Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Dinner took place in a rather sober atmosphere. It was not especially copious, you might say.

But for Wei Yan-ho, it was like having dinner with demons from hell.

The grains of rice looked like dry grains of sand and cold tea turned his stomach as if he were drinking bleach.

I’m going to have indigestion.

Wei Yan-ho looked around cautiously, but Wei San-ho did not pay attention to him.

Wei Jeong-han smiled softly.

“What is life like in the academy?”

“Okay.”

“No difficulties?”

If there were no difficulties in training, it wouldn’t be training. I think these are challenges I have to overcome.

Wei Jeong-han nodded repeatedly.

Looking at Wei Yan-ho and then at Wei San-ho, his eyes lit up and felt like a warm breeze blowing from somewhere.

Look at that.

Didn’t it look like there was even a subtle halo visible there?

“You must have suffered a lot while this father was away.”

“Father, it is you who suffered during the long martial journey.”

“No. How can a martial artist call suffering a martial trajectory? You should have had difficulty being the eldest son. If I had returned a little earlier, I could have seen you enter the academy…

When the conversation arose about the martial journey, Han Sang-ah’s eyes became slightly sharp.

Wei Jeong-han shook and quickly closed his mouth.

Han Sang-ah opened his mouth.

“You don’t need anything for your training?”

“Okay.”

Aren’t you short of money?

I think you don’t need to send me maintenance this year.

Han Sang-ah shook his head.

A man must always be prepared for any situation. If you have anything left over, save it. It will be useful to you when you need it urgently.

I’ll do whatever you say.

A warm smile also flourished on Han Sang-ah’s face.

What a trustworthy son he was!

Thinking that was the time, Wei Jeong-han opened his mouth.

“Sang-ah, I’ve been a little short of money lately, too.

“You should keep your mouth shut.”

“…”

Han Sang-ah looked at Wei Jeong-han as if to devour him, then turned his head again to look at Wei San-ho with a warm smile.

It was really an extreme reaction.

“Well then, is there no problem?”

“There’s one.”

“Mmm?”

Han Sang-ah bowed his head and asked.

“What is it?”

“It’s about Yeon-ho.”

Wei Jeong-han’s face creaked. Han Sang-ah’s face also tightened slightly. Wei Yan-ho sank his neck on his shoulders.

“What about Yeon-ho?”

Wei San-ho spoke without hesitation.

“I need to take Yeon-ho to the academy.”

“To the academy?”

“Yes.”

Wei Jeong-han opposed it.

“Yeon-ho is still too young.”

Twelve years is enough to enter the academy. There are cases of ten-year-olds and people entering after twenty. If you reach a certain level, age does not matter. The important thing is not the age, but the level. I think the current level of Yeon-ho is not enough to enter the academy.

– But you didn’t come in just after you turned fifteen?

“That’s because I thought it was better to prepare myself better before entering. But…”

Wei San-ho looked at Wei Yan-ho and then opened his mouth.

“Yeon-ho is different.”

Before Wei San-ho’s firm words, Wei Jeong-han ended up nodding.

More preparation here?

I’d be lucky if I didn’t forget what I already had.

This time Han Sang-ah opposed.

Even so, it’s too early for Yeon-ho. Above all, I’m worried if that boy can stand academic life.

“The laziness of the child would be the problem.”

When Wei San-ho’s words hit the target, they all remained silent.

Honestly, if Wei Yan-ho were sent to the academy like that, there would be no more family misfortune.

“Right. If we send that boy to the academy without correcting his laziness, the others will see him with bad eyes. And I worry what he will learn and bring from there.

Wei San-ho shook his head.

Being lazy in the academy has its limits, and since I’ll be there too, it won’t be able to act with the same insolence as here.

“Mmm…”

But if Yeon-ho stays home alone, it might not be a disgrace, but the ruin of the child. Does the prestige of the family matter, or is it important that the successor of the family remain on the throne?

The latter inevitably had to be given priority.

“This… last, I guess.”

Wei San-ho nodded.

As you know, the boy’s talent is exceptional.

Wei Jeong-han snorted.

His talent for laziness is the greatest under the sky! Hmph!

When Han Sang-ah’s eyes sharpened, Wei Jeong-han shook and turned his head slightly.

I don’t mean that, that kid’s talent is incomparable to mine, if he’s taught well, he’s a guy who could spread the name around the world.

“Well, that’s going too far.”

Wei Jeong-han was derogatory.

Even Han Sang-ah nodded.

It didn’t matter if it was her son, humanly speaking, Wei Yan-ho was a person she couldn’t see with good eyes.

Wei San-ho sighed silently.

Wei Jeong-han did not know the skills of Wei Yan-ho because he had not seen him grow and Han Sang-ah had no deep knowledge of martial arts.

In a way, this reaction was natural.

But Wei San-ho, who knew the truth, couldn’t give up so easily.

“In any case, I think the best method is for the boy to enter the Martial Academy of the Hidden Dragon.”

Wei Jeong-han nodded slightly.

“Yes, that would also be a method.”

But Han Sang-ah still opposed it.

“Yeon-ho is still young!”

We don’t know what happens if that kid stays home like this!

Han Sang-ah sighed and looked at Wei Yan-ho.

He had heard that he was going out at dawn saying he was going to train, waving his sword a couple of times and then going back to sleep. Without a doubt, if he stayed home like this, Wei Yan-ho would be ruined.

