Chapter 020 : Reward
"Vice Captain, where did the Third Young Master go?"
"I do not know."
The Ice Palace's Young Palace Head, Seol Ye-rin, asked the Small Snow Squad's Vice Captain, Eun Bin.
"Ah, really! The Young Master is truly! If he suddenly disappears here, what are we supposed to do!"
"He is truly an unstoppable Captain."
On the frozen earth, Wi Ji-yeong and Baek Mu-yong began to move to find Hyeokryeon Yeom.
"Shall we find the Captain?"
At Tae Un-seo's appearance, who was calmer than expected, Seol Ye-rin asked with a puzzled expression.
"You are calmer than expected."
"We burned all the horse bandits, and there must be a reason why the Captain disappeared."
Was it trust, she wondered.
Seol Ye-rin, for some reason, became envious of the fact that Tae Un-seo trusted Hyeokryeon Yeom without a shred of doubt.
"We can't stay here forever after causing such a mess."
"I will look for him quickly."
As Eun Bin rose from his seat, Seol Ye-rin also began to move.
There is no way a person could suddenly disappear.
Thinking there must definitely be traces left, Seol Ye-rin's eyes, which were looking around, flashed.
‘What is this?’
Extreme Yin Qi is felt.
Although she used Extreme Yin Qi to extinguish the fire, this Extreme Yin Qi felt now was not the Extreme Yin Qi Seol Ye-rin possessed.
So, the moment Seol Ye-rin moved to the place where the Extreme Yin Qi was felt.
Boom!
Hyeokryeon Yeom sprang up, piercing through the frozen earth.
"Kyaaak!"
In the situation where the startled Seol Ye-rin was stepping backward.
"Are you okay?"
"Uhm... thank you."
"Young Master!"
"Captain!"
"Where have you been?"
At the news that Hyeokryeon Yeom returned, the party flocked to Seol Ye-rin and Hyeokryeon Yeom.
"Secret."
At Eun Bin's question, I put my index finger on my lips.
"Why... has your Yin energy increased?"
However, I could not avoid Seol Ye-rin's sharp eyes.
-Ho-oh, it is this child.
I gazed at the Sword Venerable and Demon Queen swimming in the air with a troubled expression.
The ghosts increased to two.
‘By bringing the Extreme Snow, the Sword Venerable started following me, and by taking the Cold Snow Secret Realm, the Demon Queen followed.’
If it becomes like this, if I obtain the legacies of the other two Martial Gods as well, it could mean that four ghosts would follow me around.
If Seol Ye-rin, who is afraid of ghosts, hears this story, how would she accept it?
"For now, let's go back and talk."
Right now, telling the report that we swept the horse bandits to the Ice Palace Head came first.
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"Waaaaah!"
"Young Palace Head! Young Palace Head!"
Returning home in glory.
Upon returning to the Ice Palace, the news that the Young Palace Head's party swept the horse bandits and returned spread widely in the Ice Palace.
"Ugh."
The ones who came to suffer a headache due to this were the gathering of Elders, the Ice Council.
"I did not know they would really sweep the horse bandits and return."
"They say it was merely six. What do you think, Chairman Seol."
As Elder Choi Han-rim spoke while looking straight at Chairman Seol Un-gang.
"What nonsense are you saying? Horse bandit sweeping should be seen as something the Young Palace Head handled entirely!"
Elder Han Bing-ok shouted enthusiastically.
"Regardless of who contributed more to the combat power, dealing with the southern horse bandits with merely six people must be seen as a great achievement."
The Elder from the Snow Tiger Squad, Gwak Tae-han, defended Hyeokryeon Yeom and the Young Palace Head's party.
Then.
"Now that he even swept the horse bandits, shouldn't we acknowledge the Demonic Cult's Third Young Master as the North Sea's live-in son-in-law?"
At Elder Baek Seol-pung's remark, Elder Gwak Tae-san, who was secretly gauging the mood, also added a word.
"It does seem that thanks to the Third Young Master, the Young Palace Head recovered and was able to sweep the horse bandits."
"Elder Gwak. Since having a duel with the Demonic Cult's Third Young Master once last time, you seem to defend the Third Young Master slightly?"
"W-who is defending!"
Elder Gwak Tae-san made an embarrassed expression.
"Then, can we ask you to mobilize the Snow Tiger Squad and pressure the Small Snow Squad?"
"If it is pressure……."
