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Three days later in poverty, Jakyeong rejects the money as her mother's price, confronts him for not killing the yokai, and asks to become his disciple.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 2 follows Jakyeong as she faces the aftermath of her mother's death and a fateful offer from the exorcist. After showing her grieving father the fish-bodied yokai with human legs and its empty, digested belly, the exorcist claims a god has taken root in Jakyeong and offers one hundred nyang to transfer it because she is a girl. Three days later in poverty, Jakyeong rejects the money as her mother's price, confronts him for not killing the yokai, and asks to become his disciple.","key_events":["Jakyeong considers taking 100 nyang but feels it would be price of her mother's life.","Jakyeong asks why she cannot become exorcist and asks exorcist to take her as disciple.","Exorcist explains sated yokai retreated and will sleep ten years; provoking it would cause more deaths.","Father rejects offer, accusing exorcist of failing against yokai and trying to extort them like a peddler.","Exorcist tells father alone that a god has taken root in daughter Jakyeong and offers 100 nyang to transfer it.","Jakyeong confronts exorcist at his lodging with a stick, asking why he did not kill yokai after taking 200 nyang.","Three days later neighbors bring food to Jakyeong and note her father has not recovered.","Exorcist advises Jakyeong to go to Shaman Bureau to become shaman woman, needing 2000 nyang tribute before age 19.","Yokai that swallowed women is examined; its stomach is empty, confirming victims including Jakyeong's mother are digested and dead."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"LOOKS LIKE THE EXPLANATION IS MOSTLY FINISHED,\nSO YOU TWO TALK FREELY... I'LL GIVE YOU SOME PRIVACY.\nI have nothing to say to you.\nTHANK YOU, ELDER...\nTHANKS\n\nTHIS RIGHT HERE...\nIS THE YOKAI THAT DEVOURED THE WOMEN.\n\nIT LOOKS LIKE A FISH,\nBUT HUMAN LEGS SPROUT FROM UNDERNEATH,\nAND IT'S MASSIVE ENOUGH TO CHEW UP A WHOLE BOAT.\n\nTHEN...\nWHERE IS MY WIFE...?\nLOOK HERE. DON'T YOU SEE?\n...?\nTHE YOKAI'S BELLY IS COMPLETELY EMPTY.\n\nIN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ALREADY DIGESTED EVERYTHING IT ATE.\nWH-WHAT ARE YOU SAYING...?\n\nTHAT'S NOT WHAT'S IMPORTANT.\nI HAD ANOTHER REASON FOR CALLING YOU HERE ALONE...\nA GOD HAS TAKEN ROOT IN YOUR DAUGHTER.\n\nEXCUSE ME...? IN MY DAUGHTER?!\nSOME PEOPLE REACT STRONGLY TO A YOKAI'S ENERGY,\nAND WHILE SOME JUST FALL ILL FOR A FEW DAYS AND THAT'S THE END OF IT...\nOTHERS, LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER, ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A GOD COME DWELL IN THEM.\nBUT SHE'S A GIRL, SO SHE CAN'T BECOME AN EXORCIST,\nAND LEAVING HER LIKE THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN HER ILLNESS...\n\nIS THAT... REALLY TRUE...?\nTH-THEN...\nWHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT OUR JAKYEONG...?!\nHAND THAT GOD OVER TO ME, AND I'LL GIVE YOU ONE HUNDRED NYANG.\n\nONCE THE GOD IS SAFELY TRANSFERRED, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO LIVE WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE-\nDON'T MAKE ME LAUGH.\nYOU COULDN'T EVEN DEAL WITH THE YOKAI PROPERLY,\nAND NOW YOU WANT TO FLEECE US FOR A GOD LIKE SOME PEDDLER?\n\nMAYBE THAT'S HOW YOU GOT TO BE AN EXORCIST, BUT...\nTHE ME? HAVE\nI'D NEVER LAY A HAND ON SOMEONE\nWHO'S BEEN BROKEN IN BODY AND HEART.\n\nTHREE DAYS LATER...\n\n\"LEAVING HER LIKE THIS WILL ONLY WORSEN HER ILLNESS...\"\n\"IF YOU HAND THAT GOD OVER TO ME, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE HUNDRED NYANG.\"\n\"I LEAVE IN A WEEK, SO THINK IT OVER CAREFULLY AND LET ME KNOW.\"\n...YES.\nHEY, JAKYEONG...!\n\nAUNTIE...!