I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

26 – Choices

“…What does that matter?”

Is Jeong the great-granddaughter of King Jin? Are you a member of the Qin dynasty?

What does that mean?

Was it true that I told you to annihilate all the people of Cho in the Great War of Jangpyeong?

Was it King Jin who ordered the attack on Cho before that?

Isn’t that so?

Jeong was only born with the blood of King Jin. She’s barely saying that’s all she’s saying.

Even though she didn’t do anything wrong, she was hated only for the reason that she was born with her lineage. What kind of absurdity is right?

“I said, ‘Isn’t it embarrassing! That grown-ups, who are only 7 years old, hold girls and use them to vent their anger!”

The man’s face frowned.

The people of Jo Nara, who were listening to our conversation from behind, also hardened their complexions.

Was the guilt-by-association system so natural for them? Do you really consider it right?

Then I couldn’t back down even more.

“Shut up! Does a bastard like Yan know Jangpyeong’s grudge!”

“Jangpyeong’s resentment? Jangpyeong’s resentment? That child wasn’t even born at that time! What the hell are you going to do with such a child!”

Even though my threat could not do any real damage to the man, the man took a step back as if pushed by something.

I kept shouting and shouting at the opponent who was not even aware that he had stepped back.

“What you’re doing right now! It’s not just revenge for the grudge of the Great War of Jangpyeong, it’s just a lowly thing to do to harass the weak in order to satisfy your own desires!”

“This, this bastard…”

It’s different.

Me and that man have different mindsets.

I had the self-confidence that my actions were right. However, the man’s motive is nothing more than a desire for success disguised as revenge.

If he had cried out for revenge because his family died in the Battle of Jangpyeong, he would not have been pushed back by my words.

Revenge is an extremely emotional and extremely self-centered cause.

But men know that their desire to succeed is not right. So the man could no longer argue and shook his body.

And those who couldn’t find a reason to defend themselves, their next action was bound to end in violence.

“Shut up! If you want to die so badly, I’ll do as you wish! This detestable year of Qin, all the bastards who tried to eat it!!”

The man went mad and yelled.

‘Yes. I’d rather act like such a madman.’

I laughed inwardly when I saw a man who paid attention to me and focused on me.

The reason why they persecute and abuse Jeong in this way is not because they are single-celled people who don’t think about taking care of themselves. Also, I don’t have a back boat to take care of the aftermath.

The reason Jung was able to try to use Jung as a sacrifice was because of Jung’s ambiguous status.

The official hostage sent from the Qin Dynasty to the Zhao Dynasty is Jeong’s father, Young Yi-in.

Jeong is often perceived as a pawn sent by the Qin Dynasty, but in fact, Jeong was officially recognized as a member of the royal family in the Qin Dynasty and was never given a role as a pawn.

Of course, Jeong received neither support nor protection from the Qin Dynasty. Half of the blood flowing through Jung’s body belonged to people from the country of Jo, and Jeong was a collateral royal among collaterals who had never stepped on the land of the country of Qin. Jeong’s presence in the Qin Dynasty was infinitely weak.

Wouldn’t it be better if the Qin Dynasty sent an official letter about Jeong? There was no such thing, so Jung was literally in the gray zone with his bare body.

So, since they also used emotion as a sacrifice, they were able to pay their grudge.

‘But I’m different.’

I am officially a royal hostage sent by Yan.

They harassed me with public power, and it was done within the scope of responsibility after the people in power finished their calculations.

No matter how much I was bullied by my classmates, ordinary people couldn’t harm me.

No matter how much I defended my affection, it is quite possible that he harmed me.

Contacting a princess of the Qin Dynasty as a hostage is not without problems. I do not deny that itself, but it was an issue to be discussed as a public matter, not a private sector.

‘If you touch me, even the guards won’t be able to keep quiet.’

It’s okay to break a bone or two.

I was preparing for the pain to come with such determination, but the man’s fist never touched me.

“Chukbu, you man. Wake up!”

It was because his accomplices joined in and stopped him.

“You know who that guy is. I don’t know about the Qin Dynasty, but did you forget that if you mess with that Yan guy, things will become too big!”

“Ah… thank you. I almost fell for that cunning bastard’s tricks.”

I dragged out too much time. The accomplices who were gathering one after another, unlike the man called the cheater, kept their distance from me calmly. It was poised to drag Jungman without ever touching me.

‘Should I harm myself now that this has happened?’

Around the time I thought of the extreme method, I heard a voice like a ray of light. Above your head too.

“Doesn’t it look very nice to see a group of people harassing two children?”

Raising my head following the voice, I saw a woman standing tall on the wall with a cool smile as always.

“Brother!”

“What if I just leave the word to come to Dongseong? It took a long time to find it?”

I left a message in the ominous feeling I felt when I left the residence.

If I don’t come back until Jing Jia, who followed Mosu, returns, then have Jing Jia come out to Dongcheng to meet him.

