Chapter 77
Some time ago.
"I'll need conviction."
It was probably just after serving The Guest Without Taste the 'Memory of the Hunt,' in the kitchen.
Yeon-woo kneaded his cold hands inside his gloves. He'd just made a suboptimal move—or rather, a move that could backfire. Beyond the system screen he'd just pulled up, The Guest Without Taste's position flickered.
"The guest's reaction to being served was ambiguous, but well...."
That, too, was a variable Yeon-woo had intended.
"The Guest Without Taste is the cautious type. Remarkably careful for someone so arrogant—probably the lingering influence of Velmareth's failed ritual. He's not simply a hungry vampire; he's closer to an analyst who refuses to repeat his failures."
"Correct!"
"I'm glad you agree."