300. East, Yue Kingdom (27)
‘Please open it when your mind is ready. It’s okay if you don’t try to read it too hard.’
I received a book from Howell.
It was an old book that felt like it had been around for a long time.
I sat under the peach tree with a book in my arms. This was the only cave in Doam Cave with an open ceiling, so you could see the night sky.
Is it because the name of the country is Wolguk?
The moon was shining brighter than ever in the sky.
Howol was busy with work and said she had to go somewhere for a while, so she quickly left, leaving me alone. I was concerned that it might be related to Zeto, but I was not yet a member of the Wolyeonghoe.
It is a truly mysterious feeling.
Me in my past life and me now.
Baekdohwa and Kaen.
I had no intention of coming this far and denying the existence of Baekdohwa. However, it is also true that there is significantly less information about her.
So, I asked Howol if I wanted to take a quick look at the book.
Will I be able to remain ‘Kaen’ even after opening this book?
I’m not sure yet.
This was a question of identity.
The important thing is that there are many people in Wolyeonghoe. There were a lot of people who wanted to repay the help they received.
Can I lead them?
Can I become a hoeju?
Does it have to happen?
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I believed that the ‘answer’ would be in this book.
I took a deep breath and opened the book.
Then the first sentence comes into view.
***
Because there were no parents, there was no surname.
All I have left are the two letters of the name Dohwa (桃花), given to me by the elder at the bookstore who took care of me since I was young.
The elder said that writing down and looking back on the events of the day, called a diary, would help in mental training, but I am not sure if that is really the case.
I guess the elders just want to know what I do.
Anyway, there isn’t really anything to talk about today.
Don’t even think about stealing.
A young man who knows nothing but writing.
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“Bookstore elder…? Even if it’s a past life, it’s the same as not having parents and having a grandfather who took care of you…”
I turned the pages with a puzzled look on my face.
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It was a summer when monsters were rampant.
From what I heard, the number of warriors defending the country looking for me has increased recently.
I’ve only done a little bit of work on the monsters that mistreat people, but they appear out of nowhere and ask for a job, saying they want to cross swords with me.
If you start a fight, they will just cut you down.
However, I didn’t kill him because I didn’t want to get rid of the body.
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‘I guess I didn’t write in my diary often…’
The next page I flipped through was covered in blood and what looked like smeared food. It seems that something bad happened.
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The old man passed away.
She was lying on the ground after being cut by the sword of a warrior who had once saved her life.
This guy was taunting me by stepping on the elderly man’s body.
I don’t remember much of what happened after that.
I was overcome with anger and lost my senses.
When I came to my senses, I saw that the guy had been mutilated to the point that it was difficult to recognize his body.
We have just taken the body of an elderly person and held a funeral.
I’m sorry, Grandpa.
Because of me.
Just because of something like me.
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It turns out that the damn bastard I killed at that time was a son of a family that was well-respected in the country.
As a result, it was not uncommon for the patriotic guys to visit me every day.
In addition, recently, with the Yue nation swallowing up the Huguo, exchanges between the two countries have become more active, and they are coming to visit more easily.
Why doesn’t even the king of Yue Kingdom help me?
From what I heard in passing, there were a lot of rumors that he was aiming for the unification of the East. He may not be a noble person, but he also has big dreams.
Anyway, the number of patriots killed over the past week is close to dozens.
They are chasing me all the way to the government office, making work a hassle.
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It seems that he got the nickname ‘Sword Demon’ by chance.
What does a ghost mean to a living human being?
If you scold a child and say that a sword ear will come when she cries, she will stop crying.
It would have been better if it had been a prettier name.
Nowadays, as soon as you enter the guesthouse, a strange current begins to flow. It seems inevitable because the color of the hair is so eye-catching.
I just wanted to eat something simple. Because I wasn’t very talented at cooking, I had no choice but to patronize guest dishes.
How could it be that in the East, where black hair is abundant, I was born with hair of so many different colors?
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Crazy guy, he ended up doing something wrong.
Baek Cheon-gyeol, the king of the Yue Kingdom, unified the East.
No matter where you go in the Yue Kingdom, you hear praise such as “Long live the King of Conqueror” And “Long live Baek Cheon-gyeol.”
Thanks to this, the strength of the Wolguk army increased, and from time to time, the people could be heard crying that the soldiers’ tyranny was getting worse day by day.
I thought he would figure it out on his own since he was a great person who unified the East, but as I was wandering around as usual, I ended up witnessing a man wearing Manwoldae armor trying to harm a woman in a village I stopped by.
The village residents knew about this but pretended not to know.
He must have been afraid that he might be harmed.
Well, in my case, I was already being chased here and there, so I approached them straight away.
I found out that he was the leader of Manwoldae, but for something like that, his skills were truly unsatisfactory.
I cut off the captain’s head and threw it to the shivering villagers.
He told them to tell them that it was the Sword Demon’s doing.
When the villagers heard the name “Geomgwi,” They got scared and tried not to make eye contact with me.
I didn’t pay much attention to it because I got that kind of reaction wherever I went.
Anyway, is it okay to let the captain of the guard do something like that? They said he was the king of conquerors, but it seems he wasn’t as great as he said.
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As I was about to turn the next page, I met Baek Cheon-gyeol, the King of Conqueror. As soon as I read that sentence, I immediately closed the book.
