Chapter 236 – What Did You Say? (3)
Namgung Hak doubted his own eyes.
“Really, is it really okay? Right?”
His mother, as if worrying about his well-being, held the man in her arms and checked on him several times.
He could understand why she had blocked him.
Rather, he had no reason to feel disappointed since she had unintentionally prevented him from taking someone’s life.
“But…”
In his mother’s sword strike, there was a faint but hostile emotion.
“Namgung Gaju, are you okay?”
He trembled as he thought it was for the man who was gently pushed away by his mother and stood up.
His sword, held in his hand, felt infinitely heavy, and he felt an empty sensation under his waist.
“Gaju, was mother too much? Are you hurt?”
The title that had been used since his father passed away and his mother returned from Sachon.
Namgung Hak felt a great sense of distance from the title “Gaju” and shuddered as he met the man’s eyes.
Namgung Hak felt that the man also realized what he was thinking.
“…No, mother. I almost caused a big problem, but thanks to you, nothing irreversible happened.”
After Namgung Hak managed to answer, his mother smiled softly and wiped her chest, saying it was fortunate.
Did she think that she had not been caught even though she showed such a genuine appearance?
Namgung Hak was curious, but he did not have the courage to ask.
“It seems that Heung was too much. I’m trying to finish here, but Kang Sohyup, are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
Although it was his own doing, Namgung Hak immediately left the training ground as soon as he got Kang Yoon’s approval.
He had only wanted to leave this place, putting aside all thoughts about his younger sister, Namgung Hye.
He heard his mother’s voice calling him from behind, but he hurried his steps because he did not know what would happen if he turned around.
In the empty room where he was alone, he finally found the time to think.
“Since when? No, why?”
It was a relationship that could not exist normally. His affectionate attitude, yes, maybe it was because he felt close to Kang Yoon, who was like a son.
There was nothing strange about it. If he went to see his mother, the savior of his life, and greeted her diligently…
“Darn it!”
Thinking again, he felt suspicious.
Chapter 236 – What Did You Say? (3)
Namgung Hak couldn’t believe his eyes.
“Really, is it really okay? Right?”
His mother held the man in her arms, checking on him several times as if worried about his well-being.
He could understand why she had blocked him.
In fact, he had no reason to feel disappointed since she had unintentionally prevented him from taking someone’s life.
“But…”
In his mother’s sword strike, there was a faint but hostile emotion.
“Namgung Gaju, are you okay?”
He trembled, thinking it was for the man who was gently pushed away by his mother and stood up.
His sword, held in his hand, felt infinitely heavy, and he felt an empty sensation under his waist.
“Gaju, was mother too much? Are you hurt?”
The title that had been used since his father passed away and his mother returned from Sachon.
Namgung Hak felt a great sense of distance from the title “Gaju” and shuddered as he met the man’s eyes.
Namgung Hak felt that the man also realized what he was thinking.
“…No, mother. I almost caused a big problem, but thanks to you, nothing irreversible happened.”
After Namgung Hak managed to answer, his mother smiled softly and wiped her chest, saying it was fortunate.
Did she think that she had not been caught even though she showed such a genuine appearance?
Namgung Hak was curious, but he did not have the courage to ask.
“It seems that Heung was too much. I’m trying to finish here, but Kang Sohyup, are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
Although it was his own doing, Namgung Hak immediately left the training ground as soon as he got Kang Yoon’s approval.
He had only wanted to leave this place, putting aside all thoughts about his younger sister, Namgung Hye.
He heard his mother’s voice calling him from behind, but he hurried his steps because he did not know what would happen if he turned around.
In the empty room where he was alone, he finally found the time to think.
“Since when? No, why?”
It was a relationship that could not exist normally. His affectionate attitude, yes, maybe it was because he felt close to Kang Yoon, who was like a son.
There was nothing strange about it. If he went to see his mother, the savior of his life, and greeted her diligently…
“Damn it!”
Thinking again, he felt suspicious.
“Even if you become friends, do you have to see each other every day? Especially with someone who is not your age and is your mother’s lover? What’s so enjoyable about it?”
Above all, Namgung Hak could not deny the fact that there was a subconscious hostility mixed in his mother’s sword strike.
“Father… what should I do about this?”
His father, although weak, had wisely led the family as the head of the household. If it were his father, what would he have done in the same situation?
“He would have met the person and assessed the situation.”
Although there was no way his grandmother had been in the same situation, even his father might have been able to do so. But Namgung Hak had to admit that he knew too little.
Kang Yoon.
He had thought he was a decent guy. Apart from the fact that his background was unclear, he had no real flaws.
If it weren’t for this, he would have wanted to be friends with him, even to the point of liking him…
“Awkward, but there’s no one else.”
Asking his mother about it was out of the question. Namgung Hak had too much filial piety for his mother.
