HSA 10

“Congratulations, Vice-Cult Leader!”

At that moment, an Elder came to Ak Mujin from behind. Ak Mujin greeted him with a respectful bow. It was Elder Yeo, who had previously gone to the Yonghwa Bureau with him.

“Ah, Elder Yeo. Thank you.”

He smiled warmly and said to Ak Mujin.

“I knew this day would come. Second Young Master. No, Vice-Cult Leader. The Vice-Cult Leader is truly worthy of being the next Heavenly Demon.”

The two Young Masters frowned.

But Elder Yeo continued to speak, unconcerned.

“May I visit your residence later? I would like to give you a congratulatory gift.”

Ak Mujin honestly didn’t want to receive any gifts.

The position of Vice-Cult Leader was already a huge burden.

However, he couldn’t openly refuse in front of everyone, so he nodded lightly.

“Thank you. I will send someone to invite Elder Yeo separately later.”

“Thank you, Vice-Cult Leader.”

Elder Yeo smiled brightly, greeted Kang Mu-hwi and Ju Mu-jeong, and returned to his seat.

Ak Mujin awkwardly looked back at Kang Mu-hwi and Ju Mu-jeong, then raised his glass to them.

“Let me offer you a drink. Thank you for your congratulations.”

The gift that Elder Yeo mentioned was none other than brothels.

Brothels are not only used as a source of money but also as an institution for gathering information. Therefore, Ak Mujin had no choice but to accept the ‘gift’ because it was too strange to refuse.

The brothels that Ak Mujin received from Elder Yeo were four located in Hubei, Hunan, Qinghai, and Shaanxi, all of which were large-scale brothels. He couldn’t just leave the brothels unattended after receiving them, so he got on a horse a few months later to tour them.

If you ask if nothing happened during those few months, that’s not true. As expected, First Young Master Kang Mu-hwi was impatient to get rid of Ak Mujin and ambushed him, avoiding the Cult Leader’s eyes. Fortunately, Ak Mujin’s body was not ordinary, so he was able to fend off the ambush, but if it had been the real Ahn Do-hyun, he would have died without a word.

Of course, he wouldn’t have been able to reach Ak Mujin’s position with that body anyway.

In any case, the power struggle between the Young Masters was an area that the Cult Leader deliberately ignored, so the matter was roughly glossed over.

After that, it was the same as usual.

Tormenting people, torturing them, killing them.

That’s why this journey is welcome again. He wanted to travel alone, but it would be strange in the eyes of others if the Vice-Cult Leader didn’t bring a servant, so he set off for Hubei with only Seo-mok.

Seo-mok had arrived at the main cult before Ak Mujin returned six months ago, and Ak Mujin was quite pleased and cherished her quite a bit.

Ak Mujin and Seo-mok were in no hurry, so they rode their horses during the day and rested in the evening and early morning, and were able to reach the brothel in Hubei.

“Welcome, Vice-Cult Leader!”

When Seo-mok showed the Jade Token in place of Ak Mujin, Madam Lou greeted them warmly and led them inside.

“I don’t know if I’m visiting too suddenly.”

“Oh, no. You gave us a heads up that you were coming, how can we say it’s sudden?”

Madam Lou seemed to have made thorough preparations because the Vice-Cult Leader was coming.

The brothel was quite neat and luxuriously decorated, and the clothes worn by the courtesans were all very luxurious, as if they had paid more attention to them than usual.

Ak Mujin, who had created this world but had only been possessed for about a year, was visiting a brothel for the first time, so he felt like his eyes would pop out at the dazzling decorations.

‘If I’m in a place like this, I definitely won’t know how time is passing.’

That’s because the brothel used a lot of candles and all the windows were blocked, so you couldn’t tell whether it was day or night when you came inside. If you got drunk, there would definitely be people who would drink until dawn.

“Our Fragrant Flower Pavilion is the largest among the brothels affiliated with the Demonic Cult. To the extent that we even have that precious Yin Person.”

Yin Person? What’s that? Was there such a race?

Ak Mujin frowned.

The novel he wrote was a typical martial arts novel with no special race settings. Madam Lou, who witnessed Mujin frowning, was startled and shut her mouth.

‘Ah! Does he hate Yin Persons? Yes, some people hate them very much. I made a mistake.’

“I, I’m sorry, Vice-Cult Leader. I misspoke.”

Madam Lou slapped her mouth with her palm and fidgeted, but Mujin was bewildered because he didn’t know why she was reacting so sensitively.

“Misspoke?”

“That, this humble one didn’t know that the Vice-Cult Leader would hate Yin Persons…”

Ak Mujin tilted his head.

