episode_0054
by adminA huge house built of wood.
A new building nestled between old, quaint buildings. It was the only place like that in the town.
The story begins with a man running into the Baekho family.
“What’s going on?”
Jeseon, who could be considered a high-ranking official in the family, looked at him and asked. The main reason was probably that the villagers had no reason to come here in such a hurry.
“That- That’s… The master- asked me to say something… .”
The house was already noisy. The children who were supposed to arrive didn’t arrive, so I was worried and was contemplating whether I should send the knights.
When I told them the story of those children, it was a story that would naturally make them anxious. There was even a knight order that had already left for the village… I said it all.
“That- That’s… . The other person who came with him had his arm cut off… . He looked like he had been attacked and came back… .”
At those words, Je-seon continued speaking in embarrassment.
“Tell me a little more. What is one person?”
“Bae- A person who appears to be a child of Baekhoga came with a cut off arm… .”
At the moment when such a story was being told, a voice was heard from behind.
When Je-seon looked back, it was the landlady of Baekho House, Choi Jin-ah.
“Madam… !”
“ㅇ-Yeon-i… what… ?”
I was just walking around the house. The house was spacious, so it was no problem to walk around.
However, the story I suddenly heard was extremely shocking.
She felt her hair turn white. She looked at those in front of her and asked.
It was the minimum effort to gain reason, to hear that it was a lie.
“Again- Tell me clearly. What happened…?”
It was a ridiculous story. It couldn’t be true. That kid had his arm cut off – what does that mean?
He sent them with the elite of the Baekho family. There was absolutely no way that could happen. At least he sent them with at least three escorts. Each of them was leading at least one unit within the Knights Templar.
All of them disappeared, the child never came back, and then he showed up with his arm cut off?
It was impossible. I would rather believe a story like that, where the carriage rolled over a ridge and it took a long time to get there.
Those who saw her expression were speechless, but they had to say something. After all, it was the words of the wife of the man who maintained this country.
“… That- That person who appears to be another child of Baekhoga, came back with his arm… cut off… .”
“Where are you…!”
It was Choi Jin-ah’s cry. Before she knew it, she ran towards the man who had come running, grabbed his arm, and asked.
It was as if he was going to devour him. If he didn’t speak up right away, his neck would get twisted. That was the kind of momentum he had.
“I am a member of the village!”
As soon as the man finished speaking, the woman disappeared. It was clear where she was going. However, no one could say for sure whether it was the right choice.
People were confused by the woman running through the village.
Because someone wearing a skirt, a hairpin, and the best items in the village was running through the village towards the doctor.
She ran without paying attention to such gazes. She kept running and running, running towards the place where she said the child was.
“Ugh… Ugh… .”
The sight of her running to the doctor’s office was already that of a crazy woman. Her hair was disheveled, and her clothes were all messed up and tangled.
Seeing her like that, the lawmakers came running one by one.
“What’s wrong? Does something hurt?”
Their questions were not helpful to her. She only repeated one word.
“Lee-Lee Yeon… . Our baby… . Our baby is here… !”
His child is here. There were no children except the one who came in this morning.
It was only when she spoke repeatedly that the lawmakers understood who she was.
“Come here. Your Majesty is safe.”
He took her away while spitting out such words. For the councilor, no, to be precise, for the villagers, there was only one child of the Baekho family.
It was unthinkable that there could be anyone else.
However, there was only one thing on their mind.
‘… Clearly, the madam called the name Lee Yeon. But… isn’t the master’s name not Lee Yeon?’
It was a useless thought and assumption.
It wasn’t a good thing to meddle in other people’s family affairs.
Especially in situations where you don’t know exactly what’s going on.
All life is precious and valuable. So, until the child speaks directly about the situation and asks to be saved, all such stories should be ignored.
That was the right thing to do, not just as a doctor, but as a person.
He’s still a young child, so he might not know, but…
What if it’s a false alarm that he has an illegitimate child? Or what if it’s a false alarm that he had another family and hid it?
They had committed an act of disrespect toward the gods, and were therefore subject to severe punishment, up to and including the death penalty.
So the lawmakers looked at each other and nodded.
‘Does everyone know?’
‘yes!’
It was at that moment that the lawmakers were reluctant to jump to conclusions about the child’s situation in order to save my life.
Before they knew it, they had arrived in front of the children. And then, at that moment, they looked at the woman.
It was then that the woman began to cry. Then she ran towards the child whose arm had been cut off.
“Yeon-ah…! Yeon-ah….”
More than anyone else, I held and stroked the child.
As if there was something else more important than anything else.
The child who was actually being stroked seemed to not understand what was happening and was just following the touch.
“Madam… .”
Even the child calls that woman “Madam.” Which means that the child is just a collateral child… .
Why on earth did the madam care about that child? They couldn’t understand.
And then, the boy who had been watching the scene spoke up.
“Mom.”
“Ah…! Hana!! I’m sorry, are you hurt?”
“Yeah… . More than that, my brother… .”
Han. The name of the legitimate successor of the Baekho family. That child is Yeon. And the name is Hyung. That was the only assumption they could make.
Not a collateral line, but a direct line that is weak or has already declared that it will not be its successor!
They decided to support the family and call them that in public. The members of the council just guessed.
Of course, they began to vacate the place under the pretext of allowing the family members to talk comfortably, without knowing that some of their guesses were true.
“Then, let’s take our leave now.”
They didn’t even know that they were taking care of him. They just wanted my child, or my brother, to talk about his discomfort and various other feelings, just a little bit, because they were taking care of him.
“Yeon-ah, aren’t you hurt anywhere else?”
“… Yes. There is no place that I particularly feel is sore.”
She felt a little relieved when he told her that there was no place that seemed to hurt. But the problem was something else.
How did her children end up in such an attack, and how did they come back alone, leaving the knights behind? That was her concern.
“What the hell… happened? Why did you two come back here alone…!”
“That’s… .”
Lee Han couldn’t speak, his mouth wide open. The memories from that time continued to torment the child.
“That? Say it slowly.”
“읏… .”
As he was unable to speak properly, even though his mouth was wide open, someone else eventually opened his mouth and began to help him.
“That’s it, those who handle liquids suddenly attacked.”
It was Lee Yeon’s words. When Lee Han was unable to say anything, he eventually opened his mouth.
“What… Wait, say that again. Those who handle liquids?”
When Jin-ah Choi heard that they were dealing with liquids, she was taken aback. Why were they targeting them?
Why are those who have been targeting collateral branches to increase their power and putting pressure on our family, the Sashinsu family, now?
The answer was simple, but it was a hypothesis she didn’t want to think about.
The story was that they now had the power or the support to do so.
But there was no way they could suddenly obtain such power easily.
There is only one person who can exert pressure on the Sashinsu family at will. That high-ranking person in the sky that I don’t want to think about.
“… What’s the problem?”
There was. That too, a very big problem that should never have happened.
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