When the Black Moon Rises - Chapter 13
Chapter 13
“Young Lady……”
Youngsun called out to her, concerned, noticing how strange she was today.
Today, Sa Youngsun had seen the expression of Sa Yeonju, who had woken up after fainting, change to one that was so venomous.
The face that was scratching the floor with her fingernails while grinding her teeth was one that she could never have imagined Sa Yeonju could make.
“Young Lady, don’t worry. You have us by your side!”
Youngchae and Youngmu, having regained their senses after hearing Youngsun’s voice, chimed in as well.
“That’s right! Just trust us if anything were to happen. Whatever you order us to do, we will be sure to complete it.”
“What should we do? If you wish, we'll even grab that cousin of yours by the hair.”
‘Just what did that cousin of hers do to our young lady?’
They already didn't like the fact that their young lady was so lenient with that cousin, calling her sister.
Although there was nothing lacking in her manners and actions, when they watched her, they couldn't help but feel an unknown chill.
Even when there had been a few times where she had entered places where she shouldn’t have, the young lady had always defended her, saying that her friends had persuaded her to go with them, and that she hadn't been able to refuse.
‘But seeing how she’s acting today, I guess that wasn’t the case.’
The three sisters' gazes were similar, as if they all shared the same thought.
Listening to their voices, which were like a speech, Ju Sehwa smiled a little.
“You said I slept for two days?”
“Yes, Young Lady. You must be hungry. Shall we prepare you something to eat?”
“No. I’m going out, so get ready.”
“Yes? You’re going out?”
Even at a glance, her young lady’s condition did not seem normal.
‘And yet, she’s saying that she’s going out.’
Youngsun was shocked and tried to persuade her young lady.
“Young Lady. You were unconscious and sick for two days. Today-“
“No. I have to go out today, no matter what. Bring me some water to wash my face and clothes to change into.”
“Still, I’m too worried. Why don't you rest for just one more day, and go tomorrow. If it’s urgent, you can just order us to-“
“Youngsun.”
“Yes, Young Lady.”
“I don’t have any time. I have to go now no matter what, so if you’re worried, then come with me. Help me so that I don’t collapse.”
“……”
“Hurry. Bring me my clothes. I need to comb my hair again as well.”
Normally, the young lady, knowing that the three sisters would be worried and concerned, would have thought about it one more time, but for some reason, today, there was not even a tiny gap for any intervention.
Just what had happened to their young lady?
Youngsun was also worried about the trip to the Baek Clan, of course.
But it seemed that that wasn't the only reason why her young lady had changed like this.
Her eyes, which were once so transparent, now seemed to be stained with distrust and pain.
‘There’s definitely something there. If that wasn’t the case, the young lady, who had always understood and let go of the cousin’s misdeeds, wouldn’t have acted like this.’
She had been serving her young lady most closely, and yet she hadn't noticed anything at all until her young lady's heart had been hurt in this way.
‘This is all our fault for not serving the young lady properly.’
She shouldn’t stop her.
Youngsun nodded, saying, “Yes,” and helped her young lady prepare to go out with her sisters.
As she left the main gate, hot sunlight poured down upon Sehwa.
“Oh my. Isn’t it too dazzling?”
Someone's voice echoed familiarly in her ear.
A vision where a large hand seemed to spread over her eyes.
She slightly raised her gaze.
It seemed as if a remarkably beautiful man was looking at her kindly.
‘Why does this keep happening? I see that man even in my dreams. Why on earth do I keep having these unnecessary visions…….’
“……Clan Head.”
“Stay by my side; I'll cover you.”
It felt like he would say such things, ordering her to stay by his side as if it were natural.
“Young Lady!”
Startled by the hand that grabbed her shoulder, Sehwa turned her body.
Youngsun was calling out to her.
“Are you still not feeling well? Shall we prepare a palanquin for you?”
The voice that rang in her ears, and the vision of the tall man, had all disappeared.
Startled, she shook her head.
“No. If that was the case, I would have asked you to put on men’s clothes and ride a horse.”
She pulled her veil down to the tip of her eyebrows and walked out first into the sun-drenched street.
“There’s no need for a grand procession, so let’s walk like this.”
Before she had been dragged out to the execution grounds, she had been locked up in a secret dungeon.
Because of the terrible torture, she was not even in her right mind, and she had not even been able to properly tell the time.
And yet, to be able to go outside again under this bright sunlight, which was completely different from the eerie darkness of the flickering torches.
“……”
She was momentarily at a loss for words as she looked around the streets.
The sky was purely blue, and the faces of the people walking along the street were smiling.
