The eting had ended.
As Yeon So-hyeon left the cave, the Organs warriors appeared.
Eldest Young Master, we will escort you to the secret passages entrance.
A female commanding warrior, who had been waiting, respectfully greeted and approached with a blindfold.
Get rid of that.
Yeon So-hyeon bared his teeth.
But this is the Organs directive
Directive or not, I dont care.
Yeon So-hyeon pointed behind him.
This was my fathers personal training ground. You understand? A place Ive been to dozens of tis since I was a child.
As he started walking briskly, the Organs warriors quickly followed.
But!
Just so you know, I can get from here to Wongak Pavilion blindfolded, even if I have to roll there. Dont waste your ti on nonsense.
The female commander, wearing a smooth mask, hesitated for a mont, then tucked the blindfold into her pocket.
Then, signaling her subordinates, they swiftly moved, summoning the group waiting with the sedan chair.
She quickly handed over Yeon So-hyeon to the commanding warrior responsible for the sedan chair.
After finishing her conversation, she approached Yeon So-hyeon and perford a fist salute.
I have arranged everything, so you will be comfortably escorted to Wongak Pavilion.
Yeon So-hyeon patted her shoulder.
You do your job well. You have a knack for it.
You flatter .
As Yeon So-hyeon got onto the sedan chair and held the door, he said to her,
Must have been suffocating working in a place as rigid as the Organ for so long.
Well
Yeon So-hyeon closed the door and spoke through the small window.
If you ever leave the Organ, co to Wongak Pavilion. Well need capable people like you in the future.
Hearing this, the surrounding warriors chuckled.
So even coughed mockingly.
After all, who would leave a key position in the Luoyang Sword House to join the notorious Eldest Young Master, a sworldess man at that?
But contrary to everyones expectations, she scratched her head and replied,
Uh my na is Cheongsu. If that ti cos, Ill be in your care.
Yeon So-hyeon burst into laughter and knocked on the roof of the sedan chair.
Lets go ho, boys.
As the sedan chair disappeared like the wind, the surrounding warriors looked at their commanding officer with disbelief.
The commanding officer nonchalantly shrugged.
What are you looking at? Knowing how to grab the right opportunity is crucial in social life.
The warriors sighed.
The rope you just grabbed seems more like a rotten vine.
As soone comnted, she widened her eyes in surprise.
Phahahahahaha!
A hearty laugh.
Unperturbed by her subordinates bewildered looks, she laughed heartily for a while.
Eventually, she cald down.
Ah, laughing so much made my stomach hurt.
She gestured, and everyone shrugged their shoulders, beginning to move to retreat.
She stood behind, holding her mask and wiping away tears from laughing so much.
A rotten vine, you say? That Eldest Young Master Yeon So-hyeon?
She shook her head in disbelief.
Maybe Im really getting old.
She watched the departing warriors and smirked bitterly.
After all, most who rembered the old days were replaced after the family head collapsed.
An organization established for a single purpose had failed in that purpose.
Since that day, many who had been with her on the scene had either quit or been replaced.
Maybe its ti for to leave the Organ too
She had been increasingly dissatisfied with the Organs upper echelons lately.
* * *
The cave where Yeon So-hyeon had departed.
The new female executive committee mber spoke.
The decision to lift the Eldest Young Masters confinent. It was the right decision, wasnt it?
The new male executive committee mber replied.
Did we have any other choice?
We didnt, but
One of the executive committee mbers spoke up.
The Eldest Young Master could always reveal the truth of that day. Then
Another committee mber picked up the thread.
Even now, those who are wholeheartedly loyal to the family head would draw their swords against us.
The ones who were in the upper echelons at that ti still harbor so doubts about what happened back then.
A great chaos would ensue
The general affairs committee mber spoke.
Although the council is above the family laws, we didnt have many ans to keep ourselves in check.
Everyone listened attentively to his words.
Nevertheless, the council continuously strengthened its internal regulations, striving to handle every matter fairly and feared losing respect more than anything.
Another executive committee mber nodded.
It was because of the existence of the Eldest Young Master.
Thats right. It was because he, who could expose everything at any ti, was there that the council could maintain its current principles.
The silent new male executive committee mber asked with difficulty.
Were there never attempts to eliminate him?
One of the committee mbers laughed heartily.
Initially, there might have been such plans. But think about it. Do you think he wouldnt have prepared for his sudden death?
We also didnt fully grasp how many in the familys upper echelons, even now, maintain ties with him. And if we include the prominent figures inside and outside Luoyang
Everyone clicked their tongues.
It seed like he was just secluded in Wongak Pavilion for ten years, but well
Without his presence, its hard to imagine what the family would look like now.
