Chapter 46 (1/2)
Chapter 46: There is no Next Time(1)
Translator: Hwarang
Editor: Klaurem
Late at night, Jung Yeo came to my room with a bottle of wine in his hand.
”Would you like to have a drink with me?”
”Sounds Good”
From his att.i.tude, as well as his late visit, I could tell that he was about to tell me his decision.
Was he going to follow me, or stay as the Bangju of the Yang Clan.
He made up his mind rather quickly so I didn't know which choice he would make.
We had a light conversation while drinking our wine. He was the one who was talking while I was listening.
He told me stories about when he first joined the Kang Ho.
When he was still a child a Kang Ho-In saved his family by killing off some bandits. After that day he was determined to become a Kang Ho-In.
He then told me about the different circ.u.mstances he had to go though.
By the time we were almost done with the bottle, he had reached the most recent events of his life.
”As you can see I am just an ordinary person. No, rather I think I am below that of an ordinary person. Somehow I made my way to become the vice-leader of the Yang Clan, and was used like a tool. That is when I met you, Young Master Byuk, and you made me into the Gaju of the Yang Clan.”
Then he asked me while staring into my eyes, ”Do you still want me even though I am like this?”
I kept it short, ”I do”
”Let me just ask you one last thing, what is the dream that you wish to achieve?”
The first thing that I thought of was the Spirit Sword State. As a martial artist, I truly wanted to reach this state since I couldn't achieve it in my past life.
However there were many others things that I wanted to achieve.
First I wanted to know whether or not I was poisoned. If I was I would get my revenge. I wanted to get revenge on the people who poisoned me and betrayed Kal Sa Ryang.
I also wanted to raise the Byuk Clan to be the strongest Clan of all the Central Plain. As well as show filial piety to my parents and nurture Kw.a.n.g Du and the rest of the Sword Sect into fine martial artists. I also wanted to reunite with Baek Pyo and Kal Sa Ryang.
Now that I think about it, I truly wanted to do a alot.
Since Jung Yeo was asking for my grand ambition I could give him one answer.
How would I answer his question?
Then I thought of something, and said, ”I want happiness.”
Wouldn't I be happy if I achieved all of my goals?
”I want to be happy, and I want everyone around me to be happy as well.”
Jung Yeo looked at me dumbfounded then busted into laughter, ”Ha ha ha!”
He stopped laughing and said, ”I am sorry. You said something that I never expected.”
”It's alright. What kind of answer did you expect?”
”I was nervous that you might say something like world unification.”
He was expecting that I would be the Sleeping Dragon that was going to bring change to the world.
Since I was someone who once achieved unification of the world I knew how difficult it was.
”I am sorry for not living up to your standards.”
He smiled at my reply.
Then Jung Yeo kowtowed in front of me.
”I greet my master. I swear unto the heavens that I will serve you faithfully until I die”
I could tell that my answer of finding happiness reached his heart more strongly than achieving world unification would have.
I grabbed his hands and raised him up.
”I will think of you as part of my family. Please help me, who is lacking in many ways.”
”I will give you my life.”
”I will prove to you that your choice was the correct one.”
”I wish to become happy alongside you, my lord”
I was truly happy. It wasn't hard bringing him to my side since I had helped him while he was on a tough spot. However forcefully bringing him into my side wouldn't have this type of effect. He wouldn't be this open and loyal if I pressured him into submitting to me.
He was truly showing his sincerity and loyalty.
Following Kw.a.n.g Du, the Sword Sect as well as Kong Soo Chan, I have now managed to obtain another faithful subordinate.
I needed to further develop my relations.h.i.+p with them.
Their loyalty could change the next day, or it could never change in a thousand years. This loyalty could change with a single word or not change with a thousand words.
But I was going to accept this risk and develop the relations.h.i.+p between us since there was no perfect human relations.h.i.+p.
The next day I arrived back home.
Since I pressured Ma Jung Soo into a corner I decided it was a good time a take a break and take care of business back at home.
I planned to let Jung Yeo operate the Yang Clan independently. Even though Jung Yeo said that he was willing to merge with the Byuk Clan I didn't think it was necessary yet, so I said no. I planned on raising many independent organization and merging them at the critical time. I was someone who once operated the largest organization in all of Kang Ho. I had hundreds of organizations like the Yang Clan working under me.
So I left him with two tasks.
First, I ordered him to send a good spy to shadow Ma Jung Soo. Especially if he tried to make any moves on Song Hwa Rin, I told him to let me know right away.
Second, I told him to make a message system through the carrier Pidgeon. Of course it was outside from both our houses since I didn't want to attract too much attention to our houses. Since Ma Jung Soo was at the Yang Clan house so they really couldn't do anything that would attract too much attention. In addition I allowed him to choose trustworthy subordinates to run the system. Since we were a martial artist organization anything related to information was very important. For added safety measures I added something special.
It was a secret code that only Jung Yeo and I could understand. In the Murim Alliance there were many different codes. From simple codes to more complex ones that were used in the battlefield.
For this, I used one of the more complex ones. It was similar to one of the codes that Kal Sa Ryung used, so there was no way for anyone to decipher this code.
Jung Yeo was once again amazed seeing that I knew such complicated code.
This is how you are supposed to show faith to your subordinate. Later on down the road they might not remember it much, but it was important to show your abilities now.
I told Kw.a.n.g Du about the death of Old Man Flower Fan.
”Ah! Really? You did very well young master.”
He was as happy as if he took care of his own nemesis.
”Are you that happy?”
”Yes. I am sure the child as well as the elderly woman are happy in the afterlife. I am so happy that I really want to tell the owner that went to the countryside, that we took revenge for him.”
”He will know eventually.”
”Will he?”
”I am sure. How will he forget about it? Unless he truly wants to forget, he will know what happened. He will think that justice is still alive in Kang Ho.”