Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 391

391. Burdock!

I need to check this out. As soon as Rembrary made up his mind, he started walking in that direction.

“Where are you going!”

Hye-kyul was surprised to see that and grabbed Rembrary’s arm.

“You can’t go there!”

“There’s something I need to confirm.”

Rembrary kept trying to move in the opposite direction of where Hye-kyul was pulling him.

“Let go of me.”

“No, no! You absolutely can’t touch that! You’ll be punished by heaven if you go in there carelessly! Besides, we’re on an errand right now!”

But Hye-kyul was holding onto Rembrary with both hands, so Rembrary had to change his mind.

“Okay. Okay.”

Rembrary stopped resisting, but Hye-kyul was still not relieved, so she held onto Rembrary’s arm tightly and urged him.

“I’m just saying this in case, but really don’t go in there. Okay? Don’t go looking for a place to die. You have to be careful in the palace.”

“I know, I know.”

Rembrary smiled gently and patted Hye-kyul on the back, telling her not to worry. The smile looked so sincere that Hye-kyul barely calmed her uneasy heart.

But if Hye-kyul could read Rembrary’s mind, she would never have been able to relax.

‘I’ll have to come back alone later.’

* * *

“What took you so long!”

I came as quickly as I could, but when I arrived at the Empress’s Palace, the Chief Eunuch [a high-ranking palace official] was already very angry.

“I’m sorry, Gonggong [a respectful title for a eunuch]. I’m sorry, Gonggong.”

Rembrary thought it was strange to see Hye-kyul bowing repeatedly. I was late, but if you think about it…

“I didn’t even tell you what time to come until…”

She couldn’t finish her sentence because Hye-kyul pushed Rembrary away with her whole body.

“Sorry, sorry! I lost my balance because I was dizzy.”

When Rembrary inadvertently shut his mouth, Hye-kyul made a fuss, saying she was sorry, and then started apologizing to the Chief Eunuch of the Empress’s Palace again.

“I’m sorry, Gonggong. As Gonggong already knows, this friend of mine was on the verge of death just two days ago.”

Hye-kyul subtly appealed to the fact that she had to work without rest even after being brought back to life, and the Chief Eunuch finally loosened his expression a little and gave a chilly instruction.

“The flower beds need to be cleaned up as the seasons change. You two move all the pots on both sides of that building over there, and wipe the newly taken out pots clean to remove all the dust.”

As soon as the Chief Eunuch went inside, Hye-kyul sighed in relief and then complained to Rembrary in a low voice.

“If you don’t know what to say, just shut up. I’ll talk.”

“You’re just like Jong-woo.”

“…You’re not talking about Minister Yi, the Minister of Agriculture, are you?”

Rembrary shrugged, and Hye-kyul felt uneasy, but she quickly urged Rembrary to work and led him to the flower beds lined up in front of the building.

Rembrary followed without much thought, but then froze when he discovered that all the pots in the flower bed were stone pots. Even the size was quite long, so the pots looked to be 100cm long.

“You want me to move this?”

Rembrary muttered blankly when he saw that the stone pots were huge, and they were filled with soil and stones. When he pushed it with his foot, it was so heavy that it didn’t move.

“I told you, His Majesty and Mama [a respectful term for the Empress] don’t get along. That means all the servants in the Empress’s Palace hate us. There’s no way they’ll give us an easy job.”

“Once I had trouble with dieting and dancing. Now I’m going to be moving stone pots. This is really difficult.”

“What are you talking about? Still, it’s better to suffer physically while doing useless things like this, rather than working inside and being shown something you shouldn’t see and then being taken care of.”

“Taken care of?”

Rembrary raised his eyebrows as Hye-kyul mimed cutting her neck.

* * *

“I heard that the two low-ranking eunuchs from Consort Seo’s residence couldn’t even enter the Empress’s residence and were only cleaning up the flower beds in front.”

Late in the evening. After the Emperor dismissed everyone, the Emperor’s Chief Eunuch personally served food and placed it on the Emperor’s plate, informing him as if he were telling ordinary news.

Shin Jo-woon was reading a book in one hand while eating, and muttered in an uninterested voice at the Chief Eunuch’s report.

“It seems like it’s not the Empress’s side.”

“Yes. Rather, the Empress’s side seemed to be wary of the two people, fearing that they might be spies sent by His Majesty.”

As the Chief Eunuch served the food and brought hot tea and poured it in front of him, only the sound of water pouring filled the quiet room.

“It would have been nice if they were the Empress’s people.”

As the Chief Eunuch quietly served the food that was placed far away again, the shadow guard, who had been standing silently behind the pillar, asked.

“Then where did that low-ranking eunuch with excellent martial arts skills come from?”

The shadow guard couldn’t possibly think that Rembrary was an ordinary low-ranking eunuch because he had been hit with a shoe and received the dignity of God head-on.

At that time. The Chief Eunuch seemed to have remembered something and quickly reported to the Emperor.

“Come to think of it, Your Majesty. The old eunuch who takes care of the shrine said that the two low-ranking eunuchs of Consort Seo made a fuss near the shrine.”

“A fuss?”

“Yes. It’s not like they came inside and made a mess, but the eunuch Yeon-woo tried to go to the shrine, but the other one stopped him.”

“The shrine. The shrine…”

* * *

As it got late at night, the sounds of insects and owls began to be heard outside, and darkness came quickly to the narrow room of the low-ranking eunuch.

“I’m tired, so let’s go to sleep quickly.”

