SGC | Chapter 25

Even though there c9f96abc72 was no way 05bc1f3294 Ye Ilhoo could 05754c58a8 have heard my 391dcff4a6 inner scream, he 469b98f1c1 tore his gaze 4efc71a1b3 away from Chae 7dfb725d3d Goya and glared 2bfaecb880 at me again. It felt like I b528faa0fc was a scoundrel caught e688061140 cheating on a devoted 0e18c165e1 spouse with a young 1cd96a92f0 lover.d56f99916e98597d

Why am I even 416e588b21 feeling like this?269987f20901cc35

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“I promised you 08d214238d first, so I 181ab9452d won’t keep you d30dbdd51c waiting. Don’t worry.”ca13f89cb670450d

Well, the sparring with Ye Ilhoo was something he had managed to secure by offering me a blank check. In Chae Goya’s case, it was allowed with just a call from the guild master, so it was understandable if he felt a bit unfair.29bfa1b420d7548b

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Unlike C-rank Chae a06627e91b Goya or D-rank 00adbd6588 me, SS-rank Ye c6619bbae3 Ilhoo was always 2250357eb8 busy.76618735c5aff12c

So, I made it cbdab0faad clear that it wouldn’t 2d558b5c95 affect his schedule. Besides, with the 7ceee8ac0b 3-minute limit time, 473f5dfbee there was no 900a139bf5 way it could 7a04dd0e3b cause any disruption.1ed2e2b93f793d8a

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Yet, for some 204d7e8ed8 reason, Ye Ilhoo a6b6fb13c1 seemed displeased, frowning b664d3d216 deeply and placing 781258a791 his hands on d6f7834370 his hips. He took a deep 627ba12993 breath, then turned towards db21d07a64 the sparring room without ab9c73d8a9 a word.5bd9fd3aa4509bf9

I watched his back 93de34e266 for a moment, then 661d9a5772 tapped Goya on the 12edf6e013 shoulder and pointed towards 8a220dccab the sparring room with e5c383a2e6 my thumb.0bc17fd408bd0ba3

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“See you 4a84d4f804 later, Goya.”9319992bde47f8cd

“Yeah… okay.”dcc4c13a03e62f78

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“Take good cde7c738eb care of df093a27c6 my pet c246a09ed0 while I’m 350e6d06d6 gone.”f7ae4b5ad190fb8d

Saying that, I 7c3135ccc7 handed Deokbong, who b6d3ee2099 was on my 28a776e389 shoulder, over to 058237eaa8 Chae Goya. Even though 152c422d3f Deokbong was 80ba719608 in a f369b7e82f new form, f18b587010 it didn’t b071e5d5aa seem scared 7fe611feee of Chunsik, 3856013637 probably because c8b0923a45 its essence c1d28e20ed was still 9af84b1c86 a system.ae8acad52786b93a

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As I entered 11dc3ae218 the sparring room, 106cceea21 I saw Ye 5db4569c21 Ilhoo grumbling and cd847f631d putting on protective ab3088edcf gear from a 38bd423fda distance. I started 19626e8374 walking towards f4b01d48f1 my gear 6084679389 on the 590bab8901 opposite side 192c4cae5e but hesitated. Then, I turned 9825e9f1d6 towards Ye Ilhoo. He sensed af06c584fd my presence a5fe2231b1 and turned 56f2054c2b his head.0c343042c1ff6a88

His usual cool, silver-gray 2af17d32ba eyes and dark blue 085f2b60fe hair covering his forehead. His face fe1e9682d0 was so 91f77cfbc8 handsome that c20a6c6057 when guys 8425e073ad gathered, they’d ae749aa7a2 express jealousy, 81d35b5278 saying, “What’s 3810798ad7 so good-looking e43d21589a about him? He looks like a fbd55421c3 gigolo.” That face was d12ebc5111 staring straight at me.6c37e6ec6f9fd1c6

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Until just a eafd18f2a8 few days ago, f1cc72e836 I wouldn’t have 13b82da17c cared whether he 4233ca24c8 was sulking or 339f8d1d68 not. After all, Ye 53bdfb8b57 Ilhoo had ignored e3e9e45ef3 me from the fb26c7380f first meeting, telling 36c249024e me not to 70fed41627 get in his 54a8e3e650 way.493f6a9508ea2a3f

