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With a hoarse sigh, the young woman tightly grasped her aching arm, trying to pull the pain away by sheer force.
A light breeze tousled her short hair while exhaustion and bewilderment slowly crept across her face at the sight she had witnessed earlier.
Jeong Huiwon protecting some man from monsters? Not only was that an unlikely turn of events for the current developments of the novel, completely contradicting everything, but she had also seen someone who was not supposed to be here, along with a million other differences to add to the growing pile of oddities.
Pressing her lips together in displeasure, she stepped out of her hiding place and headed toward the unusual duo.
While she recognized Jeong Huiwon without any difficulty, identifying her companion proved far more troublesome.
Deciding she would think about it later, she carefully lifted the injured duo and made her way toward the entrance of the station.
Clicking her tongue to herself, the young woman grumbled unhappily about her miserable life and, at the last moment, glanced up at the empty sky.
«You’d better be at the station, bastard. We’re going to have a long conversation.»
For just a brief moment, something seemed to glimmer in the night sky, and the lips that had recently been pressed into a dark scowl curved ever so slightly.