Chapter 3 (3)
Chapter 3 (3)
She intuited that she was dreaming.
It was only natural, as she was seeing her already-deceased father.
Her father, who had always been strong and kind.
However, that father had died at the hands of an unidentified assailant.
That was why she didn't want to see her father smiling at her.
Because she would be engulfed in the sorrow of being left alone once she woke up.
But this dream was strange.
Her father was moving his lips as if he wanted to tell her something.
"What are you saying, Father?"
Mumble mumble
"Huh? What? I can't hear anything."
Her father, who had been moving his lips, was sucked into the darkness as if grabbed by something.
Her father's desperate attempt to resist.
Sensing that this was different from her usual dreams, she ran desperately toward her father.
"Father! Appa! Appa!!"
"Appa!"
Waking up from the dream, Hong Seol-rin flailed, trying to grab something in the empty air.
"Haa... huff... Where is this...?"
Cold night air, a warm campfire, a mat, and a blanket.
Realizing her situation, she habitually reached for her spear.
"Looking for this?"
"!!"
Hearing a voice from behind, she hurriedly rose into a martial arts stance and saw a familiar face.
"You...!"
"I don't need to introduce myself, right?"
Jincheon. A warrior of the Jugeom Sect.
The man who had interfered with her and subdued her with a strange technique.
Her face twisted violently at the sight of him holding her spear.
"Don't touch my spear with your filthy hands!"
"Whoa. These days, righteous faction members get angry even when you help them."
"Help...? Don't tell me?"
"Yeah. This, this."
Jincheon revealed that he was the archer who had helped her fight Chuihwa-eumryeong by mimicking the motion of shooting a bow in the air.
'He created openings for me to move easily by targeting the moments when Chuihwa-eumryeong attacked or defended. An archer with that level of skill was just a lowly warrior of the Jugeom Sect?'
She had checked the Jugeom Sect before attacking, thinking he was a fake, as she had been deceived by Chuihwa-eumryeong's disguise.
It was a minor evil sect in Shaanxi, part of the Blood Alliance, but not a level that garnered much attention.
And yet, a mere warrior from that place had subdued her and played a decisive role in taking down Chuihwa-eumryeong?
"What is your identity? For what reason are you hiding yourself?"
"I'd like to know my identity myself."
"What?"
Jincheon explained everything: that he had amnesia, that he had almost died at the hands of the Hosanchae bandits, and that he had survived with the help of the Ghost Sword Sect and was now repaying that debt.
"You've only been learning martial arts for half a year?"
"Yeah. I was fast at sensing internal energy, and fast at learning martial arts."
The movements of Jincheon she had seen were by no means those of a martial artist with only half a year of training.
Furthermore, the archery that sealed Chuihwa-eumryeong's movements was not something easily acquired.
Hong Seol-rin glared at him with sharp eyes, wondering if Jincheon was lying or mocking her.
However, he didn't seem to want to argue about this topic.
After all, if she didn't believe him when he told the truth, they would just be running on parallel lines.
"More importantly, your situation is pretty pathetic. Your comrades are all dead, right?"
"......."
Just as she was about to look gloomy at the death of her comrades, her eyes widened at the words Jincheon followed up with.
"Plus, even if you killed Chuihwa-eumryeong, there's no proof, so if you go back, you'll just be treated as a liar."
"What?!"
What on earth was this man saying?
Hong Seol-rin hurriedly retorted.
"No proof? I destroyed his heart!"
"Yeah, that's right. But there's no corpse, so who can prove that?"
"......!"
He had disposed of Chuihwa-eumryeong's corpse while she was unconscious.
Convinced of this, Hong Seol-rin looked ready to pounce immediately.
"You. What kind of trick are you pulling?"
"Heh heh heh."
Jincheon showed her the head of Chuihwa-eumryeong, which he had cut off and kept separately.
"Give it to me!"
Hong Seol-rin tried to snatch the head of Chuihwa-eumryeong.
"Ugh!?"
If only her internal energy had been flowing properly.
"Did you finally realize? Did you really think I wouldn't even bind you without some safety measures? I've struck your pressure points so you can't use your internal energy."
"Release me right now!"
"Yeah, yeah. I'll release you. Of course I will. But before that, shall we make a deal?"
Jincheon smiled wickedly and grabbed Chuihwa-eumryeong's hair, spinning it around in the air.
"What is your goal? Money? Elixirs? Martial arts?"
"Ha, I can get those if I just have time. What I want is......."
He approached Hong Seol-rin and lifted her chin with his finger.
"You."
"......!?"
"From the moment I first saw you, I thought you were beautiful. No matter how much I looked at the women in the brothels, I only felt disgust. But you're different. Beautiful, strong, and alluring."
"You filthy bastard. With that kind of skill, to want only......!"
She tried to spit insults at him, but Jincheon grabbed her cheeks, preventing her from opening her mouth.
"If you refuse, I'll smash this guy's head. The corpses deep in the mountains? By the time you bring people back, they'll already be beast food. Unless you have the talent to identify whose corpse it is from animal dung."
"Ugh......!"
"If you accept my proposal, I'll escort you to a nearby village and hand over the head."
"Don't talk bullshit! Even if Chuihwa-eumryeong disappears over time, people will believe my words......!"
