There was one fact that people in the family kept hushed. That my father died trying to save Nam Gung Hyun Jong.

“My father also went missing trying to protect my uncle. Are you telling me to sacrifice myself as well?”

“You, you……”

Mo Yong Hee’s face turned vicious. She realized that pleading would not work.

“Can’t you do even that much? As Hwa Su’s cousin sister! You don’t even have any family who would mourn if you died anyway.”

“……”

“Your mother died shortly after giving birth to you. And your father must be dead too, right?”

“……”

“You still say you can’t do it? You have nothing to lose anyway!”

It was an incredibly shameless thing to say.

Mo Yong Hee, who knew the reason for my father’s death, had no right to say such things.

I nodded without hesitation.

“No, I can’t do it. My father may have saved his elder brother because he was a kind and good person. But I’m a bad person.”

“……”

“If my mother were alive, she would have wanted me to live, not Nam Gung Hwa Su. But I know.”

“What do you know?”

“My parents wouldn’t have acted like you.”

I heard that my mother loved me.

Everything Nam Gung Hyun Jong had said turned out to be untrue.

When she was pregnant with me, she made a request to my father.

‘To protect me. To let me grow up happily.’

That’s why my father told me that. That he would protect me.

“I’ll say it one more time. I won’t sacrifice myself for Nam Gung Hwa Su.”

I heard my father was a good person. That’s why he gave his life for his elder brother.

Breaking his promise to come back to see me again.

Though I liked my father, I had no intention of sacrificing myself for others.

I roughly wiped away the tears flowing from my eyes. I felt bad even crying because of that person.

“Nam Gung Hwa Su? Let him die. Why is he my cousin brother? Grandfather already took away the Nam Gung surname.”

“You dare speak of Hwa Su that way!”

My eyes looking at Mo Yong Hee were cold as ice. Mo Yong Hee continued.

“Aren’t you curious about why your father died, and how he went missing?”

At Mo Yong Hee’s words, my body stiffened.

Because I was reminded of the dream I had.

“If you help just this once, I’ll tell you what happened to your father!”

“……”

“Only I and my husband would know your father’s final moments.”

I slowly tilted my head.

I already had no intention of forgiving Mo Yong Hee, but now even less so.

“You don’t know anything. Those people wouldn’t tell someone like you such important information.”

At my answer, Mo Yong Hee slowly opened her mouth, dumbfounded.

“If you learned the martial arts of the Blood Sect, you must pay the price.”

As I finished speaking, Mo Yong Hee’s face turned pale.

“You, how do you……”

Those who learn the martial arts of the Blood Sect become violent in nature and gradually lose their minds.

I don’t know when Nam Gung Hwa Su started learning the Blood Sect’s martial arts.

If Mo Yong Hee came to kill me after listening to those guys, the situation must be very serious.

Perhaps he had already lost his mind and was consumed by murderous intent.

‘He might have become a monster.’

The Nam Gung Hwa Su I knew wasn’t a child with such a firm resolve. If he learned the Blood Sect’s martial arts, he would have lost his mind not long after.

He’s probably experiencing all the side effects of the Blood Sect’s martial arts.

“If you’re worried that Hwa Su might hurt others, you don’t need to.”

Mo Yong Hee’s hands trembled.

“I’ll send him off with my own hands. So don’t worry, aunt.”

I said that while patting her shoulder.

“You’ll be able to see Hwa Su again soon.”

“……”

“So you can dote on Hwa Su all you want then.”

In hell, that is.

[This is the timeline separator]

Mo Yong Hee ended up imprisoned in the Nam Gung family jail. Not long after, grandfather returned.

Grandfather had visited the Dang family after hearing news of the death of Dang Hae Yeol, the young lord of the Dang family. When I heard that, I felt conflicted.

‘Did events speed up even more?’

The Sichuan Tragedy was supposed to happen years later. And Dang Hae Yeol loses his life in the Sichuan Tragedy.

He wasn’t supposed to die now.

‘Of course, I’m not sure exactly when the Sichuan Tragedy happens.’

Ji Cheon Wu’s properly strengthened appearance only shows up after the Sichuan Tragedy occurs.

The original work didn’t describe in detail where and how the Sichuan Tragedy unfolded.

I knew it was caused by the Blood Sect, but I couldn’t know exactly when and where it would happen.

