IF Chapter 21

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“This isn’t some random mutt, why ‘Mungchi’?”d27a685c194813e6

Cha Si-hyeon, e898a6ff6c realizing I 0938f8bfa8 was serious, 6983ac0339 let out 0dc05df1ef a mocking 9bc5eade2b laugh.c01d90396e5476b0

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“Even countryside dogs these days aren’t named so carelessly.”7578995165c7ac17

“…We’re going to release it anyway, does the name matter that much?”fd324765be15cf51

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And what’s the difference between this and a random mutt anyway?a196873ebdc3ab12

“Fine, go ahead. It’s not my name anyway.”016282ddbdc708a6

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Is it really that b89f37c718 bad?I’d never thought my naming sense was that poor, but his reaction made me feel awkward.a3c4e4e22693418e

I think it’s fine though. I glared at him before gently poking the monster’s black nose. Its face wobbled.46053269049d3a5f

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Finding it cute, I c994c5e73b giggled, and the creature c8fbc09a6a that had been sleeping cfe523ab05 until just now suddenly 1e0f1e1d81 opened its eyes and 94c20daa51 bit me with awoof.2e1886f21f91e039

“Doesn’t that hurt?”aa68ff09ca1a0d3b

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“It doesn’t hurt.”c00bb87b2de8ee1f

However, this was the third time I’d been bitten so far.f9eb302e6e1ba71a

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Thinking I shouldn’t touch it anymore, I turned to look at Cha Si-hyeon.eca53872e175c780

He was looking at d41193bf0b the sleeping creature with 9320813150 a subtle expression.d8b2c650359a309d

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“By the way, can I ask you one thing?”2a7e04acd4e23be2

“What.”4cc7e5c971afa551

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Cha Si-hyeon answered without a moment’s hesitation. I expected him to be cautious first, so it was quite unexpected.6a9aaf8397f859e4

“Can I really ask?”73a7041d0cad5a83

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“Yeah, just one question.”9ca916cab4cd7e21

“Then, how old are you?”9265d65da2db2cd4

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At my casually thrown 7368e21543 question, Cha Si-hyeon raised 867a558a91 one eyebrow.6fab3917f509967d

Wondering if it afc1ed7857 was a sensitive 7a81c59ab5 question, I started 07ed567677 to worry, but 7421541c1f he suddenly made c608e2d50a an expression of 86d8e7d4ef disbelief.c9fd7574fdf01d06

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“You don’t know my age?”44f4486d625bceaa

His tone suggested he genuinely couldn’t believe it.27eae7853709379e

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“Should I know…?”133976af7a21d977

“My information is all over the news.”95515b4fab1fe038

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So that’s how it was.ffc3052c90eb8ca8

The reason was so 254ca6af5a trivial that it made c1d0bb5dd9 my earlier tension seem 8e2302d192 foolish. Wondering how to 0aac430176 respond, I shrugged.df6e322763db785e

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“I don’t really watch that stuff, so I don’t know.”b3e722bcc3147a7f

“Twenty-six.”dd7acebc905e5796

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Then Cha Si-hyeon generously told me his age. Twenty-six means…63b1691dfab616fe

“We’re the same age? Why are you speaking informally only to me? That’s petty.”4d6fd8947e6132a5

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Come to e46890bf7a think of 57edd2bda0 it, Cha ca5294b5a5 Si-hyeon had be56b45abf been speaking 22a3e3caf3 informally since b212ca2806 we first 9f494b0b2e met.86d6d2bc62f2a238

I was curious about it, and now I find out we’re the same age.8da886979ba90ef8

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Feeling somehow cheated, 90e00f3ddf I narrowed my a3fa310141 eyes slightly.2c4f04895d3129d3

Cha Si-hyeon f9e6d4c302 let out 7af4197e10 a laugh, 465fc03f80 as if ccb488a47c finding my d13376296b reaction amusing.0450031fa4b31d6e

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“Then you can speak informally too.”8edaf2dd12b90902

“Okay.”6966f8bc83cc7909

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“…..?”d975e689e58e0b81

Why, what?You said 78efa48a60 to speak 5037f902aa informally. I raised my 2f855baa1a head proudly towards 9b2f92973b Cha Si-hyeon, who 56348e7a18 was making a 8534995433 dumbfounded expression.b21cd2aaf690915c

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‘Hmm, come to think of it, Cha Si-hyeon seems to be the comfortable one.’0c781b8445ba7071

Ignoring his disgruntled muttering d57488ef50 beside me, I rested 3d215661ac my chin on my 9ec0e4d4c3 hand.45804102eb0e6be5

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Cha Si-hyeon’s face, with a hint of mischief when he smiles, had become familiar now.1aeb2d5217279ff5

….This is why time is scary. After muttering 07f2b5364e to myself, 959ccf1a5e I soon 6ca0a2814d stood up, 7f2f14b77d brushing off 69897921b7 my knees.ecbee0bbef388c0e

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“Wait, where are you going?”d889e231329055b6

