Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 84

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Episode 84

‘Can you cut off someone precious to you?’

Lee Yeon thought of his precious person.

Seo Dan.

Now she was all he had left.

Everyone else was dead.

Father, Chief Steward Jeok, and even the people of the Seo Family Estate. He had lost them all because of what happened that day.

In truth, Lee Yeon had planned to prepare for revenge once he found Seo Dan.

Though Father had told him not to seek revenge, Lee Yeon was too deeply wounded by what happened that day. Just when he thought he could finally live happily, everything had been taken from him in an instant.

He had to repay this grudge somehow. If he didn’t, it felt like the reason he alone survived would disappear…

‘But.’

To seek revenge, he needed power.

The same was true for finding Seo Dan. Born with problems in his body, if he couldn’t learn the extreme yin cultivation method, he wouldn’t be able to seek revenge, let alone preserve his own life.

However, if he became Okseol Sannin’s disciple, all those problems would be solved. Not only could he live long, but he might even become a master like her.

Then revenge would become much easier.

By any means, he should become Okseol Sannin’s disciple. Surely, that’s what he should do.

“I…”

How could I cut you off?

“I cannot do it.”

Okseol Sannin’s eyes widened. Lee Yeon bowed his head and spoke respectfully.

“I apologize. I was the one who first begged to be accepted as a disciple, yet I give such a disloyal answer. I am ashamed.”

“…”

“However… I cannot do it. The reason I want to learn martial arts is to live long and spend happy times with someone precious to me. What would be the point of cutting off that precious person and becoming alone just to grow stronger?”

“…”

“After losing everything, I finally understand. How valuable it is to have someone precious by your side, how precious all those moments were. If I could return to the past, I would do anything…”

Lee Yeon paused for a moment and let out a sigh. Even then, Okseol Sannin said nothing and only watched Lee Yeon.

What was she thinking right now? With such thoughts, Lee Yeon finally spoke.

“Okseol Sannin, thank you so much for saving my life twice. Though I cannot enter under Okseol Sannin’s tutelage, I, Lee Yeon, will never forget this grace for even a moment and will surely repay it someday.”

“…”

“I must find that child, so I will take my leave now. Please take good care of your health, and I sincerely pray that you remain safe until we meet again.”

With that, he bowed deeply before Okseol Sannin.

After finishing his bow and standing up, Lee Yeon immediately turned around. It wasn’t that he had no hesitation, but he had already cast it aside while bowing.

If this too was fate, then it couldn’t be helped.

Just as Lee Yeon was casting off his last remaining attachment and about to leave the cave.

“Wait.”

Lee Yeon stopped short.

Okseol Sannin’s clear voice pierced his ears.

“…How strange. Though you’re not a disciple of our sect, you’re the most like a disciple of our sect.”

“Pardon?”

“If this isn’t fate, then what would it be?”

Lee Yeon looked back in bewilderment. Then he stopped short.

Because Okseol Sannin was smiling.

“Come here and sit. I have more to tell you.”

Lee Yeon hesitated but eventually returned to sit before Okseol Sannin. Okseol Sannin, wearing a faint smile, somehow looked even bitter.

Lee Yeon asked cautiously.

“What did you want to say…”

“Do you know why the Sect Leader of the Enlightened Sect so hated love?”

“Pardon?”

Lee Yeon pondered Okseol Sannin’s question for a moment, but nothing came to mind, so he shook his head.

“Because she fell in love.”

Okseol Sannin began to tell an old story.

Long ago, there was a master.

This talented master had two disciples: one male disciple and one female disciple.

The two were senior brother and junior sister, and having grown up together under the same master from childhood, they were inseparable. So it was natural that they would develop feelings for each other.

At some point, the two realized their deep affection for each other and made a promise. When they came of age, they would marry and spend their lives together.

The two thought they would become husband and wife.

Until the senior brother found someone he loved.

The senior brother had gone on a journey through Jianghu and one day brought back a woman. He then introduced her to his master as the woman he would marry.

The junior sister was greatly shocked. She confronted the senior brother about what happened to his promise with her.

However, the senior brother told the junior sister that he had actually only thought of her as a younger sister, and only realized this after finding someone he truly loved.

Saying he hoped the junior sister would also find someone to love, he left with that woman. Afterward, they held their wedding and established his own sect independently.

