Chapter 106 - Dont get close [2] (1/2)

The trip was one of the things Moon Jiwoo looked really forward to. Staying enclosed at the castle did not suit her taste, and following Sookyung, she came over to the northern parts of the Underworld.

The entire Underworld was under one king with some places having exceptions, and one of the area at the northern part was counted in that exception.

Their tribe was called to be Noran, and their customs were much different compared to the part under Sookyung's rule. They had their own sets of rules, and the kingdom's regulation had nothing to with them.

From long ago, an agreement was established on how the King will not be doing anything to them as long as the Noran tribe provided them with enough resources— something Jiwoo was not aware of— and did not create trouble for them.

However, the last King's foolish decision caused the relationship between the kingdom and the Noran tribe to turn bumpy.

Ever since then, the kingdom had been at a lack when it comes to the resources, and anyone who stepped on the Noran tribe's land from the kingdom disappeared.

Knowing that it would only be harmful for the kingdom of this had continued, Oh Sookyung decided to visit the tribe on his own and appease the Tribe's leader.

Moon Jiwoo could see how nervous Sookyung was as he stood in front of the grand mansion of the Noran tribe. Even if it was just a casual trip for her to take a breather, she knew that this was an important thing for Sookyung; this was his responsibility.

Noticing how the male beside her was nervous, Jiwoo extended her hand towards him, and intertwining her fingers with him, she gave him a small squeeze.

Her actions managed to catch Sookyung by surprise, and turning her to face her, the ends of his lips curved up to form a smile when he saw how she was encouraging him with her eyes.

Even though the act she did was quite intimate, he was aware that Jiwoo had no such intentions, and she was just trying to comfort him. At that moment, he did not know whether or not to be happy about that.

One of the guard stepped forward and pulled open the door to the mansion. Once the door was opened, a butler walked out and bowed at both of them.

Even though he was treating them with respect, the scorn on his face showed how displeased he was with both of their presences at here.

”King Oh Sookyung, Miss Shin Daerin, welcome to the Noran tribe. I will take you to meet our leader in a while, and please hand over your luggage to me,” he spoke out, ”Follow me please.”

Listening to his words, both of them nodded, and seeing how Oh Sookyung had become tense again, Jiwoo gave his hand a small, supportive squeeze once again.

”It has been about five hours now, and I finished the cups of tea by now. Is this leader really not going to show his face?” Moon Jiwoo let out a groan.

The butler from earlier led two of them into to a room and said them to wait for the Leader for a while as the leader was busy with some matters.

However, almost five hours had passed, and the Leader sent no information about his whereabouts.

As Moon Jiwoo clenched her hand into a tight fist, the anger and annoyance was clearly visible in her eyes.

Beside her was Oh Sookyung, and they were seated upon the couch. On the wooden table before them were two cups of tea along with various ȧssortments of snacks.

”He just be busy,” Sookyung spoke out, ”Be a little patient.”

”Tch! I doubt that he will be showing up. He just called us at here and made us wait because of how he wants to make fool of us,” Jiwoo mumbled.

Oh Sookyung let out a chuckle and said, ”You better keep that mouth of yours shut or else you will be picking a fight with someone soon. People here do not have a favourable opinion of us in the first place.”

”That idiot Kim Namhyuk! If he had died, he should have taken all the problems with him,” Jiwoo grumbled.