Surviving as the Heavenly Demon’s Concubine - Chapter 22

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“A righteous and eccentric young lady indeed.”

“I agree.”

Mujin nodded his head greatly.

‘It would be quite amusing to meet her again.’

Unless she was a fool, by now she would have learned of Mujin’s identity.

Having arrogantly scolded and reprimanded someone of the Cheonma Bloodline, how embarrassed and frightened she must be. Without a doubt, her mind must have gone completely blank.

‘It would be quite satisfying to see that arrogant woman bow her head saying “I have committed a mortal sin, Third Prince.”‘

Thinking of toying with Riser, making her anxious and troubled by alternately melting and freezing her, Mujin was already looking forward to the day they would meet again.

“The situation is taking an odd turn. It won’t be easy to find her.”

“There should be imprisonment records, so there must be a way.”

“Ah, that’s right. But what do you plan to do once you find her?”

“I’m contemplating.”

Looking at the results alone, it was certainly something worthy of great reward.

Thanks to the elixir that woman gave him, Mujin had reached a new realm, so it could be considered a great achievement.

However, it was also true that there were suspicious aspects to simply giving rewards and ending it there.

【”I heard that while elder brother was wandering between life and death after drinking suspicious poison wine, a righteous young lady who happened to be imprisoned in the next cell under false charges broke down the wall with her family’s secret martial arts and used all the elixirs she had to treat elder brother, and miraculously a lotus of brilliant colors bloomed above his head.”】

Indeed, how much of that statement would be true.

‘It’s utterly suspicious.’

The order in which Mujin consumed the alcohol and medicine was also backwards, and the family’s secret martial arts was also very suspicious. He had a strong premonition that she had cleverly distorted the facts to make them favorable to herself.

“I understand. There are quite a variety of ways to repay a debt to a woman, after all.”

“That wasn’t exactly the kind of concern I was having.”

“Hehe. If you need inspiration, remember that this younger brother is always here.”

Museong smiled dreamily and winked with one eye.

Witnessing the ultimate technique of the playboy who had made countless women’s hearts flutter, Mujin suddenly felt nauseous.

“…Give me a dose of Pyeongwisan (digestive medicine).”

Feeling hurt, Museong pouted his lips but turned around to go brew the Pyeongwisan.

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“Ugh! Aah-uah-uh!”

Though the paralysis hadn’t fully worn off and she could only make tongue-tied babbling sounds, Namgung Yeonhwa’s eyes were brilliantly alive as if she would kill someone at any moment.

Receiving that fierce blue gaze head-on, Jegal Lin felt cold sweat running down her spine.

“What is she saying?”

At Riser’s indifferent question, Jegal Lin quickly interjected. It was almost reflexive flattery.

“I think she means she’s so happy that Riser is back!”

She was desperate. Hadn’t she almost fallen out of Riser’s favor earlier for speaking carelessly in front of the Cheonryeon Palace girls? That sense of crisis was still chillingly gripping Jegal Lin’s neck.

‘I have to make up for it somehow. Otherwise, it’s really over!’

She had hastily prostrated herself and begged for forgiveness, but the problem was that she had stammered and failed to properly answer Riser’s sharp question of ‘So what exactly are you sorry for?’

Since she wasn’t confident that she had been sufficiently forgiven, she had to unconditionally please Riser for now.

“Ah-uah-ah! Aah-aak!”

Namgung Yeonhwa even pointed accusingly while shouting angrily. Riser looked at Namgung Yeonhwa with suspicious eyes and coldly added.

“I don’t think that’s what she means, Miss Jegal.”

‘Miss Jegal.’ Since she wasn’t calling her ‘Lin-ah’ as usual, her anger clearly hadn’t subsided yet. Jegal Lin immediately became dejected and hung her head low.

“The misunderstanding hasn’t been cleared up yet, I guess…”

“Namgung Yeonhwa. I didn’t use poison.”

Whoosh!

Riser lightly dodged a silk-wrapped pillow that suddenly flew toward her face.

“Uh-aah eh-ah!”

“Oh my. Look at her drooling.”

