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“What are you talking about?”
Meeting the Tower of Ordeal? What kind of absurd statement is that?
Just as confusion began to settle in, something flickered through my mind.
Cho-Yeon.
The mystical beasts who had voiced their hatred for the tower and Poong-Wol’s sudden seizures when left alone with her came to my mind.
Even the fact that Cho-Yeon—who hadn’t been necessary to complete the trial in the first place—had posed those strange and pointed questions toward me.
“No way...”
Natalie nodded to confirm what I had barely dared to consider. “Yes. Cho-Yeon. It was her debut performance. She is the Tower of Ordeal.”
I was too stunned to respond right away.
Wait. What? Seriously? Cho-Yeon is the Tower of Ordeal?
Despite Natalie’s words and all the circumstantial evidence, it still didn’t feel real. However, it had to be true.
Suddenly, a host of unanswered questions began to fall into place.
Were her questions subtly hinting at the truth all along?
Thinking of it that way, it started to make sense.
Still, why give hints instead of saying it outright?
I had no clue.
There hadn’t been a single reason to doubt her. Her acting had been flawless, but more than that, there had been nothing to suspect in the first place.
The realization sent a chill down my spine.
All the small complaints, the expressions of concern, the faint traces of pain—every one of them had been an act.
Yet the more I thought about it, the less strange it...
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