The World's Greatest Troublemaker

Chapter 34

"I think it's only a matter of time before the Young Master's reputation changes."

Steward Wang said with a smile. Dan Bulseok also had a happy expression.

"I also felt refreshed for the first time in a long time."

"Captain Dan, you've improved a lot. You and Gu Mungoe held up well even while fighting twenty people."

"Isn't that because we trained as you told us, Young Master?"

As the three of them were walking down the street, talking in a friendly atmosphere, a person from the Mok family approached.

"Young Master. The young madam is looking for you."

It was a person from Lady Jang's side. Steward Wang stepped up.

"What is it?"

"She said she has something to talk about regarding the merchant guild."

Of course, there would be something to talk about. Mok Wigun stepped up and said.

"I'm so busy these days that it's difficult to see her within a few days. If it's really urgent, tell her to come to the annex."

He could see that the other person was flustered. Even if Lady Jang wasn't his biological mother, wasn't she still his mother? But to refuse a request to meet and talk. It was something that couldn't happen in a normal person's common sense.

But Mok Wigun disliked the meeting itself. It would only be a headache if he went. They would beat around the bush, but in the end, they would tell him to compromise and take a loss. The person from Lady Jang's side urged him again.

"Still, it is the young madam's request. Please make some time."

"My personality has changed a bit, it seems you haven't heard."

"What? What do you mean by that?"

Mok Wigun said to the person who was looking at him with a curious expression.

"Since I came back from the dead, I don't say two things with one mouth. So go back and tell her just that."

The man sighed slightly as if he couldn't help it and then retreated. Seeing that, Steward Wang said with a worried expression.

"Young Master. This will cause some talk. Why didn't you make some time?"

"It's a hassle. And what more could get worse from here?"

"I'm just disappointed because your reputation is getting better."

Mok Wigun told him not to worry about such a reputation.

"People only see what they want to see and say what they want to say. So don't worry too much about it."

People's reputation changes easily. If you get caught up in it, you miss or can't do what you really have to do.

Besides, he was really busy. It was because he was watching the Light Wind Unit train. Yesterday, with Hwang Gyesu as the last, they had gotten the hang of it to some extent. On top of that, they had confirmed their improved skills directly. Perhaps because of that, everyone was more motivated than at any other time.

'Perhaps that's why it's fun to teach. It's much more profitable to train with the Light Wind Unit guys in that time than to have a war of words with a fox.'

This was a pretty important moment. That's why he was observing more carefully. And at the same time, Mok Wigun himself was also spurring on his training.

It was more fun because he could see that both the members and himself were improving by leaps and bounds. In that situation, to waste time on a headache? He would pass on that. As he was thinking that and walking, he suddenly heard a voice calling for him from the side.

"Oh my. Young Master Mok."

When he turned his head, it was one of the stores that had come with the merchant guild people yesterday. The store owner smiled brightly and greeted Mok Wigun.

"What brings you here? Shall I get you something to drink?"

"No. It's fine."

The store owner was all smiles.

"Why did you do that yesterday? I said it was okay to hit them until you felt better."

"Phew. How can I hit them more after seeing them beaten like that?"

"Anyway, you're too soft-hearted."

Not everyone who does business is cunning and only cares about money. Among them, there are also really good and kind people. Like this store owner. Even though he had told them to hit him until their anger subsided, he had just forgiven the beaten merchant guild people, saying he felt sorry for them.

"I'm telling you, you'll lose out if you're too nice."

"But what can I do when my heart is uncomfortable? I just have to live as I am."

The store owner laughed hollowly.

"Yeah. It'll probably be fine."

Mok Wigun also said with a smile.

"You guys live kindly and virtuously. We can do the dirty and crazy things."

"Aigoo. Don't be like that. What will you do if you get hurt?"

"It's fine. That's our job."

The store owner told him to take care of himself and held his hand tightly. A warm warmth and sincerity were transmitted from his rough palm.

After parting with the store owner and heading to the annex, he encountered similar cases a few more times. An experience that made him feel good every time he encountered it. As he passed through the marketplace and reached a deserted place, Dan Bulseok said.

"I think what you did yesterday was a really good thing."

"Right? I feel good too."

There's also the aspect of doing such things for this taste.

"But how did you know and take us with you?"

"Well, it's obvious. There's no way those guys would come out obediently."

Actually, he had known in advance. Because Pyeon Jeoksu had told him. But there's no need to tell him that.

"And."

Dan Bulseok hesitated for a moment and then asked.

"About trying to cut off Nok Jonggak's arm yesterday."

"Ah. That? Why that?"

"Did you perhaps do that thinking of us?"

It's not that there wasn't any. Because he had intended to cut off his arm just as the herbalist had suffered. When there was no answer, Dan Bulseok said.

"You shouldn't do that yourself, Young Master. What were you going to do if we hadn't stopped you?"

"I always return what I receive."

Dan Bulseok shook his head.

"Young Master. Please don't do that. What are we supposed to do if something happens to you?"

"How could that happen? I'll take care of everything, so don't worry."

"No, sir. That's a job for us to do. We will serve you better from now on."

Even if he didn't say that, once they became useful, he would give them roles that suited their individual skills and positions. This body once led an elite corps. Training, moving, and fighting numerous troops. He had commanded it from the highest position.

