Surviving as the Sacheon Dang Clan’s Servant - Chapter 288



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Episode 288

I blinked blankly at Sima Haoxian’s words and frowned.

“… … hey. Why are you saying that now? “Do you really want to die?”

“No, you didn’t even give me a chance to talk! Oh my gosh! Great cooperation! Don’t hit! “I haven’t broken any bones yet!”

Even though he only raised his hand, Sima Haoxian, who was acting harshly, backed away from me and blurted out information.

“I was locked in the barn for over half a day. “I could feel the energy that was the axis of the battle beneath my feet, so I must have hidden something underground.”

“Underground?”

“These bastards hide a lot of things underground. It looked fine on the outside, so there must be a secret room leading to the basement hidden in one of the halls.”

He answered casually and hummed, saying that if he could find the secret room, he would be able to pull out evidence like radishes from a field.

“How do I find the secret room?”

“The Daehyup has to find that out. “I, who followed you as a servant, can’t go around stirring up someone else’s clan.”

“He said he felt something under his feet. “I felt it, but why can’t I find which building it is?”

“The rules are not that simple. Daehyup. You keep saying ignorant things… … .”

“Sounds ignorant?”

“… … Hmm.”

Sima Haoxian, who looked the other way and cleared his throat, spoke again.

“Anyway, here’s a trick: Compare the length of the hallways on each floor.”

“how?”

“It may look the same on the outside, but when you actually walk through it, the length of the hallway will be different. A floor with nothing hidden will be the same length as the building seen from the outside, but a floor with hidden rooms will have shorter hallways.”

“oh.”

“Walk down the hallway counting your steps. If the 1st floor is 10 paces, then the 2nd floor is also 10 paces. If the 2nd floor is 10 paces, please count the 3rd floor. “There will be a secret room on an unusually short floor.”

“Do we have to search each building individually? “Do you have any guesses?”

“yes. It may take some effort, but it will be much better than just destroying the building to find a secret room. “Usually people don’t come in and out of things like this often, but they are hidden in a building where anyone can enter without suspicion.”

“So where is it?”

“Oh, you’re talking! Put down your fists, Daehyup! Shrine! “It’s a shrine!”

I frowned as I looked down at Sima Haoxen, who was shaking and screaming.

“A shrine? That shrine that enshrines the memorial tablets of our ancestors? “How can an outsider enter the investigation?”

“Although it is not a sect of a size where Josajeon could be held, it would have decorated a shrine so that outsiders could offer incense flowers. “That’s how we sell incense.”

“It’s not a temple or a conduit, so how can you sell incense? “Who buys that?”

“Do you know that manors are earned through merit? The fact that the world prospered after taking that Dokgoil guy in as a guest means that that demonic cult guy had amassed a lot of wealth. Of course he sold incense too. What do children know if you take a late Jisoo who doesn’t know anything about the world and ask them to pay homage to our ancestors? “I’m living in Sarani.”

After listening to it, I seemed to remember seeing a building similar to a shrine at Hyegeommun Gate.

“It sounds like bullshit, but somehow I can understand it.”

“Anyway, start looking around there. “It is rare for guests who have visited many times to offer incense flowers again, and disciples of the sect will not visit unless it is a special day, so the area around it is suitable for hiding something.”

“… … Hey. “This kid is really smart.”

“It seems like you said it out loud, but I take it as a compliment.”

Sama Haoxen, who was chuckling, looked up at me with an expectant look in his eyes and blinked wildly.

My eyebrows naturally furrowed due to my unpleasant behavior.

“I’m not going to take your shackles off. “I ask Gyeongwon to release me.”

“They said they would take me with them if it was useful!”

“I didn’t say it was today. “It was two days later.”

Sima Haoxian, whose mouth was distorted, sniffled, but he didn’t even look pitiful anymore.

When I didn’t even pretend to listen, he quickly wiped his nose with a normal face and added.

“Once you find the secret room, it is easy to destroy the formation and open the passage to the underground. That’s the Jegal guys’ strategy, it’s no big deal. “If you find a building with a secret room and tell me about it, I will go down and destroy it without notice.”

“I like it, but what are you planning? “What are you going to ask for after breaking the law?”

Despite his eyes full of distrust, Sama Haoxen shrugged his shoulders without being discouraged.

“I would like to receive the help of that Demon Cult bastard, but that would be impossible. “The Murim League will collect it as a gift.”

“… … .”

As I, speechless, closed my mouth, Sama Hoseon chuckled and pretended to tip his glass.

“So, if you’re satisfied with how I’ve done my job, please give me a cold drink. “If possible, it’s Sacheon’s expensive white liquor.”

“Do it right. “If you do well, I’ll give you two drinks.”

“I will not betray that expectation.”

“You don’t use the word betrayal. “It’s called responding.”

“Yes, yes. “It looks like it lives up to expectations.”

Sima Haoxen raised the corner of his mouth and rubbed his hands with a sinister look.

I smiled and shook my head.

* * *

The day before we visited Jeongpunghoe again, we gathered in Yang Kyo-jin’s guest room and did a final inspection.

“Yang Kyo-jin. “Did you take the flares?”

“huh. “I took four, two on each side.”

“What did you say you had to do tomorrow?”

“Keep following and talking to Dokgo-il so that he doesn’t have to worry about you.”

