< Spider Web 4 >
“Eun-i is alive!?”
“Yes, of course. Let me check it out.”
Namgung Seol, who thought his younger brother was dead when he saw Namgung Eun lying like a log, drew his sword.
When Namgung Seol heard that her younger brother was alive, she quickly ran to him.
Then, he felt Namgung’s pulse and asked in an urgent voice.
“But why did this happen? Why can’t the child move at all?”
“Perhaps the landlord’s poison paralyzed my body.”
“Poison!? Then isn’t that a big deal!? Detox, is there no way to detoxify!?”
I answered casually, but Namgung Seol looked surprised by my answer and asked back.
Namgung Seol’s eyes widened at the words that he was paralyzed by poison.
It is natural for the general public to react like that because they think that poison is unconditionally scary.
Seeing her startled look, the older sister put her hand on Namgung Seol’s shoulder and explained.
“No. Lady Namgung, your body is simply paralyzed, so it will probably recover in a day or two. I think that’s why people who went missing came back in a day or two.”
“Really?”
“Yes, if it was extremely poisonous, you would have died already. You can believe me, I am a member of the Tang family. If it was extremely poisonous, not only would you not be able to move, but you would have started to experience strange symptoms in your body.”
Namgung Seol’s expression only became relieved after hearing the explanation from the poison expert.
Namgung Seol, who had once again looked at his younger brother’s body lying on the floor, now turned his gaze back towards my spider.
Namgung Seol’s cold gaze as he looks at the spider lying down in its own form.
The tip of her sword, which she held in her hands for a moment to examine her younger brother, trembled, perhaps as she thought about the shame and humiliation she had suffered because of him.
“I have to stop it before it causes an accident.”
Even though I said it was mine, I was afraid that I might do something wrong because my eyes were rolled back from the humiliation I had suffered from spiders so far, so I said it to her.
Just to emphasize my ownership once more.
“Young lady, because of what you’ve been through so far···.”
But as soon as I got lucky, I heard my older sister’s voice.
My older sister stopped me from talking and stepped forward, saying she would take care of it herself.
[Little Dragon, I’ll take care of it, so leave it to me.]
I stopped talking at my sister’s words and nodded slightly.
Then, my older sister glanced at me briefly, placed her hand on Namgung Seol’s shoulder, and continued speaking.
“You may be angry and want to kill that thing, but if you kill it here and now, Lady Namgung’s name will be forever lost. Lady Namgung.”
“Huh? It’s gone? What do you mean?”
“This spider can imitate a human face or body, so how can you guarantee that it won’t disappear when it dies? If it disappears when you kill it here, there will be no way to clear Namgung’s name.
Think about it. If you take that and show it to the people of your family, wouldn’t your grievances be cleared up? If you show it to the people of the village, then all the false rumors that have been going around will disappear completely.”
“Ugh···.”
Namgung Seol puts away his sword, trembling, because his older sister’s words are not wrong.
‘That kind of logic? As expected from my sister! My sister is smart!’
After listening to the intelligent older sister, it was definitely a possible story.
As my older sister said, I couldn’t guarantee that the disguised appearance wouldn’t disappear after death.
Of course, even if he were to be killed, there is a possibility that he would retain Namgung Seol’s form, but if he were to be released, that would not be what Namgung Seol wanted.
Although the victims were able to prove their innocence to the Namgung family members by taking pictures of the mole on their upper chests, there was no way to quell the suspicions and rumors that spread among the villagers who saw the mole on their upper chests. The victims were said to be in a semi-forcible detention in the Namgung family’s guest room, meaning that there was no way for them to prove their innocence.
Then, the older sister, who was very sharp, emphasized the part that I wanted to keep talking about.
“And that was caught by So-ryong. It was So-ryong who obtained the elixir to be given to So-joo, and Nam-gung saved So-joo’s life and caught it to help So-joo Nam-gung clear her name. Surely So-ryong wouldn’t swing the sword around as he pleased, right?
“It is up to the little dragon to decide whether to save its life or kill it.”
The older sister who pressures Namgung Seol by finding points that will make her feel sorry.
She told me to leave it to her, and she really did a great job, so I was really impressed by what my older sister said.
‘I guess my ideal type is a really smart, older woman.’
