Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 186

The Three Kings’ Disciple (187)

186

‘Soul Returning Divine Doctor.’

He was known as the best physician and a legend in Eun [a fictional kingdom or region].

A figure said to revive even the dead and break through the barriers of mastery with his medical skills.

However, he had long since disappeared into seclusion, and because his story was so legendary and his identity unknown, it was even thought that he was not a real person.

‘But he does exist.’

This was a fact confirmed by the Black Lion King.

“Dang Hwa-young. Get a grip.”

Dang Hwa-young, she also confirmed the fact.

“Find the Soul Returning Divine Doctor.”

The Soul Returning Divine Doctor, that he was someone related to the Dang family.

Even half of what was known about the Soul Returning Divine Doctor would be enough.

If Lee Ro-woon’s abilities and the Soul Returning Divine Doctor’s abilities were combined.

“It’s possible.”

It would be possible to revive everyone.

Flutter.

The corners of Dang Hwa-young’s eyes, which had been shedding tears, trembled.

She also seemed to see the possibility, and the tears that had been flowing stopped.

Lee Ro-woon spoke as if driving in a wedge.

“From now on, you are the head of the Dang family.”

She had not followed the proper procedures, nor had she clearly inherited the position of family head.

Swoosh.

But look at this state.

“Yes, that’s right.”

The Dang family’s head and direct line, elders, and key elites had erased everything about the Dang family and left.

They had abandoned the family.

“We agree that Young Lady Dang Hwa-young should become the family head.”

The Dang family warriors spoke without blinking their red-stained eyes.

“I will be the notary.”

Namgung Cheon, the head of the Namgung family, stepped forward and spoke.

“I will do the same.”

Moryong Hu, the head of the Moryong family, stepped forward and spoke.

“I’ll allow it.”

When Lee Ro-woon spoke as if it were natural, Dang Hwa-young was finally able to have a small smile on her lips.

‘Family head.’

In fact, the position of family head was not what Dang Hwa-young wanted.

It was just a position necessary for her to have the freedom she desired.

Dang Hwa-young, who had risen to the position of young lady because of her outstanding talent and desire for freedom.

However, she had never been very greedy for the position of family head.

She had simply left it to the flow of things.

“I….”

She had developed a desire for the position of family head after meeting Lee Ro-woon, but that was because she had recognized her own shortcomings, not because she had developed a desire for the position itself.

But now, her non-existent desire began to burn.

Revenge.

“I….”

Those who had become cold corpses.

The family head may not have thought so, but to Dang Hwa-young, they were family, no different from the direct line.

-Young lady. Please try some of this.

-Young lady!

Passing through her childhood.

-Young lady. What’s not to your liking today?

-Young lady, why are you frowning, ruining that pretty face of yours?

Even after becoming the young lady, they were always the same.

To leave them like this without a care, is that what a family head does?

She wanted revenge.

She wanted to prove it.

What the head of the Dang family was.

Thud.

The tears had now completely stopped.

‘I, I have to change.’

It was said that dramatic changes come in an instant.

Dang Hwa-young’s face, which had always shown her emotions, was now filled with coldness.

“I am the head of the Dang family.”

She declared.

“The Dang family does not forget favors or grudges.”

All the forces of Eun were like that, but the Dang family was particularly special.

“Favors tenfold.”

Dang Hwa-young said.

“Grudges a thousandfold.”

The Dang family warriors said in unison.

“Those who abandoned the family today are the enemies of the Dang family. Grudges a thousandfold.”

They would be caught and killed to the last one.

***

Dang Hwa-young and the Dang family warriors moved immediately.

After all, all of the Dang family’s traps had been dismantled by Lee Ro-woon.

“Search every nook and cranny!”

The Dang family had left in a hurry.

Although they were specialized in erasing things using their skills, they would not have been able to erase and take everything.

“The ironworks are intact!”

“The hidden weapons are still there!”

Those things were not important.

“Find them!”

They had to find the resources that were most important to the Dang family.

“Search every nook and cranny!”

Under Dang Hwa-young’s command, the Dang family warriors were breaking the family’s furnishings and searching everything.

How much internal energy they had drawn up, in the heated air.

“I found it!”

Finally, the first voice burst out.

Taat!

Dang Hwa-young hurriedly flew towards the source of the sound.

The direction was none other than the Dang family’s workshop.

“Family head.”

Now, Dang Hwa-young was being treated as the perfect family head.

“Here, it’s near the furnace.”

The warrior who had shouted began to guide Dang Hwa-young.

“I don’t know if you remember….”

“Dang Cheol, I know that you are the grandson of Dang So-ryun, who was one of the best artisans in the workshop.”

“……..”

Dang Cheol trembled for a moment at Dang Hwa-young’s appearance, who knew his exact name and family relations, even though he thought she would think of him as just an ordinary warrior.

A sign of gratitude.

“My grandfather has a habit.”

As was often the case with artisans, they were, in a way, eccentric people.

Not only their eccentric personalities, but also their strange obsessions and craftsmanship.

And.

“Habit.”

Just like professional athletes, artisans often had their own habits or rituals when making things.

The place where Dang Cheol stood was in front of a hammer.

A very ordinary hammer.

“Do you see it?”

Dang Cheol pointed to the hammer and said.

“The handle is facing upwards.”

When Dang Hwa-young looked confused, Dang Cheol realized his mistake and said.

“Originally, my grandfather never leaves the handle facing upwards. He says that the sound of hammering the metal changes when the hammer is always standing upright….”

It might not be a big deal.

But if it was the habit of a Dang family artisan, and not just anywhere.

