episode_0089

After the martial arts contest between Seol-ryun and Seol-rin, Seol-rin was declared the victor, and she exercised her rights as such.

She imprisoned Dang Seol-ryun and all his followers in the Dang Clan’s prison. To prevent them from escaping, she used poison to evaporate their inner energy and, in addition, completely restrained them using 『Martial Artist Sealing Shackles』that blocked the operation of martial artists’ Qi.

Seol-rin personally checked every step of this process, monitoring any hidden aides of Seol-ryun who might remain.

Watching from behind, I thought as I looked at the martial artists on Seol-ryun’s side being bound by the shackles.

‘Those shackles… It’s been a long time since I’ve seen them.’

The first day I came to the Blazing Country.

They were the shackles that were put on my hands when I was arrested by the Blazing Army and imprisoned.

Back then, I couldn’t equip any items, so they had no effect. Even if they did, they couldn’t properly fulfill their role of restraint due to their weak strength that couldn’t withstand my muscle strength… Anyway, that was the case.

‘…Huh? Come to think of it. Now that the equipment-impossible debuff is gone, does that mean if I equip debuff equipment like this from now on, the effect will be applied as is? That’s a bit of a shame, isn’t it?’

It’s both a strength and a weakness.

I’ll have to carefully check and equip debuff items from now on.

Anyway, after roughly sorting out the situation of the Dang Clan, what Seol-rin did was to find traces of Seol-ryun’s dealings with the Beastman Alliance.

Seol-rin was desperate to find traces of the Dang Clan’s martial artists whom Seol-ryun had handed over in exchange for the Beastman Alliance’s technology.

That is, Divine Beast Transformation, a technique similar to the Dang Clan’s Blood Imprint, and Viper Venom, a deadly poison made using the blood of an Imoogi.

“He was a meticulous person, so he must have left it in a ledger.”

“Didn’t you say your sister, Seol-ran, wasn’t inside the Dang Clan before?”

“Yeah… There were traces of her living in Seol-ran’s room until recently… And, more than anything, this guy was here too. Seol-ran was probably handed over relatively recently.”

Slinking.

A green snake crawls up Seol-rin’s leg. It seems to be Seol-ran’s pet snake.

It’s a situation that would terrify an ordinary person, but Seol-rin doesn’t seem to care and is looking through the ledger.

“Hmm…”

Hiss?….

When I stared intently at the pet snake, the snake, as if noticing my gaze, climbed up to Seol-rin’s shoulder, tilted its head, and looked at me.

In the moment of the fight between Seol-rin and Seol-ryun.

The snake, evading the detection of everyone except me, approached Seol-rin and handed her a small marble.

And that became the catalyst for the Imoogi’s blood that Seol-rin possessed to transform into a dragon, which allowed her to defeat Seol-ryun.

‘An Unfinished Orb of Mysticism…’

The identity of the marble that caught my eye the moment the snake handed it to Seol-rin.

【Unfinished Orb of Mysticism】

【Detailed Explanation: An orb of mysticism created by an Imoogi through long training. However, because the resentment of the Imoogi, condensed over a long period of time, also exists in this orb of mysticism, this orb will not be able to emit its true light unless one first accepts and purifies the resentment.】

Why did that snake have something like that?

Since it was said to be Seol-ran’s pet snake, Seol-ran must have been the one who had that Unfinished Orb of Mysticism.

Just what kind of person is Seol-ran to have something like that?

The last time I saw her, she just seemed like an ordinary rich man’s daughter.

“Are you thinking about Seol-ran?”

“How did you know?”

“You have that look on your face.”

“Well… yeah.”

As I nodded, Seol-rin stopped searching the ledger for a moment and said.

“Seol-ran was a genius.”

“A genius?”

“Yeah.”

A genius…

Seol-rin continued, gently stroking her pet snake that had climbed onto her shoulder.

“Do you remember the last thing I said to Dang Seol-ryun?”

“That… Dang Seol-pung never tried to make you the Young Clan Leader, Seol-rin?”

“Yeah. That’s definitely true. Father didn’t try to make me the Clan Leader. I was… if you had to pick, third place.”

Third place.

That is, Dang Seol-ryun was second place. Dang Seol-ran was…

“That’s right. Originally, Father chose Seol-ran as the Young Clan Leader. I don’t think Older Brother knows.”

“That’s… a bit surprising. Why? Is it related to what you said earlier about her being a genius?”

“Yeah. Seol-ran… can copy whatever she sees. It’s like… she was born with the realm of Heavenly Martial Body, so she could copy all of the Dang Clan’s poisons, hidden weapons, and footwork just by seeing them once.”

Oh… that’s not easy.

Then was her appearance back then just acting?

“Of course, she also knows how to use Blood Imprint. But… Seol-ran didn’t seem interested in that kind of thing. So she rejected Father’s offer to become the Clan Leader. I only found out because I heard it from Seol-ran. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known.”

“Hmm…”

“Anyway… she was a genius, but all Seol-ran wanted was a leisurely… life without fighting. Now that I think about it… maybe Seol-ran was the one who should have become a dragon, not me.”

At Seol-rin’s voice, which seemed a little drooping, I sighed and stroked Seol-rin’s head.

