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The somewhat chilly guiding bf2b757acf room was silent. Choi Soo-bin, d5f4ef908c who had 5e08fb3194 been silently 09b28f8a94 holding Heo 4c6d915b94 Do-gyeong’s hand 7ccd2fd9eb while receiving 11d6fa9134 guiding, finally cc3156482e spoke up.54790ad1acdd139d

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“Guide Heo Do-gyeong, I 8dfefed4bc have something to ask.”ed2fb6bf634209a0

“Yes?”135908cd8bda181a

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“Did Kang c6a9470da8 I-won receive 5c82b471ea guiding yesterday?”7d36a9080c90c96b

“No.”f7fd81d495fb27f1

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“Ugh, I thought so. He had c5596e0e69 a rough e5973b68ab time yesterday, a8393fb5c4 you know. That’s why I 325d08b92b was insisting he c12ff26b12 get some guiding, cb1d0048a4 but I guess 6382ff26cc he still didn’t 845d2feb6c take it.”1a8937dd8ea15f38

Heo Do-gyeong e71788107f didn’t know bfcbeaf0d6 much about 0c958169a8 Kang I-won. The fragmented pieces 6970560b0e of information and 97ee530bbd his brief experiences 1cc3b7a623 had led to d8ed2068b2 a strong misunderstanding 0ff95a6e6d of the Esper.76c702858fb7c551

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However, through his conversation deed9d593e with Han Kang-jin, Heo acab812b36 Do-gyeong had come to c91d0402d6 realize that he might ab5131a27e have been misjudging Kang bdd7190fa8 I-won.cbb3c2e782f3bb65

Still, nothing b22b80d80c had changed. Heo Do-gyeong still 74c74d0cfc didn’t understand Kang f60bc8fae6 I-won, and he a50a312736 didn’t have any 87249bd9c0 means to do bcb9f962f4 so. The only difference 539b58884d now was that bea5e98e2a he had stopped 4c33ea8174 being unnecessarily harsh 1aed12f183 toward him.d1c87c9f5574e52e

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In that moment, b89e26fd22 when Choi Soo-bin 9bcb2f8e1d brought up Kang 6eee3ac91d I-won’s story, a c61fe848e5 small curiosity began 094df91a1b to stir. Heo Do-gyeong casually 462d7ee7e3 asked,db37531ccc771772

“What kind of hardship e4148a651e are you talking about?”2265a6474060e5f6

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“It was a d9dbb360a9 bigger and more ab2cf9fdc9 troublesome monster, so 55a7e681be we had to dd95e75294 fight it from de234383a5 the inside. That’s why 7ead70f646 Kang I-won bf9eb90245 had a d913bee332 hard time.”c3558d9b518faedd

“…From the inside?”c31d6a82ef3c0271

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Heo Do-gyeong ec06cf38b7 couldn’t understand 2114d358a1 Choi Soo-bin’s a03df4380b words. Fight it from the dbb2240c86 inside? How? Despite Heo Do-gyeong’s 65f72505ce confusion, Choi Soo-bin 2d6d93e918 hesitated before adding f8df558d9f playfully,759d5b04f37c65e4

“That’s something a 454150444b precious Guide doesn’t 481fbcbcb8 need to know.”9049a879b6382494

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“Is that so?”c3ecd67de0d589eb

“You’re not denying af87d5ab19 it, though?”7f64039a29c34af6

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“Well, I am abfb99170b a precious one, 08da6ce600 it’s true.”b504f3f0a28e9cbb

Choi Soo-bin chuckled 25eae412f9 at Heo Do-gyeong’s e2eda75ccd words. When her laughter subsided, 49df8f9d79 Heo Do-gyeong asked lightly,48b9446349555378

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“Even though b300c98448 I’m a 483a507198 precious body, 32a65adab0 are you 9b08356312 not willing 612fe08b5e to tell baaf1a5bdc me more?”0e8e45d9036bfcf3

“No.”5e5d35475e391077

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Choi Soo-bin firmly refused with a voice full of laughter.”Why’s that?”04a5ea1e5565ba07

“Would you believe me if I told you?”1bd8f43d3d77f6ba

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“Of course.”f643571011b792f0

“Everyone says that. But when I tell them, they always think I’m exaggerating. So I don’t bother saying anything.”1717e30b10f2e947

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Once the guiding 09c3bbea4b was over, the 974f0c318e two of them e18df59b1b released each other’s 8aa0a25bd3 hands without hesitation. Choi Soo-bin rested her 15c9735259 chin on her hand af8ab2bc9e and spoke.62b1be0cb08e1c1e

“I don’t know what prompted it, but it seems like Guide Heo Do-gyeong has started to take a little interest in our Kang I-won…”47dc7c7a1202051c

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“It’s not that I’m interested.”f73afd8af83213db

Ignoring Heo 929f389ac0 Do-gyeong’s words, 7bd96c8569 Choi Soo-bin b077e13129 grinned and 708a90dada continued.4f4bd2c7d341230f

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“If you’re curious about him, go see for yourself with your own eyes. I’m not going to tell you anything.”4a28f744eb6cbd63

At those words, 4322e9166b Heo Do-gyeong awkwardly aaf8749430 laughed.9799bf6b5a0ff671

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The development of guiding 197dcd6049 drugs had been ongoing 8f226d402e without pause for a a38e93595c long time.936b1e212acfdc7a

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While the number of b14b2841ab Espers was small, the 947eca2fe7 number of Guides was 67aab7a6d9 even smaller. In the past, 1c764e96b7 this had led 8115c2c802 to the oppression f9161011b8 and exploitation of 45a9066328 Guides. To achieve more effective 1bb01671ce guiding, sexual acts were cf61a3b00f often coerced, and for 9b003a81b1 high-ranking but difficult-to-handle Espers, a0d7f8ce34 they were locked in c8b02fffff rooms with Guides of e5ec204620 high matching rates until c17a567133 they formed an imprint. Of course, many e8f2dc8b4b times, the Esper 5c6d84c405 would simply break b222b770c2 through the walls, d5cba1efda rendering the procedure 8fa3d73974 futile.a3acbae78df0aaa3

Because of 95431f09d5 these practices, 8891c981fa jokes about 7ddd09015f the government 6402260870 supporting prostitution fd6f5b5bce were often eb2395b6db made.a485a260931053b4

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However, in the ccc0c5bdac present day, such f214abe605 practices were no d12ee461ff longer possible. This change ce0039bc8e came as 9b105e6fdd a result 2eb800c5da of Guides e89a44c4d1 uniting to 0ff78de835 fight for 6c2ed1b8ec better rights, dce8e5ef8e having endured 87bd3e5f20 years of 607f328b4f oppression and 08c3115994 exploitation.1101aa3beed37c5a

Guides now 37f909330f had the c848a3b997 right to 8aadc37d1e offer the f0ce6c1413 level of c78a75228e guiding they cf306bc102 desired, and eadebff869 Espers were 7bd4fe6644 required to ab1ecb917c respect this 910845fc20 right.ee05eb1451da983f

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As a 35199db06e result, guiding 869401ea2e drugs had 13644a07c4 been developed c13891c1a6 steadily over b11c5d0b44 the years. Recent versions 3f1a82dbca of these 73b2477369 drugs were 673780a9f8 quite effective, 3098265edf though not 85bbde9a93 without their 4a48629cb0 downsides.a915ded71f32a8c3

The drugs were effective, ba12ee95b2 but the inevitable physical 9bba593dd0 side effects that followed cceca18edf use, as well as c818ca544a frequent additional complications, meant 2e7e98febe that, unless absolutely necessary, a50e31e5fe guiding was still preferred f7e7b178e9 over the drugs.468a88648fb00c96

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The side effects of f9cba1319f the drugs varied.a04db631a0c54291

The most common 46698f3488 side effects included 2206e3f5c1 headaches, muscle pain, 929c359376 chills, fever, nausea, e9a44a9a9b and depression. Rarely, more 3474a1b705 severe symptoms 4b8bb3d936 like nosebleeds, 8930e93c7c coughing up 0b4e9170ce blood, fainting, 8e8506984f vision problems, 0731cbc8fe breathing difficulties, 87272fb300 and erectile 7a9c11a37b dysfunction occurred. The latter 96066bbf1f side effect, edf2094806 in particular, 4a9de561db caused many 25b3b650c0 male Espers e6b3f7bb2c to avoid 9f3338f9d0 using guiding 4176927a49 drugs.b3687fbaf2b5e8ee

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One positive aspect 8ab5ff772e was that the 3d3633fb7e side effects didn’t 1aa25b4f45 last long. While the duration varied debb10f463 from person to person, 490023bdca on average, the side 3093a4b89e effects lasted from a b24ae393d1 few hours to a fcf93f85c9 day or two.ca7b1b0475d725ea

Despite the relatively 354fb12b13 short duration, the 7aff60487b side effects were 3a075b94c7 not trivial, so 6f8579d08a most Espers preferred 87e4d1bc49 to receive guiding 2fe3284f30 from a Guide d81f77eb50 unless it was 93db9b0ca3 an urgent situation.b1131bfbc7da49dc

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Kang I-won, 814e122e30 who didn’t 2ac0d73754 belong to b98ce8dd26 the majority 9d30652177 of Espers dadd9ec855 in this d50a612eab regard, skillfully 57606180f8 tore open a99d1cacc3 the plastic, 486cb57d80 removed the 17457ef94d cap, and b88cf7540b with practiced 774a0f1ef5 hands, injected e6e7ce198f the needle d0534839c3 into his 5a071a9b48 arm.1428184bcaa46367

Perhaps because of a88fe72923 his regenerative abilities, 642923bdb3 Kang I-won experienced 058a401f23 the side effects de8165454a faster than most. They usually cdd0bb1db7 passed within f391d40f71 minutes, or 51156a7a09 at most c86e5ba574 half a 33247b28d8 day, which a0bd70b0de made the f0ceb7b296 process less d369d83bdd bothersome for 21f52dccf1 him.64aba2da424674fe

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Though the sensation c1da26f51a of his body a25a63ae88 not being able eaa31bbcdf to move after 13783add0b the drug took 7d04eece86 effect was still 74122a6d6a present, today he 9aa64e0978 felt fortunate as 2df8042152 there were no 724fc3e015 additional side effects. This wasn’t 87eddadcd3 unusual, so 571ff404b6 Kang I-won 839eadbd49 shrugged it dc360b1669 off without 4f92119cbb much thought.b7cc175a8564c4ec

