Bang Jin-Hun seemed to be openly making fun of Yi Myeong-Hwan. People wouldn't usually say rude things like that to the face of the person in question, even if that was what they believed. Since that was the case, Yi Myeong-Hwan had to assume he wasn't summoned to this office for a friendly chat over a cup of coffee.

Once he recognized that fact, Yi Myeong-Hwan's eyes squeezed shut all on their own.

'Yup, I'm finished.'

Even if he wouldn't leave this place as a corpse, a reprisal of some kind was definitely in store for him.

'But, I'm a nobody, you know...'

Yi Myeong-Hwan shouldn't have pushed his luck and taken advantage of the other party's friendly attitude. Lee Jung-Geol used to be the Assembly Master, while Bang Jin-Hun was the current Assembly Master. In that case, both men needed to be respected equally.

Since Bang Jin-Hun was more diplomatic and willing to listen, small fries like Yi Myeong-Hwan should've thanked him and been more respectful, but he... He stupidly tried to jump on the imaginary chance and bring the Assembly Master down a notch. And this was the end result.

As Yi Myeong-Hwan swam in his misery, his ears picked up Kang Jin-Ho's rebuking voice meant for Bang Jin-Hun. “Mister Jin-Hun, how could you say that?”

“Huh? What do you mean? I was only telling the truth, no? I mean, come on. That was embarrassing back then.”

“Even if you only want to speak the truth, you still should refrain from saying that directly to the person.”

“Why should I when I’m merely exercising my freedom of speech?”

“You could get away with...