“good. Exactly. Jinseong Dojang is moving with me, right?”

“yes. I am the one most sensitive to demonic energy. “We will search thoroughly to make sure we don’t miss even the slightest trace.”

“Prince Nangong… … .”

“You don’t have to worry. “I will hold on to the members so that no attention is drawn to the two of you.”

After organizing our respective roles, we looked at Sima Haoxen, who was shivering in the corner.

He covered his face from the cold gaze of the three people and fixed his gaze on the floor.

“Simama Xiaoxiao. “You can really destroy it, right?”

“Of course I will. I can destroy Zhuge Jinbeop even with my eyes closed. Except for the Jin made by that bastard, Zhuge Xiaogang. “Perhaps because the Jinbeobist has a dirty temperament, the rules of his Jinbeop are also dirty.”

“Oh, yes. Since Yongbong Danju has no business setting up a law for the Demon Cult bastard, I will accept that he will be destroyed unconditionally. If he doesn’t, he dies.”

“… … .”

“Okay? Then disperse. I will come to Jinsi tomorrow to pick you up. “We’ll meet here tomorrow too.”

“yes. All right.”

“Have a peaceful night, Soger.”

After exchanging good night’s greetings, we prepared to disperse.

But for a long time, the spirit that came down from Jinseong’s shoulder climbed up my body, scratched my sleeve and spoke to me.

“Kit!”

“What’s going on? Lord. “Are you not going to sleep with Jinseong Dojang today?”

“Key. key!”

I flinched at Joo-ryeong’s actions, which gave me a sense of déjà vu, and petted him as if I were calm.

“why. Do you want to go for a walk? stamp. I’ll go in first. Good night.”

Then, trying not to look strange, he left the guest room and headed toward the side door in the corner.

As I followed the Lord to the outskirts of the capital, the midnight sun was hiding among the grass, as expected.

Baekya, who was squatting next to a rock, made eye contact with me and looked like she was sorry.

“Are you looking for a soft hair tie? It’s okay if you don’t show it, Byakuya. “It’s dangerous for you to stay here now, so go back quickly.”

When I spoke in a soft tone, Baekya, who was wriggling her fingers, mumbled.

“be careful.”

“what?”

“No. 56.”

“No. 56? “Is Dokgoil number 56?”

Byakuya did not answer. Instead, he raised his right hand and pretended to eat something.

“Don’t eat it.”

“what?”

“no. “Don’t eat it.”

Baekya’s eyes were full of worry as he repeated the same words.

Even without Byakuya explaining in detail, I could guess what it was.

It seemed like they were trying to get something into their food that was so bad that they took the risk of coming and warning us.

It’s poison or something. Either loneliness.

… … Could it be that Dokgo-il was looking for an opportunity to feed the loneliness of the later indexes?

As my gaze became fierce, Baekya shrank back and hid behind a tree, increasing the distance between me and me.

I quickly cleared my face and lowered my voice as if I was encouraging a child.

“Baekya, I’m not angry at you. “Did you give the sword to Yeonryang?”

Byakuya proudly nodded to my question.

“good job. thank you.”

Goodbye.

I breathed a sigh of relief, reached into my sleeves, and threw the sweets to Baekya.

Baekya, who caught the flying lump, tilted his head in confusion.

“… … ?”

“Danggwa. Don’t eat the cloth. Just peel off the cloth and eat the kernels inside. Understand?”

Baekya, who was turning the fruit back and forth as if he was seeing it for the first time, carefully placed it in his arms.

Then he shook his head again.

“Don’t eat it.”

“okay. I will never eat it. “Go back quickly.”

“huh.”

Only then did Byakuya, with a relieved expression, turn his back.

The tip of the white night’s rapidly receding hair glowed strangely white.

At that moment, I realized why the midnight sun is the midnight sun.

‘It is said that those who have mastered the magic technique will have their hair turn white as a side effect when they reach the level of escapism.’

Once you reach the level of escape from demons, you will be able to control your retrograde inner energy.

Because you can survive without being consumed by demonic energy.

It’s definitely a name that Yeonryang would have given.

Go against nature and become the sun in the night sky.

Don’t become a demon by falling into the devil, but survive and shine brightly.

I shook out the lump rising in my throat, stamped my feet, and turned my back.

You idiot. He used an ominous name like a goblin.

Why do you give names to others to live in, but you crawl into your own limbs?

You stupid brother. Just meet him. I will beat you from the back.

I sighed and promised for a moment, but I felt a little better when I imagined Yeonryang’s voice shaking as she said that her brother was going to die.

‘Aww, Sohye! My brother is dying!’

no. It must have been difficult, but I still have to welcome you back. I feed him a lot of meat, put his head on his shoulder, and buy him his favorite stir-fried meat… … .

… … Well, I still have to beat it.

As I muttered and looked up at the sky, I saw a star shining particularly red.

My guiding star, which others talked about as ominous, was still holding its place without losing its light.

I stopped walking and stared blankly at the stars of different colors alone.

There were countless things I wanted to say, but they were all too heavy to say out loud.

After choosing my words again and again for a while, I chanted in my heart as if I was wishing on a star.

Onii-sama is not some kind of ghost.

Brother is just brother.

So, come back quickly before I forget your face. Brother.