The Owner Of The Thousand Gold Coins Is A Military Official - Chapter 60

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Chapter 60

 

It was a situation where both sides had grown curious about each other.

 

The fact that he had benefited from one of the Seven Great Demons wasn’t particularly pleasant to accept, but since that too had been for the purpose of achieving his own goals, he decided not to think of it as receiving a favor.

 

In any case, after Cheonjeokha and the other Makyodo left their seats, Cheongun also returned to his chamber.

 

Naturally, Cheongsoso had arrived early and was waiting for Cheongun.

 

“I think we need to have a conversation. Is that alright?”

 

“I was thinking the same thing myself.”

 

“Good. It seems like we haven’t been able to have what you could really call a conversation until now.”

 

Cheongun also took a seat in front of Cheongsoso, who nodded her head as if telling him to sit down quickly.

 

“What do you think happened?”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“Hehe… You said you thought we needed a conversation, but your words suggest otherwise.”

 

“I think you’re the one with more questions. Isn’t that right?”

 

“Well, that’s true too.”

 

There were various methods for extracting something from the other party, but in the current situation, there was only one method to take.

 

That was to offer something first.

 

Though Cheongsoso had seemed to show little interest in Cheongun recently, that wasn’t actually the case.

 

She simply hadn’t had time to pay attention due to keeping Cheonjeokha in check, who was both her older brother and a competitor for the position of Minor Sect Leader.

 

The plan had been successful.

 

It wasn’t just an ordinary success either, but the best possible result that she hadn’t even thought of had emerged.

 

“Haven’t you already heard the story from the Seven Great Demons who support you?”

 

“That’s right. However, I’m a bit curious about how much you, Wun, have deduced.”

 

“Not much. But I can tell that the matter of dealing with Pokdanma was part of your plan.”

 

At that answer, Cheongsoso burst into a snicker.

 

“If you knew that, then you know everything, really.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

“The process by which you reached that conclusion would be quite interesting too, but right now there’s a more urgent matter to discuss.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“Wun… don’t tell me you’re Geomma’s disciple?”

 

Cheongsoso knew how arrogant it was to judge everything as false just because you hadn’t seen or heard it.

 

Therefore, this question absolutely had to be asked.

 

“How do I appear to you?”

 

“…Ha. You have no intention of just answering, do you?”

 

If there were at least some change in expression, she could try to make a guess, but what kind of person was the man before her that he had almost no expression at all?

 

It didn’t feel like he had no emotions.

 

Joy, sadness.

 

He might not feel them, or might be dull to them.

 

However, she couldn’t even understand how there was no particular change even when threats to his life or similar crises came.

 

That wasn’t the realm of emotions.

 

It was the realm of instinct that humans as animals, no, all animals possessed.

 

“No.”

 

“Then another question… hm? Really?”

 

“Whether you believe it is your freedom.”

 

“Alright. I’ll believe you. As you guessed, part of my plan is correct. Dealing with Pokdanma.”

 

Even though she had succeeded in dealing with Pokdanma, Cheongsoso was still behind in the number of Seven Great Demons supporting her.

 

But to deal with one more would be too risky and not an easy task.

 

How much time and effort had she put into devising the plan to deal with Pokdanma?

 

Though in the end, it was another person, Cheongun, who ended up dealing with him.

 

If there was one regrettable point, it would be that Cheongsoso failed to gain Mawi’s trust.

 

Though extremely few knew this, Cheongsoso was aware that Mawi wanted to kill Pokdanma.

 

So when she moved up her plan from the original schedule and Mawi could come out of the chamber where he was confined.

 

She had tried to deal with Pokdanma at that time and gain his trust as well, but it ended in failure thanks to Cheongun.

 

Still, it wasn’t without gains.

 

She would have inevitably received the greatest suspicion, but thanks to Cheongun, she avoided suspicion.

 

There was no meaning in weighing gains and losses, but if she had to, she thought it might be about even.

 

“But how were you so certain? That I killed Pokdanma.”

 

“Mawi. You met him, didn’t you?”

 

Was she talking about when he had gone to see him separately?

 

He definitely hadn’t felt any other gazes or presences at that time.

 

Perhaps it had been arrogance.

 

This wasn’t a familiar place with familiar people.

 

In a place with only unfamiliar things he was encountering for the first time, thinking he had shaken off everyone might have been arrogant.

 

Cheongun didn’t answer since he couldn’t determine whether Cheongsoso knew that fact or not.

 

And seeing that appearance, Cheongsoso smiled and said,

 

“You met separately.”

 

This woman.

 

She wasn’t an easy type to deal with.

 

These leading questions about facts that Cheongun didn’t yet know.

 

“…That’s right.”

 

Cheongun’s expression changed slightly.

 

It was a slightly more displeased expression than usual, but she seemed quite satisfied with just that change.

 

No, she might have been even more satisfied that among the many emotions, displeasure was visible.

 

“Hehe, nice expression. To think I could see such an expression just from this kind of conversation.”

 

“I speak only because I know.”

 

“Know what?”

 

“That you won’t tell anyone about it.”

 

At Cheongun’s words, Cheongsoso’s faint smile deepened a bit more.

 

“That’s right. There’s no need to do so.”

 

It wasn’t something she was saying because she didn’t understand Mawi’s importance.

 

Cheongsoso thought that for her to become the Minor Sect Leader, it would actually be better if Mawi wasn’t there.

 

“Seeing that you were waiting for me first, it seems you have something specific you want from me.”

 

“There has to be. Honestly, I was surprised.”

 

It was none other than one of the Seven Great Demons.

