Chapter 43 (1/2)

The Yeon Household and the group were moving in a large boat.

Five large ships were mobilized, with the main people gathered on one, and the bodyguards escorting them aboard the other four ships.

Yeon Ha-rin rarely left the cabin.

Because of those who were anxious to do something with her whenever she went outside, she couldn’t calmly enjoy the scenery and it was bothersome.

But just because she was stuck in the cabin didn’t mean they were just going to wait.

They visited constantly, and each time they did they tried to appeal themselves.

Still, they were much better than Zhong Li-woong.

Zhong Li-woong used to show his desires directly, but they didn’t go to that extent.

“My lady, it’s almost time to eat.”

Said one of the bodyguards in the room.

All of Yeon Harin’s bodyguards were women.

So their skills weren’t that great. Perhaps yet, a capable female warrior was not very common.

There were a total of five warriors closely guarding Yeon Ha-rin.

Two of them were together in the room, and the other three stood at the door.

The warriors even took care of Yeon Ha-rin, but there wasn’t much to be concerned about since Yeon Ha-rin was a person who was low-maintenance.

All their work was just informing her of the fixed schedule like now, or finding out when something happened outside.

“When do you think we will arrive at the destination?”

“The schedule has not been fixed quite yet. As you know, we often stop in the middle… … .”

Yeon Ha-rin sighed and nodded.

She didn’t know why they were so intent on playing, that they would stop the boat and go out to the shore to spend time.

Even Yeon Ha-rin couldn’t keep being alone on the boat, so she hung out with them a couple of times, but every time she did she would get into a bad mood.

“I’ll skip today’s lunch.”

“You seem to skip meals too often these days. Shall I bring some dumplings at least?”

The bodyguard looked at Yeon Ha-rin with an anxious expression.

It seemed to contain sincerity, but Yeon Ha-rin knew that that was just an act.

Three of the five guards who followed this time were bought by Seomun, Gu Yang, and the Chu, respectively.

So, she had to place two people who weren’t, one inside and one outside the room.

She talked so softly, but she couldn’t be sure what she would put inside the dumplings.

In fact, it may not be that way, but she was still careful and there was nothing bad for being cautious.

“It’s okay. I’m not feeling well these days.”

The guard still said with anxiety.

“We arrive at Jingzhou soon. I was told that we will take a day or two to rest there, so I think it would be better for the young lady to take a break as well.”

Yeon Ha-rin smiled gently and nodded.

“Thank you. I will do that.”

Of course, she was really thinking of just taking a break. Unless there was an unavoidable situation.

* * *

“My lord, what is that?”

Soso asked Byeoktaesan with her curious eyes twinkling.

Byeoktaesan just passed the street and received a small piece of paper from someone.

And after checking it, he burnt it.

He didn’t even do it in secret. The giver was also proudly handed it over, and Byeoktaesan openly received, checked, and burned it.

So there was no way Soso, who was right next to him, couldn’t see it.

Of course, everyone who came together saw it as well.

Chun Chu Shin-ui was the only one who was able to identify the person who gave the paper to Byeok Tae-san.

He was a junior member of the Hao guild.

“It said that they will arrive at about one hour?”

At Byeoktaesan’s words, Soso blinked with a puzzled expression.

“What do you mean by that?”

“I was told that a ship departing from the Yeon household was arriving, I wondered if I should go and see it.”

At that, Soso’s eyes became like a lampstand. She grabbed her hands as if praying and looked at Byeoktaesan with her eyes full of tears.

Then she turned his head and looked at Yoo Seo-yeon.

Yoo Seo-yeon’s expression was also not very different from Soso.

“My lord, are you saying you planned all of this on purpose?”

Byeoktaesan’s face was distorted.

“No way. Why would I do such a troublesome thing? Do not misunderstand, I just go where I need to go freely.”

“Ah, you did. of course. Who will misunderstand our lord? Of course, you did.”

As it seemed that they wouldn’t believe him, Byeoktaesan just shut his mouth, turned around, and went to the dock.

The whole group looked at the back of Byeoktaesan with a mixed expression of curiosity and anticipation.

Then, as if something had come to mind, they looked at the two servants, Dan-young and Chaewol, who were together.

They were very cool about the situation.

It seemed as if this situation had nothing to do with them.

“Tsk tsk, to not even have this much tact.”

As Chun Chu Shin-ui said so, he walked and caught up to Byeok Tae-san.

Everyone looked at him with absurd expressions.

But nobody said anything. Anyway, the atmosphere got a little odd.

They slowly followed Byeoktaesan, keeping a little distance between them.

Chun Chu shin-ui glanced at his back and asked Byeok Tae-san.

“The Hao guild is cooperating with you nicely.”

“Because their weakness was caught. And you can do this much with money anyway.”

“Ah, but is it the same with money? Honestly, to me, it looks like the Hao guild is pretty much under you now. Isn’t it?”

“Annoying. I don’t have the time to think about stuff like that.”

“Of course of course? Do not worry, I’ll take care of it all. My lord just needs to do what he wants to do.”

Byeoktaesan suddenly stopped. And he stared at him.

The mysterious pressure was a bit embarrassing for Chun Chu Shin-Ui.

“W-Whats wrong, my lord?”

“You aren’t going around doing useless things right?”

“Of course not. I have no intention of doing that, and I don’t know how to be honest. I just want you to be safe and peaceful. Yes, of course.”

Byeoktaesan looked at him and walked again with a smirk on his face.

“Do whatever you want. Well, if you take responsibility, what can you not do. You can probably hit the back of Cheonma’s head with that attitude.”

“What are you mean? I can never hit a guy in the back of the head, really!”

Byeoktaesan stopped walking again. And he looked at him.

“You, you are hiding something huh?”

“I’m really not?”

“You swear on your spirit?”

“Please my lord, why do you keep insisting on swearing or betting something? Oh, didn’t you say it was about one hour? You are going to be late if we dawdle like this. Let’s make haste.”

Chun Chu Shin-Ui said so and took a hurried step.

Byeoktaesan looked at the back of Chun Chu Shin-Ui, smiled, and walked again.

“Don’t cause an incident. I’ll pull it out as much as it bothers me.”

Byeoktaesan muttered quietly.

As if he had heard the murmur, Chun Chu Shin-Ui trembled once.

He didn’t know what he meant by pull, but he was very scared regardless.

* * *

Yeon Ha-rin took a deep breath. And she cleared up her expression.

From now on, she wanted to show only the cold expression. She didn’t want to give them any room.

“My lady, we have arrived.”