291. East, Yue Kingdom (18)
Talk. Talk. Talk.
The sound of tapping on an armrest, etc., Heard at a steady beat.
He was sitting with his chin resting and shaking his legs non-stop.
It didn’t look relaxed.
I couldn’t relax.
Talk. Talk. Talk.
He tapped his armrest again.
His mind was full of worries.
He was pondering whether now was really the right time to grab the delicious ripe fruit in front of him.
Talk… Talk…
Soon the tapping stops.
He stood up, his eyes flashing with intense energy.
“Today is today.”
At the sound of his voice, the warriors kneeling in front quietly bowed their heads.
He with an evil smile was the uncle of Seo Yi-san, the current king of Wolguk, and the king assassin who assassinated the previous king, Seo Cho-ryang.
Seocho-ryang made one big decision.
Tonight, I will drop the moon of Wolguk.
“It’s an exchange between warriors, and by gathering the elites of the Wolguk and setting up a drinking bar, things will be much easier. I bet he didn’t even know he was digging his own grave.”
It was a plan that Seocho-ryang came up with on the spot.
He suggested to Seo Yi-san that while he had invited the academy’s cadets, how about opening a venue for exchanges with the proud elite soldiers of the Yue Dynasty?
For Seo Yi-san, who was politically cut off, Seo Cho-ryang’s proposal was not a simple proposal.
Nevertheless, he advised Seo Yi-san, saying that there was no need to step forward in person so as not to arouse suspicion.
Since Seo Yi-san did not drink alcohol, he readily accepted Seo Cho-ryang’s offer.
“Yasui.”
At Seocho Ryang’s call, the man with no light in his eyes raised his head.
“I’ll leave the Wolyeonghoe to you. Go and catch Baek Do-hwa’s reincarnation.”
“…What will you do with the black blood?”
In response to Seo Cho-ryang’s confident voice, Yasui asked plainly in a voice without any elevation.
“Dark Blood… It would be best to prevent them from intervening in this matter as much as possible. I have already ordered my subordinates to treat them to Ilsongju. It would be nice if that would help them soothe themselves to sleep, but the only thing these monstrous monsters can do is drink. It would be a complacent idea to hope to lose it. So…”
At the time when Seo Cho-ryang was reciting his plan.
One of his subordinates raised his hand.
He was one of those who had previously given instructions to bring Ilsongju to the Black Blood Three.
“What is it?”
“Hey, that’s… The two guys have already gotten used to it.”
“What does it mean?”
“So… Two of the three black-blooded people drank Ilsongju and fell asleep.”
“……”
His subordinate stutters as Seo Cho-ryang looks at him with suspicion.
“Well, I saw it with my own eyes…! The woman was completely distraught and was making tongue-twisting sounds, and the bearded man was snoring with his head stuck on his desk.”
“Yes, that’s right…”
Seocho Liang stroked his beard while thinking deeply, and laughter came from the table behind him.
“hahahahaha! This might also be a revelation from heaven!”
“That’s right. Only today will the true moon rise in the country of Yue.”
Those who shed arsenic were nobles and subjects under Seochoryang.
They were poor people who were born into various good families and achieved nothing through their own efforts.
However, their position and power could not be denied.
They were all foolish idiots, so they banded together under Seochoryang.
There were no more people left in Muran who would hold the hand of Seo Yi-san, the rotten copper string.
Seo Cho-ryang, who was second to none in terms of cunning, did not look kindly upon those people whose only abilities were a few letters in their names, but he tolerated the people he kept around him because the dumber they were, the better.
That way, it is easier to handle and there are no corners to climb on.
“That doesn’t mean there’s anything good about letting down your guard. I’ve already prepared a plan to divert their attention.”
Seo Cho-ryang looked away from them and continued speaking.
“Tonight, a new moon will rise in the country of Yue.”
How many people are buried under those two fat, unsightly legs?
He will fight, win, and plunder as he has always done. Only this time, what he coveted changed to ‘everything in Yue Country’.
