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Although children were considered free labor around these parts, there still weren’t many villages that would accept orphans.
There was a superstition that orphans were considered bad omens, and it was common not to accept them for fear that they carried some kind of disease.
When Woo-Moon saw the body of that boy earlier, he thought that the boy was the younger sibling. That was why it was heartbreaking to hear Yu Yu explain it was the other way around. Despite being so young, the boy must have been so focused on feeding his younger sister that he never had the chance to eat properly himself.
Woo-Moon stood still and waited for Yu Yu to stop crying.
After a while, Yu Yu wiped away her tears.
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.”
Like Eun-Ah, Woo-Moon also felt sorry for Yu Yu.
The Blood-Horned Poison Serpent had died and there would be no more human sacrifices in this village, but it was only natural for Yu Yu to want to leave as soon as possible. How could she live in a village that killed her brother and tried to feed her to a giant snake?
That was why Eun-Ah wanted to give Yu Yu the neidan and empower her.
“What do you think about following me?”
As expected, Yu Yu also understood the gravity of the situation she was in, completely...
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