WHEN NEOMA opened her eyes, she was greeted by Emperor Nikolai who already looked impatient while standing in front of her with his arms crossed over his chest. [Hello, Mr. Grumpy.]
They were still in the training ground and aside from her and the emperor, only Glenn and Lewis were there as their guards. Emperor Nikolai actually wanted to make her butler leave when they arrived a while ago. But she insisted that she wanted Lewis to be there.
[Lewis is my final "lifeline."]
"If it will always take you this long to summon your Soul Beast, you'd be dead in a fight," Emperor Nikolai scolded her.
"I apologize, Papa," Neoma said with her trademark charming smile. "But Tteokbokki, my Soul Beast, is now ready."
The emperor's brows furrowed in confusion. "Tteok– what?"
"Tteokbokki, Papa," she said brightly. "That's the name of my Soul Beast."
Her father didn't have the chance to react to that because Tteokbokki finally appeared beside her.
