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Chapter 56
The Baengri Clan’s Unwanted Granddaughter
Chapter 56
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The elderly servant led me to a two-story pavilion near the lake, where I was surprised to be greeted even more warmly than I had been at dinner.
“Welcome. Come, sit down.” Namgoong Mucheol smiled and continued, “If I had realized how late it was going to be, I would have asked to see you tomorrow. I didn’t expect you and Miss Seo Haryeong to become friends so quickly.” He chuckled.
W е́_b̈ n̄о̃v̆ е̊ l Ѐ n̆_ŭmа
“I had no idea you were waiting for me.”
“No matter, no matter. I got to see some entertainment as well.”
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Entertainment? Tilting my head in curiosity, I hesitated at the sight of the folding screen behind Namgoong Mucheol. Is that...
But my thoughts were interrupted by the sight of the ivory light of Namgoong Mucheol’s inner qi approaching me. I’d never seen anything like that happen before. Is this the sort of thing you can do when you’re one of the Eleven Strongest Under the Heavens? I hid my amazement and watched as the bright light of his qi moved forward and soon wrapped around me, lingering around my own qi center.
Lord Namgoong let out a worried hum, then picked up the teacup that the elderly servant had poured for him. “Are you feeling all right?” he asked. “You aren’t in any pain?”
“Yes, I’m fine, thanks to the care of the Namgoong clan.”
Е n̄u̇ ṁ ӓ. іd̂
Namgoong Mucheol continued to ask quite detailed questions about my health. Did he seriously call me here to ask about my condition?
Just as I was getting lost in my own thoughts, Namgoong Mucheol finally broached his real business with me. “I heard from Wan that you gave him an Azure Elixir you found in the Divine Physician’s laboratory.”
“I did.”
“You don’t wish you could’ve kept it?”
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“Of course I do!”
“Oh?”
Е̇ ň um̄a
“But I like Mister Wan more,” I said, smiling. “And besides, he’s the one who took me to the Divine Physician. If it wasn’t for him, there wouldn’t have been any Azure Elixir at all. So of course he deserves to have one!”
Now that the location of Divine Physician’s laboratory had been discovered, it was only a matter of time before they would find a way to open it, and then it would be discovered that there had once been Azure Elixir inside. But for that to be the only thing missing, when there was only one survivor known to have escaped from there? All eyes would be on me. And if I, if the Baengri clan were to hoard all the Azure Elixir from the Divine Physician’s laboratory, someone was bound to find fault with us out of envy.
Of course the Baengri clan could easily suppress any such controversy, but there would definitely be those who’d badmouth my father, accusing him of using me to monopolize all the Azure Elixir. But what if I shared some with the Namgoong clan? The attention would be split, and no one would dare to make an enemy of both clans at once.
And let’s say I were to take the two Azure Elixirs, three including the one I was hiding, back to the Baengri clan. I would never hear the end of it from Grandmother, Uncle Euimook, and Aunt Euiran. They would definitely hound me to give at least one to them. Most people would be too greedy to share. But my father...
He’s more than capable of sharing the elixir. The mere thought made me wince. In fact, there had been a few similar incidents in the past. Far better to share with Mister Wan than to lose it to them.
Namgoong Mucheol stared at me as he spoke again. “Wan didn’t take you to the Divine Physician for your own sake. Are you sure you won’t regret this?”
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I cocked my head again. “But that doesn’t change the fact that he was good to me.” After all, I’d known from the beginning that Mister Wan had only brought the Divine Physician’s identification plaque to the Baengri clan to ask my father to train his son Ryuchung. “I was taught to repay any kindness that I may receive, no matter the reason behind it. So I won’t regret it!”
Lord Namgoong groaned, closed his eyes, and stroked his beard a few times before opening his mouth again to speak. “There’s something I need to tell you.” He stopped for a moment and continued, “Hardly anyone knows what I’m about to tell you, so you must keep this a secret.”
In that case... I didn’t want to hear it. Is this something I absolutely need to know? I darted my eyes back and forth before carefully asking him, “Um, Lord Namgoong? If you tell me this secret, my life won’t be in danger, will it?”
“What?”
“Well, there are some things that it’s better not to know, aren’t there?”
