Episode 298:
Prince Tang Baek, who was at a loss for words, looked at me and Tang Seo-yeon alternately,ughing.
It must have been an absurd feeling.
Maybe you are quietly angry inside.
“…….”
I hope there will be a moment of silence.
Finally, he parted his tightly closed lips.
“Does that mean you will take steps to withdraw after the war is over? To join the party as a son-inw?”
“If that were the case, you wouldn’t havee to the party and tried to negotiate. As you know, I have goals I want to achieve. “I can’t throw away everything I’ve built up so far just to get married to Sojeo.”
There were many people who supported me until I got to where I am now.
Now, giving up my dream and choosing only Tang Seoyeon was an act of betrayal to them.
‘So you have to hold everything in your hands.’
Even if it’s a bit unreasonable.
Even if it means conflict with Tangbaekgun.
I made a promise to ovee the risk of death.
I will get everything I want.
I will be a greedy hungry ghost and devour everything.
“This is not something you should say in front of me, the head of the Tang family.”
“I promise. “The party’s vision will never be leaked to the outside world.”
“The man named Yeon-woon, whom I have been watching for so long, is not the kind of person who would break a promise he made to me. “I believe those words are sincere.”
A cold expression that is different from the words.
I felt a chill running down my back.
I knew it intuitively.
If you take one wrong step here, you will cross a river that you cannot return from.
From now on, I had to be careful about every word I said.
“But as time passes, people change and the weight of promises bes lighter. “Will the sincerity of today remain decades from now?”
“The problem the head of the family is worried about will not arise.”
“How many people do you think I’ve met who say the same thing as you?”
“…….”
“And trust is the second problem. “The biggest problem is that it will set a precedent.”
Dang Ga-ju’s words were right.
Once is difficult, twice or three times is easy.
If a precedent were set where a daughter of a Tang family leaves the family to marry a foreigner, in the worst case, the foundation of the Tang family could be shaken.
“Give up. “There is no way for you to marry Yuna other than joining the Tang family as a son-inw.”
“I’m sorry, but like I said earlier, I can’t do that.”
“That’s not like you. “Don’t you know that this isn’t something that can be solved by throwing a tantrum like a child?”
“If you allow me to have a rtionship with Tang Sojeo, I will return the dark flying sword to the Tang family.”
“…!”
From the beginning, I never thought I could ask for permission with my bare mouth.
If the child’s way doesn’t work, you can use the adult’s way.
Talk. Talk.
Dangbaek-gun tapped the table with his index finger.
His eyebrows were slightly raised, showing that he was still a little agitated.
“It’s the return of the secret temple. It’s not from the Tang family in the first ce. Because it is a martial art created by the previous head of the family just for you. “Strictly speaking, you could say it’s yours.”
“If we do this, we will use the expression donation instead of return.”
“I was the one who taught you that martial art in the first ce. “Do you think he left behind a copy?”
“There will be no manuscripts.”
“I don’t know why you speak so confidently.”
“Didn’t the matriarch just say it with her own mouth? They say that the Amyeongbido does not belong to the Tang family. “The matriarch I know is not the kind of person who would do something that contradicts what she says.”
“…….”
“If military service alone is not enough, I will send you 30,000 gold coins as a gift.”
Quad deuk!
Dangbaekgun’s index finger prated the table.
Tang Seo-yeon looked back at me with bulging eyes.
Thirty thousand gold coins.
It was arge sum of money that could buy sixty units of Gongcheong Petroleum purchased at an auction house in Heuksi.
It was never a unit amount that an individual could pay.
It was a loss that even I, who had earned such a huge amount of money that it would make mostrge toppanies look ridiculous, could not ignore it.
“…30,000 nyang? “It looks like the money is rotting away, right?”
“My son-inw is a bit rich.”
“Who is the son-inw?”
Dangbaekgun’s eyes became sharp.
I quietly averted my gaze and clicked my tongue.
Seoyeon Dang, who was sitting next to me, looked at me and Dangbaek in turn, looking restless.
That face seemed to be asking me, ‘Wasn’t there something like this before?’
“If setting a precedent is the problem, why not raise the threshold?”
“What do you mean?”
“If a person who refuses to be a son-inw wants to marry a girl from the party, he must do at least this much.”
“Do you mean to set an absurd standard so that even if a precedent remains, future generations cannot use it as an example?”
“That’s right.”
“Should I call this absurd or an unusual idea?”
“A donation of 30,000 gold coins from a military official, the youngest Hwa-gyeong, and a status with connections that can influence the entire martial arts world. If this isn’t enough…”
“That’s enough. “I understand, so don’t say any more.”
“I will formally request this once again. “Give me your daughter.”
“Isn’t the content of the request different from before?”
Dangbaek sighed and leaned against the back of the chair.
It felt as if the heavy air was slightly loosened.
“Anyway, whether it’s a teacher or a student, it’s the same that they will go to any lengths to achieve their goal.”
I burst outughing.