“I’m not going anywhere, you need to go.”69a1404f907982d3

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I smiled 4b13c3934f as I 2c0cd43906 handed the 9879bd25cf sword hilt 6918c31888 lying nearby 3638d361a9 to its 110d8699a4 owner, Cha bd3fdc9134 Si-hyeon.5333161a4b4f2d96

“Just go kill a few monsters. We need to eat breakfast.”467b5aa2b6e7a25f

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“Are you serious?”3a254623580a4df2

“I’ve never not been serious.”18f7c78802bc20d8

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“Saying things like that doesn’t make this situation a romance, you know?”03c3ff3e5148f227

He grimaced as 8ac04a21bc he got up. Just as 26b958f8e7 I thought 747abcc73d he was 0bab759b9d leaving, he e37d508ae5 turned back.cfb3b539bf636406

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“Hey, do you always talk like that?”08548902407d1b31

He asked vaguely. Talk like what?d0410b27ce2d7fd6

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“Never mind.”de0c6422b3b39945

Cha Si-hyeon sighed and d6e8da5d79 then moved away.527723cd6c7af2c1

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It felt 1c9a9b922c like I 8cb0ce16d7 was oddly 19b4a6e2e6 dismissed, or 3bcce44d4e was that c225e72d63 just my 7b3d79eb5f imagination?85c04d5fc22fd456

Scratching my 39f13f5020 cheek, I 79e72245d6 then turned 272c0557b1 my gaze 2f78247d6a to the 80063b45a1 white bundle 27b2e986be curled up, f21e935820 sleeping.8c9664931b5b8cdc

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Looking at the round 16a7818154 head sleeping so innocently, e9c8145547 I quietly opened my b93a9c1db0 mouth.20d387522bf734af

“Don’t repay this favor.”a34b1a8d77117f69

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If you’re going to repay it anyway, I’d prefer if you told me how to get out of this dungeon. Muttering this joke to myself, I closed my eyes tightly.03f73602afdd0130

‘Whether it’s a favor or whatever, there are more important things right now.’891e262d6d3f6f12

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I sighed, thinking of 896a8e1480 Baek Doha whom I e526f5d607 had pushed away.a6e76605a17e68a5

‘I wonder if he’s okay.’3c39f7062102bc26

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I stand corrected. This was 5e060bfd95 definitely not d3a3de2e2a okay.89eecc72f70684eb

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Baek Doha started avoiding 61b6a53e52 me again.c07495c5f8cd92f6

After initially dealing with the situation, I thought he would come if I waited a while, but Baek Doha didn’t come until dawn had passed.6cd0955221e33f46

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Of course, that’s only when I was awake.51c400a87c6c14a1

I heard 836468bfc9 he came 5d48897f0e about twice 709c053603 in the 45f36620dc meantime, but b7c43afa30 both times ec4f3fb1dc were when defee6e6d4 I was 2968ed500f sleeping.f743205917ea5d54

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‘You’re avoiding me again!’d45853b58c0684aa

Not knowing the 5f9166386d reason for his ab0ef0710c avoidance added to 60d5a26f58 my frustration.64eb18adb67161d8

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“Hey.”5a39a23db7410f68

“……”a1daf4742dc658a6

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“C-rank.”115cdca07d5480bc

“……”d8fbe73bb3d50f6b

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“Yoo Yi-joo.”71749099f496fa78

“What.”e345ea4feace0767

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Why do you aec7b93ed2 keep calling me?a725f3f735b0933e

As I d93450d72d was clutching 0bd8471d4a my head 307945a82d alone, Cha 85c02a583d Si-hyeon approached 019dfa5f0b and spoke eb1f8c6d91 to me.e4760d7c94f2d87d

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“Don’t worry. He’ll come later.”6dffaff6eba62635

“How can you be so sure?”898fd94ecd45ae41

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“I just… Anyway, he’ll come. Well, he won’t come back dead, so don’t worry.”8eaa3238a547f5de

What an irresponsible statement. Is it okay as long as he doesn’t die?cc19893796325fb1

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I let out a weak sigh at those words that weren’t comforting at all. Cha Si-hyeon shrugged lightly.9ab6ebd087aa6c77

“He said he’d handle it, so he must have a plan.”d70f2f2d12d76121

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“Huh?”06bf740f791ed230

“Never mind if you didn’t hear.”b6f8f39ae0a0eb96

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What’s that about? I narrowed my eyes and glared at him, but Cha Si-hyeon just snorted and pressed my head.c6fc784f74c5de96

“Anyway, don’t worry about it.”f8d7dd6ef33f53f2

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…How can I not worry?54ac04dbdd5dd510

Baek Doha 399bf83ff8 had such f36ad059f4 a kind eef14e0033 image that 3c41cb0ea6 I expected 44028e636e if he f93421e7e2 fought with 5c39b41402 someone, it 6f05b860b1 would be 49c415aef7 with Cha 604bbcef68 Si-hyeon or 518dd898f6 Im Yoo-chan.6554892bf71577a5

