TGHD Ch 9

Ryubeom slowly blinked.

He was currently “seeing” memories. Like a dream, he witnessed events that he hadn’t experienced himself. Even though he was merely observing, the pain of those involved felt so vivid that it was agonizing. Something kept welling up inside him, an emotion that he couldn’t quite identify as either sorrow or anger.

The woman had become a vengeful spirit to protect the child. She had deliberately died in front of many people, feeding on their fear and terror, adding her own grief to remain as a malevolent ghost. She wanted to stay by the child’s side, even in that form.

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The scars inflicted on her soul by the blade used for exorcism didn’t easily fade away. Although the child had lost most of his senses and couldn’t communicate, the woman kept causing strange phenomena, desperately trying to protect even half of his soul. She had absorbed the village’s fear and transferred it to the child, like a mother bird feeding her chick.

But as time passed, the child’s soul continued to diminish. The woman absorbed nearby evil spirits to grow stronger, imitating famous ghostly figures to gather more fear from the villagers.

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This behavior was also an attempt to mimic what Na Gyeong’s spirit had done earlier. Perhaps she wanted to understand why the child had done such things or to communicate with him in that manner. It might have been a way to ensure the child’s existence remained in the villagers’ memories.

As she grew stronger, the woman kept searching for the Kwon family. However, the master and his wife had left for a foreign country, and no matter how hard she searched, she couldn’t find Kwon Namil.

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In the end, the child’s soul dissipated into smoke. Ryubeom felt that several months must have passed by then.

[Must kill first…]

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So he understood. The reason why the strange phenomena in Hyojomyeon had intensified over the past few months was to consume more fear, and also… to somehow resolve the child’s grudge before he disappeared. Although the child couldn’t be spoken to, the woman probably believed that what Na Gyeong wanted was revenge against Kwon Namil.

“Ugh…”

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Ryubeom groaned. As the past memories overlapped with the present, a headache set in. He saw the vengeful spirit of the woman holding onto Kwon Namil, and the child’s spirit standing still in front of them, the images swirling confusingly before his eyes. The woman, desperate to relieve the child’s grudge before he disappeared, was on the verge of breaking Kwon Namil’s limbs.

Was this reading residual resentment, a premonition, or something that was actually happening right now?

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“No, wait…!”

Ryubeom barely managed to shout through the hazy sensation. But a strong wind blew, as if to block his approach.

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Whoooosh!

The sharp wind was strong enough to make his skin sting, and he staggered under its force. Darkness rushed in like a tidal wave once again. Just as his body was about to be swept away, someone grabbed his arm.

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“…Master!”

The moment he recognized the voice, Ryubeom’s vision cleared. It was Yeohwi. He was looking at Ryubeom with eyes like the setting sun. As the twilight-like red glow spread across the usually dark crimson hue of his eyes, Ryubeom found it momentarily fascinating.

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Ryubeom belatedly looked around.

“Outside…?”

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He had definitely been inside the house, but now he was in the garden, floating in mid-air at a height of two stories. He wobbled, fearing he might fall.

The “path” Ryubeom had seen had become faint. The sticky darkness that had enveloped the entire house was now fragile, like glass about to shatter. The path Ryubeom had walked was the “memory.” This meant that the woman’s will was fading, signaling that she was about to become a fully malevolent spirit.

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The woman had already absorbed evil spirits to her limit, barely holding onto her sanity. If she completely lost her mind, only her instincts as a vengeful spirit would remain, leading her to commit atrocious acts.

Crack, crack…

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As Ryubeom predicted, the space around them began to shatter. The fragments fell to the ground with a loud thud.

Below, evil spirits swarmed. Sensing that the intense emotions of the central figure were about to reach their limit, they became more frenzied. If these evil spirits were released all at once, it would be dangerous.

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“We’ve seen enough, let’s get out of here. If we stay any longer, we’ll be swept away by the evil spirits.”

Yeohwi said with concern. He too seemed to have seen the memories with Ryubeom, as his gaze towards the second floor, where Kwon Namil was, was icy.

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“Kwon Namil was destined to die even if he hadn’t come to Hyojomyeon. After the child’s soul vanished, the vengeful spirit of the mother would have found and torn him apart.”

Yeohwi’s analysis was sound. The reason the woman had stayed in Hyojomyeon for the past decade was because Na Gyeong was bound to that place. She couldn’t leave, and her search for Kwon Namil had been limited to brief glances.

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But if the child’s soul completely disappeared, the woman would have no reason to hesitate. Driven by an even greater urge to kill, she would seek out Kwon Namil, and even his protective amulet wouldn’t be able to withstand her grudge. Moreover, Kwon Namil had already attracted numerous vengeful spirits elsewhere, making him a prime target.

When Ryubeom slowly nodded, Yeohwi extended his hand.

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“Then, let’s hurry and leave…”

“Thank you, Yeohwi.”

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“…Huh? It’s only right for me to repay the favor you’ve done for me, master…”

Yeohwi responded with a confused look, as if reciting a programmed response to Ryubeom’s unexpected expression of gratitude. Ryubeom gave him a faint smile.

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“You need to go far away.”

Without hesitation, Ryubeom pushed Yeohwi downward. A golden aura swept Yeohwi down to the garden, and as Yeohwi tried to quickly follow after realizing what was happening, Ryubeom hurriedly shouted,

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“No! Yeohwi, you might get hurt, so go as far away as you can!”

