The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 118

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Chapter 118

The moment I faced Grandmother, tears burst forth from my eyes.

Damn it, I tried not to cry.

“How could you leave with just a single note!”

I had definitely been steeling myself to confront her like this.

But that resolve vanished without a trace, and all I could see was that Grandmother was safe.

“Waaahhh!”

All the tension I’d been holding released at once, and I collapsed to the ground, sobbing.

If Grandmother was a granddaughter fool, then I was equally a terrible grandmother fool.

“Child! What are you doing here of all places!”

Grandmother froze for a moment upon seeing me, then her face turned pale as she rushed over.

Her expression looked like she couldn’t believe I was at Shaolin Temple.

“And what about you, Grandmother, coming here to steal! Are you the one who’s gone crazy?”

“What? How dare you speak to your grandmother like that!”

“Do I look sane right now? When I heard Grandmother went to Shaolin Temple to steal the Great Return Pill, how could I stay sane!”

“That’s because I had my circumstances…”

“I only have Grandmother! I grew up my whole life looking only at Grandmother, so if you were going to leave, you should have taken me too! How could you just disappear without a word! Huh?”

As I spoke, I felt so wronged and resentful that I cried at the top of my lungs.

No one would probably know how much I trembled in fear that I might never see Grandmother again.

The only person in this world I could completely entrust myself to.

Being separated from such a grandmother for the first time, I was truly in a state of mental breakdown.

“Why are you crying so much…”

It was when the flustered Grandmother didn’t know what to do seeing me cry so hard after so long.

“Ryeong-ah.”

I felt Grandmother startle at King Grandfather’s voice.

Normally she would have noticed long ago, but only now did she recognize King Grandfather’s presence due to my commotion.

“…Father?”

Grandmother rubbed her eyes and turned toward King Grandfather.

With an even more disbelieving expression than when she saw me.

“Yes, Ryeong-ah. It’s your father.”

King Grandfather’s eyes were also filled with tears.

How could they not be?

This was his daughter he was seeing after a full 17 years.

He had finally met his precious daughter whose life or death he couldn’t even know.

I had only lived with Grandmother for 5 years.

Yet I was in this state, so what must King Grandfather’s feelings be like?

And what about our Grandmother’s heart?

The father and daughter, reunited after 17 years, simply gazed at each other wordlessly for a while.

“Sob, Father!”

At some moment, Grandmother ran to King Grandfather and embraced him.

I couldn’t even imagine how many emotions must be crossing through them.

King Grandfather held Grandmother tightly in his strong arms.

Grandmother shed tears for quite a long time while embraced in King Grandfather’s arms.

Watching that touching scene, I continued crying too. The tears just wouldn’t stop.

Grandmother’s brilliant days as one of the Dark Four and the dark period when she had to flee under false accusations.

In the midst of that, Grandmother’s past life of raising a suddenly acquired newborn with abundant love until she became a seventeen-year-old girl flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.

“Stop crying now.”

Before I knew it, Eok I-geon had approached and was wiping my face with his sleeve.

“You’ll hurt your body at this rate.”

If my body gets hurt from just this much, I can’t call myself Cheonma’s disciple. I have two cycles of internal energy, after all.

I shook my head saying I was fine, but Eok I-geon persistently wiped away all the moisture from me.

How embarrassing.

Why does he keep touching a grown woman’s face?

Since Eok I-geon stood guard beside me as if he would do the same again if I cried more, I had no choice but to hold back my tears and endure.

Perhaps thanks to that effort, fortunately the tears stopped quickly.

Thanks to that, I was able to calm down unintentionally and quietly watch the reunion of Grandmother and King Grandfather.

“Seolha, come here.”

King Grandfather, who had been patting Grandmother’s back and saying various things like ‘everything’s alright now’, ‘father will solve it’, ‘don’t worry’, suddenly called for me.

“Yes, Great-grandfather.”

Grandmother taught me that when an adult calls, you must go unconditionally.

When I scurried over and stood before King Grandfather, Grandmother frowned looking at me.

“…Great-grandfather?”

“Yes, he’s Grandmother’s father. So isn’t he my great-grandfather?”

“…That’s true.”

“Grandmother, it’s awkward because it’s the first time. After a day or two, you’ll adapt quickly. I did.”

