PAID

I found myself being led by Han Yeoreum to a park walkway.

Although she was the one who asked to talk first, I also had quite a bit to bring up.

“Phew, good thing I found you before you did anything.”@@novelbin@@

Han Yeoreum exaggeratedly wiped her chest in relief.

I glared at her. That silly gesture of hers was annoyingly ridiculous.

After catching her breath for a moment, she smiled brightly and asked,

“So, you’ve given up on taking personal revenge on Eddie, right?”

“…That’s all you wanted to say? What could I even do with this frail body of mine?”

“You’re harboring a dangerous black flame dragon in your right hand, aren’t you?”

“Y-you…! Ugh!”

I nearly jumped, though only in my mind.

Then, without missing a beat, I unleashed a rapid stream of words toward Han Yeoreum.

“What even was that, anyway? In this tournament, is it really okay to coat weapons with poison like that?”

“Hmm, doping items that boost stats are normalized by the Barrier of Ability Limitation, but the poison he used seems to be entirely from that world. It’s an item that bypasses the system.”

“An item that bypasses the system?”

“The people in that world are responsible for checking things like that. To be precise, this was the Betaeon Kingdom’s fault. Ugh, this dualized system has so many problems. Of course, even if he had won, he would’ve been disqualified afterward.”

“…So, are you saying this was fine? What about Nagi’s synchronization rate? You knew, didn’t you? You know everything, don’t you, Han Yeoreum? Yet, you didn’t take any measures to stop the match.”

"What were you doing here?"

"We received a report. Did you start the fire intentionally?"

"W-what? Police? What do you want? It was just a cigarette that fell on the leaves!"

"Don’t you know this entire park is a no-smoking area?"

"…A foreigner? Sergeant, we might need to run a background check."

"Could you come with us to the station for questioning?"

"W-wait! Why? Hold on!"

“Is that Suelbi? Come in.”