Stepping into a new world is filled with excitement.
Huh? Ga-ga…
Especially if that world is the pathway to adulthood.
Cheon So-hee couldn’t hide her shock upon witnessing a world filled with shades of pink.
Although she mechanically understood what men and women did in bed, she had no idea how exactly things unfolded.
Even her master, Dan Seo-wol, probably never thought she would fall in love and never took the time to explain it to her.
As Cheon So-hee couldn’t tear her eyes away from the new world, she muttered with a meaningful voice, “This is the first night.”
But it wasn’t.
The Rise of the Tang Family fantastically distorted the relationship between men and women, aiming to fervently excite its readers, so it was very provocative.
The content that detailed how to please a man, filled with fantasies of the bedroom, couldn’t possibly reflect a real first night.
Someone could advise Cheon So-hee, but even if they told her it was different from reality, it wouldn’t reach her ears.
“Yoon Ho oppa…”
Cheon So-hee was already imagining Tang Jung as Kang Yoon-ho and Sa Cheon Jeil Mi Gu Suk-jung as herself.
Her lower abdomen felt strangely tingly. Her face was burning.
From the erotic scenes in The Rise of the Tang Family, she figured out how children are conceived, how men and women enjoy themselves in bed. She now clearly understood.
“I will catch my Color Demon and come to ask for your forgiveness.”
Calming her racing heart for some reason, Cheon So-hee continued reading the last scene.
“Ga-ga. Where have you gone? Ga-ga!”
In the heartbreaking separation of Tang Jung and Sa Cheon Jeil Mi, many devoted readers of The Rise of the Tang Family lamented, and Cheon So-hee felt an eerie familiarity.
“Isn’t that about saying goodbye to oppa?”
It was similar. A sudden goodbye notice and a promise to reunite. And even the bittersweet feeling. It was all too similar.
Recalling a painful separation, Cheon So-hee empathized with the sad faces of other readers.
Even though they love each other, they have to part ways. It can’t be helped. Because there are still things to do.
Tang Jung would return after catching the Color Demon and propose marriage.
Thinking of Tang Jung proposing to a Sa Cheon Jeil Mi with Kang Yoon-ho’s face and a face like hers, her heart felt ticklish.
What would the conclusion be? Surely, it would be about his determination to catch the Color Demon to return to Sa Cheon Jeil Mi Gu Suk-jung.
Believing in Tang Jung’s determination, Cheon So-hee turned the page.
“The protagonist enters the number one brothel in Hubei. There, a courtesan who has never allowed her body to anyone, demanding an exorbitant sum just to call her, is addicted to an aphrodisiac.”
“Is Tang Jung with another woman…?”
Just one line was enough to be betrayed by her expectations.
—–
The next day.
Even though she hadn’t called everyone to Dan Seo-wol’s room, the three of them gathered at the same time. They all had weary faces, yet their eyes somehow sparkled.
“Yukiko! It was so fun!!! I read it all without sleeping!”
“This is the first time for me to read such a book. I realized it was morning when I came to my senses.”
Dan Seo-wol nodded with a smile. She hadn’t expected much of a famous feast, but suddenly the moon had set and birds were chirping.
It was also an experience she hadn’t had before.
“How was it, Seol-ja?”
Seol-ja asked with a friendly smile, looking at Cheon So-hee, who seemed a bit off.
“…It was interesting.”
“Didn’t you like the book? You look a bit displeased.”
Cheon So-hee stared at Dan Seo-wol’s worried face for a while before murmuring in a disappointed voice.
“I thought it was Yoon Ho oppa… but it wasn’t Yoon Ho oppa.”
She thought she would end up with Sa Cheon Jeil Mi Gu Suk-jung.
What exactly is a courtesan? What’s with this Chun Hong Yi Hwa? Why is he turning his eyes to another woman just after promising to reunite?
She had refined herself for one woman. Why is she drawn to someone who sweet-talks her on the side? Du Eung-hyang is a problem too. Why is she flirting with a man who already has a fiancée?
Cheon So-hee found it hard to calm the anger she had from the night before. Ultimately, she had to go out at night and sweat through a training session to settle her heart.
Tang Jung isn’t Yoon Ho oppa. He resembles Yoon Ho oppa, but he is ultimately a different person. After barely acknowledging that, Cheon So-hee could finally turn the next page.
“Wow. I must have gotten too immersed.”
Dan Seo-wol quickly read her disciple’s response.
It seemed the child had no hobby in reading novels. Upon hearing that it was oppa’s book, she probably imagined the protagonist as him. But the protagonist is dating multiple women. The shock must have been immense.
She secretly smiled at her disciple’s amusing reaction.
“Haha! Seol-ja! Were you thinking of Tang Jung while reading? Certainly Tang Jung was cool!”
“Yoon Ho oppa is cooler than Tang Jung.”
That answer left no room for hesitation.
“Ugh! Yukiko! Seol-ja is dazzling! Poor Yukiko, who still doesn’t know the charms of love!”
Seol-ja covered her face with her arms and frowned at Cheon So-hee like she was looking into the sun.
“That was quite a story. I couldn’t believe it was written by a Joseon person who knows nothing about the Martial Arts World. It was so interesting that my palms got sweaty.”
Dan Seo-wol, not to praise the book written by her disciple’s fiancé, genuinely admired The Rise of the Tang Family.
“Yeah. Because he’s my oppa.”
As Dan Seo-wol praised her disciple’s fiancé, Cheon So-hee’s lips curled up slightly.
“Yukiko is the same! Especially Tang Jung was so cool. I think I might fall for Tang Jung!”
“…Don’t fall for him.”
