Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 100

Gyeheuk knew Chuganyang's nature of keeping his word.

Chuganyang, whose next move was unpredictable, was the odd one out in the Elder's Hall.

"It is the Grand Elder's order. Please be lenient. If I say I simply retreated at Elder Chu's word, my neck will not remain."

"I will take responsibility. Or bring a proper arrest warrant!"

Since Chuganyang said he would take responsibility, Gyeheuk had no choice but to retreat.

"Oh, as expected, power is good!"

When Gyeheuk and the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' returned, Baekji was pleased.

Chuganyang glanced at Baekji and then entered the manor.

Baekji took Chogang and Jueon to the Donghwa Hall with the general manager.

The general manager called a doctor and entrusted Chogang and Jueon to him, then asked, "Is the hall master here?"

The general manager was looking for the Donghwa Hall master, No Seon.

"I will tell him you are here."

While the general manager was waiting for the Donghwa Hall master, Baekji entered the medical room where Chueon was.

Chogang was guarding the head of the bed where Jueon was lying.

"He'll be fine. It's not a fatal wound."

"Thank you. If it weren't for your help, I don't know what would have happened..."

Chogang shuddered as if she didn't even want to think about it.

"Yes. That madman was dangerous. It's all because you two acted so well. He was completely taken in. To think he was the lover... he must have thought he was the protagonist."

"No... he wasn't crazy..."

Chogang shook her head.

"What do you mean? He was completely out of his mind."

"I can tell. He wasn't crazy."

"Not crazy? Trying to change the ending of a play in reality is crazy."

Forgetting that he himself had suggested changing the ending of the play, Baekji said.

"I'm an actor. I can tell by looking at their eyes. Whether they're really crazy, or just acting. He wasn't crazy. I don't know his intentions... but he did it on purpose."

"He did it on purpose?"

Baekji blinked his eyes.

Since when, he could see the other person's heart.

He didn't know if it had always been like that or if it was since his 'rejuvenation'.

He vaguely thought it was an ability he had gained after experiencing the peak of purity after his 'rejuvenation' as Baekji.

When he faced someone, he could naturally feel what kind of personality they had, how they had lived, and what they were thinking.

'Is that ability not perfect? If Chogang is right, I was completely deceived.'

Curiosity about Chuwunbi arose.

"Are you sure?"

"Loneliness, pain? I saw things like that. Even when he was in a frenzy, the depths of his eyes were frighteningly calm. That's why it was scarier."

"Really? Isn't that a real madman? Why would he do such a thing?"

"I don't know. It was as if... he was trapped... just as Chogang is trapped inside me..."

Chogang's words were meaningful.

"Yes... what's so complicated."

"Perhaps I was mistaken."

Chogang said.

"It was a very long night."

Now that he thought about it, she looked haggard.

"Yes, rest. And this... Chuga Manor will give it to you as an apology. Take one each."

Baekji took out two ten-tael gold ingots and placed them in Chogang's hand.

"They will give it to you?"

Chogang asked, finding Baekji's words strange.

"Yes. That's what I know."

Baekji, who had left the medical room, looked for the general manager.

"He is talking with the hall master."

At the servant's words, he went to the reception room and saw the general manager sitting with an old man.

From the way they were talking, it seemed he was the Donghwa Hall master that the general manager had been looking for.

"To suddenly have a fit of madness, could it be that the medicine was wrong?"

"Of course not. It was just a medicine to strengthen the body."

"Anyway, I would like you to send a doctor. It would be even better if the hall master came in person."

"I will do so. It is a matter of Chuga Manor, so I cannot neglect it."

After finishing his conversation with the Donghwa Hall master, when the general manager came out, Baekji said, "You have to pay."

The general manager stared blankly and then said, "By the way, what crime did you commit to be wanted by the Elder's Hall?"

"A crime? Do I look like a person who would commit a crime? It seems they were looking for the wrong person."

"I have to go to the battlefield now, so let's talk on the way."

Chuga Manor was doing business with the 'Four Seas Bank'.

The general manager, who had withdrawn money from the 'Four Seas Bank', held out a five-hundred-tael silver note.

"This should be the right amount."

"This is not right. I stopped a murder, didn't I? You should give me ten thousand taels."

"Ha!"

The general manager, as if it were absurd, said flatly, "Ten thousand taels is not a child's name... are you perhaps thinking of making a fortune with this?"

