Silver Dragon Chronicles, Episode 68
At that, Yeom Johwi spoke.
“Do your best, with all your skill.”
Having rendered Sawollin speechless, Yeom Johwi soon lunged at Baek Horan.
“You insolent little brat!”
“Bwaaah~”
Watching Yeom Johwi rush over and yank Baek Horan’s mouth wide open, Hong Yuhwa said,
“I called her. Don’t be so hard on Horan.”
“Huh? You called her?”
At that, Yeom Johwi let go of Baek Horan’s mouth.
“Ah, was that it? And here I thought this little brat called her for fun because she was bored.”
As Yeom Johwi spoke with a grin, Baek Horan shrieked,
“That’s too much! When did I ever!”
Thwack!
“Ack!”
“You do that every single time!”
Having smacked the protesting Baek Horan on the head, Yeom Johwi yelled with an annoyed expression.
Just then, I Seolhye raised her hand.
“Weren’t we enemies with this woman?”
At that, everyone’s gaze turned to I Seolhye.
Yeom Johwi blinked her eyes and tilted her head.
“Enemies? I just fought with you lot for fun, that’s all.”
“Are you bragging about that! Then shall we fight once more for fun?”
“Then I’ll die.”
When Jeha growled, Yeom Johwi spoke with a serious face. Watching the pair, Hong Yuhwa let out a deep sigh and opened her mouth.
“For now, we’re on the same team. Johwi unni is stronger than me, so she’ll be a great help. And besides Johwi unni, the other two will be coming too… so handle it yourself.”
Sawollin frowned at Hong Yuhwa, who spoke with a bright smile.
“Ugh….”
But she couldn’t ignore Hong Yuhwa’s words.
If what she said was true, the martial artists of the Central Plains would be annihilated in an instant.
Her words could be lies meant to endanger the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, but Sawollin knew.
She knew that Hong Yuhwa was a woman who possessed enough strength to overturn the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult single-handedly, all by herself, without needing to go through such troublesome means.
Jeha, who had been staring at them blankly, looked up at the sky and muttered,
“As expected, am I… different from that person?”
“Wow~ you gathered faster than I thought!”
As Hong Yuhwa spoke with a bright smile, Heukhwa muttered inwardly.
*Even though you said you’d kill them if they didn’t hurry up.*
“Heukhwa, were you just complaining to yourself?”
“No.”
Heukhwa flinched inwardly at Hong Yuhwa’s words but showed nothing outwardly.
Why show it on the outside and suffer some terrible fate?
Having looked after Hong Yuhwa for a long time, being trained to this extent was only natural.
The same went for the other bodyguards.
“But was the Demon God’s Jewel such a dangerous item?”
Looking at Heukhwa, who asked with a puzzled expression, Hong Yuhwa nodded.
“They’ll definitely show themselves in the battle against the humans that breaks out here.”
At those words, the bodyguards’ faces grew grave.
“But, Your Highness.”
Then, one bodyguard raised her hand.
She was the only woman among the bodyguards and looked slightly older than Hong Yuhwa.
“What?”
“Heukhwa said that the Silver Dragon Prince, Eun Jeha, has appeared… Is that true?”
Hong Yuhwa sighed and nodded.
“Ooh! That pathetic Silver Dragon Prince is really ali— Mmph!”
It was none other than Heukhwa, sweating profusely, who covered the brightly laughing woman’s mouth.
“Puhwa! What’s wrong with you!”
“Listen well, Kershane.”
Looking at the demon called Kershane, who was frowning in anger, Heukhwa spoke with a serious face.
“Never speak such nonsense in front of Him.”
“Him? Calling *him* in that pathetic dragon who can’t even take care of himself? Have you lost your mind? Right, Princess— Aack!”
“Don’t drag me into that! I don’t want to die!”
Hong Yuhwa screamed with a pale face, and the demons were merely bewildered.
Looking at them, Hong Yuhwa said with a serious face.
“Listen well, all of you. Don’t speak ill of him. Don’t go against him either! Don’t talk back carelessly! If you do….”
If you do, you’ll get beaten within an inch of your life.
“What happens if we do?”
“You’ll get beaten by that foul-tempered, muscle-headed silver dragon who’s only strong! I’m warning you!”
“Huh?”
“…….”
An exclamation followed Hong Yuhwa’s shout, and at that sound, Hong Yuhwa’s face froze stiff.
Turning around with a trembling body, Hong Yuhwa screamed inwardly.
*Kyaaaaaaaah!*
There stood Jeha, waving his hand with an excessively bright smile.
One might ask what of it, but Jeha’s most terrifying moments were precisely when he smiled and waved.
“Ahahaha! J-Jeha, look, what I meant was….”
“I know. You were saying you want to die, just in a roundabout way.”
*No!*
At Jeha’s words, Hong Yuhwa cried out inwardly.
“Now, let’s go. Let’s go somewhere quiet and have a chat.”
Giggling, Jeha grabbed her by the nape and dragged her off somewhere, while Hong Yuhwa thrashed, not wanting to go. But Hong Yuhwa was no match for Jeha’s strength.
In the end…….
“Kyaaaack!”
Hong Yuhwa ended up getting soundly beaten.
