Seol Jihu accompanied Hao Win to the door and bid farewell. Once Hao Win left, the personal guards that had followed him to Carpe Diem’s building went up to him.

Hao Win didn’t say a word and walked to the street with a somewhat stiff expression.

Tk. A raindrop fell from the sky. Hao Win abruptly paused and tilted his head up.

The sun was still in the middle of the sky, yet the sky was dark. Rain clouds had rolled in before he noticed, and it seemed it would rain any moment now.

Tk, tk, tk, tk. As if to prove him right, more raindrops began to fall in the next moment.

A man wearing black sunglasses glanced up before spreading open a jacket on his arm and approaching Hao Win.

“Ming Jie.”

The man who was putting the jacket over Hao Win paused at the sudden call.

“You once asked me why I chose Carpe Diem’s leader, do you remember that?”

“….”

“It’s simple. Because he shined brighter than anyone else.”

Hao Win continued while still looking up at the sky.

“A man who accomplishes impossible feats. A witty problem-solver who brings a solution when everyone else is lost and sees the ingenious plan to completion. That is the Earthling and Irregular, Seol of Haramark.”

Hao Win smiled faintly.

“I witnessed it clearly at the Banquet. He visited the minority faction, consoling them to join his cause. He persuaded the majority faction and subdued anyone trying to break the harmony with violence. And when he brought up the idea of exchanging the Dissonant Wish… I was deeply moved. He used his cards at the perfect timing. And I knew immediately that I could never do the same.”

Ming Jie who was listening...