92 – No pain, no love: 4
The surname family is a samurai family.
Respect nothing and worship nothing.
It can be said that it is the most influential faction as it has survived numerous conflicts.
The martial art that can be said to be the root of the family of surnames is the one-handed sword.
It is a swordsmanship that made a mark in the history of swordsmanship, meaning “A sword accomplished in one way.”
Ildoseonggeom, which trains one’s mind and body to the limit and forges himself into a sword, is evaluated as the best swordsmanship in Korea.
In the past, the head of the family of the first surname laid the foundation for the old one-way sword, but many sword skills were lost in the process of being handed down.
However, Seong Baek-hyeon, who is in charge of the current dangju, succeeds in restoring the lost swordsmanship.
In addition, it is not an exaggeration to say that Seong Baek-hyun has the talent to be included in the top five of the previous family heads, as he has been reinterpreted and reorganized to fit the modern times.
It is only natural that Seong Baek-hyun has an outstanding talent.
Because in the surname family, there is endless competition between blood and blood.
Recessive genes are naturally eliminated, while dominant genes survive.
Among the dominant factors, the one who wins in the end becomes the family head of the surname family.
The family head of the family name means the most powerful person among blood relatives.
Sung Baek-hyun is a winner who survived the winner-takes-all jungle and is currently the top of the last name family.
Seong Baek-hyeon, who took the seat of power after cutting off his numerous brothers and sisters, urged his own children to compete for survival, just like his successive family heads.
Direct, collateral, some students…….
Some talents who inherited the blood of family names or were naturalized as Geombaekryeong and were given a sword receive rigorous education from an early age at a special training ground prepared in their home.
And the same goes for Yerin Ryu.
Since she became a family member of the last name family, Ryu Ye-rin also had to step into the struggle for survival.
But for Yerin Ryu, it was too harsh.
The family training method of the Seong family has been known for being dangerous and painful since ancient times.
There are many cases where even adult men can’t stand it and gently wave the white flag.
Even the pedigrees of the surname family that had been trained step by step since childhood were tongue-in-cheek.
It is not easy enough for Ryu Ye-rin, who is only an elementary school student, to endure.
However, the surname family is not a friendly place.
Whether you like it or not, if you are a direct blood relative of the surname family, you have to undergo training.
Rejecting her training or failing her training could result in her being kicked out of her family, so Yerin Liu had no choice but to cry and try to eat mustard.
Her mother will be heartbroken if she is kicked out of her parents’ home.
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Ryu Ye-rin, who knew instinctively that if she failed, she would be abandoned by her mother, she decided to endure it anyway.
Yes. She has to hold on somehow.
Because it is her mother’s wish to stay with Seong Baek-hyun.
For the sake of her mother’s happiness, Ryu Ye-rin was ready to make sacrifices.
“Mandible, mandible, crane, crane…… !”
First day.
Under the name of basic training, she ran all day long.
She ran and ran endlessly across the vast parade ground.
To keep her joints from getting damaged, she consumed the elixir and wore a heavy sandbag on her ankle and ran endlessly.
She ran with her siblings her age.
Including her direct, collateral, and a few students, she is well worth hundreds of people.
She said that even though she ran with the lowest level children, Liu Yerin couldn’t keep up.
Ryu Ye-rin was always on the top of the list no matter what she did in her school PE class, but she was not good enough to compete with the family members of her last name, who had been training her since she was five years old.
No, let alone competition, it is difficult to even run.
The brothers ran dozens of times around the parade ground as if it was no big deal, but it wasn’t Ryu Ye-rin.
If you think about it, the children who are trained directly at the training ground of their parents are talented people whose talents and talents have been recognized since childhood.
It was absurd for Ryu Ye-rin, who had never exercised before, to keep up with her children.
That’s why the more they ran, the more the distance widened, and Ryu Ye-rin had no choice but to roll on the dirty dirt floor with her heart pounding.
I can’t run anymore.
Liu Yerin collapsed and gasped for her breath.
She has no idea how far she ran.
This is the first time in my life that I have run for such a long time.
She is sweating like rain and her mind is dizzy.
Her heart thundered and her legs trembled.