Ryubeom knew that the bracelet Yeohwi was wearing had powerful protective energy, but he had a strong intuition that the path ahead was dangerous. Ryubeom had always seen Yeohwi as someone to protect, so it was only natural that he sent him to safety first.

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He heard Yeohwi’s faint chuckle from below, but without even a moment to look back, Ryubeom leaped upward.

Rumble, crash…!

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The memories crumbled in real-time. The ground shook as if an earthquake had struck, with pieces breaking off and falling to the floor. They fell in the shape of crow feathers, devoured by the swarming evil spirits below.

Ryubeom didn’t stop running across the thin ice of his memories. He had to get to the second floor, where the child and the lady were. The physical distance from the garden to the second floor wasn’t that far, yet the path kept stretching longer, precarious and perilous.

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[Stay back!]

The lady screamed shrilly. Hugging the child tightly, she glared at Ryubeom as he raced up to the second floor, then fled into the sky. Kwon Namil was pulled up with them, and a dark aura swirled around them, forming a hemisphere in midair. It was a place of protection for them.

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The situation was becoming increasingly dangerous. Ryubeom’s instincts, his animalistic intuition, strongly alerted him to the severity. His head felt like it was going to burst, his breathing was labored, his vision blurred, and his entire body was tingling from being crushed by the malicious aura. Moreover, his hand, wounded last night, burned as if on fire.

“Ugh…”

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His flesh was rotting rapidly. Black blood dripped down, numbing his senses, but Ryubeom clenched his hand tightly.

It was a path he might die on. But more than that fear, Ryubeom was seized by a more intense curiosity. Questions he couldn’t shake off followed one after another.

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Is it enough to exorcise the evil spirits? Is eliminating them the solution to all the problems? No matter which path he walked, the final choice was to extinguish them. But even if that’s the conclusion, should the process be disregarded as well? Is it more efficient to ignore their backgrounds?

He understood that given their past, it was rational to exorcise the evil spirits causing trouble in the present without wasting time. But Ryubeom wanted to hear their stories. He wanted to know the circumstances no one was curious about. His situation wasn’t relaxed either, but even so, or maybe because of that… he wanted to listen.

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Because he could somewhat empathize with what it felt like to live embracing a past no one recognized or cared about.

He understood the mother’s heart, who felt sorry for her child wandering aimlessly, lost and turned into an evil spirit. He thought he knew the feeling of watching someone who experienced an unwanted death yet couldn’t leave for the afterlife, staying behind and wandering, the feeling of hovering anxiously without being able to leave their side.

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Ryubeom dangerously ascended toward the sky. Everywhere he stepped was filled with their memories. Like reflections on broken mirror shards, the past of the mother and daughter surfaced faintly, then fell to the ground, piece by piece.

Memories were pouring out.

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Was walking a path where he might die a reckless bravado or mere foolishness? Ryubeom questioned himself countless times. But though he didn’t find an answer to that, he was sure of one thing: if he covered up today and moved on, he would regret it for a very long time, perhaps for the rest of his life.

The regret that would remain in his heart might be tiny, it might be as light as a feather, but it seemed it would eventually be as dark and distinct as a raven’s feather.

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Ryubeom knew he was an inadequate and lacking tiger.

However, he didn’t want to be ashamed of himself.

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Finally arriving in front of the black hemisphere, Ryubeom wielded spiritual power in his hand and struck hard. Bang! But the evil aura burst like recoil and pushed him away. The malicious energy ominously warned him not to interfere. Blood flowed from Ryubeom’s body as he was flung away.

However, Ryubeom charged again, rolled over the shattered pieces of memories like glass shards, stood up abruptly, and once again rushed inside.

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Blood dripped endlessly.

Below, the evil spirits, excited by the scent of the tiger’s blood, were causing a commotion. The evil spirits climbed the outer wall of the mansion and reached out to grab Ryubeom, who was floating in mid-air.

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Nevertheless, Ryubeom charged towards the barrier once more.

“That reckless…!”

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Below, Yeohwi muttered something incomprehensible, and a vivid red light covered the ground. Taking advantage of the moment when the evil spirits were suppressed, Ryubeom managed to enter the barrier.

Boom! A black aura exploded as if trying to push Ryubeom back, but he ran forward, enveloped in a golden aura. The surroundings were completely dark. The darkness was so thick and fierce that he couldn’t see ahead.

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Ryubeom ran through the maze-like darkness. Now, the pitch-black darkness took the form of daggers, slashing his arms, cutting his waist, and tearing his legs. The more he seemed to realize what lay at the end of his path, the more ferocious the attacks became, and as all the energy concentrated on Ryubeom, the hemispherical space began to disintegrate.

As the ground cracked, Ryubeom was once again on the brink of falling. However, he managed to run across the shattering mirror-like surface and embraced ‘it.’

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Then he fell. The ground disappeared as the lady recklessly drew on energy. Ryubeom embraced the falling ‘it’ and fell together.

[No!]

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The lady’s scream echoed. Amid the dizzying sensation of falling with the wind tearing around him, Ryubeom whispered.

“…Nakyung.”

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Swallowing the painful breath that had risen to his throat, he spoke to ‘it’… no, to Nakyung.

“Are you looking for something?”

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[…]

“I’ll help you.”

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Through his memories, Ryubeom understood. Although the child’s memories were damaged, with gaps and not as clear as the lady’s, he could still tell.

Why Nakyung became a lingering spirit haunting Hyojomyeon.

