Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 191

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Chapter 191

Seol Woon-hae had definitely collaborated with them.

He collaborated to kill Seol Ho-ryeong, who was Dae Seol-rin, and even tried to kill himself, who was Hyeon Seol-rin.

This was definitely not a matter that could simply be overlooked.

“As you well know, his crime is absolutely not light. He tried to harm the Polar Descendants and colluded with Baek-ryeon-gak. This is something that shakes the very foundation of the Snow Palace.”

“I know. My son’s crime is heavy.”

Tears flowed from Jin So-yeom’s eyes.

“But as a mother… what else can I do other than beg you to spare my son’s life.”

In that sight, Woon-hwi saw true maternal love. A mother’s love that he himself had never experienced. The portrait of his mother that he kept in one corner of his heart briefly came to mind, but he immediately pushed that thought away.

Woon-hwi spoke calmly.

“Though I am the party involved, this matter has already left my hands. It is for the Palace Lord to judge, and everyone should follow the Palace Lord’s decision.”

It could be called cold, but it couldn’t be helped.

This was also something Seol Jung-cheon had directly promised Woon-hwi, and for Woon-hwi, who valued promises between people, it was something he could not abandon.

It was simple.

The Polar Descendants could not be killed without Seol Jung-cheon’s decision.

However, as he had told Woon-hae, there was not no opportunity.

Looking down at the pale Jin So-yeom, Woon-hwi spoke quietly.

“If you truly want Seol Woon-hae to live, isn’t it a bit wasteful to be wasting time like this here and now?”

“…What?”

“Immediately contact Han Bing Gate, your maternal family sect, and tell them to support Dae Seol-rin with everything they can support. Whether it’s people, wealth, weapons, or spirit pills, whatever. Tell them to mobilize everything Han Bing Gate has to help Dae Seol-rin. Instead, if they can take a blade for him, let them take it, and if they can remove obstacles placed before him, let them remove them.”

Jin So-yeom’s eyes widened.

“If you do that, you’ll gain some stake, so you should be able to save Seol Woon-hae’s life at least.”

“…Ah…”

“But let me be clear, Seol Woon-hae will never again participate in the major and minor affairs of the Snow Palace. If you get greedier than that, the merit will be covered by the fault. Now stand up.”

Jin So-yeom immediately stood up. The tears gathered at the corners of her eyes sparkled.

“…Thank you, Hyeon Seol-rin. I will never forget this kindness.”

Woon-hwi nodded his head slightly. And he answered briefly.

“I will forget everything about how Seol Woon-hae tormented me greatly in the past, and how you encouraged and turned a blind eye to it from behind.”

Jin So-yeom, as if she had nothing to say, merely bowed her head.

Woon-hwi continued speaking quietly.

“When I was very young, when you didn’t consider me a competitor, I remember the day when Third Lady gave me a single wound healing medicine as I wandered alone in the back garden.”

At those words, Jin So-yeom raised her head.

“…When you were four years old… do you remember that?”

“I remember. It was only once, and after that you treated me like a bastard child and wouldn’t even let me enter the Medicine Hall, but that one warm memory remains in my head. May I think of this as paying for the wound healing medicine you gave me then?”

“Ah… ahh…”

Jin So-yeom covered her face with her hands and began to sob.

Woon-hwi didn’t mind.

“Everyone has shining moments in the past. I don’t know whether that moment when you showed kindness to that child who had nowhere to lean on in his childhood was Third Lady’s true self, or just a momentary wavering to overcome guilt, but wouldn’t that also be a bond of gratitude and resentment?”

Woon-hwi turned his head to look toward the distant bushes.

Then he lightly gestured as if telling someone to come out.

Then a woman revealed herself from the bushes.

She had moderately long hair and a sturdy build, wearing a very plain white long robe that revealed no status whatsoever.

Each of the three ladies of the Snow Palace has one guard attached to them.

Their position is Bing Wi-sa (Ice Guard).

Their martial arts realm is at minimum the Divine Transformation Realm.

Sometimes they are female, sometimes male, and the guard period is established at minimum 3 years to as long as 5 years, and the woman who just revealed herself is called Sam Bing Wi-sa (Third Ice Guard) because she guards the Third Lady.

He spoke to her.

“Please take Third Lady with you.”

“…Yes. Hyeon Seol-rin sir. I will do so.”

“And forget everything you heard in this place.”

“I will do so.”

Jin So-yeom bowed her head deeply and left with Sam Bing Wi-sa.

No emotion could be read in Woon-hwi’s eyes as he watched her retreating figure.

Only his mother’s portrait in his chest briefly crossed his mind.

His mother, whose face he couldn’t even properly remember.

If she had been alive, would she have done that for him?

Woon-hwi immediately shook off that thought.

He had come too far to be caught up in such emotions.

“…Hyeon Seol-rin sir.”

He turned his head toward Yang Cheol.

“…You are amazing.”

He chuckled.

“Just drive the carriage properly.”

“Don’t worry.”

Woon-hwi entered the inside of the carriage again, and Yang Cheol sat on the coachman’s seat and immediately began leading the carriage.

Though he didn’t know much about the man called Hyeon Seol-rin, the more he learned, the more he thought he was the real deal.

So.

It was truly regrettable.

A man like Woon-hwi should become the Young Palace Lord.

* * *

It was truly a complex problem.

Who is the Palace Lord of the Snow Palace?

Seol Jung-cheon.

Who is the person who will become Young Palace Lord?

Seol Ho-ryeong, the eldest son.

Who is the person who stands against such Seol Ho-ryeong and strengthens the discipline of Snow Mountain? Seol Mu-ryun, the second son.

This much was most ideal.

