Geomhu Stripped Bare: The Prophecy Awakens
Before Seolyeonah closed her eyes for the final time, she spoke words that held no meaning to her disciple Marianne, who had come to keep vigil at her deathbed. A noble one would appear before Marianne Nahoja. By that noble one's hand, the Nine Yin Severed Meridians would be cured.
It was like a prophecy. "The noble one who will save you will possess it... so remember this well." She even taught her the signs by which to recognize that noble one.
"I understand, Master. I will wait for that noble one without forgetting. So please, rise. This Marianne cannot yet let you go."
She did not believe it. The Nine Yin Severed Meridians was an illness her master Seolyeonah herself had declared incurable. Yet because her master spoke differently on the verge of death, Marianne simply played along, thinking the dying woman was seeing hallucinations.
"Yes... now I can rest easy... after passing it on to you..." Seolyeonah smiled with relief. In truth, she had already felt the last spark of her life extinguish, but she clung desperately to it. She endured until her disciple came to find her. She had to deliver those words no matter what. And now that she had passed them on and received her beloved disciple's promise, Seolyeonah could finally close her eyes.
With a soft sound, Seolyeonah's eyes shut. "Master... uuuu..." Marianne wept bitterly in her master's embrace.
"Mmm..." Marianne slowly opened her eyes on the bed, a damp cloth resting on her forehead.
"Oh! You've regained consciousness, Lady Geomhu!" Geum Taeyang, who had been waiting right beside her, responded in an exaggerated voice.
"It seems this lady... fainted..."
"Yes. While you were asking me questions in the training hall, you suddenly staggered and collapsed right there."
"Ah..." Marianne glanced around at the ceiling and surroundings. Confirming that this was her own room and that she was lying on the bed, Geum Taeyang explained what had happened in the training hall.
"It appears the Great Khan brought this lady here and nursed her."
"Haha! Of course. When Lady Geomhu collapsed, that was only natural."
"Thank you..." Having grasped the situation, Marianne expressed her sincere gratitude to Geum Taeyang.
"Was it because you overexerted yourself while your body wasn't well?"
"Mmm... you could say that..." Geum Taeyang already knew everything, but asked in a roundabout way for form's sake. At his question, Marianne seemed to hesitate.
"If you have something to say, please speak freely. Is there something you need me to do?"
"Well..." Seeing Marianne's condition in his eyes as well, Geum Taeyang immediately urged her to speak her mind while gently prodding her buttocks.
"I only mentioned anemia in passing, but in truth, this lady has a deeper illness."
Marianne seemed to want to tell Geum Taeyang more detailed information about her chronic condition.
"Is that so? As I thought... I also felt it wasn't simple anemia..."
What a truly cunning male Geum Taeyang was. He displayed tremendous acting skills, adding timely reactions to Marianne's confession.
"You wouldn't have heard of it. This lady has a chronic condition called the Nine Yin Severed Meridians."
Thus Marianne mentioned the Nine Yin Severed Meridians.
"Nine Yin Severed Meridians???"
He knew, but there was no way he would admit it. Geum Taeyang made a fuss, acting as though he had no idea what the illness was but that the name alone sounded ominous.
"Such a reaction is perfectly understandable. Even the continent's most renowned physicians and mages couldn't grasp this lady's illness. It's a condition I've had since I was very young."
Smiling faintly, Marianne grinned at Geum Taeyang's vivid reaction.
"My master diagnosed it and told me the name and symptoms. She said it was an illness where powerful yin energy crushes the blood meridians, gradually weakening the body until it leads to death."
Afterward, as if letting out a quiet sigh, she told him about her terrible symptoms.
"Th-that can't be!" Geum Taeyang acted shocked. "So the Seolhwa Phantom Sword is keeping it in check..."
"Ah, so it won't progress any further?"
"That's correct, Great Khan."
"Phew... that's truly fortunate, Lady Geomhu..."
Because Geum Taeyang was so surprised, Marianne explained the relationship between the Seolhwa Phantom Sword and the Nine Yin Severed Meridians to reassure him.
"I don't know much about it, but even in barbarian society there are occasional customs that speak of yin and yang energy."
