〈Episode 586〉 The Little Princess of the North Sea Ice Palace.
WHACK!
“… … !!”
One arm is broken.
That too in an unusual shape.
There is not an inch of hesitation in bending the right arm.
When I had my wisdom tooth pulled out, I screamed because I didn’t expect it, but this time I didn’t scream.
Ignoring my trembling shoulders, I try to move somehow.
That couldn’t be done.
“I thought you were using your left hand, so I broke your right hand.”
“…!”
The masked man flinched at the sound of the voice.
The other person realized that he was left-handed.
When on earth? I’ve never even held a sword.
I want to bite my lip because of the pain I feel, but I can’t.
He was preventing the other person from closing his mouth.
“Ugh… ugh…”
“I have a few questions for you. You can take your time answering.”
There is a hint of laughter in his voice.
That was even creepier.
“first.”
Along with the sound, a sensation is felt on the remaining index finger of the left hand.
The other person grabbed my finger.
“What kind of person are you?”
The pressure felt in my mouth slightly relaxes.
I guess I’ll let you go a little so you can talk.
To this the masked man replied.
“I… think I’ll say it…”
Uduk.
“… Ugh!”
The index finger is broken.
“second.”
I don’t feel any regrets. The stop was made as is.
“Why were you watching?”
“Ugh… Ugh… .”
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WHACK!
“Ugh!”
Since there is no answer, the pain is felt immediately.
This time it wasn’t broken.
It was a feeling of being caught and crushed as it was.
My bones were crumbling. I could feel it clearly.
I didn’t even feel any pain. This time it was my ring finger.
“Third.”
To the same voice that is heard indifferently.
“Ugh… Heh heh… Heh heh…”
The masked man laughs.
After hearing that laughter, I stopped moving for a moment.
Silence falls.
“Why are you laughing?”
For some reason, the voice asking the question was full of interest.
The masked man continued to laugh when he heard this.
“… Ugh… Creak… . How can it not be… funny… .”
“Okay, keep talking. What’s funny?”
“The… Jeongpa bastard… who claims to… protect… justice… and harmony… can act so… cruelly…”
“oh.”
A gasp of admiration was heard.
“Do you know who I am?”
“Well… I know.”
The masked man raised his head and looked at the young man.
Brilliantly glowing blue eyes.
Fierce eyes and thick black hair.
Although the eyes are clear, they don’t seem to contain any emotions.
The masked man could tell.
The author does not see himself as a human being.
It was like an animal. I could tell it was looking at me like that.
Is this really a political party?
I have my doubts, but the author is a righteous person.
“…Guyangcheon of Shanxi Province…”
The protagonist of a rumor that heated up the Central Plains for a moment a few years ago.
That was this young man.
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My impressions have changed a lot since then, but I was confident through the information.
“hmm.”
After hearing this, Guyangcheon lets out a short voice.
It may be true that he recognized himself, but there was another meaning contained in the words.
“Then, you’re not a member of the political party?”
“Ugh… Ugh… . Jeongpa-ni Sapani… . Anyway, you guys are the ones who set all the standards…!”
Push-!
The nail is pulled out from the broken index finger.
and.
Cheeeeek-!
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!”
I felt an intense heat where my fingernail had been pulled out.
The skin is burning and a foul smell is coming out.
“Just answer the questions. Don’t add unnecessary words.”
“Ugh… Ugh… .”
The pain is overwhelming.
I could feel the saliva flowing from between my closed lips.
It’s a pain that comes through the veins.
Living as a secret guest, I’ve become somewhat accustomed to torture.
The masked man was having a hard time staying sane due to the pain he was feeling.
Still.
Despite that level of pain, I didn’t lose consciousness.
‘this guy….’
What’s choking me while my body trembles in pain is fear.
I don’t feel this tired just from having my fingers broken and my flesh burned.
The pain felt was much greater than that.
However, seeing that he had not lost his mind, the masked man felt a sense of great crisis.
‘Are you saying that you are controlling all of this?’
It means that Guyangcheon is doing something to make you feel more pain but not lose your mind.
