[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith":3,"chapter-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-223":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Childhood Friend of the Zenith",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1240249,1667,"Chapter 223: Omen (10)","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-223",223,"\u003Cp>༺ Omen (10) ༻\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time I left the jail, I saw that the sun was slowly setting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My conversation with the Hao Clan’s Lord wasn’t too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after I brought up the White Demonic Stone, the conversation flowed smoothly like water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got what I wanted from the end of the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I made sure that he couldn’t say anything else after our conversation ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But why.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was in a situation where I had more thoughts now than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-You are the owner of the Ancient Book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the starting point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Elder Mook said those words, he brightened his darkened expression and gave me the answer that I wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-The Palace Lord is looking for an entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bounced around with his words so much last time, yet he gave me the answer so easily this time, so I wondered if something had changed his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared back at Elder Mook and questioned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-An entrance… you say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Yes, the Palace Lord is looking for the entrance that leads to the Sangcheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sangcheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shook for an instant after I heard Elder Mook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sangcheon was the third Abyss that appeared in the world, as well as somewhere I went to plenty of times in my past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was understandable, because Sangcheon was a world the Heavenly Demon went to often.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demonic Cult’s main base was located in Xinjiang, but the place that the Heavenly Demon spent the most time in was Demonic Realm of Sangcheon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Elder Mook, I became trapped in my thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Elder Mook was correct, then why was the Palace Lord looking for the entrance to Sangcheon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, why did he try to get this information by torturing Elder Mook, the Lord of Hao Clan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-It’s because only I know how to get to Sangcheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…Only you know you say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something I couldn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are a total of four known entrances to Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gate of Demons that ripped the air apart and summoned monsters could only spit out demons from it; no one could enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, sometimes the Gate of Demons has an extraordinary occasion where it devours humans, but this only happens so rarely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the Gate of Demons located in the battlefield that doesn’t close despite a long time passing, endlessly summoning demons from it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jincheon, Taecheon, Sangcheon, and Guicheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were the four entrances to the Abyss. To the Demonic Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Though there are technically six entrances.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was the entrance to the Abyss that wasn’t known in the world yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was one of the entrances that I got sucked into thanks to Jang Seonyeon being an idiot in my past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that place was more of an exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, that place was closer to being artificial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, there were four entrances to Abyss that existed in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most of these entrances are managed by those with great power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the Murim Alliance alone was managing the entrances that led to Taecheon and Jincheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sangcheon and Guicheon were also managed by other groups as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that information on Sangcheon was already known to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But then why did Elder Mook say that he was the only one that had information on it?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, the Palace Lord abducted Elder Mook because of this reason as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard for me to believe his words as some parts didn’t make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-The Sangcheon that’s known in the world isn’t real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-It’s not real?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Yes… If someone happens to know what is in there, then they would not let them off so easily unless they are disabled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what Elder Mook said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But what does that even mean?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This too was something I couldn’t just believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, if I thought about Elder Mook’s identity…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I wonder why the old man is suddenly acting this way towards me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before leaving the jail, I bit my lips as I thought about the way Elder Mook acted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-It doesn’t matter whether you believe me or not. If you really are the owner, you will get to know anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll get to know anyway, he says?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s my least favorite sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it really that hard for him to tell me if I’m going to learn about it later anyway?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What do you mean by that I’m the owner of something? Please explain it in a way I could understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I asked him with a frown, Elder Mook became silent for a moment, then he reached his hand out towards me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at him wondering what he was doing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssss…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some energy started to flow out of Elder Mook’s shoulder, then the energy began bundling up on my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What is this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it started to form into the shape of an object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…How?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Mook currently was in a state where he couldn’t use Qi due to Demonic Qi just like Gu Huibi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the almighty Sword Queen couldn’t use her Qi when in a similar position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was strange seeing him using his energy to do something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Maybe it’s not Qi?