Chapter 276 – The Battle for the Bride
#276.
“…”
It is strange to see one’s own reflection in the mirror.
Surin was now waiting in her bridal chamber, dressed in the traditional attire of the Nlang people.
The sky-heaven cloth barely covers only the important parts. It was embarrassing to see her belly button, armpits, and even her thighs exposed.
In particular, the colossal breasts that had been pressing her shoulders ever since her middle school days were suppressed by thin pieces of cloth, as if they were about to explode at any moment.
It is the same with jewels hanging in clusters here and there.
‘Soon…’
It’s not long.
Her wedding ceremony will begin in a little while, and she will eventually become someone’s wife herself. It was painful for her to have to spend even a short time with a man she didn’t want.
I want to see Chorin soon.
As she comforted herself and waited, after a while she removed her robe and her bridesmaids came in.
“Godmother. You must leave now.”
“… Song. But please stop calling me that. She is not yet the chief’s wife.”
“But… All right.”
She could have refused the chieftain’s order, but she was an attendant who had no intention of doing so, but she understood how Surin felt, so she accepted it calmly.
So, Su-rin started slowly following her bridesmaid toward her wedding hall.
The flower road that stretched far was usually enough to arouse admiration, but now it just gave me the feeling of walking on a thorny road.
It didn’t take long to get to the dining room. Maybe she just reflected her will that she didn’t want to pay for the marriage.
Soon, Surin had her chief in sight.
“Come. It’s beautiful too. You look like the woman who will be my wife.”
“… You can really meet Chorin, right?”
“Of course. If it’s your daughter, won’t it be my daughter now? She doesn’t intend to do any harm, even if she doesn’t live up to her promise to be a good father.”
“Keep your promise.”
There is no way to know if that statement is true. But I don’t think the chief would do such a stupid thing.
Even now, her relationship with Surin is precarious, but if she goes further here, she will have a hard time dealing with him.
At least she will let her meet Cho-rin at least once, and she will try to escape her then.
As she walked over and stood beside her chieftain, the elder who was to officiate spoke to her.
“Kuhm! Then, from now on, we will hold a wedding ceremony between the chieftain of the Eunrang tribe, Mr. Bakren, and the contractee of the Shinsoo, Mr. Lee Su-rin. My name is Astino, who will be hosting.”
Clap clap clap clap
The wedding ceremony finally began with deafening applause.
As if Surin was looking at it all from a distance, not from her side, she just contemplated while answering like her machine.
It all felt like a well-constructed puppet show to her.
‘Why did this happen?’
She suddenly felt that her fate was ironic. When she was in high school, she got pregnant without knowing why and gave birth to Chorin.
And the moment the summoned beast awakens as a divine beast and tries to find Chorin in earnest, she is entangled with the Eunrang tribe and her freedom is taken away.
She just wanted to live peacefully with the rest of her family, but she even heard the sad feeling that she was so greedy.
While she was alone thinking about her own situation, her wedding ceremony was drawing towards its end.
“Does the groom swear to cherish and love his bride for the rest of her life?”
“Of course. I swear.”
The chief said something he didn’t even mean, very simply. Master Jurye turned his head and asked Surin a question without a hint of doubt.
“Then, does the bride swear to cherish and love the groom for the rest of his life?”
“…”
“I hope the priest will give you an answer.”
I can’t get my mouth off.
It’s been a long time since I graduated from the story of a prince who saves a princess in crisis.
From the moment she gave birth to her first child, she decided not to have such a hope, struggling in labor pains in the obstetrics and gynecology department alone.
That’s why, even though she knew that no one would come to help, Surin hoped.
‘Someone… Help me.’
But she has nothing to do with such wishes.
Surin struggled to open her mouth, facing the chieftain who was staring at her persistently.
“I swear…”
But before the words are finished,
Thud!
With the sound of rough footsteps, a group of people rushed into the ceremony hall.
A stout man in black all over the lead line stands out. He looked around the crowd once and proudly declared.
“This marriage is invalid!”
“How are you here… !”
The chieftain was startled and gnashed his teeth. As if he saw someone who shouldn’t be here, he exudes hostility while being agitated.
Even before the terrifying end of his life, the man remained calm. I ignored it as if I didn’t feel anything and looked at Surin and said.
“I’m here to save you.”
“Everything, you are…”
It was difficult to understand what was going on. It was strange that a man he had never seen in his life would try to save himself even by pretending to be with the Eunrang tribe.
He was a wonderful man. He had a strong presence that, once seen, was hard to forget. That’s why he’s even harder to believe.
It wasn’t just that she couldn’t remember, it was that it was really the first time she’d seen her.
Still, the hand of her salvation that came down from the end of her choice made her have her expectations.
However, apart from her sentiments, the chieftain, who had an important event interrupted, vented fierce anger.
