A Kind Goblin’s Bird - Chapter 3

The Goblin’s Proposal Part 2

Song Geun-ryang was in a state of exhaustion because of the black soldiers who stormed when darkness had completely fallen.

“Ma, master. Sir! Come on out, come!”

The butler urged him with a pale face.

“So, something There’s something you need to know!”

Song Geun-ryang put on his baggy shoes and left the main house. Even in the main house, his wife and daughter were trembling without knowing what to say. As soon as the son-in-law, who was waiting for Song Geun-ryang with a bloodless face, saw his father-in-law, he quickly followed behind him.

“Wha, what’s going on? Why is the Demon King here?”

Song Geun-ryang was startled by his son-in-law’s words and turned to look at him.

“Sshh! Are you crazy, put that name in your mouth now!”

“Sorry, I’m sorry.”

“I’m taking this stupid thing as my heir, tsk!”

Song Geun-ryang was annoyed and took the lead. The son-in-law glared at the back of the head with terrifying eyes. Meanwhile, he was approaching the gate. As Song Geun-ryang ran out, the son-in-law also ran after him. Two men, who seemed to have never run in their lives, jumped out. It was quite a comical picture of two people wearing silk clothes and seemingly running out, but not a single breath, let alone laughter, came out.

Song Geun-ryang and his son-in-law hurriedly knelt on the dirt floor.

“This humble person sees His Majesty Prince Mun.”

Song Geun-ryang knelt down on his knees and glanced around. Black soldiers could be seen encircling their mansion in double or triple numbers. Several generals stood next to a black horse, and a man sat cross-legged on the black horse. He looked very relaxed, despite his close-knit posture. Like someone born on a horse.

And the man’s face was covered with a red goblin mask.

Sa Heon-yeong, the fourth prince and the only brother of the prince. He became the Emperor’s supporter and received the title of Prince Mun, but a man commonly called the Demon King. He was called the Demon King because of that goblin mask. Since childhood, he was reluctant to reveal his face, so he wore a red goblin mask. Before entering the battlefield, he was called the Red-Eyed Prince, while on the battlefield he was called the Blood Demon, and after ascending to the ranks, he was commonly known as the Demon King. Demon King Sa Heon-young. A butcher and war crazed, rumored to drink blood and eat human flesh, returned to the capital five years ago and became the Emperor’s left hand. He is the Inspector General with no escape. Afraid to meet that butcher, all the officials on Yangan do not commit corruption.

“You are late.”

The Demon King said a word casually.

“For, forgive me.”

Song Geun-ryang stuttered his words, feeling the hallucination of the blade hitting his neck.

He was the Demon King that came close to midnight. The whole house that had slept suddenly woke up. They lit up the soft light like broad daylight, and everyone moved as if they had been whipped. But all of that is no excuse for the Demon King.

“Get up.”

The Demon King jumped to the ground. He was quite tall and had a body worthy with his height. He was slender, so it was not appropriate to say he was big, but it was clear that he was of considerable physique. Yet when he jumped to the ground, there was no sound, as if cotton had fallen into cotton.

“Th, thank you.”

“Still, my father-in-law doesn’t seem very excited to see me.”

Father-in-law?

Song Geun-ryang opened his eyes wide enough to pop out. So was the son-in-law next to him.

Song Geun-ryang had only one daughter. And the daughter is already married. The family has to carry on to the next generation, so he took his son-in-law in, and it was the son-in-law right next to him.

His daughter, in a relationship with the Demon King?

Song Geun-ryang looked around the house without realizing it. His own daughter? How? With the Demon King? What?

“Is, is Your Highness talking about Rayang?”

“Rayang?”

The Demon King followed the name slowly. Then Song Geun-ryang looked back at his son-in-law.

The son-in-law hurriedly ran into the gate. He ran hurriedly. His breath hit the tip of his chin, but that didn’t matter. Rayang, his wife, had a relationship with the Demon King. As a result, the Demon King traveled personally to make Rayang his concubine. How could this be? Anger ran to the top of his head.

“What the hell?! Are you crazy?!”

Rayang spewed fire from her eyes. The son-in-law, who was about to get angry, was rather embarrassed and shut his mouth. Then, Rayang became more fiery and pointed a finger at the son-in-law.

“Tell me again, what did you say, now? Whom did I have a relationship with?”

“Keep your voice down.”

The mother, who was with Rayang hurriedly stopped her, but Rayang, who grew up in precious gold and jade, did not listen to her mother, but only raised her voice.

“Do I look like I have a mind to let that happen?! The Demon King, it’s the Demon King! Oh my God. You were aiming for that crazy bitch and now I look like a crazy bitch?”

