Chapter 8
This was no ordinary search—they were looking for a child of the Namgoong Clan.
Even if they had deliberately announced the wrong gender to stir confusion, opportunists were still bound to flock in droves, all hoping to claim the Namgoong name ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ and the enormous reward attached to it.
There were even lunatics who’d bring a random girl or their own child, pretending it was the lost heir.
But really—did anyone think the Namgoong Clan would issue a public announcement of that scale without anticipating this level of chaos?
“Of course not.”
They weren’t fools. The Namgoong Clan had surely expected the deception.
The fact that they offered such an enormous reward anyway meant they had a definitive way of telling impostors from the real thing.
“I assumed there would be a way to confirm my identity once I reached Namgoong. Was I wrong?”
At Ilhwa’s words, Namgoong Mucheon’s eyes grew even darker, radiating an ominous intensity.
The weight of his gaze was so cold it sent chills through her bones.
And then—just as she braced herself under that cutting stare—his lips twitched slightly.
Namgoong Mucheon suddenly burst into thunderous laughter.