Namgung Seol fell into thought for a moment after hearing his older sister’s words.
Namgung Seol then answered with an expression that said he didn’t want to do it but that he had no choice.
“I understand. I have already owed you so much, and I cannot be ignorant of your kindness, so I will follow Sohyeop’s words. But what on earth do you plan to do about that?”
The question was what to do with it, but the answer was the same.
“The little dragon will probably bring it back to the Tang family alive.”
“You’re taking that to the party!?”
Namgung Seol quickly nodded in response to his question, which was asked with a surprised expression at the mention of taking a spider.
“Yes, it’s cute.”
“Ears, aren’t they cute!?”
Namgung Seol blushes in surprise at my words that she is cute.
Namgung Seol suddenly couldn’t meet my eyes and started to feel very embarrassed and started to look at her older sister’s face. Then, her older sister grabbed her shoulders on both sides and made her look into her eyes, then shook her head.
He said it with an expression that said it was difficult to misunderstand.
“What So-ryong said wasn’t that the landowner was cute because he resembled Lady Namgung Seol. He was saying that the landlord himself was cute. He said that he was cute because he was red, had soft fur, and had unique abilities···. Haa···.”
‘Of course. Of course.’
My older sister explaining a story that makes my mouth hurt when I tell it.
At the end, Namgung Seol patted his sister’s shoulder with an apologetic expression as he heard her sigh for no reason.
‘Why? What is it?’
***
As the day dawned, Spider and Namgung Eun were taken to Namgung’s house by Namgung Seol’s summoned warriors.
When the spider is loaded onto a cart and dragged into Namgungga, people are surprised.
The warriors and the family members looked shocked at the sight of the spider still hanging from the cart.
“Hey, the landlord, look at the young lady!”
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“It’s a monster, it’s definitely a monster!”
“This monster imitated the young lady’s appearance!”
And the head of the Namgung family also became angry when he saw the spider.
“How dare this thing steal my daughter’s image and insult her!”
The scene where the father and daughter pull out their swords and shout, “Like father, like daughter.”
My older sister looked at me once, then stepped forward and explained to the Namgung family head.
“Lord Namgung, this landowner is a little dragon······.”
As he repeated what his older sister had said to Namgung Seol, the Namgung family head looked around and put away his sword.
The head of the Namgung family nodded and said.
“If all of that is true, it is like saving the lives and honor of my two daughters. Namgung will never forget your kindness, so I will do as you wish.”
‘Oh, is that really you?’
There was a saying like that in a past life.
If a man just listens to his three women, his navigation, his mother, and his wife, his life will be easy.
I wondered if things would work out that easily.
But there was one word that came out at the end of Namgung Gaju’s answer.
“But that is unacceptable.”
Namgung Gaju’s finger was pointing at the cart carrying the landowner.
To be exact, it was pointing to the pedipalp disguised as a spider, that is, Namgung Seol’s face.
Yes, I own the spider, but Namgung Seol’s portrait rights were a different matter.
***
That was Namgung Gaju’s concern.
If that spider went to the family home with my daughter’s face on it and somehow escaped or caused trouble, wouldn’t my daughter be caught up in dirty rumors again without even knowing it?
So, the request was that if you were going to take the spider, you could at least take on a different form than your daughter.
“If that thing stole my daughter’s form, it could change into something else. At least not in a different form. How could I just let it go in my daughter’s form? I don’t want to experience that kind of thing again, where they doubt my daughter.”
To be honest, I would feel uncomfortable if even a single photo was hung up that I didn’t want, so I wouldn’t feel good if a monster that copied my daughter’s face was wandering around without my knowledge.
So I couldn’t ignore his polite request.
‘I didn’t think about portrait rights…’
Namgungga’s martial arts studio.
Inside the cage made of sturdy wood, a spider that had not yet come to its senses was lying limply.
In order to find out the conditions for the guy to change his face or appearance, he needs to wake up, but he’s still asleep.
As I was staring at the guy in the shade, onlookers came over to look at the lanky spider.
“The monster really has the appearance of a young lady!?”
“It’s exactly the same! No wonder people misunderstand.”
“See! What did I say! I said Miss Namgung wasn’t that kind of person!”
All the people watching the spider now are villagers.
