Childhood Friend of the Zenith

For some reason, I felt embarrassed and quickened my pace slightly.

Even so, Hyun Soyeon didn’t let up and kept following me. She was annoyingly persistent.

“Ugh…! Why are you walking so fast?”
“…Why do you keep following me?”
“Following? We agreed to chat while taking a walk, but you left first!”

Then don’t follow me. Why bother chasing after me? She was really disgustingly persistent.

Since she kept sticking close to me, I eventually stopped walking.

“…So what is it?”

What did she want to say so badly? I was starting to get annoyed, so I asked.

“Ah, I just had something to ask, just in case.”
“What is it?”
“Well… it’s about Young Master Namgung.”
“…”

I narrowed my eyes. So that’s what it was.

‘She means Namgung Hyung.’

It couldn’t be Namgung Jin. If it were about him, she wouldn’t have asked with that expression.

“…Young Master Namgung Hyung?”
“Yes.”
“You’re asking me about him?”
“Yes.”
“…?”

What was she trying to ask? As I looked at her in confusion—

“…Do you know where he went?”

That was the cautious question she finally posed.

I froze for a moment at her words.

Where he went? If he actually left, then…

‘Wudang, maybe.’

If he went somewhere because I told him to, then Wudang would be the most likely place. But whether he actually went there was uncertain.

However—

“…I don’t know? Why are you asking me that?”