chapter 23

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nIt was the day to visit the tourney hall.

nIn between, there was a conversation between the tourney hall and the Golden Wall Clan.

nThe Golden Wall Clan tried to adjust so people from the tourney hall would visit here.

nHowever, there would be a meeting at the tourney hall.

nThe tourney hall didn’t have a choice. The Jong family was very stubborn.

nMeeting at the Golden Wall Clan would give no reason for the Jong family to be involved.

nThe tourney hall was located 30 minutes away by foot.

nYoo and Gyeongwan were left and right of Taesan while Gal and Gyeong were behind and in front of Taesan.

nThen, the doctor was right next to Taesan.

nOnly they moved from the Golden Wall Clan.

nActually, the manager wanted to add more people. That’s why the Black The dragon group was developed.

nHowever, Taesan strictly cut them out.

nThe manager recommended it many times but he couldn’t stand Taesan’s stubbornness.

nAlso, Gyeong and Gal looked at the Black Dragon group and said if they followed, they would be hindering the deal.

nThen the manager had to accept.

nLooking at the manager who regretted it a lot, perhaps Master Byeok told to increase the guards from behind.

nNot long after leaving the Golden Wall residence, the doctor asked, “My Prince, even if they lack skill, isn’t it better to have more guards?”

nThey could be used as defense walls.

nThe doctor’s questions hid the meaning.

n“Unnecessary sacrifice.”

nThe doctor’s eyes became big. He didn’t expect Taesan would say such a thing.

nGyeong who was walking in front looked back and said, “The doctor doesn’t need to worry too much. Even the Jong family won’t be able to take out the swords easily.”

n“Is that so?”

nThe doctor tilted his head and Gyeong responded, “Of course. Honestly, why would we accept the Golden Wall Clan’s offer?”

n“I’m not sure.”

n“Others may say it’s due to money. However, that’s not true. We came for the doctor.”

nThe doctor’s eyes became bigger.

n“Me?”

nOf course, he pretended to be surprised. The doctor knew why Gyeong said that.

nAnyway, he had been a doctor for more than 10 years.

n“If I treat you well, I may get help in the future. Such expectation exists.”

nSpeaking of which, the Jong family won’t attack easily due to the doctor.

nThe doctor laughed.

n“Well, I always help outstanding people like you two gentlemen. Of course, I do need Taesan’s permission beforehand.”

nSuch a comment made Gyeong and Gal widen their eyes.

nThe two stopped without realizing and looked at Taesan and the doctor by turning their bodies.

n“We still have ways to go…..”

nThe doctor’s comment made the two people wake up and resume walking.

n“Ah, I’m sorry. I was just too surprised… Anyway, are you serious about what you just said?”

n“Of course. I decided to follow the Prince my entire life.”

n“Wow, very surprising. How…”

nThe two people secretly looked at Taesan.

nThey couldn’t imagine how such a young and weak Prince convinced the doctor.

n“Anyway, the Jong family has a bad reputation, but they consider their rationale and I don’t understand why they are stretching this far?”

nGyeong went next to the doctor and carried out the conversation.

nWith this chance, there was a will to make a connection with the doctor.

n“The youngest son of the Jong family is totally into Master Yeon’s daughter. He is so into her that he is still stubborn despite being in trouble with his father.”

n“Huh. Such a thing happened… Jong must have a headache.”

n“Would they even worry? They thought it was a good chance. Honestly, the Jong family would think it’s good to capture the Golden Wall Clan.”

n“Do you think theJong family would use this chance to attack the Golden Wall Clan?”

n“Well… it’s a speculation.”

nActually, it wasn’t just speculation. It was an assumption made with lots of investigation.

nWith Taesan’s order, investigating all information related to the Golden Wall Clan and the Jong family caught a few moves.

nAt first, Woong from the Jong family was into Harin.

nHowever, afterward, the Jong family’s slyness was involved.

nToday’s meeting was all planned by the Jong family.

nTaesan knew everything and was still going to the tourney hall.

nGyeong and the doctor’s conversation seemed interesting and Gal joined as well.

n“Even the Jong family can’t take their swords out as the doctor is here.”

n“Perhaps they don’t know that the doctor follows the Prince so they will be very confused. It will be interesting to see.”

nAfterward, Gyeong and Gal continued to have a conversation back and forth.

nMost of it was how the Jong family would act, but it wasn’t interesting.

nMeanwhile, they arrived at the tourney hall.

nTaesan spoke with Master Yeon across the room.

nMaster Yeon looked at Taesan closely.

nOutside the room, Gyeongwan, Yoo, Gyeong, and Gal were waiting outside.

nThey all looked nervous.

nThat’s because not far from them, there were warriors from the Jong family.

nIt was a tense moment where a fight would start anytime soon so four people couldn’t relax.

nAs the tourney owner knows such a situation, he was checking how Taesan is.

n‘Surprising. Is he the kid from the past?’

nMaster Yeon met Taesan before. He used to see Taesan often when he was young.

nWhen Taesan became ill, there was less communication and they became awkward but they used to be close.

