Episode 65
“Are you awake?”
Yerin looked at Doyul with eyes full of concern.
Doyul blinked his eyes a couple of times, as if he couldn’t focus properly.
“This place… … “Where are you?”
“I don’t know either.”
Yerin shook her head and asked a question in a worried voice.
“How are you feeling?”
“Fine… … .”
Doyul, who had reflexively answered ‘It’s okay’ in order not to worry Yerin, paused for a moment.
‘… … Are you really okay?
No, in fact, he seemed to be in much better shape than before he fell down the cliff.
Doyul looked down at his body with bewildered eyes.
Not only was his entire body covered in gold spear medicine, but there were also parts of his limbs that were wrapped with thinly torn clothes.
Nonetheless, the feeling itself was very refreshing.
furthermore.
“My skills… … Has it increased?”
Doyul couldn’t hide his bewildered face.
It seemed like his internal strength had increased by at least 30% compared to what he previously had.
Is that all?
The energy and blood flow of the entire body became much cleaner.
As if pure inner power had burned away all the impurities in the blood path.
But Yerin still had a suspicious expression.
“Are you sure it’s okay?”
“No, it’s really okay… … .”
“The palace lord always answers that it is okay, so I must be able to believe that.”
Yerin answered calmly and stretched out her hand.
I already looked closely at Doyul when he was unconscious, but you never know.
With that in mind, I touched Doyul’s arms and legs once again.
“Huh, ma’am?”
Open your eyelids and try.
“There’s no need to do it this way… … .”
After examining everything, the foreign minister nods his head in confusion.
“Well, it seems to be in pretty good condition.”
and.
Phew.
Yerin took a deep breath and opened her eyes and glared at Doyul.
At the same time, a loud roar erupted.
“What the hell is the palace lord!”
“Yes, yes?”
“Are you thinking about it or not?!”
Nagging words rained down on Doyul, who flinched.
“What if you jump out of there after me?”
“But, ma’am. I am… … .”
“What would have happened if I hadn’t carried the gold spear medicine and elixirs myself?!”
“Well, that’s… … .”
“I almost got into real trouble!” “The palace lord has no awareness of his position!”
At first, Doyul was obediently listening to Yerin’s nagging, but he couldn’t help but feel a sense of injustice slowly creeping in.
‘No, then you tell me to stay still?’
Isn’t that right?
No one else, but Yerin, the matriarch of the North Sea Ice Palace and my wife, is in danger.
Isn’t it any weirder to just see that so clearly?
‘If you’re going to argue like that, you shouldn’t have asked for a village chief!’
Doyul timidly protested to Yerin.
“So, are you just letting your wife fall off the cliff?”
“of course! “You are the lord of the North Sea Ice Palace!”
However, Yerin only raised her voice by placing her hands on both waists.
“Shouldn’t you think of your own safety first?”
“…….”
At those words, Doyul’s face darkened a little.
huh?
Yerin was a little puzzled, but she came to her senses again.
‘no. I have to go a little harder here… … .’
But then.
“ma’am.”
Doyul called Yerin in a calm tone.
“I’m sorry for causing you worry because of this. one.”
Doyul looked straight into Yerin’s eyes and spoke clearly.
“If that situation came up again, I would do the same thing.”
“yes?”
At that answer, Yerin didn’t even try to hide her shocked expression.
“Where on earth did you hear all the nagging I’ve been doing so far…?” … !”
“That’s natural.”
However, due to Doyul’s firm words that followed, Yerin kept her mouth shut.
“Before I am the palace lord, I am your wife’s husband.”
“…….”
“What husband in the world would turn a blind eye when his wife is in danger?”
Doyul’s eyes were always straight.
‘… … I wonder who the male protagonist is.’
Yerin couldn’t bear to scold Doyul any further and just pouted her lips.
‘Stubbornness is like iron tendons, and there is a lot of needless righteousness and calmness.’
But the biggest problem is.
‘Still, I don’t feel like I hate it.’
In the past, when she was Seol-ryeon.
Instead of being swayed by such words, he would have reprimanded the other person for his complacency.
Because the North Sea Ice Palace was such an important place.
I would have said that you should value yourself the most… … .
‘Me too, even if I have pods in my eyes, I still feel oily.’
This is all because Doyul is so pretty and innocent.
I look at you with those kind eyes, but I’m not persuaded, I’m just intrigued?
