𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗦, Go Won

𝟬𝟬𝟰. 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿?

"Can women only shift souls to the same gender?"Uk asked.

"Not really." Yul said.

"For everything to go smoothly, they should pick someone similar." Da-hye explained.

"Gender, age, and build. They all need to be similar." Yul said.

Da-hye had only seen Naksu twice but her face had already engraved in Da-hye's mind, she would recognize her face anywhere. But, Mu-deok and Naksu were not really alike. However, there was still the possibility that Mu-deok could be Naksu. 

"I am not asking because I have not seen her. Was Naksu thin with short limbs?" Uk asked. "Did she have a round face like Mu-deok right here?"

Why did he mention Mu-deok while talking about Naksu? That could not be a coincidence. Uk was comparing Mu-deok and Naksu because Mu-deok was Naksu. And Uk knew it. But why was Naksu letting Uk tease her like that? Had she lost her energy?

Dang-gu inspected Mu-deok's face. "If that was the case, she would not have been nicknamed Naksu." Dang-gu said. "Look at her." Dang-gu grabbed Mu-deok's face. "What kind of assassin look this adorable?"

"You are right." Mu-deok said. "I bet she was a monster."

"No, she was human." Yul said. "Let us not belittle the dead, even if she was an assassin." Da-hye guessed that Yul knew that his childhood friend was Naksu. Or maybe he was just defending Naksu. And Da-hye was overthinking.

"Master Heo Yeom wants to see you." A mage said.

"Go without me. He dislikes me anyway." Uk said.

"Right. Being here would be safer." Dang-gu said. "Let us go." Dang-gu told Yul and Da-hye.

"Uk, you better not tamper with the door." Da-hye joked. "Since you always break something." If only Da-hye knew that Uk was going to do just that.

They were brought to the training center. Apparently, there was a soul shifter here who had let the intruders in. Da-hye could bet that that soul shifter was Mu-deok. But maybe she was wrong. Maybe she was just overthinking the whole situation. But still there was a possibility that Da-hye was right. Her gut feeling was always right.

So Da-hye's uncle decided to bring everyone who was currently in Songrim to the training center. The leader had asked help from the Jin family. Using one of their relics, they would find out who was the soul shifter.

Dang-gu saw Uk and Mu-deok arrive.

"Uk." Dang-gu said.

Mu-deok and Uk walked towards Yul, Da-hye and Dang-gu.

"What is going on?" Uk asked. "Why are we gathered here?"

"They are going to catch Naksu's men who are in here." Dang-gu explained.

Da-hye caught Uk and Mu-deok giving each other some type of look. Maybe Da-hye was right. Maybe Mu-deok was Naksu and Uk knew that. But she could always be wrong as well.

"Naksu?" Uk said. 

Park Jin and Master Heo arrived. All the mages gave a bow.

"One of you has helped Naksu's men who sneaked in here today." The leader said. 

"My lord." Dang-gu said. "Everyone here knows each other." 

"On the outside, you all look like those of Songrim." The leader explained . "That is why I asked someone for help." 

"Lady Jin Cho-yeon of the Jin family has brought Gwigu." Sang-ho told the leader.

Young Lady Jin walked into the training center. She was the second daughter of the Jin family. The first daughter, Jin Bu-yeon had gone missing years ago. Lady Jin still believed that her daughter would return. But, Da-hye did not believe that. She believed that Jin Bu-yeon was dead.