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Chapter 204
The Baengri Clan’s Unwanted Granddaughter
Chapter 204
It was difficult for me to move, so I used my words instead.
“Get off me.”
Namgoong Ryuchung suppressed his anger and said, “Have you finally lost your mind? My father’s arm is yours? In that situation? Hah, seriously. I’m lost for words.”
Ѐ_ṅům̌а
I felt his hand, which was grabbing onto my arm, tremble. Should I apologize? But if I hadn’t stepped up… That was when a voice came to my rescue.
“People told me raising a son was useless. Am I invisible to you?”
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Namgoong Ryuchung stood there for a moment, then moved away. I glanced at Mister Wan momentarily, then at the third young master at my feet. Lifeless, the latter’s eyes were still open.
That was when Yayul asked me, “Is something bothering you?”
“Huh?”
“Did you know him?”
Е ňu m̆ а
“Of course not. He’s the demonic cult’s third young master. How would I know him?” I said in disbelief.
However, Yayul’s response was a little lukewarm. “Is that so?”
“Why?”
Yayul stared at me, then lowered his eyes. “You know a lot, so I thought you might have known him.”
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But I was shocked, since it felt like Yayul had read my mind when he asked me that question. To be precise, I hadn’t lied when I said that I had never seen the third young master before. However,he looks similar to the woman who appeared in my dream last night. The timing was strange. If I hadn’t dreamed yesterday, I would not have noticed even when I met him. Are they related somehow?
I lowered the third young master’s eyelids. I felt a lingering warmth at my fingertips. Yayul wiped my hand with a handkerchief when I pulled back. There was an unexpected bloodstain that had dried up on my thumb.
Ê num̀ а
Come to think of it, Yayul’s reaction just now was also strange, but I couldn’t ponder further and had to press on my temple with my left hand. My mind still felt dull, and it didn’t function properly. Even conversations just a few steps away sounded distant, like they were being held behind a veil. It seemed like a Namgoong clan guard was interrogating Daegae, who was practically whimpering.
“I really don’t know. I’m innocent! I honestly have no idea. Brother Makgae was in contact with our Association head, and we weren’t even allowed an audience!”
“So where is this Makgae now?”
“W-well…”
“A little convenient for him to not be here at a time like today, don’t you think? He used to come and go like this inn was his!”
“H-he would never do something like that! He would never betray us! He was the one who said that we should help the Great Master Baengri! Why would he create a situation like this after helping out when he could have just not helped out in the first place?”
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The more I listened to Daegae, the stranger this situation felt. There was no way the Beggars’ Association wouldn’t have known when such a sizeable force was being mobilized by the demonic cult. Based on what Daegae said and Senior Makgae’s behavior until now, it was unlikely that Makgae was a traitor.
In fact, why aren’t they neither attacking nor backing off? Time was on our side. The longer this confrontation lasted, the higher the chance our reinforcements would arrive. They had also been pretty aloof when they witnessed the Third Young Master’s death. They must still be hiding something.
I interrupted the conversation. “Senior Daegae, you have a carrier pigeon, right?”
Startled, Daegae looked back at me. “H-huh? A carrier pigeon?”
“Yes. A carrier pigeon.”
“Uh, p-probably.”
Е̇ǹ um а. і̂ d̄.
Beggars’ Association had a carrier pigeon inside the inn to use in an emergency.
“Let me borrow it for a second.”
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“What? You want to send a carrier pigeon in this situation?”
He was puzzled, but I didn’t want to explain, so when I grabbed my head and moaned, he became surprised and rushed to get the carrier pigeon. Daegae came back quickly with a birdcage. He even got some paper and a fine brush from his chest with ink—the ones used for sending letters through carrier pigeons. I was impressed by how prepared he was.
“Wh-where shall I send it to?” Daegae asked.
Why is he acting formal all of a sudden? I answered the urgent matter first. “Send one to the Baengri clan. Let them know what’s going on right now.”
Е̄n ú_m̊ а
Others who were conversing among themselves turned to look at me and Daegae. The latter soon gulped and sent a carrier pigeon flying. Not a single sound was heard from the streets, since the nearby inhabitants had all fled. Amid a tense atmosphere where it felt like a battle could ensue at any given moment, a carrier pigeon flew across the sky thick with gray clouds. Everyone assumed an arrow would shoot across the sky and pierce it, but nothing happened—it was still calm. The carrier pigeon that could have easily been shot down by a single arrow continued to fly across the sky and left the area.
