I Became a Supporting Character in a Martial Arts Novel (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 146

As the sun was setting, I stepped outside the quarters for a brief walk with Hahyeon.

It’s not as if staying inside the hall meant doing anything in particular, and I didn’t particularly dislike such situations either.

But that strange, inexplicable sense of guilt—like I’d somehow committed a sin—was simply unavoidable.

Out here, everyone still regarded us as ordinary senior and junior martial brothers, just as before, so no one batted an eye even when Hahyeon and I wandered around alone together.

Thanks to their prejudice, I didn’t have to stay on high alert, straining my senses for any sign of people nearby, and that brought a sense of peace.

Thinking back, the most extreme reaction anyone ever showed was mild surprise, saying, “You two are still so close, even though you’re grown now?”—which clearly showed just how little anyone truly questioned it.

Master was one of those people too.

Besides, there’s a saying that the lamp burns darkest right beneath it, so I’d never seriously worried about Master catching us… until now.

“Do you think Master noticed?”

“Did he say anything specific to you?”

Even though I’d blurted it out suddenly, Hahyeon seemed to grasp the context immediately and replied casually.

I turned to look at him and murmured my answer.

“No, not exactly… but his eyes…”

Wait—hadn’t I once thought it unwise to judge people based on something as vague as their gaze?

Unable to finish my sentence, I simply took a moment to reflect inwardly, then finally sighed and shook my head.

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