Surviving as the Terminally Ill Young Lady of the North Sea Ice Palace - Chapter 82

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Episode 82
Martial Studies Comprehensive Lecture was a theoretical class, so lacking Internal Energy posed no difficulty.
During Basic Internal Power Class, the only real problem was the shame of coloring exercises—nothing that was actually hard.
When learning individual sword techniques, each martial instructor had their own teaching methods, but they all calibrated their instruction to the standard of the Elegant Blade.
So for a student without access to Internal Energy, Life-and-Death Combat Practice was likely the hardest class of all.
Whoosh! Crack!
Today, Myeong Sung and Un Cheon had engaged in an especially fierce sparring match.
“Such elaborate technique—like a dancing plum blossom!”
“The direct disciple of the Sect Master truly is different…!”
“Wudang Swordsmanship holds its own!”
Myeong Sung poured forth all of Hwasan Sect’s elaborate techniques, her sword aura flashing brilliantly.
Un Cheon moved like a dancer, answering each strike with fluid grace.
All the students who hadn’t been matched for sparring crowded forward to watch, desperate to witness the bout.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
In stark contrast, almost no one paid attention to Dan Ri Hyang’s match against—what was his name again? Some minor branch member of the Paeng Family of Hobuk who’d participated in that Antidote auction before.
“That’s the Paeng Family’s blade technique? It’s just chopsticks!”
“Jin Cheol! Put more strength into it!”
“Arrgh!”
So his name was Paeng Jin Cheol.
No one spoke directly against Dan Ri Hyang herself.
It was just a few boys who hung around with Paeng Jin Cheol, including Paeng Ho, teasing him lightly.
But Dan Ri Hyang seemed to take their casual remarks far more sensitively than intended.
“Ugh…!”
And when Dan Ri Hyang ultimately lost to Paeng Jin Cheol.
Her face twisted with visible frustration.
“Ju Pyeong Sam and Wi Jong Haeng.”
“Master, I can use my Internal Energy now!”
Muk Jin Ha called out the next pair for sparring, and Ju Pyeong Sam announced this with pride.
Muk Jin Ha had been about to send Ju Pyeong Sam up to the arena where Dan Ri Hyang had just descended.
But Ju Pyeong Sam drew his blade with Internal Energy flowing through it and executed one powerful sweeping stroke.
Rumble!
“Mm.”
“So you’ve recovered?”
“Yes! This morning when I drew up my energy, the poison had vanished as if washed away!”
So Ju Pyeong Sam had been the first one indeed.
Students from both Cheonmyeong Hall and Jijeong Hall offered congratulatory applause.
“Good. Is there an opponent you wish to face?”
“I challenge Paeng Ho!”
Ju Pyeong Sam declared this with full confidence.
Paeng Ho accepted the challenge readily.
“Hoo! This is the Blade Path of the Paeng Family of Hobuk!”
Some of the cheering was surely meant to flatter Paeng Ho, who held higher standing within the Paeng clan hierarchy.
But the bout that unfolded looked markedly different from the one Paeng Jin Cheol had just fought.
Crack! Rumble!
Paeng Ho wielded his blade in sweeping, satisfying arcs.
Ju Pyeong Sam met him brilliantly, his sword dancing in skilled response.
“So that was the extent of Ju Pyeong Sam’s skill?”
“It was close. I learned much!”
“I learned much as well!”
A proper sparring match.
Though Paeng Ho won, Ju Pyeong Sam had fought quite well indeed.
When I first saw him at the Entrance Examination, he’d lost too easily to me; afterward, with his Internal Energy sealed, he’d rarely had the chance to demonstrate his true abilities.
But he was clearly worthy talent to enter Cheonmu Academy, called the finest in the Central Plains.
“You’ve worked hard.”
After class ended, I offered Dan Ri Hyang a pomegranate seed as consolation.
“Thank you so much…”
Dan Ri Hyang took it with tears welling, placed it in her mouth, and her whole body trembled again.
Sigh, why does she have to be so pitiful.
“Ugh, what do I do? Min, do you think my Internal Energy will return within four days?”
“Even if it doesn’t, don’t worry. I’ll be here beside you.”
Right, I should give one to her too.
Namgung A Young, who’d been sparring against Wi Jong Haeng instead of Ju Pyeong Sam on the adjacent platform, was also sitting collapsed on the ground, catching her breath.
I approached her to offer a pomegranate as well.
“Well, Namgung Min. That’s quite loyal of you.”
I wasn’t sure what the rules of the hunting competition would be, but if they weren’t forming teams like during the entrance ceremony, these three would likely stay together.
Would Paeng Jin Cheol have Paeng Ho watching over him too?
If so, I found myself wondering whether our Dormitory students were particularly disadvantaged.
“What is it? What do you want?”
