I'm The Lowest-Ranking Daughter Of A Martial Arts Villain (2 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 16
“Ah. That’s the thing. Um. Bi Cha isn’t doing well.”
Na Rin recalled the image of Bi Cha that she had briefly glimpsed near the Seven Stars Family residence.
It definitely wasn’t the face of someone living well.
“I saw him too. He looked like a jiangshi.”
“Right? But no matter how much I ask what happened, he won’t say a word. I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I came to get a doctor… but it seems he’s busy.”
“If it’s that issue, I think I can solve it.”
Gong Son Woo subtly interjected.
At that, Ma Jung cautiously sent Na Rin a look that asked, “Who is this person…?”
It would be better not to listen.
“I am the person known as Guardian of the Law Gong Son Woo.”
And that was the kind of man Gong Son Woo was, saying it outright anyway.
“G-Guardian, ho ho ho, G-Guardian of the Law…?!”
Na Rin patted Ma Jung’s back to calm him down as he looked like he might fall over backward any moment, and said,
“Calm down. This person… might be a kidnapper, but he probably… won’t harm you. Probably.”
“That’s hurtful. When have I ever harmed you?”
“Today.”
Na Rin said emphatically, looking straight at Gong Son Woo with a serious expression.
“It was today.”
“Ahem.”
Gong Son Woo awkwardly cleared his throat and averted his gaze.
“Anyway, I’ll help with the doctor matter. Since you helped me today, let me repay you a little.”
“You’re really only repaying a little.”
“Even dust gathers to form a mountain, doesn’t it?”
That’s probably not how you use that saying.
Gong Son Woo hummed cheerfully and went into the clinic alone.
As soon as Gong Son Woo left, Ma Jung grabbed Na Rin’s shoulders and bombarded her with questions.
“Na Rin. How did all this happen? Guardian of the Law?! Weren’t you just going to a private school? How did you get connected to the Guardian of the Law? And owing a favor? Him? To you?”
Faced with Ma Jung’s very reasonable questions, Na Rin made a slightly troubled expression before smiling faintly.
“It’s better if you don’t know.”
“…”
“Really.”
Ma Jung nodded, thinking that might actually be the case.
“It’s settled!”
The doctor, looking pale, followed Gong Son Woo out after he had somehow secured a house call agreement in no time.
“I have business to attend to, so I’ll be going, but if the doctor does a sloppy job, come tell me.”
“I know.”
Gong Son Woo said it loud enough for the doctor to hear, then strode away casually.
Na Rin didn’t exactly feel sorry for the unfortunate doctor who had been singled out, but thinking it was fair payback for turning Ma Jung away made it satisfying.
[This is the timeline separator]Crash!
“Get back, you devils!”
“Bi Cha! Why are you acting like this, really! Snap out of it!”
“Don’t provoke him. He’s delirious.”
“Don’t come clooose!”
The room was a complete mess. Disheveled hair. Bloodshot eyes.
Trembling hands holding a shard of porcelain.
If you drew a picture of someone who had lost their mind, it would look exactly like Bi Cha right now.
‘Hmm. This doesn’t seem like an ordinary matter.’
Na Rin asked the doctor.
“Is it dangerous to seal his acupoints?”
“In the current situation, not sealing them is more dangerous. Hey, would it be okay to ask you to seal the points?”
Ma Jung nodded and sealed Bi Cha’s acupoints.
As Bi Cha collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut and fell asleep, the doctor checked his pulse in various places on his body.
“His qi and blood are weak and unstable. When did this start?”
“It’s only been a few days. Probably two or three days.”
“Did he eat anything strange, by chance?”
“Well…”
Ma Jung thought for a moment, then spoke again as if something came to mind.
“Now that I think about it, I heard he ate something he doesn’t usually eat.”
“What was that?”
“He bragged about sharing Western Region sweets he bought from a caravan with his lover.”
A phrase Na Rin absolutely couldn’t ignore reached her ears.
“Lover?”
Na Rin’s atmosphere changed completely.
It felt like a chilly wind from the North Sea had settled on her shoulders.
“…Bi Cha oppa has a lover?”
“Y-Yeah. They’ve known each other for a long time and are about to get married…”
“What?!”
Na Rin’s eyes rolled wildly.
