The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 60

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60.

After entrusting Dangsoso to her father, I left the Gajujeon and looked around the Dang Family estate.

The servants dressed in dark green or dark blue robes did not stop my wandering. Considering that the Dang Family was originally a rigid household with many secretive areas, this was tremendous preferential treatment.

“Lady Peng.”

However, only the servants left me alone. Not long after leaving the Gajujeon, I was caught by a Dang young master (presumably).

“I am Dang Hyeonseung, the first young master. Lady Peng and I are of similar age, so if you have time, would you like to have tea at Seungdeokjeon where I reside?”

“Ah. Then shall we do that?”

No matter how urgent that guy’s situation might be, as a guest it would be awkward to refuse the host family’s son’s tea invitation.

‘I’m full.’

…The water I drank earlier with the fourth young master still hadn’t gone down completely.

I listened to the first young master’s story while pretending to drink tea.

“If that child Sosso had continued wandering around in that state, it would have been a great shame for the family. Fortunately, Lady Peng took her in, so apart from the family, I too wish to repay this debt.”

“Ah. Yes.”

Another story about Dangsoso.

‘Is there no one normal in this household?’

No.

No matter what, their youngest daughter returned after ten years, yet there’s not a single person who seems happy about it.

‘…Hmm?’

Wait.

I hadn’t thought about it separately, but then Dangsoso is twenty-five now?

‘I really am the older sister.’

I was worried she might be over thirty, so this was a relief.

“The Dang Family always hosts a banquet when guests arrive. If Lady Peng doesn’t find it inconvenient, please be sure to attend the banquet held at Seungdeokjeon this evening.”

An invitation to Seungdeokjeon while the competition for successor is said to be fierce. (For reference, all the young masters and ladies have separate residences, and among these, the first young master’s residence is called Seungdeokjeon.)

“If the Patriarch doesn’t extend a separate invitation, I shall do so.”

“Ah! Haha, of course. I failed to consider father.”

My eyes narrowed as I heard his smooth talk.

‘This bastard seems to be doing this on purpose.’

If I receive the first young master’s personal invitation as soon as I arrive at the Dang Family, the picture becomes strange no matter how you look at it.

Even if I were to receive a banquet invitation, the inviter should properly be the Patriarch.

Or rather, a lady of the same gender.

“I’m sorry to interrupt our pleasant conversation, but I haven’t fully recovered from travel fatigue, so I’ll go in and rest now.”

“Ah. Of course. We’ll meet again at the banquet later.”

I barely managed to escape.

‘Now I really need to avoid them.’

It’s terrible that there are ten men in this household who want to marry me.

Moreover, most of them are more than ten years older than me!

“Lady Peng!”

“Lady? A cup of tea with me.”

“Young lady, I am the third young master of the Dang Family.”

However, my resolution to avoid them proved futile as I had to sit and have tea time with no less than four young masters.

It was inevitable.

No matter how much I tried to avoid them, I was still within the Dang Family estate.

I couldn’t escape the eyes of the young masters who had lived their entire lives within these walls. After fleeing from the third young master’s subtle flirting, I banged my head against a tree near Cheonbindan in despair.

‘I was wrong. There are no male leads here.’

Every single one had mediocre looks and twisted personalities.

Why are all the Sichuan Tang Family direct descendants like this?

Is it because they’re male love interests in a game for men?

“Gasp.”

It was a truly convincing reason.

In 〈Martial World〉, 80% of users were male, and the gender ratio among heavy users was revealed to be as wide as 9.5:0.5.

It’s the law of supply and demand.

In such a male-dominated game, handsome men like black-haired northern dukes who would obsess over me could never have appeared in the first place…

‘Argh. I should have played otome games instead of martial arts ones!’

I beat the ground in regret.

When others get transported, they get blonde crown princes, white-haired priests, black-haired northern dukes, and red-haired archmages following them around, but just for the crime of playing a martial arts game, I’m only being courted by scruffy middle-aged men.

Unfair! So unfair!

‘Let’s just take what I need and leave.’

I soon came to my senses after gently hitting the ground just enough not to damage it.

Anyway, it seems Dangsoso doesn’t want to stay long at the Dang Family either.

