“Why are you looking at me with so much admiration?” The Monkey King’s narcissism and chattiness made Yeon-woo wonder if he really was speaking to the Monkey King. ‘He’s worse than Seseung-nim.’ This was the kind of person that Yeon-woo hated speaking with the most, like Kahn had been the first time they’d met.

Fortunately, Yeon-woo figured out that the best response was to ignore what the Monkey King was saying and switch the subject “I want to ask something…”

“Wait.” The Monkey King blocked Yeon-woo’s mouth with his hand. “I need to tell you about the rules before you say anything.”

Yeon-woo shut his mouth.

“I can only answer three questions about the quest. I’d like to tell you everything, but I can’t because of the laws of causality. You’re not in a normal place right now. You have to choose your questions carefully.”

‘Laws of causality?’ Yeon-woo was lost in thought. This would have been easier if he’d planned to meet the Monkey King in the first place, but he’d only stumbled here by accident. He didn’t have many...