Volume 2 Chapter 25 – Words with Feet

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Translated by Rain

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“No, giving such a gift.”

“It is nothing, so everyone have a pleasant day!”

The young man in silk clothing waved his hand to the special task agents at Pavilion of Perfect Enlightenment’s main gate and stepped inside.

The special task agents all waved their hands back to him with bright smiles on their lips.

Such that they all had a small alcohol jar tucked under their arm.

“Why on earth are you refusing the alcohol the Captain is giving?”

The Life-Snatching Ghost Sword handed the alcohol jar he received as a gift to his colleague.

“…Even if I do not draw my sword right away, I thought I should prevent it from rusting further.”

It was a statement that made no sense, but the special task agent who had obtained one more alcohol jar did not seem to care about such things.

* * *

The Medicine King was walking along the forest path of Pavilion of Perfect Enlightenment.

It was after he had come inside for a moment and had lunch with the Pavilion of Perfect Enlightenment family.

“No, who is this? Is it not Elder Medicine King?”

When the young man in silk clothing bowed his head deeply and greeted him, the Medicine King also received the greeting in confusion.

“Uh, yes. Nice to meet you. But my way is busy…”

“Aigo, if so, I will surely visit and greet you next time.”

“Do so. Then.”

“Yes, Elder Medicine King, go safely.”

The Medicine King, who passed him, muttered after walking for a long time.

“…Who was he to know me?”

* * *

“Who are you to be loitering around Pavilion of Perfect Enlightenment?!”

Following the unidentified old monks, a young man who looked somewhat clumsy was loitering, so the twin maid, Il-ryeong , stopped him.

“Stop right there this instant!”

Having seen the angry Yeon So-hyeon last night, they were taking turns guarding the entrance of the forest path.

“Is it an intruder?!”

“Reveal your identity!”

Receiving the voice transmission , the other two twin maids, I-ryeong and Sam-ryeong , appeared in an instant and surrounded him.

A slender figure and tall stature.

The man in silk clothing, whose impression was far from threatening at all, smiled brightly upon seeing the triplet maids.

“You must be the maids assigned to Pavilion of Perfect Enlightenment from the Administration Department’s Class A Special Class! Nice to meet you!”

“Uh? Nice to meet you?”

I-ryeong, who poked Sam-ryeong in the flank as she returned the greeting, shouted.

“How do you know our identities?!”

The man in silk clothing answered in embarrassment.

“Huh? Originally, the trainees of the Class A Special Class were so notoriously outstanding that their rumors spread far and wide, making them celebrities whom no one in the Administration Department doesn’t know, are they not?”

While the ‘special education’ they received was confidential, their existence itself was not a secret, so there was nothing wrong with the young man’s words.

“We are celebrities? Fuhu.”

Il-ryeong poked the boasting I-ryeong in the flank and asked the young man in silk clothing.

“…By any chance, did you come from the Administration Department?”

At that, the young man in silk clothing waved his hands.

“Ah, no. I…”

At that moment, Jeong-ah, who had grasped the disturbance, approached.

“If a guest has arrived, you should think of escorting him inside, what is this racket!”

At Jeong-ah’s low scolding, the triplet maids shrank back immediately.

Jeong-ah glared at them once, then greeted the man in silk clothing.

“Welcome to Pavilion of Perfect Enlightenment. By any chance, from where…”

At that moment, the young man in silk clothing clapped his hands and pointed at Jeong-ah.

“Ah! You must be the young lady who was called the First Flower of the receptionists and the Ice Flower !”

Jeong-ah nodded reluctantly.

“Yes, for now, it seems I am indeed that person you are speaking of…”

The young man in silk clothing bowed his head deeply to Jeong-ah.

“Wow, I heard that you became the Head Maid of Pavilion of Perfect Enlightenment. Congratulations!”

“Ah, yes. Thank you.”

The young man in silk clothing examined the surroundings with exaggerated gestures, then spoke to Jeong-ah in a low voice.