“Oh, why are you saying that again? When did I ever have a heart to that bitch?”

“On the subject of swallowing saliva just looking at her breakable legs.”

It was at the moment when Rayang was about to seriously criticize him.

“Is that woman Rayang?”

A slow voice was heard behind them. A voice without highs and lows that did not seem to belong to humans. Rayang and the son-in-law looked back for a moment, forgetting to breathe. There was a man wearing a red goblin mask and Song Geun-ryang with a pale face.

“Yo, you, Your Highness.”

When Song Geun-ryang knelt down, everyone fell to their knees at the same time. The son-in-law and Rayang had their foreheads on the floor. Seeing their back trembling, the Demon King shook his head.

“It’s a good day to not stir trouble, isn’t it?”

“I I am gratef,”

“Where is the Goddess?”

At that moment, time seemed to stop.

It was only then that Song Geun-ryang realized that he had another daughter. But it wasn’t a daughter. It couldn’t even be called a human. it, it…….

…… How could the Demon King know that!

Kwaang- It sounded as if the mountain was collapsing. Song Geun-ryang looked at the spear stuck next to his ear. The blood on that spear must be his own. His ears sting. He didn’t know how deep the cut was. The pain was strangely distant. It was unrealistic.

“His Highness asked you a question.”

Like the Demon King, his soldiers had no highs or lows in their voices. Song Geun-ryang raised his head. It was unbelievable.

The Goddess’ hut is located on the side of a small mountain. The only way to the mountain was to go through the house. Behind the small mountain was the cliff of the large mountain, so people could not come and go.

“Ma, master?”

The poorly armed private soldiers looked at Song Geun-ryang and widened their eyes. Usually, Song Geun-ryang hated his illegitimate daughter, the Goddess, so he didn’t even walk in that direction. The only time Song Geun-ryang was close to the Goddess was when he sold her.

The road to the hut was straight. The dark forest road was lit up in an instant with torches. Clang, clang. The sound of the armor clashing was eerie. Song Geun-ryang was walking along the forest path with the Demon King, dripping sweat and blood. What’s going on? How could the Demon King know that? No matter how much he turned his head, he couldn’t even imagine how the Demon King knew about it.

When he saw the hut, the Demon King raised his hand. Clang. The movement of the armor stopped with a unison sound. Song Geun-ryang trembled and looked back at the Demon King and his soldiers.

“I will go alone.”

As the Demon King said that and started walking, Song Geun-ryang panicked and tried to take a step. But at that moment, two spears crossed his way. The Demon King said he was going alone, so Song Geun-ryang could not go. Song Geun-ryang’s body started to sweat more. You must not go there If you go there, there… … .

But the Demon King arrived at the hut.

***

She got used to the dark. But she had a hard time getting used to the cold or hunger. The herbs made her head dizzy and she could not sleep. It reminded her of the mountain goblin she saw earlier. The goblin’s eyes, which asked if she would become a bride, kept failing to disappear from her mind. The goblin had somewhere to go for a while, and he gently stroked the woman’s cheek and asked.

‘I’ll come to pick you up before the day goes by. It’s okay you can sleep, but you can’t go anywhere else.’

The goblin said so and left. The woman remembered those words and smiled brightly.The woman actually thought she would never meet the goblin forever. You’re a good goblin. You disappear from the illusion and say only such kind words. The woman was so happy that she hugged the goblin. Then the goblin paused, hardened his body, and then he awkwardly embraced the woman.

Her heart was fluttering. Even though she knew it was a hallucination, her body twisted for nothing. The woman closed her eyes and thought of the goblin. She then became a little less lonely. The hallucinatory goblin was closer than her dead mother. She was happier with the delusion of promise. It was a promise that could not be fulfilled, but it was still in effect until dawn. The woman decided to enjoy herself to her heart’s content. Because this promise feels real. It’s as if someone in the world said that to the woman, see you next time. As if she was not alone, she closed her eyes. She was in tears when she was happy. Tears of unknown reason.

Knock, knock.

Someone knocked on the door from outside. The woman got up in surprise and wiped her tears with the back of her hand. Who is it? If they were sent by her father, they would have just opened the door. A man’s face appeared in the woman’s head. The mean-faced man is her half-sister’s husband. He had come to the woman’s hut drunk once before. She ran away into the woods blindly as she pushed him as he was about to attack her. She hid in the woods all night, she trembled, and only after dawn did she return to the hut. At that time, the fear was still vivid.

Knock, knock.

“Lady, it’s me.”

Lady? Lady!

There was only one person in the world who called the woman that way. The woman ran on her knees and snapped open the door.

