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

Chapter 87

The Danli family and the Baek family had long decided to prepare a newlywed house for Ya Socheong.

However, Ya Socheong prepared a splendid manor without receiving anyone's help.

When Ya Socheong invited the family heads of the two families and their close associates, saying that he had found a manor, what they thought was somewhat decided.

Although it was admirable that he had prepared it himself, they thought that the place where their precious daughter would live in the future should absolutely not be shabby.

They came to that place with the thought of telling Ya Socheong that he had worked hard and giving him money to look for another place.

Although it was a little difficult to climb because the manor was on a mountain, that much difficulty was nothing.

When they thought that a small and cozy house would soon appear, they paused for a moment when they saw the name Unhwajang engraved on a large rock.

How magnificent this rock is.

It was also a little embarrassing.

It seemed that people would laugh if only the signboard was huge and the mansion behind it was small and shabby.

Then a village appeared in front of them.

They looked at each other, wondering what was going on.

The village was quite large, and several mansions were neatly built.

There were no people in sight, and it was quiet.

The mansions gave a more magnificent feeling than the average building of a family.

Their surprise grew, and they even wondered if they were dreaming.

They had never heard of such a village in a place like this.

But since it didn't seem to be the place Ya Socheong had mentioned yet, they passed the village and continued to climb.

After going for a while, the road became so narrow that the carriage could no longer go.

When the road became so narrow that it was difficult for two people to go side by side on horseback, everyone got off their horses and headed inside.

It was about time for Ya Socheong to come out, but he had not yet shown himself.

It seemed that he was telling them to look around and be amazed to their heart's content.

It seemed that that was for the better.

If Ya Socheong had been next to them, it would have been difficult to look around so thoroughly.

"What on earth is this, family head?"

Everyone asked, wondering how much money it would take to build a place like this, but there was no one who could answer that.

When they went in a little further, a dizzyingly high staircase continued.

And only then did they see Ya Socheong.

Next to Ya Socheong were Baek Yuhwa and Pae Maling, dressed in neat and clean martial arts uniforms.

They were not props in a painting that decorated Ya Socheong's side, but looked like his assistants.

Their faces looked full of overwhelming happiness.

The two family heads, seeing the two, immediately realized that.

"You have worked hard coming a long way. Please come inside. We should have invited you sooner, but we are sorry to have invited you only now."

Ya Socheong said with a dignified appearance.

Seeing him dressed up like this and even speaking politely, it seemed that even the junior lords would have to yield to Ya Socheong.

It was just amazing to think about when he had acquired such a thing, as it would not be possible unless it was ingrained in his body over a long period of time.

The two family heads exchanged glances, wanting to know what on earth was going on.

It was a series of surprises.

They were family heads.

So they knew well how much money it would take to build on this scale.

This was definitely not something that a person of Ya Socheong's age could prepare.

Although they had not yet properly looked around the manor, it was so just from what they had seen so far.

Who was Ya Socheong?

He was a person who had been caught in Nether Shadow Valley when he was a beggar, had spent a long time there, and had barely escaped Nether Shadow Valley with Yeon Cheongha and had started his life by carrying out assassinations.

He wondered if he had earned money by carrying out assassinations, but even with that, it was incomprehensible.

When they had climbed all the stairs, several buildings came into view.

They were not much different from the ones in the village.

Still, traces of care in the materials and size were visible.

What should he say?

Should he say that the builder's sincerity was fully put into it?

It felt as if the people who were actually going to live here had said that there was no need to go this far, but the builders had said that they couldn't do that and had insisted on building it well.

What was interesting was that there were training grounds everywhere.

"It's my private training ground."

Baek Yuhwa pointed to a place, speaking in a small voice to the family head.

Although she didn't say it, it seemed that she wanted to say that she had been living there lately.

Although she seemed to be grumbling, her face looked full of happiness.

There were many strange places everywhere.

Among them, the place that stood out was a dense forest, and it seemed that there were more buildings behind it.

That was the place where Ya Socheong raised his poisonous creatures and poisonous insects, but even if they were family heads, he could not reveal that place.

"There's a large lake behind it. There's also a cave. It seems they built a house in a place with a cave so that they can do closed-door training at any time."

When Pae Maling said that, the family head of the Danli family nodded and smiled.

"I will prepare a meal first. I will guide you to your quarters, so please rest and then come out."

At Ya Socheong's words, his junior brothers, who had been somewhere, came out.

There were no other servants in sight, and it seemed that they were sharing the miscellaneous tasks of the house.

"The junior brothers usually stay in the village and train together here during the day."

The family heads and the leaders shook their heads.

It was incomprehensible that he had raised the organization called the Nether Shadow Faction so firmly, that he was using it so fruitfully, and that he had such a base.

