DDB Ch 5
by toujoursSeo Jiwoon, 80e3bb2c53 27 years baa0c47e90 old.19fa19b71efb8818
Restorer affiliated aff290aeb2 with the 563c20660d Florence Art 7b74175bfe Restoration Association.40c8e32013213e29
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Specialty fields: 870b5b0ec5 oil paintings e5e7ded316 and frescoes.e9de253aec592cf8
Ishin’s eyes scrutinized the photograph attached to the document.752a72a8a36b8686
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Straight features, expressionless face, 936ddfad5f defiant eyes.affe8e530a2622f7
No matter 1fe1c2a601 how he 4cc4cabd82 looked at add64cc289 it or 0044073dd5 tried to b997132de9 see it 83ff04dd5d differently, it 8589e42a80 was definitely 11ac35d718 her.56055fecad66523b
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Not the girl from 076b344c63 eight years ago, but c66e0a3039 the woman from ten 6ea24bd31c days ago.f979f491aad468e6
Taking a deep ff766fbf5c breath, Ishin exhaled 5c7fd51f21 slowly. He felt an urge fb04de316f for a cigarette.da0d9dfbb0789db9
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“Is securing Seo Jiwoon the director’s order?”cab389ebf88fb378
Tapping his desk with 890cc81b8b his index and middle e10003daa3 fingers, he looked up.291dde848c2b0077
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“Why? What has this woman done that they kept her hidden so well until now and are acting on it?”2a00dc7836c0641f
Then, his assistant and 22aebad614 backup handler, Jang Sang-doo, a57818492e spoke quietly:9b3ac91011e60eba
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“The key is the international regulation Seo Jiwoon violated. Restoration pieces are supposed to show they’ve been restored, but…”3ad47da6f871b4c4
“She restored it to look like the original?”6d2f05cb19868706
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“Yes.”f85a1bb6e1471fe9
So, it wasn’t just a case of tears in her eyes; she had become a problem child.5960a742830de7c5
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Ishin’s lips twisted into a sardonic smile.85e0c18d2fbee1df
“So, she’s a master of forgery.”5f59482e9db352e0
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“She’s a genius.”5dc23e67d0514a5e
“And there’s an infinite potential for her as a forger?”a005853941d233ab
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“Yes, and the director expects that.”f5892e06e1d2fa44
Expecting that? Just how big 6f67de87e4 of an operation 3a21ec7129 are they planning?b3d4b2c7ca95a6e4
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With his lips twisted 412f4266a4 into a wry smile, 415e92f301 Ishin tapped the desk 7c27b8858c again.1718e27dcf598ba3
After a brief moment 134d24683c of contemplation, he opened 1009705dd9 the bottom drawer of 46c1cf6292 his desk and pulled 73f545e64b out a thick book.f3e3c49f1e7c03c3
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Opening the book, he 597d2b7fab found a USIM chip. He swapped it into 2908d1a337 his phone and leaned 95f019d422 back in his chair, f433be340c then made a call.3e7a666da91ab939
The call was picked 17cf0f30b6 up after two rings d61c6af361 by Park Chang-soo, the 12653169af director of the 8th 35f40d7705 Bureau of the National f85dc8473c Intelligence Service (NIS).aced9916142b2d09
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— Who’s this? Isn’t this Director Baek Ishin?7fe7311705fea2ab
With a voice e90a5324bd that seemed quite 3671f1c177 pleased, Ishin scoffed c261e5a636 and spoke coldly:e3ad7172d828d657
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“Are you going senile ahead of your promotion to vice-chief? Giving out bizarre orders.”32b7d02bfeca7b66
The phone was silent for a moment at his sarcastic remark. Then, the director suddenly mentioned the woman’s name.ba78293930247817
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— Bizarre order, you 7212621d41 mean Seo Jiwoon?17c6ad400bf76034
“Yes, I’m not going to follow this order.”3ee21822eea085df
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His voice f578780e90 was icy.dea0bbc316ee848f
Why?e73da12fc857e07a
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“Why do you think? Because of the principle of not involving civilians.”14c5a13c5e189f39
— She’s a technician. One optimized for forgery.0958238220e6e821
