Martial Arts Ain’t That Big of a Deal

Seo-jun pondered over the Namgung bloodline while observing the peacefully sleeping Namgung Sua.

Her upper body moved slightly with each breath. Her cheeks were faintly flushed, tiny tears gathered at the corners of her eyes, and the corners of her lips curled ever so slightly—so subtle that one would have to look closely to notice.

Because she had a habit of talking in her sleep, her limbs occasionally flailed, causing the blanket to flutter with small noises.

His thoughts about the Namgung bloodline faded as a more immediate answer presented itself—Namgung Sua’s current state.

‘She must be having a good dream.’

It was a relief that it wasn’t a nightmare. Seo-jun watched her for a while as she slept.

“…Ah.”

Then, Namgung Sua’s eyes suddenly snapped open. For once, her usually concealed blue irises were fully visible, shimmering with emotion.

Drowsily, she pushed herself upright and mumbled absentmindedly,

“I had a dream…”

Tears trickled down from Namgung Sua’s eyes.

“No, it wasn’t a dream…!”

Then, as she suddenly beamed radiantly, Seo-jun couldn’t help but smile along with her.

“What happened?”

The words that followed were nothing short of astonishing.

Her father had beaten Yama, the ruler of the underworld, and ascended to the celestial realm with her mother?

It should have sounded absurd. Yet, strangely, it didn’t.

Honestly, if it was her father they were talking about, it didn’t seem far-fetched that he could utterly obliterate Yama or anyone else in his way.

But her mother? What had Yama done to her? Tossed her to the ground?

‘Was he just suicidal?’

That Yama guy must’ve had a tough life. Doing something like that to his mother right in front of his father… Even the Heavenly Demon would have hesitated before attempting such a thing.

Of course, Seo-jun was aware that Namgung Jincheon had managed to defeat Yama so easily because the Yama he fought had only been an avatar.

How much power that avatar retained from the original was unclear, but it was likely a far cry from the true Yama’s strength.

The underworld wasn’t a place where one could exercise their full power freely, so splitting too much of his strength into an avatar would have been inefficient.