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Nakyung slowly lifted her head in Ryubeom’s arms. Although she was just a form made of smoke, Ryubeom felt as if he was meeting a pair of pitch-black eyes. Like a raven’s eyes, shining solely in the darkness.

Soon, the wind blew.

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Though it was a very light breeze, Ryubeom instinctively recognized it as Nakyung’s energy. And that wind guided the two of them to the second floor of the house.

[Nakyung…? Baby? What just…]

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The lady hurriedly followed. At first, she chased after the falling two, holding a dagger to separate Ryubeom from Nakyung. But suddenly, Nakyung used her strength.

She was a child who couldn’t even speak. Severely affected by the exorcism, she barely existed. The lady had expected the child to express something if she brought Kwon Namil, but unexpectedly, the child reacted in the arms of that unfamiliar intruder. Even using up her remaining energy.

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Standing in the second-floor hallway, the lady spoke in a collapsing tone. The dagger she had been holding had vanished without a trace.

[Were you angry with Mom…? Is that why you haven’t spoken all this time?]

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Ryubeom quietly watched the grieving lady before moving. By now, Nakyung was walking ahead.

Finally, in the room at the end of the hallway, Nakyung stopped and looked up at Ryubeom.

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[Why that room…]

By now, the lady, no longer exuding any hostility, cautiously walked behind Ryubeom as if watching Nakyung’s reaction. Then she sighed in front of the room they arrived at.

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It was the room Kwon Namil had used in the past.

Ryubeom opened the door without a word. The long-abandoned door creaked as it opened, having been left behind by its owner long ago. Even with the door wide open, Nakyung did not enter but continued to look at Ryubeom, standing at the threshold.

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As if it were a space she could not enter, as if asking Ryubeom to go in for her.

The room, which had been untouched for a long time, was covered in dust. There was quite a bit of luggage left behind, as if the occupant had hurriedly left.

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The reason was obvious. Nakyung’s mother had committed suicide on the first floor of the mansion, fleeing from the unclean space. More precisely, fleeing from her spirit, which was bound to become an evil spirit. In a hurry, they abandoned the house and left Hyojomyeon.

“Here?”

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Ryubeom moved along with Nakyung’s gaze. He opened a drawer, looked at the child, then opened another drawer. He searched the shelves, looked under the bed, and finally took out an item from the wardrobe. A rectangular wooden box.

It was Nakyung’s jewelry box.

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Carefully brushing off the dust with his sleeve, Ryubeom approached the lady. He held out the jewelry box with both hands as if asking her to open it.

[Why is this here…]

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The lady groped the air, bewildered. However, after confirming that Nakyung was also watching her, she cautiously opened the lid of the box.

It was a box containing dozens of glass beads.

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[Ah…]

The lady froze upon seeing it. But beside her, Nakyung, somehow disappointed, moved her smoke-formed body. After hesitating, Ryubeom concentrated his spiritual energy in his hand. As a subtle golden light gathered, the beads finally sparkled.

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Like the beads Nakyung had first seen one day at noon.

[…! …!]

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The black smoke trembled again. It seemed to be the maximum expression of intention. It was a simple gesture, but Ryubeom felt the child was happy. Because the pitch-black eyes were sparkling.

The lady stared blankly at the glass beads.

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Earlier, Ryubeom had sensed it while reading Nakyung’s memories. And he was convinced by what he saw of Hyojomyeon’s first strange phenomenon in the lady’s memory.

Nakyung had been looking for this jewelry box from the beginning. That’s why she wandered around the mansion, even after becoming a vengeful spirit due to the villa explosion. But the one place Nakyung couldn’t enter was Kwon Namil’s room.

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Because it was a place she could never approach in life, if she got too close, she would immediately be shot with a BB gun and have to run away. The fear from that time lingered deeply, so even as a lingering spirit, she couldn’t bring herself to explore this place. After half of her soul was exorcised, she couldn’t come near it even more.

Ryubeom felt it when he first discovered Nakyung here. When he saw Nakyung on the stairs of the mansion’s first floor. She was in a state where it wouldn’t have been strange if she had already vanished, and the reason she had held on so far wasn’t because of the fear from the people the lady offered as sustenance… but because of the jewelry box. She was holding on with that single grudge.

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She wanted to show her mother the glass beads.

When Nakyung entered the mansion, she understood the meaning of the tears her mother shed while holding her. She wanted to make her mother happy, and the only thing she could achieve through her efforts was the glass beads.

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Following the instinct of a crow that loves shiny things, she was so happy to witness the glass beads shining under the midday sun. That’s why she endured Kwon Namil’s bullying, wanting to show them to her mother. Coincidentally, her mother’s birthday was just a few days away.

[Sobs, sobs, sobbing, hiccup…]

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The lady wept. She choked as if she couldn’t breathe, shook her head in agony, and finally collapsed, clutching the jewelry box preciously. Beside the lady, who sat on the floor sobbing, Nakyung fretted.

Then she looked up at Ryubeom as if asking what was wrong.

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“She’s crying because your gift is so beautiful.”

So Ryubeom answered in the softest voice he could manage. It was quite awkward as he was not used to comforting children, but Nakyung’s spirit trembled as if pleased.

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Soon, Nakyung approached as if to nestle into her arms. As the lady embraced Nakyung with trembling arms, the child’s spirit gradually began to fade from its edges. Although it was already just smoke, even that was now disappearing.

Because the child’s only grudge, her final wish, had finally been resolved.

