Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 47

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Chapter 47

 

 

Should I say he already knew her temperament.

She was at the peak despite being just past twenty years of age.

Such talent would be rare even in the Namgung Family, which could be called her main house.

Despite having such talent, she possessed even greater ambition.

Though she seemed to have kept it well hidden until now.

After rising to the position of Deputy Agency Head, she seemed to show such signs more.

Well, on one hand, her displeasure was understandable.

Who was the one who summoned her here.

 

‘Song In did well.’

 

It was Song In who wasn’t present at this gathering.

While dealing with the Donghwa Guild Leader, Song In had moved to Baekyang Escort Agency.

Under the pretext that he moved on his own, not by Jung Myeong’s order.

Thus making these people come here.

That would be her ultimate dissatisfaction.

She seemed to have no intention of hiding that dissatisfaction anymore.

 

“If it wasn’t the Physician who made him move. You took my person so easily, and it seems you’ve won his heart too?”

“Took him? Wasn’t he someone who came of his own accord.”

“Hmph. He’s not someone who moves easily, so how did you embrace him?”

“As I said, it was possible because he came of his own accord.”

“Hmm….”

“If there’s a difference between you and me, Deputy Agency Head, it would be one thing.”

“What would that be?”

“Whether one understands people’s hearts or not.”

“Are you saying I failed to understand?”

“Yes. You prioritized profits over hearts. Profits over even justification. That was greed. Because of that difference, didn’t Song In come to me instead? If you knew how to understand that, you could gain many more people.”

“…I’ll gratefully accept your advice.”

“What advice could there be. However, I must say this now as well.”

“Please speak.”

“Would the past matter now?”

“!!!”

 

Namgung Yeon. Though she seemed to only voice complaints.

He had to understand.

Playing in a rigged game. The feeling of being manipulated would be unpleasant for her too.

If he hadn’t at least put some benefit in her hands.

 

‘She would have broken up the meeting long ago.’

 

She would have already left.

The previous matter was the same.

Though Song In had come to find Jung Myeong on his own feet.

For her, it was losing one of her limbs.

In the midst of that, just not officially expressing dissatisfaction. She had shown quite great magnanimity.

In the midst of such things, with only these kinds of incidents.

He had no choice but to listen to her complaints.

 

‘Though I did cut it off appropriately at my line.’

 

He needed to wash away such dissatisfaction from Namgung Yeon.

Anyway, with the Donghwa Guild Leader dead, the game would become complicated again.

There was no need to elaborate that having good allies here was the best move.

That’s why he extended his hand.

When the Donghwa Guild Leader sent assassins, when he had turned a blind eye.

Saying he would forget that past incident.

 

“Forgetting a debt of the heart with the heart?”

“You’ve hit it exactly. I forget what happened before, and if you, Deputy Agency Head, don’t take this incident to heart, wouldn’t that be good for both of us?”

“It’s truly a convenient calculation method.”

“There’s no reason not to accept it, is there?”

“Yes. Honestly, that’s true. Sigh….”

 

In the end, she seemed to accept this as well.

After composing her emotions with a sigh, peace dwelt in her eyes again.

After composing her heart.

She wanted to discuss the future.

 

“However, you didn’t use such complex moves just to understand my heart once, did you?”

“Isn’t that obvious.”

“As expected. Then the reason you called me is….”

“Because of the Hao Gate warriors.”

“Didn’t you completely join hands with them?”

“Joining hands is correct. On equal footing.”

“Equal footing… it would be for the same reason as before?”

“You’ve hit it exactly.”

 

That he had schemed with Hao Gate. And then made the complex move of drawing in even Baekyang Escort Agency as a third force.

This was because he had glimpsed the future.

 

‘There’s no need to stick my head into a tiger’s mouth just to avoid the wolf that is the Donghwa Guild Leader.’

 

If he had finished the Donghwa Guild Leader’s matter without the Escort Agency like this.

Hao Gate would have gained much greater profits.

 

They had schemed together. And on that scheme, the Guild Leader died.

Even if Jung Myeong had handled the decisive move.

Hao Gate gained enormous profits just from the Guild Leader’s death itself.

I’m not talking about the profits the Guild Leader possessed.

The chaos that would be created by the Guild Leader’s death!

The profits that would emerge from that were greater for them.

 

‘Incidentally, they’d also cause damage to Black Point.’

 

Jung Myeong had accomplished his own revenge in the midst of that.

Anyway. Would Hao Gate, having gained profits, leave Jung Myeong alone?

Seeing Jung Myeong as an individual, his body would move.

It would be worth considering as an opportunity to have a fairly decent master as his limbs.

That’s why Jung Myeong deliberately involved Baekyang Escort Agency.

 

‘The calculations have become complicated though.’

 

Thanks to that, it seems like he’s living life too complicatedly.

But in this Murim, this was a natural thing.

Namgung Yeon read his intention even without any special explanation.

 

“Physician, you could have stepped forward as a merchant instead.”

“That’s unlikely. I merely carried out personal revenge.”

“It’s not something to downplay to just that extent, is it?”

“Is that so?”

 

Moreover, she pointed out what he hadn’t seen.

 

“Didn’t you obtain the best thing, Physician?”

