Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 89

Chapter 89

“Master Wei, please!”

“Go away.”

“Master Wei, please!”

“I said go away.”

“Master Wei, please…”

“Aaaaahhh!”

Wei Yan-ho jumped up and threw the blanket he had covered Jin So-ah with.

“Why are you doing this to me? Why are you treating me like this?”

“What do I have to do?”

Wei Yan-ho looked at Jin So-ah with exasperation. “This bold brat clearly considered him a kind of universal box of solutions. Otherwise, he would not have been complaining like this, asking Wei Yan-ho to solve the disaster he had created.

“Why do I have to solve all your family’s problems?”

“Please don’t be like that…”

“This is your and your sister’s business, from the beginning!”

“It’s true, but…”

Jin So-ah felt he was dying.

It was good when he drew inspiration from Wei Yan-ho’s achievements and eloquently expressed his usual thoughts to his sister.

But since then, the situation had taken a strange turn.

“My words sounded quite reasonable…”

At that time, Jin So-ah could do nothing on his own. Debt was already settled, but the Sacred Hand Hall remained in the hands of Jin Ye-ran, and Jin So-ah, who could still be considered young, was not enough to gain the confidence of the council members.

Also, without a single penny in his name, it was difficult to leave the family and do something on his own.

“Master Wei, please!”

“Woe!”

Wei Yan-ho kicked Jin So-ah, who was clinging to his legs. Jin So-ah rolled to the wall, then backed back and clung back to Wei Yan-ho’s legs.

“Ugh, leech!”

“If you save someone from drowning, you should also rescue their belongings!”

“Isn’t that what people often call shameless?”

– Then what do I do? I can’t swim.

“Wow.”

Wei Yan-ho pulled Jin So-ah away and let out deep sighs.

“I would rather die than suffer like this.”

What sin had he committed in his previous life to deserve this destiny? How was it possible that, wherever it was, there would not be a single place without storms on plain ground?

“So what do you want?”

“I want to succeed as a doctor.”

“Then do it.”

Jin So-ah spoke with a determined face.

“It’s impossible here.”

“Then go away.”

Wei Yan-ho offered a clean solution, but Jin So-ah did not seem to like that solution.

“If I leave, I will have nowhere to go.”

“Hmm, then…”

Wei Yan-ho summarized the situation.

“You want to succeed, but here it’s impossible, and you don’t have anything, so you can’t leave either… so you’re telling me to find a realistic way to succeed and somehow solve everything, is that it?”

Jin So-ah nodded vigorously.

“That’s right.”

“Damn it!”

Wei Yan-ho kicked Jin So-ah and opened the door to get out.

“Master Wei, please!”

“Ah, get lost!”

Wei Yan-ho came out, trembling with irritation. As soon as he opened the door and came out, he jumped like lightning on the roof and fell on the tiles.

“Master Wei, please!”

He could hear Jin So-ah’s voice searching from below, but Wei Yan-ho ignored it cleanly and closed his eyes.

“Bastard like a leech.”

Making Wei Yan-ho leave his room of his own free will.

Jin So-ah seemed impressive for achieving a feat that no one else had accomplished.

“If you’re going to overload someone, at least you could let them rest comfortably.”

How much had I already done for them and they still asked for more?

Wei Yan-ho fell asleep, furious at Jin So-ah’s shamelessness.

Snoring.

“…Hmm?”

When he opened his eyes and felt the cold energy that penetrated him, the sun had already set.

‘How long did I sleep?’

He felt stiff.

‘Damn dream training technique’.

His desire was to sleep without dreaming for once. The master of his dreams was stronger and crueler than the original master.

At the time he fell asleep, the master ran to him waving his sword, and after facing him, he woke up before realizing it.

“Wow.”

Wei Yan-ho twisted his whole body.

“Why does it really hurt when I get hit in a dream?”

Luckily, the sword the master wore in his dreams was made of wood. If it had been real, he could have died of a heart attack.

“Why can’t I communicate with him?”

Wei Yan-ho thought he had become strong enough, but there was a difference between heaven and earth compared to the master in his dreams.

At first he thought it was because it was a dream…

“But that doesn’t seem right.”

As much as it was the Dream Training Technique, unless the teacher was a god, he could not perfectly implement sword techniques in another person’s mind. That meant that the sword that the master showed in his dreams was created by combining the sword that the master had actually shown with the imagination of Wei Yan-ho.

“But it’s strange that even the sleep self can’t stand it.”

It wasn’t just that he couldn’t handle it, but that he was completely out of line, and what was even more exasperating was that Wei Yan-ho himself found the process of deciphering his sword techniques convincing.

The process of sword techniques that he thought were perfect being dissected and having its defects exposed was too clearly visible.

“At first I wasn’t that strong…”

Wei Yan-ho sighed.

He had been told that he needed to complete his martial arts to escape this dream, but the completion of those martial arts was too vague a concept.

If I had to defeat Baek Mu-han, who appeared in his dreams, to end this dream, perhaps I would have to dream this dream for the rest of his life.

Wei Yan-ho rolled from the eaves.

“Oh God.”

Then he shuddered to see Jin Ye-ran standing right in front of him, as if he had been waiting for him.

Could we talk for a moment?

“Me?”

“Yes.”

When Jin Ye-ran nodded firmly, Wei Yan-ho had no choice but to reluctantly accept. His face was too serious to suggest speaking later.

