I Decided to Give the Contract to the Male Vassal - Chapter 59

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Chapter 59

 

When Yuhwa left, silence settled over the residence.

 

Sawol and Okxiang also held back their words, watching my mood.

 

Since they lived with me, they knew I had deliberately acted today.

 

When I finished drinking all the remaining tea, Sawol carefully approached.

 

“You’ve had a lot going on since yesterday, so you must be tired. How about resting now? Your face looks too pale.”

 

Since I hadn’t put on makeup after visiting Eunyangung, my complexion must have looked even worse.

 

“No. The Cheonmu Festival isn’t far off, so there’s a lot to think about.”

 

Since the Leader had personally entrusted me with this mission, the preparations had to be thorough.

 

“Sawol, have you ever seen the Cheonmu Festival directly?”

 

“Common believers like me can’t even enter. But I know that most of those belonging to Gyojeon participate.”

 

In the Heavenly Sect, the Cheonmu Festival is an important event to welcome the new year.

 

It might have been different in the past when they mainly operated from their base in Cheonsan. But now the Heavenly Sect had advanced into the central plains and was demonstrating its influence in various places.

 

At times like this, the meaning and influence of the Cheonmu Festival becomes even greater.

 

“The most important thing at the Cheonmu Festival is the sacred fire. They say the sacred fire must be lit by the most noble women.”

 

Sawol’s expression was quite serious.

 

“Since Mahu is bedridden, I heard that until now Hyeoncheonggungju and Hwaumgungju have taken turns lighting it.”

 

But this time, it meant I had to light the sacred fire.

 

The Cheonmu Festival period is three days.

 

During that time, the sacred fire I lit must not go out.

 

According to information obtained from Sangteon-dang, both lighting and maintaining the sacred fire required ‘blood.’

 

I heard that the stronger the internal energy contained in the blood, the more brilliant the sacred fire blooms.

 

Originally, this body was in a state of severed meridians, so it couldn’t maintain the sacred fire for long.

 

However, the Leader knew that my internal energy had returned. He seemed to want to see with his own eyes what level of qualification I, who had become the Third Prince’s wife, possessed.

 

On the other hand, Hyeoncheonggungju and Hwaumgungju wouldn’t want to share status with me, so they wouldn’t be pleased about my participation in the Cheonmu Festival.

 

From today’s meeting, Yuhwa would have given me a low evaluation.

 

Still, she seemed to be a person with excellent observational skills, so she would have felt something subtly uncomfortable about me.

 

It was certain I couldn’t deceive her for long, but her misjudgment would be helpful until the Cheonmu Festival.

 

Moreover, there was one more gain.

 

‘Even if just for a moment, I was able to see Yuhwa’s energy flow with my eyes.’

 

The moment our hands touched, I clearly saw the purple-black energy spreading around her, and the shining characters flowing beside it.

 

It was the first time I’d seen characters, but there was a martial art I could guess.

 

The Yeonhyeonseoga’s Eonmunjingong (Word Formation Array Technique).

 

It was also a martial art that the eldest daughter of the Yeonhyeonseoga, who valued records, would learn.

 

‘The scale of that energy and the density of the internal energy was thicker than Yeon Ho-ryeong or Yeonriri.’

 

Probably Yuhwa’s martial prowess was superior to theirs.

 

When you know about your opponent, it becomes easier to seize the advantage. This information would be strength for me.

 

“I need to change clothes again.”

 

“What? Where are you going again in that condition?”

 

Sawol asked with a worried tone.

 

“There’s someone I need to meet.”

 

These white clothes make a person look haggard.

 

To win people’s hearts, you must change your attire accordingly.

 

With Sawol’s help, I changed into clothes that were both colorful and neat.

 

Soon the bell sound announcing the hour of the Monkey could be heard.

 

I asked Sawol for understanding and headed alone to a pavilion inside Cheonyanggung.

 

In that place where you could see all of Cheonsan at a glance, no matter what stories were told, they wouldn’t leak outside.

 

When I reached the pavilion, a familiar figure was waiting for me.

 

A man with his hair neatly tied up and wearing a crown.

 

Chomunhang Leader Yeo Gyeong-o looked at me.

 

When we met as Chung-rin, his clothes and hair had been roughly disheveled, but wearing white robes, he felt almost like an immortal.

 

Killing intent was contained in his eyes looking at me.

 

Without even asking me, he deployed a formation technique to prevent sounds from leaking outside.

 

This formation technique made even Hyeonjyo, who had been hiding in the shadows, step back.

 

“Thank you for responding to my call.”

 

When I started speaking, Yeo Gyeong-o’s eyes slightly crinkled.

 

“Aren’t you calling me out too easily? I’m the leader of Chomunhang among the Cheonryeong Isippal-dang, you know.”

