“The Black Swan? Blue Guild? Red Mercenary Guild? Or another guild? It’s definitely a large guild. They’re above a mid-sized guild, right? Do people still do that? It seems that even a large guild doesn’t lack shitty men,” Gook Minji asked.

“I don’t understand what you’re asking…” I[1] said.

“I know everything, so stop playing dumb.”

“What are you asking exactly?”

“Who sponsored you?” she asked.

‘What the hell is she talking about?’

The situation was ridiculous, and obviously, I immediately thought about Cha Hee-Ra, the leader of the Red Mercenary Guild. It was true that Lee Ki-Young grew because Cha Hee-Ra sponsored him, but that wasn’t the case for Lee Ki-Yeon.

‘Did I do something strange?’

Obviously, I was curious why she suddenly brought up the whole issue about sponsors because I hadn’t really done anything that would make her suspicious of that.

I acted very carefully so that they wouldn't find out that I was actually Lee Ki-Young. I never even talked about the large guilds.

I made sure that they wouldn’t find a connection between me, the Blue Guild, Red Mercenary Guild, and the Black Swan Guild.

‘Is it because I handed my bag over? Is she being wary of me because I’m in her territory? What the hell does she want me to do when I’m exhausted?’

If it had been bearable, I would have carried...