“It’s unfair. It wasn’t me!”

The person who was complaining about the unfairness in the Hwangcheon-gak interrogation room was Bae Jong-tak, a member of the Bukcheon Swordsmanship led by Ilhwa Swordsman.

He had been arrested on charges of raping the young concubine of the swordsmanship. In the past, this would not have been reported, but this time, Bae Jong-tak was arrested the day after the accusation was filed.

“That concubine is framing me! Let me confront her! I’m being unfairly treated.”

“Why would a concubine frame you?”

“I don’t know. She may have been instigated by someone, or maybe I made a mistake with that child. But at least I didn’t rape that child.”

He looked really unfairly treated.

“Okay, let me confront her.”

“Bring her here right now.”

As I gave the signal, Seo Dae-ryong, who had been waiting outside, came in with a girl who looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old. The girl was terrified.

“Hey! Why are you doing this to me!”

Bae Jong-tak shouted at the girl.

I raised my hand to calm his excitement.

“Quiet! If you yell one more time, there will be no confrontation.”

“Yes. I feel wronged.”

I asked the girl.

“Is that the person who raped you?”

The girl nodded slowly.

“Look at me! He nodded without even looking at my face properly.”

“I know him, so why do I need to look at his face in detail?”

“I feel guilty and can’t look at you.”

“Isn’t that really you?”

“No, I swear to heaven that I am not. If you punish me based on the child’s words like this, I feel so wronged. Think about it. If you missed the woman, you could have gone to Giru, but why would you touch a child like that?”

“I don’t know. You tell me. Do you get excited when you see a child?”

“Didn’t you say no?”

Bae Jong-tak glared at the child fiercely.

“Don’t you know how scary false accusation is? I will forgive you, so tell me honestly. Tell me no!”

The child flinched as if she was scared.

“Look at me! I’m shaking, aren’t I?”

“That’s because I’m scared. I told you that if you told me about the rape, you’d go find your family back home and kill them?”

This incident wasn’t reported by the girl. The child told another man, and that man went to the Hwangcheon-gak branch across from the Pungryu bar instead of his friend and reported it.

“Why do you only believe that child’s words?”

“Because I believe that child.”

“Isn’t that too biased?”

“Because it’s clear that you raped her.”

“That’s why I’m telling you to give me solid evidence! Don’t just believe that child’s words.”

When I looked at Seo Dae-ryong, he went outside. Then he brought back two more children. They were slightly older girls than the ones who had come in before.

The moment he saw them, Bae Jong-tak was startled.

“Do you remember? They were the children who worked as your maids before.”

“I know. You’ve grown up so much!”

Bae Jong-tak greeted them happily, but the children bowed their heads and didn’t respond.

“I suddenly became curious while listening to the child’s testimony. You did it this time, but didn’t you do it before?”

After investigating the previous maids, he found out that they had also been raped.

“I’ve already finished all the testimony. The way you raped the kids was the same. The threats were the same. You played around with them for two or three years and then replaced them with other kids.”

When he realized that he couldn’t evade anymore, Bae Jong-tak’s expression changed. The one who had been complaining about the injustice disappeared, revealing his true nature.

“I made a mistake while drinking. Please forgive me just this once.”

The guy who suddenly became calm was so different from the way he had complained about the injustice just a moment ago that it felt like watching a performance by a gang of street performers.

The guy spoke calmly to the kids.

“Honestly, you guys liked it too, right? You gave me money every time you finished, right?”

Then the youngest sibbi took coins out of his bosom and threw them on the floor. The coins poured out. She had kept them without spending a single penny and brought them today.

Bae Jong-tak turned his head as if he hadn’t seen me and begged me.

“I heard that in the history of the Hwangcheon Pavilion, there has never been a case of someone being sent to the Brain Prison for provoking a woman.”

“You studied in advance. That’s right.”

“I will never do something like this again. I swear to heaven. If you tell me to write a memorandum, I will. No, I will not provoke a woman at all.”

“You will not go to the Brain Prison.”

The children raised their heads at my words. Their faces were all terrified.

“Thank you. Thank you very much.”

The bastard smirked and looked at the children, and they all avoided eye contact and lowered their heads.

“Instead, we should go somewhere else.”

“Where?”

“Here.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

My sword cut off the bastard’s neck with one stroke. The bastard fell backwards along with the chair without even letting out a single scream.

The children were startled by the sudden situation and shouted. The bastard’s blood flowed out ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) onto the coins that had fallen on the floor.

I immediately turned back to the children.

“The one who tormented you is now dead. Your family won’t die. So don’t worry and live from now on.”

The children looked at me with surprised faces.

“You won’t forget what happened to you until the day you die. If you can’t forget anyway, don’t forget what happened today. Let this moment, when this guy pays the price, cover up what happened to you. Remember only this last moment of the author.”

This was the best I could do for the children.

The children looked at the corpse and then looked at each other.

After a while, the oldest child among them stepped forward and bowed his head respectfully.

“Thank you for taking revenge.”

The other children bowed their heads as well.

“Thank you, sir. Oh my.”