“Ah! Seol-ja! Are you controlling me because I resemble your fiancé? Adult’s control! Yukiko! This is my first time experiencing this!”
“…”
Normally, Cheon So-hee wouldn’t react much to what Seol-ja was saying, but when it came to anything related to her fiancé, she would respond well.
Seol-ja realized that too, and tied together The Rise of the Tang Family with Cheon So-hee’s fiancé to keep talking to her.
Dan Seo-wol thought about the new joy in the boring assassin group and went along with the children’s play.
“Why exactly is Tang Jung leaving his beloved woman behind? Yukiko! I cannot understand!”
“Honestly, I think he should have taken Chun Hong Yi Hwa with him, it could have been a benefit!”
“Yukiko! I’m too curious as to why the author is doing this!”
Why abandon a woman and leave? Isn’t being happy enough? Looking at Cheon So-hee with a frustrated expression were Dan Seo-wol and Seol-ja, while she offered an unexpected answer.
“Because I broke up with him too.”
“Huh?”
“It’s okay. We’ll meet someday. For sure. We will meet again.”
Cheon So-hee said firmly. Tang Jung is not oppa. But there is oppa in The Rise of the Tang Family. Perhaps oppa wants to depict a story where they meet again even if they part through a novel.
As if promising a reunion with herself.
To keep the promise to save herself.
In Cheon So-hee’s eyes, there was affection and deep feelings for her fiancé.
“…”
“It seems my disciple was deeply impressed by it.”
Dan Seo-wol, knowing her disciple’s circumstances, could only nod.
“Not my oppa, but it felt like watching my oppa.”
“Ugh. A man like Tang Jung is your fiancé! Yukiko! I might cry from jealousy!”
The conversation about The Rise of the Tang Family between the three of them knew no end.
—–
“Yukiko! The erotic scenes. They were so steamy!”
When it comes to lewd stories, they should be dark. Seol-ja had finished dinner and waited for the night to deepen before bringing up the topic she had purposely avoided.
“It was a bit… stimulating, indeed.”
Dan Seo-wol, looking sideways, agreed. She thought it was a book about the Martial Arts World, but suddenly it jumped into explicit scenes.
Dan Seo-wol slyly glanced at her disciple, who was somewhat oblivious about matters between men and women.
Surely it wasn’t too stimulating for her, right? Was she not embarrassed? She worriedly observed but her disciple was rather composed.
“It was a good education.”
“What?!”
“Huh?!”
“I found out what oppa likes.”
Her disciple’s face turned noticeably red. Dan Seo-wol felt flustered. Could it be that she studied the matters of men and women through The Rise of the Tang Family?
Oh no. As a master, she had to enlighten her disciple.
“Reality and novels are different. The content in there is made for the pleasure of those who read it.”
“That’s right! Seol-ja! Don’t get it twisted! It’s a misconception! Think about it! It’s impossible for such a thing to happen with just the heart!”
Seol-ja chimed in with an excited face.
“Is it not possible?”
Cheon So-hee tilted her head, blinking at Seol-ja.
“Of course, it’s impossible… Huh!”
Seol-ja had to stop short while trying to give an immediate response.
In Seol-ja’s eyes, it felt like it would not be enough even if they called it Joseon’s number one breast.
“Ah, that’s not possible then?”
Why is it something that Dan Seo-wol must also be curious about? Seol-ja looked at Jeok Na-chal with a trembling voice, feeling breathless.
Even Dan Seo-wol wasn’t lacking when compared to her disciple.
With overwhelming feelings of defeat and helplessness, Seol-ja covered her precious parts and clenched her lips.
“Ugh! How can a master have nonsensical things like this…”
A voice thick with feelings of defeat came out.
“What did you say?”
“Huh! Yukiko! Just now, my understanding fleetingly blurred because of your techniques!”
Seol-ja barely managed to greet with a composed expression.
“Yukiko, if you are to speak to your disciple, tell them the proper common sense. If you say what’s possible is impossible, it will only heighten confusion.”
No. So, for the most part, it’s not going to happen. Seol-ja’s expression nearly broke as she heard Dan Seo-wol’s words again.
Seol-ja, with a heavy heart, resolutely looked at her own prized possession.
“Yukiko! I’ll cheer up! Don’t be disappointed! It’s strange if it’s possible!”
Seol-ja held onto her crumbling pride through self-suggestion. However, Cheon So-hee’s curiosity remained unresolved.
“If it can be done, can’t we just do it?”
“Ugh…”
Seol-ja found it hard to deny.
——–
“Yukiko! My consciousness is starting to break! I think I’m getting sleepy!”
“I’ll head out.”
“Seol-ja! Let’s go together!”
As night deepened, Dan Seo-wol sent her disciple and Seol-ja back to their rooms.
“I never thought chatting about a novel would be this enjoyable.”
The Master was indeed going a little overboard.
To become famous for the sake of her disciple and to save the fate of Heavenly Killing Star might not be just empty words. Dan Seo-wol truly saw hope in her disciple’s fiancé.
“Jeok Na-chal. I have news you mentioned to me.”
Once the disciples disappeared, an assassin from the Salmak brought a piece of paper.
“Yeah. Bring it.”
There was no need to ask what the news was. There was only one thing she had asked for.
Kang Yoon-ho was certainly doing well. He was living diligently. If she had to say something to her disciple, he would be more devoted to his training.
Dan Seo-wol unfolded the news that had come from Yichang about Kang Yoon-ho.
“Oh no…”
[Kang Yoon-ho. Currently living with a woman.]
Dan Seo-wol couldn’t suppress her surprise at the news contained within.
