Episode 24
Whether Yerin really discovered the Seolucho plantation while practicing light techniques, or not.
Now, it was as if the North Sea Ice Palace had found its way out once again.
Of course, if it had been just that, there would have been room to doubt Yerin… … .
“Besides, I didn’t know that you would bring the thousand-year-old flower altar to the palace lord.”
One of the elders opened his mouth in an exclamatory voice.
People also agreed with what he said.
Millennium Tale Altar.
An elixir of heaven, counted on one hand in the world.
If Yerin had evil intentions, or if she was a spy of the Four Heavenly Dangmun.
It would have been possible to hand over the Millennium Snow Altar and the cultivation area of Bigeup and Seolucho to the Sacheondangmun.
But Yerin didn’t do that.
Instead, by bringing all of them to the North Sea Ice Palace, didn’t you give a ray of hope to the declining family?
“Can the North Sea Ice Palace finally stand up again?”
“Of course, that wasn’t a dream either!”
So, with everyone unable to hide their excitement.
Only one person had eyes as cold as ice.
‘… … ‘How can this happen?’
Sookmyung clenched his fists.
My well-manicured nails were pressing down on my palms, but I didn’t even know they were hurting from the anger I was being treated with.
They discovered the cultivation area of Seolucho.
That means that the Beihai Ice Palace has an opportunity to no longer be subordinate to the Four Heavenly Tang Gate.
And as for the head of the household… … .
‘This can’t be done.’
Taking advantage of the difficulties faced by the North Sea Ice Palace, he gradually expanded his influence over the North Sea Ice Palace over a long period of time.
However, ever since Yerin entered the North Sea Ice Palace, everything has gradually gone awry.
‘If things continue like this, all the effort I’ve put in so far will be in vain.’
With the nervousness squeezing his heart, Fookmyung could not relax his stern expression.
* * *
All the way back to the room, Doyul didn’t say anything.
Because she was guilty of sneaking out, Yerin also couldn’t talk to Doyul first.
‘… … Are you very angry?’
But, this is all because the ancestors wanted their descendants to do well.
Feeling a little disappointed, Yerin pursed her lips so that Doyul could not see.
“Please attend the matriarch.”
Doyul came into the room and left Yerin in the care of the priests.
“You’ve been out for a long time, so your body is probably cold. Allow your body to thaw in hot water. and… … .”
At the same time, Doyul started giving various instructions.
Yerin looked at Doyul blankly.
‘You’re very meticulous.’
Aside from being very angry, Doyul was taking good care of Yerin.
But then.
As if feeling her gaze, Doyul suddenly turned his head towards Yerin.
‘ah.’
Yerin blinked her eyes.
‘We made eye contact.’
Doyul made a complicated expression for a moment, then turned his head away.
“… … Please come in quickly.”
“Ah yes… … .”
Yerin was led by the monks into the warm water.
I didn’t notice it when I was outside, but when I actually lay down in the bath, it felt like my whole body was melting.
“Ha, I think I’ll finally be able to live a bit.”
Yerin, who was sighing drowsily, suddenly thought of Doyul.
Her eyes sank a little.
‘If you think about it, just like before… … .’
There must have been a lot of things you wanted to ask Yerin.
Instead of satisfying my curiosity first, Doyul blocked people out, saying, ‘I’ll take you to your room.’
‘… … ‘Because I feel uncomfortable around people.’
Is that why you brought me to my place on purpose?
Thinking like that, Yerin somehow felt very sorry for Doyul.
Doyul lost his temper because he was missing and shouted, ‘I have to go and find him right away.’
Although I didn’t spend a long time with Doyul, I’ve never seen Doyul driven to the end like that.
‘My face suddenly became pale.’
Really, how bad must it have been… … .
Yerin sighed briefly.
Doyul would probably have returned to his place by now.
It was already morning, and it was time to start Binggungju’s work.
‘When we meet again later, I must apologize for making you worry.’
It was only for a moment that Yerin made that promise.
Yerin, who was entering her room, was started.
“Why is the palace lord here?”
This was because Doyul was sitting in his seat, looking at Yerin with his eyes wide open.
Doyul opened his mouth in a crooked voice.
“Why can’t I be there?”
“Oh, no. It’s not like that… … .”
Yerin completely cowered due to Doyul’s brutal force.
Doyul offered me a seat across from me.
“Come here and sit down.”
“uh… … .”
Yerin swallowed dry saliva.
Oh, isn’t this it?
