Refusing Your Ex-Husband’s Obsession: A Guide - Chapter 203

Chapter 203

Translator: Yonnee

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“I’ll check and come back to inform you.”

The knight didn’t wait for Seo-yoon’s response and entered the office alone. Seo-yoon, with a suddenly twisted expression, had no choice but to wait. Meanwhile, a knight who came out of the office spoke to her.

“I apologize, but you’ll have to wait in the guest reception room for a while.”

“…Did you tell His Highness that I’m here?”

“…Yes, I did.”

Seo-yoon felt like her pent-up anger was about to erupt. It seemed as if they only sought her out when they needed her, both here and there, which made her deeply uncomfortable.

But what angered her most was that even here, she couldn’t do anything by her own power.

“…Hah.”

“I’ll show you the way.”

“Forget it.”

Ignoring the knight’s offer to escort her there, Seo-yoon left the front of the office. She walked aimlessly, driven by her anger, and found herself in a garden.

She stopped in a corner and furiously stomped on the ground.

“Despicable idiots. Just look at them changing their attitude because there’s a new Guide!”

The people in the temple and the palace were all the same. No, it was the same from the Espers in Korea to those in the empire. The Espers, who were initially excited about her, later disregarded her as soon as a higher-ranked Guide appeared.

“Hah, enough is enough.”

She should never have expected anything from the Espers. Only her own abilities as a Guide mattered.

She took out her phone and turned it on. She had kept it off to conserve its battery, but now it didn’t matter.

“I need to raise my rank first.”

Seo-yoon hurriedly tapped on an app that resembled a massive cloud surging upwards. A familiar message appeared.

〈 Would you like to return to Earth? 〉

Without hesitation, she pressed ‘Yes’.

〈 The law of equivalent exchange must be observed. Returning to Earth comes with the price of prompting a hazardous occurrence.

Would you like to continue? 〉

Despite the solemn warning, Seo-yoon pressed the app without concern. The last time she saw this message, nothing happened anyway.

“Now even the warning messages are mocking me.”

As soon as she finished muttering, the space around her began to distort. It wasn’t her first time, but the sight of what seemed like a gate forming was still a bit frightening.

But her greed was greater than her fear.

“Fine. I just need to do this a few times. Then, I’ll quickly reach S-Class.”

Checking her phone’s battery, which had about 20% left, she swiftly stepped into the opened space. As she entered, the void disappeared completely.

* * *

Ciel and Jace knew everything that the knight was about to report even before he entered. It was happening just outside the door, so they could easily hear it. Besides, both of them had extraordinary hearing beyond normal human imagination.

After the knight left, Ciel asked Jace.

“Is it alright if I don’t meet her? Shall I go out instead?”

“It’s fine. It’s better to deal with the matter at hand first.”

“It’s been long since you last received any guiding, right? The Saintess’s patience might run out soon.”

“How do you know that, Duke?”

In the past, Seo-yoon had never been patient, not even as much as a speck of dust. And just now, her voice sounded particularly agitated.

Fearing what she might do if rejected in such a state, Ciel had asked the crown prince.

“It’s clear from the tone of her voice. How could I not know?”

“Huh, how can you tell her mood just from her voice? You’re really becoming more of an enigma, Duke…”

“…Never mind. More importantly, it’s vital to recognize that Espers can emerge even among the commoners.”

“Right… I hadn’t thought about that part.”

“Yes, it’s inevitable. The existence of Espers other than Your Highness and myself is already astonishing, let alone considering commoners.”

“It’s somewhat comforting to hear you say that.”

Ciel recalled the commoner Esper he had brought to the palace.

“Come to think of it, it might be a good thing that the Saintess came looking for us. That person needs some guiding. Please take responsibility, Your Highness, and ensure he receives it.”

“Do we really need the Saintess for that? Aren’t there other Guides now? Why did you bring him to the palace first?”

“His mother wanted to go to the palace first, and it would be better for him to receive guiding from the Saintess, if possible.”

Ciel himself simply disliked the idea of Irene guiding another Esper, and he shamelessly lied to the crown prince.