“There was indeed a reason why the Second and Third Young Masters failed to maintain their dignity like that. You are truly a peerless beauty .”

Jeong-ah’s eyebrows twitched.

At the same time, the triplets shouted.

“You fellow! Are you tossing a joke to the Head Maid right now?!”

“That story is a secret known to few!”

“Let’s bind him immediately!”

At the sight of the triplet maids approaching gradually with fire in their eyes, the young man in silk clothing hastily waved his hands.

“U-uwaah! I am not a suspicious person! I am Yeon Ha-eung, who holds a low-ranking position in the Main Family!”

After a moment, the triplets shouted simultaneously.

“The Yeon Family?!”

* * *

“You are the protocol advisor of the Outer Courtyard ?!”

Unlike what he had said, the position of the young man who identified himself as Yeon Ha-eung was far from a low rank and was actually quite high.

He scratched the back of his head with a pleasant-looking smile.

“It is nothing of a position. Since I am from a direct bloodline of a branch family, I merely grabbed a good-looking position that is nothing more than an honorary post.”

“A direct bloodline?!”

“Uh… I don’t know if you know it, but it’s called the Kaifeng Yeon Family …”

“The Kaifeng Yeon Family?!”

The faces of the triplets seemed to be turning pale with shock.

Yeon So-hyeon, who put down his teacup, waved his hand.

“Quiet. Just as he said, an advisor position is merely an honorary post. Moreover, since he is just a playboy who shows his face at every social gathering in Luoyang day in and day out, do not pay him any mind.”

His words were the truth.

“Indeed, indeed.”

Although it could be called a blunt expression, Yeon Ha-eung merely let out a pleasant laugh, ‘Haha.’

“By the way, Brother So-hyeon.”

As he spoke in a friendly manner, Yeon So-hyeon clicked his tongue.

“Why do you always call me Brother So-hyeon?”

He wore an amiable smile.

“If I call you Eldest Young Master, does it not look distant? We are distant relatives after all. So that is why I call you Brother.”

Yeon Ha-eung, who was in his late twenties, went around laughing like that, always appearing like someone without any pride.

After listening to him rattle on with praise for Pavilion of Perfect Enlightenment’s tea leaves for a moment, Yeon So-hyeon tapped the table with his finger.

“How about we get to the main point now?”

Yeon So-hyeon looked into his eyes.

“Your coming all this way must be because you overheard something again, right?”

Yeon Ha-eung clapped his hands.

“Come to think of it, Brother So-hyeon. Did you by any chance make an appointment to meet the Fourth Young Master?”

Jeong-ah’s eyebrows twitched again.

The eyes of the triplets narrowed.

Yeon So-hyeon exchanging letters with the Fourth Young Master through the Medicine King was a matter of this morning.

Yet, how did this suspicious man know that?

Yeon So-hyeon waved his hand to the maids again.

“I told you not to worry. It seems the fellow Bi got excited because I said I would meet him, and boasted to his subordinates again.”

Bi was the name of the Fourth Young Master.

“Yes, yes, correct. The Fourth Young Master’s maids all looked like they were busy to death.”

Even if the Fourth Young Master had blabbed to his subordinates, it was the internal story of the Fourth Young Master’s faction.

Yet how did this man know that?

At the sight of the maids casting suspicious glances at Yeon Ha-eung, Yeon So-hyeon let out a small sigh.

“Is there not a saying that ‘words without feet go a thousand li’? This fellow’s nickname to begin with is ‘Words with Legs ‘. Others call him ‘Rumors with Legs ‘ instead.”

“Haha, Rumors with Legs. That is indeed this humble one’s moniker.”

“Monkier, my foot.”

At the sight of him boasting proudly, Yeon So-hyeon shook his head.

“So.”

Yeon So-hyeon asked him again.

“What is it about the Fourth Young Master and me meeting that made you come in worry?”

Yeon Ha-eung waved his hands.

“Worry? This humble one is just a younger brother who always respects and follows Brother So-hyeon the most…”

Yeon So-hyeon cut off his words.

