Chapter 337
The Youngest Son of the Eunhae Trading Company Chapter 337
Chapter 337. This is a problem (6)
She answered my question with a forced smile.
“I know my fate. I won't live long. So...”
You can't live long because it's your fate?
How can that be?
If what you say is true, then it was my destiny to be brutally murdered by Captain Nangung in my previous life.
However, I believe that destiny can be changed.
Thanks to the sacrifice of the investigator, I am now living a different life, contrary to my destiny.
And there are others whose destinies have been changed because of me.
I reached out and wrote Miss Jaryeong's name on my eye. To be honest, it was a bit impulsive.
“This snow won't melt until the new year. So you'll live to be over 100 years old.”
She smiled softly and said,
“Thank you for saying that.”
With that, she reached out and gently touched her name written in the snow.
I could see the longing in her eyes.
It was a longing for life.
Even though she believed that death was her destiny, she still wanted to live.
I opened my mouth to speak to her.
“Miss, I believe that destiny depends on what a person does. Who knows? By writing your name in my eyes, I may have changed your destiny so that you will live to be over 100 years old.”
“I want to change my destiny too. But what if no matter what I do, my destiny doesn't change?”
Her question was tinged with resignation.
I answered with conviction.
“Even so, I will not give up on changing my destiny. It's not over until it's over.”
At that moment, her mother approached from behind.
“Are you tired? Why don't you take a break?”
But she shook her head lightly.
“I'm fine, Mother. Maybe it's because I'm looking at the snow, but I'm not tired today.”
There was indeed a slight color returning to her face.
Wait, her complexion... is she getting better?
“Is this all the snow?”
“No!”
I quickly shook my head.
“There are five more like this. Would you like me to bring you some more?”
“Yes. This time, I want to try making snowballs.”
I carefully put the first plate I had shown her into the box.
Then I took out another plate and placed it in front of her.
“Clinging snow can be colder than you think.”
“Yes, I'll keep that in mind.”
She gathered the snow in both hands and clenched them tightly.
“Ah! The snow is really clumping together!”
Miss Jaryeong's eyes widened and sparkled. She smiled shyly and said,
“Father, thank you so much for giving me snow as a gift.”
Her smile was so beautiful.
Even I was stunned.
It wasn't because she was beautiful.
It was her sincere gratitude that made her shine.
“Miss, even though it's beautiful and amazing, you shouldn't touch it for too long. It's quite painful if you get frostbite.”
“It's so hard to control myself.”
Saying that, she quickly took her hands off the snow.
“I'll leave the box with the snow and the cold device here. That way, you can touch the snow anytime you want.”
“Thank you.”
She bowed her head with a faint smile.
She certainly looked better than when he first saw her.
She had fainted from intoxication, so why did she look better now?
Was that even possible?
* * *
Eunseo-ho left, and Dongja-ryeong watched the servants carry away the box filled with snow.
“Jae-ryung, aren't you pushing yourself too hard?”
Her mother looked worried beside her. In fact, Dong Ja-ryung couldn't even stand for a moment.
A year ago, she was able to walk a little with support, but now she couldn't even take five steps without leaving her bed.
Honestly, just standing for a moment was a miracle.
“I'm fine.”
Realizing that her condition had improved, her mother breathed a sigh of relief.
“It must be nice to see snow.”
“Yes, Mother.”
She tilted her head.
“I feel strangely energized. I was struggling just a moment ago.”
It was a very strange feeling for Dong-ja-ryeong.
She had been feeling increasingly suffocated and had difficulty breathing. But now, as if by magic, she could breathe easily.
After talking with her for a while, her mother left the room to do her housework.
Alone again, she sat on the bed and looked out at the garden.
As expected of a place where so much effort had been put into it for her, the garden was filled with beautiful flowers.
“Ah!”
Then she saw something in front of her eyes.
It was...
Was it spring? Something white was fluttering like flower petals...
No, it wasn't.
It was whiter and shinier than flower petals. And it was piling up on the floor.
She was being showered with snow.
Not here, but somewhere else. And behind her stood her father, dressed in winter clothes.
Her father was facing the handsome young man she had seen today.
He looked very embarrassed.
Something made her smile at his expression.
A moment later, the garden came back into view.
A single tear fell from her eyes.
“My fate... has changed? How?”
In fact, Dong-ja had the ability to see the future.
It was only for a moment, but through this ability, she was helping her father.
She also knew that her intervention would change the future.
However, she couldn't change her own fate of becoming ill.
No matter what she did, her fate of dying this fall remained unchanged.
So, she gave up all hope.
That was why she had given up all hope.
“I want to change my destiny too. But what should I do if my destiny cannot be changed no matter what I do?”
The question she had asked Eun Seo-ho earlier was a complaint filled with resignation toward her unchangeable destiny.
Suddenly, she had a thought.
She wondered if her ability to see the future was the reason for her short life.
But her fate had changed.
Snow meant winter.
And it meant she could go north, where the snow was piling up.
In other words, it meant that she would become healthy.
Realizing this, she was so happy that she cried.
In fact, who would want to die like this?
She wanted to live. She wanted to live so much that she was overjoyed at her changed fate.
At that moment, she remembered the words of the young man named Eun Seo-ho that she had heard earlier.
“Miss, I believe that destiny depends on what a person does. Do you know? By writing your name in the snow, I may have changed your destiny so that you will live to be over 100 years old.”
And the words, “It's not over until it's over.”
She smiled without realizing it.
“Is that really true? But why did my destiny change? I didn't do anything.”
She didn't know how her destiny had changed.
But she was certain that Eun Seo-ho was the turning point.
