Surviving as the Heavenly Demon’s Concubine - Chapter 23

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Chapter 3. Survival-Type Heartwarming Story Generator

‘Well now. I don’t know what to say about this.’

A situation where there’s a victim but no perpetrator.

Or perhaps it should be called a situation where the victim and perpetrator are the same person.

It was too intentional to call it an accident, but too disconnected in cause and effect to call it an incident.

“What trap? You snuck in secretly at night to cause harm, and now you’re being shameless about it.”

“That’s right! That’s not called a trap, that’s called security!”

Moyong Hye and Jegal Lin mercilessly pressed Namgung Yeonhwa.

They had thought she was an innocent victim and felt sorry for her, taking care of various things, but now they felt betrayed.

‘Why? How could this be?’

Namgung Yeonhwa was very flustered.

She thought that if she revealed the truth, everyone would realize Dang Ri-seo’s true nature and distance themselves from her!

“Riser. Let’s go. There’s no need to treat someone like this.”

Moyong Hye spoke in a cold voice and stood up.

“? But you live here.”

“Even so, I don’t want to see her face right now.”

“…!!”

Namgung Yeonhwa was shocked to be turned away by a friend she had known since childhood.

‘Did I do something so wrong?’

Since she was suffering from poison right now, her body hurt and she felt resentful, so perhaps she couldn’t see reality properly. In her desperation, she reached out and grabbed Moyong Hye’s sleeve.

“Uuuah….”

“Let go of this!”

Moyong Hye shook off Namgung Yeonhwa with contemptuous eyes, then turned her head sharply as if she never wanted to see her again.

Namgung Yeonhwa’s eyes reddened as she slowly lowered her head.

“…Riser. Let’s go.”

Jegal Lin, feeling sorry for her, wanted to give Namgung Yeonhwa some time alone.

Since she had done wrong, losing a friend was her own doing, but everyone needed time to sort out their feelings and accept the situation.

“Huh? We can’t leave yet. The situation has changed.”

But Riser’s thoughts were different.

“What do you mean?”

“If she was poisoned in my room, it might not be from commercial Ojamsan.”

The Dang Family of Sichuan, as experts in handling poisons in the martial world, thoroughly managed the quality of poisons sold under their name.

Only safe poisons that even non-experts could handle easily could gain the honor of external distribution.

“Are there such things as safe poisons?”

Moyong Hye, puzzled, whispered to Jegal Lin.

‘Why is she asking me instead of asking Riser directly?’

It seemed like she was trying to use her as a shield in case it was a rude question.

“Riser. Hye-ah is curious if there are safe poisons too.”

“…!”

“That’s a good question.”

Moyong Hye’s eyes widened, not expecting Jegal Lin to rebel.

Jegal Lin put on an innocent expression, pretending to know nothing. Since she had received forgiveness from Riser, there was no reason to act as Moyong Hye’s lackey.

“Simply put, it means poisons that produce the same results when the same amount is used.”

“Do different results come from the same amount sometimes?”

“Of course. They do.”

Riser explained using several experimental poisons that were still in development or hadn’t passed quality tests as examples. Poisons like 【Dang Ri-seo’s Type A Ojamsan】, 【Dang Ri-seo’s Type B Ojamsan】, or 【Dang Ri-seo’s Type C Ojamsan】 were representative.

“You created new poisons?!”

“I just improved them for fun. Everyone in the Dang Family wants to make their own poisons.”

Riser scratched her head with an embarrassed expression.

It might look impressive to those who didn’t know much about it, but it really wasn’t a big deal.

“Even so, very few poisons actually make it to market. We evaluate them considering the stability of reagents, ease of storage, and variations in effectiveness based on the user’s constitution. Even I have almost no poisons that passed quality testing.”

“I think I understand what you mean.”

Jegal Lin could understand Riser’s words.

She too had stayed up many nights trying to design new formations.

Even if immediate visible results don’t appear, one must put in steady effort to become an excellent craftsman.

‘Almost none means there are some, doesn’t it?’

Moyong Hye tilted her head.

“Anyway, we need to find out what poison Namgung Yeonhwa was affected by first. It’s probably ‘Dang Ri-seo’s Type A Ojamsan’ or ‘Dang Ri-seo’s Type B Ojamsan’.”