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[Baby, thank you… truly, thank you…]

The lady no longer tried to prevent Nakyung’s disappearance and gently stroked her while holding her tightly. Until the very last moment, she thanked her, saying the glass beads she gifted were so beautiful and cherished. The face of the mother confronting the child’s long-denied and postponed vanishing was peaceful.

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At last, the child disappeared.

“……”

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Ryubeom quietly watched the soul vanish into the air like a fleeting sparkle. The lady slowly lowered her hands, which had been hanging in the air, and embraced the jewelry box as if it were the most precious treasure.

[Young master, I have a request.]

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“……Young master?”

[Hyojomyeon has many eyes and ears, so of course, I know what others call you.]

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So that title spreads like this. When Ryubeom stayed silent, a bit embarrassed, he heard a faint chuckle. The lady’s lips curled into a slight smile. It was the first smile he had seen from her.

[To think I would meet a descendant of the Mountain God…]

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“……How did you know I was a tiger?”

[With such a fierce charge, how could I not know?]

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She said that Ryubeom, leaping high into the air with golden spiritual energy wrapped around him, was the very embodiment of a tiger. The lady spoke with a gentle laugh. Ryubeom was entirely unaccustomed to this kind of compliment, so he merely wiped the blood trickling down his chin in awkward silence.

‘For such a mighty tiger, I am covered in too much blood right now…’

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He was embarrassed, but he felt somewhat proud that another being recognized him as a tiger. He had always heard warnings from his family not to show any deficiencies, so this situation felt very unfamiliar and significant to him.

The lady murmured softly.

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[They say if a soul is extinguished as an evil spirit, it cannot gain a chance for reincarnation. There will be no next life…]

“……”

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[Thanks to you, the child didn’t leave as an evil spirit.]

Though her voice carried a faint self-deprecation as she admitted she hadn’t understood her child’s heart even as a mother, in the end, she shook her head as if feeling relieved. Then, she asked Ryubeom for a favor…

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[Please make me disappear.]

“……That’s…”

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[This is a request from me.]

Ryubeom hesitated. He knew he had to perform the exorcism eventually, but now that he was at the end, his emotions were complex. The lady seemed to read Ryubeom’s hesitation and, not wanting to burden him, asked to be allowed to disappear.

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[It’s a shame I can’t kill that man… Or perhaps you would dislike such words, as you tried to protect humans, young master.]

The lady glanced outside. Kwon Namil, who had been pulled into the air with them a few minutes ago, had fallen when the hemisphere-shaped barrier disappeared. By some fortune, he was unconscious, caught in the trees.

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“…If you had killed him, you truly would have become an evil spirit. I wanted to prevent that.”

Ryubeom replied calmly. He had noticed, given that the strange phenomena at Hyojomyeon had lasted for over ten years, yet there had been no loss of life during that time. To protect the child’s soul, the lady harvested the fear of people but refrained from using rough methods.

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She could have harvested fear more quickly by killing people, but she didn’t, and she even suppressed other spirits she absorbed to prevent them from doing anything excessive. Perhaps she refrained because taking a life would have turned her into an evil spirit, and she wanted to remain with the child as rationally as possible… or it might have been her innate nature.

[While I am still the core, you must destroy me before I lose my sanity. That way, you can extinguish all the spirits gathered at Hyojomyeon at once.]

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“……”

[I no longer have the strength to release each of them one by one…]

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Just because Nakyung had released his lingering attachments and vanished didn’t mean the lady’s resentment was resolved. She still wanted revenge against everything that had wronged Nakyung. However, the reason she had resolved to seek revenge was due to the guilt she felt toward her child… After seeing the glass beads, she felt relieved.

She had tried to remain an evil spirit, thinking that’s what the child wanted, but that wasn’t what Nakyung desired. He wanted her to be happy, so he wanted to show her the glass beads. He wanted to give her that brilliant sparkle.

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[Please let the last thing I see be the glass beads.]

At the lady’s earnest plea, Ryubeom hesitated before finally taking a deep breath and reaching out his hand. Since he had sought to understand them, he had to be prepared to see it through to the end.

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Soon, golden spiritual energy swirled from Ryubeom’s hand. But the incantation circling his hand bore not the character for ‘destruction’ (滅) but the character for ‘comfort’ (慰).

Ryubeom had limited knowledge of rituals like requiem masses or purification rites. He didn’t have the spiritual energy to cleanse evil spirits and guide them to paradise or heaven. However, he knew that all such acts were ultimately connected.

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A heart truly wishing to console another. Hoping their pain diminishes and their sorrow is alleviated.

‘A heart that cares for someone else will become an act that cares for yourself.’

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He remembered what his father had once whispered to him. As Ryubeom recalled those words, he infused the incantation with more spiritual energy.

This was the first incantation he learned with his father, their hands clasped together.

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[Thank you, young master…]

The lady bowed her head in gratitude. The strings of characters swirling around Ryubeom’s hand grew larger and enveloped her entire body, and finally, her soul began to dissipate. She willingly embraced the moment of her disappearance.

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Screech, creak…!

However, eradicating a long-existing grudge wasn’t easy. Moreover, since she was the core of the evil spirits enveloping the Hyojomyeon area, the other spirits began to resist. They struggled to escape the extinction. An energy contrary to Ryubeom’s incantation surged around her.

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But she endured somehow, and Ryubeom also poured out even more spiritual energy.

Boom!

