[{"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-47":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},1239973,1667,"Chapter 46: Sword Phoenix (6)","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-47",47,"\u003Cp>༺ Sword Phoenix (6) ༻\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are bound to forget some of your memories especially if it’s from a long time ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was just the way humans were, and even for Gu Huibi who was a talented martial artist, it wasn’t much different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was one thing that she couldn’t forget.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢Please, take good care of Yangcheon.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warmest memory that Gu Huibi had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory that she would always think of whenever she went through tough times, served as both a remedy and a poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Gu Huibi, she was the kindest and most beautiful person of them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the opposite of the wild son of the Gu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It honestly felt like she loved them more than her biological mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother that let her son lie his head on her knees,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother who never lost her smile no matter how much trouble her children caused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the mother who worried about her children more than they bothered to get concerned about themselves when they got hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She totally deserved to be called by that title as she didn’t lack anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, the mother who looked over them not with power but with a kind heart was no longer there with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huibi told herself that she would do anything to fulfill her mother’s request to save Gu Yangcheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Gu Huibi failed to do so, as she was different from her kind mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She put the effort in order to fulfill her request, but it was just impossible since her birth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she had to look for a different way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huibi first thought that she needed strength, so she started to learn how to use a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, she had great natural talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still had an aggressive personality because the Gu Clan’s blood still flowed in her veins at the end of the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which she kept even after her leaving the clan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Gu Huibi never forgot about what she learned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as there is love, it is possible to save the people you care about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huibi never forgot about what her mother had shown her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Gu Huibi would continue to live with what she had learned from her mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would even live with this mindset till the end of her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I called my little brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My younger brother seemed to grow a little ever since the last time I saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was able to notice that he got skinnier as well, whereas before he would always look for sweets that made him look chubby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the reason why I felt bad and brought him some dumplings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made me happy though, seeing him enjoy the dumplings I brought him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spoke with a voice that expressed no sign of love whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To me, it looked as if a cat was showing its claws which just seemed cute in my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like my young brother had some lingering Qi in his body which he probably got from his trip to Sichuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when I looked away for just one moment, he caused another trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much I scolded him, he never listened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘How dare he make agree for another marriage arrangement.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same as when they decided the engagement with Peng Clan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something like this would only happen when I’m away from home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, I kind of started to hold a bit of a grudge against my father who kept arranging these marriages for my brother without even letting me know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it would always happen when I’m out for a business purpose, so is he doing it on purpose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the most bizarre thing was, that he changed to a completely new person when I was only away for a few months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was my little brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way I wouldn’t recognize him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that he now had that martial artist look to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, just look at him now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If something like this were to happen, my little brother would have already been hiding in a corner of his room, but he is showing no fear when I’m standing in front of him right now with an overpowering Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was instead looking for a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chance that he could take in order for him to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to describe this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How magnificent? Or does that make me look like a pervert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A duel against a strong fighter is always enjoyable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there was no backing down on either side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was why I never knew that I would feel something like this against my little brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would always worry about what to do with him when he never listened to me…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to see him change for the better in this short span of time, made me feel both proud and somewhat regretful that I wasn’t there for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he still maintained his wild personality, I was going to consider bringing him to my swordsmen group with force,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it looks like there is no need for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Is this also because of that Namgung girl?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaze-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of my emotions getting to me, my Qi went out of control for a brief moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Military Exhibition of Tang or something? Did they meet there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought that he would make a shitty excuse again and wouldn’t go this year as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I heard that the Second Elder did something that made him go.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what I heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it had to be the Second Elder who I can’t even complain to… Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung girl huh… I wonder if she’s pretty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would assume just by looking at the Lightning Dragon, that she would look half decent at the very least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would have preferred if I could just meet her in real life,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I couldn’t even find a way for me to meet her whatever their clan is doing with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…The only thing that I was able to find about her.