 

 

* * *

 

 

That he obtained the biggest thing.

What exactly did he gain besides personal revenge?

 

“What do you mean?”

“Reputation.”

“!!!”

“Starting tomorrow, your name will echo throughout Hangzhou. Can’t you estimate how much profit that alone will bring?”

“Hmm….”

“Physician, you seem to think of it only as personal revenge and not being manipulated. Will this incident only bring about such results?”

“Tsk. Actually, I didn’t want to obtain such things.”

“Hmm…. You’re sincere. But my words won’t be wrong.”

 

Reputation and honor!

That which any Martial Artist would risk their life to obtain.

She immediately pointed out that he had gained reputation that could be obtained by proving strength.

And how great those intangible profits were.

 

However, for Jung Myeong, whose track record as a Martial Artist wasn’t yet clear,

The power of that reputation could only be felt vaguely.

Even in his previous life, he didn’t know well the power of such reputation.

 

“I only tried to lead one Medical Clinic well, but things keep getting bigger.”

“If you wanted that, you should have offered money from the beginning.”

“What use is a Medical Clinic manipulated by others?”

“…Ordinary Medical Clinics do that. If you disliked Murim, you should have made connections with the government.”

“The government… That side doesn’t appeal to me much either. I guess I can’t be ordinary.”

“It can’t be helped. Still, since you’ve shown your strength, it worked out. However, even so, the matter has already unfolded.”

 

Even so, it can’t be undone now.

He had already caused the incident, and the results of that incident would still be spreading.

Moreover, even if he went back to the past again,

He would ultimately make the same choice.

Rather than being manipulated,

It would be better to gain reputation instead.

Therefore, he had to make better moves here.

 

‘Now is perfect for making that move.’

 

It just so happened that now seemed perfect for him to make a move.

 

“That’s right. It has unfolded. Anyway, having gained the biggest profit, I’d like to make a proposal.”

“What do you mean by proposal?”

“Since we agreed to forget past matters, let me ask again.”

“Please speak.”

“Would you join hands with me as an alliance?”

“….”

 

Namgung Yeon. Instead of answering, she stared intently at Jung Myeong.

 

‘Hasn’t it been less than half a year since this guy set foot in Hangzhou?’

 

The period since establishing the Medical Clinic was even shorter.

But what about the achievements built during that time?

 

‘He established a Medical Clinic and is called a benevolent physician by the Common People, and since he caught the Donghwa Guild Leader, he’d consider becoming the next supreme master a sure thing. Then what’s next?’

 

In half a year, a benevolent physician and supreme master.

What would happen after the next half year?

 

‘I can’t gauge it at all.’

 

She had grown up as a Hangzhou native and lived more fiercely than anyone.

Thus she had risen to the position of Deputy Agency Head and took pride in it,

But she couldn’t compare to the person before her eyes.

A wanderer who had lived alone as a righteous physician of the martial world.

Even though that wanderer was extending his hand,

It was difficult to turn him away.

 

‘We’re equal now, but….’

 

How much wider the gap would become as time passed,

She couldn’t guess at all.

A deep sense of defeat enveloped Namgung Yeon.

Even so.

 

‘I won’t collapse. I won’t keep losing like this either.’

 

She was neither broken by her current shabby state nor did she show any cracks.

Rather, she felt her heart grow at ease now that she had acknowledged him.

 

‘Not yet… I can still catch up.’

 

Having completed an objective assessment of herself, she could see what lay ahead.

She felt the spark that had been extinguished for a while beginning to burn again.

It was the moment when the passion she thought had died after becoming Deputy Agency Head awakened once more.

At the same time, she made a resolution.

The day she would nurture this spark into a great flame. The day the gap between her and him would narrow would be when she stood in a different position than now.

 

‘When that time comes, I will definitely…!’

 

And so, having completed all her resolve, she said.

 

“…You make it impossible not to accept your proposal.”

“I’ll take that as a compliment.”

“Very well. Let’s do it. An alliance.”

“Hehe. You won’t regret it.”

 

She took the hand he extended to her. In the name of alliance.

And so, the moment Jung Myeong extended his hand to Baekyang Escort Agency and she grasped it.

He had an intuition.

 

‘Finally, Baekyang has entered my hand.’

 

The force that had seemed so enormous when he first encountered it, Baekyang Escort Agency.

Now that this Escort Agency had joined hands with him as a partner rather than trying to encompass him.

 

‘Excellent…’

 

He felt an enormous pleasure sweep over him.

It was great excitement.

Knowing that the identity of this excitement was a sense of achievement.

He was someone who could enjoy this moment more than anyone.

That said, he wasn’t just being complacent.

 

‘Namgung Yeon. Someone like her will someday want to flip the board again and put me beneath her.’

 

Because he had already noticed the heart of the woman whose hand he held.

However, knowing that coordinating and controlling her was also part of his ability.

Even while understanding Namgung Yeon’s inner thoughts better than anyone.

He accepted her.

 

‘It will be difficult to flip this board.’

‘Someday, I definitely will…’

 

And so, within their different dreams in the same bed that wasn’t quite different dreams in the same bed.

Namgung Yeon of Baekyang Escort Agency and Jung Myeong joined hands as equals.

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