Zhuge Yeon's eyelids seed to tremble, and then her black pupils began to show themselves little by little.
So Moogyeol suddenly thrust his face forward.
"Are you awake? Do you know who I am? Say sothing. Who am I?"
"Hey, move aside. Let
talk first. Do you rember my na? Can you say my na?"
Woonhyun pushed So Moogyeol aside and thrust his own face forward.
Cheon Youngyoung sighed and stepped between the two.
"Both of you, get away. What are you doing to a child who has just woken up?"
Zhuge Yeon's two eyes curved slightly.
"Ch-Cheon Sojeo..."
"Huh? You recognize ? Are you feeling better?"
"Hmm."
However, Zhuge Yeon closed her eyes again.
Cheon Youngyoung was startled.
"Yeon! Get a hold of yourself!"
Woonhyun and So Moogyeol also had frantic faces.
"Why is she like this again? Wasn't she okay now?"
"Is that the problem now? Elder Tang, this child..."
However, it was Mokyoung who cut in between them.
"I'll take a look. Move aside."
Mokyoung grabbed Zhuge Yeon's wrist and quietly closed his eyes. And then, before long, his brow furrowed.
So Moogyeol opened his mouth with an anxious face.
"Is there a problem?"
"Just be quiet."
Mokyoung shook his head and then looked at Tang Hwagi.
"What happened?"
Tang Hwagi, who had not slept for two days to help Zhuge Yeon, replied with a haggard face.
"That's all I could do."
At Tang Hwagi's answer, Mokyoung, with a dark face, unknowingly chanted a Buddhist prayer.
"Namu Amitabha."
Woonhyun looked at Mokyoung with a flustered face.
"Elder Mokyoung, what's wrong? Isn't she all better?"
However, Mokyoung did not say anything.
While Woonhyun was restless, So Moogyeol clung to Tang Hwagi.
"Elder Tang, there's nothing wrong with her, right? Right? She'll get up soon, right?"
Yang Sosam, who could not watch any longer, snatched the back of their necks.
"Huh? Huh? Why are you doing this?"
"Elder, let go of this..."
"Can't you two shut up? This child can't rest like this, can she? You guys go out."
"Just a mont, Elder! Just a mont!"
"I have to watch over Yeon. I have to take care of her..."
"I said shut up and go out! A disease that can be cured won't be cured because of you guys, you brats!"
Cheon Youngyoung, who was watching the two being dragged out, sighed and shook her head, but Moyong Gi bowed his head to Tang Hwagi.
"Thank you."
Tang Hwagi shook his head.
"There's no need for that. By the way, I'm going to rest. If anything happens, send Somun."
Tang Somun, who was looking at Zhuge Yeon from a step behind with Myung Jin, nodded.
"I understand."
However, Mokyoung pulled Tang Hwagi.
"Elder Tang, let's talk for a mont."
Tang Hwagi let out a groan. It was because he desperately needed rest. However, he soon nodded. He had not forgotten that there was still work to be done.
"Alright. Let's go to my residence first."
And then, he led Mokyoung and Jeongheo, who had followed, watching their mood, to his residence. As Yang Sosam, who had joined late, sat around the table, Tang Hwagi looked at Mokyoung.
"How much did you confirm?"
"I confird the two energies that are in balance. But that's probably..."
Mokyoung's brow furrowed as he trailed off. Tang Hwagi nodded.
"That's right. Both are poisons. One is Yuk Gyeongsa's poison and the other is the poison I used."
Mokyoung nodded.
"I thought so. But can that child endure it?"
Tang Hwagi shook his head without a word.
Jeongheo and Yang Sosam, who had been keeping their mouths shut until then, had a look of dismay.
"Damn it..."
"Haha. This is really..."
Mokyoung, who had already guessed, glanced at Jeongheo and Yang Sosam and then asked Tang Hwagi again.
"She's a precious child. Is there no other way? If necessary, I'll even give out a Summoning Pill."
However, Tang Hwagi shook his head.