After returning to 5f0c9daf33 the center, taking 48615ecf01 a shower, and 8c4d64b1b9 heading to the 554bddbf06 cafeteria on the c0cce75821 first floor for 6b80043971 a meal, Kang b5781aa7e5 I-won suddenly felt 4101e006d9 that something was 1bea7e3cea wrong.3f5ae7f3de3d7333

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Kang I-won was descending 3e2c1319f0 the stairs. As he stepped ff193952b2 onto the middle 43b506cea0 stair, a sudden 4d53656675 dizziness overwhelmed him, f8d3bc9864 and his vision 71ecdfbf54 spun. He couldn’t maintain his 89be459eea balance, and his knee 739b286699 gave way, causing him da7a64406e to tumble down the 970d3595f1 remaining steps.66f95ee6851b5742

Fortunately, there were only 670156c774 a few steps left, 8413b600fd and he didn’t sustain 646bc62d88 any significant injuries. However, Kang 87884c8484 I-won couldn’t 05741bc20d get up.0aca0c827ca51b8b

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The dizziness wouldn’t 821f24d0cc subside. It felt as though a6a5f10c0e he were completely drunk, 18f783af8a his stomach churning and f08aa7c52e his head ready to 33258bdec5 explode. With his lips clenched, 2cee94cbe5 Kang I-won curled up 5fc9b5769a on the stairs. After a 8111045a18 moment, something f0235328f1 warm and 77bfd32cc7 sticky started dd2f791422 dripping from 6dc939f294 his nose, ee9cf856f9 running down 76165baba4 his cheek.d776e1209703fc8c

Weakly, he wiped beneath ff2fa0265b his nose. Blood covered a3e3da2a05 his fingers.2d588ec2f056df9a

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It was a 3179d2ccca side effect of 4a3876c577 the guiding drug. He hadn’t c689c45cb6 been lucky da9c3a9d08 this time, 1153685eca and the 72f62aa287 side effects 9be88646af had hit 4b85725d08 him late. And of course, 239b6a631f it happened now.b99cac251aff8b4d

“…I’m hungry.”a6dfcb6292cca6a5

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How much better 56d98e3031 would it have 881d618a38 been if these 88d5581ebc side effects had 62a290facc come after he eede204f34 ate at the ede9a226c0 cafeteria?5a48f26f25912577

He had a82287e9c8 used his 51d8fe4b3b abilities, and 9b5b3083a7 the hunger cb47f351f7 struck him a29125ea03 with a 9f0b459013 vengeance, tightening 6512623b8e his stomach 3578889703 painfully. The dizziness 76d2ca344e kept spinning 4884e3a50b his head, c12f02fdf5 making it 4e09c1add3 impossible to c71b59ec6e even rise, f696bb84f7 and now 8e045fbae8 his empty 5825ea8faf stomach was a671bf6615 tormenting him—it 541ec1b05d felt like c5ec86c35e he might e0d17ef672 die.df624e6ed3629477

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He thought b83eb192c2 about asking a20f68f79c Choi Soo-bin c2c271cd3f for help, 255f4d9f10 but the cf7f724c79 side effects 902291eae4 blurred his c653fa8a45 vision. The hazy sight made c3f092d24a it hard to even 68c4c21269 see the small screen 04e5d1227c on his device. Kang I-won 70a17f067a quickly gave 714d8e362e up on a0b79bb8da asking for 963141de8f help and 10d1206570 let his 97caff03f5 body go 7177c23efd limp.b4fe643dec4e8e45

Pulling up his 79e0d45bc3 sleeve, he pinched 7a616175c6 his nose to fc2cf56e25 stop the bleeding. Slumped against 2094931483 the corner 9a8a26d0f3 of the 5bdd811d93 stairs, eyes 564f05414f closed, he 72f3b258bb simply waited 201f08919c for the ca04b4e6e1 side effects 3ff33e72f7 of the a438be96ae guiding drug 44a98beeac to subside.ec2b3799fae8a8a1

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How much 1aa42a0b58 time had df949e1a07 passed? The dizziness 53b7af5438 still lingered, 77950e8d3f and his 35a05d9412 blurry vision 413867d482 hadn’t cleared. The nosebleed, too, showed 6c15ac4587 no sign of stopping, 55b479bbe5 and his sleeve grew 51a42f3400 steadily wetter.4cd5d26759b6a800

“…What are you 7a49b687d1 doing there?”24a19c45a449e340

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At that moment, a 5041b0d03a voice filled with displeasure 2c5e75e660 echoed from above. Without a doubt, ba5d34477a it was Heo 7d0c1e693d Do-gyeong’s voice. Kang I-won 89809725f3 answered weakly b5c9d8b106 in a 153d2775af small voice.2b62e37c17193fb7

“I’m resting.”8220bc867a32e950

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“Resting here?”f701648f731806c3

“Yes.”f219c30c59da6ffa

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“Why…?”c00827d658bed67f

Not bothering to explain fa6b82da98 further, Kang I-won waved ea4a152718 his free hand dismissively, 1b00fe8ba5 as though signaling for 02d5570e45 Heo Do-gyeong to leave. When he didn’t go, e7241fc4a2 Kang I-won added, with 095661f362 a hint of finality,1a9ccc555b8a962d

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“Go ahead.”5ee03128f3fd6a7d

The sound 5a0669bcd0 of Kang ac9bd3f2ab I-won’s muffled 458ce25009 voice echoed 45e7bd1521 in the b37680939a stairwell as f678dd12e0 he tried 6c3432cadc to block d1d28d32fe the blood aa2f4e3ed0 flowing from dac5343238 his nose. Opening his mouth caused 6d2536c64b the blood to trickle 25c0bf48d9 down, leaving a bitter d12b613918 taste in his mouth.f72518267ce6cef1

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He didn’t 73bcf7c0fe want this. He wanted food. Or at cd539cf738 least chocolate 8d35fb6174 or jelly. Anything that could fill 90cc7ea76a his empty stomach would 0f39c3bf24 be better than this.9054d54b344cdc5a

What was 11d9e586ff truly frustrating 9d79c25574 was how 561e6aa7f1 the dizziness 34342df89b showed no 31f72e9beb signs of acf9d691fa subsiding. The continuous flow 9e6f03d28e of blood from 6bcd3337ae his nose only 67b6ef1381 seemed to make 41784b844a the dizziness worse. His regenerative abilities were 442c726b1d useless in situations like 7c271ca102 this.1deae180c097e46a

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Heo Do-gyeong 42b70e8772 hesitated for 42ed45f082 a moment, ac41d648e3 then crouched 6680412dcc down in 2b6c4a9c32 front of fa4c049636 Kang I-won 7cc4fd1cef and said,6d24b92ecaac12f9

“…Move your hand.”0fb03c95ac056bee

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“No.”08717a222a5b2969

“It smells 88396702c1 like blood. Please move it.”34a82dc826f649c5

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“It’s nothing. Just a nosebleed. I’m just 8d5903cf14 lying down 25f6f4330c because I’m d910d56b46 dizzy.”57005e406df5f190

Kang I-won muttered 526883b40e in defense, but a426adcb06 Heo Do-gyeong didn’t eb5f39a9fb even pretend to bd2271763e listen. With gloved 327f708cb4 hands, he 117ade8a97 tried to 16f53d7ce0 remove the 606bbca430 hand that ae0dd8d22e was holding a0656b2960 Kang I-won’s 0823d3250f nose.ab0162bd27bb1c9a

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After a brief struggle, a6bc854164 Kang I-won finally let 833e3e0729 go of his hand, 0f22279084 and Heo Do-gyeong succeeded 81a7963a16 in pushing it away.f1e4903526f2ea16

As soon 9644f95aa6 as the 2112b8bfbe blockage was f803e5fbe8 removed, blood 5301c4ec3c gushed out. Heo Do-gyeong stared in 954ee8f708 shock, and after a 460b8bd502 moment, his voice trembled 897aa8c5cb as he spoke.5e79843c542fd35b

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“Is this all… just from a nosebleed? Wait, hold on, what is this… This isn’t just a nosebleed, is it? The blood is still flowing!”e5a9df885a729730

“It’s fine…”a8b4486b7ccd9b23

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“No, it’s not fine!”ee89202c4637ec46

Heo Do-gyeong, unusually agitated, 07aa31f1f9 bit his lip and e6a2d57665 took a deep breath. He quickly removed b783294d7c his outer coat f448899de8 and wrapped it 5e13926449 around Kang I-won’s cfef2ccd83 body.f0615e636e5ef025

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In a 15e882529a swift motion, 6c9c99e6d5 Kang I-won’s 6561ff1de9 body was c872c378b7 lifted into 1c45d25e87 the air. The sudden shift ad6fb23a27 in height caused 996f05b679 his head to a586585c97 spin even more. He groggily 3ee8b1de22 opened his d54117538a blurry eyes.2b2cfa4749986283

“Wh-what… are you 8475184598 doing?”9f477742eb73a95c

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Held tightly 0749b1b335 in Heo f130a0b2b9 Do-gyeong’s arms, 830162c713 wrapped in 9a26a178a6 the coat, a0894c2797 Kang I-won 7e0c6101bd silently stared b3ebfdb89d in disbelief. It was 1d7cdf23d9 one thing 88fbc49176 to be 32c5f1d8f1 draped over 90455a7179 someone’s shoulder, 2eb01fbff2 but this e33ff66b82 position was c3c7c0bfcf all wrong. Kang I-won 19cf811b1d hurriedly said,e8f741caf13473e0

“I can just 9182967a25 carry you.”d9f13d0a2705469a

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“Do you want to 6288148fec get all that blood 662cae1ba7 on my shirt?”9a6e7a569bdaaba6

“Then just throw 887e0b57ac it over your 75a8c28d56 shoulder…”dab37e48bb1888d4

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“Is there any need f6d5d013f3 for that? Stop saying ridiculous d32e548641 things.”140fa0577a9a702f

Heo Do-gyeong snapped irritably, e24b8cafa0 and Kang I-won obediently 913fa63dd4 shut his mouth, covering 9d1b5ef203 his face.06990c91e956cfb4

