Chapter 68. Cho Mu Ryung’s Choice (1/2)

Chapter 68. Cho Mu Ryung’s Choice

Gongson Chun Gi lost a lot of strength trying to get rid of all the Guardians like Guardian Ju and Guardian Wu, who begged him to have a drink with them after taking care of the coronation.

He had managed to escape from them one way or the other, but the road in front of him was blocked by yet another man. When Gongson Chun Gi saw the man, the first thing out of his mouth was a complaint.

“Even you, the medicine man, has business with me? Let me go. I’m tired.”

Sunwu Jo Duk grinned when he saw Gongson Chun Gi’s face that was riddled with annoyance.

“You worked hard trying to shake off those muscle heads.”

“Yeah, I did. Why do they have to be so strong……. they’re probably gonna be healthy for another decade or so.”

“From the looks of it, they’re probably going to easily last several more decades, actually.”

“Damn it, you’re right. So, why were you waiting for me here, anyway? If it’s more alcohol, then I’m done. All that alcohol I drank with those old men made me full.”

Gongson Chun Gi groaned as he pointed at his belly.

“To think I’d do something this dumb because of a disciple……. I didn’t even know you could get full from alcohol.”

“It’s good that you didn’t get drunk.”

“There isn’t any type of alcohol in this world that could make me get drunk.”

When Gongson Chun Gi said this with a smirk, Sunwu Jo Duk smiled with him. Then, he then began surveying the surroundings. Gongson Chun Gi, who became tired of the man’s actions pretty quickly, looked around slowly, then opened his mouth.

“You can just talk. There’s only my people around here.”

Everyone in the area was Gongson Chun Gi’s personal bodyguard. He was basically saying it was ok to say anything since there was only his people around. But Sunwu Jo Duk shook his head.

“It’s……. it’s about my family.”

“The Sunwu family?”

“Yes.”

Gongson Chun Gi licked his lips. This was a matter of a single family. It would be something embarrassing to talk to someone about in the first place.

“You heard him. Move aside while we talk.”

[Yes, sir.]

Lim Hak Gyum quickly disappeared along with the Mara’s Wind Brigade. When he did so, Gongson Chun Gi looked back at Sunwu Jo Duk.

“You can talk now.”

There was only Gongson Chun Gi and Sunwu Jo Duk in the area now. Even after knowing that, Sunwu Jo Duk hesitated.

“Why did you ask me to get everyone out of here if you were going to be embarrassed about saying this anyway?”

When Gongson Chun Gi sat down on a nearby bench, Sunwu Jo Duk finally managed to let out a sigh and open his mouth.

“There are strange movements within the church.”

“Strange movements?”

“Yes. It concerns the Heir’s life.”

When Sunwu Jo Duk said this with a determined face, Gongson Chun Gi just looked at him with a calm face.

“And that movement is related to your household?”

“It’s embarrassing, but yes. I failed to manage the household properly.”

When Sunwu Jo Duk looked down with a sorry face, Gongson Chun Gi just smirked.

“So you’re talking about how the four families are planning against my disciple.”

“…….You knew?”

When Sunwu Jo Duk asked this with a surprised face, Gongson Chun Gi lightly nodded his head.

“I was expecting it to happen. You see, I actually happen to be a smart man.”

“I have nothing to say.”

When Sunwu Jo Duk bowed down with an apologetic face again, Gongosn Chun Gi became a little annoyed.

“Why are you being like this? You did nothing wrong here.”

“This is a selfish request, but……. please, the people of my family are young and foolish. Please forgive them with grace.”

If Gongson Chun Gi knew about this plan in the first place, it was safe to say that the likelihood of the plan of the four families succeeding was more or less nonexistent.

Their plan was to kill the Heir. They were using the Life-Death fight of the Heir as an excuse, but in reality, their plan was downright disgusting.

‘A dirty plan.’

It was almost treason, if one thinked about it.

If Gongson Chun Gi tried to exterminate the Four Families, he would suffer from a bit of retaliation, but he would achieve his goal easily.

The current Pope was just that powerful. To Sunwu Jo Duk, who was thinking about all the terrible punishments his family would face, Gongson Chun Gi’s answer was very unexpected.

“I’m just gonna ignore them.”

“…….huh?”

What was this? Sunwu Jo Duk was confused. Gongson Chun Gi simply took out a fruit out of his sleeve, and threw it to Sunwu Jo Duk.

“First off, I kind of want to see what they’re going to do……. actually, that’s just about the only reason why I’m letting them off with this.”

Sunwu Jo Duk replied with a bewildered face.

“Just what are you trying to achieve by observing them? These people are just trying to kill the Heir himself.”

Gongson Chun Gi took out another fruit from his sleeve, and bit into it.

Crunch–

Gongson Chun Gi talked whilst chewing the fruit in his mouth.

“Doesn’t matter. And it would be good if they tried assassination. It wouldn’t be a bad attempt on their part.”

“Your Holiness!”

Sunwu Jo Duk shouted out as he frowned deeply. He thought the Pope was going too far with his joke. Wasn’t this his precious disciple they were talking about here? Did he truly want to lose his disciple just like that?

“Do I seriously look that dumb to you? Would I be so dumb as to be unable to follow your thoughts, old man?”

Sunwu Jo Duk closed his mouth. That wasn’t the case. The man in front of him was the greatest man in the world. Come to think of it, wouldn’t the Pope have already come up with a plan, especially when he predicted all of this already?

‘So he has a plan in mind?’

He had heard that Un Hui had become the Heir’s personal guard. Did the Pope believe that Un Hui would be able to help Cho Ryu Hyang?

‘No, he wouldn’t be enough.’

An expert of the harmonious stage was indeed rare and special.

But there are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of ways to kill a human. Even a harmonious expert wouldn’t be able to deal with all of those ways.

And the four families were unparalleled experts when it came to murder.

It was very easy for the four families to kill a little boy like Cho Ryu Hyang.

The only reason why they didn’t do it was because they were afraid of the consequences of doing so. They were very afraid of the Pope in particular.

“I have no desire to imprison the boy in a safe place to let him grow. It’s not like I can always be there to protect him.”

“…….!”

“You see, the martial world has far more dangerous things than what the four families can cook up. It would be good for Cho Ryu Hyang to experience a taste of what that would be like before going out to the martial world.”

“Then…….”

Sunwu Jo Duk’s eyes got filled with admiration. Lions were said to push off their own kin down cliffs on purpose.

Was this not the best way to grow someone up to become the strongest lion? Gongson Chun Gi must be thinking that exact thing.

“I’m actually thankful to the boys over at the four families. They’re basically solving all my problems at my stead. They’re really busy about it, too. That really shouldn’t be easy for them, especially at that age.”

Gongson Chun Gi showed a toothy grin.

“But it wouldn’t be that easy to kill my disciple.”

“Aren’t you trusting Un Hui too much? The power of the four families isn’t something a single harmonious expert can handle.”

Gongson Chun Gi simply smirked.