Day and night couldn’t be distinguished in Prestige, but the flow of time could still be felt even without a clock because of the moon-like mass in the sky.

This moon-like mass sprinkled fragments of light on Prestige during the daytime. However, these white particles only lasted half the day. Currently, the particles faintly shone beneath the western horizon, so that signified dawn.

“Haaa.”

Chae Nayun hadn’t slept a wink since yesterday, so the dawn felt rather long. She lay in bed in Essence of the Strait’s Hideout with a room full of other guild members. She kept thinking about what she had heard the day before in Splendor.

— Hajin actually came to see Chae Nayun?

— Ah, quiet! Keep your voice down. It’s still a secret.

— When?

— A while ago when the banshee cursed her.

She clenched her teeth.

I shouldn’t have trusted anyone.

The ashes deep inside her heart lit up again, but Chae Nayun realized this wasn’t a big deal for them.

— Ah, no surprises there. Hajin isn’t the type to stay still after hearing about that. So? What happened?

— Well, I shouldn’t say anymore. Anyways, that’s why I’m wondering… is it true they used to date?

Yi Jiyoon wanted to lure something out of Kim Suho.

— I don’t know exactly. You should ask them directly.

— Come on. Then what was the point of me telling you all that?

Chae Nayun didn’t have the guts to call Yi Jiyoon out. She remained hidden in the shadows and listened in on them. Plus, she felt it would be strange to get angry while eavesdropping.

Chae Nayun joined them a while later and pretended...