Chapter 146 – Be My Toy (1)
“Madam, the master…”
At Suk-soo’s question, Kyung-hyun-dong’s wife, Chae Soo-ran, trembled.
“He hasn’t had a drink. It seems like he’s very upset.”
“Oh… even if it’s just for Madam’s sake, please have a drink…”
Handing her a cup, Chae Soo-ran spoke carefully so as not to sound too concerned.
“When he feels better later, he’ll get hungry. It’ll be hard work, but prepare something in advance and ask him if he wants to eat every meal starting from tomorrow’s lunch.”
“Yes… What will Madam do?”
“…I have somewhere I need to go.”
Suk-soo tilted her head, but since it wasn’t a place to ask for details, she just nodded and accepted it.
Chae Soo-ran was not the type to go out easily, but there was somewhere she had to go tomorrow.
“Sang-gong… how could he do such a thing…”
The person who came with her husband as a subordinate of Il-jang-ro told her. Her husband lost in a fight and couldn’t accept the result, so he attempted an ambush.
And the leader ordered that the punishment be left to the winner of the fight, even if it meant taking his life.
“If the leader orders it, there’s nothing to say even if he takes his life.”
Moreover, the justification was on the other side. It was a situation where they could only hope for mercy from the other side.
They had to grab onto anything they could, but could her husband really do that?
Chae Soo-ran made up her mind to find a guest who was present before the leader’s meeting, even if it meant asking to spare her husband’s life.
If she prepared enough sincerity and went to see them, they wouldn’t refuse.
It was fortunate that she had a lot of money, even though she had nowhere else to turn.
Hwang Bo-hyo-sun tried to remember everything carefully while wandering around the Ma-gyo headquarters.
She didn’t know if she would actually encounter them, but the difference between knowing and not knowing about the enemy was significant.
However, she was a little surprised by the solemn voice of the warrior who was guiding her.
“The leader is waiting for you.”
“The lea, leader…?”
She thought she would only meet with elders or lower-level officials at best, but she felt her heart pounding.
The absolute ruler of the mines, one of the three of the Sam-jon. The master of the magic sword, known to be on par with her grandmother, Geom-seong.
Thinking that the greatest master in the world was waiting for her, she couldn’t help but feel fear and excitement as her heart pounded.
“Please come in.”
Over there, it seemed like there was a top-notch expert, but it would be difficult to maintain the numerical advantage if we couldn’t close the distance.
They probably thought they could catch me and then deal with Mong-ah, but they were wrong.
If I had tried to step on them with all my strength, who knows what would have happened, but at this level, it was worth fighting.
The gloomy swordsmanship blurred the surroundings like fog and eroded the space.
I infused my energy into the tangled sword like a net and slashed it down on both sides.
The net collapsed with a gap, and another one tried to fill it.
But I had already anticipated it, so I immediately redirected the flow of the attack to the defense and bounced it back several times with short intervals.
The wind that precisely pushed into the gap like a woven fabric broke through the reflective swordsmanship with a sound of tearing silk.
“This bastard!”
The masked man who had been silently swinging his sword finally opened his mouth. But there was no reason to be idle as the attack leader.
Two sword energies aimed at my head and passed by, grazing my forehead.
I had leaned forward with the recoil of shooting my tension backwards. It was possible because the ground was slippery with snow.
“Hmph!”
I grabbed the masked man by the collar and kicked him down with a roundhouse kick. Then, I stepped on him and stood up, facing the defense leader.
“Death penalty!”
Death penalty? Is he a judge?
Regardless of my thoughts, my body naturally performed a movement that was quite familiar to my body, and I struck down his collarbone with my palm.
“Ugh…!”
The sensation of breaking bones was transmitted to my hand, and the hand holding the defense leader’s sword slackened.
You’re my meal now.
But I was too relieved and reckless. As soon as I felt the attack leader getting up behind me, I rolled my body forward.
As soon as I felt the presence of the sword cutting through the air behind me, I snatched the defense leader’s sword and threw it.
Clang!
My sword, which I had not even learned proper swordsmanship for, was easily knocked down, but soon the groaning sound of the attack leader made me feel good.
“You, you bastard! Are you still in the Cheonmu sect?”
So what? You attacked me first and I can’t even use my meat shield?
I grabbed the defense leader’s collar and waistband and charged towards the attack leader.
“Dea-death penalty!”
The voice, which was full of the meaning of “please spare me,” was very effective.
The attack leader, who had been evading my approach with several defensive techniques, couldn’t escape from me, who was wielding the defense leader as a weapon.
And I threw the defense leader and ran after him.
“You sneaky bastard…! Ugh!”
Passing through the door guarded by Musa, a man looked down at Hwang Bo-hyo-sun with a relaxed attitude in a grand hall that could be compared to the Emperor’s palace.
“This man… the Magyo leader…!”
His clear-cut features and gentle smile didn’t seem like those of a Magyo leader, but judging by appearances was forbidden.
