Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 28
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Episode 28
“Exactly the same… you say?”
“We must repay what we received so that This Lady won’t be disrespected in the future, don’t you think? However, ending it with just one slap might be too light a punishment and wouldn’t preserve This Lady’s dignity.”
“…”
“I’ll make it ten slaps.”
Gasp, I covered my mouth with my hand. Even repaying double would have been considered generous, but the Young Miss boldly called for ten times the amount.
The Young Sect Leader flinched slightly but nodded without much consideration. It wasn’t like she was going to hit him personally, and he seemed to think one servant was a profitable trade.
“Very well then.”
“Y-Young Sect Leader…!”
Only the servant who would receive the punishment was in a panic.
Regardless, the Young Miss gestured toward a warrior. The warrior standing next to Brother Im stepped forward. His intimidating presence made it seem like that servant wouldn’t even be a match for one punch.
When the warrior grabbed the servant by the collar, he shed tears and begged.
“I was wrong, please spare me, spare… Ack!”
Smack!
The punishment began.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
“…Five, six, seven, eight.”
Smack! Smack! Smack!
“Urgh, ugh, gaaah!”
Watching this scene, I broke out in cold sweat. The hits were so hard that the ‘smack’ sounds came out like ‘crack’ sounds.
Crack-!
“Ten!”
Only after delivering exactly ten hits did the warrior let go.
The servant’s face had become bloody. Staggering in place, the servant eventually collapsed unconscious onto the ground.
Thud!
However, the Young Miss didn’t even glance at him and turned her head back to the Young Sect Leader.
“Young Sect Leader.”
“…Y-yes?”
The Young Sect Leader, who had been staring blankly at the servant, turned to look at the Young Miss in surprise. Seeing that, I couldn’t help but feel pity for him.
Right, honestly I was so scared I almost wet myself too…
When I thought that the Young Miss’s notorious reputation wasn’t unfounded, the Young Miss spoke in a monotone voice.
“I heard your words outside the gate quite well. You have strong martial arts, handsome looks, and are in your prime, so you can please This Lady day and night, is that right?”
“Those words, that was…”
“But that’s not This Lady’s ideal type.”
“Pardon?”
The Young Miss declared firmly.
“A body that knows nothing of martial arts, a frail physique that looks like it would break with a light touch!”
“Pardon?”
“Must be younger than This Lady, must be naive as if knowing nothing of the world, must follow This Lady’s words like heaven’s will without any personal will, must be pure without greed for wealth or power, and able to smile brightly like an idiot…”
“Pardon?”
“Ugly.”
The Young Sect Leader’s mouth fell open.
“Extremely ugly is This Lady’s preference!”
Then she whirled around.
Thanks to the Young Miss suddenly dropping a bombshell and quickly disappearing, a strange silence fell over the surroundings.
I too was staring blankly at the Young Miss’s retreating figure when I suddenly thought.
‘Is it me?’
* * *
Not long after, I was able to learn the truth of the matter.
“Do you know how shocked I was?”
It was because Brother Im told me the whole story.
He said the first person to discover me was Brother Im.
He was on his way to see the Chief Steward to discuss the Young Sect Leader constantly lurking around So-nang Garden, when he happened to hear my voice and turned his steps.
Then he discovered me bowing and scraping to the Young Sect Leader’s group, and somehow feeling an ominous premonition, he went straight to So-nang Garden.
He first reported my situation to the Young Miss and was about to go rescue me, but the Young Miss, upon hearing the story, stepped out herself before he could stop her. Brother Im marveled at how shocked he was.
“You… even though I said I was rooting for you, I never imagined you’d be this favored. Really amazing, isn’t it?”
“Hehe, I just became a little close with the Young Miss, that’s all.”
“Just became a little close? For that to be the case, seeing how angry the Young Miss was…”
“Pardon?”
“Ahem, never mind.”
Brother Im cleared his throat and changed the subject.
Anyway, Brother Im who arrived with the Young Miss saw me getting slapped, and the situation after that flowed as I knew it.
Only then did I ask what I was curious about.
“Then you didn’t hear everything the Young Sect Leader said? I thought the Young Miss had heard everything since she mentioned invading quarters and such.”
“The Young Miss had just arrived too, so how could she know? But since that was the only reason the Young Sect Leader would threaten you, she must have spoken based on conjecture. It just happened to be the right answer.”
