Absolute Sword Sense Chapter 311

< Episode 100: We Met (3) >

“Confucius.”

As expected, Sima Ying was right.

The voice is colder than usual.

Looking at her sharp gaze as she stared at Seolbaek, I think I misunderstood.

Moreover, even the father-in-law, who was wearing a middle-aged, pleasant-looking face, was looking at me with an extremely unpleasant gaze.

But that was only for a moment, and the craftsman's gaze turned to Seolbaek, not me.

The craftsman frowned.

It seems that even though he was holding back his energy, he realized that he was a peerless expert.

“Who on earth is this lady? She’s all out there…”

Samayoung was about to say something to me while pointing at Seolbaek with his eyes, but my father-in-law held out his hand and signaled for me to stop.

"father?"

Sima Ying, who could not understand English, could not hide his puzzlement.

Whether or not, the craftsman looked at Seolbaek and spoke in a voice full of doubt.

“Who is it?”

It was a question that had many implications.

At that question, Seolbaek glanced at me.

I warned you many times.

[Don't say anything, I'll talk.]

If she says something wrong, things will get worse.

I'm seriously starting to get a headache.

A situation has arisen where Yeong-yeong, Sama-yeong, Jang In-eoreun, and Seol-baek are all gathered in one place.

If you don't solve it well here, you'll have a complicated problem.

At that time, Sima Ying said as if he couldn't understand.

“Father, why are you like that?”

“She is not an ordinary woman.”

“What is that?”

“It’s over the wall. No. Maybe even more than that.”

"yes?"

Sima Young's eyes widened at the craftsman's words.

Young-young was also surprised.

[Brother, what does this mean? Sister Wiji climbed over the wall?]

It was already confusing to see the Wol-ak-geom Sima-chaek, one of the five great villains, and it seemed that he was even more perplexed when such a great master mentioned that Seol-baek was a master who had overcome the wall.

'You noticed it right away.'

It seemed as if he had completely recovered his energy after eating the summoning tablet.

I have to reveal her identity, but I can't open my mouth easily.

Seolbaek was the one who seriously injured the craftsman.

Because of that, he suffered a lot, including being locked up in Shaolin Temple.

It was my father-in-law who had repeatedly emphasized that he would repay my debt if he saw her again, telling me about what had happened back then.

-You should speak well.

Even if you don't say so, it will be so.

Of course, I think I should start by talking about the part that needs to be resolved first.

“Master, Young-ah. I will explain what happened, so I hope there will be no misunderstanding.”

“Are you mistaken?”

In response to Sima Ying's question, I pointed to Seol Baek with my eyes.

At this, Sima Ying looked at her suspiciously, then nodded as if to say that he believed her.

The craftsman asked, still keeping his guard up against her.

“Tell me who you are first.”

“She is one of the Golden Emperor’s confidants.”

“Geumsangje’s confidant?”

"yes?"

The two women couldn't help but be surprised at my words.

You might have thought he was an extraordinary person since he was a master who could overcome walls, but you probably wouldn't have guessed that he was the subordinate of the Golden Emperor.

“Gold medal?”

Yeong-yeong asked back as if she didn't understand English.

To Yeong-yeong, the name Geumsangje would only be engraved as that of a tyrant who stirred up the martial arts world in the past.

At that time, Sima Ying, who was surprised, said to me.

“What on earth happened that the Emperor’s confidant is with the prince?”

You have to speak well here.

I looked at the craftsman and spoke cautiously.

“Master, first of all, I want you to know that she is now from the Golden Emperor’s family and has been dealing with me.”

My father-in-law frowned at my words and said:

“Why are you talking to me like that? You talk to me as if I were going to touch this woman.”

As expected, you are very quick-witted.

But if you don't tell me this in advance, you never know what might happen.

Sima Ying looked at her and asked me.

“Then did this young lady betray Geumsangje?”

“I quit, but if it was a betrayal, then it could still be a betrayal.”

Seolbaek answered her question nonchalantly.

I shook my head, glaring at Seolbaek.

