The Ignored Granddaughter of a Murim Family - Chapter 161

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Chapter 161
At that moment, another voice interjected.
“How could the spiritual elixir that Myeong consumed possibly remain?”
I deliberately widened my eyes as though astonished.
“This is the first time you’ve ever told me something like that, Grandmother.”
Baek Family Grandmother spoke with a chill in her voice.
“I have no granddaughter like you.”
“….”
Then my father’s voice erupted with intensity.
“That remark is uncalled for.”
“Silence. I have never acknowledged this in all my years, and yet you speak as though it is new.”
“Mother!”
“Madam, what are you saying!”
As my grandfather stepped in, the voices grew progressively louder.
Had Baek Family Grandmother not anticipated that she would cause such a commotion?
No. It was intentional.
By speaking this way, I knew my father would naturally not remain silent, so I answered provocatively to shift the subject. An ordinary child would never dare interject while adults were raising their voices like this.
Especially not in a place where one’s very existence was being questioned. As I myself had done before the regression.
‘It’s true that even when circumstances change, that person’s methods do not….’
This had already been proven through the Twin Cousins and my aunt.
Clap!
I clapped my hands to draw everyone’s attention. They all looked at me as though I had lost my mind.
“My apologies. I have something important to say.”
Baek Family Grandmother immediately cut in.
“Hold your tongue. This is not your place to speak.”
I ignored Baek Family Grandmother and spoke directly to my grandfather.
“Grandfather, you can identify the Snowfreeze Elixir, can you not?”
My grandfather nodded.
The Snowfreeze Elixir possessed a distinctive cold aura.
I handed the medicine bottle to my father. He passed it to my grandfather, and my grandfather’s expression became unreadable.
My aunt flinched as though she wanted to rush forward and snatch it away.
“It is indeed the Snowfreeze Elixir.”
I nodded and continued my explanation.
“I found it extremely strange that my brother suddenly fell into Demonic Cultivation. So I separately asked Seok Tae-ui to investigate the spiritual elixir my brother had consumed.”
“And?”
I lowered my gaze and hesitated slightly.
“According to Seok Tae-ui, this Snowfreeze Elixir contains a substance that induces Demonic Cultivation.”
“What?”
I produced the written assessment that Seok Tae-ui had prepared from my sleeve. Baek Li-ui-muk rushed over and read the document.
I handed over the written opinion that Seok Tae-ui had written on my sleeve. Baek Li-ui-muk came running over in a hurry and read through the written opinion.
I continued speaking.
“Someone tried to harm my brother Myeong.”
“Nonsense!”
My aunt could no longer contain herself and shouted again.
My aunt rose from her seat, waving her hands as she cried out.
“Father! How much longer will you listen to such ridiculous drivel?”
My aunt pointed at me with a trembling finger, her voice dripping with contempt.
“A medicine that induces Demonic Cultivation? No such thing could possibly exist! Where did you read such absurdity…!”
“Would you like to try it?”
“What, what?”
“The Snowflake Elixir. Would you like to taste it, Aunt?”
My aunt jumped to her feet.
“Have you lost your mind? Why would I!”
“It seems you don’t trust Seok Tae-ui’s judgment. Why are you so frightened?”
“Frightened! When did I ever say that…! You truly have no sense of propriety!”
I tilted my head thoughtfully.
“If you believe such a medicine cannot exist, then the Snowflake Elixir is merely an excellent tonic, is it not?”
“….”
At that moment, a calm voice interjected.
“Baek Li-ui-ran, do not speak unnecessarily.”
“Ah, Mother….”
Baek Li-ui-ran looked at Grandmother as if she could not believe she would treat her this way.
Grandmother regarded me with piercing eyes, yet maintained perfect composure in her expression.
‘Grandmother truly is a step ahead, as expected.’
“That cannot be the Snowflake Elixir that Myeong consumed. I do not know where you obtained another Snowflake Elixir to speak such nonsense.”
Grandmother turned her gaze toward my uncle.
“….”
My uncle appeared vacant, as though his mind were elsewhere entirely.
“Ui-muk.”
“Ah, yes.”
When my uncle first heard that the Snowflake Elixir contained a medicine to induce Demonic Cultivation, he seemed momentarily shocked, but quickly returned to an expression of exhaustion.
He appeared to believe such a thing was absolutely impossible.
“Mother and Baek Li-ui-ran speak the truth.”
My uncle released a long sigh and continued.
