The Return of the Namgoong Clan’s Granddaughter - Chapter 159



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Episode 159

Two people stood facing each other, their formation at the boundary.

Yoo Kang leaned against the cliff blocking his way.

A hard stone wall, cold and rough, a real wall.

But he knew.

There is a tale beyond this wall. I don’t know why it is there, but I was drawn there by an unknown energy, and there is a child beyond this wall.

Yoo Kang could tell.

“You know, I came out of the volcano.”

When I thought about that child beyond this, the words I had been holding back came out on their own.

“The elders and the chief priests said it was okay for me to stay, but I couldn’t. The man who killed my private tutors, my brother-in-laws, and my nephews…”

My voice was shaking, so I took a moment to catch my breath.

The child was still beyond the wall.

As if listening to what I had to say, he waited silently as always.

“That person was my master… He was more than a master. I couldn’t tolerate what that person did.”

A man who was just like his father committed murder, betrayed the sect, and ran away.

Although many people said it was okay, Yoo Kang did not have the confidence to remain in the volcano and face everyone with an indifferent expression.

“I threw a rock at the guy who was running away… but he didn’t kill me. In fact, I wish he had killed me back then.”

I couldn’t help but laugh when I recalled the scene where he acted as a master until the end and then ran away with his buttocks pulled away.

You’ve been defeated, you’ve lost an arm, and you’re acting like a master.

Isn’t that funny?

“So I’m going to find that person. I’m going to find that person and ask him. Why did he bring me as his disciple? Why did he teach me? Why didn’t he kill me? I’m going to ask him properly.”

We will find that person no matter what it takes.

I will find out and get the answer.

Be sure to give me the answer… .

The answer is….

“Am I… pathetic…?”

Tears like chicken droppings fell from Yu Kang’s eyes.

Actually, I was scared.

As time passes and the pain fades and the sympathy fades, only a thick, dark anger remains.

If he makes even one mistake, if he comes back and harms the slain again.

Will I be understood then as I am now?

Even then, would the adults and siblings of the volcano look at him the same way they do now?

No, I know they would do that.

But, just in case.

I’m afraid that I might be looked at with resentful eyes.

For fear of being abandoned by the volcano.

So he ran away. Himself first.

“I’m so, so pathetic… .”

Yoo Kang bent his knees and sat down.

The brothers of the volcano only cared about him, but he hated himself for being a coward who worried that he would be abandoned again.

That was when.

I felt the child slump down against me across the wall.

Beyond the hand that was resting on the wall, the child’s hand came into contact with mine.

I could feel the warmth beyond the cold wall.

“… .”

Although he couldn’t hear anything, Yugang felt this small warmth as a comfort to him.

It seemed like he was telling me that it was okay, that I wasn’t pathetic.

Surely, he would have an indifferent expression on his face while saying such warm words?

He’ll tell you that it’s okay, as if it’s nothing serious.

If it were that child, it would definitely be like that.

Because he is a strong child like an adult.

Because she is the daughter of the strong Namgung family.

“…I will become stronger too.”

Let’s not cry. Let’s stop whining like a little child. Crying won’t change anything.

“I’ll get stronger. I’ll come back strong enough to beat that guy.”

Let’s laugh instead.

Because I don’t know how to not show off like Namgung Sojo.

It’s hidden behind a smiling face.

“Keep your promise.”

A bright smile spread across Yu Kang’s face.

It was a clear smile covering the sadness.

“If I beat you, I’ll give you anything.”

* * *

He burst into tears.

He said he came out of the volcano.

I thought something was wrong.

He was the man who suited the volcano better than anyone else.

In his previous life, he was the last plum blossom that guarded the volcano until the end.

But why…?

How did it turn out like this?

Why did you leave the volcano?

I guarded the volcano.

But it seems I couldn’t protect you.

I thought protecting the volcano was for your good, but I guess that wasn’t the case.

You left the volcano, and your face is so wounded.

-Am I pathetic?

“no.”

[Your voice won’t be heard on the other side. There’s no use talking.]

I knew it, but I couldn’t help but raise my voice.

I wanted to tell him that I was pathetic.

In your previous life, you were braver, more loyal, and more passionate than anyone else.

