[{"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-80":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},1240056,1667,"Chapter 79: Foxier than One Might Think (1)","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-80",80,"\u003Cp>༺ Foxier than One Might Think (1) ༻\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds after she clenched her eyes shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sensing that she hadn’t gotten hit, unexpected as that may be, Gu Ryunghwa opened her eyes once again…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She believed that the first thing she would see after opening her eyes would be the tip of a wooden sword,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it happened to be someone else’s back instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t the biggest back out there, but it oddly resembled the one that was present deep in her memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>–Blaze—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with a familiar sound, she was able to feel the scalding heat…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden sword that had been swung towards her was actually stopped in its tracks by someone’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could even realize just what had happened in this place, the heat that was smothering the entire area ceased to exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the voice of the owner of that back rang out…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the advent of that voice and the subsequent question, the woman dueling against Gu Ryunghwa immediately avoided making eye contact with that person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ryunghwa was finally able to register the identity of the person who had saved her just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had sharp eyes along with an expression that seemd to convey his annoyance with everything in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was none other than her own brother, Gu Yangcheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * * * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I thought it was going to break.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hand was still left tingling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I interfered in between as I thought something irreversible might have happened if I didn’t, but even then I didn’t expect something like this to take place here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah had channeled Qi into her sword, however, it was not to a high degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even then, if I hadn’t used my Qi too then my hand would’ve surely crumbled into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah avoided eye contact with me when I asked her that question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she also know that she went too far?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you even bother to use a sword against her as an opponent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung BI-ah still didn’t respond to my questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think I saw them having some sort of a conversation, but I wasn’t able to hear them quite clearly from back there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The still hesitating Namgung Bi-ah finally decided to speak with a sulky expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…She said ugly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even though that’s not true…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell is she saying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Gu Ryunghwa call Namgung Bi-ah ugly or something?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Does she really have that bad of a sight or what?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ryunghwa was certainly on the prettier side among the ones who had the blood of our clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, she didn’t even have those sharp and scary-looking eyes like most of the members of our clan, which made her look even prettier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still was lacking compared to Namgung Bi-ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Gu Ryunghwa and asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you call her ugly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What the hell are you talking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know right? What the hell am I even talking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt like there was some sort of misunderstanding going on in here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ryunghwa looked at me with a strange expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What’s your relationship with that woman?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was looking at Namgung Bi-ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Did I never tell her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, I didn’t, did I?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… She’s…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fiancée.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar to last time, Namgung Bi-ah had cut me off once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ryunghwa quite literally froze after hearing the word that came out of Namgung Bi-ah’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then repeatedly looked at me and Namgung Bi-ah back and forth, and gradually began to frown with a look of disbelief in her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she was saying, ‘…But how?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be more accurate, she was probably thinking something along the lines of,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Someone like you is marrying her…? Really?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever she may be thinking right now, it was hard to explain things about our circumstances to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You came all the way here with your fianceé?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not that I did… we just met on our way here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We really did meet midway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Gu Ryunghwa probably wouldn’t believe that it was a coincidence for us to meet on the way to this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…But it really was like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lost in her own thoughts, Gu Ryunghwa gazed at Namgung Bi-ah for some time before she was seemingly reminded of something all of a sudden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah who was also looking back at her with the usual emotionless expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ryunghwa got up from the ground and patted the dirt and dust off her clothes and slowly trudged toward Namgung Bi-ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought that she would bark back at her for what happened here, so I decided to interfere but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, Gu Ryunghwa bowed her head down in front of Namgung Bi-ah instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for your guidance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was being respectful to her even though Namgung Bi-ah was the reason for her current miserable condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah looked at Gu Ryunghwa for some time and then proceeded to pat the grass that was on Gu Ryunghwa’s shoulders with her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ryunghwa flinched for a moment at her action but then continued to speak in a small tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I also… apologize for speaking so rudely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was she looking at me when she said that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Gu Ryunghwa apologized, Namgung Bi-ah apologized back as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I’m also sorry…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why are they saying sorry to each other all of a sudden?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I kept dumbfoundedly standing in this place due to the confusion about this whole situation, Gu Ryunghwa started to run off into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are you going?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mind your own business!