The Heavenly Demon Sovereign only briefly described the Sichuan Tragedy.

[It was hell there. Countless martial artists of the Murim Alliance died.]

In short, the Sichuan Tragedy was also an event I couldn’t prevent.

I couldn’t monitor all the lands of Sichuan, after all.

‘I don’t even know exactly when it happens.’

Dang Hae Yeol wasn’t a bad person at all. I felt an inexplicable sense of guilt for not being able to save him.

[That was something you couldn’t prevent.]

‘I know, but… I’m worried about Dang Hwa Ryeong.’

I knew how much of a shock he would receive from this incident.

‘It seems like he’ll live his whole life consumed by thoughts of revenge…’

[You can’t handle everything. That too is something that child must endure.]

Even with uncle dagger’s words, I couldn’t hide my uneasy feelings.

I knew better than anyone the absence of a father.

Moreover, Dang Hae Yeol died even faster than in the original work.

Probably due to the future I changed.

That wasn’t all.

An even more terrible hardship awaited Dang Hwa Ryeong’s future.

‘Originally it was supposed to happen 6 years later, but…’

Dang Hwa Ryeong’s mother is not his birth mother. He had a younger sibling with a different mother.

‘And from then on, Dang Hwa Ryeong starts facing death threats.’

6 years later, Dang Hwa Ryeong is already strong enough to endure their threats.

‘But the current Dang Hwa Ryeong is still young…’

I knew how terrible it was to have to just endure without being able to do anything.

After all, I too experienced such pain at 8 years old.

[That too is not something you can do. It’s a matter of the Dang family.]

I nodded while biting my lower lip firmly.

[This is the timeline separator]

Grandfather was greatly angered by the fact that Mo Yong Hee had attacked me.

“How dare she do this to you while I was away…”

Before grandfather could finish speaking, I hugged him tightly with my eyes closed.

Then grandfather silently patted me. Aunt was also angry just the same.

But before getting angry, aunt asked me first.

“Are you hurt anywhere? How frightened you must have been. How difficult it must have been…”

Mo Yong Hee’s words that I had no family were wrong.

I don’t know what happened to Mo Yong Hee.

Grandfather didn’t tell me about Mo Yong Hee’s punishment like he did when dealing with Un Ryeong.

But I could guess what happened to Mo Yong Hee since the atmosphere in the family was ominous for a while.

The servants bowed their heads with fearful faces whenever they saw me.

[It seems that fellow has finally started to move properly.]

With this incident, it seemed grandfather had made up his mind.

“I should have done this earlier. I should have made Nam Gung safe for you…”

But before grandfather could do anything, Nam Gung Hyun Jong and Nam Gung Hwa Su also disappeared from the Mo Yong family, I heard.

So it became ambiguous to blame our family, I heard.

I could vaguely tell that the Blood Sect had taken them.

But I didn’t have any particular complaints about not being able to deal with them properly.

‘A life worse than hell awaits them.’

The Blood Sect never takes people carelessly, after all.

From uncle dagger’s memories, I knew how hellish life there was.

‘Still, I should keep the promise I made to Mo Yong Hee.’

I intended to keep my promise to let her meet Nam Gung Hwa Su in hell.

Once the situations were wrapped up, I felt a bit tired.

I missed Ji Cheon Wu.

I realized I had been relying on him without even knowing it.

That’s probably why I didn’t send Ji Cheon Wu to the Heavenly Demon even though I knew I should.

‘I wonder if that guy is doing well in the demonic sect.’

Time passed quickly.

I didn’t tell Ji Cheon Wu about what Mo Yong Hee had done.

I thought there was no need to tell the guy who was learning martial arts in the demonic sect.

Meanwhile, a letter arrived from Ji Cheon Wu.

[The guys here are really unlucky.]

‘Why does he say they’re unlucky?’

[They all go on about how great they are. And Ak Wi Cheon, that guy is so annoying. He keeps asking me about you. I don’t like how he acts like he’s close to you.]

‘You idiot, you used to really like that person. You followed him around like a puppy. Though you didn’t get along well.’

[The guys here just like to fight all the time.]

It seemed Ji Cheon Wu sent me letters whenever he was bored.

Judging by how diligently he reported what had happened.

[They said I could have martial arts matches with the cocky guys. After a few matches, everyone got quiet.]