The reason the Righteous Heaven Squad Leader was looking for me was obvious. It was probably because of that damn Mo Gil-ho.
“Surely not me too, right?”
If I’m called, I can’t not go, but even if I go, I can’t do anything. I’ll just become a pawn for the higher-ups, tossed around here and there.
“No. The Sect Master said to tell you: until the Righteous Heaven Squad Leader leaves, you and the Elder are not to come to the Deep Fragrance Pavilion.”
“That’s a relief.”
I was already feeling uneasy about staying at the Deep Fragrance Pavilion, so I had just moved my residence to the Vast Heaven Sect. It seemed better not to go anywhere near the Deep Fragrance Pavilion for a while.
I sat on the empty detached house’s wooden floor with Tang Hye-seo, drinking cold barley tea and chatting about this and that. Sister Soso took Ju-gyeong to see the library in the Crouching Dragon Hall. Physician Sang left to take the pulses of sick Vast Heaven Sect disciples.
Finally, I had some time alone with Tang Hye-seo, but my heart was still unsettled. The sky was exceptionally clear and blue, but the gloomy expression on my face wouldn’t lift. Probably because my mind was full of dark clouds.