Furious Mom: Master Dares to Claim My Son Without Permission
"Damn it! Why the hell is that woman here all of a sudden?!"
Black Heaven headquarters. A place where no intruder would ever be allowed under normal circumstances.
And yet, an uninvited guest in hanbok had appeared there.
"Ho ho, so this is where the little one's living? Or did they say he wasn't here?"
A tiny frame that barely reached an adult man's waist. In stark contrast, her hands clasped behind her back and her light footsteps exuded confidence.
The men couldn't move a muscle at the sight of her. They knew exactly what kind of monster stood before them.
"Tch, tsk tsk. This is why you young folks nowadays have no manners. If you don't have etiquette, at least have power—or if not that, some swagger."
Muttering words that didn't match her appearance at all, S-rank hero Kim Taejin shook her head.
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"Step aside or attack me. Pick one."
The men exchanged glances. Honestly, they didn't think they could win.
Black Heaven was an organization where power was justice. In other words, every member was hypersensitive to strength.
She's strong...!
Even Black Heaven's members couldn't gauge the depths of the power emanating from the figure before them. Just her walking alone let them feel its intensity. It was enough to make their knees buckle from the mere killing intent and pressure.
Monster. That was the only word to describe her.
"Tch, the heir struts around like he owns the place, but his underlings are like this? Should I go find him myself?"
At those words, the men assumed combat stances. No matter what, this was Black Heaven. They couldn't let an outsider pass without resistance. At the very least, they had to buy time until an executive arrived.
"Hup!"
The man in front drew up his mana. A sloppy attack wouldn't work. He had to go all-in with one strike.
The moment he was about to kick off—
...Huh?
Suddenly, his body was floating in the air. And the world itself had flipped upside down. No—he had been flipped.
"You're slow. Even flying through the air."
-BOOM!!
The man's body slammed into the floor in an instant. He could only twitch, unable to stand.
Watching this, the other men gulped. They couldn't believe what they'd just seen. They hadn't even noticed Kim Taejin approaching.
"This is just sad. I thought the heir's guys might put up a decent fight since he does, but you're all straight-up amateurs."
With that, Kim Taejin bared her teeth in a grin. The men involuntarily stepped back.
A humiliation unthinkable for Black Heaven members. But who could blame them, facing the beast before them?
It's not just a difference in level.
They couldn't even tell what had hit them. It wasn't even like a predator's hunt. To Kim Taejin, it was probably no more than brushing dust off her clothes.
"Hm, good. At least you're not running. That's praiseworthy for the little one's attendants—you need at least that much."
One step. Just that, and an immense pressure crushed down on their shoulders.
"Of course, I can't just let you bare your hostility at me like that!"
Kim Taejin moved to act. It was over. Everyone there thought so.
Until a certain woman burst out from behind.
-CLANG!!
The shadowy figure that appeared in a flash collided with Kim Taejin. A tremendous shockwave rattled the air. Some people were even blown back, unable to withstand it.
How many seconds passed in that natural-disaster-like moment? Kim Taejin stepped back slightly.
She flashed a sly smile at the woman now before her.
"Didn't expect the organization head to come out herself."
"If it's you, Kim Taejin, that's the least I can do."
The woman before her was Black Heaven's leader—Lee Seolhwa, Yujin's mother. Her signature icy gaze fixed on Kim Taejin.
Lee Seolhwa was a woman with an oddly seductive aura. Even wrapped tightly in black hanbok, it couldn't fully hide her stunning feminine beauty and figure.
Of course, no one there dared to lust after her.
"If you knew that, why didn't you come sooner?"
"I'd have if you'd given advance notice. We can't treat every intruder like a guest."
A tense chill hung between them. One side: a sleek beauty in black hanbok. The other: a tiny girl in white hanbok. Just standing there, they formed a stark contrast.
"Whatever. I'm here to talk today, after all."
"You say that after blowing away one of my men."
"I went easy. If I'd wanted, this place would've been a mountain of corpses."
