Should I Get My Hopes Up?

As soon as Baek Cheong caught her father’s peculiar gaze, countless excuses came to mind.

The Yeonha Baek Clan’s jade tablets were not something only she possessed; other members of the clan had them as well.

The demonic beast might have happened to pick it up on the mountain path, or someone might have placed it on its head as a prank.

She could even feign that she had never seen any turtle as enormous as a mountain in the first place.

‘...That won’t work.’

Her father waited silently for her answer.

The sternness of the Clan Head had mingled with the affectionate look he had worn only moments ago.

If she came up with a clumsy lie, it felt as though even crimes she had not committed would be exposed.

‘Come to think of it...’

Baek Cheong was about to open her mouth when she suddenly remembered the merit she had gained from Nameless Square...