The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 262

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Chapter 16

After finishing my meal, I stood up first for the adults’ sake. Then I ran to Dang Hye-un’s quarters, the person I wanted to see second most in the Dang Family after Am-jon Grandfather.

“Hye-woon Aunt!”

“Seolha!”

We had already greeted each other during the day, but being alone together made it even more delightful.

“Aunt, you’ve been well, right?”

“Of course! You’ve been well too, haven’t you?”

“I really, really missed you so much, Aunt!”

“I thought about you a lot too. I waited so eagerly after hearing you had departed!”

“Nothing eventful happened during this time?”

“For me, well, every day was pretty much the same.”

Dang Hye-un’s characteristic gentle smile formed at the corners of her mouth.

Our aunt’s beauty remains the same as before and now.

‘Still, she’s being too sparing with her words.’

I squinted my eyes and casually asked.

“No problems on the romantic front?”

“…Huh?”

“I’m talking about Young Master Yeon.”

How diligently I had coached their romance during the Cheongyeon Assembly.

If Yeon U-seong had just followed my advice, the two of them would have become lovers by now and then some.

“The Akyang Yeon Family rose to become one of the Five Great Families, right?”

“Yes, that’s what happened.”

“Then you’ll see Young Master Yeon more often, won’t you?”

Exchanges between the Five Great Families were natural.

Gatherings like the Cheongyeon Assembly don’t exist for no reason.

“I suppose so?”

Dang Hye-un’s response was subtly awkward. The way she slightly avoided my gaze was also suspicious.

I pounced like a hyena that had spotted prey.

“What’s with this atmosphere right now? It seems like something’s going on?”

I linked arms with Dang Hye-un as she tried to move away from me, holding her firmly.

“…Seolha?”

“Yes, Hye-woon Aunt.”

“You know you’re being a bit scary right now?”

“Really? Why would that be? Why would Hye-woon Aunt find me scary?”

I pretended not to know and played innocent while staring intently at Dang Hye-un.

“You really are something!”

Only then did Dang Hye-un blush and confess honestly.

“Actually… Young Master Yeon and I decided to try having a good relationship.”

“Wow! Really?”

Is my matchmaking finally bearing fruit?

“Aunt, congratulations! This is wonderful!”

I grabbed Dang Hye-un’s hands and jumped up and down.

I had been prepared to kick Yeon U-seong’s butt if he had messed things up again, but fortunately that won’t be necessary.

“Seolha, you think Young Master Yeon is decent too?”

“Of course! He seems like a person with good character! Hye-woon Aunt is a bit too good for him, but I approve!”

When I genuinely rejoiced and congratulated her, Dang Hye-un blushed shyly.

As I feel today too, she was truly a lovable woman even from my perspective as a woman.

While the family was bustling with Seolha and Dang Yeong-ryeong’s visit, the Detoxification Hall was quietly peaceful for the first time in a while.

Since there happened to be no sick patients either, Detoxification Hall Master Dang Ho was leisurely drinking tea while examining medical texts.

However, that leisure didn’t last long.

Creak.

“Who is it?”

Even hearing the sound of the door opening, Dang Ho asked while keeping his gaze fixed on his book.

“Hello.”

“Go find your hellos elsewhere. Where are you injured that brought you here?”

“Hall Master, it’s me, me!”

Despite Dang Ho’s indifferent tone, the other person’s voice was full of delight.

“Who?”

Only then did Dang Ho turn his head toward the door.

“Oh? You are?”

“You’ve been well, right? Hehe.”

The one grinning broadly at Dang Ho was Yang Ha-rin.

Dang Ho recognized her immediately.

He couldn’t not recognize her.

She was the child with an arrogant personality who looked down on the main family, so he had deliberately used long needles for acupuncture and bitter medicine to teach her a harsh lesson.

Of course, without the person in question knowing.

“I brought a guest because I thought you might be bored, Hall Master.”

“A guest?”

The rude attitude from before was nowhere to be found in Yang Ha-rin whom he met again.

Since Dang Ho roughly knew about her family’s situation, he felt some sympathy.

Moreover, she had come to greet him calling him Hall Master, so a smile formed on Dang Ho’s lips too.

“Please examine them personally, Hall Master!”

Yang Ha-rin grinned and then shouted behind her.

“Hey! Hurry up and come!”

‘Did she bring a patient?’

Dang Ho closed his book and stood up from his seat.

“Tsk, not answering? Hall Master, just a moment please.”

Yang Ha-rin asked for understanding and turned around.

“You think I don’t know you’re not answering because you don’t want to call me sister? Where do you get off pretending not to hear? Do you want to go back even now? Should I go to Sister Seolha and tattle on you right away?”

“Wh-who said anything about going back?”

“Then get in here right now!”

“Fine, I’m coming!”

Eok Hwi-gyeom grumbled and hurriedly ran into the Detoxification Hall.