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After shouting back at me for who knows what she was mad at me for, she again bowed her head down to Namgung Bi-ah before disappearing into the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though I saved her…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s up with her…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really didn’t know what was going on anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Gu Ryunghwa left, Namgung Bi-ah came closer to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had an awkward expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I wasn’t going to actually hit her…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled after hearing her excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minuscule trace of Qi inside her sword and the force behind her swing told me that she was just trying to scare her with that strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, I interfered, thinking that she would hurt Gu Ryunghwa so part of it was my fault as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the awkwardly standing Namgung Bi-ah, I asked her a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What were you doing with her anyway?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I was just having a duel with her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Right, it does make sense since it’s you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can anyone be this obsessed with duels?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she’s also possessed by a ghost like me?I really considered that thought in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Um…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know her…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped thinking for a moment, wondering what the hell she was asking about again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon however, I looked toward the direction where Namgung Bi-ah was staring at and understood what she meant; as that was the direction where my sister had ran off to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, did I never tell Namgung Bi-ah about her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I responded to her in a nonchalant voice, not thinking much about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s my little sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess I never really told her…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she was doing all that with her not even knowing that she was my sister?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess that did make sense as we didn’t really resemble each other at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Namgung Bi-ah’s expression after she heard my response was problematic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had never seen her make that face before in both of my lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which even forced me to ask her what was going on…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time I’d seen her look like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How should I say this, it looked like she was in despair… or maybe she was feeling shocked?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were a myriad of emotions mixed into that expression of hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the nature of them was certainly on the negative side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…M…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“M?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She started to mumble something to herself, but I couldn’t hear it as she spoke in a very quiet tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I went closer to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“M… Mess…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I messed up…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were the 3 words she had been muttering over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know just what she messed up to act like that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I just ignored it because I was used to Namgung Bi-ah being weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * * * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day soon arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, I was able to get another room, so I had a good sleep the previous night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Bi-ah didn’t really say anything about it, but Wi Seol-Ah was definitely feeling disappointed, judging from the face she was making.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I did feel a bit bad for her, but since I had told Hongwa about it beforehand, Wi Seol-Ah was taken by her to sleep in a different room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, I was able to get a good sleep for the first time in a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Shin just rambling on about anything and everything was a bit annoying, but I was tired enough to fall asleep even with him rambling on like a madman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I believed that since I had gotten a good sleep this time, then it would be fine for me to train with Yung Pung now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I followed him to train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I was wrong. Terribly wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swear this clan’s training is torture in disguise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Self-torture at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I went back to the lodge with trembling legs and collapsed to the floor immediately after I entered my room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I usually didn’t sweat or get cold due to the nature of my Qi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for me to sweat this much…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they do this crazy training every day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This really was a clan of perverts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢…What did you just say?｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Shin started cursing at me again, but I just ignored him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was used to his shouting already, so I was able to easily ignore him now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was sprawled on the floor, sweating like no tomorrow, a cup of glass was put down next to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Wi Seol-Ah who was accustomed to doing that whenever she came to this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master, are you okay…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… I’m not okay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was down on the floor, exhausted out of my mind. No way in hell was I okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked Wi Seol-Ah about Namgung Bi-ah’s whereabouts since I wasn’t able to find her in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sis went out a bit ago!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what she told me in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is she training with her sword arts somewhere?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I picked up the cup of water with my still trembling hands and quickly gulped it down my throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I must have been extremely thirsty considering how sweet the water I drank felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was drinking water, Wi Seol-Ah continued wiping my hair, which was drenched in sweat, with the towel on her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pointless since I was about to shower anyways, but I was still grateful to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should I bring you more water?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nah, I’m good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got up after pushing my body up with my arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was sitting on the floor with all parts of my body still aching from that monstrous training I had before, Wi Seol-Ah came close and placed her shoulder next to mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s up…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can lean on me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mhm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I look that tired…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For her to tell me to lean on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I always made fun of Wi Seol-Ah saying that she was round and whatnot but she was actually on the skinnier side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was, in fact, so skinny that I felt like she would fly away even with the slightest push.