I Decided to Give the Contract to the Male Vassal - Chapter 70

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Chapter 70

Chung-rin’s eyes remained tightly closed.

As if her consciousness had been bound somewhere, she didn’t even stir.

Wicheonso recalled the sight of Chung-rin collapsing like a puppet with severed strings.

Her face was pale as a corpse, and droplets of blood had formed on her hands.

Her breathing was abnormally shallow.

It was a precarious and fragile appearance, completely different from what she had shown at the altar.

Jinwongyeom had said that her condition was due to exhaustion.

Chung-rin had displayed remarkable divine power today.

An arrow had flown at her from close range.

Even a master with strong martial arts would have found it difficult to avoid, yet she had deflected the arrow with strange movements in that brief moment. Moreover, she had counterattacked the priest.

It seemed like an action carried out under thorough calculation.

‘She showed remarkable movements when we met at Bukhangnyo as well.’

Right after that, she had collapsed just like now. Both then and now, she seemed to have exhausted herself after drawing out all her latent potential.

‘She’s gotten involved in dangerous affairs again.’

The most absurd fact was that Chung-rin herself was the one who had devised such schemes.

How could such bold plans emerge from this small body?

Wicheonso bent down to examine her face.

Though she wore a completely different face, suddenly that face he had buried in his heart long ago seemed to overlap with hers.

It was as if lost time was coming back to life within her.

It was a strange feeling.

“Chung-rin.”

No answer came, but he was rather satisfied with that. Right now, she wouldn’t be able to hear his voice anyway.

“If you use schemes that attack yourself again in the future, I’ll stop you directly next time.”

Though his voice was dry like someone without emotions, these were words spoken from his desire for her to survive here in Cheonsan.

Even though Chung-rin had secretly taken the Bloodstone Flower, her body was still fragile.

This was a fact he had confirmed once again through direct contact with her in the bridal chamber.

Chung-rin still lacked the strength to protect herself.

It might be different if she lived as an ordinary believer in the Heavenly Sect. But if she got involved in the succession struggle as Wicheonso’s wife, her current level couldn’t guarantee her future.

When they left Cheonyanggung and moved to Cheongwolgung, their next residence, different dangers might approach then.

Of course, someday Chung-rin might find a way to reach her goals without harming herself.

However, the reason he worried like this now was because he already knew her past.

No matter how exceptional a mind she possessed, he couldn’t even guess what changes ten years of confinement would have brought.

Taking this into account, he had signed the contract she presented, but he didn’t have great expectations.

Just as Chung-rin had used him, he too had merely advanced his plans a little through marriage with her.

From the beginning, he hadn’t expected much from Chung-rin.

Nevertheless, she belonged to him, even if temporarily. Therefore, he couldn’t abandon her.

Wicheonso briefly traced Chung-rin’s brow with his fingertips.

Her breathing was shallow but she was definitely alive.

That was enough.

He slowly rose to his feet.

Beyond the window, blue sacred flames flickered, illuminating the first night of the Cheonmu Festival.

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