The junior sister couldn’t believe it. Where had the one who sweetly whispered of love just a few years ago gone?

The junior sister harbored deep resentment toward the senior brother and began sharpening the blade of revenge from that moment.

However, the senior brother’s martial arts were far superior to the junior sister’s. Thinking she couldn’t win with pure skill alone, she began studying methods to counter his sword techniques from that day.

Thus, when decades passed and she had learned to counter all sword techniques, the junior sister sought out the senior brother. She intended to kill the couple and resolve her grudge.

But the junior sister could not resolve her grudge.

Because the senior brother and his wife were already dead.

The junior sister couldn’t accept this fact. She stubbornly sought out the senior brother’s grave, dug it up, and tore open the coffin inside before finally realizing.

The senior brother was dead.

The target of her revenge had vanished forever.

After that, the junior sister completely lost her mind and sat before the senior brother’s grave for days and nights. Then, as if possessed, she suddenly stood up, took a sword, and departed for distant lands.

After that, the whereabouts of that junior sister were unknown. However, Lee Yeon, having heard the story, felt he could guess the identity of that junior sister.

“Then that junior sister was…?”

“That’s right.”

Okseol Sannin nodded.

“The Sect Leader of the Enlightened Sect.”

Okseol Sannin paused for a moment, then shook her head.

“After that, the Sect Leader came to hate love and established a rule that disciples of our sect must never love. Anyone who fell in love and lost their chastity would have their limbs’ meridians severed and their dantian destroyed before being expelled from the sect.”

“Such a thing…”

“However, the Sect Leader herself could not forget him until the day she died. She even left a will asking to be buried beside his body…”

“…”

“Perhaps because of the Sect Leader’s circumstances, a curse came to follow the disciples of our sect.”

“A curse?”

At Lee Yeon’s surprised question, Okseol Sannin let out a small sigh.

“Among the disciples of our sect, one would always fall into terrible love.”

“…!”

“No matter how much we emphasized rules or controlled the disciples, we couldn’t prevent fate. One disciple would always fall in love… and because of that love, things would spiral out of control.”

“Out of control means…”

“Because none of the love among our sect’s disciples was ever fulfilled.”

Lee Yeon’s face went blank.

Okseol Sannin’s voice, filled with regret, reached him.

“Whether unrequited or mutual, the love was never fulfilled in the end. And the disciples whose love was frustrated all fell into heart demons. They either despaired and committed suicide, or became mad demon lords who massacred people.”

“…”

“Dealing with those who became mad was also the duty of their fellow disciples of the same generation. This happened repeatedly in every generation, so those who became sect leaders emphasized the rules even more strictly.”

“…”

“But now I think: wasn’t there any other way? Wouldn’t it have been better to just let their hearts flow naturally…?”

Okseol Sannin suddenly looked at Lee Yeon. Lee Yeon was listening to Okseol Sannin’s story with a serious expression.

Okseol Sannin exhaled.

“But the first disciple I’m trying to take in also already has someone he’s given his heart to. How can this not be called fate as well?”

“…”

“Let’s do it this way instead.”

Okseol Sannin said coldly.

“Fortunately, your precious one is of the same gender, and though you gave your heart, you didn’t lose your chastity, so this cannot be said to have violated the sect rules.”

“Those words…!”

“However, as long as you are a disciple of our sect, you must maintain your chastity for life. Also, I won’t stop your feelings, but if you ever bring harm to the sect, I will personally sever the meridians in your limbs and destroy your dantian.”

“…”

“Can you do it?”

Lee Yeon hesitated for a moment. However, the answer was always predetermined, and there was only one thing Lee Yeon could say.

“I can do it.”

“Good.”

Soon Okseol Sannin rose from her seat. Lee Yeon also stood up following Okseol Sannin’s gesture.

Before she knew it, dignity had settled on Okseol Sannin’s face. With her back straight and chin raised, she looked no less imposing than any sect leader.

Okseol Sannin spoke.

“Perform the formal bow to this sect leader.”

Her dignified voice echoed through the air.

“I, Seol So-hon, the 23rd leader of the Snow Mountain Sect, will take Lee Yeon as my direct disciple here today!”

It was the single statement that would determine Lee Yeon’s fate.

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