The founding head of the Baekhwa Trading Company is a direct descendant of the Gu Clan.

Hearing those words from Elder Il left me frozen.

I stood there, stiff as a board, unable to form any immediate reaction.

How was I supposed to respond to something so absurd?

After a long moment of struggling to find words, I finally managed to speak.

“…What kind of nonsense is that?”

“What’s so nonsensical about it?”

“…Do you even hear yourself right now?”

Did he really not understand why this didn’t make any sense?

‘How the hell is that even possible?’

If the …