The World's Greatest Troublemaker

Chapter 13

"Oh ho. Are you changing the subject now?"

Pyeon Jeoksu kept asking if there was a reason, but Mok Wigun didn't open his mouth. It was because it was related to a past he didn't want to talk about.

No one can be free from their past. And there are more cases where one doesn't want to talk about it. Pyeon Jeoksu, who judged that he was not going to hear the story by looking at the situation, asked something else.

"By the way, where are we going?"

"To the merchant guild."

Pyeon Jeoksu grumbled about what merchant guild all of a sudden.

"We've eaten, so it would be nice to go somewhere with a nice view and rest."

"We've eaten, so we have to pay for our meal."

"Dammit. I knew it! I should have known when you said you were buying a meal for free."

But as they were walking, they heard people murmuring. It wasn't a one or two day affair for people to do that, but the content was a little different.

"Did you hear about that fight yesterday?"

"Ah. That? No, for goodness sake, they say he used a cowardly trick while fighting."

The rumor had spread strangely.

"They say he won by using a dirty trick. Aigoo. A bad personality doesn't go anywhere, does it?"

"Do people change that easily?"

"Still, he's his older brother, where is there a person who beats him like that?"

Mok Wigun thought it was strange, but he soon found out why it had become like this. But Pyeon Jeoksu asked as if he didn't understand.

"What happened? You said you won, right? In a proper fight."

"The General Manager or Lady Jang's side must have made a move."

Mok Wipyong's defeat and beating in the sparring match was a fatal incident. If left as it is, he would have to give up the position of successor. The General Manager or Lady Jang would not have been able to give up so easily.

In that case, spreading rumors like this would have been the best option. Making Mok Wigun the villain and Mok Wipyong the victim.

"They live a complicated life here too."

"It's the same there as it is here. They do all sorts of dirty things to seize power."

Still, there was something that had changed a little. Before, people would talk openly whether Mok Wigun was passing by or not. As if it didn't matter if he heard. But now, people were careful.

They would stop talking even if the steward just glanced at them. There were also people who hurriedly avoided the place.

As Steward Wang played his part like that, the murmuring decreased significantly. In the meantime, they arrived at their destination. The Eastern Heaven Merchant Guild. It was a merchant guild owned by Mok Wigun.

"Who did you say that person was?"

"There. That person."

The steward pointed to a person who was carrying goods. Several people were carrying goods, but he could tell at a glance.

Unlike the others, he had white skin and was skinny. Anyone could see that he was not a person who did physical labor like carrying goods.

"So that person is Heo Seongon?"

"Who is Heo Seongon?"

Pyeon Jeoksu couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.

"The person who managed the affairs of the Eastern Heaven Merchant Guild."

"And?"

Mok Wigun said while continuing to look at Heo Seongon.

"I'm trying to see if he's a trustworthy person."

Mok Wipyong's people had taken control of the merchant guild, but he was said to be a person who didn't listen to them until the end. But Mok Wigun can't just believe other people's words. He did his own investigation, but there are still things that can only be confirmed by meeting in person.

"I'll be able to tell to some extent if I talk to him."

But suddenly, someone came out from inside, grabbed Heo Seongon by the collar, and dragged him inside.

"Huh? This wasn't in the plan."

"What are you going to do?"

"I was thinking of meeting him quietly, but should I just go and flip the place over?"

At that, Pyeon Jeoksu's eyes sparkled and he said.

"Instead of that..."

And he pointed to himself with his finger and then pointed to the building.

"Shall we listen to what they're saying?"

Right! If it's Pyeon Jeoksu, he can hear what's being said inside. Mok Wigun nodded.

The two of them left the steward behind and quietly moved to the back of the merchant guild building.

"Should I go listen alone? Or do you want to listen together?"

"Is that possible?"

If he used his power, he could share his senses. In fact, a Vampire Lord is a being on a different level from a normal vampire.

If you were to compare it to elves, it would be like an elf and a High Elf elder? No, you would probably need something like the World Tree to explain the difference, rather than a High Elf elder.

It's not for nothing that he's called a being close to a god. He might be a little below the Demon King, but he's by no means below a dragon.

Sunlight is not a problem, and the power he uses is immense. The problem is that Pyeon Jeoksu hasn't fully recovered yet.

"It's still difficult for a long time, but a short while is fine."

Fortunately, he seemed to have recovered quite a bit while eating well and resting comfortably at the annex.

"Then I'll ask you a favor."

Pyeon Jeoksu nodded.

When they reached a place where no one was around, Pyeon Jeoksu turned into a bat with a 'pop' sound. He flapped his wings, went inside the building, and entered the room where Heo Seongon, whom they had seen earlier, was.

Pyeon Jeoksu took his position and immediately used his power. With a 'whoosh!' feeling, their senses of sight and hearing were shared, and Mok Wigun could also see and hear what was happening inside the room.

"Look here. Mr. Heo Seongon. You're a smart person, aren't you?"

Heo Seongon collapsed on the floor, and next to him was the man who had dragged him in earlier.

"But why can't you understand what I'm saying?"

"I can't do such a thing."

"No. I'm just asking you to clean up the numbers a bit, what's so difficult about that? If you just do that, I'll make sure you're not disappointed."

