True Family
Seo Jun wanted a true family. Chapter 62
“Husband, have all the goods for Na-Pa been prepared? If we make good use of this trade caravan to Liang Province, it should greatly help you establish your foundation in Luoyang.”
“Really?”
Wang Yi had advised him that if an opportunity arose during Na-Pa’s upcoming trade journey, he should try to establish a solid trading connection with the Liang Province side.
“If the person that Young Master Bu has decided to rely on is someone trustworthy, then building a connection with them would be the best option.”
She was suggesting that by building trust with a reliable faction and maintaining steady trade, they could accumulate wealth while also strengthening friendly ties with the remaining members of the Xiaoyuezhi clan still in that region. Later, once Seo Jun rose to an even higher position, those forces would become valuable allies in solidifying his power.
“Husband, what about the treasures you obtained from the powerful clans? How are you managing them? If they’re stored too far from here, it must be difficult to oversee and even harder to use them, right?”
Wang Yi asked this because the amount of wealth Seo Jun had mentioned so far would take up considerable space. He couldn’t possibly carry it all with him, so she assumed he must have hidden it somewhere.
At her question, Seo Jun gazed at Wang Yi’s face for a long moment.
After living for over two hundred years, he had finally found people he could truly call family. Seol Ryeon, Yi Hyeon, and now Wang Yi—these three women had become the center of his world.
His mother, who had abandoned him at age six. His father, who had left him at an orphanage when he was twelve. After becoming an adult, his life as a space mercenary had left no room for trusting anyone or opening his heart.
Now, for the first time, he had a family he could give his heart to based on genuine trust.
Whether they would become a family that shared complete faith with one another, or merely another remnant of the parents who had abandoned him, depended entirely on his own choices.
Seo Jun made up his mind to take a bold step forward. It was a decision born from a deep longing to have a family he could truly trust and rely on.
“Mmm~ Joyeon, this is a secret I’ve never told anyone before. I hope you’ll keep it absolutely confidential from now on.”
He had once shared a little about his detoxification ability when rescuing A-On, but the repercussions of revealing his detoxification and spatial storage abilities would be vastly different in this era.
Even now, ordinary commoners still viewed medicine as part of shamanism and sorcery, with many people believing in and following those practices. His detoxification ability might be accepted as a useful skill that could earn admiration, but spatial storage went far beyond ordinary people’s understanding and could cause serious problems if exposed.
“A secret? Are you saying you’re telling me first? You’ve never told any of your other wives? That makes me strangely happy!”
“Joyeon, I can use several techniques passed down through sorcery. One of them is a secret space that only I can store items in. All the goods I’ve acquired from the powerful clans so far are kept there.”
Seo Jun explained it in a way that would be easier for Wang Yi to understand, slightly adapting the explanation to fit the common knowledge of this era.
“A secret space?!?!”
Wang Yi’s eyes widened dramatically at his astonishing words, staring at him intently.
To help her fully comprehend his secret, Seo Jun pulled out a rather large wooden box—one too big to have come from his clothes—and set it down in front of her.
“Huk!!!! What is this?”
Wang Yi covered her wide-open mouth with her hand at the unreal scene unfolding before her.
“It’s called spatial storage magic. Think of it as my personal secret warehouse.”
“Spatial storage magic?”
“Yes. It’s a secret space that only I can access.”
“Husband!! Could I possibly learn to use that technique too?”
“That’s impossible. It’s something only I can do, and even I simply gained the ability naturally. I can’t teach it to anyone or pass it on.”
“Haa~ What a shame…”
Wang Yi licked her lips once, clearly disappointed, but quickly gave up. To someone who had run a merchant caravan, the technique Seo Jun had just shown her was revolutionary. However, she believed that if there had been any way for him to teach her, he wouldn’t have lied about it—especially after trusting her enough to reveal a technique he didn’t need to disclose.
While Wang Yi quietly soothed her disappointment, Seo Jun pulled two more boxes of similar size from his clothes and placed them on the table.
“These boxes contain the items I’ve organized to give to Na-Pa for this trade journey.”
“There really is quite a variety.”
Wang Yi opened each box one by one, carefully examining the contents. Many of the items were things she had never seen before in her life, despite coming from a fairly wealthy family. Golden incense burners, jade statues, ornate gold necklaces decorated with lavish designs—every piece looked extremely valuable.