“What exactly is a Yin Person?”

Madam Lou felt like she had been hit again.

This Vice-Cult Leader seemed to be at his prime, but he didn’t know about the existence of Yin Persons, so she thought he had only trained in Martial Arts.

She pondered for a moment. Could she dare to give the Vice-Cult Leader sex education here, so suddenly?

“There are things that even the Vice-Cult Leader doesn’t know. Well, you’re still a little young to know all the pleasures of the world.”

“Hmm.”

Madam Lou finally burst into a hearty laugh. However, it wasn’t a tone that looked down on Ak Mujin for being young, so Seo-mok also remained calm and behaved quietly.

Madam Lou suddenly stopped and shouted at the man standing guard far away at the door.

“Hyeok-cheol! Go and call Chun-wol!”

“Yes, Madam Lou!”

The man called Hyeok-cheol immediately moved and headed somewhere.

“Chun-wol is the pride of our brothel and the best Yin Person! Now, let’s go inside. I’ve emptied the best room because the Vice-Cult Leader is coming.”

“Hmm.”

Ak Mujin, still bewildered, headed to the room he was being led to with Madam Lou.

When he went inside, a table with snacks and drinks was already set. Madam Lou seated Ak Mujin at the head of the table, gave Seo-mok a seat, and sat opposite him, showing respect.

“This is the brothel that the Vice-Cult Leader will be in charge of in the future, what do you think?”

“It’s quite fancy.”

“Isn’t it? I paid a little attention to this renovation.”

Madam Lou boasted about the brothel, and Ak Mujin nodded and listened to her carefully. He didn’t know anything about how the brothel worked, so he thought he should listen to Madam Lou’s story.

After a while, Hyeok-cheol’s voice was heard from outside the room.

“Madam Lou, Chun-wol has arrived.”

“Oh. Yes, yes. Let her in!”

The door opened and a woman in elaborate attire entered with a zither. Her smiling face was quite beautiful. Even Ak Mujin, who had seen quite a few beauties while working in the Demonic Cult, was seeing such a beautiful woman for the first time.

But her atmosphere seemed somehow gloomy, so Mujin felt uneasy.

“Chun-wol greets you.”

After Hyeok-cheol stepped back, Chun-wol naturally sat on the Stage Seat.

“Madam Lou, shall I play a song?”

“Oh, oh, yes. That’s good!”

Madam Lou had been staring blankly since this woman appeared. Only when Chun-wol finished speaking did she nod her head wildly and ask for a performance. As her Slender Jade Hands began to pluck the strings, a clear and pleasant melody began to flow.

“Chun-wol is the pride of our brothel. As I said before, she is a precious Yin Person.”

“Hmm.”

“The melody is good.”

Seo-mok closed her eyes for a moment, listening to the zither sound. However, Ak Mujin felt uncomfortable even while listening to the clear music of the courtesan. This was like being at a karaoke bar with a hostess.

Ahn Do-hyun, a modern man, was always like an eel, running away whenever his company suggested going to a karaoke bar for the second round of a company dinner. Even after crossing over to another world, he still couldn’t adapt to this atmosphere.

Of course, he knew that brothels were all like that, but it was different from actually experiencing it, so he felt repulsed. In that state, he knew that Chun-wol was also a person, but he felt increasingly depressed as he faced Madam Lou, who was chattering about her as if she were some kind of object.

But as the zither performance became more and more intense, the atmosphere seemed to heat up strangely.

“Hmm, hmm. Then I’ll leave you alone with Chun-wol for a while.”

“Huh? No, no. There’s no need…”

“I, I’ll go too.”

“No, you have to stay here.”

“No. I’m going to look around the brothel.”

No, no. Don’t leave me here.

Madam Lou, with some kind of meddling, left the room, leaving Ak Mujin, who was stubbornly refusing. Ak Mujin looked at Seo-mok desperately, but she also just left.

Ak Mujin, who was left alone with the courtesan in an instant, poured himself a drink with an awkward feeling.

The zither performance was very beautiful.

Ak Mujin, who was curious about Yin Persons because he hadn’t heard an explanation from Madam Lou, had something to feel after seeing Chun-wol’s performance.

As expected of the best Yin Person in this brothel, so a Yin Person is a title that means a singer who is good at music!

That’s because Chun-wol’s skills were quite good. Not only was she good, but her skills seemed to be much better than those in the Demonic Cult who knew a little about Sound Art. If she knew how to handle internal energy, she might have become a master who made a name for herself in the Demonic Cult, he even thought.