"Why haven’t we left yet?"

The innocent question, as if the speaker truly didn’t understand, was met with silence.

Perhaps it was because the sudden situation left me speechless. I couldn’t think of anything to say.

‘What is this?’

Why is that man here?

I had gone out of my way to avoid causing a commotion and kept my mouth shut. So how in the world did he end up here?

Countless thoughts flashed through my mind.

Especially now—it was the worst time to face him.

‘Considering I just sold out that old man…’

Thinking about the "things" I had …