While someone is desperately risking their whole life to prevent an impending war!
Someone else is living comfortably, laughing and eating sweets with their lover! Drinking tea!
Darling, where should we set up our newlywed home? How many kids would be good?
They’re saying he’s been doing that?!
“Who gets to marry whoever they want! They’re gonna die!”
“Calm down, calm down! He’s a patient!”
“Gyaah! Break up!”
Ma Jung couldn’t understand at all why Na Rin was raging like this.
Could she actually be Bi Cha’s hidden daughter?
Otherwise, why would she be this angry?
“A-Anyway, we need to check those sweets. Even if they’re not poisoned, if they came from a caravan, they might have spoiled on the long journey.”
“Then we should go to the caravan and ask around about what kind of sweets Bi Cha bought…”
“No!”
Na Rin’s eyes flashed.
“We need to go meet that person called his lover.”
“…”
“Right now!”
Ma Jung felt unnecessarily sorry for Bi Cha.
“You have business with me?”
A woman with no makeup and her hair neatly tied back blinked in confusion.
She didn’t dress extravagantly, but her clean attire gave off a fresh feeling—she was a beauty.
‘She’s pure-looking. Pretty.’
No matter how you looked at it, she was too good for Bi Cha.
“Are you Bi Cha oppa’s lover?”
When Na Rin asked, the woman blushed slightly and lowered her voice.
“That’s true. But who are you?”
“I’m Bi Cha oppa’s hidden dau—”
“He’s a new follower that Bi Cha brought. Miss Jeong Hee.”
“Oh. I see.”
“Tch.”
Na Rin glared at Ma Jung as if asking why he was interrupting, but Ma Jung pretended not to notice.
No matter what, there was no reason to break up a couple that was getting along well.
“The thing is, Bi Cha hasn’t been feeling well lately. I wondered if you knew anything about it.”
Jeong Hee’s expression changed.
“W-Where? How bad?”
“Miss Jeong Hee, please calm down. The doctor is here too, and his life isn’t in danger. Right?”
The doctor nodded, and only then did Jeong Hee sigh in relief, patting her chest.
“It seems she didn’t know the patient’s condition had worsened. When was the last time you saw him?”
“Three days ago. He came to my house saying he had a gift from the caravan.”
“Is it okay if we go there?”
Jeong Hee seemed a bit flustered but soon nodded.
She thought figuring out why Bi Cha got sick was more important than showing her private space.
“Come this way. I’ll bring the sweets Bi gave me.”
“Bi~ darling?”
Na Rin widened her eyes in shock at the affectionate term between lovers that she had never uttered in her life.
Bi Cha, of all people! Bi Cha, of all people! Getting called darling!
“…? Is there a problem?”
“No. No problem.”
Ma Jung held Na Rin back and gestured for Jeong Hee to hurry.
“Why are you really acting like this? Do you have feelings for Bi Cha or something?”
“What? Is oppa crazy?”
“That’s why I’m asking. Because you seem crazy!”
Na Rin snorted, “Hmph!”
‘No one would understand this feeling. I’ve lived 11 lives worrying only about survival, never even dating, so what’s wrong with being a little jealous of someone else’s peaceful romance.’
Na Rin knew Bi Cha wasn’t at fault.
But what could she do about feeling irritated?
I want to call someone darling just once too.
Sadly, Na Rin wasn’t very popular.
Not in her previous lives, and even in the Martial Alliance search team where she gathered young men and women under the name Hugijisu, she never once shared a sweet conversation.
‘Why wasn’t I popular? I’m pretty enough, aren’t I? And I’m good at sword fighting too.’
That was because whenever Na Rin went out, she always came back covered in blood.
She herself didn’t even know why that was a problem.
“I brought the sweets.”
Huh?
Na Rin’s eyes widened at the sweets Jeong Hee brought.
These sweets were definitely…
“Lokum!”
“Do you know them?”
Na Rin nodded.
The Western Region sweets that Goddess Ilwol had let Na Rin taste.
Chewy like rice cake, sticky like taffy, melting gently like threads, and dizzyingly sweet lokum.
‘Goddess Ilwol said they were extremely expensive.’
Bi Cha had given that lokum to Jeong Hee as a gift.
So sweet. Really.
“Lokum is different from other sweets. They say they hardly spoil even after months.”