He had already overturned a stronghold once, and this time he was suspected of using Pangga as well.
“Welcome, you’ve come a long way.”
“It was necessary. Besides, it wasn’t that difficult.”
“Is that so? Even the locals here hate traveling through the desert, so you must be a tough one.”
The formal greeting was enough. Hwang Bo-hyo-sun immediately brought up the main topic.
“Do you know about the recent incident in Pangga, Magyo leader?”
“Ah, I’ve heard. I heard that someone claiming to be the Pangga’s sub-leader said it there, but say it again. Some of our lower-level groups acted on their own.”
She had definitely heard that the sub-leader of the Magyo said that at the time.
“But there are reports that someone claiming to be the sub-leader of the Gwigyo attacked Pangga. How do you explain that?”
“The sub-leader was just there by chance. Naturally, he didn’t know the situation, and it was just a matter of knowing that the prison guards were under attack. What else could he have done?”
Chance?
Could it be easy for the Magyo disguised as officials to appear at the exact moment when they attacked the giant stronghold?
“Leader, then are you saying that there was no fault on the part of the Gwigyo in that incident?”
“I didn’t say that. However, depending on whether it was a result of our subordinates’ negligence or an event that was actively planned, the severity of the problem would be greatly different, wouldn’t it?”
That was what she said. But the Magyo leader’s reasonable admission only fueled Hwang Bo-hyo-sun’s anxiety.
“Their punishment has already been carried out. They were all beheaded for the crime of drawing their swords without my permission and for attempting to provoke a conflict with the factions of the Murim.”
It was like a clean-up operation, as if they had promised to answer like this if someone from the Murim came.
It would be foolish to believe that they were killed just because they said so, without even seeing the execution themselves, let alone knowing who they were.
“Do you have any way to prove that?”
“It’s been over ten months since then. Even the bodies have already melted away into nature. What kind of proof are you talking about?”
Then the leader lightly nodded her head.
Although she was pretending to represent her husband’s position, I couldn’t focus on her words because I was too distracted by the smooth touch of her palm against mine.
My sexual desire, which Yeong-ho-kyeong had awakened, was burning like dry firewood, ready to ignite at the slightest spark.
“Mrs. Gyeong, can’t you expect a generous decision? You have the power to repay the kindness of Sohyeop. I came alone this time, but…”
I looked at Chaesooran, who was holding my hand tightly and pleading with desperate eyes, and I had a sudden realization.
That’s right. I have the power to determine the life and death of Gyeonghyeondong.
And the woman in front of me wants to save Gyeonghyeondong.
And finally, my sexual desire had reached its limit a long time ago.
“Madam, I have a proposal.”
I lowered my voice and held the hand that was reaching for mine. Chaesooran looked at me with a puzzled expression and a hint of anxiety.
Thank goodness. At least I realized that I had all the ingredients for a blackmail sex on the first meeting.
“W-what…!”
Chaesooran was shocked to hear what I said.
“Are you in your right mind? How can a person…”
“Don’t tell anyone. Then your husband can live.”
Although he looked like a decent-looking middle-aged man, the words he spoke were nonsense. He belonged to the kind of people who were worn out and faded.
“Just ten times. Ten nights. You would be paying the price of a life, and no courtesan would receive such an expensive payment, would they?”
“I’m not a courtesan…!”
Chaesooran was stunned by the proposal that if she spent ten nights with a man, her husband would be saved.
It was not something a young man who looked younger than her daughter should say.
“You don’t have to accept it. Whatever the result may be, it will be your responsibility, Madam…”
My hands were trembling at the blatant blackmail. I wanted to let go of the dirty hand of the person I had held without hesitation.
“Why are you doing this? It would be better to buy a courtesan…!”
Even if she only sold the goods she had given, she could have embraced the most expensive courtesan in the high-end brothel several times.
However, the fact that she refused to do so, even though she was already married, could only be interpreted as an intention to show off.
“Of course…”
As soon as the man stood up, he grabbed Chaesooran’s arm.
“W-what is this…? Yangmul?”
Chaesooran screamed as she felt the grotesquely swollen yangmul in his hand.
“This is the answer. You’re a woman who can make a man’s penis erect just by holding hands.”
“W-what are you talking about…!”
In a hurry, the man didn’t hesitate to speak vulgar words while Chaesooran was trying to pull her arm away from him.
My sexual desire, which Yeong-ho-kyeong had awakened, was burning like dry firewood, ready to ignite at the slightest spark.
“Mrs. Gyeong, let me say it again. Be my toy. If you let me play with you ten times, I’ll save your husband.”
I made a mistake. If I had known he was such a lunatic, I would never have come.
He seemed to be quite skilled at mocking women, not just someone who had tried it once or twice.
“Will you accept it?”
I was foolish to think that showing sincere apologies and good intentions would be enough. The man’s eyes, which had realized that he could not refuse, were filled with lust.
Should I sacrifice my dignity to save my husband?
Chaesooran realized that she had only one answer left to choose.
