The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 628



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Episode 628

Part 3 Decision Matters

“Opening ceremony additional notes, Yeonjo University.”

“… … .”

I pretended not to hear the first call.

I needed some more time to calm my mind.

I took a deep breath and exhaled, looking around.

Pretend to exchange glances with the people lined up on the left and right, not just the top figures above.

“… … .”

“… … .”

of course.

There was no one who would meet his eyes and greet him.

and.

Yeon So-hyeon had no intention of waiting for him.

“The Grand Duke has confirmed that he is indeed the head of the Gaebongyeon family, Yeonjo Dae.”

“-That’s right.”

The Vice President of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cut off Yeon So-hyeon’s words.

He turned his head and looked at Yeon So-hyeon as calmly as possible and said.

“We both have limited time. Wouldn’t it be better to skip over obvious procedures?”

“I’m sorry.”

Yeon So-hyeon looked down at him and answered him in a tone that did not seem apologetic at all.

“As we saw earlier, a clear identification procedure is essential for summary execution.”

“… … .”

I was speechless.

Even now, he could feel the stickiness of the red carpet he was walking on through his leather shoes.

A red carpet soaked in blood.

The body of the security guard leader, Ban Wang-gi, was lying on the ground next to him, his head still lying on the ground.

“You’re not saying anything.”

Yeon So-hyeon’s voice shook my eardrums.

“You said you were short on time. Now, do you suddenly have some free time?”

“under….”

The deputy chief of staff frowned respectfully and looked at Yeon So-hyeon.

“For a moment, I was speechless at the vulgar threat that was out of place. Your Highness.”

Instead of calling him Chairman, he intentionally called him Archduke.

It was to provoke him and buy a little more time before getting to the main point.

But of course.

“Now that we’ve gotten the hang of it, let’s get straight to the point.”

Yeon So-hyeon didn’t even give him a moment to answer.

“Did Gaebongyeonga deliberately request support for a false attack in order to draw out the troops of the Luoyang clan?”

“… … .”

Instead of answering, he glared at Yeon So-hyeon looking down from above.

His tightly shut lips became completely dry.

Cold sweat was already forming on his tightly clenched fists.

“Let me ask you one last question.”

The one who responded to Yeon So-hyeon’s words was Hak Woon-hyung, the head of the household.

“Mr. Chairman. What was your last question…?”

“Literally.”

Yeon So-hyeon answered, looking down at the younger brother with a cold gaze, without taking her eyes off him.

“If he doesn’t answer again, the Luoyang Sword Master will not send support based on the absence of testimony from the Vice-Minister of the Interior.”

“…that?!”

“…You’re not sending support?!”

The people lined up on the left and right started to stir.

“But that would mean that the other collateral families and vassals outside the royal family would lose trust in the main family…!”

“So what are we going to do…?! Isn’t it impossible to just send all of our troops to all places…?!”

“still…!”

They too.

Although they are very influential figures in the Luoyang Sword Society, their voices do not reach the stage.

“So I ask again.”

Yeon So-hyeon asked the younger brother Yeon Jo-dae again without making a single mistake.

“The opening ceremony was intended to draw out the troops of the Luoyang main family, and to provide support for a false attack-.”

“-no.”

The subsidiary of the Korea Development Institute responded.

“That’s not true.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Everyone was silent, and it was natural that their eyes were focused on Yeon So-hyeon’s chief maid, Jeong-ah.

In that heavy silence, it might be a little embarrassing to be met with gazes filled with even heavier expectations.

The maid, Jeong-ah, answered with a cold expression and calm voice as usual.

“I can’t confirm it.”

“… … ?!”

“…What is that?!”

The crowd suddenly became abrupt again at that answer.

They looked at the faces of the auxiliary corps members, regardless of whether they were you or me.

“… … .”

He just kept his mouth shut with a tense expression.

“I can’t confirm it….”

As Yeon So-hyeon muttered like that.

The maid Jeong-ah, who had been staring at the auxiliary ceremonial ensemble with golden eyes without blinking even once, opened her mouth again.

“Opening ceremony of the drama ‘Bugajoo Yeonjodae’.”

Herself.

I asked the Vice President of the Department of Energy.

“Haven’t you heard any information in advance about the current situation regarding the opening?”

“… … .”

Okay then.

A faint smile appeared on the lips of the Bugaju Yeonjodae.

It was a smile of conversion that he had been hiding deep down until now.

