[{"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-34":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},1239960,1667,"Chapter 33: Looking for the hint (1)","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-34",34,"\u003Cp>༺ Looking for the hint (1) ༻\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheonjun was grabbing his crotch area while shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t even scream as a mix of blood and drool streamed down his nose and parted lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man with what had once been a great reputation had been thoroughly humiliated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Namgung Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The center of the four noble clans and the clan that had served as the biggest pillar of the Orthodox faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheonjun was supposed to become the future owner of such a great clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that man was now crawling on the floor while holding onto his crotch and crying tears of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop overreacting; it didn’t pop.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had controlled my power so he would feel the pain of his balls breaking, when they actually hadn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or… just enough for the injury to be treated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had done this countless times in my previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I still wasn’t completely used to my current body, it wasn’t hard to do it again. Although,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…If I went just a bit harder, I would have been in big trouble.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had actually almost popped them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, in the end, nothing big happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… You… You piece of shit…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Woah, you can still talk even after going through all of this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was expecting him to roll on the floor for a few more minutes, but he surpassed my expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I went closer to him and snapped one of his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>–Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Arghhh!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was trying to use his Qi again, so I snapped his arm just before he could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after all that had happened, I could still see in his eyes that he wanted to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spoke to him while smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why cross the line so many times? I was going to let you go if you didn’t use your Qi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheonjun was serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qi he put into the wooden sword, and the aura he’d unconsciously let out during the duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was seriously trying to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mistake caused by his emotions? That would’ve been correct at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, even now, I could still see the same desire in his gaze, and killing intent continued to ooze from his person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was quite sure of my thoughts, so I asked him a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You, how many people have you killed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheonjun shook visibly at my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least tens of people, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What… What nonsense!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheonjun’s voice was shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, whether or not he admitted to it or not didn’t matter; I’d already gotten my answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he only kill the evil that threatened the weak? No, I didn’t think so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was very thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ominous aura was extremely thick, particularly for one still at his age. I didn’t know about others, but it was only a matter of time until I found out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, why does a blood descendant of a royal clan, Namgung Cheonjun, have such a strong ominous aura?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, it didn’t come as a huge shock after I thought about the Lord of the Namgung clan in my previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>–Creak…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ughhh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I put more strength into the arm I had snapped, causing him to groan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Now, what do I do with him?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could completely break his arm here, or even pull out the entire shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shouldn’t make it so that the injury is unrecoverable, since that would be a big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then again, I had no intention of letting him go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would be a retard if I let him go when he just tried to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master Gu…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was considering my options, Tang Jooyeok rushed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How about you stop here, the duel is already-“\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so amusing that I couldn’t hold in my laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Jooyeok stopped at the sound of my laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few seconds filled with nothing but the sounds of Namgung Cheonjun’s pained groans and my amused laughter, I stopped and asked him a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you not feel his murderous Qi? I think you did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know about the others, but someone at Tang Jooyeok’s level had most likely felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Namgung Cheonjun was seriously trying to kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, Tang Jooyeok couldn’t respond to my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He put Qi into his sword, intending to kill me during a small spar, but you want me to let him go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wouldn’t be right as a martial artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the fangs that had been directed at me was an absurd thing to do as a martial artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would need to at least pull out all of its teeth, if not outright kill the dumb animal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps, you thought that he made a mistake because of his young age? But he’s older than me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be fair, I’m technically twice his age, but that doesn’t really matter right now, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I put more strength into my arms, and Namgung Cheonjun groaned, the pitch of his groaning slowly climbing as I put in more power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Jooyeok quickly responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cheonjun is from the Namgung clan. If something were to happen to him, then many bad things might happen to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, he indeed is from Namgung. But, did you know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>–Creeaaaack…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aghhhhhhh!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It is only because he is a Namgung that he is alive right now. It’s because of the Namgung name that I’m holding my anger in so much. But what if the situation was switched?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu clan was also on par with a noble clan, but compared to the Namgung clan, it still had a long way to go. But what if that was switched?