At Na Rin’s words, the doctor tore off a small piece of lokum, tasted it, and nodded.
“It certainly has a lot of sugar, so the preservation seems high. The chance of spoilage is low.”
“Miss Jeong Hee, did Bi Cha perhaps bring any other food?”
“Other food?”
When Jeong Hee shook her head, Ma Jung’s face visibly darkened.
Feeling she had to say something, Jeong Hee quickly stood up.
“I’m not sure if this will help, but…”
What Jeong Hee brought was a teapot made in the Central Plains style.
The blue-and-white porcelain with intricate blue flowers and butterflies painted on a white base looked clearly valuable.
“He said he bought this teapot from the caravan too. The tea leaves are from the church, so they probably don’t mean much.”
“It’s a Central Plains item?”
“Caravans don’t always move in just one direction.”
True, if there are people going from the West to the Central Plains, there are also people going the other way.
Even so, leaving light, sellable silk or tea leaves to transport heavy, fragile porcelain—quite an unusual merchant.
“It was probably the Geumwol Caravan.”
Jeong Hee said.
“Bi darling has been trading with the Geumwol Caravan for a long time because of me, since I’m from the Central Plains. This teapot was specially ordered for me…”
Click.
Na Rin opened the lid of the teapot.
A fragrant floral scent rose from the dried tea leaves that hadn’t been washed. Na Rin dipped her fingertip in the leaves and put them in her mouth.
“Ugh, bitter!”
“Of course it’s bitter if you eat tea leaves raw.”
“Unni, isn’t this jasmine tea?”
“Yes. It’s the tea Bi darling likes. He says the fragrance reminds him of me.”
Jeong Hee blushed a little shyly.
“Did unni drink it together?”
“No. I only ate the sweets.”
“Why not?”
At Ma Jung’s question, Jeong Hee couldn’t hide her flustered expression and looked away.
“That’s…”
“If you didn’t eat it, that’s fine.”
Na Rin said as she closed the teapot lid.
“I’ll borrow this for a bit.”
“…? Sure.”
“Na Rin. What are you planning?”
At Ma Jung’s question, Na Rin replied with a look that said, why ask the obvious.
“To catch the guy who poisoned Bi Cha oppa.”
Ma Jung was startled.
“You’re saying someone poisoned Bi Cha? And you know who it is?”
“I don’t know who.”
“Then how are you going to catch them…?”
“I can catch them even if I don’t know.”
How can you catch someone if you don’t know who it is?
While Ma Jung was confused, Jeong Hee washed the teapot, wrapped it in cloth, packaged it, and handed it to Na Rin.
Na Rin carefully hugged the teapot so it wouldn’t break and said,
“Unni, rest for now. Bi Cha oppa is a bit strange right now, so don’t go there.”
“…Okay.”
“It’ll be fine.”
At Na Rin’s words, Jeong Hee smiled awkwardly as if her thoughts had been read and nodded.
“Let’s go. Time to head out.”
Na Rin stepped out of Bi Cha’s house with light steps.
But Ma Jung and the doctor just stood there, staring blankly at Na Rin.
“What are you doing? Hurry up!”
“Where are we going?”
Na Rin’s eyes blinked, blinked.
“…Did I not say?”
“You didn’t.”
“You didn’t say.”
Oh, did I not mention it?
Na Rin cleared her throat awkwardly, “Ahem,” and then said.
“To the Geumwol Caravan!”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
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Golden Moon Caravan.
What a nice name What a nice name What a nice name
A small whirlwind began to swirl beneath Na Rin’s feet, and her hair stood on en
I wander if circulating the energy unprepared might harm her body. We didn’t read about her preparing meridians or opening her own acupoints, etc. Or was she already born with the fully cultivated body? 🤷🏻♀️
Small, round, and soft—her forehead.
Oh my God, what is this? I hope he finds out she’s his daughter soon. I’m so excited! 💗💗
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I was visualising all special effects during their fight. It might have been spectacular! Pink plum flowers from the 4y.o and demonic purple from the Heavenly Demon. 🔥
Their interaction with each other and his attachment to her is so sweet. I hope he knows she’s his daughter. 🦋💗
How vile is this bloodthirsty demon, plotting to kill a child and preying on the weak.