Chapter 15 (1)
Chapter 15 (1)
Whew!
Fuck, I almost died of cringe while saying all that!
If I'd said that back in the modern world, I'd be kicking my blankets in embarrassment for the rest of my life.
But in this era, it's a timeless proposal.
The proof is right here: this woman who abandoned her husband to choose me.
"If others see us together, they'll get suspicious. So, go home quietly, pack the things I told you to, and come back."
"Yes, Sang-gong."
"Oh, and."
I caught Cheon Hye-un by surprise, pulling her into my arms and kissing her.
"Aung......♡"
She wasn't even a little bit startled by my sudden kiss; she gently closed her eyes and savored the touch of my tongue.
Wow, she's fucking amazing.
She's pretty, and she's really good at reading the room.
She instinctively knows how to look beautiful to a man.
After fully enjoying the soft tongue of Cheon Hye-un, who possessed a gentle and benevolent grace, I pulled away.
"......."
"......."
"Sorry, I can't help it. I can't stand it. You're so lovely that I don't want to let you go."
"Kya......♡"
Cheon Hye-un, who had become my official first female in this world, was so lovely that I hugged her body tightly.
This is driving me crazy.
It's not a game, it's not the power of a system—she's my 'real,' 'reality' female, obtained solely through my own ability and calculations.
Honestly, if I said this, I'd be disqualified as a trainer, but I had half-expected to fail.
I kept feeling anxious about how I could possibly make a woman who loved her husband my own when there was no game system or affection system to rely on.
But, ta-da.
There's no such thing as 'impossible.'
In the eyes looking at me, I can feel the love she has for me, and in her actions, I can feel the movements she makes to please me.
On top of that, even though she's an older woman twice my age, she maintains the appearance of someone in her twenties thanks to the effects of her martial arts, yet I can still feel the dignity of an older woman, her charm, and the passion of a woman in love.
Damn it, if this were a game, I could stay cool...but since I think of it as reality, I can't stay calm.
To calm my chest, and for the final cleanup, I barely managed to pull away from her.
"I'll go check the surroundings just in case. Once you pack your sword and clothes, come back here."
"Yes, I will. And, Sang-gong?"
"Hmm?"
"The thing that made Mak Cho-pyeong come to the old shrine... that was you, wasn't it?"
She noticed.
"That's right. I wanted to have a three-way confrontation sooner or later."
"...Thank you for telling me honestly."
"We're a married couple, aren't we?"
"...Puhut. That's right, we've become a married couple...now......."
Her face still held the guilt of having betrayed her husband.
But it doesn't matter.
Tonight, I'll make that face, currently feeling guilt, completely into that of a female.
After we got dressed, we shared a light kiss and parted ways, agreeing to meet in a little while.
Whew, shall I go finish the cleanup work?
I used lightfoot skills and headed to a spot located west of the old shrine.
There was a rock about the height of a person there, and I found the ronin waiting for me.
"Hey."
"Did you finish well?"
"Thanks to you. You did a great job."
I wasn't joking or being sarcastic.
Thanks to this guy, I was able to make Mak Cho-pyeong witness the scene of me and Cheon Hye-un having an affair, which allowed me to rapidly advance the incident.
I had anticipated that men of this era, with their belief in the superiority of men over women, and a scholar who was basically a Confucian Taliban, would definitely condemn his wife.
I took out the money pouch from my pocket.
I checked the inside and saw 2 gold taels and about 5 or 6 silver taels.
Hmm, maybe it's because I splurged at Gakjangru, but the hit is significant.
I need to start making money soon.
First, I have to give what's owed.
I took out 1 gold tael and handed it to the ronin as the promised reward.
"But... no, it's nothing."
"You're sharp. Good thinking. It's better not to dig too deep into things like this."
Ding!
I flicked the gold tael with my finger and tossed it to the ronin. Seeing his eyes fixate on the gold, I lunged forward.
"What the......!"
