Chapter 137 – Chapter 28 (2)

By the time Namgung Chungha came to her senses, it was already after nightfall.

Her clothes, which hadn’t been washed for a long time, and her face were all dry.
The body and clothes smell good.

However, the smell was dragging her reason into reality.
Had it not been for the scent emanating from her body, she would have been escaping from reality long ago.

‘Haha… To sell like this… It was such a long fight… ?’

She has been fighting hard to somehow become a member of the Namgung Sega again.
When women of her age dressed up, she herself fought, sweating blood and being greeted with excited shouts and saliva from the Sapa people.

Even so, she never complained a word.
She thought she could do more than this to earn the family’s trust.
However, the family abandoned themselves.

‘Honestly, you noticed too. I’ve been abandoned since ‘that day’. She only used the surname Namgung, but she was already expelled from the family.’

She admitted that she had been fighting desperately, holding on to false hopes.

After admitting that, the affection she desperately held on to was gone, and hatred towards her family began to well up.

‘Anyway, it’s blood. You are blood related. People in the family don’t abandon people like that?’

The people of the Namgung family proudly told others that they would not abandon their family.

Namgung Cheong-ha, remembering that scene, is so dumbfounded that she swears.

‘This is not the time to be like this… !’

Although she became timid due to her family’s persecution, she is also a Murim person who has killed many people.

No, female Murim people who have killed more people than her in the present Murim do not exist unless they are veterans who were active during the Great War against the Demonic Cult.

In addition, timid people, because of their personality, do things that no one expects when they burst out after holding back.

‘I’m going to run away. Since my family abandoned me, I have no reason to belong to the Namgung family anymore.’

Her decision had a plan of its own.

‘Jincheon, that person knew my worth. It’s better to abandon the name Namgung and become a wandering heroine than to become a hostage to the Northern Palace and become their spectacle!’

If it was Jincheon who acknowledged her own value, at least I think she would be able to live a more comfortable life than now.

‘He said he was prepared to fight the Namgung family in order to get me.’

To be honest, I don’t know what kind of person Jincheon is, but with the outstanding martial arts he showed at the guesthouse, even a wandering ronin could live with strength on his shoulders anywhere.

Throwing off her shackles, Namgung Sega, she was overcome by her desire to live a comfortable life even if she walked around like her beggar on the streets.

To be precise, she is the desire to escape from the eyes of the family that oppresses her.

She threw off the fancy, well-made clothes and put on the new clothes she had prepared just in case.

It is the clean clothes she purposely bought and did not wear in case her own merits were recognized or she met her father who forgave her.

‘I don’t need anything with Namgung’s name on it.’

No matter how nice the clothes are, if they were given to you by the Namgung family, you don’t need them.

The money used to purchase her sword and her clothes was all received from Namgung Sega, but this is the legitimate pay she received for killing Sapa as a military commander.

No, she didn’t even pay properly in the name of her family.

The moment she tried to move to quietly escape, she took only the sword and clothes she bought as a reward for killing enemies.

Dump!

“Huh?”

There was the sound of something falling outside the door.

Squeak–

And Namgungcheongha, who saw the door open, raised her sword and prepared herself to attack the mysterious intruder.

“Female.”
“Ah…?”

The man who entered the door was an unexpected face.

“Jincheon…?”
“I heard the news. I heard you’re going to be held hostage by the northern palace tomorrow?”
“How did you know…?”
“I have some sources.”

Giving Namgung Cheong-ha, who was abandoned but still bears the name of the Namgung family, as a hostage does not match the Namgung family’s way of valuing the family.

So, those who know this fact are only a few leaders and a few guards of the Namgung family, who are recognized as heavy-mouthed.

“I was going to make a suggestion, but given the momentum, I don’t have anything to ask.”
“A suggestion…?”
“To help you escape.”
“!!”

In the current situation where it has already been confirmed that he will become a hostage to the Northern Palace, helping himself means that he will really stick with the Namgung family.

“I told you. If you want to get your talent, you can fight Namgung family.”

Jin-cheon declares that she will win her, even though the situation is completely different.

