Xiaolin was confused, and she looked as if she was asking, “What the hell is this bastard doing here?” She had to be pretty shocked because she couldn’t react to my compliment.

The large Russian and Archmage Jin Cheong looked at us with interest. They realized that we had met before.

“Is he a guest?”

Jin Cheong didn’t say anything, but Valentin mumbled as if he was disappointed, and even though I didn’t know why he was disappointed, one thing I was sure of was that I had to get out of here as soon as possible. When I grabbed Jung Ha-Yan’s hand tightly as if telling her to calm down, her breathing became a bit more stable.

‘She wasn’t jealous.’

She was just extremely stressed. And when she saw that there were three strong people on the same level as her, she got worried about my safety.

“You…”

“I’m sorry for contacting you late, Miss Xiaolin…” I apologized.

“Don’t you think it’s a little too late for you to say that you contacted me late? I’m sure I told you that I might end up causing trouble if you don’t keep your promise,” she reminded me.

“Of course, I wanted to contact you, but as you know, the country has experienced a series of major...