296. East, Yue Kingdom (23)
“…Hmm.”
“Why don’t you lie down a little longer? You’re hungover and your body is stressed out. It’s not that strange that you can’t get up. Since you just left the bed, it would be best not to move as much as possible.”
Aizel came to her senses and tried to raise her body, but gently stopped her.
“Jeto…? Spit…What is that…”
Immediately, Eisel raised her head and lowered her gaze to check the needles that had landed on her arms and abdomen.
“……”
“Miss Yuri helped me.”
Meanwhile, Eisel’s face was getting hotter as she put on her underwear, so she added, fearing that she might misunderstand.
“Ah… Where am I?”
After Eisel sounded like she was regretting something, she asked that question as she looked around her room.
“This is the instructors’ room. Well, as you can see, we couldn’t find the instructors.”
“Kaen is…”
“…I haven’t found anything about her yet. I checked the safety of the other cadets first, but they were all drunk and fast asleep, and nothing special happened. However, the soldiers inside the palace And the whereabouts of the attendants are strange. They all disappeared in an instant, as if they were ghosts that appeared in the middle of the night.”
“Of course. It wasn’t something that could have happened in the palace where the king was staying.”
“I think we’ve gotten caught up in something pretty bad without even knowing it.”
“Come to think of it, did she say ‘Rai Jin’? That’s what he said. He said he couldn’t leave Kaen in the hands of people who don’t know the seriousness of the situation.”
“Due to the seriousness of the situation… Was there anything else that was said? Because no one had any memory, we couldn’t retrieve much information.”
At that moment, other people’s voices can be heard faintly outside the door. Their hangover had already been cured with acupuncture.
Then, Eisel turns her head from looking at her door and opens her mouth.
“I called Kaen Lord Hoeju. I mean Hoeju… Did he have that kind of background…?”
“I don’t know what organization she belongs to, but with that title, I don’t think she’ll do her any harm.”
“But it’s true that she didn’t even listen to Kaen’s opinion and took her by force.”
“…Well, that’s true too.”
“Anyway, it’s calmer than I thought.”
Eisel stared at me with her questioning eyes.
She was asking.
She asked how she remained calm in a situation where Kaen was captured by an unidentified group.
There were many reasons for this, but unfortunately she could not provide all of her information.
I responded with a smile.
“hahahaha, it was the same in Ms. Aisel’s case that she was calm. Why do they say that even if she goes into a tiger’s den, she can come out alive as long as she comes to her senses?”
“…Is it so easy to get away with this?”
“For now, Ms. Aisel, please focus on your recovery.”
“What about Zeto?”
“I plan to look for the instructors as well. I received a request from medical officer Priscilla.”
Even though I said that, I had no intention of looking for the instructors who had disappeared to nowhere.
Three of black blood.
Their fame was widespread throughout the East.
For Seo Cho-ryang, who could not have been unaware of this, they would have been the number one threat.
It is assumed that by now they are being swayed by Seo Cho-ryang’s scheme and are wasting time somewhere.
It wouldn’t have taken them that long to realize Seo Cho-ryang’s insidious intentions, but Seo Cho-ryang must have thought they would have bought enough time to get their hands on Kaen.
If there was one mistake that even this very clever Seo Cho-ryang made, it was that he did not place a bloodstone necklace around the neck of the 3rd Division Captain Yasui.
He must have thought that hanging it on Shuri was enough. I would have thought it would be easier to deal with Yasui that way.
He would never have thought that his wicked ways would turn into a stain and come back as a sword.
‘I hope Yasui doesn’t rush in…’
It could not yet be said that all of Seochoryang’s limbs were cut off. If he was this scheming, it was clear that he had created a corner to get out of.
‘If Yasui pushes Seo Cho-ryang in a hurry and he ends up falling into a rat hole…’
It becomes more difficult to remove him.
It’s not just a rat hole, there may be forces other than Yasui hiding.
Well, for now, I have no choice but to trust Yasui, who stood next to Seo Cho-ryang and gritted his teeth while observing his work.
“Oh, really…”
“Why?”
Izel, who could not go to the field with me, asked back in a sour voice.
“Miss Yuri asked me to say thank you for protecting her.”
“Ha, why don’t you tell me to speak directly. Doesn’t he have a mouth or tongue?”
In response to Eisel’s blunt reply, Yuri, who had been pressing her ear to her door, immediately reached out her hand towards her doorknob.
ㅡSnap!
“…Thank you for protecting me… Is that enough…?!”
Then, her door opened wide and Yuri suddenly appeared, squeezing her eyes shut and shouting.
