After all, the allocation was the same as with other true mountain disciples, and they received equal treatment within the sect. They just needed to train hard and live peacefully until it was time to go down, establish their own sect, accept disciples, and once the sect was established, get married and set up a stable family.
By the standards of this era, it was an exceptionally stable and excellent life.
“……But there might still be those who wanted to receive the Dao robes knowing all of this.”
Like the fellow death row prisoner walking ahead of me now.
“Perhaps if I weren’t a genius, he’d be angrier, but even being a genius, he still dislikes it.”
If I were ordinary like the original ‘Ha Hyun’, he might have been jealous and angry at my inadequacy, but since I’m not ordinary now, he might not be angry, but he can’t get rid of his jealousy.
Thinking about it this way, I felt a bit sorry for him, even though he was still pathetic.
If he felt the need to vent his anger on a 12yearold child, he must really be feeling bad.
An inferiority complex felt due to unavoidable circumstances.
It might be similar to what the original ‘Ha Hyun’ felt towards his master.
I arrived at the place prepared by my fellow death row prisoners, including him, just as I had thought of this. It was a small training ground located in a somewhat remote area, with about six other fellow death row prisoners gathered there.
“They’re all inner disciples.”
It seemed likely.
Telling true mountain disciples who had already received the Dao robes, “I’m upset because I didn’t receive the Dao robes,” would not be something he’d want to do. Pride wouldn’t allow such behavior.
So he thought about it and shared his feelings only with those who were in the “same situation” as him, and gathered those with similar opinions to sketch out the current situation.
“What now?”
I wondered how he would pick a fight. Maybe he would suggest a duel.
“You’re here, junior brother.”
“Welcome.”
Everyone greeted me on the surface. The fellow death row prisoner standing by me also smiled as if to show off and said,
“I told you they would welcome you.”
“Yes, you did.”
I played along, pretending not to know, and joined them. They then naturally formed an atmosphere focused on training, as if they had planned to do this all along.
I glanced at the situation and blended in, first taking the starting stance of the Six Harmony Sword, as I always had.
‘It’s training time anyway.’
But as soon as I did, I realized what these people intended.
“Junior brother, your stance looks a bit off.”
“Eh?”
“It might be better to raise the tip of the sword a little higher.”
I slowly blinked, checking the position of my sword tip. A line from the tip of the sword would reach the middle of my neck at this height. It was the position my master had adjusted for me.
“……Ah, yes.”
Realizing what they were getting at, I answered with a subtle expression but did not change my action.
What followed was an endless procession of nagging…
“Junior brother, why not try that part differently?”
“You seem to be swinging too hard there; maybe ease up.”
“You should spread your feet a bit wider.”
“Junior brother.”
“Junior brother.”
“Junior brother!”
……While more gentle than challenging me to a duel, it was a method several times more irritating. It was impressive in some ways.
“Junior brother.”
“Yes?”
I continued to respond verbally without changing my actions, casually brushing them off, but at some point, the sound of “junior brother” alone made me feel like I was about to suffer from noiseinduced stress.
‘Should I just leave? Pretend not to hear them and run away?’
It was when I began to think seriously.
“I notice you haven’t been listening to what the elders have been advising you all this time.”
Elder Ryu spat out with a disgusted tone. Then, as if on cue, the other elders who had been talking loudly just before shut their mouths.
It’s too late to run away.
I sighed softly and looked back at them. Elder Ryu added with a smirk,
“Ah, because the sister is a disciple of Elder Yoon, are the teachings of these elders worthless?”
It was a childish yet cunning statement. Saying so would insult the elders, and denying it would mean having to listen to their nonsensical admonishments.
‘But didn’t he think about the possibility that I might get angry by turning his words around and asking if he’s insulting my master?’
If you run out and yell that the elders have arbitrarily changed what the master taught, all you have to do is grab the first adult you see and cry.
Surprisingly, crying still works for me because I’m still young. It would be even better if I found someone who likes me, like the lady of the dormitory or Elder Yoon.
But I decided not to go that far, holding on to my last bit of patience.
“If the elders had acted like elders, I would have respected them.”
“……What?”
What happened here would not be conveyed to others.
From the beginning, those elders had chosen this secluded training ground to conceal everything that happened here. So conversely, even if I said something I didn’t want to hear from the elders here, no one who wasn’t here could have noticed.
“I know you’re unhappy with the fact that I was greeted with a salute as soon as I came in. I won’t deny that it happened because I was luckily picked up by the master.”
“I suddenly don’t know what you’re talking about, sister. We just…….”
“But does it make the elders feel better to torment me in this way? Is it fun for you?”
Moreover, how could they go around blabbering about hearing such words from a 12yearold?
It’s like spitting in their own face.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
