The Second Eunuch Regains His Manhood

208th Episode: When That Day Comes

Geumhu’s face turned red. Her whole body trembled with joy.

‘Kyaah… I just called him Sangong!’

She screamed inwardly. Sangong. Those words slipped from her lips. And that wasn’t all.

Today.

Geumhu confessed the feelings she had kept inside for so long to him. She obtained the enlightenment of Everything is Created by the Mind. Thus, she wanted to express her feelings to him even more.

I, Geumhu, do not like you because of the marriage martial arts event.

It doesn’t matter even if it’s not the marriage martial arts event. I simply admire you, Sangong, with pure intent.

From the day you confessed three years ago until now, I’ve been yearning for you.

She wanted to say that.

But right after making the confession, Geumhu was engulfed in fear. What if Sangong rejected her? What if he thought she was a strange woman?

She had those thoughts. She also thought they were mismatched. But rather than suffer in silence, she wanted to express her heart.

Regardless of the marriage martial arts event. That was the enlightenment of Everything is Created by the Mind she had attained.

‘Sangong… accepting my feelings… I now have no regrets even if I die…!’

At the instant she confessed, countless negative images flashed through her mind, but Sangong cleaned it all up with a single word.

Sangong accepted her feelings.

His heart remained unchanged. Sangong didn’t even care that her level was Hyun-gyeong. He promised to challenge her when she came of age and make her his partner.

‘Sangong, my Sangong. How can you be so generous, merciful, and kind… I’m feeling such great embarrassment right now…’

He was the man of fate she met after living forty-nine years. She vowed to become his partner, his great lady.

But she couldn’t trust Sangong’s heart. No, she lacked confidence in herself. She thought she was too old to be Sangong’s partner. She didn’t want to be abandoned by him.

But today, she heard the answer directly from Sangong.

Moreover, Sangong stated in front of everyone that he would officially take her as his wife, not just a secret lover.

That fact made Geumhu so happy that she felt ashamed of her previous wandering.

‘I really do like Sangong.’

And now, she was in his arms.

She felt his scent brushing against her nose. She could feel his solid chest muscles. Her face, no, her whole body was burning like a ball of fire. Geumhu engraved this moment’s sensation clearly in her mind.

Swoosh.

She felt the touch of Sangong petting her head. It was blissful. She wished time would stop.

‘Ah, I’m so sorry for being such a lewd woman who feels this heated just from a hug, Sangong…’

Just a hug felt this good. She was this flustered.

But what if it went beyond hugging…?

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Geumhu’s heart raced wildly. Her face turned as red as if it had been cooked.

‘Kyaah…!’

Geumhu shouted again internally.

Images of Sangong taking away the purity she had preserved for over forty-nine years faintly floated in her mind. Geumhu patted her belly.

‘Sangong. When that day comes, you must punish this lewd girl mercilessly… Kyaah…!!’

It was a shocking thought just to imagine, but Geumhu couldn’t stop her lewd thoughts.

Just then, while Geumhu was lost in I Cheol-soo’s embrace.

‘Wh-What am I seeing…?!’

So Geom-hu, sitting next to I Cheol-soo and Geumhu, was frozen in shock.

So Geom-hu had arranged the meeting between I Cheol-soo and Geumhu because the master Geumhu was in such a state of shock.

The mental shock for a martial artist carried the risk of developing into a heart demon (심마). And heart demons were the root cause of Condition of Deterioration Due to Reversing Heaven.

She didn’t want to see her admired master Geumhu fall into a heart demon.

No, even if it wasn’t a condition of deterioration, she didn’t want to see her master in such a gloomy state.

She hoped the always proud, admired heroine of all martial artists would return once more.

But she couldn’t simply heal Geumhu’s heart on her own. So, So Geom-hu thought.

That’s why she brought I Cheol-soo.

And as a result, her master’s heart demon was resolved. But.

‘But this… this isn’t right…!’

Side effects occurred in another direction.

So Geom-hu knew. She knew that her master had feelings for I Cheol-soo, as evidenced by her secret diary filled with heartfelt entries.

But until now, her master hadn’t expressed those feelings outwardly. She had kept them hidden inside. That’s why So Geom-hu was able to slip into that gap.

In the beginning, it was simply a scheme to prevent her master from marrying I Cheol-soo, but now So Geom-hu genuinely had feelings for him.

Thus, she followed Geumhu’s lead in the joint effort. She helped with the preparations for the banquet alongside her master. She tried to get close to the other members of the sect. Especially, she spent a lot of time with Seoharin, who was around the same age.

But today.

Her master had confessed to I Cheol-soo, and he accepted.

So Geom-hu’s vision faded.

This couldn’t happen. If this continued, then…

So Geom-hu couldn’t become I Cheol-soo’s partner. The sight of both her master and disciple embracing the same man was like a mother-daughter scenario. If the martial world found out, they would point fingers.

But I Cheol-soo accepted her master. That meant she couldn’t embrace I Cheol-soo.

What tortured her more was that I Cheol-soo and her master looked like the perfect couple.

There was no room for her to slip in between them.

So Geom-hu bit her lip.

“Ah, no!”

She sprang from her seat, yelling as she quickly turned around and ran out of the room.

Tears poured from her eyes like rain. She just wanted to cry.

Arriving at the separate wing garden, So Geom-hu collapsed on the ground and sobbed. Tears flowed endlessly from her eyes.

‘Am I being punished…?’

So Geom-hu’s heart raced. She knew. She understood how selfish her actions had been by intervening between Geumhu and I Cheol-soo.

She merely didn’t want to serve a husband younger by a year and disrupted the relationship she admired.