 

Though Pokdanma was relatively weaker in power, wasn’t he still one of the Seven Great Demons?

 

Though it was too regrettable that she couldn’t see that scene directly, if she simply looked at just the time it took for Pokdanma to be dealt with…

 

‘It wasn’t even a hard fight.’

 

Just looking at his current appearance, wouldn’t it be hard to see him as someone who had been in battle?

 

The testimony of another Seven Great Demons that he was Geomma’s disciple would have been the biggest reason, but there was one more reason.

 

Even though Pokdanma’s Thunder Orbs had caused explosions, he was able to avoid suspicion because there were no traces left on his body at all.

 

“Wun.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Tell me honestly.”

 

Cheongsoso stood up from her seat and approached Cheongun.

 

The expression showing a faint smile seemed to contain countless emotions.

 

“You. You weren’t captured from the beginning.”

 

Among the countless emotions gleaming in her eyes, the largest and clearest one.

 

That was certainty.

 

Someone who could deal with one of the Seven Great Demons alone.

 

And without taking any damage at that, it was absurd to think such a person had been captured so helplessly.

 

“…”

 

Cheongun did not answer.

 

Even though he knew what results his silence had brought in their previous conversation.

 

If his silence then had been based on contemplation, his silence now was based on choice.

 

As he always thought, plans were bound to change.

 

Cheongun already knew Cheongsoso’s purpose.

 

However, he didn’t know how far she could go to achieve that goal.

 

Through this conversation, Cheongun learned how far Cheongsoso could go.

 

Yes.

 

To achieve something, one must be prepared to abandon everything.

 

Cheongsoso was someone who could drive even her own father to death.

 

On the surface, she always wore a gentle smile, but it seemed as if all the yin energy and cold qi of Binggung had gathered into blood, forming her temperament.

 

“Do you wish to become the Minor Sect Leader?”

 

“More precisely, the Sect Leader. The supreme position.”

 

“May I interpret your telling me this as a request for help?”

 

“Let me be honest. Yes. You’ve seen my brother, so you must know. Whatever he did during his closed-door training…”

 

He had returned incomparably stronger than before.

 

Since this was a place where the strong were most revered, she had to do something before the already tilted power structure solidified completely.

 

And at that moment, Mawi had appeared at just the right time.

 

Though her father had brought him, from the moment he was brought here, he became a person of the sect, which was no different from being her person, wasn’t it?

 

Since she would ascend to that position someday.

 

“You’re being honest.”

 

“More so than you, it seems.”

 

“But I believe I’ve already helped you.”

 

“You merely fulfilled the conditions.”

 

Conditions.

 

Proof this, conditions that.

 

This was a place where he heard quite a lot of talk that didn’t sit well with him.

 

It didn’t seem like it would remain as a good memory.

 

“The conditions for helping you, you mean?”

 

“Yes. Is that wrong?”

 

“It doesn’t seem right.”

 

“Hehe. Interesting. You didn’t seem like someone who would care about such things.”

 

“Given the location.”

 

“That’s true as well. Now, I’ve laid everything bare. Since I already know you intentionally infiltrated the sect, I’d like to hear what your real purpose is.”

 

A brief silence that wouldn’t even last a moment.

 

In that time, Cheongun quickly reached a conclusion.

 

Mawi would not be of much help in Cheongsoso becoming the Sect Leader.

 

“I’ll ask just one thing.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“How were you certain he wasn’t Geomma’s disciple?”

 

At that question, Cheongsoso smiled and answered.

 

“I visit him sometimes, you see. Lord Geomma.”

 

“…Geomma…?”

 

It was unexpected.

 

To think she was maintaining continuous contact with Geomma.

 

He had wondered if it might be helpful, but he knew nothing about Geomma.

 

Even within the Demonic Sect, they rarely spoke of Geomma, and since his active period was long ago, even the Righteous Sect made no mention of him.

 

Perhaps he was someone who had devoted everything to the sword.

 

That was Cheongun’s speculation.

 

“Yes. Are you interested?”

 

“It’s natural to have appropriate interest in the strong.”

 

Cheongun’s gaze remained calm as ever.

 

It was the kind of gaze that would nod in agreement if asked to kill another of the Seven Great Demons.

 

Cheongun, who had maintained his composure for a moment, was the first to speak.

 

“I will take Mawi. No, the Master of Righteousness.”

 

“Oh…?”

 

How did he know?

 

Though her father bringing Mawi was a story from just over a month ago, it had been an extremely secretive affair since he had gone alone.

 

Even she and the Seven Great Demons, the elders, and others hadn’t known at the time.

 

“How did you know and approach me… Surprising. Then that child and the old man…”

 

“If you’re thinking of killing them, please refrain.”

 

It was strange.

 

His face was still emotionless, expressionless.

 

However, that voice sounded not like a request, but a warning.

 

“Of course. I have no intention of doing something where I’d lose more than I’d gain.”

 

“Will you help me take Mawi?”

 

“Yes. But it won’t be easy. My father is there.”

 

At those words, this time Cheongun looked at Cheongsoso with a faint smile.

 

Cheongsoso looked quite surprised.

 

But at the same time, an equal amount of unease was conveyed.

 

“Don’t we have Geomma?”

 

“…”

 

The first impression that came to mind was whether he was sane.

 

That was her impression.

 

Could he say such things because he knew nothing about Geomma?

 

What kind of person he was, what kind of power he possessed, what kind of beliefs he held.

 

There was no need to explain in words.

 

“Meet him in person and judge for yourself.”

 

This method was the fastest.

 

Meeting him directly would be enough to understand.

 

The man before her was someone with that ability.

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