I Ended Up Becoming The Heavenly Demon’s True Best Friend, Even Though He’s Shy Around Others

Chapter 84

Since it was a matter that could not be entrusted to anyone other than Ya Socheong, he was just grateful that Ya Socheong had offered to do it while he was here.

"Thank you for always taking on such difficult tasks, Faction Leader Ya. I will never forget this."

Just by putting the fifth prince in his debt once more, this matter had enough meaning.

* * *

Yu Wonhyeong, after being bedridden for a few days, barely managed to get up.

In the meantime, the fifth prince had not come to see him even once.

According to the news delivered by the people he had secretly planted, the fifth prince was spending a lot of time with Ya Socheong and Pae Maseong.

When asked what they were talking about, it was reported that whenever they talked together, they put up a ki barrier, so no matter how much they used their internal energy, they could not overhear the conversation.

It seemed that something was going wrong.

He might have been too careless because things had been going smoothly until now.

It was one thing to sprinkle ashes on a finished meal, but it was a job that was almost done, and because of the sudden appearance of the demonic sect brats, the things he had been working on until now were about to go to waste.

He barely managed to contain his anger and thought about what to do in the future.

'Did those brats notice? Then am I in danger?'

Since he had no chance to face the fifth prince up close, he could not know what he was thinking about him.

'This is not the time. What is more important than life?'

Yu Wonhyeong secretly packed his bags.

He might not have to complain that the fifth prince did not come to see him.

This might be the only chance to escape his eyes.

When he thought of that, he could no longer stay there.

Late at night, a black shadow secretly slipped out of the manor.

Yu Wonhyeong thought that he had completely shaken them off, but that was not true.

* * *

In the third prince's Jinwang Manor, reports on the fifth prince's movements were frequently made.

Even if they were lovers, they would not have been able to pay such close attention.

But recently, the reports on his movements did not have the same precise and detailed flavor as before.

"What do you think happened to Yu Wonhyeong? Do you think the fifth prince suspects him?"

"It seems so, Your Highness. Even though Yu Wonhyeong is said to be bedridden, he has not visited him even once. Since there was a task entrusted to Yu Wonhyeong, he should have at least received a report on that, but he has not looked for him or called him. Seeing that, shouldn't we see it as him having suspected Yu Wonhyeong even before entrusting him with the task?"

"Stupid brat! He can't even finish one thing properly!"

He got angry and slammed the desk.

The people around him had something to say, but they kept their mouths shut and swallowed their words.

If the third prince had not rushed Yu Wonhyeong, he would have continued to have him take the poison in small amounts as he had been doing.

They had realized that the time when the fifth prince had suddenly become suspicious of Yu Wonhyeong was from the time when Yu Wonhyeong had increased the amount of poison at the third prince's urging.

But since the third prince was not a person who admitted his own mistakes, they had no choice but to just keep their mouths shut.

The consequences of the third prince's misjudgment in that way would all have to be cleaned up by them.

"Where did they say they went with the demonic sect brats? Have you looked for that place?"

"It is a place called Cheonbong Mountain, but they say that they disappeared without a trace on the way. They say that they tried to find them but got lost and wandered around, and then they barely came down. And while they were doing that, those people came down from that place, so there was no reason to go up anymore."

"Send someone to find out what is there. There is no reason for them to have gone to that place with so many people without a reason."

"I have already ordered them to do so, but they say that the mountain is so rugged that they could not go all the way up. And seeing the time they came down, it seemed that His Highness the Fifth Prince's party also came down in the middle."

The third prince also eventually nodded.

If that was the case, he also agreed.

While they were talking, someone knocked on the door urgently.

"What is it!"

The third prince's guard went outside and asked in an annoyed voice.

When he whispered in a small voice, the guard's expression hardened.

The guard came in and bowed his head in front of the third prince, saying.

"Your Highness, they say that Yu Wonhyeong has come. He is asking to see you. What should we do?"

"Have you seen such a stupid brat? What does he mean by coming here? Does he really not know that the fifth prince will be paying attention to him now? Drive him out immediately!"

Then the third prince shook his head and said.

"No. Then I don't know what kind of grudge he will have, so appease him well and send him away with plenty of money. And follow him, and when you reach a deserted place, take his life. No, don't have someone else do it, but do it yourself."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The guard soon went outside.

As had been reported, Yu Wonhyeong was standing there.

The moment he saw Yu Wonhyeong, he was angry at how stupid a thing he had done, but for now, he did as the third prince had ordered.

"What brings you here at this hour?"

Yu Wonhyeong complained about what had happened and stubbornly insisted on seeing His Highness the Third Prince.

