Chapter 69

How many colors were there in the world? Could one guess with just one shot?

Do Pyeong-su, who was suddenly disappointed, was crushed and the eyes of the other three fell down. Geom Woo-bin knew all the colors that the four of them liked, but none of the four of them knew the taste of Geom Woo-bin. She said, ‘You didn’t know so much about her death penalty. It was our lack of affection.’

Seo Seok-san’s cautious voice pierced through Geum Hong’s self-harm. “What’s your favorite color?”

“Purple!”

“Pyeong-su, you stay still!”

“Huh.”

There was no sign of sadness in Geom Woo-bin’s slightly smiling face. Good death penalty!

“My favorite color is… It’s gray.”

Everyone was surprised. Gray was a rare color that people liked as much as aloe vera liked black.

“Why do you like dull colors so much?” Seo Seok-san stabbed Do Pyung-su’s side with his elbow. “You like the death penalty.”

“Ah! There are also Mandok who like pink. I’m curious though….”

“You know what? If you mix the white that the Do Priest likes, the Black that the Yan Sisters like, the pale ocher that the West Priest likes, and the pink that the Zhang Priest likes, you get gray. Since then, the gray has gotten better.”

Closing her mouth, the Blood Lion looked at Geum Woo-bin. She didn’t even think that she could be that reason. Until now, they believed that Geom Woo-bin cherished, loved, and cared for more. However, she was Geom Woo-bin, and she was invisible, and she loved the Blood Lion much more.

Tears flowed from Do Pyung-su’s eyes. She didn’t accuse anyone of beating a boy. Even alchemy. “Then I lost the bet, so I have to be honest with all of my questions. First of all, the samurai!”

Hyeonmyeon-hong, startled, immediately asked with a look of anticipation. “The death penalty, what do you want to know? You seem to know everything about me, don’t you?”

“Hey, how do you know? I don’t know this yet. When and with whom did you kiss for the first time?”

“Yes? Execution! Excuse me for such a question to her lady! Especially if she is only thirteen!”

“What is the excuse for an old granny! It’s a promise, so keep it! When?”

Seo Seok-san asked more excitedly. “Never tell you guys!”

Jeon Yeong-hong sent a message to Geom Woo-bin, and Geom Woo-bin made a surprised expression. “Is it that fast?”

“I was a little precocious.” Seok-san was upset.

“Execution! This is a foul! I have to say it! Not a sound!”

“I made a promise to the death penalty, not to you!”

‘Great! I will only inform the death penalty! Death penalty, ask me a question.”

At Seo Seok-san’s words, Geom Woo-bin made a worried expression for a moment, and then she asked. “Who is the woman Priest Seo has met the most or still loves?”

“Yes? That’s too much….”

“Can’t there be many women you love the most?”

“It is.”

“I promised to be honest.”

Yeon Jeon Hong spoke with a dissatisfied face. “Does that man have any love for a woman?”

“There is. There is no one in the world who has a greater love than a priest.”

Seo Seok-san, who had been contemplating, finally said one name in full tone. “Okay? I see.”

“Uh? Death penalty, do you know the name?”

“It’s a secret. You must protect the priest’s secret.”

Geum Hong was disappointed, but he couldn’t keep up. The place they had prepared to learn about Geom Woo-bin’s treasure chest turned into a fun place. In a corner of the Oh Seon Manor, the sound of laughter did not cease until late at night.

“I don’t think you guys stole alcohol. But obviously alcohol is disappearing little by little.”

The Blood Lion felt unsure, but he didn’t know anything about the anti-juicing incident, so it was frustrating.

Oh Tong-su then spoke cautiously. “Isn’t it natural evaporation?”

“Nope.”

“I see.”

“Find out what happened in three days. That is your job.”

“Alright.” There was no confidence in the voice of the Hangzhou Incident answering. How did they know why alcohol was disappearing without them noticing?

‘Who is stealing so little?’

If alcohol was gone, that would be the only reason. However, was it possible that there was a person who could sneak into this yongdamhohyeol-like ohseonjangwon and steal alcohol?

“Isn’t it possible that someone secretly steals and drinks from Oseon Manor’s workers?”

Samak then nodded at Sehwa’s words. Although the foundry was locked, there are plenty of people who could unlock it without a key. “From today, let’s take turns standing on the nightstand.”

Geom Woo-bin then woke up from his bed. Jang Mandok was watching. She practiced water lilies.

Seok-san was also watching. she ate All the Blood Lions looked at his chopsticks. Jeon Yeong Hong watched with a sharp gaze that he would even understand his dream. He didn’t know it would be so burdensome to see someone constantly watching from waking up to going to bed.

In the end, Geom Woo-bin summoned the blood lions. “Priests, why are you watching me all day?”

At that, Do Pyeong-su jumped. “Are you monitoring? Never did that.”

“You were watching.”

“Yes. I was watching.”

“That’s surveillance.”

“Then… Go? Are you feeling uncomfortable?”

“Great.”

“We just wanted to know the death penalty.” Geom Woo-bin looked at the Blood Lion and asked.

“Is there something you want to know but can’t ask?”

Geom Woo-bin had an amazing talent for reading people’s minds. Hyeonjeong-hong decided to ask the question honestly. “A treasure chest of death penalty.”

With that, Geom Woo-bin looked bewildered at first, but then she turned to him once more.

Oh! “Have you heard of the sajils?”

“I wondered what was in that box, and I thought we knew everything about the death penalty, but I was shocked that it had a secret.”

