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âI donât know what youâre talking about.â
Muk Yeon maintained his feigned ignorance in response to my question.
But no amount of pretending could hide the truth.
âWhen did he figure it out?â
The reason he deliberately brought up those termsâ
It was because I had already planned to use them myself.
I had prepared them in advance when drafting my incident report before coming here.
The Alliance wouldnât dare throw me away, given my current value.
Even if I received punishment, I had already crafted a justification to reduce the severity.
Support from the Sword Divisions?
It wasnât even necessary.
What use was their support to me?
It was nothing more than a toolâmeant to intimidate the other commanders.
And more than thatâ
âA spark to ignite the flames.â
It was bait to provoke conflict.
It had already proven effective, stirring agitation among some of them.
I had prepared to manipulate the situation or, if needed, use it as a fallback plan.
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âHe already knew?â
That old man had seen right through me.
Maybe he hadnât uncovered every layer of my intent,
But he understood the gist of my plan.
And to prove it, he immediately suggested revising the terms.
âDamn.â
Now it made sense.
I had wondered how he intended to control the backlash from the commanders.
He had simply been waitingâletting the tension build, knowing something would eventually break.
Andâ
âHe thinks Iâll act in line with his plans and use me for it?â
During the last commandersâ meeting,
Muk Yeon had shown hints of expectation toward me.