Because I noticed that Dang Baek-gun wasparing me and Dang Seo-yeon to my teacher and wife.
Some people mayugh at him and ask why he hangs himself so hard on just one woman.
If you put your mind to it, you could choose beautiful women with good conditions and create a paradise, so why go through the difficult path and risk huge losses?
‘Maybe in my past life, I would never have made this decision.’
I felt like I knew now.
Why did Master and Wife not give up on each other even though they faced opposition from those around them?
How was it possible for you to make the decision to give up all your foundational background and go into retirement?
“If my credibility is at stake, I will write a pledge and askrge groups with public trust to notarize it. “If we need to raise the precedent threshold further, I will set up an achievement that no one in the midfield has been able to achieve.”
“…….”
“So, please make an exception for my rtionship with Sojeo.”
* * *
Concluding negotiations with the head of the party.
Seoyeon Dang and I walked side by side through the streets of Chengdu and had some alone time together for the first time in a long time.
Is it because he was finally able tomunicate with me without any problems?
Seo-yeon Dang looked very excited, unlike usual.
‘If I had known this would happen, I would have made a deal a long time ago.’
Of course, it was possible to persuade the Tangbaek army now that a sufficient foundation had beenid.
If it had been me three years ago, when I had just started dating Tang Seo-yeon, I would not have even been able to say something like sending her 30,000 gold coins as a gift.
We had a meal together, looked around the market, bought trinkets, and exchanged drinks on the top floor of the main building with a great view.
Dang Seo-yeon, whose face was flushed, perhaps because she was drunk, looked me straight in the eye and asked.
“Was it really necessary to go that far?”
“what do you mean.”
The sight of herining couldn’t have been so cute.
Sometimes I forgot that she was older than me.
In terms of mental age, I am much older.
“30,000 gold coins. “Isn’t this an amount equivalent to several years’ worth of budget for most major Segapanies?”
“If I hadn’t done that much, I wouldn’t have been able to change the heart of the matriarch.”
“Sometimes I feel so humble. The small cooperative sacrifices so much for me, but there is actually nothing I can do for the small cooperative…”
I narrowed my eyes and put the ss down on the table.
I heard an unexpected story.
How long has it been since Seo-yeon Tang said something weak to me?
She, who always disyed a resolute attitude, was using the power of alcohol to reveal her hidden true feelings.
“Don’t say that. Until now, I have received a lot of help from Sojeo. “I am always grateful.”
“But…”
Dang Seo-yeon smiles bitterly before trying to say something.
It wasn’t that difficult to guess what she was trying to say.
Seoyeon Dang is a poisonous person.
Even if she married me, she would not be able to have children.
Neither I nor Dangbaek intentionally mentioned that part during our conversation in the living room.
But Tang Seoyeon also knew.
The fact that she herself was a German yed a big role in being able to have her rtionship with me recognized by Tang Baek.
There are two main reasons why a woman from a Tang family cannot be a person outside the monastic order.
Firstly, because the family’s hands were valuable, and secondly, because there were concerns about leakage of the vision.
In the case of Tang Seoyeon, as she was German, she was rtively free from both problems.
Since she couldn’t have children even if she got married anyway, there was no reason to seek a son-inw, and even if she became a monk, the risk of her vision being leaked for the same reason was rtively small.
In some ways, you could say that it was thanks to him that I was able to connect with him, but from the perspective of the person involved, it wasn’t a very pleasant story.
‘The more I do for Dang Seo-yeon, the more indebted she feels. It’s a vicious cycle.’
You might say, what does it have to do with my treating her well and her inability to bear children?
However, humans were inherently creatures sensitive to their own shorings.
People who are not ordinary sometimes show hypersensitivity to their own ‘differences’.
Just as Seo Ho-seon is still unable to appear in front of his parents.
Tang Seoyeon was also like that.
Suddenly, what Dang Sang-jin had said to me in the past passed through my mind.
[Yuna was a special person to me, but at the same time, she was a sore finger. Although he didn’t show it on the outside, that child had been hurt quite a bit by the looks and reactions of people around him. I was so sad about that, but thanks to you, I have one less thing to worry about.]
‘This is why my personality of holding it all inward is a problem.’
It goes without saying how the world views a woman who cannot see an heir.
Maybe that’s why Tang Seo-yeon always felt sorry for me.
Until now, I had kept it to myself, but as the engagement was confirmed, my feelings of difort seemed to have grown as well.
‘I guess that doesn’t matter.’
I scratched the back of my head and muttered to myself.
To be honest, I didn’t necessarily have a desire to have children.
However, even if these feelings were conveyed as is, it would not be of muchfort to Tang Seo-yeon.
Because her worries are entirely hers.
‘If you say it wrong, you might actually hurt her feelings.’
What should I say?
After thinking for a moment, I snatched the ss from Tang Seo-yeon’s hand.
Then he brought it to his mouth and emptied it in one go.
Tang Seo-yeon blinked at my sudden action.
“Sozer. “Would you like to make a bet with me?”