“It’s an honor to see you again, beautiful Miss Xiaolin…”.

She looked a bit flustered by my warm greeting.

“Is that so? But… I don’t think I’ve met you before, so how do you know my name?” Xiaolin asked.

“I couldn’t forget your beautiful figure when I saw you that night. I’ve been searching for you,” I replied.

“Lies…”

“I’m not lying, Miss Xiaolin,” I told her.

“Ha…”

“Didn’t you come out because you wanted to help?” I asked.

“I don’t feel all that great because you dumped me once… To be exact, I came out here to see how the man who dumped me was going to die,” she casually stated.

‘This sly bitch!’

I knew she was going to act like this, but still…

‘I’m sure she’ll help.’

If she didn’t want to, she wouldn’t have shown herself like this. The reason she was playing hard to get was probably that she wanted to make a deal with me. Xiaolin might be part of the Republic, but she answered my call by appearing at the heart of the Holy Empire, so in some ways, she was breaking the rules. Even though Kim Hyun-Sung, me and the crazy Cha Hee-Ra were the only ones who had seen her, I guess she could see...