“Honored Guest…?”
Watching Yeongryeong react to me, I bit my lip.
Mother was gone. Confirming that, I spoke to Yeongryeong.
“…What just happened?”
“W-what… what do you mean…?”
“The thing that just happened. Do you remember it?”
“Pardon…?”
Damn.
Yeongryeong didn’t seem to remember anything.
‘We missed her.’
Mother had vanished—again—leaving only the instruction to find another Sacred Tree.
If it’s the next Sacred Tree—
‘that would be that other General.’
The strange General whose details weren’t widely known. Seemed that was where he was.
They said the location was known, but there was no information on what he was.
So I had to go where he was after all?
‘And the location is probably…’
I’d heard it was between Maryeong Mountain and the way back to Mount Hua Sect.
‘Is this really a coincidence?’
I’d wondered if I truly needed to come all the way to Maryeong Mountain first; somehow it felt like this order had been planned, too.
‘What on earth is this?’
What was Mother’s aim?
From…