"I mean we should start keeping them in check slowly now."
The Ice Palace Head would clearly bestow a reward on Hyeokryeon Yeom who swept the horse bandits together with the Young Palace Head.
Like this, he might really become the live-in son-in-law officially.
The moment Hyeokryeon Yeom becomes the Ice Palace's live-in son-in-law.
-Disband the Ice Council.
Since he is a guy famous as a scoundrel, it seemed he could even spit out such words.
"Can't you do it?"
At Chairman Seol Un-gang's words, Elder Gwak Tae-san let out a sigh.
"I will give the order."
"Well thought."
"I will also talk to the Ice Wolf Squad."
No matter how much the Ice Palace Head has the authority to make decisions regarding the major and minor affairs of the Ice Palace.
The power of the Ice Council, which controls the forces within the Ice Palace in this way, was acting powerfully within the Ice Palace.
-Hmm, the power struggle is still severe.
Council of Elders, above the Ice Council.
They would not dream that two ghosts returned to the Ice Palace and were exploring here and there.
-Heh heh, Snow Tiger Squad and Ice Wolf Squad. Shall I tell this to Yeom or not?
-Master, that nasty disposition remains the same even after several hundred years.
-Heh heh, originally, if a person changes suddenly, they are bound to die.
Since the Sword Venerable is already a ghost, what more is there to die, but since the Demon Queen was also in the same situation, she did not speak further and returned towards Hyeokryeon Yeom.
Because she intended to convey the story she heard a little while ago to Hyeokryeon Yeom.
In the place where the Demon Queen returned like that.
"We completely swept the horse bandits and returned, Father-in-law."
Seol Baek-ho, called the Palace Head of the Ice Palace, was grabbing the back of his neck again facing Hyeokryeon Yeom.
"You worked hard."
"Thank you, Father-in-law."
It seemed Seol Baek-ho was still not accustomed to the expression Father-in-law.
Even so.
"How was the sightseeing outside?"
Seeing his smiling daughter, Seol Ye-rin, Seol Baek-ho's stiffened expression loosened like magic.
"Thank you for permitting the outing from the palace, thanks to you, I could have many experiences."
At the appearance of his daughter who seemed to have matured a level further, Seol Baek-ho's muscles twitched.
Seol Baek-ho next looked back at the members of the Small Snow Squad standing next to Hyeokryeon Yeom and Seol Ye-rin.
They stood in the order of Eun Bin, Baek Mu-yong, Tae Un-seo, and Wi Ji-yeong.
"The Small Snow Squad also worked hard."
"Thank you!!"
As if they had practiced, the four people answered simultaneously.
"So what do you want?"
"Yes?"
"I mean I will bestow a reward suitable for solving the homework I personally gave. What do you want?"
Seol Baek-ho's gaze began to scan Hyeokryeon Yeom.
Depending on what answer he gives here, Seol Baek-ho's gaze towards Hyeokryeon Yeom will change.
‘The Seol Baek-ho I remember is…….’
Although the reason the Palace Head of the North Sea Ice Palace, who looks like a fool for his daughter at a glance, can keep his position is also due to his outstanding martial power.
‘I think I heard his judgment was very outstanding with strategic thinking.’
In other words, he is a person capable of seeing through Hyeokryeon Yeom with just one thing regarding what he wants to receive as this trivial reward.
Then what Hyeokryeon Yeom has to demand here now is.
"I want to receive a search right."
"Search right?"
"To be recognized as an Ice Palace person as the Ice Palace's live-in son-in-law, I wish to inherit the legacies of the North Sea Martial Gods."
At the words legacies of the North Sea Martial Gods, Seol Baek-ho's expression stiffened.
"You will search for the legacies of Martial Gods that have not appeared even once for the past three hundred years?"
At Seol Baek-ho's words, I looked back at Baek Mu-yong and Eun Bin.
The two would know that I obtained a Martial God's legacy.
I thought they would naturally have reported it, but it seemed not.
-Heh heh, is this guy the Ice Palace Head of the current generation?
-His physique doesn't resemble the Master at all.
-Heh heh, isn't the surname different, many things must have happened for three hundred years.
I made a troubled expression at the appearance of the Martial Gods sharing stories amicably next to my father-in-law.
The fact that I was the only person who could see this appearance was truly regrettable.
Anyway.
"Actually... I obtained the Martial Gods' legacies."
I unsparingly took out the Extreme Snow Sword and Cold Snow Secret Realm that I acquired.