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The energies clashed, causing an explosion. Ryubeom’s body, already at its limit, couldn’t withstand the aftermath and was thrown outside.

Yet, at the last moment, he saw the lady’s spirit vanish. For a fleeting moment, she seemed to smile.

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Ryubeom fell below the building. In his eyes, dazed from exerting so much energy, the garden’s scenery unfolded. As the spirit that had been the center disappeared, the evil spirits also vanished.

Everything scatters, like a shimmer from a certain day.

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Feeling a sense of relief, Ryubeom braced himself for the impact of falling to the ground. He didn’t have the strength to brace for a fall, and he vaguely thought that since it was only a second-floor height, it wouldn’t hurt too much.

However, he faintly smelled a cool winter scent.

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“Those spirits are ungrateful.”

He found himself lightly caught in someone’s arms. Ryubeom blinked blankly. He was cradled in Yeohwi’s arms. Yeohwi’s jet-black robe fluttered gently.

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He had told him to run far away, but had he remained in the garden all along? Come to think of it, Yeohwi had blocked the evil spirits when they rushed at Ryubeom, following his blood scent. His memory was jumbled due to the aftereffects of delving deep into the mother and daughter’s memories. There was just a momentary impression, like an illusion, of a red light spreading widely across the garden.

Normally, Ryubeom would have immediately stepped away from Yeohwi’s embrace, but he didn’t have the strength now. The spell of comfort he used for the first time had drained him of much energy, leaving him utterly exhausted. Furthermore, he was significantly injured from the attack by the lady while leaping into the air. His entire body ached.

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Yeohwi gently laid Ryubeom down in the garden, speaking with a tone of regret.

“You helped them even while getting hurt like this, and yet they tried to harm you again until the very end when they disappeared.”

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His hands were careful as he wiped Ryubeom’s face with a white cloth. The bracelet Ryubeom wore a few hours ago had shattered, and the bandages wrapped around his arm had decayed. All the few possessions he brought from his family were ruined, but he had no regrets.

Ryubeom grasped Yeohwi’s hand and replied in a fading voice.

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“…Don’t be too harsh…”

He didn’t feel any resentment, knowing the lady hadn’t intentionally sent him flying and that she had done her utmost.

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And honestly, he thought he would have been fine even if Yeohwi hadn’t saved him. He’d have just lain unconscious for a few days and then gotten up. That’s how Ryubeom usually recovered. His strong constitution was his only advantage.

Yeohwi looked down at him with an incredulous gaze.

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“Did you really need to look into their memories and comfort them? Who even knows about your suffering now?”

“I know…”

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“……”

“Yesterday, you asked me why I tried so hard to understand them… Why I chose a difficult path when I could have exorcised them with others…”

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Ryubeom spoke in a daze.

“I didn’t want to have regrets. I felt that if I let them go without knowing, it would linger in my heart forever…”

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“……”

“So I tried to understand. To let them go completely…”

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Ryubeom wasn’t in the right mind to reflect on what he was saying. Perhaps it was the most honest truth he had, words too embarrassing to speak to others.

If his cousins or family members had been present, he would never have said such things. In front of them, he was always conscious of his deficiencies first. They would criticize even these feelings as foolish and silly.

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Yet, strangely, he found himself speaking to Yeohwi. Had he grown accustomed to his kind and gentle demeanor? Did he think Yeohwi would understand him?

After finishing his words in a half-conscious state, Ryubeom passed out.

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“……”

For a fleeting moment, he vaguely sensed that Yeohwi’s gaze was somewhat cold as he lost consciousness.

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A heart that cares for someone else will become something that also benefits you: It suggests that when you act with kindness and consideration for others, it not only helps them but also brings good things back to you.

Cheon Ryubeom’s eyes closed completely. As his hands dropped limply and his breathing became shallow, Yeohwi quietly looked down at him. As Yeohwi slowly withdrew his arms, Ryubeom’s hand fell to the ground.

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“More than I thought…”

There was not a hint of warmth in his quiet murmur. The concerned demeanor that had seemed empathetic or regretful toward Ryubeom just moments ago vanished entirely, leaving his face expressionless. The gentle kindness he had displayed earlier left no trace, as if it had been nothing more than a facade.

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His beautiful face was now as endlessly cool as a finely crafted porcelain doll.

Around that time, a commotion arose from behind. Thud! It was the sound of Kwon Namil falling to the ground after having fainted, caught in a tree in the garden.

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“Ahhh!”

Kwon Namil, who had regained consciousness only after burying his head in the bushes, quickly looked around. As soon as he saw Yeohwi, he pointed a finger at him and limped over.

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Kwon Namil’s memory had cut off when he was possessed by the evil spirit at the pavilion, but bits and pieces surfaced. He remembered being forcibly brought home after being seized by something, and the old house was eerily dark. The memories were vague, but the sensation of his limbs nearly twisting remained vividly, making him shiver and filling him with anger.

“What did you do to me?”

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It was clear that meeting these two, specifically getting entangled with the one with brown hair, had caused him this humiliation. Although Kwon Namil had initially hesitated when he saw Yeohwi, he now approached aggressively, fuming.

“I’ll report this, no, I’ll sue you! My dad knows some people on your side!”

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Up to that point, Yeohwi had been looking down at Cheon Ryubeom, but he slowly shifted his gaze to Kwon Namil. Startled by his quiet gaze, Kwon Namil flinched for a moment but tried to appear unaffected.