“The Snowflake Elixir that Myeong drank left nothing behind. I confirmed the empty bottle myself….”
“That’s right. There was nothing left after my brother Myeong finished it.”
“…Then? Did you not say earlier that it was what remained after Myeong drank it?”
“That was… I shared this with my brother Myeong just before he drank the Snowflake Elixir.”
“What?”
“To give to Li-ri, who kept pestering him for more Snowflake Elixir.”
“Baek Li-myeong gave the Frost Elixir to Li-ri?”
“Yes.”
“I asked Li-ri to bring me the bottle and cup that my brother had used after drinking the Frost Elixir. She did as I asked, but Gwak Eomeom said she had already washed and put them away.”
I exhaled a wistful sigh, as if to convey my disappointment at the time, and continued speaking.
“That’s when Li-ri told me something—that she had something in her possession.”
The full story unfolded as follows.
Upon hearing that Baek Li-myeong would be drinking the Frost Elixir, Baek Li-ri had rushed all the way to the Training Hall, intending to pilfer any leftovers after he finished.
She had overheard him mention before that he was considering sharing it.
‘Still, to think she would entertain such a scheme.’
In any case, Baek Li-myeong, who had been waiting for his uncle’s arrival, encountered Baek Li-ri lurking about the Training Hall and instantly saw through his younger sister’s cunning intentions.
Ultimately, unable to resist Baek Li-ri’s pestering, Baek Li-myeong had divided the Frost Elixir in half before consuming it.
“If you doubt my words, you can summon Li-ri to verify, or ask my brother once he awakens.”
My uncle still wore the expression of someone struggling to comprehend the situation.
“As I was helping my brother, I felt the flow of his qi was truly abnormal. Didn’t you sense it as well?”
My uncle answered with a vacant expression.
“Yes, I did find it strange… but I thought all instances of Demonic Cultivation were like this.”
I lowered my gaze and spoke with bitter resignation.
“I don’t know why they sought to harm my brother, but they were certainly meticulous.”
My uncle’s breathing grew increasingly ragged. Soon, his voice came in ragged gasps.
“Is… is what you’re saying… truly… truly so? My son… my son… my wife… all of them…?”
Grandfather gazed at me with inscrutable eyes. I did not flinch, meeting his stare with composure.
Shortly after, Grandfather rose and spoke.
“Bring me everyone who handled the Frost Elixir and anyone with possible access to it.”
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Everyone relocated from Subaekdang to the front of the Blue Hall.
After establishing a perimeter to prevent unauthorized approach, guards were stationed from the entrance to the surrounding walls.
Warriors brought chairs for the elders to sit, and Grandfather, Grandmother, my aunt, myself, and my father took our places.
Soon, those who could have accessed Grandfather’s Frost Elixir were dragged forth in succession. Bewildered and terrified, they knelt upon the pale stone floor.
Meanwhile, Baek Li-ri and the sleeping Baek Li-myeong were awakened and confronted separately.
My uncle conducted the confrontations himself.
The moment my uncle learned that Baek Li-myeong might have fallen victim to someone’s conspiracy, his eyes blazed with fury. He asked Grandfather to allow him to personally expose the culprit.
Grandfather did not explicitly consent, but he allowed my uncle to proceed as he wished. My uncle appeared ready to seize the perpetrator and tear them apart on the spot.
My uncle strode into the Blue Hall with purposeful steps.
“Father, everything Yeon said was true.”
As if parched, my uncle seized a teacup from the table beside his chair and drained it in great gulps.
“Both Baek Li-myeong and Li-ri told the same story. Moreover, Li-ri’s servant asked for an empty ceramic jar that day.”
My aunt spoke with a sullen tone.
“Yeon might have switched the Frost Elixir…”
It was just as my father was about to speak with a chilling expression.
Crash. The teacup my uncle hurled to the ground shattered into countless pieces.
Baek Li-ui-ran’s eyes widened in shock as she turned to look at Baek Li-ui-muk.
“Speak sense! Why would Yeon do such a thing?”
It was the first time I had ever seen my uncle—who usually affected an air of benevolence—display such raw fury.
“A Soulbinding Pearl isn’t some trinket scattered across a marketplace! How could that child possibly obtain one and perform a substitution?”
“….”
“And what benefit would Yeon gain from switching out a Soulbinding Pearl?”
“….”
“How could that child have acquired a poison capable of inducing Demonic Cultivation?”

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