Lady of YeonSung (Lisrene)

Chapter 15

The man's secret room was empty.

Joohyun had turned her horse around and come here, but she wasn't sure if she was making the right choice. To her surprise, she found this building quite easily, and she managed to open the secret door found at the staircase landing without any difficulty.

However, she didn't realize that someone had deliberately left small clues here and there for her to find.

The room looked the same as it did yesterday, but there was no one inside.

Why did she come here? Although she didn't know his motives, the man was still interested in catching the Heukra. Joohyun quickly took off her veiled hat and grabbed some paper and a piece of charcoal. She wrote something down. Then she took a bow, some arrows, and even stole a sword before quickly exiting out of the room.

Rumble, she heard the sounds of an impending storm coming from the sky. It looked like it was going to rain soon. She swiftly got on top of the horse and tried to figure out the direction she needed to take in order to go to CheongRyu Hall. She only knew that it was located in the upper-class neighborhood near the Silk River. She had never been there before.

But if it started to rain, it would take her longer to get there. Joohyun bit her lip. She didn't have any trouble finding her way around the desert or the plains. This was no problem for her.

"Haw!"

She shouted out, and the horse began to race down the road. Behind her, raindrops began to fall from the sky.

How long had she been riding?

The dark clouds slowly began to encroach towards her. The sky grew dark, and the air was humid as if it was going to start raining any minute.

Dirt splattered as the horse raced down the path. Not long after that, raindrops drenched Joohyun's entire body.

Her surroundings were blurry. Joohyun grit her teeth and lowered her body. If one followed the bank of the Silk River, they'd come across the largest lodging place in YeonSung known as CheongRyu Hall. Having raced along the Silk River for the past two hours, Joohyun noticed that it was getting darker.

Considering the weather and Princess Yeowa, Joohyun knew that she should turn around return home. However, anxiety continued to prick her heart. If she returned now, she knew she'd regret it.

"Just a little more. Hurry!"

Joohyun pleaded the horse. They went over yet another hill, and Joohyun finally saw a splendid building appear from far away.

Perched on a cliff, the beautiful building looked down over the Silk River. Like its namesake, clear, blue waves crashed underneath it.

Princess Chaeyoung and Duke Kim would be there. And as expected, the couple was standing underneath the warm lights as they hugged their daughter.

In the end, her hunch had been incorrect. Joohyun laughed at herself. What had she been so worried about? Why had she raced all the way over here in the rain? She pulled on the reins and began to turn the horse around. While this was all absolutely ridiculous, she still felt relieved. Now she needed to hurry back to her own residence.

Suddenly...

Crash!

There was a deafening roar, and in the next instant, the top of CheongRyu Hall was shattered into pieces.

"No way..."

Joohyun murmured to herself. After the explosion, CheongRyu Hall was now engulfed in flames. The red flames and the black smoke rose in the wind. Even from where she was standing, she could hear the people's screams.