“I…”

At that time, Wei Yan-ho opened his mouth.

I don’t think I’m quite ready yet…

“Relax!”

“Stay silent!”

“Shut up!”

In the face of consecutive attacks on the order of father, mother and older brother, Wei Yan-ho lifted the white flag cleanly.

Han Sang-ah also finally surrendered to Wei Jeong-han’s persuasion and Wei San-ho’s gaze.

Well, let’s send him in, that would be the way for Yeon-ho.

– No, it’s not, Mother!

Wei Yan-ho screamed inside, but those words could not come out of his mouth.

Thus, that night, it was decided that the second son of the Wei family of Guangdong, Wei Yan-ho, would be admitted to the Martial Academy of the Hidden Dragon.

But even then, none of them could guess the consequences of this decision. It would take a long time to know how far-reaching the events that this little decision would bring to the martial world in the future would be.

“Puaj…”

Wei Yan-ho’s face was like a warrior going to battle.

The difference was that while the warriors who went to battle generally had determined faces and prepared for death, Wei Yan-ho had the face of a soldier participating in a war for the first time, trembling with fear.

“Why do I have to go there?”

His older brother had only entered at the age of fifteen, but Wei Yan-ho was barely twelve.

That was too unfair!

But as even his mother, whom he had trusted in the end, had given up, there was no one left to side with Wei Yan-ho.

No, there was exactly one person.

“Can’t you not go?”

Wei Su-ryeon grabbed Wei Yan-ho’s sleeve with tears springing from his eyes.

If Wei Yan-ho left, Wei Su-ryeon would stay home alone.

Wei Su-ryeon hated that very much.

“I don’t want to go either”

Wei Yan-ho responded honestly.

You’re not even old enough to go, so why are you being forced to go so urgently?

“I know…”

Wei Yan-ho was powerless.

He had already gone too far to change the situation with Wei Su-ryeon’s tantrum.

Wei Yan-ho put his luggage on his shoulder and walked away with difficulty.

With his heart frustrated, he looked toward the sky.

“Haha… the weather… it should be nice!”

The dark clouds approaching the distance seemed to insinuate the future of Wei Yan-ho.

When he went out to the training camp, his family and his followers were waiting for him.

“Mmm.”

Wei Yan-ho approached and received the looks that greeted him.

“Did you sleep well?”

At the words of Wei Jeong-han, Wei Yan-ho responded with indifference.

“More or less.”

“Yes, I suppose so.”

Wei Jeong-han, who would normally have exploited, this time was not particularly angry.

It wasn’t a situation to be angry about either.

Han Sang-ah approached and grabbed Wei Yan-ho’s hands.

When you go to the academy, be careful. Make sure you eat well and wash well there. I worry that you bring family misfortune. If you get hurt during training, don’t suffer alone; go to the medical room right away. Your older brother will take care of everything, but still don’t neglect your training. That region is cooler than here, so make sure you cover yourself with blankets while sleeping. If you sleep carelessly dressed like you do here because of the heat, you’ll get hurt! You should wash your hands and feet well…

“I am not going to war…”

Wei Yan-ho interrupted Han Sang-ah’s long speech.

Han Sang-ah’s heart seemed to hurt as the tears secretly dried up, then bowed his head and continued to hold Wei Yan-ho’s hands.

Thanks to this, Wei Yan-ho had to walk with Han Sang-ah hanging from one side and Wei Su-ryeon from the other.

“If you’re worried, then don’t send me!”

When Wei Yan-ho exploded, Han Sang-ah shook and turned his head.

But what could be done?

He had to go.

“Wow.”

Wei Yan-ho kept sighing with his frustrated heart.

Wei San-ho approached Wei Yan-ho.

“Are you all ready?”

Wei Yan-ho snuck into his bundle.

“I packed everything lightly.”

“Then let’s go.”

Wei Yan-ho cursed inside his heartless older brother.

It was the first time in his life he left home, wouldn’t it be nice to give him a little more time?

But Wei San-ho was simply cold, as if he had buried human feelings somewhere.

You’re late because you fell asleep, so we have to go quickly.

“I know, I know.”

Wei Yan-ho grumbled and followed Wei San-ho.

There were tied two beautiful horses that seemed splendid at first sight.

“Mmm…”

When Wei Jeong-han looked at the horses with dissatisfied eyes, Han Sang-ah’s gaze became threatening.

They were not horses to keep raising them, but horses to ride once and sell, so he seemed upset that so much money was spent to buy them.

But Han Sang-ah, who regretted his son’s departure, did not dare to buy normal horses.

“Do I have to ride this?”

Wei San-ho nodded.

“I’ve never mounted one before.”

“Just hold on.”

“Will that work?”

“As long as you don’t fall.”

“…”

Actually, Wei San-ho didn’t need horses.

If it were not for Wei Yan-ho, Wei San-ho would have used lightweight techniques to address Henan.

But Wei Yan-ho was still young and lacked the resistance to endure the long journey to Henan.

Wei Yan-ho rode the horse carefully.

The horse shook his head, but when Wei San-ho calmed him a few times, he soon became docile.

“…Does it discriminate against people…”

Wei Yan-ho was upset, but he couldn’t fight a horse.

Wei San-ho calmed Wei Yan-ho’s horse and rode his.

– Well, then we’re leaving.