The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 107

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Chapter 107

Suddenly, three days had passed by in a flash.

In my heart, I wanted to leave immediately to find Grandmother, but it was also important to see Elder Am-wang’s treatment come to completion.

Once he was fully cured and revealed his dignified appearance to the world, the rumors would spread like wildfire from mouth to mouth.

Words travel faster than horses, so spreading throughout all of Jungwon would be no trouble at all.

‘Then maybe Grandmother will return too.’

Even the Dang Family didn’t know Grandmother’s whereabouts.

They said she had simply watched Elder Am-wang silently for a long time before suddenly disappearing.

Seventeen years ago, due to the incident that day, the Dang Family had to remain in seclusion for a full ten years.

Though the seclusion had been lifted now, the decline of their family fortune would have happened in an instant.

It was only because they were the renowned Sichuan Tang School that they had endured this much – an ordinary Sega would have long since fallen to ruin.

How great must have been the guilt that Grandmother felt.

Though Grandmother bore no fault at all, she couldn’t have been entirely free from a sense of debt.

I felt pity and sorrow for Grandmother, who was probably enduring such feelings all alone even at this very moment.

‘Grandmother…’

Burying my face between my knees, I prayed.

Please let nothing happen to our Grandmother.

If you just do that, I’ll do anything.

I pleaded again and again to some unknown target.

“Lady Seolha, Tang Papa will surely be fine.”

Seo-ryeon tried to comfort me by speaking to me several times, but I didn’t even have the energy to respond.

The motivation that had been overflowing when we left the Demonic Sect had hit rock bottom.

My emotions were on a roller coaster, you could say.

It was reality hitting me hard due to the current situation of having to wait helplessly for three days.

“You two, go outside.”

Huh? Eok I-geon?

Sending Cheon-gang and Seo-ryeon out?

I quickly raised my head and looked at Eok I-geon.

At his command, Cheon-gang and Seo-ryeon had already gotten up and were heading outside.

Eok I-geon, who had been sitting across from me, strode toward me with large steps.

What, what’s this.

Why is he doing this?

Just as I was flustered by his sudden movement and hunched my shoulders,

Eok I-geon lowered his body by placing one knee on the floor.

Though I was sitting in a chair, perhaps due to our physical difference, we ended up facing each other.

Very closely at that.

“Seolha.”

“…Yes, Young Master.”

Eok I-geon lowered his voice and suddenly called my name.

“Grandmother will be fine.”

“How… do you know that?”

“Because she’s strong.”

At Eok I-geon’s words, I felt like tears would come again.

“…But the opponent is the Martial Arts Alliance. No matter how strong Grandmother is, she can’t face all of them.”

Even the greatest master under heaven couldn’t defeat many opponents.

If you’re human, your stamina and internal energy are bound to run out eventually.

That’s why the relentless attacks of many are so frightening.

“I won’t let that happen.”

“…?”

“No matter what happens, I won’t give up. Even if Grandmother gets captured by the Alliance, I’ll go and rescue her. I’ll kill all of them if I have to and definitely get your grandmother out, so don’t worry.”

Ah, that’s right.

I had Eok I-geon with me.

I had forgotten for a moment.

What kind of world I was living in.

Just a moment ago I had said with my own mouth that numbers were unbeatable, but Eok I-geon was the exception.

This martial arts novel I had possessed into was, to put it crudely, a novel where Eok I-geon did everything by himself.

An absolute ruler who seized control of Jungwon in one stroke with tremendous martial arts skills.

Though he was still young, there might be something called a protagonist buff.

‘Right, staring at the ground like this won’t bring Grandmother back either.’

With Eok I-geon here, what was there to fear?

No matter how much of a psychopath he was, Eok I-geon was still the only one I could rely on.

Hey hey, didn’t I decide not to say such things anymore!

Psychopath, cancel that. Cancel!

I frantically shook my head and corrected myself alone.

“Do you not trust my words?”

Misunderstanding this, Eok I-geon’s expression darkened.

I quickly waved my hands to set the situation straight.

“No, no! I believe you! Of course I do!”

“…”

“Young Master always keeps the words you speak, don’t you? Right?”

“Of course.”

“…I’m sorry for showing you such a pathetic side.”

How ridiculous must I look, sniffling as I spoke. I was the type whose face swelled up when I cried.

But Eok I-geon looked at me for a long moment, then smiled.

“You’re not pathetic.”

“…Really?”

Eok I-geon’s face was right in front of my eyes.

It was clearly the same gaze as usual, but I don’t know why I felt like I was going to be devoured.

It’s not like Eok I-geon was a cannibal who ate human flesh.

