Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 100

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Episode 100

I blinked my eyes in a daze and asked.

“Are you talking to me right now?”

“Yes, please….”

“You’re asking for help….”

I spoke again with a sense of disbelief.

“Young Lady, just to be sure, you’re not here of your own will?”

“Well, that….”

“I heard rumors that you accepted the marriage proposal from the Master of Yongcheok Fortress and came here. So I thought you were preparing for the wedding….”

“No!”

The Young Lady cried out in shock.

“Accepting a marriage proposal, that can’t be, that can’t be possible! How could I marry that shameless bastard…!”

“Then?”

The Young Lady hesitated for a while. However, she soon seemed to make up her mind, and with a determined expression, she looked up at me again and said.

“I was being threatened and held captive. The Master of Yongcheok Fortress… Bang Chang-seung, that bastard took my younger brother hostage. Please save my younger brother, save us siblings!”

And so the situation the Young Lady revealed was this.

Originally, the Young Lady had been living in Sinnyeong, a village close to Undaesan.

The Young Lady had lost her parents early and lived depending only on her young younger brother. Though their circumstances weren’t very comfortable, she said they were still happy.

However, if there was a problem, it was that her younger brother had a chronic illness.

Her younger brother had been frequently sick since childhood. The village physician said he didn’t know what to do, and their circumstances weren’t good enough to find a more renowned physician. While she was burning with worry—.

“Who is that woman?”

The Young Lady was discovered by Bang Chang-seung, the Master of Yongcheok Fortress.

At the time, the rumors about Bang Chang-seung weren’t good. He would obtain any woman who caught his fancy by whatever means necessary, play with her to his heart’s content, then abandon her when he got bored.

Bang Chang-seung, who took a liking to the Young Lady’s appearance, constantly courted her.

But the Young Lady, who was wary of Bang Chang-seung, wouldn’t accept him, so Bang Chang-seung made her an offer she couldn’t refuse. He would cure her younger brother’s chronic illness.

The medicine that Bang Chang-seung brought was actually effective.

Seeing her younger brother improve after taking the medicine, the Young Lady was delighted. Then, when he said he would treat her younger brother if she stayed at the mountain hideout, she followed Bang Chang-seung.

“But he didn’t keep his promise.”

Instead, as soon as they entered the mountain hideout, he forcibly separated the Young Lady and her younger brother.

Then he locked the Young Lady in the pavilion and threatened her that if she didn’t do as he said, he couldn’t guarantee her younger brother’s life.

“He said if I just listened well, he would continue giving medicine. He said he would at least spare A-wi’s life… But I can’t trust that man anymore. No matter how much I ask to see A-wi, he won’t allow it….”

“….”

“Please, it’s been too long since I’ve seen A-wi. Please help us siblings. Help us escape from that man’s clutches!”

Saying this, the Young Lady bowed her head. Tears fell drop by drop onto the bed.

Seeing that sight, I was left speechless.

‘She was forcibly held captive.’

I thought she was too beautiful to marry a bandit. I wondered how he had wooed such a beauty, but who would have thought he was threatening her by holding her brother hostage.

I felt sorry for the Young Lady. I felt incredibly sorry for her… but that was as far as it went.

There was no need for me to step forward here.

It would be better to leave this matter to the righteous faction martial heroes. It would be better for the Young Lady’s honor to receive help from them.

Perhaps thinking the same thing, Jegal-ye was speaking to the Young Lady.

“Young Lady, you don’t need to worry about your younger brother. The Martial Alliance is outside right now. Since the Alliance has stepped forward, all those unjustly captured like you will be freed….”

“No, that won’t do! Then we need to hurry even more. I don’t know what those dangerous people might do to A-wi. Please take me with you!”

“No, Young Lady. Please calm down and listen to what I’m saying….”

“A-wi, I know where A-wi is. I’ll guide you, so please go there quickly. Please, A-wi…!”

So I don’t need to step forward, and it’s right to return quickly….

“Just once… *sob*, please help me…!”

Why can’t I turn away from this?

‘Ah, I’m really weak to a beauty’s tears.’

Maybe it’s because the memory of Young Miss crying long ago is so vivid. When I see a beauty crying, it reminds me of Young Miss and my heart unknowingly softens.

