Chaotic Nights

Chaotic Nights — Chapter 143. The Woman’s Body

Translator: Atlas

Weekly Chapter 1/4

The fire was extinguished only after it engulfed everything. That’s why there was uproar in Harye. Warriors with covered faces attacked the readers. Unpleasant rumors also began to spread among the people.

As Sir Song ascended the hill with a donkey pulling a cart loaded with books, he was taken aback by the sound of approaching horses. The horses were moving so swiftly that the ground shook beneath them.

After he stopped the donkey, he swallowed saliva because the horses came closer to him. Under the gat hat only a mouth was visible, but it was clearly the Great Prince.

Sir Song, who became nervous, hid his face with a gat hat.

A few days ago, a person named Daegun left a chima jeogori. Why had he left this item behind without saying a word?

So, he went to the cloth store to ask to whom the chima jeogori belonged. The owner told him who the chima jeogori belonged to with an astonished expression.

—This chima jeogori belongs to Eunha. Although she had recommended an expensive cloth to Eunha, she simply shook her head in disgust.

Why had someone brought Eunha’s clothes?

Sir Song guessed that something had happened. But when Yongi left Harye, Eunha was not in trouble. He calmly dismissed her.

After he received Eunha’s clothes, he couldn’t sleep at night.

“Something happened.”

Worry appeared on Sir Song’s face, he stroked the donkey’s mane. Even that Eunha had gone out to look for her sister was a problem.

Sir Song decided to look for the man named Daegun.

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“Where is the body?”

The moment Jihak dismounted, he seized Kim by the neck and hurled him to the floor. Kim, who had crawled, knelt before Jihak.

“Prince! Her body disappeared because she became food for the animals. After the Prince left Harye, the roving samurai arrived. The woman seized the opportunity amidst the chaos to flee. When the warriors eventually located her…”

Jihak looked around the yard, there were bloodstains.

“They found her but couldn’t recover the body?”

“They said the body was horribly mutilated. They wouldn’t have recognized her if she hadn’t been wearing the chima jeogori. Sadly her life was lost.”

Kim began to sob.

Jihak smiled in relief when they told him they had not recovered the body.

“You ridiculed me…”

Jihak placed his hand over his face. He couldn’t believe that Kim, who knew him better than anyone else, didn’t pick up Eunha’s body.

“Why do you doubt me…?”

“The roving samurai killed Eunha?”

“That’s right! The attendant named Gari, who had tried to escape with her, disappeared. A warrior had helped her escape.”

“Where is the warrior?”

“I don’t know. We could not stop the mighty warrior.”

“It is a crime that you declared Eunha dead without a body.”

“Prince!”

Jihak looked at the people around him. He sighed.

Unconsciously his hand went to his sword.

“Attention! Find the merchants who traveled through Harye. You should at least bring me the woman’s body.”

Everyone closed their eyes at the scream.

“There is no life for those who allowed Eunha to leave the room.”

After he caught his breath, he casually looked around the house.

His steps faltered just outside his quarters.