I had a sudden headache and found it difficult to read anymore.
After reading the first part, it seems that Baek Do-hwa was justified in having a not very good first impression on Baek Cheon-gyeol.
She was living a truly miserable life.
When she met Baek Cheon-gyeol, it must have been a big inflection point in her life. She said that, except for the elderly person at her bookstore, he was probably the only person who looked at her based solely on her facts without adding or subtracting from them.
I closed the book for a moment and sighed loudly, and then I saw Yeo Mu-hong, the vice-president of the Wolyeonghoe, on the other side.
Yeo Mu-hong soon approached me cautiously and opened his mouth.
“Kaen. I’m sorry for disturbing you, but the situation has developed so suddenly that we will have to head to Muran soon.”
“It unfolds so suddenly?”
“It means that Seo Cho-ryang, who was targeting Kaen, is trying to cross the line.”
“Line…”
“What he’s trying to do is nothing short of an insult to our Wolyeonghoe. If you don’t want to, Kaen, you don’t have to join us.”
“…No, I will follow you too. The matter seems urgent, so I will ask you to explain as I go.”
Yeo Muhong raised her eyebrows at my answer, then she lowered her head and guided me.
I heard the explanation about Seochoryang from Howell.
What on earth is this guy trying to do?
“But where did Howell go?”
“……”
When I asked where Ha-wol had gone, Yeo Mu-hong kept his mouth shut.
‘Ever since I heard the answer, Jeto, my spirit has been strange. I wonder if something is going on…’
***
Meanwhile, Seochoryang, who was looking at the pile of dirt poured on the mountain behind the palace, frowned and drooled as if he was dissatisfied.
“Hmm…”
He noticed that things were going strangely.
No other news had been heard from Yasui and his group, who had been sent to kidnap Kaen a long time ago.
It wasn’t something that had to take a particularly long time.
The Black Blood was sent out of Muran, claiming that there was an Imoogi, and Seo Yi-san was imprisoned without any resistance, so there was no interference except for Wolyeonghoe.
‘Are you stabbing me in the back at this important time? ‘Isn’t my daughter precious?’
So, to remind them of their plight, he ordered some of his subordinates to be killed with bloodstone necklaces, but the blood wizard shook his head, saying he had no response to the necklace.
When we sent someone to check, they had disappeared, leaving only traces of a fierce battle.
That did not mean that Yasui’s betrayal was certain, but Seo Cho-ryang, who was highly suspicious, eliminated him with a single cut.
Seo Cho-ryang, who decided that Yasui was useless no matter which side lost or betrayed him in the fight against Wolyounghoe, came to the mountain behind the palace with a blood wizard by his side so that he could kill his daughter at any time and raise ‘them’ up. I was getting ready.
“……”
Seo Cho-ryang, who was looking at the pile of dirt, gritted his teeth.
He didn’t want to choose this option. It was clear that if they rose up, they would deal a huge blow to the Yue Kingdom.
Nevertheless, he wanted to sit on the throne.
He had no doubt that it was a position given to him from the beginning.
With no reincarnation of Baek Tao-hwa in his hands, Seo Cho-ryang decided that an all-out war with the Wolyeonghoe and, by extension, the five stars of the Wolguk on the outskirts was inevitable…
ㅡtuk.
…In the end, he throws the royal seal he was holding onto a pile of dirt.
The seal was thrown away, and now all that was left was necromancy.
This was replaced with a scroll purchased at a large cost.
Seochoryang opened his scroll and opened his mouth.
“Stand up. Become my subordinate and conquer the Yue Kingdom and the East once again.”
ㅡKeying!!
In response to his voice and scroll, an eerie light begins to emanate from the mound of dirt.
“Kill, kill, kill…”
Seocho-ryang was smiling while looking at this.
Someone hurriedly runs to him and shouts.
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty…!”
“What’s going on?”
“Well… There were soldiers demanding compensation for imprisoning a ‘suspicious blind man’ in the royal prison.”
“…Blind?”
As far as he remembers, the only blind person to walk around the palace was ‘him’ who was a cadet at the academy.
“So? What’s the problem? If you were mistaken and captured the cadet, you can just let him go.”
When Seo Cho-ryang continued to ask for an explanation, the subject bowed his head and answered.
“Oh, but Seo Yi-san and the blind man escaped from the royal prison.”
“Escape…?”
“Yes, and I witnessed it with my own eyes. The blind man and General Yasui together…”
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Soon, the servant’s voice suddenly cut off along with the sharp sound of something being cut.
“W-What…?!”
Surprised by this, Seo Cho-ryang took a step back.
Tuk.
Then, the head of the subject who had just been speaking is cut off and falls to the floor.
“…It seems like an uninvited guest has arrived.”
The blood wizard next to Seo Cho-ryang took a step back.
“……”
Seo Cho-ryang, who was very nervous, followed the blood wizard’s gaze and looked at the man who was slowly approaching from the other side.
Dark black hair that looks like it captures the night sky.
A bandage that was whiter than any other month in the Moon Kingdom covered his eyes.
Paradise Exile.
It was the blind swordsman in the example.
Soon, the blind man, who was holding the red sword backwards, shouted lowly.
“You have crossed the line. You are the evil star of Yue Guk.”