TFJB 30

Chapter 30

Anyway, that man certainly left a deep impression before leaving.

“One of the two people I need to be most careful about while staying in the Ashen Fortress, and one of the two who’ll probably be the least helpful to my life. At least I’m sure about that much.”

Who’s the other one, you ask?

Well, obviously Kin.

“Even if things feel a bit more comfortable now, he’s still the one holding my lifeline, and I never know when he might change his mind.”

Muttering to myself as I walked on, someone suddenly blocked my path.

“Looks like you’ve gotten pretty close to Checker?”

I had no idea when he appeared, but Kin was standing there, tilting his head as he looked at me.

“L-Lord of the Castle?”

“You even saw him off. Since when did you two get so close?”

Doesn’t this feel like an interrogation or something? I ground my teeth, sweating profusely.

“Uh, well, you see—”

“Checker is someone to watch out for, so be careful.”

“That’s not what I meant—”

But before Kin could even hear my excuse, he vanished in a whoosh, just like he had appeared.

Judging from his retreating back, which didn’t look pleased at all, it seemed the intel that Kin didn’t really like Checker was spot-on.

“This is exhausting. Just exhausting.”

For some reason my eyes were growing moist, so I looked up at the distant sky to dry them. Then I thought wistfully:

“It’s not like I’m some early-teen kid. Do I really have to worry about friendship drama between grown men too? My life is way too hard.”

Stars above, if you’re out there, please save me! Please!