Kim Taejin's words weren't bravado. If she'd meant it, she'd have gone beyond the people—leveled the building itself.
"Speaking of corpses, how's that mold doing?"
"Other than sharpening her blade for revenge after what you did, same as always."
The "mold" Kim Taejin referred to was one of Black Heaven's three S-rank heroes. Calling an S-rank hero "mold" was absurd—but Kim Taejin's power made it possible.
"So, what brings an S-rank hero who wrecked someone else's turf all the way to Black Heaven?"
"It's about the little one... no, Yujin."
"Yujin?"
For the first time, a flicker of surprise crossed Seolhwa's eyes. She'd never imagined that name coming up.
"What, you didn't even know I went to see him?"
"I knew. I just figured he wouldn't last a day."
That was her honest assessment. Anyone who knew Black Heaven and Kim Taejin's relationship would think the same.
"I was puzzled when he lasted a full week, but I didn't think he'd be to your liking."
"Still, he's your son—harsh review."
"I'm Black Heaven's head before I'm his mother."
Kim Taejin clicked her tongue, displeased. That's how Black Heaven worked. Connections, friendships, even blood ties meant nothing before power. Only the strong defined justice. That was Black Heaven's top priority.
"Well, all the better then."
"Better how?"
"I took him as my disciple."
For the first time, Seolhwa's expression changed. She stared at Kim Taejin with a face gone deathly cold.
"......What are you thinking?"
"No ulterior motives. He just grew on me."
It was the truth. Kim Taejin had initially planned to chase Yujin away. But he turned out better than expected—talent, personality, all top-notch. She wanted to teach him, Black Heaven be damned.
"You lot are always itching to kill off your heir. Didn't want to see a gem like that wasted."
"A week won't change much."
"But what if he learned Cheon-gong Shin-gwon?"
-RUMBLE!
The air crackled sharply the moment Kim Taejin finished speaking. The cause: the killing intent pouring from Lee Seolhwa.
The ever-icy woman was showing anger for the first time.
"You dare... teach that to Black Heaven's heir?!"
"Less taught, more like he picked it up on his own."
Black Heaven's leader had another name: Cheonma (Heavenly Demon). Diluted in the modern world without the martial sects, but among heroes, it meant one thing: overwhelming strength.
And the reason Black Heaven's leader was strong was her inheritance of the Cheonma's martial arts.
Cheonma Shin-gwon. That was the secret art passed only to Black Heaven's heads.
In response, Kim Taejin had developed Cheon-gong Shin-gwon.
"Heroes, heroes—you must think you're untouchable. We leave you alone not because we're weak."
"I know. But if it comes to that, I'll have to 'reluctantly' join the Hero Association. You wouldn't want that, right?"
The Hero Association was exactly what it sounded like: an organization managing and operating heroes. And Black Heaven's sole rival.
Kim Taejin personally disliked them and kept her distance, but if Black Heaven came at her seriously, she'd have no choice.
After glaring at Kim Taejin for a moment, Lee Seolhwa reined in her killing intent.
"......I'll need to think hard about this."
"Hm, despite your words, your son seems precious after all?"
"Don't misunderstand. It's only because he's the heir acknowledged by the predecessor. No personal feelings."
"Sure, sure. Of course."
This was a declaration of war.
-Your heir's my disciple now. What're you gonna do about it?
Just provocation. It would stir things up within Black Heaven. That was Kim Taejin's aim.
Not everyone's like Park Secretary, supporting the little one. Gotta weed out the opposition first.
To achieve big things, clear out internal enemies first. That was how she'd reform Black Heaven into something better.
Those were Kim Taejin's grand expectations for Yujin.
"Well, I'll be off then. Tell the little one I said hi."
Kim Taejin's body vanished in an instant.
Lee Seolhwa stared at the empty air for a moment before turning.
"Summon the executives immediately."
"Yes, ma'am!"
Black Heaven's heir had become Kim Taejin's disciple.
How the executives would take this... that was all on Yujin to handle.