Chapter 740 – Apocrypha 243) the Chaser (142)
243) The Chaser(142)
While going upstairs to make Thyme’s body, Baek Eun-joo received a call.
“What’s the matter with him? Did he finish calling first?”
This was the first time Baek Eun-ju called me. He always met at an appointed time and place, so he didn’t have to call.
He got a call once.
“What? Eunjoo, what are you doing? Did you call first? Ahang! Do you miss me already?”
-… Please help me.
“Huh?”
I answered the phone playfully, but what came back was a wet, despairing voice. Instinctively feeling that something bad had happened to Baek Eun-joo, I spoke in a serious voice.
“Where are you now?”
-I… Now… Uh…
“Don’t cry and talk slowly. Then I can help you.”
-…Don’t you ask what’s going on…?
“I’m going to ask you after bringing you first. So where are you now?”
-I am…
In a tearful voice, Baek Eun-joo told him that he was now at the head of the Lee family and what had happened.
‘Sent into exile?’
When I heard what situation Baek Eun-joo was in, I couldn’t hide my absurdity.
It’s not like her relationship with me was caught, she says. Otherwise, even though there was no reason to send her into exile, Lee Sang-gye decided to go into exile on the ridiculous cause of damaging her dignity as a mother-in-law.
‘Isn’t this a crazy bastard?’
No matter how strong the authority of the family head was, this was not the case. Still, I thought that he would look favorably on him because he was the father of Eun-hye and Yu-ri, but with his actions now, that feeling has completely disappeared.
‘…But isn’t it a good thing for me?’
If you can bring Baek Eun-joo, you don’t have to set a time and meet secretly. I was able to proudly share her secret time with her for a long time.
‘Whatever it is, let’s bring it.’
She had to make her body for Thyme, but rather than that, it was more important to bring Baek Eun-joo.
Of course you can’t bring them here. My house is littered with watchers from the five ruling houses. The fact that I have Baek Eun-joo will soon become known.
‘I’ll have to get a separate house.’
First of all, I’ll arrange a place to rest temporarily, and after negotiating with the ideal world, I’ll bring it to my house.
“Eunju, I’ll speak quickly, so listen carefully. First…”
I told Baek Eun-joo how to act.
*****
“You are here, Mrs. Gamo, no, Mr. Baek Eun-joo.”
“…”
Baek Eun-joo opened the door without permission and saw Elder Young enter and bit her lip. It was clearly rude, but she had no objection to Elder Young.
Elder Young’s name was Yeong Ho-il, and he was an alumni of Soga’s owner, Lee Yun-bang, and she was an irreplaceable friend. Besides, she has good and powerful psychic powers. In the meantime, she has helped Lee Yun-bang to arrest many villains.
Lee Sang-gye recognized the merit and appointed Young Ho-il, 26 years old, to the position of elder despite the opposition of the elders. This was also a personnel measure to empower Lee Yun-bang, who would succeed him in the future.
“Did you hear from the head of household? As of today, Baek Eun-joo has to go to Goyeonggung Palace. Hey~ I heard that the scenery of Goyeonggung Palace is so amazing. I’m very jealous of you, don’t you?”
“Elder Young…”
At Elder Young’s sarcasm, Baek Eun-joo hugged his son Lee-dam and glared at him strongly. That was the only resistance she could do.
“Anyway, you didn’t pack your bags. Did you think the head of the household would cancel the trip to Goyeonggung?”
“Elder Young! No matter what, this is the matriarch of the great family! No more disrespect can be forgiven!”
Nari, the maid who was with him, scolded Elder Young for his rudeness, but it was rather an act of touching the young tiger’s nose.
“What? Forgive me? What do you mean by a mere lady-in-waiting bitch? Who are you to forgive me?”
“Kyaa! Ke, khehek!”
Elder Young grabbed Na-ri by the collar and lifted her up. Na-ri struggled and hit Elder Young’s forearm, her breath choked, but he was immovable.
“Stop! What kind of atrocity is the person who came to carry out the family head’s order! Don’t you know that your actions now are defaming the head of the family who placed you in the position of elder!”
Baek Eun-joo hurriedly shouted to Elder Young, as he could have suffocated and died if he continued like this.
“…”
Then Elder Young, who looked down at Baek Eun-joo, kicked her tongue as if he didn’t like her and threw Nari to the floor.
Baek Eun-joo’s words were not wrong. Still, other elders say he became an elder at a young age of less than 30 years old. In such a situation, if he behaved badly, the other elders could have tried to bring him down.
“Nari, are you okay?”
“Collock! Coke! Yes… I’m fine, Mother.”
“Fuck you, mother-in-law. You’re not a mother-in-law anymore. Anyway, let’s go now. By the way, I have to go right away, so I won’t give you time to pack your things.”
“… Let’s go and put it in.”
When Baek Eun-joo stood up and hugged Yi-dam, Elder Young’s eyes widened.
“What are you doing now, Baek Eun-joo?”
“What?”
“No way… Are you planning to take the youngest boy to Goyeonggung?”
