The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 587



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Episode 587

Part 12: A Short Daily Life

Her short hair swayed in the wind.

“… Oh.”

He let out a soft exclamation of admiration without realizing it and quickly walked forward.

Clank, clank.

As his steps quickened, the five swords tied to his body also made noises as if they were rejoicing along with their master.

“hmm?”

The sharp senses of the special forces soldiers controlling the main gate of Won-gak-jeong could not have missed that sound.

They all turned around and checked the person approaching from inside Won-gak-jeong.

“Oh, that one?”

The group leader and others immediately recognized him.

“colon…?”

“Are you the captain…?”

“Why don’t you just rest inside…?”

Who else would the special agents directly under the Senate call a captain?

“Captain…?!”

The warrior who looked like a new recruit of the special forces opened his eyes wide upon hearing that title.

“That’s the one… ?!”

A special unit directly under the Senate.

They are a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to the swordsmanship, and who wanted to be used by the swordsmanship until the end.

Because of that organizational characteristic.

Even if you’re a new recruit, it just means you’ve just joined the special forces.

That new special agent too.

He must have been a master who had been refined through countless battles and bloodshed, but unfortunately had to step down from the front lines due to injury.

“Ohhh…!”

But, it’s surprising that a veteran who has been through thick and thin has this kind of reaction.

“Oh, that’s true… .”

The special task force leader nodded his head in a nervous manner at the words of the new special task force agent.

“That person is the captain of our special forces.”

“Death-stealing demon sword…!”

The new special agent shouted out the nickname as if cheering at the leader’s words.

“I never thought the day would come when I would see that Demon Sword with my own eyes…! Ohhh…!”

It was as if a young warrior had met a master he admired.

The leader asked him, unable to hide his embarrassment.

“Oh, I see you like the captain very much?”

“Of course…!”

The new special agent nodded without the slightest hesitation.

“Isn’t this the person who once retired and then came back to active duty like the wind to once again spread his fame throughout the continent?!”

He held up his hand, which had suffered serious injuries and several fingers were missing, with a smile on his face.

“If it weren’t for him, I would have been living a life of alcoholism and never thought of becoming a special agent.”

The rookie agent pounded his chest with his missing finger.

“It’s not just me. Many people like me have heard the name of the Talmyeonggwigeom and gained the strength to stand up again.”

“ah….”

The old special agents around him nodded as if they finally understood.

“Oh, I see… .”

“I heard that these days, there has been a sharp increase in the number of people applying for special forces instead of putting down their swords… ”

“Was there such a thing?”

The story of the new special agent also resonated with the hearts of the veteran special agent warriors.

“Hehehe.”

“Somehow, my nose feels ticklish.”

“Well, we also get excited whenever we hear rumors about the captain….”

They looked at the Talmyeonggwigeom with a slightly excited expression, feeling a sense of pride for no reason.

however.

“… Hmm?”

The newbie asked, slightly embarrassed.

“…But, what is the Demon Sword Master doing now?”

Actually.

Even in this situation where warm stories related to him were being exchanged, wasn’t it the case that Talmyeonggwigeom himself was looking at the main gate of Wonkakjeong with deeply impressed eyes?

And then, slowly.

“… … .”

He approached the main gate and carefully examined the hinges and lacquer, and began to stroke the pillars one by one.

“Hoo, hoo.”

He would routinely rub his fingers over the areas where dust would accumulate and exclaim in admiration when not a speck of dust came up, and he would also kneel down to check the level of the floor and nod in satisfaction.

“… Good, good.”

It was an attitude so solemn that it was hard to understand.

“Oh, by any chance…?!”

As if he had noticed something in the strange behavior, the new special agent asked his seniors.

“Is that some kind of official return ceremony for the special forces deployed to Wonkakjeong?! A celebration of their survival after returning from the battlefield…?!”

“uh….”

The old special agents exchanged glances with embarrassed expressions and made trembling expressions.

“That’s, that’s why… .”

“There’s no such thing…?”

“Yes? Or not?”

at that time.

The voice of the Demon Sword was heard from behind.

“Yeah, right here… .”

When everyone turned around, they saw Talmyunggwigeom leaning against the pillar of the main gate, smiling to himself.

“Hoo hoo hoo.”

He took the most comfortable position, rubbing his buttocks on the floor with a very familiar look.

“I’m back, to the home of my heart… .”

The new special agent who heard that monologue was embarrassed.

“What is that…?”

however.

The old special agents around him who heard that monologue seemed to understand something.