Kwajak!!
The ronin noticed my movement late and reacted, but since I had already given him a head start even though I could easily beat him head-on, the result was obvious without even looking.
With a fist imbued with internal energy, I burst his head in one go, and then I dug up the ground with my bare hands to bury his body.
He played an important role for me, so I had the magnanimity to build him a grave.
"Thanks for your hard work. But if this gets out now that I'm becoming famous, it'll be a huge pain in the ass."
If it were to become known later that Jincheon had an affair behind Cheon Hye-un's husband's back, or that I had plotted to obtain Cheon Hye-un, the situation would become serious.
In this era, rumors only spread by word of mouth, so it's hard for them to spread, but because of that, once they do spread, it's almost impossible to correct them.
And it's an even bigger problem because it's not a lie, but the truth.
Finally, I put the gold coin I had given him as a reward into his clothes and covered him with dirt.
This guy took my request and solved it as requested.
Although I had to kill him because it was a dirty deed that required silencing, this is this, and that is that.
Use it as travel money for the afterlife.
Honestly, if he hadn't been a man, his quick wit and ability to communicate well would have made me want to ravish him and make him my subordinate.
I stomped on the ground to pack it down, then returned to the place where I had agreed to meet Cheon Hye-un.
One day, when the young physician who had been providing free medical treatment suddenly disappeared, the people of Gujang Village conducted a large-scale search.
And when the villagers confirmed that Cheon Hye-un and Mak Cho-pyeong had also disappeared, they expanded the search range from inside the village to the forest, and they were able to find the body of Mak Cho-pyeong, who had died spitting blood, at the old shrine where people rarely went.
However, they could not find any traces of the young physician or Cheon Hye-un, and in the end, they returned after only building a grave for Mak Cho-pyeong.
Years later, the nickname of the beautiful female master wielding twin swords, the Cheonsan Divine Maiden, spread even to this village.
However, the people of Gujang Village, thinking it was a matter of a world different from theirs, ignored it, and from time to time, they would bring up questions about the missing young physician and Cheon Hye-un, and about Mak Cho-pyeong who had died after going all the way to the old shrine despite his weak health, creating countless stories.
"Sang-gong, but where are we going now?"
Cheon Hye-un, who had left Gujang Village with Jincheon, asked about the future path Jincheon would take.
"I'm still traveling the world for now. I don't want to belong anywhere yet. And while I'm at it, I'm also looking for women like you."
"Women like me......?"
"Yes, women with outstanding talents like you. As you must have felt, even if I love you, I'm not a man who can be satisfied with just you alone."
"...Yes. I had a vague feeling."
The Jincheon she felt when they first met was like a typical lecher.
She had expected that with such tendencies, he would take many women into his arms.
At the same time, she could see the affection he had for her.
In other words, Jincheon was planning to create a multitude of wives.
And not just as objects of simple lust, but women he could love with affection.
To be honest, it was a complicated feeling.
"For your information, the Demonic Cult's Hwan-yo, Im Ha-yeon, is also my woman."
"Yes. ....... ......Yes?"
Cheon Hye-un, who had answered reflexively at first, hurriedly asked back, wondering what she had just heard.
"Hwa...Hwan-yo...Im Ha-yeon...you say?"
Im Ha-yeon was a villainess whose notoriety was known even when she was briefly living as a martial artist.
Jincheon told her how he and she had met, what kind of bond they had formed, and why they had to part ways.
"That Hwan-yo......."
Cheon Hye-un, who learned the fact that the Hwan-yo Im Ha-yeon, rumored to be cruel, was actually a woman who felt lonely and craved affection, had a bewildered expression.
"That aside, we should stop traveling for a while."
"Is it because of me?"
Jincheon was slightly impressed, thinking, 'So this is what wisdom looks like,' through her ability to understand things instantly.
"You have a 20-year gap, after all. I said it at that shrine. It's not just about me being happy alone,"
"Finding a path where we can all be happy together... is what a married couple does, right?"
