Childhood Friend of the Zenith

I thought.

“Hm.”

And then I thought again.

“Mmm…”

I wanted to cross my arms and contemplate, but that felt like too much at the moment. Instead, I wracked my brain as hard as I could.

I kept thinking, searching for a way to salvage this situation.

“Hm!”

And after all that thinking—

Nothing. This is already fucked.

There was no solution. No way to reverse this.

Even if I thought a hundred times, a thousand times, the answer was the same.

Fucked.

Completely and utterly fucked.

Cold sweat trickled down my back as I surveyed the situation.

And it wasn’t just me.

“…Wife?”

Gu Seongyeol, who had just been threatening me a moment ago, was frozen as well.

“…T-this can’t be…”

Gu Ryun, the one who had blurted it out, was equally dumbstruck.

And then there was Jin Yeonryeong—

“…Son?”

She stood there, pale as a ghost, staring at me in complete shock.

“Division Commander… What are you saying…?”

“A-ah… Well, that is…”

“A son? That Baek warrior is…?”

Jin Yeonryeong turned her trembling gaze toward me.

“…You’re his son?”

“…Lady Jin, it’s not—”

Gu Ryun tried to explain, but—

“Kh…!”

He clenched his teeth, as if making some sort of firm resolve.

Oh, shit.

I had no idea what it was, but whatever it was, I really needed to stop it.

“Wait, Elder—no! Great Warrior, hold on—!”

I quickly tried to intervene, but—

"It’s true…! This child is the hidden bloodline of the family head…!"

“Goddamn it.”

Gu Ryun didn’t stop. He spilled everything.

A shocking revelation burst forth.

“…What?”

Meanwhile, Gu Seongyeol stood there, utterly bewildered.

Because this had come completely out of nowhere.

“…What is this nonsense—No.”

In a fluster, Gu Seongyeol turned to his wife.