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that she was the top beauty of Anhui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How useless of information this was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped my trail of thoughts when my brother called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yangcheon was already in his fighting stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just called you because it looked like you were thinking about something in the middle of a duel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Woah, you are looking out for your sister in case she gets hurt? How kind of you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yangcheon didn’t respond and stretched his neck and body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he stretched, the cracking sound of his bones could be heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it only looked that way to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even though he was in his fighting stance, I couldn’t feel the specific heat that came from the 3rd realm of flame arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How come?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he preparing something else? Or, maybe he was just nervous?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little brother, you’re not going to use a sword?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t use a sword anymore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped for a moment upon hearing Gu Yangcheon’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t use a sword, he says…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw him carry around a wooden sword a few months ago,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So did he stop using them because he felt that it wasn’t for him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that would mean that Gu Yangcheon had to have trained with a sword for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if he just stopped using a sword because he simply didn’t like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Shouldn’t I scold him for that?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was my thought at first, but I erased it shortly after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I guess I’ll let him be.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t scold him for small things like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I wasn’t his mother or anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Yeah, whatever. It’s his choice anyways.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pointed my wooden sword towards Gu Yangcheon and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you not going to come at me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nah, I’m coming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also went into my fighting stance at my brother’s answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I honestly wasn’t going to be serious at all in this duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to teach him a lesson because of the marriage agreement he made…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t want to hurt someone who was already hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Let’s just take it easy, just enough for this to be a light spar.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My main reason for doing this was to take out Gu Yangcheon’s lingering Qi anyways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I had to realize my main goal for this duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s been a while since I’ve dueled with my little brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Gu Yeonseo who was obsessed with me, Gu Yangcheon despised clashing swords with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which is why this was new to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Go easy on him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to enjoy this as long as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I accidentally put in too much strength then the duel would end right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which would also make me fail at my mission of taking his lingering Qi out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was well awarel how capable I was at fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was always better than the rest of Five Dragons and Three Phoenixes which further made me realize\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how talented I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can argue that I was arrogant because of these thoughts I had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I definitely had the talent to back it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But that Peng clan’s crazy guy…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That lunatic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he goes by the title Young Lord of Peng now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike his crazy personality, his talent in martial arts was incomparable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he was different even when compared to the talented prodigies of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, he wasn’t completely out of reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It won’t take long. That was my judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard Gu Yangcheon’s voice again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I realized again, that I was thinking about something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter who my opponent was, I shouldn’t be making these kinds of mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was thinking of apologizing to him at first, but I felt something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Gu Yangcheon’s voice was much closer than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wha-”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could even utter a word, my body reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body instinctively acted on its own because of all the fighting I did with the demons for the past few months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swung my wooden sword in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It released red Qi which drew a half circle in the air,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no one there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Press-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t from in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly tilted my body away from the sensation I felt from my flank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pow-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely dodged it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as soon as I dodged it, I heard an explosion of Qi where the punch landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all happened in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a few steps back and looked at Gu Yangcheon with shaky eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where I was standing before, stood Gu Yangcheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fist he lightly let loose had a red aura around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just barely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because of me moving away from him, the area around Gu Yangcheon became dark again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then I was able to see Gu Yangcheon’s eyes from the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a slight crimson glint in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘How…?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red Qi that formed around one’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the change in one’s physique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all possible after reaching the same point I had reached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then how?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked the same question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was able to see since we used the same martial art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That whatever he was using was indeed the destructive flame arts, but something was different about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had to compare it to someone, it was similar to the Lord of the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he was standing, the way he was staring at me,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Qi that formed around his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was able to see the Tiger Warrior in Gu Yangcheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t saying that because he was his son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just weird that I was able to see my father from Gu Yangcheon who was only at the 3rd realm when my father was about to reach the max rank of flame arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After shaking off his hands, Gu Yangcheon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt pressuring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I never felt anything like this even against demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t his Qi that was pressuring me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just the way Gu Yangcheon was that made me feel pressured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatest prodigy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Me, the Sword Phoenix herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…How astounding this is.