She was trying to break them apart with false confessions that didn’t come from her heart. If I Cheol-soo had been in her position, he would’ve despised her.

He had already known her selfish heart from the beginning. He mentioned it at Yongbong Society. But he also said he had intentionally let himself be used for her master’s sake.

That might have been the turning point.

It was then that she began to like him.

She hoped he would choose her instead of her master.

But he chose her master. Perhaps subconsciously, So Geom-hu also knew that I Cheol-soo would never choose her.

Just looking at her past actions showed that. A man wouldn’t love a selfish woman who only cared about herself.

But.

But still, So Geom-hu liked I Cheol-soo. It started as a lie, but it became genuine at Yongbong Society, and now it had reached a point where she couldn’t do without him.

Yet, in the end, he left her side. Tears continued to fall. She could never be in his arms again.

Everything felt as if it had come to an end. The world darkened before her eyes.

Boom, boom.

Just then, the snow began to fall in winter at Gongdong Mountain. It was heavy snow falling in the middle of the night. Puff, puff. Snow began to pile on her shoulders and knees.

The cold enveloped her body. She could have warmed herself with her inner strength, but So Geom-hu didn’t.

She didn’t feel like doing that right now.

‘Certainly, I must be receiving punishment…’

Karma. The heavens must have punished a villain like her. So Geom-hu thought that way and regretted her past actions over and over again.

White breath escaped her lips. While she was trembling all over…

“What are you doing?”

A familiar voice she thought she’d never hear again echoed in her ear. So Geom-hu looked up.

There he was.

“Gongja-nim?”

Underneath the garden, transformed into a snowy landscape.

I Cheol-soo stood in the snowy field, reflecting the moonlight brilliantly.

So Geom-hu’s gaze wavered. She suppressed her desire to run into I Cheol-soo’s arms. She felt unworthy.

So Geom-hu cried. She could no longer be Gongja-nim’s woman. I Cheol-soo was her master’s beloved. She, as a disciple, had no right to intervene. So Geom-hu turned her head. Just as she was about to leave again…

Grab.

Warmth transmitted to her wrist. It was I Cheol-soo. He held her wrist tightly.

So Geom-hu’s heart began to race again.

*

Beijing.

In the imperial garden of Central South Sea.

There stood Taepyeong Princess Juga-yul.

At the physical age of thirteen, but mentally, she was like a ninety-two-year-old girl with brown hair, Juga-yul stared at the icy lake with expressionless eyes.

‘Yujinhwi has presumably reached Hyun-gyeong…’

Juga-yul’s pupils narrowed. The series of events at the Demon Sect had already reached her ears through Dongchang.

The Blood Sect had begun to act in earnest. Two Four Great Lords attacked the Demon Sect, and the Heavenly Alliance executives Jeoksawol and Cheonma joined forces to expel the Blood Sect.

The Demon Sect and the Heavenly Alliance formed an alliance, and Yujinhwi reached Hyun-gyeong while subduing Gangsimajon.

Reaching Hyun-gyeong in her teens.

While it seemed an unbelievable achievement, Dongchang considered it a low credibility rumor.

But Juga-yul believed it.

‘It’s clear that Noya helped Geomseong…’

Noya must have thrown the Subject of Enlightenment to Geomseong, placing him at the position of Hyun-gyeong earlier than in the original history.

Juga-yul’s hand trembled slightly.

Her heart raced.

‘…I also want to be with Noya…’

Juga-yul bit her lip. Memories of her past life surfaced in her mind. Noya was also her master who had taught her martial arts. The abandoned imperial princess, lacking power, only had martial arts training to focus on.

That’s why she begged Noya, and Noya gladly taught her martial arts.

‘Ah… I still vividly remember the sensations from that time.’

Juga-yul’s body trembled slightly. To impart martial arts, Noya had to make physical contact and teach her the movements directly. Juga-yul still remembered the warmth she felt back then.

But in this life, she couldn’t do that. She couldn’t be with Noya. Noya was a martial artist, and she was a princess.

In her past life, Juga-yul had always been with Noya. They were together from morning until night, and even slept in the same bed.

Noya was always by her side. That’s why she felt that void even more after her reincarnation. Noya, who had always been close to her, was now gone.

Her father, master, brother, and beloved, Noya had been her everything and the reason for her life. He was now in Distant Land at Gongdong Sect.

She missed him. She couldn’t bear it.

But Juga-yul had strong patience. So she decided to endure. Compared to the horrific time when Noya had truly disappeared in her past life, this was as good as paradise. Just breathing the same air under the same sky with him made Juga-yul happy.

If she wished for anything more…

‘I must quickly deal with the late emperor and the first and second princes and eliminate the pawns of the Blood Sect lurking in the Forbidden City.’

She had to clear out the garbage, who only shared the same bloodline, and reclaim the throne in the Forbidden City.

Juga-yul’s gaze grew heavy.

Her pupils lost focus.

‘And… Soon, I need to see the face of Geomseong too.’

Geomseong Yujinhwi.

Juga-yul planned to secretly invite her to the Forbidden City to confront the Blood Sect’s pawns, disguised as officials of the Imperial Secretariat.

Of course, that wasn’t the only reason to bring Geomseong in.

Geomseong.

She was a dangerous presence. Therefore, it was natural for her to control Geomseong, the only woman who would be Noya’s official concubine.

Because household affairs belonged to the wife, after all.

Juga-yul thought that while coldly smiling.

‘Noya, please wait a little longer. I will… I will take care of everything. I will set things right and proudly invite you back to the Forbidden City.’

Juga-yul’s coldly smiling gaze turned towards the direction of Gongdong Sect far away.

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