The goblin was holding a goblin fire. No, she thought it was a lantern. Or anything. The goblin came back. The woman blinked, blinked, closed her eyes and opened them. The goblin might disappear, so she had to prepare her mind. But the goblin did not disappear.

“It’s Sir Goblin.”

When the woman smiled, the goblin smiled.

“Yes, Lady. I am the goblin who will become your husband.”

The goblin is back! After a moment of joy, the woman turned pale and looked back sullenly.

“It’s really shabby here… … .”

Oh no, the woman murmured. No matter how hallucinatory it is, the goblin is wearing expensive shoes and nice clothes. What to do, the woman became resentful of her own plight without a blanket. Then the goblin said in a gentle voice.

“I’m here to pick you up.”

“Pick me up?”

“A wedding is basically coming to the groom’s house. It took a little while to set up the new room. Thankfully, you have been waiting for me.”

The goblin came again. She’ll have to find the herb tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. She’ll keep eating it. She wants to live with this goblin forever. What if she goes crazy and what if she dies? If only she could be with this goblin.

“My dear Sir Goblin. I can’t go anywhere.”

A kind and innocent goblin. The woman knelt down on the floor and stroked the goblin’s cheek. Unlike her hands, the goblin’s cheeks were very cold.

“How come?”

The goblin asked in a whisper.

“Because I am not allowed to. You will be beaten. I’m fine, but Sir Goblin will die if he gets beaten like that. No.”

It’s a precious goblin. If he gets hit like that, he’ll be in trouble. The woman thought it was never okay.

The goblin was silent for a moment. Then before long, the goblin asked quietly.

“If I get permission, will you come with me?”

***

The Demon King pointed his finger at Song Geun-ryang in the distance. Then, the two spears blocking Song Geun-ryang suddenly retreated.

Song Geun-ryang walked towards the Demon King and opened his eyes towards him.

Who’s that crazy bitch slacking off with right now? Out of this situation now, I’m going to kill that bitch!

“Father-in-law.”

The word ‘father-in-law’ called by the Demon King was so cold that it sounded like calling on a sinner. Song Geun-ryang, struggling to get to his knees and held back his desire to clasp his head, replied, “Yes, Your Highness.”

“Since the bride is married to me, isn’t it natural for her to go to my royal family?”

The woman only then discovered her father and was horribly surprised by it. She tried to rush back into the door, but the Demon King was faster. The Demon King looked at Song Geun-ryang while holding the woman’s hand tightly.

“Father-in-law.”

“…… Your, Your Highness, that bitch.”

Song Geun-ryang stared at the girl who couldn’t even make eye contact with him and was trembling. How did that bitch entice a murderer like the Demon King? She’s already become an idiot.

At that moment, the eyes of the Demon King moved.

“The woman who will be my wife, a bitch?”

It was an awl-like gaze. Song Geun-ryang lowered his head without realizing it.

“I, I’m sorry.”

“I will not let go of the second blasphemy, Song Geun-ryang.”

The Demon King’s voice was harsh. Song Geun-ryang, desperately suppressing the feeling of crying, softens his tongue to somehow make this marriage go away.

“Yo, Your Highness, that woman is too flawed to be included in the Imperial Family Register.”

“Do you think you know better than the real king about the qualifications to be included in the Imperial Family Register?”

“That’s…….”

The Demon King turned his gaze away from Song Geun-ryang and looked at the woman. As soon as the woman saw her father, she was trembling as if she had gone insane. She was clenching her teeth with her eyes tightly closed. The Demon King bowed his waist and looked up at the woman’s face with his head bowed.

“You said you were going to get married, didn’t you?”

The woman opened her eyes. All of a sudden, the tears that had been stagnant fell on the mask of the Demon King. She wiped the mask of the Demon King with her free hand. Sorry. The woman apologized.

Holding on to her hand, the Demon King asked.

“Did you say that you would marry me, the goblin?”

Song Geun-ryang raised his head. Goblin? The girl nodded her head, and when she met Song Geun-ryang’s eyes, she was startled again. But she soon raised her head.

“Marriage, I said yes. I will become Sir Goblin’s wife.”

The Goblin’s wife.

It was only then that Song Geun-ryang realized that she thought of the Demon King as a goblin. She doesn’t know who the Demon King is. She just seems to think that the Demon King is like a mountain goblin.

“Your Highness,”

Song Geun-ryang hurriedly tried to call the Demon King, but the Demon King held the woman as if there was nothing more to hear. The woman was startled and hung around the neck of the Demon King. At that moment, the Demon King’s finger touched her woman’s neck.

“Sleep well.”

As soon as she heard the Demon King’s whisper, the woman who had her blood pressure pressed down lost her consciousness.