Chapter 48

Chapter 48: I will crush them all (2)

There were three ways to find other cadets in the academy . One was to hope to meet them by coincidence, but it became much harder after the private training rooms had been opened . The second was to go to their room, but it wasn’t a good way since many of the students would be asleep . The last way was to find them at the cafeteria .

Chun Yeowun took the third way and found Bakgi eating alone . Before he got there, someone walked up to him first .

‘Chun Kungwun?’

It was Chun Kungwun, the Prince of the Sword Clan .

‘Nano, cut out all the noise except for the conversation between those two . ’

[Yes, Master . ]

Chun Yeowun then heard Kungwun and Bakgi’s conversation . What was interesting was that Kungwun wanted to recruit Bakgi who was powerful enough to be a group leader . It wasn’t surprising that Kungwun would want a powerful warrior like Bakgi, but there was no way Bakgi would join a group when he himself could be a leader .

Chun Yeowun then took a seat . It didn’t matter as he was here to let him know about the poison .

Yeowun then looked at Bakgi’s neck .

‘His neck…?’

His neck had regained color and the red dots were gone . Bakgi answered, “Not interested . Get lost . ”

“…Hm . ”

Chun Yeowun then began thinking about how should he explain everything . He didn’t know what to tell Bakgi when the red dots were gone . However, he couldn’t let Bakgi die from the poison .

“If we don’t talk now, you might die . ”

“What?”

It wasn’t his intention, but Bakgi interpreted this as a threat . He glared at Yeowun .

“You are more arrogant than the other princes . Do you think you can get group members like that?”

“…You misunderstood . ”

“What? You just threatened me . I understood you perfectly fine . ”

Bakgi was almost trying to fight him . Yeowun shook his head .

“I’m not saying that . Hear me out . You have been poisoned . ”

“Poison? What the hell do you mean?”

Bakgi became dumbfounded .

“I saw your fight and saw the red dots on your neck . Your face also became pale . You have been poisoned with a special kind of poison . ”

Bakgi frowned . There was no way he would not notice being poisoned when he was a master-level warrior .

‘Poison? That’s impossible . ’

He had never found any type of poison while meditating . Ever since he was appointed to the group, he had been wary of Chun Jongsum . He even avoided coming into contact with the prince .

‘And why is he warning me of this?’

Bakgi then became curious about Chun Yeowun’s intentions .

“…I’m sorry I misunderstood you, but there is no way that I would’ve missed detecting the poison . ”

Bakgi apologized for his mistake . It seemed like he was very truthful to his feelings .

“What?”

Chun Yeowun was also surprised . He and Lady Hwa had no internal energy, so he didn’t know that one could sense poison by meditating .

‘Meditating allows one to detect the poison? But… that symptom was surely because of the poison . ’

If what Bakgi said was right, then he wasn’t poisoned . As Chun Yeowun thought, he saw someone entering the cafeteria . It was Baek Jongmeng, the doctor of the academy .

‘Doctor Baek!’

Chun Yeowun then decided to ask the doctor .

“Then why don’t we check with the doctor? It’s better to be safe than sorry, right?”

“…Yeah . ”

It was reasonable, but it felt like Yeowun was doing what he wanted . Bakgi returned his dishes and went to Baek Jongmeng along with Yeowun .

“Dinner, dinner~”

Baek Jongmeng was getting the food while whistling .

“Doctor Baek . ”

“Huh?”

Baek Jongmeng turned and saw Chun Yeowun .

“Oh, long time no see! Uh, or is it? Anyway . Did you eat?”

“No, sir . ”

“Then let’s eat . I don’t want to eat together though . I want to tell you something too later . ”

Baek Jongmeng wanted to thank Yeowun . After he left, he had gotten many patients . They weren’t all because of Yeowun, but Jongmeng loved being busy . Yeowun shook his head .

“I’m sorry, but can you check up on him before that?”

“Huh?”

Jongmeng turned to Bakgi who was standing next to Yeowun .

“18th cadet, Bakgi . Sir . ”

“Oh, yeah . Nice to meet you . I’m Baek Jongmeng . Did you get hurt?”

Baek Jongmeng had never seen Bakgi . Although his foot was pierced by sword qi, he didn’t go see the doctor .

“…I think he’s been poisoned . ”

“What? Poison?”

Jongmeng’s expression turned serious . He didn’t think that he’d have a poisoned patient in the academy .

‘Oh… they are here I guess . ’

He then realized that Chun Jongsum and the other members were from the Poison Clan .

“I can’t do it here . Let’s go back to the medical room . ”

Jongmeng then returned the food he had gotten and went back to his medical room . When they reached the second floor, Chun Yeowun was confused by the number of guards . There weren’t that many before .

‘…All these guards were here and Teacher got past all of them?’

That didn’t seem likely . He then realized that none of the instructors including the Chief were curious about his Butterfly Blade Dance .

‘I see… so they must have known . ’

Chun Yeowun then followed Jongmeng into the room . Jongmeng let Bakgi have a seat and began checking his various blood points .

“Hm… this is strange . ”

“Is it dangerous?”

Bakgi was concerned so he carefully asked his question .

“No, your pulse is fine . ”

“Then am I okay?” Bakgi asked with relief but Jongmeng then said, “Did you try meditating?”

“Yes, always . I didn’t sense any poison . ”

“Hm… I can’t find anything from just feeling the pulse and blood points . ”

Yeowun then interrupted, “His eyes turned red and his face became pale . His neck also had red dots . ”

“What?”

Bakgi was shocked .

‘How did he see that?’

He was surprised that Yeowun had seen all those details at such a distance .

“I think it’s the poison that kills the target slowly . ”

Yeowun offered his conjecture and Jongmeng exclaimed, “…Right! How did you know that?”

Chun Yeowun was right about the poison’s symptoms . Yeowun answered, “…My mother was killed by that poison . ”

“Oh… I’m sorry . ” Jongmeng bowed . He then remembered seeing his teacher taking the medicine to use it as an antidote for that poison a long time ago .

‘…So, that’s why . ’

Bakgi also became apologetic . He was suspicious of Yeowun trying to help, but hearing this made him understand .

“Well, you can’t find that poison through meditating or just checking the pulse . ”

“What?”

“Hold on . ”

Jongmeng then went to his cabinet and brought something out . He then began mixing the medicines and fired it up . The smoke began to rise .

“Breath with your mouth to take the smoke in . ”

“Mouth?”

“Yeah, a big one . ”

“Okay . ”

Bakgi then took in the smoke and began coughing roughly . He began to turn pale and the red dots popped up around his neck .

“Ugh!”

He fell down on the ground and kept on coughing . Jongmeng put out the fire, and then Bakgi got up with a pale face .

“It is the poison . ”

“W-what… but how . . ”

He couldn’t understand how he had been poisoned .

“But I was fine when I meditated and I didn’t make any contact! I always ate alone too!”

This was why Bakgi ate alone . It was to defend himself from Chun Jongsum so he couldn’t do anything to him .

“Well… this one is a bit different . ”

“What?”

“This one shows the effect when it’s inside your lung or stomach . ”

“Lung?”

“You can consume it through food, but you can also be poisoned by breathing it in while you sleep . And the poison is so little that you won’t notice it when you’re asleep . Do you share a room with someone who might be using the poison?”

Bakgi then glared with reddened eyes and shuddered in anger .

‘Chun Jongsum, you bastard…!!!”