Chapter 238
At the Kang mansion.
“Poppy! What are you doing standing there in a daze?”
“That... Young Lady, the disc disappeared into the horizon faster than Poppy could blink...”
“Did I throw it a bit too hard? In any case, it’s stuck in the side of that commercial building over there—” Kang Hyeon-Ah pointed toward the horizon. “See that, Poppy? Go fetch!”
Butler Hwang coughed. “I can’t even see the building...”
“Uncle Hwang, you have presbyopia, so it can’t be helped that your eyes aren’t what they used to be. But our Poppy is only eighteen years old.”
“First Young Miss, you must convert to dog years... No, regardless, you can’t simply send a dog to wander the streets... Sigh. I’ll go pay for the damages.”
The Kang estate had a history that went back two hundred years—everything from the stonework to the carpets, paintings, and side tables exuded an air of antique wealth. Moreover, even considering the year in which it was built, the mansion did not lose out in scale to modern architectural marvels, boasting a room count in the hundreds.
The Kang family’s mansion was impressive indeed.
However, when it was only Jae-Hyeok and Butler Hwang, the mansion’s endless rooms, long halls, and wide dining tables served only to remind Jae-Hyeok of his own isolation.
Thankfully... Jae-Hyeok smiled. Recently, a spark of warmth had returned to the Kang mansions' cold halls and windy gardens.
Bark! Bark! Bark!