Childhood Friend of the Zenith

"Keuhk!"

Cough!

Wi Seok’s strength gave out as he collapsed to his knees on the floor, retching uncontrollably.

"Kuh... cough...!"

His bloodshot eyes, now glistening with tears, and the saliva dribbling down his lips made for an utterly disgraceful sight.

But those damned eyes of his, still glaring at me, were getting on my nerves—so I moved my foot.

Smack—!

"Kehk!"

His jaw took the hit, and he crumpled instantly, passing out and collapsing into the very vomit he had just spewed.

I spared him no further attention and turned my gaze back toward the woman.

"…Lady Hyun."

Hyun Soyeon.

She was standing there—an unbelievably beautiful woman. She was so breathtaking that even as Wi Seok lay broken on the ground, the other men around her were staring, utterly spellbound.

Of course, she was beautiful.

After all, she resembled her.

Or rather...

'That one looks like this one, actually.'

In any case—

"…Why are you here?"

I asked, staring at Hyun Soyeon, who had appeared out of nowhere. She tilted her head slightly.

"Why? Am I not supposed to be here?"
"Ordinarily, no."

This was the Azure Dragon Division's headquarters. A place where outsiders shouldn’t be able to enter so freely. And even within that, this was the main building of the Sword Division—an area where unauthorized individuals had no business being.