My Younger Siblings Are the Greatest Masters in the World - Chapter 66
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66.
Ju Cheonmyeong spat out four short words.
And after drinking a cup of alcohol, he opened his mouth again.
“I haven’t become emperor yet, so I don’t know about other things. This time let me ask you one thing. Can you make me emperor?”
Seol Mujin’s answer came without a moment’s hesitation.
“No.”
“Huh? If you don’t have that ability, why did you ask what kind of emperor I want to become?”
“I didn’t say I lack ability.”
A small smile appeared on Ju Cheonmyeong’s startled lips.
“Are you contemplating who to make emperor?”
“I don’t have the ability to make someone emperor. I can just offer small help at most.”
“Then how do you see me? Am I someone worth your help?”
“The time is too short to judge Your Highness the Third Prince.”
“Didn’t you become certain of Dong Muhyeok’s innocence in a short meeting?”
“If Your Highness the Third Prince were evil, I would have already known.”
“Well, I’ve never once thought I was a good guy.”
“Someone said this. There isn’t a single good guy among the imperial family.”
When the word ‘guy’ came out, Yeon Daebang said in surprise.
“Seol Podoo. Watch your words! What safety are you talking about…!”
Ju Cheonmyeong raised his hand to stop Yeon Daebang’s words.
“It’s fine. He didn’t say anything wrong. Have you met other imperial relatives besides me?”
“No.”
“Then let me give you one piece of advice. If you ever meet an imperial ‘guy’ later, don’t call them this guy or that guy. There are some with nasty tempers too.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
Ju Cheonmyeong poured alcohol with one hand and rubbed his ear with the other.
Yeon Daebang asked.
“Your Highness, is it itchy again?”
“Did you look into physicians who can remove moles?”
“There can’t be any physician who can do such a thing.”
“It looks like dirt too… Damn!”
Seol Mujin thought of another person from the two words ‘mole’ and ‘dirt’.
‘Hwanggeum-i?’
—What I know about Hwanggeum-i’s father is just his face and that. I don’t even know his name.
He remembered what Jang Jangsim had said.
Hwanggeum-i’s biological father also had a mole behind his ear.
Four moles that looked like dirt.
‘No way, that can’t be.’
Even while thinking this, Seol Mujin carefully opened his mouth.
“Your Highness, may I perhaps see that mole?”
“Huh? Why?”
“I know a skilled physician.”
“How skilled?”
“Skilled enough to remove moles?”
Yeon Daebang said.
“Give it up. Even the imperial physicians couldn’t do it.”
“The physician I know seems more skilled than imperial physicians. Well, if you really don’t want to…”
As Seol Mujin, who had half-risen, sat down, Ju Cheonmyeong said.
“Look. It’s not like it wears away. No, I wish it would wear away and disappear.”
Seol Mujin carefully approached Ju Cheonmyeong.
What if the mole shape is exactly the same as Hwanggeum-i’s?
He definitely said he had been to Jinan.
He also said he had gone to a pleasure house with courtesans.
What if the mole shape is the same? Could the Third Prince be Hwanggeum-i’s biological father?
All sorts of thoughts came to him as he approached that short distance.
And Seol Mujin, who confirmed the mole behind the ear, held his breath.
It looked exactly the same.
What should I do about this?
***
“Really? The mole on the Third Prince’s ear is exactly the same as the one on Hwanggeum-i’s ear?”
To Seol Ryeoseon’s repeated question, Seol Mujin answered like a sigh.
“That’s what I’m saying.”
Seol Mantong chuckled.
“That’s just a coincidence. The Third Prince couldn’t have embraced Hwanggeum-i’s mother. Beijing must be full of beautiful courtesans.”
Seol Changho said.
“You never know about that. If you always eat delicacies, sometimes you want to eat rough bellflower root too.”
“What happens if Hwanggeum-i is the Third Prince’s child?”
Imperial blood.
Moreover, the Third Prince hadn’t even married yet because he had been wandering around.
“If this goes well, won’t Hwanggeum-i’s mother become the Third Prince’s legal wife?”
At Seol Ryeoseon’s words, Seol Changho firmly shook his head.
“A courtesan is absolutely impossible. Courtesans can’t even become wives of low-ranking officials, let alone imperial family… It would be fortunate if she doesn’t die.”
