Chapter 56
“I erased Seolgung from the world with my own hands. Is that what’s been bothering you?”
Chief Steward Seong’s eyes widened.
His mouth opened and closed repeatedly, as if trying to speak but failing. The sight was almost laughable.
“...You’re like a ghost. Truly.”
“If it wasn’t for that, there’d be no reason for you to ask these kinds of questions.”
“...Is that so...?”
“At least that’s how it seems to me. I’ll say it again — I have no intention of annihilating Seolgung with my own hands. So stop worrying about it needlessly.”
“...I always trust you, Young Master. You know that, right?”
I nodded.
We had already recovered Jin Sohyeop’s corpse and completed his funeral.
And now, though I hadn’t said anything, the one holding the reins was Han Murin.
It took a day to travel from Hanbing Sect to the main palace.