Cheon Hye-un's face flushed slightly as she thought about that line.
"Honestly, I gave my heart to you at that part."
"Because it wasn't just empty words, it was the truth. And I will show you that truth not with words, but with actions."
Jincheon led Cheon Hye-un into the deep forest.
If she continues to operate as a martial artist like this, Cheon Hye-un will die.
This is not a joke or an exaggeration, but a future that will definitely happen.
Her body, which had been away from being a martial artist for 20 years, with only basic training and experience with 3rd-rate thugs or bandits, had completely drifted away from that of a martial artist.
If she were to fight an enemy with killing intent in that state, she wouldn't last long.
Fortunately, she still possessed the outstanding martial arts containing the profound principles of the single-lineage Cheonsan Sect, and the internal energy that the previous sect leader had passed on along with their life.
If you only count the power of her internal energy, she would be positioned somewhere between the Peak and Super-Peak levels.
The martial arts are also efficient and excellent, to the point where she doesn't even need the secret vault of the Shadowless Divine Thief that Jincheon found.
However, her body is not ready to use such powerful internal energy.
She would probably collapse helplessly if she used her internal energy at full power a few times, as it would put a strain on her body.
Jincheon, who led Cheon Hye-un into the deep mountains, checked for a suitable place to settle.
There was a clear stream that was quite deep, and it was a place where the footsteps of hunters or herb gatherers could not be felt.
Of course, since it was deep in the forest, there were trees and rocks deeply rooted in the ground, but Jincheon, who pulled them all out with force, suddenly felt the blood of an engineer boiling.
It goes without saying, but he is not an engineer, nor is he even from an engineering background.
He just possessed the knowledge inscribed into the character when he created this character.
"I'm thinking of eating, sleeping, and training here for a while. Until your body reaches at least the level of your Eun-bong days 20 years ago."
"It's rehab training, isn't it."
Correct.
Jincheon plans to eat and sleep here, and help Cheon Hye-un with her training to get her body back in shape.
"Cooking, cleanup, gathering materials—I'll take care of all of it."
"Yes? But I can't let you do such things, Sang-gong."
"Then that much time for training will be reduced. You just focus on training. I'll take care of everything else."
"But I can't let my husband do the housework......."
Since it was unthinkable for women of this era that a man would do housework while she only trained, Cheon Hye-un was flustered and stammered, wondering how to explain this obvious fact.
"Eit."
"Kyaat?"
In the end, Jincheon, thinking he wouldn't make any progress no matter how much they talked, kissed her on the lips by surprise.
"If you talk back, I'll block your mouth like this."
"Even so...euung~~♡"
"Even like this?"
"Haa...haa......♡ I...understand......♡"
In the end, Jincheon, who had blocked all her protests with kisses, began to conceive something.
"We're going to build a log cabin from now on. This part needs to be handled quickly, so you help me too."
"Yes."
Jincheon began to cut down the surrounding trees and make logs of a certain standard.
He made logs with grooves cut to a certain standard, and for the logs to be used at the very bottom, he scorched the surface with fire to carbonize them so they wouldn't rot.
He filled the empty spaces between the logs with mud, and created a space in the center to build a fireplace.
Originally, logs used for such log cabins need to be sufficiently dried.
This is because the shape of the wood changes while the moisture escapes from logs made of freshly cut green wood.
So Jincheon dried the logs one by one with his Yang Arts, but he knew better than anyone that it wasn't perfect because he was drying the internal moisture, not burning or drying them out.
However, since he wasn't planning to live in this log cabin for years, but only for about 2-3 months, he deemed this to be enough.
As the two martial arts masters joined forces to build a 2-person log cabin, they were able to build the log house by the time evening came.
"Haa...haa......!"
"Are you tired?"
"Yes...yes...haa! My stamina is...really...the worst......."
Problem no. 1 due to the gap period.
