Chapter 149
“I’ll take you to the back door.”
“You’re trying to convince yourself that your memories have returned.”
Black Ho shook his head and turned to face me. His unwavering gaze made me want to avert my gaze.
“This body has finally become useful. They’re going to use me to get to you, the Grand Duke, and the Zheng Sect.”
“You’ve always been useful, don’t lower yourself all of a sudden. And you should say it right, they just want to kill you.”
“Please allow me to repay the favor that …… has given me.”
I was about to make a comment about what kind of grace invocation this was, but then I realized that this was not a moment for a playful response and sighed.
“The child is alive, and this is not an open secret; I learned of it through the imperial family’s intelligence network.”
She must be about the age of the Namgung Byeok now. Black Lake’s daughter would be alive. Black Lake paused at the words.
“If your father is so irresponsible, I have no intention of being friends with him.”
I meant it, and knowing better than anyone that I meant it, Black Ho bit his lower lip before he spoke.
“I just want to see it with my own eyes.”
Halt.
I stop speaking and look at him.
“On the day I saw it, I saw the child’s breathing stop, and I slaughtered thirty people on the spot, the Salmak’s Salsoo, and deliberately wiped my memory, forgetting how to use my ears, fearing that my habit of being a Salsoo would creep in.”
I listened in silence, for in those words was the story of Black Ho’s entire life.