He might have been able to ask her at that time, but he was not in the right state of mind, and it would have been difficult to question his mother’s suspicions.
Moreover, revealing such a fact to Namgung Hye, who did not know the situation, would have been too cruel, so he thought it was fortunate that he had left the place.
That night, Namgung Hak secretly called Kang Yoon to his place and realized that he had the least amount of information, but it was not a significant issue.
“Hak… I’m sorry…”
He must have asked him to come alone.
That night, Kang Yoon came to Namgung Hak’s place with Eun Soyoung and Namgung Hye.
“Is it okay to talk here?”
Eun Soyoung whispered quietly near Namgung Hak’s residence.
After Namgung Hak explained the situation to Eun Soyoung, who seemed to have no idea what was going on, he discussed how to persuade Kang Yoon for a long time, even forcibly removing the guards, but then Namgung Hak called him.
Of course, he might have been able to ask his mother about it at that time, but he had too muchChapter 236 – What Did You Say? (3)
Namgung Hak couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
“Is it really okay? Are you sure?”
His mother held the man in her arms, checking on him several times as if worried about his well-being.
He could understand why she had blocked him.
In fact, he had no reason to feel disappointed since she had unintentionally prevented him from taking someone’s life.
“But…”
In his mother’s sword strike, there was a faint but hostile emotion.
“Namgung Gaju, are you okay?”
He trembled, thinking it was for the man who was gently pushed away by his mother and stood up.
His sword, held in his hand, felt infinitely heavy, and he felt an empty sensation under his waist.
“Gaju, was mother too much? Are you hurt?”
The title that had been used since his father passed away and his mother returned from Sachon.
Namgung Hak felt a great sense of distance from the title “Gaju” and shuddered as he met the man’s eyes.
Namgung Hak felt that the man also realized what he was thinking.
“…No, mother. I almost caused a big problem, but thanks to you, nothing irreversible happened.”
After Namgung Hak managed to answer, his mother smiled softly and wiped her chest, saying it was fortunate.
Did she think that she had not been caught even though she showed such a genuine appearance?
Namgung Hak was curious, but he did not have the courage to ask.
“It seems that Heung was too much. I’m trying to finish here, but Kang Sohyup, are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
Although it was his own doing, Namgung Hak immediately left the training ground as soon as he got Kang Yoon’s approval.
He had only wanted to leave this place, putting aside all thoughts about his younger sister, Namgung Hye.
He heard his mother’s voice calling him from behind, but he hurried his steps because he did not know what would happen if he turned around.
In the empty room where he was alone, he finally found the time to think.
“Since when? No, why?”
It was a relationship that could not exist normally. His affectionate attitude, yes, maybe it was because he felt close to Kang Yoon, who was like a son.
There was nothing strange about it. If he went to see his mother, the savior of his life, and greeted her diligently…
“Damn it!”
Thinking again, he felt suspicious.
“Even if you become friends, do you have to see each other every day? Especially with someone who is not your age and is your mother’s lover? What’s so enjoyable about it?”
Above all, Namgung Hak could not deny the fact that there was a subconscious hostility mixed in his mother’s sword strike.
“Father… what should I do about this?”
His father, although weak, had wisely led the family as the head of the household. If it were his father, what would he have done in the same situation?
“He would have met the person and assessed the situation.”
Although there was no way his grandmother had been in the same situation, even his father might have been able to do so. But Namgung Hak had to admit that he knew too little.
Kang Yoon.
He had thought he was a decent guy. Apart from the fact that his background was unclear, he had no real flaws.
If it weren’t for this, he would have wanted to be friends with him, even to the point of liking him…
“Awkward, but there’s no one else.”
Asking his mother about it was out of the question. Namgung Hak had too much filial piety for his mother.
He might have been able to ask her at that time, but he was not in the right state of mind, and it would have been difficult to question his mother’s suspicions.
Moreover, revealing such a fact to Namgung Hye, who did not know the situation, would have been too cruel, so he thought it was fortunate that he had left the place.
That night, Namgung Hak secretly called Kang Yoon to his place and realized that he had the least amount of information, but it was not a significant issue.
“Hak… I’m sorry…”
He must have asked him to come alone.
That night, Kang Yoon came to Namgung Hak’s place with Eun Soyoung and Namgung Hye.
“Is it okay to talk here?”
Eun Soyoung whispered quietly near Namgung Hak’s residence.
After Namgung Hak explained the situation to Eun Soyoung, who seemed to have no idea what was going on, he discussed how to persuade Kang Yoon for a long time, even forcibly removing the guards, but then Namgung Hak called him.
Of course, he might have been able to ask his mother about it at that time, but he had
“We have to make it okay. Please speak as gently as possible so that Ad-nim won’t be upset.”
“Then, what about me…?”
Nam Gung-hye tugged at my sleeve and asked. I took the opportunity to confirm what had happened with Nam Gung-hye, and this situation was a masterpiece.