That, when mom scolds you.
That thing that cruelly says, ‘You come and sit here’… … .
“Come on.”
“Yes.”
Yerin quickly sat down.
Along with that, numerous nagging thoughts poured down on Yerin’s head.
“What the hell! “Are you fearless?”
“yes yes?”
“Didn’t I tell you time and time again that Beihai Province is different from Sichuan Province?”
Doyul raised his voice loudly.
“It’s snowing a lot, the weather is cold, and there are a lot of dangerous wild animals!”
“Uh, that’s… … .”
No, don’t I know that? I am your ancestor?
… … Her heart was as if she wanted to protest, but Yerin kept her mouth shut for now.
Meanwhile, Doyul seemed to get even angrier as he spoke.
“But what? Do you go out alone to practice Gyeonggong? At that dawn?!”
Trying to control his feelings of being insulted, Doyul clenched his fists with strength.
“What if something big happened?”
“Well, that. Still, I’ve learned some martial arts, so that won’t happen… … .”
“Anyway, your wife is twelve years old! “She is still a little girl who needs to be protected!!”
At those words, Yerin somehow felt her heart tingle.
‘Doyul is truly worried about me right now.’
The feeling was unfamiliar.
Because no one has ever worried about Yerin like this.
Dang Ye-rin was a daughter who was looked down on in her family, even when she was Seol-ryeon.
‘Are you worried about Sister Seolryeon because you have no one to worry about?’
‘That’s right, Seolryun Samae is a gift from heaven.’
As the ancestor of the family where the male protagonist of the original work was born, Baek Seol-ryeon had all kinds of talents.
I have been accustomed to fear and jealousy since I was born, but I have never once been protected because I am a ‘child’.
After that, after building the North Sea Ice Palace, he became a teacher that everyone relied on.
But then.
“… … ma’am?”
Doyul stared at Yerin with an expression of regret.
“Are you crying by any chance?
huh?
I’m crying?
Yerin opened her eyes wide.
At the same time, a large teardrop fell down her cheek.
Yerin, embarrassed, raised her voice.
“No, that’s… … !”
Well, this is not a child trying to avoid scolding with tears!
Yerin tried to wipe away her tears with her sleeve.
but.
“Don’t do that.”
Doyul shook his head and gently stopped Yerin’s movements.
“If you make a mistake, your eyes will swell.”
“Gu, palace lord.”
Yerin looked at Doyul with tearful eyes.
‘It’s really strange.’
I’m not even sad, but I cry, and my emotions keep fluctuating uncontrollably.
Is it because I have the body of a child?
Unless that too.
‘… … This touch.’
This hand gently sweeps the corners of her eyes and wipes away her tears.
So sweet and warm.
Is that why?
At that time, Doyul gently pulled his lips and asked.
“I think I said it too harshly. “Sorry.”
“… … no. “It was my fault.”
Yerin lowered her head.
Doyul looked at Yerin blankly.
Not only did they find the Millennium Tales, but also Bigeup and Seolucho?
Of course I’m happy.
The monument that Sajo left behind was itself a valuable relic of the North Sea Ice Palace.
However, it contains the manufacturing method of the Millennium Tale Altar that was actually used.
Millennium Tale Altar.
It is a spiritual altar that is treated as the greatest treasure in the North Sea Ice Palace, and is not the only antidote that can detoxify the extreme poison of the Four Heavenly Tang Gates.
As the head of the palace, it was something that I could not help but be happy about.
But, more than all that, what makes Doyul happiest now is… … .
“ma’am.”
Yerin returned to Doyul’s side in good health, without even a hair damaged.
“I’m so glad that your wife came back safely… … .”
A watery voice rang out softly.
Before I knew it, Doyul’s eyes were turning bright red.
“… … .”
Yerin was silent for a moment.
Normally, I would make a joke and say, ‘What is it, is the palace lord crying too?’
‘Today is somehow… … I don’t feel like it.’
So Yerin quietly rested her cheek on Doyul’s palm.
The warmth spreading in my hand was strangely pleasing.
* * *
After a while.
After controlling his heightened emotions, Doyul opened his mouth with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
“You really made a big contribution this time.”
“No, it was nothing special.”
“It’s nothing special. “Being too humble is just as bad as being believed.”
Doyul was sincere.
What Yerin did was ‘nothing special’.
The level of production of Millennium Tales, and even Seolucho.
They will all become new hope for the North Sea Ice Palace.
