The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 2

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2.

“Wait, wait!”

Conflict is not good.

I quickly stopped them.

“This side is also a victim. I was just passing by when a corpse fell from the sky, okay? I didn’t do it!”

“Would you believe that if you were in our position?”

“You look more like a monkey than a human, so I thought you might let it slide.”

“Damn it. Are you mocking me!”

Oh dear. This mouth of mine.

The only thing that’s grown during my time living as a wandering ronin is my ability to provoke.

It automatically comes out whenever I’m in a crisis.

“Oops, sorry. I’m just a bit too honest.”

I unleashed sword energy simultaneously with my apology. The man who had been charging recklessly flinched at the sight of the rippling aura.

That moment decided his fate.

Swoosh.

The sensation of cutting through flesh with disappointing ease. The deep blue sword energy that could only be seen in the late peak stage passed through his back and destroyed the pile of rocks behind him.

The man who met his end collapsed powerlessly. I gestured to the remaining two men behind him.

“Want to continue?”

They had already completely lost their fighting spirit. Since I wasn’t in the mood to kill more people, I didn’t pursue the two fleeing men.

To make an excuse, killing him just now wasn’t intentional either.

More precisely, I didn’t know he would be that weak. I was just trying to counterattack lightly, but his body ended up split in half.

This is why I prefer to avoid fights.

“What to do now.”

From what those guys said, Yeon-ga seemed to be a prominent family in Shanxi. Looking at their condition, they didn’t seem to be from a martial arts family, but rather local power holders.

This makes things more complicated.

I should hurry and leave Shanxi before my actions are discovered. If I go to neighboring Hebei, even Shanxi’s powerful figures would find it difficult to interfere with me.

Because Hebei is Peng Family territory.

And there was also a bit of expectation here.

‘This body’ is, after all, acknowledged by the system as ‘Peng of Hebei’, isn’t it?

…Though it’s the ‘Peng’ from ‘Pengdori’. But Peng is still Peng. If I could be recognized even as a branch family member, my future life in the Martial Arts World would obviously become much easier.

‘The probability is quite high too.’

I am a peak master at the remarkable age of sixteen.

Moreover, I’m in the late peak stage, soon to reach transcendent level.

If I’m lucky, I might reach the Transformation Realm before turning thirty.

Even in the Martial Arts World where everyone and their dog is a master, reaching the Transformation Realm at such a young age would guarantee a spot among the next Ten Greatest Masters.

Given this situation, the Peng Family would welcome me too. They might even try to marry me to one of their direct descendants.

…That is, assuming they don’t know I’m the Little Heavenly Demon.

The reason I didn’t immediately visit the Peng Family after running away was precisely this.

As you can tell from the name tag that reads ‘evil alignment’, I’ve committed all sorts of crimes with this character.

But still.

The Heavenly Demon Divine Art and the Lightning Demon Art both had cool-sounding names, so I wanted them all. To learn them, I had to complete quests like eating someone’s heart while they were still alive… and such.

…It’s not that wrong to kill other players or NPCs by pressing skill buttons in a game, right?

You can press buttons like ‘Heart acquired!’ or ‘Consume heart to increase proficiency!’, right?

Hmm. No.

Let’s stop thinking about this.

Now that it’s become reality instead of a game, I don’t have the confidence to live like that. That’s why I fled from Makyō.

‘I’ll think more about visiting the Peng Family later. …I need to leave Shanxi immediately tomorrow.’

I wanted to leave right away, but Shanxi is quite vast.

Moreover, unlike when I was escorting the Biaoguo, I don’t have a carriage. Meaning I’d have to walk that distance while sleeping outdoors.

It would be better in many ways to rest well on a bed for one night.

And naturally, being broke, I chose a cheap inn.

“Do you have a room available?”

“Yes! Ah, but… are you planning to stay alone, miss?”

“Yes. Is there a problem?”

When I asked back, the man receiving guests blushed.

“Ahem. It’s nothing. What size room would you like?”

“The smallest one.”

“It’s thirty coins per night.”

After paying him with coins, I went up to my room and collapsed. After climbing mountains for over seven days and nights, then starving and fighting all day today, I felt like death.

“Oh my.”

I desperately need room service.

