Nam Gung Lin opened her mouth towards Peng Su Hyun.

“I have something to say now.”

At her words, Peng Su Hyun nodded.

“Alright, speak.”

“Why did you challenge me to a duel?”

Peng Su Hyun’s gaze turned to Peng Jong Hun. Peng Jong Hun lowered his head deeply.

“I heard my younger brother’s words. He said you disrespected the Peng family.”

“Whether you believe it or not, I have never once disrespected the Peng family.”

“…”

“Of course, it’s natural that you’d believe your younger brother’s words more.”

Peng Su Hyun silently listened to Nam Gung Lin’s words.

“But since you’ve dueled with me, you should know. The fact that I didn’t disrespect you.”

That was true.

Peng Su Hyun looked at the sword he was holding.

Nam Gung Lin never once disrespected him during their duel. He could feel her sincerity through her sword.

‘That’s why it was enjoyable to exchange moves with her.’

He loved martial arts.

When exchanging moves with an opponent, one could understand them to some extent.

The Nam Gung Lin he saw was definitely different from what Peng Jong Hun had described.

“I answered with my sword. That I didn’t disrespect the Peng family.”

Peng Su Hyun’s eyes lowered.

He nodded and said.

“It seems I’ve made a mistake. To judge someone based on just one person’s words. As a martial artist, I’ve done something shameful.”

“Not at all.”

“I’ll treat you to a drink sometime.”

“I’ll welcome it anytime.”

Peng Su Hyun nodded to Nam Gung Lin, then moved his feet.

His sharp gaze turned to Peng Jong Hun.

“Jong Hun, come here for a moment.”

Peng Jong Hun, who had been backing away, was grabbed by the scruff of his neck and dragged away by Peng Su Hyun.

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Peng Su Hyun heaved a big sigh.

“What were you thinking?”

He had challenged Nam Gung Lin to a duel without checking, blindly believing only Peng Jong Hun’s words.

‘If she had lost…?’

Even normally, Peng Su Hyun was scolded by his father for being short-sighted.

Peng Su Hyun originally didn’t care that much. But after attending the Heavenly Academy, his younger brother had definitely changed.

He knew that he had started to rank people.

The fact that Dang Feng had a bad influence on his younger brother was also true.

But he didn’t know it was to this extent.

‘I never thought he would try to use me…’

After hearing Nam Gung Lin’s words, Peng Su Hyun questioned the family’s warriors.

And he found out that Peng Jong Hun had indeed lied.

“Go back to the family!”

“Elder brother!”

“I’m so ashamed I can’t live. You dare try to use me?”

“…”

“Not only that, you don’t even understand the true meaning of the Harmony Meeting. I heard you picked a fight with young lady Nam Gung first. Moreover, who taught you to rank people?”

“B-but it’s true that Nam Gung Lin disrespected our family!”

“You should speak correctly. It wasn’t the family that Nam Gung Lin disrespected, it was you. You pitiful thing.”

It was a cold statement, but it was the truth.

Peng Jong Hun’s face reddened with shame. If it were the usual Peng Su Hyun, he wouldn’t have said such harsh words to his younger brother.

But Peng Su Hyun could no longer overlook Peng Jong Hun.

“Not participating in the Heavenly Competition is understandable. Lacking in skill is shameful but not wrong.”

“…”

“But for a martial artist to lie is wrong. And to try to hide behind others because you couldn’t win! The more I think about it, the more vexing it is.”

The more he spoke, the redder Peng Su Hyun’s face became. But he too had made a mistake.

‘I was short-sighted. It’s deeply embarrassing.’

Nam Gung Lin had been broad-minded enough to let it go this far, but Peng Su Hyun had also done much wrong.

‘I’ll have to apologize more later.’

Peng Su Hyun said with a dark face.

“I’ve done wrong too, so I’ll stop here. Go receive the rest of your punishment from father.”

Peng Jong Hun tightly closed his eyes.

His clenched fists trembled. He was afraid of the punishment he would receive from his father at the Peng family.

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After Peng Jong Hun left, the Harmony Meeting proceeded smoothly.

Dang Hwa Ryeong muttered as if surprised.

“I didn’t expect Peng Jong Hun to leave just like that.”

“Really?”

“Yes, he’s a stubborn one.”

But my conversation with Dang Hwa Ryeong couldn’t continue for long. Because Ji Cheon Wu appeared beside me.

Ji Cheon Wu stood next to me very naturally. I saw the person sitting next to me from another family hurriedly stand up.

Uncle Dagger clicked his tongue at the sight.

[Tsk, his personality seems to have gotten worse.]

That couldn’t be…

‘Has he finally become the Ji Cheon Wu from the original work?’