I envied the way he devoted himself to his monks and brothers, even at the risk of his own life.

At that time, there was nothing I was willing to risk my life to protect.

I thought it was cool that you had to sacrifice your life for everything you wanted to protect, and that you were willing to sacrifice your life for it.

In my previous life, I admired you a little bit.

Yoo Kang sat down.

I cried and sobbed sadly with a body that felt like it had no energy left.

– I’m so pathetic.

Seol-hwa also sat down in front of him.

I held his hand as if it was marking a boundary, and placed my hand on it.

“It’s not pathetic. It’s okay.”

Whatever you choose, you won’t be wrong.

A lot has changed since your last life, but you will definitely be on the right path this time too.

“are you okay.”

As if hearing those words, Yu Kang raised his head.

He looked at himself with an expression that seemed both confused and tearful, but soon his face hardened as if he had made up his mind about something.

– I’ll become stronger too. I’ll come back strong enough to beat that guy… Keep your promise.

Promise? What promise did you make?

– If I win, I’ll give you anything.

A bright smile spread across his face again.

Seol-hwa’s eyes shook slightly in a bright smile that seemed to swallow up her sadness.

I vaguely remembered the promise I had made with him.

When I became stronger, I remembered how I had casually answered the question of whether I could listen to anything.

That night too, the moon was very bright.

It was a day when the smile of someone who had no idea what was coming next simply shone innocently.

I remembered that.

It’s good to want to be strong, but keeping your promises in this situation is impossible.

I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity and lack of context.

“okay.”

Seolhwa recited softly, letting out a light laugh.

“I’ll keep it. Promise.”

* * *

Yoo Kang took a step forward.

I moved without a set destination, wherever my feet took me.

I declared that I would become stronger, but I had no idea what to do from now on.

‘First of all….’

Fixing the danjeon comes first.

What if I can’t fix my danjeon? Is it possible to become strong without internal energy?

Even though I tried not to have weak thoughts, it wasn’t easy to control my heart that kept collapsing.

I took out the badge that Namgung Mucheon had given me.

“Why did you tell me to go east?”

Did you ask me to meet Lady Namgung?

“Who told you to do that?”

Yoo Kang looked up in surprise.

There was a huge sun in front of him, as if it were going to engulf him. No, that was the illusion.

‘what?’

The sun tonight?

Yoo Kang instinctively hesitated and stepped back.

I looked at the old man who appeared before my eyes.

The man standing on a flat rock with a large pole in his hand was wearing old clothes with the sleeves worn out, as if he had lived in this forest for a long time.

Short, gray hair, a neatly trimmed beard, and a long scar running diagonally across his lip.

His muscular arms were full of traces of a long and rough life, and his muscular body also had the distinct spirit of a warrior.

Still, I felt no energy from the man.

There was no energy or force, so much so that the illusion that a huge sun had been standing there just a moment ago felt like a lie.

He seemed like an ordinary person who had never learned martial arts.

That unknown disconnect created fear.

“Oh, who are you, sir…?”

“Didn’t you ask? Who sent you here?”

“This is Elder Namgung Mucheon, the Heavenly Dragon Sword Emperor.”

“hmm.”

The man’s expression became strange.

“He passed the burden of trouble on to me.”

He looked at Yu Kang for a long time, saying something incomprehensible.

While I was silently waiting for him to finish his calculations, he snapped his fingers.

“Ugh…!”

Then, Yoo Kang’s body flew off on its own and stopped in the air right in front of his eyes.

‘My body won’t move…!’

I couldn’t move a single finger as if I had been stabbed in the buttocks.

As expected, the man was a master of martial arts. However, he was a master of a level that he could not realize.

The man placed his finger on Yu Kang’s danjeon. At the same time, Yu Kang felt a pain that seemed to penetrate his danjeon.

“Ugh…!”

“You were a disciple of the volcano. But why are your blood vessels so blocked? It is fate that we met here, so I will open them for you.”

The pain that started in my lower abdomen spread through my blood vessels to my entire body.

Yu Kang’s whole body trembled in extreme pain.

Despite the pain that was pounding in his head, Yoo Kang heard the man’s voice.

‘The blood vessels are… blocked…?’

Isn’t it true that Danjeon is destroyed?