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He notices the manor's peace, cut off from the world and bearing no trace of calamity, and the presence of the sick younger sibling. The exorcists' efforts to curry favor with the landowner disgust him; inwardly he asks when he will get a taste of the landowner.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The landowner orders Wang-Yeon to release the hounds, and the beasts that have torn people apart before are set loose. The exorcist thinks this man treats humans as lower than animals, no different from any arrogant noble, and releases the Seal's first section, the chain formation. He is then shown to the guesthouse, where he meets the exorcists Heok-Seol, Dang-Gullae, and Kaepsyong who arrived earlier. His master tells him to run if he sees anything dangerous, but he says he won't leave yet. He notices the manor's peace, cut off from the world and bearing no trace of calamity, and the presence of the sick younger sibling. The exorcists' efforts to curry favor with the landowner disgust him; inwardly he asks when he will get a taste of the landowner.","key_events":["Despite master's advice to flee if suspicious, exorcist says he will not flee yet.","Wang-Yeon releases the hounds on order and the beasts attack, causing chaos.","The exorcist uses First Section of the Seal, Chain Formation, and considers Second Section.","Exorcist meets Heok-Seol, Dang-Gullae, and Kaepsyong who discuss pay and rules.","With landowner permission, exorcist is settled in guesthouse annex right room.","It is explained landowner's younger sibling must not be touched if cannot be healed."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WANG-YEON. RELEASE THE HOUNDS.\nYES, MY LORD.\n?!\nRELEASING HOUNDS OUT OF NOWHERE... ?\n!!\n\nTHE EYES OF BEASTS THAT HAVE MAULED HUMANS BEFORE—\nTHOSE ARE...\nIF YOU UNLOOSE THEIR LEASHES, PEOPLE WILL GET HURT!\n\n?\nTHEY ALL STEPPED FORWARD KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE IN FOR, DIDN'T THEY?\n\nUGH, GET AWAY!!\nHELP ME!!!\n\nWANG-WAN.\nURGH...\nHOW WAS IT?\n\nAH...\nTHIS MAN...\n\nHE'S TRULY INSANE.\nTREATING PEOPLE AS LESS THAN LIVESTOCK...\nJUST ANOTHER EXALTED NOBLE,\nNOTHING MORE THAN THAT...\n\nIN THAT CASE...\n\nFIRST CHAPTER OF THE SEAL-\nCHAIN FORMATION.\n\nTHEY'VE SWARMED ALREADY.\nAT THIS RATE... I'D BETTER UNLEASH THE SECOND CHAPTER RIGHT AWAY-\n\nEXORCIST.\nI WILL GUIDE YOU TO WHERE YOU'LL BE STAYING.\n\nTHE LANDOWNER HAS GRANTED HIS PERMISSION.\n\nBY NOW, IT WAS PLAIN TO SEE.\nMANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED HERE,\nHEY...\nPULL YOURSELF TOGETHER...!\nAND EVERY ONE OF THEM MET WITH AN UNFORTUNATE 'ACCIDENT.'\nIT'S NOT THAT I'M OVERFLOWING WITH SUDDEN CHIVALRY\n\nOR RIGHTEOUS FURY OVER THIS.\nIT'S JUST...\nIF YOU NOTICE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS AT ALL, DON'T PICK A POINTLESS FIGHT-\nJUST RUN FOR YOUR LIFE IMMEDIATELY.\n\n...I'M SORRY, BUT\nI WON'T RUN AWAY JUST YET, MASTER.\n\nTHIS WAY IS THE ANNEX FOR OUR GUESTS.\n...SEEMS SOMEONE'S ALREADY INSIDE?\nTHE EXORCISTS WHO ARRIVED EARLIER ARE STAYING HERE,\n\nBUT YOU'LL BE GIVEN A SEPARATE ROOM, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO WORRY.\nFOR YOU, EXORCIST,\nYOU MAY TAKE THAT ROOM ON THE RIGHT.\nAH...\nWELL THEN, EXCUSE ME.\n\nDON'T JUST STAND THERE BLANKLY, COME HAVE A SEAT~\nWHERE ARE YOU FROM, FRIEND?\n...NEAR SONG-DEOK.\n\nEXORCIST HEOK-SEOL\nEXORCIST DANG-GULLAE\nTHE CAPITAL, SONGDEOK?\nWELL LOOK AT THAT, AREN'T YOU QUITE THE SOFT-PALMED YOUNG GENTLEMAN.\nHOW LONG HAVE YOU ALL BEEN HERE?\nMUST BE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS NOW...\nI'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE MONTHS.\nTHREE MONTHS?