Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 3

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Episode 3

“I heard the Seo Family Estate is looking for a child to work as a servant. I don’t know what kind of work it is, but apparently the child who was working there before ran away, so they’re urgently looking for someone…”

Seo Family Estate…?

As I tilted my head at the strangely familiar term, Lady Po chimed in from beside me.

“It’s the Seo Family that moved here recently. They were originally a family from Shandong, but this time they came all the way here with their household. I heard their young lady is sick and came here to recuperate…”

Seo Family Estate, Seo Family…

“Aren’t there more renowned physicians up north? There’s no need to come all the way here to recuperate…”

“They say it’s for recuperation, but there are rumors that they were driven out because of the young lady’s bad reputation. Her temper is so terrible that she’ll tear your mouth apart just for saying her name.”

“Oh come on, surely not… What’s her name? Is it something strange?”

“It’s ordinary. So her name is…”

Soon after, I heard Lady Po whispering softly.

“Seo Yeon-ri!”

Seo Yeon-ri?

Suddenly, certain sentences flashed through my mind—

[“Seo Yeon-ri of the Seo Family Estate… I’ve never seen such a beautiful woman before.”]

[“The master seems to have chosen the young lady’s name very well. A beautiful oriole. If the young lady would sing by my side for a lifetime, even the immortals would be envious.”]

[“Miss Seo, may I stay as a guest warrior at the Seo Family Estate? I will remain here and protect you… You say it’s unnecessary? Haha, even when angry, you are truly beautiful, Miss.”]

I got goosebumps instantly. Because I know exactly one novel where similar lines are spouted to every heroine throughout the entire work.

‘This place, this place…’

I screamed silently.

‘It’s King of the Heavenly Pillar!’

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Seo Yeon-ri .

The reason I remember that name is simple. In that novel…

‘She’s the only villainess!’

So how did Seo Yeon-ri become the only villainess?

[“How ridiculous. You keep your loyalty to martial arts comrades you’ve known for only a day as precious as life, yet you throw away your loyalty to a woman who gave you her heart like an old shoe, and you call yourself a hero?”]

Because she didn’t fall for the Main Character.

Seo Yeon-ri was a supporting character who briefly appeared in 【King of the Heavenly Pillar】 and then exited. She was also the only woman in this world who didn’t fall for the Main Character.

Of course, when Seo Yeon-ri first appeared, everyone surely thought she would be one of the heroines.

Because…

[Her hair gleamed like black jade and was soft as silk, and her face was white as snow, pale enough to seem ethereal. Her densely woven eyelashes cast shadows on her face whenever she lowered her eyes, creating a melancholy atmosphere, and her slender neck like a deer’s appeared infinitely fragile, while her graceful figure was like a fairy descending to earth…]

The description in the novel took up almost an entire page, after all.

With all sorts of titles like ‘Greatest Beauty of the Central Plains,’ ‘Greatest Beauty Under Heaven,’ and ‘Greatest Beauty of All Time’ being heaped upon her in praise, who wouldn’t be suspicious? I thought she would probably be a main heroine competing for the position of the official wife among the heroines…

[“Didn’t your late father teach you any manners?”]

She wasn’t.

Far from falling for the Main Character, she openly cursed at him from their very first meeting.

[“I’ve heard many stories about you, young master. That you’re a heroic youth of integrity who values honor, right? Indeed, since a hero like you considers a mere woman insignificant enough to toy with as you please, even the Four Great Evil Masters would bow down to you.”

“Y-your words are too harsh!”

“Are my words harsh, or are your actions harsh? Don’t tell me you think your own rudeness is acceptable but others’ rudeness is not? Now I see you’re not a great man but a petty man?”]

‘Wow, she’s really something.’

Actually, Seo Yeon-ri’s anger was justified. When Seo Yeon-ri refused to remove her face veil, the Main Character, quite drunk, pretended it was an accident and pulled off her veil.

The Main Character seemed to know his actions weren’t honorable, so he kept his mouth shut. But perhaps because this was the first time he’d been treated this way by a woman, he couldn’t contain his anger and ended up smashing the table in front of him with his fist.

Of course, Seo Yeon-ri wasn’t intimidated.

[“How impressive, even going so far as to intimidate a woman with force. Your Respected Master must be so proud of you.”

“Enough! I’ll just leave, won’t that do!”]

However, the Main Character doesn’t leave.

It was because Seo Yeon-ri was too beautiful for him to leave.

‘Sigh, of course you would.’