“Did you?”

“Yes. Great-grandfather acknowledged me as soon as he saw me.”

Ah, the emotion of that moment.

When I spoke proudly, King Grandfather patted my head as if I were praiseworthy.

“She came all this way risking danger to save this great-grandfather, so of course it should be so. If she’s Ryeong-ryeong’s granddaughter, then she’s my precious great-granddaughter too.”

Seeing Grandmother’s eyes well up with tears again at King Grandfather’s words, I felt like crying too.

Grandmother, who had been looking back and forth between me and King Grandfather, suddenly widened her eyes.

“Come to think of it, Father, what happened to you? My brother said you wouldn’t last more than a few days…!”

“You ask that so quickly.”

“Grandmother, don’t you see that Great-grandfather has become younger?”

“What!”

At my words, Shin Geum was so shocked she looked ready to faint, her lips trembling.

She seemed to want to respond but couldn’t think of the right words.

“This is all thanks to Young Master!”

“Young Master?”

Our Grandmother’s shock must have been quite severe.

Eok I-geon isn’t one to lack presence anywhere, yet she only noticed him now.

“Tang Papa, I’m glad you’re healthy.”

“…Did Young Master come too?”

“That’s how it turned out.”

“Grandmother, do you know what Dok Gak Hwa-ryong is?”

I was dying to brag about Eok I-geon’s achievement.

Because then I could also boast about obtaining the original Neung-ga Scripture!

“Dok Gak Hwa-ryong?”

“Would it explain everything if I said it’s a spiritual creature comparable to Shaolin Temple’s Great Return Pill?”

“…So you saved Father with that spiritual creature’s inner core.”

As expected, our Shin Geum’s mind works quickly.

“Where on earth did you find such a spiritual creature…?”

“We were lucky.”

I deliberately didn’t mention that Eok I-geon was seriously injured while catching Dok Gak Hwa-ryong.

It was already in the past, and now he had completely recovered with the Ice White Snow Leaf Grass elixir.

It was already in the past, and now he had completely recovered with the Ice White Snow Leaf Herb elixir.

I didn’t want to make Grandmother feel sorry with unnecessary words in such a situation.

“Thank you. It must have been truly difficult, and I am indebted to you.”

“After hearing Elder Am-wang’s circumstances, I couldn’t just turn a blind eye. Seolha fainted from shock for several days…”

“Young Master!”

No, why did you have to say that!

Our Grandmother is going to make a fuss again.

“What are you talking about?”

See?

Even her voice is already different.

“Seolha, are you really okay? Come here quickly. Grandmother needs to take a look.”

“Oh my, I’m fine. Can’t you tell by looking at me being perfectly healthy like this?”

“But why did you faint? Why did you faint!”

“That’s because I thought Grandmother had abandoned me!”

“What?”

Grandmother looked at me as if she had heard the most ridiculous thing in her entire life.

“I also found out that I’m not Grandmother’s real granddaughter, and Grandmother went to Great-grandfather without even telling me. How do you think I felt being left alone?”

“You child! What’s so important about blood relations! I raised you alone for 17 years, even begging for milk! To Grandmother, your father and you are exactly the same!”

“…Really the same?”

“Of course! How many times have I told you that Grandmother lived because of you? I said I would have died long ago if not for you, didn’t I?”

“You did.”

“But you’re misunderstanding that Grandmother abandoned you right now?”

Oh no, what should I do?

Shin Geum is really angry.

The signs of a back-smashing were so clear that I quickly racked my brain for somewhere to escape.

If I offered my back in this state, I’d have to prepare for a bruise black and blue.

“Tang Papa.”

It was then that Pacific Ocean-like shoulders suddenly blocked my view.

“How about having private conversations later?”

The owner of the broad back was Eok I-geon. He squeezed between me and Grandmother and pointed to the surroundings.

“Ah.”

Finally, Grandmother’s eyes took in Gong Gak Daesa and several other monks.

As if remembering that we had just escaped from Chamhoe-dong, Grandmother’s attitude immediately changed to be proper.

“Let’s catch up later, and first go to Bangjang-sil.”

At Eok Grandfather’s command, Grandmother quietly nodded her head.

It was a face that knew all too well what needed to be done.

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