Absolute Sword Sense

ill one of the children who carried the blood of the Lord.
Was it possible for a servant to hate it that much?

“You, are you from the Jo family?”

“…”

The escort didn’t answer which confirmed she was.

The Jo family was the home of Madame, and that said, if the escort also had Jo in her name, she must have been an escort brought from Madame’s family.

“Then can it be said that what had happened at that time was because of the Jo family?”

She was shocked at this accusation,

“No.
As I said, it was all on my own accord.”

Was this woman trying to take the punishment on her alone? The lack of information made it tough to make a decision.

Perhaps she had said this to protect her Madame,

“I have been with Madame since she was a child in her parent’s house and I couldn’t watch someone who I considered a true sister worry over someone like you.
So I did what she wouldn’t do.”

“And you did that?”

“I wanted you to know that this has nothing to do with my Madame.
I am sorry and if you punish me, I will simply accept it.”

Thud!

She banged her head on the ground.
Was she sacrificing herself?

Well, this was quite the loyal cat.

And Madame covered for her escort and said,

“No! That was something I ordered! Escort Jo is lying to you out of loyalty, there is no need to listen to this nonsense.”

“Madame!”

Surprisingly, both insisted on taking the blame, it seemed like Madame wanted to protect her escort.

-Amazing.
Simply amazing.

Short Sword clicked her tongue.

I shared a similar sentiment.
She was a woman who was just so horrible to me.
Yet, for the sake of her people, she was willing to sacrifice herself?

“Haa.”

I sighed.

Judging from this, it seemed like her wickedness came from malice, and not some innate nature.

She knew how to care for her people, and how to make sacrifices too, and she looked quite comfortable doing it.

Now Madame was speaking with tears in her eyes.

“It was something I did, leave my escort and children alone.
If you want to be angry at someone, blame me!”

“No! This is something I did.
Madame is lying to protect me!”

“No! Didn’t I say it was me?”

Looking at them I shook my head.
This made it look like I was the villain.

I spoke to the two,

“I am the one who will turn into a villain if I do anything.”

At my words, the two of them looked shocked.

As if they could feel that the issue was being resolved, they looked at me with a bit of emotion.

And I said to them with a smile,

“… is what you thought I would say?”

‘…!?’

Pak!

“Huh!”

As soon as I finished it, I pushed them to the side and then kicked the escort in her chin

“Kuak!”

She fell to the ground as she got hit with my internal qi.

Confused, she tried to get back up, but I quickly touched her blood points.

Madame looked a bit shocked,

“W-what are you doing?”

“The friendship between you and the escort seems nice but it isn’t something you should be bragging about in front of the victim.”

“You!”

“The bottom line is that you knew about it right?”

My words made her speechless.

Such a funny woman.

She knew who had done it but decided to close her eyes to the truth.
How could such a beautiful friendship be grounded in such evil?

I couldn’t hear the escort move as I sealed her blood point,

“Fine.
I believe you.
Then you need to pay for it.”

I put my hand on the escort’s stomach making her eyes widen.
Madame tried to pull me off but it was too late.

Pang!

“Eummmmm!”

I could see the blood vessels bulge up and her eyes shut in pain.

I had just destroyed her dantian.
Well, she was the one who had just admitted to the crimes committed against me, so she had to pay the right price.

“You dirty trash!”

Madame couldn’t hide her anger and her true colors were revealed.

“It is good that you know to take care of your own people.”

There were two guests from the Mount Hyeong Sect here, so everyone would want these private matters to go smoothly.

I pulled something out of my pocket, they were two small beads.

I forced open the mouth of the escort and placed a pill in, and then I covered her nose so that she was forced to swallow.

“You! What have you done?”

I threw the other one at madame who accidentally caught it, and I said,

“Have this.”

“What? Eat it?”

“Poison pill.”

‘…!!’

At my words, she panicked not knowing what to do.
In the first place, there wasn’t anyone who could take the role of representing warrior of the Ikyang So family.

And when there is the best solution there is also the second best and the worst one too.

“Y-you are crazy! Are you telling a person to eat poison pills?”

“You should eat it.”

“What?”

“If not, I am about to take this one to the Lord and say that I found the culprit to the past issue.
That is nice.
At the same time, there are a lot of guests right now.”

At my words, she began to contemplate.
If that were the case she knew what would happen.

She hesitated as she held the pill to her lip.

“You, don’t you know what will happen? You are someone trying to take the top place in the world and plunge your own home into chaos?”

I smiled at her and said,

“Then I will be quite happy.”

‘…?!’

At my words, she trembled as if a chill had run down her spine.

I feel really happy now.

For giving me a reason to use the worst thing I had prepared.