The Return of the Namgoong Clan’s Granddaughter - Chapter 93
Only Noblemtl
Episode 93
“Thank you for your hard work, brothers!”
“Okay. Put this in there.”
Yoo Kang caught something that was thrown at him. He realized that it was a child and fell into thought.
“Who is this child…?”
“You don’t know that. Tie him up in the warehouse. Put a muzzle on him because he might make a lot of noise if he wakes up.”
Yoo Kang stared at the child sleeping soundly in his arms.
A sense of guilt that could not be hidden flowed from his shiny face and expensive clothes. It seemed like he was made of precious materials from some Sega.
‘Where have I seen your face…?’
“Oh, I’m hungry. Did you prepare food?”
“Yes? Yes! I’ve prepared it! Today, I bought some stir-fried meat at the market!”
“Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve done some oiling. Today is going to be a good day.”
The men giggled and went into the cabin, and Yu-gang watched them before walking into the storage room.
He went into the warehouse, laid the child on a sack of rice, and placed a soft mat under the beam of the boat. He even covered it with new straw to make sure that no dirt remained.
And then, while holding the rope that would tie the child’s hands and feet in my hand, I looked at the child in a difficult manner.
“What are you doing?”
Yugang looked at the sacks of rice stacked in the warehouse with a start.
A figure emerged from the dark shadows.
At some point, Namgung Seolhwa was coming out from behind the rice sacks.
“Me, Lady Namgung… ?!”
Seolhwa looked at the rope in the hands of the unconscious Hwarin and Yugang.
“When did you become a numismatist?”
Yoo Kang flinched and trembled. He hid the rope in his hand behind his back and laughed.
“Oh, that’s not it… .”
“If I had known you would become a nuisance, I wouldn’t have asked you to pass on the word.”
A snapping sound came from Seolhwa’s fingers.
Yoo Kang flinched and spoke urgently, startled.
“That! I told you! To the long-suffering man!”
“however?”
“huh?”
“But why are you doing this here?”
A subtle life energy flowed out from her smiling body.
It was as if they were going to kill you if you said even one wrong word.
“Hey, I’ll explain everything! I can explain! So first, can you… give me some life…?”
Haha, he was waving his hand while laughing, but the rope was still in his hand.
Yu-gang, who saw Seol-hwa’s gaze on the swaying rope, hurriedly threw the rope to the ground.
“I can really explain everything! I’m innocent!”
“Okay. Tell me.”
“!”
A color came to Yu-gang’s face as he felt his life diminish. Yu-gang began to recount in detail the story of how he had drifted into the waterway.
The incident where I was attacked on my way to Namgung under the orders of Jang Moon-in.
While running away from them, he threw himself into the river, passed out, and when he woke up, he found himself in a Surochae boat.
He was not even wearing the volcano uniform, so he hid his identity. He even begged the enemy to accept him as the youngest in order to avoid the eyes of the attackers.
“I was trying to run away when I got too far from my destination after being cautious, but as you can see, I ended up here…?”
Seolhwa glanced at Hwarin.
Yoo Kang quickly added.
“I didn’t know you were going to kidnap your sister! Seriously! I was going to run away this morning, but I felt something was off. I overheard someone talking about kidnapping a child, so I stayed just in case. I need to help you out if something happens.”
“Then why did you try to tie it up?”
“I didn’t really mean to tie you up, I just pretended to work hard so that I could look good if my brothers came to check. If you run away when you let your guard down, you’ll be caught too late.”
The plan was to wait until the people who had captured the child came to check, then pretend to tie him up and run away.
“But it looks like he won’t come. I guess the seniors trust me too much.”
He shrugged and smiled a congenial smile.
Although he seemed to have a sad personality, he could be like a brother to his subordinates. I was surprised at his friendliness.
“Anyway, it turned out well. It was burdensome to run away alone with an unconscious child. I’m glad you came. Get here quickly…”
At that moment, the boat rocked from side to side with a “gugung” sound.
Seolhwa instinctively grabbed Hwarin’s shoulder to prevent her from falling under the rice sack, and Yugang also supported Hwarin’s legs.
“This is a big deal.”
Yoo Kang’s expression became thoughtful.
“I think the ship has set sail. You said you would stay one more day? That won’t do. I’ll get your brothers’ attention, so you should hurry up and get out. Before the ship gets too far from land. Hurry!”
