After she had done running around and warming herself, Soohyun found herself being more energetic. Walking over to where Minhyun was standing, Soohyun stretched herself.

"We will start a game of badminton," Minhyun vocalised.

Soohyun nodded. This was not the first time she was playing badminton with Minhyun. Nonetheless, she had an inkling that this time will not be as easy as the previous times.

Accepting the racket from Han Minhyun, Soohyun ran towards her position. Taking her thumb up, she showed it to Minhyun whilst wearing a wide smile on your face.

Using his racket, Minhyun targeted the shuttlec.o.c.k towards her, and the speed made Soohyun"s eyes widen. Raising her racket, Soohyun slammed the shuttlec.o.c.k and felt proud of herself due to the successful hit.

Han Minhyun returned the shuttlec.o.c.k to Soohyun with a much fiercer shot, and narrowing her eyes, she moved back hurriedly whilst keeping her eyes on shuttlec.o.c.k. 

Taking in a deep breath, Soohyun hit the shuttlec.o.c.k using her utmost strength. Before she could take a breath properly, she noticed that the shuttlec.o.c.k was heading towards the left with high speed.

Immediately, she ran towards it, and jumping up, Soohyun hit the shuttlec.o.c.k. Once again, before Soohyun could recover from it, the shuttlec.o.c.k came towards her right, and running towards that direction, she slammed her racket against the shuttlec.o.c.k.

The fifth return was at the centre. However, it was too fast for Soohyun to comprehend, and instead of hitting the shuttlec.o.c.k, she hit plain air. Soohyun felt disappointed within herself.

Her abilities in playing badminton was beyond average. However, it seemed that Minhyun was way better at it than her.

As Soohyun bent down to pick the shuttlec.o.c.k up, he said, "One miss equals to ten minutes of extra training, so play as if your life depends on it. However, remember that, you can not absolutely get injured."

Although Soohyun let out a sigh, she showed an "okay" sign to Minhyun. Standing at her position, she targeted the shuttlec.o.c.k towards Minhyun and hoped that he would miss one of her shots as well.

After that game of badminton, Soohyun had to admit that her reflexes had become better, and with his advices, Minhyun was truly an effective teacher. Sooner or later, she had a feeling that she will be becoming a professional badminton player.

Nonetheless, she had no ounce of strength within her to lift something, and wiping the sweat off her face with her towel, Soohyun desperately wanted to collapse somewhere.

Sitting over at the stairs at the backyard, Soohyun raised her line of sight and noticed that the sun was brightening up the sky by now. Minhyun had given her ten minutes of break before starting the next round. 

Lee Soohyun wondered about how Minhyun did not break out into sweat after that session before ruling it out as one of the Red Clan"s abilities.

"Don"t fall asleep," Minhyun vocalised in a commanding tone as he took a seat beside Soohyun. His laptop sat upon his lap.

Turning towards him, her lips curved to a smile, and she questioned, "Don"t you have an office to go at and work?"

"Jihyun can handle it," Minhyun said as he began typing away on his laptop.

Soohyun nodded and voiced out, "He is indeed a reliable secretary."

"I have this question on which I have been wondering for a long time. Why doesn"t the Yellow Clan know of Red and Blue Clan"s existence usually?" Soohyun vocalised.

Turning towards Soohyun, Minhyun answered, "It"s simple. Members of the Red Clan does not reside in the same place as Yellow Clan so even if the member of the Yellow are taught about us, we will simply remain a fantasy to most. 

When it comes to members of Blue Clan, they prefer to stay secretive about their experiments. They find the Yellow Clan to be too meddlesome."

Lee Soohyun nodded. However, there was one thing she was confused about. Raising her hand up, Soohyun questioned, "What do you mean by members of the Red Clan do not reside in the same place as Yellow Clan"s members?"

"It"s just as it says. We, members of the Red Clan, stay in the underworld," Minhyun vocalised.

"Underworld?" Soohyun raised one of her eyebrows.

"In literal terms," Minhyun, whilst pointing towards the gra.s.s, said, "Our Clan"s members stay under this ground."

"There is another world underneath the ground? I am not that good when it comes to geography, but aren"t hot rocks present below this ground?" Soohyun vocalised.

"The illusion makes humans unable to find out about our World as some of the members in the higher-ups believe that it would be too troublesome if humans frequented here. About the geography you"re talking about, it is manipulated in such ways that humans wouldn"t able out about anything," Minhyun vocalised.

"Is that what the author meant with Minhyun"s involvement with the Underworld?"

Understanding Minhyun"s words, Soohyun nodded, and with curiosity brewing up within her, she questioned, "How does the Underworld look?"

Black cloudy skies stretched far beyond one"s sight, and light blue crystals hung from the dark skies, illumination the place. Underneath the dark sky was a busy city.

Blocks and figurines made with ice were placed at various parts, and they were maintained using different technologies. People dressed in casual clothing walked all around the place.

Among all the buildings, a light blue large castle stood out. The castle was frosted in ice, and icicles could be seen at various places of the castle, making it appear pleasant to one"s eyes.

The city was mostly filled with one or two storeyed buildings, and buildings with three stories were rarely spotted. At one corner of the city, the younger members of the Red Clan practiced their abilities.

Two males competed on about who had the most speed whilst two girls challenged each other to a fight. At another part of the city, school students dressed in uniforms walked out whilst wearing wide smiles on their faces. They chatted as they walked towards the nearest food stall.

Nearby ice-cream and ice cake stands were booming with customers as a girl and a boy rode their bicycle past it. Small kids jumped around, excited for the sweet treats.

Before the stand was a park. The gra.s.ses in the park was frozen due to the cold, and on top of the trees were snow. Birds sat on the trees and sang at their might.

Sitting upon the benches were young couples, enjoying the frosted ice-creams and each other"s presence. Small kids ran after each other, chasing one another.

At one part of the park, couple of teens glided across the ice in their roller skates as squeals left the audience"s mouth. One girl showed off the ballet skills whilst wearing roller skates upon the ice.

In such a lively city, a man dressed in dark cloak walked on the road.