“Then let’s do that.”

“Dan-hyeong?”

I sighed deeply and ruffled my hair.

“I’ll handle this Young Lady’s matter myself, so you two go take care of your business. Go catch the Master, or join up with the Martial Alliance….”

“No way, if we send you and the Young Lady off alone, who knows what might happen…!”

“Hey, when things have come this far, what am I going to do? Then should all three of us go with the Young Lady to rescue her brother? What if the Master escapes in the meantime?”

“….”

Having nothing to say to my words, the two fell silent. I shook my head, then looked down at the Young Lady again and asked.

“Young Lady, can you stand up?”

“…No. I injured my leg, so it’s a bit difficult to move….”

“It would be faster for me to carry you and run than to support you anyway. May I commit the discourtesy of touching your body?”

“Of course.”

Saying this, the Young Lady obediently spread her arms.

I bent down to pick up the Young Lady without much thought. Then suddenly, I hesitated.

‘Wait.’

Something… was strange.

The surroundings were strangely quiet. Despite us having talked with the Young Lady for quite a long time, no other bandits, not even the Master, had appeared here at all.

What’s this? Even if the bandits outside are in chaos, why hasn’t the Master appeared? Did he already flee?

This wasn’t the only strange thing.

The Young Lady had clearly said she was being threatened with her younger brother’s life. She said if she listened well, he would continue giving medicine.

If she didn’t listen, the path to receiving medicine would become uncertain. It meant her brother’s illness could worsen.

If that’s the case, would the Young Lady….

‘Really want to escape?’

I remained still and quietly asked.

“Young Lady, there’s one thing I’d like to ask before that.”

“Yes?”

“You said you’ve never seen your younger brother since being locked in the pavilion… How do you know where your younger brother is?”

“….”

The Young Lady’s body stiffened. The Young Lady caught her breath for a moment, then soon let out a trembling voice.

“That’s, that’s… I heard it from the stories his subordinates were telling….”

“That’s still strange. You said you were locked in the pavilion as soon as you arrived here, so you wouldn’t know the geography of the mountain hideout at all. But how could you say you’d guide us directly?”

The Young Lady couldn’t give any answer.

The suspicion that had been slowly rising was becoming certainty.

When I was about to speak again.

“Are you perhaps still being threatened….”

Swoosh!

Suddenly the Young Lady embraced me.

No, to be precise, she tried to embrace me. I had been prepared and quickly pulled my body back.

But even that was too late.

Before I knew it, a fragrant scent had entered my nostrils.

I quickly covered my nose and mouth with one hand. Then, holding my breath, I shouted loudly.

“It’s poison! Quickly cover your mouths!”

At my words, the two others’ faces also changed greatly and they hurriedly covered their noses. However, they couldn’t block the poisonous fragrance that had spread in an instant, and their faces quickly turned pale.

‘This is bad.’

I quickly drew up my internal energy.

It was to block the poison spreading through my body with internal energy. But… my internal energy wouldn’t rise.

Whenever I tried to circulate even a little internal energy, it would scatter as if blocked by something. I tried several more times before finally realizing.

Could the poison I inhaled be….

‘Energy-Dispersing Poison!’

“Hahaha! A clever bird has been caught!”

Laughter could be heard from above.

I looked toward where the sound was coming from. On the stairs from the 8th to 9th floor, someone was standing there at some point.

‘Is that guy the master of Yongcheok Fortress?’

His build was enormous.

His body looked twice the size of an average adult male, with flesh hanging all over, and his belly protruded like Namsan Mountain.

Moreover, his hair was completely bald making his head shiny, his wide face was like a frog’s, and his small eyes, nose, and mouth, along with the layers of fat clinging to his neck, were disgusting enough to make one frown.

An appearance as ugly as Greedy Flower Bird’s, plus a filthy temperament of being lustful. Above all, the pair of chain iron maces on his back were definitely…

‘Could that guy be.’

Only then did I realize his true identity.

‘Ugly Eight Pig Monster, Bang Dong-yeong!’

In the past, before Greedy Flower Bird, he was a real lecher who molested and tormented various women.

He was the current master of Yongcheok Fortress, Bang Cheong-seung.

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