# WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #4 ## Series - title: A Tree Beyond the Years - slug: a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y ## Chapter - number: 4 - chapter_key: 4-xspv3b - release_date: 2026-10-03 ### Summary Four days ago, Jakyeong hears that the younger sibling of the great landowner in Suhara is suffering from an unknown illness and that a savage yokai leaves no survivors. Enraged at the disciples who look down on her for being a girl, she asks her master for permission. The master first objects, then calls it fate and sends her off with a warning. Today, she arrives at the manor and encounters the deer-catching game. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Senior students envy head disciple for rapid rise and belittle her for being a girl - Landowner orders Wang-Yeon to release hunting dogs - Students discuss Suhara landowner's sibling suffering unknown illness and seeking a shaman or exorcist - Jakyeong realizes Suhara lies on her hometown road and becomes interested in the job - Master warns Jakyeong not to grow arrogant and to flee without fighting if sensing strangeness - In back garden servants chase roe deer for prize money offered by landowner - Four days later Jakyeong is brought to landowner's manor by head steward Hwang In - Master prophesies via spirit box that Jakyeong will go far away, forbids then permits it as fate - Landowner addresses Jakyeong as Wang-Yeon and offers two thousand nyang to catch deer - Jakyeong refuses deer hunt as exorcist not hunter and recalls purpose for sibling's health ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser Four days ago, Jakyeong hears that the younger sibling of the great landowner in Suhara is suffering from an unknown illness and that a savage yokai leaves no survivors. ### Spoiler summary Four days ago, Jakyeong hears that the younger sibling of the great landowner in Suhara is suffering from an unknown illness and that a savage yokai leaves no survivors. Enraged at the disciples who look down on her for being a girl, she asks her master for permission. The master first objects, then calls it fate and sends her off with a warning. Today, she arrives at the manor and encounters the deer-catching game. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 123 ### Content FOUR DAYS AGO— SUHARA? THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THERE? YES. THE GREAT LANDOWNER'S BROTHER THERE IS SUFFERING FROM AN UNKNOWN ILLNESS, AND HE DOESN'T CARE IF IT'S A SHAMAN OR AN EXORCIST, AS LONG AS THEY CURE HIM. THEY SAY HE'LL GRANT THEM WEALTH BEYOND IMAGINATION. BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR, WHATEVER YOKAI IS RUNNING RAMPANT THERE IS SO VICIOUS THAT NO ONE MAKES IT OUT ALIVE... ...NOT THAT IT MATTERS. MASTER WOULD NEVER GRANT US PERMISSION TO LEAVE. UNLIKE A CERTAIN SOMEONE WHO BEAT OUT COUNTLESS PUPILS AND FORMAL DISCIPLES TO BRAZENLY SEIZE THE TITLE OF TOP DISCIPLE IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS. MUST BE NICE. CLINGING TO MASTER'S SIDE, FAWNING OVER HIM AT EVERY TURN... WE SHOULD'VE KNOWN FROM THE START, JUST BECAUSE SHE'S A GIRL— SHH... DID YOU FORGET THAT MASTER TOLD US NEVER TO SPEAK OF THAT? R-Right... LET'S GET GOING, SENIOR BROTHER. SERIOUSLY, THOUGH— TALK ABOUT ROTTEN LUCK FIRST THING IN THE MORNING... IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY ANYMORE. BEFORE THEY FOUND OUT I WAS A GIRL, THEY PRACTICALLY WORSHIPPED