In his faint memories, this man hadn’t seemed to do anything, leading Kwon Namil to conclude that he had no particular abilities. Unexpectedly, it seemed the one with brown hair had used magic.

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Having checked his own body, Kwon Namil soon let out a frustrated shriek.

“Ah, my watch is broken! What are you going to do about this?”

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“……”

“Do you know that it’s aggravated assault for non-humans to harm humans? I won’t let this slide easily…”

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Bang! A loud noise echoed. Kwon Namil, who had been approaching Yeohwi aggressively, suddenly felt his view flip. With a mere gesture from Yeohwi, his body flew like a piece of paper and crashed into the tree behind him. He coughed, spitting up blood.

This happened several more times. Bang! Boom! Like playing with a ball, he was thrown around, and though Kwon Namil initially tried to resist, he eventually let his body hang limp. Only then did the invisible force release him, dropping him to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut.

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“Ugh, huff… aagh!”

Kwon Namil, who was groaning and trying to crawl, screamed again. Yeohwi, who had approached him silently, was now pressing down on his hand with his foot. His gaze, as he looked down, was still calm. It was a gaze so detached that it would have been better if he had shown anger, as if he were looking at something less than inanimate.

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“Oh. I thought you were human…”

Just like long ago when Kwon Namil tormented Nakyung, saying, “I thought it was an animal,” in a similar tone, Yeohwi spoke softly. His eyes held an ordinary look, as if it was no surprise for a predator to hunt a human.

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“You’re just trash.”

Kicking his hand away, Yeohwi turned his body.

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Kwon Namil trembled with fear and humiliation. He didn’t want to acknowledge the fear he had faced for the first time in his life. Especially not from a “non-human” that looked so refined. Having lived with a sense of superiority as a human, Kwon Namil stubbornly grabbed a rock from the garden floor and stood up.

“You bastard… ahhhhh!”

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But just as he was about to sneak up on Yeohwi, aiming for the back of his head, he found himself lifted into the air. The sensation of sharp teeth touching his head was terrifying.

A huge fox had appeared from somewhere and bit Kwon Namil.

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[This kind needs a cracked skull to come to their senses.]

“Don’t eat that, Ryeong. Spit it out.”

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[I have no intention of eating it.]

At Yeohwi’s words, the gigantic fox, Ryeong, turned its head and spat Kwon Namil out. He flew in the opposite direction, rolled on the ground, and passed out. It was an experience he would never have had in his entire life.

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Ryeong’s body soon shrank and nimbly perched on Yeohwi’s shoulder. It was the same fox that Cheon Ryubeom had seen a few days ago. Behind Ryeong, nine tails swayed gracefully.

“You didn’t kill a human, right?! It’s a hassle if this gets complicated…”

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Someone burst out from behind the house. They had been watching quietly all along and were now flustered by Ryeong’s sudden action, running out in a hurry. Yeohwi’s eyes curved into a smile. A playfully mischievous voice flowed from his mouth.

“Why do you keep following me, Guil? I clearly told you to take care of the kids.”

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“When you suddenly started using my name in Hyojomyeon, how could I not come….”

“Huh, I named you, so it’s practically mine.”

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“What kind of logic is that….”

Guil replied in a tone of lament. He then looked up at Yeohwi with a face full of confusion and concern.

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“Master, what on earth are you doing….”

A painted smile appeared on Yeohwi’s face.

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The one who had led the peace treaty between non-humans and humans, and established the foundation for fox non-humans to operate comfortably in society. The head of the fox family, who had positioned them as a leading power in the non-human world.

But mostly living abroad, almost no one in the family knew much about him, shrouded in mystery.

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The fox family head standing right in front of him was Yeohwi.

And Guil was his assistant. He was the only one in the family who had direct contact with the family head and worked domestically on his behalf, but he couldn’t claim to know him well. Right now, he was confused about why the head was even here in front of him. He had only heard late that the head had come to the country.

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In response to Guil’s confused gaze, Yeohwi just shrugged.

“Something I’ve been preparing for a very long time.”

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“…Wait, don’t tell me you mean ‘that’?”

It was a vague answer, but Guil’s mouth slowly opened. If it was something Yeohwi had been preparing for a very long time, there was only one thing it could be.

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Guil sighed deeply.

“Is it really possible to annihilate the Tiger family…?”

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“I bet people in the past didn’t think tigers would become an endangered species.”

The relationship between foxes and tigers had been strained for a long time, and about a hundred years ago, it became one of absolute enmity. On that day, the head of the Tiger family had his arm torn off, and Yeohwi suffered a significant wound on his back.

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The impact of the conflict at that time was so intense that there are records of how non-humans in the vicinity couldn’t come out for a while. Both sides suffered heavy losses, leading to a vague truce that persisted, with only subtle checks being repeated until now…

Finally, Yeohwi was about to proceed with “that plan.”

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Guil could only remain silent in the end. He looked at Ryubeom, who was lying on the ground, with a gaze filled with pity. Did that tiger know that he had been deceived by the master since Yeonggok Peak? That what he thought was helping was actually a trap…

All this was a cunning trap prepared to draw out an outcast from the Tiger family. The master planned to use him to bring about the downfall of the Tiger family. It was Yeohwi who sent the evil spirit to the meeting place between the Tiger family and humans a few days ago.

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And in this plan, Cheon Ryubeom wouldn’t remain unscathed. It was a scheme to kill off the entire Cheon family clan, beyond merely annihilating them, and Cheon Ryubeom would die in the process of opening the way.