The youngest sissy burst into tears, and the other child hugged her. Tears also flowed from the eyes of the child who was hugging her.

No one cares how the sissy is treated and lives. I was like that in the past, too.

“You don’t need to thank me. It was thanks to your brave testimony that we were able to punish that bastard. It was the punishment you brought about. So live bravely in the future.”

“Yes.”

“And you will never be retaliated against by Lee Ja’s friends or family. From now on, Hwangcheon-gak will protect you.”

Now even the oldest girl was in tears.

“Really……thank you.”

Father, if we fail to protect these children under the pretense of being strong and noble, we will be beheaded by the political bastards you hate so much. No, we should be beheaded. Even if our heads are beheaded, there is nothing to say.

The investigators came in and took the children away. They told us to pay special attention to these children in the future, so the children did not have to worry.

This will also spread rumors around the school, so there will be fewer people who will try to cause trouble. The idea that this kind of thing is natural because he is a mine, that wrong idea needs to be corrected first.

Ian, who was watching the investigation, shook his head.

“When I saw that guy being caught earlier, I thought he was being treated unfairly. It’s really scary.”

“Humans are scarier than ghosts.”

“But the author is a member of the Bukcheon Swordsman. Will Ilhwa Swordsman just stay?”

“His subordinate continuously raped young concubines. Why are you making a fuss about killing someone like that? Wouldn’t it be better not to?”

“Aren’t you scared, Master?”

“I’m scared. I’m afraid I’ll die without cleaning up all this trash.”

“Since Master became the Hwangcheon Gakju, our school has become more and more kind. What if it ends up being filled with people who are better than the Murim Alliance?”

I immediately corrected her joke.

“Not raping a sibbi, isn’t that a good thing? It’s only natural.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

“We haven’t even been able to do that natural thing.”

At that moment, Seo Dae-ryong came back.

“Master, why did you do that?”

“What?”

“You killed him on purpose? Isn’t it your belief that people like that should be locked up in a brain prison and made to suffer?”

The brain prison of our school was a place more painful than death.

“That’s right.”

“But why did you kill him?”

As expected, Seo Dae-ryong is a smart guy. I deliberately handled the incident related to Ilhwageomjon myself, and as he said, I intentionally killed him.

“I have to kill him like this so that I have an official excuse to go see Ilhwageomjon.”

Seo Dae-ryong was surprised.

“The Bloody Heavenly Horse problem is a headache, so why do you want to meet Ilhwa Sword Lord?”

“Because I need a second tiger.”

“Yes?”

I gave an order, looking at Seo Dae-ryong who seemed to have no idea what was going on.

“Tell Sword Lord right now. There’s a problem during the investigation, so I’ll meet him in person and explain.”

After a while, I took Seo Dae-ryong to Bukcheon Sword House.

“Do you really have to take me with you?”

“This is an official visit, so how can I go alone? My right-hand man should follow me.”

“When did I become your right-hand man?”

“A ruthless man with a power-oriented personality who only loves one woman, a rebel who raises his hand when everyone else is silent, my right-hand man is enough.”

“Oh my God!”

“Which expression do you like?”

“I don’t like any of them!”

Soon, we arrived at the entrance to Bukcheon Sword House.

If the Namdojong of Hyeolcheon Doma occupied the south of the main school, the Bukcheon Swordsman of Ilhwa Swordsman controlled the north.

“This is my first time with the Bukcheon Swordsman. There were no cases related to the Bukcheon Swordsman in the cases I handled so far. Unlike Hyeolcheon Doma, the Ilhwa Swordsman managed his subordinates well. The swordsmen of the swordsmanship also valued honor.”

“Is that so?”

When I responded indifferently, Seo Daeryong asked.

“Don’t you think so?”

“In my opinion, the swordsmanship and the demons are the same. How can those who value honor look like that?”

The eyes of the swordsmen guarding the entrance were not kind.

It seemed that Bae Jongtak’s death had already been known, but rather than reacting like “He died because he committed a crime,” their feelings were closer to, “You killed a member of the Bukcheon Swordsmanship just because he stirred up trouble?” Of course, since no one dared to provoke me at a time like this, everyone soon bowed their heads respectfully.

Seo Dae-ryong spoke to me softly.

“I see your gaze often. I keep seeing you when I’m with someone.”

“I’ll add pacifist to the list of modifiers that adorn you.”

“Ah… … .”

A guide was waiting for us.

“The Demon Lord is waiting. I am Saujong.”

Saujong was the man known as the right-hand man of Ilhwageomjon. He was one of the top three skilled swordsmen in Bukcheongeomga, and his momentum was as sharp as a blade.

I know this man well. It wasn’t because of a personal connection or friendship, but because his end was quite impressive.

“Nice to meet you.”

“Follow me.”

Saujong took us further inside. We went past the buildings where the demons resided and went deepest.

There was a small thatched cottage there.

This neatly decorated place was the residence of Ilhwageomjon.

“Hwangcheongakju has arrived.”

At Saujong’s message, the cottage door opened and a woman in white walked out.

“Welcome, Geomgakju.”

The woman with the soft voice was Ilhwageomjon Soyeonrang.