It was a signal to not speak.

My father-in-law, who had been looking at me with suspicious eyes, turned his head to her and asked.

“I guess I’ll have to hear it from you directly.”

“Master, I…..”

“No. I guess I’ll have to ask this woman directly what she’s hiding that keeps her from talking.”

“Please listen to what I have to say first…”

“What kind of deal did you have with my son-in-law that you’re trying to explain yourself like that?”

At this she said nothing.

He shrugged his shoulders and nodded at me as if to show that he was keeping his promise to me.

Then the craftsman looked at me and said.

“Tell her to speak to you directly. Don’t even think about giving her instructions over the phone.”

“Master. Don’t you trust me?”

“I believe you. But I need to know what you’re trying to hide.”

“I won’t hide anything. I’ll tell you everything.”

“Wouldn’t it be okay if I heard it directly from this woman’s mouth?”

……..I'm going crazy.

I think he's doing that because he thinks I might dramatize it.

I overlooked the fact that the craftsman was smarter than most people.

It wasn't for nothing that he was called the equal of Manbakja in the martial arts world.

“Words are different. I’m saying this because I’m afraid that what she says might cause misunderstandings, my father-in-law.”

“Do I seem so narrow-minded that I cannot trust someone I have acknowledged as my son-in-law more than someone who was my enemy?”

"…….no."

“If you do, I will ask you directly.”

I couldn't help it when you said it like that.

At this, I looked at Seolbaek and nodded.

Of course, I warned him with my eyes not to say anything that could lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.

I don't know if you'll understand, though.

'!?'

But Seolbaek was making a strange expression at me.

The corners of his mouth are going up, which is ominous.

He looks delighted, as if he had caught my weakness.

'ah…..'

The craftsman, who did not know my intentions, asked her.

“What did you trade with your son-in-law?”

“He said that if I gave him what he wanted, he would come out from under the Golden Emperor and tell me everything he knew about it.”

"hmm."

At her words, the craftsman stroked his chin.

So far, there's nothing too strange.

The craftsman asked.

“If he is your confidant, then his loyalty would not be broken by a simple transaction. So what on earth was the transaction that made you decide to betray him?”

She smiled and said this to the craftsman's question.

“I didn’t follow him out of loyalty.”

“Not loyalty?”

“I had a deal with him, and I only did it because I thought that if I was with him, I would be able to meet the person I wanted to meet again.”

“Who did you want to meet?”

At her words, my father-in-law frowned and looked at me.

Because Seolbaek's gaze turned to me as he spoke.

Sima Ying asked as if he didn't understand.

“You speak as if you knew Confucius?”

“We had a connection three hundred years ago.”

At her words, Samayoung looked at me with surprised eyes.

Oh, my head hurts.

When I was talking about something that happened three hundred years ago, I deliberately avoided mentioning anything that could be problematic about Seolbaek, but it came back to haunt me like this.

But that wasn't the problem.

-Gooooo!

Suddenly, a strong murderous aura flowed out from the craftsman.

The murderous smell weighed heavily on the room, and Yeong-yeong became lost in thought as if her breathing was suffocating, making it difficult for her to breathe properly.

“Master!”

At my words, my father-in-law held out his hand and signaled to Seol-baek not to interfere, and spoke to him in a cold voice.

“Confidant, three hundred years ago. You are Seolbaek.”

Aaaah.

I somehow managed to deduce her identity.

Even without me having to say it out loud, I could tell right away just from a few things.

“Now I know why my son-in-law took the time to tell me your identity.”

The craftsman's spirits were so high that he could have laid hands on her at any moment.

She must have felt it too, as a cold air slowly began to flow out of her body.

As the room grew colder, the craftsman's eyes became colder.

I guess I remembered that time when I was injured.

“Master. I understand your feelings, but this is the Martial Arts Federation. Here, with her…”

Before he could finish speaking, Seolbaek suddenly turned around.

And he turned his back to the craftsman and said.

“Even if you received the order, it doesn’t seem like it’ll end with an apology. Injure me in the same way.”

