Record of the Dragon Chapter 80

Hwang Sekyung held out the tea she had prepared.

"Have a cup of tea."

"You prepared this at this hour? You should have just had the servants do it. Your body must be heavy."

"I should at least do this much. They say it's more tiring if you just lie down because you're heavy."

Lee Shimhwan nodded.

"That's true. Even if it's hard, you have to move moderately to feel energetic. By the way, what brings you here? You didn't just co at this hour to give

a cup of tea."

At Lee Shimhwan's words, Hwang Sekyung, who was staring at him, opened her mouth lowly after a while.

"It's because you seem to have a lot on your mind these days."

"Was it that obvious?"

At Lee Shimhwan's words, Hwang Sekyung showed a smile. It wasn't just for a day or two, but she had been watching him toss and turn at night every day, so there was no way she wouldn't know.

Lee Shimhwan's face contorted.

"Damn it. It must have been really obvious. I was so careful."

"You're not good at hiding things, are you? By the way, can I ask what's wrong?"

Lee Shimhwan shut his mouth for a mont. He wondered if there was a reason to add another worry to her when her body was already uncomfortable.

However, he soon shook his head. It was sothing that Hwang Sekyung would find out eventually anyway. He thought it might be better to prepare a little earlier.

"If. If, I say."

"Please speak."

"If, I say. If we were to leave Yueyang and go sowhere else, what would you think, my wife?"

At Lee Shimhwan's words, Hwang Sekyung's eyes sank.

"Are you thinking of leaving... Yueyang?"

"I'm thinking of doing so."

"May I ask the reason?"

At Hwang Sekyung's question, Lee Shimhwan's face contorted. He had thought of those who had aid for the Iron Palm Sect a month ago.

"Do you rember those who aid for our Iron Palm Sect before?"

"Yes. Huh? Then perhaps they..."

"That's right. It seems that the last incident was not the end."

Hwang Sekyung looked at Lee Shimhwan with a serious face.

"So... are you thinking of leaving Yueyang?"

"I think we'll have to."

"But Yueyang is..."

Lee Shimhwan shook his head.

"We have no choice, do we? If I were alone, it would be one thing, but there's you and the child in your womb. I think that's the right thing to do."

As Lee Shimhwan finished speaking, Hwang Sekyung had a troubled face. However, before long, she bit her lip.

"If you don't want to, my lord, you don't have to."

Lee Shimhwan, who was waiting for Hwang Sekyung's reaction, his eyes widened.

"What do you an?"

"I have been a person of the Iron Palm Sect since I married you, my lord. The child in my womb is a person of the Iron Palm Sect even before it is born. Whatever choice you make, my lord, I will just follow. I have no complaints."

Lee Shimhwan's two eyes also sank.

"You really won't regret it?"

"Of course."

"Putting aside my wife, our child might resent , right?"

"He won't."

"How can you be so sure? He's about to co into the world, but if he can't, he'll be so wronged that he won't even be able to close his eyes."

Hwang Sekyung smiled softly.

"At least we're going together, right? We have to let him do everything he couldn't do in this life, even in the afterlife."

At Hwang Sekyung's words, Lee Shimhwan nodded. And at that mont, he made up his mind.

"There's no reason to go to the afterlife. Let's do it in this life. It will just be a little uncomfortable."

"But my lord..."

Lee Shimhwan shook his head.

"Don't say any more. This is the right thing to do."

At those words, Hwang Sekyung shut her mouth. Hwang Sekyung's eyes were full of apologies.

***

"What on earth were you thinking?"

Although Moyong Gi asked Myung Jin, glaring at him, Myung Jin rather shook his head with a calm face.

"I wasn't thinking of anything."

Moyong Gi's face contorted.

"That's the problem. Live with so thought. I've lived and lived, but this is the first ti I've seen a thoughtless bastard like you."

Moyong Gi was annoyed. However, Myung Jin, as if he had no intention of arguing with Moyong Gi, turned his head with a whoosh.

Moyong Gi, who thought he was being ignored, his eyebrows twitched, and Zhuge Yeon quickly intervened and stopped him.

"Stop it. Myung Jin Dojang also stayed with good intentions..."

"What good intentions. You probably don't know yet, but even if he goes, it won't work. He has a bad temper, so he can't stand it even if soone touches him a little. We're going to ask for a favor, will he be of any help? It's a relief if he doesn't get in the way."

"But... it's the Tang family, isn't it? What could happen?"

Both Zhuge Yeon and Myung Jin firmly believed that their destination was the Tang family.

But at the sight of Moyong Gi, who had a troubled face, Zhuge Yeon tilted her head.

"What's wrong? Am I wrong?"

"Hmm. That's..."

"What is it?"

Moyong Gi pondered for a mont. However, it was sothing they would find out eventually anyway. It might be more helpful to know in advance and prepare their hearts.

Moyong Gi, who had made up his mind, looked out of the carriage. Besides the Beggars' Sect mber that Yang Sosam had attached, who was sitting in the driver's seat, there was no one nearby.

Only then did Moyong Gi look at Zhuge Yeon.

"That's what it is."

"Please speak."

And now Myung Jin also showed interest.

"Is there sothing else I don't know?"

Moyong Gi nodded.

"Uh."

"What is it?"

Moyong Gi looked back and forth between Myung Jin and Zhuge Yeon and then in the end let out a sigh and said.

"We're not going to the Tang family."

At Moyong Gi's words, Myung Jin's brow furrowed.

"But to cure Young Lady Zhuge..."

"We can't cure her even if we go there anyway. The Poison King is not there."

Myung Jin, unlike himself, had a very flustered look.

"What do you an? The Poison King is not there? Then what about Yeon?"

