Chapter 71
Chapter 71
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: ?
Chapter Title: Princess Lee's Protest
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That body type is impossible.
How the hell did she even know I was here?
No, before that—what's with the red headband and that ridiculous sign covered in nonsense?
"This is discrimination! It's discrimination!"
"......"
This was right in the heart of Busan, in the territory of another hunter clan, no less.
The moment we heard that Princess Lee Miran had barged into the Andong Kwon Clan alone, we rushed outside.
And there she was.
Princess Lee Miran, covered in minor scratches from forcing her way in with brute strength.
But her exceptional regenerative abilities were already healing them on their own. She clearly had other priorities right now.
"I'm old enough to get married!"
"......"
"I'm already in my mid-thirties!"
"......"
"So why does Kim Yongchan keep rejecting me? I'm really sad about this!"
Even surrounded by the Andong Kwon Clan's soldiers, she kept up her protest.
Demands that he love her scrawny build, just like mine.
'This woman... is she seriously trying to get me thrown in jail?'
Then, from quite a distance away.
"...! Yongchan! There you are!"
"Y-Yeah..."
As expected from someone who could chew through an A-rank hunter under the right conditions.
In the middle of waving her sign wildly, Princess Lee Miran spotted me—barely a speck—beyond the line of soldiers standing at attention.
"I rushed here after hearing rumors that you'd even seduced a daughter from another hunter clan!"
"Ah, uh..."
"So when are you going to make good on that promise from the dungeon? You know, the one where you get big and we go wild?"
"S-Sex promise?! You made that kind of deal with Princess Lee Miran over there? Yongchan."
"N-No, that's...!"
Hey now!
Don't go creating weird misunderstandings.
I might end up in handcuffs if I'm not careful. Gotta clear this up straight.
We did have a conversation like that.
But what Princess Lee Miran was saying was only half right.
Because the woman I nearly slept with wasn't Princess Lee Miran to begin with.
'It was the bigger Lee Miran.'
Not the princess in front of me right now, but the 'busty' version who'd grown out nicely.
Yeah! The bigger Lee Miran, sure—but as always, her stick-figure build? Total 'impossible' for me.
That's why.
"That's a lie, Princess Kwon Mina."
"Aha! I knew it!"
"L-Lie?! After we took down the Gaeseong Wang Clan's clan head together, we were gonna celebrate with some afterparty sex!"
Ignoring my denial, she seemed furious enough to spit fire.
She ripped off her headband and slammed her possibility! sign into the dirt, her face twisting into something venomous.
Crunch...
"N-No... I shouldn't get mad... Calm down, calm..."
But she squeezed her eyes shut, struggling to maintain her composure like the princess representing Korea deserved.
"Yongchan. So that body type is your thing?"
"Not at all."
"Kya-aa-aack!"
"How did you know I was in your territory to begin with, Yongchan?"
The moment she heard my 'No way in hell because of those snitch bastards!' declaration, Princess Lee Miran's eyes rolled back as she threw a full tantrum.
But no matter how elite she was as the next heir of the Supreme Lee Clan, wiping out an entire hunter clan's forces solo was impossible.
Especially here, in the Andong Kwon Clan—one of the top clans worldwide, excluding the top ten.
"Princess Lee Miran! Do you realize how rude you're being right now?"
"Hmph!"
Bound with ropes that could restrain hunters, Princess Lee Miran knelt before Princess Kwon Mina.
I sat in the center of the tense ondol room, and naturally, I was the most on-edge person there.
"Don't tell me there's a spy from the Supreme Lee Clan in our territory?"
"?!"
"Yeah... that would explain it! The second you heard about Yongchan, you raced straight to Busan...!"
"That's pure speculation."
That's when it hit.
Princess Lee Miran had tracked me here to the Andong Kwon Clan less than a day after I showed up in Busan.
From everything so far, it screamed that she'd tailed me.
She was supposed to be in Seoul, but pinpointed my exact location in record time? 'Spy' was the only thing that fit.