Yerin was shaking her head inwardly.
“By the way, ma’am.”
… … Somehow, her Doyul’s voice calling out to her sounds as if she has calmed down in a cold way.
Is it because of my mood?
The moment when Yerin glances at Doyul.
Doyul grabbed Yerin’s wrist tightly.
“Ugh!”
Yerin let out a short moan.
At the same time, Doyul felt his heart sinking.
‘Unbelievable.’
That’s because Yerin’s slender arms were covered in scars.
The sight reminded her of the time when she was abused at Sacheondangmun.
“… … “I wish I could treat you so thoroughly.”
“yes?”
“Why is your wife covered in bruises like this?”
huh? That’s it… … .
Yerin looked at Doyul as if asking why he was asking the obvious.
Of course, there was a reason for not checking my injuries.
First of all, since Doyul’s condition was so critical, they were busy looking after him.
‘If our male protagonist gets seriously injured, the original story will be distorted.’
… … There was an important reason.
But it can’t be explained that way, and more than anything else.
‘Well, actually, the crack in my arm isn’t a big deal.’
In the past, when I was in Seolryun, injuries like this weren’t even considered injuries.
Yerin tended to be somewhat indifferent to injuries.
Therefore, Yerin answered casually.
“If you just leave this alone, it will get better quickly.”
“…….”
“Is it real?”
Yerin said that sincerely.
But Doyul’s expression only grew colder.
‘No, why are you so angry?’
Yerin felt frustrated inside.
No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t seem like she did anything wrong, but her face just keeps getting darker.
As if trying to suppress overwhelming emotions.
After a while.
Doyul asked Yerin in a calm voice.
“Where are you?”
“W-what is it?”
“Geumchang medicine and elixirs.”
“Oh, that?”
Yerin hastily took out the items from her arms.
Doyul, who was examining the items, asked a harsh question again.
“What about the Millennium Tales?”
“Well, that is.”
Yerin glanced at Doyul.
“I fed it to you when I was treating the palace lord earlier… … .”
“…….”
Doyul closed his eyes tightly.
After a while.
Doyul opened his eyes and fired a kick at the quarter.
“Ma’am, you don’t take care of your wounds at all.”
“Gu, palace lord?”
“Are you saying that you just fed me the precious Millennium Pagoda?”
Now I finally understand.
Why did my strength suddenly increase, and why did the apparently serious injury heal completely?
Millennium Narrative Altar, the elixir of heaven.
If you consumed him, it’s even weirder that your injuries don’t heal.
“In order to fully absorb the Millennium Narrative Altar into my body, I’m sure he must have done the Jindo-in.”
“Well, that’s… … .”
“You took on such unreasonable tasks with such an injured body?”
Yerin closed her mouth like a clamshell.
“Have you forgotten that the Millennium Pagoda was given to you by your wife for you to eat?”
“I know that, but the palace lord was so seriously injured… … !”
“I’m not blaming you for treating me. Rather, I am grateful. but.”
Every word Doyul said seemed to pierce my bones.
Before he knew it, he was looking sad.
“Why, madam, do you not take care of yourself at all?”
“…….”
For a moment, Yerin froze.
Because Yerin had already heard words similar to those words.
‘Master, why do you not take care of yourself at all?’
Sejin Hyun.
The second lord of the North Sea Ice Palace.
And Doyul’s distant ancestor.
A piece from the past pierced Yerin’s heart violently.
‘This is a foul.’
Yerin secretly lowered her gaze to the floor to hide her depressed mood.
Why does Sejin come to mind right now?
“Please don’t do this again.”
Doyul spoke earnestly to her.
“Please take care of yourself, because it is even half as good as you take care of me.”
Doyul stayed like that and gently bit his molars.
“please… … “Don’t be indifferent to yourself.”
Doyul’s face looked so sad when he said that.
Yerin couldn’t bear to say anything, even if she had ten mouths.
* * *
At the end of the argument, Doyul silently treated Yerin’s wounds.
After that.
In order to recover her body and heal her internal injuries, Yerin swallowed a piece of Seolhwadan and started drinking fortune-telling.
In the meantime, Doyul stood guard.
‘Really, how did this happen?’
Yerin broke into a cold sweat.
Until just now, I was in the position of nagging Doyul… … .
But you can’t just sit cross-legged like this forever.
Yerin carefully called Doyul.
“Huh, palace lord?”
