Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 30

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Episode 30

 

I hurriedly looked around.

 

But perhaps because it was an awkward time for meals, there weren’t many people in the inn, and even those present were all watching the Young Sect Leader nervously.

 

Well, he seemed to be from a wealthy family, so that made sense. If they interfered wrongly, they could face retaliation instead.

 

However, even at this moment, the woman was shedding tears and pleading.

 

“Please don’t do this. I am not a woman worthy enough for you to take. Moreover, I have a fiancé who has promised me a future. Please…”

 

“What’s so important about a fiancé? This Young Sect Leader is the great Young Sect Leader of Byeokdo Gate, the best in Guangzhou! I’m an amazing man incomparable to your fiancé, so wouldn’t it be good for you to be embraced by such a man?”

 

“No, I cannot betray my fiancé. Please, please show mercy just once…”

 

“And who knows? If you satisfy this Young Sect Leader, you might be able to enter as a concubine? Instead of that, lift your head and look. I must taste those cherry-like lips of yours.”

 

“No, I don’t want… *sob*, *sniff*…!”

 

‘That lustful bastard!’

 

Since absolutely no one seemed to think of stepping forward, I hurriedly grabbed the edge of the table. Then I apologized to the inn owner in my mind and flipped the table over.

 

Crash, bang!

 

In an instant, everyone’s attention turned to me.

 

“Oh no, my stomach. My stomach!”

 

“What’s wrong, what happened?”

 

“Inn owner, inn owner! What did you put in the thin noodles? I heard this place’s thin noodles were delicious so I ran ten li to eat them, but now my stomach hurts like crazy! Oh no, I’m dying. Oh no, I’m going to die!”

 

As I clutched my stomach and rolled on the ground, the inn became instantly chaotic, unlike just moments before. Not only the inn owner but even the cook came running out to check on me.

 

“Guest, are you alright? Exactly where does your stomach hurt…?”

 

“Are you a physician? If I tell you where it hurts, will you know right away? The inside of my stomach feels like it’s burning with fire and someone is wringing my stomach like squeezing a rag! Do you understand? Or not?!”

 

“Um… I’m not sure, but if we call a physician right now…”

 

“What if I die while you’re calling a physician, huh?! Will you take responsibility if something really serious happens? Will you take responsibility?! Do you know who I am?!”

 

‘You wouldn’t know. I’m sorry.’

 

I screamed with all my might while sneakily glancing toward where the Young Sect Leader was.

 

Perhaps because it had become chaotic, the Young Sect Leader could no longer sexually harass the woman, and in the meantime, the woman had escaped from his embrace.

 

Good, this should be enough for the woman to escape too. Just as I was about to stop my act.

 

“Ahem, suddenly my stomach hurts less? Maybe it wasn’t because of the thin noodles? Oh dear, I have a chronic condition that sometimes causes this commotion. Inn owner, I misunderstood, so I’m sor…”

 

“Huh? That guy, could it be?”

 

Suddenly I turned my head. A large figure had somehow approached very close.

 

“You, are you that servant from the Seo Family Estate?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Wow, it’s him. It’s this guy! Young Sect Leader, it’s that guy, that guy!”

 

It was that very servant.

 

The servant who got slapped ten times by our Young Miss and fainted…

 

I hurriedly spoke politely.

 

“No, you’ve mistaken me for someone else.”

 

“Mistaken? Mistaken? With this flat face and snub nose, looking like an ugly goby fish, no matter how I look at it, it’s that guy, but I’m mistaken?”

 

‘This bastard, you look like a flounder.’

 

“And you’re wearing the Seo Family servant clothes while pretending not to know? Do you think I’m a fool!”

 

‘Oh no.’

 

I looked down at my outfit and flinched. Come to think of it, I had been wearing servant clothes this whole time.

 

Damn it, I thought I was being clever by overturning the table to hide myself…

 

Since it’s come to this, I’ll somehow survive. I quickly clasped my hands together and spoke obsequiously.

 

“Oh my~ Well, well, isn’t this the dignified gentleman who was beside the Young Sect Leader~!”

 

“What?”

 

“Oh my, what brings you to this place today? This lowly one just stopped by to grab a meal, but to encounter you two in such a place is truly an incredible fate! Please don’t mind this humble fool and continue with your meal…”

 

“Ha, look at this bastard?”

 

The servant let out a hollow laugh.

 

“Do you know how much suffering I endured because of you? My face was all swollen and my teeth fell out, making me a laughingstock! For days I couldn’t even chew food properly and suffered so much…”

 

“How is that my fault…”

 

“Shut up! Today I’ll finally repay this humiliation. First, I’ll break all your teeth. I’ll make sure you can never run your mouth again!”

