My Younger Siblings Are the Greatest Masters in the World - Chapter 71
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71.
Bae Cheonman, the father of Hwangbo Cheonak’s birth mother Bae Hyeonjin, was one of the wealthiest men in Hubei Province.
Seol Mantong said.
“Human greed has no end. He made enough money, so I guess he wanted power next. Anyway, those who have everything are even worse.”
Seol Mantong shot back at Hwangbo Cheonak, who was staring at him intently.
“What are you staring at?”
“No, I wasn’t staring, just looking. Thinking this kid says all sorts of strange things.”
Having experienced it during their journey to Oryongbang, the Triplets became more fascinating the more he observed them.
‘They’re definitely not seven-year-old kids!’
After finishing treatment and leaving the medical clinic, they were pondering ‘where should we eat?’ when it happened.
“Huh?”
Hwangbo Cheonak made a surprised expression and hurriedly turned around.
“What’s wrong?”
Hwangbo Ryeoseon, who turned her gaze in the direction Hwangbo Cheonak was looking, also stopped walking.
“Father!”
The person who briefly appeared and disappeared among the passersby was definitely Hwangbo Hunyong.
Behind him were about fifty warriors from the Hwangbo Family Estate.
As soon as Hwangbo Hyeonguk spotted Hwangbo Hunyong, he ran toward him.
“Father!”
“Hyeonguk!”
Hwangbo Hunyong, who had rushed over, embraced Hwangbo Hyeonguk.
“This boy is safe!”
After the Bae Hyeonjin incident, Hwangbo Hunyong, who had always been strict, had changed a lot.
He talked with his children much more, ate meals together frequently, and sometimes even expressed affection.
“What happened? I rushed here because they said you were captured by Oryongbang, but those bastards must have lied!”
“No. We were indeed captured because we were lacking.”
Hwangbo Seonyong, who had come with Hwangbo Hunyong, asked.
“But then?”
“Brother Mujin and Brother Cheonak rescued us.”
Their gazes finally shifted to Seol Mujin’s group.
He naturally smiled upon seeing Seol Mujin, but his face hardened when he saw Hwangbo Cheonak’s back.
Seol Mujin approached and greeted them politely.
“I greet the Family Head and Elder.”
Hwangbo Hunyong said.
“We owe you a great debt once again. You and the Hwangbo Family must have been connected by tremendous fate in a previous life. I don’t know how to repay this kindness.”
“What kindness? Hyeonguk is like my own younger brother.”
Hwangbo Seonyong subtly asked, “What about Ryeoseon?”
“Hwa, Lady Hwangbo is a friend. A friend.”
Hwangbo Hunyong’s gaze shifted to Hwangbo Cheonak.
Even though he was turned away, perhaps feeling that gaze, Hwangbo Cheonak’s shoulders flinched.
Hwangbo Ryeoseon poked Hwangbo Cheonak’s side.
Hwangbo Cheonak turned around like a broken wooden puppet and bowed.
“I greet Father and Uncle.”
The expressions of the two men looking at Hwangbo Cheonak were rigidly hardened.
“What happened?”
Through investigation, it was revealed that Hwangbo Cheonak was not involved in the Hwangbo Family’s secret affairs.
However, Hwangbo Cheonak had disappeared the day after Bae Hyeonjin was captured.
They had searched everywhere but couldn’t find him, so they were burning with worry inside.
And now to suddenly meet him here.
Hwangbo Seonyong said.
“Brother, let’s discuss the details after we return to the estate.”
Then Hwangbo Cheonak said.
“I won’t return to the estate.”
Everyone was shocked.
“You won’t return to the estate? What do you mean?”
“I don’t want the estate to be in chaos because of me. I’ll go with Mujin.”
This time even Seol Mujin was surprised.
“Go with me?”
“Are you going to abandon your friend?”
“I never picked you up, so what’s there to abandon?”
“The Myeoncheonhoe infiltration was exposed because we saved Yeonji-ru. So you have to take responsibility.”
“You can just go home!”
“I told you. If I return to the estate, it will only cause chaos.”
Both Hwangbo Cheonak and Hwangbo Hyeonguk had come of age.
In other words, it was time to decide on a young family head.
The position of young family head, which should naturally belong to the eldest son, was not in a good situation for Hwangbo Cheonak to claim.