“He would never make such a mistake.”

There must be a reason.

“So, when I checked the surroundings….”

Without hesitation, Dang Cheol raised his foot high.

Kwaaang!

The wooden planks burst out, and fragments scattered.

However, when Dang Hwa-young reached out her hand, the fragments gathered together and fell with a thud.

“……!”

Dang Hwa-young’s eyes were fixed on the spot where Dang Cheol’s foot had landed.

Dang Hwa-young had been searching the Dang family, constantly emitting internal energy to check for hidden spaces.

“It’s a special technique my grandfather created. It’s a special treatment to prevent the space beyond from being detected by other energies.”

She seemed to have heard of such a technique.

The space was now clearly revealed.

Dang Cheol reached into it and took something out.

Faded papers.

The letters written at the very front.

[Divine Weapon Creation Method]

“……!”

Finally, they had found one.

The most important treasure of the Dang family.

“Originally, it was against the family rules to record and store the creation method separately….”

Dang Cheol was not trying to make excuses to protect his grandfather’s honor.

The next page.

-I don’t know if the young lady will remember this old man, but my name is Dang So-ryun.

There was a letter written by Dang So-ryun.

Young lady.

After reading further, it was clear that it was a letter to Dang Hwa-young.

Flutter.

“Why wouldn’t I remember?”

It was not a long letter.

Dang So-ryun had not done this to steal the family’s creation method.

-Someday, if the young lady is ever in a dangerous situation, please use this.

He had already foreseen this kind of event.

-Also, there are places where those who share my intentions have hidden things.

They were artisans.

Those who showed obsession, even madness, in their fields.

That was why they were able to sense even subtle differences and changes.

Even the special materials that suddenly came into the family, and the items that the family head and elders were requesting.

They had anticipated what the family was doing and were preparing for it.

-Please.

When the time comes and a change occurs.

-Take care of yourself.

So that Dang Hwa-young could survive and rebuild the Dang family.

“Why….”

Dang Hwa-young said, desperately holding back the tears that were about to surge.

“Why didn’t you tell me sooner….”

If she had known that this would happen, they could have given her a hint.

Then she would have tried to protect them at all costs.

Thud.

Footsteps were heard.

“Why?”

A languid voice.

Dang Hwa-young was too ashamed and miserable to turn around.

“Because you’re weak.”

“…….”

“You’re the young lady, but you didn’t even know what was going on in the family.”

Was the Dang family a master of hidden weapons?

No.

Right now, Lee Ro-woon was the best master of hidden weapons in the world.

“Even if you had known, what could you have done?”

His every word was like a dagger, tearing at Dang Hwa-young’s heart.

“Nothing.”

Nothing.

“You wouldn’t have been able to do anything.”

She even thought that she wanted to deny it with a scream.

However, none of Lee Ro-woon’s words were wrong.

“Rather, you would have been abandoned sooner, or their end would have been even worse.”

That’s right.

Only then was Dang Hwa-young able to look at Lee Ro-woon.

“I want to become stronger.”

In the past, Lee Ro-woon was a prince in a fairy tale to Dang Hwa-young, but at the same time, he was also a princess.

Lee Ro-woon, who was just a player, was always like a flickering lamp, and for Dang Hwa-young, he was someone she had to protect.

It seemed that that thought was still in her head.

“I want to protect them. I want revenge.”

Her mind was clear, as if her brain had been washed.

“Please help me.”

“Are you aware that you are the head of the Dang family?”

For the head of a prestigious family to bow their head to someone and say this.

“Yes.”

Dang Hwa-young did not hesitate, even though she knew everything.

“Is the current Dang family superior to the Moryong family?”

“…….”

“Can the current Dang family be compared to the Namgung family?”

Dang Hwa-young said.

“They also bowed their heads to you, Lee Ro-woon.”

Bow their heads?

They would bow a hundred times, a thousand times.

Even if their knees were worn out and the bones on their foreheads were exposed, they would bury their heads in the ground.

At one time, Dang Hwa-young loved Lee Ro-woon.

She wanted to have him, she wanted him to be her man.

Not anymore.

“I want to be part of your faction.”

He was someone she could not dare to have.

That high place, a figure from beyond the heavens.

“Please accept me, the Dang family, into your faction.”

At this moment, everything would change anew.

Dang Hwa-young, who had never once stated that she would belong to Lee Ro-woon’s faction, or the faction itself, with her own mouth.

Lee Ro-woon answered her words.

“You are welcome, Dang family.”

* * *

Indeed, as Dang So-ryun had said, many of the Dang family’s artisans had aligned with him and prepared for the future.

[Ghost Soul Pill Creation Method]

[Divine Weapon Creation Method]

[Heavenly King Poison Creation Method]

[…….]

The most important knowledge of the Dang family was left behind and passed on.

Of course, it was not perfect, and there were things that could not be made just by having the creation method.

“I found them!”

But their preparations were not limited to this.

“Haa…. Huk….”

“Bring the potions right now!”

“Quickly!”

In a deep and secret space within the Dang family.

Survivors remained in a place that was completely cut off from the outside world.

“You’ve all worked hard.”

“Young lady…nim….”

But soon they realized something new and said in tired voices.

“We greet the… family head.”

Family head, Dang Hwa-young.

She quickly handled the work without being swayed by emotions any longer.

However, there were still things that they had not found.

The Dang family’s divine artifacts.

One of them was an item connected to the Soul Returning Divine Doctor.

“You’ve worked hard so far.”

At that moment, Lee Ro-woon stepped forward.

“Now, I’ll do it.”