Seol Changho asked.
“Die? Why?”
“Just imagine if rumors spread that a courtesan bore an imperial child. It would be unbearable shame for that imperial family member.”
“Everything becomes shame. Then he shouldn’t have planted his seed with a courtesan in the first place.”
Seol Mujin, who had been thinking deeply, said.
“It would be better to keep this matter covered up. As Changho said, Hwanggeum-i’s mother could be in danger.”
“Not just the mother, we can’t guarantee Hwanggeum-i’s safety either. If things go well, there’s a possibility she could become the emperor’s son, right?”
“I learned something unnecessary.”
Seol Changho said.
“We just need to keep our mouths shut. What reason would the Third Prince have to come to Yeonji-ru and meet Hwanggeum-i and her mother?”
“Well…”
“Well what?”
“The Third Prince really liked Seol Baekju.”
“He wouldn’t come all that way just for alcohol.”
Seol Ryeoseon declared.
“He’ll come.”
A drunkard’s heart is known by another drunkard.
Seol Changho also nodded.
“If he tasted my Seol Baekju, he can’t not come.”
“Such nonsense… Why is hyung’s expression like that?”
“Because it seems like he’ll come to Yeonji-ru.”
Seol Changho pressed his forehead with his hand.
“This is driving me crazy.”
Seol Ryeoseon said.
“It’s just a mole behind the ear. How many people in the Central Plains would have that? It must be a coincidence, just a coincidence.”
He decided to let it go for now.
The next day, as they were leaving the inn to depart for Jinan, Dong Muhyeok came looking for them.
Seeing him dressed in the uniform of a Geumeuiwi officer, it seemed he had been reinstated.
Dong Muhyeok politely bowed toward Seol Mujin in the middle of the bustling main street.
“Thank you. For finding the culprit who killed Hye-ryeong.”
Seol Mujin also replied with a smiling face, “Don’t mention it.”
Dong Muhyeok hadn’t come because he was grateful for being saved, but because of Hwang Hyeryeong.
Seol Mujin liked this side of Dong Muhyeok.
“Once things are settled here, I’ll come find you in Jinan.”
“You don’t need to go to such trouble…”
“One who doesn’t know gratitude is like a beast. Don’t make me into a beast.”
Dong Muhyeok said those words and turned away.
His atmosphere was quite different from when they met in prison.
As Dong Muhyeok disappeared into the crowd, Seol Changho stepped forward energetically and said.
“Brother! We have to spar before we leave, right?”
“Really?”
The triplets looked at Seol Mujin with expressions that said it was obvious.
“Of course we do. Haha!”
***
They stood in front of the main gate of Yeonji-ru.
Since it was just past noon, Yeonji-ru hadn’t even opened its main gate.
Hwangbo Cheonak gazed up at the three-story building.
“It would burn well.”
Wang Baekcho responded to the words of Gwon Taekang, who had come with them.
“Didn’t they say Seol Mujin lives here too?”
“We can ask once we go inside.”
Gwon Taekang and Wang Baekcho were among the top ten masters within the Five Dragon Sect.
Since they said Seol Mujin’s martial arts were strong, they had sent excessive force.
Hwangbo Cheonak pushed the brown wooden door.
Creak—!
The unlocked main gate was easily pushed open.
As the door opened, a woman hanging laundry in the courtyard gradually came into view.
The sunlight was good, making it perfect weather for doing laundry.
Judging by the small size of the clothes she was shaking out, they were children’s clothes.
The woman, who was hanging up a top and reaching for pants, turned her gaze toward Hwangbo Cheonak’s group.
“Who… are you?”
Anxiety showed on the face of the questioning woman.
It was natural for her to be frightened when three men carrying swords and knives on their backs entered.
Hwangbo Cheonak looked around.
A pleasure house at this hour was like a residential home at dawn—a place where it was hard to see people.
The woman was probably someone who did odd jobs at the pleasure house.
Hwangbo Cheonak approached the woman.
The woman, too frightened, couldn’t even run away and just trembled.
Hwangbo Cheonak asked in a low voice.
“Seol Mujin, where is he?”
“Who are you to be looking for Mujin-i?”
“It’s none of your business, just call Seol Mujin.”
Something resolute appeared on the face of the woman who swallowed hard.
“I don’t know who you are, but Mujin-i isn’t here.”
