Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 587 (Part 2)



587 (Part 2)

I looked at Mo Yong-hia filled with such emotions.

“…”

A few seconds passed as our gazes met.

“…What are you curious about?”

In the end Mo Yong-hia was the first to raise the white flag.

That was a relief.

It seemed I wouldn’t have to deal with any annoying matters.

“Young Master.”

“Yeah.”

“Even if you hear the story from me now you’ll end up hearing a separate explanation from Captain later.”

“That’s true.”

“But will you still listen now?”

Mo Yong-hia was right.

I would eventually get some explanation.

However.

“It’s more important to hear it from you first.”

“…”

Before hearing the stories to come.

I needed to hear it from Mo Yong-hia’s perspective first.

Among those who would speak to me she would be the one most on my side.

“…Seriously.”

Upon hearing my words Mo Yong-hia slightly averted her gaze.

I could faintly see her ears turning a bit red.

It seemed she had somewhat grasped the meaning of my words.

“What… are you trying to ask?”

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“Oh the first question I want to ask is….”

It was a question I had already decided on beforehand.

Why had the young lady come here?

How did the White Flower Trading Company which was not a part of the alliance end up taking on such a task?

That was not something I would hear later.

What I wanted to ask was precisely.

“Why did you let the young lady slip away?”

“…”

Mo Yong-hia’s eyes widened at the question.

Yes that was the first thing I wanted to ask.

“You crossed the wall didn’t you? Right?”

“…Yes.”

“When did you cross it?”

“It’s been a few months. It was shortly after I parted ways with you Young Master.”

“Hmm.”

Mo Yong-hia had reached a peak.

The illness she had inherently possessed had been completely melted away by the time I spent with her.

After that she began training in martial arts again and managed to cross the wall.

Having not trained for several years and then starting again.

She must have put in tremendous effort so it was certainly something to congratulate her on.

“However the young lady was at the first-class entry level.”

Now was not the time for light congratulations.

“Moreover there were no weak guards around her.”

The personnel assigned by the Trading Company were the same.

The young lady from the Ice Palace wouldn’t have come alone so her guards would be the same.

Yet a first-class young lady managed to escape under the watch of such people?

“That’s something that usually shouldn’t happen.”

“Hmm.”

“How did that happen?”

This question was not meant to blame Mo Yong-hia for her incompetence.

It was such an unusual occurrence that I had to ask. Especially….

‘At that time. The sensation I felt from the young lady.’

When the light was emanating from the young lady’s body.

At that moment I had to feel a strange energy.

It seemed she was trying to do something.

That kept bothering me.

As I asked with my doubts Mo Yong-hia cautiously opened her mouth.

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“What you said Young Master is correct. It was a situation I absolutely couldn’t let slip away…. I even intentionally assigned more personnel.”

“But.”

“The situation wasn’t particularly strange. We were walking while surrounding the area. I was right next to her.”

From just hearing that it seemed there was no escape route.

If it were someone else they might not know but Mo Yong-hia would never let her guard down.

Knowing that she was such a person made it even more incomprehensible.

“However…. at some point I looked to the side and the young lady had disappeared.”

I tilted my head upon hearing that.

“She disappeared?”

“Yes she really vanished in an instant. There wasn’t even a moment to sense her presence….”

“Hmm.”

She suddenly disappeared like that.

Then indeed….

‘It seems she did something.’

It looked like she used something she intended to do on me to escape.

What could it be? What method did she use?

‘Was it a spirit artifact?’

That seemed the most likely.

‘If that’s the case.’

Why on earth did the young lady run away?

What reason could there be to come all the way to the Central Plains and escape?

Such questions arose but this was not something I should ask Mo Yong-hia.

This was likely something she didn’t know yet.

“Is that the end of your questions?”

Since I wasn’t asking any more Mo Yong-hia spoke up.

“No there’s still one more left.”

Unfortunately it wasn’t time to end the questions yet.

The most important one remained.

“The young lady’s face. It looked a lot like yours.”

“Ah….”

A slight change appeared on Mo Yong-hia’s expression upon hearing the question.

I didn’t miss that.

“Is that just a coincidence?”

It could be seen as a strange question.

It would seem suspicious to think that something was going on just because they looked alike.

Even if it was just half Mo Yong-hia was also from the North Sea.

Her light blue eyes proved that.

I didn’t know how the young lady from the North Sea was related.

But since she was also born from the Palace Head it was only natural that the two would resemble each other.

It just seemed a bit too much alike.

It felt more strange to think it was odd….

Looking into Mo Yong-hia’s eyes I could tell.

“That….”

She also had something on her mind.

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

“Yes. When I first saw her I was really surprised.”

That made sense.

Even I would be surprised to see someone who looked similar to me.

It would feel unpleasant too.

“But on the contrary the young lady didn’t seem surprised at all.”

“Hmm.”

This part caught my attention a lot.

Mo Yong-hia was surprised at first sight but the young lady seemed perfectly fine….

“She didn’t seem surprised when she saw my face. She just asked me a question.”

“A question?”

“Yes. The question she asked at that time was definitely….”

[Really…. You’ve escaped from the curse of the Ice Spirit?]

she said.

‘The curse of the Ice Spirit?’

Hearing that made me pause for a moment. Ice Spirit. I had heard of that before.

It was said to be a symbol of the North Sea where an enormous coldness was condensed.

The curse of the Ice Spirit huh?

And she mentioned it after seeing Mo Yong-hia?

Tap-tap-.

As I pondered I tapped the table with my fingers.

‘Could it be related to her constitution?’

Mo Yong-hia had the condition of absolute coldness.

Could that be what she meant?

But.

‘How would the young lady know that?’

The person who mentioned it was the problem.

Moreover the fact that she mentioned the curse being lifted meant she knew that Mo Yong-hia had been treated.

Looking at this.

‘It means she didn’t come here just for a casual visit.’

It seemed there was something heavier than expected behind the young lady’s visit to the Central Plains.

Questions piled up.

I felt something was off.

As I continued to ponder someone approached us.

“Excuse me.”

Someone came over and spoke to us.

“I have a message from the Captain.”

It was an employee of the Trading Company.

Wondering what it was everyone looked at him.

In a calm voice he conveyed the message.

“‘The young lady has regained consciousness.’ The Captain instructed me to convey this.”

Upon hearing that I frowned.

Since the party involved had opened her eyes it meant she should come up soon.

That was clearly the implication.

The problem was.

“…But the food hasn’t come out yet.”

The meal we ordered hadn’t even been touched.