PRT | Chapter 1.10

Before he could recover from the sudden attack, Lee Chilhyeon Lee Chilhyeon with a menacing look started choking him. Was he really trying to kill him? The pressure was immense, making it harder to breathe, tears welling up.

Why is this guy here… Was he here to report or something?

“Just because the Team Leader deals with you, you think you’re something?”

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The words were dripping with disdain. Heeseo, not wanting to lose to such a person, glared back fiercely. This only seemed to irritate Chilhyeon, who tightened his grip.

“Thinking you’re special because you’re an S-rank or whatever?”

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“…”

“Know your place. Huh?”

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The tears that wouldn’t fall until now finally did when Chilhyeon shoved him away.

“Fuck, you stubborn bastard.”

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Muttering this, he spat on the ground and vanished. Left alone in the emptiness, Heeseo kept coughing.

“…”

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When the coughing stopped, he saw his reflection in the window. There he was, sprawled on the floor, a mess. “Ha ha,” laughter akin to sobbing burst out. At the same time, water from outside the window fell like tears.

The smell he had just caught was definitely from that scene. It couldn’t have been a mistake. Yet, there was nothing he could do. The real culprit roamed the headquarters freely, somehow.

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It was unjust and miserable. Why me? What has changed by doing all this? He was frustrated by the situation where, despite all his efforts, nothing improved. Heeseo, head bowed, laughed with a sound like a groan.

After a few minutes, when he stood up, his eyes were shining. The tears that couldn’t fall were now stuck in his eyes, making them glitter. Heeseo, with his strangely shining eyes, continued walking.

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As if he had a destination set from the beginning, he moved towards someone at the end of the path.

* * *
Flash. A sharp beam of light pierced through the quiet, settled darkness. The lightning that split the sky fell like divine judgment to the ground. Rumbling, the roar that shook the earth echoed and then faded.

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Must be the wrath of God.

Seo Yigyeom, smoking at the window, only tilted his lips slightly. Of course, this was fleeting; his face reflected in the window soon turned cold again. Devoid of expression, only a chilling aura surrounded him, making him seem brutal.

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The sharp aura that could unsettle the surroundings was relentless. As the time spent in this space filled with the stench of decay increased, he only grew more sensitive. This was also why he kept smoking one cigarette after another.

“Calling me here only to treat me like some decorative plant… what kind of shit is this…?”

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His muttering was low and slow through his teeth. Wait a moment, he had said. The man who had promised this hadn’t shown his face for five hours now. Because of this, Yigyeom was unexpectedly testing his patience.

Does he know that his son, who’s got a knife to his throat, hates wasting time?

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While this situation was absurd, he could see through the old man’s dark intentions clearly, which made it all the more contemptible. He was trying to assert his dominance over him, just as he had been doing since the moment Yigyeom was born.

‘Guide, huh.’

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The first moment of memory was horrific. The pain he’d never felt before stabbed through his entire body. He remembers the greedy eyes of those around him. How could he forget? They belonged to madmen.

‘Yeah, Guide.’

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The man called father laughed. Pulling his lips up to reveal fierce teeth.

‘You were born, tearing through your mother’s womb, to take care of our family.’

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What poured out with that was ugly greed. Realizing that the overwhelming sensation was due to the esper’s wavelengths and that he would be used as a tool to preserve their lives came much later.

The excessive power he possessed at a young age was not strength but poison. As a child clumsy with manifestation, he would often collapse or vomit. Even in that state, if someone demanded guiding, he had to do it.

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I am not safe in this house. I can’t be whole.

He realized this before he was even ten years old. As his body and mind grew, he understood that he could be the one standing above them. It was the primal goal etched deep into his bones.

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He had always been sensitive to wavelengths since childhood. The loud, barking wavelengths of espers would mess with his mind, grating his nerves. He learned to subtly control them around thirteen.

That he could calm someone’s wavelength through guiding. Conversely, he could amplify it to draw out power. He also discovered that by surrounding himself with wavelengths, he could neutralize an esper’s attack.

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‘… Ha.’

At that moment, Yigyeom laughed. He laughed out loud with a body pushed to its limits.

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So, this is why I was born. With this thought now firmly set in his mind, he thought of those who stood opposite him, the beings he could both save and kill, and the future they would face.

‘Father.’

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The man, who had been receiving distant guiding in the study, responded only with his eyes. Yigyeom, watching this, made a promise. He would one day see this man crawling at his feet, looking up at him.

‘Take care.’

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Until I bare my fangs and bite you. The man gave a sly smile to these insincere words. Though the memory has faded, the smile that covered his face seemed truly vile.

“…”

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Yigyeom spat out the cigarette filter with a click of his tongue. It tasted bad, perhaps because of his foul mood.

“I should have brought Jung-o.”

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With a face full of boredom, Yigyeom extinguished his cigarette on the wooden desk. The marks left carelessly formed a line. He was marking down the cost of making him wait.

Without anything else to do besides smoking, he bit into another cigarette, thinking that if Jung-o were here, he would have given him the usual nagging about “excessive smoking is bad for health.”

