The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 152

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Chapter 152

 

“First, I’ll start with an apology.”

 

“Of course you should apologize.”

 

“…!”

 

Why are you surprised?

 

Did you think I’d say it was okay?

 

“If you break off your engagement and immediately confess to me in front of everyone watching, what does that make me? I’d just look like someone who stole another woman’s man.”

 

“…I didn’t think of that. I was too caught up in my own feelings….”

 

“Yes, you caused great harm to both Miss Moyong and myself.”

 

Namgung San’s shoulders drooped at my blunt words.

 

“I sincerely apologize to Miss Tak for that.”

 

“I know you’re a good person, Young Master Namgung. But I think you need to learn how to deal with people. Don’t just lock yourself in the Training Grounds practicing all the time.”

 

“…Is it that obvious?”

 

“Extremely obvious.”

 

That’s why you suffered so much in the original story too.

 

“I suppose I still have much to learn.”

 

“Well, isn’t that how everyone grows?”

 

“Miss Tak, you’re younger than me, yet how are you so versatile?”

 

That’s because I’m actually older than you?

 

“I’ve had many hardships since I was young. I became like this trying to make a living.”

 

Even as I said it, I felt somewhat embarrassed by how mature I sounded, but that’s just how it is.

 

“I’m sorry about the situation with Miss Moyong. Alcohol is always the problem.”

 

My adding fuel to Dang Hye-un’s scheme was also for Namgung San’s sake.

 

Mo Yong-cheong-a won’t be able to do anything since she’s at fault, and Namgung San doesn’t need to feel guilty anymore—what a perfect conclusion.

 

“It has nothing to do with me.”

 

What’s with that genuinely unbothered expression?

 

Even after dropping that bombshell yesterday, you didn’t feel any guilt toward Mo Yong-cheong-a?

 

This makes you a bit different from the Namgung San I know….

 

“The reason I asked to see you was to hear the answer I couldn’t hear yesterday.”

 

“Do you really need to hear it to understand?”

 

“…Is it a rejection?”

 

“Isn’t that obvious?”

 

You and I have only met three times, no, four times?

 

And my grandmother’s enemy is your grandfather!

 

So how could I date you?

 

I’d destroy the Namgung Family later and face your resentment.

 

Romeo and Juliet?

 

I had absolutely no intention of becoming the protagonist of such a tragedy.

 

“Is it because of Young Hero Eok?”

 

“…Excuse me?”

 

Why is Eok I-geon suddenly brought up here?

 

Namgung San, do you know he’s listening to our entire conversation from over there?

 

If you say the wrong thing, you and I are just finished!

 

“When I confessed to you, Young Hero Eok unleashed his magic-Buddhist energy.”

 

Magic-Buddhist energy?

 

Did they decide to call it that because it combines demonic energy with Buddhist power?

 

“While others were busy discussing Young Hero Eok’s magic-Buddhist energy in surprise, I realized something then.”

 

What did you realize?

 

“That the relationship between Miss Tak and Young Hero Eok is not ordinary.”

 

Right, we’re not exactly ordinary.

 

Starting as a dedicated maid, we somehow ended up coming this far together.

 

The memories I’ve built with Eok I-geon alone would fill more than a bundle.

 

“Have you two perhaps promised each other a future?”

 

…Promised what?

 

When unexpected words came from Namgung San’s mouth, I was momentarily speechless.

 

Taking that as a sign of affirmation, Namgung San hung his head low.

 

“I knew it… I thought so. From when I first met you two on the mountain, I felt something strange about your relationship, but I overlooked it. That was my oversight.”

 

What did you sense on the mountain?

 

No matter how much I think about it, I only remember grilling and eating meat?

 

“I was rude. I’m sorry for stepping forward carelessly without knowing you had a lover.”

 

Who’s whose lover?

 

That’s not it!

 

He’s completely making up his own story?

 

‘Huh?’

 

What’s this, Eok I-geon?

 

Are you smiling right now?

 

Though the distance was considerable, I could clearly feel the wave of energy.

 

The murderous aura directed this way had also changed to something warm at some point.

 

He used to act like he’d kill Namgung San on sight, but how can a person change so drastically?

 

Ugh, now I don’t know either.

 

I was already troubled about how to answer Eok I-geon, but seeing him so happy, it might not be bad to wait and see.

 

‘Namgung San can be helpful to me sometimes?’

 

I told you he’s a good guy.

 

“Young Master Namgung will surely find a good match too. There are many women in the world far better than me.”

 

“I wonder. I’m not sure if there will be another woman who catches my eye.”

 

When someone gives advice, you should just say thanks, but why are you sighing like someone who’s lived through everything?