"Anyway, I was planning to establish a system once the training shows some results, so don't worry."

"I understand. To do a proper job, we'll have to finish the training quickly."

He had expected three months, but since everyone's achievement was not bad, it seemed it could be shortened a little. But variables could arise at any time during training. It's forbidden to be too optimistic. Mok Wigun thought so and turned his head towards Steward Wang.

"By the way. What happened to what I asked you to find?"

"I received a message from Heo Seongon, and he said that after much searching, he was fortunately able to find it. It will arrive soon."

"Really? That's a relief."

He would soon be able to receive the item that Pyeon Jeoksu would like. He was looking forward to what his reaction would be.

* * *

"What?"

Lady Jang doubted her own ears. Because she had heard something she hadn't expected.

"Did I hear wrong? Say it again."

"That's... Young Master Mok said to tell you that he's busy, so he can't make time within a few days, and if it's really urgent, to come to the annex..."

Bang!

The vase that Lady Jang had thrown shattered against a pillar.

"That bastard must be crazy. He doesn't have time when I call him? He wants me to come to him?"

Lady Jang couldn't hold back her anger and her whole body trembled. The air in the room froze coldly.

"Leave."

General Manager Jang gave a signal with his eyes. At that, the person who had delivered the message quickly went outside. Because it was obvious that he would suffer a misfortune even though it wasn't his fault if he stayed here.

After the person left, Lady Jang clung to the general manager and complained.

"Uncle. What should I do about this?"

"I didn't know the youngest would come out like this. Moreover, to think he would use the position of the head of the inspection team."

He had protested about the merchant guild's matter, but it was useless. 'It's my merchant guild, so what does it matter what I do with it? And I handled it as the head of the inspection team, so why are you getting involved? Are you challenging the authority of the Hall of Law?' That was the answer that came back.

Other things could be tolerated, but it was difficult to make an issue of something done as the head of the inspection team. Because the Hall of Law was directly under the Family Head. To raise an issue with the work of the Hall of Law was the same as confronting the Family Head.

Lady Jang raised her voice and expressed her dissatisfaction.

"What kind of weakness did the Family Head get caught for, to hand over the position of the head of the inspection team to that bastard?"

"I wonder. The Family Head doesn't talk about it, so I can't know."

"Uncle. We have to find a way. If we stay like this, we'll have all that money extorted from us."

Lady Jang complained with a nasal voice. But General Manager Jang also couldn't think of a way to stop Mok Wigun.

Moreover, everyone knows that this matter is not just an inspection. What he did to the merchant guild was a warning. Don't touch me. If you touch me, you don't know what I'll do. He had shown that really well.

"That damn head of the inspection team! If it weren't for that, I would have done something."

"It's a real headache. He's doing such absurd things."

An opponent who is predictable is not scary. Because you can prepare. But an opponent who is not even predictable, you can't even find an answer. Because you don't know what he'll do.

"How about we meet him first? We have to see his face and talk to him..."

"Uncle! Are you saying that now?"

Lady Jang's sharp, tearing voice shook the air in the room.

"Do you say that because you don't know what it means for me to go there?"

"But we have to meet him to solve it somehow."

Lady Jang stood up from her seat. She bit her nails and walked around.

"I will absolutely not go to the annex."

That would mean admitting defeat and bowing her head. Her pride would rather die than do that.

"Then let's think of another way."

"Please, Uncle. I think I'm going to die of a stress-related illness at this rate."

General Manager Jang also said he understood and soothed his niece, Lady Jang. He also wanted Mok Wipyong to ascend to the position of Family Head and was striving for it. Because that would be a good thing for himself and for the Jang family.

But as Mok Wigun suddenly came back from the dead, things had started to flow strangely. He had done unexpected things, and now, the status of the youngest, Mok Wigun, had become greater than that of the second son, Mok Wipyong. So he couldn't just leave it like this.

"Let's find it. There must be a way. The bigger the tree, the longer the shadow."

* * *

"Why did you call me? I told you not to call me unless it's absolutely necessary because I'm busy with research."

Pyeon Jeoksu came into the room, grumbling. Mok Wigun said with a smile.

"I called you because I prepared something good."

"Something good? What is it?"

Pyeon Jeoksu's expression changed completely. He seemed to be expecting what kind of delicious thing it would be. But what Mok Wigun had prepared was not food.

"Wait. This..."

Pyeon Jeoksu sniffed and then smelled here and there. Mok Wigun smiled and opened the lid of the bowl on the desk.

"It's a precious thing, considered an elixir."

The smell of blood spread throughout the room. Pyeon Jeoksu, who smelled it, had an ecstatic expression.

"Oh. This scent full of life force. A deep and beautiful red color!"

The bowl was filled with blood.

"It's Golden Deer Blood. It's the blood drawn from cutting the antlers of a golden deer."

It wasn't an elixir on the level of a thousand-year-old polygonum root or a ten-thousand-year-old snow ginseng, but it was still treated as a quite precious medicinal ingredient.

"How long has it been since I've drunk blood?"

Before Mok Wigun could even say anything, Pyeon Jeoksu picked up the bowl and began to drink it with a 'gulp gulp' sound.

(End of Chapter)