episode_0026

“Hahaha!”

“Pour it out! Pour!”

The faces of the collaborators brightened noticeably.

They had fun eating and drinking meat and alcohol that I bought with my money.

“Sir, please take my cup!”

“My cup too!”

They burst out laughing and approached me.

It was fun.

This innocent laughter, the unavoidably shallow jokes, and the tell-tale earthy body odor.

I liked these people.

People who don’t worry about complicated reasons.

These are people who consider martial arts to its extreme a shallow joke.

Effort, desire to improve, status, and honor.

The common people just live their lives, considering everything to have nothing to do with them.

I liked their smiles.

That’s why I wanted to live a normal life.

I didn’t want to sit in a noble position like the Queen Mother’s Table.

All I wanted was for this little happiness to last a long time.

I wanted them to live to enjoy this moment, not to be punished.

“character.”

When the drinking was moderately ripe, I raised my glass high.

If I were a wise man or a brave warrior from history books, I would have made a speech at this point that would shake everyone’s hearts.

But I was just an ordinary farmer’s son.

Neither in my past life, nor now, did I know such a plausible sentence.

“Everyone who doesn’t want to go to Bu Station, raise your glass high!”

“Wow!”

The collaborators shouted and raised their glasses high.

“Empty the liquor in that glass!”

The collaborators emptied their glasses with loud laughter.

“Now that more than half of us have run away, we are all dead.”

Despite the stern words contained in my words, the smiles did not disappear from the faces of the collaborators.

Intoxicated and young, they nodded and smiled as if they were not afraid of death.

“So run away.”

The laughter grew louder at my words.

“Everyone, run away and find a way to survive! That is my last command.”

There was silence for a moment.

The kind of silence that is itchy and infinitely light.

thud!

Someone stamped their foot.

thud! thud! thud!

The sounds of stamping feet began to overlap.

The collaborators became one, stamping their feet and raising their voices.

“Correct! right! That’s right!”

Their voices overlapped.

“Are you going to follow shitty Jin’s orders?”

“Wow!”

They shouted at the top of their lungs at my trivial joke.

It was a really good day.

After waiting for the excitement to subside, I left the drinking party.

This was because it was difficult to hold back the urge to urinate any longer.

I got so drunk that I stumbled and walked down the forest path.

I untied my pants and looked at Sophie.

Slurp-

I shivered from the refreshing flow of urine and put my clothes back on.

“Whoo-”

The beautiful moon was just silently disturbing the grass.

I hummed.

I feel sorry for my younger siblings who gave me a lot of money, but I felt quite relieved after shaking off all my belongings.

“In times like this, how good it would be if there were only women!”

If only I could be in such a good mood and hug a beautiful woman, I really wish I could die today.

Did heaven hear my call?

The grass shook and someone came out.

“Uh…”

I made a dumbfounded noise and looked at that place.

“You…!”

I looked at the owner of the shadow cast by the moonlight.

Jo Seo-rin is there.

She disappeared like a lie.

*****

Jo Seo-rin quietly approached Yu-gye.

She bit her lip hard.

Otherwise, I felt like my heart would be shaken.

She will kill that man today.

Because Grandma’s orders were absolute.

“Seolin! Jo Seo-rin!”

Yoo-gye came up to Jo Seo-rin in a huff, not knowing his own fate.

Jo Seo-rin welcomed him with a fake smile.

Although she hadn’t told Jo Oh yet, new life was stirring in Jo Seo-rin’s body.

Because she wasn’t sure, she didn’t report it, but seeing that man made Jo Seo-rin confident.

She conceived that man’s child.

The new life nestled in the lower abdomen tickled the mother’s heart as if it recognized its father.

“…”

The signs began after parting ways with Yugye.

I kept craving something sour and feeling nauseous.

Jo Seo-rin tried to fool herself by thinking that it was just a repercussion of sleeping with a man she had no interest in.

And her grandmother’s eyes deceived her too.

“…”

Jo Seo-rin looked at Yu-gye in silence.

‘But why?’

One question comes to mind at that moment.

‘Why didn’t I tell my grandmother about this?’

Jo Seo-rin couldn’t figure out the reason.

She was the sword of the family.

He was the type of person who simply obeyed and followed his family’s orders.

Grandma’s order that was just given.

The moment I heard that, it was the right thing to do to report what had happened to my body.

That was her thing.

It was the quickest way to kill the emotionless man and return to the family sword, not the harlot.

But she was silent.

“I missed you! I missed you!”

Yugye hugged Jo Seorin strongly.

Jo Seo-rin closed her eyes and hugged him.

love?

Jo Seo-rin laughed at the thought that suddenly occurred to her.

Jo Seo-rin was not the half-baked assassin that only appears in popular stories.

There was no way I could ruin my work because of things like love.

Jo Seo-rin’s dagger quietly stretched out from her sleeve.

Jo Seo-rin tried to swing the dagger.

But at that moment.

“Ah…”

What she saw before her eyes was the appearance of a woman.

‘miss…’

The only woman who treated her like a human being.

A woman who appears fierce and cruel, but is actually warmer than anyone else.

katydid.

-Are you Seorin? She is the granddaughter of my father’s subordinate.

The childhood katydid smiled brightly and held out her hand.

-Yes that’s right.

Jo Seo-rin, who had been educated harshly since she was young, bowed with respect.

-This is the person who will be guarding the young lady. If you have anything to tell me, please feel free to tell me anytime.

Jo Seo-rin, who is a little older than the katydid, said so.

