The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 149
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Chapter 149
Yang Ja-seong’s chest boiled with rage as he looked down at Yang Ha-rin lying on the bed.
He raised his voice toward Dang I-seong who had come with him.
“How can this be! What kind of absurd situation is this after inviting guests!”
Despite Dang I-seong’s advanced age, Yang Ja-seong spoke without restraint as if addressing a subordinate.
It was a scene that showed how much he had looked down on Dang I-seong whenever the Cheongyeon Branch meetings were held.
“Who dares raise their voice in front of a patient?”
At that moment, Dang Ho, the leader of the Detoxification Hall who was sitting on a simple chair examining Yang Ha-rin, glared at Yang Ja-seong.
Only then realizing that an elder of the Dang Family was present, Yang Ja-seong stepped back and bowed.
“…I apologize.”
However, it was merely for show, as his face was still full of dissatisfaction.
“Are you this child’s older brother?”
Dang Ho clicked his tongue inwardly as he asked.
“Ahem, yes, I am.”
“You’ll only be a hindrance here, so go outside.”
Dang Ho called for Dang I-seong.
“Clan Leader Soo.”
“Yes, Hall Leader.”
“Take this person outside. I’ll call you back when the treatment is finished.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you.”
Following Dang Ho’s instruction, Dang I-seong led Yang Ja-seong out of the room.
“Great-uncle.”
“You’re still here?”
When Dang Hye-un, who had been there with them, didn’t leave but approached him instead, Dang Ho looked at his great-niece with curiosity.
Dang Hye-un leaned close to his ear and whispered.
“This treatment isn’t difficult, is it?”
“She wasn’t poisoned, so I just need to reduce the swelling of these spots. Why, are you worried?”
As if that would be the case.
A mischievous smile spread across Dang Hye-un’s lips.
“Then, could you perhaps make the spots on her face bloom like flowers and then heal slowly later?”
“…You?”
Wrinkles formed on Dang Ho’s forehead.
“What happened?”
It was easy to mistake Dang Hye-un’s gentle speech and behavior as being so kind and good that she couldn’t say anything bad about others, but that was a common misconception.
While it was true that she had a gentle and kind nature, she was by no means naive.
Dang Hye-un was also unmistakably a woman of the Sichuan Dang Family who distinguished between favors and grudges.
Dang Ho thought there must be a reason for her behavior.
Dang Hye-un pouted her lips and complained to her great-uncle.
“She looked down on our main family so much. She was acting wild and reckless until Seolha put her in her place.”
“What? She looked down on the main family?”
Dang Ho’s eyebrows curved into an inverted V-shape.
He was someone overflowing with pride in his family more than anyone else.
“You know the Shinchang Yang Clan, right? They openly say they’ll pull down the Dang Family from the Five Great Families and take that position… Sigh, Seolha stepped up in place of this incompetent aunt.”
“Is that so?”
Dang Ho’s eyes flashed fiercely.
“I understand. I’ll make colorful flowers bloom all over her face.”
“There shouldn’t be any side effects, you know that, right?”
“Don’t you know this old man’s skills?”
“Of course I do. You’re the leader of the Detoxification Hall!”
Dang Ho and Dang Hye-un exchanged meaningful smiles as they looked at each other.
“Originally, if you want to heal quickly, there’s always a price to pay.”
If she had gone to an ordinary physician, it would have taken much longer.
“How dare they look down on the main family? Those insolent fools!”
Dang Ho put away the medicine bottle and picked up acupuncture needles instead.
Fight poison with poison, fight needles with needles.
The needle tips gleamed sharply in his hands.
“If anything happens to my sister, I will hold the Dang Family fully responsible. Do you understand?”
When Dang Hye-un came outside, it was quite a spectacle.
Yang Ja-seong was cornering Dang I-seong like catching a mouse, only stopping short of raising his fists.
“Young Master Yang.”
Dang I-seong, who had been quietly listening, called him softly.
“How much our grandfather cares for Ha-rin…”
“Do you want to die?”
Dang I-seong’s gaze as he glared at Yang Ja-seong was no different from usual.
However, his presence was like the difference between heaven and earth.
“You dare say you’ll hold the main family responsible? The Shinchang Yang Clan against the great Sichuan Tang School?”
Dang I-seong took a step toward Yang Ja-seong.
“Can you really do such a thing?”
When a gentle person changes, they tend to be even more frightening.
Yang Ja-seong’s face turned pale at Dang I-seong’s intimidating presence, which he had never seen before.
“Don’t worry about your sister. In this Sichuan land, no physician you visit will be better than our main family.”
Dang I-seong raised his hand to straighten Yang Ja-seong’s wrinkled collar.
“I trust you understand, so I’ll be going now.”
Dang I-seong finally patted Yang Ja-seong’s shoulder a couple of times and left the Detoxification Hall.
‘Brother, really. What a temper he has.’
Watching Yang Ja-seong slump to the floor, Dang Hye-un shook her head disapprovingly.
A moment later.