 

“Wait, hold on…”

 

I hurriedly looked around for someone to ask for help. Then I made eye contact with the Young Sect Leader sitting far away.

 

The Young Sect Leader raised one corner of his mouth and said.

 

“Just don’t kill him.”

 

“Yes!”

 

I’m doomed.

 

As a foot came flying at me, I quickly blocked with both arms—

 

“Ahhh!”

 

What? I haven’t screamed yet though?

 

I opened my eyes in confusion. Then I saw a foot stopped in front of me.

 

More precisely, a foot with chopsticks stuck in it…

 

“My, my foot, my fooooot!”

 

This time the servant started rolling on the ground like I had. The chopsticks were stuck quite deep, and blood was flowing enough to soak his shoes.

 

I was startled and scooted backward on my bottom.

 

Then, a monotone voice was heard.

 

“The sound of slaughtering a pig can be heard all the way here.”

 

I turned toward where the voice came from. There sat a man in shabby clothes.

 

The man was eating common thin noodles sold at the inn, with his bamboo hat pulled down low so his face wasn’t visible. But since one chopstick was missing, it seemed certain he had thrown it.

 

Veins bulged on the servant’s forehead.

 

“You, you dare…!”

 

“Oh ho, you can still move?”

 

Suddenly the servant drew a sword from his chest and charged. I was horrified. But the man laughed heartily and dodged the servant’s sword by turning to the side.

 

Crash, clang-!

 

The thin noodles spilled on the ground and people in the inn screamed and ran away.

 

Regardless, the man lightly moved his feet with his hands clasped behind his back. He slightly stepped aside, advanced diagonally, or pulled back half a step, avoiding the servant’s sword by a hair’s breadth.

 

For a moment the man’s body seemed to disappear, then quickly appeared in front of the servant. Then he extended his foot and pressed down hard on the chopsticks stuck in the servant’s foot.

 

“Ahhh!”

 

The startled servant dropped his sword.

 

Not missing that moment, the man flipped his hand in reverse grip and snatched the servant’s arm. Immediately twisting the arm behind his back, the man struck the servant’s back and slammed him face-down onto the table.

 

Before I knew it, the man was holding the remaining chopstick in one hand.

 

He pinned the servant’s hand to the table and precisely placed the chopstick on the back of his hand…

 

“Aaaahhh!”

 

A long scream echoed.

 

The servant eventually foamed at the mouth and fainted. I wanted to faint too. I watched the man dusting off his hands and chuckling, and instinctively felt it.

 

A master.

 

This was a real martial arts master.

 

Did he sense that I was trembling? The man’s gaze turned toward me. When I gulped and swallowed dry saliva.

 

The man opened his mouth.

 

“You’re a servant of the Seo Family?”

 

* * *

 

Contrary to my fear, the man was surprisingly polite.

 

“Inn Owner, I’m sorry for unintentionally causing damage. I don’t know if this will be sufficient compensation, but please accept it.”

 

After the commotion had passed.

 

The man carried the unconscious servant and threw him outside. Then he set upright the tables and chairs that were overturned here and there, went to the inn owner, and offered a courteous apology.

 

I also tactfully helped with the cleanup from the side and quietly added my own apology.

 

“I’m truly sorry as well. If my disturbance causes any problems for your business in the future, I’ll repay you somehow.”

 

The inn owner looked stunned. Understandably so. Even I would wonder ‘what kind of people are these?’

 

But the silver ingot the man handed over had sufficient effect. The inn owner’s eyes, which had been lifeless until then, came alive and he even saw us off as if it was no big deal.

 

Before I knew it, the man and I had left the inn together.

 

The Young Sect Leader had already fled long ago, and I, who had been watching the man’s mood until then, bowed my head when his gaze turned to me.

 

“Thank you for saving me, benefactor! If not for you, this humble one might have been a dead man long ago. How can I repay this great kindness? If there’s anything you’d like me to do…”

 

“So where do you work?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

When I tilted my head, the man clicked his tongue and said.

 

“Didn’t you say you work at the Seo Family Estate? Where do you work – the kitchen? The guest hall?”

 

“Uh, no…”

 

I hesitated and finally asked.

 

“Who are you, benefactor, to ask such things?”

 

“Me?”

 

For a moment, the man spoke as if he was dumbfounded.

 

“You don’t know me? This body?”

 

“Yes? Yes. This humble one is ignorant and doesn’t know well, so if benefactor could tell me your honored name…”

 

“Hah, really! Haven’t you been at the Seo Family Estate for long? Or are you just ignorant of worldly affairs? Tsk tsk, I’ll have to tell Chief Steward Jeok to re-educate the servants!”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“This body is…”

 

The man grinned and spoke boldly.

 

“I am the Young Master of the great Namgung Family, Namgung Jeong!”

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