Naturally, Namgung A Young narrowed her eyes, watching me approach with suspicion.
Namgung Min stood beside her with a tall follower, both with arms crossed.
“I went out yesterday and bought some fruit. Would you like a pomegranate if you like them?”
When I offered her the fruit, Namgung Min in the middle subtly stepped aside.
…….
Uh… yeah!
Would you two like some as well?
I’m fine.
I’m also fine, thank you.
Unlike Namgung A Young, who took the pomegranate with both hands and showed genuine delight,
Namgung Min and Im So Jeong were stiff about it.
I’d only learned that girl’s name today.
In any case, I gave all three pomegranates to Namgung A Young,
Thank you……!
Now that I think about it, there was that warning from Gwanjoo about being careful with any food given freely at the Academy…….
……?!
Seol!
These three were fun to tease, so I decided to play with them a bit while I had the chance.
Clank!
Goodness, that’s no reason to put a hand on your sword.
There was just such a warning.
When I chuckled, Namgung Min bit her lip and withdrew her hand.
You didn’t really put anything in it, right?
No, I didn’t.
What would be the point of putting laxative medicine in to target the favored contenders like Namgung Min, Paeng Ho, Myeong Sung, Eun Hyun, Un Cheon, and Maeng Ryeong Ji?
If the Ten Thousand Year Flower Fruit were at stake in this hunting competition, I might’ve considered it.
But it’s not a good long-term plan.
Five hundred points is a lot, and they say buying the Divine Medicine’s Dae Cheon Dan is what matters.
I haven’t abandoned Plan B with the Yin-Yang Harmony yet, and I’d rather not wreck my reputation.
Oh! Seol, are you finally trying to pick a fight with those girls?
No, Ryeong Ji. Calm down.
I assured everyone it was just a joke.
But Namgung A Young, even while chewing on the three pomegranates, fixed me with a sharp gaze again.
I’d thought her eyes softened for a moment when she accepted the fruit, but they’d returned to their usual intensity.
Hey, you.
Namgung A Young called out to me in a rather rough manner.
What?
Do you attend Herbal Medicine Study class?
Yeah, I do.
The question that followed was utterly out of nowhere,
but since attending or not attending class wasn’t a secret, I nodded readily.
Do you happen to know how to make a Sanggong Poison Antidote?
But at that question, I could only shrug.
If I knew how to make it, wouldn’t I have made and sold it long ago?
Since I have only one and won’t even sell that, there’s no way I’d know the formula.
……I suppose not.
I’d naturally said I didn’t know.
Why are you asking?
If Namgung Min doesn’t recover before the hunting competition, it’ll be a burden.
It seemed Namgung A Young was worrying just as much as Dan Ri Hyang.
Even with Namgung Min watching over her, her combat strength would take a hit.
Mm…….
I was only thinking about it in passing.
“Is there perhaps a way to accelerate it?”
“If it were the first time, I wouldn’t know, but by now the poison has surely spread considerably… Isn’t there some method to hasten the process?”
For some reason, even the other students who’d been quietly listening showed interest.
Dan Ri Hyang even said she’d gladly hand over ten silver coins if there were any way to speed up the internal power recovery by a few days.
“If I knew, I’d naturally want to make it for you, but unfortunately I haven’t the faintest idea. Why don’t you ask Yak Seon directly, if you’re so curious?”
Even so, my medical knowledge bordered on absolute zero.
Last session I’d only learned how to reduce the toxicity of aconite root.
How could I possibly know how to counter Sanggong Poison?
“…Is it really all right to just go and ask?”
“Seol, do you know where Yak Seon is?”
“Yak Seon is just at the Medicine Hall.”
It was a casual remark I tossed out, yet the students showed surprising interest.
They’d been assuming Yak Seon was holed up somewhere in the Academy, just as I had on my first visit to the Medicine Hall.
After all, if you’re not ill, there’s no reason to go there.
Who would have guessed that she displayed a menu and sold miraculous elixirs?
“That… Seol, since you attend classes with her… you must be quite close to Yak Seon, yes?”
“We’re relatively close, but I don’t think she’d do it just because I asked.”
Hmm, still, it might be worth trying?
Just asking a question wouldn’t make her willingly reveal the antidote formula.
But when I’d pleaded earnestly before, she’d agreed to think through the solution for meridian severance treatment with me.
Nearly a month has passed anyway—if they look pitiful enough, she’d probably give a small hint or two, wouldn’t she?
“Would you like to go together?”
Asking didn’t seem like a bad idea.
I proposed that we all visit the Medicine Hall together.
“Yes!”
“Me too, I want to go.”
“I shall accompany you as well.”
Regardless of which dormitory they belonged to, the students who’d been lying down sprang to their feet and followed after me.
Surviving as the Young Lady of Buk Hae Bing Palace: A Limited Lifespan (Serialized)
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