Even though he felt relieved that he had the only ally for himself, he couldn’t understand why he was doing this for himself.

“Really…Is my talent…Excellent enough to do this?”
“Of course. If not, there’s no reason to do this.”
“…”

Namgungcheongha was once again convinced of that appearance.
People should be with someone who knows their worth.

“Instead, there are conditions on this side as well.”
“Conditions… What…?”
“There’s also personal selfishness mixed in.”

Jincheon approached Namgung Chungha with a strange smile.
Namgung Chung-ha was somehow so scared of that smile that despite holding her sword, he hesitated behind her until she was cornered to the point where her back was against the wall.

Widely!

Jincheon opened her mouth earnestly as she looked down at her male palace Cheongha, who was as short as her own chest.

“If I save you, you will be with me no matter what for at least five years.”
“Yes?”
“If it were you in the past, you could have just escaped quietly, but now things have become very big and complicated. You have to take that much risk. So, for five years, use your talents for me, and after that…”
“All right.”

Before she could finish his words, she nodded her head asking Namgung.

“No, I haven’t finished my words yet. I’m a Ronin, so now I’m going to Sapa’s sphere of influence…”
“If that happens, the Namgung family won’t be able to send a pursuer either.”
“Anything is fine as long as it’s not Namgungse, right?”

Jincheon understood why she answered her at once without listening to her own words.

“Yes. I am no longer a member of the Namgung family. If I leave this place, I will give up my surname Namgung.”

Her anger, which she had suppressed because of her timidity, exploded, and she no longer clung to the Namgung family.

“Okay, you’ve got a much better face than before. Then let’s go. It sounds obvious, but from now on, no matter what you see, you have to be quiet?”
“Of course. Let’s go quickly. If the day is bright, it will be impossible to escape.”

Namgungcheongha rather urged Jincheon, hoping to quickly run away from this city that smelled of the Namgung family.

-If you have something you want to say, say it wholeheartedly-
-Yes.-

The two nodded and headed out the door.
The guards of the Namgung Family, who were standing guard outside, had fallen with their necks twisted.
Besides, the smell of her death wafted around the inn she was assigned to.

When I came out of the inn, there were Lim Ha-yeon, Cheon Hye-un, and…

“Sword… Eup…!”

‘Swordmaster!?’

She almost shouted at the sight of Seo Yu-ran, the swordsman who was serving Namgung, but she managed to hold it in.

She was Namgoong Cheong-ha, who did not know love, but whenever she saw Lim Ha-yeon and Cheon Hye-woon treat Jin-cheon, she felt affection to the point of realizing that ‘that’s what a woman in love is like.’

So, of course, she expected that there would be Lim Ha-yeon and Cheon Hye-un, but she never imagined that there would be swordsman Seo Yu-ran.

“There are no guards around.”
“Nice job. Then let’s get out of here.”

What was even more surprising was that Seo Yu-ran treated Jin-cheon with her honorifics and treated her politely.

‘What the hell is this person… ?’

The more you know about Jincheon, the more questions you have, but now is not the time to solve that.

“Come this way.”

Im Ha-yeon sent a signal in a very small voice and moved to the area with the least security.

Since the streets were not fully coordinated with the Safa yet, Safa’s spies were patrolling here and there carrying torches to search for suspicious persons.

However, for Lim Ha-yeon, who has performed numerous missions as a guardian of the Demonic Cult, it was enough patrol that she could avoid it even with her eyes closed.

No matter how much power is worshiped in the Demonic Cult, it is a place where people live after all, so people from good families or families cannot be treated carelessly.

That’s why Im Ha-yeon, who was not a daughter of a good family, but an orphan with only talent, has been exploited the most among the guardians.

Thanks to those experiences, Im Ha-yeon, who was of great help in stealth, moved leisurely to the sparsely populated wall.

– Why are you heading to the city walls? If you go to the castle gate, you’ll be able to easily pass through with the swordmaster’s face, right?-

Namgoong Chungha wondered why she had to take such a difficult path, tilting her head and making a telephony.