It’s cruel.
If that were true, it would have been an absolutely brutal thing.
Killing people is something that anyone would do if they were unmanned.
Torturing and causing pain to others is different.
There is nothing more burdensome than that until you get used to the act.
I could tell just by looking at this guy.
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‘It’s so familiar that it’s dry.’
They don’t feel guilty about their actions, let alone attach any meaning to them.
There is no hesitation in the hand, not even any emotion in it.
Is this really an unmanned vehicle that has exceeded its terms and conditions?
No, let’s leave that aside.
‘The party is… right?’
Naturally, such a question arose.
While swallowing a scream, the masked man rolled his eyes.
“It’s annoying.”
Gu Yang-cheon, who was watching this, blurted out.
“If it weren’t for my injuries, I would’ve corrupted you and made you vomit comfortably. Tsk.”
corruption?
It was an unknown word.
“Let’s take it easy. Who knows? They might save us.”
“Ugh… .”
“When I look at you, you weren’t after me. You weren’t after the princess either… What the hell have you been doing?”
It wasn’t even aimed at me.
It wasn’t like he was aiming at the woman next to him.
Gu Yangcheon said so with confidence.
Hearing this, the masked man had to swallow his breath.
‘Where on earth?’
Where did you get such confidence?
If it were normal, I would have thought that there would be someone among the people looking into it.
“So let’s take it easy. Just say the word…”
“Ugh… Are you asking me to believe that?”
Gu Yangcheon closes his mouth at the masked man’s laughter.
“Those political bastards, they always just… spit out words. Words they can’t even keep.”
That’s right. Gu Yangcheon agreed with those words.
All you do is spit out words and there’s no substance.
This is a perfect fit for the current political party.
What’s more,
‘That’s right, I have no intention of saving you.’
Gu Yangcheon also had no intention of saving Lee Ja.
They are all the same people who can’t be trusted, but there is no mercy for the Sapa.
It was a useless stubbornness that I had since long ago.
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“Do you believe that empty justice… still remains…?”
Even the tongue is long.
‘Should I just kill him?’
It’s starting to get annoying.
It’s clear that he’s the ‘guy’ or ‘guys’ who’s doing something behind the scenes, but given his condition, I don’t think he’ll be able to say anything easily.
‘Tsk.’
Every time something like this happens, I hate my past life, but I also miss it a little.
‘If it had been back then, things would have been different.’
I’ve died a lot too.
Getting these guys to open their mouths was a piece of cake.
After returning, I felt like I had become somewhat dull, perhaps because I had lived more like a human being.
‘I know you’re trying to do something.’
I don’t know what that is.
Is it because the opening of the Non-Wood Festival is just around the corner? There are so many strange people involved.
‘It doesn’t really matter, as long as they’re not targeting us anyway.’
If by any chance you were aiming for blindness, I welcomed it.
Then my plan will become a little easier.
“You foolish child of the political party… who can’t see even an inch ahead of him… Just wait quietly for the end…”
Yeah, let’s kill him.
I need to slowly get back to the top.
Is it because I’m feeling sick? I also want to eat dumplings.
‘What kind of torture is this?’
I don’t want to get involved in annoying things anymore.
It was already a bothersome and annoying situation.
“As time goes by… when the end comes, this sect and you too… ! And.”
It’s been a while since I’ve seen Mo Yong-hee, so I guess I should take the kids out for a meal.
“And the lowly women next to you….”
“hey.”
Stop.
The masked man who had been spitting out words suddenly shut his mouth.
Silence falls.
Even though he was prepared to die, he had to stop talking.
The reason is none other than this.
“Crunch…? Crunch…!!”
This is because an enormous amount of murderous intent suddenly began to pour into the masked man.
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Phew!
It’s terrible.
Just feeling it made my skin feel like it was being torn apart.
I have trouble breathing.
Even the pain I was feeling in my arms seemed to have stopped.
The masked man turns his gaze. What on earth is this murderous intent?
The life force was coming out through the Guyangcheon River that was holding him back.
