The young man’s brain found it difficult to accept that the woman in front of him was Yun Seora. Seol Jihu carefully examined her delicate facial features, which reminded him of a sculpture from the Renaissance.

His first impression of Yun Seora was that she was an arrogant, prudish city girl. But after he saved her from Kang Seok during the Tutorial and lived with her in the Neutral Zone, he found out that she had a warm, puppy-like personality as well.

Her eyebrows were still perked up like a mischievous cat, and the shape of her eyes still gave off a cold aura, but her gaze was so obviously yearning for him that he began to wonder if she came back home after years of hard labor overseas.

“Jihu-nim?”

He barely managed to hold himself back from choking on air. She must have called him since he wasn’t saying anything, but ‘nim’? Nim!?

Yun Seora must have seen his look of shock as she muttered carefully.

“Um, did you tell me a fake name?”

She had the wrong idea. The problem was with how she addressed him. Seol Jihu shook his head strongly.

“No, you got the name right. But, um, addressing me as ‘nim’ is a bit….”

Being the smart girl that she was, Yun Seora quickly realized that he was embarrassed about being called ‘nim’.

“Ah… then.”

She tilted her head slightly before opening her mouth.

“Jihu Oppa?”

‘…Mm.’

Oppa. He never imagined a simple word could hold such destructive power. He realized that the same word could have different nuance and flavor depending on who said it.

‘It’s better than nim at least….’

Once he deactivated Nine Eyes, he finally understood the cause of the sense of incongruity he was getting from her. It was her outfit.

Leopard-print sunglasses hung above her milky forehead. A lacy, navy-blue tweed dress encapsulated her slim figure, a maroon leather belt outlined her waistline, a small diamond earring sparkled on her left earlobe, and a thin, 20 denier polka-dot stockings adorned her legs….

Even at a glance, her clothes were yelling, ‘I’m the daughter of a rich family.’ As Seol Jihu had only seen her in loose...