Chapter 74: Southern Heavenly Swordsman’s Disciple (2)

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That memory was still vivid in my mind. The servant who had passed me the medicine.

When I was just eight years old I didn’t have a strong enough constitution to handle raw medicine. Even if the effects were reduced, in order for me to consume some, it had to be refined.

But after taking the medication from the servant, I fell victim to medicinal poisoning.

The Mistress had asked her servants to find the culprit, but the case ended without any results, all because this servant had somehow vanished into thin air.

“W-what are you talking about?” shocked, her face quickly paled.

Who hadn’t known that the servant was from the Peony Pavilion? Everyone knew who the culprit was, even her husband, the Lord.

“Did you think I would forget?”

She was shocked at my cold voice and tried to make excuses.

“I think you misunderstood something, but that was...”

“The servant was from the Peony Pavilion and used a medicine that was too raw on the third son of this family, do you think some ordinary person could do that?”

“D-don’t come near me!”

She began to step back. Me expressing my anger must have given her a sense of intimidation.

But it didn’t matter

“Are you afraid?”

“I-I that. That wasn’t me.”

“You are disgusting till the end.”

Trying to get out of what she did was horrible enough. She does all such kinds of things for the sake of her son, and now she acts like a sacrificing mother.

I took a step forward.

“Do not come closer!”

She began to wave her palms telling me to not approach and trying to block my advance.

If she had reflected on what she did and apologized to me that day things would have been better.

After all, one was only human.

“You don’t want me to covet your son’s place? That is quite funny.”

If I was weak or had nothing to do with the Southern Heavenly Swordsman, I wouldn’t have been treated like this.

She would have beaten me and kicked me out again like in the past.

As she stepped back biting her lip she said,

“Do you think you can become the representative of the family if you threaten me?”

Was she finally revealing her true colors?

Right, pretending to be afraid doesn’t suit you. And I told her,

“Do whatever you want. Whether you tell the Lord or not.”

“What?”

“Instead I will also let everyone know.”

“Everyone know?”

“Let everyone know what kind of woman is hiding behind the name of the Ikyang So family. I wonder what the warriors and families of Murim would say if they found out a grown woman tried to hurt a kid who couldn’t even defend himself.”

Her expression stiffened at my words.

She must have thought that I would get angry and do something which she could use against me, but I was not that stupid.

“I am warning you. If you understand what I am saying, do not look for me for such useless reasons.”

Finally, I was about to leave the room when she grabbed my clothes.

“W-wait!”

Pak!

I coldly pushed her away and but then–

Pss

I glanced up as some powder fell down from the ceiling.

‘Hiding.’

The servants were sent out, but a hidden presence was inside the room.

Perhaps her own personal escort. The person who was hiding their presence until now must have felt disturbed and let their presence leak out.

And I spoke to the one hiding above,

“I do not intend to harm your master, so you can come out.”

Madame looked shocked. She must have thought that I wouldn’t have noticed

Well, I was done so I could finally head back now.

Thud!

The floor shook when someone jumped down.

At my words, the two of them looked shocked.

As if they could feel that the issue was being resolved, they looked at me with a bit of emotion.

And I said to them with a smile,

“... is what you thought I would say?”

‘...!?’

Pak!

“Huh!”

As soon as I finished it, I pushed them to the side and then kicked the escort in her chin

“Kuak!”

She fell to the ground as she got hit with my internal qi.

Confused, she tried to get back up, but I quickly touched her blood points.

Madame looked a bit shocked,

“W-what are you doing?”

“The friendship between you and the escort seems nice but it isn’t something you should be bragging about in front of the victim.”

“You!”

“The bottom line is that you knew about it right?”

My words made her speechless.

Such a funny woman.

She knew who had done it but decided to close her eyes to the truth. How could such a beautiful friendship be grounded in such evil?

I couldn’t hear the escort move as I sealed her blood point,

“Fine. I believe you. Then you need to pay for it.”

I put my hand on the escort’s stomach making her eyes widen. Madame tried to pull me off but it was too late.

Pang!

“Eummmmm!”

I could see the blood vessels bulge up and her eyes shut in pain.

I had just destroyed her dantian. Well, she was the one who had just admitted to the crimes committed against me, so she had to pay the right price.

“You dirty trash!”

Madame couldn’t hide her anger and her true colors were revealed.

“It is good that you know to take care of your own people.”

There were two guests from the Mount Hyeong Sect here, so everyone would want these private matters to go smoothly.

I pulled something out of my pocket, they were two small beads.

I forced open the mouth of the escort and placed a pill in, and then I covered her nose so that she was forced to swallow.

“You! What have you done?”

I threw the other one at madame who accidentally caught it, and I said,

“Have this.”

“What? Eat it?”

“Poison pill.”

‘...!!’

At my words, she panicked not knowing what to do. In the first place, there wasn’t anyone who could take the role of representing warrior of the Ikyang So family.

And when there is the best solution there is also the second best and the worst one too.

“Y-you are crazy! Are you telling a person to eat poison pills?”

“You should eat it.”

“What?”

“If not, I am about to take this one to the Lord and say that I found the culprit to the past issue. That is nice. At the same time, there are a lot of guests right now.”

At my words, she began to contemplate. If that were the case she knew what would happen.

She hesitated as she held the pill to her lip.

“You, don’t you know what will happen? You are someone trying to take the top place in the world and plunge your own home into chaos?”

I smiled at her and said,

“Then I will be quite happy.”

‘...?!’

At my words, she trembled as if a chill had run down her spine.

I feel really happy now.

For giving me a reason to use the worst thing I had prepared.