-Then it will be known that the swordsmith did it.-

The swordsman’s name must not be tarnished yet.
In case of an emergency, there could be a case where she would have to use her name after the sword to influence the political faction, so she had to avoid doing anything that would damage her reputation with her direct hit.

When we went up the wall like that, there were guards made up of Murim people going back and forth on the wall.

Originally, the soldiers of the military would have to protect it, but since it is not a war situation and there are no bandits around, the soldiers of the military have become the ‘Tang Dynasty Army’, which is often in a dead end.

“Let’s deal with it.”

Even though Jincheon was able to slip away quietly, he deliberately gave orders to deal with the warriors on the wall.

-Why? Can’t we just leave quietly?

It’s safe to slip away quietly, and to avoid being pursued is something even young children can understand.

-There is an asshole who goes wild without even knowing the subject. I think I’ll die of a fever if I don’t give them a true education before going.

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“What!? Chungha, that girl disappeared!?”
“Yes. Those who were guarding the entrance and around the inn were all attacked and killed. And they killed the guards on the wall and found traces of them running away.”
“Profit!”

Namgoong Kang trembled at her subordinate’s report.

“I wondered if I could be of any help now, but you dared to run away! Now!”

Namgung Gang, who was about to tell her to organize a tracking team to pursue Namgung Chungha, shut her mouth.

‘The low-level samurai shouldn’t know about this hostage.’

Although he talked about hostages in front of Jincheon and his party, it was because they judged that they would keep their mouths shut if they knew the location of Namgung family in the Jeongpa Moorim.

This happened when Jincheon broke the lie of the swordsman that Jincheon was an agent who received secret orders directly from the military commander Jegalyu of the Jeongmu-maeng.

No, these are all excuses.
To be honest, he was extremely excited that Namgung Chung-ha was being held hostage by her.
That’s the excitement on the good side.

It was because it felt so good to make her niece, who had trampled upon the reputation of the Namgung Sega, pay the proper price, and to disappear as she was held hostage by the Northern Heavenly Palace.

So, in excitement, she spat it out of her mouth that could have been spoken wholeheartedly.

“Gather the most talkative Samurai. I’ll take care of this quietly!”

In this way, about 10 samurai with heavy mouths and excellent skills quickly appeared in the Namgung family.

Namgung-gang gave a simple command while looking at the masters of the Sega who all had super-high levels with satisfaction.

“From now on, we will pursue Namgung Chungha. If you need to, you can cut off one of your limbs. I will take care of everything, so you guys can follow me without questioning anything. Do you understand?”
“Yes.”

Knowing that it was nighttime and quietly summoning them, the masters of the Namgung family answered quietly but powerfully.

They have questions about wanting to know the reason because they don’t know the circumstances, but they put up with the question because they have a strong loyalty to the Namgung family.

“Let’s go.”

Namgung River headed to the place where Namgung Cheongha was attacked by guard warriors on the fortress wall.

There, guard warriors who were ambushed were bleeding to death, and warriors who came to investigate were recovering bodies and examining traces to find the culprit.

“There are traces of someone going down below.”

At that time, an investigator of the Namgung Family, who had arrived in advance and was aware of the situation, showed traces of a hydronephrosis descending toward the Namgung River.

“We’ll take care of the aftermath. Cover the work on this side in moderation.”
“Yes.”

Namgoong Kang spoke to her investigator and jumped down the rampart.
Subsequently, the masters of the tracking party landed under the wall and began to search for traces around them.

“I see signs of going in there.”

A drummer pointed with his finger to a forest away from the city.
The tracking team, which quickly spread light air and entered the forest, followed the trail left behind.
Thinking that if there were traces like this, they could catch them right away, and the tracking team arrived at a huge clearing as soon as they penetrated the grass.

Perhaps the woodcutter had cut down the tree, but what the tracking team witnessed as soon as they arrived at the clearing with only a thick stump was so absurd.

“Right. A little further down.”
“Tsuru-Tsrup-“
“Jwoo-haljjak-“

It was because they found Jincheon sitting on the bottom of the hill under the moonlight and naked women with their faces buried in Jincheon’s crotch.

“Hey~ Did everyone come quickly? Wait a little bit. I think I’ll be there in just a little bit longer.”