Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 102

Chapter 102

“…It’s quiet, isn’t it?”

Wei Yan-ho shook his head cautiously.

This was the place where he had stayed just a few days ago, but somehow he felt a little strange.

“Was Chief Butler Ha right?”

Wei Yan-ho thought the same thing, but seeing the deserted front door made him a little uncomfortable. It seemed as if his Sacred Hand Hall had absorbed all the patients who should have come.

“Excuse me…”

When he opened the door and entered, only a desolate wind blew.

The straw hut, broken, remained the same, but until then it had at least preserved the vitality of the patients. Now that even the patients had disappeared, it had an air of abandoned house, which was quite disturbing.

Crack.

Feeling someone’s presence, the door opened and Jin Ye-ran popped his head.

“Did you come?”

“Oh, yes.”

Wei Yan-ho did a clumsy bow.

There’s no liquor today, but there’s tea, so I’ll pour you a cup.

“I just came to visit, nothing more.”

“Please don’t say that.”

“If you insist.”

Wei Yan-ho snapped his lips and walked in.

“What about the others?”

“They all left.”

“Excuse me?”

Wei Yan-ho’s eyes were wide open.

Jin Ye-ran smiled softly as if he wondered what was so surprising.

“If I have decided to start from scratch, I should do it from below. I thought it would be hard to accept this place and start again like this. If I want to walk the path I have in mind, I think the right thing to start from the beginning.”

Wei Yan-ho simply nodded.

He couldn’t determine if it was the right method, but if she believed it, no one could say she was wrong.

After all, each one decides his own way.

“It was a hard job to give all your wages back, but now that it’s all over, I’m relieved.”

“Mmm?”

Wei Yan-ho’s eyes naturally crossed Jin Ye-ran’s neckline.

“…she’s gone.”

The silver and white jade necklace that had cost him so much to recover had disappeared. However, unlike when he had pawned it, he maintained a more cheerful expression, which was different.

Was she moving forward?

Or was he just pretending?

As much as he had found his way, having to sell his mother’s memory must not have been a common affair.

“Are you sure?”

“Well…”

Jin Ye-ran lifted the teapot and poured its contents into the cup placed in front of Wei Yan-ho.

“The truth is, I’m a little worried. No, I’m very worried.

“Mmm…”

“I wonder if I can do it right. I’ll have to get out of here, too.”

“Will you leave?”

Yeah, I’m gonna start over from the beginning.

Wei Yan-ho frowned. “Starting again was good, but why did he have to leave there?”

“Is it necessary?”

“It’s about going back to my original intention.”

Jin Ye-ran’s voice did not waver.

If you are a doctor who really thinks about your patients, I think you should look for them directly instead of waiting for them sitting in one place. There are many people who cannot go to the clinic because of mobility problems.

“That’s true.”

She had good intentions and a good heart, but the question was how long she could keep that good thought. It was a path with too many difficulties for a woman’s body.

“Do you think you can do it right?”

“I’d like to ask you that. Do you think I can do it right?”

Wei Yan-ho looked at her with a somewhat amazing expression.

So far, Wei Yan-ho had only received evaluations from others; he had never seriously evaluated anyone else.

“I don’t know if you can do it right or not…”

“But?”

“Your expression looks a lot better than when you scolded So-ah harshly, what luck. I feel like I’m really seeing you for the first time.”

Jin Ye-ran looked at Wei Yan-ho in silence.

“Did I say something wrong?”

“No.”

Jin Ye-ran smiled softly.

“You don’t seem to choose those words deliberately, but young Master Wei sometimes seems to find the words that people want to hear.”

“Really?”

Wei Yan-ho bowed his head.

His mother and older brother had told him not to open his mouth unless necessary. Seeing him loitering was frustrating enough, but if he also opened his mouth and babbled, he would stir their stomachs.

However, there was someone who evaluated Wei Yan-ho’s words in such a positive way; really something worth seeing after having lived so long.

– So, you moved out of So-ah and the Sacred Hand Hall?

“No.”

Jin Ye-ran shook his head firmly.

“I’m not leaving. I’m proving my worth.”

“Your worth?”

“I think I have no choice but to follow the true path of medicine and show So-ah that I was right. Rebuilding the Sacred Hand Hall would be a great help if I could do so in the process.”

“Mmm…”

“I didn’t become a doctor to raise the family; the family grew up because I dedicated myself to living as a doctor, but the priorities were reversed.”

“That also makes sense.”

Jin Ye-ran smiled brilliantly.

“Thank you, young Master Wei. Thanks to you, I was able to find my way. I am still a little anxious and nervous, but everyone’s beginning must have been like mine.”

“Not so much.”

Wei Yan-ho seemed uncomfortable.

At this rate, wouldn’t you be blocking the prospects of an innocent maid’s marriage? An inexplicable sense of guilt invaded him.

“Well, I have a lot to prepare today, so I don’t think we can talk for long.

“I see.”

Wei Yan-ho rose from his seat without saying anything else. “It was not polite to stop someone with work.

“Well then I’m leaving.”

“Take care.”

Wei Yan-ho came out dragging the feet of the Nameless Clinic. Along the way, he felt a tingling in the back of his neck.

“Wow.”

This shouldn’t happen.