 

Watching Namgung San sigh as if the ground would cave in and turn away from me made my heart feel a bit heavy.

 

‘Can’t he escape being a pitiful character.’

 

I can only hope he endures well.

 

I pretended not to notice Eok I-geon until the end and ran to where Grandmother and the grandfathers were to report about the Guest Hall incident.

 

‘They’ll find it interesting, right? Hehe.’

 

One hour later.

 

I stood facing Eok I-geon in the Training Grounds.

 

While I was excitedly gossiping about Mo Yong-cheong-a and Yang Ja-seong’s story, I heard shocking news from Grandpa Tak.

 

I thought Eok I-geon had recklessly unleashed his demonic energy because he was angry about Namgung San’s confession, but that wasn’t actually the case.

 

He had already completed something called magic-Buddhist energy and caused that commotion.

 

An indescribable sense of betrayal washed over me.

 

“When did you create it? No, why didn’t you tell me?”

 

“Ask one thing at a time.”

 

“Then when? No, no! Why? Wait, more importantly, how did you do it?”

 

As if my brain was overloaded, I ended up asking everything at once again.

 

I glared at Eok I-geon almost menacingly, breathing heavily.

 

How sneaky to know it all by yourself.

 

Do you know how surprised I was!

 

“Seeing you, it seemed like you’d spend a lot of time in Jeongpa because of the Tang family.”

 

“So?”

 

“You can’t keep suppressing your energy forever, can you? Your internal energy is over two cycles. Isn’t it a waste?”

 

Of course it’s incredibly wasteful!

 

How hard have I been running my internal energy factory all this time!

 

But I can’t even use it properly, so sometimes I get frustrated, don’t I?

 

Since I couldn’t go to Macheongtian, my internal energy factory had stopped as well.

 

‘Ah, suddenly hearing about Eok I-geon makes it feel even more wasteful.’

 

“The Martial Arts World is scarier than I thought.”

 

I know, I know.

 

How could a martial arts novel enthusiast not know that?

 

“So after much deliberation, I tried mixing the two.”

 

“…That could be mixed?”

 

Aren’t they incompatible?

 

“When revealing demonic energy, I awakened the Buddhist energy accumulated in Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol together, and it worked.”

 

Oh?

 

“But unlike how it appears, they don’t completely mix.”

 

“From what I could see, it looked almost like they did?”

 

“That’s why everyone was fooled.”

 

Eok I-geon paused for a moment before adding.

 

“It’s actually fortunate they don’t mix. That way you can fully display Mahu’s martial arts. If they had mixed… I wouldn’t know either.”

 

I nodded vigorously.

 

I could give up everything else, but I could never give up Mahu’s martial arts.

 

Isn’t it the martial arts of the only woman in Demonic Sect history who rivaled Cheonma’s status?

 

If I could display that without revealing I’m a demon, I could do anything in this land of Jungwon.

 

“But when did you figure this out?”

 

“When you were training, Seolha.”

 

“When I was training with hidden weapons?”

 

I had no idea.

 

But thinking about it, there wasn’t time for it other than then.

 

“Young Master is definitely a genius!”

 

There’s obviously protagonist buffs, but somehow Eok I-geon always exceeded my imagination.

 

“Would you like to learn?”

 

Eok I-geon looked at me deeply today.

 

That handsome face with such a gentle tone.

 

Then it would be natural to give him an answer.

 

“Yes! Please teach me. I’ll learn diligently!”

 

Eok I-geon smiled and patted my head, then carefully explained the principles and theory first.

 

‘It doesn’t seem too difficult?’

 

I needed to open Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol first, wrap my body with Buddhist power, then focus on gently pushing out the demonic energy.

 

Originally, when righteous and demonic energies intertwined like this, the incompatible energies would clash and repel each other, typically leading to qi deviation.

 

“Huh?”

 

But it wasn’t like that.

 

When I released the Buddhist energy first, then immediately released the demonic energy, the two energies neither mixed nor pushed each other away.

 

“It seems like each energy acknowledged the other’s territory.”

 

The Gi-gyeong Pal-maek and twelve meridians were occupied by demonic energy, while Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol was occupied by Buddhist power, creating balance.

 

“Then!”

 

I displayed Mahu’s martial arts with demonic energy, then shot feather needles with the Buddhist energy contained in Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol.

 

Pababababapak!

 

Twelve feather needles flew and embedded in a row on the Training Grounds floor.

 

Wait.

 

If I combine my current sixty-year cycle of demonic energy with Daehwandan and Punghodan.

 

Whoa!

 

One hundred eighty years?

 

I’m really an internal energy powerhouse, aren’t I?

 

“Wo, woooah! Young Master!”

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