Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 88

Chapter 88

“Young master.”

A cold sweat began to flow through the forehead of Gwak Do-san.

Who would have known this young brat was a monster?

“Hmm… what should I do?”

“What… what do you mean?”

Wei Yan-ho smiled with itch and said:

“The Master told me that there is no need to catch and beat every wrongdoer that passes, but leaving a wrongdoer who touched me alone would be nothing less than disrespecting the Master.”

Gwak Do-san’s legs lost strength.

I find it uncomfortable to let it go. I may not be a good disciple, but I still try to follow our elder’s teachings whenever I can.

“Hahaha, young teacher, now that you have become an adult, you should go your own way.”

“That’s why I’m leaving.”

“Excuse me?”

“Come on.”

“…where do you mean?”

“Go back to where you came from.”

Wei Yan-ho smiled brilliantly.

I felt a little uncomfortable after seeing what you did at the Sacred Hand Hall last time. That person has such a kind heart that I just left him alone, but…

Gwak Do-san turned his gaze to ‘that person’.

Joageol stood clumsily, not knowing what to do.

Live long enough to hear Joageol’s nice, huh?

It really seemed like the time had come to retire.

“…I think I made a mistake, but people can make mistakes from time to time, right?”

– Hmm, although it doesn’t seem like a mistake…

“It was really a mistake.”

Gwak Do-san fell on his knees right there and bowed his head.

“If you forgive me just this once, I will reform myself and live as a suitable human being.”

Wei Yan-ho nodded softly.

Reformation is good, but when those who have been sucking the blood and sweat of others suddenly say they will reform, asking us to believe that is a little unreasonable, don’t you think?

“So what should I do…”

“Well, killing seems too excessive… “Let’s go with the same method.

“The same method?”

Gwak Do-san’s eyes turned to the men dressed in black who were collapsing on the floor.

When he saw the men dressed in black lying there with their dantians sealed, his mind suddenly became clear.

“You mean you’ll seal my dantian?”

I like people who communicate well.

“…Is there no other way?”

“In reality, it is very difficult to have a relationship of trust when we first meet today.”

Gwak Do-san bit his lips hard and left his place.

“I can’t do that!”

For someone who had lived his whole life in the underworld, to be told to seal his dantian was the same as being told to die.

Gwak Do-san attacked Wei Yan-ho without saying another word.

“Oh?”

Wei Yan-ho bowed his head as he watched Gwak Do-san carrying toward him with a ferocious impulse.

“You’re pretty impatient.”

Wei Yan-ho shook his hand.

“Uf!”

At that time, Gwak Do-san grabbed his lower abdomen and rolled over the ground.

M-my dantian…

Gwak Do-san was dazzled and drooled at the sense of emptiness he felt as his accumulated power faded away. “Those who have not experienced the sense of decades of cultivated power fading away in an instant would not understand.”

Wei Yan-ho watched the scene quietly, then turned his head to look at Joageol.

“We meet again.”

Yes, that’s right, young master!

“When I saw you before, you seemed like a good person, so why are you hanging out with people like that?”

“…I had to make a living.”

“That’s a sad story.”

Wei Yan-ho approached Joageol and patted him on the shoulder.

“Then please guide us.”

“Where to?”

“To that place of the Spider or Black Web.”

“…”

They were heard creaking all over Wei Yan-ho’s body.

“Hurry up.”

“…yes.”

And that same day…

The Black Web, which was the largest in Hubei, was completely destroyed.

***

Where did that kid go?

Jin Ye-ran looked at the sky darkening with a severe face.

There were many patients to attend to, but Jin So-ah had been missing since the morning and had not returned even when the sun set.

“Abandon patients in this way.”

She repressed her growing anger.

She could understand a child’s desire to play at such an early age. But, in any case, that someone who had been involved in medicine walked around without caring for patients was absolutely unacceptable.

“Why does it continue to go astray?”

Jin Ye-ran sighed deeply.

“Mother.”

Touching the memory of her mother hanging from her neck, Jin Ye-ran dried up the tears that flowed from her eyes.

Thinking of his mother’s last words of raising Jin So-ah to be an excellent doctor and rekindling the family, “Jin Ye-ran set her heart like steel.”

“It was because I was missing something.”

It was natural for a child to become more stubborn as it grew, but she had been treating him the same way as before, so drifting was an inevitable consequence.

“I should have paid more attention.”

She knew that Jin So-ah could find the heavy mission assigned to her heavy. But she had thought it was something she would naturally have to endure if she wanted to inherit the Sacred Hand Hall, so she had been strict with him so far.

Jin Ye-ran decided to have a deeper conversation with Jin So-ah when he returned.

“Sister, sister!”

At that time, Jin So-ah broke through the door and entered.

“What is all this noise at this hour?”

Jin Ye-ran turned his head slightly and dried his tears. “In addition, he was careful not to let the humidity in his voice be noticed.

“Sister, come out quickly!

Faced with Jin So-ah’s shock, Jin Ye-ran rose.

‘What’s going on?’

