My Younger Siblings Are the Greatest Masters in the World - Chapter 33
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33.
Sang Chiyeon answered Hwangbo Hunyong’s question.
“They escaped.”
Hwangbo Hunyong quickly surveyed the room and asked.
“Were there two of them?”
“Yes.”
“It doesn’t look like you stopped them alone.”
“Seol the porter over there helped me.”
“A porter stopped assassins?”
“It was also Seol the porter who blocked the assassin’s first attack.”
Hwangbo Hunyong knew Sang Chiyeon’s martial arts better than anyone.
If she let them slip away, it meant the assassins’ martial arts were formidable.
But a porter chased such assassins?
Yeon Gok came to Seol Mujin, who was sheathing his sword.
“Porter Seol. Are you alright?”
“Yes.”
What Seol Mujin felt was regret.
If he had been just a little calmer, they were opponents he could have subdued.
This must be why in Murim they say skill is three parts, but experience is seven parts.
Sang Chiyeon asked Hwangbo Hunyong.
“Were there intruders besides the assassins who entered here?”
Hwangbo Hyeonguk scratched his cheek with a troubled expression.
“Well…”
Seeing the gazes directed at him, Seol Mujin sighed imperceptibly.
“There was some commotion caused by Porter Seol’s younger siblings.”
“Did my siblings perhaps hurt someone?”
Hwangbo Hunyong asked.
“You’re not asking if your siblings got hurt, but whether they hurt someone? Did you forget this is the Hwangbo Family Estate?”
“My siblings aren’t the type to get beaten up anywhere.”
“May I ask about your martial sect?”
He couldn’t be asked and couldn’t tell them either.
“I cannot tell you.”
According to what he heard from the triplets, hiding one’s martial sect was common in Murim.
Seol Mujin said to Yeon Gok.
“Let’s continue the treatment.”
Hwangbo Ryeoseon was just covered in some dust but wasn’t injured.
Seol Mujin, who had unintentionally seen her bare body, hurriedly turned around.
Yeon Gok said.
“This is why I said I couldn’t feel at ease. You talked like some dragon’s courage and tiger’s blood, but assassins attacked so casually.”
The people of the Hwangbo Family had no choice but to remain speechless.
If Sang Chiyeon had been alone, nine times out of ten, Hwangbo Ryeoseon would have died in the assassin’s attack.
Hwangbo Hunyong asked Sang Chiyeon.
“Guard Sang, do you have any guesses about the identity of the assassins?”
“Other than having a slender body like a woman, their martial arts were also unfamiliar.”
Since it wasn’t a very long fight, it was difficult to figure anything out.
Seol Mujin asked Hwangbo Hyeonguk.
“Where are my siblings?”
“Uncle is bringing them this way.”
Since Hwangbo Hunyong was also there, it was fine for Seol Mujin to leave.
“I should go see my siblings.”
Seol Mujin went outside without waiting for an answer.
This time, Yeon Gok didn’t stop him either.
As he descended from the Main Hall, he heard Seol Ryeoseon’s voice from beyond the wall.
“Those little bastards attacked first!”
Soon after, a group of people appeared through Woldong Gate.
Seol Mujin spotted Seol Ryeoseon and Seol Mantong among them and ran over.
“Big brother!”
“Hyung!”
“Are you guys okay?”
“Of course we’re okay.”
Well, there was no way they wouldn’t be okay.
“Where’s Changho?”
Seol Ryeoseon and Seol Mantong, who looked at each other’s faces, simultaneously answered “Don’t know.”
“What happened?”
“We were bored so we were looking around the Hwangbo Family Estate, and those little brats started going crazy saying we stole their martial arts. Who would steal and learn such trivial martial arts?”
One middle-aged man among the six who came with them shouted angrily.
“Trivial martial arts! Even if you’re just a child, how can you speak so carelessly!”
He was the head of Ha Family Southern Hall, one of the Twelve Guardian Families of the Hwangbo Family, and the father of the kids who got beaten by Seol Ryeoseon.
Seol Ryeoseon forcibly held back what she wanted to say: ‘If you don’t like it, why don’t you try fighting me yourself?’
Seol Mujin spoke in a calm tone.
“It seems there was a bit of a quarrel between the children.”
“A bit? One kid has a broken nose bone, and two kids have cracked ribs, and you call that a bit?”