“… That’s right.”

Sighs came from all sides.

* * *

“Loyalty…!”

Leaving behind the guards who were running out following orders, the War Department, no.

Now, the mad swordsman Sakho, who had become a member of the Ministry of War, asked the Lord of War.

“Wow, the day has come when our War Department will be in charge of the defense of Luoyang’s main home… .”

“Don’t be mistaken.”

Crack.

The Warlord said as he broke open the locked safe of the former guard lord.

“After all, the current situation is what it is. It’s just a temporary measure.”

At a time when there was a possibility that the Luoyang main house would be attacked.

The point was that the War Department was better suited to the role than the Constabulary.

“Vice-lord, no. Lord.”

The mad sword Sakho changed his name, looked around, and then changed his name to Jeon-eum.

[… The Grand Duke has put the Lord in charge of the defense of the main house in Luoyang.]

Gulp.

He swallowed hard and continued asking questions.

[Haven’t you already decided not to send our war effort to other places to support us?]

“… … ?!”

The Warlord’s hands, which were pulling out documents hidden in the broken safe, stopped.

He looked at the mad sword Sakho with a surprised expression.

“Who are you? The mad sword I know isn’t that smart.”

“Ahh…!”

The mad sword Sakho tried to tear off the head, but failed because of the helmet, sighed deeply, and confessed.

“… I heard it from other people. That’s what they all guessed.”

“Then that’s right.”

The warlord shrugged his shoulders as he took out his documents and stood up from his seat.

“so…!”

The mad sword Sakho was enraged by that tone.

“What is the Archduke’s true intention…?!”

“… Archduke?”

“Your Highness…?”

As the word Grand Duke was called out loud, the guards passing by outside glanced inside.

“ha….”

As the Warlord took a deep breath, the Mad Sword Sakho let out a thunderous roar outside.

“What are you looking at?! Don’t you all have anything to do?!”

“Oh, no…!”

As the guards disappeared like a swarm of bees, the mad sword Sakho asked with a shameless face.

“So what’s the answer?”

“… How could I know the Archduke’s true feelings?”

“Oh, really! There must be a guess, a guess…!”

“… … .”

Stay still.

The warlord, who had been fiddling with the documents, opened his mouth.

“…maybe.”

“Are you saying that guess from earlier was correct? That-.”

“Transmission.”

The mad sword Sakho was about to ask in a fleshy voice, but after being told off, he changed his voice to a voice-over.

[Her Grand Duke has truly decided not to send us, the most powerful force, to the outside for support…?!]

“…probably, I guess.”

The warlord spoke in a soft voice.

“Your Highness… here.”

The warlord’s deepened gaze turned towards the mad sword, Sakho.

[… You may be predicting that the Luoyang hometown will be the fiercest battleground.]

“… … .”

Has Yeon So-hyeon’s prediction ever been wrong?

Weren’t Yeon So-hyeon’s predictions always certain?

“Well, that’s just my guess. Just my guess.”

The warlord said that and began to look through the documents again.

“… … .”

Gulp.

The mad sword Sakho swallowed dry saliva for a while.

I couldn’t move from that spot.

* * *

The main hall of the house.

“… So that’s why.”

Yeon So-hyeon nodded.

“There was something strange about me from the beginning.”

His gaze, which had been directed towards the high ceiling, turned to the supporting role of the opening song, Yeonjodae.

“If I had known in advance, I would have gotten out of here before Gaebongyeonga started doing anything.”

But instead.

He was caught trying to escape after the incident.

that.

Gaebongyeon-ga knew of the existence of the maid Jeong-ah, the owner of the golden eye, and as a precaution, did not give any information to their subordinates in advance.

“Yes, Chairman.”

This time.

He called me Chairman instead of Grand Duke, but that sounded rather insulting.

“I, Yeonjo-dae, know nothing about those absurd suspicions.”

Could it be so confident to say you don’t know?

He shouted at the audience with a shameless face.

“So, members of the Luoyang Sword Family…! Please do not abandon your distant relatives…!”

He demanded confidently.

“I know very well that our Gaebongyeonga has been dissatisfied with our hometown of Luoyang up until now…! But…!”

His voice became more powerful.

“After all, we are one family…! When a family is in trouble, we should help them…! If not!”

His gaze was directed straight at Yeon So-hyeon.

“Because that wouldn’t be family anymore…!”