That’s when it happened.

“Oh my, Lady Peng?”

Around the time the sun was slowly setting.

A woman bathed in the red glow of the afternoon was coming out of the rear garden accompanied by servants. I slowly lifted my head from the tree and stared at the woman who had spoken to me.

“What are you doing here?”

“Uh…”

Wow. She’s beautiful.

She was a cool-looking beauty who made me wonder if this is what Dangsoso would look like when she grew up.

If all the young masters unfortunately resembled Dangsoso, this one was the evolved version.

I instinctively realized this woman was the main heroine of the Dang Family. And at the same time, one more realization.

‘I just need to look at faces.’

No need for conversation or anything else.

Eon Muhyeok. Yeonhwa. Lady Dang.

Just by looking at their faces, I could tell these people were the main characters. The game company had very clear discrimination between main and supporting characters.

“Just some light warm-up exercises?”

“Pardon? Oh my. Lady Peng is indeed as interesting as I’ve heard.”

Lady Dang covered her mouth with a fan and burst into giggles.

She’s the most noble lady-like person I’ve seen in this world. I brushed the dust off my robe and approached her.

“It seems my brothers have been bothering Lady Peng. Even if they pretend otherwise, they’re quite eager men. But seeing you in person, I suppose they were so proactive because they had other intentions.”

“Ahaha…”

“Is Sosso with father?”

I nodded.

“Yes. The Patriarch seemed to want to catch up with Sosso for a while, so I stepped aside.”

“Is that so. Hmm, I suppose.”

“Excuse me.”

For the first time, a direct member of the Dang Family appeared who didn’t talk about Dangsoso being a family shame or whatnot.

I casually asked her.

“What kind of child was Sosso?”

“You mean Sosso?”

As the conversation began, the two servants following the lady stepped back quite far. It was a silent indication that they wouldn’t listen to their master’s story.

“I think she was quite a cute child. Above all, since I only have brothers, she was also my only younger sister.”

“Was it the same for the other young masters?”

“Sosso’s full brother did cherish that child very much.”

Somehow it’s in past tense.

“But since the second young master passed away, she wandered quite a bit. At one point, I really thought we might never see her again, but I’m glad we got her back now.”

“!”

“Please take good care of that child. Sosso has a very tender heart.”

“…”

I fell into thought.

Lady Dang smiled brightly, then passed by me and said one more thing.

“Please be comfortable and at ease during your stay.”

* * *

A little before Dori was being pestered by various young masters, and before hearing about Dangsoso’s past from Lady Peng and falling into deep thought.

Patriarch Dang Jacheong was sitting face to face with his daughter, whom he had reunited with after ten years.

‘I don’t know what to say.’

Less than a year after Lady Peng went missing, his youngest daughter, who had set out on her first journey into Gangho, had disappeared without a trace.

Of course, at first he didn’t even know she had disappeared.

Chūan was vast, after all.

It was common for children who ventured into Gangho to not return for two years at a time.

But when it became three years, four years, then five years, he knew something had gone wrong.

Even so, there was nothing he, as patriarch, could do.

Even if she had died, he needed to know where and who killed her to seek revenge.

Unlike Ju Sohui, who had a clear target for her anger, Dang Jacheong had no one to be angry at. He could only console his bitter heart by telling himself that another child had left this world.

Death is a martial artist’s companion.

Only when one accepts this deep in their heart do they truly become a warrior.

“Sosso.”

Dang Jacheong, who had been lost in thought, finally spoke.

Though he had lost many children since they were young, this was the first time he was reunited with a lost child. And in this form, no less.

Therefore, Dang Jacheong didn’t ask what had happened during that time, or how she felt now.

At the same time, he didn’t apologize for the mistakes of his youth when he had neglected his children.

He simply asked this.

“How is Lady Peng? Does she seem like a good person to you?”

Dangsoso had become Lady Peng’s possession, whether she liked it or not.

It was obvious that her own will hadn’t been involved in this.

At this question from her father—cold as he was, but tinged with some human concern—Dangsoso, who had been expressionless throughout, smiled faintly.

“…Yes. She’s a very good person.”

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