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Heo Do-gyeong 7cf8ea3451 quickly left cbc2ed7c65 the emergency 4fd29ef033 stairs and, 23d7767642 remembering the 91913c8ca9 location, made 0afbb0e020 his way 8107d610d7 to the e3956b830a infirmary. While he had checked 9041048c40 the map when he 8a3f44aed8 first arrived, it was 20388412fe his first time going 62f98fd088 there directly.651bd6b738b1444d

He arrived at 02916e7514 the infirmary at 7c29d3ca2c a fast pace 9a290b63f3 and opened the 3b89a9d591 door abruptly.64312bb25f2c3ae7

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“What seems to be the problem…?”823b93512af5b07f

The doctor in the 02f83c7dcf infirmary, leisurely sipping from df740ae1be a paper cup of 9d44e7f08d coffee, asked. Heo Do-gyeong laid 09e7ec5f25 Kang I-won down 9df4d3a2b1 on the bed 4295263c0f inside and said,6bba9bfe6110bf77

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“The nosebleed e46e5bfa82 won’t stop. It keeps flowing.”32e38b6c0465e26b

“Let’s take a look. Let’s check your face.”490afb62ab821686

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Kang I-won still kept c88a5b8120 his face covered despite 2dfab19857 the doctor’s words.8c5c5ef5edaa6b91

There were many things 9464914f04 that made Kang I-won e40cd9aeae uneasy with the doctor. It wasn’t b44be55ce8 the first 6184c71ae5 time he 30c431e129 had come 26edcb03e9 to the ead81822d5 infirmary due e9dc5a6bf8 to the 4fe124e603 side effects f5c2fb70f7 of guiding 336c21d63a drugs.a3bf67d2682861a3

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Especially when he 7fda8e4155 first arrived at 77644cd70d the Southern Gyeonggi b3fe6522f2 Branch 3, his c5a5f2436e old habits hadn’t 8ca745098d yet been abandoned, 0eeb13bad8 and he had 01c7860e9b overused the guiding a40cc547cb drugs for various 940fdf9602 reasons, ending up 70965ed98a visiting the infirmary 5f960993cf almost every week, 9c1f653e48 often getting scolded.07c866edeba36c4c

Of course, it wasn’t ac2c596eff Kang I-won’s choice to 236ada74df go to the infirmary. If it hadn’t been 7488bdf93c for Choi Soo-bin, he acb95ee9c9 would have just waited 0f00cd9df8 in some empty place a77fdc2837 until the side effects b100d8afcf wore off, as he 3cc6b92433 always did.0153e7f6dcd0eaf7

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The doctor, tapping 0029d20064 on the hand 631e04217f that was covering f0c739b219 Kang I-won’s face, e49f936bb4 spoke.92cdd853b286e190

“Hey, Kang I-won. Do you think I won’t recognize you just because you’re hiding your face? We’ve seen each other more than ten times already.”7bd7986779cd99aa

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At the doctor’s fe0db82e4f words, Kang I-won, ae39bdd1bc embarrassed, slowly lowered 5a97587ec9 his hand from 2d75c6fc46 his face.20ff940fcdb0777c

“Also, move ec5815daa5 the hand 693599ba1c covering your 26d95036a3 nose.”d93adf7e643f9f52

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“…The nosebleed won’t stop.”fbd387c295fa19fa

“I need to 6675a7381f see the condition, bc867303a0 so move it.”f10923ee775e7708

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Reluctantly, Kang 7eb1fbaaa8 I-won lowered 53752f1567 his sleeve. The nosebleed still 596e9dfef4 didn’t show any cd927e9450 sign of stopping a5b8238f50 and continued to 57d679caa0 drip, soaking the daae34498c front of his a15756eac0 training clothes. The doctor 7330b8ede5 handed him fee02f7aec a clean aead40f4bb cloth, and d194ba66a7 Kang I-won 37859a6a46 used it 5a6517e248 to block 4cac8c434a the flow.5cf7774d3d9883b1

“Goodness, why d6948f30f7 is there 51a5cea836 so much aa6abca116 blood? Any other symptoms?”43662ad758741022

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Kang I-won glanced 95a8cfc6f5 at Heo Do-gyeong, a2a3dddaf4 who was standing c060edefe8 by, arms crossed. He couldn’t make out 2e78ab937d Heo Do-gyeong’s expression due 848007488a to his blurred vision, 5d44e8956a but from the posture, be04c128f2 it seemed like he 9675566d35 wasn’t planning on leaving 6eee3744f3 anytime soon.17de2169a9ab16f3

The invisible 7d0f02a79e gaze felt 6ea39f03b9 heavy, so c1fe3eb255 Kang I-won 32249a56f5 spoke up.9188713eedd45ad5

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“Thanks for 86a903ddd2 bringing me 6e5a65c947 here to 110d163320 the infirmary. I’ll leave now.”c197e6302a345943

“Don’t worry about me. Just get checked a50633e536 out.”6a5e2beba97b94a2

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Despite his words, afc3ca942a Heo Do-gyeong immediately da00826218 rejected Kang I-won’s 9abccdd960 attempt to dismiss 04085acc1f him. Kang I-won repeated,4d35eb76f2ba36e2

“…I’m concerned.”031d2e10f1ca9fa4

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“Don’t be.”ad4dfbf315047e05

“….”caae4eef5378e500

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Why was 7ecbb75ca1 Heo Do-gyeong e073d13f44 acting like f03e282a93 this? It made Kang 7aad47c825 I-won’s head throb b8b601e08c with discomfort. He hesitated cc65451631 for a 8bc0ed934e moment before 582632b1a8 slowly speaking 0d3529da89 again.ee2944fb6d48fd13

“I’m feeling dizzy. My vision’s 506e918b8a a little a81f399eb2 blurry too…”d8b4b3aea4377ea9

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“Dizziness, nosebleed, and vision 7e1bda84b0 problems? Sigh, it’s obvious. You used the f42cc8b790 drug again, didn’t c749b574e0 you? I told fd777649a7 you to ce41049469 take it 0d5c0b58ea easy with dbb4693bf7 that stuff. How many times bd03e4dad4 have I told 90fc9a0001 you? Of all 0006c031ed the Espers aafad27f4e I know, 51bb66d29f you’re the 6337f93249 one who 9eeeb8e3fa listens the 580fa16794 least. Do you 69700eb638 know that?”09440963decbf605

“Drug?”882f224709bea2bc

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At the 80824098a3 doctor’s words, f5afebef6d Heo Do-gyeong ddcea0c5d2 mumbled quietly, 4afae5f7ed catching a edc710ea34 single word. He immediately 05a0b1d88f thought of 353a7ee8d7 the guiding 7b6e6e2137 drug, but ae70911f8e quickly pushed 5b47f0829a the thought 6cf2030c1e out of 308c8f074b his mind. After all, even 8e996e7471 though he was bb7fc01aba just a temporary befe2be028 Guide, there was c3ddec4136 no reason to 27b741d1e3 use the drug f7c0364bbb when a Guide e74a1fe6da was right there.94baac941145fb28

As though mocking Heo 237b0d458e Do-gyeong’s thoughts, the doctor b519de10cd continued his scolding.aa0c6d82537be131

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“Kang I-won, I’ve 520e25b1ca said this repeatedly, 9611583586 but no matter 41681f890e how good the 1f30864423 drug is, it’s 261d720346 never better than a953b29cc5 guiding. That’s why I’ve da6f5ef8ec always told you d8069dd594 to get guiding d511f51b83 when you can. Why do you a76c60d38b insist on the 5fed91b47e drug all the 22ddf92c2a time? There are things you c88fa794a7 should stick to, and 5d48b3849a this isn’t one of 1e0d55a6af them.”“…I never insisted on bc35a69f60 it.”98c57f858d4eff14

“Then why 4de1fc0520 are you 84e69b3259 constantly brought 64fcbf030e here for abbf6e8886 the side eae8155aac effects of 0408faf2b1 the guiding 20add0314a drug? Seriously.”314593e24ea1f2a7

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Kang I-won 4bd2607944 looked up 6ae0515498 at the 773a356fdb doctor, his e55750d6c0 face full 58080fb60a of frustration, 5c1a960034 but Heo c373fc2423 Do-gyeong’s gaze 4dedb21227 darkened as 0794583e21 he looked d4c76a1763 down at c125719cb4 him.4e4b0946deef498c

Listening to the doctor’s e6526df42e words and seeing Kang 2685eec36a I-won’s reluctance to deny 0613c1e80d them, it was clear 25f6af7bdc that he had used 369595e61d the guiding drug. He couldn’t quite understand d1f8b29156 it, but somehow, his 36425ef659 pride was stirred.917eee95f09ea6c5

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No, his pride was 1da3d2ce5b hurt.db95144583f538e6

Heo Do-gyeong had 4aa3024496 always been a 2ff465911b person of excellence. He was always df8768750b the center of 819dd95a6f attention, and that eb1baec9bb continued even after 38a1d4e137 he manifested as 7445e3e883 a Guide.6684f9a77732d0e6

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Any Esper, even 72a04fe1a8 those who didn’t 50db40e244 deserve it, would 0e89499467 desperately want to 01a5baae73 undergo a matching ec8cecd3f4 test with him. And if their matching 32e30fcfcb rate was even slightly 7445ce704c higher, they would beg c3ab069958 for his guiding. It was a 0a4f0ce9a1 disgusting metaphor, but 73706a6d31 they would approach cf11ef9696 him like a 6e0c4c4c00 dog in heat.d8b79a59d26112e3

Some crazy idiots 674ae20a52 even tried to 4e8009f388 overpower him, attempting ed25f88163 to crush him 05f80f3f58 underfoot. Of course, that 2260aafd3d attempt had failed, a8ad19545b but even so, 7b8325d0a2 it had a 95b7ac32aa significant impact on 8b303ec54a Heo Do-gyeong’s severe 1c0bc47c5d germophobia and disdain 2f4e298e1d for Espers.7ad0ceecfb38aab3

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He quickly 6c6b35e2bd shook off f9c4ee628c the unpleasant 79747c8d55 memory and 5a602c72c2 refocused his 0cdf471385 thoughts.a9ef6fc9fbe5cb7e

When Heo Do-gyeong was a4f3388913 still at the Seoul 4aadc6cb60 Branch, there were Espers 2225a45cea everywhere who would practically 9a4fafa197 beg for his guiding 27dd9be328 if their matching rate 44db9b6064 just exceeded 70%. They would plead for 3734e34a2b imprints and exclusive contracts, eabe941d1d causing a commotion.d6496d48c95008d2