The reason why people came all the way to the Namgungga training ground to see the spider was because they had been spreading rumors since yesterday lunchtime when they caught the spider and that they had caught the culprit who had caused people to disappear in the village, so people should come and see it.
If many people see it, word will spread quickly, and the bad rumors about Namgung Seol will disappear quickly.
That was when people were looking at spiders.
“What a monster!”
An excited man holding a rock is about to throw it at a spider.
The old man quickly flew forward and stopped the man.
“What are you doing! This landowner was caught by the Tang family. How dare you damage the Tang family’s property!”
“Eek! Sorry, sir.”
This is already the third time.
Why do you like throwing rocks so much, the townspeople keep trying to throw rocks at my spider.
I thought my spider was going to get hurt if it kept going like this, but I had placed the poison pods that had followed me here around us.
“Lord Gupae, it seems that most of the people who are supposed to see you have already seen you, so I will not accept any more people. If this continues, the landlord will get hurt.”
“Then, should I stop seeing it now?”
“That would be good. I will go and tell the head of my Namgung family, and let’s make sure no one sees this anymore.”
Since it seemed like they shouldn’t be accepting any more onlookers, they made an agreement with the head of the Namgung family not to accept any more onlookers and headed back.
The entrance to the training ground was a bit noisy.
“Cough! Cough! Okay, can you just take a look and leave?”
“I’m sorry, Elder, but there are orders from above so there’s nothing I can do.”
“Okay, it’ll just take a moment. Knock knock!! Knock knock!”
“Oh, that’s why I said no.”
As I approached, I saw an old man struggling with a swordsman.
“What’s the matter, Gu Dae-ju?”
“Oh, Little Dragon. It’s just that I said no, but the old man keeps wanting to see the landlord.”
The appearance of an old man who clearly looks ill.
I told the old man that he had come from far away to see me with his sick body.
“Just show me. It seems like you came all this way in such an unhealthy state.”
“Well then, shall we? I understand, Your Majesty. Since our Confucius has given his permission, then please wait a moment.”
“Kaluk! Thank you, sir.”
The old man who had been blocking our path with my permission stepped aside, and the old man slowly approached us.
Then the old man stared at the spider for a while, then turned his head and asked the old man a question.
“Kaluk! But what happens now? Are we going to catch and kill them like people say?”
Originally, they told people that they would catch and kill them, but there was no need to lie to the old man.
He approached us and answered for us.
“How could that be? He is a precious boy, so I plan to take him to Sacheon and raise him well.”
Then the old man looked slightly surprised.
The old man asked back with a surprised expression.
“Kaluk! But how could this monster···”
“A monster is just a simple landowner. It’s just that the food he eats is special. And what he eats and lives for is determined by heaven. It’s not his fault that he can’t do anything about it.”
The old man, whose eyes had widened at my words, looked at us again.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen someone say that. Kkalkk···.”
And we came close and crouched down in front of him.
“Old man, in danger…!”
When the old man saw the old man, the old man quickly approached him and tried to stop him, but the old man raised his hand to stop him.
It was because I felt something familiar in the old man’s appearance.
confederate.
A strong smell that only lovers can sense was emanating from the old man.
‘This is definitely our type.’
And as if to confirm my expectations, the old man stroked the landowner’s head, not the one disguised as Namgung Seol’s, but the real spider’s head between his legs and said:
“Kaluk! The child’s name is Yohwa. When I was in despair after losing my entire family to the plague, I brought a fist-sized boy from the mountains and raised him for twenty years.
Because I found out that if you give your yang energy to a guy, he will take on the appearance of the person you think is the most beautiful.”
An old man who tells me the information I wanted to know.
The old man looked up at me, stroking the boy’s head.
“But my energy has declined and I can no longer give my yang to this guy, so this is what happened. I have done something terrible to the daughter of the Namgung family. Your Majesty, please take good care of the evil spirit.”
I thought it was a wild animal, but it was actually a domesticated animal.
Domesticated animals are naturally stronger than wild ones and tend to follow people better.
I nodded at the old man’s words.
“Thank you for the donation… No, don’t worry, old man. I will raise you well.”
I thought it was foraging, but it turned out it was for sale.
Since I received it from the owner, I thought I should raise it well.
But one question arises.
‘How can I give you yang energy?’
