I Became a Supporting Character in a Martial Arts Novel (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 124

After doing it, I returned to my room and was filled with worries.

It was partly because I wondered if my actions had been too impulsive and lacking in logic.

I’d resolved to act with subtlety, yet I feared I’d acted clumsily just because the idea that popped into my head at that moment seemed plausible.

Honestly, thinking back now, it felt less like acting and more like an outburst of frantic babbling.

Yet at the same time, since it concerned death—something so serious—perhaps appearing unusually sensitive and abrupt might actually seem normal.

Still, it wasn’t so unreasonable as to be completely unbelievable, was it?

I disliked the very fact that I had to agonize over this, but fortunately, the results of my actions became clear quickly enough.

‘He seems slightly less suspicious.’

The sorcerer’s gaze toward me had grown somewhat lukewarm.

In truth, after pretending to be sulky and refusing to leave my room for about two days, I’d finally met him face-to-face today, on the third day—and things hadn’t started badly. The Sect Leader was the same.

“To think it appeared that way to you… I’m truly sorry.”

“Oh… yes.”

I could feel him scrutinizing my expression. It was a sign of success.

Thinking about it now, they could’ve easily broken down the closed door and barged in—but because I’d been so docile until suddenly throwing a tantrum, they’d left me alone as if letting a small animal sulk in its den… For two whole days, I couldn’t help but feel uneasy about whether this tactic had truly worked.

‘Huh? This is actually more annoying now?’

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