The man who had dragged Heo Seongon in hit his own chest in frustration.

"You said you need money, right? I'm telling you I'll give you that money. So let's just do as I say. Huh?"

Heo Seongon shook his head.

"Tampering with the ledgers is something a merchant should never do."

"Oh my. Is that so? Wow. It's not easy to have a conversation that doesn't get through to this extent."

The man let out a hollow laugh. If it had been anyone else, he would have had someone else do the job.

But fixing the ledgers was not something anyone could do. Besides, there was no one who knew the situation of the Eastern Heaven Merchant Guild better than him. If he had someone else do it, it would take months. And even then, there was no guarantee that it would be done properly.

But Heo Seongon could do it in a few days. That's why he was trying to persuade and threaten him. But this blockhead of a guy just wouldn't listen.

"By the way, give me the money."

Heo Seongon said without any change in expression.

"Money! Money! I told you I'd give it to you if you fix the ledgers, didn't I?"

"It's money I was supposed to receive originally. It's the payment for the work I've done, so give it to me now."

The man put his hand on his forehead.

"Hah. This guy is really tiring."

Heo Seongon said as he tried to get up.

"If you don't pay for the work done on time, you can be punished according to the merchant guild's internal regulations."

At Heo Seongon's words, the man flared up in anger and kicked Heo Seongon. Heo Seongon fell to the floor again with a cry of 'ouch'.

"You're deliberately messing with me right now, aren't you? Huh? That's why you keep saying strange things with the same expression, right? Right?"

The man started to stomp on Heo Seongon mercilessly.

"What kind of punishment are you going to give? Huh? What kind of bastard is this?"

Heo Seongon said while curled up and taking the beating.

"According to the internal regulations, up to ten lashes..."

"Wow. You're really something."

The man shook his head as if he was fed up. And then he said in a loud voice towards the outside.

"Hey! Get rid of this guy!"

Then men came in and dragged Heo Seongon out. After Heo Seongon disappeared like that, another man came in and the two of them continued their conversation.

"Ah, this is a big problem. If I say I haven't done it yet, they're going to be all over me."

"I know, right. They're nagging me to do something quickly because the atmosphere is strange these days, I'm going to die."

The two of them continued their conversation, annoyed.

"No. What's there to be so worried about? We have everything under our control anyway."

"That's what I'm saying. What can that troublemaker do, why are they making such a fuss?"

Then one of the men glanced around, put his hand to his mouth, and whispered.

"By the way, I heard the Second Young Master lost yesterday."

"Nah. They say it was because he used a dirty trick."

"There's also talk that that's not it."

"Really?"

The two of them continued to talk about this and that after that.

Pyeon Jeoksu, thinking the situation was over, ended his power. Then, with a 'whoosh!' feeling, Mok Wigun's senses returned to normal.

A moment later, Pyeon Jeoksu, who had come out, flew over and transformed back into a person.

"Heo Seongon? That person is interesting. He doesn't seem to be in his right mind."

"I agree. He's not a person you see often."

A person who is rigid and can only be satisfied by doing things as they are set. It was clear that Heo Seongon was a rare type of person. Mok Wigun grinned.

"That's why I like him."

Whoever put him in the position of managing the merchant guild seemed to have a very good eye.

"But I think we need to work a little faster."

"Well, they probably know that I'm on the move."

But even so, there's a limit to what those guys can do.

The two of them went back out to the street. Steward Wang was waiting in the same spot, but he didn't ask anything.

"The problem is that Heo Seongon doesn't have a good impression of me either."

When Mok Wigun was running wild, Heo Seongon had tried to save the merchant guild somehow. But Mok Wigun had turned Heo Seongon away at the door and ignored his words.

"Then how are you going to persuade him?"

Pyeon Jeoksu asked.

"His child is sick."

"Aha. So when you said we had to pay for our meal, you meant to treat the child?"

Although not as much as Mok Wigun, Pyeon Jeoksu was also quite skilled in medicine. He was much better than most physicians here, and his reputation was also high.

"Not just an ordinary physician, but a divine physician who saved a dead person. If he says he'll treat him, it will be effective."

"Then why did you come here? If you had treated the child first..."

Pyeon Jeoksu paused for a moment while speaking.

"Ah. You were going to treat him if he was a trustworthy person, and not if he wasn't?"

Mok Wigun shook his head.

"No. I'm going to treat the child. Whether we work together or not."

Heo Seongon had dedicated himself to the merchant guild all this time. That alone deserved a reward. But his dedication was a thing of the past.

The trust that he could share a future with the current Mok Wigun. That was what was needed. He had come to confirm that.

Pyeon Jeoksu said as if he understood the situation from before.

"So he kept asking for money because of the child. Even while being beaten like that."

"That also has a strange aspect to it."

Pyeon Jeoksu looked at him with a curious expression, as if asking what he meant. Mok Wigun told him a new fact.

"He has funds that he manages separately."

"That's right. There is money that the madam specially asked him to take care of."

Steward Wang added.

"But he's still managing that money without using it."

Pyeon Jeoksu asked as if he couldn't understand.

"No. The child is sick, but he didn't touch that money? Money that no one knows about?"

(End of Chapter)