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t seem like Demonic Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor did it seem like Blood Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring my thoughts, the energy in the end formed into something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know what this object was for, but it seemed somewhat close to a seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I looked at it with surprised eyes, Elder Mook spoke to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Take it if you are curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-You want me to take this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What is this for you to give to me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-That’s for you to find out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Pardon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is this old man talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I looked at him with an absurd look, Elder Mook’s mouth started to form a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I gave you this much, yet you still want to be fed more? If you are a man, you must live by solving problems yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What are you saying all of a sudden? I thought that this was a trade…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Trade huh… Are you talking about the White Demonic Stone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Yes, I need it. The White Demonic Stone… I needed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Mook didn’t ask me how I knew about the White Demonic Stone and how I knew that he needed it for me to bring it up as a trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reaction he showed made it seem as if he didn’t need to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-However, I came to a point where I don’t need it anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-So whether it’s White Demonic Stone or White Golden Stone, you can use it for yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was going to do that to begin with anyway, but the old man saying those words confused me a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, that was the end of the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if everything was up to me; whether I believed him or not, whether I was searching for it, none of that seemed to matter to him. The old man stopped paying further attention to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even began preparing to sleep again just like he was before after our conversation ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…Elder?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s really sleeping just like this? Seriously?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I don’t think our conversation ended ye-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I said everything I needed to you. You may do the rest yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-How can you tell me to do the rest after only telling me that much? Isn’t that a bit irresponsible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I basically shat in my own mouth by doing that, so must I also take responsibility for it as well?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m gonna go crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was so strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had to compare, he seems similar to the likes of the Second Elder and his friends…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Jeez, stop calling me alr-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Are you perhaps close with our Second Elder?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Mook shut his mouth after hearing my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that silence made me rather uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-How rude of you, for you to assume that I’m close with that idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-So you are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I told you that I’m not!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t believe they are friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did the Second Elder do outside of the clan for all of his acquaintances to be like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should’ve known because I asked the Second Elder last time if he knew Elder Mook as well, and he showed a fishy reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Mook lay down on the floor as if he didn’t want to talk about this topic any further, and started snoring quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really seemed like he wasn’t going to talk anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right as I thought about leaving him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Oh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Mook who was snoring, suddenly got up and spoke while staring into me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-On your way back, tell your father to come to me as I have something to talk to him about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice sounded perfectly normal as if he never fell asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-And that, don’t lose it and take good care of it. It’s a valuable item that you can’t get anywhere else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Elder Mook, I took a glance at the seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said it was valuable, but it was covered with rusts and scratches which showed how old this thing was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-What even is this thing for you to…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Snore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really considered burning his hair off instead of his eyebrows, but I barely managed to hold myself back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After observing Elder Mook for a bit afterwards, I told the steward about Elder Mook’s request, and I left the jail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, I also told the steward to not feed Elder Mook today and tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I made a promise to Tang Soyeol and Namgung Bi-ah, I went out to the streets with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it was the streets that I went to often with Wi Seol-Ah, it didn’t feel all that special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only went out here because the girls seemed like they wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was that when we arrived in the streets, I was left behind and the three girls were moving together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sis! There… over there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go over there as well!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to how she got to leave the clan consecutively, Wi Seol-Ah seemed to be in a rather cheerful mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, Tang Soyeol and Namgung Bi-ah were being dragged around by her with both of them having extremely exhausted faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I stared at those girls…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[How come you didn’t ask any further?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Shin asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Are you talking about Elder Mook?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes. If you wanted to, you could’ve asked more questions.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the Ancient Book or the secret that only the Hao Clan had about the entrance to Sangcheon, there were a lot of things I could have asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Then why didn’t you ask more?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t help but keep my mouth shut after hearing Elder Shin’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t because I wasn’t able to respond, but for some reason, I felt like I had to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had a feeling back then, that I shouldn’t ask any more questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Did the Hao Clan’s Lord do something to me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was someone that was somehow able to use some mysterious power even with his Qi being blocked by Demonic Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That doesn’t seem like the case.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I decided to believe that that wasn’t the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be strange in the first place for an old man with such power to peacefully stay inside a jail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…Yet you believe that he somehow made an object with his energy?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He did it right in front of my eyes, so how could I not?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, because I experienced way too many absurd things in this life, I’m unmoved with most things now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A snake that was as big as a building…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ghost that was trapped inside a treasure…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even the talking fish…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I experienced all kinds of things, I wasn’t really surprised by something like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘And I even went through a regression, so how could anything be more shocking than that?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was kind of a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I went back in time and regressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet there were more things I didn’t know than things I knew which was absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Was I really that careless and easy going in my past life?