“What are you talking about?” Although Byeok had been talking to herself, someone else heard her. “What do you mean by only opening one?” A woman wearing a simple navy blue dress with her hair neatly combed back quietly approached her and sat down.

A cup was offered to her, and Byeok accepted it with a smile. “Why are you awake at such a late hour?” She lifted the hot steaming cup.

“Just,” Eshnunna wrapped her hands around the cup and said, “I finished my evening training, but couldn’t fall asleep.”

“Hmm. You’ve been working pretty hard lately.” Byeok lifted the teacup to her mouth and glanced sideways as if she suddenly remembered something, “But don’t you usually fall asleep right after training?”

“Ms. Byeok, I don’t.”

“What do you mean no? I can hear your snoring all the way in my room.”

“…” Eshnunna closed her mouth, and Byeok chuckled like a jokester.

“I’m curious. I wonder which man is keeping the future ice witch up at night?”

“Isn’t it probably the same man that you’re thinking about at this dawn, Ms. Byeok?”

Byeok smirked at her counterattack. Although she didn’t confirm or deny Eshnunna’s assumption, her silence was already an answer.

“I’m used to it now. It’s not the first time I couldn’t sleep because I was worried,” Eshnunna said calmly, “From the very first time I met him in the forest, it’s always been like that. Whenever something serious happens, he always steps forward, and there were times when he went missing and came back unconscious.” She looked slightly dazed as she caressed the teacup. “I wonder why it’s like that. Most heroes don’t act like him. Why does he always…”

Byeok...