“Let’s go out together.”
Seolhwa’s eyes were firm. It was her determination not to run away unless she went with him.
After thinking for a moment, Yoo Kang nodded.
“Let’s go quickly before the ship gets far from land.”
Once a boat enters the middle of a river, no matter how strong the snow and the river, it is not easy to get out of the boat.
In addition, he had to take Hwarin, who didn’t know martial arts, with him, but it was too much for a young boy.
Yugang suddenly lifted Hwarin up and hugged her as the two were about to leave the warehouse.
“for a moment.”
Seolhwa grabbed Yugang’s arm.
“why?”
“It’s already too late.”
Seolhwa’s gaze turned towards the warehouse’s entrance.
‘Two top-notch players.’
There are many experts on this ship.
It’s strange that there are only a bunch of people there, considering they were probably planning to kidnap Namgung’s child.
‘I can’t subdue the enemies on this ship alone.’
Besides, there was Hwarin who didn’t know martial arts. If he had tried to run away without thinking, Hwarin could have gotten hurt.
‘In that case….’
Seolhwa looked back at Yugang.
Yoo Kang also seemed to sense the approaching presence, as his face turned pale.
Just as Yu-gang, who had put Hwarin down again, was about to hurriedly tell Seol-hwa to hide herself, Seol-hwa suddenly grabbed his wrist.
“Wh, what…!”
Seolhwa laid down on the mat that had been laid out, placing Yugang’s hand on her neck.
“Eww!”
Yu-gang fell helplessly to the ground under the force of being dragged. Suddenly, Yu-gang was holding Seol-hwa’s neck with one hand and subduing her.
The door swung open at the same time.
“what!?”
The two men who had been coming in laughing took a step back in surprise at the situation unfolding in the warehouse.
“Ugh… Let go of this…!”
Seolhwa groaned as if her throat was being strangled, and only then did Yoo Kang realize what she meant.
“Brothers! I caught a rat!”
Yoo Kang released the hand that was strangling Seol Hwa’s neck and turned her around to sit down. Instead, he grabbed her hands from behind and pressed down on her body.
“He was stealing rice from the warehouse! I knocked him down in one fell swoop because he was messing with my brothers’ precious food!”
The slightly surprised soldiers looked at each other and laughed.
Among them, a hooded figure crouched down in front of the story.
“You little rat, are you? Do you know where this is and came crawling in here?”
Seolhwa shook her head with a frightened expression.
“Hahaha, this is it. I’ve stolen from this place many times, but I’ve never been stolen from here.”
“…yes?”
“It’s a fishing boat, that’s what I’m saying.”
Seolhwa’s face was filled with shock.
The crowd chuckled at the surprised expression, finding it even more amusing.
“I really didn’t know! Please save me! I’ll do anything if you save me! Please…!”
“What do you know how to do?”
The number of people caught Sulwha’s ball violently.
I could feel Yoo Kang, who was holding my hand from behind, flinching and trembling.
“I’ll do whatever you ask me to do! I’m good at cleaning and washing dishes!”
At that moment, a rustling sound was heard from behind.
Oh my! At the same time.
“Mommy… Huuuu… Mommyyyy…!”
Hwarin burst into tears.
The two men frowned and glared at the child.
Seolhwa suddenly raised her head and said.
“Take good care of the child!”
Sujeok glanced down at the story. Then, as if annoyed, he clicked his tongue and gestured to Yoo Kang to put the story down.
“You take good care of the child?”
“yes…!”
“Then, try to make her stop crying right now.”
“yes?”
“You said you were taking good care of the child! Try to stop the child from crying! I really hate it when children whine!”
“yes yes!”
Seolhwa quickly approached Hwarin.
Meanwhile, Hwarin was crying even louder.
“Okay, good.”
– Hwarin-ah. This is Seolhwa-sister.
Hwarin suddenly stopped crying and opened her eyes.
“west….”
– No. You can’t call me by my name here, and you can’t call me ‘sister’.
Hwarin’s eyes blinked.
Although he was still young, he was a child who built the Shintan Palace on his own. He must have been out of his mind, so it would have been difficult for him to understand the situation, but fortunately, he did not open his mouth rashly.
– I’ll explain everything to you later. So stop crying and wait a moment. Okay?
“Sudden.”
Hwarin nodded.
Then, an exclamation of “Oh!” was heard from behind.