The malefic star of the Yue Dynasty was emitting an ominous light.
***
“”……””
In a strangely silent room, the man who was staring intently at the screen began to groan.
“…It’s only that one move that bites me…”
“I’m fine.”
Zeto readily accepted Seo Yi-san’s proposal and smiled.
“Okay… Then, let the king go to the throne…”
“I will place the horseman on the left and right arms.”
Seo Yi-san clenched his fists as if he had accomplished it and his words were immediately cut off by Jeto’s voice.
Teook. Chin.
Seo Yi-san moves the object.
“…Oh my.”
Even though he gave up his pride and made a servile move, the fact that he was defeated did not change.
“If you’re going to lose, you’ll have to make five more moves. That’s the move I’ve been planning since then.”
“…I lost. What’s the move of five? I think it would be quicker to go back to when you were a newborn and wait for you to be born before getting rid of you.”
“hahahaha, that’s too much praise. Your Majesty also has the number of victories.”
“It must be there. The problem is that it is not visible to Jim…”
Seo Yi-san mumbles and raises his head.
With this, he experienced eight defeats tonight alone.
Zeto, who had questions, treated him quite roughly, so the time spent per game was not very long.
“What is your question?”
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“No more.”
“You know when to step aside.”
“Well, I guess it’s a little late.”
“I asked to make a bet for no reason. Even though I had questions, I couldn’t ask because I couldn’t win.”
“My ears are always open.”
“Are you okay?”
“You think it’s an open review.”
Seo Yi-san laughs heartily at Jeto’s joke.
“hahahaha, it’s a joke… Do you also enjoy gambling?”
“I once robbed a gambling house.”
Physically.
Jeto swallowed his last words and listened to Seo Yi-san’s next question.
Seo I-san’s request was none other than information about Kaen.
Do you know a secret that others may not know?
She asked me if I felt a special energy from her.
Zetto responded appropriately and did not give the correct answer. This was because the question did not seem to be asked because there was something he needed to find out.
‘Was it a question to match the assortment?’
Jeto had such thoughts as he looked at the girl who seemed to be his close associate.
Soon, Seo Yi-san sent Jeto back, saying it was late. Zeto left the room without any regrets.
It was around this time that Seo Yi-san was smiling as he was more satisfied with his meeting with Jeto than expected.
“Your Highness, I guess you weren’t able to ask as many questions as I had planned.”
“…You try to win. Jim did his best.”
“No, I don’t know how to put fire to water. I think the situation has become more serious than that.”
“Ah, yes. If he makes a move, he will definitely choose tonight. Has the information flowed to him as well?”
“The goal was much more noticeable than we expected, so we had no choice.”
“What about Wolyeonghoe?”
“It looks like there will be some movement.”
Just as Seo Cho-ryang had a plan, they also had a plan prepared in advance.
“Is there any news about Baek Cheon-gyeol’s reincarnation?”
“I’m looking for it, but it doesn’t seem to be here. I think I’ll be able to find out more details only after contacting the target.”
The girl bows her head and answers Seo Yi-san’s question.
She was a member of Wolyeonghoe and was the one who dug up information about Baek Do-hwa’s appearance from Seo Yi-san.
Baek Cheon-gyeol and Baek Do-hwa, who can be seen as the core of this incident, had diaries called Baekwolrok and Dohwarok, respectively.
Baekwolrok was in the hands of Seo Yi-san, the current king of Wolguk, and Dohwarok was held by Wolyeonghoe. The problem was information about them.
It goes without saying, but few people would describe their appearance in their diary.
So, it was inevitable that Baekdohwa’s appearance was described in Baekwolrok, and Baekcheongyeol’s appearance was described in Dohwarok, but the problem was Baekcheongyeol’s side.
As Kaen, the reincarnation of Baek Do-hwa, completely matches the appearance described in Baek Wol-rok, there is a possibility that Baek Cheon-gyeol’s reincarnation can also be found.
Black-haired byeok-an.
The good news is that among the cadets who came to Wolguk with Kaen, not many had black hair.