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would probably still be alive, but the result for me would have been a lot different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if I brought one of those spectators that were just watching nervously and put them in Namgung Cheonjun’s position right now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer was simple to guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I held my anger in countless times, but Young Master Tang wouldn’t know, and I’m not asking you to understand me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I finished my thoughts and came to a conclusion while talking to Tang Jooyeok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I put Qi into my arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An amount similar to what Namgung Cheonjun had put into his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>–Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheonjun shook wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then shortly after, a sharp scream echoed throughout the training area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His screaming was getting too loud, so I tapped his neck, causing him to faint instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Tang Jooyeok rubbed his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the one who gave us permission to use the training area in the first place, so it was understandable why he felt so conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that was still not going to make me go easy on this fucker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Did I mess up?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suddenly got reminded of the Second Elder telling me not to cause any trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would I say when they found out I made a mess of Namgung Clan’s son?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘At least I didn’t kill him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would probably say something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tea had already been spilled, and it would seem like the Namgung clan would do something about it, but,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I doubted that anything would happen when I remembered the current lord of the Namgung Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘There is still evidence that this Namgung fucker started all of this after all.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they wouldn’t dare to mess with a clan like the Gu clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my back to Namgung Cheonjun, who had fainted, and stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Tang Soyeol was on her knees, watching me with a red face, and Namung Bi-ah still had her stoic face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was weird to see her like that, even though her brother had just been treated like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her visage held no anger, nor anything resembling a grudge. If I could, I would say that she resembled a river—flowing on without a care in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here…!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People from the Tang Clan had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was probably to bring Namgung Cheonjun to a place where he could receive aid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people from the Namgung clan appeared after them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they escorts? Every single one of them felt pretty strong. Then again, it was to be expected from the escorts of one of the four noble clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the escorts came to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am the Young Master’s escort, Macheol.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man lowered his head, showing me respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just by looking at him, I could tell that he was a very strong martial artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that the duel is over… We will bring Namgung Cheonjun to receive aid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I presume that you were watching all along, since you aren’t saying anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Macheol didn’t respond to my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the reason I felt a strange presence watching me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t care what you do with him, so do as you please.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would struggle with his arm for a few days, but other than the arm, all his other injuries would heal in a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place I kicked him though… I feel like I went a bit hard, but it shouldn’t be a big problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Hopefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheonjun was taken away, and only his blood remained on the floor of the training area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Jooyeok seemed like he was still trapped in his conflicted thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he’s the one that’s in the most trouble right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why would you invite all of us here in the first place if you weren’t ready to deal with any surprises?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just decided to not think too much about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it’s all that Namgung fucker’s fault. Why cross the line that many times?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t think I should stay here any longer, so I shall take my leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I can use that as an excuse to run away from the Military Exhibition of Tang? That would mean I would get an additional day to look for the secret vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My clan would scold me for it, but my main goal here was the secret vault after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father wouldn’t care that much, but the General or the Second Elder would very likely give me a scolding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, the Second Elder would probably agree with my actions, so I would hopefully only get scolded by the General.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I turned to leave,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone grabbed my clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Namgung Bi-ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the matter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of the Namgung Clan left a while ago, so why is she still here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she have something to say about Namgung Cheonjun?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah finally opened her mouth after staring at me for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your name…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me your name.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told you already.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I told her that I’m Gu Jeolyub, did she forget already?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah responded without any shaking in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That…was a lie.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You lied. Tell me your real name.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…How does she know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah was looking at me with the utmost confidence that the name I told her was fake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In my previous life, she would sometimes have sharp senses regarding unnecessary things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Before that, I would like to ask you something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an important question. I asked her while looking into her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why do you always speak so informally to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah broke eye contact, unable to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is she really looking for a fight…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah looked at me again, and finally answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you aren’t going to tell me, I’m going to keep following you around… Young Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I almost collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Is she crazy?