The Youngest Son of the Eunhae Merchant Group - Chapter 475

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The Youngest Son of the Eun Hae Trading Company Chapter 475

Chapter 475. Gung Shin (2)

I smiled gently at the young man standing there with a vacant expression.
“Stay as you are. I won’t harm you.”
Then I glanced at the arrow in my hand and exhaled with relief.
It was worth rushing here.
The young man before me was none other than Gung Shin.
In my previous life, he was the one who assassinated Ak Young-gyeong Regional Commander.
But Ak Young-gyeong Regional Commander possessed extraordinarily good fortune.
This incident was one of those fortunate occurrences—the arrow merely grazed his neck.
Thanks to that, he survived, and this young man was captured and dragged away.
Ak Young-gyeong Regional Commander, moved by his circumstances, forgave him, and the Emperor, deeming his talents too valuable to waste, imposed a light sentence.
Yet in the end, he took his own life.
During interrogation, he learned things he had never known before.
He could not overcome the guilt that consumed him.
Since it had caused quite a stir at the time, I knew the general outline of events.
I didn’t know the exact date of his crime, but upon arriving here today, I heard that Ak Young-gyeong Regional Commander was coming.
That’s when I realized today was the day the assassination would occur, and I moved swiftly.
Originally, Seo-woo Warrior should have caught this arrow, but Gung Shin’s skill exceeded my expectations, so I had no choice but to intercept it myself.
I barely managed to catch it by employing the Shadowless Step Technique at full power, which revealed just how exceptional Gung Shin’s abilities truly were.
Which made it all the more impossible to let this person slip away.
I spoke to the young man with perfect composure.
“You should be grateful to me. What would have happened if I hadn’t caught this arrow?”
“….”
He continued to stare at me blankly, his expression still dazed.
I’ll need to deal with the one behind him first.
“So, who hired you?”
“Hired? I don’t know what you’re talking about! I came here to stop the Merchant!”
Coming to his senses at those words, Gung Shin cried out urgently.
“What do you mean? Didn’t you give me a down payment and order me to do this?”
“When did I? Do you have proof?”
What shameless audacity.
I let out a short laugh and threw a punch at him.
“Ugh!”
Grabbing his face as it snapped to the side, I spoke coldly.
“Even lies should sound plausible to be worth hearing, but this doesn’t deserve to be heard at all. You came to stop the Merchant? If that were true, wouldn’t you be out of breath from running, or your clothes disheveled?”
“That… that is…!”
In the meantime, my entourage arrived, and I handed him over to them.
Then I turned my head and spoke to Gung Shin.
“I just saved your life from ending, yet you won’t even offer me a cup of tea?”
He clenched his fists and opened his mouth.
“Please follow me.”