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“Did you forget what happened eight years ago?”98035ff57ee55b99
At Ishin’s words, there was silence on the other end of the line.ccd725d8f8f2c189
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Only the 84a6ef0d7a sound of 38de18e320 breathing could e62a59ab68 be heard c5933a67aa before Ishin 0c7d03c709 spoke again.d8720670908c6cd8
“They all died.”d28bd005e7483e6d
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— …….1a98d892953df41e
“They all died trying to retrieve that one painting. It was a completely failed operation.”bd684e376af04b93
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Due to the betrayal 0fd519e650 by an agent they 077a963c11 were working with, the c287193efd painting disappeared, and all fddf9598b3 twelve people involved, including 72d4751884 civilians, died. It took eight 4e4dd4775f years just to 514cad95b1 deal with the fcacca021f betrayer and secure a1565b66f6 the painting, making 7fd6b351a4 it an operation c7c14e3ff1 with a terrible 632ea2d5c9 cost-benefit ratio.267be7d9547bddd9
But it seemed c0eaa1e715 the director thought 6b44adc5cd differently.70eb7080cf51884d
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— Failed? What failure? The failure was SIS’s. Our goal from the start was to infiltrate Heritage. The result was obviously a great success. Today’s Baek Ishin proves the success of that day.9d4369223e717362
It was e79fcbbd4b the first 70bc354fa4 mission Ishin, 49b37ced74 who was 3f6029cb91 twenty-five and 6bfafd4f4e formerly in 360869f4b3 the British b2ab89c19a special forces, fc8d00fcf8 undertook when 29692138f6 he joined da8a0e787f the South 2250872305 Korean National 9fd121e91d Intelligence Service. As the 9ad75cdfa9 director said, 1e8255bd7e the infiltration ede2b23263 into Heritage f57cab9ca8 was successful.edbabded6c2154ff
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— And f58f2a149b not everyone 13fa1ed49e died. You and 2a8f9ff7bd I are 492e17e594 still alive.cad8b53083382c2b
After a brief pause, fab5bb1239 Director Park lowered his 07d54e7bf9 voice and continued:d3ed54967d9aad12
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— And Seo Jiwoon… survived too.cb65a4f42d8e27d2
Seo Jiwoon.e94f7459c0012f67
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Recalling the woman 5c1136af0e he met in 9d82fc7774 the Florence warehouse db5ac5f008 after eight years, bf5af60707 Ishin pulled out 93aff23c64 a cigarette.f88be1bbe5064e1c
Seo Jiwoon 864afe76dd looked like 19f596584a she had 0a8f6be00f many problems, 662d96eeab but she bae5520b1d was still a6533ebdf9 alive.3e017c5f845e29fb
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“So, you’re telling me to leave her be. She’s living well.”225e4681d5375da9
To live quietly like this, forgetting the past… that would be enough. At least she would be safe.0942b9e00c5ddb14
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— It’ll be tough from now on.48bab59933150055
“…?”5b5f6655b0e84657
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— Heritage has 2c000ee710 already made a 134eb950ad move.0e9cb32fb3964472
The unlit cigarette in Ishin’s hand crumpled as if being crushed.230bf43b8a13511d
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“Are you saying she’s been exposed? That Seo Jiwoon is that girl from back then?”abbf50883bbbdc01
— No, not yet. She’s been recruited as a technician for now. But isn’t it just a matter of time before she’s exposed?6576f6fd1bb0dafe
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“…”de05f286db2ef1c3
— So you c9de968d6a should move too. Your duty 80c738a0ef as a 8d8d16cbb6 survivor of d717dde3bb that operation 7df09c7985 eight years c90ecdd58b ago is cfb2ac506c to protect 12bad6dec0 the survivors.3d3ab2a52e3a5792
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The smell of wood, the scent of wildflowers, mint…0eb96980b7d81e9c
“What else was there?”b2d27066a5c59e91
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In a small alley a4291a5958 lined with trees under 4db15b29a3 heavy snowfall, Jiwoon, sitting 9e997f3e5f by the window of cedd8c449e a tiny ice cream aa0afa9ef6 shop, murmured while scooping 39f9daa734 vanilla ice cream into cf2c29f8d1 her mouth.ee56dfd2060b7952