The insurance we had set up just in case has returned as a piece of conversion that saves us!

But the joy was short-lived.

The opponent’s power in front of me had already increased to five. The excited feeling cooled down even faster.

Seok and Hui seemed to have scattered to the other side of the house. If the two of them had come together, it would have been enough to break through.

Unlike me, who despaired of being outnumbered, Jingjia was still very calm.

Even watching them take out daggers and other weapons from their arms feeling threatened by the sudden appearance of Hyung-ga.

“What should I do, Senior? I can get that woman out as long as I pull out my sword.”

He was not bragging at all when he said that he could subdue even five strong men with a long sword.

However, it was far from the hasty words that came out because I lost my reason and became excited. Rather, Jingjia’s calm voice was more like an explanatory note telling him what he could do.

Unusually, the calm tone that settled down even cooled my head. As the heat in my head went down, the feeling I felt was sorry.

A foreigner draws a sword and points it at his own people. Because I know what that means.

And.

“Brother.”

“Command.”

Even the reality that I will have no choice but to direct it.

“Save Jung.”

“I got an order.”

Chanang!

At the same time as the sword, Jing Jia ran out.

The sound of stepping on the wall is light.

Like a hawk riding on a gale, Jingjia jumped and jumped into the group with a daring movement.

A sight that would be hard to believe if you hadn’t seen it yourself. A group of men and women who are holding Jung like a hostage take away stabbing daggers and skewers with a single longsword blade.

Securing an exquisite blind spot. It was a meticulous rush that calculated all the fact that they would attack like that if they went in there.

Pug! Pod! Cacan!

I tripped her over and threw myself at the same time to dodge the skewer, and raised my longsword to block the dagger.

The series of processes continued seamlessly.

No matter how much they say that they are not properly trained in martial arts, they are single-handedly dealing with five adult men and women? The battle of Jingjia was even phenomenal.

It took only a few minutes for the hall to be tidied up.

The only one standing on two legs is Hyungga. The five of them were sprawled on the floor, moaning.

There was blood all over the ground. Jingjia’s blade had no mercy in his hand. In the first place, it was to deal with five people alone. If you deal halfway with them, it would be the brothers, not them.

However, there were no deaths. Jing Jia focused on thoroughly cutting off their limbs and incapacitating them.

In the process, Jingga was also stabbed by his skewer and cut by a dagger. It was the result of choosing the path to quickly subdue the enemy while inflicting a certain amount of damage. Fortunately, the amount of blood soaking the clothes was small, as if the wound was not that deep.

“Awesome…”

Jingjia lifted the corner of his mouth and said at my half-excited exclamation.

“Did I tell you? Your skills are certain.”

“Oh, injuries, injuries?”

“It’s okay. Injuries like this are the level you get while sparring. Rather than that, shouldn’t you take care of him first?”

I put aside my worries about Hyung-ga for a while and approached Jung, who was lying on his back against the wall.

Chukbu was a man who lost consciousness after being picked up and thrown away. I carefully woke Jung.

“Jung-ah, wake up. Jung-ah.”

“Uhm…dan?”

“How is it? Can you wake up?”

“Ah…I just…”

“It’s okay. It’s all over. Let’s get up now. We have to go back.”

I helped Jung to stand up. Where did that energetic figure go? I slowly moved my steps, supporting the sagging emotion halfway.

Possibly because of Jingjia’s frightful life, still holding a bloody longsword, the people stood still as we passed by.

As I was trying to get past the people, a voice filled with grief caught my ankle.

“I, I… Lost my one and only son in Jangpyeong!”

The old woman’s resentment over the loss of her son was rather pitiful than harsh.

I couldn’t come up with any excuses for revenge against my flesh and blood.

I stopped and looked at the old woman. In the eyes filled with tears, I could still feel the intense hostility toward Jeong.

“Even so, my actions were wrong…?”

“…Yes. I think so.”

Just because a murderer killed my child does not give me the right to kill the murderer’s child.

That’s a resentment. But how can I ignore the pain of the ignorant Danjangjiae? I didn’t understand the old woman’s feelings, so I couldn’t come up with any rebuttal.

There was no controversy. I just passed the old woman.

“You Qin people deserve to die! Heaven will someday punish you for being less than a beast! I will punish you!”

Once triggered, the curse intensified with no sign of stopping.

Instead of swearing at me, I hurriedly covered Jung’s ears with both hands.

“However…”

“Don’t listen. It’s something you don’t need to hear.”

“…Yes.”

Today, I finally accepted affection into my fence. I decided to take it.

‘After this, is it time to pay the price and responsibility?’

After a cold winter and a short spring, summer has come. This summer will be exceptionally hot. It will be a hard day as much as the harsh winter.

But if we can overcome this, there will be a prosperous autumn.

Towards the fiercer summer than ever, I willingly put my feet up.