Chapter 23
“Uncle! I like her! I like her!”
“Hehehehehe. I see you like his scent! I’ll capture him alive and drag him in front of you, what shall we do?”
A greatsword the size of his own body was tied tightly around the thirsty girl’s back, and the middle-aged man who was casually carrying the greatsword on his shoulder laughed heartily.
“Ugh, but why are you making such a fuss over her, I’m just trying to find out what she did wrong!”
“Hehehe. That’s right.”
The girl, one of the wives of the head of the Namgung Clan, Namgung Mu Baek, pointed to the stage of the sword conference, where the uproar caused by the wives of the Namgung Clan had subsided somewhat and they were taking a short break.
“But why is everyone making such a fuss. Uncle?”
The middle-aged man looked at the girl in amusement and smiled roguishly.
“Xiang’er, this is the place called the Southern Palace. As I said, it’s a place that’s recognized even in the middle realm for its slender swords.”
“Hm.”
“That’s why there’s such a fuss. It’s an uncomfortable truth that everyone’s been trying to hide, and everyone’s scrambling to protect their vested interests, to avoid tearing down what they’ve built.”
“Ohhh……. And she did that?”
The girl called Incense stretched out her palm and slapped the middle-aged man across the face. Despite the prank, the middle-aged man smiled and accepted the girl’s prank.
The middle-aged man wiped the smile off his face.