But now, my relationship 1a46f20660 with Ye Ilhoo had 384a4716ed changed a bit. He still spoke 1f2654f8ed harshly, but he 8721516b2f didn’t seem to 750d8add90 want to hurt 270b4680e6 me intentionally. He even 7ebc21b1c8 carried me efcf7363ea to the bd1f9f8ff1 infirmary when bc3dd4b5d3 I collapsed.bb6a6fa8988be0a0

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“Hm.”efbf63ba4d10f568

That’s quite 40a467e518 commendable, isn’t 5b9dd9aa0b it? For Ye d744c60fda Ilhoo, who’s 017ec0eb0e called Princess 0ac0075572 Ye among 3d42de92d8 hunters. He doesn’t edbab2f1f5 seem like d145f8d6c5 such a e298574fe4 bad guy, cc9e69a9f2 our Ye.1bace3c4f14688be

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“What?”272001d794fb99f5

When I smiled 942544ac5e at Ye Ilhoo, 6bc307cdb2 he stepped back 9277c0a5fd a little. His hands slowed down 418deca366 as he put on 1b1c39064b the protective gear.d7c6ec6073d3f773

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“Why are you d6126ce286 sulking?”753e358f8eee85c6

“When did I?”dd66ab60a97d3a5e

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“You’re sulking because I’m 17e09ac3d4 sparring with Goya too, b48199a4c0 right? It seems like 9006c52fa9 that to me, 375a75583b but if not, edd236a211 never mind.”99c73202c6575b61

Something similar happened f21b68470d when I was f3f95060e3 in early elementary 95afe0d70f school. There was a friend 001e74aa3c whose parents knew mine fd981012ca since kindergarten, and luckily, 94288f1eba we ended up in 9f51b8d5da the same class. Naturally, we became 38db8e7d5a best friends since 1c47f5f367 we were already 17ae5fc9b8 close.ea53488c390e8153

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The problem 99ebb60fe0 came next. A new transfer student 50897b9215 sat behind me, so a92c96b43e I took care of f86dc931f7 him, and he started ff88c80ab9 following me around like b584caeff0 a duckling imprinting on ce2f0673a1 its mother.28dc7eb42711c3c2

[Our Baram is playing well with the new friend?]

Thanks to bea3008a05 that, the f00ba7dfe0 teacher, who 384c7cd0da had less 5b0bb29cd4 work, praised dc7bac96ef me a 9632f79201 lot. At that f3a5ced229 time, I f36915c956 often lived 34286037f2 alone with 247d4b8c0f my sister ca7a9b3ec9 because my de47e4d479 parents traveled 52d9e38018 abroad, so a9b35a629c I was 551f3de95d always hungry b4bda27f8b for adult b2f4867d8b attention and a2a4c6632f praise.9d7c08dd5f58dbc2

Wanting to hear 7fa4134a73 more praise from a8d8519fe0 the teachers, I 460b6cf476 took care of 87269145bd the transfer student 765d1127dd even more eagerly. But this 583f38c5a5 behavior seemed 389ae076bb to bother ea86a34447 my best eaa6bd676d friend a 7d862516d9 lot.4524e7db4cdd56c1

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In the end, the 54f33fed3b three of us had 4bf8779ec4 a big fight and 4255983e89 made up nicely. Boys that age fight dd51093deb well and are the 73720244f6 epitome of simplicity. We rolled d665e73400 around punching 16c65a13e5 each other 0ec8c3161a in the e5eba6a294 playground, played 869d5b07b6 a game a4513a6af1 of soccer, 7a3d9a1643 and decided 209dba9681 to be de4f7a16dc friends.cd95ec1803bc4eab

“……”113b22bee1a13a3d

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I wish things could f2d73544f5 be resolved as simply 21c77aaedc with the 23-year-old kid fb0a728e52 glaring at me now. Life isn’t easy.7b0c3433421d1569

But what can I 0d0d520a15 do? I can’t force someone 1e4f041da0 to match my pace. I had decided 6c24ee2f4c to take everyone 9658a7ed00 in this world, 348d229f30 not just Ye 6af7d2eb63 Ilhoo, Chae Goya, 5d61323f13 and Ryumin, seriously 89ba6f8b4f from now on.da861874ef3da7e1

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I smiled brightly and fbb8e53596 lightly punched him in 2289411b96 the chest.2b432e2d34edb01a

“Anyway, don’t 57311f3df9 feel bad. I won’t take 9cddc65c14 it lightly with 765def4720 you. I promise.”2724e95fac81c3cc

