Chapter 30: This Is the Only Way
Tying the black cords took longer than expected.
After the four commanders of the Four Winds, twelve more unfamiliar names followed in succession.
By the time he reached the sixth—Commander of the Snake Sign, Mi Yeonrang—Jincheon gave up trying to remember them.
“Anyway...”
These were people he might never see again after this event.
There was no need to bother engraving names he couldn’t even recall into his mind.
Rustle.
The last one in line, the man named Commander of the Pig Sign, Pabil, bowed and returned to his place.
Just as he had suspected when he first heard the term “Commander of the Rat Sign,” the Twelve Signs were named after the twelve branches of the zodiac.
When people hear “zodiac,” they usually think of animals, but that came later. Originally, the branches were classifications related to time and celestial movement—so the names were likely chosen with that in mind.
Seated high in his chair, Jincheon looked down at the sixteen who now bowed their heads before him.
“South Wind.”