Chapter 142 (2/2)

Chi-Woo hurriedly ran to the palace, and when he opened the door and entered, he saw a man and a woman One was Eshnunna, and the other was someone he didn’t expect to see

“Mr Allen Leonard?”

“Oh! It’s been a while” Allen Leonard greeted Chi-Woo with a smile on his face

“Yes, hello…” Chi-Woo’s eyes shot towards one spot even while he answered It was the bed a girl hite hair and dress was bound to with her arirl looked teary, and she breathed heavily like she was very scared She looked like a puppy separated fros and adopted into an unfamiliar home

“…Why is she like that?” Chi-Woo asked, wondering why the girl he saved was tied up like a prisoner After letting out a long sigh, Eshnunna explained what had happened earlier in the day In short, the girl had escaped when a native had fallen asleep Upon realizing this fact, Eshnunna went outside, and there, she happened upon a cat—no, Nangnang—taking a noon nap Feeling the urgency of theand asked hih traces she left behind, they ran into Allen Leonard’s group

“She looked suspicious,” Allen Leonard spoke up “She doesn’t seem like a hero or a native, and when I tried to talk to her, she didn’t react at all, so…” He saw the suspicious girl while returning from his mission with a couple of heroes Since she didn’t reply to their questions and instead tried to run away, they captured her On their way back, they ran into Nangnang They returned to the capital like that, and after checking her identity, he immediately called Chi-Woo

“I felt a bit iffy about capturing a little girl, but it would seeh, but then he seeirl’s face; it looked like she was about to cry It irl and forced her to coh I’m curious, I’ll hear about it later on Now that I’ve doneher here, I’ll takechased out

“…I apologize,” Eshnunna replied with a small voice

Chi-Woo shook his head; he didn’t think it was Eshnunna’s fault

“She doesn’t say anything in response to us,” Eshnunna continued with traces of exhaustion seeping into her voice “Even when I simply ask her her name, or explain her current situation, she never says a word in response…and she doesn’t even touch her meal” True to her words, the plate on the table was untouched

Eshnunna asked, “What are you planning to do?”

The girl seehts for a bit and said, “Would youfor me outside?”

“What?”

“I think she’ll be a little less nervous with fewer people”

Eshnunna thought he had a point and immediately left

“Mr Philip, you too”

—…Tch

Philip disappeared through the wall Even though there were only two of thee Her wariness intensified when Chi-Woo took a step closer Ignoring her reaction, he got even closer and reached out with both arirl’s eyes widened, and she frantically tried to htly shut her eyes and then—

Swish, swish The tightly tied rope around both her hands was released

“…?” The girl carefully opened her eyes While Chi-Woo tried to untie the rope around her ankles, the girl quickly ran away like he was a cockroach as soon as she was freed She moved to the corner of the room and tried to stay as far away from Chi-Woo as possible Then, shefor an escape route In the meantime, Chi-Woo simply observed her quietly

The desperate look on the girl’s face soon gave way to realization as she touched her neck With widened eyes, she looked down; only then did she look back up at Chi-Woo

Now that he thought about it, she did have a necklace when he first saw her, didn’t she? Chi-Woo looked around to see whether she had dropped it or someone else had taken it and put it aside Then he saw a necklace with a s on the bedside Unlike before, it did not shi+ne anyan to shi+ne again Because his eyes were blinded by the dazzling brilliance of the crystal, Chi-Woo didn’t notice that the girl’s wary eyes had turned surprised

“What? It was turned off?” Chi-Woo tilted his head and turned around He put the necklace dohere the girl could see it well and ht went out again He gestured at the girl, telling her that she could take it back The girl eyed hiirl’s white, bobbed hair swished, and she quickly took the necklace before wrapping it with both hands and holding it in her ar their neater bottle Then she h the gaps between the girl’s fingers

Chi-Woo decided to try talking to the girl, whose eyes were glued to him “Do you kno to talk? Miss, can you hear irl didn’t say anything “I’m the person who saved you at that acadehed “I won’t talk for long, since I’m told that you’ve already heard what happened to you”

Moreover, he could understand her reactions “…You one to school, and a few hours later, centuries had already flown by in the outside world It was not so that someone could easily accept in a day or two “However, the current situation is…extreerous, even here” Chi-Woo continued, “I’ll advise you to stay here until you cal, I won’t stop you”

With that, Chi-Woo walked to the door and opened it Even though there were s he was curious about, he couldn’t force her to talk Chi-Woo decided to leave the final decision to the girl

“You can leave” He reached out with a hand like he was guiding her outside The girl got up aardly but surprisingly did not leave Even though Chi-Woo stood as far away fro aardly The way she looked at hie was minuscule at best, and there was still a keen wariness in her gaze

Chi-Woo asked, “Are you not leaving?”

The girl touched her necklace andshe wanted to say

“Then…”

Growl—It was then the sound of her sto in the room Chi-Woo halted and pointed at the plate with a sirl’s cheeks reddened

As soon as Chi-Woo got out, Eshnunna glanced at the inside of the room and asked, “Hoere you able to do it?”

Munch,like her life depended on it

Chi-Woo shrugged and said, “Ms Eshnunna, I have a favor to ask you”

“No,” She immediately refused because she reo

“No, I’h only made her narrow her eyes “I wanted to ask if you could do some research for me”

“…About what?” Eshnunna tilted her chin up as if she was giving him a chance to explain first

“Would you be able to perhaps find out so about Kabala?”

“Kabala…?”

She frowned, but agreed in the end After leaving the research up to Eshnunna, Chi-Woo told the girl to relax until she calmed down and went back to his place Once he opened the door and entered, he realized he hadn’t heard the sound of the door closing behind hie that the girl had looked startled when he told her while she ate that he was leaving, but he hadn’t expected her to leave the palace with him

“So” Chi-Woo turned around Did she seriously think she had done a good job of hiding herself? He could see the short-haired girl furtively glancing at hi out from between the door “Why did you follow me??”

At the same time

“Then, as of noe hereby announce that the eight recruitment has officially ended” A h above