Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 19

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Chapter 19

I quietly drew a hidden dagger from my waist and lightly cut across my left wrist.

With a scraping sound, blood began to flow.

The sound of blood dripping began to pierce the surrounding silence, and with each drop, Seol Woon-hae’s expression became grotesquely distorted.

“Is this blood different from yours, brother?”

“…It’s different.”

“Ah, so it is different. Do you perhaps have blue blood flowing through your body?”

“Are you mocking me?”

I shook my head.

“What’s important is that I’m telling you it’s the blood of Snow Palace.”

“…”

“All blood except Snow Palace blood—in your case, brother, it’s from Cold Ice Gate. Mine is from slash-and-burn farmers. But don’t you understand? Whatever blood that may be, the reason we’re called Polar Descendants and have titles before our names is solely because of Snow Palace blood.”

“…”

“Just how long will you remain bound by this illegitimate son versus legitimate son nonsense?”

“…”

“Of all people, especially you, fourth brother—don’t you lack the time for such things?”

“…You…”

“Please grow up already. It’s unsightly.”

I quietly observed the frozen Seol Woon-hae.

Though I was inwardly curious about what answer he would give, no response came.

“And tell them to restrain the interference from your maternal sect. I overlooked it when we were young, but from now on, if they interfere with my affairs even slightly or obstruct me, they’ll pay a price in some way. Do you understand?”

“…”

“If you have nothing more to say, I’ll be going.”

Even as my words continued, Seol Woon-hae remained silent.

I don’t know if he wouldn’t speak or couldn’t speak.

I had said everything I needed to say and given my warning.

This much was enough.

Now time was precious.

I turned around just like that.

* * *

“…That bastard… is really that… Seol Woon-hwi?”

Though Seol Woon-hwi had already disappeared from sight, what had just happened remained vivid in his mind.

He couldn’t understand it at all.

The word “weak” couldn’t describe Seol Woon-hwi.

To describe Seol Woon-hwi, you’d have to include curses. That fucking idiot, that stupid bastard, that damn fool whose thoughts were transparent and who was always quick to run away whenever he said anything.

He had always shown only pathetic behavior and brought nothing but disappointment—the very shame of Snow Palace itself.

That was Seol Woon-hwi, but what he had just shown was far too removed from such a description.

His way of speaking, his actions, his gaze.

Seol Woon-hae unconsciously looked at his own hands. They were drenched in sweat.

The person had completely changed.

This wasn’t the Seol Woon-hwi he knew.

It felt like facing a Murim master who had been around for decades.

“…Young master… are you alright?”

It was one of the two warriors who had drawn their swords toward Seol Woon-hwi earlier.

He was one of Seol Woon-hae’s confidants and served as his guard.

His name was Lee Gyeom.

Seol Woon-hae asked him.

“That bastard earlier… said he killed two people at the Medicine Hall.”

“Yes. He reportedly killed a senior pharmacist and an intermediate pharmacist. Among them, the senior pharmacist Jin Han-su was the pharmacist that Jin Yang-je of Cold Ice Gate had been openly talking about recommending for the deputy hall master position.”

“My grandfather did…?”

“Yes.”

Seol Woon-hae let out a sigh.

That aside.

“…That bastard showed me such behavior, but could he really show the same attitude to my older brothers?”

At that question, Lee Gyeom thought for a moment, then quickly answered.

“I believe absolutely not.”

“Are you certain?”

“As you well know, young master, Second Snow Forest and Great Snow Forest have already entered the Four Stages of Heaven and Earth.”

Regarding that fact, Seol Woon-hae didn’t feel any inferiority complex. Since Snow Palace was established, no one had grown so rapidly.

Great Snow Forest Seol Ho-ryeong was twenty-seven years old this year.

Second Snow Forest Seol Mu-ryun was twenty-six.

Both men had reached the Harmony Realm, the first stage of the Four Stages of Heaven and Earth.

Moreover, they had reached the Harmony Realm two years ago.

Not just within Snow Palace, but considering all of Murim, warriors who reached the Harmony Realm at that age were extremely rare.

Seol Woon-hae had no reason to feel inferior.

There were not one but two overwhelming geniuses.

Though the position of young palace lord remained undecided, he didn’t even want to interfere in that competition.

Seol Woon-hwi had asked if he had time for such things.

This was the background to that.

He had to side with someone.

Who would become the young palace lord?

The talents of the two geniuses were on nearly the same level, with Great Snow Forest, being the eldest son, slightly ahead according to public opinion.

But the outcome remained unknown until the end.

Someone might die along the way.

“…So, he acts like that in front of me because I’m easy prey, but he’ll watch his mouth around my two brothers because they’re not easy targets?”

“…What I meant was… not that…”

“Never mind. I’m curious too. Whether that bastard has been hiding his fangs all this time, or if he’s really gone insane.”

Unfortunately, Seol Woon-hae’s prediction was wrong.

The reason Seol Woon-hwi didn’t particularly like Seol Woon-hae wasn’t because he was easy prey.

In Seol Woon-hwi’s view, compared to the other bloodlines, Seol Woon-hae was the most cunning, the most stupid, and even the most inferior.

Embarrassingly so.

That’s why he disliked him.

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I was hurrying my steps toward the conference room of the Main Palace when it happened.

I naturally stopped walking.

“Little brother.”

I turned my head.

