Chapter 739 – Apocrypha 242) the Chaser (141)
242) The Chaser(141)
After waking up early in the morning and washing herself thoroughly, Baek Eun-joo sat in front of the dressing table and dried her hair while looking at herself in the mirror.
‘Was I… This pretty?’
Baek Eun-ju admired her beauty reflected in the mirror. Even without makeup, his skin was clean and firm. The long eyelashes, the dots next to the eyes, and the cherry-like lips brought out a strange color.
Baek Eun-ju did not suddenly fall into princess disease and admire her own beauty. In fact, she is more beautiful than before.
Seriously, would the people of this family talk about the beauty of Baek Eun-joo, who was treated as an absent person by order of the family head?
She was beautiful before, and it wasn’t long before she became even more beautiful.
She wasn’t exactly… It was when she met Steel Armor, and she made a deal with him in exchange for her body.
‘Could it be because of him?’
Baek Eun-ju also vaguely felt that fact.
‘Haa… Nonsense.’
But she struggled to deny that fact. It didn’t make sense for her to become beautiful just by being held by a man.
“… Ah.”
Suddenly, Baek Eun-joo let out her strange moan. The body that had been tamed by Steel Armor was excited just thinking about him. Her nipples hardened and sweet milk flowed from the tips, soaking the front of her nightgown.
“This.”
Baek Eun-joo sighed as she felt her body heat up.
She was born into a noble woman from a hundred families, and once even competed with her brother for the position of head of the household.
Of course, the man who was not as good as the bad guy was the strongest psychic in Red Town, but he was just pitiful about how he had come to this point.
To be promised something in exchange for a body, isn’t this a vulgar thing done by inferiors?
But Baek Eun-joo, who had only this voluptuous body, had no choice but to do what she considered vulgar.
Becoming the head of the Baek family is something Baek Eun-joo has dreamed of all her life since she was a child.
Looking at the back of her father, who was the head of the family, and watching the miraculous things he did from afar, she couldn’t give up on that dream even if it meant soiling her body.
“Mother. The girl Nari is here.”
“Yes, come in… Oh, wait. Wait a minute.”
“Your mother-in-law.”
Baek Eun-ju, who was about to take her maid in, realized that she hadn’t wiped her breast milk yet, so she hurriedly wiped the spilled breast milk with a tissue and applied her patch. Then, having changed her clothes, she took her nari inside.
“What’s the matter?”
“The family lord is looking for her.”
“… The head of the family? Why?”
Baek Eun-joo’s face hardened when Lee Sang-gye said that he was looking for him.
Could it be that he was caught having a tryst with Steel Armor?
Strictly speaking, it’s not a tryst, it’s a transaction, but it won’t look different in the eyes of others. If the ideal world knew this fact, her life would really fall into hell.
“First of all, the head of the household asks to have breakfast together… I think he might be looking for another reason.”
“…”
Even at the word breakfast, Baek Eun-joo’s hardened face showed no signs of loosening up. That would be the case, because the ideal world has never eaten her warm meal with her.
Lee Sang-gye, who has been consistent with complete indifference, finds himself from this early morning?
Baek Eun-joo couldn’t help but be nervous.
“… Yes. If the head of the household is looking for it, I should go.”
However, Baek Eun-ju could not refuse the call of the ideal world. It is often said that married couples are in an equal relationship, but at least Lee Sang-gye and Baek Eun-joo are never in an equal relationship.
“Wait a minute.”
“Your mother-in-law.”
I was about to follow Na-ri, who had risen from her seat, to go outside, but hesitated. Then he came back inside and kissed the forehead of his son, Edam, who was sleeping soundly on the wide bed.
Although the son was born out of a loveless relationship, Baek Eun-joo never hated or did not love the son she gave birth to because of a stomach ache.
“I love you.”
“…”
He was asleep, but did he hear his mother’s voice? The young Dami smiled. Baek Eun-joo, with a hearty smile at her cute appearance, said to Na-ri, who was waiting for her.
“You will be here.”
“Yes? But…”
Even though she is ostracized, Baek Eun-joo is definitely the great adult of this family. For Baek Eun-joo to go around alone without a lady-in-waiting, it hurt her dignity and was enough to earn ridicule from her family.
“What are you going to do if Dami wakes up when I’m not there? You have to be there to make Dami feel safe. Nari, you will stand by our Dami.”
“But… Yes. I understand, Mother.”
“Thank you Nari.”
Baek Eun-joo went to the world alone.
Her servants, her maids-in-waiting, who worked in her family, laughed at her for moving without one of her maids. Others secretly laughed at each other, but their chatter reached Baek Eun-joo’s ears.
“…”
At first, Baek Eun-ju was very angry and felt a sense of contempt for them. However, her only ally in this family was Nari, her handmaid, and above all, she was no better than them.
She gave herself up to Steel Armor on the condition that she become the head of the Baek family.
Baek Eun-joo left behind the ridicule of her attendants and maids-in-waiting and went to visit her ideal world.
“You said you were looking for me.”
“Yes. Sit down.”
“…”
A cold look with no warmth or affection at all.