“Oh, I see…!”

“Huh, so that’s what happened.”

Isn’t he just laughing in vain and shaking his head?

“He complained to the Grand Duke every day, saying that it was unfair.”

“Where do you feel the greatest peace in front of the door?”

“I see. The captain has now truly become a true ‘gatekeeper.’”

“…yes?”

Whether the new special agent is flustered or not.

The gatekeeper of Won-gak-jeong.

“Yeah, this is it… .”

The demon sword lay back in the most comfortable position in the world and enjoyed the inner peace that he had finally found after a long time.

* * *

Inside Won-gak-jeong.

“Just a moment, don’t move… .”

Several maids of Won Gak Jeong gathered in front of the mirror and started to tremble, then soon they fell as if they were done and smiled brightly.

“Okay, it’s done!”

“The makeup was completely removed!”

“okay?!”

The Four Princes.

Yeonbi blushed and walked closer to the mirror to check her face.

“at las…!”

Yeonbi, who had completely returned to her usual appearance, smiled brightly.

“Okay, thank you all…!”

He kicked the door open and stormed out, barely able to say thank you.

“Haha, don’t mention it!”

“If you ever want to reapply your makeup, just ask us!”

“We will make you much prettier than the three or four princesses!”

“Never, ever again…!”

Leaving behind the maids’ bursts of laughter, Yeonbi ran under the sunlight.

“Ugh, finally…!”

My anger just exploded.

Because of the mischievous pranks of the third princess Yeon Da-eun and the fourth princess Yeon Da-hye, he was unable to have a proper conversation with his older brother who had returned after such a long time.

But the resentment was short-lived.

“Big brother…! Right now, this little brother is going…!”

Yes, that’s right.

Now, his big brother.

The moment has come to talk with Yeon So-hyeon about the stories that have been building up over time.

“Where is big brother now…?!”

“In the living room now-.”

“thanks!”

He waved his thanks to the maid who had answered his question, then ran past her.

The steps were light.

“Big brother…!”

iced coffee.

How long has it been since I’ve seen my big brother?

“Hoo hoo hoo…!”

Sakongja Yeonbi, who had been suffering from hellish overwork every day, was finally rewarded.

I found myself humming and my shoulders shaking.

“Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo…!”

In an instant, he crossed the wide circular pavilion and reached the reception room.

Zaaaaaaah!

“Your Majesty?!”

He stopped with a strong brake, kicking up a dust storm, and asked the triplets of maids guarding the front of the reception room.

“What about big brother?!”

“I’d like to meet the master of the main house!”

The triplets tried to quickly bow to him, but-.

“Is your big brother inside?!”

“Ah, yes…! The Grand Duke is inside-.”

“Thank you!”

Sakongja Yeonbi opened the door to the reception room herself and shouted loudly.

“Big brother…! This poor little brother has finally-!”

Towering.

The body of the servant girl, Yeon-bi, who saw the inside, froze.

“Haha, this guy.”

Obviously.

There.

He had an older brother, Yeon So-hyeon.

but.

“Big brother…!”

On Yeon So-hyeon’s lap, there was already a ‘guest’.

“Please stroke Nan-i’s head a little more normally…!”

That’s right.

She was small and cute, and was the youngest of the family.

“Hey, how old are you? Are you still acting like a child?”

Even though the eldest brother, Yeon So-hyeon, was nagging her like that, he was constantly stroking the youngest, Nan-i’s, head with a gentle hand.

“Hey, this guy…!”

The eldest sister, Yeon Yu-hwa, who was sitting next to her, playfully poked Nan-i in the ribs.

“Is this big sister invisible now…?”

Kyaarruk!

As the princess Yeon Yu-hwa tickled her side, a breathy laugh burst out of Nan-yi’s mouth.

“Haha…!”

Princess Yeon Seo-rin, who was drinking from a distance, was also laughing heartily while watching the scene.

“Wow…!”

“I’m so cute…!”

Yeon Da-eun and Yeon Da-hye.

The two twin sisters were so attached to the youngest, Nan, that they didn’t know how to leave.

The girls who usually rushed to Yeonbi whenever they saw her didn’t even know she had come in.

“Hey, aren’t you cute?”

At my cute antics, honey poured out of their eyes.

“Gyaaaah…!”

“Our Nan is the cutest in the world…!”

Noisy.

Even the maid Jeong-ah smiled softly as she watched the noisy scene.

“… … .”

It’s like.

It was the very picture of a happy family.

