I Decided to Give the Contract to the Male Vassal - Chapter 23

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Chapter 23

With a clicking sound, the sword guard closed.

Yeonhopyeong returned the iron sword to its original place.

Even though he still had a long way to go before fully absorbing all the Blood Flame Flower, he grinned with satisfaction.

It seemed he had already achieved some degree of accomplishment with just a tiny portion of the Blood Flame Flower.

The wedding day was approaching, and perhaps he wanted to prove his qualifications as Sobaek through his own skills rather than through marriage.

Before I knew it, Yeonhopyeong brushed past me.

Covering my mouth with both hands and holding my breath, I watched his profile.

At that moment, a memory suddenly surfaced.

It was part of Chung-rin’s memories.

Chung-rin was walking barefoot by the lakeside.

Though I couldn’t understand the reason, her heavy emotions were transmitted to me.

I couldn’t confirm how she, who had been confined all along, had made it to the lakeside.

I was only certain that this happened before meeting Yeonhopyeong.

The emotions conveyed from the memory were filled with despair.

Just before discovering Yeonhopyeong beyond the bushes, the memory fragment ended.

The memory that unfolded before my eyes was very brief, but it felt like a clue to some event.

Meanwhile, Yeonhopyeong was leaving the armory.

After confirming that Yeonhopyeong’s presence had completely disappeared, I stood before the Blood Flame Flower again.

Yeonhopyeong wouldn’t come here for a while.

It would take at least four days for him to digest the Blood Flame Flower fragment he had taken earlier.

Even if he noticed it had disappeared, Yeonhopyeong couldn’t openly search for the divine artifact Blood Flame Flower.

This was an opportunity for me.

‘I’ll take that Blood Flame Flower.’

While Yeonhopyeong chose to separate the crystals and absorb them like medicinal ingredients, I had no such intention.

I had a way to purely absorb only the Blood Flame Flower’s energy.

It was an extremely dangerous task, but it was a gamble worth attempting.

I reached toward the largest crystal of the Blood Flame Flower.

I carefully picked it up and wrapped it tightly in cloth I had prepared beforehand to prevent light from leaking out.

The distinctive red energy couldn’t be concealed, but fortunately it seemed only visible to me, so it should be fine.

I immediately returned straight to my residence.

After placing the Blood Flame Flower in an iron box and hiding it deep in the study desk, I returned to my bed.

Only then did my heart begin to pound belatedly.

Using the Blood Flame Flower, I could obtain internal energy as potential power.

If I used a method of hiding the Blood Flame Flower’s energy throughout my body’s blood vessels and gradually absorbing it, even if the absorption succeeded, I could avoid detection by others.

Even someone with martial prowess as outstanding as Third Prince Wicheonso wouldn’t be able to notice the Blood Flame Flower’s energy dissolved in my meridians.

The problem was that this method carried risks…

The moment I held the Blood Flame Flower in my hand, I could tell.

The Blood Flame Flower’s hot energy and the cold energy inherent in Chung-rin had surprisingly decent compatibility. If I could handle internal energy with extreme sensitivity, it seemed I might be able to accept the Blood Flame Flower.

However, there was one problem.

This body wasn’t yet ready to accept the Blood Flame Flower.

If I tried to accept it in my current state with extremely little internal energy, my body would be torn apart by the Blood Flame Flower’s hot internal power before I could attempt anything.

‘I need to remove one more needle that turned this body into severed meridians.’

To do that, I decided to practice mental cultivation today and remove the needle tomorrow.

Absorbing the Blood Flame Flower’s energy would come after that.

There was still time left before my appointment with Wicheonso.

I immediately sat cross-legged on the bed and concentrated on mental cultivation.

After observing the situation for the remaining two days, I would take the internal power dwelling within the Blood Flame Flower.

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