Stamina.
Having lived as a housewife for over 20 years, her internal energy was still fresh even after working on building the log cabin, but she lacked the stamina and was the first to collapse.
"Wait. I'll make dinner now."
Jincheon skillfully lit the fireplace located in the center of the house and took out a pot from the items Cheon Hye-un had brought.
Since they had enough rice, vegetables, and meat that he had collected while acting as a physician, his hands moved to prepare the meal.
"Waaaa......."
Cheon Hye-un let out an exclamation as she watched Jincheon move without rest, making dishes one by one.
And after tasting the well-made, glossy rice and meat side dishes, she began to inhale the food without even realizing it.
"Oh...my...I......."
"Heh heh heh, Ha-yeon was like that too when she first ate my cooking. Don't worry. I think it's good for anyone, man or woman, to eat heartily."
Seeing a different side from Mak Cho-pyeong, who used to mind his manners even while sick, Cheon Hye-un felt the reality that the spouse she would live with had changed.
"I'll do the dishes too."
While Jincheon was washing the used dishes by the stream, he was also boiling water to use as drinking water.
Normally, that kind of work should be done by the woman, not the man.
However, Jincheon was doing things that others would point fingers at, saying, 'What is a man doing?', as if it were nothing.
'He is truly thinking of me.......'
Even Mak Cho-pyeong before he got sick didn't care for her to that extent.
As if there were things a man should do and things a woman should do.
She could smell the scent of the freshly made wooden cabin.
Perhaps because it's a new house that she and Jincheon built together, she likes this scent very much.
However, she felt a little depressed as she realized the fact that she had betrayed the husband she had lived with until now, had returned to the path of a martial artist she had suddenly left, and the sudden change.
Basically, because she has a good heart, she is feeling guilty about betraying her ex-husband and switching to a young man, no matter the reason.
Of course, Jincheon was also aware of this fact.
That's why he had made a plan to make her focus only on him.
"You're not asleep yet, are you?"
"Ah, yes!"
Cheon Hye-un, who had been dozing off without realizing it because she was full after a tired body, answered hurriedly.
Even if her husband did the work for her, she thought it was a problem as a wife to go to sleep first.
"I've brewed some tea for after the meal."
"Th, thank you."
Cheon Hye-un received the teacup with both hands and drank it carefully.
Slurp-
"Huh? Huh? Th...this...what kind of tea leaves did you use?! How...can tea have this kind of taste......!"
When she was young, she used to enjoy high-quality tea.
That's why she could feel that this tea could beat all the teas she had drunk so far combined.
"I'll tell you an interesting story. Listen while you drink."
He explained the legend of the Yan Emperor Shennong, and that there were tea leaves used that allowed him to live a long life.
"Could this be......!?"
"I don't know if it's really the tea leaves of the Yan Emperor Shennong. But there are two things that are certain."
Jincheon raised his index finger.
"One, it can detoxify most poisons, and it's good for your health."
And the moment he raised his middle finger, a strong signal began to come from Cheon Hye-un's abdomen.
"Two, it expels all the waste from your body."
"...Yes?"
Kkureureureuk!
"Ha-heuk!"
"Must not have heard me right? I said it expels the waste from your body. And all of it, too."
"......!"
Only then did Cheon Hye-un, who understood why her stomach was suddenly hurting, hurriedly run outside, take off her pants in a place far away from the house, and squat down.
The problem was that Jincheon followed her.
"Do...don't look!"
"It's okay. I'm good at holding my breath against smells."
"That's not what I mean! Please, I beg you!!"
"We're going to be together for the rest of our lives, this is nothing!"
'A woman kind enough to feel guilty for betraying her husband. So, the plan is to not give her time to feel such guilt.'
In other words, it's a plan to make her feel such strong shame that she won't have time to feel guilty.
The intention was good.
It's just that the problem is that only the intention was good.
"Please don't look! Pleaase!"
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