The bright sunlight illuminated the path ahead without a single shadow.
Not believing in the calm and peaceful scene, Sehwa’s eyes became slightly wet.
‘Can this be real? That I’ve been given a second chance like this?’
She hadn’t even thought about something like this.
She walked forward through the middle of the warm path, leading the three sisters.
She bit her lips tightly. The tears that had welled up wet her cheeks a little.
Time had turned back.
Time, had turned back.
A dry wind raged along the riverbank, where autumn was near.
Was it because the dry season was fast approaching? The entire plain was filled with a warm heat.
The plain that the Baek Clan had once so yearned for was unfolding before his eyes.
But Baek Giha’s eyes were not taking in any of the surrounding scenery.
Whirr-.
The massive warhorse whinnied and stomped roughly on the soft ground.
That’s right. A strange confrontation was continuing at this riverbank of the Central River in the Mystic Realm.
‘This is a time when I should be rushing, and yet I’m stuck here.’
The passage to the human realm was right in front of his nose, and yet.
Baek Giha, who had been forced to stop, let out a low breath with a cold expression.
‘I don’t know when the wedding was held. Surely, she hasn't already left the human realm and returned to the Ju Clan?’
The more uneasy his heart became, the more uneasy his warhorse also became.
The warhorse’s rough stomping repeatedly hit the ground.
Baek Giha, who had been repeatedly clenching and unclenching his fists, which showed his anxiety, could no longer stand it and jumped off his horse.
Having left his warhorse to wait, he walked towards the Ju Clan’s outpost that was guarding the passage.
“I have a request. Could you give me a bow and writing materials, so that I can write a letter?”
“……A bow, you mean?”
The soldiers at the outpost were already aiming their bows at him.
But he was a divine beast.
That meant that no force or weapons could work on him. Therefore, even if they shot an arrow, there was no way for them to expect that it would hit him.
Even so, they couldn't do nothing.
‘And yet he's asking us to give this to him as well? Are we supposed to try to fend off a beast with our bare hands?’
He had said that he was going to write a letter, so they could understand the need for writing materials.
But why a bow?
At his incomprehensible request, the leader of the outpost replied from above the outpost wall with a tense expression.
“I am sorry, but as this is a serious matter, I hope you can understand that we can't do anything without an order from the clan.”
“Writing materials and a bow are not a problem, are they?”
“If that’s the case, then why do you need a bow in addition to writing materials, Clan Head?”
Only then did Baek Giha realize that he had been so rushed that he had temporarily forgotten that a bow could be a weapon.
Furthermore, with the Baek Clan’s characteristic of controlling the wind, a bow was the weapon that could show their greatest power.
‘……Ah.’
He rubbed his dry throat somewhat awkwardly.
He had not thought about it at all since he had not felt any sense of danger even though they were pointing their weapons at him.
And that was because, as a divine beast, he had no restrictions on his powers.
His entire body was overflowing with spiritual power that allowed him to use even a small pebble that he picked up as a murder weapon.
Since everything he touched could become a weapon, it was not unusual for a bow not to seem special to him.
‘Even if I’m in a hurry, I should have brought a bow with me. What a fool I am.’
He looked down at the ring that he was wearing and then took it off.
‘I don't think they'll just give it to me. What should I do then.’
Baek Giha, who had been hesitant, gave a proper notice to the outpost wall first.
“It doesn’t seem like you will give it to me normally, so I shall be excused for a moment.”
“?”
The soldiers could not even properly understand what he had said.
It was then.
He stepped onto the massive outpost wall and leaped into the air.
He landed gently in front of the soldiers, who had become pale, in the blink of an eye.
“Baek Clan Head!”
He didn't need a lot of movement.
His arm moved momentarily like flowing water, but one of the warriors, who was closest to him, was sent tumbling to the ground.
Of course, after the bow that was in the warrior’s hand had been passed into Baek Giha’s hand.
Baek Giha stood on the high wall without any concern for those who were pointing their bows at him in fear.
He used his hair to insert the ring, which had spiritual energy on its edge, and fixed it in place. After that, he firmly aimed the tip of the arrow at something.
Baek Giha's body, which was in a perfect posture, stopped as straight as a spear.
‘Instead of me, you go first.’
“I hope that I am not too late.”
His muscles bulged as he drew the bowstring to its limit with force.
With a desperate prayer, he released the bowstring.
Ping-!
The sound of the bowstring being released was light, but the power that it contained was by no means light.
The arrow that had contained spiritual energy flew without hesitation towards the distorted gate of space.
The passage to the human realm, where she was.
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