The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 301

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Chapter 55

I closed my eyes and shook my head vigorously.

“Ugh!”

I must be seeing things because I’d exhausted so much energy fighting Tam-rang.

There’s no way Eok I-geon could be here, right?

My beloved was in the middle of intensive seclusion training at Cheonsan.

‘But why isn’t he disappearing?’

Even after closing and opening my eyes several times, Eok I-geon was still there.

Have I finally gone crazy?

Lovesickness must be more severe than I thought.

No matter how much I missed Eok I-geon, to create illusions of him myself…

‘I really do all sorts of things.’

I should hurry back and at least eat something.

This was all because I was hungry.

Come to think of it, I’d been starving all day because of that bastard Tam-rang.

‘Huh?’

But what kind of trick is this?

The illusion is moving.

It started walking toward me, pushing through the crowd of people.

What, what is this?

I instinctively took a step back.

As if hurt by my action, the illusion that looked like Eok I-geon frowned.

“Wow, it’s too identical to be identical, isn’t it?”

Even his angry expression was perfectly similar.

At this level, I’d believe it was real.

“Second Brother!”

Just then, Eok Hwi-gyeom came running toward Eok I-geon.

The illusion is visible not just to me but to that guy too?

Isn’t that a bit too strange?

It wasn’t just Eok Hwi-gyeom.

Though they omitted titles due to watching eyes, the Bongwang-dae members bowed to the illusion.

Could this actually be real?

Is that Eok I-geon I’m seeing actually the real Eok I-geon?

“Second Brother, I missed you…!”

The man silently pushed away Eok Hwi-gyeom’s head with one hand as he greeted him happily.

Only Eok I-geon in the world could do something like that.

“Young Master?”

“Are you only recognizing me now?”

“Gasp!”

It was definitely Eok I-geon’s voice that I knew.

That deep bass tone that felt both gentle and firm.

Eok I-geon had truly finished his seclusion and come to Wuhan to see me.

“Young Master!”

Without realizing it, I ran toward him.

Do you know how much I missed you?

Those few months felt like several years!

I became completely disarmed in front of my beloved after so long and acted spoiled as I embraced him.

“I’m glad you’re safe.”

Eok I-geon’s arms trembled slightly as he held me.

He must have come all this way worrying about me constantly.

He probably ran here without sleeping day or night.

I could tell without him saying anything.

“I missed you.”

Eok I-geon stroked my hair and confessed his feelings as if exhaling the breath he’d been holding.

My heart pounded at those few short words.

“Ahem, excuse me! Niece Seolha?”

I remained buried in Eok I-geon’s broad chest for a while.

Eok I-geon also held me tightly as if he’d never let me go again.

When the usually stoic Eok I-geon expressed affection like this, I couldn’t think of anything else.

Just imagine it.

The most handsome man in the world is being affectionate saying he only likes me – could an ordinary girl like me handle it?

If he needed money, I’d want to give him my entire fortune, but sadly, Eok I-geon had much more money than me.

“Niece Seolha? Niece Seolha!”

“…Yes? Yes!”

I was in the middle of running my fantasy circuits a couple times while embraced by Eok I-geon.

Uncle Wang’s call snapped me back to reality.

“I’m sorry to interrupt you two, but shouldn’t we handle this situation first?”

Uncle Wang looked very troubled as he gestured somewhere with his eyes.

Following his gaze… oh my goodness!

Not only Alliance Leader Yeon Un-jang, but also Chief Strategist Jegal Mun-gi and the elders and many warriors from various sects dispatched to the Martial Arts Alliance were all watching me and Eok I-geon.

So I had essentially filmed a youth romance movie in front of all of them.

‘What if Eok I-geon had tried to kiss me?’

At least I seemed to have saved a bit of face, which was fortunate.

“How about we move locations?”

It was Alliance Leader Yeon Un-jang who stepped forward for my embarrassed sake.

I lightly nodded to show my agreement.

Though I desperately wanted to have the conversation I’d been putting off with Eok I-geon, I felt I should explain about Tam-rang and the condition of the Cheongpunggi members.

“I’ll be back shortly.”

“I’ll go with you.”

“But…”

From the Martial Arts Alliance’s perspective, Eok I-geon was just my beloved who had just arrived.

It seemed a bit inappropriate for him to accompany me to where the Alliance Leader and Chief Strategist would be present.

