CLS-Chapter 430

Chapter 430:

Everything in this world has its timing and fortune.

If such a voice had been heard at any other time, Wei Yan-ho would never have gotten angry. But at this very moment, Wei Yan-ho’s face was burning red as if he had encountered his mortal enemy.

Originally, when you get slapped, you take out your anger elsewhere. If you were in a position to take revenge on the one who slapped you, you wouldn’t have been slapped in the first place, would you?

So you have no choice but to vent elsewhere.

“Here! Over here!”

Wei Yan-ho shouted at the top of his lungs.

An immediate response came back.

“Get out of my way! I must meet that bastard!”

“Ah, no! You can’t do this, it’s troublesome.”

“Troublesome? What’s troublesome about it! I have no business talking with you people, so call your superior!”

“Please, just calm down for a moment!”

“Do I look like I’m in a state to calm down?”

The voice carried deep fury.

‘But who could it be?’

He hadn’t particularly done anything wrong(?) recently. He couldn’t think of anyone who would be looking for him with such anger.

Just as he was wondering whether to go outside and take a look, Wu-il suddenly jumped up from his seat.

Wei Yan-ho couldn’t help but flinch when Wu-il moved.

“Why, why are you doing that?”

Wu-il hardened his face and said.

“It seems an unwelcome guest has arrived.”

“Of course it’s an unwelcome guest. I didn’t invite them.”

“No, that’s not what I mean…”

Wu-il hesitated for a moment, then sighed.

“It’s someone I know.”

“What?”

Someone you know?

Wu-il looked troubled as he worked his mouth. But having become a servant who decided to follow Wei Yan-ho, there could be no secrets.

“It’s Zhuge Mun-in.”

“Zhuge Mun-in?”

“Yes. The young family head of the Zhuge Family whom I used to serve.”

“Ah, is that so?”

Wei Yan-ho nodded indifferently.

Well, that figures.

“But why is that person looking for me?”

“He’s probably come to settle the matter of what happened at the Zhuge Family. He’s not someone who would come because of me.”

“Hmm.“

Come to think of it, Zhuge Wu had said something like that too. That the family head and young family head of the Zhuge Family weren’t people he could handle.

“Tell him to come in.”

“Young Master?”

“Since he’s come looking, let’s at least see his face. It doesn’t look like he’s the type to just leave after making all that noise anyway.”

That was certainly true.

‘Zhuge Mun-in would never back down.’

The Zhuge Mun-in she knew was an extremely persistent person. When he had an objective, he would stop at nothing to achieve it. Moreover, his persistence was beyond description.

While typical strategists were reluctant to use their bodies, Zhuge Mun-in was someone who didn’t hesitate at all to move personally. From an ally’s perspective, you could call him an ideal strategist, but from an enemy’s perspective, he was truly someone you didn’t want to deal with.

Until recently, she had been someone who listened to Zhuge Mun-in’s orders. Although the Zhuge Family had held So Ryeo-gun hostage to command her, if it hadn’t been for the Zhuge Family, she and So Ryeo-gun might have faced the fate of starving to death on the streets.

Looking at it that way, she had betrayed her benefactor.

And now, just one day after betraying such a person, she was meeting him again, so her uncomfortable feelings were beyond description.

Wu-il steeled her resolve and walked toward the door.

But there was no need to bother.

Kwang!

Before Wu-il could even approach, the door burst open as if it would break.

“Geez, the door’s going to break.”

Wei Yan-ho clicked his tongue.

People should have manners.

Even if Wei Yan-ho had committed a mortal sin, even if he wanted to tear Wei Yan-ho apart right now, what crime had that door committed?

Moreover, that door didn’t belong to Wei Yan-ho but to the Tang Family.

Just from the way he barged in recklessly and kicked down the door without considering such circumstances, the bastard who had burst in didn’t seem to be in his right mind.

And soon, the face of that not-right-minded bastard entered Wei Yan-ho’s sight.

‘Oh my.‘

He had seen all kinds of faces until now, but this was the first time he’d seen a face so rotten.

That didn’t mean he was ugly.

If you looked closely, it belonged to the category of decent-looking faces. But that face was truly indescribably contorted. It looked like white smoke might come puffing out of his mouth at any moment.

“Wei Yan-ho, you bastard!”

Wei Yan-ho turned his head with a blank expression to look at Wu-il.

“You said Zhuge Mun-in?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“That guy?”

“…Yes.”

Wei Yan-ho tilted his head.

“No, looking at his behavior, he seems more suited to the surname Yeo or Jang rather than Zhuge?”

“He’s not usually like that…”

Wu-il was also somewhat flustered. The Zhuge Mun-in she knew was quite a cool-headed person. Of course, he wasn’t someone completely without emotional fluctuations and would get angry from time to time, but this was the first time she’d seen him in such a furious state.

“What did you do, you bastaaaaard!”

Zhuge Mun-in charged straight at Wei Yan-ho.

“Huh?”

Wei Yan-ho simply kicked the charging Zhuge Mun-in.

Crash bang clatter!

Zhuge Mun-in bounced back faster than his charging speed and rolled on the floor. It was a pitiful sight that made his charging momentum seem pointless.

“What? He’s pathetically weak?”

“Grrrr.“

Zhuge Mun-in, face-planted on the floor, ground his teeth.

“It’s not that I’m weak, it’s that you’re ridiculously strong!”

“That’s also true.”

Wei Yan-ho shrugged his shoulders. Either way, it was probably a compliment.

“But you charged at me knowing that? That’s hardly behavior befitting the Zhuge Family.”

“You bastard.”

Zhuge Mun-in staggered to his feet. He looked ready to charge again at any moment.