‘ah….’

and.

The four-legged sage realized.

‘I see…’

With my return, I.

No more.

‘I see….’

It wasn’t that he wasn’t the (cutest) youngest in the world.

“Ugh…!”

This is it.

Is this the devil entering a fire?

Sakongja Yeonbi clutched her chest as she was overcome by a torrent of dark emotions.

But, at that time.

“… … !”

The eyes of the four-legged sage grew wide.

It was as if my eyes met with the youngest, Nan, who was sitting on her older brother’s lap and acting cute.

‘Smile…?’

That’s right.

The youngest, Nan, smiled as she found herself meeting someone she hadn’t seen in a long time.

‘Are you going to usurp my position as the vassal of the four princes and laugh at me as you look down on this miserable downfall?’

Is the evil in your heart deepening?

but.

It didn’t take long for him to realize that it was his own mistake.

“Rain, my brother…!”

The youngest, Nan, laughed brightly, jumped down from Yeon So-hyeon’s lap, and started running towards her.

Looking at that expressionless face, Sakongja Yeonbi was greatly shocked while standing there.

‘ah…!’

What I thought was a dream was actually an awakening.

“Brother, you said…?”

The youngest sibling, Nan-i, ran to him and hugged him deeply as he stood there blankly.

“Brother, I missed you so much…!”

Sakongja Yeonbi looked at her younger sister in her arms with trembling eyes.

“Am I your older brother?”

The youngest, Nan, burst into bright laughter in his arms, perhaps because he found her monologue funny.

‘iced coffee….’

Sakongja Yeonbi unconsciously stroked the head of her younger brother, who was like a small animal.

“This is what it felt like… ”

If you lose one, you gain one.

But he was no longer the (cutest) youngest sibling in the world.

at las.

He got back his precious younger brother whom he had to protect.

“Please hug me, Rain Brother…!”

“Yeah! This guy!”

Sakongja Yeonbi lifted her up in his arms and burst into loud laughter.

“This Yeonbi is your brother…!”

“Gyaaak…!”

Looking at that scene, the third princess Yeon Da-eun and the fourth princess Yeon Da-hye laughed from behind.

“Kekekeke. That guy Via, you’ve become so cocky all of a sudden.”

“Kuk kuk kuk. Just because I’ve escaped my youngest status doesn’t mean I can escape from these older sisters, right?”

but.

The current Yeonbi couldn’t even hear those playful words of theirs.

“I have a younger sibling too…!”

* * *

At sunset.

“… … .”

Sakongja Yeonbi after dinner with her family.

I carefully left the place alone and sat down on a small hill, watching the sunset.

“So, I got off the horse and…!”

“Oh my, oh my, really…?!”

Inside the back hall, the sound of laughter has been continuous since a while ago.

‘Good… .’

How long has it been since I last had a moment filled with the laughter of my family?

Even in my memory, such moments were extremely rare.

“… … .”

but.

The sunset-lit face of the Sakongja Yeonbi is clear.

There was a hint of regret.

“Were you here?”

At the sound of a voice coming from nearby, Sakongja Yeonbi got up from her seat.

“Big brother…!”

His older brother, Yeon So-hyeon, was walking slowly.

“There is a look of sadness on your face.”

“That is….”

Yeon So-hyeon approached him and gently stroked his head.

“Do you think of your mother?”

“… Yes, that’s right.”

His own mother.

Lady of the Supreme Court of Tang.

Even now, she would be alone in the ghost palace, without any warmth or people around.

Because of her terrible, uncontrolled venom, even the poisonous man himself, Sakongja, could not visit her often.

“It is ultimately a result of the mother’s choice….”

Yeonbi clenched her fists.

Whenever a happy time came to him, he couldn’t help but think of his mother.

“I am….”

“Don’t worry.”

Yeon So-hyeon smiled at Yeon Bi.

“There’s not much time left. You know that, right?”

“…yes.”

The expression on Sakongja Yeonbi’s face became very determined.

“I know.”

What is there now.

It was not Bia, who felt the emotions of a boy, but Yeonbi, the swordsman who protected the swordsmanship on behalf of Yeonseohyun.

“A little while ago.”

Yeon So-hyeon turned her head and looked at the sky turning red as she spoke.

“The Executive Council asked me to attend.”

“…at las!”

A green light flashed deep within Yeonbi’s eyes.

Yeon So-hyeon turned her head and asked him.

“Would you like to go with me?”

The four-legged servant answered immediately.

“Of course.”