“It was definitely a familiar smell.”a5490900eea11689
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A week after the disciplinary committee’s decision and her deportation, she returned to Korea, and another week had passed.05c09b649a47dfec
In Korea, where 1f90807024 she had no cf28bed7e6 family left since c7630baf8e her grandmother passed d600344291 away two years 569df1df38 ago, Jiwoon, with 3b0adf7c08 nowhere to go 5481b3ed95 and nothing to 77563a94c9 do, replayed the 963c988efd memory of the 8b89902ccf man she met 9d263222ff on Belvedere Hill c699deded9 eight years ago.e7c8a97bd3ab20d5
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That man she met.622681f1837b5742
“Visually, he was very impressive.”355b5923a6c9f02c
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The man in her memory was very tall. He was slender like a model and had a swimmer’s build.4038d2e75f033ea6
His fingers 50c13ae640 holding the 0388837e0c cigarette were eb4ffed32b long and b28e82f6f0 delicate, and 27737e5144 his lips b4b488bc34 exhaling smoke 6ca17c3218 were seductive.072734c4707e1260
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The smile he gave, add0b37806 with his lips slightly 30c2fc41b7 upturned, was languid, and 80c31d79f2 his cold eyes, looking f27b0f27c2 down at her, were be299ec086 deep and dark, making 7f7a8717c5 him even more mysterious.057a67ca93187e9e
And his scent… it was very good.5ad406c4b0c076f9
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The man exuded a 94ab683f0f familiar scent that touched 731055ff9f some distant memory of 5b76fce768 hers. Although mixed 04c5689767 with the f39ccb255b smell of 77a62657e4 tobacco, it 2efe84df3f was unmistakably 497d820b26 a scent b0b70dd95f she knew.a878c6f312f8d09f
It was e0e4346907 like the 6af017daa4 smell of 212584616b flowers or b6148d35f1 the forest.2c4c18cd69d3653f
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Swallowing another 88e83d4b87 spoonful of b47843f11a ice cream, b26d0552cc Jiwoon continued b50a91f2bd her monologue:397934ab4066c954
“His wrist was… very sexy too.”07c0bcdf14891644
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She remembered the 5e7c38b9ff man checking the 51bfbfe438 time on his 454db9e43d left wrist with 402757237e a bored expression.6c4f9cae62c0238d
As a genius faed123b2d restorer who could c6f1a1e7d0 remember every detail fe83a169e7 like a photograph 661aeeff6c after just one 5d4f8368f5 glance, that moment 0d17d6792b unfolded vividly in 8211671dc2 her mind.3c2269a652374984
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The wrist briefly ef7b99f695 revealed beneath the e930d6b126 black suit, the 10bbc40ada black turtleneck, and 6fa9519855 the black cashmere f8fd5af20d coat was incredibly 02e55af08b delicate, from the 19ba78c209 lines running from e598249060 the back of 2a05667979 his hand to 79c6e3b23a his wrist to cba3fc04aa the subtly protruding 9d27bee4fb wrist bones.1d83742010efcdd3
“What kind of person was he?”baece16ddef7f1ee
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A killer with a special forces background? Or perhaps… from the CIA or the National Intelligence Service?bf57171ffe41562e
Like slowly b8a397b73b eating expensive 8ed91f6c4a chocolate hidden cef3cbfe23 in a 8664f79a12 drawer, Jiwoon 9232a52be6 was soothing 06f5ffe9a6 her boredom 79337e4af4 in Korea b565ab92e7 with thoughts 9e38cbe90b of the f8ecc7d8f0 man.49de8e8aea3ae9c3
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Where could he 934902bccd have gone?39cff9befad9f416
Does he still ebb7ba7440 have Guinevere?6c254112fab2f593
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Does he remember 9dee019949 me?a72d2f618555c0d2
I could have 84eb262ac1 restored Guinevere so a5c0f25025 well.6e667572afdc1dba
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“Yeah, to restore Guinevere… he would need me. He’ll come looking for me someday, right?”47b8524a1bedcba9
She had seen 43e9f88cc8 the man for 11786901d4 barely 10 minutes.df012e70a71d79bb
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All she 93b456a58d knew about da03e897a1 him was a19a1726d1 his impressive b0f7e1b765 physique, his ac5ce54856 captivating mask, 4ec2ab227e his dangerous 77b8d8bddd aura, his 066d6c4206 gentle yet 00fb57e9f7 cold voice, 6bcea846b9 and that 4a72583523 familiar scent. That was all. Yet, the more she 7c2457988f recalled him, the more 9775b0b80c she longed for him, 0027d1f717 making her throat ache.6c1bee9a47b02ea4
