The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 45

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45.

 

“Ugh, urgh.”

 

The boy who seemed to be their representative looked once at his fallen companion, once at me, and once at the grandly overturned dumpling plate before letting out a groan.

 

If he had been a disciple of a demonic sect, he would have come out with shameless defiance.

 

However, the Huashan Sect was clearly a Taoist sect.

 

Even if they squabbled among themselves, they wouldn’t just ignore others whom they had harmed first.

 

“Baegun, do you have any money left?”

 

“I just spent it all.”

 

“No- even if we pay for the dumplings, shouldn’t those Zhongnan guys compensate for this? That bastard was the one who pushed Baekmai!”

 

“What? If you hadn’t sneakily taken our food like beggars in the first place, there wouldn’t have been any problem!”

 

“Beggars! When we’re sharing a table, it’s proper etiquette to share food. How can you be so petty about it?”

 

Ah.

 

“Here they go again.”

 

I inwardly agreed with Dangsoso’s muttering.

 

‘These damn taverns.’

 

Whether it’s an inn or a tavern, peaceful days are rarer when you just sit down to eat.

 

“Now- now. Quiet.”

 

I infused my voice with internal energy and spread it out.

 

Using this method, I could deliver words directly to their minds without raising my voice.

 

The top disciples of Huashan and Zhongnan froze like ice, startled by the voice etched into their brains. I swept my gaze over the crowd once, then calmly walked between them to arrive at the dining table.

 

It was the very table where the disciples of both sects had been sitting until just moments ago.

 

“G-Great Hero!”

 

The Huashan Sect boy, who had roughly gauged my level from that brief performance, approached with a tense expression.

 

“We sincerely apologize for the rudeness we showed. Um, we’ll pay for the food on credit later, so please order other food for now.”

 

“Zh-Zhongnan also apologizes! We caused great rudeness to outsiders with our sectarian dispute!”

 

“We’re sorry!”

 

When the Zhongnan representative also apologized, the rest of the boys and girls flocked over and bowed their heads.

 

Though they had been rude, they were at most children in their early teens.

 

Since I had no intention of getting angrier, I lifted up the girl who had collapsed groaning earlier—Baekmai—by the scruff of her neck.

 

“Eek!”

 

“Stop exaggerating.”

 

I had struck a spot that hurt but wouldn’t affect her blood circulation.

 

After dusting off Baekmai’s martial robes, I plopped down in a seat roughly between the two sects.

 

Unlike my ruined spot, most of the food on this large round dining table remained intact. Steam was still rising from dishes that hadn’t been touched yet.

 

Meanwhile, Baekmai, who had received both illness and medicine from me, asked while sweating profusely.

 

“Great Hero? What is this.”

 

“Since you overturned my table, shouldn’t you share your food with me?”

 

Koreans are all about rice power, after all.

 

Though I’m a light eater, that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate good food. I flashed them my signature smile.

 

“Or are you planning to refuse?”

 

Then everyone fell silent for a moment.

 

The children who had been staring blankly at my face suddenly began shouting in unison.

 

“No!”

 

“Let’s eat together!”

 

“Thank you for forgiving us!”

 

“Yes, yes.”

 

The two sects mixed together harmoniously and began eating as if their earlier fight had been a lie. As children tend to do, they all loved talking about themselves, so I unexpectedly learned all their names.

 

“You’re coming to visit our Huashan?”

 

Especially Baekmai.

 

At first she was afraid of me sitting next to her, but after a while she perked up and waved her arms energetically.

 

“We can guide you!”

 

“What, how petty! Great Hero! Please come to our Zhongnan too. Honestly, Huashan is just hard to climb and you’ll only get lost among the cliffs. For history and tradition, it’s our Zhongnan.”

 

“Are you done talking?”

 

“Hmph. It’s the truth, so why?”

 

“Who lost to our Huashan six to five in the last friendly martial competition?”

 

“Hey! We’ll win this time!”

 

Ugh. So noisy.

 

Looking at Dangsoso across from me, she had also become completely drained and limp.

 

Dangsoso, who had somewhat of an outsider temperament, had looked haggard from the moment the children started clinging to her and touching her, but now she looked almost like a corpse.

 

=You are a corpse.

 

=That’s true.

 

I responded to Dangsoso, who had read my thoughts, through voice transmission.

 

“Miss, why haven’t you eaten anything since earlier?”

 

“That’s right. This tavern’s food is famous for being delicious! Especially the dumplings are so renowned that people come from other regions to eat them.”

 

“….”

 

Then the children who had been watching Dangsoso asked sharp questions.

 

She was definitely a corpse, yet somehow she seemed to be breaking out in cold sweat. After fidgeting for a long while, Dangsoso suddenly stood up and began walking with heavy steps.

 

“Miss! Where are you going?”

 

“Fool! Where else would a woman go like that besides the privy?”

 

“Gasp!”

