Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

72. Misunderstanding

#72. Misunderstanding

A woman appeared in the dark with golden light.

She looked silently at the man in front of her, David, and then opened her mouth.

“David. How’s your work going?”

“okay.”

“The answer is refreshing. I wish the work could be handled like that too… I wonder how it will turn out?”

“We have established a partnership with Ilwol Yoonga.”

“… Ilwolyun-ga? Ah. That place, one of the Seven Great Temples of Korea? I’ve heard of it, but is it a good place?”

The woman with dark blonde hair and golden eyes of the same color was named Grace.

Like David, she is the vice-captain of the “Watcher of Destruction” and ranks 5th in the hierarchy.

He was talking about ‘important matters’ with his fellow vice-president, David.

“It’s a pretty useful place.”

“Of course it should be. It’s none other than Han Seong-jin who’s being dealt with. By the way… Is it really possible for just one Korean family to do it? Shouldn’t we increase the odds?”

“Are you talking about incorporating the other Seven Great Families?”

“Yes. There are seven of them, and I need to drag in two or three more. There aren’t many opportunities to get rid of the guy. I need to make sure I get rid of him this time. If I fail this time, he’s going to be a real pain in the ass.”

“Three of the seven families are already attached to Han Seong-jin.”

Kwon Seong-shin’s song.

The Changcheon Kim family.

The owner of the red wine.

Grace’s expression turned grim when David mentioned these three families.

“… Then we have to involve the rest even more.”

“Grace. I wish you would think about it a bit and talk. Did the gold energy penetrate your brain while you were cultivating? Korea is a heroic powerhouse. Even though its power and influence are lacking compared to the United States, its power is by no means negligible. And the Seven Great Families have survived for hundreds of years by fighting among themselves. They have solidified their power, created their own castles, and accumulated strength. Their pride and reserves are highly regarded even in the sect… Why do you keep yapping? If it seems easy to bring in other families, then you should do it.”

Grace, who was a powerless person, clenched her fists as she looked at David, who was in charge of strategy, but she couldn’t bring herself to swing them. The moment she swung her fists, she would become David/Bid.

“That’s what they say… Even if I give them my opinion, what do they say? So what do you mean your abilities are lacking?”

“No, for now, there’s no use trying to persuade other noble families. Unless we’re going to go to war with Han Seong-jin right now.”

“Why?”

“Because Ilwol Yoonga and Han Seongjin are fighting.”

“…?”

As Grace tilted her head, David sighed and explained further.

“… If several other large forces join the Ilwol Yoon family, Han Seong-jin will probably go into hiding. Or he’ll probably increase his security. Either way, it’ll be harder to eliminate him.”

“Ah. Really?”

“First, it would be best to create a structure where the Ilwol Yoon family and Han Sungjin are mutually destroyed, reduce his power as much as possible, and eliminate the exhausted Han Sungjin. It’s not too late to establish cooperative relationships with other noble families at that time. In fact, it would be easier and more advantageous to establish relationships at that time.”

Besides that, David was wary of the spies that Han Sung-jin had planted in the famous family, but he let the story pass because it was too much of a hassle to explain.

Then he looked straight at Grace and continued speaking.

“Go to Korea, Grace. It’s an order from the captain himself.”

“The captain? Hmm… well, okay. It wouldn’t be bad to travel abroad for the first time in a while. By the way… David.”

“What is it?”

Grace looked into David’s eyes and said.

“Watch the back of your head.”

“…What does that mean?”

“I don’t have to tell you that much. Since we’re in the same unit, I’ll tell you this much. You’re smart, so think about it carefully. Okay, I’ll leave now.”

***

“Brother… !” Cynthia knocked on the door and called me desperately.

I was sleeping with my head down on the desk when I woke up to the voice.

‘Hmm… I guess I fell asleep while working yesterday. By the way, what happened to Sia?’

When I opened the door, Cynthia looked at me with wide eyes, slightly surprised.

“Huh? You were sleeping until just now?”

“I have a bit of work to do… Haa… So why?”

I yawned to shake off the sleepiness.

I’ve been cooped up in my office for the past few days and it’s been a while since I’ve seen anyone’s face, so I was glad to see Sia.

“I… have something important to talk about… may I come in?”

I nodded to Cynthia’s question.

It’s an important story… what could it be?

Is something going wrong?

“What do you want to talk about?”

“… I’ve been thinking about it seriously for a few days and then I’m going to say it.”

“What is it?”

I felt a bit nervous when Cynthia hesitated. Could it be…?