"Is that so?"
"The Mohican tribe is a prime example. That's why the Mohican tribe classifies foods according to yin and yang energy each season and eats them separately."
"Ahh..." He casually slipped in knowledge of yin and yang from the Mohican tribe.
'So that's why the Great Khan understood the Seolhwa Phantom Sword so quickly...?' Geum Taeyang's insertion made Marianne's eyes, which had been listless from lack of energy, open a little wider. Perhaps she was thinking that Geum Taeyang might be the noble one her master Seolyeonah had spoken of.
"But Nine Yin Severed Meridians... I've never heard of it at all." However, in the end Geum Taeyang shook his head at the mention of the Nine Yin Severed Meridians.
"Yes... of course... Master also said it was an extremely rare illness..."
Geum Taeyang was dynamically gripping and shaking Marianne's desperate heart. Marianne, who had been expecting something, nodded slowly at Geum Taeyang's denial, as if accepting it.
"By the way, the fact that you learned the Seolhwa Phantom Sword is somewhat displeasing from this Marianne's perspective. It's a secret technique that should never be passed on to just anyone. Yet you acquired it so easily."
Marianne changed the subject. From her standpoint, the fact that the Seolhwa Phantom Sword had been copied was something that definitely needed to be addressed and moved past.
"Mmm, so what should I do? It just happened to turn out that way. Would it be enough if I never use it again? That might be difficult, though..."
Geum Taeyang's acting knew no bounds. If it were his original personality, he would have said something like "Fuck, I'm just that amazing, what can I do?" But right now he was playing the perfect host tailored to the main heroine Geomhu Marianne.
"That's fortunate." Smiling faintly, Marianne, who had been creating an atmosphere as if she were about to scold him, showed a warm smile. "Because someone with as noble a heart as the Great Khan possesses such talent and has accepted the precious Seolhwa Phantom Sword that my master passed down."
Acquiring a secret technique without permission? From the perspective of someone who guarded that secret, it was more than enough reason to draw a sword. But if that person was worthy enough, the story changed. Marianne felt that if it was Geum Taeyang, she could permit him to have the Seolhwa Phantom Sword, which was more precious to her than her own life.
"Thank you for acknowledging me! I will use it for the continent! For the Mohican tribe! And for the friendship with the Grace Kingdom!"
"Then from now on, the Great Khan has become an external successor to our sect's techniques. Please continue to train diligently."
"I will do so, Lady Geomhu!" Geum Taeyang clasped his hands together in a flashy display of gratitude, as if performing a martial arts salute.
Since Geum Taeyang had not learned it through proper instruction, the relationship between Marianne and Geum Taeyang could not become that of master and disciple. In Marianne's eyes, Geum Taeyang had already surpassed the stage of needing teaching. Therefore, she treated him as an external successor who had acquired the techniques while outside the sect.
"Now I will enter the Seolhwa Yin-Yang Circulation Technique. It will be somewhat difficult to see the Great Khan off tomorrow in a healthy state, but I must do so."
The Seolhwa Yin-Yang Circulation Technique could be called a circulation method tailored specifically to the Nine Yin Severed Meridians. It was not a normal form of circulation but rather one akin to entering hibernation.
"Once this begins, it will be difficult for me to respond except when my body is threatened. So I would like the Great Khan to look after Josephina's sleepwalking condition in my stead."
"I will do so, Lady Geomhu." The Seolhwa Yin-Yang Circulation Technique was a circulation method that severed all connection to everything except threats, like entering deep hibernation. Since she had to enter it immediately to see Geum Taeyang off tomorrow, there was no time to call servants. That was why Marianne was entrusting the care of her disciple's sleeping habits to Geum Taeyang.
Click! After Geum Taeyang left the room, Marianne let out a quiet sigh. 'Was it not him after all...?'
'The Great Khan's eyes showed he knew nothing about the Nine Yin Severed Meridians. He is clearly a special person, but it seems he is not that noble one...' She had not believed her master Seolyeonah's final words, but Geum Taeyang's existence was tempting in many ways. And so, mustering her courage when her body was in poor condition, she had tested him, but Geum Taeyang's reaction had been "Nine Yin Severed Meridians? I don't know about that?" Logically speaking, if someone was the noble one who could cure Marianne's Nine Yin Severed Meridians, they should at least know about the Nine Yin Severed Meridians.