"What is that……."
Seol Baek-ho, whose eyes widened at the words Martial Gods' legacies, looked at the legacies I held out.
Seol Baek-ho's expression stiffened the feeling the Extreme Yin Qi felt from the brilliantly shining Extreme Snow Sword.
"That sword is……."
The same for the book written as Cold Snow Secret Realm.
"May I touch it?"
"Yes. It is possible, but……."
"But?"
"Please do not be startled."
When Seol Ye-rin touched the Extreme Snow Sword, Seol Ye-rin became able to see the Sword Venerable.
"Do not be startled?"
Feeling doubt at my words, the moment Seol Baek-ho grasped the Extreme Snow Sword.
-Nice to meet you, descendant!
"Ugh!"
Seol Baek-ho swung the sword, startled greatly.
Whoosh-
However, the Sword Venerable, who is a ghost, did not receive any damage at all.
-Heh heh, he is a descendant with bad hand habits.
"G-ghost?"
"It is the Snow Wind Sword Venerable."
Snow Wind Sword Venerable, Baek Un-han.
At the words that he is a Martial God from three hundred years ago, Seol Baek-ho's two eyes widened.
The problem was,
"Why are you like that, Palace Head? We do not see anything."
At the remark of the Ice Palace's General Manager, Seol Su-hyeok, Seol Baek-ho looked back at me.
"Only the person holding the sword can see."
"Yes?"
-The owner of this Extreme Snow is that child. Since the owner of the sword appeared after three hundred years, know that it won't be fun if you harbor other intentions by any chance.
At that time, the Sword Venerable warned looking at my father-in-law.
"Are you truly the Sword Venerable?"
"Third Young Master, is Father talking with a ghost?"
"Correct. Ah, and I want Miss Seol to check this too."
"Do I have to see a ghost if I touch this too?"
If one possesses the Cold Snow Secret Realm, one comes to meet the Demon Queen.
"It is the secret manual left by the Cold Snow Demon Queen, since it might be a martial art capable of overcoming the Extreme Yin Body, I think it would be good to share stories……."
-Child possessing the Extreme Yang Body, I am saying this just in case, but know that the legacies we left are yours until you die.
As I tried to hand over the Cold Snow Secret Realm to Seol Ye-rin, the Demon Queen warned.
"Yes, I will keep it in mind."
"I, I will check later."
Whether she was afraid to meet the Demon Queen, Seol Ye-rin stepped back.
"Amazing."
Seol Baek-ho, who personally saw the Sword Venerable, seemed to believe my words.
"To obtain already two legacies of Martial Gods that couldn't be discovered for over three hundred years."
He seemed to understand why I demanded a search right.
The words that these two legacies exist meant the story that other North Sea Martial Gods' legacies also exist.
It was a story that I, as the North Sea Ice Palace's live-in son-in-law, would find the legacies of North Sea Martial Gods and receive recognition from Ice Palace people.
"Who knows this fact?"
"Only the people here know."
"Again, absolutely you must not divulge it to others."
If rumors spread that Martial Gods' legacies appeared, people coveting this would definitely target me.
Although I also knew about the problem regarding this.
‘In the future, I haven't heard about the North Sea's legacies at all.’
Information might not have leaked outside the North Sea so I might not have known this fact.
However, since it is certain that no martial artist worthy of being revered as a Martial God appeared even after that, I thought there was no problem.
"Yes, understood."
"Anyway, I understood your intention well."
Seol Baek-ho seemed to want to touch the Cold Snow Secret Realm too, but
He returned the Extreme Snow Sword to me and looked back at General Manager Seol Su-hyeok.
"General Manager, help Hyeokryeon Yeom so he can go anywhere in the North Sea."
"Yes, understood. However, is it okay for Young Master Hyeokryeon to continue possessing those legacies?"
"Elder Sword Venerable says they are objects with designated owners."
-He is a descendant who can communicate.
"Haha, not only did he save my daughter, but he says he will even solve the Ice Palace's long-cherished desire. We must release our feelings today!"
Seol Baek-ho spoke like that and brought out something from behind.
"Palace Head. You must maintain your dignity."
Seol Su-hyeok dissuaded Seol Baek-ho from watching that appearance, but.
"I intend to have a drink with the guy who might become my son-in-law, will you stop me?"
What Seol Baek-ho brought was White Liquor, rumored to be incredibly strong.