The air has changed.
It felt like the space was distorted just by living.
“Who is lowly?”
“Ugh… That… .”
My body is shaking.
The murderous aura emanating from Guyangcheon was making all senses stop.
‘This, this… this is… .’
How can I feel this kind of life?
How can this kind of energy be felt from a human being?
‘This… run… is something I’ve never felt even from the great lord…!’
bang-!
“Ugh!”
In that moment, a fist is stuck in the masked man’s mouth.
It was a fist swung by Guyangcheon.
Thud thud! All the teeth came out along with the blood.
All my teeth were broken so I couldn’t chew my tongue.
Unable to bear it any longer, a scream bursts out.
It doesn’t matter.
Because the curtain was set a long time ago.
Gu Yang-cheon said as he looked at the man shivering and bleeding.
“I was just trying to make you feel comfortable. Why are you talking like shit? It makes people feel like shit.”
This is a completely different tone from before.
Guyangcheon’s hand moved.
It was just a moment.
simplicity and honesty-!
A short sound is heard from the masked man’s stomach.
What are you talking about?
The masked man is a bit questionable though.
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I could tell right away.
It was the sound of my danjeon breaking.
I hear a sound and feel pain.
It was excruciating pain.
But I couldn’t scream.
Because Guyangcheon had already covered the masked man’s mouth.
“Eughgghh …
“Stop barking. It annoys me.”
The energy that had been gathered in the danjeon disperses in an instant.
As the bets you’ve saved your whole life disappear, emptiness sets in.
“Ugh… Huh…!”
In just a few seconds, from an unmanned body to an ordinary person… .
No, it became a body worse than that.
The masked man’s eyes shake like crazy.
It was only then that the strength in my hand that had been holding it back disappeared.
“This… this devil… this bastard…!”
He shouted in anger.
Although he had no teeth and his speech was slurred, his emotions were clear.
However, there was no change in Goo Yang-cheon’s expression when he heard this.
I can only watch.
The masked man who confirmed this continues to shout.
“Rather…! I’d rather kill you! If you come out here…! I’ll have to talk-”
“don’t do it.”
“…!”
“Don’t say anything. I’m not curious anymore.”
What does that mean?
The moment when the masked man felt puzzled.
“No matter what you say from now on, I won’t listen.”
“What the heck….”
“So please don’t say a word. Okay?”
Bam-!
“Whoa!”
My throat was grabbed.
“No matter what happens from now on, don’t say anything. I’m not curious. Remember.”
“Ugh.”
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I’m so scared I could go crazy.
Hwaruk-!
Flames rise from the back of Guyangcheon River.
Blue flames.
Although it was particularly beautiful to look at, the masked man could feel the murderous intent contained in the flames.
‘Why.’
Why did the atmosphere suddenly change like this?
The masked man who was trembling suddenly came to mind.
[And the lowly women next to you…] [Who said lowly?]
That was definitely the starting point.
The starting point of change in Guyangcheon’s eyes, which were filled with annoyance and boredom.
‘no way….’
It’s nothing else. Are you saying that you’re this angry just because someone harassed a woman?
I tried hard to believe it wasn’t, but there didn’t seem to be any other reason.
no.
Whatever the reason, it won’t matter anymore.
The rising flames enveloped the surrounding area, creating a wall.
“not…!”
Soon, the vaguely visible sky disappears into flames.
like that.
When the flames disappeared and reappeared.
There was a trace of something black and burnt in the spot.
Only Gu Yang-cheon was wiping his hands on his clothes with a displeased expression.
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It wasn’t that difficult to clean up the traces.
Because there was no trace left in the first place.
I returned to the alley, hiding my uneasy feeling.
In the alley, Dang So-yeol was still waiting for me.
“Oh, Your Majesty.”
As I cautiously entered the alley, Dang So-yeol greeted me.
Looking at that, I asked.
“He is.”
I asked about Mo Yong-hee, who wasn’t nearby.
“Well, I said I would go first because I thought it would be better to take the young lady to the top.”
“okay.”
