Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 353

“Yes, I delivered it to the Munmu Guardian.”

Nod.

Unlike when she was chattering away in front of Cheonbeom, Juyak only nodded.

“What did the Munmu Guardian say?”

“Nothing in particular.”

A stiff expression and terse replies.

However, Great Cheonmu just nodded, seemingly used to it.

“He has a connection with that child, so he will protect her well. I was quite worried, but seeing him doing so well as the Munmu Guardian, I can entrust the child to him.”

Great Cheonmu wore a satisfied smile, but his original spirit, Juyak, seemed displeased and disappeared.

Great Cheonmu sighed softly and pushed away the head seat he had been sitting on.

Soon, he signed the documents, picked up a small spirit tablet, and moved his lips to chant a divine spell.

A moment later, what greeted her after being teleported somewhere was a small cave.

A beautiful cave with soft lights placed everywhere, verdant fireflies flitting about, and divine herbs emitting light on their own.

After enjoying the scenery for a while, she came across a small lake, and above that lake, only a single red thread was present.

Seeing the countless red threads that had originally been at the bottom of the lake severed and submerged, she felt an inexplicable chill.

“Have you come, Great Cheonmu?”

Someone greeted her.

“Yes, I have something to ask, so I came again.”

“He is waiting.”

Great Cheonmu walked along the path, guided by the woman.

Gradually, the lights disappeared, and a dark darkness devoured her vision.

Before she knew it, even sounds disappeared, and even her senses faded, making it unclear whether she was walking or not.

[Have you met him?]

A voice like tinkling jade beads echoed in her mind, startling her.

“I have met him. He was a man with the qualities and capacity you described.”

Unseen darkness.
A place where nothing can be felt or seen. Even staying in such a place for a short time felt like it could drive one mad… She had been here for the past thousand years.

[For the next thousand years.]

“Are you referring to the Seonsal War?”

[On that day, even the Wonseon Grand Masters of the Water Realm will reveal themselves. Even those from the Immortal Realm will have no choice but to move.]

What was the point of that?

She was curious, but Great Cheonmu remained silent for a moment.

[There will be those who covet him. Already, there is one, no, two of them.]

“…In that case.”

[If I interfere, a singularity will occur. You must not meet him.]

A harsh statement. Her words meant.

[Help him. That is why I separated you.]

It was as good as telling her to die.

* * *

The owner of the Munmu Pavilion.

In the Munmu Guardian’s chambers, it was not him but a young girl who was sleeping.

And Cheonbeom was watching this scene with a very displeased look, because the girl snoring in her sleep was Gon Sabi, a member of the Gon clan.

“Now he’s even kidnapping these little ones to satisfy his lust….”

After being quiet for a while, Hwaran appeared as if she had seized an opportunity and began to chatter.

“I… I can’t handle it anymore! Sniff! Of course, he’s lost interest in the toy he’s had his fun with! Yes! Of course, new is better than old! And fresh is better than aged!”

“Ah… please be quiet.”

“Are you not even going to make excuses anymore? I’m scared now. I never dreamed that San-gun’s womanizing tendencies would be so widespread… No matter how big his vessel is, I never knew he would only know how to treat us like this.”

“Ahem, really….”

He clicked his tongue, telling her to stop, but she seemed to be having fun and didn’t stop talking.

“I should have shown this to Lady Sanbi… Ah, no. Either way, she’s the type to put on a face of understanding on the outside and shed tears of blood on the inside, so it wouldn’t be fun to show her.”

“Did Choa say that?”

“San-gun’s wives are so broad-minded, so they’re mostly like that.”

Hwaran clapped her hands as if she had remembered something and grinned.

“I’m going to tell Lady Cheonyu that your father is such a shameless man!”

Cheonbeom couldn’t stand that and grabbed Hwaran’s cheeks.

Her lips protruded.

“This mouth. This mouth. Is this wicked mouth running its mouth again?”

He slapped her cheeks with a resounding smack, and she struggled to be released.