Unlike usual, the deer-shaped horns caught on my hand.

“Either way, you’ve become a dragon too, so you’re qualified. So don’t worry too much. And you’ll definitely be able to find Seol-ran.”

“…Yeah.”

Bang!

“Young Master! Seol-rin!”

“?”

In the midst of all this, Baek-ryeon suddenly burst into the room.

I had entrusted Baek-ryeon, along with Baek-ho, with guarding the Beastman Alliance personnel that Lucy had brought, so what’s going on here?

“People from the Blazing Clan have come. It seems to be the Azure Dragon Unit.”

“The Blazing Clan?”

They came faster than I thought?

Or were they waiting nearby?

“What are you going to do? Are you going to meet them?”

“I have to. For now… I’m the person in charge of the Dang Clan.”

“Okay, let’s go then.”

Following Baek-ryeon’s guidance, we headed to meet the Blazing Clan personnel who had come to the Dang Clan.

Come to think of it, I was able to work as an Azure Dragon Unit thanks to the help of the Yang Clan, but on the other hand, I’ve never met any other Azure Dragon Unit members besides myself. So, with a pounding heart, I headed to the reception room.

“…”

“Wow, it’s really him?”

“T, that kind of talk is rude…”

There were a total of 3 people there.

One taciturn man who seemed to be the leader, and two girls.

The first thing they saw was not Seol-rin, who had become the owner of this place, but me.

“You’re the one, aren’t you? The parachute Azure Dragon?”

“Y, your skills… I’ve heard they’re great…”

“But you look so weak.”

“T, that kind of talk is rude… Commander Yang personally appointed him…”

Well, I don’t know about the others, but this little brat is quite annoying. It feels like when I first met Makina.

“Nice to meet you. I am Yun Mu-gyeol, a member of the Azure Dragon Unit.”

“Leon. Also called Jang Cheon-woo.”

“I’ve been hearing about your activities. And you’ve taken care of another nuisance of the Blazing Clan.”

“It’s nothing. More than that, I think there’s someone you should greet first?”

At my words, Mu-gyeol nodded.

“Indeed. Excuse me. I apologize for my rudeness. Clan Leader of the current Dang Clan, Dang Seol-rin. Please forgive me for greeting you informally as you have not yet formally received the position of Clan Leader. My name is Yun Mu-gyeol. One of the members of the Azure Dragon Unit.”

“It’s alright. I fully understand the current situation, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

“You guys too.”

“Do we have to too?”

When the man quietly glared at her, the cheeky girl pouted and said.

“Na-hui.”

“I, I’m Im Na-ok…”

“First of all, you may be expecting this, but our Azure Dragons have been staying around Sicheon with the other general members to understand Sicheon’s movements. Now that there’s been talk that the Young Clan Leader of Sicheon might be a traitor, we were worried about what might happen if he became the Clan Leader.”

That’s certainly true.

Hao-mun’s Sicheon branch… I don’t remember his name, but that guy and Dang Seol-pung said they suspected it directly.

In fact, this guy betrayed us.

“As expected, all of the Blazing Clan’s personnel within Sicheon were purged, and Commander Ja-mun headed to Jo to deliver a message to you. At the same time, he gave a word to the other Azure Dragons staying in Sicheon. He told them not to interfere and watch if you were going to do something.”

Hmm… Leaving aside everything else, Yang Ja-mun. I felt like that human wasn’t an ordinary human the second time I met him, but was he the commander of the Azure Dragon Unit?

Well… that’s why he gave me the Azure Dragon Token so easily.

“And after you entered the Dang Clan. We were able to find those who were urgently sending something out. So we subdued them and checked what they were trying to send out. What they were trying to send out was…”

Click.

The door opened.

And what came in was a woman who looked very similar to Seol-rin, but with a slightly different feel.

There’s no need to beat around the bush, it was Seol-ran.

“Seol-ran!”

“Sister. It’s been a long time. Our Snakey safely went to you.”

Seol-rin, who met her sister whom she thought she might not be able to meet, ran to Seol-ran and hugged her.

Seol-ran also smiled and patted Seol-rin on the back.

After watching the scene for a while.

Mu-gyeol turned his gaze back to me and said.

“I will report that there is no need to worry about the Dang Clan anymore.”

“Okay. I’m counting on you.”

“What are you going to do when you’re done cleaning up here?”

“Well, of course, I have to go up. To Cheonsan.”

At my words, Mu-gyeol nodded.

“Ah, come to think of it, I heard that you caught a spy from the Beastman Alliance, is that true?”

“That’s right. He’s in the prison.”

“Did you get enough information from him?”

“I don’t know. I haven’t checked yet.”

As I shrugged and said, Mu-gyeol nodded as if he understood and opened his mouth.

“If it’s okay, would you mind if we watched the interrogation of the spy? It seems like it would be good to quickly convey information about the Beastman Alliance.”

“Ah, then just take him.”

“…Is that okay?”

“Yeah. I guess… you’ve probably found out the information you needed to find out. It’s also annoying to manage him here. Just take him and get rid of him.”

Lucy probably used the power of the Incubus to somehow find out the necessary information.

I heard that even the Hero was affected by mind control. I guess it’ll be alright.

“Then let’s meet in Cheonsan.”