If it ended with just that much, she showed a lot of restraint.
Seol Mujin playfully hit Seol Mantong’s head.
“Inseok, even so, how could you beat the kids so severely?”
“I didn’t beat any kids.”
Seol Ryeoseon said.
“I fought alone, you know?”
Seol Ryeoseon asked Seol Mantong.
“Come to think of it, why were you chased out?”
“Huh? Cha… chased out by who…?”
A man whose waist was as thick as a large tree spoke.
“That brat snuck in while I was bathing. Why on earth did you enter my bathhouse?”
“I, I didn’t sneak in, I just went in by mistake!”
Seol Ryeoseon looked at Seol Mantong with half-closed eyes.
“I can see right through you. This…”
Unable to bring herself to say “pervert,” Seol Ryeoseon grabbed Seol Mantong’s ear.
“Ahh…!”
“They say a gourd dipper that leaks at home also leaks outside, but do you want to act like this even here?”
“Th, that’s why I said I’d just stay with hyung! Ahh! My ear!”
Ha Bongguk, the head of Ha Family Southern Hall, stepped forward into the commotion.
“In any case, this matter cannot just be overlooked! An outsider comes to the Hwangbo Family Estate and beats up family members! How much must they look down on our Hwangbo Family to commit such an act!”
It was understandable that he was angry since a child was hurt.
However, what happened had already happened, and Seol Mujin’s group were clearly guests.
Not just any guests, but guests who came to treat the eldest daughter and second son of the Hwangbo Family.
Coming at such people like this was nothing short of picking a fight.
“So what do you want to do?”
“A conflict that arose through force must be resolved through force.”
Seol Ryeoseon stepped forward.
“Oho! You’re saying you want to fight me now?”
“Huh? No, how could I fight a little kid like you?”
“Then you’re saying you’ll fight our oppa?”
Just as Seol Ryeoseon was about to unleash a string of curses, Hwangbo Hyeonguk appeared.
“Head Ha, please stop this.”
“Second Young Master.”
“Doctor Seol is a great benefactor to our family. It’s unfortunate that Head Ha’s children were hurt, but didn’t the children of a Murim noble family lose in a fair fight? To pick a quarrel and start a fight over that. That’s what would truly bring shame to the Hwangbo Family’s face.”
At Hwangbo Hyeonguk’s logical words, Ha Bongguk could only redden his face.
“I’m sorry things turned out this way, Doctor Seol.”
With Hwangbo Hyeonguk even apologizing, there was no intention to escalate the matter.
“Not at all. This happened because of my siblings’ peculiar personalities.”
The peculiar-personalitied Seol Ryeoseon just turned her head away with a “Tch!”
“Huh? Where are you coming back from?”
Seol Changho appeared around the corner of the building with his hands clasped behind his back.
“The surroundings were quite noisy, so what happened? Did you guys cause trouble?”
While the cause of the Hwangbo Family Estate’s commotion was Seol Ryeoseon and Seol Mantong, what made it as chaotic as stirring up a hornet’s nest was the two assassins’ fault.
Since no news had been delivered yet about the assassins being caught, it seemed they had escaped.
“With all this chaos, I don’t know how the treatment went.”
At Yeon Gok’s words as he came down from the main hall, Seol Mujin asked.
“Did the treatment go well?”
“If I were shaken by such things, I couldn’t call myself a renowned physician. With just two more acupuncture sessions, it should be manageable with medicine.”
Seol Mantong said.
“Then do it quickly now. I don’t want to stay in this house any longer.”
When everyone looked at him with shocked expressions, Seol Mantong quietly added ‘…please’ at the end.
“Acupuncture needs to be spaced out, only once a day.”
This meant they would have to stay at the Hwangbo Family Estate for two more days.
Hwangbo Hyeonguk said to Yeon Gok.
“Thank you for your hard work. You must be tired, so I’ll guide you to a place to rest.”
As Hwangbo Hyeonguk led the way, Seol Mujin, the triplets, and Yeon Gok followed behind.
“I’m ashamed to have shown you such a sight.”
Setting aside the commotion Seol Ryeoseon had caused, the fact that an assassin had attacked in the inner chamber was a complete loss of face for the Hwangbo Family.
Yeon Gok, who had been reading the mood, threw out a question when Seol Mujin remained silent.
“An assassin attacked deep within the Hwangbo Family Estate and you couldn’t catch them. How strange.”