But it was difficult to find the area inside the wall.
The name of Jeto, who had black hair, was also included in the list of people presumed to be the reincarnation of Baek Cheon-gyeol by the Wolyeonghoe… But Howell arbitrarily excluded his name from the list.
The reason was that Baek Cheon-gyeol, who was single-minded to Baek Do-hwa, could not have been Jeto, who was seen as a libertine.
***
On my way back after parting ways with Seoisan.
I was thinking deeply about the unexpected answer I got from him.
When asked if he always keeps Baekwolrok with him, Seo Yi-san said that he has recently become interested in it and is reading it carefully.
Then where was that part?
It was the beginning of Baekwolrok.
‘At the beginning, there is a scene where Baek Cheon-gyeol kills his brother for the sake of Yue Guk. Despite being his only blood relative, he swung his sword without any hesitation. Jim is curious. I wonder if Jim even has the courage to do that.’
That is how Seo Yi-san answered my question.
The information contained in his answer was one.
Seo Yi-san was trying to attack Seo Cho-ryang.
The first thing that came to mind was the question ‘how’, but I put that aside for a moment and tried to find the butterfly effect that caused something that had never happened before to happen.
I was able to find out by asking questions to him later.
It is presumed that the external appearance of Baek Do-hwa, Baek Cheon-gyeol’s wife, was depicted in Baekwolrok.
I couldn’t find out in great detail because I couldn’t ask him outright, but considering the events that had happened so far, this assumption was given even more weight.
It was a more strange feeling than that.
In my previous life, I had a brother, and I killed that brother and ascended to the throne.
I had a headache, but probably because I wasn’t reading the article myself, I didn’t have any memories of my past life coming back.
When I was walking and thinking about that.
I felt the presence of familiar people on the other side.
As I walked towards them, I soon saw them all tangled up in something.
“Miss Aisel.”
I waved my hand from afar.
“Zeto, can you help me…?”
Soon, Aizel, who was supporting Kaen, made a death sound.
Amon, who was following her, was overturning Lucia, Yuri, and Crank.
As I approached them, a strong smell of alcohol came into the air.
“How much did you drink…?”
“I don’t know. Suddenly Kaen drank too much of her alcohol and…”
When I heard the explanation, I heard that other people were trying to match Kaen’s over pace and got drunk.
Aisel, who is strong at drinking, survived, and Amon…
“Eurachacha! It’s Colonel Caligus Carriage!”
“Yay!”
At Amon’s shout, Lucia, who was riding on his back, raised her hands and shouted in unison.
ㅡCudangtang!
…Then the crank rolls down.
Amon was just standing there and didn’t seem to be in his right mind.
“Let’s go back to the accommodation first.”
Then, it was the time when I was trying to take over Kaen from Aisel.
An unidentified number of people who touch the senses.
It was full of people I was meeting for the first time, but I felt like I knew what kind of people they were, as I could sense the presence of Maduk, whom I had met before, nearby.
“Zeto, what are you doing…?”
When I hardly moved, Aizel, who was being pressed down by Kaen’s body, tilted her head.
Soon she also looks around and notices her surroundings.
That we are completely surrounded.
“Miss Aisel, from now on, take Miss Kaen and get as far away as possible. You can do it, right?”
“Zeto…?”
“I’ll take care of this and then join you.”
With those words, he took out ‘Sierra’ from his belt.
ㅡSereung.
As I continue my movements, a man who had been hiding in the dark shadows and was hard to see appears.
I was able to immediately recognize who he was from the pressure that made my arms tremble as he revealed himself.
[ Boy, you’ve changed a lot. ]
He was ‘Yasui’, their leader and the captain of the 3rd Division of the Wolguk Five Star Division.
“…No. I can’t leave Zeto alone.”
Aisel faced Yasui, who seemed to have a dangerous aura even at first glance, and grabbed my arm.
I responded with a smile to her worried voice.
“Don’t worry. I won’t die.”
It was a matter that could be resolved with a brief conversation.
The problem was that our swords would clash during the conversation.