The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 186

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 186

Yu Hyun-wol (2)

The woman who brought the herbal medicine for her mother was named Seo Moon-young.

The Seo Moon family was uncommon in China and was one of the five major families currently supporting the Heavenly Alliance Fortress.

From the conversation between the mother and daughter, one could infer that someone from the Seo Moon family had been careless with their lower body.

Back at the inn, Yoo Seong-woo shared this with Yu-wol, and she quickly came to the same conclusion as Yoo Seong-woo.

Then, she manipulated a tiny terminal on her wrist and projected a hologram into the air.

Yoo Seong-woo narrowed his eyes at the device he had never seen before and asked.

“What is that?”

“It’s a next-generation wearable smart console prototype that was newly developed this time. The Development Division secretly stole it from Ohsung [a fictional tech company]. I bought it and modified the software a bit.”

“What kind of crazy gadget is that…”

“It’s super small and performs well. I’ll access the Deep Web and find information about the Seo Moon family.”

Yu-wol moved the hologram with a few gestures in the air and busily waved her fingers.

Yoo Seong-woo watched her, wondering if she was really an Otherworlder.

Wasn’t she adapting to Earth several times better than a real Korean?

‘Have I been in the Otherworld for too long?’

Could it be because he had lived in the Otherworld longer than he had lived on Earth?

Anyway.

Soon, Yu-wol found information about the Seo Moon family.

She read the text on the hologram in front of her, nodded, and said.

“Seo Moon-young. The Seo Moon family tried to erase the records, but complete erasure is difficult in modern society.”

“Is that so.”

“Yes. Seo Moon-young is the daughter of Seo Moon-je, the current head of the Seo Moon family. She’s twenty-two this year… Seo Moon-je must be eighty-one this year……”

“The old man’s still going strong.”

“Are humans always like this? A bit, how should I put it, sleazy……”

“Greedy old men are mostly like that.”

“But it’s amazing. The Great Disaster on Earth happened ten years ago. Wasn’t the Five Great Families something closer to a product of fiction in the first place?”

“How would I know? As times change, there seem to be guys who change their family name just because they’re related.”

Yoo Seong-woo spat out those words and looked for more useful information.

He could do that much if he was reading the text Yu-wol had put up.

“Seo Moon-young’s mother is said to be a maid of the Seo Moon family… He really is a crazy old man. Then, should we start by targeting the Seo Moon family first?”

“Okay.”

“You should start by approaching Seo Moon-young naturally. It’ll be better than me since you’re a woman. In the meantime, I’ll build up my record as a wandering mercenary.”

“I’ll also diligently gather other information. It seems like there will be a lot to do.”

“Alright.”

After the conversation, Yoo Seong-woo jumped up to the top bunk of the bunk bed.

He closed his eyes, using the robe he was wearing as a blanket, and said.

“Sleep downstairs. Don’t even think about coming up.”

“……”

Yu-wol, who was quietly trying to climb the stairs, obediently lay down on the lower bunk.

That’s how the first night at Heavenly Alliance Fortress was passing.

***

“…This won’t do.”

Seo Moon-young bit her lip as she left the mansion, turning her back on her sleeping mother, and headed to work.

Her mother’s condition was getting worse day by day.

She was earning money by working at a restaurant to pay for the herbal medicine, but it wasn’t improving because she only took it occasionally, not consistently.

‘…Damn it.’

She clenched her fist and suppressed her anger.

Born as an illegitimate child of the Seo Moon family, she and her mother were abandoned by the Seo Moon family as soon as she was born.

The members of the Seo Moon family said that not killing them was already an act of mercy.

Why did she have to be treated like this?

Her mother always said.

She was sorry that she was of such low status.

If she had been a better person, they could have lived in the Heavenly District, not the Sea District [wealthier vs. poorer district].

‘What good is any of that?’

She knew that her father was the head of the Seo Moon family.

If they were going to chase her out to the Sea District, they should have at least let her live quietly.

Instead, the Seo Moon family drove them into a corner.

Making them suffer from poverty, or driving them into even darker places.

So that they wouldn’t be involved and would die on their own.

The stores where Seo Moon-young worked were always failing, and now it was becoming increasingly difficult to even find work.

Besides, she had been feeling a strange murderous intent lately.

‘Even I’m struggling now…….’

Pushed back to the point where she was standing on the edge of a cliff.

If she was pushed back even a little further, she would be swallowed by the dark sea of the city.

As she trudged towards her workplace, a person blocked her path.

A person covered in a black robe.

Seo Moon-young moved to step aside, but the person in the robe did not move from in front of her.

“……?”

Seo Moon-young moved to the left and right, but the person in the robe repeatedly blocked her path.

Feeling a sense of foreboding, she tried to step back, but the speed of the person in the robe was even faster.

A sleek blade protruding from the shadowed robe.

The blade, aiming for her vitals, was impossible to react to.

Sensing death.

It was approaching slowly yet clearly.

However, before the blade could pierce Seo Moon-young’s neck, a hand reached out from behind and brutally grabbed the blade.

“I didn’t expect an assassination attempt in broad daylight.”

“Who…?!”

“Isn’t now the time to worry about your own life rather than that?”