If Yi Sang-gye had looked at her warmly even once, she would not have dedicated her body to Steel Armor. Even if she was ignored, she would have waited until the Ideal World looked back at her.
But not anymore.
Baek Eun-joo is no longer hurt by his cold gaze because she has defeated her expectations of her ideal world.
Baek Eun-joo sat down, and soon the attendants came in with meals. Even though it was morning, delicacies were spread out.
“…”
“…”
Even though Lee Sang-gye and Baek Eun-joo were married, they started eating without a word of conversation. When the bowl of rice had reduced by half, Yi Sang-gye opened his mouth in an indifferent tone.
“I will change your place of residence.”
“… Yes?”
“From now on, your residence will be Goyeonggung.”
“…!”
Contrary to his nonchalant tone, the words Lee Sang-gye uttered were never light.
Goyeonggung is a villa that belongs to the outskirts of the realm ruled by this family. However, none of the members of this family are reluctant to go to Younggung Go.
This is because it is a kind of place of exile for those who have committed crimes among family members.
In other words, the ideal world was to send Baek Eun-joo to her place of exile.
“That, what is that…! Why do I have to go to Goyeonggung!”
“Because I damaged my dignity as the matriarch of this family.”
“…”
Baek Eun-ju, who screamed out loud, felt like her heart sank when she heard that she had damaged her dignity.
Could it be that he really found out about his relationship with Steel Armor?
‘No, that’s not it.’
Baek Eun-joo calmly judged the situation.
If the ideal world really knew the relationship between itself and the steel armor, it wouldn’t have called it directly like this. He must have sent someone and forcibly took him to the palace of Goyeong.
Therefore, the loss of dignity that Lee Sang-gye is talking about was just a justification for sending himself to Goyeonggung.
‘That’s absolutely not possible!’
As such, he could not enter the palace of Goyeong.
This is because once you enter there, you will never be able to leave the Goyeonggung unless the ideal world permits it. You can’t take a single step out of Goyeonggung, and if you step outside, you will be attacked by the powerful guards of Goyeonggung.
In fact, some of the criminals of this family imprisoned in Goyeonggung lost their lives after being attacked by powerful men.
“Well, then Dami! What is Dami doing to go to Goyeonggung Palace? Dami still needs this mother.”
“Then take Edam with you.”
“…”
Baek Eun-joo’s face turned as if the world had collapsed at the callous words of Lee Sang-gye.
To say that Dami also took her to Goyeonggung.
Doesn’t that mean he has no affection for Dami?
Being indifferent to yourself is understandable. It was because of the Baek family’s request that she married him.
However, even the two sides of the sky could not understand that Dami was doing this.
Isn’t half of the blood flowing in Dami’s body his?
“How… How do you say that? Dami is not only my son, but also yours.”
“When you finish eating, get up. I’m done talking.”
“…”
Lee Sang-gye completely ignored Baek Eun-joo’s complaint.
A person can be this cold to a person. Baek Eun-joo felt like she was going to cry.
“Is it not less disgraceful to walk on your own feet than to be dragged along by the underlings?”
“…”
Baek Eun-joo, biting her lip, rose from her seat. He felt like crying, but he held it in. At least I didn’t want to show tears in front of my husband, no, that man.
That was the least pride she could keep.
*****
“You’re here… Ma’am? Are you okay, Ma’am!”
“Mom?”
Returning to her room, her maid, Na-ri, who was taking care of her daughter, ran to her and supported her, frightened. Young Dami had rice glue on her lips and her eyes were wide open.
“What the hell happened, Mother-in-law?”
“… Nari.”
“Your mother-in-law.”
“Wait… Take Dami out for a while.”
“Yes? But…”
“I beg you… Please leave…”
“…”
Baek Eun-joo collapsed and Na-ri was shocked. It was the first time she had shown herself so weak since she served her silver jewel as her master.
“Ah, I see. Bocchan. Please come with me for a while.”
“No! I’ll be with my mother!”
“Come on. This mother is fine, so go out with her for a while. I will call you soon.”
“Heh, hehe… Okay…”
Tears welled up in Dami’s eyes, as if she instinctively sensed that her mother was being pushed into an extreme situation mentally.
“Cell phone, cell phone, cell phone…”
After Nari and her daughter left, she frantically searched for her cell phone. It was not a phone provided by this family, but a cell phone given to him by Steel Armor for a tryst. Only Steel Armor’s phone was stored in this cell phone.
“…”
After entering the Steel Armor number, she hesitated for a moment. Could she really call him?
She can’t take Dami there. But that doesn’t mean I can’t leave her here alone.
I just felt it painfully that Lee Sang-gye thought of Dami like a stranger even though he was his own child. In such a situation, if she even disappears, Dami, who is left alone, will have a hard time at that young age.
But she had no time to hesitate with Baek Eun-joo.
Soon, she will be exiled to Goyeonggung. She knows very well how venomous a man Lee Sang-gye is. Sooner or later, the talented people he sent will come here.
-Reel? Eunjoo What are you doing? Did you call first? Ahang! Do you already miss me?
“… Help me.”
-… Huh?
Eventually, she called Steel Armor.