“You’re really going through with it…”

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[He seemed to find it quite amusing.]

Ryeong said with a long yawn. Guil cautiously looked up at him perched on Yeohwi’s shoulder. His fur, white as snow, was mesmerizing, and his red eyes held a vivid light.

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‘Ryeong’ was like a guardian deity of the fox family. Unlike the divine beasts of other non-human families, he exuded a dark and mysterious aura but was also a powerful, legendary figure, a nine-tailed fox.

He had been with the family long before Guil was born and had a deep connection with ‘him.’ He was the one who had prepared this plan with Yeohwi since that day. Guil’s eyes were filled with awe as he looked up at Ryeong.

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Ryeong tapped Yeohwi’s shoulder nonchalantly.

[Pretending to be delicate was a bit creepy, though.]

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“What?! What have you done?!”

“Guil. Isn’t it too much to call it ‘doing’ something?”

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Yeohwi laughed aloud at Guil’s startled reaction.

“I wasn’t trying to do that, you see. Our young master saw me as very fragile.”

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As if recalling the earlier incident, Yeohwi smiled with amusement and looked back at Ryubeom.

When Ryubeom had been caught by the evil spirit in the garden, he had pushed Yeohwi away first. Yeohwi remembered the touch of Ryubeom’s hand pushing his shoulder and his shout.

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‘No! Yeohwi might get hurt because he’s weak, so go as far away as possible!’

At that moment, Yeohwi found himself unable to continue acting. Although he had deliberately pretended to be weak when they first met, he was left speechless and chuckled when he heard Ryubeom trying to protect him even in such a moment.

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What does that little thing think it’s protecting?

Yeohwi tilted his head and looked down at his wrist with a smile.

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“It seems the bracelet is working properly.”

“…Is that something made by him?”

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“Yeah. He assured me it would conceal my energy, and it seems he wasn’t lying.”

The heads of powerful families were akin to divine beasts and possessed substantial spiritual power. The wooden bracelet on Yeohwi’s wrist was intended to suppress such a presence.

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The young master seems to be greatly mistaken…

Yeohwi gently stroked the bracelet, his touch soft and careful, as if handling a precious gift. He turned his gaze toward the moaning sound coming from behind him.

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“Ugh…”

It was Ryubeom lying on the ground, groaning in pain. Sweat beads formed on his face, indicating that the pain was gradually intensifying. Guil spoke with a sympathetic tone.

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“The Tiger Clan really told just him to close the demonic path…”

“Do you really think they entrusted him to actually fix it?” Yeohwi replied indifferently. The concerned tone he had once used in front of Ryubeom was gone, replaced by a voice full of mockery.

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Since coming to Hyojomeon, Yeohwi had discussed the demonic path with Ryubeom several times. Although Ryubeom hadn’t explained the background in detail, Yeohwi could roughly infer the situation from Ryubeom’s expressions and the events at Yeonggokbong.

Telling a single beast to resolve the strange occurrences happening across the country was essentially a death sentence. If interpreted more charitably, it meant the clan expected him to keep a low profile while pretending to address the issue because the atmosphere within the clan was not favorable. But considering Ryubeom’s wish was tied to it, it was more likely the former.

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Ryubeom believed that if the demonic path were truly a serious and dangerous issue, the Tiger Clan would have intervened directly. Yeohwi had almost laughed at this. Ryubeom’s faith in and pride for the Tiger Clan were so great and naive that it was laughable.

The demonic path wasn’t opened due to their fault, so why would the Tiger Clan step up to take responsibility? From the moment they claimed to solve it, they would be accountable, and the eyes of other beast clans would be on them. Any failure or weakness shown would only tarnish their reputation.

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Moreover, most powerful clans weren’t adversely affected by such problems and had their territories to protect. For the Tiger Clan, it was the vicinity of Gwanaksan and Yeonggokbong. They needed to focus their energy on managing their territory, so there was no reason to waste their spiritual power on problems in other lands.

However, as the demonic path was left unattended for a long time, incidents involving human casualties began to increase. This led to a subtle sense of urgency among the prominent beast clans. Even if no one was willing to take full responsibility, they needed to show that they were at least paying some attention.

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Thus, the Tiger Clan pushed Ryubeom forward.

It wasn’t that they expected much from him. If they were serious about resolving the issue, the elders would have taken action, or at least assigned the task to other cousins. The intent was merely to show that they were concerned.

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As a direct descendant who was also expendable, and considering they sent him out alone, they might even plan to portray him as having ‘sacrificed’ himself in case things went wrong.

“Still, you closed the first demonic path, didn’t you? That’s really impressive…” Guil said with admiration.

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Yeohwi only shrugged.

Rustle.

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At that moment, a very faint noise was heard from behind. It was so small it could be mistaken for the sound of the wind, but Yeohwi’s eyes immediately turned in that direction. He soon smiled gently.

“Garim, you’re there, aren’t you?”

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At Yeohwi’s calm call, the bushes in the distance quivered. Though there was no sound as if holding their breath, Yeohwi had already seen the movement.

“You can come out now. Your knees must hurt from kneeling for so long.”

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As Yeohwi softly called again, Garim cautiously stood up. Though his voice was gentle, she couldn’t bring herself to approach him.

A few dozen minutes earlier, when the commotion was at its peak, Garim had been warned by Ryubeom not to approach the house. Even without spiritual vision, she could tell something was wrong with the house. It was dark around the house as if it were the middle of the night, even though it was daytime.