“Is it really okay to just watch that?”
Kershane asked with a serious face.
“Even the Princess. His strength doesn’t look that impressive, so why is she letting herself get hit on purpose?”
“It’s not that she’s letting herself get hit. Even if she doesn’t want to, she has no choice but to get hit.”
Heukhwa spoke with a deep sigh.
“What?”
“The Princess is the greatest genius in the history of the Demon Realm.”
“I know. She just underwent the Demon Inheritance Ceremony and possesses the power of a Demon Count.”
Kershane asked back, as if wondering what she was suddenly getting at.
“Lord Eun Jeha is stronger than the Princess.”
“…….”
At those words, the group fell silent for a moment.
“What did you just say?”
When Kershane broke the silence with a dumbfounded expression, Heukhwa sighed and delivered the final blow.
“By our standards, the one who possesses the power of a Demon Marquis is precisely Lord Eun Jeha.”
“Kek! Ridiculous! He looks more like a human than a dragon. And you’re saying someone whose draconic nature is questionable has the power of a Demon Marquis?”
“Actually, when he enters combat, he unleashes Draconic magic power and Draconic Fighting Aura, so you can’t deny he’s a dragon.”
“But the Silver Dragon Prince, Eun Jeha, was said to be the weakest dragon in the Dragon Realm! Even as a prince, he couldn’t properly use a single Dragon Killing Art!”
“And now that very person uses the Dragon King’s Ultimate Technique, Silver Demon Wrath, and possesses strength that far surpasses the Princess. I saw it with my own two eyes. The Princess did too.”
At those words, the four demons stood with blank faces.
“H-how on earth did he become so strong?”
“How would I know?”
Heukhwa muttered with a sigh.
“Sniff… That’s too much.”
Hong Yuhwa cried while glaring at Jeha with resentful eyes.
Perhaps feeling sorry at that sight, Jeha kindly(?) comforted her.
“Want to get hit more, or will you just stop crying?”
At Jeha’s kindness, Hong Yuhwa simply gave up crying. Then Jeha smiled faintly.
*What a devil.*
As always, those were hardly words to say to someone else.
“It seems your subordinates have arrived too…… Is it about time we got moving?”
“Not yet. There’s the successor of the Qinglong and the successor of the Xuanwu as well…… Also, I need to make a tool so we can communicate smoothly even when separated.”
“There’s such a tool?”
“There is. It doesn’t take long to make, but it’s quite a bothersome item. It breaks easily too…… And it seems I need to look after those fools as well. There’s a lot to prepare, one way or another.”
“Those fools?”
“Sawollin and I Seolhye. Anyway, it seems they’ve grown attached since we traveled together. I’m worried about them.”
“Heeeh……”
At Hong Yuhwa’s words, Jeha looked at her with an intrigued expression.
“Ugh, what?”
“No, it’s just…… But what are you planning to do for them?”
“Well, maybe I’ll enchant their swords or something?”
Ssk—
In the dark night, a shadowy figure was moving.
Having carefully infiltrated the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, that shadowy figure was searching for something.
But the shadowy figure knew well. That even without searching, if she moved like this, the target would reveal itself on its own.
And indeed, as expected, a boy blocked her path.
“Hello! Is this the third time?”
The boy who appeared with a grin, Jeha, spoke.
“Why have you appeared? Did you come here this time because you want to die?”
“Plea……”
“Hmm?”
“Please help me!”
At the unexpected words of the shadowy figure, Hyeolgwi, Jeha’s eyes went wide.
“Oh my, hello!”
Yeom Johwi greeted Hyeolgwi brightly.
“Why are you here……”
“Hmm, rather than that, I’m more amazed you’re alive in Jeha’s hands right now?”
“Right. I’m sure that guy said he’d kill you next time he saw you? Hey, why aren’t you killing her?”
Taking Yeom Johwi’s words, Hong Yuhwa frowned and spoke.
“She’s asking for help?”
“With what?”
“I don’t know.”
Hong Yuhwa scrunched her face.
Had this been a short while ago, Jeha would have killed Hyeolgwi without mercy.
But now, he hadn’t killed her. Why?
*Could it be…… is that guy’s personality slowly coming back to life?*
A guy with a personality completely opposite to the current Jeha, another Eun Jeha with an exceedingly warm heart.
While Hong Yuhwa was brooding, Hyeolgwi opened her mouth.
“Please help me.”
“So what exactly are you asking help with!”
When Jeha frowned at Hyeolgwi’s words, she hesitated for a moment before speaking with a stiff face.
“The Blood Cult… has been taken from us by others.”
“I know.”
“So what?”
At her words, Hong Yuhwa and Jeha spoke with unconcerned expressions.
Seeing Hyeolgwi making a blank expression, Baek Horan smiled faintly.
“It was taken by incredibly strong monsters, wasn’t it?”
At Baek Horan’s words, Hyeolgwi reflexively nodded.
“So? You came to ask Jeha to help you find the Blood Cult?”
At the words of Yeom Johwi, who had been listening quietly, Hyeolgwi nodded again.
“You sure are shameless. It was your Blood Cult who annihilated the people of Jeha’s village! That’s why Jeha is trying to kill you all.”