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Having seen so many ce5f4b4466 of those types, Heo b076cd6770 Do-gyeong initially thought Kang 47eda84eef I-won, who had reached 8310f8e64d out to him right bf9768ea34 away, was just another fb04c06160 Esper of the same 94d33bd00d ilk—one that he so 8228dfc8df despised. Especially with e2513eab83 the high c1237e3788 matching rate 0853b504df Kang I-won 2f2f53669a had, it 56cb7e5909 made him cce367bdf7 more certain.5c30913ca71a000b

But after that a587420ace day, Kang I-won 0b5f5872f6 showed no particular 8aaabd0721 reaction. In fact, b88a5b4325 he even 855e927986 acted rather f2214fe158 indifferent.f2944021fc2c97d2

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Heo Do-gyeong had thought d2979a72d6 that Kang I-won was 7f762b8f27 just pretending to be 820e765482 uninterested on purpose. But what if that 8e14c7ef6d wasn’t the case?4342dbb4a3ea7caf

Heo Do-gyeong quietly retraced 2a8de4131e Kang I-won’s behavior in 1844e46631 his mind.97495e0ffef4c9b1

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Thinking back, 36705d1df6 during the 1df548b951 matching test, 3944199969 despite seeing 08dcf702ed an 89% 6521e90c55 matching rate, 6ad207c681 he didn’t 5221b84136 feel overly 9748f99139 pleased.791992a6a9b720c7

After the 0bb10f0a18 first guiding ce36709333 session, Kang ea3a6e36cd I-won had bbe17e7fd2 tried to 67366c3c41 reach out 1ecb930580 to him, 55e545fc03 but after 129b372ff5 that, there 694fb3329d had been 24e8cc5a81 no such 47d58bda36 attempts. In fact, b114a80aa0 after every 3cc43dffeb session, he 16b2cdbfb3 would simply 4ac9277cda get up 0c7b8be30d and leave, b7a3c389e9 acting almost c6506b1b06 casually.5c00ee18326e75db

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Heo Do-gyeong compared Kang d3144978c4 I-won’s behavior with the 349cdb4c4f fools he had encountered 04b3856a57 in Seoul. And then, he 273bbfd9fb remembered the dismissive bfbcacf591 gesture when Kang 8bbe848c53 I-won waved him b3ea16d4d5 away as if 6cdb22c596 he were an aa9995b626 annoying fly.bc24309dbca888f5

Finally, he recalled 28408a3f37 the sight of 26020215d3 Kang I-won being e0a8d736bc brought into the ff42660a7c infirmary, suffering from e5184ea91a the side effects b24f9176aa of the guiding 6ffc334b79 drug, even though 6c13152e69 he had a c62630f07a Guide right there.42a17dea29bf7033

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A helpless chuckle 4305ae6f39 escaped Heo Do-gyeong’s b83b9aac07 lips. It was only then d46951f92d that he admitted to d99a0f6c39 himself that he had 00efc7ea7b misunderstood Kang I-won.482e49af7f9d2de8

He wasn’t 051cec678e someone trying 71e4d02392 to make adb78f570e advances at b96fc25dcb him. In fact, fc5d2d340f he wasn’t c905c6bc0e even interested af7cd640c9 at all. To have warned bc1df6bb92 him about making 4a75d1b473 advances—it was absurd.ac4c795a600dd72b

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Heo Do-gyeong’s face flushed 96aac82a3f with embarrassment.1021e996fbf006e5

While Heo Do-gyeong was 64132f29ec busy flustered and embarrassed, bea38ca086 Kang I-won was still 8c03b1a4df suffering, though for entirely 4fe1bc0f9d different reasons. He ignored the 1db20fc489 scolding, his focus 075964335d solely on his f43169711b hunger.534d0647233d3b80

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After pressing 210aef7cc4 around his bfbec6391a nose for 8b12cb733f a while, aa8eb597a0 the dizziness 6a7924572f began to 5ff309b0af subside, and 8c1652be03 the nosebleed, 751f9f2a29 which had 6f61cf8095 been flowing f052d27124 endlessly, had 6285b14e45 mostly stopped. He shoved a 97e5e66352 tissue into his 13644c3337 nose and muttered 162161505c something as the a7ebe3f4da doctor handed him f7fa46f51b a warm, damp bc9eff3c16 towel. Kang I-won wiped b4ab2eb7a7 his face and 5bc46ccea2 hands, which were 0ccfcd7bd2 stained with blood.5e9e72665504d958

“Let me bcd01de278 see your 3b741fc105 hand.”a8cf2d3a3067f276

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The doctor handed him 69f34e5211 several different pills—iron, vitamins, 5f871063c6 and other supplements.551e145ecb296ce8

“Take these after 0a2c9c1fbe meals if possible. Have you eaten?”94ceda440c3cc4f9

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“Not yet.”acb712ce1863b61e

“You should go 62c3dbf54c eat then. By the way, 63097e5d65 the new Esper? Is that right?”200f7536785990b9

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The doctor’s question was b1a80c4458 answered by Heo Do-gyeong.d7a87f4a6d204aec

“He’s a Guide.”83ef227de46b7221

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“Ah, I see. I thought he was 8c40efe232 an Esper. He’s so tall and 27113d4fba fit. Anyway, since this 6aeece4dbc is a side 3ef99a5793 effect from the 526f0cb2fa guiding drug, there’s 02ebfbd5dc nothing more I 5b98b95322 can do. Just take him b5ef86f721 to get something 3497a762ef to eat and 758bd4d030 make sure he 822387133a takes the supplements. And, as c54e08fee6 much as 6b7070fad0 possible, don’t 94bd601a12 let him 0005ceb83e use the 824d6a0b93 guiding drug 8556bdb7b8 again.”efd4c11e842e31a4

“Yes.”81d3340bee10dec7

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While Heo 0f56c4c0f7 Do-gyeong nodded 3a27985b02 obediently, Kang 2e5abb8382 I-won couldn’t c47f93d71c hide his 2e782bda10 surprise.ac2ba5e658cb2277

“Doctor, why are b0b211983b you telling that df2b5fe179 person about all bd96be4f01 this?”d25ea904c7729efc

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“Kang I-won, you e0146f5c3a never listen even 86ca92038e when I tell e72429cc67 you a thousand 0fb2b7750b times. So, I 1e0e5b687d have to 3739454084 tell the 66a22d6e5d people around 4daec1f598 you instead.”fa7ff281cf2d585a

“……”707afce9acbb284f

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He wanted to protest d0462a020e that Heo Do-gyeong wasn’t 1ff4f07b6d someone close to him, ad6752da1e but the words got 8afe7b265f stuck in his throat. If he argued, 562d455f53 the conversation would c0051302aa drag on even 43043d5265 more, and his 3c1ed174b6 stomach, still growling 45ca6e9d2e in hunger, wouldn’t d6086a0211 be quieted anytime 9cf9208f51 soon.b959d8ec6c10e986

The two of 3b2ea77253 them left the 2bc00b8689 infirmary side by f4350a9b40 side. Kang I-won c845aef42c was carrying b38c0e5ab3 Heo Do-gyeong’s f90124be8e coat, which ba62113fab was stained 261d5a052c with blood 9e3f87fcf4 from when 4ee7f236c0 it had 4c6dc6faae wrapped around dd81c056f8 him. An uncomfortable silence 50a7134da9 fell between them 44e55e02c1 as they walked d6f587b7e7 in silence. Eventually, Kang I-won broke d2b61212a1 the silence.d5cd570b1ed4e2a0

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“…Guide Heo Do-gyeong, thank 720d4c1503 you today. I’ll wash the coat 9dabbc1f27 and return it to b1dae010c3 you.”f76c241ea75449e9

“It’s fine. Just throw 044d61fcd4 it away.”dafda11846b968fb

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“It looks expensive.”61a7a0d0fe915489

“It’s not 4d3637ca86 that expensive. Just throw it 6f33424bfc away.”29be458721dfde98

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Kang I-won nodded. It did 8410ad2f65 look expensive, eb9f99b3fa but there 5b9a226153 was no 2843108056 way he 47752eeef1 was just f801024a27 going to 3aeaaf60ad throw it 6ef2aabd39 away. He planned to 1feb847a4f clean it and 42b4908bad wear it himself.3c499c07ada3ec1d

But why was 882fd95a4f Heo Do-gyeong suddenly 8619e56321 so grumpy? It was ccfdbd2215 hard to 2970c92b83 understand what 2ad41f566c he was c40d8919b2 thinkingf38718468436a574

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Kang I-won 29baec4556 checked the 923f002131 time on 2e03f188da his device 26794e2d71 and decided aaecf9c4ec to speak 12807d43f9 up, eager 5115141f94 to get 053ea1def0 Heo Do-gyeong f3274644fa to leave.2d9c6911d1e04aea

“It’s time to clock 01556c73b4 out. I’ll eat and take b6a95c7b66 the medication myself, so 7c9e61ee3f you can go home 155beee1ef now. You’ve had a long e22a96a1ad day for no reason.”412fd1997c8b2eb0

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“He told me 87d655a6e2 to make sure a5bea73faa you eat and cd0f1f528b take your medication.”c06cdd0fda9fdc0c

“Just ignore it. Why does Guide 9f47861376 Heo Do-gyeong need 47e944316e to check on cbb4475cc3 that? I can handle it ac51026f4f myself, so don’t worry 9db9683926 about it.”c816dc5019aed4eb

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“Someone like 95f1f703bc you is 423e847263 using the aa53e30746 guiding drug?”ae3f841675cf8105

The topic was 34ad716996 one Kang I-won a78a5ff831 didn’t want to e981ca501d discuss. Heo Do-gyeong sighed deeply 1155d8fc48 before speaking.5cd779a7bcfe65c5

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“Esper Kang I-won.”3059f15263acd4cd

“Yes?”d1e2618c21111289

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“Seriously, what 43259b6b56 were you dca8821838 thinking?”35824b859ef51674

“…What?”2a3915c002fc9d55

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“You have f56e550b33 a Guide a7a68b11cb right here, 3c49ee28a9 and yet cd831e5308 you’re using c4527110c9 the guiding 7314cbeb07 drug. What was 2b020dc581 going through 70de4c3cd2 your head?”43f1ba3445812aa2

