Chapter 339
The Youngest Son of the Eunhae Trading Company Chapter 339
Chapter 339. Things Gone Astray (2)
Po-jeong-sa retorted to Baek-baek-hwa's words.
“How would you know that? How could we know?”
I nodded in agreement because I felt the same way. I asked Baek-baek-hwa.
“Is there a reason you are asking?”
“Well... Judging from your daughter's symptoms, it's already too late to do anything.”
“What?”
“Judging from her symptoms, she won't make it through this fall.”
“....”
“However, after checking her pulse, I found that the progression has stopped. In fact, her condition has improved. She can be treated.”
“....”
We were speechless for a moment.
Is that possible?
That must be why Baekbalhwa asked us.
Pojungsa thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“All we did was stop her from drinking the tea she had been drinking.”
“If you consume Mugak for about three years, the poisoning will progress even if you stop consuming it.”
“Ah! Now that you mention it, there is snow.”
“Snow... Do you mean the snow falling from the sky? But this is...”
Baekbalhwa looked puzzled. It was understandable, as this was a region where it never snowed.
Po Jeongsa pointed at me.
“I asked Eunseoho, the captain of the North Sea, and he brought snow from the North Sea.”
“Ah, so that's why Young Master Eunseoho is here.”
“Yes. Thanks to him, we were able to identify the Young Mistress's symptoms.”
I continued gently.
“I believe that the heavens have recognized the heart of the Chief of the Royal Guard, who cares so deeply for his daughter.”
“I'm embarrassed.”
The Chief of the Royal Guard cleared his throat and continued.
“When will you begin treatment?”
“We will begin immediately.”
“Please take good care of my daughter.”
“Yes. I will do my best. And if you don't mind, after I finish today's work, may I take a look at the snow that Mister Eunseoho brought?”
* *
Pojeongsa returned to his office.
He sat down in his chair and recalled what had happened two months ago before he left for Beijing.
Dong-jae-ryeong sat on his bed with a pale face and said to him.
“Father, my fate... will not change.”
“No, Jae-ryeong. Your fate can definitely change.”
“I'm going to stop struggling now.”
“...
”I wanted to go to Beijing with you this winter to see the snow, but I don't think I can.“
”Jaryeong...“
”Oh, when you go to Beijing, listen carefully to the advice of the scholars. That will help you get what you want.“
”I understand."
She nodded to Po-jeongsa and handed him a book.
“What is this?”
“It's a book I wrote about things that will happen in the future.”
It was a kind of prophecy.
“I wrote it in the hope that it would be helpful to you.”
Even as he was dying, he was moved by his daughter's thoughtfulness. However, he scolded her for being so considerate.
“You foolish girl! You must have worked too hard writing this in your condition! Don't you realize that this will reduce the number of people who can help us?”
“I was short-sighted, Father. I'm sorry.”
“Huh! I'm leaving.”
With that, he quickly left his daughter's room.
He didn't want to show his tears in front of his daughter.
If he cried, she would be upset.
He left for Beijing and went to study.
While he was busy with his work, he suddenly remembered what his daughter had said.
At that moment, his study manager asked him,
“Why do you look so gloomy?”
He told him about his worries, and his study assistant recommended the Eunhae Trading Company to him.
He accepted his study assistant's advice because of his daughter's advice.
If he hadn't, he would have naturally asked one of the trading companies in Gyeongju.
The trading company would have tried harder to find a solution, and he would have been able to repay them.
However, Eunhaesang Trading Company found the medicine faster than expected.
And thanks to accompanying Eun Seo-ho, who had brought the medicine, he learned that Dongja-ryeong had been poisoned.
According to Baekpalhwa's words today, Dongja-ryeong would not have survived past autumn.
However, something stopped the poison from progressing, making treatment possible.
The only unusual things were that she had touched the snow and talked to Eun Seo-ho.
There were two reports that Dongja-ryeong's complexion had improved, and there was only one thing in common between them.
That was that she had talked to Eun Seo-ho up close.
