Chapter 26
“You’ll take the punishment for me?”
I said to Namgung Mu Baek, whose frown deepened.
“Black Tiger, please allow me to share in the punishment he will receive.”
“What do you mean by paying for the punishment of one who has sullied the name of the Southern Palace? I say this with great deliberation. The Grand Duke.”
I didn’t expect him to call me by the name of Grand Duke, but he did. My response was equally tasteless.
“Yes. I will take the blame and share the punishment. I have said so, and I will do so.”
“Would you rather enter a black cage instead, or go to the military front and smell the blood incense?”
I had no intention of wasting another day in a dark den.
“Send me to the front. In the name of the Southern Palace, I will join you, raise the ball, and roll with you to avenge the Black Lake.”
“Frontline…….”
The Grand Duke’s words, which were simply thrown out, made Nangong Mu Baek’s eyes widen. It was as if he was unable to control his words and actions.
What is this thing saying now. Whether it really meant what he understood it to mean.
It met my eyes again and again.
It didn’t matter. I was moving to fulfill a promise to someone I wanted and to get what I wanted, not to make them understand.
“I understand that quite a few have already fallen in the name of the Southern Palace.”
As I said that, I turned around and met the gaze of my uncle, who was watching me from afar with a confused expression. The reason why the Southern Palace’s gaze was not strange was because of the incident with my uncle not long ago.