Although Jin So-ah was young, he had a serious character and was not one of those who made such a fuss about everyday affairs. If he were a patient, perhaps, but Jin So-ah’s voice did not convey urgency, but joy.

Upon leaving the room, he saw Jin So-ah and Wei Yan-ho, who was half exhausted, entering through the door.

Wei Yan-ho was wearing decent silk clothes from somewhere, but the silk clothes were white from the dust.

‘What a beggar look!’

Not only Wei Yan-ho, but also Jin So-ah looked like beggars. She thought they had really wandered around with that look.

Let go of me!

Wei Yan-ho shook Jin So-ah’s arm that dragged him and then ran to his room at an inappropriately fast speed.

“I did everything I had to do! Even if I live here like a hat for ten more years, you have nothing to say! Don’t bother me anymore! I’m going to sleep!”

Wei Yan-ho screamed and then entered his room with a strong blow as he closed the door.

But what was disconcerting was Jin So-ah’s attitude.

Although Wei Yan-ho had shown a behavior that completely ignored the label, Jin So-ah continued to lean towards the room in which Wei Yan-ho had entered as if he were delighted.

“Wei So-hyeop, rest easy, please, would you like to have dinner?”

“Bring me the best you have!”

“Yes, yes.”

Jin So-ah smiled foolishly and then ran quickly towards Jin Ye-ran.

“Sister!”

“What’s all this fuss?”

“Sister, sister, do you know what I did today?”

“Hmm?”

Normally, Jin So-ah shrunk when she raised her voice like that, but today it didn’t work at all. Instead of being angry, I was curious. What the hell had happened to make Jin So-ah so happy?

“What happened?”

At Jin Ye-ran’s words, Jin So-ah smiled brilliantly and said:

“I paid all the debts.”

Jin Ye-ran could not understand Jin So-ah’s words for a moment.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, I paid all the debts in the name of Sacred Hand Hall.”

“…you must have had a dream.”

“It’s not that, sister!”

Jin So-ah explained what had happened since that morning, spitting as he spoke. The incident of breaking into the gold exchange house and making money on the bets, and everything that happened afterwards. Finally, when he finished counting how Wei Yan-ho broke into the Black Screen and overturned it, Jin Ye-ran’s eyes opened like plates.

“Is…is that really true?”

“I tell you it’s true, sister!” I saw it all with my own eyes.

“Ah…”

Jin Ye-ran touched her white jade necklace and covered her eyes.

“Now we are free. We will no longer have to suffer debts. All this is thanks to Wei So-hyeop.”

“I see. I’m lucky.”

She looked at the room in which Wei Yan-ho had entered and expressed her deep gratitude.

“We owe him a great deal.”

Wei So-hyeop is a good person. Who would think he would step forward like this?

– Yes, that’s right.

“Yes?”

“Trying to pay debts through gambling was wrong.”

“…Sister.”

“It’s something a gentleman shouldn’t do. It couldn’t be avoided this time, but don’t come near a gambling house again. Just because you went to a gambling house makes me want to punish you, but since you didn’t really play, I’ll understand it just this once.”

Jin So-ah’s face was contorted.

“Is the method so important?”

Those who do not follow the right path face obstacles, and he rightly says: «A gentleman walks the right path».

If I had insisted on being a gentleman this time, the Sacred Hand Hall would already be bankrupt, and my sister could have been dragged into a brothel.

“That’s right.”

Jin Ye-ran spoke in a tone as cold as ice.

A particular doctor must follow the right path. Who can endanger the life of someone with a single mistake must follow the right path. Do you not know well what happened to my father, who fell into the game?

Jin So-ah looked at Jin Ye-ran with a face full of dissatisfaction, then sighed deeply.

“You’re too rigid.”

“Then-ah.”

I did my best for my sister, but instead of saying a single compliment, you’re just looking for things to scold me for.

“Everything is for your good.”

“Look.”

Jin So-ah pointed around him.

“If I live as my sister says, I will spend my whole life here tending patients. Is that really the way for me?”

“What other life should a doctor want besides going to medicine?”

“I don’t want that.”

“Ah!”

Jin So-ah shouted with a determined face:

“I don’t want to live like this. I want to try to reach fame and make money. I don’t want to live a life where I just treat patients and die of old age.”

“How can you say those things?”

“First of all, wasn’t the Sacred Hand Hall famous not for its excellent medical skills, but for its great influence? No matter how excellent medical skills are, if you live a life dedicated exclusively to generosity, who would recognize those medical abilities? Our ancestors wouldn’t have wanted this kind of life either.”

Jin Ye-ran’s body trembled.

For the first time, Jin So-ah rebelled against her.

She had thought this day would come one day, but it was too early than she expected. Moreover, as Jin So-ah rebelled over something he had never thought of, Jin Ye-ran failed to orient himself.

“I learned a lot by watching Wei So-hyeop this time. I no longer want to live according to my sister’s wishes. I want to live my own life, not in the shadow of the Sacred Hand Hall.”

Moonlight was slowly projected over Jin Ye-ran and Jin So-ah as they faced each other.