I told you to go first anyway.
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Fortunately, it seemed like he listened well.
“How are you?”
This time, Dang So-yeol asked me.
What happened to the person I chased after?
I said, slightly avoiding Tang Xiaoyeol’s eyes.
“Since you didn’t say anything, I just cleaned it up.”
I answered with a little bit of truth mixed in.
Burned without a trace.
Even trying to kill him by doing this and that is too much.
Saying I didn’t kill him would be a pointless lie, so I said this honestly.
“Oh, I see.”
Fortunately, Tang So-yeol, who heard this, seemed unfazed.
“Ugh. I should have heard the information….”
Rather, it seemed like he looked regretful.
“I’ll go next time, Confucius. I can do that well now!”
“… Oh, yeah, yeah.”
What is that…?
I wanted to ask Dang So-yeol, who was shouting brightly, but I couldn’t bring myself to ask.
That dark king… What on earth did he teach Dang So-yeol?
What did you do to make your child like this?
It’s good to be stronger, but is this really a positive direction?
A question suddenly crossed my mind.
“by the way….”
I moved my gaze from Dang So-yeol to the other side.
This is the direction where Seongyul was standing with his sword.
“What is that?”
I asked Seongyul what had changed in the scene.
It must have been an ordinary alleyway where there was nothing until just before.
There was a person lying on top of it.
‘Already dead?’
Even dead.
At first I thought Seongyul had killed him, but looking at his condition, it seemed like some time had passed.
furthermore.
“Where have I seen your face before?”
The body was that of a middle-aged man.
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It was a face I felt like I’d seen somewhere.
Who is it?
I don’t remember very well.
He asked Seongyul after seeing the body.
“What is this?”
“There was a formula.”
I tilted my head at Seongyul’s answer.
“Formation?”
There was a formation in this alley? I had a strange feeling when I heard that.
‘What he was seeing, could it be a truth?’
I was wondering what the hell that guy was looking at, and was he looking at the formation set up here?
Well, that makes sense.
‘If it’s not me, and if it’s not you targeting the little princess… then this is it for sure.’
It is a method that is difficult to understand even for someone of my level.
If it was that elaborate a formation, then I could understand.
It is also questionable why such a formation was used to hide the body.
“How did you even find this out?”
Seongyul felt a truth that even I couldn’t feel.
I asked, wondering a little bit why such an elaborate formation had been dismantled.
Seongyul answered me calmly.
“I cut it because I felt something.”
“…”
“Then it worked out.”
Seongyul’s words as if to ask what the problem is.
Hearing this, I thought.
… What should I say? It was an answer I’ve heard a lot.
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After that, it returned to the top right away.
By the way, the body was just left behind.
If you report it there, you’ll obviously be caught by the police and interrogated.
It’s possible to get out, but I didn’t want to get involved in that kind of thing, so I just left after covering up some traces.
Of course, I told them to have someone watch over it, so if there’s a problem, they’ll contact you separately.
I hope that no unnecessary incidents occur today.
‘It seems like something has happened.’
It is certain that something is going to happen in Hanam.
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It wasn’t the first or second time something had happened, so it wasn’t anything special.
The important thing is.
‘What does that mean to me?’
Whatever happened, it was important how things turned out.
If it seems like it will have a negative effect, I will break it.
I’ll leave it alone if it helps.
In order to do that, eventually.
‘I need to find out what’s going on.’
I felt like I had to quickly figure out what was happening.
That way it will be easier to deal with.
This leaves us with more than one thing to find out.
It means that a lot of annoying and irritating things are coming at you all at once.
Of course, this is the case with Shin Noya, but also with Cheonma.
The problem with the Murim Alliance was the same.
Is it because you are trying to do something big that is not suitable for the topic?
It was already piling up with annoying things.
Yeah, I’m already busy.
“Excuse me.”
The princess of the Ice Palace sitting in front of me spoke to me.
“Would it be okay if I marry you?”
I blurted it out as soon as I heard it.
“What is this crazy bitch talking about?”
I couldn’t stand it.