The guard took him to one side and gently appeased him, saying that if he hid himself in another place for a while, he would be called again and used importantly.

And he had the chief steward bring money and handed a heavy money pouch to Yu Wonhyeong.

Yu Wonhyeong, who had checked what was in the money pouch, felt relieved as if he had been compensated for all the things he had suffered in the fifth prince's manor.

Since the money in the money pouch was much more than he had expected, he even thought that it would be okay to just run away and leave both the fifth prince and the third prince and start a new life.

Yu Wonhyeong, who had been acting as if he would never back down obediently just a moment ago, became gentle after receiving the money pouch, and the guard clicked his tongue inwardly.

"I would like to give you a carriage, but I hope you understand that I cannot."

"Of course. Please don't worry about that."

Yu Wonhyeong spoke in a very generous manner and left the place.

And not long after he had left the main road, he was attacked by an assassin.

He, who had neglected his martial arts training while relying on poison, did not even have the strength to protect his own body.

The guard, who was returning to the manor after killing him, felt a strange feeling and kept looking around.

There was no way that someone had followed him, but he kept having a strange feeling.

He did not even dream that Ya Socheong had been watching all his actions.

* * *

Yu Wonhyeong's corpse was placed in front of the fifth prince.

And around him stood the high officials who supported him.

Although Ya Socheong was not there, the fifth prince recalled the words that Ya Socheong had told him and recited them to them.

"This person has been feeding me poison for a long time, and because of that, my life has been in great danger. If a martial artist from the Heavenly Demon Sect had not helped me in time, I probably would not even be standing in this place. When I let him go to find out who he was communicating with, he immediately went to my third brother. The one who made him like this is my third brother's guard."

The people in that place did not show much surprise.

They were all seasoned people.

They were not people who would be surprised by hearing any words, and they were quickly calculating how to use the story they had heard.

Now, they would refine each and every word more beneficially than the advice that Ya Socheong would give.

Everyone predicted that a bloody wind would blow in the imperial family due to the discovery of Yu Wonhyeong's corpse and the poison he had been feeding the fifth prince.

Now, it was only a matter of time before he was appointed as the crown prince.

* * *

The junior lords gathered in the Sect Leader's residence.

From the time he had heard the news that the junior lords had returned, the Sect Leader had been waiting for this time.

After they had gone to the Central Plains, news had been delivered from time to time, but all the news that came in was unbelievable.

They could attack Ya Socheong, but Ya Socheong could not harm their bodies.

Wasn't that enough to fight advantageously?

Even if one or two gave up, he thought that the others would know how to seize the opportunity.

That was what should have happened.

But what on earth had happened?

Everyone had returned together.

Everyone was alive.

That was not what he had hoped for.

Now, he was confused about what he had truly wanted.

In any case, it was certain that it was not this.

"Do you have anything to say?"

Seeing the junior lords who were sitting in the Sect Leader's residence and not trying to speak with their mouths tightly shut, the Sect Leader finally got angry and asked as if he were shouting.

"I could not find what you had asked me to find. And I intend to give up the competition."

That was all he had to say.

Starting with Dan Mok-hwawun, the remaining three also followed his words.

"I also agree."

"I will also give up."

"Me too."

No one even added an explanation.

The Sect Leader, leaning back in his grand chair, glared at them.

They were brats who had tried hard to get a single glance of his attention.

They were people who had acted triumphantly as if they had the whole world when he had given them a single glance.

They were children who had been anxious to get even a little closer to the center of power.

But something had changed since he had last seen them.

He was frustrated because he could not know what that was.

"What happened? Where is Ya Socheong? Are you all saying that you can't handle that one brat Ya Socheong and have come here to give up!"

He thought that if he said that, they would at least get angry and protest, but there was none of that.

The faces of the four were just full of a bored expression.

As if they thought that if they said even a single word, the time here would get longer, they all stubbornly kept their mouths shut as if they had made up their minds together.

"Dan Mok-heukya."

The Sect Leader called him out specifically.

He was the son who had been the first to send someone to the Nether Shadow Faction.

Although the result was not good, he was a person with ambition.

He thought that if he treated him differently from the others, he would soon think that he had become something and would tell him everything.

"Tell me what happened."

"I could not find the treasure of the sect that you had mentioned. I have realized that I am not qualified to be the junior sect leader and intend to quit the competition myself."

That was not like Dan Mok-heukya.

That calmness was also like that, and such words were not the words he used.

Did he ask his older brother and sister what to say before he came and even practice?

The Sect Leader's eyes shone fiercely.

For a very brief moment, he wondered if these brats had found out his plan.

But it seemed that that was not possible.

How could they know that?

The fact that he had sent them all to be abandoned.

(End of Chapter)