Chapter 105 (2/2)
“Is breaking free of that woman’s shackle anything but a fleeting dream even after 300 years since the Empire was founded…”
“We will find an opportunity if we continue to endure. If we can’t do it, then our next generation, or the generation after…”
“I was wondering when they’d talk about the next generation. They are so persistent. Is this their tradition as well?”
Yoo-rah snickered as she eavesdropped on the conversation between the Emperor and Ismael. She thought she and the first Emperor had a decent relations.h.i.+p, but as the generations pa.s.sed, the Royale Family grew increasingly more hostile.
“We’ve brought him here.”
Yoo-rah raised her head and turned back. In front of her were tens of men and women wearing white gowns holding a shackled man in their midst. The group had forced the man on his knees, and Yoo-rah looked down coldly at the shackled man.
“Miss Yoo-rah, please…”
The man’s beg was met with Yoo-rah’s sigh.
“Did you really think I wouldn’t know?”
“I, it was never my intention…”
The man’s desperate excuse only further soured Yoo-rah’s mood. She frowned, and one of the men who stood next to the shackled man shut his mouth by punching his face.
“But I’ll ask this first. Why did you do it?”
The man stuttered as he answered.
“M, my family… they’re still alive.”
The group of men and women made a commotion, and Yoo-rah sighed.
“Hey, Professor Jung. Do you still not realise what you’ve done? We barely succeeded in creating this device using the resources we tricked Central into giving us.”
“I, I never knew it was that important.”
Yoo-rah responded annoyingly in response to Professor Jung.
“Of course you didn’t. I’ve been keeping it in storage in order to keep it outside of their attention, all the while keeping it out in the open to make it seem irrelevant. Do you have any idea how worried I was leaving it in the open? How many sleepless nights I’ve had fearing they’d ask for it, that they’ve found a use for it, that it would break while being left unattended for so long. And just as we were about to move on to the next stage, you ruined it all.”
“P, please, at least spare my life…”
Professor Jung begged, but Yoo-rah shook her head.
“The fact that you’re still alive even after joining hands with the Emperor is partly due to your complete, almost startling incompetence. Because of your distrustful nature, you tried to plot your petty scheme by dealing with every faction there is, only for it to backfire, and now you’ve found yourself abandoned after outliving your usefulness. Not to mention you even lost the very artifact you stole yourself. But the most important reason was because your actions were what allowed me to find Mr. Joon-young. But you’ve crossed the line this time.”
Professor Jung’s expression crumbled in utter terror in the face of Yoo-rah’s words, his jaws chattering in fear. Suddenly, a melody came out of Yoo-rah’s pocket, and Yoo-rah naturally took out a cellphone all the while waving her other hand as if asking to throw out the trash.
“No! Forgive me! I’ve made a mistake! Just give me another chance…!”
The professor begged desperately as he was being dragged away from Yoo-rah, but n.o.body pitied him. The room finally became quiet after the professor was taken away, and Yoo-rah took a small breath and answered her phone with a plastic smile on her face as if in a business meeting.
“Oh my. That’s rare of you to make a call. What’s happened?”
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“Hohoho. First of all, let me pay my respects. Really, I’m at complete awe of your persuasion techniques. Oh, don’t misunderstand, I’m not blaming you. It was probably him that tried to make a deal with you in the first place.”
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“That’s not right. Oh dear? Are you worried about my safety?”
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“Compensation? Haha! That’s a funny joke. What makes you think you’re ent.i.tled to compensation when you were defeated without firing a single bullet?”
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“Are you s.h.i.+fting the blame now? I may not have expected it either, but I never would have a.s.sumed that you’d be crushed so helplessly. That’s why you should only focus on one job at a time. See how everything falls apart when you try to do too much at once?”
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“Yes. I hope we can continue to maintain our partners.h.i.+p with firm trust in one another. Of course! Our alliance is forged by our blood.”
Tap.
The conversation seemed somewhat pleasant at first, but Yoo-rah immediately grit her teeth fiercely the moment she ended the call.
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