‘Are you trying to confess?’

Do you really like me?

Looking at Sia’s expression, I felt like her face was blushing.

Each second felt unusually long.

Cynthia hesitated to open her mouth, then closed her eyes tightly and shouted.

“That… You can hand over the Shinga to Ilwolyunga! Please, just take me with you!”

“… … ?”

What is he saying now?

Hand over the Shingga to Yunga? Just ask him to take you with him?

“I know everything! In fact, my brother collaborated with Ilwol Yoonga!”

“… …What are you talking about?”

“My brother surprised my grandfather…! I can understand everything!”

I felt dazed by Cynthia’s scream, as if someone had hit my head with a hammer.

‘What on earth happened…?’

There was a moment when I became very curious about what had happened to Sia over the past few days while she was working.

Did someone tell Sia that I might be a spy? No, I’m not the type of person to be shaken by something like that. What the heck?

“I’m on your side.”

“Sia….”

I sighed and placed a hand on Cynthia’s head.

“Brother… .”

And then he hit Sia on the head with a honey stick.

“Ouch!”

“I thought you were practicing hard these days… Are you having such strange thoughts?”

“That’s a strange thought…?”

“Does it make sense that I’m a spy for the Ilwol Yoon family? Huh?”

“Oh, it wasn’t like that?”

Cynthia looked flustered, as if I were the one who thought that would happen.

“Of course not. What makes you think of me like that?”

Actually… Cynthia’s thoughts weren’t entirely out of the blue.

If Cynthia wasn’t a member of Shinga, I would have really sold her out, thinking, “Oh my gosh, that’s what happened.” That didn’t happen. So I decided to keep my face covered and pretend not to know anything.

“But… I heard that after my brother met my grandfather, he was taken to the hospital…”

“If I had taken the new lord by surprise, would I have been able to stay this safe? There were more than one or two people who saw me come out of the lord’s room.”

“ah…….”

I was missing the most important thing from the beginning.

This kind of thing happens sometimes.

When you are strongly obsessed with a certain thought, you unconsciously ignore anything that opposes that thought.

“Let me hear why you think that way.”

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“How did that happen…?”

I heard the specific circumstances that led to Cynthia’s strange thoughts.

He said that since there have been a lot of stories about raids on the news lately, he thought that this incident would be the same. Then, when his name came up, he thought that he was the culprit…

There were many parts of the thinking that were flawed, but considering Cynthia’s age and her intellectual immaturity, it wasn’t hard to understand. After all, people often only accept what they want to believe as the truth.

By the way, it was quite heartbreaking that he thought of me as a bad guy who would sell out the gods… but since it was true, I didn’t really have anything to say.

‘Yeah… That’s what happened. By the way, I’m a spy of the Ilwol Yoon family… It’s cute to even think about it.’

By the way… If I had just gone to visit Shin Dong-baek in the hospital, I wouldn’t have had such thoughts. What is this?

Could it be that your grandfather was hospitalized and you didn’t even go to visit him? Really?

“You didn’t go to visit your grandfather? He’s been hospitalized for several days.”

“Ah… right… .”

“… Grandpa will be sad.”

“But, but…! I had so much to think about that I forgot… for a moment.”

“There is nothing else to forget.”

“That, that brother of yours hospitalized your grandfather!”

“Are you talking like that never happened?”

“That was… an unintentional mistake! I had no choice but to do it to save my family…”

“My case is similar. The fact that the master collapsed wasn’t because I surprised him, it was just an accident. Anyway… I had a terrible misunderstanding. Did you tell anyone else?”

“no….”

Cynthia bowed her head, saying she was sorry.

“Okay then. And the reason the lord collapsed… was because of high blood pressure. I think it’s because he’s old and easily startled by small things. I was also really surprised when the lord collapsed suddenly.”

“Ah… blood pressure… but why did my blood pressure go up?”

“… That’s right. It seems like those Yun family guys did something strange.”

“As expected… the Sun, Moon, and Yoon family is the root of all evil!”

“yes….”

I answered Cynthia with a trembling expression.

I told Cynthia that I wasn’t going to confess to her, and it was a bit much to say that her blood pressure skyrocketed when she heard that.

“But the butler was nearby too, didn’t you hear it?”

“Ah! The butler told me that my brother met his grandfather!”

“… Was there nothing else to say?”

“Yes! You just look at me and shake your head. I guess you have a lot on your mind these days!”

“… … .”

Oh, um… I see.

Yeah, it’s good to be energetic.