Moyong Hye clicked her tongue and wiped the drool flowing down Namgung Yeonhwa’s chin.

Perhaps suddenly overwhelmed with sorrow at her fate of drooling in front of others, Namgung Yeonhwa’s face contorted shamefully and began to turn red.

‘Yikes. She’s going to cry.’

Riser hastily rummaged through her sleeve cuff, pulled out a sweet candy, and tossed it into Namgung Yeonhwa’s mouth. Despite appearances, as a daughter of the Dang family, she hadn’t neglected training in throwing hidden weapons, so precise aiming was her specialty.

“Hic!”

“Now, calm down and listen to me. I understand you’re suspicious, but it really wasn’t me.”

Namgung Yeonhwa glared at Riser while rolling the candy around in her mouth.

Then she tapped Moyong Hye’s shoulder and pointed at the desk with her finger.

“Hmm? Why?”

“Aah-ttah uh.”

Understanding Namgung Yeonhwa’s request from her gesture of pretending to write calligraphy, Moyong Hye naturally said to Jegal Lin.

“Jegal Lin, could you bring some writing materials from Namgung Yeonhwa’s desk?”

“I’ll bring them right away!”

Jegal Lin immediately got up and ran off quickly.

Riser looked at Moyong Hye with a bewildered expression.

‘Isn’t she ordering Lin-ah around too casually when this is her own house?’

It seemed Moyong Hye had an instinctive eye for recognizing people who were intimidated and submissive. She was truly befitting of a top predator in human relationship hierarchies.

“Here! I brought the writing materials.”

“Thanks~”

Seeing Jegal Lin breathing heavily yet looking pleased to receive thanks, Riser’s conscience was pricked. She couldn’t bear to continue watching this situation.

“…Good work, Lin-ah.”

“Not at all! I did it because I wanted to!”

When the affectionate address ‘Lin-ah’ returned, Jegal Lin finally realized that Riser had let go of her anger and was finally able to relax.

“Hmph! Ah-uh-uh.”

Seeing this, Namgung Yeonhwa snorted as if finding it pathetic and hurled insults, but since it was just babbling, no one could understand her.

“If you asked for writing materials, you should write. What are you going to do if you just keep making incomprehensible babbling sounds? Are you planning to make Jegal Lin’s efforts go to waste?”

“Hye, Hye-ah. There’s no need to deliberately provoke her…”

「I called them idiots!」

Namgung Yeonhwa began writing angrily in crooked handwriting.

The muscles in her hands seemed to still be partially paralyzed as she appeared uncomfortable, but Riser didn’t mind. What mattered was that they could communicate.

「To think you’re associating with such an evil poison master calling her a friend, you’re out of your minds. Even after seeing what happened to me, I never thought you wouldn’t come to your senses…」

“I told you it wasn’t me.”

“Ah-eh uh-ah-ah!”

“Sorry. Could you please write it down?”

Namgung Yeonhwa trembled with frustration and diligently moved her brush.

Somehow her handwriting seemed to be getting worse and worse.

「You set a trap!」

“What do you mean? A trap?”

Namgung Yeonhwa glared at Riser with indignation.

‘How can she be so shameless!’

Righteous anger boiled up as she was determined to somehow prove this wicked poison master’s evil nature.

Behind Namgung Yeonhwa, who was writing with tremendous momentum, Riser, Jegal Lin, and Moyong Hye peered over with eyes full of curiosity.

“Ah-ah!”

Having finally finished, Namgung Yeonhwa confidently held up the paper.

And as the three read through the written statement containing Namgung Yeonhwa’s claims, their expressions grew serious.

“Riser. Could this really be true?”

“Probably.”

“I can’t believe it.”

Moyong Hye looked coldly at Namgung Yeonhwa, who had a proud expression, and said.

“You’re the one who set the trap! Namgung Yeonhwa!”

“…?!”

Namgung Yeonhwa looked around with an aggrieved expression, but there was no one to take her side.

「The cunning Dang Ri-seo knew I would sneak in and had already sprinkled poison mist in her room…」

Because the content was so outrageous that it was difficult to express in words.

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