At a glance, he was a man of lowly status with nothing special about him.
He looked around, wondering if he might be a martial artist, but there was not a single weapon.
Because his hands were pretty, he wasn’t a martial artist who used fist techniques.
“Heh.”
He sneered at Sa Cheon without realizing it.
Sa Cheon guessed the reason for his sneer but remained indifferent.
He was someone who had commanded people from a much higher position than him.
He didn’t even find him funny.
However, Dam Ye-rin opened her mouth, seemingly displeased with his behavior.
“What was that behavior just now?”
“Ah, I apologize.
He is a man so unsuited for you, Young Lady, that a laugh slipped out without my realizing it.”
“What a funny thing to say.
Are you saying there are suited and unsuited encounters when it comes to human connections?”
“Of course there are.
Do you think a tiger and a rabbit can get along with each other?
A tiger might embrace a rabbit with a broad mind, but they cannot be friends.
The worlds they live in are different.
People are exactly the same.
For instance…”
Go Dam-seo drew his sword and brought it to Sa Cheon’s neck.
“When another tiger appears and threatens the rabbit’s life like this, the rabbit has no choice but to step aside from the tiger.”
Go Dam-seo smirked and looked down at Sa Cheon.
Sa Cheon stopped using his spoon and looked at Dam Ye-rin, not Go Dam-seo, gesturing at the sword with his eyes as if asking what this was.
‘Must be nice, having a guy like this like you.’
As if she had read Sa Cheon’s thoughts, Dam Ye-rin’s face turned bright red and she jumped up from her seat.
“What are you doing right now?!”
* * *
At the same time.
An Elder of the Black Dragon Sect was hiding near the Cheonjin First Inn, leading a few disciples.
They were all masters above a certain level, tailing Dam Ye-rin under the orders of Vice Sect Leader Eun Ja-ho.
At first, they had planned to stick by her side under the pretext of being an escort, but Dam Ye-rin had rejected that goodwill, leaving them with no choice but to tail her.
It had been one sijin since they started tailing Dam Ye-rin like that.
When Dam Ye-rin showed unexpected movements instead of meeting with the people of the Azure Dragon Sect, one of the disciples tailing her spoke to the Elder.
“Elder, shouldn’t we send someone inside the inn?
The location notified through the missive might be a blind.”
“Hmm…”
At the Disciple’s words, the Elder pondered for a moment.
It was because, as the Disciple said, the Azure Dragon Sect might have used a strategy in advance to prevent the movements of insolent forces.
Especially since Cheonjin was the territory of the Cheonjin Sect, from the Azure Dragon Sect’s perspective, meeting as carefully as possible without catching the eyes of other sects was the best option.