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder what happened for that child to change this much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt horrible for going away for those few months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I wasn’t able to be there to witness his change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was so disappointed in that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yangcheon, while looking at me, spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you done letting your guard down?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I know, right? How could I let my guard down?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Gu Yangcheon didn’t call my name?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he aimed for my chin rather than my flank?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would I still be standing here fine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t sure of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I forcefully hid my joy and asked Gu Yangcheon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little brother, did something happen while I was gone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, a lot has happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He answered with a rather sour face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess it wasn’t all that pleasant for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh no… This is bad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slightly licked my lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I loved the idea of my little brother accomplishing great things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I finally felt relieved that my brother who looked like he was going the wrong path, finally changed to a better path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unrelated to that though, my martial artist instincts were telling me,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To bring the enemy down to his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t forget about my main goal for this duel though, but I couldn’t help but feel a little greedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Just a little, it can’t hurt right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a little, surely my brother can handle it right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment I decided as such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaze-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I executed the idea right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>******************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Is she finally back to her senses?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed to the heat that felt much hotter than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder what she was thinking about for so long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just kept frowning, then smiling,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then repeating them over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would have ended right away if I just aimed for her chin, but I was doing this to take out the lingering Qi in my body anyways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was probably Gu Huibi’s intention as well, so I just gave her a warning attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just wanted to tell her something like ‘Wake up, I’m at least strong enough to be a martial artist.’,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But perhaps I went a bit far?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Holy… How much of it was she hiding?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to flinch at the heat that passed by me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the heat she put out right now wasn’t the heat of a 5th realm flame arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was at least higher than that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You’re finally back to your senses, right sister?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked somewhat nervously, but Gu Huibi smiled while being engulfed in flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah! I’m fine, I’m fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn’t look like you’re fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suddenly thought of a nickname for that woman who seemed to be not right in her head right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Flaming Sword Gu Huibi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…To put it simply, I was just calling her a crazy woman that was in flames.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how I looked at it, it wasn’t a nice way to call someone, though it fit her really well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I excite her too much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to me, reaching the 3rd realm, it felt much easier to use my Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, I was successful in giving her a surprise attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Though I regret it now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like I excited that crazy fire boar a little too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was going to be hard to stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m coming, little brother…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…On second thought, I don’t think you- Oh for fucks sake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without letting me finish, Gu Huibi charged towards me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that night, my training ground was destroyed thanks to Gu Huibi’s rampage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>******************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile when Gu Yangcheon’s place was being destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Lord’s room of the Namgung clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…This.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Namgung Jin, was asking his escort while not being able to hide his trembling eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The escort who brought him the letter, couldn’t say anything but kneel down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…This happened because of my negligence. I apologize, My Lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words of the escort didn’t even reach the ears of the Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What mattered the most was the letter that was in the Lord’s hand right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Jin read the letter with shaky hands that his daughter left him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He read the short sentence she had left for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard for him to even understand the content, as no effort was put into this letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even then, Namgung Jin was certain that this letter was indeed left by her daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it was only possible for her, to leave such an effortless letter and still walk around so prominently in the Namgung Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You say you don’t know when she disappeared?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The escort answered Namgung Jin’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To which Namgung Jin responded with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord wondered if he should be proud that she managed to escape the sights of all the escorts in the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he would have been very happy if it wasn’t for the letter he read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Jin couldn’t hold his anger till the end and crumpled the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Bring her back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fierce voice echoed throughout the whole room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the overpowering pressure, the escort couldn’t even answer properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just instead tried his best to hold in his scream and nodded his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the crumpled letter that Namgung Bi-ah left,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m going away to see my fiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were the words that were written.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah just ran away from her home.\u003C\u002Fp>",2947,"2026-06-05T15:09:39.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","e37765fa494e526a6f805307aa2d4794a8b3c30d82176dc70ba4992bb88d0104","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-48","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-46",974,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchildhood-friend-of-the-zenith-cover.jpg"]