I Ended Up Becoming The Heavenly Demon’s True Best Friend, Even Though He’s Shy Around Others

Chapter 86

Ya Socheong, intuitively sensing that he would be caught up in a new affair, decided to meet Baek Yuhwa and Pae Maling first before starting that work.

They would have already heard the news that he had returned, and they would be waiting, wondering if he would come now or later, and he did not want to make them tired while waiting for someone who would not return.

He wondered whether to visit Pae Maling first or Baek Yuhwa first, and he thought that now even that had become a source of worry for him.

If he visited one person first, the other would surely be hurt and upset, but he had no choice but to inflict that wound on someone.

After thinking, Ya Socheong went to Pae Maling first.

The Danli family seemed to know that he had come there first.

The eyes of the people who greeted Ya Socheong were filled with layers of pride.

Ya Socheong, after meeting the people he had to see and greet, went to see Pae Maling.

Pae Maling, hearing that Ya Socheong had come, joined the others and greeted him, and then she had been waiting for Ya Socheong to speak to her separately.

"You must have waited a long time, my wife."

When Ya Socheong approached and spoke affectionately, Pae Maling smiled.

"It's a little strange for you to say that, my husband. I think it's because you've been my brother for so long."

"Then shall I call you something else?"

When Ya Socheong still spoke affectionately, Pae Maling made a happy face.

Her usual tomboyish and lively face had disappeared, and now she looked demure and calm.

But he had not thought that she would nod at those words.

Ya Socheong asked again if she was serious, and Pae Maling nodded once more.

"If you do that in a place where there are adults, they will surely scold you, so please do it only when you are with me. Please call me by my name as before."

"That's not difficult, but why?"

"Because I don't think you've ever called my sister by her name. You've only been so comfortable with me."

Pae Maling spoke as if she were convinced, and those words were somewhat correct.

Since Pae Maling was Pae Maseong's younger sister, he had been so comfortable with her.

Ya Socheong nodded.

"Let's go and see Mrs. Baek together, Maling. As much as you have waited for me, Mrs. Baek will also be waiting for me."

"Yes, brother."

Since Ya Socheong had called her Maling, she also called him brother and seemed to be trying to act like a spoiled child.

In any case, since she would naturally mature as time went on, it seemed that there was no need to rush her maturation.

While Ya Socheong was leaving the Danli family, holding Pae Maling's hand, the people of the family looked at them with great satisfaction.

They could not hide their proud expressions that Ya Socheong, who had made the sect noisy, was a person of their family.

The distance between the Danli family and the Baek family was considerable, but the two rode on horseback instead of in a carriage and went that way leisurely.

Ya Socheong had Pae Maling ride in front of him and drove the horse.

And on the way, he told her about the things that had happened in the meantime.

Since so many things had happened, there was not enough time.

The story did not stop for a moment, and Pae Maling had no time to be bored.

She kept asking Ya Socheong if that was really true.

For Pae Maling, it was all just amazing things.

How could such a thing be?

How could he be fine after going through such a thing?

She thought that if she had gone through just one of those many things, her heart would have shriveled up, and she would not have been able to breathe properly.

Ya Socheong was a truly amazing person.

Ya Socheong had met many people whom she would have had a hard time meeting even once in her life, and he was being recognized by them.

Although Ya Socheong himself was not the type to talk about such things well and would just skip over those parts, there were things that were vividly drawn just by listening to the story.

It was so just by looking at the expressions of the people of the main family when they heard that Ya Socheong had returned to the Heavenly Demon Sect.

"I wish you would take care of yourself a little more, brother. People will rely on you more and more. Because they won't be worried if they entrust things to you. But I resent those people a little."

"You mean His Highness the Fifth Prince?"

Ya Socheong asked with an amused look and laughed.

If it were other people, they would have heard that and thought that he was being recognized by the fifth prince and would have been proud or envious.

But Pae Maling, out of the blue, worried about Ya Socheong's safety and told him to take care of himself.

Her perspective was different, and what she considered more important was different.

Ya Socheong was grateful and moved that there was someone who did not think about honor or anything like that and only worried about his own safety.

The children of the Nether Shadow Faction were also like that, but Pae Maling worried about Ya Socheong almost blindly and stubbornly.

If other people had some strength and had a mind to save and protect Ya Socheong, Pae Maling seemed to be the type to throw her body without considering anything.

While that was worrying and unsettling, he was also grateful.

It would be difficult to meet such a person even once in one's life, and he did not know what kind of blessing he had that was so overflowing.

Ya Socheong wrapped his arm around Pae Maling's waist and, holding the reins, leisurely drove the horse and told her various stories.

"Maling, do you know what I thought when I first went to see you?"

Ya Socheong told a story he had not told for a long time.