In this situation, if Hwangbo Hyeonguk became the young family head, that would also look strange.
Hwangbo Cheonak saying he wouldn’t return to the Hwangbo Family Estate was tantamount to declaring he had no attachment to the young family head position.
Hwa Yeonshim, who had been quietly listening, stepped forward.
“Since this is his will, how about Seol Podoo take care of him for the time being?”
“I’m not some nanny…”
“You’re already running an orphanage. Just think of it as taking care of a homeless child.”
Hwangbo Cheonak said to Hwangbo Hunyong.
“Father. I’ll stay at Yeonji-ru.”
Suddenly Hwangbo Ryeoseon grabbed Hwangbo Cheonak’s ear.
“Ah! Si, Sister! Why are you doing this?”
“You’re not doing this just because you want to live in a pleasure house, are you?”
“Th, that’s not it, it’s where Mujin lives… Ear! Ear!”
Hwangbo Hunyong said.
“Alright. If that’s your will, then you should do as you wish. It’s a grown child’s decision, so I’ll respect it. Now let’s hear what happened.”
Hwa Yeonshim said.
“You should hear that from your children after returning to the estate. We also need to hurry back to Yeonji-ru.”
Hwangbo Seonyong smacked his lips.
“It’s regrettable to part with Seol Podoo like this.”
Seol Mujin said with a smile.
“Please visit sometime with Hyeonguk.”
Hwangbo Ryeoseon asked, “What about me?”
“Of, of course Lady Hwangbo too.”
Even after talk of parting came up, they only went their separate ways after another moment had passed.
On the way, Seol Ryeoseon glanced at Hwangbo Cheonak and said.
“We’re taking along a burden.”
“And a big burden at that.”
“Should we just cut it off on the way?”
As the Triplets took turns pressuring Hwangbo Cheonak, Seol Mujin stopped them.
“He’s our guest. A guest.”
“Guest my ass. Obviously he’ll just waste food.”
“What could a good-for-nothing young master do at a pleasure house?”
“Do you even have money?”
As the Triplets grilled him, Hwangbo Cheonak abruptly stopped walking.
I thought he would say he wouldn’t go to Yeonji-ru in his anger, but he suddenly threw out a question.
“You kids aren’t really kids, are you?”
Seol Mujin and the triplets flinched.
‘That bastard, he’s surprisingly perceptive…!’
Hwangbo Cheonak’s words continued.
“Seven-year-old kids can’t have martial arts as strong as yours, and your behavior is strange too. You guys…”
Hwangbo Cheonak spoke as if making a declaration.
“You’re murim masters who learned Dongja Gong, right?”
Dongja Gong out of nowhere?
Seol Ryeoseon jumped up and struck the back of Hwangbo Cheonak’s head.
“Argh!”
It wasn’t an exaggerated scream.
It was a strong enough blow to make him fall forward with a thud.
“If we’re masters who learned Dongja Gong, you should use honorifics first!”
Hwangbo Cheonak, who was lying face down rubbing the back of his head, protested.
“You should tell me clearly!”
Seol Mujin stopped Seol Ryeoseon from raising her hand again.
“Stop hitting the kid.”
Seol Mujin helped Hwangbo Cheonak up and said.
“The kids are really my siblings. They’re just geniuses, so their martial arts are high and they’re mature.”
He couldn’t very well tell the truth that they were Demonic Sect elders.
“Then they should call me big brother too…”
After saying that much and feeling the triplets’ killing intent, Hwangbo Cheonak quickly shut his mouth.
Seol Ryeoseon asked Seol Mujin sincerely.
“Big brother, why are you taking that completely useless guy with us?”
Hwangbo Cheonak, pointed at by Seol Ryeoseon’s thumb, stopped walking abruptly.
“Com-completely useless…”
“Ryeoseon, it’s rude to say such things where he can hear.”
“The guy who follows someone else’s family around uninvited is the rude one.”
Then Hwa Yeonshim stepped forward.
“Young Master Hwangbo isn’t completely useless.”
Hwangbo Cheonak’s ears perked up.
“He has the excellent use of being bait.”
“Bait?”
Should he wriggle like an earthworm?
“He’s been branded a traitor by Myeoncheonhoe, so would they leave him alone?”
Seol Ryeoseon clapped her hands.
“Ah! They’ll send people to kill that useless guy!”