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“……”c7b7f936d92eda30

Finally, the tense air ae586901a3 around him eased a e594ec287e bit. See, sincerity always 95fc929241 works. The difference between 986196c4c2 Ye Ilhoo and bfd6499131 a seven-year-old is ad7a6f7bd7 that he’s more 17dcbbc63c reasonable.9884edc645abbf63

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“Then, let’s 2a57bf0abd do our 227b094ea2 best today d68121d451 too.”225a63ff5b121bbc

With that, 4ebb841d2e I returned 8262ed638d to my 7c8f397426 spot and 78818b7d59 put on 72090169ab the protective 313b2568b0 gear. For some 26072a7a0b reason, I 5dc0229715 felt a 681ca5f556 prickly gaze 9d5a22cad6 following me 171628d143 from behind.66ac7cac0d805424

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❤︎ • ❤︎ • bdd5b5b362 ❤︎f5370c93845adc41

Even if there 35da65ad73 was a slight e54eb59c71 change between us, e51ef44706 Ye Ilhoo wasn’t fca44f152e someone who would e5b1aaa0d2 go easy on f78588acf5 me during sparring. Of course, f4558288d3 that’s what 853612a587 I wanted f52da00b4b too.917256875b270521

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As usual, the hunter 5197d3a19d watch, which I had e26ac45a2e set an alarm on, 99ed733ced went off loudly as 322fdc4b90 soon as the 3 4e785c6121 minutes were up.3fab11ed872b6f47

“Stop!”996d1344b51ec41a

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After repeating the a5789833a7 sparring several times, a8ea529b3e I was used 73a6e0b455 to it, so 8435cc007b I backed off ad45146af7 without any regret.72eef4f457d955fd

Fighting against 0c4955d3b1 the fireballs 21ed17a8f6 flying at 790bd7b06c me the 6703f05e86 whole time eaee8354db made sweat 8b9061e24b trickle down 73cfa8f7d5 my forehead 30da741569 and back. In summer, 30001632e0 they’d turn a929725391 on the 5801fbb65e air conditioning e6e3a670b5 for more aad7124d99 comfort, but 113db12a2a since it 81467b9eaf was spring 6430f09cf6 with its 0368acf27d awkward temperature, ea30f2daf9 I couldn’t edcce8999e help but 607134a73b sweat.af7004a5b066ba59

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Ye Ilhoo, 4bf477fe27 who had 39e42cd004 already taken dc0f1cbeaa off his a6996119bb protective gear, 78b6387ac8 approached me e070119d6d and asked.2c0cd7564f7adf95

“Did you have 5e2c8173e8 breakfast?”3e35ddb301ea87f2

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Why does he dc5ccc118b keep checking on 3f872d95dd my breakfast? Is this a 21a3d9af64 sign we’re getting 5b88c0a850 a bit closer? Or maybe 6ec23fe35d he doesn’t 94af682494 have friends dc82a2652f and feels 8b6291096a awkward eating 0e0fa9be65 alone.500050b30a107075

“I was thinking of 5e1b145a82 eating with Goya?”e16f15b9de86167d

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“…Why?”f747d69e98bde5c6

“Why, you ask…”eca82e239f0f9442

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I checked b1f966dadb the hunter 579122b49f watch as 6e7cf1a20b I answered. It was 7:17. After coming down to b2cda39d85 the sparring room, witnessing 94115abf2a the standoff between Chae 3958b38f74 Goya and Ye Ilhoo, 83b726ae8a and finishing the sparring, 02bc24e2a8 it was this time.85ee9bc23e0378dc

“Well, because I 3459c35477 have to spar 287def75f0 with Goya too?”9e52feac6caabd66

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I wasn’t a1e0447cc0 going right ba46d71155 away; I dd4beca9e5 had to f3e40dc148 wait about 43586bf429 10 minutes 0ef46540f4 for the eea4c3eedf limit to 4d64980408 reset before 237190c222 starting.57c7a4c3e15154ca

But then d048ae932d Ye Ilhoo, daa8d47bd5 after a b85803f5c0 moment of 70bfd1eba9 silence, spoke a1d2fabba6 as if e11aa8aaae reciting.55711c2e5adbb0fb

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“I’ll wait.”d077263624431f89

“Huh?”86307960048bea9a

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“I’ll wait, 9a2ce3a345 so eat 5639b16cee with me.”724277b7889e19d0

