I'm The Lowest-Ranking Daughter Of A Martial Arts Villain (2 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 9
‘The Demon Sect seems like a really nice place to live.’
Na Rin, riding in the carriage, was hugging the pouch of Demon Coins that Dae Heung had handed her tightly to her chest, smiling brightly.
As a contract fee for agreeing to do odd jobs at the Ilwol Sect, 10 nyang in Demon Coins, plus the “warm helping hand”(?) from Ma Jung, Bi Cha, and Dae Heung, each contributing 1 nyang.
In total, 13 nyang of Demon Coins were now in Na Rin’s hands.
Wow. In the Demon Sect, you get paid just for breathing.
‘In the Martial Alliance, no matter how hard you worked your butt off, they’d just brush it off with words like “hero” or “thank you.”’
Heh. If I’d known it would be like this, I should’ve come straight to Xinjiang no matter how far it was!
Seeing the Demon Sect from the outside, it had looked like a den of devils, but realizing there was actually humanity here felt surprisingly refreshing.
“Hehehe.”
“So happy, huh.”
“Pffthehe.”
“Looks like you’re really happy.”
Dae Heung felt relieved that Na Rin seemed to understand the value of money, but he also thought he should give her some advice, so he spoke up.
“Na Rin.”
“Hm.”
“If you want to live as a commoner, you have to value money. Work hard to earn it and spend it frugally.”
Na Rin counted the Demon Coins in the pouch with her fingers, then looked at Dae Heung and asked.
“But if I’m gonna spend frugally, why earn so hard?”
“Huh?”
“I’m earning hard so I can spend a lot, right?”
“Uh, well…….”
Dae Heung’s response became awkward, so he cleared his throat with a hem and quickly changed the subject.
“More importantly, do you know where we’re going right now?”
“To Seventh Elder’s mansion.”
“Yeah. It’s the Seventh Elder’s estate. Among the Twelve Elders, he’s the one most passionate about education. He’s especially devoted to Mencius’s theory of innate goodness and has great enthusiasm for properly teaching young children like you. He’s famous for accepting students without any conditions, so if you study hard, entering the library wouldn’t be just a dream.”
Studying, huh.
Na Rin felt a vague anxiety, conscious of her rather low intelligence stat for becoming a scholar.
‘I really haven’t used my brain much.’
Na Rin slightly regretted her previous life, where she dumped all the thinking on the military strategist Zhuge Suo Mi and just yelled, “Ah, whatever! Just tell me who to kill and where!”
Her intelligence stat must have dropped by at least 100 just during her Blood Plum Blossom days.
Better than her completely vanished eloquence stat, though.
‘Come to think of it, where did Bi Cha and Ma Jung go?’
Thinking about eloquence naturally reminded her of Bi Cha, so Na Rin asked.
“Where are the other uncles?”
“Hm? Oh. Ma Jung is probably handling the kids’ registration at the Sword King Hall, and Bi Cha went to the Blood King Hall. Since we couldn’t send a kid this time, he has to go bow his head in advance, or else…….”
Dae Heung suddenly shut his mouth after saying that.
“What I just said is a secret.”
“Which part?”
“The part about the Blood King Hall.”
Na Rin was about to nod obediently when curiosity struck her.
The Sword King Hall was obviously a place for fighting, and the Dark King Hall probably trained assassins.
The Medicine King Hall and Herb King Hall were easy to guess from their names. But.
‘What does the Blood King Hall do?’
Just as Na Rin was about to ask for details, the carriage came to a sudden stop.
“We’re here. This is the Seventh Elder’s estate.”
Dae Heung hopped down from the carriage, helped Na Rin down, spoke to the estate gatekeeper, then returned to her.
“This is as far as I can help. Good luck.”
“Hm. Thank you.”
At Na Rin’s thanks, Dae Heung was so shocked he opened his mouth wide.
“Thank……you?”
To the children of the Central Plains, the Demon Sect guides were always objects of fear.
He had never once thought he was doing something worthy of gratitude.
From the Demon Sect’s perspective, the guides’ duty was a form of salvation, but he fully understood it was practically abduction.
It should have been that way.
Yet hearing words of gratitude for the first time made Dae Heung’s heart flutter noisily.
“Uncle?”
“Oh. It’s nothing. Well then, take care. I…… have to go…… Sniff.”
Dae Heung hurried away so Na Rin wouldn’t see the tears welling up.
‘What’s with him?’
The carriage wheel tracks stretched long on the unpaved road as it moved away.
Come to think of it, it was already dusk.
Was it because of the red sunset? Or because of Dae Heung’s tears?
Na Rin suddenly felt a fresh emotion.
‘Now it’s really starting.’
Na Rin smiled ambitiously.
11th round. Heading to the Demon Sect. Not a bad start.
Get ready, Seventh Elder. This body will show you what a genius is!
At that moment, the main gate of Chilseongwon opened, and the gatekeeper who had gone to deliver the message came back out.
“Are you Ju Na Rin?”
“Yes!”
“Sorry, but he’s not accepting you.”
“Yes?”
“He says he’s tired of young children now.”
Creak.
Thud!
“……Huh?”
I thought it was dawn, but it turned out to be dusk.
For some reason, that phrase suddenly came to mind.
“You said he accepts without conditions! How can this be!”
“Rude little kid. How dare you speak informally here?”
The gatekeeper pushed Na Rin’s forehead with one finger.
Or rather, he tried to push.
“Ugh!”
‘W-Why isn’t it pushing?’
