Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

53. Kwon Seong-shin’s song and Hwaljap

#53. Kwon Seong-shin and Hwaljae

Shin Dong-baek was a person who was not good at explaining things to others. His speech was rough and sometimes ambiguous.

He was a man of unselfish nature.

A person who acts rather than explains.

Nevertheless, Cynthia was gradually drawn into his story.

The origin of the family name.

The development of Kwon Seong-shin’s family.

Shin Dong-baek’s life story.

I heard a lot of stories in a short period of time.

And among them, there was a story that caught my attention the most.

The story of his son’s family. This is a story about the family of Shin Yu-hyeon, the son of Shin Dong-baek.

Shin Yu-hyeon was born as the third generation only child of the Shin family.

At the same time, he possessed talents that were considered to be the most outstanding in the history of the Shinto shrine.

He achieved 1st star in just 6 months after starting the art of divination, and reached 6th star before becoming an adult.

Considering that the difficulty of achieving greatness generally increases as the level increases, and that the average direct descendant achieves three-star greatness by the time they reach adulthood, this was an incredible record.

No, it was a record that could be said to be unprecedented.

But the road ahead was not easy even for a genius like him.

The path to the 7th star is the path just before becoming a star.

It required a lot of practical experience, and he fought life-or-death battles while crossing the gate.

And then I met a person.

Her name is Lee Seo-yeon. She is Cynthia’s mother.

The two met inside the gate.

At that time, Lee Seo-yeon, who was a beginner hero, teamed up with Shin Yu-hyeon as a healer and entered the gate.

Lee Seo-yeon used her words and momentum to control Shin Yu-hyeon, who was much stronger than her, and they went together.

Her personality was behind that background.

Despite her beautiful appearance, Lee Seo-yeon had a strong personality, and Shin Yu-hyeon, despite his strong appearance, was cautious and indecisive.

Lee Seo-yeon, frustrated with the always-worried Shin Yu-hyeon, dragged him along, and in the process, love blossomed between the two.

The result was Cynthia.

Shin Yu-hyeon and Lee Seo-yeon became parents, and Shin Yu-hyeon became the head of the household.

The two of them put aside their training and hero activities for a while to devote all their energy to caring for Cynthia.

And years later, Shin Yu-Hyeon entered the gate again to fulfill his duty as a hero and successor to the Shin family.

That’s when the incident happened.

Not a single survivor emerged from the gate through which Shin Yu-hyeon entered.

He was eventually declared dead, and Lee Seo-yeon fainted from the shock. She regained consciousness a few days later, but her body gradually became weaker.

Less than a year later, the villain terrorist incident occurred.

Cynthia is missing and Lee Seo-yeon has been poisoned.

It wasn’t a big blow to the family members who had inherited the blood of the gods and possessed physical talent or who had learned the art of concubine… but it was a huge blow to Lee Seo-yeon, who had lost her husband and was growing weaker day by day.

The poison was somehow cured, but she suffered from aftereffects of the poison afterwards.

The psychological shock must have been even greater because his only remaining daughter went missing in the terrorist incident.

Lee Seo-yeon died less than six months after the incident.

The Shin Yu-hyeon family thus disappeared into the back alleys of history.

With the fall of the Kwon Seong-shin family.

‘… I think my memories have come back a little.’

As Cynthia recalled the story that Shin Dong-baek had told her, she felt fragments of memories rising in her mind.

Occasionally, specific scenes from the past would come to mind.

But, strangely enough, I couldn’t remember my parents’ faces properly.

‘I am… a direct descendant of the real Kwon Seong-shin family.’

She confirmed fragments of her memories of living in the Kwon Seong-shin family and became certain that she was indeed Shin Dong-baek’s granddaughter.

The story he told and the memory he returned with matched.

‘… My parents have already passed away. I wanted to see them again just once.’

Cynthia has never not resented her parents since she was in orphanage.

Because I thought I had abandoned myself.

But now I realize that wasn’t the case.

“…Will you return to Shingah?”

Shin Dong-baek asked Cynthia.

“…I will do that.”

Cynthia nodded, answering quietly.

The Kwon Sung Shin family is currently in decline. But that didn’t matter. She didn’t want to go back to the Kwon Sung Shin family because it was one of the Seven Great Families, but because it was the place where she was born and raised, the place where her parents gave birth to her and raised her.