Her muscles clamored with all their might, and she gasped for breath as if she were going to run out of breath at any moment.
Ryu Ye-rin gasping for breath while falling behind was the best thing she could do right now.
But she tried to get up somehow.
She’s here.
If this is the case from the first day, how will she survive?
If she falls out, if she gets rejected, she could be kicked out.
The surname family is not tolerant of the weak.
She has no face to see her mother if she gets kicked out.
So you have to get up.
Do you think she’ll be spread out by jumping a little?
Ryu Ye-rin bit her lower lip tightly.
Drops of blood trickled from between her lips.
She struggled to stand up with all her strength.
But her body refused to run anymore.
Her body isn’t listening.
I have to get up.
Why…….
‘I won’t wake up soon…… Gagging?!’
It was a moment of ignorance.
Yerin Ryu’s short body floated into the air.
With her brief agony, she rolled several times across the ground.
She also dislocated her shoulder because she fell without getting the proper landing.
I could see that her shoulder blade was dislocated.
Her muscles and ligaments screamed.
When she reflexively touched her shoulder, a tsunami of pain rushed through her.
Her expression softened at the throbbing pain.
But her stomach hurts more than her shoulder.
Ribs, to be exact.
The ribs are too tight.
“Wake up.”
While she was gasping for breath, not able to come to her senses, the instructor approached her and gave her a cold look.
“I say it again. Wake up.”
“Ha, ha, ha, ha…” ….”
Yerin Ryu could not answer.
Of course. She has lived a normal life so far.
She was just an elementary school student who was bullied at school.
She was bullied a little, but it was the first time in her life that she suffered like this.
She is forgiving as long as she doesn’t cry and make a fuss.
She was a normal elementary school student, but she couldn’t even last like this.
I must have run one or two laps, let alone dozens of laps, and stretched out gasping.
However, Yerin Ryu did not make a single sound of pain while she ran dozens of laps.
In order not to disappoint her mother, she tried not to fall behind.
However, this is the limit.
She was already exhausted and even beaten by her instructor.
For the first time in her life, Yerin Ryu’s mind was devastated by the pain and fear she felt.
But her instructor didn’t seem to care whether she did or not and demanded that she continue her training. It was her attitude that she did not know about Ryu Ye-rin, her spirit and her injuries.
“Ugh, ugh, ugh.”
Yerin Ryu struggled to stand up somehow, holding onto her trembling legs holding back her tears.
Her physical condition was in disarray, and she had already reached her limit, but Liu Yerin is a direct descendant of the Sega surname.
As a person who inherits an extraordinary lineage, she is different from her ordinary body.
As she tried to stand up, her trembling legs began to move slowly but little by little, as if unable to cope with her urging.
The muscles of her legs roared with tears and runny nose, but Ryu Ye-rin did not stop.
In the process of standing up, she collapsed a couple of times, and every time she sat down, an excruciating pain pounded her brain like crazy, but Yerin Ryu barely managed to stand up with her tears dripping down her face.
Liu Ye-rin, who swallowed her cries by biting her lower lip to keep her from crying, looked up at her instructor while holding her arm.
This is not a school.
She’s not kind enough to go to the infirmary even if she only has a nosebleed.
Think of it as a different world completely separated from the outside world.
Nothing will change if you drag on.
Ryu Ye-rin said that although it had only been a few days since she set her foot on the family name family, she was able to penetrate the essence to some extent.
That’s why she did everything in her power to follow the instructor’s words.
Her instructor quietly took a look at her physical condition of Ryu Ye-rin and said it didn’t matter.
“Keep running.”
“Huh, uh, black.”
Liu Yerin clenched her teeth and nodded her head, then stepped out of her way again.
Every time she ran, her left shoulder rattled and her ribs ached, but she was an ordeal and pain that Ryu Ye-rin had to endure.
That day.
After completing her training, Ryu Ye-rin was able to go to the healer and receive treatment. She is
She is a surname Sega’s direct therapist, so her skills are excellent. She
If she didn’t die, she could be brought back to life.
But the pain she felt in her shoulder and in her ribs was etched into her mind like her scars, and only tormented her Liu Ye-rin like her phantom pain.