Cheonbeom subtly kissed her on the lips and then nonchalantly crossed his arms.

“I’ll let you off this time.”

Hwaran, whose anger or whatever it was had been resolved in one go, leaned her head on his shoulder.

“She’s sleeping so soundly, completely unaware of the world. I don’t know if she’s clueless or can’t feel the tension, but why in the first place….”

He wasn’t sure why Gon Sabi had been handed over to him.

‘It would be faster to hear the story first.’

Judging from the circumstances, it couldn’t have been a kidnapping.

Probably….

“Something must have happened to the Gon family.”

Otherwise, there would be no reason to hand Gon Sabi over to him like this.

It was Great Cheonmu who sent her, no one else.

Pfft.

Cheonbeom flicked golden energy at Gon Sabi, and she slowly opened her eyes.

“What… huh?”

Perhaps it was because Cheonbeom’s face was right in front of her as soon as she woke up, Gon Sabi seemed unable to distinguish whether it was a dream or reality.

“Wake up. There’s something I want to hear.”

Unlike before, there were no honorifics.

The situation and position had changed a long time ago.

“How dare you…!”

However, Gon Sabi didn’t seem to think so.

“It’s all your fault! Because of you in front of my fiancé… Anyway, it’s all your fault!! Give it back! Give back our family!!”

He had a feeling it would turn out like this.

He could calm her down first and listen to the story later, but….

‘There’s no need to do that.’

Cheonbeom didn’t have good feelings for the Gon family’s daughter, let alone the Gon family head.

She was the one who stubbornly made things difficult for the Sa clan and himself.

He didn’t feel like helping her much.

“You wench! How dare you speak so carelessly in front of this person! This person is not someone you can order around, so show some respect!”

Suddenly, Hwaran, unable to watch any longer, shouted sharply. Surprised by her spirit, Gon Sabi trembled but still said what she had to say.

“What? You’re just a Sangseon… [A rank in the celestial hierarchy].”

She still hadn’t come to her senses.

“Ahem! This person is the Jong 4th rank Munmu Guardian of Tongcheon Sugung [A high-ranking official in the celestial bureaucracy]!”

“Jong, Jong 4th rank? Munmu Guardian? What’s that? I’ve never heard of it… Does such a position really exist? Ah, no, how can a Sangseon who just ascended become a Jong 4th rank….”

Gon Sabi clutched her head and groaned before coming up with an answer.

“Lies! Do you think I’ll fall for your tricks again!?”

Cheonbeom seemed annoyed and took out the spirit tablet representing the Munmu Guardian from his chest.

As soon as she saw the spirit tablet, even a scatterbrained girl like her seemed to start grasping the situation.

“Ah, even so, if you kidnap me like this….”

Her complexion turned pale, and her hands and feet trembled, wondering what she was thinking.

It was then.

Thud, the door opened.

“I came to see what the commotion was about….”

It was Jukyulgyeong.

“Young Lady Gon Sabi, I presume.”

“Ah, Sister Kyulgyeong?”

They seemed to know each other.

“Why is Sister here… No, where is this place anyway?”

“This is the Munmu Pavilion. It is the residence assigned to the Munmu Guardian. Young Lady Sabi, what brings you here?”

“I’m not sure either… I woke up and found myself here.”

Their gazes naturally turned to Beom.

“Great Cheonmu handed her over.”

Originally, it was the original spirit, but since she was the one who gave the order, it was the same thing.

“I see. I’ve heard the news. You must have gone through a lot of hardships.”

Jukyulgyeong said as if she roughly understood.

“Do you know something?”

“I heard that the Gon clan was attacked by a monster.”

As expected, that seemed to be the case.

“I heard that everything related to the Gon family was burned down… and a strange phantom beast appeared and scattered everything to the winds. Is that true?”

At that, Gon Sabi’s face turned snow-white.

It seemed to be true.

“How did you survive?”

When Beom asked, she replied.

