Turning back time to the night before Shalyh’s expeditionary force left the city.0

“What?” Byeok doubted her own ears when Chi-Hyun visited her late in the night. “What did you just say?”0

“It is just as I said,” Chi-Hyun responded calmly. “With the end of this war, it seems I will have to make my exit.”0

“Exit?”0

“Perhaps it could happen in the middle of the war.”0

“What do you mean…by a sudden exit…?” Byeok appeared flustered by the sudden revelation.0

“Who knows? Perhaps it will be the end or death.”0

“Aren’t those the same thing?”0

“It can’t be helped.” Chi-Hyun shrugged. It wasn’t that he would exit of his own will, but that he would be forced to. In other words, it was out of his control. Byeok’s lips quivered, not knowing what to say. How could even a hero called the legend not do anything about his end? How tough and hard was the war ahead of them exactly? The thought of it made Byeok shudder.0

“But I’m still looking forward to it,” Chi-Hyun said nonchalantly. “Usually, there’s no better cliché than a family member’s sacrifice to make a hero awaken new power.”1

Byeok frowned. What was he going on about now? But before she could ask, she saw Chi-Hyun rise to his feet, like he had said all he had come to say.0

“But what about you!” Byeok asked and pursed her lips again. Given she was one of the very few privy...0