Merchant

I barely managed to suppress the boiling rage and let him introduce his family. There were four members in total. The father and mother, the boy, and his younger sister. The man with the surname Gong was named Du-i (斗二), and the children’s names were Gong Mil (孔蜜) and Gong Lae (孔萊). “When my wife…

Soon, Palgap came into the room carrying a bowl of cold water. I took it and drank. “Young Master, are you sure you’re alright?” At Palgap’s question, I nodded. “I’m fine. Really. Don’t worry about it.” “You probably feel that way because you trained too hard yesterday.” At that, I let out a laugh. Come…

My master and Squad Leader Jeong cupped their fists in thanks to him, and I too stepped down from the carriage to greet him. “Thank you for escorting us this far.” “Think nothing of it.” “Please send our regards to Chieftain Jang as well.” “Of course. Hahaha. Safe travels, then.” “Yes.” The Green Forest men…

I turned my head at the gaze I felt from the side. My master was watching me with a complicated expression. “You don’t need to worry. Chief Gwak. Squad Leader Jeong.” At my confident words, the two exchanged worried glances but nodded. “Understood. We’ll wait here.” “Young Master, please be careful.” . . . Palgap…

At the Green Forest group’s offer, my master and Squad Leader Jeong Chung, who could be considered the leaders of our party, exchanged glances and nodded. Then Jeong Chung came up to me and whispered, “It’d be best to follow them to the stronghold for now. This sort of thing happens from time to time,…

Of course, I’d know in time, but I couldn’t help being curious. Especially since I’d started to feel something extraordinary from my son lately. And he was still just fifteen. Anyway, with such remarkable talent, there was no way he didn’t know the road to Jiangxi Province would be treacherous. “There’s a lot of snow…

A sort of game that had started among the noblewomen of high-ranking officials and aristocrats. The rules were simple. The time limit was one month. The noblewomen would take turns, and when it was someone’s turn, she had to acquire the item named by the previous turn’s participant. If she failed to obtain the item,…

The next morning at dawn— I began martial arts training with Master in the yard outside my room. “Young Master, you must first learn a cultivation method called the Supreme Yin Ice Sea Divine Art (太陰氷海神功).” “Yes, sir.” “Normally, we’d start by learning to sense Qi, but since you already have inner Qi in your…

“Elder brother! Wake up! Elder brother!” Gwak Jun-ha kept calling out to his brother, but the unconscious Gwak Hyeong-jin didn’t respond. “Elder brother! Don’t die! Please!” Just then. Footsteps could be heard approaching from afar, and human figures came into view. With desperate eyes, Gwak Jun-ha shouted, “Please help us! Please save my brother!” Maybe…

If that’s the case, then it’s highly likely that Baek, the head of the courtesan house, wasn’t taken by illness, but was murdered. Then what could they have been trying to accomplish by investing so much effort into Fire Lotus Inn? The answer came to me almost immediately. This place was one of the Five…