143 - that won't do

“I have come to pay my respects to the Blood Lord.”

Tian Ryuyeon entered the room and paid his respects.

I opened my mouth while pretending to be at ease, gently fanning myself with my fan.

“Yes, Bishop. What is it?”

“Blood Lord. There is something I must report. There are people who wish to make contact with the main cult.”

“Who are they, and where are they from?”

“……They called themselves ‘Eun (隱).’”

Tian Ryuyeon continued his explanation.

“They identified themselves as the Assassination Guild, but… It is a name I have never heard before. Judging by the name, they seem to be quite a covert faction.”

Even back when he was an inn attendant, Tian Ryuyeon had picked up quite a bit of knowledge about the murim by eavesdropping, and now that he was a bishop, he knew the murim’s current affairs thoroughly...