What am I saying right now?

“Cheer up.”

“Yes.”

Eok I-geon habitually stroked my head once and finally stepped back.

Whew, now I can breathe a little.

Clutching my pounding heart, I straightened my posture.

“Stop right there!”

It was then that Cheon-gang’s shout was heard from outside.

My gaze and Eok I-geon’s collided in mid-air, and without anyone going first, we hurriedly rushed outside.

“Why won’t you reveal your identities!”

What’s with him again?

What entered my vision as I rushed out thinking something big had happened were some young boys.

Among them, the one in front wearing green robes was pointing at Cheon-gang and Seo-ryeon while interrogating them.

“If you’re guests visiting the Dang Family, you should naturally state your identities! Otherwise, I’ll call the Bi-Pyo Man-Dok Dan!”

Bi-Pyo Man-Dok Dan?

Where have I heard that before?

As I tilted my head, Cheon-gang retorted back.

“We are proper guests of the Dang Family Head. What is your purpose in coming to us out of nowhere and questioning our identities?”

“That’s what I want to ask! At a time when the Grand Family Head is unwell, what on earth was the Family Head thinking by bringing in guests!”

At the boy’s sharp rebuke, the group standing behind him responded in unison as if they had planned it.

“Exactly!”

“Isn’t the family head even worried?”

“Why can’t you tell us where these guests came from?”

Oh my.

I could see right away what was happening here.

They came all the way here because they’re curious about our identity.

“Though I may be from a branch family now, I’ll become the young family head once my father ascends to family head! Hurry up and reveal your identities!”

Young family head? How ridiculous.

“Hey! What are you supposed to be?”

There was a limit to how much I could indulge this cuteness.

Unable to bear his nonsense any longer, I finally walked toward the boy.

“Hey? Did you just call me ‘hey’?”

The boy’s face contorted. He looked like he’d never heard such rude words in his entire life.

“Let me ask you something too. What are you to be going on about being young family head? Your father’s going to become family head? Ha, are you planning some kind of usurpation or what?”

No matter how immature he might be, there are things you can say and things you can’t, but is this kid also suffering from eighth-grader syndrome?

“It’s not usurpation because the family council will decide that soon! When the Grand Family Head passes away, even the current family head won’t be able to do anything about it!”

The family council will decide soon?

That meant it wasn’t confirmed yet.

It also implied that internal strife was currently brewing within the Dang Family.

“What do you mean by ‘won’t be able to do anything’?”

When I asked, the boy snorted and said,

“If he has any conscience, stepping down would be the natural thing to do, wouldn’t it?”

“…Conscience?”

“Why do you think our Dang Family ended up in this state? It’s all because of the family head’s sister!”

“…!”

“If it weren’t for that damned aunt, we wouldn’t have had to live being looked down upon like this! That terrible murderer is…!”

Thwack!

This time my fist moved quite fast. The moment he insulted Grandmother, my body was already in motion.

“Yong-jin!”

The boy’s body shot up into the air and flew far away.

His startled friends turned pale and rushed after him.

So your name is Dang Yong-jin.

I should remember that.

“What kind of behavior is this!”

Whether it was a trick of timing or what, a man appeared just then.

“Jin!”

That man saw Dang Yong-jin and rushed over to him.

“Sob, Father!”

“What’s going on here? Who did this!”

Dang Yong-jin’s face was already swollen on one side.

Not only that.

When the boy opened his mouth, several broken teeth fell out.

I guess I hit him a bit too hard. I couldn’t control my strength because I was excited.

“Fader!”

“Was it those bastards?”

With his father’s entrance, Dang Yong-jin gleefully pointed his finger at me.

The sight of him smiling happily while blood dripped from his mouth was disgusting and grotesque.

“How dare you lay hands on a child of the Dang Family within the Tang Clan!”

Sparks flew from the eyes of the man as he set his child down.

“I suppose you must be the future family head?”

“What?”

“That’s what your son over there was saying. That his father would soon ascend to family head, and then he’d become the young family head.”

“…!”

His flustered expression was quite a sight to see.

His face showed he had no idea his stupid son was going around openly saying such things in front of others.

“Uncle, what’s this commotion about?”

Just then, a new person intervened.

‘You…!’

The moment I saw her, I recognized her immediately.

A girl who looked exactly like Shin Geum, one of the Three Beauties of Jungwon.

It was Dang Hye-un, Grandmother’s niece and daughter of Dang Jong-ryeong, the family head.

Wait a minute.

Then what relation would she be to me?

Aunt Dang? Great-aunt Dang?

…The family tree is going to get weird.

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