Chapter 270: Side Story – ‘Fathers-in-Law’ Please Give Me Your Daughters! (6)
HOhAlisha’s shocking confession made Sophia collapse on the inside, but the situation had already tipped completely to one side.VBQG5g
umOA done deal really is like that.6iCd5lE
6rgQR3VWhat is she supposed to do if it already happened?PLYY0Db
5ffAh, that I’ll take responsibility — isn’t that obvious?vRyz
uI0RgXS“Ughk, ugggggh…!”kGDyXbp
S4QSeeing Lady Sophia grind her teeth as if they were going to shatter while glaring daggers at me, I felt a sting of guilt.nx3uBZ
fVp“Yes, honestly… I’m trash.”pBy
5eh“Well, it’s not like that’s a lie.”BcBK
ehrUn“Corin, there’s a saying you chose your own harem. Now endure it with guts.”OzR
XyWvf“Where exactly did you learn that…?”Q6ymw
bboAnyway, even though Lady Sophia was trembling with rage, the atmosphere in the Arden family was as if they were celebrating a major occasion.RUaD9P
MTCnFrom the beginning, they weren’t against polygamy, so yes—this is definitely a family ruled by the supremacy of strength.GuF
REZ5Whoosh!JXF
78QOAnd then the appointed time came.sUvTYJI
bk1A portal opened toward the Arden residence.q4g8TLx
KP5p“Good afternoon. I see everyone is here.”NKhIH6
ouZMtsJosephine Clara.hJTgDQO
NHYwShe had come to pick me up.5nI
wB3c“Oh, Professor Josephine.”2gr
MmpKM“Ah, it’s Professor Josephine.”ZFbkIy
PVnThe eastern swordsmen—especially the knight-ranked ones—greeted her as if they’d known her all their lives.0dtMA
052AWell, that made sense.FRa
k5xCShe’d been teaching at Merkabah Academy for over 80 years.JQ7vXrl
tzBaw8yAlmost all swordsmen of the East had passed through her classes.MrI
dvF47V4“Lady Clara…”yiF
5BadFNoLady Sophia, who moments earlier had been trembling with fury against me, bowed her head to Josephine.FQaO8r
oSDIHmm, that greeting sounded different from usual.Jlq
3n7cZ“Sana. It’s been a while.”jFBWE
lua66k“…Yes.”K83lh
BI2pWWell, it’s possible Lady Sophia was also Josephine’s student.vX1Ily
bAmA“I came to pick up student Corin. But did the conversation reach a good conclusion?”dsIySW
Ny0ta“…”jzVoVLt
wanzSophia trembled again, but she couldn’t deny it.ljK
DlpLetting out a deep sigh, she murmured in defeat.aSmBoyi
1xOO“That man already… already consummated things with my daughters, what could I possibly do?”to4
cOWQUY“Pardon? A done deal?”Ahxz
Q2fJosephine didn’t understand anything.6smx
UorSpUgh… do I have to explain this?XlkGYV
5nz4o“That man… with my daughters… he… he—!”D9rut7p
OWoLNEBAs Josephine listened to the details, her face hardened.ZEo
dUrruiyAnd fwhap! she turned her head toward me, eyes sharp as blades.Io8xCy
PQjR“H-help me, my wives…”h45UA
YbTX9“Dear, you haven’t even had the wedding yet, you know?”SAEUrN
2pv“Ah, I… need to go somewhere for a moment—…”bHxK
k5AaJosephine walked toward me with firm steps, heels striking the ground.kssC
Skm02Even then, neither Lunia nor Alisha dared look her in the eyes.LOK7PZn
nuM0X2COf course—they were also her students.QKSR
zgZqY“Student Corin.”i1R
yXhay“Y-yes… professor.”A7YDNrm
2n17RB1“Until now, I thought you were a young man with exceptional self-control and patience.”9hh1
1ymu“R-really? Thank you…”fpwGY
JtQgaM“But I never imagined that… before marriage…”Nxfs
POwepO0“Professor Josephine, actually Alisha was the one who—”KdRNB5
mHf“A man does not make excuses!”8dU2k
aRf5“Yes, ma’am…”ptBJxsn
kccJosephine cracked a whip in the air while looking at me with pure contempt.jLWkM
o1tt“And to think Erin wants to marry you… what a tragedy.”CU2528
mMCS4Didn’t she say she saw her like a daughter…? Why is she acting like a mother sending her child into a pit of lions?AxuR
eIQ“She’s completely infatuated. The worrying thing is that she forgives you absolutely everything.”pTcyz
zq1vvH“Ahem… it’s just that I’m doing all this so everyone ends up okay…”6GSM7
