Yeon-woo had been wondering why Phante and Edora hadn’t arrived yet, and now, all of a sudden, a One-horned tribe member had appeared. Yeon-woo noticed that the man was holding something that looked like a letter. 'He must be a messenger.' Perhaps the letter was for him. "Would you mind letting him through, please?" Yeon-woo said towards the sky.

The Phoenix wasn’t allowing any strangers to enter her territory in order to keep her children safe, but she said, 『As you wish.』 She ordered the beasts blocking the man’s way to stand aside and let him pass as Yeon-woo calmly watched.

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Yeon-woo led the visitor to a pond far away from the Phoenix’s nest.

"Hehe. It’s so nice to meet you! My name is Yanu.” The man had lost the sharp demeanor he’d shown while confronting the beasts and now looked at Yeon-woo with a silly smile on his face.

‘There’s a blade behind that smile.’ However, Yeon-woo could tell he was no pushover, and his aura indicated he was around Phante’s level. ‘But his smile doesn’t seem fake at all.’ Yeon-woo examined Yanu with his Draconic Eyes and didn’t see any hostility in him.

‘But why?’ He couldn’t understand why a stranger would be so friendly.

Just as Yeon-woo inspected Yanu, Yanu also examined Yeon-woo from head to toe with shimmering eyes.

"Why are you staring at me like that?”

"Oh! I'm sorry if that bothered you. I guess I was too pleased...