Evening had fallen after the conclusion of the preliminaries.

As I finished my meal, I turned my gaze to Bong Soon and asked,

“Nothing happened, right?”

“Huh?”

Bong Soon tilted her head in confusion at my question.

I frowned, realizing she hadn’t understood, and asked again.

“I’m asking if you caused any trouble.”

Finally catching on, Bong Soon nodded emphatically.

“I didn’t! The Sect Leader told me not to do anything!”

“Really?”

“Yep! I really didn’t do anything! I didn’t do anything at all! So let’s ma—”

“Shut up.”

“Okay.”

She had started spouting nonsense again, so I cut her …