Water Containing The Moon - CH 9

‘Hoo, look at this.’

The king narrowed his eyes and licked his lower lip. As soon as he mentioned the person in his bosom, Wei Jeokmyung’s momentum changed quite a bit. Different from before, even the hairs on his body stood up as Wei Jeokmyung’s aura turned sharp.

He, who discovered Wei Jeokmyung holding someone in his arms, tried to accuse him of deceiving the emperor by pretending to have a unique quirk. However, he couldn’t take Wei Jeokmyung in directly as he was capable of beating down his subordinates. If it had been someone else, he would have taken him straight to the Imperial family. What a pity.

So, he turned and talked about the existence in his arms. King Ya was narrow-minded and impatient, but he wasn’t stupid.

The idea seemed to have worked as he saw Wei Jeokmyung, who was always calm, standing there. Intrigued, the feudal king relaxed his voice and spoke in a soft tone.

“Well, if it’s proof that the general’s eccentricity is advancing, it’s something to celebrate. But who is that person to not pay their respects to this king? Isn’t this a disrespect for this king?”

Who the hell is the one Wei Jeokmyung casually holding in his arms? Those who knew his eccentricity would be surprised to find out.

Hyun, who was holding his breath in the strange atmosphere and listening to their conversation, flinched slightly when the unfamiliar man pointed at him. Even though keeping his head down in Wei Jeokmyung’s arms is frustrating, he thought there was a good reason, so he didn’t move. But the other party is a king.

Two years of Danguk life. He is still a bit clumsy, but he knows roughly how this place works. This place, which looks like something out of a historical drama, was thoroughly divided into the crown prince, the princes, aristocrats, commoners, and slaves under the emperor who ruled the country. Of course, there was severe discrimination based on class.

Wei Jeokmyung was the son of the Emperor’s beloved sister, the late Princess Kiryo. Since his mother was outside the family due to marriage, right now, Wei Jeokmyung was only a military deity in front of the feudal king. Therefore, originally, he should not have attacked the subordinates who had been ordered by the feudal king, but he had overcome the crisis by using the jade as an excuse. But if this keeps going on, he will surely take more risks to get over this matter.

‘What do we do? Should I get down now?’ Hyun didn’t want Wei Jeokmyung to get in trouble because of him. How can one defeat a king as a general? However, Wei Jeokmyung’s gesture of pressing his head lightly was so firm that he couldn’t move.

“Because he’s in a state of deep sleep, he has no manners, so please be gentle with them.”

Wei Jeokmyung casually spit out a lie. King Ya smirked through the fan. Originally, the right thing to do was to beat the sleeping person awake so they could pay their respect, because the status of the person before them is a king by law. If the person in front of him had been an ordinary official, the feudal king would most likely have used it as a pod to rob him.

But Wei Jeokmyung was not a nobody. His cause was not enough to pressure him with his position, and it was difficult to intimidate the person who followed Wei Jeokmyung with power. The situation was annoying in many ways, so the feudal king made a fuss.

“Is he sleeping so deeply? I see. I’m not sure, honestly. I wonder if that’s really the case.”

“Is the king attacking this humble official now?”

Wei Jeokmyung asked in a cool tone. The frown on his forehead was engulfed in anger. The king shrugged his shoulders and answered savvily.

“General Wei, don’t get me wrong, I was just wondering if the person in your arms really fell asleep. Of course, I can get them up close and take a look, but you won’t like it. So, I have no choice but to clear my doubts in this way.”

Hyun took a breath in surprise at their conversation. It seems that Wei Jeokmyung prevented the voice’s owner from trying to harm him. He didn’t know why the conversation suddenly turned towards him, but he should greet him now before things get worse.

Hyun gently tapped Wei Jeokmyung’s arms urgently. But, pretending not to know, Wei Jeokmyung gave strength to the arm holding Hyun and whispered in a low voice, “Keep still like this.”

“Or do you want him to see your sleeping face? Then don’t fuss any more.”

Wouldn’t it be nice if everything could be over by showing your face? However, Wei Jeokmyung was stagnant. Hyun could not understand why Wei Jeokmyung was trying to hide himself from his opponent. Is there any reason to do that? Hyun bit his lip in his nervousness.

