episode_0018

Once you had located the location, finding it again was as easy as twisting a child’s wrist. From the beginning, we aimed for the place where Munju’s daughter was and made a wide turn to attack, and landed right in the same yard we faced yesterday.

There can be no trap. Because there was no change in the atmosphere of the clan. I adjusted my clothes and then looked at Sanyeo. When I looked at her, Sanyeo sat on the wall and tilted her head. I lifted the hem of my clothes and asked.

“How about it? Am I kind of cool?”

“….Yes.”

Sanyeo hesitated for a moment and then nodded. It seemed that Sanyeo was not good at giving compliments. When I turned around, ignoring her puzzled gaze, I was able to see that the light was on in the room where Moonju’s daughter was staying.

I walked through the yard, intentionally making the sound of stepping on the grass. The shadow shook at the sight, which was clearly audible even from afar, and a low voice came out through the crack in the door as I looked straight ahead.

“Who are you?”

The anxiety and tension were evident in his voice. A voice that trembles like an aspen and is unsure of itself. I lowered my voice and spoke.

“I came to hear the answer.”

The woman did not answer. Instead, she opened the door and revealed herself to me. Just like yesterday, she was wearing a thin nightgown, and her bare, pale feet were flopping on the bedding.

I focused my gaze on the wriggling toes for a moment, and Moonju’s daughter was startled by my actions and pulled the hem of her skirt to cover her feet.

The big toe sticking out and the uncontrollable wiggling made me more excited. This was because it felt as if skin was rubbing against the bedding.

The woman crossed her fingers and glanced at me from the corner of her eye. Although I was neatly dressed, the days of mountaineering had not gone away, and a vicious and untrustworthy atmosphere subtly lingered over me.

“What is the answer?”

Moonju’s daughter trembled her shoulders. Then he pursed his lips and spoke in a low voice.

“……There is a condition.”

“What is it?”

Since we would have to build a clan together in the future, there was nothing I couldn’t accept as long as it wasn’t unreasonable. She was a little taken aback when I readily asked her about the conditions, but then she hesitated again and spoke.

“Among the servants working here, there is a man named Ja-young.”

I felt like I knew who it was just by hearing the name. It was obvious that he was a servant who was worthy of setting conditions at this time and even knew his name by heart.

“You were the one who brought me food back then, right?”

She nodded. And he told me this.

“After taking over the clan, give money to Jayoung and promise to help him leave this village and become independent.”

I laughed. Even if it’s only a formality, she and I must now become husband and wife. But are you so bold in asking for support for a man who is an outsider?

“You know that we are going to be a couple now, right? Is it a request that a hostess would make to take care of a man outside of her home? I have to be faithful to my family.”

“….So, I’m asking you this.”

After just one conversation, the condition changed to a request. She understands her situation well. Munju’s daughter knew how to calmly assert herself while crawling into her position.

“When this clan didn’t treat me properly, he was the only person who treated me well and made me laugh. Eun-won must be sure. Even if I’m the one who has to sort things out now, it’s only right that I repay the kindness that helped me.”

A whistle was heard. When I looked back, I saw Sanyeo blinking her eyes and making a happy expression. Since she couldn’t see Sanyeo from her position, she tried to figure out if there was anything by looking in the direction I was turning.

I looked at the woman again. She had a determined look on her face. His hands were tightly clenched into fists, and his eyes were shaking but showed determination.

“What if I say I don’t like it?”

“…..I was born as a human being and was taught not to become a ungrateful beast. If you don’t promise, I won’t help you.”

She was trying to ‘sacrifice’ not only for herself but also for Ja-young, who would waste his life living as a servant in this cursed sect. He was trying to overthrow everything about this sect by sacrificing himself.

I liked the spirit, though.

“There are some parts I don’t like.”

I really didn’t like how she considered marrying me as a ‘sacrifice’. If we just passed on like this, the future was obvious. No matter how well I treat her, this lost woman will be writing her samoga alone while missing Jayoung in a part of her heart.

One day, he will put on a bright expression even when news comes through the wind, and when the time comes to talk about Ja-young, he will start in a tone I don’t know.

I approached her.

“Your wish will be granted.”

The woman leaned back with an embarrassed look on her face. The sight of a man approaching her without any sense of distance was something she was not used to. But it was faster for me to hold her hand than for her, who couldn’t use her legs, to run away.

“But, I also changed my mind.”

As I pulled my hand strongly, the woman’s body fell into my arms.

“Cow, I will scream.”

“Scream.”

The woman’s eyes trembled. Her blush-like face looked as if steam was rising. She can’t scream. The moment when her life would change was just around the corner, so she couldn’t resist.

The things I assured her, along with her wishes, were full of irresistible content.

“I don’t like the idea of the hostess of the clan thinking about another man. Even though I say I’ll be faithful, I don’t like such floating business relationships.”

And then I lifted my hand little by little from her side. A hand lightly grazed the side of her breast and wrapped around her shoulder.

“So, I need to stamp it in advance from here on out. Because there is still a lot of time left. After that, you will be able to understand more clearly what kind of relationship we have.”

I hugged him tightly by the shoulder and told him that story. I breathed into her body and clearly predicted what I was going to do.

“Oh, that doesn’t work… . I am… .”

The woman shook her head and tried to get out of my body like a loach. I hugged her tighter and asked.

“Did you say your name was Ja-young? The attendant you asked me to take care of. So kind and innocent… . Right?”

A disheveled attendant.

Jayoung.

The woman and I seemed to recall the same person’s face at the same time.

The woman stayed silent, biting her lip shyly, and I whispered into her ear.

I held her in my arms, and she wrapped herself around me like a cloak.

“What can you gain by being in a relationship with that man? What do you gain by caring about that man in this situation?”

He is nothing more than a disheveled and poor servant.

He is a man who has nothing but a kind heart.

The moment I leave, his strengths become meaningless. Because he didn’t have the strength or ability to protect her.

Lee Sang has always been powerless in the face of violence.

Isn’t that still the case?

When the woman first presented me with the deal, she probably didn’t expect this to happen.

“If I leave now, will you and that guy be able to get together? Will we be able to continue the series safely? Even if you make eye contact with a guy, doesn’t everyone start foaming at the mouth and yelling at you not to act rashly?

The woman’s shoulders trembled. It meant that he had hit the nail on the head. I hugged her stronger. The body of the woman who was resisting was gradually losing strength.

“Munju will release Molmae to kill you and take you away again. You won’t be able to escape.”

My hands pulled her top down. The thin underwear faintly reflected the skin. She turned her head away from me, but did not resist me.

She was a very smart woman.

I understood that they couldn’t push me out of here.

Even if she refuses the current union, they will take it by force here. The stronger I resist, the more I will rush forward like an animal. As proof of the contract, I will definitely attack her right here.

“So. I’ll tell you who your husband is. Because there is still a lot of time left. I will slowly tell you who you should think about and who you should devote your heart to.”

I grabbed her shoulders and pulled her down onto the blanket. She fell down without resisting and covered herself with both arms. The sad expression was full of resignation and regret.

“…..It won’t be as easy as you want.”

The hand that embraced him and the determined expression said this.

That you will never give me your heart.

No matter how hard I try, I’ll never be able to fully own myself.

I said with a smile.

“You don’t know me.”

The night was very long until Munju returned.