The youngest son Elder Young was talking about was, of course, referring to Lee Dam. Baek Eun-ju doesn’t like it, but half of the blood flowing through Yi-dam’s body was from the ideal world.
Elder Young, who respects and admires Lee Sang-gye from the bottom of his heart, could not be rude even to Lee Dam, whose blood flows from Lee Sang-gye.
“It would only be humiliating for Dam to remain here without a mother.
“Heh… They said Eun-joo Baek was a member of the Baek family, and it was true. Eun-joo Baek is a really cunning and scary woman.”
“… What does that mean?”
“What do you mean? Aren’t you thinking of using the youngest son to get out of Goyeonggung?”
“… I beg your pardon?”
“If that’s not the case, isn’t there any reason to take the youngest Bachelor to Goyeonggung? Even Baek Eun-joo knows what that place is like.”
“You… You’re really rude.”
“It’s okay to be rude to a viper woman like you. Ha… Well, that’s fine. If you want to take the youngest lad with you, take him with you. He looks like he’s done quite a bit of thinking in that short amount of time… You’ll soon find out that’s no use. “
Elder Young smiled at Baek Eun-joo and continued.
“There’s something the head of the household told me. What that means… If you’re going to take the youngest Bachelor to Goyeonggung, he just told you to let them both go.”
“…”
She was Elder Young, who boasted of her vision of the ideal realm, but Baek Eun-joo showed no response. It was because he already knew from the morning conversation that he did not consider Lee Dam as his son.
“Rather than that, when are you going to talk so much about leaving?
“… Well, if you want to go that fast, you have to take me there. Let’s go. I will personally take you to the Goyeonggung Palace, so you know it as an honor.”
Perhaps he didn’t like Baek Eun-joo, who didn’t show much reaction, and Elder Young continued to be sarcastic until the end and took Baek Eun-ju, Lee Dam, and Na-ri to Goyeonggung.
*****
‘It came out.’
I, who was monitoring this family through soul detection, confirmed that Baek Eun-joo was escaping from this family and started moving.
I could feel around 20 people around Baek Eun-joo. At any rate, it seemed that guards had been attached to prevent the white silver pearl from leaking into another path.
‘Wow… This terrible bastard in the ideal world.’
Baek Eun-joo, as well as her only maid, Na-ri, has psychic powers, but they are not that strong. Even so, attaching 20 watchers was an overkill.
‘Let’s stop swearing at the ideal world later and focus on bringing Eun-ju for now.’
To be honest, if I wanted to bring Baek Eun-joo, I could have brought her right away when the call came earlier. But if that happens, the relationship between me and Baek Eun-joo will be exposed.
Even so, pushing her nonsensical cause, her ideal world is trying to drive her away, but if she finds out about her relationship with me, she will be very excited and push her further.
I don’t want to give even the slightest justification to that guy from the ideal world.
Anyway, for that reason, I will not seek Eunju Baek right now. I had already told Baek Eun-ju about this.
Her point of saving her is when she gets close to her penance palace. And she will move with a different identity than the steel armor.
“Now I am not a steel armor, but an ice prince armor.”
The reason why it is the Ice Prince Armor is because she will use [Frost Queen], The superpower of the Ice Queen, who is the S-class hero of Dark City and the woman I love this time. Ah, since I use it, should I say [Frost King]?
“The King of Frost… Somehow, it’s a psychic power that wants to inherit the throne.”
I waited for Baek Eun-joo to stay away from this family. After about 3 hours or so, she finally got to the time she had been waiting for.
Prior to departure, [Ice Mask], One of Frost King’s psychic skills, was used. Then a mask colder than arctic ice appeared over my face, and an armor of ice formed over my massive body.
Originally, only a mask was supposed to be created, but ice armor was additionally created for coolness.
I stood in front of a full-length mirror and admired myself in my ice mask and armor.
“Wow fuck… That’s fucking cool. This is a real city cold guy.”
After everything was ready, I flew to Eun-joo’s place using my non-frosted psychic power. I went up the mountain along the winding road and saw three or four cars.
I landed in the middle of the road without delay.
Ki-yi-yi-!
As I fell from the sky, the car driving in the lead hurriedly stepped on the brakes.
“First one.”
Damn it-!
He stretched out his hand and let out a chill. An icy road was created on the road, and the vehicle that had stepped on the brakes crashed down the cliff along the icy road.
Clink-!
“What kind of guy are you!”
Then, a man from the crashed vehicle broke the glass and jumped up to where I was. The man jumped right at me.
Pajijik-!
Lightning erupted from the man’s outstretched hand.
“Is it Pikachu…”
I built an ice barrier to block the man’s lightning. A man with a nervous expression glared at me as his conversion attack was blocked so easily. Other talented people stood behind him.
“Who are you?”
At the man’s question, I made a great sword out of ice. I shouted as I slammed the ice greatsword into the ground.
“I am Frostmourne… Heir to the throne.”
No matter how much I think about it, Frostmourne is more nimble than Ice Prince.