Moyong Gi, who was about to explain step by step, suddenly looked at Zhuge Yeon.

"But you're calm?"

Although Zhuge Yeon should have been flustered, she was just staring blankly. It was a face as if she was listening to soone else's story, not her own.

"Is it not okay to be calm?"

"No, that's not it. But this is your story..."

Zhuge Yeon smiled brightly.

"We're going to cure

anyway, right? It's just that it's not the Tang family. But the conclusion is the sa, right? Only the destination is changing, so there's no reason to be flustered..."

Moyong Gi grinned. It was a face that said he had lifted a great burden.

"You're right. Nothing is changing anyway. I was wondering how to say this... that's good. We're going to et the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord."

"That's right. It's the sa that we're going to cure

anyway, so what does it matter if it's the Poison King or the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord... huh?"

The blood drained from Zhuge Yeon's face, which had been cheerful until then, in an instant.

"Huh? Huh? Why are you suddenly like this? Did the poison act up again?"

Zhuge Yeon, whose lips were trembling, finally ca to her senses and shook her head.

"No, that's not it."

"But why are you suddenly like this? Are you really not sick sowhere?"

"No, no. I'm really fine. By the way, who are we going to et now?"

"Huh? You heard it just now, right?"

"Ah, that's because it passed by so quickly... I think I heard it wrong."

"What do you an, you heard it wrong? You even said it with your own mouth."

Moyong Gi, who had chuckled, soon said again with a confident face.

"We're going to et the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord."

"Ah. So the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord..."

And then, Zhuge Yeon fainted. Moyong Gi was flustered and held Zhuge Yeon.

"Oh my god, Yeon! Get a hold of yourself! I said get a hold of yourself!"

Moyong Gi made a fuss.

Myung Jin muttered, looking at Moyong Gi as if he was a madman.

"You've lost your mind."

***

"Who did you say?"

"The Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord."

"No, I an, who."

"I said the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord."

"No, no. Really, who?"

Zhuge Yeon, who had regained consciousness, kept asking the sa question. It was a face that still couldn't believe it.

It was because the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord was not soone who could be t just by wanting to.

So as she repeated the sa question several tis, Moyong Gi's face, who rarely got angry at her, was filled with annoyance.

"How many tis do I have to say it? I said the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord! The Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord! The Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord, Cheol Biwoong! Is that okay now?"

"Why are you shouting? Who is the one who should be angry now!"

"How many tis did I say it? I said the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord. I'm saying the sa thing over and over again, and the sa thing over and over again, so that's why. And why are you angry? Am I doing this for my own good? I'm doing this for you."

"But you should have at least asked. I followed you without a thought, and suddenly it's the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord... the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord! Young Master Moyong, does this make sense? Don't you think I should be angry?"

"What's there not to understand? We just have to go and et him."

"Make sense. Is it that easy to et the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord? I don't know, but it might be as difficult as eting the emperor."

Moyong Gi chuckled.

"That's a joke. Where do you put the emperor? You have to compare things that can be compared."

"I'm just saying, I'm just saying! Anyway, how are you going to et the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord? And even if you're lucky and et the Heavenly Demon Fortress Lord, how are you going to handle the aftermath? The Orthodox Justice Alliance might try to kill us!"

Zhuge Yeon gave a passionate speech. However, Moyong Gi replied with an indifferent face.

"We just have to not get caught, not get caught. That's why the Beggars' Sect is following us."

"How can the Beggars' Sect handle this? How many eyes are watching. Before long, rumors will spread all over the Central Plains. What are you really trying to do?"

"Then what do you suggest we do? That's the only way to save you, what do you want

to do? Should I just give up everything and just watch? Then if you die, I'll follow you and die? Would you be satisfied then?"

Zhuge Yeon, who was urging Moyong Gi with an excited face, flinched. And then, she looked at Moyong Gi with slightly softened eyes.

"Why would Young Master Moyong die? I'm the only one who should die."

Moyong Gi shook his head and shut his mouth. And then, after a while, he said again.

"You don't have to worry. I'll take care of it. I'll make you live a long, long life after I cure you, so you just have to trust

and follow ."

This ti, Zhuge Yeon shut her mouth. She avoided Moyong Gi's gaze without realizing it and fidgeted with her fingers. An awkward atmosphere lingered between Zhuge Yeon and Moyong Gi.

And Myung Jin, who had that much sense, also quietly shut his mouth.

Silence was maintained in the carriage they were riding in, with only the occasional rattling sound being heard.

And that silence was broken after the Beggars' Sect mber that Yang Sosam had attached flung open the carriage door.

Zhuge Yeon, who could not stand the awkward atmosphere, quickly asked.

"What is it?"

"We have to change carriages now. Before that, please change this."

What the Beggars' Sect mber handed over were clothes that looked a bit shabby, like what a farr would wear.

Only then did Myung Jin and Zhuge Yeon have a face that said they were finally realizing it.

"I guess we're really going."

"Y-yes."

Moyong Gi chuckled.

"I said I don't say empty words."

"Does that co out of your mouth? Is that what you should be saying now?"

"It's not a wrong statent, is it? By the way, just change your clothes."

And then, Moyong Gi pulled Myung Jin.

"Why?"

"I said let's go. She has to change her clothes, doesn't she? Surely... you're not going to see what I haven't seen first, are you?"

Zhuge Yeon was annoyed.

"Why would Young Master Moyong see it? I'm not going to show you."

Moyong Gi had a sinister face.

"Really? I don't think so. You'll end up seeing everything, won't you?"

Zhuge Yeon's face contorted.

"Shut up! I said I'm not going to show you! Just get out quickly!"

(End of Chapter)