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“My lady···.”
“Lady Namgung···.”
Two women calling each other by their last names, as if they were really that close, just as the older sister had said before.
But, regardless of their friendship, when the two women stood side by side facing each other, I thought for a moment that I was going blind.
It was because their beauty, which seemed to burn the eyeballs as their halos overlapped each other, was refreshing to the eyes.
My eyes were in a state of delight today.
‘No, maybe it’s overwork?’
If the older sister is a cold, cold-hearted beauty, then the young lady named Namgung Seol in front of her is a lively, exciting beauty like a spring flower.
Let’s face each other. Is this almost like a painting?
‘But this is a matter of taste, isn’t it? It’s not like you’re missing out on anything?’
And when I put the two together and checked, the first thought that came to my mind was that the older sister was definitely not below me.
It wasn’t because I had the title of my sister’s fiancée that I did that, but from an extremely objective standpoint, I could never agree with the idea that that young lady was the most beautiful in the Central Plains and my sister was below her.
So, just when I was thinking that this needed to be ranked, the two exchanged greetings.
“I heard from Eun-i. She brought me an elixir… Thanks to her, I can hold my sword again for a while. I don’t know how to express my gratitude….”
“No, I’m glad it helped.”
It was a really awkward conversation, different from the way my older sister had worried about Lady Namgung Seol before they met.
‘Why do you both feel like you don’t have any friends?’
It was awkward for me to watch, but Namgung Seol’s younger brother Namgung seemed to think the same way and shook his head.
And in the meantime, Namgung Seol looked at me and asked.
“But what about over there?”
“Oh, my fiancé is Wi So-ryong. Say hello to So-ryong. This is Lady Namgung Seol of the Namgung family.”
“Nice to meet you. My name is Weisorong.”
“Oh my, you have a fiancé? Nice to meet you. I am the youngest son of the above. My name is Namgung Seol of the Namgung family.”
“Yes, it’s nice to meet you.”
“yes.”
“?”
‘Aren’t you willing to continue the conversation?’
Usually, after greeting each other, there should be a greeting, such as saying that it must have been hard for them to come all the way here, that they seem nice even though it was their first time meeting, or something like that, but the conversation ends with a simple ‘yes’.
Namgung Eun-i, who couldn’t stand to watch anymore, stepped forward and spoke in an awkward voice.
“Congratulations to you both. Oh, when will I get a fiancé? It’s been a while since we last met, so why don’t we have some tea and chat instead? I have a lot of questions. Please tell me about the two of you.”
“I was just getting thirsty, so that’s good, my lady.”
“Ah, I guess I explained it well. Then, I’ll tell the servants to prepare tea and light snacks. Ahahaha···.”
The look that Namgung and I give each other that says, ‘You’ve had a hard time.’
After exchanging brief greetings, Namgung and the others were chatting in the pavilion over simple tea and snacks that he had prepared.
As the story of how my older sister and I met, which is popular among women, ended, the topic of Lady Namgung Seol came up.
Her sister said with a look of incomprehension.
“But it’s really hard to understand. If it weren’t for you, what else could you have seen? And how do you know where on your body your mole is?”
I asked cautiously, since in my past life I was crazy about escape rooms and mystery puzzles.
That’s because whenever I played an escape room game or a mystery game, I was called ‘Sherlock Fabre’.
This kind of labyrinthine case is one that Sherlock Fabre really likes.
“Um… I know it’s a bit embarrassing to say this, but have you ever washed yourself alone at night in a place like a pond or a river?”
Three gazes poured out toward me as I asked a question after having been quiet until now.
Namgung Seol’s voice was heard.
“I guess you were concerned that someone might have been spying on it?”
“Yes. I guess···.”
And Namgung Eun’s voice too.
“Are you spreading the fact that you spied on people and framing your sister?”
“Usually, that’s the most likely way to think about it.”
“But all of the people currently being held captive in the reception hall are people who were born and raised in the village at the foot of the mountain, so they are not people who would slander or criticize Namgung’s family. The village at the foot of the mountain is like one family with Namgung’s family.”
“I have never washed my body outside the house either.”
‘No one has ever stolen Namgung Seol’s body, and they are not the type of people who would do that?’
A reasoning that cannot proceed further because the part that was thought to have a slight gap was denied.
When everyone else looked like they didn’t understand, I heard my older sister’s voice as if she knew everything.
“In a situation like this, isn’t there one thing that is most likely?”
“What is likely?”
“You mean something tall?”
