Chapter 24
There are two reasons why a man might remain blind.
The first is obsession—when someone becomes so utterly consumed by something that they fail to notice they’re being devoured from the inside out.
Such was the case if one could be so focused that they failed to realize Yang Seoljin was quietly swallowing the Snow Palace whole.
And the second?
Blackmail.
If there had been something—something so grave it could paralyze a man like Seol Jungcheon, both as a man and as the Sovereign of the Everlasting Snow Palace—then everything from the past life could finally make sense.
It wasn't that Unwi had been foolish. He hadn’t avoided investigation. Quite the opposite—he’d pursued it thoroughly.
But the deeper he dug, the more baffling Seol Jungcheon's actions became.
Even with destroyed records—even with the few whispered truths Yang Seoljin had shared in his past life—there remained unresolved questions.
Now, as he played Go, Seol Unwi felt it clearly.
It wasn’t coercion.
No, it was the first case.