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‘Of course, not fighting at all would be best.’43039f1060db6b00

Not knowing the 6e36260eb7 cause made me 785897d36f feel frustrated. As I was 37fe09cd5b sighing at my d6b57a93c1 completely wrong prediction, 5be275d8e1 suddenly, the white ba4de9302a bundle got up.fd7491de8470d5dc

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“Oh.”40b03949957d745a

Mungchi, whom 70c8294027 I thought d09a3e0a94 was sleeping, 937f6adb11 had woken 9fdd026350 up.aa0a481eeee90a89

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It sniffed the c0fed84e1d air, then started fb777b03bb moving its short 47b2e879da legs.ef52ddfa76d97c9b

As I 9f2bc81d22 watched it 5343afcbfc sniffing so b82be0a9b8 intently while 59b5c4345b walking, Cha 81eebd00e1 Si-hyeon let 59aaf351d9 out a 56e84e99f3 laugh.7ba47d14b8bd178b

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“From what I see, its leg seems to have healed.”f6446dcb5433b1fb

“After just one day?”071c438b4a4b49f1

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“What does time matter to a monster?”e4935da169d07b22

Couldn’t it matter? I grumbled internally while keeping my eyes fixed on Mungchi’s back.6362a80e8a5ceb17

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It wandered around for a while, wiggling its behind, then started walking towards the forest…66c6c41b792cf00a

“Ah! Where are you going!”cdf748334350c7a1

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Finally alarmed, I fcdc3c2b79 got up.a94d8278cd92fc7a

“Leave it be, it’ll come back on its own.”cf73d5e5af413364

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“No, but still! I’ll bring it back soon!”a9ea66ac238bb136

Cha Si-hyeon looked at me like he couldn’t understand, but I hadn’t spoken to hear his opinion anyway.afc1f691a7200ef4

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Hurriedly leaving 83ac8bb68b the cave, 4b6a7c492c I reached 9b9da17fd0 out to 2912fb51e5 Mungchi.860b01e098571806

“Good boy, come here.”a08c43af04994844

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But it was far 4e4ff7379f from good. Mungchi turned around afd7ae3a36 once in place, 50e96df6c4 then started heading a740de1157 somewhere again.777aff44e22acc56

‘Ah, don’t go!’4e4c3d71df8f6497

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Worried that shouting 689e8dab80 would startle it d052813b40 and make it fa217960b2 run away faster, d926159ba2 I silently whimpered 4ee192f35f as I followed 7a38c253d8 Mungchi.4e751a4005a48fa7

But it was a monster after all, so fast that I couldn’t catch it.a5996abe860d63a7

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After playing this 98973ba175 forced game of 82482fe566 tag for a 8b497b007e while, I finally 1ca6bb2aa1 got tired first 0f11ce13f4 and stopped to 8bce995c32 catch my breath.f85ba77b14d759e4

My vision was blurry. I sighed, realizing I 8a5e5361ef had come deeper into d2ec7a700d the forest than I 55dd2a4a0d thought.7471fa3e7eeefc78

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When I looked 5c7128cd01 up, Mungchi, the 567f76f9d0 cause of all 8e83e0bdf5 this, was hiding 4506b235de behind a tree.47ed629f67bc4c0c

Even so, a4b00fc3fb its tail d076824b81 sticking out 9dfcdd1d98 made me b184165d6d chuckle involuntarily.d0bcdf78e70b2ba5

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“This time, please stay still…”aa457c46dfd932ba

Deciding I 971389d3e5 just needed fa30f61110 to catch db1b7dc463 it quickly b10e5c9b32 and go f7f9227a2a back, I a20c9d2618 gritted my 50c132b932 teeth and 6f7c6ae5d2 pleaded with 61f08e74ac Mungchi.4c719bac9c30fbd5

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Then, after taking 0013ef694d a deep breath, f58b3f9837 I carefully took d9c656b0ff one step at 42cccafc83 a time.ee55d46f88a95df2

Fortunately, Mungchi didn’t move. I should have done this from the start.c9c7ec08e1182856

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Feeling relieved that I might catch it this time, but why…c035b87c49a56c90

The shadow in front of me was too big to be Mungchi’s. By the time I felt something was off, I had already seen it.3a58faf775f99145

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The scene ea2f0101a6 of Baek f9cd0eb12c Doha, who 3fe8b73cf9 had been 9081faeac0 avoiding me 867edf6244 all this a0bcff45e4 time, coughing 60237b4c3a up blood ae76fff89f under a 8d9d2f6b01 tree.f4fdf163def787fd

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Baek Doha raised 7f52258587 his head. Our eyes met in 509be8d8e9 mid-air. His eyes, widening in 03301b2817 surprise, held the black 3094eb8db8 color I had seen e39fdc343b that day.0404247954dac3f7

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It was the 39f59691dd moment when the ff57f00393 anxiety that had ab8db0890d been barely contained 5a3344d1a4 finally overflowed.417b0d8e92bf174c

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