“Unfortunately, an emergency was called at that time, so all the guards nearby had moved to other locations.”
Seol Ryeoseon and Seol Mantong were also partly to blame.
“Even so, letting assassins escape from a place like this is a bit…”
Hwangbo Hyeonguk could only sigh and couldn’t say much else.
Finally, Seol Mujin spoke up.
“Everyone has their circumstances. We just need to finish the treatment and leave.”
After speaking, Seol Mujin subtly observed Hwangbo Hyeonguk’s expression.
His tightly shut mouth actually showed that he wanted to say something.
Hwangbo Hyeonguk might have an idea of who the culprit was.
No, he thought that not just Hwangbo Hyeonguk, but quite a few people probably suspected someone.
If Hwangbo Ryeoseon, who was receiving treatment, had been attacked, it should have been turned upside down like stirring up a beehive.
But it ended with just a commotion.
Even now, the Hwangbo Family Estate was returning to its usual appearance.
There was no way the clever Seol Changho would miss that.
“It seems like you have an idea who the culprit is.”
He voiced what Seol Mujin had deliberately left unsaid.
Hwangbo Hyeonguk was visibly flustered.
“No, what do you mean…?”
“It’s just a child’s words, don’t mind it.”
Seol Mujin, who felt burdened by the conversation progressing further, cut it off.
But as always, stopping the triplets from saying what they wanted was not easy.
“The poisoning has been going on for a long time and it’s clearly an inside job, but appearing calm on the surface means you know who the culprit is but can’t catch them. Right, hyung?”
Seol Changho deliberately dragged Seol Mujin into it.
“I told you it’s not our business to interfere.”
Seol Ryeoseon spoke up.
“But it’s interesting.”
“You can’t treat this kind of matter as a joke.”
“Coming all the way here to provide treatment and even stopping an assassin’s attack should be enough to call it even. Bringing us to a place like this means you were prepared to show us your family’s shame, right?”
Hwangbo Hyeonguk was quite flustered.
He hadn’t expected Seol Mujin’s group to figure out all the internal affairs of the Hwangbo Family from just these few incidents.
‘What kind of people are so smart?’
“So who do you think the culprit is?”
Except for one kid.
Seol Ryeoseon scolded Seol Mantong.
“You idiot, do you carry your head around as decoration? If they can’t catch the culprit even though it’s an insider, then either the family head is the culprit or at least involved!”
“The family head is the culprit?”
“Would the family head be the culprit?”
“Then what is it!”
“They’re trying to kill the eldest daughter and second son! Common sense says the eldest son is the culprit!”
It wasn’t common sense at all.
Even though there were power struggles in Murim noble families, it wasn’t something that happened frequently.
But for the triplets who had experienced vicious power struggles in the Demonic Sect, fratricidal conflict over power was common sense.
“Ah! Our Ming… Ugh!”
Seol Ryeoseon mercilessly struck the back of Seol Mantong’s head as he was about to unconsciously say “Mingjiao.”
“Ah, sorry.”
The one who apologized was Seol Mantong, who had been hit.
The most flustered person among them was Hwangbo Hyeonguk.
Although they missed a few things, their deduction was far too accurate.
“Please ensure this matter doesn’t leak outside.”
Hwangbo Hyeonguk didn’t deny it and frankly acknowledged it.
Though they hadn’t spent many days together, Seol Mujin thought Hwangbo Hyeonguk seemed like a person with good character.
“We’re not martial artists, so you don’t need to worry.”
“Thank you.”
“What a dysfunctional family, a complete mess. Tsk tsk tsk…”
“Physician Yeon.”
At Seol Mujin’s call, Yeon Gok replied, “I understand. I’ll watch my mouth.”
Hwangbo Hyeonguk also took a liking to Seol Mujin, who seemed serious, intelligent, and even had good character.
“How old are you this year, Leader Seol?”
“Nineteen.”
“Ah! I’m eighteen, so I should call you big brother.”
“What?”
“Please take care of me from now on, big brother.”
Hwangbo Hyeonguk said to the triplets.
“Since I’ve become big brother’s younger brother, you guys should call me oppa and hyung too, right?”
Seol Ryeoseon looked at Hwangbo Hyeonguk with an incredulous expression.
“Has this brat lost his mind? Where does he get off with this nonsense?”
“Huh?”
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