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should’ve worked harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something that made me feel regretful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I gulped my saliva down my dried throat, Wi Seol-Ah who was far away hopped over to me and ran into my arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t I tell you not to run?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After rubbing her face onto my chest, Wi Seol-Ah pointed her finger, telling me to look behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I looked in the direction her finger was pointing to, I saw Namgung Bi-ah there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair was tied in a weird way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t it pretty?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wi Seol-Ah sounded proud as if she was telling me that she did it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how was I supposed to react to this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pigtails, huh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a hairstyle that was hard to look at for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…She looks fine no matter what you put on her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah didn’t seem to care at all despite her hair looking that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she asked while staring at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it strange?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not… strange I guess?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t look ugly no matter what because of the face she had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah nodded after being satisfied with my answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached her hand out towards me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she want me to hold it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I grabbed Namgung Bi-ah’s hand, she pulled it out as if that wasn’t the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that not it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It seems like you got used to grabbing her hand, for you to grab it right away after she reached it out to you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Must you really comment on times like these?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It’s because I hate seeing it. I hate seeing you get this treatment.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Then why don’t you grab it as well.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…What did you say you brat?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Shin bombarded me with unhinged curses, but my ears got so used to it that it didn’t even reach me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you showing off your hand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Buy it for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she be so blunt?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah so blatantly asked me for money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, I could buy her something like that, but that was kind of sudden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I didn’t bring money with me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then you should ask if you could borrow, not straight up ask me to buy it for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Receiving it… makes me feel better.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Namgung Bi-ah, I began laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You became a bit shameless recently, you know that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You don’t want to? Then you don’t have- “\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never said I don’t want to.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked past Namgung Bi-ah and towards the merchant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right as I was about to pay, I moved my gaze to Tang Soyeol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I asked her, Tang Soyeol showed a surprised reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked her because I knew that she was staring in an envious way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you want it as well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, it’s not… like th… No, you’re right. I want it too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was about to deny, but without being able to hold back her desire, she nodded her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing that, I couldn’t help but become a little curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why do none of the girls have any money?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wi Seol-Ah was understandable, but Namgung Bi-ah or Tang Soyeol not having any money was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I asked her, Tang Soyeol quickly ran over and picked one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like she had already picked one beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a hair accessory that looked like a floral leaf of a white flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this enough?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Soyeol slightly nodded after hearing my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I noticed that her ears became red during this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like she was feeling very embarrassed to ask me to buy it for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll take two of these.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oho! You have good eyes! These two will be 50 Yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…These two are 50 Yuan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I paused as I was taking coins out from my pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because it was more expensive than I expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought about not buying it for an instant, but because I already told them that I would buy it for them, I paid the price while grinding my teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt a certain pain inside as it was an unexpected expense, but seeing Namgung Bi-ah smile slightly and Tang Soyeol trying to hold back a laugh was enough to make me satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also asked Wi Seol-Ah if she wanted it as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m happy with what you got me last time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she denied it by saying those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>******************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being dragged around by three girls all day was much harder than me training with everything I got.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t joking about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I couldn’t afford to show that I was exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I kept my mouth shut and walked around with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I at least had that much sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I would enter closed-door training tomorrow, I thought of relaxing while also organizing everything that happened today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right as I was about to lie down on my bed after changing, a guest came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a person that I completely forgot about because of me being dragged around everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, Young Master Gu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sweet voice that had a strange atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lady that fits midnight better than night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moyong Hi-ah came looking for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I apologize for visiting at such a late time. If it won’t be troubling for you, may I enter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After looking at Moyong Hi-ah who spoke carefully, I responded uncomfortably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…If you are sorry, could you go back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I’m sorry but I’ll still enter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then why did you ask, you crazy bitch?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can rate\u002Freview this serieshere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Аdvаnсеd сhарtеrѕ аvаіlаblе оn gеnеѕіѕtlѕ.соm\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Іlluѕtrаtіоnѕ оn оur dіѕсоrd – dіѕсоrd.gg\u002Fgеnеѕіѕtlѕ\u003C\u002Fp>",2991,"2026-06-05T15:09:39.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","6f4c9e330856194b990e91a190c5951294ba2d0fe44046b08bf72f75946e29c0","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-224","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-222",974,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchildhood-friend-of-the-zenith-cover.jpg"]