"But since you've already done so, I'll have no choice but to take you there as my partner." Beric said and Yeon Jin exclaimed out loud,
"What?!"
He shoved his arm out of Beric's hold and looked round to see if anyone was watching or listening.
"Don't get such funny ideas. I don't know how these things work but I can tell it doesn't work this way. How can you take a man with you as your partner? Your reputation is already bad enough, why do you want to ruin it more?"
"Are you worried about me now?" Beric asked, stepping closer to him.
"I am not."
"Of course, you're more worried about how they'll look at you." He said and caught a few strands of Yeon Jin's hair. "You're uncomfortable with the idea."
"Who wouldn't?" He asked and folded his arms. "There's a partner standing next to the tyrant prince for the first time and it's not even a woman, it's a man. What do you think will happen to me after that?"