She was raised to be a weapon.

There was no need to become more familiar with your employer than in a businesslike manner.

That was the attitude to life that Jo Seo-rin learned.

-Hey, it’s not fun.

-…

Yeochi said in an innocent voice.

-Don’t do that, just play with me! huh?

-I am your servant. The high-ranking member of the body does not play with servants.

-Hmm, really?

The katydid’s eyes rolled playfully.

-Then I will give you an order. From today you are my friend.

-…It’s difficult to follow orders.

-okay? Then how about this? Open your mouth.

-…

Jo Seo-rin opened her mouth without saying a word.

Because it was natural to obey the orders of one’s employer.

Tap!

Something came into her mouth.

-Now shut up.

-…

It was sweet.

It was my first taste of sweetness.

-They said they came from far away. It’s a very expensive snack. Isn’t it delicious?

-…

Jo Seo-rin nodded.

-thank god! So are you friends now?

-…yes?

-Friendship deepens through favors that come and go, right? I did you a favor. So we’re friends.

-I did not return the lady’s favor.

-Oh, that’s okay. Because I already received it.

Yeochi said that with a grin.

-You’re really pretty when you smile. That’s a favor I received.

-…

Somewhat absurd logic.

And the unreasonableness that follows.

Jo Seo-rin opened her heart little by little while being with Yeochi.

She, who was forged with a blade, gradually became human through her memories with the young lady.

Therefore, Yeochi was important to Jo Seo-rin.

Yeochi was the sun of Jo Seo-rin.

-I will soon be a bride.

The young lady said.

Yeochi, who had matured and become even more beautiful, held Jo Seo-rin’s hand tightly and smiled.

He said that in a happy voice and filled with happiness.

-This is a person named Yoo-gye. It was love at first sight.

‘…’

Her lady.

Yeochi said so.

Jo Seo-rin’s hand stopped.

Happiness of the family name and the young lady.

A katydid who has played with her since childhood.

The family that gave birth to her.

For whom will you move?

Jo Seo-rin stands at a crossroads of choice.

*****

“Ugh…”

A man tied to a chair groaned.

The man, whose face was swollen to an indescribable degree, was trembling and drooling saliva and blood.

The man’s face was absolutely cruel.

His eyelids were sunken and empty.

Maggots boiled in the fluid that flowed from there.

The same was true for other parts of the man.

Nails, saw, hammer, knife, iron.

The man’s body, mutilated with various weapons, was more reminiscent of a sculpture.

A sculpture created by someone with extremely malicious intent.

“Yeochiya.”

The princess called the statue’s maker and his daughter.

The katydid, holding a tool with a blood-covered hand, grinned.

“Yes, father.”

“…”

The female princess fell silent after seeing her ‘production’.

“Who is this time?”

“My father’s enemy.”

The katydid answered.

“…”

The female princess looked at the completely disfigured man for a long time.

And soon he started moaning.

What Yeochi said was right.

The author was right that his enemy was the reason why Yeo Gong fled to Paehyeon.

“How on earth…”

There was fear in the woman’s words.

“I want to know?”

asked the katydid.

“…No.”

The female princess tried to suppress her curiosity.

He didn’t have the confidence to face the abyss that lurched beneath his daughter.

“…Yugye headed to Yeosan.”

The female princess explained the reason she came here.

“Yes, I know. Your younger brothers have planned something interesting.”

“But that’s not the problem.”

The female princess clicked her tongue and continued speaking.

“Jo Oh moved. That whole family.”

“Um, is that so?”

“I don’t know why, but they say they are heading towards the world. He is dangerous.”

“Yes, I know.”

The female princess was embarrassed.

“…You know?”

The female princess asked in a bewildered voice.

“Yes, of course.”

Yeochi smiled, bending her beautiful mouth.

The laughter was somehow unpleasant and gave goosebumps to the female worker’s body.

“I even made arrangements to protect you.”

“What arrangement did you make?”

The female princess asked.

“The granddaughter of that family.”

“…What?”

“The granddaughter of that family is like my limbs. That guy will do anything for my happiness. Even if it means betraying the family.”

“…How can you be so sure of that?”

At the female worker’s question, Yeochi burst out laughing.

“Oh, that? It’s simple.”

“…”

“We put a lot of effort into it for over ten years.”

“…”

“Seorin thought of me as a friend, but she was a little different. This guy.”

Yechi added with a grin.

“It’s my dog.”

“…”

“A loyal dog that will do anything for its owner’s happiness.”

*****

Degurrr-

Jo Seo-rin dropped her dagger.

She decided to betray her family for her sake.

“Yugye.”

Jo Seo-rin said.

“Come with me, it’s dangerous here.”

“What? What is that…”

Yoo-gye is confused and unable to understand the situation.

Jo Seo-rin grabbed his wrist tightly.

Jo Seo-rin tried to get out of there immediately.

This place was dangerous.

There were so many eyes watching her and Yugye.

Joe.

First of all, it was urgent to escape Jo Seo-rin’s grandmother’s eyes.

If even the slightest suspicion arises, Joe will move immediately and ‘deal with’ the suspicion.

That was the grandmother she knew.

And enlightenment is always too late.

“I’m disappointed, granddaughter.”

Joe said in a cold voice.

“I thought he was a little smarter.”

Joe gestured.

Susss-

Numerous shadows rose from the darkness.

“…!”

Jo Seo-rin was in despair.

They were Jo Seo-rin’s family.

Each and every one of them is a first-class assassin.

The best of the family.

The white snake made its appearance.