Absolute Sword Sense

followers.
As everyone looked puzzled, she said,

“Since her condition is critical, stay with her.
We will move to the sect member who is practicing medicine.”

“…yes.”

“And please guide the Third Elder to me.”

“What?”

Hae Ack-chun frowned at this request.
She then pointed to the tied-up old man and said,

“Isn’t it impossible to stop him right now? Since the lady’s condition is critical, I will interrogate him to find a cure.”

She wasn’t wrong, but there was one thing that she overlooked.

“It won’t happen.”

Dan Wei-kang, the First Elder, refused her.

“Why?”

Baek Hye-hyang laughed.

“Hehehe.”

“What is the meaning of this?”

“Ei, Bloody Hand Witch.
You wouldn’t be in the position to interrogate anyone right now.”

“Uh?”

Baek Hye-hyang spoke with a straight face.

“You are also a subject to be interrogated.”

“What!?”

Shh!

Baek Hye-hyang’s sword moved toward her neck.
Thinking that something was wrong, Han Baekha tried to back away, but Hae Ack-chun blocked her path.

“Fourth Elder! What is this?”

“Bloody Hand Witch! Didn’t you say you were close to Lady Baek Ryeon-ha? Don’t think you could escape this by giving us an excuse that you didn’t know what was happening.”

Han Baekha was unable to hide her reaction to this absurdity.

Cause and effect.

She had continued to defend Gu Jae-yang in front of everyone in an effort to make it seem like Baek Ryeon-ha should become the next Blood Demon.
Therefore, she could not avoid the possibility of interrogation by claiming she had no idea.

Han Baekha was shocked and shouted her denial.

“I really did not know! Do you think I, who served the lady since she was suffering from that horrid illness that made it impossible for her to learn martial arts, is the same as him?”

“Who was it that pushed Wonwhi and me into claims of legitimacy by that dog?”

Baek Hye-hyang spoke out.

Han Baekha had too many enemies here.
Of course, if Baek Ryeon-ha had become the leader, she would have been able to do anything, but not anymore.

“First Elder!”

She called for Seo Kalma.

“Don’t you realize it, Second Elder? If it was only Lady Hae and me, do you think I would collude with someone else and do something to her?”

It was as if she was trying to get out by using him.
However, Seo Kalma didn’t react positively to this.

“I am sorry, Bloody Hand Witch, but you went too far this time.”

“What do you mean by that!?”

Hae Ack-chun rushed to answer.

“Huh! Are you really asking because you don’t know? You have said too many lies.
Didn’t you try to deceive all the sect members into thinking she recovered the Blood Demon Sword herself when she didn’t?”

She cried out her denial at those words.

“Second Elder, Fourth Elder, didn’t I do that because we have no other choice but to do it in that situation? You sympathized when you thought the young lord was dead, so why are you saying different things…”

“Bloody Hand Witch”

I cut her off, and she turned to me with trembling eyes.

She was very aware of this reality.
That was the fact of who was the closest to being the Blood Demon here and who had the right to kill her.

She calmed down and spoke calmly to me.

“Young Lord… I am not.
Since you have managed to unravel this, you should know better than anyone that I had nothing to do with this?”

To that, I nodded, and her expression brightened at this.
The others frowned and wondered if I was going to agree with her.

“The words of the Sixth Blood Star are correct.
If she was with Gu Jae-yang, then she would be inclined to save her own life over getting the cure.
What do we do then with our suspicions?”

[Are you insane?]

When I defended her, Baek Hye-hyang sent me a message.

[It is the truth.]

[Are you naïve or something? Have you lost it? If you don’t take that bitch down now, you and I will be the ones always having to deal with her.
And you want to let her go?]

[Who is letting her go?]

Baek Hye-hyang’s eyebrows rose.
She was about to find out what I meant.

Han Baekha looked at me like she was grateful.

“Young lord.
I have no ill feelings toward you.
If so, how would I have recognized you as the Blood Demon near the Yangtze river and tried to marry my lady to you?”

“Yes, yes.
Sure.
It must be for your loyalty to her.”

“Thank you for understanding.”

“But there are things which we need to talk about.”

“Uh?”

Pat!

Saying that I narrowed the distance.
Shocked, she tried to move back but could not with Hae Ack-chun behind her.

I placed my palm on her dantian.

“Teacher!”

“Sixth Blood Star!”

As she was in danger, the women in white veils tried to move forward.
However, how would they dare to act in front of the elders?

“You all better stay still.”

They went still at the voice of Hae Ack-chun.
Of course, not everyone was like that.

The Third Blood Star, who was watching this, shouted in surprise at my actions.

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“What are you trying to do?”

“Making her pay the price.”

“Price?”

It was natural for the Third Blood Star, who was unaware of what had happened to react like this.

This woman had crossed the line too many times.
She then asked me with a trembling voice.

“… why are you doing this?”

“For your lady, you have done so many things, such as removing the hidden message to stop me from coming to the Blood Sect.
Will you deny that?”

“T-that…”

She couldn’t even make an excuse.

She hadn’t expected to hear of this now.

Whisper.

“She got rid of the message that was left behind?”

“Why would she do that?”

Everyone went into an uproar at hearing those words, with most of the noise coming from those in Baek Ryeon-ha’s faction.

They all looked at her with shock.
Hae Ack-chun, in particular, was irate.

“Blood Hand Witch! How dare you do something like this!”

He was ready to punch her at that moment.

“Teacher.”

I shook my head as if I was the one who should end this.
Hae Ack-chun hissed and shut his mouth as if he was yielding to me.

So I continued talking.

“Some would say it was because of the poison, but you pushed me into an enemy despite my return.
Would you deny this?”

“Y-Young lord….”

As the situation continued to deteriorate, Seo Kalma spoke up cautiously.

“Please, just once.”

He was one of those who knew just how much Han Baekha had acted out.

Seeing all this happen, he must have felt bad for having turned a blind eye to her actions.
He bowed to me and said,

“Although her acts were excessive, it was caused by her loyalty to the lady she served for a long time, so this can happen when we…”

Before he could finish, Baek Hye-hyang spoke up.

“She had stabbed us in the back, but you want it all to be forgotten? I am sure you understand how discipline works.
If it were me, I wouldn’t bear this risk.”

“….
I agree.”

“…!”

Han Baekha’s face turned pale.
Her actions had been too much to simply say that it was caused by her loyalty.

She was a woman who would stab anyone in the back.

“Young Lord! I did… kuak!”

As soon as the pressure from my hand became stronger, she panicked and tried to use the Blood Jade Palm.

But before she could move her hand, Hae Ack-chun stopped her wrist.

Clench!

“F-Fourth Elder!”

“Huh! You brought this on yourself, so accept it.”

Unable to shake his grip off, she spoke in a pleading tone.

“Y… Young Lord, it will not happen again.
I swear my allegiance, so please….”

Crack.

It was too late.

Before she could say anything else, my fingers shattered her dantian.
Her face became contorted with pain.

I knew of that pain better than anyone, and even I had been unable to withstand it.

“KWAAAK!”

A scream filled with pain escaped from her mouth.
She must have been trained in handling pain in her life as a warrior.

I then spoke into her ear.

“Stop with your allegiance bullshit.
There is no place for someone like you in my Blood Sect.”

Han Baekha’s eyes trembled at my words.

“AHHH!”

There was nothing more to say.
As I stood up, her face was flushed in pain.

“AHHHHHH! So Wonhwi! YOUUU!!!!”

Clench!

“Euk!”

Baek Hye-hyang grabbed her by the hair and then smiled.

“You must be lucky.
I would have cut your tongue a few times if it were me.”