Yerin Liu stepped her foot into her quarters with her limp.
It was an outbuilding and a resting place for the trainees.
Her room at Yerin Ryu was very shabby.
All old wallpaper and moldy rooms.
It is a little smaller than a studio room.
There are spider webs all over the place.
It is a desolate room that seems to have been neglected for a long time.
There is nothing left in the room.
There are only desks and chairs that are all tumbled down.
Except for old blankets, there is no bedding.
Only a blanket with a pleasant smell was welcoming Ryu Ye-rin.
“… ….”
Liu Yerin quietly covered her blanket and looked up at her ceiling.
Last name Sega gave her trainees a ranking system.
The better she got, the better she was treated.
On the contrary, if she gets bad grades, she is not treated well.
There are old and shabby rooms like Yerin Ryu’s room, and there are luxurious rooms like luxury hotels.
Not just lodging, but eating, wearing, playing, resting time, goods, and so on.
Discrimination in everything.
For that reason, the trainees compete and struggle while watching how they are treated differently according to their ranking.
To protect those with high ranks, try to take away those with low ranks.
“…… Mom.”
Ryu Ye-rin shed tears again.
She covered herself with a blanket and sobbed.
She’s only been a day, but wants to meet her mom.
However, her freedom does not exist for Yerin Ryu.
Ryu Ye-rin, who fell behind in competition, had to digest a tight schedule.
It was a schedule thoroughly controlled by the instructor, just like a trainee before deployment.
After the day’s training is over, it’s evening.
Because Ryu Ye-rin, who has a low ranking, is not properly given her personal maintenance time, she cannot have a meeting with Ryu Seong-yeon.
Also, Ryu Seong-yeon is Seong Baek-hyeon’s wife, even though she is said to be her concubine. She
No matter how direct she is, she had to go through the due process.
She said that it would be impossible for her to make an appointment in advance.
In order to see her mother again, she had to rank up somehow.
Ryu Ye-rin thought of her only mother and fell asleep.
I hope that tomorrow will be a better day than today.
Pray earnestly.
***
“Hello? Your name…… Yerin Ryu, right? Oh. Is she Saint Yerin now?”
“… ….”
A few weeks have already passed.
Yerin Ryu literally had a hellish day.
It was a repetition of really difficult and painful days.
When her day was done, she comforted herself by thinking of her mother, tugging on a shabby blanket.
Because when she sleeps, she thinks of her mother and can cheer up.
She did not interact with her other siblings.
She was all rivals and did not get along well with her siblings.
Especially Ryu Ye-rin, she came from an illegitimate child, and came rolling in from outside her.
Although she is a direct blood relative of hers, the fact that she is inheriting the blood of an ordinary woman whose source is unknown made her brothers’ eyes sting.
By the way.
“Nice to meet you. I am Seong Dahyun. I’m the same age as you, so you can talk to me.”
“… ….”
What the hell is this girl?
Liu Yerin slightly frowned at her.
She glanced over at the girl’s figure.
Her charming purple hair was tied into two pigtails.
She had the fresh and lively appearance of a child.
Her freshness for her age was buried.
But her girlish eyes are as sharp as a beast.
As if reminiscent of a small beast, her pupils are split vertically.
“Can I sit next to you?”
“… ….”
“I just wanted to have a conversation.”
“… ….”
Now this is a restaurant.
This is a restaurant exclusively for use by trainees.
But Yerin Ryu is sitting on the last of her last seats.
She is very shabby and old compared to other seats.
Her chair is hard and her table is dirty.
Even if you sit just a little further away, there are fluffy chairs, beautiful tables, and waiters beside you, just like in a high-class restaurant.
Yerin Ryu glanced at her little girl.
That girl has a pretty high ranking.
The exact ranking is unknown, but she can roughly guess just by looking at the food on the tray she is holding.
A well-seasoned steak, salad, and soup. And bread and pudding for dessert.
On the other hand, what about Yerin Ryu?
On Ryu Ye-rin’s plate, there were only pieces of hard bread, water, and nutritional supplements and pills.
Ryu Ye-rin’s meal was to soak stone-hard bread in water and chew it while taking pills.