"I have to receive a just reward."

"To be just, it must be an amount that the giver can accept. A thousand taels of silver would be appropriate."

"That's ridiculous. And this is five hundred taels. What about the other five hundred?"

"The cost of stopping you from being dragged to the Elder's Hall must be offset."

"I wouldn't have been dragged away even if you hadn't stepped in."

"The result is what's important."

"I already gave the actors twenty gold ingots."

When Baekji complained, the general manager became serious.

"Young master, you don't seem to be a person who would commit a crime as you said. You look like a just person... to be calculating about money while performing a righteous deed is disappointing. Chuga Manor is actually not in a good financial situation. What I have given you now is already an overpayment."

"Not in a good situation? The manor is so large."

"The Alliance Leader bestowed it, so he has no choice but to stay. The elder's salary is barely enough to maintain the manor."

The general manager's face was so expressionless that it seemed not a single drop of blood would come out even if it were pricked with a needle.

"Yes. This is a loss."

"Think of it as having made a connection with Elder Chu. He will be a great help in the future."

"What help would a stubborn old man be?"

"Think about who stopped you from being dragged to the Elder's Hall just now."

"Ugh..."

The general manager was surprisingly eloquent.

Baekji smiled.

"Alright. I'll give in. What's your name, general manager?"

"It is Hong Jeoksan."

"I'll remember it. You'll have to compensate the 'River Frost Performance Troupe'."

"I'll take care of that."

Baekji, who had parted with Hong Jeoksan, returned to the Tianlong Inn.

The warriors of the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' had set up camp in front of the inn.

When Baekji approached, the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' warriors instantly surrounded him.

The people passing by were surprised and scattered, and a few watched.

"You've come. Why did you drag it out when it was going to end up like this anyway?"

A hoarse voice was heard from inside the tavern.

Gyeheuk was sitting in the tavern, drinking. It seemed he had been waiting for Baekji. Gyeheuk, who had gulped down the remaining alcohol, stood up and said, "To think I had to come out myself to catch a brat like this... hey, really. My pride is in tatters."

Then he shouted towards the outside, "Drag that brat away."

It was a notification that Baekji's opinion was not even worth considering.

Baekji, as if he were dumbfounded, said, "Hey, isn't this a bit much? Let me know why you're doing this."

"You'll find out when you get there. Follow me quietly."

"Let's eat lunch and go."

"This brat? They'll take care of you when you get there."

A warrior pushed Baekji.

Baekji protested, "Elder Chu said it. To bring an arrest warrant."

Gyeheuk, who had come out of the tavern in the meantime, sneered and said, "If you're relying on Elder Chu, you're really foolish."

"Are you ignoring a Martial Alliance elder?"

"Hehe. Don't you know that the more you do that, the more you'll get on the Grand Elder's bad side? Stop talking nonsense and follow me. The Grand Elder's order is the priority."

"Wait a minute. My companions are coming, so let me at least tell them."

Just then, Tang Yunseol, Mado, and Cho-hye were coming.

"Gasp! Miss Yunseol! What on earth have you done?"

Baekji was surprised to see Mado and Cho-hye, who were well-dressed in palace attire.

Mado was wearing a jade-colored palace dress, a jade bracelet, earrings, and a ring, and a tinkling jade pendant was tied to her waist.

The 'Heaven-Shattering Demonic Saber' was also stuck in a white leather scabbard and was worn on her side, looking like an accessory.

Cho-hye was dressed in a red-colored outfit and looked cute.

Gyeheuk also seemed to be inwardly surprised to see Tang Yunseol and the Mado master and disciple.

From their attire, it seemed their status was not ordinary, and he took a step back and watched.

Baekji said to Tang Yunseol, looking back and forth between the Mado master and disciple.

'Miss Yunseol, did you play with dolls or something?'

Tang Yunseol said with a proud expression, "The Honored One bought me a palace dress, and I felt good when I wore it."

"But this is not right. It's too..."

For the top ten master, the 'Heaven-Shattering Demonic Saber' Mado, to wear a palace dress.

Mado, in her fluttering palace dress, was so eye-catching.

Mado's cold eyes turned to Baekji.

'What's the problem?'

Cho-hye, who had been with her taciturn master for a long time, knew what she meant just by looking at her eyes.