As everyone was exchanging thoughts about Yeon So-hyeon, one of the executive committee mbers spoke.
Anyway, this eting room was a place I quite liked, but now we cant use it anymore.
What can we do about that?
They looked at the spot where Yeon So-hyeon had stood.
The sunlight pouring through the hole in the ceiling illuminated the Golden Seal lying on the floor.
Yeon So-hyeon had left the family head seal there before departing.
Nobody dares to touch it.
Until a new family head is born, or the forr family head miraculously recovers and returns as the family head.
We have no choice but to seal off this entire eting room.
The chairman finally spoke.
Rember this, everyone.
All focused on the chairmans voice.
We have only been making promises to the Eldest Young Master that we couldnt keep, but this ti, he kept his promise to us.
Everyone imdiately beca somber.
I will ensure that my possession of the family head seal doesnt affect the successor competition in the family. So, dont worry.
The revelation that the family head seal was in Yeon So-hyeons hands had thrown the past Supre Operating Council into utter chaos.
Thats what the young Yeon So-hyeon, who appeared at the eting, had told them when they learned of it.
If theres still a promise we can keep, a possibility that remains
The ritual affairs committee mber answered.
Its only to do our best to prevent the competition for succession from escalating into a large-scale conflict.
Thats sothing only we, the Supre Operating Council with all the authority, can do.
As they were solemnly reaffirming their role, one of the executive committee mbers joked.
Now that the Eldest Young Master has officially entered the competition for successors, it seems were in for more headaches.
Now we can forget about getting a good nights sleep.
Until now, did you have the luxury to sleep soundly?
While they were talking animatedly, the new female executive committee mber spoke in a small voice.
Will things really get harder for us now?
Her voice echoed in the cave.
The Eldest Young Master has endured all this dishonor silently for the familys sake.
Being called a swordsman without a sword, a coward, or a weakling, he had borne it all quietly.
Such an Eldest Young Master, perhaps he himself will be the first to prevent that large-scale conflict?
The executive committee mbers nodded one by one.
Thats a reasonable thought.
Perhaps he would act that way.
Then the chairmans voice resonated.
But dont forget, everyone. If the Eldest Young Master feels that we are not performing our role adequately
Everyone felt an undeniable fear in his voice.
At any mont, he can imdiately disregard all rules and repeat that bloodbath . Without any hesitation.
The cave fell into a heavy silence.
* * *
While the other executive committee mbers were busy making this eting room, where the family head seal lay, into a sealed area, the chairman was lost in deep thought.
Was the constraint that the Eldest Young Master imposed on the council really just those intangible things?
Making the Supre Operating Council more fair due to his presence?
He didnt think it was just that.
The proof was right there in himself, the chairman.
How dare they denigrate us as a band of thieves?!
Just because the kid is praised as a genius by those around him, hes all high and mighty!
Drag that brat out of the council chamber right now!
He vividly rembered the remarks hurled at Yeon So-hyeon by those in the initial Supre Operating Council.
They were the epito of shalessness.
Those who had essentially imprisoned the Eldest Young Master, the only and rightful successor.
Those who, relying on the Eldest Young Masters goodwill, believed that the truth would never co to light.
Old n who acted as if the Luoyang Sword House was their own to rule.
Now, none of them remain in this place.
Their identities, one by one, had been revealed through secretive rumors.
The Oath of Silence, the most crucial internal regulation, had to be strictly maintained for the legitimacy of the Supre Operating Council.
Back then, he believed that the security regarding the mbers of the initial ergency council was relatively lax.
But such incidents repeated over ti.
Those who sought to privatize the power of the executive committee.
Those who harbored excessive ambitions, secretly supported their factions, or sought illicit gains.
Such individuals were gradually exposed and disappeared from the council.
Now, the only one remaining was the individual who had opposed their actions to the end at that ti.
The person who had anonymously sent a letter of apology to the Eldest Young Master.
The only one who acknowledged their mistakes and accepted their original sin.
The current chairman, himself.
He recalled the last conversation he had with Yeon So-hyeon before his departure.
* * *
The Supre Operating Council owes an enormous debt to Eldest Young Master. But.
As the chairman struggled to find his words, Yeon So-hyeon, with his hands clasped behind his back, spoke.
But that doesnt an you can give any preferential treatnt in selecting the minor family head.
Thank you for understanding.
If even a hint of favoritism towards the Eldest Young Master in the selection of the minor family head was exposed, the other successors would not stand idly by.
Besides, I know that being slightly ahead of the other successors isnt enough to beco the minor family head.
We are truly sorry.
A significant gap that everyone could acknowledge was needed to minimize dissent.
Leave those matters to .
He smiled at the chairman, sitting behind the special curtain.
So, just continue as you have been until now, Chairman.
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