“How dare you interfere with a sacred wedding ceremony! What qualifications do you have to stop marrying me!”
“You deserve it… That’s enough. Wouldn’t it have been possible if your daughter had allowed it? First of all, I heard she never turns down a challenge at The Bistro. Surely you don’t intend to run away by curling your tail?”
“You guys… I didn’t mean to simply take the contractor of the Shinsoo. Are you trying to take away my rights!”
“Well, it’s a little different, but similar.”
The man scratched his cheek awkwardly. It was a little embarrassing. Seeing such a man, he understood the words of the chieftain of Surin Island and bowed his head.
Taking away the rights meant marrying Surin now.
I don’t know who it is, but that man with a confident spirit has invaded this dangerous place to marry her.
Seeing that shyness, the chief became even more enraged. Because he is a face he has never shown himself.
I didn’t like it from the first time I saw it, but it started to annoy me more and more.
The chief roughly tore off the traditional attire, which was a concern for the sky, and threw it off.
“Okay. I mean challenge. It seems I’m very shallow. I will accept that challenge.”
“Thank you. Shinsoo’s contract is well received.”
The man who answered with a smirk muttered something, and immediately a piece of antique platinum spear came out from the space.
The man who received it and swung lightly took up his stance, and the chief immediately exploded his energy and leapt forward with his fist.
Kwaaaaang!
With a huge roar, the two energies repulsed and the shockwave generated split the ground.
All the guests scattered in an orderly manner and began observing the confrontation from a distance.
Surindo escaped under the escort of the elder Barcus and led the crowd.
In the meantime, the unidentified man and the chief began to speed up the fight by sharing hundreds of battles.
The ceremony hall was completely torn apart by the fragments of the strong air that spread along with the collision, leaving only the remains lying on the floor.
Looking at her suffocating workshop, confused and not knowing what to do, she was startled by her familiar voice suddenly heard from behind her.
“Mom…”
“… Chorin?”
I looked behind her and saw Chorin. She was unmistakably her own daughter, though her mood and other aspects seemed to have changed along with the color of her hair.
Chorin also looked at Surin’s changed appearance for a while as if she were unfamiliar, then she hugged her with a teary face.
“Mom!”
“Chorin! Is Chorin right? Our daughter.”
Not befitting her age, Su-rin shed her tears as she kindly embraced Cho-rin, who burst into tears like a child who was hugged her.
She was worried that she might be humiliated, because she melted away.
Deeply relieved by her, Surin slightly separated Chorin from her and examined her body carefully. Fortunately, she couldn’t find the slightest wound.
“How have you been? My daughter has grown a lot in her 4 years.”
“That mother is so young. I would believe that she is her sister now. Should she find her stepdad soon?”
“He is too. What is the stepdad…”
Surin, who smiled brightly and slightly bruised Cho-rin who was playing a joke, turned her head and looked at the mysterious man.
She was distracted earlier and didn’t notice, but apparently she was with Chorin when they first stormed in. That said, it is highly likely that the reason the man confronts the chief is not because of his marriage.
Surin asked quietly.
“Chorin, then that person…”
“Ah, Mr. Gaon? A colleague who has been with me ever since I came to Union… Yes I asked you to save her mother.”
Chorin wondered if she should tell the truth, but she glanced at the beasts around her and said it right away.
“Did you? I’m indebted Wouldn’t she rather help than that? The chief is a level of 10 stars. Gaon… The seeds are incredibly strong, but they are still dangerous.”
“… Are you okay. I believe in Gaon. Because I will never give up.”
Su-rin decided that she had to run away at all costs, but she was not Cho-rin. She had her unwavering faith in Gaon and she relied entirely on it.
She was unfamiliar with Chorin’s attitude towards her.
This is because until 4 years ago, she was a cholera who was always wary of men and kept her distance under her teachings.
She thought that maybe she was not just a colleague, but a more special relationship.
And at that moment, a strange regret arose.
‘Why are you doing this… ?’
I couldn’t figure out why, so I put my hand on her chest and felt her heartbeat slow. The heat that had warmed her body was gradually cooling down.
I tilt my head at the strange emptiness, but bang from behind! A weak earthquake occurred with a loud sound.
Looking at the epicenter, Gaon and the chief, who had been fighting madly at close range until now, were slightly apart.
Said the chieftain with a growl.
“I can understand that confidence now.”
“Did you not guess? About that much.”
“It did. So, from now on, I will go with all my might!”
Aww woo woo-!
The full moon hadn’t even risen, but the chief howled loudly. And at the same time, silvery hairs sprouted from his whole body, and he soon transformed into a beast.
Even in the eyes, the wild life begins to grow stronger.
His humanity is blurred, and in return, his physical abilities are explosively increased.
And when all the changes are over,
─Quaang!
The chieftain disappeared leaving behind a silvery afterimage, and in an instant struck Gaon with his fist.
