I Am the Youngest Daughter of Murim’s Strongest, the Namgung Clan - Chapter 40
“Uwaaaa.”
“Ahee?”
“Uwaaahhh.”
Namgung Heeran burst into tears. Namgung Suryeon opened her eyes wide and tried to comfort Namgung Heeran.
However, in the meantime, Namgung Heeran’s gaze was focused on one place.
‘Damn, I got caught off guard!’
As she whined, she saw the look on the warrior’s face that gave a flash of bloodlust for a second.
She hurriedly tapped Namgung Suryeon. It’s a trap, Namgung Suryeon! We have to run away now!
Namgung Heeran’s stomach was pounding. However, Namgung Suryeon didn’t seem to notice at all…
“Shh, it’s fine. Ahee.”
Namgung Heeran’s heart beat violently as she held her close to her and muttered words in a barely audible voice.
“No matter what happens, I will protect you, so you don’t have to worry.”
Namgung Heeran’s eyes widened as if torn. She lifted Namgung Heeran up and whispered in a barely audible voice.
‘Even Namgung Suryeon knows that this is a trap.’
She was so bewildered and stunned. If she knew it was a trap, she should have avoided it, yet she stepped inside?
‘In case someone wonders if they’re siblings, Namgung Uncheon and Namgung Suryeon are useless and exactly alike!’
The warrior, who had been looking at her with cold eyes, was now looking around. Anyone could see that he was measuring the situation.
Namgung Heeran’s eyes sparkled. Soon she raised her voice and cried loudly.
“Huwaaaa!”
“It’s fine, Ahee. I’m here.”
What the hell is fine?! We have to either get out of here somehow or call someone! You even knew what would happen if we followed along like this!
As much as her soaring anger, her cry grew louder.
There was a time when she was crying and screaming as if she had stimulated her performance. The moment she felt the warrior touching his sleeves, looking for what he had hidden inside.
“Hey! Don’t stand there! You damn bastard! Where the hell has you gone!”
A boy in blue clothes with blades of grass on his hair was running across the street with a fierce look on his face.
Only then did Namgung Heeran feel relieved. Namgung Heeran, who was crying and screaming, looked sideways at the warrior.
She could see the man holding the dagger quickly putting his hand back as he touched the sleeve.
He hurriedly hid the secret in response to the unexpected appearance of a third party, yet thanks to this, Namgung Heeran was able to realize her situation.
[He said he had made a special request to the head of the Sichuan Tang Clan to come along to check on the Youngest Miss’ condition.]
She remembered what she heard earlier. At that moment, Namgung Heeran had an intuition.
‘This is targeting me.’
Kidnapping, at least. At most, assassination.
‘But if it were an assassination, they wouldn’t go through this trouble.’
Then the answer was clear. She didn’t know what they were after, yet they were trying to kidnap her.
‘No, I mean, why on earth! What did I do so wrong!’
Namgung Heeran was barely able to control her raging tantrum when she saw the boy in blue turning his head in her direction.
‘Did we make eye contact?’
Though it was true that he was staring straight in this direction, his gaze was strangely averted to say he was looking at her.
‘He’s not looking at me.’
It seemed that it would be more accurate to say that he was staring at Namgung Suryeon, not her. It was when Namgung Heeran turned her head to see Namgung Suryeon’s expression.
“Hey, there! You didn’t see that brat?”
“No, Young Master. I didn’t see it.”
When the warrior answered, the boy frowned and tried to disappear, and Namgung Heeran cried even harder.
Ugh, I don’t know. Let’s first avoid this crappy situation and then think about it further.
“Huwaaah!”
“What? A baby? If we go there, there won’t be a place to take a baby and rest, though?”
He was a boy whose rash and perverse attitude gave a strange sense of déjà vu. But that wasn’t what was urgent right now. Namgung Heeran cried even louder.
“Huh? Hey! Ain’t you stopping there!”
However, despite this, the boy must have found what he was looking for too late, he left his spot and ran off somewhere.
At the same time, as Namgung Heeran’s whining became more intense, the warrior eventually aimed the dagger at Namgung Su-ryeon’s neck.
“Quiet. You’d better stop the baby from crying, Miss. Else, I will make her unable to cry.”
Namgung Heeran gritted her teeth.
‘This son of a bitch.’
In a situation that was no different from being cornered, Namgung Heeran’s hands were clenched tightly.
“Shh, Ahee. It’s okay. Nothing will happen. I’m with you.”
There wasn’t a single tremor in her soft, song-like voice.
Namgung Heeran cried and watched Namgung Suryeon with her tearful eyes. Her worried eyes were full of concern only for Namgung Heeran, and there was no sign of her being scared or anxious.
Namgung Heeran, who was in tears, shouted inwardly.
‘Is it time for you to worry about me?! I don’t know what they’re up to, but you should worry about yourself first!’
If she’s the one they’re after, she, the target herself, may be spared, but she doesn’t know about Namgung Suryeon.
“It looks like my threat doesn’t sound like much.”