I was about to tell him not to worry, when Alliance Leader Yeon Un-jang intervened and accepted.

“Very well.”

Once the Alliance Leader’s order was given, the Millyeongdae began moving the corpse.

Since strange techniques had been used on the body at the end, it seemed the Alliance intended to conduct an autopsy.

“Young Master, let’s go.”

You’ll just go and stay quiet, right? You understand?

When I whispered in his ear, Eok I-geon blinked as if he understood.

“So the rumors were true. You heard too, right? About how Prince Lee is crazy about that young lady?”

“I heard he rejected all sorts of beautiful women’s advances, so how did he fall for our young lady?”

“Because she’s cute? Hehe?”

“Yeah, I agree with that.”

“She is cute in many ways.”

“If you ask me, that’s obsession. What kind of older brother ignores his younger brother when he’s greeting him happily?”

“Shh, you’ll be heard.”

“Look how dejected Eok Hwi-gyeom is. Just because he’s the older brother, does that make it okay?”

The clearer the voices of the following Bongwang-dae members became, the tighter I gripped Eok I-geon’s hand.

As if to say don’t mind such things.

Making a fuss for no reason and complicating the situation would be like sprinkling ash on cooked rice.

I returned with Eok I-geon to the office of Jegal Mun-gi, the Chief Military Strategist of the Martial Arts Alliance.

Since I had ended up killing Tam-rang, whom we should have captured if possible, I needed to provide an explanation.

“I don’t know how long you’ve been watching the fight, but due to Tam-rang’s rampage, I had no choice. If I had gotten caught up in that rampage, not only my life but the lives of those nearby would have been in danger.”

“We also witnessed his rampage.”

“Whatever kind of sorcery that was, it would be fair to call him almost a monster.”

Oh, you saw it?

Then it’ll be a bit easier to explain.

“Using soul-stealing techniques to make even the Alliance’s warriors burn their true essence and focus solely on attacking was an extremely vicious method.”

“I think we need to investigate this organization called Hyeolcheon-hoe thoroughly!”

At Uncle Wang’s strong assertion, Yeon Un-jang and Jegal Mun-gi nodded simultaneously.

“We should.”

“The Millyeongdae captured five spies alone. There must be more agents we haven’t found.”

“Hyeolcheon-hoe… We need to find out what their purpose is first.”

In the world of martial arts, shadowy forces plotting conspiracies always appear without fail.

Most of the time, what they aimed for was chaos in Gangho.

I don’t know the reason either.

It’s just that all the novels were like that.

Should I drop a little hint here too?

“Before that man called Tam-rang died, he left me with strange words.”

“Strange words?”

“What did he say?”

“That the Blood Sect will definitely return…”

Actually, what Tam-rang said to me was something different.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to let them know that Hyeolcheon-hoe were descendants of the Blood Sect.

“This can’t be! Has the Blood Sect truly been revived?”

“I thought they were completely destroyed by the Demonic Sect?”

“There must have been surviving descendants of the Blood Sect!”

As expected, the mention of the Blood Sect caused quite a commotion among the righteous sect gentlemen.

The Blood Sect’s strange characteristic of having no intention to dominate Gangho while being interested only in causing all sorts of strife and chaos made them the most troublesome opponents for martial artists who walked the righteous path.

“If the Alliance Leader and Chief Military Strategist hadn’t sensed something strange in Luoyang, we might have been completely manipulated by Hyeolcheon-hoe and a great war between the righteous and demonic factions could have broken out. We must completely uproot them this time!”

Our Uncle Wang’s spirit is truly outstanding.

Indeed, to rise to the position of Seven Stars Elder, one must be at least this capable!

“And shouldn’t we also inform the Demonic Sect and Sado-ryeon about this organization called Hyeolcheon-hoe?”

I could handle that myself.

Since I couldn’t act like I knew, I just fidgeted with an innocent teacup.

“Seeing how they tried to incite conflict between the main Alliance and the Demonic Sect, there’s plenty of possibility they’d do the same with Sado-ryeon.”

“They would certainly do that and more.”

“To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, giving advance notice wouldn’t be bad either.”

In the original story, the existence of Hyeolcheon-hoe was revealed quite late.

Because of this, even after Eok I-geon took control of Gangho, various disturbances continued, but this time it might be different.

Completely wiping out Hyeolcheon-hoe and living peacefully in the Demonic Sect.

That day seemed somehow not far off, and I couldn’t help but smile broadly.

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