Actually, up until this point, I didn’t have high expectations. The Main Character was a bastard obsessed with women, but I thought this heroine would just act a little prickly before quickly falling for the Main Character and becoming devoted to him.

She didn’t.

[“I never had any expectations from the beginning, but I didn’t know it would be this terrible.”]

Because Seo Yeon-ri consistently disliked the Main Character from beginning to end.

At first, it would be more accurate to say she had no interest, and when she learned about the Main Character’s history with women, she didn’t even treat him as human. Then when she was injured because of a heroine who had chased after the Main Character, her disgust reached its peak.

[“I’m sorry, young lady. I didn’t expect her to do such a thing…”

“I don’t intend to blame Lady Ju. I already know who the real cause is.”

“Who is that? Just say the word and I’ll immediately…”

“It’s the false gentleman right in front of me who preaches about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom, yet doesn’t keep faith with those who’ve given him their hearts. How about it? The only way for you to apologize to me is to strike yourself down with Heaven Thunder Strike and commit suicide. Will you do it?”

“Young lady!”]

I truly wanted to applaud.

‘That’s right, the one who really did wrong should die!’

But the Main Character was already a bastard equipped with the ‘when I do it, it’s romance; when others do it, it’s adultery’ mindset.

Like they say, the one who farted gets angry – he stayed quiet when Seo Yeon-ri was speaking the truth, but when she told him to die, he flew into a rage and threw a fit.

[“From what I hear, your words are far too harsh! I have no reason to hear such words from you, young lady. Fine, if you find me so disagreeable, I’ll leave this place immediately!”]

And then he runs away.

Secretly harboring hopes like ‘I won’t forgive you even if you regret it later’ and ‘Even if you cry and cling to my pants leg, I absolutely won’t accept you back’…

‘Damn it…’

However, the Main Character’s hopes are never fulfilled.

[“The young lady of the Seo Family Estate, you mean? The funeral was held quite some time ago, so why are you looking for her…?”]

Because Seo Yeon-ri suddenly died.

Now that I think about it, Seo Yeon-ri was terminally ill. There were frequent descriptions that she wouldn’t live long, and she actually coughed up blood sometimes.

Still, I thought she might somehow survive since she was connected to the Main Character, but she died young without fail.

I was dumbfounded. Just when I thought a supporting character I liked had finally appeared, they quickly wrote her off after she said a few correct words.

‘Should I drop this too?’

I should have dropped it then!

But it was too late to regret it, and I had already possessed into the story. The only consolation was that I knew the identity of the novel I had possessed into.

‘…Though I don’t remember much.’

In fact, all I remembered were the various types of heroines and how the Main Character played the field with them, not any fortuitous encounters or miraculous medicines.

However, surprisingly, I remembered quite a lot of details about Seo Yeon-ri specifically.

Whether it was because I had read the parts with Seo Yeon-ri multiple times out of regret, or because her death was so absurd. Once I started remembering about Seo Yeon-ri, various pieces of information came flooding back.

If I had to pick the most helpful information among them…

[“Actually, I don’t know how to completely cure the illness either. But there is a way to alleviate the pain. The approach to the disease was wrong from the beginning.”]

It was about Seo Yeon-ri’s illness.

The Main Character, who had been infatuated with Seo Yeon-ri for a while, had once sought advice from a physician he knew in Jianghu to cure her illness.

[“People commonly mistake the young lady’s illness for Yang deficiency syndrome and use medicinal herbs like ginseng, deer antler, dried ginger, cinnamon bark, and aconite to replenish Yang energy. But that’s wrong. The young lady isn’t simply lacking Yang energy – it’s because her Yin energy is too abundant. In other words, there’s too much fuel stored in her body and it’s on the verge of bursting.

“Then what should we do?”

“Obviously, we need to drain the fuel. Instead of nourishing the body, we need to use medicinal herbs that disperse energy. For example, licorice root, jujube, angelica root, cnidium…”]

Although the physician added afterward, ‘This is just a temporary measure. Even a divine physician would have difficulty with such an incurable disease.’ In the end, no one could cure the illness and Seo Yeon-ri died…

Just finding a way to alleviate the disease was a great achievement. It goes without saying that this earned the Main Character the trust of the Master of Seo Family.

‘What if I’m the one who says this?’

The Master’s trust would become mine, wouldn’t it?

Moreover, if I gain not only the Master’s trust but also Seo Yeon-ri’s trust?

If I could live luxuriously next to a wealthy villainess, then I, who was an ordinary girl and breadwinner, could turn my life around in one shot…!

‘This is it!’

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