Chapter 104
After the conversation ended, the Namgoong group immediately began preparing to depart, as promised.
Since they had come in such a hurry, following the markers Seolhwa had left, they had brought nothing with them and, therefore, had nothing to pack.
Meng Deungho, as agreed, provided them with a large ship and several river bandits skilled in night navigation.
Down by the river, preparations for Namgoong’s departure were well underway.
“Please take good care of Soyak,” Meng Deungho said, looking at Soyak, who was standing by Yugang’s side. The boy clutched a bundle containing his most cherished possessions.
This place would soon become a battlefield between two strongholds. Meng Deungho couldn’t leave his sick child in such a dangerous place, so he entrusted Soyak to Namgoong’s care.
— I will come to hear about the cure when I come to pick up the child.
Meng Deungho said to Seolhwa.
Seolhwa silently nodded.
Jin Soyak ran to Meng Deungho, grasping his father’s thick hands.
“Be careful... Dad.”
He didn’t want to leave, but he knew his place too well.