I looked at him with a slightly nervous face.

Ji Cheon Wu’s appearance had changed so much, he was too different from his past self. Maybe that’s why I felt unfamiliarity before happiness.

It must be because it’s been so long since I’ve seen him.

‘I thought I’d just be happy to see him…’

Ji Cheon Wu felt like a completely different person.

‘He’s taller, his face is more manly, and what’s with that scar? Where did he get it…?’

I narrowed my eyes.

There was a long scar on Ji Cheon Wu’s chest that looked like it had been cut by a sword.

“When did you two get so close?”

I burst into a forced laugh.

“You haven’t forgotten your promise to me, have you?”

Ji Cheon Wu hung his head as if dejected. I glanced behind me.

There were people from the Demon Sect who had followed Ji Cheon Wu.

They were looking at Ji Cheon Wu as if shocked.

“The Second Young Master…”

“Making such an expression?”

“And his way of speaking!”

They seemed almost terrified.

‘Ji Cheon Wu, what kind of life have you been living…’

I tilted my head at Ji Cheon Wu’s words. In fact, I hadn’t forgotten the childish promise I made with him.

‘But it was literally a childhood promise…’

And it was extremely childish too.

I said to Ji Cheon Wu.

“I met Dang Hwa Ryeong before making that promise, you know?”

Then I saw Ji Cheon Wu and Dang Hwa Ryeong exchange glances.

Ji Cheon Wu’s face darkened.

He seemed to even have a subtle aura in his eyes as he looked at Dang Hwa Ryeong.

‘It must be my imagination, right?’

[No, it’s not your imagination. That guy has developed an even nastier personality.]

It seemed he had regained the personality of Ji Cheon Wu from the Demon Lord’s Legacy while at the Demon Sect where I sent him to get stronger.

‘All my worries were unnecessary…’

I didn’t need to worry about Ji Cheon Wu becoming weak-minded at the Nam Gung family.

Dang Hwa Ryeong repeated the same words he said when he first met Ji Cheon Wu.

“You, I don’t like you.”

But it was different from before.

If Dang Hwa Ryeong was a somewhat socially awkward and dull boy back then, now he had become a bit more sly.

‘This is even more annoying…!’

Ji Cheon Wu didn’t seem to care about Dang Hwa Ryeong’s words.

He sat down next to me familiarly and replied.

“The feeling’s mutual. I don’t like you either.”

A tense atmosphere flowed.

People only glanced at where I, Ji Cheon Wu, and Dang Hwa Ryeong were, not daring to speak to us easily.

‘Should I leave?’

It seemed I wouldn’t be able to achieve my goal of learning about the other later-generation disciples.

That’s when it happened.

Je Gal Yu Hwa approached me with a bright face.

‘As expected of the main character…! It’s finally starting.’

I looked at Je Gal Yu Hwa with nervous eyes. Like a typical martial arts novel, Demon Lord’s Legacy had many women who liked Ji Cheon Wu.

‘Je Gal Yu Hwa has a one-sided love for Ji Cheon Wu.’

I could actually feel people’s gazes on Ji Cheon Wu right now.

In the original work, Je Gal Yu Hwa falls for Ji Cheon Wu at first sight.

‘It was even when she didn’t know Ji Cheon Wu’s identity.’

She fell for him when he got into a fight with Peng Jong Hun.

But now, Ji Cheon Wu seemed to shine even more than he did then.

You could say he had the dignity befitting the Demon Sect’s Second Young Master?

In other words, he was shining even more than when the original Je Gal Yu Hwa fell for him.

However, unlike the original work, the person Je Gal Yu Hwa approached wasn’t Ji Cheon Wu.

Je Gal Yu Hwa came to me.

Then, grabbing my hand, she exclaimed.

“You’re amazing…!”

“Pardon…?”

“Young lady Nam Gung, I’m really impressed. I’ve heard a lot about you from my elder brother.”

“Did young master Je Gal Yu Ryong talk about me?”

“Yes, he often did after visiting the Nam Gung family. He said a sleeping dragon who would illuminate Nam Gung was sleeping there.”

Saying that, Je Gal Yu Hwa blushed.

Uncle Dagger said amusedly at the sight.

[That young lady has completely fallen for you.]

“I want to become a martial artist like you, young lady Nam Gung. It’s the first time I’ve seen my elder brother praise someone so much.”

Je Gal Yu Hwa continued excitedly.

“You were really cool when you dueled with young master Peng Su Hyun earlier. I already liked you before meeting you, but I like you even more now…”

Je Gal Yu Hwa’s gaze on me was really burdensome.

But there was something I gained.

Perhaps encouraged by Je Gal Yu Hwa’s reaction, some people started to approach me.