“Then I’ll assume you’ve given permission, and I’ll sit down.”
Seong Da-hyun smiled and sat down next to him.
I put down the tray full of delicious food and glance at Ryu Ye-rin’s tray.
And she says.
“What is it? Yerin. Will you be like that Would you like some of mine?”
Seong Da-hyun cut a chunk of steak in half and tried to place it on Ryu Ye-rin’s plate, but Ryu Ye-rin refused with cold eyes.
“It’s okay.”
“No, but still. How can a person eat only a piece of bread? Sometimes you have to chew meat.”
“It’s okay. Tell me the main point.”
Ryu Ye-rin responded coldly, and Seong Da-hyun scratched her cheek gently at her embarrassing expression.
“I just wanted to have a conversation. Don’t be so vigilant.”
“… ….”
“And you…… It’s direct direct line.”
“…… ?”
Sung Da-hyun’s expression slightly blurry at the word direct descendant.
“By the way, do you know that you’ve become quite an issue among trainees these days?”
“Issue?”
“Yes. There was a lot of talk here and there because a child from my immediate family suddenly appeared, but everyone was relieved to hear that I hadn’t learned anything properly outside.”
Sung Da-hyun said with a slight surprise.
“So I thought I would fall behind in a few days…… They’re chasing you somehow.”
“… ….”
“The training here is really hard. Well, we can endure it because we received education when we were young and prepared our footing step by step, but you are not, right?”
“… ….”
Yerin Ryu quietly chewed on the bread.
“How can a kid who has never worked out properly outside be able to endure this much? Is she surprised by everyone? As expected, the lineage of the direct lineage is different.”
“…… You?”
“Huh?”
“…… Aren’t you a direct descendant?”
Seong Da-hyun widened her eyes at Ye-rin Ryu’s sudden question.
And awkwardly scratches the back of his neck and laughs.
“Yes. It’s a pity, but I’m from a collateral.”
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Seong Da-hyun’s eyes go down a little.
“I am not a direct descendant like you or them…… Oh, they said the tiger would come if you told me, so look over there.”
The purple girl slightly turned her head and chin at one place.
Ryu Ye-rin turned her attention to the direction Seong Da-yeon had pointed to.
Then she saw a man in his late teens walking by.
The trainees around were silent and glanced at the man.
Behind the man’s back were three or four servants holding an attendant.
The man so naturally took the attendants and walked to one of the restaurants.
That is the head seat of this restaurant.
It was a dedicated seat where only one person could sit.
“Who is that person?”
“Ah, is this your first time seeing it? Well, I don’t come to the restaurant often.”
Ordered breathing and neat gait.
I could see that the unknown momentum was flowing out, and it was a considerable level of strength.
My body shuddered just by looking at it.
“Seong Soo-hyeon is the eldest son of the head of the household and is regarded as the most outstanding among his direct blood relatives.”
“…… Seong Soo-hyun?”
“You are one of the likely candidates for succession.”
That man is one of the candidates for the successor to Seong Baekhyun…….
I remembered the first time I saw Seong Baekhyun.
A feeling that was not like him was flowing from that man as well.
Should we say spirit or momentum?
Yerin Ryu could feel them instinctively.
“If I had to argue, would it be your stepbrother?”
Seong Da-hyun trembled.
“Well, anyway. Let’s work hard in the future. Sooner or later, it will be next year, so the ranking match will start in earnest.”
“… ….”
“You say you can meet me because you have to update your ranking like a placement test?”
Ryu Ye-rin looked at Seong Da-hyun in silence.
The purple girl quietly accepted Ryu Yerin’s gaze and smiled.
“Even if I look like this, I am quite strong among my peers. Wouldn’t it be better to hope that only pigs who are not as good as other direct relatives will not meet in ranking matches?”
She speaks with a confident look.
Yerin Ryu looked at Seong Dahyun calmly and turned her head away.
Seong Da-hyun grumbled, saying, “That’s not an interesting reaction.”
And two months later.
Unlucky or good luck, the first opponent the ranking match started with was Seong Da-hyun, a girl in purple.
“What is it? Will we meet like this?”
Seong Da-hyun, who came up to the training ground, laughed.