Chapter 172 (1/2)
Chapter 172 Belonging, For, and By the Choi Family (2)
Noel was someone ould believe whatever Chi-Hyun said, no matter how nonsensical it sounded
“Someone to introduce?” But this time, she couldn’t help but question his she couldn’t understand at all, and now he said he had someone to introduce to her
“In a bit,” Chi-Hyun continued, “I need to prepare first Then I will introduce the person to you at the right time”
Noel tilted her head in confusion But in the end, she answered, “I understand” She didn’t knohat Chi-Hyun meant, but she didn’t question hi he did
“Is there anything I could help with your preparation?”
Chi-Hyun shtly “I will request it if I need your help later on”
Chi-Woo had disappeared after co back to the capital with the rest of the rescue teas weren’t the only ones who realized this fact
“H on the door of Chi-Woo’s house, Zelit stood quietly for a while This was his third ti today, and every time, the owner of the house was nowhere to be seen It couldn’t have been a coincidence Zelit wondered if soood
“Excuse me” Worried, Zelit decided to look inside The door wasn’t locked, and after inviting hiht nobody would be around, but it wasn’t so
“You are…” There was a small transparent lu No, did he call it a steam bun?’ Zelit didn’t remember the creature’s na it with him everywhere Perhaps this bun would knohere Chi-Woo was
“It’s been a while Do you reth in its voice It seemed completely down
“I came here many times, but never once saw the owner of this house anywhere I can’t seem to contact him, either”
“…”
“Do you knohere he is?” Zelit asked In response, the bun made an X over its head
“You don’t know, either…” It wasn’t the answer he wanted, but Zelit was satisfied that he could co happened to hi, please tell me,” Zelit asked with little hope, but the bun responded strongly It began to shudder like it was frightened And Zelit’s eyes widened as the X over the bun’s head turned into an O
“You know so? What happened?”
‘I should find a suitable place first…no, ht when he heard the door open He thought it was Noel, but the footsteps belonged to someone else Chi-Hyun looked up, and his forehead creased The uninvited visitor, Zelit, did the same
When Zelit asked what happened, the bun hadaway the other It wasn’t difficult for Zelit to understand what that ainst his will When Zelit asked who did it, the bun jumped off the porch and slipped forward Zelit followed it until he was standing in front of soend, Choi Chi-Hyun
Zelit had never talked face-to-face with Chi-Hyun and only saw him from a distance
“Who are you?” Chi-Hyun’s cold voice ain his senses
“I ah Zelit usually addressedfamiliarly, Zelit was extra polite with Chi-Hyun Chi-Hyun was a hero standing at the peak—so aura Chi-Hyun radiated naturally inspired respect in those around him
“I don’t think we have made any plans to ?” Zelit iot to the point
Chi-Hyun didn’t answer He seehtly
“This is the friend Hero Chichibbong carried around with hiht attention to itself by ju up and down Zelit continued, “I went to look for him many times recently, but couldn’t find him This one was alone in his house”
The chills he couldn’t explain compelled Zelit to quickly add, “This one told ainst his will”
Chi-Hyun glanced toward the floor, and Zelit followed his gaze to the bun
“Pyuuuu…!” The bun was showing hostility to Chi-Hyun There was intent behind its action
‘Why…?’ Zelit wondered and thought he knew the reason Considering Chi-Woo’s achievements, Zelit believed there was almost no hero who could capture and beat Chi-Woo physically But if the one who had forcefully taken Chi-Woo was the legend, it explained things
“Don’t ask me I don’t know about it,” Chy-Hyun said and looked away
‘He’s pretending not to know,’ Zelit thought Chi-Hyun could be telling the truth, but if he wasn’t…
“…Is that so?” Zelit quietly breathed in “Well, excuse my rudeness, sir I will take my leave now” Before he turned fully around, Zelit stopped and asked, “Oh, but now that I am here, may I ask you to introduce hts?”
“?”
“Since Chichibbong is gone, I plan to tell the him This is quite the important matter toup other families in front of Chi-Hyun, but Zelit had his reasons He didn’t have evidence, but he thought there was a high chance the culprit was Chi-Hyun The bun wouldn’t have acted in such a manner otherwise Chi-Hyun’s motives were unknown, but to Zelit, the i out why Chi-Hyun kidnapped Chi-Woo, but whether or not Chi-Woo was alive
However, Zelit was also painfully aware that he was in no position to do anything against Chi-Hyun Thus, he brought up people completely unrelated to this matter It was a well-known secret that the rest of the twelve families were desperate to take down the Choi family This was obvious from the fact that the families had immediately sent their members when the situation on Liber improved If Liber, which had reached its worst state, recovered under the Choi leadershi+p, the rest of the twelve families knew that the distance between them and the Choi family would only increase; thus, they had sent sohth recruits’ involve point for huathered, a hierarchical society formed And even when there were only seven recruit tea centralized system around Choi Chi-Hyun and based their future on it There was Chichibbong, but theout and no desire for authority However, things changed with the entrance of five heroes from the twelve families of the Celestial Realm: Ho Lactea, Afrilith, Nahla, Mariaju, and Eustitia—each of theht
Zelit was sure these heroes weren’t happy with Chi-Hyun’s reign They were adjusting to life on this planet currently, but it see their own factions once they were ready With that in ave them information that could harm Chi-Hyun’s reputation After all, this incident concerned a hero who had achieved far from trivial feats; one of the most important heroes in the capital had been kidnapped suddenly
Hearing this news, s They would try to exaggerate and publicize the incident in any way possible to chip away Chi-Hyun’s reputation And in the future, whenever Chi-Hyun tried to establish ain Of course, Chi-Hyun end after all But it would definitely become botherso a very political threat and taking the gaend would react now Would he continue to feign ignorance, or try to kill him? Zelit focused all his attention on Chi-Hyun’s response
“…I’m quite busy these days,” Chi-Hyun said after a pause, “I won’t have tiht now”
Chi-Hyun still insisted on feigning ignorance ‘Fine I suppose you are trying to play with public opinions here,’ Zelit thought ‘Let’s go at it I will show you how persistent I can be’
“I’m sure you are, sir I understand I will look for them on my own then,” Zelit murrab his attention again