"Or there's the possibility that he's in hiding or has laundered his identity. Since there's no proof, couldn't others think like this?"
"Ugh......!"
"Don't worry. I'm not the type to just sow seeds without thinking. I've already used a method to prevent pregnancy."
Hong Seol-rin began to agonize, her expression a mix of anger and anxiety at Jincheon's proposal.
'Come on, answer. Yes or no. Show me what kind of character you are.'
Jincheon was testing her to see what kind of personality Hong Seol-rin had.
If she accepted the offer, she was a character with a strong sense of duty or a reason to covet achievements; if she refused, she was a character with the will not to be defiled even if it meant being misunderstood.
Of course, there were countermeasures if she refused, but it was best if she accepted the offer here.
'I... I......!'
After her father, who had always been the pillar of the family, died at the hands of an unidentified assailant, she had tried desperately to rebuild her collapsed family.
She joined the Jeongmumae to learn the family's spear technique and stand up as a warrior, but those around her gave her the title of Jade Phoenix, one of the Five Dragons and Three Phoenixes.
Jade Phoenix. A phoenix with a pretty face.
For her, who wanted to be a warrior, there was no more humiliating title than this.
Of course, the Five Dragons and Three Phoenixes meant she was a promising talent recognized by the righteous faction, but she wanted to receive a title based on skill, not appearance.
That was why she deliberately joined the Jujakdan and took on dangerous missions, desperately honing herself.
But if she was the only one to survive here and it became impossible to know whether Chuihwa-eumryeong was dead or alive?
In the worst case, people could brand her a coward who abandoned her comrades and even lied about it.
There were already many in the Jujakdan who looked at her unfavorably, and if she were to face such a misunderstanding.......
'I... I won't be recognized by anyone.......'
And rebuilding the family would also become impossible forever.
'If I can take the achievement of catching Chuihwa-eumryeong by sacrificing my body......!'
I just have to endure it.
If I just endure it, I can rebuild the family.
If I just endure the shame......!
'That's what people would generally think. Chuihwa-eumryeong, that guy gave me some very good information before he died.'
Jincheon had heard the key point that Chuihwa-eumryeong was the 'only direct descendant of the Hong Family Spear Technique' while fighting Hong Seol-rin.
He didn't know what kind of circumstances she had, but the story of trying to rebuild a collapsed family came to mind automatically.
If there is a weakness, it is common sense to stab it.
There are two ways to raise a collapsed family.
The first is a blood relationship with a strong family, that is, marriage, and receiving help from that family's power.
The second is to become a strong and famous martial artist yourself and raise the family.
The Hong Seol-rin that Jincheon saw had no makeup and no appearance of trying to decorate herself, so it was clearly the latter.
"I understand......."
'Yes! Yes! She values her family more than her own body! This kind of character is not hard to conquer!'
Jincheon, having confirmed a part of the character Hong Seol-rin, approached her while placing Chuihwa-eumryeong's head to one side.
"......."
Hong Seol-rin's face was flushed with shame and humiliation.
It would be natural for this era, but it was more rigid than the modern era.
If it were the modern era, she would have thought lightly about it, thinking she could just have a one-night stand, but not in this era.
Right now, she must be in despair that she is performing an act like a prostitute.
Rustle- Rustle-
Jincheon, who had undressed Hong Seol-rin, found that she was compressing her chest with bandages.
'Well, it would be a hindrance if her breasts shook while fighting intensely.'
It was only natural to wrap them tightly with bandages or cloth to fix her chest firmly.
'Now~ what kind of treasure is inside here~'
Jincheon, who liked big breasts, looked forward to how big the breasts inside the bandages would be and quickly unwrapped the bandages on her chest in one go.
"Whew."
"......."
D-cup breasts and a body trained by exercise were revealed without a single thread of clothing.
'This is why fighting heroines are attractive.'
Look.
The perfect line with not a single bit of flab.
The black hair tied in a ponytail showed a lively and feminine atmosphere, and the golden-ratio body that made one's eyes turn further highlighted her charm.
Seeing her appearance, Jincheon, who could no longer hold back, took off his clothes and became naked.
Jincheon had also exercised in the modern era, but he smiled as if satisfied with his body, a mass of muscles that could not be imitated by simple exercise.
"Hii......!?"
For a moment, a scream of astonishment flowed from Hong Seol-rin's mouth.
"Wha...what...is this......."
It was too big and thick.
It was no joke; Hong Seol-rin, who saw a male organ as thick as her own forearm, felt fear without even realizing it.
No matter how rigid the era was, she knew sexual common sense, so she could not help but be astonished at the male organ she was seeing for the first time in her life.
'A...a man's organ was this big......? How on earth am I supposed to put this in......!'
Hong Seol-rin swallowed dry saliva at the thought of a monster-like organ entering her body.
'Hmm. Honestly, this is a bit much.'
'Jin-woo' did not specifically modify the size of the organ when he created Jincheon.
Nevertheless, the reason it was this huge must be the effect of the Circulating Energy Nourishment constitution.
They say it's good if the organ is big and thick, but isn't it a bit much if it's as thick as a woman's forearm and 30cm long?
'Well, when I watch AV, black guys' dicks are long and big, but they take them just fine, right? It should work if I actually try.'