39. The Spring and Autumn Period of Martial Arts

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“What the hell is this…!”

 

 

Soo-hyun and the elders rushed over as quickly as possible upon hearing the news that the Ewha Palace was on fire.

They stood on a hill overlooking the city, staring at the scene with bewildered expressions.

 

Fires blazed here and there, and the government office, the heart of the city, was painted entirely in blood.

It was such a devastating sight that anyone would mistake it for a surprise attack by Japanese pirates.

 

 

Turning their gaze slightly towards the location of the Ewha Palace, they found despair there as well.

The once splendid and beautiful buildings had been burned away, and thousands of people were being forcibly mobilized on a clean plain, carrying construction materials and such.

 

 

“Hmm. It’s Seo-hyun, after all.”

 

 

Yoo-eun discovered Seo-hyun supervising the people amidst the chaos and nodded.

If there were people who would burn down a group like the Ewha Palace without hesitation, it would naturally be Seo-hyun and her gang.

 

“Come to think of it, it’s been quite a while. I feel a bit sorry.”

 

Seo-hyun aside, I was supposed to show my face to my wives at least once every two weeks, but it’s been almost two months since I last contacted them.

It wasn’t intentional; I lost my phone in the process of being kidnapped by the Sword Empress.

 

 

“I’m gonna get a beating on my back.”

 

Of course, they wouldn’t worry about a guy like Yoo-eun just because contact was lost, but it was still quite rude.

Yoo-eun decided to contact them as soon as he joined Seo-hyun and was about to descend the hill.

 

Thump!

 

 

But he was grabbed by Soo-hyun before he could take a few steps.

 

 

“Where are you going now! It’s dangerous, stay back.”

 

Soo-hyun pulled him back with an unusually firm expression.

But Yoo-eun, having already judged that he had won her over, subtly removed her hand.

 

 

Now that I’ve reaped the rewards of enduring and playing the hidden strongman, shouldn’t I reveal my approximate true self?

 

 

“Soo-hyun-ssi, don’t be surprised when you hear this.”

“?”

“Actually, I’m stronger than Se-rin-ssi.”

“…”

“So it’s not dangerous at all.”

“…Is this the time to joke around?”

 

Of course, Soo-hyun doesn’t accept it at all.

It wasn’t something she could accept in the first place. Stronger than the Sword Empress?

 

“Chief Strategist-nim? We’ll go ahead first, so please protect Gongja well.”

“Wait! I alsoㅡ,”

“You have to protect Gongja-nim!”

“…”

 

 

Could one be this bewitched? For those wicked women to tell someone to protect a man.

It’s truly an absurd thing.

 

 

But anyway, Soo-hyun agreed with those words, so she had the Ewha swordswomen guard the surroundings and hugged Yoo-eun.

 

 

“Uwo… Soo-hyun-ssi, you’re warm.”

“…Don’t say such nonsense. Please.”

“Hey. Why is this nonsense?”

 

 

Yoo-eun enjoyed the plump fleshiness he felt on his back and slyly stroked Soo-hyun’s thigh.

 

 

“Hic!! What are you doing now!”

 

Soo-hyun was horrified.

The swordswomen who were guarding the surroundings turned around, and she gestured as if it was nothing.

 

 

“What are you doing, really!”

“More than that, Soo-hyun-ssi, believe me. There’s nothing dangerous. I’ll protect Soo-hyun-ssi.”

“Ha.”

 

She was dumbfounded.

Yoo-eun slipped out of her embrace(?).

 

 

“???”

“Well, let’s go.”

“No, wait!”

 

Yoo-eun winked at her, who was asking with her eyes how he got out.

 

“The world is full of unknowable things. Just go with it.”

“What are you saying that I can’t understand! Pleaseㅡ,”

 

 

Yoo-eun hugged the constantly nagging Soo-hyun tightly and suddenly soared high into the sky.

 

 

“Gasp!”

“Let’s go.”

“No, what…”

 

Yoo-eun, I thought he didn’t know martial arts???

 

 

Soo-hyun was dumbfounded, and the Ewha swordswomen were looking up from below with absurd faces.

Yoo-eun waved to them and moved towards the Ewha Palace site, where the elders were running from afar.

The figures of the two people shot out, with a violent sound echoing throughout the heavens and earth.

Soo-hyun felt like she was going to faint from the overwhelming wind.

 

In the meantime, Yoo-eun’s expression, which she barely managed to look up at, was peaceful itself.

 

 

‘What the hell….’

 

 

What the hell is going on?

Not only was the Ewha Palace completely burned down and the city destroyed, but now it turns out that Yoo-eun is an incredibly strong person, an absurd fact right before my eyes.

Could this be a dream?

Everything is just unbelievable.

 

 

‘Yeah… this is a dream. Maybe even being connected with Gongja is a dreamㅡ,’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bang!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

“Eek!”