* * *
Two days passed.
During that time, I carefully observed the people in this house. I was looking for someone from the Martial Alliance.
However, there was no one who looked like they belonged to the Martial Alliance.
Could they have already left?
Judging by Miss Jae-ryung's condition, she would die even if she received no further treatment, so they may have hidden her whereabouts.
I was reading a book at my lodgings to clear my complicated mind.
I wanted to prepare topics for conversation so that I could talk naturally with others when I met them.
People tend to like those who are easy to talk to.
That liking is the most important factor in whether a deal is concluded.
At that moment, Po Jeong-sa's attendant came to find me.
“Captain, the Po Jeong-sa is calling for you.”
“I understand.”
I followed the attendant to where the Po Jeong-sa was. However, he did not lead me to the Po Jeong-sa's office.
It was the main house.
“Is it okay for me to go in?”
“Yes. I was told to bring you in here.”
I tilted my head and entered, and soon saw the Pojeongsa standing in the garden.
“I heard you called me.”
“Come in. I'm sorry I haven't been able to take care of you.”
“No, it's fine. Thanks to you, I've been very comfortable.”
These days, the Pojeongsa had been very busy trying to crack down on the Insight Trading Company.
Thanks to the theft of equipment I had set up just in case, the request for favors that came to light was no small matter, and now the Insight Trading Company was being thoroughly investigated because documents had actually been falsified.
What would become of the Insight Trading Company?
Would it go bankrupt like in my previous life?
However, a company as large as the Five Star Trading Company would have prepared measures for situations like this.
If my guess is correct, it is likely that only a few people, including a man named Maeng-yeom, who often hung out with Pyeong-tak, will be punished.
That is, unless something bigger than this is discovered.
“Do you have anything busy to do today?”
I smiled and replied to Po-jeongsa's question.
“No, I don't.”
“Good. Then would you like to have some tea with my daughter?”
“What?”
What are you talking about?
Martial artists and the upper class are not very strict, but government officials are different.
The magistrate is even a member of the royal family.
In such circles, unmarried women are very reluctant to get close to men who are not related to them.
Knowing that, I had no idea what he was up to.
When I looked at the Po-Jeong-Sa with a puzzled look, he waved his hand and said.
“I don't have any particular intention.”
“Yes...”
“My daughter asked me to let you see her one more time, so I'm just doing what she asked.”
At that moment, a maid came out from inside.
“Tea is ready.”
The Po-Jeong-Sa nodded and said to me,
“Follow the maid.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Oh, and about the tea and jujube... Keep it a secret.”
He kept it a secret, as expected.
“I will keep it in mind.”
With that, I followed the maid inside.
This was the reception room, quite a distance from Miss Jaryeong's quarters.
Could Miss Jaryeong have walked all the way here?
Just as I was thinking that, I heard a familiar sound.
Clatter, clatter.
It was the sound of a wheelchair rolling.
Soon, Miss Ja-ryeong entered the reception room in her wheelchair. I am glad to see your wheelchair here.
I felt proud that the wheelchair Gong-mil and I made was useful in a place like this.
“Please sit down.”
“Thank you.”
As I sat down, she asked gently.
“Is the tea to your liking?”
“It is very good tea.”
“The physician said that the tea I was drinking was bad for my health, so I am drinking a different kind.”
“I see.”
Earlier, you said that the Sect Leader of Emei asked you to keep the tea and jujube a secret.
Well...
Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.
If you know you are addicted to something, you may become even more ill as you worry about who poisoned you.
“I heard that the Captain of the Trading Company is famous for his tea.”
“That's right.”
We drank tea while chatting about this and that, and our conversation turned to my journey to obtain the snow.
“So you went all the way to the North Sea to get the snow?”
“Yes, I did.”
“That's amazing!”
I smiled awkwardly and glanced away.
Ugh...
The Po-jeongsa is truly an incorrigible man.
I realized this when he requested snow for his daughter this summer.
I tried to suppress my laughter and chuckled to myself.
There is a secret space in this reception room that cannot be seen from outside. The Po-jeongsa is eavesdropping on our conversation from there.
I couldn't help but laugh when I thought of Po Jeong-sa concentrating on what we were talking about in that small space.
Our tea time didn't last very long.
About half an hour?
Then I returned to my quarters.
* * *
After Eunseo-ho returned to his quarters and Dongja-ryeong returned to her room, she took off her veil.
Her face was slightly animated.
It was the same as when she met Eun Seo-ho two days ago.
“Ja-ryung.”
At that moment, Po-jeong entered the room and asked her.
“I did what you asked, but what are you thinking?”
“Father. My fate has changed.”
“What?”
Po Jeong-sa was shocked by her words. No treatment had been able to change his daughter's fate.
But now her fate had changed!
“Then is it true that my daughter is sick because she is addicted, as Captain Eun Seo-ho said?”
He carefully examined Dong Ja-ryeong's complexion.
She certainly looked healthier than before.
And she seemed unaware that she was poisoned.
He had ordered everyone around her to keep it a secret, and it seemed to be well-guarded.
Dongja-ryeong's ability to see the future was very limited and only possible for a moment, regardless of her will.
Even so, it was a great help to him.
Of course, Pojeongsa loved Dongja-ryeong not because of her ability, but because she was his daughter.
“I think the reason why my fate has changed is definitely because of Eun Seo-ho, the captain of the royal guards.”
She continued.
“That's not my ability, but something I feel myself. Strangely, when I see him, I don't feel as much pain.”
“I see.”
“And Father, I just saw another future.”
She said with a serious expression.
“I think we need to befriend Captain Eunseoho.”