However, with the appearance of the existence called Woon-hwi, everything was changing.

Now there is no one on Snow Mountain who ignores Woon-hwi.

Rather, those who praise him saying he has the qualifications to become not only Young Palace Lord but also Palace Lord in the future are overflowing.

Like how Yang Cheol inwardly thought Woon-hwi should become Young Palace Lord.

Above all, whatever happens in the future, Woon-hwi’s value will become higher than now, and from the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace’s standpoint, this is absolutely not good.

Power should be concentrated on the Young Palace Lord and Palace Lord’s side, but it’s about to be divided.

If you call this good, that’s crazy.

The existence called Woon-hwi is like a double-edged sword that can strengthen the Snow Palace while also weakening the Snow Palace.

This was something foreseen from the moment Woon-hwi himself said he wouldn’t become Young Palace Lord.

That’s why Seol Jung-cheon asked again. Whether he would really be okay.

You couldn’t possibly not know the meaning of those words, so is that right?

Woon-hwi had never spoken a single lie to Seol Jung-cheon.

If Father was safe and the Polar Descendants were safe, and if Snow Mountain was safe, that would be enough.

So he planned to go to the ‘Heavenly Righteousness Alliance’ as soon as the Snow Palace’s affairs were settled.

Since there was plenty of time anyway.

Woon-hwi, who was thinking that way, slightly furrowed his brow.

Soon after, Yang Cheol stopped the carriage.

This time too, it wasn’t the man who had been waiting. From Yang Cheol’s standpoint, there was no particular reason to ask.

Woon-hwi grabbed the Jinhwa Heavenly Command Sword that was fastened to his right waist and swung it as it was.

Swoosh-!

The carriage is sliced apart as the ‘two hidden daggers’ flying toward them are deflected away.

Glancing to the side, Yang Cheol was in a similar situation.

He deflected two of the three flying daggers and caught the remaining one with his opposite hand.

“…Lord Hyeon Seol-rin. They’re assassins. We can’t determine their positions, so please hide your body first…”

“Yang Cheol.”

“…Yes?”

“Ten in total. Take care of the four – two in the bushes to the right and two hiding behind the trees beyond them.”

Yang Cheol blinked his eyes, nodded, and kicked off toward that direction.

Woon-hwi quietly shifted his gaze.

The assassins, realizing their positions had been discovered, naturally revealed themselves.

There were six of them.

Black face masks, black clothing clinging to their entire bodies.

Their determination to never reveal their identities was evident, but against Woon-hwi, it was meaningless.

“Ghost Soul Gate?”

All six masked figures flinched.

Woon-hwi fixed his gaze on one of the masked figures and continued speaking.

“Understandable. Since there’s a Heaven-Human Unity monster in Yang-ryeong, you can’t even attempt assassination inside, so you wait outside Yang-ryeong as much as possible and attack as soon as you identify the location? The smell of cowardice resonates from both the beginning and end of your plan. Seo Hwa-baek.”

Those who had been frowning at the harsh criticism froze at the name mentioned in Woon-hwi’s final words.

Woon-hwi’s gaze had been fixed on only one person from the start of his words to the end, and even now at this moment.

He slowly removes his mask.

It was a man with distinctive hair – half white and half black.

“…You know me?”

There was no way Woon-hwi wouldn’t know the man asking this question.

Not long ago, Woon-hwi had killed Yu Hwa-rin, the master of Gui-hon Gak.

Before killing him, there had been some content briefly mentioned – Ghost Soul Gate handles affairs on behalf of the Origin Blood Sect.

Among those affairs was infiltrating the outer martial world and Central Plains martial world to plant Origin Blood Sect’s spies.

Why do they plant them?

This could simply be explained as fierce conflicts between martial sects.

When an incident occurs, having many people who will defend or even argue back on their behalf makes it easier to handle the situation.

The reverse also applies, so the Origin Blood Sect also has spies from righteous martial arts and evil martial arts infiltrated within.

Seo Hwa-baek, like Yu Hwa-rin, was an assassin tasked with planting spies in the outer martial world.

“Were you thinking of taking over Yu Hwa-rin’s territory?”

“…Well, now I see Yu Hwa-rin said quite a lot before he died.”

“Does it seem that way?”

“That’s the only possibility. The ridiculous modifier ‘coward’ being attached is something that would be hard to come up with unless Yu Hwa-rin’s inferiority complex was involved – he who saw me as a competitor but always fell behind. What other case could there be?”

Woon-hwi chuckled.

“Still the same. Self-rationalization to that degree is a disease, but unfortunately there won’t be time to treat it.”

Naturally, the surrounding eyes stood up and began to encircle Woon-hwi.

And then.

“Information exchange doesn’t seem to be flowing smoothly.”

“…What do you mean?”

“Originally I should have died in the Secret Realm, but being here like this means… Ah, I see. Were you recruiting more spies in this area?”

“…”

“There’s no need to tell me whether it’s individuals or sects. I’ll find out myself.”

“You arrogant bastard…!”

Woon-hwi, wrapped in a small snowstorm, kicked off from his position.

It was Heaven Soaring Flowing Shadow Step, one of Snow Palace’s lightness techniques.

Reaching right in front of one assassin in an instant, Woon-hwi swung the True Fire Heaven Spirit Sword in his left hand without a moment’s hesitation.

Absolute Ice Return to Void Sword.

A streak of light containing Snow Mountain’s cold energy swept across one assassin’s neck.

Kwarrrung.

With a thunderous sound, a line was drawn and a head shot up.

This entire sequence was a work of art itself.

Kwarrrung-!!

With another swing of the sword, two more heads shot up into the sky.

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