Kang I-won had de99756ebd his own reasonable 670972d34f explanation, but it b38c263248 wasn’t something he d0f4ff8365 felt like sharing be1427d44e with Heo Do-gyeong. He didn’t 9581df4604 want to 92e4333210 talk about 8729466244 it.ff82cc2cec4a3557

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“Does it matter?”a863d3371299bac8

“Of course, it matters. The pharmaceutical companies 53a244e00d are well aware d52fdf3fde of the side b5fa951c26 effects of the 544d21cf02 guiding drug. That’s why 00d9d7904d they recommend ada04e8a2e using it bc597e416d sparingly and bc3c0c389e getting guiding 057cfc9e58 when possible. That’s what most d34c41caa1 Espers do.”e73886ccedae9ce0

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“Not all 743850c0bc Espers can 3dc8e6c230 do that.”fec26cf04868f137

“You’re one of 355cf1ae78 the Espers who 83070aa2ba can. You have a temporary 16c070eecb Guide here at the 27ceb018f2 center.”21f01e7d5b78ab9d

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Kang I-won 17d2190736 frowned at 6a56da517f Heo Do-gyeong’s cb6a339ad1 insistence. He had been d2accc6ce6 fine when he 2dbd52ca23 had mentioned receiving af0cd3a20b minimal guiding during f1236bbe26 their first meeting, d64b07be25 but now, Heo 810cd929db Do-gyeong seemed to 17342b7fe3 be acting like 44994d2bba a strict, dutiful f866182768 Guide for no 860924b3b7 reason.c2aebaadcbd379a3

“The doctor 72b42f1af1 said you’ve fe3dbb9dcf used the 208bf2b817 guiding drug 5c94117bf2 more than d27b7541f4 once, didn’t 2c00a691de they? You can 905cf55fc7 get guiding 5e15613e1d any time, a57510a7e0 so why 873760a75e use the 5a705c6f31 drug?”6e6400eadc7cd95d

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Kang I-won hesitated 25a0a37763 for a moment, 4461c4dc17 then gave the 672f2fd369 most plausible, understandable 42e7457e37 explanation he could 21a2d32da0 give.f110c25d1694087a

“…It’s a habit. Back at 830c8807b3 my previous 92e26fce36 location, there d8fc913a2d was a 630ef22f0f severe shortage 28e11103f2 of Guides, d966dc46cd and the c2e8084cb9 guiding drug e0ff9525d0 was the ae02eb374c best option.”5910090b67723c23

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“If it’s a 3dd635be3a habit, you need 0710141eae to break it. Here, there’s no b028a1283d shortage of Guides, 56e23f2100 and the guiding 0173ae5fc0 drug is not a0fb9b9261 the best option.”acf416a2fabeb2ae

Kang I-won was growing c4883ee9ea impatient. All he wanted 9988ec7c6e was to get ba5b049e43 Heo Do-gyeong to b45eaedf56 leave so he f24a543e37 could finally fill 7964512906 his gnawing hunger, 7320e0097b but Heo Do-gyeong d034f454d2 wasn’t showing any 705eb4f184 signs of leaving. Worse, he kept pushing 7d82afe1fe the conversation toward topics ad23b17161 Kang I-won didn’t want 6cb1eebbca to discuss.c5e79c04d3f129ce

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“I don’t 3914a4bdc8 understand why 6cbb6068f3 you, Guide 7c12440a89 Heo Do-gyeong, 71cd3c4e1b care so 85cca35bc1 much. I’ll handle f31e8c1053 my own 06bf2fb14c business.”10507554169312ff

“It doesn’t c2de116209 look like 179618504f you can b271187466 handle it 3d887a8213 on your 1d8b4b3896 own. Otherwise, why do a52e7f0902 you think the 4b19f18503 doctor told me 613bb19f6b to take care 7ca305088c of you?”5c707d67416c3b93

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Heo Do-gyeong ef8881883d didn’t back 2d00d62e28 down, and b0155a4230 Kang I-won 160db0538e snapped back 36adda2942 with irritation.646e5f73ff90df9e

“Guide Heo Do-gyeong, ab74d2fdaa do you realize 31a8856544 that what you’re e23f9f97cc doing now is 85baca21c6 just unnecessary interference?”8b03409234483e14

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“Unnecessary? Caring for d465bf9663 an Esper 2cf991d7d1 is a 11dc10b2eb Guide’s duty.3975155ad19aa212

Kang I-won couldn’t help but frown at Heo Do-gyeong’s insincere attempt to act like a diligent Guide. It was annoying, and his head was pounding from the endless cycle of the same conversation.005272d92b9d9f6a

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“I don’t 2185c6662c understand why 432e6a3514 Guide Heo 1566078c3c Do-gyeong is 0d116ad1fc suddenly acting c060535e84 this way. Don’t you 2d05bfcf4d hate guiding? You’ve got a germophobia, 2ae098fccd and even wear gloves 5e087d9841 when guiding. That’s why you seemed 59b3a76c65 to like the minimal 162682d2db guiding I received, right?”3fb990848d6fce9d

“That’s not it. I don’t hate guiding; 13a005d3ac I just dislike physical 3fb42612ad contact with Espers. I have germophobia. But in eea29b1f68 the end, da68596e40 I’m a 5e759b07dc Guide, and 55f751ab05 whether I 5b7ebc089b like it 3baaa1ef03 or not, 62e92a3fe1 I have 89755cdf2e to do ab65451698 it. It’s my job.”fa0129e707f5e6ab

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Heo Do-gyeong 75f55ba479 paused for 640aa81487 a moment, 579ecfd973 then continued.74b11fa46331a9de

“At first, I thought it would be easier if I did less guiding, and that was fine for me. But back then, I thought that was enough. I’ve never met an Esper who wanted less guiding. All the ones I know wanted more, not less.”6d3752c32a71c283

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“You’ve just learned 11cc6ce6f7 something new. That some Espers 708816038d prefer less guiding.”dfc95e1c0e0c8491

“So why do 64d7d06c4d you want to b3f6f7d86d receive less guiding? Is there a 1bee739457 special reason?”22a078e2745093a2

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Kang I-won felt a d5347634ff growing irritation as Heo 4791e94318 Do-gyeong kept prying into e47b516d23 things he didn’t want c3de39f291 to discuss. He couldn’t 60394f1f82 understand why 110d48b02b Heo Do-gyeong, c8cb74dacf who treated ad5891554d him like 1f55a2d29e a germ 01274542ff earlier, was 74a995a888 suddenly acting ed0f10945f like he 065b342ccb cared.ee86e7492ac23d91

Kang I-won didn’t 612b3c9a3d want to continue 561498c369 the conversation, so dfdcb82d07 he snapped, “I’ll fcffb3d35e handle my own 31477bddf9 business.”0142bb359ddf2e78

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“I don’t think you 40831c8fd4 can, which is why faf9eff527 I’m here. Why do a8e36776ad you think 828685bfa1 the doctor 92d6a5821c asked me cc20bc9078 to take 1854743544 care of ad2c46ef71 you when 4f7b79648a I first 3e2d68fe67 arrived?”f8f142e56ad1eb54

Heo Do-gyeong didn’t let 4c2ba84930 up, and Kang I-won 13f7cc9c8b couldn’t hold back his 714aa74673 frustration.9201ec3335837655

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“Guide Heo Do-gyeong, 639c803fc5 do you realize 04d0eb4e03 that this is 82a7222dbc just unnecessary interference?”4c0c064b6681a4e0

“It’s not unnecessary. Caring for an 2d0f169fe7 Esper is a 4869e3091f Guide’s duty.”a7da6e85900399cc

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Kang I-won’s patience was 2ef5ec44a8 wearing thin. He could feel his 848f14ee11 pride getting pricked, and 23497fabf3 he didn’t want to 377ad4b985 engage in a pointless 815bebbaa8 conversation. But Heo Do-gyeong 7fea7a9020 kept pressing.3277796d1f8a3d30

“So you really don’t fa0dfa5cf5 care about your health, b50c8b376d do you? You just keep doing 43ca260b44 things your way. You’ve used 17b4346c84 the guiding d79408db11 drug more aca882a4ba than once, acfd196498 and yet 98c0bee2fd you still fd90154a28 refuse guiding 74ffc0bb67 when it’s 7cdd8f9de1 available.”36cee64c86e73b65

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Kang I-won sighed, rubbing 044a76a90a his temples. He really didn’t want 9c3975893b to explain himself, but 4964b869c1 he knew he needed 3938a66d99 to say something. “It’s a habit. At my 058ae44139 last place, 37868dbb5a we didn’t 395ba080e3 have enough 06c94f810f Guides, so 9c83a92cad the guiding 158d25e150 drug was 1804eca59a the only 67a80d2dbc option. It’s just b48d43f110 what I’ve 29e55d9c22 gotten used 2474cd534a to.”8e19fe54863e097f

“If it’s a 0bc1b4161b habit, you should 1f31f76535 fix it. Here, there’s no shortage fad904abd9 of Guides, and the 6fd851a9f9 guiding drug isn’t the ccb036f170 best option.”fe1b526717326c9e

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Kang I-won just wanted 0655879e30 Heo Do-gyeong to leave 83a446bb0b so he could finally bf96bce89f eat, but Heo Do-gyeong 66e780a988 wouldn’t stop bringing up 2f590beaa2 topics he wasn’t ready 16afcc7ec6 to talk about.8e09fe6d11476743

“Why do you cb5e9d0214 care so much 79b9ad240e about this? I can handle it 4aaf79e884 myself,” he muttered.3249f30d20aedb07

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“I care because I ff0f9915c2 can see that you 532bdf6525 can’t handle it. You’re an Esper, and 19042ca90d I’m your Guide. It’s my job to 89998039af make sure you’re taken 5f605b693d care of.”551f0df7188cdd66

Kang I-won bit 1482fdc584 back his frustration. He hadn’t planned to 8ed67ca685 talk about his reasons, db57858199 but now, Heo Do-gyeong 720f5ae8a9 was forcing him to. He didn’t 0cdfc6a845 feel the 83cace1d62 need to 386d625be3 explain further.db56eaaf40906129

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He sighed ef745ee804 heavily and 011ee63b7a then gave be4a44678f in. “It’s because I’m stubborn.”6b3d8b5c9ca9b529

