Chapter 65: Vice Commander (2)

Since he put it like that, doesn’t it sound like I made some major mistake?

Either way, she was previously destined to enter some other faction. If it was possible to acquire her father Sima Chak through this, it was an amazing chance for us

-Is it as easy as you say?

Iron Sword, who was deeply concerned, questioned me, but the dice had already been cast.

[I didn’t do anything. Haven’t you heard Teacher?]

[That woman came to me on her own two feet.]

[Right.]

Hae Ack-chun looked at Sima Young and clicked his tongue.

No matter how eccentric the guy was, he seemed to have a greater reputation for being more reasonable.

Yet, his face stiffened as he continued to speak to me.

[Seo Kalma doesn’t know about this?]

[He doesn’t know.]

[Ha...! Then how did you know?]

[Some rumors in the eastern vicinity of Guizhou province had made their way to our family once.]

[What do you mean?]

[About a hundred dead bodies were found between Honam and Guiju and my family was asked to cooperate to find the cause.]

[And the cause was the Wicked Moon Sword?]

[Yes. As a result of finding traces of the battle, it led us to the valley he was staying in and the person we found was Sima Chak.]

[... his base.]

[Like the teacher said. My father and the people of various sects who found it invaded the place...]

[Of course. But didn’t they know that he is one of the Four Great Evils?]

[Yes. And everyone was annihilated. No, one person survived by luck.]

[Your father.]

[Right.]

This much of an explanation seemed enough.

Seeing this naturally spin around, it felt like my spying skills hadn’t died yet.

-Probably because you are a pathological liar.

I cannot hear what you are saying so I will not respond.

-You are one item dude.

In any case, Hae Ack-chun fell for the lies.

[Seeing how this information hasn’t been spread, your father must be ashamed of what happened.]

This! He was insulting the lord of the family!

To Hae Ack-chun, my father was a person who concealed this fact so that the shame of being the lone survivor wouldn’t be discovered by others

-You don’t seem that upset.

Well, I was treated like trash in my own family and almost abandoned, why would I feel sorry?

Hae Ack-chun narrowed his eyes,

[And what are you planning now?]

When I was asked for my inner thoughts, I felt half caught

[This is gunpowder which we don’t know when it will explode. Bringing something like that into us, you must have lost your mind.]

[Can’t we think of this in another manner?]

[Another manner?]

[If we build a nice relationship with Miss Sima, we may be able to attract her father to us.]

[Ha! If it was that easy, don’t you think someone would have tried?]

Although Hae Ack-chun was quite eccentric, he had a calm mind.

He must have judged that the risk was greater than taking her in. But after a year of spending time with him, I learned something

[Teacher has spoken, so this matter is simple. If you want to, we can reveal her identity and ask her to go...?]

Hae Ack-chun frowned at my words.

The second option was a more difficult scenario, if her true identity was revealed after she had just thanked us for allowing her entrance into the sect, that would make the ties that bound us more complicated.

[That cannot happen]

There was nothing good about pretending to be against the Four Great Evils.

[This is troublesome. So, do we need to take the risk? I’d rather let the Second Elder have her if Teacher is fine with that.]

[What? You mean him?]

Hae Ack-chun looked at Seo Kalma. Seeing how Seo Kalma’s eyes didn’t leave Sima Young for even a second, it was almost as if he was already coveting her talent.

From the moment she was accepted, I could feel Hae Ack-chun’s expression turn dark.

In the meantime, I could see Gu Sang-woong hating this.

He also wanted to take in Sima Young, maybe it was due to the loss of his other subordinates or her appearance but unfortunately, he had too many strong competitors here.

“... I didn’t think that all three would want her. I will give the chance to Miss Sima.”

Even if she didn’t take the test, her strength was guaranteed by the Second Elder.

-Would this happen if her identity was known?

‘Nope.’

Even the Ghastly Monster Hae Ack-chun was hesitant to touch her, so why would the others be willing?

“Could the three elders briefly introduce themselves?”

The rules of the selection process were being followed. Now they had to appeal to her.

-As you predicted.

Of course. This was a fixed procedure.

If she chose Seo Kalma or Han Baekha we would lose her. Preparing for this, I had to say one thing.

I have to tell her to choose Hae Ack-chun,

[Sima....]

Just as I was about to send her a message.

“That...”

Uh?

Sima Young raised her hand to speak to Baek Ryeon-ha who was looking at her with curiosity.

“If I have the choice here, can I go under the person I want to?”

“Yes. Have you decided who it will be?”

“Yes.”

Sima Young nodded her head making Seo Kalma believe that it would be him.

He seemed convinced that he was the one who she would choose. But Sima Young turned her head to me with a smile.

‘Uh?’

This was good, even if I didn’t ask her, she was choosing Hae Ack-chun. Then I could ask her for another favor.

Baek Ryeon-ha asked,

“Who do you want to go under?”

At those words, everyone focused their attention on her. Everyone wanted to know who she was going to choose.

“Yah. I have decided.”

Suddenly, Song Jwa-baek mumbled.

What?

With a happy face, he said,

“Did you see her looking at me just now? She will come to our side.”

‘...’

-... what is with this guy?

That is what I wanted to say, as Iron Sword said,

-My former master said that the more naïve one is the more easily they fall in love.

-Right! Right, your former master knew all this so why didn’t he get married?

-Ahem!

He keeps saying former master this, former master that, so I wondered what kind of existence he was to Iron Sword.

And in that instant, Sima Young said,

“I...”

Perhaps it was because she smiled at me, both Seo Kalma and Hae Ack-chun looked at each other anxiously, and then came the unexpected words.

“I want to join as the subordinate of Vice Commander So Wonhwi.”

‘...?!’

In an instant, everyone had turned to look at me.

So embarrassing!

Naturally, I was expecting everyone to look at Hae Ack-chun. But now, I could not even use the old man as my shield.

“... you want to join as the Young Master’s subordinate?”

Asked Baek Ryeon-ha as she looked at me.

Not just her, every other man here was looking at me with jealous eyes.

Song Jwa-baek was no exception, mumbling to himself, “Why you?!”’

‘This is insane.’

If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have requested her.

I was going to die of embarrassment when Sima Young looked at me and asked ‘Did I do well?’ with her innocent face.