In reality, all the difficulties in the world were essentially self-imposed. If you closed your eyes and turned your head, wasn’t life about having a hot bed waiting for you? If you care unnecessarily about things like conscience or feelings…

“Okay, I get it!”

Wei Yan-ho expressed his frustration toward heaven for no reason and began to walk in the opposite direction to the Sacred Hand Hall with sad steps.

Who did you say you were?

The Wuhan branch of the Hao Clan was in turmoil.

In Wuhan a red flag was raised that had not been raised once in several years.

The Red Flag was granted only to persons of remarkable or superior status in one region, or to those who had granted great favors to the Hao Clan. When a Red Flag was raised, the Hao Clan of that region set aside everything else and received the Red Flag Carrier with all the ceremony.

As they ran to the place alarmed, they found a child sitting there whose age was unclear: something between boy and young man.

“I’m Wei Yan-ho.”

“Wei Yan-ho?”

Qu Xing, the leader of the Wuhan branch of the Hao Clan known as Mouse Taker, looked at Wei Yan-ho with a perplexed expression.

‘Why does a child like this have a red flag?’

Considering the significance of the Red Flag in the Hao Clan, it was strange that such a child possessed one.

However, seeing that he knew exactly how to use the Red Flag, it did not seem like something he had learned from somewhere.

“You know what the Red Flag means, don’t you?”

“I heard that if you publish it, someone comes and does what you ask for for free.”

“…It’s not free.”

“Tch.”

Wei Yan-ho snapped his tongue with regret.

The Ghost Lady had said the same thing, but he tried to confirm it once again just in case. Seeing that this time it didn’t work either, it seemed that they definitely didn’t work for free.

I’m asking for two things.

“Yes, please tell me, Red Flag applications are handled with the highest priority, and the Red Flag is recovered upon application.”

– So what’s good about it? I could visit the Hao Clan anyway.

“You don’t understand what it means to attend to a request with the highest priority. The Hao Clan is a place that many people come to, and naturally there is a waiting order to resolve the requests. We attend to your matter with the highest priority, ignoring that waiting order.”

“I can’t say if that’s good or bad.”

It seemed good, but not particularly fantastic.

“So it’s like an official pass to sneak in?”

“…you could say that.”

“Sutil, very subtle.”

Wei Yan-ho laughed between his teeth and opened his mouth.

“Please find an article for me.”

“What article?”

“Please recover the silver white jade necklace that Jin Ye-ran sold from the Clinic Without Name.”

“If it’s something sold, it can cost money to get it back. If the buyer refuses to sell, there are other methods, but they carry risks, so I don’t recommend them. Also, you will have to pay the same as if you buy it back.”

“Okay.”

“What’s the other thing?”

“I need an escort.”

“An escort?”

“A woman will travel alone and I need someone to follow her in secret and protect her from harm.”

“Mmm…”

Qu Xing couldn’t help but show reluctance.

“It’s a very difficult mission, especially if there’s no definite time frame.”

“I will renew it annually.”

Finding the right person won’t be easy either. What level of martial arts are you looking for?

If we meet a martial artist, there’ll be no answer, just enough to chase off some mountain bandits.

That level is not very difficult. However, the stealth requirement is problematic. If you want someone capable of stealth, this will also be quite expensive.

“How much for both of us?”

“Did you say a white and silver jade necklace?”

After hearing Wei Yan-ho’s approximate description of size and quality, Qu Xing nodded.

“Then, including the commission, it will take about two gold nyang.”

W-what, how much?

“Two nyang of gold.”

“How much could that necklace cost…”

Recovering the necklace is not very difficult, but protecting someone with stealth is not an easy task. Ah, if it is okay for a man to do the stealth work, the price drops considerably. However, given the nature of the stealth, when a man protects a woman…

“Let it be a woman.”

Wei Yan-ho shook his hand with disdain.

Even he thought that assigning a man would be problematic. Better red than dead; it seemed better to assign a woman.

Assigning a stealthy agent to the level the Red Flag Carrier wants inevitably costs a lot of money. This price already minimizes the commission, considering you are a Red Flag Carrier.

“Mm, did you say two nyang?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Please find out, I’ll bring you the money tomorrow.

“Understood.”

While Wei Yan-ho was dragging his feet, Qu Xing opened his mouth.

“Prepare it.”

“But leader of the branch.”

A black shadow rose from the ground.

“He seems young and doesn’t seem to have much money. Can he really prepare two gold nyangs in a day?”

“You don’t understand the meaning of Red Flag Carrier.”

“…”

“They don’t give any warning signs to anyone. Don’t worry and do it.”

“Yes.”

Feeling that the presence was moving away, Qu Xing nodded.

“Someone at Red Flag Bearer’s level could somehow raise so much money.”

At least it made a good impression, which was lucky. If I were an evil person, I could extort from others, but it didn’t look like that.

“Excuse me.”

At that time, Wei Yan-ho, who had gone out, looked back at his head.

“Yes?”

“Where is the Prefect’s house?”

“From, the Prefect?”

“Yes.”

Qu Xing pointed in an unknowing direction, and seeing his gesture, Wei Yan-ho walked away dragging his feet.

“…Why are you looking for the Prefect’s house?”

For Qu Xing, it was incomprehensible.