Chapter 3

3rd time. The unavoidable road

Baek Mi-joo continued to say if it was not enough.

“And since you are slow to think and speak, you had better not speak at all. got it?”

“...yes.”

In an instant, Baek Mi-joo’s fingers dug into the collarbone of Yeon-jeok’s lower body.

“evil.”

“Did I just tell you not to talk? Didn’t you?”

“Ah do... write... yo.”

Yeon Jeok-ha twisted his upper body and answered with difficulty.

Baek Mi-joo’s face turned ferocious as if she didn’t like the sound.

“What? Are you crying about what I’m saying now? Are you still talking?”

“Ah ah ah...”

Yeonjeokha, who rolled her eyes anxiously, closed her mouth tightly.

After a while, Baek Mi-joo’s hand fell.

“Now you can hear me. You are good at answering questions from adults politely.”

“...”

The young rival couldn’t understand a single word her aunt was saying.

I was told to speak well, but I was told not to speak.

What should I do?

The more I think about it, the more dizzy it seems. He shook his head to avoid falling. Only then did my anxiety calm down a little.

The third, the speaker, giggled at the young enemy.

“Pu-huh! He looks like he’s really grown up. Grow up, grow up, grow up.”

“Foot!”

“haha!”

The first Yeon Mu-baek and the second Yeon Seung-baek also could not hold back their laughter.

“Can’t you be quiet?”

Baek Mi-joo scolded the children with a solemn and tidy voice.

The children’s laughter faded.

A heartwarming smile appeared on the face of the commander-in-chief Hyeonmu-dok, who was passing by the courtyard just in time. Unlike the adult world, it seems that the half-brothers get along well. It was a good thing for the Yeon clan and for Waryongjang.

If the children are at odds with each other, who will take care of it!

‘Yes, just grow like that.’

A servant came running from afar to Haze Dog nodding.

It was the servant that Hyeonmu-dok had stopped at the entrance of the village.

Did the guests finally arrive?

Haze Poison’s face hardened with tension.

“Have they come?”

“Yes, I came running when I saw the wagon entering the village, so you will see it soon!”

“i get it. Go and work.”

“yes!”

The servant quickly disappeared somewhere.

Haze Dog checked his attire again and moved to the front door.

Even Yeonmu-ryong appeared in the front yard as if the news had been delivered before he knew it.

“Why are you with me, Master?”

“It’s been a long time since my older brother is coming, but I can’t sit still.”

Hyeonmu-dok approached Yeonmu-ryong, the leader of the group, and stood shoulder to shoulder.

“When the King of Swords visits this time, Luoyang will be excited just by the rumor. Master Jang, do you still have no intention of going strong?”

“I am the one who held back my brother-in-law’s promise to come six years ago. Do you think my will will change now?”

“But isn’t this an opportunity too good to sit down like this?”

“Isn’t it worth it?”

Yeon Mu-ryong, who was standing with a hollow smile gazing at the distant sky, suddenly recited a poem.

“Yes, don’t worry and share your words.”

Namgoongchun patted my chest as if asking to leave it to me.

“I am most worried about you. Please take good care of it so that no one gets hurt.”

Suddenly, Namgung’s eyes turned to the child standing on one side of Odokani.

Now only six years old, the rival was crouching down with an uneasy expression on his face. Namgung Byeok thought Yeon Jeok-ha and Namgung-yeon had similar expressions.

Is the character of children really irrelevant to the love of their parents?

A sigh comes out of nowhere.

***

Yeon Mu-ryong’s eldest son, Yeon Mu-baek, was full of desire to go to the Namgung family and learn martial arts. So, he followed Namgoong-yeon, who was only eight years old, and tried his best to please her.

However, Yeon Mu-baek’s plan ran into difficulties from the beginning. Namgungyeon didn’t say anything at all.

Besides, her cute little face didn’t contain any emotions.

In the end, Yeonmubaek couldn’t hold out even half a second and raised his hand.

When the older brother Yeon Mu-baek failed, the second Yeon Seung-baek, who was watching, came forward. Yeon Seung-baek liked Nam Goong-yeon, who had snow-white skin and fine features.

So, unlike my older brother who had a special purpose, I tried to be friendly with a pure heart. However, no matter how funny Seungbaek Yeon said, Namgungyeon did not laugh.

What’s more, Namgung-yeon moved nonstop like a young Chollima.

It is not easy for a child of Waryongjang to follow Namgungyeon, who was trained in martial arts by the Namgung family.

Yeon Seung-baek also gradually got tired of Nam Goong-yeon, who showed no reaction. It’s like looking at a wall and talking. Yeon Seung-baek’s purity toward pretty things collapsed in front of his physical strength.

Namgungjeon was deeply grateful to see the two brothers clinging to their younger brother. I even had a wish that Namgung-yeon’s heart would open even a little bit through the efforts of the two children.

But that didn’t last long either.

One child got tired of the monologue and left, while the other fell behind because of Namgoong-yeon’s stamina.

Left alone, Namgung-yeon then started shooting around the waryongjang with a relieved expression.

Namgung-cheon felt sorry for his younger brother and tried to stay with him, but that was not possible. The now nine-year-old speaker clung to him like a shadow and would not fall off.

“I heard that your brother’s nickname is Blue Cloud Sword? When I meet an enemy, I just fight and kill it, right?”

“Who said that?”

“Did you say that it appears like that in a knights novel?”

“In a cow novel?”

“yes.”

“I guess so. I’m not sure.”

Namgungcheon answered dryly and turned his head around to find his younger brother. However, Namgung-yeon, who had been squatting in the corner of the gym just before, was nowhere to be seen.

Of course, there were warriors guarding Waryongjang, so I couldn’t go out of the manor alone, but I was still anxious.

However, a little girl named Speech Host was stuck and couldn’t find it.

“Please don’t do that, tell me the story of Kang-ho. yes?”

‘It’s grown... it’s gone.’

In the end, Namgungcheon was caught by the speaker and had to tell the story of Moorim he had experienced.

By the time we finished talking, the sun was setting.

***

I was afraid of the young Waryongjang.

Dad was kind, but we didn’t spend much time together. Rather, I had to spend most of my time with my aunt.

I still don’t know the difference between a mother and an aunt. Still, I know that my aunt is a scary person. My aunt always scolded me and hurt me every time she scolded me.

At some point, I was trying to figure out how to get out of the waryongjang where I was fighting.

Then, what I found was a dog hole in the annex.

A long time ago, one of the diners who stayed at Waryongjang’s outbuilding had a big dog. The dog hole in the annex leading to the outside was drilled by that dog.

The only people who knew about it were the diners and the dog and their rivals. The diner left last year with his dog. After that, the dog hole became a joint enemy.

The serial killer stood in front of a dog hole today too.

The front and back gates leading to the outside are guarded by adults, so they cannot go out at will.

But the dog hole is different.

There is no one to guard and no one to stop. This small hole is completely his own.

Unknowingly, I let out a long sigh of relief.

Whenever I wanted to run away from my aunt’s eyes, I always came here.

My eyes, legs, and heart no longer trembled.