Goldrake was supposed to reach Mangsk Castle at any moment, but for some reason, he had stopped and wasn’t coming any further.

“Are you telling me to come to you?”

Kim Seon-Hyeok felt like Goldrake was calling to him. And as long as he thought that, there was no reason for him to hesitate. 

“I’ll be going out for a while.”

“Sir, you mustn’t!”

The Imperial Guards attempted to stop him from leaving the room. 

“It’ll only be a little while.”

Having been severely reprimanded over the duel against Marek, the Imperial Guards tried their best to stop him. 

“I’m not going out to fight this time. Just pretend you can’t see and let me go.”

“If that’s true, then please go with escorts, sir.”

After arguing for a long time, the guards finally yielded. However, Kim Seon-Hyeok wasn’t happy with their concession.

“I’ll be his escort.”

At that moment, Marek stepped forward.

“Hm.”

No one knew when he had appeared, but Marek was staring at them through the open door. The Imperial Guards didn’t seem particularly pleased by his words. Since it had been Marek who turned Seon-Hyeok into a bloody mess, there was no way his proposal would please the Imperial Guards.

“Absolutely not, sir.”

A knight of the Imperial Guard, who had been hesitating, turned to Kim Seon-Hyeok as he spoke with a voice that was even more determined than before.

Ah, what an ignorant old bastard without a lick of...