The gatekeeper’s eyes met Na Rin’s black-bean-like eyes filled with hostility, and he startled, quickly pulling his hand back.
“S-Sorry!”
Na Rin tried to snort and cross her arms, but realizing her chubby short arms made it impossible, she shook them down and pouted her lips sharply.
‘This is troublesome.’
The carriage she had ridden with Dae Heung was long gone, the sun was setting, and Na Rin had nowhere to sleep right now.
What kind of mess is this?
When Na Rin glared at the gatekeeper, he bowed his head deeply as if it were his fault she couldn’t enter.
“Why suddenly not accepting students!”
The gatekeeper scratched the back of his head and answered.
“I don’t know the details since it’s a decision from above, but until half a month ago, we accepted children as per the usual policy— Ahem! We did accept them. It’s not that we’re stopping forever, so don’t be too discouraged…….”
“I’m not discouraged at all.”
“Y-Yes! Of course! That must be it! I said the wrong thing!”
Na Rin frowned at the gatekeeper who kept switching between formal and informal speech in panic.
‘But why is this gatekeeper so timid for his position?’
It was obvious he was instinctively cowering under the pressure Na Rin exuded.
‘I did yell at him in anger…….’
But still.
How scared must he be for a grown adult to correct his automatic formal speech to informal when facing a three- or four-year-old child?
‘Wait a second.’
Maybe this is normal, and the guides were the ones who resisted somewhat?
It was a pretty plausible guess.
After all, the Demon Sect spends huge travel expenses to send people to the Central Plains, yet only sending three meant they weren’t ordinary talents.
Na Rin felt considerable crisis.
‘I need to tone down my temper a bit.’
So far, traveling through empty forests or deserts, high intimidation hadn’t caused much loss.
But from now on, she’d have to live among people.
Constantly creating a fearful atmosphere would definitely be a problem, right?
Fortunately, Na Rin’s intimidation stat didn’t activate all the time.
Except when intentionally trying to scare someone or unconsciously annoyed like now, she was no different from a normal child.
In the end, maintaining calm was the key.
Well, she’d think about the details later.
“Uncle.”
“Y-Yes?”
For now, maybe use this scary impression.
“I need to talk to you.”
[This is the timeline separator]The Seventh Elder’s estate, Chilseongwon (Seven Stars Garden).
Inside it is the Great Star Academy (Dae Seong Seodang), an institution for teaching young children.
Built with the wish that the children would grow into great stars, it was the largest dormitory-style academy in the Demon Sect.
The change at the Great Star Academy, famous for opening its doors to any young believer eager to learn, had happened just half a month ago.
‘So this is the inn the gatekeeper mentioned.’
Na Rin looked up at the sign that read “Chilseong Guest Inn (Seven Stars Inn).”
Hmm. No matter how you look at it, it just seems like an ordinary inn.
‘This is where the cause of the new student rejection incident is?’
Anyway, to catch a tiger, you have to enter the tiger’s den.
Na Rin toddled into the inn, stood on tiptoes at the counter, and asked.
“How much for one night?”
The busy inn landlady saw Na Rin and smiled gently.
“Mommy? Little one, did you lose your mommy?”
“No, not mommy! I said how much!”
“Okay. Auntie will help find your mommy.”
“That’s not it…….”
This was a disaster.
Her already clumsy pronunciation mixed with the inn’s noise made it impossible to convey what she meant.
Plus, it was rare for a four-year-old to come alone for food and lodging.
The inn landlady lifted Na Rin up and waved her around for all the guests to see, shouting.
“Baby! Anyone who lost a baby!”
Ahh! What are you doing!
Na Rin covered her face with both hands in embarrassment and stomped her feet, but her dangling legs just swung cutely in the air.
The guests laughed as if seeing something fun and chimed in.
“Did her mom abandon her?”
“Looks exactly like it. Hey, what’s that. They say Chilseongwon isn’t accepting kids anymore. So she left her here.”
“Oh my! You shouldn’t say that in front of the child!”
Clang!
At that moment, Na Rin’s money pouch fell to the floor with a thud.
A shiny Demon Coin popped out from the open top.
“Oh goodness!”
The landlady practically dropped Na Rin down and quickly snatched up the pouch before anyone could grab it.
One nyang, two nyang, three nyang of Demon Coins…….
‘Oh my! This is a week’s worth of sales!’
The landlady was convinced.
There couldn’t be any other reason for leaving a young child with this much money at an inn.
Yes! This must be child support money!
“Wow, what a windfall.”
“Windfall my foot. How are you supposed to raise a kid with this? Can’t even feed her properly. Oh, my poor fate!”
Even as she said that, the landlady tucked Na Rin’s money pouch into her bosom.
Calculating that with this money, she could fix the broken kitchen, buy some famous liquor, and even get new tables with the leftovers.
“Huh? That’s my money.”
“Kiddo, are you hungry? I’ll make you some noodle soup, so eat quickly and go up to the second floor.”
“No! That’s not it!”
“We can talk slowly later. A child shouldn’t go hungry. You won’t grow tall.”
Na Rin could only gape at the absurd unfolding before her eyes.
‘What the. How did I get robbed so naturally?’
Is this the Demon Sect?
Without even a chance to use her intimidation, Na Rin bit her lips tightly and tugged at the landlady’s skirt.
It wasn’t like she earned it through hard work or anything.
But she couldn’t let her precious capital get completely taken.
“Give it back quick!”
“Yes. Yes. Here it is.”
Plop.
No, she meant return the money.
White steam rose gently from the noodle bowl placed on the table.
Growl.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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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.