“Is the king intimidating this humble official by his position, or are you asking me as a relative?”

“What?”

“If this official refuses to obey King Ya’s orders, what are you going to do?”

As Wei Jeokmyung faced him head-on, the king gave strength to the hand holding the fan. It seemed as if he wanted to consign Wei Jeokmyung and take him to the Imperial family and beat him with a whip.

“It is against the way of a gentleman to persecute people with personal feelings. Hopefully, the king of the world will not be stubborn to see the face of the insignificant.”

The king managed to raise his chapped lips.

“General Wei has a knack for making a big deal out of small things. What did you mean by persecuting people? It’s very sad that you think of this king like that.”

“On the battlefield, small things tend to turn into big things, so it seems that it has become a habit.”

“Haha. Is that so?”

In an instant, something brushed past the king’s cheek. Kwajik. The king looked back in surprise. Behind him, there was a small hole in the center of the pole where the lamp hung from.

“T-The bead…”

One of the subordinates muttered with a blue and tired face. The king looked at Wei Jeokmyung with sharp eyes.

“This official had no choice but to use this method to return the beads. But it seems that I am using too much force. Please forgive my rudeness.”

He said it was a mistake, but a thick pillar the size of an adult man’s waist was pierced at once. What if it had gone closer to his face? Or what if Wei Jeokmyung was looking elsewhere? A goosebumps flowed down the back of the king’s back.

Wei Jeokmyung entered the battlefield at the age of only ten and defended the country for seventeen years. The Emperor highly praised the achievement and gave him another undisputed power. He who has this sword shall not be guilty of murdering the Imperial family.

Therefore, the king was not too concerned about his success or failure regarding this matter. He gritted his teeth low and then took a deep breath.

“Haha, what rudeness. How can I receive General Wei’s apology?”

The king smiled wildly and waved his hand. But his eyes were unnatural, not smiling. The king looked at Hyun’s back with his cool snake-like eyes and said.

“But even in such a commotion, the person in your arms doesn’t even move.”

“Yes, he’s still a child, so once asleep, he won’t wake up easily.”

The feudal king’s face twisted strangely in response to Wei Jeokmyung. His men also looked at each other as if in awe. At first glance, it was a boy with very long arms and legs. It could never have been a child.

The feudal king only thought that Wei Jeokmyung’s audacity was absurd.

“Looking at his clothes, he looks like a normal kid, but what if he causes an ugly rumor for the general like this?”

Hyun took a small breath in surprise when he was mentioned again. He thought he’s simply cuddling, that could be a problem too?

The reason why Wei Jeokmyung was not caught up in a scandal even though he did not get married until he turned 29 was because everyone knew his sensitive nature. How can someone who hates people approaching them share the same bed with others?

But is such a person holding someone? The rumors that had been suppressed until now spread in an instant. And the king was very adept at such hierarchies. He did not hide from Wei Jeokmyung that this event would be the starting point of the rumors.

But Wei Jeokmyung did not back down despite such warnings.

“Unless you’re a fool, there’s no reason to care about nonsense. I know King Ya is a fun-loving person, but this official doesn’t enjoy it.”

At Wei Jeokmyung’s words, the feudal king gritted his teeth. One couldn’t feel good when they were told that it was only them who believed in rumors and enjoyed it. Despite his provocation, Wei Jeokmyung’s expression remained the same.

“…Why are you being so hard? That will make you sound like a boring person.”

Wei Jeokmyung replied in a sullen tone.

“Because this official doesn’t like it.”

It was a very arrogant attitude. The king clenched his fists and struggled to swallow his wrath.

“… Haha, sure enough, One can’t dare insult the Great General’s honor unless they want to die.”

Managed to keep his composure, King Ya laughed out loud and folded his fan. Contrary to the smile on his lips, his eyes, cold as ice, flashed sharply.

“But sometimes there are people who do not know how much they have and tease their tongues and risk their life on such petty nonsense.”

“It has nothing to do with this official.”

“Really? This king likes such a story very much. It will be very refreshing to catch someone like that and cut off their tongue.”