"Refusing the Gold Master"
In the Holy City, this could be considered a major taboo.
It's rumored that whatever the Gold Master desires, it must inevitably become theirs, even the Regiment Leaders rarely dare to refuse the Gold Master.
However.
Han Dong has now "refused" the Gold Master for the second time.
The first refusal occurred during the Knights' Conference, where the Gold Master's avatar extended an olive branch to him. But in the end, due to Captain Hugo's influence, Han Dong chose to join the Secret Language Knight Order.
Subsequently, the Gold Master did not cause trouble, which Han Dong estimated had to do with Captain Hugo and the council's covert handling of the matter.
Now, facing the Gold Master's true form and their proposal, Han Dong still declined...
The reasoning was simple: conditions that may seem lucrative to others were, in Han Dong's view, insignificant, unable to rival his own *time* in value.
"Gold Master, I must decline."