There stood a woman with white hair as pure and fine as snow.

“It’s been a long time.”

“Yes. It has been a long time. Sister, have you been well?”

“…Greetings? Aren’t I too young for you to be asking about my well-being?”

“I couldn’t think of the right words to use. Really, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”

Ice Snow Spirit Seol Yeon-hwa .

My older sister.

She’s twenty-six years old this year.

She tilted her head.

“They said you had changed, and it seems to be true. But listen to this. I went to a Martial Alliance junior gathering recently.”

As if it were routine, as it had always been, my sister naturally began walking and started her story.

“But the kids there were acting a bit strange.”

“Is that so?”

“Among them, the young master of Paedo Gate was particularly ridiculous. You know Paedo Gate, right? Those kids who go around boasting that they inherited the true teachings of the Hebei Peng Family that was destroyed during the Thousand Year Chaos.”

“I’ve heard of them.”

“That guy kept hitting on me. Even if his brain is filled with muscle, at least he knows what’s pretty.”

I simply smiled.

In the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace, my sister was the only one who treated me warmly.

My sister made a strange expression.

“Youngest. Are you okay?”

“Yes. I’m fine.”

“You don’t look fine, that’s why I’m asking. What kind of change of heart made you become so mature?”

“Isn’t that a good thing?”

“It is a good thing. But I’m worried because that bastard over there obviously won’t like it.”

The bastard she was referring to was a man entering the conference hall not too far from us.

Long hair and a moderately solid build.

Sharp eyes and neat attire.

That man with an atmosphere that looked very cold to anyone was the Second Snow Qilin.

Second Snow Qilin Seol Mu-ryun .

Looking at the actual hierarchy, while my sister was the eldest daughter, she was positioned below Seol Mu-ryun.

Great Snow Qilin, Second Snow Qilin, Ice Snow Spirit, Third Snow Qilin, Dark Snow Qilin.

This was the order, and the Second Snow Qilin and Ice Snow Spirit were born from the same womb.

Since the Second Snow Qilin smelled the world first by what could be measured in moments, he became the older brother, but my sister still seems displeased about that.

Second brother looked at my sister and me once each, then entered the conference hall without a word.

“He was always a man of few words, but today he seems particularly quiet.”

Second brother doesn’t talk much.

He’s a man who knows nothing but training. He has no interest in family affairs, and he didn’t care who bullied me either.

His goal is only one thing: the position of Young Palace Lord.

I stopped in place for a moment and turned my head. My sister, who had been walking ahead, also turned her head belatedly.

There stood a dignified man with a body about six and a half feet tall.

“It’s been a long time, both of you.”

Great Snow Qilin Seol Ho-ryeong .

A master who reached the Harmony Realm at the age of 27.

I looked at him and performed the Embracing Fist.

“It’s been a long time. First brother.”

“Indeed. But youngest.”

“Yes.”

“I heard you killed two physicians from the Medicine Hall?”

My sister’s eyes widened as if hearing this for the first time, but she didn’t interrupt.

I raised my head to look at first brother.

This man.

Though he appears warm on the outside, I know that all of it is formal.

It had always been that way.

That doesn’t mean his exterior and interior are different or anything like that.

Seol Ho-ryeong is the same as Seol Mu-ryun.

A person obsessed with martial arts.

These two have no interest in what happens around them, and are rather cold.

Thinking about it, except for Seol Woon-hae, my two brothers had very much in common.

Being obsessed with martial arts as mentioned earlier was natural, and the next common thing was a kind of philosophy.

When faced with any trial, if one cannot overcome that trial, or even if they cannot overcome it, did they fight desperately in the process, did they do everything possible to turn the situation around.

They judge a person’s worth based on these things.

If you can’t overcome it, you’re just that kind of person.

Even if it’s a difficult trial, if you don’t try to turn it around and give up, you’re just that kind of human.

Such humans are only worth that much, so there’s no need to pay attention to them.

It’s a simpler philosophy and belief than one might think.

I realized these things too late.

Looking at first brother who was smiling brightly, I answered in an unwavering tone.

“They were disrupting the hierarchy. Would first brother have spared them?”

At my confident words, cracks appeared in the formal smile first brother was wearing.

First brother, who was looking at me as if surprised, slowly said.

“…Me? If it were me, of course… I would have killed them.”

“Of course, first brother wouldn’t know much about such disrespect, but I’ve thoroughly educated them, so there won’t be such incidents in the future.”

“Oh ho… Look at this? Our youngest’s words have some bite to them?”

“Please just think of it as a bit of whining.”

A smile formed on first brother’s lips.

I was certain.

That wasn’t a fake smile, but a genuine smile from the heart.

“Wow… This is earth-shaking. Are you really our youngest? You’re so dependable.”

“Thank you.”

“And you know, I deliberately hid my presence to surprise you two, but how could you notice me before Yeon-hwa? Do I smell or something?”

“You don’t smell, I felt the changes in the surrounding air currents.”

“…That?”

“Yes. No matter how secretly you move, if you can’t control the surrounding energy as well, that’s just pretending to move secretly, far from true stealth.”

“…This… I’m… learning something.”

“Aren’t you already a genius who has reached the Four Stages of Heaven and Earth? You’ll naturally come to understand it.”

First brother blinked as if he couldn’t understand the situation itself, and my sister beside him also blinked.

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