Moon-Shadow Sword Emperor

Episode 248:

A private office exclusively for the branch leader within the Sacheon branch.

I was sitting at my desk doing some backlogged work, and when I felt a presence outside the door, I raised my head and said,

“Please come in.”

The door opened and a woman with dark skin entered the room.

Woo Hwa-yeon, the daughter of the Beast Prince.

When I asked her about her business as she came without any notice, I got an unexpected answer.

“Isn’t there something I can do?”

“What do you mean by that all of a sudden?”

“I’m bored because I’m stuck in my room every day. “I don’t have anything special to do and I can’t go out without permission.”

“……”

As Woo Hwayeon said, there wasn’t much she could do at the Sacheon branch.

In a way, it was natural for her to feel bored with her repetitive daily life.

“I will make time for you soon.”

“Thank you for your kind words, but that’s not what I want to ask you to do. “That cannot be a solution to the fundamental problem.”

“……?”

“Are you sure you don’t want to ask me to do some work?”

“Are you really saying that you want to work as a leader of the branch?”

“yes. From my position, it may be difficult to be recognized as a blind disciple, but…”

“It’s impossible.” “It is not something I can decide at my personal discretion.”

Instead of treating the princess of the Beast Palace as a guest of honor, they make her the leader of the Murim Alliance?

It was a request that could never be granted.

Woo Hwa-yeon would have known well what it meant politically.

“Then wouldn’t it be okay if we just share the branch manager’s personal work? “I am confident in my administrative work.”

Woo Hwayeon comes up with an alternative as if she’s been waiting for it.

Apparently, this was the goal from the beginning.

As I watched her waiting for an answer with a calm smile on her lips, I felt puzzled.

‘I don’t know why you’re going through all the trouble.’

It wasn’t that I didn’t particularly trust Woo Hwayeon.

It was safe to assume that she, living alone in a distant, foreign land, would not stab me, her guardian, in the back.

But apart from that, I couldn’t help but have doubts.

It would have been easier to understand the situation if he had made a fuss to find a friend or to provide an exclusive escort.

But please share the work.

Are you looking to increase your standing within the branch?

Otherwise, is there a reason to show off to me?

“There is no one in the Sacheon branch who would point out that Sojeo is lounging around with nothing to do.”

“…That somehow makes me feel bad.”

“May I ask why you are asking such a request?”

“If I help reduce the workload, wouldn’t the branch manager be able to devote that much time to me?”

“So, you’re asking me to hang out with Soje often from now on to help you with the work?”

I smiled and put down the brush in my hand.

The reason was that it was much lighter than expected.

‘Well, there’s no reason to refuse.’

It was quite an attractive offer.

An increase in the number of workers is a welcome thing.

There was nothing more to say if the subject could be exploited without pay.

“great.”

I answered with a simple nod and handed her a bundle of documents.

Woo Hwayeon took the document with a puzzled expression, examined its contents, and asked.

“what is this?”

“These are the documents that need to be processed by today.”

“…I want to ask why you are giving this to me now.”

“Didn’t you ask us to share the work? If you have any questions, please ask. “I will explain it to you step by step.”

I guess I never thought that I would be given a job so suddenly.

Woo Hwayeon looked at me and the documents in turn with a blank expression.

“I will give you a brush and a seal. “You can sit there and take a look.”

“……yes.”

“Oh, if you want, I will get a new desk soon and place it in the corner over there. “To make it easier to work.”

“…….”

* * *

Two days later, noon.

While having a meal with Cheon Ga-ryeong at a guesthouse near the Sacheon branch, I said something out of the blue.

“Cheon Sojeo.”

“why?”

“Would you like to take a blindness test?”

“What does that mean all of a sudden?”

“You can’t occupy the branch room forever, right?”

“Is there any reason not to? You, not anyone else, are the branch manager. “Don’t you have that level of authority?”

“I don’t want to abuse my power for something like that. “Wouldn’t it be great if there was a proper cause like the princess of the Beast Palace?”

“So, would you rather become a leader and sit in the Sichuan branch?”

“yes.”

“You haven’t forgotten that I am the leader of Hao Mun, have you?”

“I understand that there is no law prohibiting Haomun’s leaders from joining the alliance.”

“There’s no law saying you can’t do it. Instead, I would have to ask Master Moon’s permission.”

“Anyway, if I move to Maeng’s headquarters in the future, Sojeo will have to come along. “I don’t think it would be a bad idea to become a blind sword in advance in preparation for that time.”

“…It’s not a matter I can decide on my own. First, I will tell Lord Moon and ask for permission.”

“All right.”

I nodded, put down my chopsticks, tilted my tea cup, and cleared my throat.

After eating a full meal, it was time to return to work.

Cheon Ga-ryeong, who wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, stood up and spoke.

“They said the traders arrived in Sacheon.”

“Is that so?”

“You said you just set foot in Guangyuan, so wouldn’t you probably arrive in Chengdu within three days?”

“Is the recruitment of the excavation team going smoothly?”