M9DvWell, whatever. At this point, being shameless is all I have left.Yg5m3ey
MOetbLcFrom the start I didn’t think I’d get everyone’s approval peacefully.5KDwTc
z9I“So, the next destination…”7fp
bT03tN“Do you also plan on getting approval… in this manner?”XAE9e4O
I6JotV“No, no. I wouldn’t do it intentionally, professor.”Q2W
r52qLunia and Alisha were the ones who pushed me— I’m not that reckless.fDr
Pzbq“I’m trying to do things properly… please help me out a little.”IZGp
l0Ia“Good heavens…”0kY
4op2IvJosephine sighed as if looking at a natural disaster, then activated a new spatial warp circle.0OX7QN
T1Lpb2She came here only to take me.VfqwqVx
4eV“Corin, are you leaving already?”jBxuQY
k45Alisha approached quietly.cRNH
CMk“Yes. I have to inform the others.”SxCbep
OfT“Then… next time will be in the capital?”uu43S9I
Cg1j“It won’t take that long.”cqz1
ztutl“Student Corin, step into the magic circle.”R5c8wo5
2Setp6fAt Josephine’s urging, I stepped forward and stood at the center.Flq0vD
gjNOLunia, Alisha—even Sophia, though her face was full of disgust—came to see me off.8aUYOP
qYZQOF“I’ll return soon, my wives.”TQrBnq
6tcNaPxThe two smiled faintly.ykPm
6DyPqLLSophia’s face wrinkled even more, but I’m sure that once I bring her many grandchildren she’ll get over it.RX7
8LXkMy children will not be allowed to have harems, so the next generation will be peaceful. Yes, sir.5Wpa2uK
ByY5wbAnd so, the circle activated and I was swallowed by the illusory space.dVsA8y
MrfL***mYXpyCQ
lVfCYEDThanks to Josephine’s ultra long-distance spatial jump, we arrived at a small eastern village surrounded by lush vegetation.pmEx
lNObMeA rural village of the Eastern Empire that never appears in the main story of Arhan Hero Legends.1iTj
WkVvHere is the ancestral house of Hua and Ran’s family.lEMn
l5FYYWE“Didn’t you say someone arrived before us?”o5JpxF
6SnBNL“Yes. I sent a message and the head of the Kang clan proposed returning home.”zKdpDY
DsPJosephine spoke as if she herself had brought her.n5OM
EHwFlying from Merkabah Academy to here on Hresvelgr would take almost an entire month.32O
Dp9XEmBHaving a teleporter capable of spatial leaps is an absurd convenience.LZ00cN
c3FhWSW“Miss Kang Yu-hwa, right?”OAF4c
P3Ru“Correct.”B2C
e4w8Hua Ran—more precisely, Kang Ran’s father, Kang Yu—had connections with Eochaid Bres, who was one of Master Erin’s alter egos.MXQV5
AWtpXApparently, during a collaboration with the Eastern Bora-mae Academy, he helped greatly with the development of the oriental magic department.kqA
KHXBy the way, if we go back about 150 years, the first director of Bora-mae Academy was also Master Erin.OQHJV
AxRhEz0The unrivaled genius of illusory arts, Kang Yu, asked the master right before dying to take care of his daughter.2sWXWm
n9gWbWhen the master received the letter and arrived with Lady Josephine, the tragedy known as the “Lunar Night City Incident” had already occurred—ELmmCJ
IXdA forbidden technique with no precedent turning a living human into a jiangshi to save a dying daughter.R0utr
SWIThat is why Ran became a jiangshi and, at first, was little more than a monster controlled by talismans.w7bAm
CDwcHowever, Kang Ryun—the one who manipulated everything from the shadows and used Hua Ran for his own purposes—placed all the blame on Kang Yu.Tu2j
SVQtKang Yu was executed, and Kang Ryun tried to raise Hua to the rank of “posterior” and make her completely his own, but the master and Josephine took her away and ruined his plans.GnygQ6
iDjk5Then came the Festival incident, meant as an event of harmony between the eastern and western academies.agApUKe
2vR4cUsing the festival, he set up a magic formation and planned to completely erase Ran’s personality and elevate Hua to the level of “posterior.”FopzJxy
bUmpjEWell, you know how that ended.94zZF5