Namgung Seol and Namgung Eun looked at their older sister with an expression as if asking, “What on earth is that?”, and the older sister smiled.
My sister spoke proudly and with great confidence.
“It’s a ghost.”
“to?”
‘No, sis, why are you like that! I’m embarrassed!’
I don’t know how I could understand dragons, but my older sister suddenly brought up ghost stories.
I am seriously concerned that you, Sister, might be too absorbed in oriental fantasy or superstition or spirituality.
Many of my seniors in my previous life also told me to be most wary of a spouse who is obsessed with religion or superstition.
I heard that not only the marriage could be ruined, but the family could also be ruined.
But that thought was fleeting.
‘No… Wait a minute.’
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Come to think of it, the mother of the Wukongs in my arms also died and had a dream.
It seemed like this wasn’t an entirely impossible story.
Clearly, even in the dream, the mother of the Wukongs borrowed the appearance of their older sister, and if you think about it in light of that, it is understandable that she took the appearance of Namgung Seol.
‘Is your sister a genius?’
“Surely that’s the only way?”
“In this situation, that must be it, right?”
“Ghosts are scary. But I’d like to see one just once.”
Sisters Namgung Seol and Namgung nod their heads, saying that their older sister is right.
I asked Namgung Seol again.
“Then, do you remember touching something unusual or possessing something on your person recently? Like taking a spirit’s medicine?”
I asked the most likely question based on my experience.
Since it felt like the mother of the Wukongs was able to borrow her older sister’s appearance by eating her inner self, she felt that some kind of contact was needed.
Then Namgung Seol thought deeply about something and shook his head.
“I don’t think there is such a thing because I always touch things and use things only.”
“Is that so?”
‘Then what?’
The mystery is blocked again.
At that moment, Namgung Seol’s voice was heard as if he had remembered something.
“Ah! There’s something I’ve recently touched and something that comes to mind!”
“What is it!?”
“Sister, is there something that comes to mind?”
The attention that gathers at her words that something comes to mind.
Namgung Seol answered while receiving everyone’s attention.
“I recently touched an acorn. Oh! And I touched a twig too!”
A situation where anticipation rises sharply when someone says that something comes to mind, but then quickly cools down.
‘No way! Is it because Namgung Seol is a fool that she is praised as the most beautiful woman in the Central Plains?’
If that’s true, I think it’ll be hard for my older sister to get her ranking adjusted.
If the intelligent older sister and the crazy Namgung Seol fight, the older sister will definitely lose.
That’s because Baekchimi is a high-point position that stimulates men’s protective instincts.
As I was wondering how to answer this, she spoke for the first time about a situation that made her suspicious, unlike anything she had ever done before.
“Ah! And there was a time when I was practicing alone at night and felt someone’s presence, so I went there to check, but I felt nothing!”
“Whose presence did you sense? Sister?”
“Yes, I definitely felt a presence, so I went to check, but there was no one there. At first, I thought you followed me. So I just thought I was being sensitive, and I didn’t pay much attention to it after that, but thinking back, it seems like it was always like that whenever I practiced. It felt like someone was watching me. Yes. That’s what it felt like.”
“There is definitely something suspicious going on.”
That was when.
It seemed like there was some commotion outside, so a servant came running in and reported to Namgung Seol.
“Miss! I have something to tell you…”
“Does it have anything to do with the noise outside?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
A servant whispered something into Namgung Seol’s ear.
As soon as the story ended, Namgung Seol suddenly stood up, tapping the floor of the pavilion loudly.
-widely!
“What’s going on, Sister?”
“What’s going on, Lady Namgung?”
“It’s been quiet for a few days, but I heard that another villager has gone missing. The story is that the warriors have left the clan to help find the missing person.”
“Really!?”
The story that Sibi told was that the disappearances that had stopped around the time Namgung Seol was locked in the closed room had started again, and Namgung Seol touched the scar on the back of his hand, a lizard shaped like a peony flower, and shouted with an angry expression.
“I must catch that ghost myself and avenge the resentment of the chastity that fell on my land! This is the resentment of the water palace!”
Namgung was startled by those words and shouted
The nuance was that he had already experienced the spicy taste once and was about to go out again in secret.
“Sister, what on earth are you planning to do!? If you get caught sneaking out alone again, you’ll be in big trouble!”
Then Namgung Seol answered with a smile.
“This time we’ll all go out together, so it’ll be okay.”
“All together?”
Namgung blinks at Namgung Seol’s words that they’re all going out together.