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
Yang Ha-rin’s scream burst out from the Detoxification Hall.
“Wh-what is this! Why is my face like this!”
Facing the mirror that Dang Ho held out, Yang Ha-rin wanted to faint again. Her entire face was completely covered with small red spots.
“Ha, Ha-rin!”
Yang Ja-seong was also so shocked that he fell backward.
“Waaaaah! What am I going to do!”
Yang Ha-rin flailed her arms and legs wildly, bursting into tears like a child.
“What on earth happened? Why is my sister’s face…!”
Yang Ja-seong urgently grabbed Dang Ho and asked.
“It’s metal poisoning.”
Dang Ho replied nonchalantly while organizing his acupuncture tools and medicine bottles.
“Metal poisoning? Are you saying there was poison on the steel needles right now?”
At the mention of poison, Yang Ja-seong had a fit.
“Hey! I’m not talking about the kind of poison you’re thinking of! Don’t you know that the toxic properties inherent in metal are also called metal poisoning? You know that if you’re cut wrong by a sword, the skin can rot or soften, right? It’s similar to that. It will subside in a few days, so don’t worry.”
“Phew, what about scars?”
At her brother’s question, Yang Ha-rin, who had been crying and making a fuss, also became quiet for a moment.
“When it comes to poison, our main family is the best in the world.”
It was a statement that settled everything at once.
“Master, I’ve brought the medicine.”
At that moment, Dang Ho’s disciple brought a bowl containing medicine and handed it to Yang Ha-rin.
“If you stay for a few days and drink this well, you’ll recover quickly.”
“Thank you!”
To Yang Ha-rin, Dang Ho was a savior. She gulped down the medicine as if she were drinking the finest elixir.
“Urgh! Uurgh!”
There were several moments when she almost vomited, but for the sake of her beauty, she didn’t give up and drank every last drop of the medicine.
Originally, medicine is supposed to be bitter.
That’s why it was common to add things like angelica root to reduce the bitter taste and make it easier to drink.
However.
“Remove the angelica! Remove the licorice too! Wait, doesn’t that also taste sweet? Remove it and that thing. Yes, that bitter-tasting one. Put that in instead!”
“M-Master. Will the patient be able to drink this?”
“What if she doesn’t drink it? Would a grown woman want to walk around with spots on her face? If she doesn’t want that, she has to drink it.”
“Things that are good for the body are naturally bitter. Gulp it down, yes, drink it all up.”
Dang Ho kindly recommended the medicine.
“S-Seolha!”
While I was standing there dazed after hearing Eok I-geon’s words that could have been either a threat or a confession, Grandmother came running over in a panic.
And it wasn’t just Grandmother.
“What’s going on?”
Eok Grandfather and Grandpa Tak had also appeared at some point.
“I’ll explain!”
I quickly turned Grandmother around.
“Grandpa Tak, please take care of the young master.”
“…Understood.”
I left Eok I-geon with Grandpa Tak and pushed Grandmother’s back.
“Grandmother, shall we go somewhere quiet for now?”
I could feel a terrifying gaze from behind, but I pretended not to notice and endured it.
“Wow! Grandmother saved my life.”
“Huh?”
“There’s something like that. Come on, hurry! I’ll tell you everything.”
I grabbed Grandmother as if fleeing and ran to her room.
“Do you know how shocked this old woman was when I felt the demonic energy?”
“Were you as shocked as I was?”
“But why is it so quiet?”
“Grandmother, do you know about Ma-bul?”
“Ma-bul? Those demon monks at Podallap Palace somewhere in Tibet? I think I heard they worship such a Buddha there. Or not? But why?”
Grandmother seemed uncertain as she tilted her head back and forth.
“I’ll summarize it in one sentence for you. Well, the young master burst out with demonic energy, but Buddhist power also burst out along with it.”
“Buddhist… don’t tell me Daehwandan?”
“Yes!”
“Is that really true?”
“When the Peng Brothers saw that, they called it Ma-bul? Both of them seem to have very deep Buddhist faith.”
From my explanation, Grandmother seemed to understand roughly what the situation was.
“I happened to have mentioned that Cheon-sin-mun was somewhere between Tibet and Qinghai, right? That fit together perfectly? The Peng Brothers and Young Master Jegal Mu-geuk took care of the rest of the story.”
“So what did you do?”
“I just kept nodding my head.”
“Oh my! It’s divine providence, divine providence!”
Grandmother kept stroking my arm, expressing her relief.
“But why was Prince Lee glaring at you like he was going to kill you again?”
“Huh?”
“What did you do wrong?”
“Hic!”
“You must have done something wrong. You’re hiccupping, which shows it.”
“N-no… Hic!”
“Just say yes, I understand when Prince Lee says something. Even if his temper is a bit like that, he’s not a bad person. Right?”
Grandmother.
Do you know what would happen to me if I said I understand now?
I might end up in that kind of relationship with the young master!
Shouldn’t I prevent that from happening?
I really want to live a long life.
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