“No, wait. Calm down for a moment.”

Wei Yan-ho first tried to restrain Zhuge Mun-in. There would be nothing wrong with beating him down every time he charged, but it was rather bothersome.

“Even for the sake of not shaming your ancestors, I’d appreciate it if you could refrain from charging recklessly like this. Anyone watching might think Zhuge Kongming was the one who blocked the bridge at Changban with an axe instead of on his own.”

“Don’t insult other people’s ancestors! You bastard!”

No, I think you’re the one doing the insulting…

If Zhuge Kongming were watching from the side right now, wouldn’t he try to crack your head rather than mine?

At Wei Yan-ho’s words, Zhuge Mun-in took a deep breath. Anyone could see he was suppressing his anger.

“You good-for-nothing bastard!”

No, this guy definitely had anger management issues.

And that wasn’t just a figure of speech, but literally.

Even if this bastard wasn’t the young family head of the Zhuge Family, but just some random martial artist rolling around in the martial world, he would know what kind of person Wei Yan-ho was, yet to continue spewing such abuse in front of him required more than ordinary nerve.

‘I don’t think I’ve heard that Zhang Fei and Zhuge Kongming became in-laws?’

Normally, he would have applauded saying ‘That guy’s quite spirited,’ but unfortunately, it was Wei Yan-ho who was on the receiving end of that boldness.

“Look, instead of just cursing like that, how about you first tell me what business brought you here…”

“Huuuuu.“

Zhuge Mun-in took a deep breath and glared at Wei Yan-ho. Those eyes were so murderous that even Wei Yan-ho couldn’t help but feel a little startled.

“What business brought me here? Are you asking me what business brought me here?”

“Geez, it’s not like I asked something I shouldn’t have, but your reaction is quite intense. Sir, instead of doing this here, you should try going to a theater troupe. If you performed as the Hegemon in Beijing opera, you’d make a fortune.”

“Shut up, you bastard! After causing such a ruckus last night, how can those words come out of your mouth so easily!”

“Last night?”

“Don’t tell me you’re going to claim that the intruder who invaded the Zhuge Family wasn’t you?”

“What? An intruder invaded?”

“This damned bastard…”

Zhuge Mun-in’s eyes trembled violently. Wei Yan-ho watched the spectacle and grinned.

“I don’t know about that story… but, well, let’s say that’s the case. So that’s why you came running here?”

“That’s right.”

“How strange.”

“What’s strange about it?”

“Originally, that’s what strategists do, isn’t it? If such a thing happened and you harbored resentment against me… I mean, it wasn’t something I did, but if there was a misunderstanding and you harbored resentment against me, scheming secretly from behind would be what a strategist should do, right? Not charging straight at me like this.”

Zhuge Mun-in snorted.

“My insides are burning up right now, so how could I wait for such a thing?”

“…What?”

“To devise a plan capable of catching you would obviously take ages, so how could I wait for that! I’m not that patient by nature.”

Wei Yan-ho blinked.

‘What, there are people like this too?‘

No, even so, if you’re a strategist, don’t you have some minimum expectations? Not everyone needs to live up to those standards, but even if you deviate, you should maintain some level.

What would happen if Zhuge Kongming, who had been sitting there fanning himself when the battle was going badly, suddenly grabbed a Crescent Moon Blade and charged out?

‘Are there no normal people in the Zhuge Family?’

Come to think of it, Zhuge Wu was also a bit strange. Frankly speaking, all the people there were his nephews and grandsons, yet he openly told them to get beaten… Moreover…

‘That woman is also a bit strange.’

No, that woman is quite strange.

Wei Yan-ho resolved to avoid getting entangled with anyone from the Zhuge Family if possible. Though he was someone with a broad heart, even for him, this was at a level he simply couldn’t understand.

“So what do you want to say?”

“Did you think you’d be safe after turning the Zhuge Family into a wasteland?”

“I told you it wasn’t me.”

“You must have done such a thing to warn me, right?”

“What?”

“Don’t play dumb, you bastard! You knew I had come to this place. So you warned me not to act rashly, didn’t you?”

“Eh, um…”

Wei Yan-ho scratched his head vigorously. It was an unusually sheepish reaction for him.

“I… this might make you feel a little bad, but I’m sorry to say that I’m seeing you for the first time today? I didn’t even know you were here.”

“Hahahahahaha!”

Suddenly, Zhuge Mun-in burst into loud laughter.

“…”

“To mock me to the very end! You may have fooled others with such naive behavior until now, but you cannot fool me. I know very well just how cunning a bastard you are.”

‘This is serious. He’s crazier than I thought, this guy.‘

Wei Yan-ho quietly stepped back a little. He looked fine on the outside, but his head was completely messed up. He was worried the madness might be contagious.

“If you thought I would back down with such a warning, you’re mistaken. I never give up! You came here to deal with me, but you left me alone and attacked the Zhuge Family instead. Thanks to that, I became the fool who lost track of my surveillance target and let the family become a wasteland! I admit it. This time, you won.”

“…Should I be apologizing?”

That wasn’t my intention though.

“Are you mocking me?”

“No, I was trying to apologize…”

Zhuge Mun-in ground his teeth creak creak, then suddenly turned his head to glare at Wu-il.

“You ungrateful wench!”

A lion’s roar burst from Zhuge Mun-in’s mouth.

“A bitch like you who doesn’t know gratitude. It must be my fault for taking in and feeding someone like you. You’d better prepare yourself. I’ll never let you…”

“Ah, hey, that’s going too far.”

Just then, Wei Yan-ho opened his mouth with a sulky expression.