“Are you worried that I will break my confinement?”

“Break your confinement?!”

Yeon Ha-eung jumped.

“It is not that, but since Brother, who dislikes wind and waves , is scheduled to associate with the Fourth Young Master who is right in the middle of the successor struggle, that is why I speak.”

“It seems my sibling’s business is none of your concern, though?”

Yeon Ha-eung hastily nodded.

“Of course. Correct. It was a statement unbefitting of my position. Hehe.”

He hurriedly shifted the topic.

“By the way, it seems the book broker of the merchant group with which Brother So-hyeon trades went through trouble in the Inner Courtyard today as well.”

“Is that so?”

It was a story of barely one shichen ago.

He was indeed a man worthy of the name Rumors with Legs.

“Aigo, Brother So-hyeon. Did I not tell you? If you write out the bill to me, I will take care of it all, you know? Then those pitiful merchants will also suffer less, won’t they?”

Yeon So-hyeon snorted.

“Your concern is not for the merchants, but you are worried that my friction with the Inner Courtyard will grow larger, are you not?”

He hastily shook his head.

“No! How could the Inner Courtyard or whatever dare have friction with Brother So-hyeon? Are there such disrespectful things?”

“You must have heard something else, right?”

“…It is said that one of Elder Yeom’s stewards was beaten to death by Elder Yeom last night. It seems Elder Yeom was furious.”

“Is that so?”

“By any chance, did you dismiss the escort unit and head out to the streets of Luoyang? It seems the escort commander who was in charge of Brother So-hyeon was eventually replaced.”

“And?”

He bit his lip for a moment, then cautiously opened his mouth.

“The Second and Third Young Masters seem to have very uncomfortable feelings due to Brother So-hyeon’s Head Maid. It seems several maids who attended to their bedding died.”

He tried hard not to direct his gaze toward Jeong-ah.

“I see.”

At the appearance of Yeon So-hyeon answering nonchalantly, he wore a crying face.

“Brother So-hyeon… why is your state of mind so fierce lately?”

He spoke to Yeon So-hyeon in an earnest tone.

“Was it not Brother So-hyeon who said we should enjoy life while being satisfied with what is given?”

Jeong-ah could feel through the Dragon Eyes the sincere worry Yeon Ha-eung was sending to the Eldest Young Master.

Yeon So-hyeon looked at him.

“Not anymore.”

“So Brother, from now on…”

He raised his face with a dumbfounded expression.

“Yes?”

“I am saying that I will no longer be satisfied with only what is given.”

Yeon So-hyeon smiled and buried his body in the chair.

“So, you also cooperate with me from now on.”

Yeon Ha-eung trembled.

“Haha. What did you say? This humble one does not understand at all what you mean…”

As Yeon So-hyeon made a hand gesture, the triplets, catching onto the atmosphere, sprang up from their seats.

“Come, come. Young Master, come this way.”

“From now on, we will start a small task with you.”

“Have you by any chance heard of building an information network?”

Yeon Ha-eung, whose arms were grabbed by the triplets, cried out.

“S-Save me!”

“Rumors with Legs, I was admired as soon as I heard it.”

“You are a very useful young master.”

“Hoho, you do not need to be so scared.”

The triplets let out charming laughs and dragged him away.

“Brother So-hyeon! Brother!”

Yeon So-hyeon waved his hand to him.

“Cooperate quietly with them in the future. No harm will come to you.”

He wore a crying face as he was dragged away.

“…If it is Brother’s words, this humble one must follow.”

He gave up and disappeared, dragged away by the maids who were barely half his height.

Jeong-ah spoke as she poured hot water into Yeon So-hyeon’s teacup again.

“He was a peculiar fellow.”

Yeon So-hyeon chuckled.

“He will be of much help in the future.”

He reopened the Fourth Young Master’s reply received through the Medicine King.

A gentle smile was hung on the corner of his mouth.

“Bi. I can see from here how incredibly excited he is.”