“Ahaha, it just doesn’t roll off the tongue?”
It seemed he did not like the overly respectful language I was using. I awkwardly laughed. Titles certainly don’t stick easily to one’s mouth.
“More importantly, Grandfather, would you like to try this milk? I made it myself. I originally planned to serve it tomorrow morning, but……”
“No, when did you prepare this while helping with Jiho’s wedding? You do unasked things very well.”
Despite his words, Grandfather took the milk with a completely delighted expression and drank the milk with a satisfied look on his face.
“When did this little one grow up so much?”
What are you talking about? I snuggled up next to Grandfather, laughing.
“I’m not grown up yet? I’ll be by Grandfather’s side for a few more years?”
“You won’t be able to marry anywhere then.”
“Then I can live with Grandfather.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. Independence is crucial at the right time.”
Once again, he speaks contrary to his inner feelings. Grandfather’s lies are all too evident, and I burst into laughter again.
Grandfather, who was smiling at me, called me with a somewhat subdued tone.
“Yeona.”
“Yes?”
“You still……”
“Yes?”
I tilted my head. Grandfather got up and shook his head.
“No, you must be tired, go to sleep quickly.”
He waved his hand and turned around. I looked at Grandfather with a smile like the Buddha’s.
Grandfather, do you know what makes Koreans angriest?
One is stopping in midsentence, and another is……
(This is a time separator.)
That night, I was dreaming.
A faceless man grabbed my shoulder and called me in a familiar tone.
[Dash]Yeona, were you here?Were you here? Where else would I be? As I frowned and smiled at his absurd words,
[Dash]Why did you leave me?At that word, I was shocked awake. Baekho, who was sleeping soundly on my stomach, was startled and bristled.
[Dash]What’s this! Why are you suddenly getting up?“Ah, no, I’m sorry.”
I stroked Baekho’s belly again. Baekho, who seemed ready to bite the enemy’s neck, fell asleep again, lowering his head.
“Phew.”
I sighed softly. Unlike Baekho, I couldn’t fall asleep anymore.
I got up, put on a thin outer garment, and went outside. The chilly dawn air tickled my nose.
‘Is it because of meeting Danmokbi?’
I couldn’t recognize the face of the man who grabbed me in the dream. Neither his voice nor expression was remembered.
But I knew who it was. Because of the words he spat out.
[Dash]Why did you leave me?Danmokbi.
Thinking of him again weighed heavily on my mind. I swept back my disheveled hair across my forehead, slipped my feet into shoes, and thought about taking a walk since I was awake.
‘I had a disconcerting dream.’
I sighed as many times as I took steps.
I settled in Jegalsega, and at first, I thought about sending a letter to Danmokbi. But as soon as I picked up the pen, these thoughts prevented me from sending it.
‘He might resent me for leaving suddenly without explanation.’
The anxiety spread like ink.
‘More than that, have I become someone who can help him?’
As I thought about this, time flew by, and the more time passed, the harder it became to contact him.
And now it has come to this.
‘But to meet Danmokbi here. And how did Danmokbi come to Jiho’s wedding? Did he come alone?’
I intentionally did not lend my ears to the affairs of Danmok world, so I didn’t know well how it was going. I often heard of Danmokbi’s name, though. A very strong sword, as skilled as he is cooperative.
“That’s enough.”
Living well must have given him that reputation. I shook my head, trying to push the three characters of Danmokbi’s name out of my head. It was then that I bit my lips in frustration because my mind was not doing as I wanted.
“Gasp! Gasp!”
A sound like a small puppy wheezing came from the training ground.
“Who is this?”
Since there were no more children in Jegal world, there was no one to make such noise while practicing martial arts at this time.
I tilted my head and approached the training ground. And I was startled when I saw the face revealed under the dim dawn sky.
“……Namgung Swordsmaster?”
“Ah, Jegal Swordsmaster!”
Yes, the person who was shouting in the training ground was the heroine of the original, Namgung Lyeo.
A guest who had come to another person’s house to attend a wedding ceremony, why was she awake at this dawn?
“What are you doing now?”
To my question, Namgung Lyeo showed her wrist tied with a string so that the sleeve would not slip off and answered.
“What am I doing? I am practicing martial arts.”
“Martial arts?”
Namgung Lyeo did learn martial arts in the original as well. Very little, though. According to the flow of the original, she eats the poison sent by her stepmother and spends her childhood in Shinsan, where the energy is good.
And to purify the poison, she learns inner energy and basic martial arts, but she almost dies immersed in it. And saving her is Danmok Chang, who successfully sealed the White Tiger.
‘Danmok Chang descends the mountain with her and begins a fiery romance while staying in Danmok world for a while.’
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
