"Pervert, huh? How did you know?"

"I'm sure I touched very gently...?!"

I had put all the care I could muster, meticulously touching ever so delicately. Of course, it's a physical touch, so it couldn’t be completely unknown, but in this critical combat situation, such a slight touch could easily be ignored.

Yet, to catch such a minor change and turn their aggression toward me...

It's not just Go Hayan. Go Minji is glaring at me with dagger eyes too. At this rate, I might be branded a pervert and ruin the grand plan.

"I need to say something quickly to smooth this over,"

But what should I say? Admitting I'm a pervert sounds wrong, but denying it seems unlikely to work given their clear defensive stance.