“If we catch the assassins, couldn’t we find out about Myeoncheonhoe?”
Seol Mujin said.
“They might also request an assassin guild.”
Like what they experienced on the way to Beijing.
“Just having bait doesn’t mean all fish will bite. Let’s hope for some luck like fishing.”
Hwangbo Cheonak quietly raised his hand.
“Shouldn’t you ask the opinion of the person who’ll be bait?”
Seol Ryeoseon said coldly.
“Have you ever seen an earthworm talk? Just wriggle around.”
He was starting to regret following Seol Mujin.
Hwa Yeonshim came beside Hwangbo Cheonak, who was walking dejectedly at the very back of the group with drooping shoulders.
“Why are you so downcast?”
Hwangbo Cheonak looked at Seol Mujin and the triplets walking ahead and couldn’t answer for a while.
Was he just in a bad mood? Or…
“Am I really a useless person?”
“Did those words bother you that much?”
After thinking for a moment, Hwangbo Cheonak shook his head.
“It’s not because of those words, but because they’re true. I was a scoundrel who knew I lacked the character and qualifications to become the Hwangbo Family Head, yet struggled because my mother pushed me. And now… I’m nothing. A truly useless guy who doesn’t even have the courage to leave somewhere and stand on his own, just following Seol Podoo around.”
“Hmm. For someone calling himself useless, you’re strong enough to kill four Oryongbang leaders.”
“That was a surprise attack and I was lucky. Compared to me, Seol Podoo killed six leaders plus a Bang-ju.”
Hwa Yeonshim looked at Seol Mujin’s back as he walked ahead playing with the triplets.
“Seol Podoo is outstanding. The term ‘dragon among men’ is a name that should be given to someone like him. If it weren’t for Seol Podoo, I would have withered away miserably at the Hwangbo Family Estate. In that sense, Seol Podoo is like the sun. But the sun can never shine alone. When night comes and the sun disappears, light is needed to take its place. The moon does that, and the stars do that. Even fireflies in the forest emit light.”
Hwa Yeonshim continued as if murmuring.
“I think everyone has their own appropriate light. Everyone tries to become the sun, but only certain beings can become the sun.”
Hwa Yeonshim pointed at Seol Mujin.
“Like that person over there. No matter how hard a firefly tries, its dim light can’t be seen under the sun.”
Hwangbo Cheonak said.
“I have no desire to become the sun. I don’t deserve it either.”
“Then why are you trying to shine like the sun?”
Hwangbo Cheonak stopped walking.
“Me?”
“You’re thinking ‘Why am I not as outstanding as Seol Mujin?'”
“Isn’t that natural when we’re together?”
“Of course it is. You’re similar in age, and your environment was actually better, Young Master Hwangbo. But how long are you going to keep thinking that?”
If asked to give a timeframe for ‘how long,’ how would he answer?
“Are you saying I should give up early since I can never become like Seol Podoo?”
He thought she was really drawing out the short phrase ‘Know your place!’
Hwa Yeonshim made shade with her hand and looked at the sky.
The sun was blazing so intensely it couldn’t be looked at directly.
“Right now only that sun is visible, but does that mean there’s no other light around?”
“When night comes, the moon will appear and stars will appear too.”
“At some point, I wanted to become one of those stars. Even if I’m not visible when the sun shines, when the sun leaves its place, I’d be a faint light that keeps people from losing their way. A star that the sun can trust and leave its place to. I think such stars are precious too.”
Hwangbo Cheonak looked at Seol Mujin giving Seol Ryeoseon a piggyback ride and asked like a monologue.
“Are you really satisfied with just that much?”
“Not just anyone can become even that star. And I guarantee that sun will think very preciously of that star.”
“Wouldn’t the moon be better than a star?”
“What?”
“It’s much bigger and brighter than stars.”
“If it’s the moon level, the competition would be fierce.”
“Would it be as difficult as becoming the Hwangbo Family Head?”
“The Hwangbo Family Head, one of the Odaesega? The Hwangbo Family Head of one of the Odaesega that doesn’t even reach the level of Gupailbang?”
“When you put it that way, the Hwangbo Family Head seems trivial.”
“That person destroyed Oryongbang, which was equal to the Hwangbo Family. He doesn’t even have great forces. Would the Odaesega seem impressive to that person?”
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