A short while later.
We arrived at a shabby cottage.
Of course, we brought along the culprit who had ordered the assassination on Gung Shin.
Seo-woo Warrior and Yeo Eung-am Warrior felled a thick tree from the forest and drove it into the ground, then bound him to it.
In the meantime, Gung Shin brought tea.
“Please, have some.”
“I shall enjoy it.”
I took a sip of the tea and set it down as is.
Is this really meant to be drunk?
This person has no skill in brewing tea.
I suppressed the sigh threatening to escape and smoothly changed the subject.
“However, it seems we still lack your trust. It appears Spring Commander is inside—why won’t you let me pay my respects?”
“That is… how did you know?”
“I possess sufficient skill for that. Otherwise, how would I have caught that arrow earlier?”
“That is true.”
He lifted his head briefly to gaze at the sky, then lowered it again and continued.
“In truth, my father is currently bedridden. It has been five years now.”
“My, you must have endured much hardship. Still, since I’ve come this far, it would be discourteous not to pay my respects, would it not?”
“He cannot respond to anything, but…”
“That is fine.”
Reluctantly, he guided me inside.
Upon entering the chamber, I saw a middle-aged man lying on a sickbed.
His face was gaunt and withered.
I exhaled slowly. The aura emanating from him now was unmistakably toxic poison.
I had sensed it even before entering the chamber earlier…
The information I possessed was not mistaken.
“It is an honor to meet you for the first time. I am Eun Seo-ho, Small Guild Master of the Eunhae Trading Company. I have come to visit due to a connection with your son.”
Then came slightly trembling lips and flickering eyes.
It meant consciousness still remained.
I turned my head and asked Gung Shin.
“Have you consulted with a physician?”
“Ah, yes. Fortunately, there is a kind physician who has agreed to care for my father.”
“Do not trust that physician.”
He expressed his anger.
“What are you saying? No matter how much you’ve helped me, I cannot simply overlook such words. That person has visited my father every other day for five years, treating him with utmost care. How can you tell me not to trust him!”
He continued after catching his breath.
“I have no desire to associate with someone who slanders their benefactor in such a manner!”
“Sigh….”
I exhaled deeply and asked.
“What did that Physician say was your father’s illness?”
“He said the cervical spine was damaged, causing paralysis in all four limbs….”
“So he used expensive medicinal herbs supposedly good for bones. And in doing so, you sold off your family assets. Correct?”
His face flushed with bewilderment.
Because my words were exactly right.
“Am I mistaken?”
“No, you’re correct.”
“And that task the Merchant assigned earlier—who introduced you to it? If my guess is right, it was definitely that Physician who recommended it.”
“…!”
“Your father’s illness is poisoning.”
“Pardon?”
“He has been poisoned.”
“P-poisoned?”
“And you said he visited every other day? From what I can tell, that Physician is undoubtedly an accomplice of whoever poisoned your father.”
“I-I cannot believe this.”
“Then allow me to prove it.”
I rolled up my sleeves.
I was a walking antidote, after all.
“Jin Yu Warrior and Lee Pil Warrior, please restrain this young master so he doesn’t act recklessly. Everyone else, I ask for your protection.”
“Understood.”
I drew upon my inner energy.
Whoooosh.
My robes fluttered in response to the surge of powerful inner energy.
I carefully examined Spring Commander’s body.
Fortunately, the poison had not yet penetrated to the bone marrow.
That’s why he still retained consciousness.
To keep him alive as long as possible, they must have used poison administered in this manner.
“From now on, I will detoxify the poison within your body. Please try to remain as calm as possible.”
Then I infused Spring Commander’s body with the pure and clean energy of the Taiyin Ice-Sea Divine Art.
The energy of the Taiyin Ice-Sea Divine Art is the essence of nature itself.
Because of this, infusing one’s energy into another causes no harm to them.
I could gradually feel the toxic qi within his body being purified.
After a moment.
I took a deep breath and opened my eyes.
I turned to Spring Commander before me and asked.
“How do you feel?”
“I… I, my voice… my voice is working. I’m truly grateful.”
He immediately called out to his son.
“Jung-a. Jung-a!”
“Father!”
At my signal, the two Guard Warriors released him, and he rushed toward Spring Commander.
“Yes, so your name is Jung-a.”
“Father!”
Gung Shin wept at the sound of his father’s voice calling his name for the first time in five years.
“You’re safe… thank heavens you’re safe!”
His pronunciation was slightly slurred from not speaking for five years, but there were no problems with conversation.
“As Dae-in said, I had been poisoned all this time.”
“What? Is that truly the case?”
“Yes. And that physician was not treating me all this while.”
He gasped for breath, unable to continue speaking.
“Your body has not fully recovered yet. You’ll need to continue recuperating, but first, have him take this.”
I drew a pouch from my robes and offered it.
“What is this?”
“Heavenly Spirit Root.”
“What?”
“It’s a panacea for recovery.”
It was a spiritual herb Geum Ryung-i had gifted me on my birthday.
And here I was using it this way.
“Isn’t that something extraordinarily precious?”
“Isn’t this also a matter of fate? And no spiritual herb is more precious than a human life.”
At my words, he bowed deeply in gratitude.
“I am truly grateful. Truly grateful!”
Looking at him, memories of my past life surfaced, and I could only offer a bitter smile.
What must Gung Shin have felt when he learned that he had been deceived by the physician, and that when the physician’s gang heard he had been captured, they murdered his father?
The physician’s gang was captured by the Emperor and faced execution, but Gung Shin’s heart must have been torn into a thousand pieces.
At that moment, Seo-woo Warrior beside me ground his teeth and asked.
“Where is that physician? Such a person must never be left alone!”
Now that I think about it, Seo-woo Warrior had also suffered because of that incompetent physician.
And in my previous life, he died because treatment came too late.
This time, thanks to me, he recovered safely and now lives his life as a warrior again.
But since he too had a similar experience, it must feel personal to him.
That’s why even the cautious Seo-woo Warrior was reacting this way.
At that moment, Gung Shin rose from his seat and spoke.
“I will guide you. I have so much to ask him. And since it was I who suffered at his hands… I would ask that no one else lay hands on him.”
The gleam in Gung Shin’s eyes as he spoke was utterly different from the dull, lifeless gaze he’d worn before.
It was then that a voice called out to stop him.
“Jung-a…”
“Yes, Father.”
“There is something I must tell you.”

