I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 62

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62.

‘We’…

When he felt the satisfaction from Seon-o’s words that he was receiving special treatment, a warm feeling circulated within his previously cold interior.

He honestly admitted that he was pleased to be bound together with Seon-o as ‘we’. So he had no choice but to grant Seon-o’s request.

“Return by midnight.”

When Seon-o smiled happily after gaining his consent, Hwan quietly gazed at that smile.

Seon-o’s smile that somehow made him not want to send her anywhere.

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“There’s no peace of mind at all! With customers and match preparations…!”

“I’m too scared to continue anymore. What would happen if those guys wake up in the middle?”

“Bah, it’s never happened before, so surely it won’t happen now. That mysterious wine will put them to sleep very well, so don’t worry.”

Hidden behind a large pillar, Seon-o held her breath and eavesdropped on the servants’ conversation.

Thanks to Hwan threatening that he couldn’t invest unless he checked the Monster Fighting Arena immediately, Wang Ho-bang had left the mansion with Hwan.

Moreover, since most of the manpower was at the Monster Fighting Arena preparing for tomorrow’s match, only the minimum number of people remained in the mansion.

Thanks to this, Seon-o was moving nimbly while avoiding their eyes, wandering around looking for Sa-baek’s room. Wang Ho-bang’s mansion, like the Cheongpa River Fortress, was only difficult to enter and exit, but the security inside wasn’t very strict.

Moreover, the humans here wouldn’t expect at all that the graceful noble lady would fly around and ransack the mansion using Light Body Technique, so the security was also loosely relaxed.

By now, Sa-baek would also know that Hwan and Wang Ho-bang had left for the Monster Fighting Arena, and he would surely have anticipated that Seon-o would come looking for him.

Sa-baek was definitely waiting for a meeting with Seon-o.

‘Come out already, you bastard.’

Of course, Sa-baek wasn’t the only thing Seon-o was looking for. Inside this mansion, there was something more important to find than Sa-baek.

‘Damn, it’s huge.’

She searched every corner but couldn’t see either Sa-baek or that thing, and just as she was about to curse, a black shadow smoothly fell behind Seon-o, who was pressed against a corner wall in the darkness, gauging any presence.

The figure that had been watching Seon-o for a moment came close right next to her and whispered ticklishly.

“Are you looking for me, Madam?”

Of course, Seon-o’s heart dropped at the sudden whisper. Seon-o, who barely held back a scream by stopping her breath, turned around like lightning and saw Sa-baek’s smiling face.

Hah…

A short breath flowed from relieved Seon-o’s lips. Fortunately, she had found one of the two. Though she wasn’t particularly happy about it.

Sa-baek had a calm face as if he had known, as expected, that Seon-o would come looking for him.

‘This guy is as annoying as Wi Gong-un.’

Sa-baek, who had been staring at the displeasure in Seon-o’s eyes, whispered secretly.

“I’m disappointed that you got a husband while we were apart.”

This time, Seon-o didn’t fall for his tricks.

“What’s your real identity?”

Huh? Sa-baek asked back brazenly as if he had heard a strange question.

“Didn’t you hear earlier?”

“Do you expect me to believe that?”

Seon-o replied stiffly.

Perhaps this man really could be an illegitimate son of the Baek family with the name Baek-ryu.

Coming to Bujingak to catch demons, deliberately getting captured at Maehwagak, and approaching Wang Ho-bang in the North Sea could all have been for the family’s benefit.

But some intuition in Seon-o’s heart seemed to be shouting that it wasn’t true. Now she felt she had to find out this strange man’s identity.

Because her intuition, which kept shouting, was sensitively insisting on something.

So, perhaps…

This man was probably…

That’s when it happened.

“Your husband is the Night Moon Sect Leader, isn’t he?”

When Sa-baek suddenly asked something else, Seon-o’s breath froze. At that reaction, Sa-baek smiled as if it was nothing to be surprised about.

“The fact that the sixth candidate of the Phoenix competition gained Yawolbang’s cooperation is known by everyone on the continent.”

Seon-o’s eyes narrowed. His words were all true. It was becoming increasingly unfair. The man knew everything about Seon-o, but she couldn’t even be certain of his real name.

“I heard that our Master…”

Sa-baek whispered, bringing up the old title.

“I thought you would be working hard for the third gateway.”

His gentle eyes gleamed persistently. Though his tone was extremely gentle, the meaning contained within was quite insolent. He had the look of someone who was genuinely curious about why he was doing this here during such precious time.

‘Don’t tell me he came all the way here because he was curious about that…?’

Having such an absurd thought, Seon-o shook her head inwardly. That couldn’t be it. This man must surely have some other purpose as well.

“Why are you here?”

The innocent voice continued to whisper. Seon-o stared at him intently and asked back.

“Are you curious about that?”

“Very curious.”

When Sa-baek answered obediently, Seon-o gestured to him. It was a gesture as if telling him to come closer since she would answer. Sa-baek, who had been watching that gesture as if observing it, also obediently lowered his head and moved even closer to Seon-o.

When they became close enough to touch, Seon-o whispered against his ear.

“If you tell me what your real name is, I’ll also tell you why I’m doing this here.”

At the secret proposal, a meaningful smile appeared on Sa-baek’s lips. Soon, slightly turning his head, he whispered against Seon-o’s ear as if responding.

“How about this instead?”

At the counter-question that came back instead of an answer, Seon-o’s eyebrows shot up.

“If Master truly proves that you are qualified to be my master…”

Sa-baek’s voice was even more secretive than Seon-o’s.

“I’ll tell you not only my name but something even more than that.”

What?

Seon-o quickly turned her head to look at Sa-baek. Her intuition flashed sharply once again.

“What do you mean by something more than that?”

Instead of answering, Sa-baek only showed his characteristic enchanting smile. It was the moment when Seon-o was about to open her mouth again at Sa-baek’s increasingly suspicious behavior.

A faint voice was heard from beyond the corner where they were hiding.

“We need more alcohol. It seems one or two drinks won’t be enough for these guys.”

An urgent voice was approaching this way. Recognizing this fact, Seon-o and Sa-baek looked at each other. If those people turned the corner, Seon-o and Sa-baek’s figures would be immediately discovered. Instinctively grabbing Sa-baek’s arm, Seon-o tried to lead him and turn to the opposite side, but footsteps could be heard coming from the opposite direction as well.

‘Damn!’

That’s when it happened. Sa-baek instead pulled Seon-o, who was holding his arm, and stood pressed against the cold wall. Holding Seon-o in his arms and grasping both her shoulders, Sa-baek whispered in Seon-o’s ear.

“It seems there’s a wine storage around here.”

At the mention of wine storage, Seon-o’s eyes flashed open.

‘Is that so? But wait, where exactly is it here?’

Even looking around quickly, this place was just a corridor made of hallways, and there was no space that could be used as wine storage. However, if wine storage was hidden here, Seon-o had to find it without fail. Holding her breath, Seon-o frantically racked her brain.

‘If it were me, where would I put that wine storage…’

At that moment, Seon-o, who realized something, looked back at Sa-baek, and he smiled as if it was the correct answer and pressed a protruding spot on the wall next to them. Then the wall they were leaning against instantly spun around and pushed them into the space inside the wall.

“Ha…”

At the scene before her eyes that had changed in the blink of an eye, Seon-o let out the breath she had been holding.

From wine jars of common size to large wine jars, the place where various kinds of wine jars were stored was…

‘Found it.’

As Sa-baek had said, wine storage was hidden behind the wall.

This was the reason Seon-o wanted to enter this mansion and the other thing she had been desperately searching for.

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