sVW9After that, Bora-mae Academy was apparently turned upside down.T5fY
64OMpHead Professor Kang Ryun had committed such infamous acts, and although they were deceived, student council president Kang Yu-hwa and second-year head Sa Jin-hyuk had participated as well.dEy
XVVvEven so, everything was handled secretly and there was no big uproar. Besides, Kang Ryun ended up with his head crushed by Estelle during the attack on the saint of the Magic Tower.X4ghu
sl2In summary, the villains died, and only Ran’s cousin, Kang Yu-hwa, and Sa Jin-hyuk—who hated Hua as if she were a mortal enemy—remained.fnID
FSAuEoPSince everything was covered up, all blame fell on the late Kang Ryun, and both Yu-hwa and Jin-hyuk were declared innocent.ifgs
Yk1FYu-hwa resigned as student council president, but even so, it was a happy ending for her.IDJ47cj
wFssAnd today—8eg
4mzDXXgWe arrived at Hua and Ran’s hometown.sjCM5WK
iwkWell, to be precise, not their original hometown.uRcO2Y
t3jEeKang Yu’s residence and almost all his property were confiscated when Hua Ran lost control in Lunar Night City.H4YAh
DA0Therefore, the house we visited was the main residence of the Kang clan, the so-called “mother house.”ctd
Yuz“I hope she gets along well with her older cousin.”Bfx6Ut
3gT“Ran and Hua are good girls, there won’t be any problem.”t28hd
75OShortly after, we arrived at the main house of the Kang clan.bxXp1D
O7MIt wasn’t a ridiculous mansion like Marie’s, but for an influential family of the region, the residence was impressive.IP9i
7RlCSomething like a long row of traditional tiled-roof houses like the ones you see in historical dramas?sNk
67cBut we had to stop in front of the main gate.Zue4mV
bEbgGBetween the long brick-and-tile walls, there were hundreds of fully armed soldiers deployed.zYuEWW
qo49“Student Corin.”mWfWp
8TUwP“…Yes, they don’t look like ordinary private mercenaries.”QHzEzLA
EJyWGvJust the well-equipped soldiers with swords and spears numbered in the hundreds. Among them were knight-level warriors and mages.OxKIy
hPjrlFw“Who are you?!”gHX
bbrLt“Stop there!”Ueqy5My
072The soldiers aimed at us with hostility. Josephine stepped forward.iy24Ec
BAhBGU“I am Josephine Clara, senior director of Merkabah Academy of the western continent. We have come to visit Miss Kang Yu-hwa, relative of one of our students.”IQVw
ZoPyAH“The head of the Yangmun Kang clan, Kang Yu-hwa, is under arrest for harboring the traitorous criminal Kang Ran! Stand back!”luWfjxN
1Cl…Huh? What is happening?BwRocD
82XEKRJTraitorous criminal? Now? But wasn’t all that cleared long ago?teS
OA3nWhile I didn’t understand any of it, someone approached.b4vydB
e4Iv“You’re a bit late.”H3QM
J34A young man with gray hair, walking clack-clack with his prosthetic leg.QlIz
LxQ“Sa Jin-hyuk?”hna
5qyf8Sa Jin-hyuk, the Two-Sword Dog. He gestured with his chin.vEH
752GnZ“Let’s move somewhere else. Things have gotten pretty complicated.”nAls
9WPLzTwo weeks ago.BAjnp
htYNCS“My home…”zoIjRL2
kAG‘…’oaDC5M
vOQKnGtReturning after four years.ayXwOX
BiZa5ViRan had returned to her family home with Josephine.XbNIgB
eBI5Py“Then, student Ran, I’ll head back to Merkabah.”On18NE
6pIXg“Yes, director! You’ll come in two weeks, right?”MIPdvxp
NwXJ8u“Correct. By then student Corin should have reached the Dunaleff duchy. After Dunaleff, it’s the Arden clan. If everything goes as planned, in two weeks he’ll come to the Kang clan to request marriage permission.”zh2acL
F6oTNec“Hehe… for oppa to come to my house to propose…”GMdR
nkI7Zww‘Don’t get excited. He’s a womanizer.’H55BJG
NJAjC“Oh, Hua, don’t be like that. Nothing to do about it.”gyYisj
Fts‘Hmph…’H8p1d94
4PlPRan continued speaking softly, as if comforting a little sister.4mb
bTsnlNj“Student Hua, student Ran, take good care of yourselves.”8NO4cd
XkIOm“Yes, professor! Hua also says have a safe trip!”R4e20U
