“Come in, please.” Sun Won gestured to Gi-Gyu to enter his room.

Gi-Gyu looked at him strangely. Sun Won said he wanted to show Gi-Gyu something, but he had just invited Gi-Gyu into his room.

Gi-Gyu didn’t contemplate for long. He could read Sun Won’s emotions, which were going wild. There was no hostility on his face for Gi-Gyu.

Gi-Gyu thought awkwardly, ‘I can feel his heart fluttering in excitement.’

A bald monk was excited about having Gi-Gyu in his private room. Gi-Gyu found this strange, but he walked in slowly.

Sun Won entered the room first, and when Gi-Gyu took a step inside…

Gi-Gyu’s eyes widened. Something in his surroundings had changed suddenly. All he had done was enter Sun Won’s room, but the space crumpled subtly. The room still looked perfectly normal, but the energy inside felt very strange. It was a brand-new experience for Gi-Gyu.

“What a relief,” Sun Won said. Gi-Gyu had just taken his first step inside, so that comment made no sense. Still, he quickly withdrew his suspicion and followed.

***

“This is for you.” Sun Won handed Gi-Gyu a cup of tea he had brewed.

Gi-Gyu gulped the hot tea before...