“You don’t have to feel guilty about it,” I said to Jo Hye-Jin.

“What are you talking about?” she asked.

“Well… I feel like I have an idea as to what you’re thinking about. If only I had done my job properly… wasn’t that what you were thinking?” I asked.

“That’s… not true,” she said, hesitating.

‘Yeah right…’

I knew what she was thinking about. If she handled the incident properly back then, then things wouldn’t have turned out this way because all she really did was ask the higher-ups to conduct an investigation. But even if she did handle the Small Stone Guild incident well, it wouldn’t change anything and I could guarantee that her actions wouldn’t have any influence over this place.

“Even if you handled it well, it wouldn't change anything,” I told her.

“...”

“Mr. Song is only one part of this auction house. As you can see, the outside world doesn’t have any influence on this place. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m sure not even Count Castlerock knows of this place,” I said.

“How could he not know what’s happening in his own land?” she asked.

“Do you think the mayor of Seoul knows everything that’s happening in Seoul? I’m certain some of the people from the count’s castle...