Chapter 684: PAID

A woman with light green hair smiled brightly, standing beside a blonde woman who couldn’t seem to raise her head for some reason.

Seeing Tang So-yeol and Wi Seol-ah appear suddenly, I tilted my head.

“What the hell? Why are you here?”

“We’re here to register for the tournament!”

The answer was obvious.

If we ran into each other here, it must mean they were here to register for the Martial Arts Tournament.

However...

“You’re registering?”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Yes!”

“You too?”

“…Yes.”

I hadn’t expected these two to participate.

Judging by the tokens they were holding, they had already registered.

“…Were they interested in this kind of thing?”

Tang So-yeol was from a prestigious family and regularly attended events like Yongbongjihoe, so it wasn’t entirely surprising.

But for Wi Seol-ah to join the tournament? That was unexpected.

I’d always thought she wasn’t interested in such things.

Moreover…

“I even went out of my way to keep her unnoticed.”

I’d been making efforts to keep Wi Seol-ah under the radar. Yet here she was, walking straight into the tournament, leaving me bewildered.

“Was I too distracted?”

Between the chaos I’d been dealing with lately, I hadn’t had the time to keep up with Wi Seol-ah’s interests.

Perhaps I’d failed to notice that she had taken an interest in the tournament.

Tsk….

This was becoming troublesome.

I glanced around, surveying the surroundings.

Just yesterday, the registration area had been bustling with noise and activity.

“…Wow….”

“Whoa….”

Now, however, the crowd seemed subdued, with only murmurs of admiration filling the air.

Most of the gazes were directed our way.

“No.”

To be precise, they were focused on Wi Seol-ah.

“She’s beautiful… How can anyone be so beautiful?”

People’s breaths caught as they gazed at her, as if enchanted.

And this was with her trying to suppress her presence.

Tang So-yeol, having undergone training with the Shadow King, had all but erased her presence, leaving people barely aware of her.

But Wi Seol-ah, even while deliberately dampening her aura, still drew every gaze.

Her beauty had reached a level far beyond expectations, making her the center of attention wherever she went.

I couldn’t let it continue.

Sighing, I released a wave of Qi, cloaking Wi Seol-ah in an additional barrier.