“This is…”
A red bead with a crimson sheen.
I’d seen it before, and I’d even used one. Back around the time I was in the North Sea—likely during the battle with Mang.
Back then, for sure—
‘Lady Mi gave it to me to use.’
Was it “use it if you’re in danger”? Or “keep it on you”? She’d handed it over with words like that. As for its effect—
‘…Father showed up.’
There were two beads, and if you shattered one, the person holding the other would appear at the location where the bead was broken.
That was how—
‘Father appeared.’
He appeared where I was. By that logic, then…
‘With high probability, if I break this…’
Gu Seongyeol will appear—wouldn’t he? I don’t know the bead’s effect perfectly, but since Madam Jin gave this to me, that possibility fits.
“…But why give this to me?”
It seemed Madam Jin assumed I wouldn’t know what it was. Knowing full well, I was honestly flustered.
‘Not to Gu Seon or Father, but to me?’
Leaving her own children aside to give it to me—that was puzzling. Should I accept it?…