Also, since there is currently no successor, I just thought I should do it myself.

It was such a shame that Kwon Seong-shin’s family disappeared into the back alleys of history like this.

“I will… inherit my grandfather’s will and lead the Shinga family.”

“Thank you… .”

As Cynthia thought about the things a successor should do, a question suddenly occurred to her.

‘… But I chose the path of the archer, but can I become the head of the Kwonseong Shin family? If I’m a Kwonseong, I have to train in physical and martial arts…?’

She knew almost nothing about martial arts, let alone the art of sparring. And she didn’t want to give up her path as an archer.

‘… Let’s ask Grandpa.’

Cynthia, who was worried, decided to ask the experienced Shin Dong-baek what he thought about Sagittarius.

First, I wanted to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of an archer and see if I could walk the path of a counselor with him.

“What… should I… do…? Father?”

Although she was still not used to being called grandfather, Cynthia called Shin Dong-baek, pronouncing it correctly until the end.

“I want to talk.”

“What do you think about Archer?”

“… Are you talking about the archery range?”

“… Huh, is that a bow?”

“Those guys who make a fuss behind the scenes are more apt to be called archers than archers, don’t you think? Hehe. I don’t really like archers… but if my granddaughter asks me to tell her a story, I should.”

Shin Dong-baek’s few words made the surroundings become tense for a moment.

***

“Aha. So you’re worried about how to deal with enemies at a distance with a sword. I used to worry about this a lot too. There’s nothing more annoying than meeting a magician or an archer as your enemy.”

‘No… that’s not it.’

I sighed as I watched Shin Dong-baek misunderstand and progress the story in a completely strange direction.

I glanced to the side and saw Cynthia’s face tense for a moment before relaxing.

‘… If Sia is serious, then she must be pretty angry. Should I step in before the situation gets any worse?’

I hesitated for a moment, wondering whether I should step forward or not, but decided not to. It was a conversation between two grandchildren, so it was difficult to get involved.

“If you learn the art of synchronisation, your skin will become tough and resistant to magic. And your resistance to physical force will also increase. In other words, you will become immune to attacks from archers. However… the best way is to dodge rather than get hit. However, archer attacks are said to have more than one or two annoying aspects. Their attack speed is faster than that of magicians, and their techniques are also diverse. In particular, they often fall helplessly in the case of the dark arrow that uses the opponent’s eyes to deceive their vision and shoot arrows. Also, if they try to get close, they quickly escape using a defensive technique.”

Shin Dong-baek seriously explained how to deal with archers as a counselor. The first thing he did was to explain the ‘characteristics of a bowman’.

“The solution to this is simple. Your father, Yu-Hyeon, and I also caught the archers in this way.”

“… … How?”

The tone of Cynthia’s voice as she asked dropped slightly.

I could sense that she was in a bad mood, but Shin Dong-baek seemed to have no sense at all and answered her questions with a lively expression.

“It’s simple! Just approach the archers very quickly and defeat them! Dodge all the arrows that they shoot, and if you can’t avoid them, just avoid hitting vital points as much as possible and bounce them off with your body and defeat them!”

‘… This is ridiculous.’

I felt dizzy after hearing Shin Dong-baek’s clear yet simple solution.

“Aha… I see… .”

“And let me tell you one more thing… Beat up the archers mercilessly. Never let them do the cowardly thing of attacking from a distance again! At least so that they will immediately tremble in fear when they see you.”

“Oh, my goodness. Just stop there.”

Cheon Mu-bong, who had been staying quiet so as not to interrupt his granddaughter’s conversation, came forward because he could not bear to watch this situation continue.

“…Suddenly? Doesn’t Cheon Hyung-do not like those who attack from a distance?”

“… Ahem. Big. Didn’t you know that your granddaughter was an archer?”

“yes…?”

Shin Dong-baek stiffened at Cheon Mu-bong’s words. After a moment, his gaze turned to Cynthia’s hand. Through that hand, he must have realized that his granddaughter was an archer.

“Grandpa… I’m sorry for being a badass. Yes…”

“No, that… In that case, isn’t it possible that a head of a household who walks the path of an archer and the path of a warrior could emerge?”