IF YOU'RE HANDSOME LIFE IS EASIER

079

At the time of Baekje's fall,

Lee Wonsuk, the eldest son of a powerful noble family in the Chungcheong region, was quick to adapt to the changing tides of the era and escaped misfortune.

By promptly cooperating with Silla during the chaotic times, he planted his roots in Gongju and began expanding his influence in earnest.

In exchange for his loyalty, he seized all the land documents of those who had upheld their principles, using them as the foundation to draft new property records.

These documents have been preserved and passed down to Lee Jaeyoon.

Lee Jaeyoon, leveraging the legitimacy of those land documents, wielded overwhelming power under the guise of "justice" to confiscate even more land, amassing a fortune so immense that even his descendants could not exhaust it.

However, even with such wealth, he had one pressing concern:
he lacked a legitimate male heir to continue his bloodline.

No matter what he did, all his children were daughters, and not a single son was born. His frustration grew, and he sought every means possible, but to no avail.
Years passed in sighs and despair, until finally—

"Sir, it's a boy!"

A miracle happened, and a late-born son arrived to carry on the lineage.
Believing this son to be destined for greatness, like the phoenix, he named him Taeseong, a name embodying lofty aspirations.

As Taeseong grew, he gradually became aware of how precious he was.

By the time he was six years old, one incident made this crystal clear.

Even when he acted out violently and recklessly, no one dared to reprimand him, instead lowering their heads in silence.

At that moment, Taeseong fully realized the height of his status, and this became the turning point that shaped his arrogant disposition.

As if the heavens were unfairly favoring him,
Taeseong not only inherited immense power but was also gifted with extraordinary strength.

Living a debauched life, he casually took a military examination one day and stunned everyone by displaying flawless martial skills.

Truly, he was worthy of being called a phoenix.

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Whoosh!

After briefly experiencing a fragment of Taeseong's life, I blinked, taken aback by the seamless transition into a narration-like explanation.

"So, immersion works like this too."

While I was marveling at the boundless potential of immersion—

Ding! Ding! Ding!

A notification from SIMS popped up immediately.

[The current role's martial arts level is deemed insufficient.]
[Adjusting martial arts proficiency level.]
[Downloading the application 'Muye Dobo Tongji.']
If I had only learned basic swordsmanship for my role as Ja-un in Swordsman Baek Dongsoo,
now, I had absorbed knowledge encompassing all aspects of martial arts.

And it wasn’t just theoretical knowledge.

"I feel like I could use it right now."

This was martial arts thoroughly tailored for real-life combat,
entirely different from the assassin’s swordsmanship I had learned as Ja-un.

It felt as if I had become a general capable of cutting down everything on the battlefield.
To put it bluntly, it was like having a dormant black dragon coiled around my right arm.