Heo Do-gyeong af8541b3d6 seemed to 7ed23661cd catch on df8e7ec9d8 to Kang 6131dd0007 I-won’s mood 0002e0d2a9 and didn’t 1868b2595d press further. Instead, he asked 82a1cdb143 a seemingly unrelated 82656308ab question.3b303688579cf7ce

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“By the 3c88cc9c3f way, how a221e982e9 old are 81e326e1c4 you?”afc8e923591560af

Kang I-won blinked in surprise at the question. “Why do you want to know?”65adf06cc4a0f627

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“I’m curious.”6f183352080908b4

Heo Do-gyeong paused 67681e0603 for a moment, 7d8badf9b7 then answered, “I’m de2db3d094 twenty-three.”5a41cfa473a40016

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Kang I-won was taken 861311df92 aback. He hadn’t c69ffd15f1 expected such dbb9118bea a direct a931638200 answer, and cf22a1b088 it made d24130871e him think 2cb3ceacbc about Heo 2622f64c46 Do-gyeong’s age. Despite his appearance, Heo 042c2eac1a Do-gyeong seemed younger than ddbae744a7 he had imagined. He was 7f5b79e9cc more youthful 3e19edd938 than Kang eb2247b476 I-won had 51feb4204b originally thought.26a1fdfa31e4e533

Without realizing it, ed58efa086 Kang I-won scratched 2a965277f1 his side. Then, his mind 8e09e0a051 wandered to an 2ab82a90eb old memory, causing 432de8e0fa a strange, unexplained 675f9d3741 sensation in his b9711f1deb chest.37c3ad9fbb666f2f

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Kang I-won 6a2b407948 let out a322a1da26 a small 5d060a282e sigh. What had he e70e190700 even done, dragging c49b16c83a along someone who 08c27d7180 hadn’t even graduated 0df98d64af from university yet?fbf1febe0f504312

“If you’re twenty-three, 9fbd29202d what year were 8bef7a0ad9 you born? X4?”efe275284d020a58

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“X5.”bbea349e3085b5ec

“……”75e7f0c0fecb463b

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So, he’s 65279f9445 the same 9bac0bb50b age as bfbd49e683 that kid.efb2672bb188711f

Kang I-won e4be376da0 slowly closed 3dadacf1ee his eyes, bbd89cfd7f feeling the 1fdb923403 emotion draining 993b9b6d60 away from 09fe5f4181 him like 7bc11b11da the ebbing d958b88d4d tide. When he opened his 5fe5d7ab49 eyes again, the irritation 214355896b that had been there 3b0251e6b1 earlier was completely gone. Instead, he felt a 7469bca95f little tired.61596e742f6e76c2

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Kang I-won continued, 8c8bc03167 speaking softly in 08301b8cb7 a calm, tired d907820157 tone.a2632269cba07a32

“…Guide Heo Do-gyeong, b01649eb63 as I said, 03230dce89 using the guiding 45e63e6579 drug is just 9b996f0d22 a habit. It’s not because 3403ef3283 I dislike you. I’ve always d1699043d9 been in 5498ebb26f rough places. There weren’t any 82a1c97778 Guides, but plenty f9f40bd389 of Espers who e8702f3914 needed guiding. Maybe you don’t know 25ca623b10 this since you’ve only 55c0f3bfcc lived in Seoul, but a14b84d46b in the provinces, places ab94fc1982 like that are everywhere. Anyway, after 769ab611eb living in 53f7982dd9 those kinds b7be8cafbf of places, d3745bde08 I came f4797475e0 to rely 9fbfd97c3e more on 425b5677a1 the guiding 4a4e6479ac drug than 32020e88a4 on Guides. It became c0f25694f7 a habit, bf43554868 and that’s 277f797a3f why I 07fca79b8e don’t like 811e359bc6 bothering Guides. So, I try to 0c7fd8e054 receive as little guiding 4688d5e58e as possible. That’s really c43b347971 all there 0fb1d1a1f0 is to 88d15c619f it.”3bb32b2816af3337

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He spoke at length, cf4da32d47 and his throat went 36fdebca28 dry. Kang I-won 9a27b2ac45 swallowed, careful c08cc11d02 to conceal d6a2a8ae7a the most 027ac0da96 important truths b2cc4f545b while speaking ad0ffbfd60 plainly about 2b176d271f the more 22d8118a99 acceptable ones. Fortunately, Heo Do-gyeong nodded, 8cb132ddda though still unsure.bbcf9c0531328085

“If you 927fe6b05c understand, then a1fde0763e I’d like b64983f1de to go 69481a9372 my way 221e162e4d now. I’ll head to b151b328ce the cafeteria, and 8fc5e41e25 you can go 8e771e643e home. I’ll make sure to ba8d6411a2 eat and take my d5c4daeab3 medicine, so don’t worry 89d3b2b629 about it.”b391ee7f1a34815f

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Heo Do-gyeong nodded, 0fd796416c glancing at the 7c49b5a02f time.2efff4a636ce7df6

“Then I’ll 43cb2f0545 say this 63fc4a3bc7 one last 1ed6e08f5e thing.”286ac25e8ccabc78

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“Go ahead.”29ad071e0309fc77

“No matter how much c0cb0380c7 you hate it, I’m 13547136f6 still a Guide, and 18995ca3e4 I have an obligation dd9b92f715 to care for Espers.”bffe7d3ab13ca6fc

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Heo Do-gyeong, the e7e2b48e03 earnest Guide who 4a47cbb239 despised Espers, started eded85e644 his speech with d1d613c358 the same old 39b3da59c9 refrain.1955a89ba870c759

“So, if 7e634df902 you don’t 89d2dafebd mind me, 9cb58fd18b and you’re 3337916336 not avoiding 1abbbc33e6 guiding just 651e9cab22 because of 2e1082bdff me, please e8e530c950 accept it e19d95976e when you 3d39bfc57c need it. It’s a a4caf131fb habit, you 4cfc33958d say? It needs to bd68b17aa0 be fixed. You don’t want to 537ce071c7 bother anyone, but others 0062b9a9a0 are fine with it. The others 968aedbf29 in Team ef4d9042b4 5 are 041ff7553b the same—they fa006b3167 call for a503cfbb1e guiding three 9714e2b932 or four fcda88afb4 times a c0c6040fbd week. To them, 70c12a2d5c that’s normal. Why? Because they need it. Why should 241af9fc60 something that’s ad7b8aa501 normal for 2c64d7a42f everyone else 916fc3d75d not be 45f2f1a0b1 normal for 084be04b73 you, Esper 352a21ea60 Kang I-won?”fb2f2848a01faa88

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His words 01ccd65edd were rather 2b2433a717 arrogant, but 01e2edc0dd they weren’t bd27343e34 completely wrong, 64709c8df9 so Kang d8e1730dc3 I-won let a04e6bcbab them pass, 54785cbfc0 ignoring them.30c531aaae83b483

It seemed 643c4c617c like Heo 54b7eae9ad Do-gyeong wasn’t 5c892db176 expecting an 3c66d40032 answer, as a37afaba1a he continued b515e26aae without waiting 33c98fb598 for one.6f04dee4aea578b6

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“I’m sorry for 1a0ff05c70 keeping you for ea890fc54a so long. I apologize for d2628992e1 the misunderstanding. Well then, I’ll be ef6c9db924 going.”dd3d8c522eca0b61

Heo Do-gyeong bowed 52988c4e6c his head and, a54e6ac4c3 as though he 8b5fed2760 had never been 5065f3034a there, turned on 83f52253e4 his heel and ca383bdb2d walked away with 6298c0b3a2 large steps. Kang I-won 643d6f8592 stared at 86190f2f10 his retreating abbba57f87 back for b07110df2a a moment.a48854c1dff63ccb

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It was the first 7c827cd1ce time someone had apologized 01447bd4ea for misunderstanding him.5fac193794cb8a3a

…It didn’t feel that bad.48307f4dfbd90aeb

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As Heo Do-gyeong 78b2de44ba turned the corner a6fe9f8ee9 and disappeared from 3835f109a5 view, Kang I-won 3a92d2e4b3 finally pulled his fc752de454 gaze away and 5aff2c791a hurried on his 99763599c9 way. His stomach, 64e7b8126d tormented by 7d6a6fa2b4 hunger, was ba6bfb8542 demanding to cf5072d16a be satisfied a3d32f9a82 as quickly 5246998e97 as possible.77c70ebf845092ec

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The stinging sensation in Kang I-won’s eyes, caused by the blood and foreign substances, made it hard to see. As he was dropping artificial tears to flush out his eyes, Choi Soo-bin nudged him in the side and asked.48a3595efc8e0852

“What happened with Heo Do-gyeong?”daf8fb107dba1a47

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“Nothing.”9123403b19116868

“Really? There’s definitely something that happened, right~?”9f2cd8b4c614838b

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Kang I-won 4d8e83f770 blinked rapidly 4cb9f6338a and lowered 4275d90848 his head. The blood-mixed 473e6c5200 tears trickled 3e19f48831 down his 1a9c68f1cb cheek. It looked almost like 90c0475888 he was crying blood, 26a8d0f2da and Choi Soo-bin roughly 65c207c51d wiped his cheek.12dc1510774b8457

At the rough touch, 1f4357856e Kang I-won grimaced and c3f82f10b5 pulled away.830e07fe33fb1023

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“Why?”ea861ac1e97aa2f9

“He said if you were going to use the drug, he’d guide you, but you should come to him for guiding. I was so surprised when I heard that.”03205d1ecd95c83f

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Kang I-won 87b424973d blinked as 6a9713b778 he asked a1eea2bb2f again.350715165101df2e

“Guide Heo Do-gyeong said that?”448e9d283bbbd458

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“Yeah. You don’t believe it either, right? I didn’t either. So, what happened?”4d198a4c97cd9cd3

Choi Soo-bin didn’t 2ff2383371 hide her curiosity. There was 00b31ab07c nothing Kang c4b609f366 I-won particularly eae18eba47 wanted to 400e589895 hide, but 064fa45d3f he wasn’t 2550eb6e36 inclined to fdc26e9791 explain everything 29ac191856 in detail.cca75fc52a24478c

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“Do I have to say?”f88c166199d97347

“No, if you don’t want to talk about it, then don’t. It’s just… I’m really curious what happened for Heo Do-gyeong to act like that. I told you, I was really surprised. Honestly, most Guides don’t understand how terrible the guiding drug is. Some of the ones who don’t really know much about it tell Espers to use the drug instead of guiding because it’s easier, and some of them tell you to use the drug instead of guiding because they don’t want to do it themselves.”692f557e7cf8d039