As soon as the work was over, Hye-kyul quickly lay down on the bed and covered himself with the blanket up to his head.

Rembrary could have used his divine power to relieve Hye-kyul’s fatigue, but he didn’t do it on purpose.

He was planning to go to the shrine alone when Hye-kyul was exhausted and fell asleep.

“Sleep well without waking up.”

Hye-kyul suddenly pulled back the blanket and looked up in surprise at Rembrary’s whisper, but she was too tired to worry about anything, so she eventually turned to her side and raised the blanket again without saying a word.

Rembrary waited patiently for time to pass, and when he heard Hye-kyul’s breathing evenly from the bed attached to the opposite wall, he slipped out of the bed.

He didn’t close the door completely on purpose, so there wasn’t much noise when he came out. The door creaked, but Hye-kyul didn’t wake up because she had worked hard all day, and Rembrary quickly left Consort Seo’s residence on tiptoe.

Rembrary went straight to the shrine and looked around to see if there was anyone else, but as Hye-kyul said, everyone was reluctant to get close, so he couldn’t see anyone else.

Rembrary went over the wall and into the shrine, then walked to the center of the building, which had no walls on one side and was wide open.

There, ‘something’ was wrapped in silk, and in front of it were incense burners with incense sticks and several kinds of fruit.

‘I think it’s Lumena’s energy.’

As he got closer, he felt Lumena’s energy more clearly, so Rembrary prayed to Lumena with all his heart.

“Hello. This is Rembrary. If you’re listening to my prayer, please shake the burdock.”

* * *

‘Burdock?’

The Emperor was lying on a large zelkova tree in the shrine, watching the scene.

‘Why burdock?’

The Emperor, who had been reported by the Chief Eunuch, had guessed that the suspicious and strange low-ranking eunuch would definitely visit the shrine at night, so he came in advance to see it.

He was also convinced that if the low-ranking eunuch had any suspicious signs, as the shadow guard said, he would definitely leave traces here. Maybe he’ll meet an accomplice.

But as soon as he came, he was praying for burdock, so the Emperor just found it strange.

Moreover, it seemed to be a sincere prayer in its own way, and after finishing the prayer, the low-ranking eunuch even lowered his hands and stared blankly at the silk placed in the center of the shrine.

But when there was no change, the low-ranking eunuch sighed and turned around and left.

Did he really come here because of burdock? The Emperor frowned and then came down from the tree when the low-ranking eunuch’s presence was completely gone.

As he went out of the shrine, the shadow guard, who had been hiding nearby, approached with an uneasy face.

“Are you okay, Your Majesty?”

It wasn’t just the low-ranking eunuchs who didn’t want to come near the shrine. Rumors circulated that strange noises were heard inside the shrine or monster-like shadows appeared, so people didn’t want to come near this shrine.

The shadow guard’s question of ‘Are you okay?’ was not asking if the Emperor had been attacked by the low-ranking eunuch, but if he was okay after visiting the shrine.

Instead of answering, the Emperor raised one corner of his mouth and gave an order.

“Bring a bunch of burdock to the vicinity of the suspicious eunuch’s residence.”

“Yes?”

* * *

The next morning. Rembrary, who woke up listlessly because he didn’t receive any response from Lumena, came out to wash his face and was surprised to see a basket full of burdock placed outside the door and shouted, “Burdock!”

Hye-kyul had gone out to stand guard at dawn, so she wasn’t here, so it was definitely not Hye-kyul who brought it.

‘Lumena must have heard my prayer!’

Rembrary held the burdock in both hands and was so happy that he did a tap dance.

I didn’t feel anything like Lumena had been there, but maybe it was because Lumena’s body was weakened. If it wasn’t Lumena, no one else would have brought burdock here.

Then, Rembrary leaned against the fence with one arm propped up and ran up to Shin Jo-woon, who was staring at him intently, with a bright smile and boasted.

“Anchovy. Rejoice. I got burdock!”

At those words, Eunuch Shin Jo-woon asked with a strange look.

“Do you like burdock?”

“I don’t like burdock, but I like the person who gave me burdock!”

At those words, Eunuch Shin Jo-woon smiled even more strangely and asked.

“Who do you think gave you that burdock?”

“The chick owner!”

“?”

* * *

Meanwhile, Shin Jo-woon on Earth stared intently at the video shown by his secretary, then raised one corner of his mouth and handed the phone back to his secretary.

“That’s interesting.”

The secretary asked anxiously with a look that said, ‘This isn’t something to be happy about.’

“Now that this has happened, we can’t get help from Woo Yeon-woo. What should we do?”

“If they come out with a fair method, we can go out with a fair method too.”

“A fair method…”

Instead of explaining at length, Shin Jo-woon turned to the Lion Lord and said.

“Find the highest-ranking person who escaped from the lab and bring anyone.”

The Lion Lord brought the director of the lab in the blink of an eye. The director of the lab was thinking about how to resolve the lab situation, but suddenly he came to World Boom and stood face to face with Shin Jo-woon, looking bewildered.

Instead of asking where he had brought the director of the lab, Shin Jo-woon immediately gave him instructions.

“Woo Yeon-woo is needed to save Rembrary. Tell people that.”

“Yes? Why is Woo Yeon-woo needed to save Rembrary…?”

“You have to create the reason.”

“!”

“First, let them know.”

At Shin Jo-woon’s order, which omitted all explanations, the director of the lab looked at the Lion Lord in a daze. The Lion Lord shrugged, indicating ‘I don’t know either.’