Chapter 54
One thing was clear.
If someone under my command decided to walk a different path, I would let them go without a second thought.
Whether their heart had already left or not was irrelevant. They weren't children.
If a person made a decision, respecting it was the right thing to do.
Especially if you disregarded the resolve of your own people — that disqualified you from being a leader.
When Wonyang said she was leaving, I tried to hold her back not because her resolve was unwavering but because the odds of her wasting her life were far too high.
In my previous life, I had never heard the name Namgung Wonyang.
Jin Sohyeop and Baek Myeonggaek were certain about the paths they wanted to take.
Home. The government.
I didn't stop them. I even gave them famed swords to protect themselves.
Yes, famed swords.
Those swords were undoubtedly famed.