pJX4e‘I said nothing.’AVLcbVH
arzsiAfter Josephine vanished with another spatial jump, Ran headed excitedly toward the main gate.H1nhs
9Gm1h01“Wow! Everything is exactly the same. That flowering tree, that little alley— all exactly the same.”DZPLH
wTqYXOnce I greet cousin Yu-hwa, we’ll go tour the village together.zqLzd
OaNRan, who as a child couldn’t even run through these streets, was jumping happily when she noticed her sister wasn’t saying anything.Jwf
ymQ8lz“…I’m sorry, Hua. For you this place only brings bad memories.”jgEprJ
vGeOE‘…It’s fine.’qdA3fes
ItFZFor Ran, this place was home.2hO5bI
DxSTThe relatives’ house she visited by carriage, looking out the window because she was ill.NHSnvKb
fNhjmj3Though she spent almost her entire life bedridden, she had precious memories of her older cousin carrying her around to see the village.bMdDtr
djDwrvLFor little Kang Ran, they were few and short memories, but precisely because of that, she treasured them.JeWx
llExcBut for Hua Ran, this place only brought pain.pL300v
TptAmbAlthough she was being manipulated, she had caused a massacre in this country.9y2dkU
bj6tvvDHer homeland rejected her, and the owner of the mansion, Kang Ryun, had used her only as a tool.RpgWu
NZrRuN7The monster, the killer, the puppet Hua Ran found her one place of support only when she arrived at the far western continent, at Merkabah.aJwU
xMtccrIt was inevitable that they saw their birthplace in completely different ways.AgQb4
7Fu7s‘It’s fine. If Ran is happy…’emzKr
EWn“Everything will be fine now, Hua. It’s already been proven the incident wasn’t your fault.”idh
8UByWKang Ryun had been eliminated secretly, but all his crimes were made public.OpGb3h1
kqmglsRan’s father, Kang Yu, could not be rehabilitated for turning a living person into a jiangshi, but at least it was revealed that the real culprit was Kang Ryun.ykghuRr
rbz55“From now on we’ll only make good memories. All of us together.”WwRgst
DyCqLqP‘…Yes.’O01mg
g02Many things had changed.nBOvN
jekkcwGThe demon girl who stole her body was now her sister, with whom she shared everything.eGsE
AbCIRan and Hua had cleared away all their past resentment and truly loved each other.00trf
fgCPAnd that was possible thanks to a boy who taught them the importance of choice and believed in them.OeBO7bJ
vLcA“Ahem! Right this way, please!”IoQlDc
ZEXF7Hearing Ran’s voice, the main gate opened. A familiar face came out.7NWDq
yjPyX“M-Miss Ran?”zA3
k0F“Huh? Aunt Mal-sook?”D2bdwW
90zZ5“My goodness… you really came back!”JX17
T6UShe was a servant who worked for the family. The one who prepared Ran’s three meals a day when Kang Yu was busy with research.yYWG
Z9Q8Dp“Come in quickly, Miss Ran! Miss Yu-hwa is waiting for you!”zMa
NhjTqfh“Hehe, really?”R7pZz
tRPOut of habit, Mal-sook crouched to carry Ran on her back like in the old days when the girl couldn’t even walk.Nwaa
DByHBut she quickly realized Ran could walk perfectly.lwo7
Qwq“Huh?”q8gACH
H10ibC1“I’m cured now. I’m completely healthy!”RAj
sJXTo prove it, Ran jumped and soared over 50 meters vertically before landing gracefully. Mal-sook was left speechless.rB3h
Dcy“Where’s cousin Yu-hwa? I want to see her already!”2iLN
qDMOPj0It had been almost two and a half years since she last saw her older cousin after the incident.vPuOr9
ncpukJumping joyfully, with no trace of her old illness, she reached the clan leader’s office in moments.jU4IOb
s9N5b“Cousin Yu-hwa!”iE37
uggPS“Ran?”TI0
kcgp51A beauty with deep black hair, dressed in traditional scholar clothes.P4hcZ4
l0KSgHAIf you looked closely, she resembled Ran quite a bit. Seeing her little cousin, her face lit up.5dNHT
KuL8“You came. Come, sit.”Ie1cv
jVXSfESword Master Kang Yu-hwa.M10
jtGCurrent head of the Kang clan after Kang Ryun’s death, and the clan elder who could grant permission for Ran’s marriage.Do0nqLx
