The leader scrambled up to stand at attention.

“W-W-What brings you here…? Aigoo, I’ve been living a clean life! After that incident, I washed my hands clean of those matters and haven’t even gotten anywhere near the Federation…!”

"…The heck is he saying?"

The man was acting subserviently. He kept bowing and confessing even without anyone asking him to.

Kim Hannah glanced at Seol Jihu while walking toward the leader who was babbling out gibberish.

"You know this guy?”

"Just a little."

"Interesting."

Kim Hannah commented as if it was only a trivial matter and sat down in a chair.

"Stop being a disgrace and sit. You’re driving me crazy.”

Despite Kim Hannah saying this, the leader could not take his eyes off of the slowly approaching young man and only managed to get his act together after Seol Jihu had sat down.

"You’re alive, huh.”

As Seol Jihu spoke to him, he replied with a, “Ah. Yes. That’s right,” before carefully sitting down.

"I was honestly surprised back then. We tried to get some sleep after running for the entire day, but the guys who fell asleep first suddenly let out terrible screams… Ugh!”

As if the recollection alone terrified him, the leader trembled. His lower belly started to jiggle in response, which was a rather unpleasant sight to the eyes.

"It was strange no matter how I thought about it. Seeing the guys who were fine just a day ago suddenly dropping down like flies, I thought I was losing my mind.”

Seol Jihu nodded.

"I feel you. We also discovered it by chance.”

"Yes, yes. When I scoured through my mind in that alarming situation, I suddenly recalled the Foxman children. And I thought, ‘Ah, the two were afflicted with a curse. We’ll die if we fall asleep.’”

Seol Jihu couldn’t stop marveling on the inside. The leader hadn’t figured out the correct answer, but as Kazuki had said before, he had incredible situational awareness.

Seol Jihu felt like he could accurately...