“This way.”

“Yes.”

Wei Yan-ho followed Jin Ye-ran’s guide to his room.

It felt somewhat uncomfortable to enter a maid’s private room, but it would be strange not to go when the owner of the room asked her to.

“Please sit down.”

“Yes.”

Wei Yan-ho sat in Jin Ye-ran’s room. Jin Ye-ran did not sit right away, but went out.

“Huh?”

Jin Ye-ran, who had left Wei Yan-ho and left, returned to the room after a while. In his hands there was a large dining table.

“You need to eat.”

Wei Yan-ho moistened his lips when he saw the banquet served at the table.

I felt that I could eat this food, that I had always eaten with the feeling of chewing sand, without any burden today, because I had done something for the Sacred Hand Hall.

But today’s table had something a little different than usual.

“Hmm?”

What’s that bottle?

Jin Ye-ran placed a cup in front of Wei Yan-ho and took the bottle.

“This is the alcohol I got at the tavern. Please accept a drink as a token of my gratitude.”

“What? I don’t drink alcohol.”

“Don’t you drink alcohol?”

“To be precise, I have never tried it…”

Jin Ye-ran looked at Wei Yan-ho for a while and then nodded.

“Then, even if you don’t drink it, please accept the drink.”

Well, that’s it…

When Wei Yan-ho accepted the glass, Jin Ye-ran poured alcohol into his glass, left the bottle on the table and backed back. Then he prostrated to Wei Yan-ho.

“What? Why are you doing this?”

Your grace is immense as the sea. The favor you have shown me is so great that I wonder if I can reciprocate in this life.

– Please get up. Hurry!

Wei Yan-ho urged her, but Jin Ye-ran did not raise her head.

Not only once, but twice I have received your favor. How can I raise my head before my benefactor? I will pay this debt for the rest of my life.

“…not that I have done anything amazing.”

If it wasn’t for you, I would have been sold to a brothel. I couldn’t have seen So-ah raise the family again.

“Wow.”

Wei Yan-ho began to feel uncomfortable in this situation.

It seemed that his dream of enjoying a nice meal in this house was just that: a dream. Everyone wanted to devour Wei Yan-ho.

‘I need to leave quickly.’

Wei Yan-ho squeezed his teeth thinking of Moon Yu-hwan, who had recommended this place.

He called himself the Great Scholar of Three Excellencies, but he was a complete imbecile. What kind of person sends someone to a place like this without even knowing if his friend was alive or dead?

I understand perfectly how you feel, so please raise your head. I feel too uncomfortable to eat.

Only then did Jin Ye-ran slowly lift his head up.

“She’s really beautiful.”

That beauty definitely shone.

She wore simple and discreet clothes, so it seemed a lot like that, but if she started to dress seriously, it was impossible to imagine how beautiful she would be.

“Benefactor.”

“…My name is Wei Yan-ho.”

“Young Master Wei.”

“Yes.”

“If you’ll allow me to dare, could I ask you one more favor?”

“Wow.”

Wei Yan-ho let a deep sigh escape.

Somehow I’d had that feeling.

‘Is there a ghost of water among my ancestors?’

Both Jin So-ah and Jin Ye-ran say they are grateful, but they are desperate to make him work to death.

“What is it?”

Unable to withstand silent silence, Wei Yan-ho reluctantly asked, and Jin Ye-ran bit his lips hard before opening his mouth.

“Please change So-ah’s heart.”

“What?”

What kind of conversation was this now?

“Right now, So-ah is dedicated to you, young Master Wei. Who can change the heart of So-ah is not me, but you, young Master Wei.”

“Oh…”

“So-ah must inherit the Sacred Hand Hall. He must raise the family and restore its ancient glory. That child is hesitating right now. Please, young Master Wei, change the heart of So-ah.”

Wei Yan-ho looked at Jin Ye-ran with a blank expression and said:

“So you want to revive the Sacred Hand Hall?”

“That’s right.”

“So, ah?”

“Yes.”

“Mmm…”

Wei Yan-ho kept thinking while caressing his chin.

“Can I ask something?”

“Please speak.”

I don’t understand it. “Creating the Sacred Hand Hall” and “making Jin So-ah an excellent doctor” seem different. Which is more important?

“…What do you mean by that?”

“You’re still talking about both together… I don’t know if you want the Sacred Hand Hall to revive, or that So-ah becomes an excellent doctor even if the name of the Sacred Hand Hall disappears.

Jin Ye-ran showed clear signs of confusion, as if he had never thought of those aspects.

“What is it?”

“Do I have to choose one?”

“It would help mark the address.”

Jin Ye-ran thought and then answered.

“The rebirth of the Sacred Hand Hall”.

“Are you sure?”

“Even if So-ah becomes an excellent doctor, if the Sacred Hand Hall does not revive, I will not be able to fulfill my last wish. But if the Sacred Hand Hall resurrects, excellent doctors could emerge among the descendants.”

Wei Yan-ho nodded. “Jin Ye-ran’s trial was not bad. He would have chosen this side as well.”

“I understand what you mean. So, first, be back at the Sacred Hand Hall. Then there is a very simple method.”

“Can you change So-ah’s heart?”

“Yes.”

Wei Yan-ho smiled.

“There is a definite way to change your heart.”

Seeing Wei Yan-ho’s smile, Jin Ye-ran had to feel an inexplicable sense of restlessness.