“What about ‘Dang Ri-seo’s Type C Ojamsan’?”

“You don’t need to worry about that one. I controlled the outward symptoms to make it look like a different poison. Namgung Yeonhwa clearly looks like she was affected by Ojamsan, so it’s not that.”

‘That’s such a terrifying improvement!’

Namgung Yeonhwa got goosebumps.

What would have happened to her by now if she had been affected by 【Dang Ri-seo’s Type C Ojamsan】?

She might have lost even her dantian by missing the timing while being treated with detoxification methods for other poisons based on symptoms alone!

Moyong Hye swallowed nervously and asked carefully.

“Did Type C Ojamsan… pass quality testing…?”

“No. I was praised for the good idea, but it was deemed unsuitable for commercial use. Still, I did well since it got approval for use limited to Dang Family members.”

Riser answered positively with a bright smile.

Though it was a somewhat disappointing result compared to her efforts, focusing on what was achieved rather than what was lacking was better for mental health.

‘Limited to Dang Family members? Didn’t it become a secret poison of the Dang Family of Sichuan?’

‘If a poison can’t be detoxified by normal methods, I’ll have to check if there’s any grudge with the Dang Family!’

Riser was too busy checking what poison Namgung Yeonhwa had been affected by to notice how much her words had frightened her friends.

“Got it. It’s Type B.”

The poison affecting Namgung Yeonhwa was 【Dang Ri-seo’s Type B Ojamsan】.

‘She must have touched the chest containing the blanket.’

Type B Ojamsan was a poison that wasn’t fully improved yet.

She had packed it together with her blanket to continue research even when she couldn’t sleep, and Namgung Yeonhwa had happened to touch that.

“What kind of improvement did you make to that poison?”

“It’s nothing special. The effect is similar to the commercial version, but the duration is a bit longer.”

The three people let out sighs of relief.

“That’s fortunate, Namgung Yeonhwa. It seems to be a relatively weak poison.”

Namgung Yeonhwa also nodded in agreement.

Then Riser continued her explanation with a slightly hurt expression.

“Don’t think it’s a weak poison just because its potency is ordinary. Do you know how painful it is to seem like you’re getting better but never actually recover? Especially with paralysis poisons like Ojamsan that restrict the user’s actions, the longer the duration, the stronger the feelings of helplessness and despair become, and as the people around you get tired, your relationships also….”

“Riser. Riser.”

Jegal Lin urgently tugged at Riser’s sleeve.

Only then did she come to her senses and see that the frightened Namgung Yeonhwa was sobbing.

She looked so pitiful that even Moyong Hye, who had said she couldn’t stand to look at her, was patting Namgung Yeonhwa’s shoulder to comfort her.

“You can cure it, right? Right? Riser.”

Jegal Lin urged Riser to answer quickly.

“Of… of course.”

To be honest, since 【Dang Ri-seo’s Type B Ojamsan】 wasn’t a completed poison yet, there was no clear antidote available.

But if one had any human compassion, they couldn’t possibly say ‘Well, I’ll have to try to find out’ to Namgung Yeonhwa’s face as she cried so pitifully.

“Namgung Yeonhwa, did you hear? She says she can cure it!”

“That’s great! Wow!”

Jegal Lin and Moyong Hye made a fuss, trying to comfort Namgung Yeonhwa with deliberately bright expressions.

Riser forced a smile while feeling considerable pressure.

‘Fortunately, it’s in the final stages, so if I focus, I think I can somehow manage it.’

To create an antidote before Namgung Yeonhwa noticed, it seemed like she’d have to stay up all night again today.

She didn’t sleep yesterday, and now she won’t sleep today either.

It was a situation where sighs kept coming out even while staying still…

「I’m sorry and thank you. You’re an angel.」

In front of Namgung Yeonhwa, who was shedding tears while conveying her apology and gratitude in crooked handwriting, it was hard to even show signs of difficulty.

“It’s fine. It’s not really that difficult.”

Riser spoke nonchalantly and stood up from her seat.

To turn lies into truth, she had to move diligently.

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