Of course, there’s no way the cheapest room would have room service.

In the end, to eat, I’d have to go outside. But another inn? I really don’t feel like it.

Eventually, having no choice, I went down to the first floor and ordered a bowl of knife-cut noodles from the waiter.

Since this place is quite far from where the commotion happened earlier, hopefully this time I can actually taste the knife-cut noodles.

And so the food came out again.

Wow, I’m happy.

“Hey there, miss.”

“…”

“Miss? Can you hear me?”

“Mm. I’m happy. It tastes good.”

“…Miss? Miss? Young hero?”

While enjoying my first warm meal in ages, I finally gave my attention to the man who had seated himself across from me.

For reference, I never gave him permission to sit. It was basically a forced occupation.

“I never told you to sit down. What kind of manners is this?”

“Ah, I apologize. If I’ve offended you, young hero, I beg your pardon.”

The man who had been calling me ‘miss’ corrected his form of address while gauging my expression.

‘Not that I particularly care.’

As long as he’s not hitting on me by calling me a lady right off the bat, I don’t mind what else he calls me.

But there was no need to correct his misunderstanding. I cleanly finished the remaining broth of my knife-cut noodles and looked up.

“You seem to have business with me, so go ahead and tell me.”

“I saw your confrontation with those Yeon-ga bastards. Your martial prowess is remarkable.”

“Hmm.”

My eyes narrowed.

“Young hero, ah, do you perhaps have a title or alias? At such a young age and in the late peak stage, you must surely be a renowned swordsman from another region.”

“…I don’t have anything like that.”

Actually, I do.

Little Heavenly Demon Pengdori.

‘Fuck.’

Of course, I have no intention of ever saying it with my own mouth. I’ll hide it until I die.

“I see. In any case, our Geumga is currently in a difficult situation due to Yeon-ga’s heinous behavior. Especially since Yeon-ga hired some peak master, causing us severe damage.”

“Aha.”

By this point, I could tell what he wanted to entrust me with.

“So you want to make a request of me. Is that right?”

“That’s correct.”

“Then first, I’d like to hear an explanation of the situation. As soon as I arrived in Shanxi, I was suddenly surrounded by people talking about Yeon-ga and Geumga.”

“Of course I should explain.”

The man spoke with complete candor.

“Within this Taewon, there have been two families that have held power for quite some time…”

The story that followed was quite long.

Shanxi, and among it, the two powerful families surrounding Taewon: Yeon and Geum.

Both of these families have connections with central officials, and it’s said that each generation has competed to serve in government positions at the imperial palace.

Not only that, but they also take turns holding administrative positions in the Shanxi region. Given this situation, both families are desperately trying to push each other out.

—So said the man who introduced himself as Gumgahyeok. As one could guess from his surname, he was the eldest son of the Geumga family.

“But these utterly wicked Yén-jiā bastards have stolen the jade ring that has been passed down through generations as our Jīn-jiā family’s treasured heirloom.”

“They stole a family heirloom?”

I made a troubled expression.

To the people of Chūan, ancestral heirlooms hold value far beyond what meets the eye. It was the kind of thing one would do only if relations were extremely bad.

“Those bastards will surely either destroy our Jīn-jiā family’s heirloom, or demand a huge sum of money in exchange for returning it. Or perhaps some business rights that would make our Jīn-jiā family falter.”

“That certainly sounds troublesome.”

“Yes. So I’d like you, young hero, to infiltrate the Yén-jiā and steal back that jade ring.”

“What’s the compensation?”

I asked about the most important thing.

Gumgahyeok pondered for a moment, then spoke as if he had made up his mind.

“Ten silver coins. How does that sound?”

Ten silver coins was enough money to live extravagantly for about half a year.

For just a single theft job, it was quite decent compensation.

“Alright. I’ll take that job.”

I accepted without much deliberation.

Gumgahyeok extended his hand to me with a brightened expression.

“I’m counting on you. Oh, may I ask your name?”

There it was. The question I hated.

“…Pengdori.”

“Pardon? I’m sorry, but I couldn’t hear clearly. Could you say that again?”

“…Just call me Hero Peng!”

I muttered while pressing down on my burning face.

As expected, it’s wise for one’s well-being to choose nicknames carefully.

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