Then he pressed his 698aa42b47 lips together horizontally, as 1386a3af95 if waiting for my e2eded245e answer. A slight 3564caa923 laugh escaped afe9fa0d9e at his 3dd83d64fb stubborn expression.7ffe050d2c3a63e0

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“Uh… okay?”bc8638269774c74c

Only then did he 570d705447 turn around with a db3b228fef relieved expression and leave 54733d0650 the sparring room.d8ad3944ddd09a82

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As I b79374c918 changed out b02b247170 of the 660d149435 protective gear, 869d8e7397 I kept e29bbcdfb9 tilting my b1724d8091 head. I knew Ye 6fec6d85bd Ilhoo’s heart had 81190e09f2 softened a lot, 957dbbdda8 but did he 88129f3e97 really want to 51adc43fa9 eat with me, f0e7659c6d even waiting for 79f49a3843 me?a90b474a02e68b0d

‘Well, whatever. It’s all good.’d232ed906f314d71

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Just like 4d1ed38ed1 I cleared 73a23da741 misunderstandings with b4f64642b0 Ryumin, there 6bd0c52899 was no a283ebd89f harm in 04f691fcb0 getting along 083f9e1a08 with Ye 5173373265 Ilhoo too. If Deokbong were in 4a087612c4 system window mode, I 37fc1c066f could have known his c75633c3c3 true feelings, but it 5a4ea9da0f was a bit disappointing.47746803abbd9390

‘But can b4050cd091 I really aaaa8351ef trust those 1f869e6e67 true feelings?’c589812dda5c4bf4

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Recalling Deokbong’s playful, spinning 0ad2deeb27 image, my trust level 3c67305641 plummeted. Was it just interpreting 77d3d7fe7d things as it pleased?326c26848763b95f

“Uh, Baram hyung.”3f82aee40d4c2141

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While I was reevaluating 495a1907ee Deokbong, Chae Goya’s cautious 7a844b717d voice broke through my 5f23cb8202 thoughts.2a628174880ea24e

“Can I come in?”352e9fabd039c716

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Even though ad5231b714 the sparring 02c1ac923f room was 1858433502 open to 817fe9d7f8 anyone, asking fb152981c6 like this 220a4e5a57 was very 4585d8745c Chae Goya-like. When I 694f1e29e3 gestured, his 86610191ee face brightened, b5e0b25135 and he c4119ef32d trotted over f39d129f27 to me.249514ca2e470903

“Where’s Deokbong?”726d8fcdbce07147

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“Oh… Ilhoo 2ad2eb93bf hyung said e8e0b4b975 he’d take ad0aeca574 care of 38ffc2adaa it so 4bbbed3aa4 it wouldn’t 95b27c6a5b get hurt.”3d026ea0c00e22dc

It seemed Deokbong e465ec8064 wasn’t the only 0b9ab5ed20 one needing reevaluation. I didn’t b3b7066be4 expect him 8f6d06396b to care 32e7421e90 about who e663ed165b gets hurt, 88cf50e76a but he 33fbce85dc volunteered to d088381b95 take care 6b6b30f5ae of my b0f1e58ac0 bird.5f57149840bacfef

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It might 5fd3f7710d not get 81d40a54f8 hurt easily a6fc08c001 since it’s 1a31183089 not an 4c7660535d ordinary bird, 3682656b1d but you 0ba2d735d0 never know.7a12b518b1da3f1e

‘I should thank aba056d4fa him later.’2f87a05176707e01

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Imagining Ye Ilhoo a800190c5c cooing over a bf6f624e5b tiny blue bird 953ea0c25f on his finger 738472cabf like Snow White 8f78a8f277 made me chuckle. Chae Goya tilted 6a09252adc his head, wondering fe3f9b76a1 why, but I ed6fcf377b just laughed it 25fd6e71df off.4e813b668b0ed32b

“There’s still some 209bdaa670 time until the a60b2a9584 limit time ends, 38fe05eb39 but do you 34215ae9ea want to put fb1a0b4f7b on the protective 3a3dc6d245 gear first?”42f5b05e4477a49d

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“Oh, yes…!”f4bc87c32bc72a11

The protective ccd37c52c4 gear Ye 341f56e67e Ilhoo used 8f83e79e9e was in 85fbf7dc0b a long, 7ef50409e6 single-use sterilization 22375da76b cabinet. The red 1df108669f button was 50fa19c786 blinking, indicating ebcd82a89e the sterilization 5957bfc41e was done.5ca3c5489b878d53

