Chapter 260 – Survival of the Fittest (4)

After finishing our business, we headed not to a nearby inn or a supported mansion but to Samasega’s hometown.

It was a bit far, but there was a house where Samama and Samayeryeong lived in Gwangdong Province, so we decided to stay there.

We had to inform Samasega of his return before we could start the rebellion, but we couldn’t do it if the head of the household was absent.

That’s why we arrived at a huge mansion at sunset.

It may not be as big as the headquarters of the Peng family, but it seems to be at least one level below.

It’s not even half the size of the other half of the great Samasega’s history, but it’s still a big enough house to be called the best in Sapa.

Samayeryeong stopped in front of the door, looking somewhat overwhelmed.

“Ha… he really came back. I didn’t expect this day to come… right, Mom?”

“Hehe. I thought the same thing when I left this house. I didn’t plan to come back here again.”

“Oh, come to think of it, Samasega decided to switch to the orthodox faction altogether.”

And I remember that he was planning to create a new Samasega in a suitable area other than Gwangdong Province.

Unexpected things happened, and we were able to return to the headquarters of Gwangdong Province thanks to our good fortune, but…

As I briefly recalled the past, Samama gave me a soft smile and kissed my cheek.

“It’s all thanks to you. If it weren’t for you, we would have been caught by the bandits on our way to Habeok or taken by the Nokrim Chongchae.”

This time, Samayeryeong raised her chin and kissed the opposite cheek, pulling her lips up in a usual manner.

“I don’t have any memories of being rescued by Jinryang like my mother, but I just tried it. I don’t hate it, do I?”

“I wouldn’t think so.”

Samayeryeong nodded her head with a satisfied expression, smiling warmly, which was a heartwarming sight to see, but it seemed to make someone’s feet roll.

“Bo, don’t you remember that you’ve been helped by him too? So, I… I…!”

“There’s no need to give a reason. If you want to do it, just do it.”

She suddenly changed the mood, even though she usually nagged for no reason.

Hong Yeon-hwa leaned over and kissed me, waiting as if she had been waiting.

“Hmm…”

It was a nice sight to see her happily shaking her head after a short kiss.

After muttering something, I stepped back and asked Peng Soso, who had been looking this way.

“Soso? What about you?”

“I was waiting for this moment. Hehe.”

With a lewd expression, Peng Soso approached and quickly stole a kiss from my cheeks and lips. It was quite passionate.

Smack, smack, smack.

Then she licked her lips and gave a mischievous smile.

“That was delicious.”

“Uh… yeah…”

Still dazed from the lingering sensation, Samayeryeong kicked my back while giggling.

“Done now? Let’s go inside. What are you doing in front of the door?”

Right. What am I doing?

As we were about to go inside, Samama placed his hand on the door of the huge mansion.

A white hand that looked too fragile to push a heavy piece of wood.

However, Samama was a martial artist who had long surpassed the limits of human beings. This wouldn’t be too heavy for him.

Creak-

As the sound of wood scraping against the floor echoed, the door slowly began to open.

“Uh… isn’t it locked?”

“Yes. We first sent out the servants who worked for Samasega for a long time and then left the house last.”

Ah, I see. How could they lock the door from outside?

“Originally, even if you opened the door like this, there were layers of techniques to prevent intruders… but it seems like they’re all broken.”

“Probably destroyed by the Bloodthirsty Red Horse?”

“It could be, or maybe other martial artists. Samasega’s techniques are practical, but they lack depth, so someone always needs to adjust them from the inside. Since the owner of the house is absent, it would have taken some time, but it could have been broken.”

“Uh…”

Does that mean the house we worked so hard to return to is a mess?

As I was thinking to myself, Samama chuckled and shook his head.

“I know what you’re thinking, but I’m fine. I expected this much, and I called someone to come and repair it beforehand.”

“When?”

“The day after the heavens supported me in establishing the Samadoyeon. I immediately contacted the Wulin Alliance, and this was one of the supports I received.”

What a decisive action.

