Minhyuk leaned his ears close to the door as he listened to his father’s story.

“Are you alright, Chairman?” 

“I’m fine. I just don’t know what to do about it. Hohoho!”

Minhyuk could hear his father’s laughter through the door, but the underlying bitterness in his voice was unmistakable. Then, his father said, “Fortunately, I got the special ice fragment from Callame’s Island. What a relief, right? I made sure to keep it safe too.” 

‘Callame’s Island?’ Minhyuk thought, chewing over the words ‘Callame’s Island’.

Callame’s Island was an island that was surrounded by a hellish coldness that most players dare not even challenge it. Most of the players that tried to challenge the island had died from frostbite. Even the trials that awaited the players along the way were extremely difficult. One player even said, ‘In reality, you’ll already go crazy even if the weather gets just a tiny bit colder. That place is so much worse. You can get frostbite there, you know?’ 

The thought of freezing to death, even if it was just in the game, was too scary. To think that his dad had actually gone to Callame’s Island?

‘It seems like he's probably much higher in terms of level?’

Kang Minhoo and Park Munsoo’s conversation continued.

“But, it’s still a relief. I started the game when that brat started playing the game too, and now, I can finally feed him this delicious ‘Neolbing’.”

“Chairman...” Park Munsoo trailed off.

Hearing those words made Minhyuk’s eyes turn watery, then his gaze became cold and sharp. This was the moment that he realized that...