Chapter 274 – It’s Your Will (2)
“Ooh…!”
The people around Lady Yang stepped back as they watched her cheering and water pouring out.
Lady Yang, who seemed to have never suffered in her life, was already an annoying person to the common people.
But how much more dangerous would she be if she looked like she was crazy?
“Do this too, and this… See-oh. Ah, don’t worry. This person will do everything for you.”
If Jojang had seen the sight of someone talking directly to a person with an unknown identity, he would have been amazed, but he was lying on the floor of the hospital with a blood transfusion.
It would take several hours for him to regain consciousness.
The servant accepted the basin with an expression that he couldn’t stop and worked hard to fill it up with water and return it to its original owner.
After repeating this several times, Lord Sungyeon nodded with a satisfied expression.
“Truly an excellent item. It’s called the Upper Luck, right? Truly admirable. To give something like this to the common people without any compensation…”
Sungyeon stopped there and then raised his head again.
“…That can’t be true. Traders wouldn’t even think about this.”
It was clear that he was doing this because he had a way to benefit himself.
Anyway, after watching enough and showing his satisfaction, Lady Yang cautiously opened her mouth.
“Then, will you go back, nephew?”
“Well, what should I do? If I had said to leave Jojang behind and go, I wouldn’t have just looked at this and sent you back, would I?”
Sungyeon turned his head to the servant and spoke.
Although she walked with an escort as he suggested, she did not miss the fact that the servant’s behavior was strangely confident.
‘He was planning to take me with him from the beginning, wasn’t he?’
But she didn’t think he would harm her. He wasn’t someone who would harm her even in a situation where he could break free and run away or deceive her.
“If you’re a first-time visitor to Sacheon, there will be plenty to see. Can I guide you, my lady?”
The servant naturally suggested that they walk around more.
After all, since leaving the capital, Lady Yang had only visited the famous members of parliament and had never really seen the scenery.
Since coming to the martial arts world, the longest place she had stayed was Sacheon, but she had hardly ever visited any places that could be called scenic spots.
Chapter 274 – It’s Your Will (2)
“Ooh…!”
The people around Lady Yang stepped back as they watched her cheering and water pouring out.
Lady Yang, who seemed to have never suffered in her life, was already an annoying person to the common people.
But how much more dangerous would she be if she looked like she was crazy?
“Do this too, and this… See-oh. Ah, don’t worry. This person will do everything for you.”
If Jojang had seen the sight of someone talking directly to a person with an unknown identity, he would have been amazed, but he was lying on the floor of the hospital with a blood transfusion.
It would take several hours for him to regain consciousness.
The servant accepted the basin with an expression that he couldn’t stop and worked hard to fill it up with water and return it to its original owner.
After repeating this several times, Lord Sungyeon nodded with a satisfied expression.
“Truly an excellent item. It’s called the Upper Luck, right? Truly admirable. To give something like this to the common people without any compensation…”
Sungyeon stopped there and then raised his head again.
“…That can’t be true. Traders wouldn’t even think about this.”
It was clear that he was doing this because he had a way to benefit himself.
Anyway, after watching enough and showing his satisfaction, Lady Yang cautiously opened her mouth.
“Then, will you go back, nephew?”
“Well, what should I do? If I had said to leave Jojang behind and go, I wouldn’t have just looked at this and sent you back, would I?”
Sungyeon turned his head to the servant and spoke.
Although she walked with an escort as he suggested, she did not miss the fact that the servant’s behavior was strangely confident.
‘He was planning to take me with him from the beginning, wasn’t he?’
But she didn’t think he would harm her. He wasn’t someone who would harm her even in a situation where he could break free and run away or deceive her.
“If you’re a first-time visitor to Sacheon, there will be plenty to see. Can I guide you, my lady?”
The servant naturally suggested that they walk around more.
After all, since leaving the capital, Lady Yang had only visited the famous members of parliament and had never really seen the scenery.
Since coming to the martial arts world, the longest place she had stayed was Sacheon, but she had hardly ever visited any places that could be called scenic spots.
Despite her reservations, Lady Yang agreed to the suggestion and they set off to explore the area.
As they walked, Lady Yang was impressed by the beauty of the landscape and the ingenuity of the local people.
“I can’t believe that people made something like this. With a canal like this, it’s no wonder that Sacheon is so prosperous.”
Sungyeon seemed to be equally impressed by the sight of the canal.
Perhaps it was because he had never seen anything like it before.
Although it was a bit of a struggle to travel with Lady Yang, who had no martial arts skills, and to ride in a palanquin, Sungyeon seemed to be enjoying the experience.
I accompanied Lady Yang and Sungyeon to the guest quarters of Juru.
Sungyeon seemed to want to mingle with the common people rather than stay in the guest quarters, but Lady Yang begged him to stay.
‘At least it’s going according to my mother’s plan.’
My mother had warned me that Sungyeon would be uncomfortable with his escorts and would likely try to separate from them.
But fortunately, Sungyeon seemed to be more interested in the manual pump than in leaving.
“Nephew, you should go back now.”
But Lady Yang continued to insist that they should return.
“With fewer escorts, there is a higher risk of danger to you, nephew. It would be better to return now…”
“Umm, but Auntie. If the escorts follow us, we’ll have to go back to being members of parliament. We did well enough with just the two of us, didn’t we? Besides, there’s the Kangsohyup River nearby. What’s there to worry about?”