nHowever, Taesanthat met Master Yeon was different than Taesan right now.

nRight now, Taesan was more relaxed than before. Also, he wasn’t intimated in front of Master Yeon.

nIn fact, it was the opposite.

nMaster Yeon felt intimidated in front of Taesan.

n‘How is this possible?’

nAnyway, he called Taesan over to speak.

n“Do you remember what you told me before?”

nTaesan’s eyes grew a little bigger. How did he know such things?

nIt was best to keep one’s mouth shut when one didn’t know something.

n“Well… I can’t. Harin is so stubborn that I can’t stop her.”

nMaster Yeon spoke and took a break. Then he continued after looking at Taesan.

n“That’s why I felt sorry until now. However… when I look back now, I don’t have to feel sorry.”

nTaesan deducted based on Master Yeon’s comment on what they were talking about in the past.

n‘Ha, this idiot is telling me to give up Harin as I don’t have a long time to live.’

nMaster Yeon assumed that if Taesan were treated harshly and Master Yeon applied pressure, Harin would give up on Taesan.

nWhat they didn’t expect was that Harin would be able to survive desperately like this.

n“The doctor must be really great. You seem way better. Am I right?”

n“Well… It’s far, but it will recover.”

nTaesan’s calm comment made Master Yeon make an odd face.

n“I haven’t seen you for a long time. You seem like a different person.”

nTaesan kept his mouth shut.

n“Well, people can change with small motivation. I’m the same.”

nMaster Yeon looked at Taesan with mixed feelings.

n“Anyway, it’s hard this time.”

nMaster Yeon moved his head.

n“The Jong family is committed.”

nMaster Yeon calmly explained the situation.

nThe Jong family didn’t approve of Harin and Taesan engagement.

nIt didn’t matter if Harin was stubborn.

nAnyway, marriage was a combination of families, so if the household made a decision, Harin had to follow the decision.

n“It feels like they are bringing you to cause trouble. Trying to embarrass you in front of Harin….”

nIt was certain that making bad emotions would develop trouble.

nTaesan, who heard the explanation, gently nodded his head.

n“Well, I understood.”

nThat was all he said.

nNo wonder it was the Jong family.

nAlso, that was not all to the Jong family.

nIf the Jong family was moving, they wouldn’t just cause trouble by upsetting someone.

n‘It’s not only aiming for the Golden Wall Clan.’

nTaesan’s lip angle went up.

nIn front of Master Yeon’s room, there were warriors from the Jong family as well as Taesan’s warriors including Gyeongwan.

nThen, the door opened and when Taesan appeared, the tension became higher.

nJong warriors gave a subtle aggressive vibe to Taesan.

nThey didn’t express it directly but it surely wasn’t easy for a normal person to handle a strong warrior’s aggressiveness.

nOf course, it would be harder for Taesan as he was not completely healthy.

nIt was certain that the Jong warriors thought of that, but Taesan surely didn’t think that way.

nHe could do things without using inner force for something that was not possible by showing inner force, so what was the effect?

nAlso, there were exact reasons why Taesan said the Jong family was a piece of cake.

nIn the past, when the house union counterattacked Cheonma by putting a trap, only the Jong family escaped.

nHowever, Cheonma wouldn’t stand the Jong family.

nAs Taesan said, Cheonma never let anyone go after his wealth.

nThat applied to the Jong family as well.

nCheonma visited the entire Jong family that was involved in the raid and destroyed every one of them.

nHow did he do it? Raiding the Jong family.

nHe was only with his special guard who survived the raid.

nActually, they got information that Cheonma was coming, but they didn’t expect Cheonma to only bring royal guards.

nEven Cheonma had to have at least five units from the Cheonma religion to fight against the Jong family.

nThat’s why the Jong family couldn’t accurately predict Cheonma and the royal guard’s movement as they moved in small numbers.

nThen, the Jong family was destroyed by Cheonma who came without notice.

nThe reason the Jong family didn’t obliterate them was that they ran away for survival.

nCheonma found the Jong family’s secret during the process.

nThe Jong family’s core secret included main techniques and valuable treasures.

nThrough the stolen Jong family’s secret, their movements were discovered.

nOf course, Cheonma didn’t do it himself, but his high generals did it. Cheonma just obtained the result.

nAnyway, that was why Jong’s warriors were so pathetic.

nTaesan thought of how to handle those warriors and one guy appeared in front of Taesan.

n“Are you Taesan?”

nThe guy in front named Woong from the Jong family looked eagerly at Taesan.

nTaesan looked at Woong as if he were asking, “Who is this idiot?”

nWoong frowned as Taesan didn’t answer immediately.

n“Don’t you hear me? You dare to ignore me?”

nThat gave a sign to the Jong warriors to encircle Taesan and his warriors.

nThey stood as if they were going to take their swords out.

nSuch a blunt attitude made Taesan’s warriors become serious.

nTaesan was the only one who stayed calm.

nHowever, Woong thought Taesan was calm due to the intimidation.

nWoong gave a smile.

n“How about we talk one on one in a secret place?”

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