 

The corners of Yeo Gyeong-o’s mouth, who was both Sangteon-dang’s Chung-rin and Chomunhang’s leader, were twisted.

 

“Sorry. This is my first marriage in Cheonyanggung, so I didn’t have anyone suitable to ask for help, so I called you.”

 

“Befitting someone who learned from Chung-rin, you’ve been scheming everywhere, and now you say you have no one to help you?”

 

Yeo Gyeong-o sneered at me.

 

He seemed to know that I had tried to win over Sawol and Okxiang using Hyeonjyo, who was a shadow.

 

“So, have you thought about my proposal?”

 

I looked up at him with my arms crossed.

 

As I had told him earlier, the wedding between me and the Third Prince had taken place.

 

Though it was partly because I had deployed a strategy, it was also possible because the Third Prince had responded to my proposal.

 

I was reminding him of this fact.

 

“Supporting the Third Prince? Or are you talking about helping you?”

 

“You’re asking an obvious question.”

 

The latter was already content we had decided to deal with.

 

“Naturally, what I want is the former.”

 

“As I said before, Chomunhang only supports the Leader.”

 

“You still don’t support the First Prince or Second Prince?”

 

“But if I can achieve my goal, I can raise my hand for the Third Prince at a crucial moment.”

 

I know what the ‘goal’ Yeo Gyeong-o speaks of is.

 

He was saying that if I could find his enemy at Maryeonghwaga, and if he could take revenge on that enemy, he would cooperate with me.

 

This was separate from paying a price and providing information.

 

“I’ll promise you. I’ll make sure you can finish off your enemy with your own hands.”

 

When I looked up at him, a marvelous blue light swirled in Yeo Gyeong-o’s eyes.

 

The desire for revenge hidden deep in his heart must be stirring.

 

“One more thing. I’ll guarantee your freedom from Sangteon-dang.”

 

It wouldn’t end with just teaching him how to make an antidote.

 

I intended to ensure that Sangteon-dang’s reach wouldn’t touch him.

 

Only when he completely belonged to the Mageyo would there be significance in Wicheonso receiving the Chomunhang leader’s support.

 

Yeo Gyeong-o looked at me for a while without answering.

 

“Chung-rin. What is it that you want?”

 

Yeo Gyeong-o stared at me with fierce eyes, as if he felt some contradiction in my words.

 

As if he couldn’t understand why I would go to such lengths to put Wicheonso in the position of Young Leader.

 

“I am…”

 

The anger embedded in Yeo Gyeong-o’s heart was very old.

 

But in me, in my heart, vivid anger about something that was no different from what I experienced just yesterday was burning.

 

The death of the disciple who taught me how to live.

 

Anger that couldn’t even be expressed in words consumed me.

 

I took a deep breath because I could fall into heart demons if I made a mistake.

 

I had to say something to Yeo Gyeong-o to convince him.

 

What came to mind at that moment was one thing.

 

“Chung-rin is dead.”

 

Speaking of my own death.

 

Yeo Gyeong-o’s pupils widened greatly and his eyelids trembled.

 

I didn’t know that he, who had survived in the Mageyo for over 10 years with such cold-headedness, could make such an expression.

 

It was an unexpected reaction.

 

“I received information that Chung-rin stepped down from the position of Heavenly Sect Leader. But I’ve never heard news of his death.”

 

This statement meant that even Sangteon-dang was unaware of my death.

 

It also meant that whoever lured me out using Baekah as bait had kept my death secret.

 

My fingertips trembled.

 

I was just as shaken as Yeo Gyeong-o, but I clenched my hands and cut off my doubts.

 

“By any chance, is the one who killed Chung-rin affiliated with Sangteon-dang?”

 

I shook my head at his words.

 

The ones who killed Baekah and me were an assassin group trained by the Heavenly Tiger Alliance, but the one who gave that order must have been someone even higher up.

 

“Heavenly Earth Grand Leader Ak Cho-un.”

 

The man who was my superior during my days as Heavenly Sect Leader.

 

That bastard dragged Baekah into this to lure me out, and ultimately killed both Baekah and me.

 

So my desire for revenge was justified.

 

“Isn’t that man currently the leader of the Heavenly Tiger Alliance?”

 

Yeo Gyeong-o looked at me with a dazed expression for quite a long time.

 

“That’s right. I’m going to kill the Cheonho Clan Leader.”

 

I’ll avenge Baekah’s death with my own hands.

 

That’s the reason I’m still alive.

 

A shallow sigh escaped from Yeo Gyeong-o’s lips.

 

“Chung-rin. You were imprisoned for 10 years, so how did you learn that Chung-rin died because of the Heavenly Tiger Alliance?”

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