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Sang Deok had already packed his belongings.
Once the order came down, he would need to kill Man Jung’s father and leave this place immediately.
“Hehehehe. What a fool. Groveling away without even knowing that we’re the ones who poisoned his father!”
He was a member of an assassination group.
Though they weren’t particularly skilled, they possessed a relentless tenacity—once they set their sights on a target, they never let it slip away.
That was why they had quite a reputation.
“Still, I’ve grown rather fond of this place. What a shame to leave.”
It was then.
Shwiiiiing!
An arrow came flying from somewhere and pierced his left hand.
The event unfolded so suddenly that he didn’t even register the pain.
And before he could even feel that pain, another arrow came flying.
Shwiiing!
Thunk!
The arrow buried itself in Sang Deok’s left thigh, pinning him against the wall.
Two more arrows came in rapid succession, piercing his right hand and right thigh before embedding themselves in the wall.
“Aaaaagh!”
Unable to bear the agony, he let out a scream, and someone stepped into view.
“Good to see you, Physician.”
“You… what in the world are you doing?”
The figure before him was none other than Man Jung.
“And what exactly have you done to our father?”
“That… what do you mean…”
“Father has recovered.”
“…!”
“And Father has told me everything. Seven years ago, you came to him and asked him to help you kill Dae-in Ak. When he refused, you resorted to this method!”
“…”
“Father remembers every word you spoke before him in mockery.”
At this, Sang Deok bit his lip.
‘How… how is this possible? That poison was real!’
Seven years ago, Sang Deok and his group received an assassination contract on Ak Young-gyeong.
But he was a cautious and meticulous man, making it difficult to find an opportunity to kill him.
During this time, I learned that at the foot of Mount Tai, there existed a family with exceptional archery skills.
The Yoon Kang Man Family.
They approached the family and offered Man Juk, the House Master, a substantial sum, but were flatly rejected.
However, they did not give up. They investigated the area and discovered that his son, Man Jung, also possessed outstanding archery abilities.
Thus, they devised a scheme.
To ruin the family and corner the son, forcing him to eliminate their target instead.
In truth, there was also an element of revenge—they had been coldly turned away at the gate, dismissed as the Black Path.
And Sang Deok deliberately kept the House Master Man Juk’s consciousness intact.
So he could watch with his own eyes as his son descended into the Black Path.
And each time he made his medical rounds, he mocked him both mentally and physically.
‘If I’d known it would come to this, I should have destroyed his mind entirely! Damn it!’
He coaxed Man Jung gently.
“It seems there’s been some misunderstanding. Your father only recently regained consciousness, so his mind isn’t entirely sound. That’s why he’s having such delusions…”
“Shut your mouth!”
Thud!
“Cough!”
Man Jung, who had swung his fist roughly at Sang Deok, spoke.
“But you must be curious about something, aren’t you? How I came to be here, what became of the one who gave me orders?”
“…!”
Now that he thought about it, something was indeed strange.
By now, he should have received contact from them—but there had been complete silence.
It was then.
“Ah, you’ve already taken care of it, I see.”
A pleasant voice rang out, and a handsome man in ornate clothes approached, leading a group with him.

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I stepped into the Physician’s House.
What appeared to be the Physician was pinned to the wall with arrows, spread-eagle.
Wow, that’s quite impressive skill.
It’s not easy at all to shoot arrows with such precise depth, fixing a person to a wall like that.
“Is that Merchant the Physician?”
At Seo-woo Warrior’s cold voice, Gung Shin nodded.
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“I see.”
Now that I thought about it, what had become of that Physician who deceived Seo-woo Warrior and Lady Hong Geum-so?
Seo-woo Warrior sought my permission.
“May I lay hands on that Merchant?”
“Only if this young master permits it.”
As Seo-woo Warrior turned his head, Gung Shin nodded.
“Of course.”
“Thank you.”
Seo-woo Warrior took a martial stance and approached the Physician, then kicked his shin.
Crack!
“Aaaaagh!”
Ah… that sounds like a bone breaking.

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