"Even if it's not a Summoning Pill but a Great Rejuvenation Pill, it won't work. It will only eat away at that child's life even more. It's like pouring oil on a fire."
Mokyoung sighed.
Jeongheo, who felt just as sorry for Zhuge Yeon as he did, looked at Tang Hwagi on behalf of Mokyoung.
"Is there really no way? Do we have to just watch like this?"
"I have sothing to tell you about that matter."
"What is it?"
"I'm going to send that child to our Tang family. I have no way, but it might be different if my father sees her."
Jeongheo's face lit up.
"Has the Poison King returned? Why are you only telling
now?"
"It hasn't been long. I only heard about it a little while ago."
"Anyway, that's a relief. If it's the Poison King, there must be a way."
However, Mokyoung's face still did not improve. He wondered if even the Poison King could control the poison that had penetrated her ki and blood.
However, he did not say anything else. There was no reason to crush their hope.
"I understand. If it's the Poison King of the world, there will be a way. It's a good thing."
Tang Hwagi nodded.
"Is that all? I want to rest now."
Mokyoung had a sorry face.
"I've been very rude. Because I was so curious..."
"Not at all. It's only natural."
Tang Hwagi quickly waved his hand.
"Anyway, I'm sorry."
Mokyoung bowed his head once more and then stood up. As Jeongheo followed, Yang Sosam was about to stand up, but Tang Hwagi pulled Yang Sosam.
"Elder Yang. Elder Yang, let's talk for a mont."
Jeongheo looked at Tang Hwagi with a puzzled face.
"What's the matter?"
"It's nothing else, but since I can't follow my family, I'm going to ask for the help of the Beggars' Sect. There's no other place to get help right now except for the Beggars' Sect..."
Jeongheo nodded.
"Ah, I see. I understand. We'll go first. Please talk."
As Mokyoung and Jeongheo disappeared, Yang Sosam's eyes sparkled.
"Where are you going to send Zhuge Yeon?"
"Did you notice?"
Yang Sosam nodded.
"There's no way our Beggars' Sect wouldn't know that the Poison King has returned."
"As expected, the eyes of the Beggars' Sect cannot be covered."
"That's not what's important, is it? Where are you going to send that child?"
Tang Hwagi had a hesitant face for a mont. It was because the Beggars' Sect could also be hard.
However, the face of Hong Sochen, who had said to trust him, ca to mind. Tang Hwagi decided to trust Hong Sochen's na value.
"I'm going to send her to the Eccentric Physician."
Yang Sosam's face contorted.
"Did you also ntion the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord?"
"If there was trust, I wouldn't know, but now that his whereabouts are unknown, I had no choice."
Yang Sosam, who was looking at the roundabout Tang Hwagi, let out a groan and then pressed his temples and asked again.
"So did that guy say he would go?"
"He said he would go and die."
"Wow. That guy is really..."
Yang Sosam let out a hollow laugh with a look of disbelief.
However, Tang Hwagi opened his mouth with a much more serious face.
"I don't ask for much. Just cover the tracks of those children. The rest will have to be done by them."
Yang Sosam, with a very contorted face, pondered for a long ti and then in the end had no choice but to nod.
"I understand."
***
Baek Unseol, who was approaching Zhuge Yeon's residence, flinched. Although she had co because she couldn't postpone it any longer after hearing the news that she had woken up, she did not have the courage to face her.
'Gi will be there too.'
From Baek Unseol's perspective, this was more awkward than facing Zhuge Yeon.
'I wish he would just get sulky like before.'
Although it wasn't often, they had fought severely whenever it happened.
At that ti, she was so angry that she didn't even want to see him, but she thought that was better than having no reaction like now.
She felt suffocated because there was no reaction no matter what she did.
So as she was pacing back and forth, unable to enter, So Moogyeol, who was heading for Zhuge Yeon's residence at that ti, discovered her and tapped her shoulder.
"What are you doing here?"
"Huh?"
"I said what are you doing here. Didn't you co to see Yeon?"
"Th-that's..."