\nOH MY, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVEN'T EATEN IN DAYS...\nGo-on, take this.\nWE'LL BRING YOU THINGS FOR A WHILE,\nSO YOU DON'T GO HUNGRY...\nTHANK YOU...\nAND YOUR FATHER...\nDOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S GETTING BETTER AT ALL.\n\nHE CAN LIE THERE ALL HE WANTS,\nBUT IT WON'T BRING HER BACK...\nTHE LIVING HAVE TO GO ON LIVING. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?\n\n...MAYBE I SHOULD JUST TAKE THE ONE HUNDRED NYANG?\nAT LEAST WE'D BE A LITTLE BETTER OFF, BUT...\n\nI JUST KEEP FEELING...\nLIKE THAT MONEY IS THE PRICE OF MOTHER'S LIFE...\n!!\n\nJAKYEONG...?\n\nEXCUSE M-\n!!!\n\nWH-WHAT IS ALL THIS...?!\nIT WASN’T LIKE THIS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO...\nHOW FOOLISH...\nHAVE YOU COME TO MAKE THE TRADE?\n\nYOU’RE LATER THAN I EXPECTED.\nSINCE IT’S MY LAST NIGHT BEFORE LEAVING,\n\nI FIGURED YOU WOULDN’T SHOW UP AT ALL.\n...I CAME TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.\nWHY DIDN’T YOU KILL THE YOKAI?\n\nTHE APOTHECARY ELDER AND THE VILLAGERS STRUGGLED TO SCRAPE TOGETHER\nTWO HUNDRED NYANG, AND YOU POCKETED EVERY BIT OF IT\nJUST TO DRAW ONE BIZARRE LITTLE PICTURE.\nADMIT IT YOU JUST DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD CATCH IT, DID YOU?\n\nIS THAT YOUR CLUB?\nWHY? ARE YOU SCARED?\nIT'S ALMOST A SHAME YOU WERE BORN A GIRL.\n\nTHE YOKAI GORGED ON SEVERAL PEOPLE AT ONCE BEFORE GOING BACK UNDER,\nSO IT WON’T WAKE FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS.\nSTIRRING IT UP RIGHT NOW FOR NO GOOD REASON\nWILL ONLY ENRAGE IT, AND IT’LL DEVOUR EVEN MORE PEOPLE.\nIF YOU’RE STILL FINE WITH THAT,\n\nI’LL HEAD OUT TO THE SHORE RIGHT NOW.\nIF YOU WISH TO AVENGE YOUR MOTHER,\nYOU’D BE BETTER OFF GOING TO THE SHAMAN BUREAU.\nEVEN EXORCISTS ARE TREATED LIKE NOBILITY,\n\nBUT A SHAMANESS REVERED BY THE PEOPLE IS ANOTHER STORY ENTIRELY.\nHOWEVER, BECOMING A SHAMANESS REQUIRES TRIBUTE MONEY PAID TO THE STATE.\nTWO THOUSAND NYANG, TO BE EXACT...\n\nI HEARD YOU ARE FIFTEEN,\nAND THEY DON'T TAKE WOMEN OVER NINETEEN AS SHAMANESSES,\nYOU'LL HAVE TO SCRAPE THAT SUM TOGETHER WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.\nARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME...?\nTHAT'S WHY I KEEP TELLING YOU TO JUST SELL IT TO ME.\n\nAND WHAT WOULD YOU EVEN USE IT FOR?\nI'D KEEP IT SAFE\nAND PASS IT ON TO ANOTHER MAN WORTHY OF BEING AN EXORCIST.\nTHEN,\nWHY CAN'T IT BE ME?\nWHAT?\n\nI MEAN, WHY DIDN'T YOU CONSIDER MAKING ME AN EXORCIST?\n\nBEING BOLD IS ONE THING, BUT THIS...\nYOU WON'T STAY A MAIDEN LIKE THE SHAMANESSES,\nSO WHY WOULD I BOTHER WITH A GIRL WHO'LL JUST END UP MARRIED OFF?\nWHAT, YOU'D TUCK A WHOLE BROOD OF BRATS UNDER YOUR ARM\n\nAND GO HUNTING YOKAI...\n?!\nIF MARRIAGE IS ALL THAT'S STANDING IN THE WAY,\n\nYOU_!\n\nTAKE ME ON...\nAS YOUR DISCIPLE.","bubble_count":113,"pages_count":33,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 2 follows Jakyeong as she faces the aftermath of her mother's death and a fateful offer from the exorcist.","spoiler_summary":"A Tree Beyond the Years Chapter 2 follows Jakyeong as she faces the aftermath of her mother's death and a fateful offer from the exorcist. After showing her grieving father the fish-bodied yokai with human legs and its empty, digested belly, the exorcist claims a god has taken root in Jakyeong and offers one hundred nyang to transfer it because she is a girl. Three days later in poverty, Jakyeong rejects the money as her mother's price, confronts him for not killing the yokai, and asks to become his disciple."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-2-upaeq4","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #2","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T02:11:31.267Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y"}}