𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧 !

「 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 」

Once you've freshened up, you loosely tie your damp hair, not wanting any strand to obstruct your vision. 

You hope you're not late as you open the doors, a bit shameful to see that you were the last to arrive before Yi Zaha.

"...I greet my..s-seni-senior—sss.."

It put a crack on your pride and your ego to be calling other people your seniors. You've always been the big sister amongst the heavenly generals, and you've never had to treat anyone with much respect aside the Rakshasa.

You bow crookedly before sitting on the empty seat...beside Yi Zaha's chair?

"Um.. Administrator Byeok, is this really my seat? I don't think it's right for me to seat beside the clan leader."

He shrugs, "It is what the master has ordered."

Hesitantly getting comfortable on the seat, you squirm, not too sure about sitting beside the highest man ranked in the room. 

With the great rakshasa, you've always been behind him in meetings, either just standing there unmoving or in the shadows where no one would see.

Before you could get lost in your thoughts, the administrator coughs loud and just then does the great Yi Zaha who has defeated countless enemies enters the room.

He takes his time to walk towards his chair, nodding at everyone as a greeting in the room before settling down.

Byeok begins the meeting, "We've received reports of the silver phantom, Yoo Sacheong, near the area. And, along with the meteor wanderers that cause trouble with money, several unknown martial artists have also gathered en masse."

You inwardly frown in annoyance.

People always thought that if the bigger fish suddenly dies out of nowhere, it must have been to a weaker fish did it perish.

They never think that it might have been an even bigger creature that swallowed them alive.

Yoo Sacheong was an irritating man. Even if he was handsome, people always fell for the chess boards he arranged, people always fell for his manipulation, and everything would go his way.

Not only that, but he also harbored a special hatred toward the black faction, meaning he was always out to get your ass. 

For every mess he made, you were assigned to clean up.

"After hearing the news that a a portion of the twelve heavenly generals and the Great Rakshasa has died, they must think that nanhua has become weak."

of course they would take this opportunity to conquer the nanhua.

"They know someone killed the great rakshasa, so how could they think nanhua has become weak? they must be idiots." Yi Zaha doesn't sound surprised at this point.

"Greed blinds level-headedness from time to time."

The cheeky old man did have a point.

"I would guess that the elder hornless dragon king has joined forces with professor su. Since there are quite a lot of them, I will send word to the twelve heavenly generals for now. If the elder hornless dragon king is trying to break apart nanhua county to divide it amongst themselves, the twelve heavenly generals won't be safe either."

Inwardly, you disagreed.

For years, you had guided the generals, honing their skills, tempering their spirits like steel in the forge of war. You were their unseen hand, the silent force that ensured only those with humanity in their hearts advanced swiftly, while those who blindly offered their devotion to the Great Rakshasa, as you once had, were left to wilt.