Sister of the Ranking 1st (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 128

Then they started discussing among themselves the various possibilities that could arise.

Upon hearing this, Lee Jin Ha’s face turned pale.

“Surely, surely you don’t actually believe this absurd incitement, do you? How could you! My, my younger sibling has only been dead for less than a month… What possible gain would I have from killing my own sibling? All I wanted was to carry on my sibling’s will and lead Am Wol in a positive direction…”

As if she had switched tactics entirely, tears began to well up in her eyes. Listening further, I realized I’d been cast as someone who, trusting my older brother Cheon Shin Woo and the nearby Gabriel, slandered the kind-hearted guildmaster of Am Wol.

‘She’s really good at playing the victim.’

I felt no particular emotion—only a growing weariness from this pointless argument.

Wasn’t the guilds’ petty pride clash, and whatever issues Am Wol might spearhead from now on, all rather laughable?

I decided to test Lee Jin Ha just one last time.

“You were going to kill Baek Jang Mi soon anyway, weren’t you?”

“…!”

It was meant as a half-joking remark, yet her reaction was surprisingly intense.

Could she really have intended to kill her today? It was possible. Silence had prophesied trouble precisely at midnight today—perhaps she planned to trigger an Unknown Gate.

‘If the issue involves a Gate, that would mean the Twilight Society is present as well…’

There were already six S-ranks aboard this airship, including myself, and due to the special materials used, I couldn’t be certain whether the Twilight Society was here. Maybe I should ask Latte to check.

Unaware that I was lost in thought, Lee Jin Ha jabbed her finger toward me as she spoke.

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