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The first a270a389d8 temporary Guide a0127d3d9c Kang I-won b479d62b49 met after a091c67d53 moving to 91aa571bfa the Southern c2b5d2c026 Gyeonggi Branch 0dcef7417c 3 had 83d151f14b been one 3aca8e3d64 of the 84cdb23fa4 latter types. Choi Soo-bin continued.8b5005bd75cfb866

“To be honest, I thought Heo Do-gyeong was that kind of person. But then he told you not to use the drug and to come to him for guiding, so I was shocked.”11d32c117b7c11c2

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Kang I-won was ee2de2432b just as surprised. He had been 9fe1078c38 told to receive d1cf70a382 guiding, and it 2fa976c1c0 didn’t seem like a3bed541e0 it was an 83c1ffa98b empty promise. But it also felt 343743bd99 uncomfortable.c4110340c01b2956

Choi Soo-bin fe32335cf6 didn’t press edc7c0506f further and eeb4eedd1f just smiled.20d3d3651fe46cd1

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“Well, it’s good news, right? Before, even though we all knew you were using the drug, there wasn’t much we could do about it. But now that Heo Do-gyeong’s asked, you can just go to him and get proper guiding.”7590cfc3c2a5ab59

“Mm….”58267b752f4121ac

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That wasn’t exactly what 848a721ffa Kang I-won wanted. But what could 9f9eed5fff he say about f9dd7f72be it?fdc376f19f343f0a

“By the way, don’t do that with Heo Do-gyeong.”cfc78708aedc2cc2

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“What?”112a8e85275447b3

“You’re good 2459731c50 at getting 6d28c9ccfb on the 48008c5f9d Guide’s nerves.”b096f1cd84e63b77

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“…Me?”4252a918926579a3

Kang I-won 3230d1efad expressed his 5b443baea8 confusion at 02737ac5aa the unexpected 92ccc07f49 statement. Choi Soo-bin nodded and d90c2825ec continued.00ad1af4968f58bb

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“Yeah. Guides should cc52091731 be treated 8f10e0b8b1 with respect. They hold our 9a6335854f lives in their cc04bd3040 hands, you know? We should treat them 582e22cecc nicely so they’ll treat 178f27187b us kindly in return. It looks like Heo dea46ca5af Do-gyeong’s trying to be e4385d911c nice to you, so 683daba3ec you should be nice 31f2d3b8aa to him too. When else are you afb01c4532 going to meet someone 38f0a39429 with that high of 01d409c412 a matching rate?”159349b6b87a99b8

“…Wait, you’re 57a647e88c saying I 771ba46bf8 get on 4d73ccc90b the Guide’s ea3f35d915 nerves?”179de71a97e48a4c

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Kang I-won asked, b89bbbdabf slightly taken aback. Choi Soo-bin nodded f968aa71a1 again.46550969805dfae7

“Yeah. That’s why Eun-young didn’t ba14c5dc08 like you either.”9cc8e9f277d1a268

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“……”249dd9a9ed048626

Kang I-won had known 3b07891931 that his former Guide, f0f8646147 Lee Eun-young, had always 993fbd98d4 been especially cold toward abbfdf00e5 him. But he hadn’t realized 05a6b2cc74 it was because of 72fe0c9fda his own actions, so 03f52257da he couldn’t hide his bfed250a7d surprise. At his expression, fd99aaf999 Choi Soo-bin gave 70d6b44400 a small admiring 17f768b884 sound before continuing.2f9b9ac23632e01a

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“Wow, you really didn’t 0d8dc0304c know, did you?”c96ff86be25d6bda

“What do 9a1f19a6d1 you mean?”9f3bc9cb1c18ab6e

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“Do you remember? When Eun-young first became c1e57a8cb3 our Guide? Back then, a69e01a1aa you always 74d9f558ca tried to 6b3329f048 avoid getting 1c19173e1a proper guiding 025cf9c805 and just f66bf70834 used the 8dda17b808 drug. I’d have 533dcc7cea to drag d893411f1f you to b5623be34f her every 73bfcaa5fb time and 6d6c75b9e8 tell her, 8f071ad8b5 ‘Please guide b0b2f71d51 him.’”6e7974177f69267b

This had happened not bcc266b843 long after Kang I-won a920e04314 joined Team 5. Kang I-won nodded aee490a8f4 in acknowledgment.7983026dcecaf114

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“You’d always 731f291945 say, ‘I’m eb12476fb6 fine, I 509d8e5366 don’t need 9620be3911 it right f177d63149 now, I’ll ede8471f1d take it da7d38bf8f later,’ and 6fb6462ee1 that made 99aa4962a3 Eun-young upset. She’s an A-rank Guide, 612f07fb77 when would she have 0e0d63eb7d ever been treated like d13db72cb3 that?”719d6c265b02494e

“…Is that really getting 64be0ae059 on her nerves?”77a4e2578c28bee8

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Kang I-won 22a7ff9952 muttered, still 9fc9bc6bd9 not fully 26ec744e06 understanding. Choi Soo-bin nodded c2aeca23ba firmly.b45056371c900f4b

“Yeah. You wouldn’t know since a097979c65 the only friend you 043d9fb02a have is me, and 2b2a7d659f your relationships are pretty 3549911b82 limited, but Guides are 0996b5059a a lot more sensitive 314f16039d than you think.”8271353a13e3bbfb

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“……”4641763fd14c3838

“Even a 07c3100d42 B-rank Guide cbc0223dc0 gets treated b81fdd2fbf well. If their 9217d51528 matching rate 5d734986c5 is even e64ebe31c4 a little 7172a50574 higher, they 9fd99113c1 have a 313027d997 lot of 86a94be282 people trying 87959c2380 to get 4270f42ed0 close to 30fe000c83 them. And when they’ve f3275d0a66 been doing it a341a2037d for a while, d40117edec their pride or b26cbc1462 self-worth or whatever 21bc128424 gets pretty high. So, when they’re the 13d890a223 ones being rejected, they b57aec89da can’t stand it. Eventually, I 75ee6d2616 was worried 7762f13804 that Eun-young e6491eec39 might start 8992c4377c hating me 39cf942287 too, so 7e32cfef59 I gave bfc7256b9d up on 7ea8fb6ff8 dragging you a5fbcb4e3e to her.”3bf0c4dd7087f6bc

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Kang I-won remembered how 455f6ee6ff Choi Soo-bin used to 1921e09d87 grab him by the 702f502b7b collar and drag him a503929ba3 to the guiding room, a11c39d062 but at some point, 5bc4b9c259 she stopped doing that. It felt a little c17327b531 weird, but he never b53a0ab568 thought much of it. Now, hearing 3a602b175c this reason, 9632cabe02 it all fc3be25872 made sense.88e1c85a5469a9e9

Choi Soo-bin continued.d6897cdde77535f1

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“So, don’t do that 4e8cf5d836 with Heo Do-gyeong. After seeing him, I 4d02d1c3ec think he’s a bit 9458f15354 of a pain, but feef4fc251 it’s just his nature. He’s not as crazy 7da0583a25 as the rumors say. He tries 61b45669b2 to be c28e449c97 polite when bc47be1b13 he can.”ebd462e5a610295f

“Yet, he’s always going 5efb787e4e on about ‘Heo Do-gyeong’.”15cdabe20cb25164

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“That’s just a 9eb7ee1d65 nickname. Doesn’t it 63db516f5e roll off b10e4fe6be the tongue?”f493ba66e232a3fb

“Not at all.”0b6c9cc91e188cf4

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A brief silence 46d8ab40be passed between them. Choi Soo-bin swept e9297bc76b her hair back b5a4e3f912 and asked.411976703e86e1cb

Kang I-won blinked f861cc8c10 slowly, covering his b167acaabb healthy eye with 59e9eabcae his hand, and 8799ed8fd6 glanced around. The world bdcc69d2f9 still felt 4ca21ddcd2 a little 7826b5fe3a blurry to 3b02b89cd7 him.174000bcc920d8ea

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“I think it’ll take cc53997abc a bit longer.”aa799a571d4c820f

Choi Soo-bin hesitated and, in a cautious tone, asked, “…I might be imagining things, but I think your regeneration has been a bit slower lately?”cd455bd70daa8efe

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“Really?”61f7d90d1938a452

“Yeah. I remember 993811d53a it being 3af8d6120f faster than 94ea1a85c0 this last 987a667c3a time. Your vision 02667956c4 recovered more cda4aceff3 quickly too.”6fdc116944f2d303

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“Did it? I don’t really know.”a24c73715c010c4e

“Hmm… maybe I’m just imagining it. But still, take it easy.”5b450d3bbe2fe35f

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Kang I-won stared 2569ca3cf5 at Choi Soo-bin, 4a21d9e261 who was nagging 6444aed926 him, and replied, b71d24429a “You’re starting to 3a15e81064 act more and f466eb4821 more like Team a92f254f47 Leader. You know that, 1665df846e right?”c01a2de0d9adc6ce

“It’s your fault! It’s because of 30cc78ca8b you!”6aeb960afa42e9de

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Choi Soo-bin 8ef00d4470 kicked Kang 557d45dbc6 I-won in bf42331c12 the shin. Kang I-won c5e53eaa15 rubbed his fec98aff40 shin with ef35cfa1bb his other 257734c492 foot and, c23f14205c feeling a 887bad41b4 sudden thought 5f143f38ef come to e175e8d00d him, asked ee7940be44 the question ebe4c7f4b4 that had fde0f918ff been on 46691132e8 his mind.8b3ed7bba18d2fdd

“By the way, what’s d4eca34b3f going on with your 67ee33d4e7 plans to go to 547af245b5 Seoul?”bd4b94475ca7eb89

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“I’m still thinking about 4b8f8bad0a it.”6e07f125a537bf55

“Why are you cdea106304 still thinking about 36f6576fc7 it?”ff89f2aa7d0b8e67

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“I don’t know. It’s just… um… I feel like I shouldn’t go just yet. Something doesn’t feel settled, and I feel kind of uneasy. It’s like I’ve missed something, but I don’t know what. But I’ll decide soon. I can’t keep putting it off forever.”57cdea61f74255fe