“I came knowing that Seol Mujin lives at Yeonji-ru.”
“He doesn’t live here. He’s not even in Jinan right now.”
Just then, a little child came running, calling “Mom!”
“Hwanggeum! You can’t come here! Go away!”
But the child came running and grabbed onto his mother’s skirt.
The woman hid the child behind her and said to Hwangbo Cheonak.
“Mujin-i really isn’t here.”
Gwon Taekang, who had been behind, stepped forward in front of Hwangbo Cheonak.
“Where is Seol Mujin?”
The woman, who kept her mouth tightly shut, only shook her head.
The same question brought the same gesture again.
Wang Baekcho, standing behind Hwangbo Cheonak, said.
“Break one of the kid’s arms. She’ll answer right away.”
The terrified woman hugged the child.
“No!”
Hwangbo Cheonak drew his sword with a swoosh.
Wang Baekcho asked, “You’re going to cut it off completely instead of just breaking it?”
“Please… please, Mujin-i is right now…”
At that moment, Hwangbo Cheonak’s sword sliced through the air.
Swoosh—!
Along with a fountain of blood, a head flew up into the air.
“What the hell…!”
What Hwangbo Cheonak’s sword had cut was the neck of Gwon Taekang, who stood in front.
Before the head, separated from the body, could even hit the ground, Hwangbo Cheonak turned and slashed Wang Baekcho’s chest.
Blood burst from Wang Baekcho’s chest as he stepped back.
‘Shallow!’
He could tell from the sensation felt through the sword.
“You bastard! What are you doing!”
Hwangbo Cheonak pursued the shouting Wang Baekcho.
His heart pounded as if it would burst through his chest.
This was his first life-or-death battle.
And it was also his first time having to kill someone.
Clang!
The second attack aimed at the neck was blocked by a knife that had somehow emerged from its sheath.
“How dare you betray us?”
Wang Baekcho seemed to have the leisure to speak, but Hwangbo Cheonak had no such luxury.
When his thrusting sword was blocked, he spun around and aimed for the waist.
Slash!
The wound appeared not on Wang Baekcho’s waist, but on Hwangbo Cheonak’s forearm.
His body stiffened momentarily from the burning pain.
He learned for the first time what it felt like to have metal cut through skin.
“You bastard! Die!”
The blood flowing from Wang Baekcho’s chest as he aimed for his shoulder was not insignificant.
Though he hadn’t killed him instantly, it was by no means a minor injury.
‘Stay calm! Stay calm!’
Hwangbo Cheonak tried not to get excited.
He concentrated all his mind on executing sword techniques properly according to martial techniques, not wildly.
Thud!
And at one moment, he was able to drive his sword into Wang Baekcho’s shoulder.
The diagonally falling sword sliced from Wang Baekcho’s left shoulder to his chest.
“You… bas… tard…”
Wang Baekcho fell backward and the sword came out.
“Huff! Huff!”
Hwangbo Cheonak, using his sword like a cane, let out rough breaths.
He hadn’t finished it as cleanly as he had planned.
Originally, he should have killed both of them in one go.
“Seol Mujin!”
Remembering what he had to do, Hwangbo Cheonak hurriedly looked around.
The child and mother were nowhere to be seen.
Instead, two women came into his view.
One was a woman who looked somewhat aged but was beautiful and full of grace, and the other was a woman who seemed to have some kind of strength.
The older woman asked.
“Who are you to be wielding swords in someone else’s house?”
No fear was visible in the woman.
“I apologize. My name is Hwangbo Cheonak, and I need to meet Seol Podoo.”
“Hwangbo Cheonak… are you perhaps from the Hwangbo Family?”
“I was before, and now… I don’t know. There’s no time.”
“I don’t know what circumstances you have, but Mujin-i is not in Jinan right now.”
“Then where is he?”
“I cannot tell someone whose identity is unclear where Mujin-i is.”
“Ryeoseon and Hyeonguk are in danger! Do you perhaps know them?”
“What?”
Hwangbo Cheonak told them the story of how they had been captured by the Five Dragon Sect.
Because he was rambling so much, the story went on for a while, but his meaning was clearly conveyed.
The woman said.
“I’m an outsider to Murim affairs, but it seems certain that those siblings are in danger. However, Mujin-i is not in Jinan right now.”
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