Chapter 5

5 times. Namgung Byeok

furrowed his eyebrows when he noticed the anger on the face of the daughter of Gucheon Hyeonnyeogyeong (九天玄女鏡).

‘Yeon-yi is young, but she’s a child who is better at covering right and wrong than adults. What is it?’

Instead of building a fence with the outside world, she is a daughter with a smarter head than anyone else. Such a daughter could not hold back her anger and was even trembling.

Namgung Byeok secretly turned his gaze to Yeonjeokha.

The little boy was so pitiful that he didn’t know what to do.

Baek Mi-joo, who was watching with Jang Ha-eun from one side, interrupted in a soft voice.

“My uncle, since he was still young, he did it without knowing, so why don’t you just forgive him?”

“Your brother is right. Aren’t they six and eight now?”

When his wife came forward, Namgung Byeok let out a shot and said,

“ha! Yuna is still young and doesn’t know how dangerous the world is. But you are different. Don’t you know why your father visits Wudang Mountain? Be extra careful to prevent this from happening in the future. Do you understand?”

“....”

Instead of answering, Namgungyeon just stared at Namgungbyeok and Yeonmu-ryong with ferocious eyes.

Baek Mi-joo, who was watching Namgung-yeon, cautiously asked Jang Ha-eun.

“Hyungnim Yeon-yi originally said...”

Since it was in front of the people involved, I couldn’t bear to ask, “Can you?”

“That’s not it. The congressman said he was too sensitive and closed the door on himself. That way you can get less hurt.”

“ah! Such a tsk tsk! How tender a heart must have been...”

When Baek Mi-joo clicked her tongue, a sneer appeared on Nam Goong-yeon’s face.

Baek Mi-joo was taken aback when she saw Namgoong-yeon suddenly hostile.

Jang Ha-eun, who shook her head excitedly, took her daughter and entered the room before things got worse.

And just like that, the fuss was over.

The next day, the people of the Namgung family left Waryongjang.

Yeonmubaek, the eldest son of Waryongjang, also accompanied them.

The Yeon clan, who lived in Waryongjang, did not understand Yeonmu-ryong, who easily let go of the firstborn, but no one objected because he was the opponent. On the contrary, it was said that it was fortunate to be able to get close to the Namgung family on this occasion.

***

July of that year.

Chamwol swordsman Yeon Mu-ryong passed away without waking up. At that time, Yeon Mu-ryong was only 40 years old.

Surprised by the sudden death of Murim master Yeon Mu-ryong, the Yeon family gathered famous lawmakers from Lukyang. And they had them find out the cause of Yeonmu-ryong’s death.

The investigation was completed in exactly one day.

A tumor the size of a fist was found on the head of Yeonmu-ryong.

When Yeon Mu-ryong died, Baek Mi-ju summoned about twenty warriors from her home, Baek-ga-jang, to Waryong-jang. It is because there is no one to protect Waryongjang because Jangju is dead.

She named the Baekgajang warriors ‘Baekhodae’ and appointed them as Waryongjang’s armed forces.

Naturally, the breath of the Yeon clan in Waryongjang weakened.

Soon after, Baek Mi-joo became Waryongjang’s mistress in name and reality.

In fact, the neglect of the Yeon family also played a part in Baek Mi-joo becoming Waryongjang’s mistress.

They believed that if Yeon Mu-baek, who was training at the Namgung family, returned, he would become the master of Waryongjang anyway. Since the birth mother of the three children (Yeon Mu-baek Yeon Seung-baek Yeon Seon-ju) was Baek Mi-ju, they thought there was no way they could quarrel.

Furthermore, the Yeon clan knew that Baek Mi-joo was trying to raise Waryongjang into the Murim family. It is also what the Yeon clan wants.

So, the Yeon clan inside and outside Waryongjang tolerated Baek Mi-joo holding Waryongjang in her hands. If it weren’t for that, the Baek clan would not have been able to reside in Waryongjang.

In August, the sweltering heat began.

One day during the day, Baek Mi-joo called the commander-in-chief Hyeonmu-dok into the main house.

“On Brother Waryongjang, the only person I can rely on is Brother.”

Haze poison smiled at Baek Mi-joo’s words. A few days ago, Baek Mi-joo called himself Brother.

This would not have been possible if the cousin Yeon Mu-ryong were alive. But the world belongs to the living. Haemoo-dok fell for Baekmi-joo’s continued coquetry and naturally decided to become her older brother.

The first few days were like that.

However, it wasn’t long before they were eroded by the fear of the confined space where they were connected.

“Aaaaaaa!”

“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

bang. bang. bang. bang.

As night fell, the fear intensified.

He screamed and knocked on doors and walls to escape the advancing darkness, but to no avail. The cries of a six-year-old and the sounds his hands made were absurdly small.

No, even if the sound leaked out, it would be useless. Because there is no one who can go against the will of Mistress Baek Mi-joo in Waryongjang.

The rivals who didn’t know that screamed with all their might every night.

The closest place to the warehouse is the outbuilding.

However, the people who used the outbuildings were the White Tigers, who could be called Baek Mi-ju’s bodyguards. As masters, they heard the child’s screams, but they all turned away.

They knew what the owner, Baek Mi-joo, had been humiliated by Yeon Mu-ryong. The mother of Yeon Jeok-ha, who is locked in a warehouse, is a maid from Baekjiajang. It was just a dog’s pup that bit the owner to mate with them.

So, whenever they heard the screams of the enemy enemy, the warriors of the Baekhodae completely ignored it, exchanging words of cause and effect. There was even ridicule and ridicule.

***

About ten days passed like that.

The younger siblings got used to the closed warehouse. Perhaps it was because of the bullying of Baek Mi-joo that his mind was trained. I am no longer afraid of the narrow and dark warehouses that are linked without a special occasion.

One day, I suddenly felt a fresh breeze from the outside world flowing in from a small window pierced in the wall of the building.

I also knew that if I put my head on the floor, I could see a few trees through a small gap under the side door.

With just that alone, he was able to escape from the anxiety and fear that were associated with him. He no longer screamed or knocked on doors or walls.

***

Yeonjeokha’s daily life was extremely monotonous.

When I opened my eyes, I ate, packed, looked around the warehouse, ate again, packed, and fell asleep.

Sometimes, out of boredom, I searched the warehouse.

The only thing the 6-year-old boy could do was extremely limited.

It is all about moving junk abandoned in the warehouse from one place to another and looking at it.

Even so, if you clutter up clutter too much, you will have less space to walk around, so you have to be very careful.

It was around the time when the wind permeating the warehouse gradually became cooler that Yeonjeokha discovered ‘it’.

At the very bottom of the clutter lay something huge made of bronze.

He whimpered and pulled it out.

It was like a mirror, all covered with rust and grime.

Upon careful inspection, the words ‘Gucheon Hyeonnyeokyung’ were engraved on the back.

Without much thought, he started wiping with a cloth.

It doesn’t even clean well no matter how old it is.

However, Yeonjeokha was in no hurry. It’s because time is all over the place anyway.

Wiping the mirror was quite a chore, and I was sweating profusely. Even so, the serial killer didn’t stop doing it like a person possessed by something.

Winter passed and spring came again.

It was only then that he was able to peel off the old grime of the mirror he was dating.

As I polished the surface of the mirror to a shine, I saw a small child.

The seven-year-old rival waved his hand with an innocent face.

“hi?”

The child in the mirror waves along.

He looked closely at his own reflection in the mirror.

The bronze mirror was strangely clear enough to see what was contained in the eyes.

A sigh escaped his lips as he blinked his eyes a few times for fun.