“What are you saying all of a sudden? What were you doing so glumly in front of her door?”
“Me? I’m thinking of following Zeto and looking for the instructors…”
“No, you have to stay here.”
“Why should I do that?”
“Can’t you tell when you look at me like this? I need someone to protect me.”
“Why do I have to protect you?”
“Because I protected you too. You never know when the gangsters might come and do harm to you again. More than anything, I’m worried if it’s not Yuri.”
“What is that… Jeto…?”
Yuri, who was fighting with Aizel and suddenly caught her ankle, called me and asked for help.
“If you’re Miss Yuri, I can’t be more trustworthy. If you do that, I’ll have one less thing to worry about.”
“Zeto…?!”
I had no intention of taking Yuri with me in the first place, so I answered that and left her room.
Meanwhile, the remaining three people in the hallway were discussing the owner of the vomit on their clothes.
“This smell is clearly seafood. And I haven’t eaten seafood.”
“Wait a minute, Mr. Crank! I didn’t eat seafood either…?!”
“Hang? So you’re saying it’s me?”
It was truly a useless discussion.
After that, I went out into the hallway and took a deep breath of air. Because of my heightened sense of smell, the stench of vomit did not seem to escape my nose, which made me feel dizzy.
“Whoa…”
I thought so as I looked at the moon in the night sky while exhaling.
I guess it’s because it’s the Yue Dynasty.
The night feels very long.
First, let’s find out what happened to Seoisan.
No, before that, the priority would be to join Keraf and Volk with Maduk.
There was a mountain of work to do.
Well, I wonder if there was ever a time when that wasn’t the case.
***
“……”
When I came to my senses, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling.
Rather than an unfamiliar ceiling, there was no ceiling.
When I opened my eyes, I was lying under a tree.
I looked around but couldn’t see anyone.
An outer wall made of rock walls.
A mysterious place where you can see the bright moon through the ceiling.
Where on earth is this place?
“…Ugh.”
I tried to recall my memories, but I only got headaches every now and then, and I couldn’t remember how I came here.
I sat calmly on the dew-covered grass and recalled my memories step by step.
After spending an uneventful night with Jeto, all I could remember was that I was in a bad mood and drank alcohol.
Is it because I lived without drinking alcohol in the first place? It felt like the hangover was still lingering in my head.
I couldn’t think of anything, so after thinking about it for a while, I stood up.
Then I looked at the tree behind me.
‘Peach blossom…’
The old tree, which felt strangely familiar, had pink flowers blooming, the same color as my hair.
Am I even dreaming?
It was strange to encounter an old tree in a remote place and feel familiar with it, even though it looked like it had been around for a long time.
After staring blankly for a while, a headache came over me and I took my hand away from the old tree.
‘Light…?’
After that, I noticed light coming from a passage in the outer wall and immediately started walking.
‘Could it be a cave?’
At least it wasn’t inside the palace.
As I was walking along the light through a narrow passage, I heard a conversation coming from the end of the passage, so I quieted my steps and listened.
“The two Mu-yeongs were attacked and stranded…”
“Raijin says there was an unexpected counterattack. Still, I’m glad we were able to safely retrieve Lord Hoe…”
“Hoeju…?”
“You haven’t woken up yet. But even if you do, you won’t have any memories, so I’m worried whether you’ll be able to accept this situation.”
“There was nothing we could do. Seo Cho-ryang took action earlier than expected, so we just did what we had to do. We couldn’t hand Lord Hoe into the hands of such a vicious person.”
“Then what is the next plan?”
“We have to find Baek Cheon-gyeol. Since it is certain that Lord Hoe is reincarnated, we cannot rule out the possibility that he is reincarnated. Seo Cho-ryang will also definitely have Baek Cheon-gyeol’s reincarnation in mind.”
“It’s okay. I believe Lord Hoe will be able to find Baek Cheon-gyeol quickly.”
The closer I got, the better I could hear their conversation.
‘It’s a voice I heard somewhere…’
Hoeju, reincarnation, and even Baekcheongyeol.
At that time, their identities were gradually becoming clear according to the context of the conversation.
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“…….”
I accidentally kicked a small rock on the floor.
“…Wait a minute. Howel, did you hear the sound too?”
“Yes, this is the direction where Lord Hoe is. I guess he’s awake. I’ll go out to meet him.”
It caught the attention of those who were talking.
Immediately, I heard the sound of someone walking down the aisle and immediately made eye contact with a girl with short hair.
“Are you awake?”
The girl asked in a quiet voice.
That was the first meeting with Howol, the next vice-president of the Wolyeonghoe.