"Where did all this money come from?"

The family head of the Baek family finally asked that.

It seemed that if he didn't ask, he wouldn't be able to sleep even when he returned home.

"I had some money saved up. I was wondering where to use that money, but I also got wives, and I couldn't just wander around, so I built a house at this opportunity. While building the house, I also wanted to build a place for my junior brothers to live, so I made a village together. Since they are all strong, it was not difficult."

"How much money did it cost?"

The family head of the Danli family casually added a question.

"I didn't know it would cost this much, but it cost more than ten thousand gold taels. It cost a lot of money to lay bluestone in the training ground. But since that was not something to be done carelessly, I spent the money. There are two large training grounds, and if you include the medium and small training grounds, there are more than ten."

Ya Socheong's explanation continued for a while after that.

"I also made a mechanism trap, and that also cost quite a bit of money. Since the Sect Leader doesn't think well of me and might send someone or visit unexpectedly. Once the sun sets, the mechanism trap is activated. Since it is not activated by distinguishing people, you must not try to enter forcibly without making an appointment in advance."

Ya Socheong said and smiled.

"What should we do if we want to come?"

"You must not come at night. Since it is a decision to protect the safety of my wives and junior brothers, I believe that everyone will understand."

That much inconvenience was nothing.

They were pleased that Ya Socheong had made thorough preparations to protect his wives.

The quarters prepared for each of them surprised them even more.

The furniture was made of high-quality wood, the bedding was of the highest quality, and high-level paintings were hung on the walls.

It seemed that anyone who was invited to that place would feel that they were being treated properly.

The family head of the Danli family and the family head of the Baek family talked together in the guest hall until the meal was ready.

"Do you believe all this, family head? How can such a thing be possible for one person? It wasn't that he did it alone, and there were his junior brothers, but how can this be?"

At the words of the family head of the Danli family, the family head of the Baek family also repeatedly shook his head.

It felt as if he were dreaming.

"Now we don't have to worry about the children. Now we just have to live without causing the children any worry."

After saying that, it seemed that it would really be so.

Ya Socheong, to the extent that he wondered if he could have gotten a better son-in-law, was giving them numerous surprises at every moment.

* * *

The junior lords came to Unhwajang, which was named so.

It was partly because Ya Socheong had asked them to come before, and the junior lords also wanted to meet Ya Socheong again.

Of course, it was a story limited to the junior lords who had had the junior sect leader competition with Ya Socheong among the many junior lords of the Sect Leader.

The people who had come to that place, as Ya Socheong had told them, felt almost the same as the people of the Baek family and the Danli family had felt.

"Ya Socheong is living a truly amazing life, isn't he? I'm really envious of Ya Socheong."

At Dan Mok-hwawun's words, Dan Mok-seol and the other two younger brothers also nodded.

"We owe Ya Socheong a great debt. Don't they say that the reason the Sect Leader hasn't called us since that day is because of Ya Socheong?"

When Dan Mok-seol said that, a smile appeared on the faces of the other junior lords.

"I also heard that story through my mother. I don't know how many lives Ya Socheong has. How can he say such a thing in front of the Sect Leader? I can't even imagine it. I actually thought that it would be difficult for all of us to survive. When the Sect Leader pulled my older sister with his void-grasping hand, I thought that my older sister's head would burst."

When Dan Mok-heukya said that, Dan Mok-seol also shook her head, recalling that day.

If Dan Mok-hwawun had not stood up for her that day, and if Dan Mok-heukya and Dan Mok-cheongyeong had not helped, she would not be walking on two legs now, and she would not be breathing the air of the world.

Dan Mok-seol knew that the reason they had changed was because of Ya Socheong.

It seemed that the time they had spent with Ya Socheong had changed them little by little.

It seemed that he had made them, who had been blinded by the thought of becoming the junior sect leader and whose heads had stopped, see a wider world and be able to dream a different dream.

Dan Mok-seol also felt a gratitude and an affectionate feeling towards the other junior lords that she had not had before, but it was not just Dan Mok-seol.

The people who had stood up for Dan Mok-seol had gained a confidence they had not felt before.

It seemed that the pride of having done something worthy of recognition and respect was making them different.

"Although His Highness the Fifth Prince told us that story, we couldn't bring it up effectively in front of the Sect Leader."

Listening to Dan Mok-cheongyeong's words, everyone nodded.

How satisfying it had been when they had heard that story through their respective mothers.

Hearing that the Sect Leader had not been able to do anything after hearing those words, they had felt as if they had taken revenge.

They had been thinking that they had to repay Ya Socheong somehow, and now the opportunity had finally come.

(End of Chapter)