 

 

The moment she thought it was a dream, Yoo-eun’s leg was buried in the ground, and part of the impact shook Soo-hyun awake.

 

 

“Ah. That’s right. Yuna-ssi told me to land properly.”

 

 

Yoo-eun pulled out his buried leg while talking nonsense.

Then, he gently put Kim Soo-hyun down next to him and shook off the enormous amount of dust on his clothes.

 

 

“Soo-hyun-ssi, are you hurt anywhere?”

“…”

 

 

In response to his worried question, Soo-hyun just stared at Yoo-eun with a bewildered face.

There were too many things she had to say, and too many things she wanted to say.

So many that she couldn’t even organize them.

 

 

“Ah, by the way, it’s a shame. The Ewha Palace was pretty. For it to all disappear like this.”

“Um… Yoo-eun-ssi, firstㅡ,”

 

 

Soo-hyun was about to draw her sword and guard the surroundings at his words.

But she had no choice but to take her hand off the sword she was trying to draw at the loud voice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Master!!!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

The voice of a woman dressed in a unique outfit.

The woman flying in, her blonde hair fluttering, matched the description she had vaguely heard.

Perhaps it was the woman named Seo-hyun who was miserably defeated by Yeo Se-rin.

 

 

“??”

 

 

The fact that that woman is here probably means….

 

 

“Oh. Our Seo-hyun Jjang.”

 

Hug!

 

 

While Soo-hyun’s mind was racing, Seo-hyun was already in Yoo-eun’s arms.

 

“I missed you, Master.”

“Yeah. Me too.”

“…Liar. You didn’t even show your face for two months.”

“No. It’s true. I had an enlightenment, that’s why.”

“?”

 

Soo-hyun couldn’t figure out what stance or attitude to take in the face of the two people whispering like lovers.

 

First of all, it seems like that woman caused this whole mess, so as the First Military Officer of the Ewha Palace, she should take appropriate action.

But when you think about it, she was just exercising her rightful power to save the ‘kidnapped’ Yoo-eun.

 

Soo-hyun, who is a member of the Ewha Palace but also reveres justice as much as possible, wonders what attitude she should take.

 

“But how did you do it? Recovery aside, did you just barge in without a plan? What would have happened if the Sword Empress was there?”

“…I called the Imperial Guards.”

“Huh? From the home country?”

“Yes.”

“Heh heh. Even the Imperial Guards came.”

“I brought the Commander-in-Chief and the 2nd and 3rd Division Commanders.”

“In that case, there’s nothing you can do to oppose them.”

 

 

Even if the Sword Empress Yeo Se-rin came, she wouldn’t be able to handle those women.

Of course, burning down something like the Ewha Palace would be a piece of cake.

 

 

“Ah! That’s right. Come on, say hello.”

“…”

 

 

Yoo-eun first introduced Seo-hyun to Soo-hyun.

 

 

“This is someone I recently seduced.”

“…Hello?”

“Ah, hello… no, that’s not it… excuse me, Yoo-eun-ssi? I think we have a lot to talk about.”

“This is Seo-hyun, my exclusive maid and um… Chief Secretary, and also the Governor-General of the Mt. Fuji Autonomous Territory… anyway, she’s a kid who does a lot of things.”

“No, that’sㅡ,”

“We’ll be living together from now on, so let’s get to know each other.”

“What does that mean? Living together.”

“Seo-hyun-ah, I’ve learned a lot this time.”

“What is it?”

“It’s good to just fuck, but the pleasure of setting a goal, persevering, and finally achieving it is even greater.”

“Ah… you’ve realized that… (just now).”

“In that sense, I think we should set a goal here as well. That goal is to unify the martial world.”

“Actually, the Madams have been telling you that since before we left.”

 

 

Yoo-eun’s trip to the martial world is outwardly a ‘second exploration and subjugation of the other world’. Of course, goals like the ‘unification of the martial world’ that Yoo-eun mentioned are included in the original goal.

 

 

“But is there anything to persevere with just unifying the martial world? We could just push through.”

“No. You never know. There was the Sword Empress before. Who knows? There might be someone stronger. I wish it was a woman.”

“There might be the Demonic Cult. This place seems to have a high purity of Qi.”

“No, excuse me. I’m very confused right now.”

 

A storm of conversation.

Soo-hyun couldn’t keep up at all.

 

‘What the hell??’

 

 

 

 

“Gongja!!!”

 

The elders arrived late.

They were greatly surprised that Yoo-eun, who should have been on the hill, was here, and they felt the strangely changing atmosphere and landed appropriately nearby.

 

“Ah!”

 

 

Yoo-eun waved to them happily.

 

 

“Okay, Seo-hyun, say hello. This is the newly joined… um… what should I call them.”

“Cum receptacles?”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

 

The elders instantly became cum receptacles.