Martial King's Retired Life - Volume 1 Chapter 3
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Volume 1 Chapter 3

The Door Dividing Liu Shan Men and the People at the Centre

After hearing my reason for taking my bag, she didn’t comment. Instead she opened her beautiful eyes wide, and asked: “You want to go to Liu Shan Men?”

“I just want to go and see what it’s like.” I felt like that wasn’t convincing enough, so I added: “If it’s boring, I’ll come right back.”

“So you’re saying you won’t come back if you find it interesting?”

She scanned me from head to toe, and before I could say anything to break the awkward atmosphere, she narrowed her eyes, and said:

“Then I’m coming too.”

“I want to see if Liu Shan Men really is that interesting, so interesting that they managed to lure my sect's next successor in.”

Hey! That topic is taboo!

I never promised to be the successor!!

She wouldn’t listen to me at all, so all I could do was keep silent and bring her with me to Nan Jing.

Luckily, my run-down house is only half-a-day away from Nan Jing, so we were able to enter the city before sunset with our speed.

I intended to sneak out and go register, but instead saw my goddess -junior shiyi waiting for me at the lodging’s door.

“I knew you would try and sneak away. Let’s get going or we’ll be late.”

How are you so beautiful…?

We talked and laughed with each other along the way until we reached our destination. We saw the big lacquer red door with a sign that said “Liu Shan Men’s Nan Jing Headquarters” which was easy to understand and displayed facing the crowd.

“They really mean business. Look at the way they present themselves. Working for the government is the best choice you can make." I wasted no time trying to hypnotise my junior shiyi.

She blinked a few times, and then asked: “So you’ll come back and become the sect leader if I get people to re-paint our door?”

“Pfft, what use is a big door?”

“Then what does this door prove?”

“……”

How come I’ve never won an argument since her since I was a kid?

She strok