He raised his white eyebrows and broke out in laughter. “Where did a child like you even come from?” He reached out and patted my head. “Where did the brave little girl from a moment ago disappear to?”
Ẁ е b n̆о́v̈ е l Ӗ n̂ ü m а̀
“Hehe.” I laughed like a kid as I raised my teacup. I didn’t want to end up on the run after learning the secret of someone as powerful as him.
A laugh lingering in his voice, he said, “It’s not the kind of secret that will endanger your life.”
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“Well, that’s good.” I glanced at the folding screen behind him, then relaxed. Well, it probably really isn’t dangerous.
Namgoong Mucheol looked at me warmly. “Euigang sure is blessed.”
“What?”
“Out of nowhere, he gained an adorable daughter like you. I wonder when my own son will give me such a cute granddaughter to hold. I don’t think I’ll be able to experience such a blessing, not in this lifetime.”
Е̂ n̆ ŭm̂a
Hiding my bewilderment, I glanced at the folding screen.
“From now on, just call me Grandfather. What’s with calling me Lord Namgoong? Don’t you call my son Mister Wan?”
“Uh... Can I do that?”
“I just gave you permission! Who would dare say otherwise?”
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“Okay then, Grandfather!”
He continued to pat my head, then suddenly cleared his throat and attempted to regain an air of authority. Still, the atmosphere was much lighter now than it had been at first. “Ahem, I was going to tell you about my sworn brother.”
Ӗn_ǔ.m̆ã
“Your sworn brother?”
“Yes.”
The surprise that spread across my face was genuine. This was what Namgoong Mucheol was going to tell me?
He regarded me solemnly. “You may have heard of Gu Hongma, the Cheonsan Flame Lord.” He let out a deep sigh and continued, “It was the Cheonsan Flame Lord who robbed you of the Azure Elixir.”
The folding screen suddenly rattled. When I looked at it in surprise, Namgoong Mucheol said with an utterly calm face, “What a strong wind.”
I just blinked at him. The window was open, but there wasn’t the slightest breeze.
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“My brother, the Cheonsan Flame Lord, might be ill-tempered, but he’s not completely lawless. About what happened this time, however... All I can say is that I’m sorry.” Namgoong Mucheol let out a deep sigh. “If there’s anything you want, just say the word.”
Was he trying to compensate for the stolen Azure Elixir? I clutched the teacup in front of me and asked, “Is there any reward that could replace the Azure Elixir?”
The clan head took out a small ceramic bottle from his sleeve, almost as if he had been waiting to do so from the very beginning.
“That’s why I’m returning this to you.”
“Is this the one I gave to Mister Wan?”
“Yes. You won’t... be able to get back the one from the Cheonsan Flame Lord.”
Е̄ nu m a. і d
Had he already drunk it or something? Well, it didn’t matter to me. I had already accepted the fact that I would never see that elixir returned to me again.
The bottle looked like a child’s toy in Namgoong Mucheol’s large, callused hands. I slowly opened my mouth and said, “As I said before, I don’t regret giving one to Mister Wan.”
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Anyway, I’d gotten the Cheonsan Flame Lord to promise that he would protect Yayul, so I couldn’t take the elixir back now. But this was also an opportunity. I chose my words carefully. “Besides... Even if I were to take it, someone else might just steal it from me again.”
“So you’re saying you don’t need it?”
I looked down at my teacup and put on a sad face. “You’re bound to lose what you are unable to protect. I’ll consider this a lesson learned.” Namgoong Mucheol let out a sound of sympathy. I waited for a moment before speaking again. “But I do have one request.”
“Tell me.”
E n̊u mӑ ._і_ď
“I heard that the Divine Physician’s identification plaque was originally yours, Lord— I mean, Grandfather.”
“That’s right.”
Namgoong Wan had brought along what had originally been his father’s. That meant that Namgoong Mucheol must have had close ties with the Divine Physician at some point in the past. How could he have come into possession of the Divine Physician’s identification plaque otherwise?
I continued, “When I was in his laboratory, I saw evidence of the Divine Physician’s martial arts research, although it seemed like he gave up on it halfway through. Do you happen to know anything about this?”
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