“Oh, this necklace is quite unique. It feels cold to the touch as well.”
In her hand was a strangely shaped necklace. It was a beautiful piece made of black jade with geometric golden patterns. It was the very necklace that had come from raiding the Ha clan’s home. Seo Jun had also felt its cold energy and planned to look into its story when he had more time.
“Husband, would it be possible for you to give this necklace to me? The cool sensation feels nice, and I absolutely love the unusual pattern.”
“Joyeon, of course you can have it. From now on, this necklace belongs to you.”
As soon as Seo Jun gave permission, Wang Yi immediately put the necklace around her neck and looked down at it.
“Thank you, husband.”
A bright smile bloomed across Wang Yi’s face. As expected, women were weak to beautiful things.
“Husband, since you’ve already taken the items out, why don’t you call Na-Pa over and discuss the trade journey in detail?”
“Right now?”
“She’ll be leaving with the caravan in two days anyway, so it would be better to hand over the goods in advance and give her time to organize everything.”
“Then let’s do that.”
Seo Jun ordered the subordinate waiting outside to bring Na-Pa, then sat close beside Wang Yi, holding her hand and gently stroking it.
She must have gone through a lot on the way here, even if she doesn’t say anything.
Her current appearance was undoubtedly beautiful, but traces of the hardships she had endured to reach him were visible all over her. Dry skin, clothes and shoes covered in dust, and roughened hands.
“Family Head, I heard you called for me.”
“Yes, Na-Pa, come in.”
The door opened and Na-Pa entered the room. She was about to greet Seo Jun when she noticed the beautiful Wang Yi sitting affectionately beside him. For a brief moment, her expression stiffened slightly before quickly returning to normal.
“Na-Pa, come closer. We only caught a glimpse of each other earlier, but since this is your first proper meeting, it would be good to introduce yourselves.”
“Greetings. I am Na-Pa, who follows the Family Head.”
“It’s nice to meet you, Na-Pa. I’ve heard about you. I am Wang, who will soon marry my husband. I hope you’ll help me a great deal in the future.”
After finishing her calm greeting, Na-Pa’s expression darkened slightly at the mention that Wang would soon marry Seo Jun. If not for her tribe’s circumstances, she too could have married Seo Jun without a second thought and sat in the position Wang now occupied.
“Congratulations, Madam.”
“I hope that you too, Na-Pa, will soon be free from your tribe’s burdens and stand beside my husband as one of his women.”
Na-Pa stared intently at Wang Yi, who was encouraging her—a rival who also longed for Seo Jun’s love. The expression on Wang Yi’s face contained not a trace of malice; it was completely sincere.
Na-Pa felt a little confused about how to accept Wang Yi’s pure show of support. She had almost never experienced such genuine goodwill before.
“Na-Pa, come over here and take a look at the goods my husband has prepared.”
“Yes, understood.”
Seo Jun decided it would be better to let Wang Yi handle this and simply watched from the side without intervening.
Na-Pa examined the items in the three boxes Wang Yi had pushed toward her with admiration, but her eyes soon fell on the beautiful necklace hanging around Wang Yi’s neck as they looked at the goods together.
I’ve definitely never seen that necklace before. Then why does it feel like I’ve known it all along?
“Ah~ It’s beautiful, isn’t it? It was among the items my husband gave me. It was so lovely that I asked him for it.”
“Ah~ I see. Madam, I’m sorry, but may I examine the necklace more closely?”
“Mmm~ Of course.”
Wang Yi assumed Na-Pa simply wanted a closer look because it was beautiful and took off the necklace to hand it to her.
“Mmm~ It’s cold. And this pattern… it definitely looks like the pattern of Mitra?”
As Na-Pa felt the coldness from the necklace and recognized the familiar pattern, her expression gradually grew serious.
At first, both Seo Jun and Wang Yi had thought she was simply interested in the beautiful necklace, but now they could tell from the way she was studying it that something more was going on.
“Na-Pa, do you recognize this necklace?”
“Family Head, I’m sorry, but may I call Chono over?”
“You can call her, but why?”
At Seo Jun’s question, Na-Pa paused for a moment as if organizing her thoughts.