Cho-hye received Mado's gaze and said instead, "Is there a problem?"

When you think about it, there was no problem at all.

Mado was a woman, and what was the problem with a woman wearing a pretty palace dress?

"I see. There's no problem. I misspoke."

The Mado master and disciple passed Baekji and went up the inn stairs.

As he was staring blankly at their appearance, a 'Chief Guarding Brigade' warrior pushed him and said, "Stop wasting time and let's go."

Gyeheuk was waiting, looking at him with a displeased eye.

Tang Yunseol asked, "What's wrong?"

"I refused the invitation of the Elder's Hall, and it seems their pride was hurt. These brats came in a group. I think I have to go."

Tang Yunseol, looking at the atmosphere, whispered, "It seems they are forcibly taking you."

Mado, who was going up the inn stairs, heard those words and turned her head to look at Gyeheuk and the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' warriors.

Then she stood facing Baekji.

Her cold gaze said, 'Shall I kill them?'

Baekji hurriedly waved his hand.

"No, no. It's not like that. It's just a small misunderstanding."

Baekji put his arm around the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' warrior's shoulder and acted friendly.

The 'Chief Guarding Brigade' warrior was dumbfounded.

"..."

Mado looked at Gyeheuk one more time and then went in with Cho-hye.

"Miss Yunseol, you go in and rest too. I'll be back soon."

Baekji went with the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' warriors.

Tang Yunseol, after thinking for a moment, went to find Mado and said, "I have to go for a while. Have lunch and stay at the inn in the afternoon. I'll see you in the evening."

Then she ran to the Alliance.

* * *

The Elder's Hall was so large that it occupied three-tenths of the eastern part of the Alliance's inner city.

Gyeheuk, who had passed the main gate of the Elder's Hall, said to his subordinates, "I will tell the Grand Elder, so lock him up in the prison for now."

"That's too much! To be put in prison for refusing an invitation. Is the Elder's Hall the 'Hall of the Underworld' or something!"

Gyeheuk, pretending not to hear, left.

"To be subjected to such humiliation... a dirty prison. To ignore a Transcendent Peak is too much."

Baekji asked the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' warrior next to him, "Hey, is it okay to ignore a Transcendent Peak like this in the Martial Alliance?"

He was seriously considering raising his level to the 'true realm', but the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' warrior sneered.

"Transcendent Peak? If you're a Transcendent Peak, I'm a Divine Realm. Stop talking nonsense and follow me."

When they reached the prison, Baekji refused to go in.

"You want me to go in there? I don't want to!"

"That bastard, throw him in the Lightning Pit."

When Baekji resisted, the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' warrior pointed to the back of the prison.

The other warrior was surprised and said, "Eek? Isn't that too harsh?"

"This bastard deserves it. How much have we suffered because of this brat! He says he's a Transcendent Peak. We have to lock him in the Lightning Pit."

Baekji was locked up not in the prison, but in the Lightning Pit at the back.

The Lightning Pit, which was carved out of a rock wall, was a place for locking up masters.

He was even deprived of his bamboo staff.

"This is not a weapon."

It was no use protesting.

Clank-

After being locked in a small stone room with an iron cage, the double and triple doors were closed in succession, and Baekji was left alone in the darkness.

"What, this familiar feeling? Was I really in the Demonic Cult?"

The gloomy prison, which was a perfect fit for the Demonic Cult, felt comfortable, which made him even more depressed.

Baekji sat cross-legged in the middle of the stone room.

"Let's think a little."

In the past few days, various things had happened in succession.

He had met the Alliance Leader, Mado, and the Chief Military Advisor in succession, had a match with Jian Yi and had gotten a clue about his identity before his 'rejuvenation', had encountered the Blood Fiend, had met the Mado master and disciple, and had saved Chogang at Elder Chuganyang's house.

And he had been caught by the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' of the Elder's Hall.

Things were happening in a dizzying way.

"I'll get into trouble at this rate. I have to get a grip."

His instincts were warning him.

That if he acted as he pleased when things were happening so quickly, things could get twisted.

'But why are these brats from the Elder's Hall trying to catch me?'

They wouldn't do this just because he had returned the invitation.

'Could it be that they found out I'm from the Demonic Cult?'

It was the reason why he had followed them quietly, just in case.

(End of Chapter)