He thought that his daughter, who was also a woman, must have reacted that way to Eun Seo-ho's handsome face.
However, thinking about it now, it seemed that it was not simply for that reason.
“Yeon-gyeok.”
“Yes, my Liege.”
At his call, his bodyguard standing at the door entered the room.
“You said so before, didn't you? That Eun Seo-ho is not an ordinary person.”
“Yes, that's right.”
“What exactly did you say at that time?”
“I said that it was probably Eun Seo-ho's martial arts skills that allowed him to transport his eyes from the North Sea to here without them melting.”
“That's right. But isn't it true that he was helped by a magical artifact?”
“Yes. That's why I took a closer look at the artifact. And in my opinion, it wasn't a magical artifact.”
“It wasn't a magical artifact?”
“That's right.”
He said with conviction.
“I think that artifact is some kind of trick. Judging from the energy contained in it, which is the same as that of Captain Eun Seo-ho, I think he put his own energy into it.”
Yeon-gyeok, the bodyguard of the Pojeongsa, is a martial artist at the peak of his powers.
However, he was quite sensitive to energy, even more so than others, and his level was comparable to that of the highest masters.
“In my opinion, Captain Eun Seo-ho has surpassed the peak of his abilities. However, judging from the fact that he has not yet been able to completely control his energy, it seems that he has only recently reached the peak.”
“What? At that age?”
“It is certainly quite remarkable.”
Yeon-gyeok continued.
“As far as I know, whether it is the energy of Yang or the energy of Gyeokum, when you get close to that energy, the people around you are also affected.”
“Is it a bad influence?”
“It depends on the situation, but taking Miss as an example, moderate Yang energy activates poison, but extreme Yang energy burns away that poison.”
“I see.”
“However, Captain Eun Seo-ho's energy is extreme yin energy. And yin energy stops the progression of poison.”
He continued.
“Furthermore, extreme yin energy has the ability to purify all things that are impure.”
“You mean things like poison?”
“That's right. Poison is also considered impure.”
In that case, it must have been Eun Seo-ho's influence that stopped Dongja-ryeong's poisoning.
And Yeon-gyeok's words did not end there.
“But it's strange.”
“What do you mean?”
“Even the disciples of the Northern Sea Ice Palace rarely possess such powerful extreme yin energy, yet this man has it.”
“I have an idea. I heard that Captain Eun Seo-ho inherited the techniques of Gyeokcheon-geom Kwak Hoon, a hero from two hundred years ago.”
“Then that makes sense.”
Po Jeong-sa recalled Dongja-ryeong's words.
“I think we should befriend Captain Eun Seo-ho.”
“What do you mean?”
“According to the future I just saw, he will become a hero of this empire.”
He had always intended to be kind to Eun Seo-ho. Dongja-ryeong had also said so.
And now that he believed Dongja-ryeong had saved his life, he had to repay that debt.
“But I think we should pretend we don't know about this, Liege.”
“Well, the fact that he used the artifact as an excuse means he doesn't want to reveal it.”
It would be a big loss if he avoided them or distanced himself because he felt burdened by them.
* * *
I scratched my ear.
Hmm, my ear feels a little itchy. Is someone talking about me?
After finishing her treatment and drinking the herbal medicine, she fell into a comfortable sleep.
After that, I showed my eyes to Baek Hwal-hwa. He had asked to see them.
He examined my eyes.
However, he couldn't find anything unusual, and it seemed very strange to him as he had never seen anything like this before.
It was so strange that even I was amazed.
I returned to my room, took off my outer clothes, lay down on my bed, and fell into deep thought.
This was because something seemed strange to me during my conversation with Po-jeong-sa and Baek-bal-hwa.
In that situation, Po-jeong-sa did not ask the question that he should have asked.
That question was, “Will my daughter live?”
The Po Jeong-sa I had seen until then was a man full of worry for his daughter.
Come to think of it... For the past few days, his complexion had seemed strangely bright.
It was as if he already knew that Miss Jaryeong would survive...
