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“That isn’t all,” Cho-Yeon murmured gently, unraveling the quiet that had settled around us.
Really?
I turned toward her once again.
“Even if The Coming Dawn embodies my long-awaited hope, there was very little I could tangibly do during his climb. Under the tower’s rules, offering overt assistance is strictly forbidden.”
“I figured.”
I still didn’t know where this new conversation thread was leading, but her solemn demeanor made ignoring her impossible.
“All I could manage were the smallest gestures. Little conveniences, subtle enough that no one would notice, or even if they did, they would dismiss them as trivial.”
That made me realize she wasn’t claiming that the tower had supported me through my trials—she was talking about the circumstances surrounding my indirect regression, the intricate web of circumstances that had been woven long before I became aware of it.
“Given the situation, the chances of anyone aligned with me forming even the faintest connection with you were so small it was almost nonexistent.”
“Are you referring to Hee-Jeong’s sponsor, Master of the Five Carriage Wheels?”
She nodded. “That is correct.”
Now that I thought about it, she was right. Even if I possessed the capabilities to conquer the tower and overcome every trial thrown at me, countless obstacles were simply up to chance. The clearest examples were...
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