“Phew, that was almost a disaster. If the Young Sect Leader had known the Young Miss hadn’t heard…”
He might have denied it, claiming he never did such a thing, and turned it around to frame me instead.
Thinking about it that way, I could see how amazing it was that the Young Miss came to rescue me. In truth, whether a mere servant gets beaten or not isn’t something a master needs to worry about.
Without knowing this, I had secretly felt hurt thinking the Young Miss had just watched me being bullied. I scratched my cheek in embarrassment.
And the very next day.
I expressed my gratitude to the Young Miss.
“Young Miss, thank you for yesterday. If it weren’t for you, I would have been in real trouble. Usually I avoid them well. But unluckily I got caught at just that moment…”
“Enough.”
“Still, you were reckless too, Young Miss. Looking at the Young Sect Leader yesterday, he was completely mad. What if you had gotten in trouble too? Next time, don’t step out yourself but send someone else. Okay?”
“If I hadn’t stepped out, you would have…!”
The Young Miss who suddenly raised her head hesitated for a moment. The Young Miss who was staring intently at me suddenly asked.
“You, did you go home yesterday?”
I tilted my head.
“Home? I didn’t go home.”
“Why?”
“Huh? Of course. It’s calmed down a bit now, but if I had gone home looking like that yesterday, my Mother would have fainted from shock.”
“Don’t you think about me fainting?”
“Huh? Why would Young Miss?”
When I asked as if I really didn’t understand, Young Miss burst into anger.
“Because you’re ugly! Your already ugly face, with just one cheek all swollen up, do you know how much uglier you became? Even when you return to normal I can barely stand to look at you, you should have just waited until you were completely healed before coming…”
“Huh? But you said you liked ugly.”
“When did I ever…”
Suddenly Young Miss fell silent.
“…”
“…Ugliest Under Heaven.”
“Shut up.”
“Ugly is This Lady’s ideal type.”
“Get lost.”
“A scrawny body that looks like it would break with a poke, a physique that knows nothing of Martial Arts, a simple-minded fool who’s only cheerfully innocent like an idiot. A younger man who’s younger than Young Miss. Could that be…”
“Won’t you get lost?”
“Me?”
Clatter!
After a long time, Young Miss grabbed the Table. Seeing her about to flip the Table immediately, I quickly stopped grinning foolishly and restrained Young Miss.
“Whoa whoa whoa, it’s a joke. A joke! Young Miss couldn’t really have me as her ideal type, right? You just said whatever to get rid of Young Sect Leader since he was being so annoying…”
“…”
“…But it was similar to me.”
“Get out.”
“Oh, don’t be like that. I’ll tell you my ideal type too. A Martial Arts genius who hits the target perfectly no matter what she throws! Gentle on the outside but strong on the inside, with a weak body but a firm heart! An older woman who knows the ways of the world and can be relied upon! Cold to others but warm to me, a cold beauty!”
“You, you…!”
“Most importantly…”
I said firmly.
“Most beautiful Under Heaven.”
“…”
“By the way, that’s not Young Miss, right?”
Young Miss answered.
“Get out right now!”
Crash-!
She finally flipped the Table, so I hurriedly ran Outside. Even while doing so, I couldn’t help the tickling feeling in my chest and laughed loudly.
‘She’s really reliable.’
I couldn’t say it while teasing the embarrassed Young Miss, but actually that was what I wanted to say most.
That in that moment, Young Miss was truly reliable. No matter how unfair or wronged I felt until now, I could only endure and bear it. But in that moment, I didn’t have to do that.
The sight of her taking revenge was a little scary, but honestly, how refreshing it felt. It was like there was nothing left to fear in the world.
‘Is this what it feels like to have someone on my side?’
If so, I should cherish my ally even more.
I hummed as I walked. I savored the peace I had gained after so long and thought.
‘Nothing else will happen now, right?’
* * *
“Damn bitch!”
Wang Ju-geon, who called himself the Young Sect Leader of Byeokdo Gate, gripped his wine cup and exploded in fury.
In front of him, a servant with a swollen face asked Wang Ju-geon in a cautious tone.
“Young Master, Lady Seo won’t really tell Sect Master Wang, will she…?”
“Let that wench tattle if she wants!”
Though he shouted boldly, Wang Ju-geon couldn’t hide his anxious heart and shook his legs nervously. Wang Ju-geon secretly thought.
‘I’ll be in big trouble if Father finds out.’
In fact, Wang Ju-geon was not the Young Sect Leader.
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