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Instead of lighting another cigarette, Yigyeom leaned against the window, casting his gaze outside. The damp darkness had stolen even the sound, leaving the surroundings eerily quiet. The occasional flash of lightning was all there was.

The constant sight of lightning reminded him of Jung-o, the electric-type esper he had picked up when he was an unregistered esper and kept by his side.

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Could he draw out that much power too? When he was with him, Jung-o casually exuded abilities above A-rank. As these thoughts drifted, his consciousness followed.

… The real one was this way.

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Yigyeom chuckled, thinking of Kim Heeseo, biting on his cigarette. It was the first time. Meeting someone who could quietly open their abilities to levels he had never seen before. So, this house’s master must have captured and kept him. To cut off any threats and use him as his own tool.

But Yigyeom had no intention of letting that happen. Moreover, the person was already in his hands, in just the right form to use. All that was left was to completely claim him and stand him by his side.

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As he pondered when would be the best time to pick him up, a call came. Yigyeom flicked his cigarette away and slowly moved.

The study looked exactly the same as in his memories. Only the man confined within was just aging and dying.

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“If I don’t seek you out, you never come.”

“I come and go until the door wears out. I don’t budge unless it’s something big. Unless you try to act cute.”

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Bang! As the words stopped, an ashtray made of jade came flying at him. Ah, shit… Yigyeom, frowning slightly, touched his eye. He knew it was coming and took the hit, but it still sucked.

While wiping away the blood, the man approached with the face of a demon. As soon as he got close, he swung his arm to slap Yigyeom, but Yigyeom easily caught his hand.

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“Your greed will kill you early.”

“You keep climbing with no end in sight.”

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“There is an end… but you probably won’t know.”

“What?”

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“Because meddling in everything only works while you’re still alive.”

If you’re going to be surprised by this, what will you do? Yigyeom straightened the man’s trembling posture and patted his shoulder. As his gestures continued, the man’s face was soaked with humiliation.

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“You should take care.”

He was someone who couldn’t tolerate anyone standing above him. Yet, Yigyeom’s abilities were beyond his control. From the start, in a relationship where he was at a disadvantage, the man exerted his tyranny through guiding.

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“Come to the head office.”

“Why?. Is a gate about to open or something?”

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The man, with bloodshot eyes, turned back as he was returning to his seat. A more ominous aura enveloped the space. Ah, how boring. Yigyeom, looking at this all too predictable person, turned towards the door.

“No.”

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“Seo Yigyeom!”

Another object flew, hitting the door and falling to the ground. What a nasty habit. Yigyeom gave a cold smile, glancing down at the man now below him.

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“Do you know, Father?”

“…”

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“My patience isn’t that wide. It’s hard to do this twice.”

Looking him straight in the eye, he nodded towards the object on the floor.

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“I’ll treat the wound well, so don’t worry.”

Before the man could react, Yigyeom left the space. His face, now devoid of even the slightest smile from his youth, was chillingly cold. The blood from his torn wound still didn’t remove the chill.

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The gloomy sky finally dropped its rain drops. It seemed they would soon become heavier. It was truly a shitty situation. Yet, Yigyeom walked leisurely without changing his pace.

Walking alone on the dark path amidst the growing rain, he saw a figure approaching from the front. As the person got closer, Yigyeom, without realizing it, stopped in his tracks.

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This was an unexpected development. Meeting Kim Heeseo, here and now, at this junction.

“…”

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As Yigyeom looked at Heeseo, Heeseo also took in the sight of Yigyeom. He looked at the man, whose wounds were bleeding, with an unreadable expression, standing calmly in the rain.

“Jung-o Esper told me…”

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“Yeah. Hello.”

It was a low greeting. Maybe he was smiling; it was hard to tell. Raindrops hung on his eyelashes, silently falling. Heeseo took a shallow breath, opening his eyes wide to clear his vision.

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Yigyeom’s gaze briefly met his eyes before slowly moving down. As if savoring the sight, he looked intently at the handprint still on Heeseo’s neck.

“It seems I’ll finally get an answer. I’ve just sorted out my thoughts as well.”

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Seeing Yigyeom not rejecting him outright, Heeseo quickly spoke, feeling his throat might close up again.

“Can I give you the answer I couldn’t before, now?”

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“Of course.”

Unable to quell his trembling, Heeseo gripped his own hands tightly, staring at Yigyeom.

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“Help me.”

“With what?”

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“I don’t care whether the Guide kills someone or not. I don’t care if the headquarters collapses. I’m already overwhelmed just with myself; I can’t ruin your plans. I just…”

Heeseo paused, having repeated this to himself on the way here. Suddenly, Ha Jaewon’s words to not expect anything came to mind, along with Lee Chilhyeon’s reminder to know his place, blocking his words. His tongue felt stiff and wouldn’t move.

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Yigyeom, who had been silently listening, moved next. He extended an arm with an elegant touch, tracing the marks on Heeseo’s neck with his fingertips. The slow touch brought a ticklish shiver.

“There’s nothing to hesitate about; we’re both in a mess.”

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