Chronicles of the Mad Demon - Chapter 30

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Chapter 30. The Family’s Secret Place (5)

 

Moyong Bi, who opened the door and entered, hesitated for a moment.

 

“The General Manager is here as well.”

 

Seok Woong bowed his head.

 

“I greet the Young Master.”

 

“Ah, yes.”

 

Something about the atmosphere is different?

 

Moyong Bi sensitively read the change in Seok Woong’s attitude.

 

Seok Woong spoke carefully.

 

“If you two have something to discuss, I shall…”

 

“No. It’s fine.”

 

Moyong Su Jeong said.

 

“Whatever it is, there’s no need for the General Manager to excuse himself. Right?”

 

Moyong Bi nodded awkwardly with a smile.

 

“Right.”

 

“Please make yourself comfortable.”

 

How is it that your voice sounds the most comfortable here?

 

‘Good.’

 

Her complexion looks even better than yesterday.

 

His excitement subsided and his mood improved.

 

“So, what’s the matter?”

 

“I came because I have various things to ask about…”

 

Moyong Bi glanced at Seok Woong.

 

“I don’t know why, but somehow it feels like I need to give answers first?”

 

“How do you know what we’re going to ask?”

 

“Right?”

 

After checking both their faces, Moyong Bi cleared his throat.

 

“Did I perhaps do something wrong?”

 

He’s like a ghost when it comes to reading these situations.

 

Seok Woong smiled and said.

 

“I have never thought such a thing, but Young Master, is there perhaps something weighing on your mind?”

 

“…There isn’t.”

 

“Then there must be nothing. However, I have something I’d like to ask not as the Moyong Family’s General Manager, but as Seok Woong the individual.”

 

See, there is something.

 

“Please speak.”

 

“The Black Tiger Gang matter, what happened with that?”

 

Though he had already made peace with it in his heart, since Moyong Su Jeong was watching, he wanted to ask once more.

 

“Are rumors already circulating?”

 

“From what I can see, it seems there was quite a commotion since yesterday. I only found out late today myself.”

 

“I see.”

 

“I didn’t know Young Master had learned such remarkable martial arts.”

 

It wasn’t a question thrown out expecting an answer, but unavoidable curiosity seeped through.

 

Moyong Bi smiled bitterly.

 

‘Should I say the timing happened to align perfectly?’

 

He had come to ask about the family’s secret place, but now he was receiving this kind of question again.

 

It was natural enough, but honestly, if only Moyong Su Jeong had been here, the conversation would have been more comfortable.

 

‘But this isn’t bad either.’

 

Seok Woong was family. In some sense, he could be considered more precious than blood relatives.

 

In an era where people would stab even parents and siblings, dedicating twenty years of loyalty to a family clan that wasn’t even blood-related would be difficult for anyone.

 

He was someone who deserved to be cherished like family, no, more than family.

 

And Guo Lao too.

 

“Elder Sister, do you have any tea?”

 

“Ah, you want to drink tea? I’ll brew it for you.”

 

Seok Woong stepped forward saying he would brew it himself, but Moyong Su Jeong waved her hands dismissively and moved personally. Now that her body was healthy, even the act of brewing tea was a joy to her.

 

While Moyong Su Jeong sorted the tea leaves and boiled water, Moyong Bi fell into silent contemplation.

 

Seok Woong’s expression became serious.

 

‘He really is different.’

 

Was it that there was no longer anything to hide?

 

Looking at him calmly like this, Young Master’s gaze and atmosphere were definitely different.

 

‘Was this Young Master’s true nature?’

 

Honestly, there was a part that felt a little, just a little disappointed.

 

If he had something planned, he could have at least given a hint. Then there would have been no need to worry, and no need to be disappointed in Young Master.

 

In the end, what Seok Woong wanted to say was this.

 

‘I’m sorry for all this time, Young Master.’

 

After a moment, Moyong Su Jeong brought the brewed tea.

 

“Try it.”

 

“It smells good.”

 

Though he didn’t particularly enjoy tea, he still remembered the tea that Divine Physician and Grand Strategist had brewed for him when he returned from battles.

 

As a sip of tea went down, his insides warmed up and his excited heart also settled.