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But she was too worried and cautiously entered the house. She was concerned about whether Kwon Namil was truly dead, curious about the truth, and most of all, worried about Ryubeom. So, holding tightly onto the yellow norigae (a traditional Korean ornament) that Ryubeom had given her as a precaution, she snuck in. It was an item imbued with a spell to hide her presence.

She suspected Ryubeom was no ordinary beast but was still concerned about him. For some reason, she felt drawn to Ryubeom. Despite his calm and serene demeanor and slightly difficult atmosphere, he seemed burdened and as if he were being chased.

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So, she came in worriedly and finally saw it. The sight of Ryubeom, shrouded in golden spiritual energy, leaping into the sky.

‘Ah, he’s a tiger…’

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At that moment, it felt like she was dreaming. Her heart raced, and she could only stare blankly at the sky. After the commotion ended, she was worried about how to face Ryubeom. It struck her how rare and significant it was to encounter a member of the Tiger Clan.

However, after the commotion ended and Ryubeom collapsed, the fox beast who had been with him changed his attitude. In an instant, his face became expressionless, and with a mere gesture, he sent Kwon Namil flying. Despite his previously gentle and amiable appearance in front of Ryubeom, the crimson eyes that looked down at Kwon Namil were cold and terrifying, more so than any demon.

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Moreover, a large fox appeared, and another beast emerged from behind the house, introduced as “Guil.”

‘Clan leader, what are you doing…’

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Even the mention of the term “clan leader” was shocking. She had missed her chance to escape due to the shock of the subsequent conversation. Talks of destroying the Tiger Clan and using Ryubeom made her hold her breath repeatedly.

But Yeohwi noticed her after all. Though he wore the same smiling face as when she first saw him, Garim couldn’t meet his eyes. She stood frozen, her face tense with fear as Yeohwi approached her.

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A fear as if death was approaching overwhelmed her.

“Garim, you came in because you were worried about the person lying over there, right?”

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“Y-yes? Ah, yes, that’s right!”

But Yeohwi’s question was so kind that Garim quickly answered, sensing the need to be tactful. She nodded vigorously, and Yeohwi smiled as if pleased.

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“I-I didn’t see anything! I just came in to pick up Kwon Namil, and I won’t tell anyone about what happened here. No, I won’t even remember…!”

“Haha, you don’t have to be so tense.”

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Yeohwi smiled, his eyes narrowing.

“Because you won’t remember anyway.”

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As soon as he finished speaking, red light flowed from Yeohwi’s hand. Before Garim could react, it seeped into her head, and gradually, her eyes became unfocused.

Soon, Garim, moving like a puppet, dragged the unconscious Kwon Namil outside, holding onto one of his arms. Kwon Namil’s body was further battered from being dragged, but neither Yeohwi nor Garim seemed to care. Yeohwi waved goodbye to her with a smile. She walked away without looking back at him, or rather, without acknowledging his existence at all. Her memory of seeing Yeohwi in Hyojomeon had become blurry. Anyone who came into contact with Garim’s father would be affected by the same spell.

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Guil, witnessing the scene, shivered, but Yeohwi simply turned back to look at Ryubeom. While erasing Garim’s memory, he had glimpsed her thoughts and emotions.

The strong emotion she felt when she saw Cheon Ryubeom leap into the sky was particularly striking, and even to Yeohwi, the moment had felt remarkable.

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At first, he thought Ryubeom’s bravado stemmed from ignorance about the demonic path—fitting the saying, “ignorance is bliss.” He found Ryubeom’s trust in the Tiger Clan laughable, and when he claimed he wanted to understand the demon, Yeohwi thought he lacked a sense of reality due to his upbringing.

Yeohwi had long known that Ryubeom was an outsider within the clan, but he assumed the upbringing and education he received there would have left an indelible mark. The Tiger Clan taught that tigers were the strongest beings, ruling over all life. Such indoctrination could warp one’s mind.

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Seeing that Ryubeom seemed to take pride in being a tiger, Yeohwi watched him like an arrogant young cub. He thought that if things got too dangerous, he could forcibly pull him out, as Ryubeom was part of their “plan.”

Unexpectedly, Cheon Ryubeom “saw the way.”

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Yeohwi recalled seeing Ryubeom’s eyes flash silver when he was trapped by the demon’s grudge. With this in mind, Yeohwi slowly walked towards Cheon Ryubeom. At the time, he had marveled at Ryubeom’s abilities, and yet…

He also thought that Ryubeom’s energy was somehow twisted. It wasn’t just his spiritual power; other forces were mixed in, making the creation of spells chaotic and unstable.

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This was why Ryubeom resorted to recklessly expending his power and undertaking dangerous physical endeavors. The external injuries he sustained while ascending to the sky were severe, but the internal injuries were likely even worse.

A creature that seemed to distance itself from everyone yet was unnecessarily soft-hearted. Like someone who hadn’t experienced kindness for a long time, he was uncomfortable with it, distancing himself deliberately while ultimately failing to turn away. A foolish and reckless tiger that, even after distancing itself, worried it might have caused harm.

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‘Who even knows that he’s struggling like this?’

‘I do…’

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But that made it somewhat interesting.

Silently smiling, Yeohwi drew a simple spell above Cheon Ryubeom. This was a reward for his commendable actions in protecting his weak self.

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A red light spread through the air, slowly healing Cheon Ryubeom’s wounds.