Are MZ Shamans In Trouble In Romance Novels? - Chapter 54

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54.

“Don’t tell me that’s also to cause suffering to people?”

Deep sympathy flowed from Scholar’s eyes. He looked like he wanted to drop the plow and run away immediately.

“Brother Mun. Brother Mun! I explained it so clearly, but you still don’t get it?”

Calisia snapped her thumb and middle finger to wake Scholar up.

“Aestheticism.”

“…No way?”

Scholar blinked his eyes as if something clicked. His facial features that had been swaying back and forth in the rippling water.

“Yes. That ‘no way.'”

“Because my face isn’t handsome enough?”

Scholar let out a hollow laugh and slapped his cheeks as he asked.

“It’s for protecting Jacheongbi’s eyesight.”

Calisia nodded.

“Moooo!”

The ox that had been walking through the field for a while stopped in front of a rock covered with blue vines.

“This is probably where Jacheongbi’s real domain begins.”

Calisia glanced at the divine energy pooled between the light green stems. Looking at the divine power that sparkled brilliantly like melted starlight made her knees feel weak for no reason.

“Hoo-.”

After taking a short deep breath, Calisia told Ian and Scholar to steel their resolve as well.

Thud- Thud-

Shortly after, the place they carefully entered following the ox was truly another world. What greeted the three people first was an enchantingly sweet fragrance. It was thanks to the lush flowers that occupied one side of Jacheongbi’s Field.

“Are my eyes deceiving me? The flowers seem to be glowing.”

Scholar, who had stopped walking, bent down and gently touched a forsythia flower. The yellow petals shone like fragments of sunlight, and the blue leaves were as brilliant as sapphire. Their appearance was so radiant that even Ian briefly turned his gaze to them.

“I’ve never seen such beautiful flowers in my life.”

Scholar, captivated by the rare beauty, settled down and crouched completely.

“…Ah.”

Scholar unconsciously let out an exclamation. Yellow forsythia, peach-colored azaleas, deep red peonies, pure white buckwheat flowers. The whole world was dyed in various colors and sparkled. So much so that even the suffering of Gosire Village didn’t come to mind at this moment.

“Of course it’s your first time. You’d have to go to the Afterlife to see them.”

Calisia whispered in Scholar’s ear with an ominous voice.

“The, the Afterlife?”

Scholar, who snapped to attention at the mention of the Afterlife, fell backward in surprise.

“Brother Mun. Forsythia, azaleas, peonies, buckwheat flowers. Didn’t you notice anything strange?”

“St, strange? What do you mean?”

“You said you paint landscape paintings, but that’s all lies. They’re all blooming at once – isn’t that strange? If not, then what is?”

Calisia frowned at the flowers showing off their splendor. Forsythia, azaleas, peonies, buckwheat. These were flowers that bloomed at different times.

“It seems like….”

Calisia pursed her lips with displeasure. As far as she knew, there was only one place where they all bloomed at once.

“It looks like they brought the Western Heaven Flower Garden here as is.”

Calisia, realizing the true nature of the flower garden, gasped and stepped back.

“What’s the problem with that?”

Scholar carefully spoke up to Calisia, who had quickly withdrawn like someone who discovered poisonous herbs.

“The problem is….”

Calisia made a ‘tsk’ sound and looked around Jacheongbi’s Field with a deliberately serious expression.

“There doesn’t seem to be a problem. Haa-. That’s the problem.”

Calisia let out a hollow laugh, saying it was really troublesome. No matter how much this Blue Mountain was Jacheongbi’s domain, it was still the Mortal World. Moving the entire land of the Afterlife here went against the natural order.

“The fact that there’s no problem right now is the problem.”

Western Heaven was a place managed by Sara Doryeong, a flower inspector directly dispatched by the Jade Emperor. This was due to complaints from Samsin Grandmother about many people stealing the mystical heavenly flowers. A talent among talents that Samsin herself requested and the Emperor personally selected to place directly in Western Heaven. So how excellent must his abilities be.

“Moreover, Sara Doryeong is the most stubborn person in the Heavenly Realm. To just overpower him with force and come here.”

Calisia squeezed her eyes shut, imagining Sara Doryeong crushed under Jacheongbi’s feet. Soon, they too might end up in the same state.

Swish-!

Before the terrible thought could fade, a short sword flew toward the flower garden with a roar. Ian, sensing the momentary energy, quickly reached out but it wasn’t enough.

Swish!

The blade shot forward relentlessly and pierced near Taljaengi’s neck. The sharp blade cut through the rope binding the ox in one strike.

Crash!

The short sword, having completed its task, embedded itself straight into the ground.

“….”

The gazes of Calisia, Ian, and Scholar all turned downward at once. It was because of the ground that had cracked in all directions as if an earthquake had occurred.

“…Jacheongbi?”

Calisia swallowed hard at that terrifying display of power.

“Correct.”

Breaking through the frozen atmosphere, a woman wearing a gorgeous red silk robe over her shoulders walked out between the fields. Her long hair carelessly let down and movements deeply imbued with arrogance. A clear yet overwhelming aura flowed from her entire body.

It was Jacheongbi, the master of the mountain.

“Moooo!”

Taljaengi, who had shed the rope and yoke and returned to human form, made a cow sound and prostrated himself flat before Jacheongbi.

“To threaten Ugyeong to find me – you’re quite bold.”

Jacheongbi’s eyes flashed toward the uninvited guests as she sat down with her bottom on Taljaengi’s back.

“Hmm, three of them.”

Sitting with her legs spread wide, she suddenly waved her index finger in the air. Following that small gesture, the heads of Calisia, Ian, and Scholar turned left and right. It was due to an invisible force controlling their bodies.

“Two beauties and one human….”

Jacheongbi stroked her chin and moved her finger once more. It was the attitude of someone appraising goods brought into the house.

“Hmm.”

A small scale and wooden dolls appeared before Jacheongbi’s contemplative eyes. They were modeled after the three people’s appearances.

“Let’s see if you can pay the price for daring to sneak into my field.”

Snap!

Jacheongbi rolled her eyes and lightly flicked her finger. Then a blue sky appeared above the scale and a terrifying sea of fire spread below it.

“Well then, shall we see.”

Jacheongbi picked up the doll modeled after Scholar and smiled mischievously.

“The beautiful ones will ascend to heaven, and those who are not will fall into the fires of hell.”

Jacheongbi dropped the doll resembling Scholar onto the scale. The wooden doll that had been struggling while held by the scruff of its neck tumbled with a short scream.

Thud!

Instantly the scale tilted sharply to the right.

-Aaaahhh!

The wooden doll, heated by fire along with the plate hanging from the scale, screamed and flailed about.

“How about this time.”

Jacheongbi picked up the doll modeled after Calisia and placed it on the scale. The cute little legs landed gently on the plate.

Creak-

Then with a creaking sound, the scale tilted to the left.

-Huh, ugh!

The Scholar doll, having escaped from the burning hell, clutched his chest and let out a sigh of relief. The weight of his sins had been lightened by Calisia’s beauty. However, the ground beneath his feet was still hot with rising flames.

“Now, this is the last one.”

Jacheongbi placed the doll that looked exactly like Ian on the left plate. The doll with a sullen expression quietly moved closer to the Scholar. It was a tiny-sized Calisia. After a moment, the Scale of Fate began to move again. The three wooden dolls looked at each other and gulped nervously.

Creeeeak-

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