Namgung Seol, who had never smiled since we met, smiled at me and my older sister.
“Can you two help me?”
I have to stay quiet and go back, but I have a feeling I’ll get involved in something.
As my sister and I looked at each other in confusion, Namgung Seol took something out of his waistband and held it out.
“What is this?”
What Namgung Seol held out was an object similar to a hanbok norigae.
It was a norigae made of blue and red knots, and Namgung Seol explained it to us when we asked.
“It’s a norigae made of knots. The jade decoration in the middle is made of bing-ok. And it can be split in half like this. I don’t know why you’re looking for bing-ok, but if you’re looking for something to carry around, this isn’t bad either.
It could be a symbol for the two of you. What do you think? If you help me, I’ll give you this.”
To be honest, the jewel that was the size of a billiard ball that I exchanged with Namgung Gaju wasn’t bad, but considering its portability, it’s not really a good idea.
If you want to carry around lizards, a norigae is much more portable.
That’s why I answered Namgung Seol.
A woman’s chastity is her honor and her life, and it is something that must be reclaimed.
“It’s not that I covet that ice jade. I just feel that I absolutely must help since it’s a matter related to a woman’s chastity. Isn’t that right, Miss Hwa-eun?”
I’m originally a philanthropist, you know.
And shouldn’t Fabre take revenge on the lizard that was abused by a ghost and crushed in a mortar?
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It was a really dark night with clouds covering the crescent moon.
It was a night that I would have had a hard time if I hadn’t learned how to raise my gaze.
Namgung Seol leads us in a completely different direction from where the warriors went searching.
From behind, we could hear Namgung Eun’s voice following us, whining.
“Sister, if I get caught this time, I’m definitely going to be locked up. No, what do I mean, I’m definitely going to have to stay there for half a year.
“We have to stop my sister together, but what if she falls for the ice so easily! I thought we had something in common so I could stop my sister!”
“No, didn’t I tell you, young lady? It’s not that I covet Bingok, but that···. Young lady Namgung Seol’s precious chastity, that···.”
“Ah! I don’t know! What should I do···.”
The reason why Namgung was whining was because not only did she not stop her sister and went along with her, but she also stole the sword that was on display in one corner of the house, which was said to have been used by Namgung Seol’s grandfather.
It is said to be a sword imbued with the energy of breaking evil and revealing truth, but it was said to be perfect for catching ghosts, so Namgung Seol had no choice but to bring it out.
And that’s it?
She was the one who boiled the warriors who stood guard and made them shut their mouths, so it was clear that if she got caught, she would be scolded no less than Namgung Seol, if not more.
It seemed like she was the type of person who couldn’t refuse her sister’s request.
It’s like the feeling of doing everything while whining?
“Eun-ah, there are guests here, so don’t act rashly.”
“You’re not going to act rashly now!?”
“Oh, if this continues, all the ghosts will run away.”
“ha···.”
Namgung Eun had to keep her mouth shut at the ridicule from her older sister and Namgung Seol, and soon after, she arrived at Dongsan.
When we arrived at a small garden with flower petals covering the ground, Namgung Seol took us to the border of the forest below the garden.
Beyond the dark boundary where you can’t even see in front of your nose in the shadow of the forest.
“Are you here?”
“Yes, it was definitely around here.”
“Let’s take a good look around first, in case there are any traces of ghosts or anything else.”
“all right.”
We decided to start looking for traces of something, even though we didn’t know what it was.
I was continuing to search the surroundings and the ground to see if there were any traces.
The surroundings started to get a little blurry, and then fog started to roll in.
And soon the fog thickened.
I looked around in confusion, but I couldn’t see any of my group.
“Lady Hwa-eun? Lady Namgung Seol? Lady Namgung Eun?”
The other three names were called, but there was no answer.
‘Are they all scattered in the fog?’
It was at that point that I thought I should gather people again, as it might be dangerous.
I take careful steps, but I feel resistance on my ankles.
When I bent down and grabbed the thing hanging from my ankle, what caught my eye was a thin, elastic thread.
As I pulled gently, a long thread extending into the forest came into view.
“What is this?”
And soon I found out what the thread was.
Because it’s a thread I’ve seen countless times in my past life.
‘Isn’t this a spider web?’
It was definitely thicker than a typical spider web, but it was definitely a spider web.
At that time, I wondered how big the owner of the spider web would be if it was this thick.
-Whoa!
Someone’s scream was heard from inside the forest.