“On the day the Gon family was attacked, I was suddenly kidnapped by someone while evacuating. So, when I woke up, I was here, and I firmly believed that you… no, the Munmu Guardian was trying to harm me.”

“Nonsense! Even if this person has a broad mind, he is not someone who would harbor lust for a child like you!”

Hwaran, still caught up in the fun of scolding, shouted.

Gon Sabi, realizing her situation, teared up and her eyes welled up with tears.

‘Was it sent because of Jukyulgyeong?’

There must have been complex reasons.

However, he wasn’t pleased.

The monster’s attack.
The Gon family’s destruction.

It seemed they had already started plundering other families.
The first priority was the Gon clan.

There was no suitable Hyangseon [A type of celestial being] other than the head of the family, and the heir was also a clueless child, so there would have been no problem in attacking them.

If they could plunder the Gon family’s wealth and obtain the treasured Yeonghwabi [A precious artifact or treasure], it would be worth doing ten thousand times over.

‘But they probably didn’t know that Great Cheonmu would intervene.’

It probably wasn’t just the Gon family.

This applied to all the Gon, Gyo, and Hu families, whose power had weakened due to the death of the head of the family this time.

‘The Gyo family should be fine.’

He thought the Hu family should still be okay.

Unlike the Gon family, he heard that the others had many children and relatives.

‘Anyway, Great Cheonmu sent this child to me to protect her.’

As he thought, he had taken in a troublesome fellow.

He was so excited at the thought of winning the bet with Juyak that he didn’t even bother to properly identify it, even though he knew it was a sealed item.

‘I still have a long way to go.’

However, Gon Sabi and Jukyulgyeong, who were staring blankly, still had their eyes on him. He couldn’t help but sigh, but there was nothing he could do.

He had also made a promise with the Gon family head.

“Give her a room. Provide her with conveniences so she can rest comfortably, and make sure to keep the rumors from spreading.”

“Understood.”

“And Gon Sabi. Since your family has been destroyed, there will be no one in the world who will treat you as a young lady anymore. I won’t do that from the start, and you can stay comfortably in the Munmu Pavilion. However, it’s not for nothing that they say, ‘He who does not work shall not eat.’ If you want to stay here, you have to work too. You can naturally learn by helping Kyulgyeong with her work.”

She had gone from being a noble lady of the Five Great Families to a simple Soseon [A lower-ranking celestial being] with nothing, so her situation was pitiful.

However, doing this would make her realize reality faster.

That would be better for Gon Sabi.

“I want to rest, so please leave.”

Soon, Jukyulgyeong and Gon Sabi disappeared, and Hwaran quickly approached.

“What is it again?”

“Are you going to keep her with you?”

“Her circumstances are so dire that I can’t just abandon her. Besides, I don’t know about that child, but Janjankyeong fought alongside the Gon family head, risking her life. It’s difficult to ignore the request of such a person, a father.”

Since it had come to this, he had to make her play the role of a divine being so that he wouldn’t have any regrets later.

Fortunately, the Gon family head’s legacy and secret arts remained in his head as a mass of consciousness.

He hadn’t looked into it in detail, but among the Gon family’s secret arts, there were many useful things such as the Pungshintong [A wind manipulation technique], which could also be used as Cheonbeom’s wings, and others. And to learn them, the help of the Gon clan’s bloodline was needed.

It wouldn’t be bad to pass them on whenever he had time and, when the time came, master the Gon family’s secret arts through her.

“I can’t do anything about the family, so the rest is up to that child.”

“But San-gun.”

“What is it again?”

“San-gun, you’re going on vacation soon. What will happen then?”

“Ah.”

That’s right, there was a vacation.

The vacation received after a month-long adaptation period was a kind of reward vacation.

It was meant to return to one’s hometown, return in glory, and relieve fatigue.

That’s why Beom was going to return to Sangseo to rest.

“To Great Cheonmu….”

Should he return her again? But she must have had her own reasons for handing her over to him.