'That aside, he truly was an extraordinary person... Now I should enter the mental technique...' With a soft sound, Marianne finally lay down on the bed and entered the Seolhwa Yin-Yang Circulation Technique.
At that moment, Geum Taeyang thought, 'Even after skinship occurred, [Fortuitous Encounter Monopolization] didn't trigger.' The foolish acting from earlier was nowhere to be seen; instead, his face was filled with schemes as he sat outside Marianne's room.
Geum Taeyang had pretended not to know about the Nine Yin Severed Meridians for a reason. What good would it do to know? He needed to know the method of treatment. That was why Geum Taeyang had to attempt skinship with Marianne.
'I touched her butt, held her hand, and even touched her breasts while carrying her, but the [Fortuitous Encounter Monopolization] notification didn't appear.' He had expected that once skinship occurred, [Fortuitous Encounter Monopolization] would trigger and reveal the method to resolve the Nine Yin Severed Meridians. But [Fortuitous Encounter Monopolization] had not activated.
However, 'Thousand-Mile Insight did activate. It showed where to touch for [Fortuitous Encounter Monopolization] to trigger.' When Geum Taeyang's consciousness focused on Marianne's Nine Yin Severed Meridians and [Fortuitous Encounter Monopolization], Thousand-Mile Insight gave him a subtle hint.
'I can already feel tremendous cold energy from beyond the door. So... I should go in after about 30 minutes?' Marianne's door was closed. And the reason it had to remain closed was transmitted to Geum Taeyang's entire body. Once the Seolhwa Yin-Yang Circulation Technique began, the cold energy of the Nine Yin Severed Meridians was being transmitted to the hallway even through the closed door. If the door had been left open, a chilling wind would have been blowing fiercely.
'It's not called hibernation for nothing. Normally during circulation techniques one perceives everything happening around them, but with the Seolhwa Yin-Yang Circulation Technique, once you go deep you enter an unconscious state. I need to aim for that moment.' Geum Taeyang was determined to trigger [Fortuitous Encounter Monopolization] by making a move on Marianne. He was confident that when she entered a full hibernation state, Marianne would feel no threat from him whatsoever.
The reason? "Kekeke! It's time... Come forth, Life Tree Cloak!" Geum Taeyang possessed the legendary artifact, the Life Tree Cloak. By utilizing its [Silence Bioluminescence], it would be completely undetectable. It was for this that Geum Taeyang had wandered the mansion like a pervert on the first night.
'Time to play invisible man...' With a soft sound, Geum Taeyang first activated cloaking. 'Teleport!' —Shuuuung! Using Selendis's teleport, he entered Marianne's room without opening the door.
Whoosh...! Whoosh...! 'Frost has formed on the windows!' The curtains fluttered in the cold wind, and frost had formed on the windows. Marianne was expelling the yin energy that had surged through the Seolhwa Yin-Yang Circulation Technique outside. However, Geum Taeyang easily withstood this cold using the tremendous legendary item Selendis.
'Phew...! This is nerve-wracking.' Approaching the bed, Geum Taeyang looked down at Marianne, who had entered hibernation, and took a deep breath. 'I have to touch a sleeping woman's pussy.'
That was right. The trigger point for [Fortuitous Encounter Monopolization] that Thousand-Mile Insight had conveyed was none other than Geomhu Marianne's twenty-eight-year-old virgin pussy.
'Alright... this is all to treat Lady Geomhu's Nine Yin Severed Meridians. So you shouldn't think of me as a bad person.' With a soft sound, the blanket was already pulled back, and Geum Taeyang began stripping off Marianne's upper garments as well as her lower garments. Why strip her entire body when he only needed to touch her pussy? 'Fuck, our Lady Geomhu's body is incredible.'
A sleeping woman—how could the dopamine addict Geum Taeyang simply pass by such incredible content? Geum Taeyang ultimately stripped the sleeping Marianne completely naked and shuddered with excitement.