He knew in advance?
I sat up abruptly.
That would explain some of the things that had puzzled me.
He knows the future.
Could Miss Ja-ryeong also be someone who came back like me?
I thought about it for a moment, but I had no choice but to shake my head.
If that were the case, she would have had a short life in her previous life, and she wouldn't know anything about what happened after that.
Therefore, I rejected this hypothesis.
That leaves only one possibility. Miss Ja-ryeong has the ability to see the future.
And based on her personality, it is highly likely that she wrote down her concerns about the future after her death and gave it to Po-jeongsa.
Thanks to that, Po-jeongsa was able to govern Gyeongju peacefully without any problems.
However, I still don't know why the symptoms of poisoning that threatened Miss Jaryeong's life stopped and why her condition improved.
They said that even if you ingest the poison called Mugaksu for three years, it will continue to progress even if you stop taking it.
At that moment, I felt something strange under my hand.
It's a soft blanket, so why is it hard?
I looked at my hand and realized why.
Ah...
It's because of my energy.
Perhaps because it had only been a short time since I reached the peak of my powers, I was still unable to completely control my energy.
Still, I was able to control it much better than before.
“Huh?”
I blinked as I looked at my hand.
Come to think of it, my energy was the energy of Tae-Eum Byeong-Hae-Shin-Gong.
In other words, it had the power of purification.
Could it be that the energy I hadn't completely controlled was affecting Miss Joo-ryung?
So...
That's a very likely hypothesis.
Anyway, I have to be careful.
If others realize that my energy has detoxifying properties, they will discover that my martial arts are those of the Seolpung Palace, which was destroyed.
Even if that weren't the case, those who were looking for me would cause me a lot of trouble.
Of course, the benefits of doing so would be great, but I didn't want to bargain with people's lives.
And trying to save someone's life is impossible without a great deal of self-sacrifice.
That is why, even though they are paid, physicians who struggle sleeplessly and with mental anguish to save lives are respected.
What kind of people are those who bully such people?
Of course, there are some who are not worthy of the title of physician.
In any case, I know myself well.
I am not a person with such a spirit of sacrifice.
“Is it a good thing?”
It wasn't my intention, but thanks to that, I was able to save Miss Jaryung.
I'm sure Po-jeong, Baek-hwa, and the others didn't notice.
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Several days passed.
Miss Jaryung's complexion was improving day by day. Just by looking at her, I could tell that her treatment was working.
The physician who was treating Miss Jaryeong stayed close to Baekbaekhwa, assisting him and learning about detoxification.
According to the physician, treating illness and detoxification were completely different.
Then, I was summoned by Pojeongsa and headed to his office.
“I heard you called for me.”
“Ah, come in.”
He offered me a seat, and I sat down in front of the table.
“I called you to have some tea. Is that okay?”
“Of course.”
A maid brought tea and poured it for us.
“Please have some.”
“Thank you very much.”
As expected of tea served at the Pojeongsa's residence, it was quite high quality.
At that moment, I heard the voice of the adjutant outside.
“Your Excellency, it is Jiyoung.”
“Come in.”
The door opened, and the adjutant I had seen on the ship entered.
“I'm sorry, but there is something you need to see.”
“Is that so?”
The Pojeongsa asked for my permission.
“May I leave for a moment?”
“Of course. Don't worry about it.”
He left with his aide, and I enjoyed my tea alone in his office.
He seems to trust me quite a bit.
This is the office of the Pojeongsa, yet he leaves an outsider like me here alone.
He has shown his favor toward me before, but now it feels as if he has accepted me into his inner circle.
Then I noticed a book on the desk of the Minister of Justice. The handwriting... is that a woman's?
I spread my energy and scanned the area.
I wanted to make sure no one was watching me.
Confirming that no one was there, I quietly approached the desk and looked at the book.
“Father, a famine is coming soon, and it will last for a very long time. You must prepare.”
My prediction was correct.
Miss Jaryeong was a person who could see the future.
Huh?
I froze when I read the next sentence.