The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 142

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Chapter 142

“Grandmother! Grandmother!”

I grabbed Grandmother’s hands and started dancing around excitedly.

“…What are you doing?”

Despite my sudden behavior, Grandmother didn’t panic and naturally moved along with me.

“Grandpa Tak said he’ll help the Dang Family! First he’ll completely renovate the pavilion, fill up the storehouse too….”

I excitedly shared every detail of the news.

“But can this old woman really accept all that? It’s not gonna cost just a little money.”

“Of course you can accept it! Grandpa Tak is rich!”

“Hmm, no.”

Grandmother shook her head.

“No matter what, this doesn’t seem right.”

There’s our Shin Geum’s chronic condition acting up again.

“Grandmother.”

“Yes?”

“I didn’t ask him to do it. Grandfather brought it up first.”

“…Really?”

That seemed somewhat unexpected as Grandmother’s tone softened a bit.

“Grandpa Tak considers you his benefactor, right?”

“That goes both ways.”

“Either way, it’s true, isn’t it?”

“Let’s say it is. So what?”

“If you’re someone’s benefactor, wouldn’t they feel more at ease repaying that kindness?”

“Then I should also….”

“You’ve already repaid it, Grandmother. By raising me so well.”

“Still, this is too much….”

“Shh!”

I blocked Grandmother’s mouth with my index finger.

“Honestly, is this really the time to worry about such things? The Cheongyeon Branch meeting is right around the corner! You know why it’s being held at the Dang Family this time, don’t you? Are we just going to pathetically take whatever they dish out?”

“Who’s taking anything? Don’t you know your grandmother’s temper?”

Grandmother swatted my hand away and glared at me.

“I know. I know it very well.”

You raised me with that temper, after all.

“What does Grandmother hate most? Wasn’t it me being humiliated in front of others?”

“Seeing that would drive me crazy!”

“Then what about Grandmother’s nephews?”

“…Huh?”

“Shouldn’t we help boost the nephews’ spirits at this Cheongyeon Branch meeting? They must have been looked down upon terribly all this time.”

“….”

At the mention of her nephews, Grandmother fell silent.

For Grandmother, who still felt indebted to the family, there probably wasn’t much she could say in response.

“Just go and say thank you. Got it?”

“Alright….”

Good, I’ve convinced Grandmother.

Next was Eok Grandfather’s turn. He’d been making a very displeased expression from behind Grandmother for a while now.

“Great-Grandfather!”

I ran over to Eok Grandfather and hung onto his arm as I asked.

“Are you uncomfortable with receiving help from Grandpa Tak?”

“Ahem!”

He didn’t outright say no, but it was clear he didn’t like it.

“We can just pay him back later. Right now is when we need the money. This time we’ll flatten those guys’ noses and make the Dang Family the greatest family in the Martial Arts World!”

“….”

“What does Great-Grandfather lack compared to the Namgung Family head? Is your martial arts inferior? Are you less handsome? As for character, need I even say? Our Great-Grandfather is a hundred times better!”

I clenched my fists and shouted as if giving a speech.

“I absolutely cannot stand seeing our Dang Family being looked down upon! I really can’t compromise on this!”

“…Our Dang Family?”

Eok Grandfather’s eyes sparkled.

“Well, is it someone else’s Dang Family?”

“No, it’s our Dang Family!”

“Right?”

Look how happy he gets when I say ‘our Dang Family.’

I could consider this almost completely won over.

“So let’s accept the help, okay?”

“Ahem!”

“Great-Grandfatherrrr!”

“Fine. My heart feels a bit uneasy, but let’s do as you say.”

Yes!

Successfully convinced Eok Grandfather too!

“Oh right, Great-Grandfather, I have another piece of good news!”

“Good news?”

“Yes! Grandpa Tak said he’ll give me a Wind Soul Pill. You know what a Wind Soul Pill is, right? And this is a real secret.”

I lowered my voice considerably.

“From among the martial arts of a Jeongpa sect that was wiped out long ago, he’ll pick something useful and teach it to me….”

Bang!

Eok Grandfather suddenly slammed the table.

“G-Grandfather?”

I flinched in surprise.

“Seolha.”

Why, why?

What did I do wrong?

“What did you just say?”

Just now?

“Ah, you mean about the wiped out Jeongpa sect….”

“No, before that.”

“…Before that would be the Wind Soul Pill?”

“Before that.”

What did I say before the Wind Soul Pill?

“Ah! Our Dang Family?”

“Yes! Our Dang Family!”

But what about it?

I couldn’t understand at all and stared blankly at Eok Grandfather. Then Grandfather got angry again.