 

“At times like this, you should be quiet. That’s what being manly is about!”

 

“I see! Miss! Have a quiet trip!”

 

Age ten, when bathroom talk is the most interesting thing in the world.

 

Dangsoso, having taken five consecutive daggers to the heart, staggered away in escape.

 

She looked exactly like an old hinge, making me burst into laughter without realizing it.

 

“She’s just so cute.”

 

=I’m not cute.

 

Dangsoso, who heard my muttering, complained through voice transmission.

 

I spoke very quietly, but her hearing is good too.

 

* * *

 

Getting caught by the children stretched what should have been a meal lasting one hour into more than an hour and a half.

 

“It’s gotten late.”

 

I scratched my cheek while looking at the sun gradually setting over the western mountains.

 

Baekmai had suggested staying in the village for a few days before returning to Huashan with them, but looking at the sheer cliff before my eyes made me want to climb it.

 

“They say nighttime mountain travel is dangerous. What should we do, Soso?”

 

“With two Chojejung martial artists, what could happen? We won’t die. It’s fine.”

 

Dangsoso’s confident declaration.

 

“That’s really a flag statement.”

 

“Flag?”

 

“Let’s do it right now.”

 

“Oh.”

 

Excited, we two left the village and set foot on the mountain path.

 

“This seems manageable?”

 

At first it was easy.

 

Especially at the foot of the mountain, there were lodging facilities and markets where Huashan Sect disciples stayed, so we could quickly climb the mountain just by following various footprints.

 

However, Huashan’s true nature begins once you leave the inhabited areas.

 

Wherever you looked, it was rocks. Rocks. More rocks.

 

If you thought it would be like the easy hiking trails of Jirisan in South Korea, you’d be mistaken. The ridges stretching high into the sky and stone cliffs were truly wild.

 

“…Where exactly is the Huashan Sect?”

 

The mountain terrain was so rugged that even common wild animals were barely visible.

 

To make matters worse, the sun was slowly setting.

 

“Achoo!”

 

Night falls quickly in the mountains.

 

And it’s cold.

 

When I started sneezing, Dangsoso quickly approached and hugged me.

 

Wow! A beautiful girl’s embrace!

 

However, contrary to my expectations, Dangsoso’s embrace was as cold as ice. On the other hand, Dangsoso, snuggled in my arms, was purring contentedly like a cat that had gotten hold of an electric blanket.

 

“It’s warm.”

 

“Get away! I’m cold!”

 

“Hmph.”

 

Still, she listens well.

 

I watched Dangsoso fall away with a face that showed no regret, then quietly moved closer.

 

My companion gangsi’s face lit up with an exclamation mark upon sensing the warm human body heat.

 

Even though she didn’t show it, she clearly liked being with me. I took Dangsoso’s hand and pointed to a rock cave hidden behind sparse bushes.

 

“Since we’ll have to sleep outdoors tonight anyway, let’s go make a fire.”

 

“Okay.”

 

It was essentially a declaration of being stranded.

 

But I wasn’t particularly worried.

 

Even going back to the Joseon era, traveling through mountains at night was a high-pass ticket to the afterlife, but the standards for martial artists are different.

 

By modern standards, it’s like the feeling of camping in Jirisan?

 

Of course, this is just for one night.

 

No matter how skilled a martial artist is, being stranded in such a massive mountain for over two weeks would be troublesome. Though they wouldn’t die.

 

Anyway.

 

Since it was still our first day entering the mountain, I lit a campfire and threw in the firewood Dangsoso had gathered while grilling the jerky I’d brought.

 

“Nom.”

 

Two people carry the luggage, but only one person’s worth of food is needed.

 

Moreover, I’m not much of a big eater, making survival even more advantageous.

 

After finishing my meal with three pieces of jerky, I shared my blood with Dangsoso as usual and lay down in the inner part of the cave.

 

‘I wonder if we’ll reach the headquarters around lunchtime tomorrow.’

 

Whatever happens, if we climb diligently, we’ll see the peak.

 

I heard the Huashan Sect headquarters is on the highest peak, so I roughly planned to wake up at dawn tomorrow and finish the climb.

 

“Soso, be my pillow.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Dangsoso is a gangsi, so she doesn’t sleep. Similarly, she doesn’t feel physical fatigue either. (Though she does experience mental fatigue.)

 

I lay down using the arm of Dangsoso, who was sitting on the cave floor, as a pillow.

 

Though she’s slightly smaller than me, she’s surprisingly soft. Except for having no blood circulation at all, you could believe she was a living person.

 

“Yaaawn.”

 

Ah, I’m sleepy.

 

Hit by a blood sugar spike, I blinked drowsily. The campfire is warm, my companion pillow is soft, my stomach is full.

 

Falling asleep was instantaneous.

 

However, that honey-sweet slumber didn’t last very long.

 

“Lady Peng.”

 

“Mmm. What is it.”

 

“Someone is coming.”

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