“this….”

“Things have turned out like this….”

Buzzing.

The crowd was in an uproar.

“This can’t be helped….”

“Still, at least I should check it myself and wait until the report comes back….”

“But that would delay the support….”

at that time.

Yeon So-hyeon raised her hand without saying anything.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Okay then.

In an instant, everyone fell silent, and only an anxious and confused silence filled the room.

“Because we’re family… .”

At Yeon So-hyeon’s words, Buga Joo Yeonjo-dae nodded.

“Yes. Aren’t we family?”

The opening ceremony took place a long time ago.

Similar to other collateral families.

It was a family that became independent and put down roots in Gaebong thanks to the favor of the head of the household at the time, who took care of his son who could not become the head of a small household.

“I’ve never had a family like yours, Yeonjodae.”

“… … ?!”

anything.

Yeonjo-dae, who felt creepy, tried to say something.

“Chairman, that means-!”

“What I mean is.”

The thin, small red jade plate thrown by Yeon So-hyeon floated in the air.

“… … !”

“… … ?!”

Including the opening song, additional notes, and the Yeonjodae.

The eyes of everyone gathered in the house including the Chief Inspector of the Inner Court and the Head of the Outer Court, Hakunhyung, were immediately fixed on the jade plate.

Whew, Whew, Whew…!

like.

A moment passes where it feels like time slows down.

A red jade plate with a parabola drawn on it fell to the floor.

Clang…!

and.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Yeon So-hyeon’s voice was heard in the ears of everyone who was at a loss for words.

“As of now, Gaebongyeonga is no longer part of our Nanyang Sword Family.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

blankly.

The Gaebongyeon-ga Bugajoo Yeonjo-dae and others looked at the red jade plate that had fallen to the floor and shattered into pieces.

“therefore.”

Yeon So-hyeon continued speaking in her usual calm tone.

“We, the Luoyang Swordsmen, will no longer confirm the authenticity of the request for support from Gaebongyeonga at this location. There is no need to respond to the request for support.”

that.

It was such simple logic.

But at the same time.

“…What is this now?”

“… You’re saying you’re going to expel Gaebongyeon from your list?”

“Just like this…?”

Most people couldn’t accept what happened in an instant.

“… … .”

The Director-General of the Royal Household turned his gaze toward the Chief Secretary of the Royal Household.

“… … .”

But the chief secretary did not notice the general’s gaze.

He too was simply astonished at what had just happened.

so.

The Chief of Staff opened his mouth and repeated the order of Yeon So-hyeon and the Chairman of the Household Council.

“The family ties between Gaebongyeonga and Nanyanggeomga have been severed. This was decided by the family council.”

“… … .”

The former chairman of the Supreme Council, the Sword Honored Guan Gu Seon Wi, looked up into the air and opened his mouth.

“May the great spirits of the Luoyang Swordsmen protect them….”

As he recited that.

The highest ranking figures of the Luoyang Sword Masters, including the head of the Oewonju Sword Mastery, raised their voices at the same time.

“May the great spirits of the Luoyang Sword Family protect the Gaebongyeonga….”

“May the great spirits of the Luoyang Sword Family protect their future path….”

“… … .”

The face of the opening love song’s Bugaju Yeonjodae, whose mind had completely turned white, was as pale as his mind.

“The Lord Protector of the Court.”

At Yeon So-hyeon’s call, the acting head of the legal protection department came to his senses and answered.

“… Yes, Mr. Chairman!”

“Arrest the members of Gaebongyeon Ga Bugaju Yeonjodae immediately on charges of bribing the security guards. Then, send them to the court of appeals to thoroughly investigate whether they have committed other crimes.”

“I will obey your orders…!”

The guardians of the court rushed in and immediately arrested the deputy commander.

“This, this is crazy… ?!”

The auxiliary corps was forced to kneel and shouted as if in a fit of convulsion.

“Yeonsohyun, you’re crazy…! You’re completely crazy…!”

He didn’t take his eyes off Yeon Soo-hyun even as he was dragged across the floor.

“If it’s true that Gaebong is in danger, then you, Yeon So-hyeon, killed all the innocent people in Gaebongyeon-ga…! You killed them all-!”

-Thud!

As the door closed.

The voice of the auxiliary corps suddenly cut off.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Yeon So-hyeon smiled toward the closed door, receiving the gazes of the audience mixed with fear.

“Is that really so?”