, I can do whatever I want. I can get rid of the evils like Gwangpungdae, or I can join hands with Namgung and take over the family once again. I will save my mother right then.”
Whatever it was, it meant that nothing could begin unless Yun-Hwi died.
Finally, Namgung Sanyoung gathered all his thoughts and nodded. He held Dang Yuchang’s hands tightly.
“I understand. I’ve only shown you my weak side.”
“No. Mother, aren’t you always the light for me? This time, I will be the light for you.”
My son could not have looked more resilient.
“But how are you going to feed Hakjeonghong to that bastard? He won’t give it to you easily.”
“That’s why I need my mother’s active help.”
“My help?”
“Yes. The route you took to inject poison into that bastard is still in the White Book, isn’t it?”
The faces of Hyeongsam and several maids flashed through Namgung Sanyoung’s mind.
She nodded.
“There is a maid working in the kitchen of Jeongpunggak. She is a different person from Muyeong, and she was assigned to you by your maternal family. You can contact her.”
“That’s enough.”
It was at that moment that Dang Yu-chang nodded to Namgung San-yeong.
“Yes, I think that will be enough.”
For a moment, Namgung Sanyoung’s face was filled with shock.
Dang Yu-chang bowed his head deeply.
“Yuchang, you-”
“I’m sorry, Mother.”
“How could you do that to me!!”
bang!
The door half-broke open and two people walked inside.
It was Yun-hui smiling coldly and Dang-gyu-jin with a stern face.
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