“…”
Lady Yang had been eager to return to the parliament, but fortunately, Sungyeon did not seem to be making an effort to return.
In fact, he kept looking at me with a meaningful gaze, as if he thought I was working for him.
‘He’s not wrong…’
“What you say is not wrong, but is it really necessary to worry so much? If necessary, I can stay up all night to protect your wife.”
Even if we didn’t have to go all out with our martial arts, we could still maintain a moderate level of defense without getting tired from an all-nighter.
If we can stay awake without sleeping, we can ensure the safety of Lord Sungyeon even if our abilities as escorts are a bit lacking.
“No, there’s no need to go that far…”
“That’s enough, Lady. What’s there to worry about for just one day? I’m sure I’ve made it clear to the captain that this is my intention, so there’s no need to rush around. Isn’t one day enough?”
In the end, we decided to sleep in the guesthouse as Lord Sungyeon, the ultimate decision maker, wanted.
Late at night, Yanghajeong couldn’t seem to fall asleep. Although she was told that the men would be awake, she couldn’t seem to get any rest.
“Maybe it’s better to go back…”
The man’s martial arts were constantly improving and reaching new heights. Perhaps now, Yanghajeong couldn’t guarantee a victory against him.
But it wasn’t just martial arts that were important for being an escort. Attention to detail was also crucial.
Although she was lacking compared to her classmates in terms of escorting, she had learned the basics in her youth and was able to fulfill her role as an escort. But Kang Yoon was not.
“No… no way.”
In reality, this wasn’t what was important. The biggest reason Yanghajeong wanted to go back was because of the feeling of someone lurking outside her bed.
Knock knock knock
Hearing the sound of someone knocking on the window, Yanghajeong let out a deep sigh. She already knew that the person was approaching her.
And if the feeling wasn’t from someone she knew well, she would have immediately grabbed the hidden weapon she had placed by her pillow.
“Come in.”
As expected, Kang Yoon appeared as the window opened.
“What brings you here at this hour?”
“I told you I wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight, didn’t I?”
“That sounded like you were being faithful to your duties as an escort.”
“Well, we’re right next to each other anyway, aren’t we?”
The building, named the guesthouse, wasn’t very big, and if they put all their effort into it, they could reach Lord Sungyeon’s bedroom before taking three breaths.
“What if something happens in that short amount of time?”
“The possibility of that happening is very slim, but…”
“…If you’re not faithful to your duties as an escort, then I’ll have to return to the assembly with the queen mother even now. That’s why I told you to go back…”
“Liar.”
Yanghajeong’s voice cut off sharply, as if she were thrusting a knife, and she trembled.
“What… are you saying?”
“We’ve been talking about Lord Sungyeon’s protection, but that’s just an excuse.”
As the man looked at her with eyes that seemed to know everything, Yanghajeong felt a strange sense of intimidation and swallowed hard.
“No, that’s not it. I just wanted to avoid you. That’s all, right?”
“W-what…”
As the man approached her, Yanghajeong quickly moved her body back. When she grabbed the spear, she quickly let go of it as if she had touched a snake.
In the meantime, the man stood in front of her and opened his mouth.
“You met with Pyeong Yeon, right?”
The man called out Pyeong Yeon’s name without hesitation. Then, Yanghajeong briefly remembered the woman who had come to him, flustered, with her belly bulging.
“…What does that have to do with anything?”
“Because I touched another woman, you’re disappointed in me? So you thought you didn’t want to see a guy like me?”
“It’s not like that…”
She had heard a simple story from Pyeong Yeon. Even after hearing that he had another woman besides herself, Yanghajeong didn’t dislike the man.
Of course, she felt a little disappointed, but she thought it was balanced.
It didn’t make sense for a woman like her, who was older than the queen mother, to invest in the man’s entire future.
“No? Then?”
She just felt defeated. Pyeong Yeon and Lord Sungyeon were both much younger and more beautiful than her, even though they were older than the man. Compared to them, she felt like an old and worn-out woman.
She was afraid that someday the man would treat her like she was nothing, and even then, those women would still retain their beauty.
Especially Pyeong Yeon, who had reached the point of refusing to age, would be even more so.
“B-because…”
But it wasn’t easy to express that fear in words.
Because she felt like the man’s eyes would change the moment she spoke that fear out loud.
In the end, she could only avoid it.
“T-that, umm!”
As Yanghajeong continued to stutter and couldn’t put her thoughts into words, she suddenly felt flustered as the man pulled her into his arms.
As her cheek touched his firm chest and his scent penetrated her nose, she slowly regained her composure.
“You don’t dislike me, right?”
“Y-yeah…”
“And you still like me, right?”
“Yeah…”
“If it’s hard to say why you’re avoiding me, you don’t have to say it. Instead, don’t avoid me from now on. Can you do that?”
“…I can.”
As the man’s words soothed her like a child, Yanghajeong felt a strange sense of comfort. As she felt the man’s heartbeat getting stronger and stronger, she unknowingly ran her hand over his thigh and moved it towards his groin.
“Do you want to?”
“Yeah… but if Lady Queen Mother hears about it…”
“No one can hear us outside.”
Once she heard that, she had nothing to worry about.
The two of them began to undress each other and cling to each other as if they were suffering from a desperate thirst for each other.