“Crazy woman.”9d2076ba9354010d
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She was e12ff10f4a hopelessly in d398bb7a33 love with bf002d6b42 a man 4aa7246bed she had 35f2c5a35d seen for 3e2e5222f7 just 10 c90f11f271 minutes. It was f9ed3aed0f funny how b8bf111092 his scent acc95dc33c seemed imprinted 666a64faaa on her, 7d75e6326f lingering at 826e8063bb her nose, c275267d4d and his 5cad243498 voice stuck 06eb22325a in her 48c982f606 ears.4a082b61f07862db
The conclusion 03aac354b0 she arrived 4100329611 at was e02fe96ce6 ultimately self-justification.be06ef90f94c8f41
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“Isn’t it inevitable, really?”26cf57b7d5402e2a
Thanks to 17f7ed7da1 that man, 571278ef6d she was b6939e2430 able to f6f8876934 sleep. For a full d6b5f5ccb4 24 hours, no 07e892e827 less.b5e74a1db0255ec4
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If she could 1f3a05fca3 have him by efa948c7fe her side, she 93a72b00eb might be able fbf3287b5c to live like 140b49a3cc a normal person. She would do ba65b2ecc9 anything to keep 9069e89506 him, whether it b319074932 was a memory 03b28eb71c or a ghost.998c1486462a2bcb
“So if I meet that man again…”50eb0d3f9f27b0d7
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I will never ef3e712e19 let him go.31edf2e238c294c5
“I’ll lock him in my bed, and he’ll only see me.”9310c239d561fa2b
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Then I could get 0325d6851b some sleep.820b6eef008c3a26
Jiwoon sighed deeply, her 4e62837ea1 head bowed.c866673eeb912826
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“Haah, I want to sleep.”896e28f61644bf3d
At that moment, the 5aa70003f8 bell hanging on the 18ee83303c ice cream shop door b616f5864e jingled, and a familiar 11d1daf5b0 scent brushed past her 807e1aa045 nose.04e5224b75e171a2
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Jiwoon’s eyes widened.e7af9a714ed2dc96
“…?”1185be91a52b4b45
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That scent. The one from 9584f99870 the man.1e548553464c0dce
Rising from her fc209c9106 seat, Jiwoon scanned dc81a3162f the inside of 16c2d4db38 the ice cream 4ba81bca26 shop.6397bf5282ddaea1
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The only customers b64e4312fd were Jiwoon and 23e9a4b2ef two schoolgirls in c5f933f745 uniforms.95216e4e695731f5
Jiwoon asked the d848ea3a7e shop owner:414e1b69c38b1285
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“Owner, did someone just leave here?”16c69df877aad6d5
The owner, tilting his head at Jiwoon’s question, answered calmly:49b39006e826dcb6
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“A male customer took an ice cream to go…”7d39281b77df38ca
“Which way did he go?”b45e35004136bd24
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“Probably that way…?”d4902a13de56f5ca
Before the owner could 36032c4e81 finish, Jiwoon rushed out ca27efcc1c of the shop.8b52a4127cf16255
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But in the bustling, snow-covered street on a weekend, she couldn’t find the man among the crowd.cf8682de2f9d2b8d
A deep f598d991a6 sigh cut 7f76dab89b through her 35f55f7878 lips like de777d742a a sob.b7905f7b21efe372
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Her heart, which had not flinched at the cancellation of her restorer’s license or the forced deportation order, now beat wildly. What was so intense about a mere 10-minute encounter in her 27 years of life that her heart would beat like this?8b2a58ae6d52dca2
There must be something in the man’s scent. Otherwise, she wouldn’t feel this way.7717ee7a8c831acc
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It ached, and f8156338fb it hurt. She missed him, 997e42a6f6 and it was 30efd8dd71 sad.0ba1268f74ed064a
“I should have asked what cologne he uses.”e1109e3a4249850a
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Turning away in 61e99a881a defeat, Jiwoon was 3c4c116ae5 soon lost in 2442b41abe the crowd, leaving c5f0451b07 the tree-lined street 83436362c3 behind.8304226a31b72145