Seol Jihu carefully checked out the contract from Gula. Not one word had been changed from when he first read it. Of course, judging from the personality she displayed until now, Kim Hannah wouldn't try to pull a fast one like that.

Seol Jihu finished scanning the contract and signed on the dotted line. As he returned the contract to her, he spoke.

“Now that I've signed the contract, I want to ask you about something.”

“?”

“Don't you work for Sinyoung?”

“Yeah, I do.”

“Why did you say those things back then? Wouldn't it be more advantageous for you if I ended up signing with them?”

Kim Hannah carefully but professionally folded the contract and hid it inside her jacket before cocking an eyebrow.

“I was wondering why you haven't asked me that yet. But shouldn't you have asked that question before signing the contract? What if you have a change of mind after hearing what I have to say?”

“You'd have said things in such a way to make sure that I don't change my mind anyway. Well, I just wanted to hear your honest words without worrying about how you'd change the story.”

“…You seem to get smarter when it comes to things like this, huh.”

Kim Hannah shot him a prim glare and took off her glasses. She even put the spoon down and began lightly tapping the table with her index finger.

“Okay, fine. It's a long story, but since you want to hear it, I'll tell you. Do you know what the current situation is like for Sinyoung?”

Seol Jihu was about to ask, “Aren’t they the biggest organization in Paradise?” but held back. The way she asked her question, it sounded like something pretty serious was going on here.

“They are stuck between a rock and a hard place, going nowhere.”

Kim Hannah rested her chin on the back of her hand and gazed at the outside of the diner with half-closed eyes. Her face, as reflected on the glass, looked rather bitter.

“Their situation is really complicated right now. Sinyoung lost their most powerful combat force, and they are also losing their justification for being there. It's not as if their foundation has become weak enough to be shaken around, but on the flip side, they can't deny that they have indeed been weakened...