“well. “I’m not sure, but they say they’ve found more than half of the people they need.”

“It’s faster than I thought.”

“Haomun, the best intelligence group in the Central Plains, is directly recruiting people, so it has to be quick.”

Things were progressing steadily.

Jeolyeong-gaek and Seo Ho-seon’s identity laundering and preparations to attack Muyeongsintu’s Bi-dong.

“Has there been no significant movement from the Demonic Cult yet?”

“huh. “I don’t know why, but they say there’s still no sign of movement.”

“The sects and families of Cheonghae…”

“It’s been a long time since they were completely taken over by the Demonic Cult.”

I rubbed my chin and narrowed my eyes.

This was the part I was most concerned about at this point.

I couldn’t figure out why the Demonic Church, which had already finished stabilizing the area, was crouching down.

I shook my head, shook off my thoughts, and left the guesthouse with Cheon Ga-ryeong.

While chatting about various things, Cheon Ga-ryeong suddenly spoke as if making an invitation.

“Oh, by the way, I heard that a black city will open in Sacheon soon. “Why don’t you go together?”

“great.”

I nodded without any hesitation.

It was an offer that there was no reason to refuse.

The first time I visited Heuksi, I got the Xiaomingdan (小明丹), and the second time I visited, I got the Gongcheong Petroleum.

I was already looking forward to what I would discover this time.

“This is a gift from me.”

“……?”

When I accepted the item that Cheon Ga-ryeong handed me, my eyes widened.

She asked, narrowing her eyes as if she liked that reaction.

“Do you like it?”

“Didn’t you say you couldn’t give it to me because it was owned by a clan?”

“I proposed it during a leadership meeting. How about lending the golden plaque to the Heavenly Dragon indefinitely? “It seems to be accepted more obediently than I thought?”

A proof plaque symbolizing the guests of Heuksi.

Among these, the golden certificate was issued only to special guests, and its value was indescribably high.

It was not something that could be obtained simply by having a lot of money.

“I will accept it gratefully.”

I was worried that Cheon Ga-ryeong might change his mind, so I quickly kept the golden plaque in my arms.

I thought, what kind of windfall is this?

A swallow that had been away from its nest for a long time came asking for gold and a land certificate.

“If you’re grateful, maybe buy a high-quality memorization from Heuksi later and give it to me as a gift.”

“Would you mind having one? “I’ll buy you at least ten.”

* * *

A month has passed.

Sweltering heat hit Sacheon.

I stretched out while looking back at the sweaty workers climbing the mountain.

The current location of the group is A’an, Sichuan Province.

Finally, the day to attack Muyeongsintu’s Bidong has arrived.

Damun, who was looking for the entrance while looking at the grocery store, tapped the ground with his toe and said.

“This is the place.”

As soon as the instructions were given, the workers began digging the ground.

Soon, a huge iron gate appeared in the middle of the empty lot.

Boom!

I knocked on the iron door with my hand and let out a soft exclamation.

It was an item made by mixing ink and iron.

Although it wasn’t entirely made of ink iron, I couldn’t help but feel surprised by its large size.

I couldn’t even imagine how much money it would have cost to build a gate of this size.

“Huh.”

“I’m speechless because it’s so absurd.”

“Should we say that the legacy left behind by Muyeongsintu is the sleeping Bidong?”

“I could make a lot of money just by taking off that door and selling it.”

“If we successfully attack a ruin this size, there will be a lot of things that will fall on us, right?”

“Don’t be greedy. Expensive things belong to the high-ranking people. “If you don’t want to make a fuss, don’t even dream of doing anything foolish.”

“I can’t say anything about that.”

The conversation between the workers reached my ears.

A middle-aged man, one of the experts saved by Hao Wen-ju, asked as he held the handle of the iron door in his hand.

“Can I open it?”

“no. “Not only is it locked tightly, but if you try to force it open, the internal mechanisms will activate and the entire entrance will collapse.”

In fact, in the history of previous lives, the attack was greatly delayed because the entrance to Bidong disappeared without a trace.

The dejected expressions on which the warriors of Hebei Paengga, who had worked hard to secure the sacred items and bring them back, looked at the collapsed entrance to Bidong still remained in my memory.

“How can I do it?”

“Please wait a moment.”

I handed Damun the wooden armor I had brought with me.

Damun opened the lid of the wooden armor, took out the items inside, and started walking around the iron door, looking for something.

“That…”

“Incense burner?”

“What are you thinking?”

A question appeared in the eyes of those watching.

They seemed to not understand why they had taken out an item that could only be used in ancestral rites at this point.

“…….”

Have we finally found the hidden secret device?

Damun sat down and began to observe the floor closely.

Some time passes.

He lightly shook off the dust and slammed his fist on the iron door.

While the middle school students turned around in shock, the sound of a clanging machine echoed throughout the area.

Part of the iron door opened, creating a small space.

Damun placed the incense burner into the space without hesitation.

Immediately after, something amazing happened.

Kukukukuk!