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she already know that I hated her following me around? Let alone me lying to her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This crazy bitch… was she like this even in her young age?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m the one who just made your brother into a bloody mess. You know that, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That was Cheonjun’s fault.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even so, why try to be friendly to the person that just beat up your brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much I tried to push her away, she was persistent in not letting me go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t think she would surrender after she’d come this far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…What if she follows me around forever?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got goosebumps from that thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wouldn’t put it past her, considering all the mess she caused in my previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s so great about me for you to be so curious about my name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah didn’t give me a response; instead, she continued to stare at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I frowned and rubbed my face at the difficult sight before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did it come to this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…If I don’t tell you, will you continue to be annoying?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As well as your informal speaking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah-yes Young Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh… I sighed at Namgung Bi-ah’s responses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel like I’m sighing more often than before these days. I hesitated for a bit, then spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Cheon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gu Yangcheon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spat out my name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After I told her my name,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There, are you happy? I’ll be leaving now. Please don’t follow me around.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my back, and left while walking at a fast pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah repeated my name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gu Yangcheon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Soyeol, who had been watching from afar, was shocked as she saw Namgung Bi-ah’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah quietly whispered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jeolyub is fake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This one… real.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled while saying that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile so beautiful that it brightened the area around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the duel, I returned to my guest room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily for me, Wi Seol-Ah didn’t seem to get pissed about me being gone for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard that she had spent the time just having fun with the servants, which made me want to fool around with her, eventually resulting in me bonking her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was soon nighttime; I was now eating dumplings next to Wi Seol-Ah, who was eating yakgwa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I messed up.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I shouldn’t have taken things that far,’ I thought to myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be more precise, I shouldn’t have gone to the meal in the first place. I didn’t regret beating the shit out of that Namgung fucker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could’ve just pulled his right arm out completely, making him a lefty, but—graciously—I only broke his left arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I honestly felt proud of myself for my self-control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It was close.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheonjun was a talented swordsman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to his shitty attitude, his body form truly showed that he was from a royal clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only problem there was that he was a swordsman from the Namgung clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had watched The Namgung Clan’s sword art countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I followed around the crazy bitch who wanted to get rid of the weakness that it possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was forced to get used to the clan’s sword art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the reasons why I told Namgung Bi-ah my name after her begging me for a while was because of the guilt I felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Though the biggest reason was my fear that she would actually follow me around forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, I felt like I now had a good excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That I didn’t think I could attend the Military Exhibition after the trouble I’d caused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the people of Tang tried to make me stay, what could they do about my choosing to leave in guilt?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main issue there was what would happen when I returned to my clan. I guess I’d get scolded for a bit… The General could be pretty scary when he got angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wi Seol-Ah handed me something while I was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a yakgwa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You want a yakgwa?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You are offering me food?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What in the world!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I made a shocked expression, Wi Seol-Ah frowned in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laughed at her reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Ah, how funny. So, what made you want to give me this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master’s face looked really conflicted…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wi Seol-Ah offered me a yakgwa while shaking her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I accepted without a thought of declining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The face Wi Seol-Ah made when she thought, ‘Wait, he really accepted…?’ was cut—was funny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I put the yakgwa in my mouth, inviting her to watch, and felt my mood rising at Wi Seol-Ah’s despair-filled reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like I was getting better just by watching how funny it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, what’s the point of a dumbass like me thinking about anything?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ya… yakgwa is gone in one bite…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my back to Wi Seol-Ah, who was in despair, told her to go to sleep, and went into my room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s not think too much about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Let’s first focus on the Golden Nature.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting tomorrow, I was seriously going to be busy.\u003C\u002Fp>",2765,"2026-06-05T15:09:39.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","c6234bf22253ec6d5c09dc09f91ab218a5f0edba10c7123ec53c4f1de64dc118","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-35","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-33",974,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchildhood-friend-of-the-zenith-cover.jpg"]