Chi-Woo wasn’t alone in his reaction. All the expedition team members widened their eyes with their jaws dropped. That was how unexpected Chi-Hyun’s sudden appearance was. The same went for Chi-Hyun. Chi-Hyun looked shocked as soon as he saw Chi-Woo and clenched his eyes shut like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

“Why are you here?!” Chi-Hyun stomped toward Chi-Woo and shouted menacingly. Chi-Woo began by breathing a sigh of relief. Though he hadn’t let it show much, he knew how terrible the situation was. He was about to release all his seals, and if Eshnunna hadn’t interrupted him, he might’ve met his brother in his rampaging state.

He didn’t know what happened, but everything changed with his brother’s appearance. That was how reassuring Chi-Hyun’s presence was. And now that his heart had calmed down to some extent, Chi-Woo wondered and asked, “That’s what I want to ask you. Why are you here?”

“What do you mean why? You know that I have been working outside,” Chi-Hyun replied. In their last call, Chi-Hyun had said he needed to go somewhere else, so Chi-Woo supposed that there must be something urgent for his brother to take care of.

“But still, I didn’t expect to see you here.”

“That’s what I want to say to you. How—no, before that, how did you get here? The Sky Castle is in Sernitas’ territory.”

It appeared that Chi-Hyun had also secretly trespassed into Sernitas’ territory for some purpose. Instead of answering his question, Chi-Woo asked, “Besides that, where’s Mr. Ismile? Didn’t you leave with him?”

“I have separated from him for quite some time now because it was better to move independently. But no—that’s not even the important part,” Chi-Hyun answered all of Chi-Woo’s questions even while expressing his anger. “So, why are you here!”

“I-I came for the toharis…” Chi-Woo hastily said because Chi-Hyun looked ready to shake the answer out of him.

“Toharis?” Chi-Hyun’s glaring eyes shifted to the blazing firelight. “Why that all of a sudden?”

“It’s not sudden… You know...