“What?” I asked.

“I-I think someone is here and they’re trying to break the barrier o-outside. I’m not sure, but maybe…” Jung Ha-Yan answered.

“Can you check right now?” I asked.

“I’ll try…” she replied.

Jung Ha-Yan quietly cast a spell, and I was certain she was trying to observe what was going on outside using Anemone’s Eyes because that was the only way she could use to take a look outside. Naturally, I thought I had to do something as well, but when Jung Ha-Yan slowly opened her eyes, she looked kind of shocked.

“Who is it?” I asked.

“...”

“Hurry…” I urged.

“I-It’s him,” she replied.

“What?”

“That man. The members from the Republic,” she said.

“...”

Jung Ha-Yan glanced at me as if she was thinking that this situation might create another misunderstanding, but this wasn’t the type of situation where that could happen.

I started feeling more and more nervous. Naturally, I thought the fire I barely managed to stop was going to burn again. Actually, the internal issue was no longer an issue because the reason I stopped Jung Ha-Yan in the first place was to avoid being...