\nIF THINGS ARE THAT HOPELESS, WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO JUSTGO BACK?\nYOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.\n\nCOMPARED TO ROTTING AWAY ALL YEAR IN UKGOL,\nI MADE MORE HERE IN A SINGLE MONTH.\nAS LONG AS YOU KEEP QUIET AND STICK IT OUT,\nBUYING A HOUSE AS GRAND AS A PALACE IS PRACTICALLY GUARANTEED.\n\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN...?\nIT WAS THE SAME WHERE I LIVED IN BEO-PYONG.\nPEOPLE THERE LIVE DAY TO DAY,\nSO EVEN IF YOU HUNTED A YOKAI, IT BARELY PAID PENNIES.\nEXORCIST KAEPSYONG\nHONESTLY, COMING HERE GAVE ME SOME ROOM TO BREATHE.\nSO IF YOU PLAN ON STAYING,\n\nWHAT THE LANDOWNER SAYS 'NOT TO DO' AND 'TO DO'—\nJUST FOLLOW THOSE TWO THINGS.\nAND WHAT ARE THE THINGS 'NOT TO DO'?\nDON'T EVEN ASK!\nWHETHER HIS HEART CARES ESPECIALLY DEEPLY FOR HIS YOUNGER BROTHER...\nHE SAID NOT TO LAY A SINGLE FINGER ON HIM IF YOU CAN'T CURE HIM.\n\nUNLESS YOU WANT YOUR HEAD CHOPPED CLEAN OFF, THAT IS.\n\nPLEASE WAKE UP.\nPLEASE WAKE UP.\n\nIS TODAY... THE SEVENTH DAY?\nIF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE REALIZED OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS AND NIGHTS,\nIT'S THAT THIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE FEELS JUST LIKE\nA PLACE OF EXILE FOR AN IMMORTAL—\nLONG AGO, SUHARA WAS\n\nLAND BESTOWED UPON A GENERAL FAVORED BY THE KING,\nAND THE LANDOWNER AND HIS BROTHER ARE THE 26TH-GENERATION DESCENDANTS OF GENERAL YANG.\nTHOUGH NONE HAVE HELD GOVERNMENT OFFICE SINCE THE PREVIOUS LANDOWNER'S GENERATION,\n\nIT REMAINS A FAMILY WITH IMMENSE INFLUENCE OVER THE ROYAL COURT.\nWALKING AROUND THE ESTATE,\nIT FEELS SO CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD THAT NOT A TRACE OF MISFORTUNE CAN BE FELT.\nSO MUCH SO THAT IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THEY MOURNED BOTH FATHER AND MOTHER,\nAND THAT HIS YOUNGER BROTHER NOW LIES BEDRIDDEN WITH ILLNESS...\n\nI WILL GO!\nNO, PLEASE TAKE ME!!\nNO ONE CAN MATCH MY SKILL WITH A BOW,\nSO IF THE LANDOWNER WOULD ONLY GIVE ME THE CHANCE-\nNONSENSE!\nMASTER!\n\nLOOK AT THESE MEN, PREENING LIKE PEACOCKS,\nTRADING WORDS SWEETER THAN HONEY. WHAT A DISGRACEFUL SIGHT.\nTHOUGH THEY ARE CALLED EXORCISTS WHO FACE YOKAI AND EARN THE RESPECT OF THE PEOPLE,\nHERE THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN MONEY-BLIND FOOLS,\n\nMERELY THE LANDOWNER'S PLAYTHINGS—\nTO BE HONEST,\n\nIT IS SICKENING TO WATCH.\nHOW STRANGE.\n\nIF HE HAS NO INTEREST IN PLAYING ALONG...\nWHEN DO I GET A TASTE OF THAT?","bubble_count":111,"pages_count":32,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The landowner orders Wang-Yeon to release the hounds, and the beasts that have torn people apart before are set loose.","spoiler_summary":"The landowner orders Wang-Yeon to release the hounds, and the beasts that have torn people apart before are set loose. The exorcist thinks this man treats humans as lower than animals, no different from any arrogant noble, and releases the Seal's first section, the chain formation. He is then shown to the guesthouse, where he meets the exorcists Heok-Seol, Dang-Gullae, and Kaepsyong who arrived earlier. His master tells him to run if he sees anything dangerous, but he says he won't leave yet. He notices the manor's peace, cut off from the world and bearing no trace of calamity, and the presence of the sick younger sibling. The exorcists' efforts to curry favor with the landowner disgust him; inwardly he asks when he will get a taste of the landowner."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y/chapter-5-pgkrjc","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Tree Beyond the Years #5","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T02:11:29.974Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-tree-beyond-the-years-3ei9eo8y"}}