With a rustle, Mom’s hand pulled back the curtain of the sickroom.

As soon as the curtain was drawn, the stern gaze of a gloomy man met hers. With black disheveled hair and sharp black eyes, it was Nan, whom Nari had met yesterday.

Annoyed, he said, “Where are you giving medicine and treating the sick…! Can’t you see I’m lying here unable to move because I’m in pain right now!”
“For such things, you’re recovering well, aren’t you? Is it some kind of new tsundere?”
“Again, saying strange things…! Ah, it hurts…!”
“Moving hurts, so you should stay isolated here for about a month.”
Nan abruptly tried to get up but was firmly held back by his right shoulder. It was the part he kept fidgeting with when talking to Nari.

“Anyway, I’ll stay for a few weeks.”
“Huh? Aren’t you usually here for a few hours like usual?”

He blinked and looked at Mom.

Without horn-rimmed glasses, his sharp features were fully exposed, but it wasn’t unpleasant.

“Well~ since I’ve been dropping by occasionally, our dear and princess and prince don’t like it, so I just brought the whole family. We’ll be here during the kids’ kindergarten vacation.”
“…I see.”

Upon hearing that, Nan, seeming slightly disappointed, lay back on the bed.

Mom chuckled and started taking out a few books from the inventory.

“What’s wrong? Don’t you like the kids, by any chance?”
“I like them.”
“But why do you have such a disappointed expression…”

Muttering, Mom took off the book covers and also brought out a laptop.

“……What is this?”

[Understanding Guild Management] [Viewing Financial Statements Completed in 30 Days]

Having completed the setup, Mom turned on the laptop. Numerous tabs of paid internet lectures were open.

“Do you know it’s dangerous like this? It’s not a fight you win with strength. I’ll attach knowledgeable personnel for you.”
“Are you telling me to learn this? At my age? Me?”
“What can’t I do? Even my dad, after marrying me, quit his job and became a homemaker. At first, he couldn’t even fry an egg, but now he prepares twelve different side dishes for every meal. Do you know he won first place in a home decoration contest a few days ago? It’s so cute, I could die, really…”

“…”

Disgusted by his mom’s bragging, Nan got up and started clicking on the laptop as her dad’s proud story continued.

With a beep, the lecture began along with the instructor’s greeting.

Seeing Nan’s reaction, Mom turned her gaze towards the curtain to leave, but she turned back when she heard someone calling her name.

“Hana Kang.”

He looked away from the computer and glanced at Mom before sighing and speaking quietly.

“Why are you going so far for me?”
“Because you were right in front of me at that time.”
“I don’t really trust those words.”

Hmm, Mom’s humming voice continued.

Tap, tap, the sound of something lightly hitting the back of the neck was heard. After hesitating, Mom spoke again.

“It’s not like I fought for selfish reasons, right? But we ended up losing to those guys who hit the inevitable limit. I want to take the side of people like you because of that.”
“…If you want, you can do anything on your own. Right now, you could even monopolize the gates of this place with the hunters I’m fighting against.”
“Well, there’s nothing to say when you hear that kind of thing. But still, people here make a living by earning with gate items. It’s a bit pathetic to think that even those who are well-off want to reach out for more benefits there.”

“In the end, sympathy is the foundation. Understood.”

Nan brushed her bangs to the side with a blank expression. Following that, her mom’s cheerful laughter echoed.

“I just wish anyone I see in my sight to be happy. It’s called ‘Tasaengjeyeon,’ you know? If even a sleeve brushes by, it’s destined, and if you catch it in your eyes, it’s also fate.”

In response to her words, he looked straight at Mom. Mom’s pleased-sounding voice flowed again.

“I saw you, and I caught you with my eyes. That’s really all there is to it.”

That’s how the video in the frame ended. Naturally, a black indirect message appeared in front of Nan as she was about to move on to the next frame.

[Nari, behind you!]

“What?! Ugh…!”

With a loud sound, something was shot right next to Nan.

The corridor shook once, and pieces of jade fell from the ceiling with a thud.

“You came without even receiving an invitation. Not just anyone can enter this place.”

In front of her was an elderly woman with graying hair, taking a bare-handed combat stance.

Nan also knew who this person was. The first person she saw in the frame. It was Nahann. Nan clenched her teeth and whispered to herself.
“What is this? It’s not supposed to be detected…! It’s perception interference…”

“It seems like her senses are extremely sensitive, and the Lord of Chaos is getting nervous!”

As she had set her presence to almost that of a transparent person, she was undoubtedly capable of detecting even subtle changes in the surrounding space.

After scattering green mana into the air, she blinked her green eyes.

“If you think you can avoid my gaze, that’s a big mistake. Seeing her use mana, her weakness must be the wind.”

[Exclusive High-Level Monk Skill :: Attribute Conversion] [Converts mana into wind (風) attribute!]

Boom! The mana Nahann scattered in the air exploded like a bomb, turning into green wind that enveloped Nan.

Thinking that she might really reveal her identity like this, she spread her mana. Perhaps sensing the opportune moment, Nahann immediately raised her head.

[Abnormal Status :: ‘Social Avoidance’ is activated! The rank of all skills is temporarily lowered! S -> B grade]

“Darn it! Of all times!”

The powder of the mana, now downgraded to B grade, swirled around in the S-grade mana, swirling aimlessly in the air.

In the wind, Nahann’s voice assessing herself echoed.

“Height is around 150. A girl in her mid-20s. Using mana, and also…”

“What should I do? No, first, I need to open a dimensional rift right here…!”
As Nanhee, who had been murmuring and tracking herself, suddenly stopped talking, Nari, who had regained her composure, began to contemplate future measures. The wind that had been enveloping Nari gradually subsided.

“Are you there, by any chance?”

Puzzled, Nari looked ahead, and Nanhee’s voice was audible.

“Is it you, Nari?”