Chapter 343: Ranked Competition (4)
Jeong Yeon-shin needed to prepare before setting out.
He ate a lot. Recognizing him immediately with perception rivaling that of the Yullyeong Division Lord, Cheongmyeong, the Azure Serpent Sword, instructed the servants to bring in more cooks.
Thus, the banquet at Ma Gwang-ik’s residence, with Shin Geom Division Vice Lord Ak Su-rim in attendance, began.
The warriors of Ma Gwang-ik, inheritors of Seomye's martial lineage, were well accustomed to the dignified speech and the luminous aura characteristic of the Division Lords.
They were unfamiliar yet welcoming of the matured presence of their lord.
This was home.
And it had to be, for everyone in Ma Gwang-ik.
Upon returning, Jeong Yeon-shin immediately turned his attention to Baek Mi-ryeo. It was inevitable—her older sister had been the fallen Lord of Sunmuryun.
She had lost her kin to the Holy Church’s young sect leader, a figure increasingly regarded as the embodiment of monstrous and divine forces alike.
Just as Baek Mi-ryeo and the warriors of Ma Gwang-ik had filled Jeong Yeon-shin’s solitude, he, too, wished to be her support.
— "Our paths diverged. There is no room for sympathy."
As always, Baek Mi-ryeo remained cold.