Episode #72. Are you better than expected?
softly.
The dress made of silk slipped down, revealing the skin that was smoother than silk.
Li Qingyu, a girl who revealed her beautiful naked body like a doll, calmly opened her mouth as she pulled out the jade hairpin that had her hair fixed.
“Did that really happen?”
“yes.”
“Somehow, I thought that there was a sudden increase in requests for interviews from clans related to domestic affiliates.
Li Qingyu, who lightly brushed the hair that had flowed from the removal of the hairpin, took a light step.
Then he asked as he slowly soaked himself in the steaming marble bathtub.
“But why are you reporting it to me, Chao?”
Chao, a cross-dressing woman who was kneeling behind a thin curtain covering the bathtub, remained silent.
As if I knew that.
Li Qingyu pointed out Wei Ling’s intentions in a calm voice.
“You wanted to check? As the swordsman said, did I create a company called Guardian to strengthen my power by causing fear and turmoil?”
“That’s right.”
Is it because I was stabbed in the middle?
Maybe because I couldn’t be more rude.
After hearing her answer, Li Qingyu quietly nodded.
“In conclusion, yes. It is true that there was such a calculation.”
Weiring hardened her face at the answer she had already expected but did not want to admit.
“But it was Chao who drove the situation that way.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Chao, if you did what you were supposed to do, it might not have happened.”
“…Are you saying that I should have taken action on my own before the swordsman stepped forward? Prowling our clan’s affiliates like a swordsmith?”
“You don’t seem to agree?”
Wei Ling puts on a dark expression.
Li Qingyu smiled as he felt remorse for his mistake in the question and the unanswered question.
“I’ve been feeling this before, but Qiao, you are really naive.”
“…”
“Oh, I’m not blaming that. I am always grateful for your unwavering loyalty. Including the high-mindedness that is not like our clan.”
It was never an empty word.
The Black Dragon clan specializes in scheming and plotting everything from psionics to martial arts and culture.
That’s why there are few people in the Black Dragon Clan who are as stubborn as Wei Ling.
The reason Li Qingyu deliberately chose her as an escort was also because he valued her upright personality more than loyalty or talent.
“But if you don’t let go of that prejudice, you, Chao, will only hinder the swordsman, not help.”
“Are you saying that I’m not enough as a swordsman’s attendant?”
“When it comes to business, you are definitely the best. But in other matters… well.”
Wei Ling clenched her fists tightly.
That you deliberately don’t give a definite answer. Because he knew that that in itself was no different from affirmation.
I don’t know if anyone else
To think that he would only be a hindrance to Limon, who was often scratching the back of his head because he couldn’t understand even a few papers.
It was a statement that could not be understood by her, who had been famous for the skills of the Black Dragon Clan since she was a child.
“Don’t underestimate Qiao Swordsman.”
That moment.
A cold voice rang through the air.
“Clearly, he is a sword master who has lived his life cutting everything with his sword rather than plotting and plotting.”
His sharp voice, as if he had read Wei Ling’s inner thoughts of ignoring Limon.
“But he is Noh Kang-ho. He is the last sword master of mankind who survived the Bronze Age and the Age of Heroes and saved the world many times.”
Confronting the dragon that ate even the gods.
Win the war between sword masters.
A guardian deity of immortality who has kept the peace of the world by cutting down countless absolutes with just one sword.
While talking about Limon Aspelder’s past, Li Qingyu looked at Wei Ling with a heavy gaze that could be felt even through the curtains.
“Do you really think that all of that was only possible with swordsmanship?”
“…Are you saying we shouldn’t underestimate Noh Kang-ho’s experience?”
“I can’t give you a definitive answer on that. I don’t know if his second sword is the wisdom of experience or something else.”
It’s not like you know everything.
Li Qingyu replied with a chuckle, then released the cold so far and said lightly.
“But one thing is clear.”
“What are you talking about?”
“If you regard him as just an ignorant swordsman like you do now, then you, Chao, will not be able to become a swordsman’s attendant in the true sense of the word.”
How could a person who looks down on his master become an attendant who is no different from limbs?
Wei Ling lowered her head at Li Qingyu, who smiled like a joke.
because I knew
That light tone of voice is a warning from the ashes in the middle of the tongue.
It is also true that Li Qingyu gave this advice out of sincere concern for himself.
“…why?”
“You mean why did you assign Chao as his attendant?”
“I’m asking why the princess wants to give her strength even while entrusting her with a dangerous organization like the Guardian.”
That was why he had no choice but to ask Wei Ling, even though he knew it was rude.
As she said, if Limon wasn’t a mere swordsman, he could have taken away the entire family’s power depending on how he used the Guardian.
As if contemplating whether to answer that question or not, keep silent for a while.
It seems that he has finally made up his mind.
Li Qingyu quietly opened his mouth.
“Because it is necessary.”