“………”

At those cold words, a wrinkle appeared between the father-in-law's eyebrows.

Surely he didn't expect her to come in first, lowering her back and offering her her own.

The craftsman looked at her with his back turned in silence, then quickly gathered his wits and let out a deep breath as if to suppress his anger.

“What happened to Dougong and Seobok?”

I was worried things would get worse, but luckily they did.

Contrary to my expectations, the craftsman controlled his anger coolly.

If she hadn't come out like that, the outcome might have been different, but for now, they both dealt with it wisely.

“It is in his hand.”

“Are you alive?”

"okay."

The craftsman's face softened at her answer.

He said he was a close friend, but I guess he was worried about his life or death.

The relieved craftsman asked her.

“Where are they?”

Seolbaek shook his head in response to that question.

“I don’t know.”

"what?"

The old man's face, which had been softened, became scary again.

Still, she spoke as if she had no choice.

“I don’t know their identities either, because they are managed by him and the brain.”

“Then you should know where that Geumsangje guy and that brain guy are?”

“There are ways to communicate with some of the shelters where they mainly stay.”

“If you do it, tell me.”

Seolbaek firmly refused the craftsman's words.

“That can’t be.”

-Gooooooo!

As soon as her rejection ended, life surged through the craftsman's body again.

This time, unlike before, he really seems ready to take action right away.

“If you don’t speak, you die.”

The craftsman's hand was already pointing towards the sword.

At this distance, she could have been decapitated in one breath.

So I hastily got between them.

“Master, please calm down.”

“Get out of the way. All I have to do is make this woman open her mouth.”

It seems that the craftsman intends to use force to make her open her mouth.

But if you were going to make me open it like that, I would have opened Seolbaek's mouth a long time ago.

“Master, listen to what I have to say first…”

“I said Vicky!”

At that moment, a steel ball was shot out like a cannonball from the craftsman's left hand.

It was a miracle of bullets.

It was a surprise attack aimed at Seolbaek's shoulder, but I easily caught it.

-Bam!

In the past, the force of the spinning steel ball would have hurt my palm, but now I could not only stop it, I could even break it.

Broken iron filings flowed out from his clenched fist.

The old man's eyes narrowed when he saw this.

He seemed secretly surprised.

But it didn't last long because he had already seen my martial arts at Shaolin Temple.

The craftsman said to me.

“Why are you interfering?”

“She won’t open her mouth even if she dies.”

“How can you guarantee that?”

“I had already seriously injured him and tried to cut his throat, but he wouldn’t open his mouth.”

My father-in-law snorted at my words and said:

“Huh! Why don’t we check to see if they have the ability to withstand torture?”

The craftsman was stubborn.

At that time, Seolbaek said to the craftsman.

“If you give me what I want as per the deal, I can tell you right now.”

“What do you want? What is it?”

Embarrassed, I tried to speak to my father-in-law.

“Because of her special constitution…..”

“I want to marry this man and have children.”

'!!!'

Before I could finish speaking, the words that came out of Seolbaek's mouth caused a moment of silence in the room.

The words I had planned to say in my head scattered in vain.

'Because of her constitution, she cannot have children, so I want to introduce her to King Gyeong, who suffers from Taeyangjeolmaek…'

She overturned all this with just a few words.

"under!"

Even the father-in-law was taken aback when such an unexpected statement appeared in the terms of the deal.

Sima Ying's face turned red and blue, and then eventually burst open as if it was exploding.

“You're saying that right now…..”

“I kept saying that, but this guy is really foolish.”

“What is it?”

“He said he would only love you, his fiancé.”

Sima Ying's face turned red as he tried to explode in anger at her words.

Then, the gaze he had when looking at me became much softer.

What did this woman suddenly eat wrong?

I don't know why he suddenly changed his attitude.

I was wondering, but for a moment I couldn't help but frown when I saw her face.

Seolbaek's eyes turned red and tears flowed down.

'Huh?'

The tears that were flowing down turned into pieces of ice when they touched the cold skin and fell to the floor with a splash.