“Ah!” I shouted when I felt my body lifted into the air and grabbed at whatever my hand touched. It was Mister Wan who had lifted me.
“Mister Wan?”
I’d grown quite a lot, yet he had still lifted me with just one arm. I tightly hugged Mister Wan around the neck. Yayul, who was supporting me, seemed slightly perturbed.
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Without answering me, Mister Wan looked around the crowd and said, “I have a bad feeling about this. We need to break through right now.”
He then looked toward the Baengri clan guards and said, “Given the situation, I’ll take Yeon with me. You all protect Yayul, and the rest of you take Ryuchung and escape. Go in the direction I told you about beforehand. If a problem arises, let’s meet there.”
Eǹú mа
They must have discussed this while I was looking over the third young master.
“Understood.”
“Good luck.”
At that moment, some of the cult members that were surrounding us suddenly split. What’s going on? Soon, I noticed what was beyond the layers of cult members that were distracting my sight, and I tightened my arms around Mister Wan’s neck. Guards clad in black outfits on horses appeared from between the parted cult members. Unlike the men in black, whom only the eyes were showing, the middle-aged man at the very front was barefaced. He wasn’t even dressed in black, either.
I felt Mister Wan’s body tense up in nervousness as he continued to hold me. No one among those gathered here was stronger than him. The third young master was the only one on par with Mister Wan, but this man at the front was even more powerful than Mister Wan. The left hand—he was the one who led the ambush against the Martial Alliance and made Wi Jibaek, the Martial Alliance head, run away. His face was relatively well-known, so it wasn’t hard to recognize him.
Still on his horse in front of the inn’s entrance, he mumbled, “Huh, so he’s really dead. Oh, my.”
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He was talking to himself, but in a place quiet enough where the drop of a pin could be heard. His words were crystal clear. He looked around the crowd, turned his horse around, and backed away. Those who came with the left hand got into position perfectly, and a large carriage soon came rushing down the empty street. The closer the all-black carriage approached us, the more suffocated I felt. It was even getting hard to breathe. Now that the situation had come to this, I was about to laugh ironically.
The carriage stopped in front of the inn, and the door opened. A man dressed entirely in gray slowly came out. Perhaps it was because everything was black, but even the air felt dark. The moment he stepped out of the carriage, the cult members around him got down on all fours and bowed their heads to the ground. In the midst of the suffocating silence, the man looked down at his cult members. His gaze slowly turned and pointed precisely at me.
* * *
During that time, Baengri Euigang’s group marched along the big path toward the Muhan Castle, where the Martial Alliance’s main base was.
It was a difficult journey. They traveled on horses for days, taking only necessary breaks until they finally reached their destination. The closer they got to the castle, the more people showed on the road. Many manual laborers carried luggage and merchants along with guards protecting them.
The Martial Alliance’s main base was big enough to have an influence as big as a city’s. The atmosphere was expected to be rather gloomy after the demonic cult’s ambush, but the streets were vibrant.
W еbn о̆ ve l Е ňů mа
Puzzled, one of the White Tiger Squad guards said, “It’s quite lively here.”
He soon understood why and furrowed his brow. “I guess we were delayed after all. They’ve already started repairing.”
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Many horse and cow carts filled with uncommon materials such as large wooden pillars, dirt, and rocks were all around. It seemed like the base’s repairs were well underway. People of all classes were going to and fro in the streets. As such, despite the group members wearing bamboo hats, some people began to recognize them.
“Isn’t that the White Tiger Squad?”
“Oh, they’ve finally returned.”
“Look, Great Master Baengri is with them as well!”
W̊ е b n̂.о̇v́е l̀ Е̇ nù mа̊
People were welcoming their return. Amidst the murmurs, some looked toward the group with envy.
“I heard that when the Martial Alliance head abandoned the Alliance members and fled on his own, the White Tiger Squad stayed till the end to help.”
“Don’t even talk about the Alliance head. That coward.”
“Keep your voice down! Don’t forget that we’re in the main base of the Martial Alliance.”
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“Bah, he deserves the insults! Is he going to arrest me because I spoke ill of him? That’s an unrighteous faction, not a righteous one.”
“Hmph, it’s true. Does he think money will solve everything? It’s not like that’ll bring back the dead!”
Е ňū m̃ а̌
Just then, a group of sturdy, neatly dressed men with swords at their waists came galloping out on horses from within the castle. The group was headed precisely toward where the White Tiger Squad was. They were warriors from the Martial Alliance.
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