Geom Woo-bin scratched the bridge of his nose with an embarrassed expression. “What’s in the box is my treasure, but it was a bit embarrassing to tell the priests.”

“What? What has the death penalty to shame us? I saw all the naked bodies.”

“Sister-in-law….”

“Hey, what are you blushing for?”

Seo Seok-San then gave a pincup to Hyeon-Hong. “Grandmother, don’t tremble and stay still! Death penalty, so what is the treasure in that box?”

“Well… It’s a bit difficult to say, so I’ll show you.”

They moved to Geom Woo-bin’s room. Do Pyeong-su spoke as he watched Geom Woo-bin take out a box from under her bed. “If it is a treasure, hide it deeply.”

“It’s a treasure only to me.” With that, Woo-bin put the box on her table.

“I was going to show you when this box is full.” The Blood Lion’s curious gaze was focused on the box with the lid open.

“This….”

She tried not to, but she couldn’t hide the disappointment that appeared on her face. Inside the box were only a few old or dirty bits and pieces. “Is this a death penalty?”

Do Pyeong-su lifted up an unadorned leather pouch. The heavy crab had contents, and it was a hermit according to the rattling sound. However, there was no way that a hermit, weighing about fifty nyang at most, could be Geom Woo-bin’s treasure.

“Sister-in-law, don’t you remember this bag?”

Hearing the question, Geum Hong looked at his pockets in surprise. It was a common pocket that you could get anywhere in the market if you went to the market. “You don’t know?”

“This is what you gave me when we first met at the top of Gumbong Mountain. He told me to go to the guest cup.”

With that, he remembered. “Did you ever have this?”

“This is the first gift I received from my sister-in-law, how do I throw it away? And this is….”

The next thing Geom Woo-bin picked up was a bundle of loquat strings. Geom Woo-bin cherished the loquat string that was worn out and not new but had to be thrown away.

“I think it came from the pipa that priest Seo first taught me.”

“At that time, you even covered your fingers.”

“There is some blood here. And remember this broken blade?”

With that Do Pyung-soo scratched his head as if hesitantly. “My mistake broke it, and the death penalty was wounded.”

“I was a little hurt, but that same day the priest almost died by the other priests. ?”

Geom Woo-bin smiled as if he remembered that time, and the next thing he pulled out was a gag made of leather.

“When I first entered Daeseong Rasu, I was in so much pain, so priest Jang gave me to hold her in her mouth.”

With that, Geom Woo-bin continued her words as she put her items back into her box. “The most precious treasures to me are the priests. So, of course, these items that can be remembered with the priests are also treasures. Now, it’s been a while so I can all remember, but just imagine when this box is full after a very long time. There are things that you can remember at once, memories that come to mind after thinking for a long time, and maybe even things you don’t remember. I don’t want to forget all of us. And so, I made this memory box. It will be interesting to open this box together in about thirty years or so. Yes?”

Geom Woo-bin had always conveyed her joy and emotion in ways that the Blood Lion never thought.

She was right about what Hwa Jeok-san said.

―It would be undesirable to have an eight-year-old kid at that age as a big brother, but you will find out when you live together.

She knew that the child was full of ambassador-type qualifications. There was no better metabolite in the world than Geom Woo-bin. As if embarrassed to show her box, Geom Woo-bin kicked the Blood Lion out of the room.

“Now that you know everything, don’t watch anymore and leave.”

The Blood Lion who left the room was unable to speak his words for a while. Geom Woo-bin, who seemed to be better today than yesterday, and tomorrow would be better than today, was a new existence every day.

“I don’t think I can live without the death penalty now.”

At Do Pyeong-su’s words, Jang Mandok quietly rubbed his back. “By the way, who gave the rosary in the corner of the box?”

They all just looked at each other’s faces. “Well, it must also be a memory of us. Hmm, shall I make a treasure chest from today too?”

In response to the words of Jeon Yeong-hong, the other three said, ‘Me too! Me too!’

He seemed to have fallen asleep. Even though he slept during the day to stay vigilant, it was not easy to endure the time he always slept. Sehwa started stretching with a yawn, and the door to the brewery opened and an old Seobang entered.

“It’s shift time. Wasn’t it great?”

“If there was something special, Onjangwon would have known everything?”

The four people in the Hangzhou Incident stayed up all night like that. But in the end, that day too, the alcohol decreased. This time, the amount was so large that even a non-Blood Lion could recognize it.

“How did the alcohol disappear after you stopped by?”

While the Hangzhou Incident was bewildering, Seo Seok-san came in. Seo Seok-san could guess the situation just by looking at their blank faces.

“Did you drink again?”

“Yes. Even though I was vigilant, I couldn’t keep my drink.”

“Isn’t it obvious that alcohol disappeared when you guys stood up?”

“Of course. They even marked the amount of alcohol at night. See this here.”

At that, the wine barrels piled up in the brewery were lined with white gold next to them.

“This time, a lot has disappeared. It means that the perpetrators are getting bolder….”

Seo Seok-san said as he left the brewery. “Two days left.”

“Yes? Aren’t the masters helping you?”

“I don’t think our pupil is incompetent enough to catch a thief.”

He wanted to show them their competence according to Seo Seok-san’s belief, but there was no way. All they could do was stand upright, vigilant, in the best way they could think of. Of course, not all four of them could stand up straight.

“Ugh! I fell asleep on this.”

As Oh Tong-su shook his head and chased after sleep, Pyeong-su came in to take a shift. “Isn’t it great?”

“If something went wrong, the manor would have turned upside down.”

However, despite the extraordinary circumstances, the manor was quiet.

Once more, all the alcohol was gone.