Everyone was amazed and puzzled by the sight.

“Why are you crying all of a sudden?”

In response to Sima Ying's question, Seol Baek answered in a pitiful voice.

“We, the people of Bukhae Ice Palace, have mastered martial arts filled with cold energy and have become the constitution of the Heavenly Sound Body, and all of their generations have been cut off. Because of this cursed constitution, as you can see, even the flowing tears freeze, and no one can even touch me.”

“You can’t touch it?”

“Yes. I have never even felt the body temperature of another person properly. If I die like this, the lineage of the North Sea Ice Palace will be completely cut off.”

'……..'

For a moment I was dumbfounded.

Could it be that this woman is trying to appeal to emotions right now?

Unlike how he tried to seduce me, he was deliberately showing a weak side in front of my father-in-law and Sima Young.

Sima Ying said with a frown.

“What does that have to do with you, Confucius?”

“I don’t know if it’s this man’s constitution or his martial arts skills, but he can touch me.”

At Seolbaek's words, Sima Ying glanced at me and said.

“Your Majesty, surely…..”

“I didn’t do anything to subdue her until three hundred years ago.”

I can't say that I kissed her absentmindedly at the time because I was so shocked.

Seolbaek followed up my words by saying:

“I have been looking for a man like this my whole life. Someone who can save the Bukhae Ice Palace and make me feel the warmth of others.”

At these words, the father-in-law, who had been keeping his mouth shut, intervened.

“Why don’t you just give up on the cold air?”

“How can I revive the Bukhae Ice Palace if I give up my martial arts?”

The father-in-law did not respond to her words.

It seemed that he had come to the realization that he could not give up his martial arts skills in order to rebuild a sect.

So I didn't miss the opportunity and said:

“Master, that’s why I found a replacement who could fulfill her needs even if it wasn’t me. So I introduced him to her and we agreed to get information about the gold medal from her.”

At my words, Seolbaek looked at me pitifully and said.

“No. I can’t do anything without you. Just kill me.”

I was taken aback by her words and said:

“Isn’t that a different story?”

“That was just a way to buy you some time to catch up, but now that’s no longer possible. The person you love so much has come.”

I guess I let my guard down.

It looks like this woman is going to end up here.

I didn't want to miss this opportunity and made a bold move.

[Do you think this method will work?]

[Well, I don't know. Who knows if my heart will weaken?]

Ha! As expected, he acted.

Have you ever seen a fox like this?

[Why do you do this?]

[I told you. I like you.]

Is it worth risking your life for?

But I didn't know much about the craftsman and Sima Ying.

Having lived as villains or the daughters of villains, they were not people who were so easy to fall for such an emotional appeal.

Besides, the craftsman will not fall for it since he has only loved one woman his entire life.

Her gambit could be called self-inflicted damage.

Then the craftsman opened his mouth.

“I will leave this to my daughter’s decision.”

"yes?"

For a moment I was surprised and asked back.

I never imagined that such words would come out of my father-in-law's mouth.

Rather, I thought she was making fun of me and trying to get the topic of the Golden Emperor to come out of her mouth, but she said she would follow Sima Ying's decision?

The craftsman spoke to Sima Ying in a cold voice, saying, “I don’t understand English.”

“I, the father, think that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to officially take a peerless master who has surpassed the barrier of superhumanity under you rather than handing him over to someone else or killing him.”

…….Are my ears deaf?

After handing over the decision-making authority, he spoke quite positively and not negatively.

My father-in-law is not the kind of person to do this.

But Sima Ying's next words confused me even more.

It seemed like he was worried about something after hearing the craftsman's words.

“Your Majesty. No matter what happens, I come first, right?”

“That’s only natural……”

“Okay then. Since the Master never took his eyes off me, I will accept it.”

"what?"

“You. You said Seolbaek?”

"that's right."

“If you want to be Confucius’s wife, I am your older sister. If you can’t accept it, just die here.”

……..I guess I didn't know this woman very well.

ⓒ Hanjungwolya