Of course, it was me who had modified her vagina to the point where she couldn’t live with her impotent husband.
No matter how much I tried to justify it, what I had expected was just having secret extramarital sex. But in the end, I was right to include this situation.
“I didn’t know that saying it was mine for life would be taken as a proposal…”
No, logically speaking, could it be considered a proposal? Fortunately, when I asked Eun So-young, it wasn’t.
In response to the question of whether we were just having a fling, Nam Gung-hye couldn’t refute it properly because she was doubting whether she was actually proposed to, and as a result, the difficulty of persuading Nam Gung-hak, who was already struggling, skyrocketed.
“I’ll check first. Are you really going to break up with Hwang Bo So-hyeop?”
“…Yes. I’d rather suffer than live with a woman like me…”
It was Hwang Bo-joon who started it all. Anyway, if Nam Gung-hye really wanted to break up with Hwang Bo-joon, there was only one answer for me.
“Are you going to live with your mother and daughter…?”
Is the baby growing in Nam Gung-hye’s womb Gyeon-yi’s younger sibling or niece? It’s more confusing than a genealogy.
If I were Nam Gung-hak, I would probably start by breaking her bones for such a heinous crime.
“What’s okay about being taken away by someone else when you’re a daughter-in-law who’s suffering?”
I lightly hugged Nam Gung-hye’s head to my chest. But the truth was, with her beauty and good household, someone might take her away.
“I may be trash, but I’m not trash enough to abandon a woman who has my child. If you don’t hate me for being trash, then live with me.”
“You said it wasn’t a proposal…?”
“I just did it now.”
Nam Gung-hye said as she wrapped her arms around my waist.
“What if you already have several wives…?”
“Six.”
In fact, if you add up all the women I’ve had relationships with, it’s already over ten. I was more confused than a genealogy.
“Beast…”
Nam Gung-hye’s words had a tone that seemed to imply that I was an irredeemable scoundrel, but her arms around my waist didn’t loosen.
“So, do you hate it?”
“…No…”
“Then let’s live together. Do you agree?”
Nam Gung-hye nodded her head silently, burying her head in my chest.
“Then let’s change the plan.”
“Yes?”
As Nam Gung-hye and Eun So-young both looked at me curiously, I began to explain how I would change the direction of persuading Nam Gung-hak.
“Mother.”
As soon as the door opened, Eun So-young apologized on behalf of everyone and entered. Nam Gung-hak was speechless until everyone took their seats, so I spoke up for him.
“I think the Duchess must have been very surprised.”
“Really? What I thought was not my delusion, but…”
“If you’re talking about your relationship with the Duchess, you saw it correctly.”
“How…!”
Nam Gung-hak was shocked, and when he turned his gaze to Nam Gung-hye, both women on either side of me seemed to shrink back.
I couldn’t just leave it like that, so I gave Eun So-young a slight nod, and she hesitantly spoke up.
“Hak-ah, I’m really sorry…”
“Why, why? It’s been over a year since my father passed away. How could my mother…!”
“Well, your father is no longer in this world.”
Eun So-young’s words visibly shook Nam Gung-hak.
As a woman of the Mu-rim who was not unfamiliar with affairs, she caught the meaning that what was wrong with having a relationship with another man when her husband was already dead.
In fact, Nam Gung-tan was probably still alive during the Amisan period, but I didn’t bother to mention that part.
“My mother has found a new relationship. So, Hak-ah, can’t you bless her…?”
“…What about Hye-ah? I also know that Hye-ah has feelings for Hwang Bo So-hyeop. If you do that, what will happen to Hye-ah…!”
In my opinion, even if Eun So-young is convinced by these words and steps back, Nam Gung-hak is unlikely to give me Nam Gung-hye.
“Hye-ah will come with us.”
“What, what are you talking about? Going together, do you mean…!”
As I leaned forward slightly, Nam Gung-hye slipped behind me to avoid Nam Gung-hak’s shocked gaze.
[What if it doesn’t work out…?]
[It will probably work out.]
If someone had a normal sense of social norms, they wouldn’t send their mother and sister to a man like me, no matter how well I spoke.
“What does this mean? Kang So-hyeop, speak up. How can a person, how can he…!”
Nam Gung-hak couldn’t even finish his sentence and just stared at me in shock.
“There was no such thing in Gogeum. I can never allow it!”
“You both have my child.”
“…What?”
Nam Gung-hak froze like a leaf falling off a tree. But I emphasized it again.
“You both have my child.”
“I said you both have my child.”
As a side note, Nam Gung-hak is mistaken. Such cases are not unheard of in Gogeum.
I can’t remember exactly who it was, but there was an emperor in ancient China who took the sister of his empress and her daughter as his concubines.
I had such useless thoughts while sincerely praying that this shock therapy would work well for Nam Gung-hak.