ME, ASKING WHERE SUCH A BLESSING HAD ROLLED IN FROM. STILL... SUHARA... I THINK IT'S RIGHT ON THE WAY DOWN TO MY HOMETOWN... THE GREAT LANDOWNER'S BROTHER AND AN UNKNOWN ILLNESS, HUH... YOU CANNOT. MASTER? DON'T GO. I HAVEN’T EVEN SAID I’M GOING YET. BUT YOU INTEND TO. NO, I DON’T KNOW THAT AT ALL! YOU WILL GO IN THE END. ARE YOU TESTING ME RIGHT NOW? MY SPIRIT BOX TELLS ME SO. THAT... YOU ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY. I’M JUST... HEADING BACK HOME BECAUSE IT’S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I LAST SAW MY FATHER. LAST WINTER, FATHER TOLD ME HE WANTED TO PICK AND EAT APRICOTS TOGETHER WITH ME... UGH, FINE! I ADMIT HEARING ABOUT IT PIQUED MY INTEREST A LITTLE! HAVEN'T MY SKILLS IMPROVED BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS LATELY? IT'S ALREADY BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE I BEGAN TAKING COMMISSIONS AS A FULL-FLEDGED EXORCIST, AND EVEN YOKAI OVER EIGHT FEET TALL WITH THOUSANDS OF TEETH COULDN'T LAY A SINGLE FINGER ON ME! BESIDES, IT'S RIGHT ON THE WAY BACK HOME, SO I COULD JUST MAKE A QUICK STOP. I'LL SLAY THE YOKAI AND PUT THOSE ARROGANT FORMAL DISCIPLES WHO LOOK DOWN ON ME RIGHT IN THEIR PLACE- PART OF ME WANTED TO KNOCK THEM DOWN A PEG- JAKYEONG. ...VERY WELL. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE YOU BEGAN FOLLOWING ME... IF THIS IS WHERE DESTINY LEADS, PERHAPS IT IS BEST FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF. HOWEVER, ONCE YOU ARRIVE, DO NOT GROW ARROGANT. IN THIS WORLD, THERE EXIST YOKAI FAR MORE COLOSSAL THAN YOU CAN EVER FATHOM. SO IF YOU SENSE EVEN THE SLIGHTEST THING AMISS, DO NOT TRY TO FIGHT IT. YOU MUST TURN ON YOUR HEELS AND RUN. I NEVER EXPECTED TO HEAR WORDS LIKE THAT FOUR DAYS LATER. PRESENT DAY— DON'T TELL ME... HE FORESAW THIS? FOLLOW ME. I WILL TAKE YOU TO THE LANDOWNER. CHIEF STEWARD HWANG IN YES, SIR. RUMORS IN THE MARKET SAID EVEN THE SERVANTS SCRUBBING FLOORS IN THIS ESTATE WERE COLD, Did a flock of Demon-Faced Birds break in on something...? WITH THEIR NOSES STUCK HIGH IN THE AIR... PLEASE, ENTER. THIS LOOKS LIKE A BACKYARD... OVER THERE, ON THE RIGHT! TO THE LEFT, YOU IDIÓT!! AAAARGH! !! CATCH IT RIGHT NOW!! AFTER IT!! WH-WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON? WHY, IT IS A GAME FOR THE LANDOWNER. A GAME...? LANDOWNER. I HAVE BROUGHT THE GUEST. AH. WELCOME BACK, WANG-YEON. WHAT ON EARTH... A MAN I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IS PROSTRATED LIKE A DOG, WHICH IS ABSURD ENOUGH ON ITS OWN, AND WHILE WORKING AS AN EXORCIST ACROSS THE COUNTRY I'VE MET ALL KINDS OF MEN, BUT... TO BE THIS... TO LOOK SO DELICATELY HANDSOME... AH! IT IS AN HONOR TO MEET YOU. I AM- NO NEED TO BE SO STIFF. LOOK OVER THERE. YOU SEE IT CLEARLY, RIGHT? PARDON...? CATCH THAT ROE DEER ALONE, AND YOU GET A THOUSAND NYANG. GET IT!! TAKE IT DOWN TOGETHER, AND ITS FIVE HUNDRED NYANG. OVER THERE! WHAT DO YOU SAY? Hm? DOES A THOUSAND NYANG NOT TEMPT YOU? THEN TWO THOUSAND NYANG. THANKS TO YOU, I'VE COME RIGHT TO MY SENSES. LANDOWNER. DID YOU NOT GATHER PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE REALM OUT OF CONCERN FOR YOUR BROTHER'S WELL-BEING? I AM AN EXORCIST, NOT A HUNTER, AND I HAVE NO REASON TO FOOLISHLY CHASE AFTER A DEER. WANG-YEON. RELEASE THE HUNTING HOUNDS. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #4](/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-4-xspv3b) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.