But she shook her head at our deductions.
"Don't go grabbing innocent people with wild guesses, Princess Kwon Mina."
"Wild guesses? Then how did you—a girl who should be in Seoul—get to Busan so fast and find Yongchan right away, if not for a spy?"
"Of course."
For reference, I'd warped to Busan Port around lunchtime today.
It was nearing dawn now.
Yet she'd come from Seoul to Busan and tracked me down in that window?
"Simple reason I found you, Yongchan."
"What... is it?"
"I'd already snuck into Busan way before."
"Huh?"
"Eh?"
To our confusion, Princess Lee Miran gave the simplest answer.
"This is top secret—not public yet—but I ran away from home."
"R-Run... away?"
"Runaway?!"
No way. She's not some teenager.
The next heir of Korea's premier hunter clan pulls a runaway stunt?
Definitely top-secret material.
If word got out, it'd be an international embarrassment.
"I fled here to Busan—a week ago—to get as far from the clan as possible. Farthest spot from Seoul."
"So that's how you knew Yongchan was in our territory..."
"I overheard the local hunters buzzing about it. Plus, those Japanese kunoichi groups? They were already witnesses."
Princess Lee Miran had heard about me from the kunoichi Princess Kwon Mina had already roughed up.
But first—runaway?
I had to ask.
"Princess, why the sudden runaway?!"
"Exactly! As a princess of a hunter clan, you know better than anyone how unacceptable that is!"
A hunter clan heir running away? If it leaked, it'd rock the nation.
It'd tarnish the 'representative of Korea' image.
And for the runaway princess herself? Huge problem.
In clan terms, 'runaway' was like a criminal record. Worst case, she'd lose support and step down.
"You wanted to be the next clan head, Princess Lee Miran!"
"Yeah..."
"So why?!"
She'd been glowing when she took down Clan Head Wang Sunja.
Now she looked shrunken, like darkness had swallowed her light.
'What happened? Did someone mess with her?'
But who?
Who could bully the great Princess Lee Miran?
"Mm..."
Avoiding my eyes, she fidgeted with her fingers nervously.
Like a kid who'd done wrong, waiting for a scolding.
"It's... hard to say right now..."
"Oh?"
"Yeah... Later. I'll tell you later..."
Always so fierce, now suddenly vulnerable—it was embarrassing even for me.
Princess Kwon Mina, sweating buckets beside me, seemed even more flustered. She got it.
Whisper whisper.
"What's with her? So powerless all of a sudden."
"Beats me. Best leave her be for now?"
"...Yeah, maybe. Okay."
Some consideration for our past fights.
I decided not to pry further into Princess Lee Miran's runaway story—it felt rude.
Time for a mood shift.
"Ahem! One more thing."
Another question on my mind.
"Princess Lee Miran. Do you know what happened to Lee Gok?"
"Lee Gok?"
Lee Gok and Captain Roger, who'd escaped the black portal instead of me.
What was their status now?
Levi said they'd made it out safely since I played bait.
But I wanted confirmation.
Her answer:
"That one's in 'England' right now."
"Ah, England... W-Wait, what?!"
England, just like that?
...Makes sense. Captain Roger's first disappearance was near British waters.
'So black portals exit where they enter?'
Unexpected intel—another step toward dungeon secrets.
Yorgamund could fill in details later.
"She popped up in England outta nowhere. Rumor has it she's looking for you. Did you two meet in a dungeon?"
"H-Haha... Yeah, something like that."
"Hmm."
If only I had her number, I'd call right now.
Next time, gotta get it.
Anyway, good news on Lee Gok. Last question.
"Um, Princess Lee Miran—one more."
"Ask away. If it's what Yongchan wants to know, I'll tell you anything."
The last princess left in the Supreme Lee Clan.
"Seolgi's doing okay, right?"
I asked about Lee Seolgi, whom she'd seen just before running away.
But why...?
"......"
"...?"
"Princess?"
She'd forced a smile again.
But her face darkened once more, like someone had messed her up bad.