The World’s Greatest is Dead

The World’s Greatest is Dead – Chapter 107

*Crash.*

The falling fragments of stone beside me were extremely distracting.

And what about the wall that looked like it would collapse at any moment?

The wall seemed quite thick, but now it looked perilously close to crumbling with just a slight push.

As I watched in growing unease, it happened.

*Crack.*

A white arm, lodged in the wall, started moving.

It nonchalantly withdrew its hand from the wall.

*Tap, tap.*

Then lightly brushed off the dust with the other hand.

Luckily, the wall didn’t collapse, but it was now hard to even call it a wall.

“…….”

While I was watching this scene in silence—”…… I distinctly remember telling you not to call me that. Why do you keep ignoring me?”

The person responsible for the wall’s sorry state spoke to me in a vexed tone.

“Do I really need to twist your tongue for it to sink in?”

“…… That was a mistake.”

Murong Yeongsun had always hated her name intensely.

But what could be done? It was her name.

“Hmph.”

Murong Yeongsun snorted and glared at me.

Her gaze was still sharp as ever.

『Oh my.』

Yu Chun-gil, who had been watching the scene quietly, spoke as if it was fascinating.

『What a temperamental young lady.』

I couldn’t tell if it was admiration or an insult. Perhaps it was both.

『If she’s from the Murong family… she must be from the Starry Sky Sword bloodline.』

The Starry Sky Sword that Yu Chun-gil mentioned likely referred to the previous family head.

‘Starry Sky Sword Murong Baek.’

He was the father of the current Murong family head, one of the current Five Kings, and was now a retired master spending his time leisurely.

『Thankfully, she doesn’t resemble that cold man too much. Haha.』

Although I had never seen Starry Sky Sword, I could sympathize with calling him cold.

‘… Members of that family always look so cold.’

The head of the Murong family was like that, and so was Murong Yeongsun standing in front of me.

If members of some families looked fierce, those from the Murong family were famously cold.

It felt like you’d freeze just by making eye contact.

Among them, Murong Yeongsun’s gaze was particularly icy.

‘… Terrifying.’

Her face was intimidating, and yet her temper was also frighteningly fierce.

As I looked at Murong Yeongsun with a bitter expression, she handed over a document.

“Here.”

“…….”

It was as if the previous incident had never occurred. Her eyes seemed to warn that she wouldn’t tolerate any mention of it.

Seeing this, I took the document. Murong Yeongsun briefly smiled and then suddenly turned her back and spoke.

“Then, see you later?”

“What?”

She was leaving? Her words caught me by surprise, and my eyes widened in response.

Seeing my reaction, Murong Yeongsun chuckled.

“Why? Trying to keep me here?”

“No…”

I didn’t want to hold onto her.

Leaving after making such a fuss was confusing.

Why did she come here in the first place if she was going to leave immediately? I looked at her strangely.

“Don’t worry. I have no intention of letting you go.”

“What?”

“Just consider it a courtesy since there’s no need to keep you here.”

Her smile was chilling.

That pretty smile with hidden thorns had always been frightening, and seeing it after a long time was even more so.

“You won’t be able to escape anyway.”

A chill ran down my spine.

I fully understood the emotion behind her smooth voice.

“Later then?”

With that remark, Murong Yeongsun took a step forward.

*Whoosh!*

She vanished before my eyes in an instant.

“Ha…”

Seeing this, I slid down the wall and sat.

“Damn it…”

I muttered quietly. There were no other words to describe the situation.

Just then—”Young master Bang!”

Tang Yelan and other martial artists appeared from the alley.

When Tang Yelan saw me sitting and falling back, she hurried over in shock.

“I’m… I’m fine… ugh.”

I tried to pretend that I was fine, but without realizing it, I ended up shaking my bandaged arm.

It really seemed like nothing was working out.

At that moment, a warrior from the Tang family approached Bang Sung-Yun to handle the situation.

Meanwhile, Murong Yeongsun crouched slightly on the roof of a building, observing the scene.

Especially focusing on Bang Sung-Yun, who was being supported by Tang Yelan as he stood up.

“……”

Murong Yeongsun’s brow furrowed deeply as she watched.

“What is that…?”

How dare she touch his body? Momentarily, she clenched her teeth. She wanted to intervene immediately, but she barely restrained herself.

She had learned something for certain over the past few years.

‘Foxes are easily scared.’

A smart fox is easily frightened. If approached too quickly or perceived as a threat, it hides immediately.

So, she had to endure.

‘If he escapes again, it’s going to be difficult.’

She had tracked and caught him after much effort.

He must not escape from here. Who knows what tricks that clever man might use to disappear again.

So, she held back with great effort.

At that moment.

-Young Miss.

A voice whispered in her ear. Murong Yeongsun stood up cautiously upon hearing it.

“Yes.”

-Are you alright?

“What do you mean?”

-Young master Bang… That Tang lady…

“Yes. I can see it.”

Murong Yeongsun cut off the man’s words. She didn’t want to listen.

There was no need. She could see it.

Unlike that seemingly smart but actually foolish fox, Murong Yeongsun was quite perceptive.

Tang Yelan. The way that woman looked at Bang Sung-Yun was strange.

She could tell just by looking.

‘Tsk.’

She had already made her move.

This thought wasn’t for Tang Yelan but for Bang Sung-Yun.