 

Seeing Moyong Bi’s expression become much calmer, Moyong Su Jeong and Seok Woong felt an inexplicable tension.

 

“Let me ask directly.”

 

A heavy voice.

 

It didn’t sound like a question thrown to his sister, but rather a question thrown to a subordinate. When he became serious, a dignity that couldn’t be hidden even if he tried to hide it was revealed.

 

Moyong Su Jeong unconsciously swallowed her saliva.

 

“What is it?”

 

“Do you remember anything about the Main Family House’s secret place?”

 

“Secret place?”

 

What kind of sudden question was this?

 

“Which secret place are you talking about…?”

 

Turning his head to look at Seok Woong, surprise was evident on his face.

 

“Could it be that secret place the Former Family Head mentioned?”

 

“That’s correct.”

 

Only then did Moyong Su Jeong let out an exclamation.

 

“Ah, that secret place?!”

 

“Do you remember now?”

 

“But why is that important?”

 

As expected.

 

Just as Jin Gwang had said, it seemed Moyong Su Jeong had never believed in the existence of the secret place from the beginning.

 

Moyong Bi asked nonchalantly.

 

“Do you remember what Father told us back then? Where the secret place is located, how to get there.”

 

“Well…”

 

Moyong Su Jeong slightly furrowed her brow and shook her head.

 

“Honestly, I don’t remember everything. He only spoke of it just before he passed away, and we were too young. Mother also mentioned it a few times before she died, but I wasn’t interested from the start.”

 

“Why weren’t you interested?”

 

This was a question asked out of genuine curiosity.

 

Moyong Su Jeong smiled bitterly.

 

“How could I believe talk about ‘where heaven’s gate will open’ or ‘treasures hidden in a fairy’s robes’?”

 

After Father’s death, she had matured too quickly. Even Mother had been gravely ill, hadn’t she?

 

A Jianghu full of longing and fantasy had never existed since childhood. To her, Jianghu was a cruel reality where the boundaries between possible and impossible were clear.

 

In those days, the only thing Moyong Su Jeong could trust was her own talent, and what she hoped for as she grew older was a complete cure for the Nine Yin Severed Meridians.

 

‘As I thought!’

 

Moyong Bi unconsciously clenched his fist.

 

‘The secret place Dae Ho mentioned was my safe house!’

 

Where heaven’s gate will open. And the fairy’s robes.

 

There could be no more fitting words to describe the Alliance Leader’s safe house that exists in Hubei Province. From the perspective of someone in the know, it wasn’t even a metaphor but practically spelling it out.

 

Moyong Bi felt joy and puzzlement at the same time.

 

‘Why did he tell them so vaguely? He could have just kept it as a secret known only to blood relatives.’

 

Was he perhaps afraid that the story might spread to other people?

 

‘That’s possible. Even if they were smart, they were still very young children, so he might have feared word would leak… But it would have been good if he had at least found a way for Sister-in-law to know.’

 

After pondering repeatedly, Moyong Bi soon set aside his questions.

 

After all, since he had no way of knowing the family’s situation at the time or Moyong Dae Ho’s condition, there was no point in being curious or regretful.

 

What mattered now was the fact that the secret place Moyong Dae Ho had mentioned was his own safe house, and that his great grand nephews had heard about it.

 

‘This explains the motive for their actions.’

 

He had known little about the past of Moyong Bi, the original owner of this body, but most of his questions were now refreshingly answered.

 

‘This guy, well done!’

 

For the first time, he found his great grand nephew Moyong Bi admirable.

 

‘You never gave up until the end!’

 

Even if he had gone astray for a while, he was still of Moyong blood. Even if he became a scoundrel, his persistence alone was the best of his generation.

 

His chest felt refreshed as if blocked blood vessels had been cleared.

 

“Elder Sister.”

 

“Hmm?”

 

“What would you do if that Secret Place actually existed?”

 

“Wh-what did you say?”

 

Moyong Su Jeong was startled.

 

Moyong Bi, who had been trying to speak calmly, hesitated for a moment.

 

‘This girl doesn’t believe me?’

 

Judging by her expression, she wasn’t surprised about whether the Secret Place actually existed, but rather seemed to think ‘what nonsense is this guy suddenly spouting?’