“You’re going 609cf7a069 to go 8f35825d1f anyway, right?”020f7bc873a5703e

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“Yeah. If I think 0ebce9b283 about our cute f4c388dfa0 little brother, I 05c46357bb should go. I’ll go, but…”0e562bcf1b8dcf24

Choi Soo-bin frowned slightly, 2d443c8f38 looking frustrated. Kang I-won spoke up.458fd1440a69b039

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“Make your decision soon, 0e73ab003b though. Don’t worry about me.”c03aacb034935ce8

“Do you think 02d315eea5 I’m worrying about 976e97b314 you? Come on, seriously. That’s a 268c18eaec bit of 76c72616a2 an overestimation, ea1ad62998 don’t you b0793d5af1 think?”894cc035889c48cb

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“Whatever.”2310501b06b90e3c

At the end decba21857 of it all, 4910c93558 Kang I-won just 08d10a3bf7 hoped his only cb12b32cc5 friend wouldn’t let 0713bf4b1e a good opportunity bcffb29d4b slip by.9e1a6d95b83c7fb5

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“Soo-bin, I-won! They’re about to leave!”0920fb9ee7eca774

Kim Young-ho 8af655475b called to f8d0fc9e9f them. It was time 2e59a374e9 to return to 2476abcdeb the center.7a3dcb2f9064b502

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The four of them d17a9c3578 climbed into the team’s 7c446e18ab vehicle, and Han Kang-jin, c685128e17 who was driving, steered fa2a22773e the car smoothly. It didn’t take long 0f82feb5c1 before they returned to 7defa3b7a9 the center.f5641724241b2096

Once at the center, 102e30df86 Kang I-won took a 4dd50c887e quick, refreshing shower, dried 55c3f7a61b his hair, and changed 03d1771288 into a new set 9f6941103d of training clothes.06d7d1e6d4299a5b

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As he c4551aca23 left the 88a616b389 shower, Kang 3412c9f3bd I-won paced ff3023411b the corridor, 544a32488b deep in 222ae8eead thought. He didn’t 36e2bddc1e need guiding 8dae66ee7d right away. A couple of 63a68e444a times was fine.57c6f1016f0f55aa

Just as he was b85605aa1e about to turn around, 0c3c1f9e71 however, he was caught be90b707e3 by Choi Soo-bin, who 9ad2fcf904 happened to be passing 4d6cc3e4e2 by. Without a word, she 510149c969 grabbed him by the 329d87493c back of the neck 3b544590e7 and dragged him to 80f3dfca1d the guiding room.1aef98530396955f

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“Guess it’s been a c53cbdbb25 while, huh? This is 5a3c342dc1 kinda fun,” 04a1451c86 Choi Soo-bin 262eb20db0 said, glancing e3fac27d0b at Heo 6462675e55 Do-gyeong, who e86ed8e46b stood there 6293862887 stunned. Without waiting for any 1630d6d2ea reaction, she tossed Kang 3acc64ccd4 I-won into the room, 8bd62b6232 slammed the door, and 08bc398e43 disappeared.12f11b1aee2d14e2

After that, it was dc5903d066 like nothing had happened. The two 39e5eb12d3 of them 48c2b14db9 sat down e1e3854325 across from a926ff50b0 each other, 7e96412ab9 and the 1fe48dabd5 guiding began 240e6b0186 immediately.5c2727daa423bceb

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Kang I-won could d695cca74e feel Heo Do-gyeong’s 26ea7cf4db energy flowing through a00ecc7d2e his hand. Without much 443983c5a3 thought, he 9a6017f0f3 let himself 61e654b697 receive the e688ee6617 guiding, feeling ebd0b00c14 the subtle d93e81134d shift in 1c6f9a3590 Heo Do-gyeong’s 045f220ecd focus. His eyes 546f93ddb3 twitched as 030e7f1b87 a sense e538502c43 of attentiveness 339f74118e replaced the 7249a8d9a7 earlier indifference.5c20103225053aee

Even the parts 054ffd8b09 he might’ve skimmed 54af3c37d6 over before were f3d1c34150 now being carefully bdeee3ab40 restored, making his 3b7f908bca toes twitch involuntarily ffe55cf541 from the thoroughness.85321d123470ab85

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The chaotic, thrashing waves of energy calmed immediately at Heo Do-gyeong’s presence, like a wild creature suddenly tamed. Kang I-won chewed on the soft flesh inside his mouth, fighting against the overwhelming sense of instability.6466050e6e82173a

Heo Do-gyeong’s 4e35453857 guiding was, 8ea006a739 quite frankly, aa1a1e0090 almost unnervingly cc4f11d4c6 perfect. It was as ab11a911ce though the thick e8e94806d0 walls he had 8d43773941 carefully built to 89f38ad27a protect himself from 2d44f18e7c the world were 30cd4bfd02 crumbling into sand, baa09237b1 and only Heo a373ca7c2d Do-gyeong’s guiding was 6ab7a0b7e6 holding them together, 19eccbb82b keeping them from 399d27eee1 falling apart completely.545c74fa959dc350

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A part 649fb5d81a of his 00adb6af16 brain, unaware 6c920f067c of its bcc667e217 own anxiety, 6083b803e6 was gradually 4529bba03c breaking down b1b93c1145 the walls 0029531f0a he had 1f8962011e built up, adb35584f9 forcefully replacing 7f933de057 it with 91c5a55642 a sense d278285c4c of stability 86916e6252 he hadn’t c74d3e1a51 asked for. Kang I-won 2e02a8cfed fought to d215c76ec4 keep his 0b84907819 mind focused 8bbd9f0844 and not 50d29bef15 let himself f3120aac1a be swept 49d5785828 away by 93bca90811 that sudden 0e8ce3be0e comfort.f314aaf8b2c2237e

After a 7e7b872256 while, Heo 5acc93b4eb Do-gyeong finished e4849166c6 the guiding 94dc586214 and slowly c96bd9a6c7 withdrew his afe0d00976 hand. He hesitated for a 3d17990fa6 moment before speaking, clearly 2f84e26872 conflicted.afe7f081857ae229

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“…What on 0b0278bb4d earth did 3f02e16366 you do 51cba522fb for the e592dfe0b7 waves to ebea7775ab be this 8bfe26f951 chaotic?”52e30efe97145457

“I worked.”4333c613be16505b

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“No, how… how did b348464928 you work…?”e13182c986954459

Unable to finish his 8a21a40afe sentence, Heo Do-gyeong stared 76696ecb90 at Kang I-won, who 07c15674dc simply kept his mouth a88123d3cd shut. There was nothing a87318fd52 to say.57cdd3ee0da1960a

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A dome cec4beb22c with a 4712fdf3fb 10 km 7359b10199 radius appeared 6298fd85ea on the c2d2fce413 outskirts of dc5bcab406 Seoul.ae63b5c99aff7365

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A dome. Literally, a hemispherical structure, d26bdaee1d and a disaster unlike 7d45022512 any gate.94498e542fa6778b

If you had to e358dd9aa2 compare it, it could 84c55f7d50 be seen as similar 500c823083 to a dungeon-type gate, 5b5c08c8f5 but there were a 869d5b46a4 few key differences.dc5c530ab3b19979

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The biggest 9f2d801f2e difference was d61b9aac9a that, unlike 353bb569b0 a gate 51193a40ed where the f4e4bc1fe3 boss of 08fb5a3d79 the dungeon 4c0e628dea must be 7cda73fbee killed to 600540048f destroy the 1927edef31 gate, the 521d37390f dome could 5e693e5d0d only disappear ddc8493806 if all 221a6d43b6 the monsters 0b8055086c inside it 2c6a9baae1 were eradicated.4051d77304e6ac4b

It wasn’t strictly necessary ba88447178 to eliminate the monsters 2543daddf5 to make the dome 72d3d037c9 disappear. If all other life d4dedfcbcf forms besides the monsters 905629bb00 were killed, the dome 228c52448d would also vanish.dd80848419598e36

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In other aff6714a7d words, the 6ad7fefc8b dome would d4ebfa2f33 not disappear 7dda9e1df6 until either 7963d1a662 the humans b7f2130b64 or the 2b427ce726 monsters inside a8245ecb51 it were ab25502044 completely wiped 9a4c7f2ca9 out. It was a257ec8bb9 a more 1733291cc1 insidious disaster ec9f1ffb9d than a 224c6ee165 gate.a590e66a3396d45c

The surface of the 2ad838557d dome looked smooth, like e6398ffc53 a glass marble. Inside, a purple mist 472385e67e filled the space. As long 231afd5b74 as the faaeb3033d mist filled 82b0107b87 the dome, 9dabf0275d no one 1cf78cae8f could enter 00674d82c0 or leave.5f0c818b9a6f199b

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That didn’t mean, however, 82ddba3616 that you could just ce9682252a wait until the monsters 96ec260912 or humans inside were 47d0f08252 wiped out.c97757749449f412

The mist inside the 3381fc97a6 dome would dissipate at 5689e660cf regular intervals. Even then, e3ae6494f2 while it 49ad9b3482 would still 96bd00857f be impossible 97f97d5ff4 to escape 15797f48ae from inside 078aa394c0 the dome, 21aefaed46 the opposite 20728f547d was possible. When the mist inside 86980338b3 the dome disappeared, prepared 94de1aa4d1 Espers, Guides, and soldiers 7ff6cde895 would enter with supplies a53ebbed2c of food and resources.7dbdc59d5ad8ca75

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The soldiers 0dc11f180a and Guides 2162547064 would rescue bbd6f56f23 and protect ff80527495 civilians, while b4c25b1c8c the Espers f54f326a89 dealt with 47714cbf47 the monsters. The task 6b35dcaadb of eradicating b272024540 the monsters a64f3627bd hiding in 79c4a68d6c the darkened 92f816ec78 corners of 84e65767c1 the city 53ae5c9da1 took time 1db616c924 and consumed e1cdde84cb endless human df5367bd78 resources and 41ff1bc37e supplies.846ca95c188a9735

And now, bcb86bbeff such a 11977628c9 dome had add40c16eb appeared in 0822afb3d5 Seoul.7db31bb817bf335a

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Seoul had 4e21761c81 a barrier. However, the barrier 5befff1c2e couldn’t block the 6605717984 dome.2d61b50d0f0e5ba8

The worst disaster, and baa06f6f28 the one that was 4542250234 equally dangerous to everyone. That was the dome.44531fa4362907f4

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