“Do you still remember my name?”

I asked while holding onto Boss’ hand. She stared at me before tilting her head. Then her expressionless face grew flustered. I felt quite happy at her reaction, but pretended to be disappointed.

“You forgot?”

“Hajin…”

Boss murmured with a somewhat dissatisfied look. She didn’t seem to be in a joking mood. However, I asked again and didn’t feel satisfied with just my first name.

“My last name too.”

Boss’ eyebrows briefly perked up before she answered.

“Kim Hajin…”

That felt like more than enough evidence of my existence here. I had an idea of what the final [???] would be.

“Why are you suddenly asking me that?”

“No reason. Anyways, thanks.”

I raised Boss’ hand and she flinched as if she just realized we held hands this entire time. Her cheeks turned red, but she collected her composure and let go.

“Go, I want to be alone right now.”

She shooed me away like a fly and I turned back with a bitter smile. Boss glanced at me several times before forming a shadow coffin. Jin Yohan, Arashi, and Jain approached her. I didn’t wait to see what happened next. I stopped at the magic fortress located in the area that I previously purified. My thousand-mile eyes could see through even a master artisan’s work.

— By the way, who are those people, Yeonha?

— Ah, you’ve heard of them, right? They’re from the Chameleon Troupe.

— Yeah, I worked with them during the Orden mission.

— Yep, that’s them. I hired them.

Yoo Yeonha and Chae Nayun spoke to each other. Then Chae Nayun glanced outside.

— Is that woman also part of the Chameleon Troupe? She seems… rather close with Kim Hajin.

— Oh, that? Well, you know, Kim Hajin did a lot of work in the shadows. They must be acquaintances.

— They’re too touchy for just acquaintances…

— Maybe they’re close acquaintances.

Yoo Yeonha effortlessly tricked Chae Nayun and lied without batting an eye.

“Whew…”

I took another deep breath and closed my eyes before entering the fortress. Then I checked my slowly recovering stigma. More than two streaks had returned thanks to the [Orb of Regeneration]. I focused one streak into my eyes and my vision immediately expanded like a...