Baek Unseol had a flustered face.
"Let's go in quickly. We have to say hello anyway, don't we?"
"Huh? W-wait a minute. I'm not ready yet..."
"What's there to be ready for? What's there to be ready for when you're just saying hello? Let's go in quickly."
So Moogyeol chuckled and pulled Baek Unseol.
"No, that's not it... Moogyeol, just a mont! Just stop for a mont!"
Although Baek Unseol tried to resist, she could not handle So Moogyeol's strength.
So as she was being dragged, So Moogyeol flung open the door without warning, and Tang Somun, who was taking care of Zhuge Yeon inside, looked at So Moogyeol.
"You're here?"
However, seeing Baek Unseol, who was showing her face behind him, he his brow furrowed slightly and then looked at So Moogyeol again.
"What is it?"
"What do you an, what is it? Didn't she co to say thank you? Am I right?"
Baek Unseol nodded in a daze.
"Huh? Uh."
So Moogyeol grinned and looked at Tang Somun, but he belatedly noticed that the guy who should be there was not there.
"By the way, where's Gi? Where did that guy go?"
"He said he had sothing to do."
"Sothing to do? What sothing to do?"
"I don't know that either."
"What's with that guy? I thought he wouldn't leave even if he died, even if I told him to rest a little?"
So Moogyeol tilted his head.
On the other hand, Baek Unseol had a face that said she was relieved. She was not yet ready to face Moyong Gi.
"How is Yeon?"
"You ask her yourself."
"Huh?"
As So Moogyeol approached, Zhuge Yeon was smiling faintly.
"Huh? You were awake? Then why didn't you say anything?"
"Ah, still, it's uncomfortable to talk..."
As Zhuge Yeon stuttered her words as if she was having a hard ti, So Moogyeol quickly waved his hand.
"Forget it, forget it. I forgot. You're not normal yet."
And then, he gestured to Baek Unseol.
"What are you doing? Co here. This is a good ti. Yeon is awake. Hurry up and say hello."
"H-huh."
At So Moogyeol's gesture, Baek Unseol approached Zhuge Yeon hesitantly.
However, she could not imdiately say the words of gratitude she had prepared. Her throat was choked with a feeling of apology.
Rather, Zhuge Yeon opened her mouth first.
"B-Baek Sojeo, are you okay...?"
So Moogyeol nudged the still hesitating Baek Unseol.
"What are you doing? She's asking if you're okay."
"Huh? Ah..."
Baek Unseol's wandering gaze finally found its focus.
"I'm fine. Thanks to Young Lady Zhuge. Thank you very much. And I'm sorry. Because of , this..."
Zhuge Yeon shook her head slightly.
"Th-that's a relief..."
As Zhuge Yeon was about to continue, So Moogyeol clapped his hands and cut in.
"That's enough. You'll run out of breath if you talk more. If that happens, that guy, Gi, will try to chew us up. Just rest now."
At the ntion of Moyong Gi, a smile appeared on Zhuge Yeon's face again. Baek Unseol's head beca complicated at the sight. However, thanks to So Moogyeol, who was talking to her, she was barely able to prevent her thoughts from showing on her face.
"By the way, how is your master? Is he feeling better now?"
"My master? He's much better."
"That's a relief. I thought sothing was really going to happen that day."
So Moogyeol rambled on. However, Baek Unseol, whose thoughts were complicated, replied absentmindedly and then soon stood up.
"I'll be going now."
"Huh? Already?"
"Even though he's much better, I'm still anxious to leave my master's side for too long."
"Well, his internal injuries were quite severe. Go quickly."
As So Moogyeol nodded, Baek Unseol looked back at Zhuge Yeon.
"Young Lady Zhuge, I'll co again."
"Th-thank..."
"Not at all. It's
who should be thanking you, not Young Lady Zhuge. Then please rest."
Baek Unseol smiled brightly as she faced Zhuge Yeon. However, Baek Unseol's face, as she left the room, was as cold as ice.
'What do I do now?'
(End of Chapter)
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