Chapter 14: The Owner Of Elixir Already Exist(1) (1/2)
Book 1 Chapter 14: The Owner of Elixir Already Exist(1)
Translator: Hwarang
Editor: Jay
When we arrived home, the news about the Yang Clan had already spread.
“I find it hard to believe.” It seemed as if my father was disappointed to learn that Yang Gi Chul hired mercenaries to deal with our family. No matter how badly his son got beaten up, my father never thought Yang Gi Chul would be so shameless as to hire mercenaries.
“He is someone who was more sinister than we thought. If he didn’t clash with this man Hyeol Gun, we could have been in major trouble.”
My father only nodded to what I was said, but mother couldn’t hold back her excitement.
“I think the heavens are on our side! I am relieved that were able to pa.s.s this tribulation unscathed.”
“Yes mother!”
Then father said, “But still we have to pay back our debt to the Yang Clan.”
“Yes.”
Since I knew that my father, who was a righteous and honorable man, would come out like this, I already told the new Bangju of the Yang Clan, Jung Yeo, to forget the debt that the Byuk Clan owes to the Yang Clan. I told him to make up a story about how the Yang Clan will forget the debt owned by the Byuk Clan as an apology for hiring the mercenaries against the Byuk Clan.
“Also, here you go father, I have read it well.” I returned the Brightmoon Sword Art manual back to father.
“So how was your training?”
“I made some improvement.”
“That’s good.”
I was out training for only a couple of days, so my father wasn’t expecting great improvements. He was just satisfied by the fact that I had changed.
My mother looked at me with a smile. “Son.”
“Yes mother?”
“Are you alright?” It was a short question, but full of meaning. She was happy, but still worried about my changes.
“Of course mother, I have never been better.”
“All right.”
“I will excuse myself for now.”
As I was about to leave I turned around and said to father, “Father &h.e.l.lip; I hope you don’t worry too much about this.”
Because he received some comforting words from his son, my father’s face became full of surprise and emotion. However, the person who was really surprised was me. This was the first time that I said the word father.
There was no such thing as father in my past life. I was raised by my single mother, so I never said nor thought about the word father.
“Go and get some rest.”
“Yes father.”
It wasn’t hard to say after saying it the first time.
And so, my life returned to normal.
There were two major tasks in front of me.One was protecting my Clan, while the other was protecting myself. So, I decided to start with the easier task.
The next day I went to find Seo Jung.
After dismissing everyone from the Sword Hall, Seo Jung came out and faced me with a questionable look.
“What do you want?”
His stare had become softer than before. I think my recent actions made him see me in a new light, especially after the incident with Yang Gi Kang where I rescued Kw.a.n.g Du.
“Please take this.”
“What is this?”
What I gave him was three thousand Nyang. It was only a fraction of the money that I had gotten from Yang Gi Chul.
With a surprised expression, he looked at me. “Where did you get this?”
“It was something that I have been saving up.”
“What?”
I couldn’t avoid his glance. He looked at me suspiciously.
“It was something that I have been saving so that I could give it to a girl that I liked.”
Since I said something that was more like the old me, he became a little less suspicious. Because I took so much money, he must have thought that I was hiding some money somewhere. Even though I wanted to give him more money, I decided to limit it to three thousand.
“Why are you giving me this?”
“With this, I want you to reorganize the Sword Hall and give yourself a raise that you haven’t gotten in awhile. Also, invite new members while you’re at it.”
Seo Jung wasn’t surprised about the fact that I gave him three thousand Nyang, but he was surprisedat my request.
“Do you think we are staying here because of the money?”
“I know that you’re not. But I can’t allow your families to suffer because of money.”
“Why didn’t you give it to the Gaju-nim personally?”
“Because I know that you will never accept the money my father gives you.”
Seo Jung frowned because I had read his mind perfectly.
He was someone who was very loyal. Even if my father gave him money to reorganize the Sword Hall, he would find ways to pay off the Clan’s debt. He firmly believed that he could operate the Sword Hall all by himself.
“Daeju-nim and the Sword Hall is the clan’s pillar. If you and the Sword Hall fall, the clan will be in crisis.”
“What are you saying? The clan’s pillar is the Gaju-nim!”
Even though he tried holding it in, his reaction was still surprised. Similar to my parents, Seo Jung was surprised that someone who was trash like me would say something like this.
“Will you accept my request?”
After some time Seo Jung nodded.
“Can you, as the Daeju and as a Martial Artist, promise to me that you will only use this money for the Sword Hall?”
I said this because I was afraid that he might have returned the money back to my father.