Pae Maling, with a pounding heart, asked what he had thought.

To such a Pae Maling, Ya Socheong told the truth.

That he had not thought that Pae Maseong's younger sister would be alive, and that if she were alive, he had thought that she would be an obstacle to Pae Maseong's future.

At that, Pae Maling was angry at Ya Socheong and tried to glare at him.

Since they were riding side by side, looking forward, no matter how much she turned her body, she could not glare at Ya Socheong, and she was just frustrated.

"You are really mean, brother. You are really bad. How can you say such a thing?"

"I was young and foolish then."

When Ya Socheong obediently admitted it, Pae Maling also eventually let go of her anger.

And she accepted that since he didn't know her anyway, he could have thought that.

"The me of that time was full of contradictions. I was stubborn and selfish. I had been hurt a lot, and only I was precious in the world. I thought that as long as I survived, it would be fine, and I thought that it would be more comfortable to get rid of anything that was in the way."

While Ya Socheong's words continued, Pae Maling's shoulders drooped.

A moment ago, she had been sad and angry, but hearing those words, she felt sorry again.

She must have had such a moment too.

But now, it was no longer like that.

And she seemed to know why Ya Socheong was saying such a thing.

"Thank you for letting me know that I don't have to live like that."

While speaking, Ya Socheong thought that it was a good thing that they were riding side by side.

He was embarrassed, and if Pae Maling had been in a state where she could see his face, he thought that he would never have been able to say such a thing.

Pae Maling held Ya Socheong's hand, which was wrapped around her waist.

It wasn't that she had first learned what Ya Socheong was saying.

Although it was the first time she had heard it in words, Pae Maling also knew that it was true.

Come to think of it, how much had that person, Ya Socheong, changed in the meantime?

He was good before, but his current appearance was unimaginably good.

When the horse carrying the two reached the Baek family, Baek Yuhwa was out in front of the gate.

It seemed that the news had already been delivered when they had arrived in the territory.

It seemed that she had gotten tired of waiting and had come out to wait.

Seeing the two riding together on one horse without any attendants, Baek Yuhwa burst out laughing.

She thought that no one but Ya Socheong would be able to do such a thing.

Ya Socheong would know well enough how many people were aiming for him in the Heavenly Demon Sect.

And yet, he was coming with such leisure.

If it weren't for the confidence that he could comfortably protect Pae Maling, he wouldn't have done that.

Thinking about how thorough Ya Socheong was in protecting his own people, it was even more so.

Baek Yuhwa was both envious and resentful of that.

But since she knew that Ya Socheong's heart would not be divided any further than Pae Maling and herself, she pouted and approached Ya Socheong.

Ya Socheong stopped the horse and got off first, then helped Pae Maling down.

Then he approached Baek Yuhwa and smiled brightly.

"I missed you, my wife."

"Since you came to me late, you must give me more time."

"Since you are the older sister, can't you just let it go a little? Let's go on a boat ride together."

Baek Yuhwa nodded as if she had already prepared it.

When Pae Maling approached and greeted Baek Yuhwa, Baek Yuhwa also smiled brightly.

Since she had waited for Ya Socheong with a burning heart, she could vividly know how much Pae Maling must have worried and been afraid.

The two had been visiting each other and had been close since before Ya Socheong had returned.

"Let's just go and play by ourselves, leaving my husband behind."

"You do that, sister. I don't want to."

Baek Yuhwa, after giving the cheeky Pae Maling a fist to the head, linked arms with her and walked.

Ya Socheong had been very worried about what would happen if the two fought and plotted against each other, but since he didn't see such a thing, he was relieved.

He didn't know, but the Danli family and the Baek family had no idea how much they had urged the two about that.

With their information power, the two families had quickly found out what Ya Socheong was doing in the martial world and had realized how many people's interest and favor Ya Socheong was gaining and how he was accomplishing great things.

They had heard the story that Ya Socheong had repeatedly uncovered the schemes of others and had turned their forces into dust.

They knew better than the third prince how precariously the third prince's forces had been dismantled.

Because of such a Ya Socheong, they did not know what would happen to the entire family if they tried to play tricks to gain a little more of his heart.

So they had said that they should absolutely not be jealous and should get along well, to the point where their ears were calloused.

"Are you two not neglecting your training?"

At Ya Socheong's words, Baek Yuhwa and Pae Maling flinched at the same time.

It was not Ya Socheong who would miss that.

"You must never neglect your training. No matter how great a guard you have by your side, you must have the strength to protect yourself."

While Ya Socheong was giving a passionate speech, the two became smaller and smaller.

Ya Socheong said that he would watch their training while he was there, and Baek Yuhwa let out a groan.

Should he say that he was grateful, but he couldn't just be grateful?

Pae Maling was feeling the same way.

(End of Chapter)