“Necessary… is that what you mean?”
“yes.”
Leaning back in the bathtub, Li Qingyu finished his words quietly, looking at the lights shining from the ceiling like stars in the night sky.
“It is necessary to entrust all the power of our clan, or the seven clans belonging to the Seven Dragons, to the swordsmith.”
* * *
After the incident, commonly referred to as the ‘Mad Dog Rampage’, in which Limon overturned affiliates.
Guardian started rolling.
In any case, since there were contracts that Limon had obtained, just picking and processing them created several months worth of work at once.
Of course, there were limits to what he could do as there were only two Guardian employees, Limon and Weiring.
But Wei Ling was also competent.
With the help of Leviathan’s staff, they recruited, albeit temporarily, staff.
It was half way outsourcing, but by taking care of the work like that, it was equipped with the minimum form as a security & security company.
That’s clear progress.
It was a great achievement in that Guardian, which was only a signboard, began to function properly as a company.
However, the results were not necessarily positive.
“Did you hear? What did that Limon Aspelder do?”
“Is there anyone in the Black Dragon clan who doesn’t know that? To destroy affiliates and forcibly rip them off just because they don’t give out work to the world… You’re like a crazy bastard.”
“It is said that more than five people were half-cast that day. Even including Branch Manager Wang.”
“If you’re Branch Manager Wang, are you sure you’re talking about Wang Shikong, the head of the Shanghai royal family?”
“That’s right, they say he couldn’t resist properly and was beaten until he was about to become a crippled person.”
Rumors of Limon’s actions during the Mad Dog’s rampage spread quickly among the Black Dragon clan like wildfire on a dry spring day.
The reaction of the clan to him varied.
“If it’s the royal family head, he’s still a high-ranking master from a prestigious family, but he was helplessly defeated. Even if the times have changed, is a swordsman still a swordsman…”
Someone who fears Limon’s power.
“I don’t know what the heck is going on. It wasn’t that I was angry at him for giving him a bribe or making a fuss for not giving him a bribe. How do you deal with bribes while taking bribes?”
The one who is anxious because he does not know the intention.
“Even leaving all the work to my subordinates and going out to play, I heard that all I do is show my face once in a while in the company.”
This back that despises playing and eating.
Based on what they saw and heard, they each thought and judged, but the ending was generally similar.
“I’ll have to ask the princess if she can properly control swordsmanship.”
“Anyway, only the princess can stop him.”
“You should make the princess more alert about him.”
Either to check the situation.
Whether it’s to get a breakwater.
Or to limit.
The Black Dragon Clan rushed hard at Li Qingyu.
This is because the safest way to deal with a mad dog named Limon in a situation where you don’t know what to do is to go through a leeching.
Li Qingyu, who was despised as the culprit behind the downfall of the clan, rose to the core of the storm overnight.
Some people felt suspicious after seeing the situation, but nothing changed.
Because the only way to avoid the disaster of an inspection agency equipped with strength and power was to look good in the eyes of the powerful in any era.
There was a reason why successive powerful people gave the superpowers that were so powerful to their direct supervisory agencies.
The problem was that someone’s evaluation dropped exponentially as Li Qing-yu’s support base piled up.
[These days, the rumors about the team leader are really cool.]
“What kind of rumors?”
[What a lot. From being an old perverted lolicon to being a gangster who is the joy of life, being an incompetent thug who only reveals money.] “Hmm,
that’s pretty good.”
[…If this is good, what is the bad standard?]
“At least the assassins didn’t come.”
[That’s a very clear standard.]
Limon chuckled.
No matter what kind of bad reputation spread among the Black Dragon clan, Limon wasn’t paying attention.
From the beginning, he was an enemy of the Seven Dragons. Not only was there no lower evaluation, but compared to all the contemptuous expressions used to refer to him in the past, this level was nothing.
It was a completely different matter that had been bothering Limon lately.
“Anyway, this really doesn’t work out.”
[What’s wrong?]
“The violin. I want to finally understand a little bit, but my skills aren’t improving.”
[…If the other violinist had just heard that, he would have tried to kill the team leader?]
“Why? It’s not like I said anything wrong.”
said Limon, stunned.
In fact, it was true that the progress of the violin class, which was supposed to be going well, has recently slowed down as if it were blocked by a wall.
However, when Yuna-kyung heard Limon’s words, she put on a puzzled expression.
[You must always have more skills to grow. Didn’t you hear what Julia said? There’s nothing more to teach technically?]
“That’s literally just the technical part. Aren’t you still inferior to Julia in other areas?”
[Don’t you think it’s abnormal to compare your performance with a world-class violinist after taking lessons for just one month?]
“It can’t be helped.”
Limon cut it off.
Then, he glanced at the box containing the deep-black violin he had been playing a while ago and continued.
“Because in order to overcome the curse of this violin, I need to somehow improve my skills.”