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pehW7“Are you serious?”xfoVT
iHBoI“Yes, completely serious.”HILk
gS41cWhen Ran said she wanted marriage permission, Yu-hwa immediately guessed who it was.WQRH
450RzACorin Loch.QrIWHHc
cuY5SThe boy who revealed the horrible truth about Kang Ryun and saved Hua and Ran at the cost of his life.YrOdM8f
ZWha2tYu-hwa remembered that boy, torn to shreds, gently patting Hua’s head.7AY5T
9pxHUgA boy who acted with kindness, bravery, and justice — a good person.vwz
jI9NYtdIf she had been Hua Ran, she also would have fallen for him.RjSm
VTkK0RoBut she was worried too.yHjjN4
kqFRan wasn’t alone.aJig
GWOEhqInside her also lived the demon personality, Hua.NwjEyhG
BIzoFY3Of course she knew Hua wasn’t evil like Kang Ryun tried to claim, and that she hadn’t stolen the body by force.frht
bMydbOBut in the end… wouldn’t it be two women sharing one husband?QUSla
plbpSThinking about it made her uneasy, but on second thought, Ran never had a choice.NwwWp5A
Va95noWhoever her future husband was, he would always have to accept Hua as well — they were a shared destiny.wZCD
8jZQJGnAnd now it turned out both loved the same boy? What were the chances of such perfect alignment?YNivNcy
oJ7ASending both to Corin Loch was the inevitable choice.hYl9
x2XlpDThe problem was what Ran revealed after returning home.fKPvp
r0bnqt“…Besides you, there are six other wives?”AMLLocg
c2yuTKC“Not yet, but yes. Counting us, we’ll be seven in total.”xV6t
a4a“…”2KhaId3
tiznh4TIt wasn’t that polygamy was unheard of.Tfz9Mx
3T9vqGreat nobles and the imperial family sometimes took concubines.ABQIl4
QoAizOMBut seven? Did she really have to give her little cousin to a man who would have seven wives?F4LbUY4
3Xl“R-Ran… shouldn’t you think about it more…?”ap2EoHC
DS2“No.”FuTKmLO
MEzA blunt rejection.DGU33D6
pHQZShe smiled like the little cousin Yu-hwa remembered, but the coldness in her refusal was something entirely new.C9Mdj
ruiF“It can only be oppa.”jcazw4Q
cVXnVq“B-but… and Hua? Does Hua also think the same?”M6sz
JxTSeeing not a trace of negotiation in Ran, Yu-hwa called directly for Hua.71g9
SgdIcqzIn response, the girl’s hair and eyes turned red, and her expression shifted from sweet to serious.4jm
ppdJfR“…Hello.”kXQe
m5n6G5c“It’s Hua…”iPFg
KOZBefore, she hated her and resented her. But now she knew she wasn’t guilty.87xzBj
0dmm2So what remained were only guilt and sorrow toward her.u18ee
zgd6Pnx“You’re okay with this?”mcC
tR9do“…”VuH
rAmUHua took a long time to answer.y7ysh5k
vAj70J6In truth, she wasn’t okay. She had many complaints. She also had desires to monopolize him. Her limit was the two of them at most.NBFJ
QcKQ“If I’m not okay… Corin suffers.”f75rdJ7
61KAbShe remembered that day. Him trembling, pale as death.mUw3w
ihXb39B“I don’t want Corin to suffer.”fhAdg
oLlf2She remembered something he had said in the past, when she still didn’t understand love.oH9XJOO
23jgz33“If you get hurt… my heart hurts.”qK28A
cvdqAIt was true. Not a shred of a lie.4ZV
o6Z“If Corin suffers, I suffer too.”eY9KL
c1ZbSeeing him in pain hurt her chest.BD2t0pO
qBkemdTHer heart hurt.in55dye
IEzE“…”DaL
iZoWXWithin that expressionless face, Yu-hwa clearly felt the intensity of her feelings and smiled bitterly.NBEFBx
WlFThis child is truly in love.ljH
LljShe felt it so clearly it reached her soul.9rZVR
Pus5b“There’s no helping it.”6prEt
BdJtfhDShe could not refuse this marriage.Ky64kjV
tc8“…Thank you.”rCqj3
s4PAnd so, long before Corin arrived, Hua Ran had already secured marriage permission.y5Ijn
0cZIBBut one week after her arrival—CJ2c
fZ3pOQ“High treason criminal Kang Ran, show yourself!”iYpFAyf
vsE1Unwanted guests appeared.FxcP
TrM1The imperial army had come to arrest Hua Ran.ztxBAEh
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