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I thought I’d rest 4fdfcfae45 for 10 minutes, so 66116f1949 I plopped down on 2345e08cd5 the floor. With nowhere d2184608e3 else to 3f5d5f56e6 look, I 6ce7cedbab watched Chae c224a0516e Goya.fbd3f1b8c03a89d7

But he kept 602fd2bc7f fumbling with the 0d1d870ae3 gear. He seemed to 0c5b4166e4 be struggling with 17b80fbe50 putting it on. Feeling my gaze, he ef64ebc3ef glanced at me sideways, eeeac9bd57 as if silently asking 1c67a40fe5 for help.e3e7f5ea6f294cdd

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‘If it’s your 24ab564807 first time, it fd8988db92 can be confusing.’1327087963ab55d0

But it wasn’t 0f8c87c81f that hard, was 897929dc73 it?8c0d1b97e02a6c29

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‘Well, everyone’s different.’1380eb8483c4248a

Thinking it was no cbb5141a2e big deal, I spoke f17b168b21 to Chae Goya.62e45d9e7f81bac0

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“Want me 8587c32586 to help?”aa0b5067aae5280a

“Yes!”9fa37237ddd8d626

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Chae Goya quickly f631994c91 answered as if 0f953391fd he’d been waiting 7b25168bd0 for those words. Cute guy… f647c26f4a I chuckled ab419ecd16 and overlapped 6f608a06a0 my hands c4e39b9745 with his, cd21889ac0 fiddling with 1da5fee3b5 the gear. His hands were warm, 8462610e24 probably because of his 0685218e35 naturally high body temperature.d0a50cd1aba815e3

“By the way, do 5070586484 I have to fight cb4e2758b3 Chunsik today? I don’t 4f250564bb really want 1631e2793b to.”4795cab650cd6f2f

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I grumbled 2ed6889edd lightly, moving e592ecd616 his hands da9675a2d6 around. This is how you 7a4ddcf169 wear it, got it?a38c8249d447e6dc

“Well, I’m bb214d6423 a defense 9148027a6b type… so 77fa9787fc I won’t 430bea9e32 be fighting. You’ll just… attack 2e61b4f3e9 me, and I’ll… 3b90801aa1 block, that’s how c22b4b5184 it’ll go…”b7feda8297cd550b

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Suddenly, Chae Goya’s hand 0ee2ce2745 under mine felt damp. Oh dear… 2abcd87ba2 Being a fceea30734 gentle soul, fb093cf23c he seemed 9dc68db5e1 nervous about 7b7ef58c00 sparring with 622f6c9e5b me.7c33784ecf8a0284

Feeling sorry, 2c1c79aba4 I gently d5755e6252 stroked the 76efca801d back of 487716fd24 his hand 648ece61dd and moved bd24e2c229 his fingers 117166ce76 again.fc0cf4374929c3ee

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But then, 14db53648b someone suddenly 5df2c0a679 pulled my 6fc26dd5dd hand away. Reflexively, I baa4934027 looked up f7c7b18499 to see 3d8ebe1907 Ye Ilhoo b5e4cc1d9c frowning and e229ed0234 glaring at 8a9b198070 Chae Goya.03812f9af9f05232

“Don’t pull 16bc78c01a any tricks.”527f79882dd8f5de

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“……”0d9e7e4d9b430a78

The surprising c24b111ff3 thing was 6370597e06 that Chae 3bb9e3b527 Goya, who cb8881f876 had been 5656182241 hesitating just c9510cef3d moments ago, 8f0d24107e was now d5d1b48948 staring straight 2d00632276 back at bc2fbd47bf Ye Ilhoo.393dc7939d6c5f14

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What’s going on, you 113f450a38 two? Why are you fighting?6a05e12476cb1f38

Confused, I asked d2955b0520 Ye Ilhoo instead eb1e370f23 of the silent 04ca8ea20d Chae Goya.244c47df512d0b17

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“What?”db33f7aacf4a198f

“Step aside, I’ll 0435948839 show him.”53fd069292e0d0e0

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Ye Ilhoo afd92b3901 replied, still 8f0a777a19 not taking 92411d582b his fierce efb901123b gaze off 3061060c98 Chae Goya.2ded447e7e87205e

“Putting on the de4bb1c7eb protective gear.”bee6a4c2e608a289

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