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that said, however, it made no sense to me how she was able to get all that power during house chores with such a fragile-looking body,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t think much of it since it was Wi Seol-Ah, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I leaned on her shoulders but she didn’t wobble, not even a little bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had such a fascinating body…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢You feeling glad?｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I immediately felt like bursting out into laughter after hearing Elder Shin’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do I feel glad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Wi Seol-Ah after hearing his question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was looking toward the pond inside of the lodge I was assigned to with the usual look on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she find the fish in the pond cool?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Or is she thinking about eating them?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suddenly felt nervous about that thought considering all the things she usually said about eating weird things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although I don’t think even she would really eat them…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I continued to stare at Wi Seol-Ah while leaning on her shoulders and she suddenly turned her head to look at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When our eyes met, Wi Seol-Ah smiled brightly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mind went blank after seeing her smiling face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hit me harder than usual due to my close proximity with that smile of hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Her face really is a weapon of mass destruction.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I need to cover that face up starting now rather than a few years later?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering the way she looked now even in a servant’s uniform, I was already able to imagine just how beautiful she would become when she fully grew up… That was basically why I was considering putting a veil on her face starting from now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though I knew that I wouldn’t be able to be by her side forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then began to wonder,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of what they were thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both the Sword Emperor and my father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I responded back to her call, but she didn’t speak back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wi Seol-Ah just called me and then kept on staring at my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared back, and it felt like I was going to get absorbed into those deep black eyes of hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is she just staring at me without saying anything?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was about to speak up as I thought that she wouldn’t say anything at this rate,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master Gu—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yung Pung suddenly appeared with a bright smile on his face…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel like something like this had happened before already…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it’s just me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lifted my leaning body up after Yung Pung made visited my lodgings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having seen me like that, Yung Pung avoided eye contact with me, not knowing what to do in this situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What brings you here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Uh, I… apologize. It seems like I interrupted you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh? No, I wasn’t doing anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢You even held your breath back there… you liar.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yung Pung still looked like he was nervous even while speaking with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was thinking that it was because of me, but I noticed that he was looking at something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think he was looking at Wi Seol-Ah?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I began to wonder the reason behind Yung Pung’s weird behavior so I looked toward Wi Seol-Ah, wondering what was up with that, but I only saw that she was smiling like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Yung Pung…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… Oh, I just came here to ask you if you want to have a meal together since we finished our training…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tilted my head in confusion after hearing Yung Pung’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why come all the way here when there are other third-generation students he can ask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t they eat all together usually?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like something was going on between them behind the scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to eat anyways, so I readily accepted his offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, then you have a seat, since I have to go and take a shower.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had sweated a lot so I needed to wash up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should just stay here, since you probably don’t have anywhere else to go, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I’ll just rest on the ground, or climb up a tree and rest up there. So please, just quickly come back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Oddly specific and contradictory of you, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was he acting like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, just take a seat here. I’ll be back in a jiffy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think I heard Yung Pung calling out to me from behind, but I just ran away to take a shower since I was feeling quite hungry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I wonder why Yung Pung is acting so weird today.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he went crazy because he trained too much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That seemed to be the most probable cause behind his behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was walking towards the shower, Elder Shin suddenly started speaking up inside my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢…You, did you not see the girl’s face?｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Her face?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢You don’t even know how to look at one’s expressions now, do you?｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell is he saying all of a sudden?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought she was just smiling as usual when I looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, what in hell did Elder Shin see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢…Or maybe she hid it on purpose? She looks like a puppy, but she is foxier than I thought.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell is this old man spouting…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ignored him since I thought that he was just rambling on about random things again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since, no matter how I looked at it, Wi Seol-Ah wasn’t a fox.\u003C\u002Fp>",2878,"2026-06-05T15:09:38.751Z",1,"novelbin.me","e77d65930601a66a41814f0c04f753f10d2b64ccdc3db6a76fd987663baf0f2b","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-81","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-79",974,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchildhood-friend-of-the-zenith-cover.jpg"]