Behind the mask, Yeon-woo’s face stiffened at being recognized. After his clash with Aether, he’d hidden his location and identity, but if the Blood Land recognized him, it meant that they likely knew that he and Brahm had been in contact. Was that attention because of Brahm or him? ‘It might be the both of us.’

At any rate, they might have sent a spy to watch him near the illusory world, and since he didn’t even notice it with his Extrasensory Perception, he had to be more careful in the future. 

Lao quickly added, as though he wanted to alleviate Yeon-woo’s concerns, 『Not a lot of people know you’re here, so don’t worry.』

That didn’t make Yeon-woo drop his guard, however.

『There’s a lot of people who have their eyes on you. Since you’re with Brahm and the child, that’s only made the attention more intense, and many more will be looking for you.』

Yeon-woo’s eyes widened. Of course. It was impossible that only the Elohim would know that Brahm had Sesha. Maybe the Elohim had found out about it first, but after the Cheonghwado fell, the restructuring of the Eight Large Clans meant that the clans would be paying close attention to what the others were doing. ‘The Eight Clans are more involved than I expected. I should...