“Hall Master, this is the Third Prince of the Demonic Sect.”

“Nice to meet you for the first time. My name is Eok Hwi-gyeom.”

Eok Hwi-gyeom cupped his fists and greeted politely.

“You’re the Third Prince of the Demonic Sect?”

Dang Ho raised his eyebrows with interest.

“You’re quite polite for a demon.”

“Sister Seolha earnestly asked me to be. Originally his personality is really terrible. She said if he acts rudely, she’ll chase him straight back to the Shin Sect.”

Yang Ha-rin giggled as she provided additional explanation.

‘A frog doesn’t remember being a tadpole, as they say.’

She had clearly forgotten how she herself had been.

Dang Ho clicked his tongue inwardly and seated Eok Hwi-gyeom.

“So, where does it hurt?”

“There was some trouble along the way. So he couldn’t eat properly for a long time. I thought if he gets some acupuncture and takes some medicine at a time like this, he’ll get better quickly.”

Yang Ha-rin’s eyes somehow seemed filled with inner anticipation as she said this.

“Let’s start with checking your pulse first.”

Dang Ho caught his breath for a moment and grasped Eok Hwi-gyeom’s wrist.

“Hmm, your energy does seem a bit weak. Come lie down here.”

When Eok Hwi-gyeom lay down on the bed, Dang Ho took out his acupuncture needles.

But they were far too small in size.

“Clan Leader, aren’t those needles a bit small?”

“…Huh?”

“The ones I received before were much bigger than those. The length was comparable to my arm’s length.”

“Ah, you mean those needles from back then?”

Dang Ho felt a pang of guilt for a moment but continued speaking without showing his panic.

“Acupuncture needles come in various types originally. You have to use different ones depending on the condition.”

“Is that so?”

Yang Ha-rin’s brow furrowed.

It made sense, but she felt strangely uncomfortable.

“Go and prepare some herbal medicine.”

“Yes, Master.”

Dang Ho sent his disciple to prepare herbal medicine to ease his embarrassment and began the acupuncture treatment.

A short while later.

Dang Ho’s disciple brought the herbal medicine in a bowl.

Seeing it, Yang Ha-rin brightened up and chattered away.

“This is incredibly bitter but good for your body. I drank it too and recovered quickly. So you must drink it all!”

Yang Ha-rin comforted Eok Hwi-gyeom as if she were an experienced senior.

“Is it very bitter?”

“It’s still bearable to drink. They say medicine that’s good for the body is bitter, right?”

Eok Hwi-gyeom, who was already scared by the mention of bitterness, held the bowl while frowning deeply. Then he reluctantly took a sip of the medicine.

“It’s not bitter?”

“It’s not bitter?”

“Yeah, it’s not bitter at all.”

“That can’t be.”

“It’s just sweet and delicious. Wow, medicine can be this sweet too. Is this what makes it the Sichuan Dang Family?”

Yang Ha-rin couldn’t believe Eok Hwi-gyeom’s words.

She still couldn’t forget that disgusting taste that made her want to vomit.

“Is there something wrong with your taste buds?”

Finally, Yang Ha-rin dipped her finger into the herbal medicine and tasted it directly. And she was shocked beyond belief.

While there was the characteristic bitter taste of medicine, it was indeed strongly sweet.

“It’s, it’s sweet. The medicine is sweet!”

Wondering how this could be, Yang Ha-rin looked up at the disciple who had brought the herbal medicine.

But the disciple looked down and avoided answering.

“Clan Leader?”

Dang Ho also suddenly began pretending to be busy with other things.

“Don’t tell me… it’s not that, right?”

Recalling the memories from that time, Yang Ha-rin had been an unwelcome guest to the Dang Family.

So did they deliberately give her harsh medicine?

For now, such reasonable suspicion was inevitable.

“Clan Leader! Please tell me. That herbal medicine I drank while even vomiting, and those needles that were as painful as being stabbed with a sword! What were those?”

“Oh my! I had forgotten the family head’s orders.”

Suddenly Dang Ho stood up and commanded his disciple.

“You finish up here.”

“M-Master?”

“How long do you plan to depend on this master? Now you should be able to see patients on your own!”

Ignoring his disciple’s desperate voice, Dang Ho rushed out of the Detoxification Hall like an arrow.

Yang Ha-rin blocked the path of the disciple who was about to hurriedly follow.

“You have something to say to me, don’t you?”

“Uh, huh?”

“The taste was completely different, so what did you put in it?”

“Th-that is…”

“You’re stuttering. Just like someone who’s committed a crime.”

“A c-crime! I just did what I was told!”

The disciple, who had been hesitating under Yang Ha-rin’s venomous gaze, finally shouted and fled the scene.

For Yang Ha-rin, who had come to the Detoxification Hall with the intention of teasing Eok Hwi-gyeom, it was a bitter day of learning facts she didn’t need to know.

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