‘Anyway.’

His handsome face was the problem.

If it had been marred a bit, there would have been fewer issues like this.

‘Should I have done it earlier?’

Despite the cruel thought, Murong Yeongsun was somewhat sincere.

A handsome face? It was nice to look at. But, ‘I should have made sure no one knew.’

Now, Bang Sung-Yun’s face wasn’t that important to Murong Yeongsun.

… Or was it?

‘Being handsome is good.’

Better to be good-looking than not. The problem was that because of his handsome face, other women clung to him.

‘It was easier to handle in Liaodong.’

Once out of her grasp, bees kept swarming.

Look at it.

“I let him go for a moment, and already a big bee has come.”

Tang Yelan was, in Murong Yeongsun’s eyes, quite a significant bee.

“Hmm.”

Red ears and slightly blushed cheeks.

Seeing Tang Yelan look at Bang Sung-Yun in that state, “Humph.” she snorted and turned around.

-Young Miss…?

The man showed a puzzled reaction for a moment upon seeing this.

“Don’t worry about it.”

Murong Yeongsun had already reverted to her usual expression.

Tang Yelan?

She was beautiful. Clearly.

Her family was also good. If it were Namgung, it wouldn’t be too scary, but Sichuan’s Tang family was a bit different.

She hadn’t conversed enough to know her personality.

‘She doesn’t seem bad.’

She didn’t seem like a problematic person.

Therefore,

So, she could easily turn away.

‘She won’t be able to handle it.’

With that mild disposition, she wouldn’t be able to endure a man like Bang Sung-Yun.

So there was no need to look deeply into it.

Besides, dealing with Tang Yelan now would be too troublesome as she already had enough on her hands before coming to Sichuan.

‘… That damned woman.’

Murong Yeongsun cursed inwardly.

She recalled the ‘blunder’ she made when she headed to Blue Moon Sect to find Bang Sung-Yun.

Yes, it was a mistake.

If it hadn’t been for that, ‘I wouldn’t have given her a chance.’

Grinding her teeth.

Moonlit Delight, the next-generation promising talent of Blue Moon Sect,

Murong Yeongsun clenched her fists thinking about her.

“It was something to say when you were annoyed by someone like that.”

For at least Murong Yeongsun, Tang Yelan wasn’t that valuable.

“So, give it a try.”

Tang Yelan couldn’t handle him even if she tried her best for a hundred days, and with that certainty, Murong Yeongsun resumed her steps.

* * *

He returned to the Tang family.

The first thing he did upon arriving was not something else but to open the letter he received from Murong Yeongsun.

Under normal circumstances, he would have attended to other matters first, but knowing who sent this letter, there was no way he could.

The letter bore the name Bang Chunho.

It was the name of his disgraceful father, whom he did not want to mention anywhere.

“……”

Seeing it, he felt tense and nervously opened the unnecessarily ornate letter.

Familiar handwriting came into view.

『My dear son. How are you?』
『Your respected father is doing well.』
『Eating well and bowel movements are fine. So healthy that even the chronic constipation is com-』

Tearing sound.

“……”

He barely managed to stop himself from tearing the letter he was about to shred.

He almost ripped it unknowingly. Taking a deep breath, he read it again.

『Wait. Do not tear it.』

The old man seemed to have anticipated his reaction and had written that in advance.

『If you are reading this, you must have met Lady Murong.』
『Surely, it must have made you angry.』
『Your father had his reasons too.』

Reasons? What reasons could justify selling his son?

He wanted to hear it indeed.

『Honestly, if someone offered that much money, you’d have sold it too…』

Darn this rotten man.

In the end, it was saying he sold his son for the money.

“It’s giving me a headache.”

‘What should I do with him?’

Was this really a father?

Selling his son just because of money, could that make any sense?

Moreover, ‘To an ex-fiancée.’

Not to a current fiancée, but to one he had already broken up with. It was something only a madman would do.

Thinking of it, he rubbed his forehead.

Indeed, it was a mistake.

‘I didn’t consider that my father is an insane person.’

There was no way that old man would be normal.

What was I trusting?

If it was trusting, well…

‘I would have trusted their father, not mine.’

Murong’s family head, he believed in him alone.

‘… These people, both of them.’

It drove him crazy.

He read on, enduring his frustration.

What was written afterward wasn’t very important.

Living well. Are you living well?

The household is a mess. Hurry up and succeed.

Would I go back?

Meaningless talk continued for a while, making him contemplate tearing it again.

“… Huh?”

He had to stop his hand about to tear it. Not because of anything else but what was written near the end of the letter.

『Oh, right, by the way.』
『Your sister sent a letter to the house.』
『She said she sent one to you too. I doubt you received it.』
『If you have received it, just send a letter back home.』

“…… Eh?”

My sister.

My smart bloodline who escaped home before me.

It was news about her.

“Suddenly?”

Why was there sudden news about his sister? As he was pondering on the unexpected news, *Knock, knock.*

There was a presence outside the door.

-Excuse me.

-Currently, the family head said he is preparing something. If it’s not inconvenient, may we ask if you’d like to attend?

Hearing that, he temporarily folded the letter.

It seemed the Poison King had finally finished his task.

TL’s Corner:
Damn, bSY’s father read him like a book. His father is probably pretending to be a loafer and is a hidden expert.