“How can a daughter of the Dang Family try to learn martial arts from another Jeongpa sect!”

…Huh?

Isn’t that something only people with the Dang surname can learn?

That’s what I thought.

“This great-grandfather is very displeased!”

Wait, hold on.

Then I can learn Dang Family martial arts?

Whoa, awesome!

“Me! I want to learn! I want to learn the Dang Family martial arts!”

“…Really?”

“The way Grandmother throws hidden weapons so fiercely, it was so cool! If I learn it, I can do that too, right?”

“Of course you can. This old woman will teach you. It’s not that difficult.”

Once Eok Grandfather gave his permission, Grandmother also brightened up with joy.

To be able to learn the same martial arts as Grandmother!

For me, it couldn’t help but be a moving moment.

“That won’t do!”

“…Grandfather?”

Did you change your mind already?

You spoke first, so it’s troublesome if you act like this now!

“This kind of thing should originally be learned from an adult.”

“…What?”

“This great-grandfather will teach you, so know that.”

What was that just now?

Avoiding Grandmother’s gaze, Eok Grandfather disappeared like the wind.

I think both his ears had turned a little red?

That evening.

Dang Cheol-woo and Tak Joong-hak sat facing each other before the drinking table that Seolha had prepared.

Since it was an occasion Seolha had arranged to bring the two grandfathers closer together, they couldn’t refuse.

“You’re giving the Wind Soul Pill to Seolha?”

Dang Cheol-woo asked while filling Tak Joong-hak’s cup.

“Am-wang is going to pass down the Dang Family martial arts to ‘our’ Seolha?”

“When the great-grandfather wants to pass down martial arts to his granddaughter, what problem could there be?”

The exchanged words were not pleasant.

In fact, it was because they had hurt each other’s feelings from the very beginning.

Tak Joong-hak had never done anything special for Seolha until now.

When he found his granddaughter, she had already become Cheonma’s disciple and learned Mahu’s martial arts, and her internal energy was overflowing thanks to Dang Yeong-ryeong’s arrangements.

With even Prince Lee Eok I-geon sticking close by her side to provide guidance, there was nothing he could do for her.

Then, Seolha acquired orthodox internal energy through Shaolin Temple’s Daehwandan.

It was a half-baked mental cultivation method using Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol, which didn’t satisfy Tak Joong-hak.

So he intended to use this opportunity to do everything for his granddaughter that he hadn’t been able to do before.

He wanted to strengthen her internal energy with the Wind Soul Pill, teach her the excellent martial arts of the orthodox sects he had destroyed, and fill the love that had been lacking.

But Dang Cheol-woo had snatched that away from him.

“I’m not sure how much the Dang Family’s hidden weapon techniques will help ‘our’ Seolha who has learned the sword.”

“The Wind Soul Pill is a good spiritual elixir. Such things should use the proper consumption method to be more effective.”

Tak Joong-hak’s emphasis on the word ‘our’ every time he used it was extremely irritating to Dang Cheol-woo.

After all, wasn’t it his own daughter who raised Seolha?

What had he done besides giving her the Tak surname?

“If it’s the main residence’s secret technique, you can see definite effects, so rather than just having ‘our’ Seolha eat it, hand it over to me.”

“Did you just say ‘our’ Seolha?”

Tak Joong-hak glared at Dang Cheol-woo as if he couldn’t believe it.

At that, Dang Cheol-woo chuckled and brought his cup to his lips.

“Do you seem to have some complaint?”

“It seems Am-wang has more complaints than I do.”

“Even if I do, what can I do? I have to endure it for the sake of my granddaughter.”

“Your granddaughter? Haha! My granddaughter.”

Thud!

Both men roughly set down their cups at the same time.

Despite the lavishly prepared drinking table, the atmosphere grew colder and more frozen.

“Let me be honest this time. I will teach her martial arts.”

“Do you know that Seolha wants to learn the Dang Family’s hidden weapon techniques?”

“…!”

“Hehe, it seems you didn’t know. Rather than that, just hand over the Wind Soul Pill. With my main residence’s secret technique….”

Crack!

Tak Joong-hak’s cup shattered.

“If it’s not rude, may I test whether you have the skill worthy of teaching my granddaughter or not?”

Crack!

Dang Cheol-woo’s cup also shattered into pieces.

“Even if you’re called a Demon Sword Master, it will be difficult to avoid my hidden weapons.”

Tak Joong-hak and Dang Cheol-woo rose from their seats simultaneously as if they had made a promise.

Seolha’s drinking table had long been forgotten by the two of them.

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