When Namgung Heeran’s cries didn’t subside despite Namgung Suryeon’s urgings, the warrior tried to put a dagger to Namgung Suryeon’s neck in an even more threatening manner.
It was then.
Clang.
The dagger in the warrior’s hand tumbled. The warrior’s face hardened, then he drew his sword.
Soon, with a loud sound that split the air, a man dressed in black appeared and pointed his sword at the warrior.
“How dare you point your sword at the Miss!”
However, the warrior skillfully blocked it and counterattacked. Blood burst out from the shoulder of the man dressed in black. Yet the warrior’s clothes were torn and fluttering, as if the man was also suffering.
Namgung Heeran’s eyes sparkled as she looked at the torn pieces of cloth flying along with thick dust.
‘That… I think that will fall into my hands, though?’
Among them was a piece of cloth with a familiar pattern engraved on it.
‘I have to catch it!’
It was a golden opportunity to find out who the kidnapper was. Namgung Heeran stretched out her hand with all her might.
‘If I miss this time, it’s over.’
There was no way Namgung Suryeon would let her go in this chaotic situation. A piece of cloth caught on the tip of her writhing finger. Namgung Heeran clenched her right hand tightly.
‘I must never miss it.’
I will definitely get revenge with this. I’ll search you through. Namgung Heeran gritted her teeth inwardly.
Meanwhile, a loud shout rang out.
“Right now! Please go to the Patriarch right now, Miss!”
Namgung Suryeon, who was looking at the man with her eyes mixed with suspicion and wariness, immediately hugged Namgung Heeran tightly and started running.
Shoot.
Namgung Heeran’s eyes widened. The moment she wondered where the faint bloody smell was coming from, she saw that the clothes around Namgung Suryeon’s shoulders were turning red.
It seemed that he even threw another dagger. And Namgung Suryeon seemed to have endured it without a single groan.
Clang. Clang, clang.
The sound of blades clashing and the loud sound of a sword cutting through the air continued to be heard.
That was when the sound of swords clashing gradually became distant and the tension eased.
‘I can’t hear the sound of swords clashing!’
The moment she realized that fact, Namgung Heeran stopped breathing as she felt herself floating and those arms hugging her a little more tightly.
Something pushed Namgung Suryeon. She rolled around several laps loudly.
“Are you okay, Ahee?”
Heat boiled up inside Namgung Heeran, who felt Namgung Suryeon’s desperate efforts to prevent the baby from getting hurt even just a little bit.
‘Her shoulders are even hurt, but why?! Why is she acting like this without knowing how precious her body is?!’
It was an unbecoming choice for a well-bred young lady. Even in that situation, she didn’t let out a single groan and didn’t lose her composure.
The ornaments that adorned her head were broken and scattered, her hair was matted and covered in dust. Her cheek was also scratched as if it had been rubbed on the floor.
‘The smell of blood has become thicker. Has the wound gotten wider?’
Although it was hard to tell because of the dark blue color, she could see that the amount of blood from the wound on her shoulder had increased compared to before.
“It seems my threats weren’t enough, Miss.”
“There’s no way someone from Namgung would point a sword at me, then I guess I’m not your miss, though? So stop saying that bullshit.”
Contrary to her bright smiling face, the attacker narrowed his eyes at the pouring verbal abuse.
“Contrary to what I heard, you have a rather foul mouth.”
“Thanks to someone.”
Namgung Suryeon laughed viciously. At that sight, Namgung Heeran’s mouth opened.
‘She’s been quiet this whole time. Why is she like this all of a sudden?’
It wasn’t a good idea to provoke an already extremely poisonous attacker. What if she gets hurt even more?
“It looks like the Miss in your arms is very precious, and I don’t want to hurt her, so you’d better obey me.”
“What do you want?”
“Please follow me obediently.”
Namgung Suryeon’s mouth twitched.
“Lead the way.”
Namgung Suryeon walked after the attacker. She was limping, as if she had sprained when she fell, so she could hardly gain speed.
‘If it weren’t for me.’
Namgung Suryeon wouldn’t have hurt this much. Namgung Heeran’s face was shaded.
“Ahee?”
In response, Namgung Heeran rubbed her cheek against Namgung Suryeon’s arms without answering the concerned question. Stupid, it’s not time to worry about me.
The warrior, who was looking at this with disapproval, spoke in a quarrelsome tone.
“You’d better hurry. Unless you want to see the Miss in your arms in danger.”
“What should I do, then? Even if you say that, is this the best I can do, you know?”
Namgung Suryeon responded crookedly. Namgung Heeran gave strength to her hand that was tightly holding Namgung Suryeon’s collar. Please bear with him just a bit!
Fortunately, there was no further confrontation between the two. Namgung Heeran breathed a sigh of relief.
‘Hmm?’
The face of Namgung Heeran, who was carefully memorizing the scenery around her as she was held in those arms, became strange.
‘Why does the way seem a bit familiar?’
Storyteller Lipzoldyck's Words
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