“Ma Jin-seop, leader of the 3rd Hobeon Court, concludes his mission report.”
“You’ve done well,” Bu-daeju Jang Gun-seong praised, his face lit with a smile. “Eight long months. It must have been a tremendous hardship. Thank you.”
“Not at all, sir. It was an honor to serve Seo-gongja.”
Jo Ki-yang, standing beside him, also smiled warmly. It felt strange to harbor such fond feelings for a man over thirty, but what could they do? To them, Ma
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