Yu-wol, who had crumpled the blade with her grip, pulled the dagger towards her and extended her other hand.

The fist, brushing past Seo Moon-young’s shoulder, struck the assassin’s face, splattering blood.

She released the dagger, pulled Seo Moon-young towards her, and hugged her.

“Nice to meet you?”

“Who?!”

“Just a kind passerby. Can you stay behind me for a moment? I’ll take care of it quickly.”

Feeling that she couldn’t handle it with just one blow, the assassin immediately tried to retreat.

However, Yu-wol’s speed was overwhelming compared to the assassin.

She kicked off the ground and ran as if flying, grabbed the back of the assassin’s neck as he was about to jump onto the building, and slammed him into the ground.

Then, she immediately threw a punch, turning his face into a pulp, and shook off the blood on her hands.

She approached the frozen Seo Moon-young after killing the assassin in one go.

“Nice to meet you. Is this our first time meeting?”

“…Who are you?”

“I apologize for answering the third question because of the situation. My name is Yong-wol. Seo Moon-young, I’ve come to meet you.”

“…You’ve come to meet me?”

“Yes. How about we go somewhere quiet and talk? I have a lot to say.”

Yu-wol said with a small smile.

Seo Moon-young, however, shook her head. She was on her way to work right now.

It was a job she had barely managed to get, and she had to earn as much money as possible.

Even if she had been threatened with assassination in broad daylight.

“I have to go to work……”

“Then I’ll buy your time.”

Yu-wol took out a wad of bills from her pocket and handed it to her.

It was the money that Yoo Seong-woo had picked up from other people’s wallets last night.

It was equivalent to three months’ salary for her.

Suddenly receiving a huge sum of money, she shook her head and gave it back.

“I, I can’t accept it. You saved my life, and even this money.”

“Don’t refuse. I have a purpose for doing this. Can you take this and spare me some time?”

“……”

After hesitating for a moment, Seo Moon-young had no choice but to nod.

If she had this much money, she could buy medicine for her mother.

She could extend her life even a little bit with that.

The two went to a nearby restaurant and ordered a few dishes for breakfast.

There were only a few customers because it was early in the morning, so they could talk comfortably.

Yu-wol took off the hood she was wearing.

The black hair fluttered down, and ruby-red eyes stared at her.

“Let me introduce myself again. I am Yong-wol, and I have come to meet you, Seo Moon-young.”

“Me? Why?”

“…Do you know the name Seo Moon-yeop in the Seo Moon family’s main house?”

“Seo Moon-yeop, you mean……”

It was a name she had heard from her mother.

He was the only one who had helped her in the Seo Moon family’s main house, where no one else would help.

He was like an uncle to her, and her mother had often talked about him.

He was the only person like a warm breeze in the Seo Moon family, which was like walking on a blade.

But Seo Moon-young couldn’t guess why that name was suddenly coming up.

Contact had also been cut off when she was kicked out of the Seo Moon family. She had never even seen his face, as she was just born.

“Yes. I know him. He’s someone my mother often talked about……”

“Seo Moon-yeop passed away recently. Due to internal strife within the family……”

“…Such a thing.”

“I am Seo Moon-yeop’s servant, and before Seo Moon-yeop passed away, I received orders to help Seo Moon-young. And this……”

Yu-wol took out a letter from her pocket and pushed it towards Seo Moon-young.

It was a letter from Seo Moon-yeop that she had hastily made up last night.

She didn’t bother to imitate the handwriting. Seo Moon-young wouldn’t know anyway, so it was just a moderately well-written letter.

She took the letter and unfolded it on the spot.

『Ji-hwa [Seo Moon-young’s mother], look at this.

A lot of time has passed since you left the family.

A lot has happened in the meantime. So much has happened that I can’t fit everything into this letter.

Perhaps by the time you read this letter, I will no longer be in this world.

The internal strife within the family is intensifying, and my brother is still adamant.

Therefore, before leaving this world, I still couldn’t get you out of my mind. The winter wind will get stronger, can your fragile body endure it…….

I am so worried about that, so I will send two servants to help you. If there is anything you want, the two of them will listen.

Hoping that you will live in this world a little longer.

-Seo Moon-yeop』

Yu-wol thought it was a masterpiece, even by her own standards.

Seo Moon-young, who read the letter, looked at the letter and her alternately with an unbelievable expression.

Yu-wol continued without changing her expression.

“It’s as the letter says. Besides me, another person has come to help Ji-hwa and Seo Moon-young. We plan to take care of things like security, etc., as needed, just like today.”

“……Then, my mother’s illness too.”

“Of course. We can help with your mother’s illness, and if you wish, we can even help you escape this Heavenly Alliance Fortress and seek asylum in another country.”

“……!”

At Yu-wol’s words, relief spread across Seo Moon-young’s face.

However, the relief soon disappeared, and hatred filled her face.

Seeing that, Yu-wol smiled inwardly and said.

“But, that’s not what Seo Moon-young wants, is it.”

She revealed her hatred on her face with a tone as if she knew everything.

She opened her mouth with fabricated hatred towards the Seo Moon family painted on her face.

“Don’t you want to take revenge on the Seo Moon family? We will help you.”