Chapter 1013: PAID

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"Hello."

Cheonma waved her hand. Seeing her, I furrowed my brows.

It wasn’t strange for her to appear out of nowhere and greet me. By now, I was well aware that everything she did was bizarre. That wasn’t the issue.

"…What are you riding?"

The real problem was the creature she was sitting on.

I pointed at the black wolf-like form beneath her. Cheonma followed my hand with her gaze, looking down.

Then she looked back up at me and spoke.@@novelbin@@

"A friend."

"…What?"

"A friend."

"A friend?"

"Yeah."

"…That thing? With you?"

"Yeah."

What kind of insane nonsense was this? Cheonma befriended Kurung?

I was too dumbfounded to even react properly.

—Grrr.

At Cheonma’s words, Kurung let out a low growl.

Was that denial or affirmation?

I didn’t have the ability to discern meaning from such a brief sound.

So, I simply stared at the creature.

Kurung suddenly lifted its head to look at Cheonma. Their eyes met.

Then, without a word, Cheonma slipped down from its back.

Did they just have a silent conversation?

—Grrr.

Kurung slowly walked toward me and stopped right in front.

It looked exactly like a wolf, or perhaps a large dog.

With violet eyes that resembled Cheonma’s, it stared at me.

I narrowed my eyes and asked,

"…Were you waiting for me?"

—Grrr.

For an animal’s growl, it was oddly crude.

It let out that sound and gave a slight nod.

Meaning—it had known I would come looking for it and had been waiting.

In other words—

"So, you knew about this too."