Noel stopped Chi-Hyun as he was about to leave the room. “My Lord, please wait a minute.” She handed over the documents she brought. “What are you going to do with this?”

Chi-Hyun took them and furrowed his brows.

“We need to leave this to someone we can trust, but…you said you’ll be away, and you’re also taking Mr. Ismile.” Noel glanced at him and carefully said, “So I was thinking why don’t we request Seven Stars…”

“No.” Chi-Hyun immediately refused.

“Why?”

One of Chi-Hyun’s eyebrows slowly went up. Noel was… ‘Talking back to me?’ In the past, she always gave an affirmative no matter what he said, but she’d been talking back a lot lately, especially if it was a matter related to his younger brother.

“Is Seven Stars the only large organization in Shalyh?”

“Still…”

“If Ismile and I aren’t here, you always go to Seven Stars. Then what if Seven Stars are gone? Is humanity so incompetent that they can’t do anything?”

“That’s…not it but…” Noel became speechless.

“Seven Stars recently led a prominent expedition to the Hala Forest. However, if I leave this job to them again, there might be complaints that I’m supporting and giving work to only one organization.”

Noel thought, ‘When did you ever care about stuff like that?’ Of course, she kept that to herself.

“And even if I leave this matter to them…Seven Stars might issue a complaint, asking why they always have to step up for dangerous tasks when there are many other organizations.”

Although his words were fair, Noel responded with an unimpressed smile because she could read Chi-Hyun’s inner thoughts. This was different from the mission at the Hala Forest. Chi-Hyun was going to be away for...