“Sword Star…?” The Paladin’s brows furrowed. “What business do you have here?”0

She wouldn’t have expected to meet the Sword Star in an alley like this. Unexpected meeting aside, the bloodlust that the Sword Star exuded made it very hard to think it was a coincidence.0

“Do you have a hearing problem already, young lady?” the Sword Star, snapped, openly belligerent. “I told you to move because I have a business with that young man over there.”0

“Your tongue is quite sharp. Why would you need to be alone with Mr. Kim Gong-Ja?”0

“Hmph. I don’t care what his name is.”0

The alley was instantly fraught with tension. The Paladin’s furrowed brows now sat above a pair of glaring, vigilant eyes. She was a highly competent woman who was second-in-command of a major guild, so she had already noticed that his business with me was anything but pleasant.1

“Get out of my way,” the Sword Star said. “I’ve already told you three times.”0

“When something is not going to happen, it doesn’t matter if you say it three or thirty times, Sword Star. Has your age made you forget the most simple truths of life?” The Paladin slowly reached for her sword. “Mr. Kim Gong-Ja joined all of the Five Guilds, which means that attacking him is a declaration of war against all of the guilds. I don’t know what you’re trying to do here, but don’t think that I, the Watchmen League’s assistant leader, will just watch.”0

“Ha!” The Sword Star sneered. “I knew it. All of you are in on it together.”1

“…Together? I really don’t understand what you’re trying to do here.”1

The alley grew menacing.0

“I’ve already received several reports about your occasional man hunts, Sword Star. The Watchmen League isn’t free enough to interfere with your personal beliefs, but I’m not about...0