 

Moyong Bi understood her.

 

‘How could she not feel that way.’

 

As the eldest daughter of the family, she had lost her parents since childhood.

 

She wasn’t in a situation to be swayed by pipe dreams. She was smart and had matured quickly.

 

Since she had believed the very existence of the Secret Place was fiction, it was natural for her to think her younger brother was talking nonsense.

 

Moyong Su Jeong shook her head.

 

“Of course it would be great if it existed. But that’s impossible, isn’t it?”

 

“Why do you think it’s impossible?”

 

“Well…”

 

It would be too long a story to explain.

 

Moyong Su Jeong let out a bitter laugh.

 

“If such a place existed, Father would have gone there long ago.”

 

Yes, he would have.

 

But thinking about it, it seemed like he might not have been able to.

 

“Why do you think that way for certain?”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Haven’t you ever considered the reasons why Father might not have been able to go there?”

 

He could sense her startled reaction.

 

“That’s…”

 

Indeed, she had never thought about that aspect.

 

For her, who valued reality, human behavioral motives were thoroughly aligned with rationality.

 

She thoroughly excluded the realm of ‘what if this’ or ‘what if that.’ Otherwise, she would be swept away by circumstances without any sense of self.

 

“I’ve never really thought about that aspect.”

 

“Right?”

 

“But Father never clearly told us about it either.”

 

Since this was also a part that puzzled Moyong Bi, he said this:

 

“The reason he didn’t tell us clearly, the reason he didn’t go there himself.”

 

“…?!”

 

“What do you think that reason could be?”

 

“Th-that’s…”

 

“I don’t remember well, but Father was never the type of person to confuse us with pipe dreams. The Chief Administrator told me the same thing when I was young.”

 

Seok Woong said while scratching his cheek.

 

“Did, did I really say that?”

 

“You mustn’t forget those words.”

 

Of course, I don’t actually know if Seok Woong said such a thing. It was just something I said on a whim anyway.

 

At times like this, you have to be brazenly confident.

 

“After hearing those words from the Chief Administrator, I staked everything on it.”

 

“What?!”

 

“The Secret Place.”

 

“…!”

 

“Neither Father nor Mother were people who chased fantasies. Yet they still told us about the Secret Place, even if passively. If they weren’t going to say anything, they wouldn’t have said anything at all—why would they have done that otherwise?”

 

Moyong Su Jeong’s mouth slowly fell open.

 

“That’s….”

 

It was a valid point.

 

Mother was naturally warm and gentle, treating her children not as successors but as young ones born from her own womb. She often shared romantic legends and myths of Jianghu with us.

 

But Father?

 

‘Father was definitely….’

 

She could no longer clearly remember what Father’s personality had been like.

 

However, there was one undeniable truth.

 

That Father had been the head of the family.

 

‘Bi Ah is right.’

 

Moyong Su Jeong’s eyes wavered greatly.

 

‘Father would never….’

 

The head of a family clan would never chase fantasies.

 

‘Why didn’t I think of something so obvious?’

 

It was because of her environment and sense of responsibility.

 

She had focused on what needed to be done and what could be done. Having to bear such heavy responsibility from a young age, she had no choice but to think that way.

 

In other words, she had calculated the rationality of human behavior based only on her own situation.

 

But Moyong Bi was different.

 

It wasn’t because he knew Moyong Dae Ho. He tried to understand the rationality of human behavior from the other person’s situation, not his own.

 

That difference was significant.

 

“Father must have had his own reasons for not explaining things properly and for not going to search for it himself. It’s right to approach it with that common sense.”

 

“I, I see.”

 

“Elder Sister and I interpreted the same thing completely differently. The reason you never even thought about what I considered natural is because of that.”

 

Moyong Su Jeong, who had been nodding as if entranced, suddenly widened her eyes.

 

“Don’t tell me you mean?”

 

“I went searching for the Secret Place.”

 

The real Moyong Bi had done that too.

 

“And I found out where it is.”

 

Shock appeared on both their faces.

 

A faint smile appeared on Moyong Bi’s face.

 

“The Secret Place exists. You can believe it because I saw it with my own eyes.”

 

I’ll see it directly in the future anyway, so what does the order matter?

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