‘It was a passionate performance. Shit!’

I[1] had lied many times throughout my life, but I was even surprised by my acting this time. I was so focused that my entire body was covered in sweat, and I had poured my entire soul into the performance. In addition, I actually started to feel pain in the middle of it, so when I rolled my eyes as if I was really in pain, I saw Elena looking at me with tears in her eyes. The others had the same reactions. I felt like I exaggerated a bit, but it was an appropriate decision to make. It would have been fine to end it on a brief seizure, but since it was a sensitive time, I couldn’t just let it end on a brief seizure because a discarded cigarette could eventually become a large fire. My performance just now was just a way to extinguish the small fire.

‘Great. It’s great! This is the Light Ki-Young I’m talking about. Indeed.’

Light Ki-Young had to remain as Light Ki-Young, and this shield had to be maintained. I wanted...