Well, we had already planned everything, but it was natural to hesitate because we had to live apart. As I was lost in thought, Samayeryeong looked around and spoke up.

“It actually looks cleaner than before, doesn’t it? But we still need to hire servants and workers from tomorrow. We can’t manage this place just by ourselves, can we?”

“But didn’t they say they would send someone from the Wulin Alliance to help us with the chores tomorrow?”

It seemed like there was a conversation between Samama and the Wulin Prince about this.

Peng Soso, who was looking around with me, answered my question.

“Well, we can’t just send them out in the open.”

“Why? If we just send them… yeah, that wouldn’t work.”

Samasega holding hands with the Wulin Prince and the royal family should remain a secret.

If we just sent them out, people would start to suspect the relationship between the Samadoyeon and the Wulin Prince.

“It’s probably like the people who lost their place in the recent martial arts competition. They’ll dress up and come running when Samama’s sister calls for help.”

“Oh? You got it exactly right, Second Lady.”

“Hehe. Actually, we used this method to secretly send our people to other places in Pengga.”

Peng Soso scratched her neck, looking embarrassed.

Come to think of it, didn’t Peng Ojin try to establish his own information network before?

In the end, it all failed, and he said he would slowly withdraw.

“In the end, we’ll have to replace them all with our own people, but for now…”

“Right. We can’t just live with people who might become the next lord for no reason.”

Peng Soso nodded her head in agreement.

It seems like there’s something that connects people from noble families.

As we chatted like this, we arrived at the building located in the deepest part of the mansion, following Samama.

“This is the guest room. There are a few more rooms, but we decided to share one, right?”

“Yes. Oh, should we put our luggage somewhere else?”

Although it became lighter when we took out the secret treasures, the bag that had become full again with snacks from Hong Yeon-hwa’s gift pointed to Samama and asked, but he shook his head.

“There’s no need to do that. The guest room is the best and biggest room, so it’s the guest room.”

Samama’s attitude was strangely self-assured. How big could it be?

All my doubts were resolved the moment Samama opened the door.

“Oh. We don’t need to move our luggage to another room.”

“Hehe. If you have money and power, it’s natural to want to use it. This is a trace of Samasega’s prime.”

It was bigger than any other luxurious inn I had ever seen, even the one borrowed from the royal family, and the ceiling was high.

Compared to the other buildings we had passed by, there was a strange sense of floating in the air. Did they expand it separately later?

“This is similar to my father’s room, or maybe even bigger?”

Peng Soso was also surprised, not to mention me.

However, it was too empty here, just like outside. No, there was nothing here at all.

The only remaining items were heavy furniture such as wardrobes and beds that were difficult to move.

“I don’t know who came to steal, but they took everything so neatly.”

“Well…actually, I sold everything I could sell and exchanged it for jewels or gold coins.”

“Oh.”

Well, it’s a shame to just leave it behind when we have to leave the house.

As I was flustered, Hong Yeon-hwa looked around and her pink eyes sparkled.

“It’s so spacious…we could even bring in a huge bed that five people can sleep on!”

“…Is that the first thing you thought of?”

“Well, it’s a bedroom, so of course we should think about the bed first.”

“I’m not sure. Right now, what Yeon-hwa unni is thinking about isn’t the bed, but what we’ll do on the bed, right?”

“Uh…!”

As Samama jokingly raised the corners of his mouth, Hong Yeon-hwa grabbed her chest as if she had been poked in the heart.

So cute.

Anyway, we unpacked our luggage in the corner, looked for anything else that was left, went out to buy a blanket for tonight, and before we knew it, it was already late at night.

We pushed the not-so-small bed to the corner and laid a blanket on the floor, just like we did at my house. We gathered around the blanket and started eating the snacks we received from the Wulin Prince.

Gulp.

After Hong Yeon-hwa finished the first one, she took a bite of the second one and opened her mouth with a serious expression.

“It’s about what I heard from Heuk Rang-seo earlier…actually, there’s something that concerns me.”

No wonder. She hasn’t mentioned anything about that topic until now.

I guess she’s finally ready to talk about it.