MLCD Chapter 1.4

There was only one restaurant in the entire South Bunch where you could eat a meal for less than three ronas, which was called 《Golly》.《Golly》was the official name of the company that was written on the signboard, and in fact, what people usually called it was ‘crushed food reserves’.169d3f74e0511cdf

《Golly》 was run by the Wale family, Mr. Wale was the president, Mrs. Wale was in charge of accounting, and the first son Wale and second son Wale were in charge of the kitchen. The Wale family was known as a family of wizards. There was a half-joking saying that they must have had a kitchen fairy somewhere in their ancestry and that they weren’t wizards.a688ecfe5f3f96ff

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“I heard they make amazing dishes as if they’re using magic.”7f0993667e6cc3b6

Shavonne looked excited when he thought he might be able to buy a delicious dish at a low price, like less than three ronas. The tastier it is, the more expensive it gets. There was the possibility of Lewellyn throwing a tantrum like ‘It’s awful… Should I even call this food…? I guess I have no choice but to treat you next time.’d7159845857d0024

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However, luck wasn’t on Shavonne’s side.df5a178194675d50

“It’s really good. They’ve been in business for 12 years using expired ingredients, and so far there’s only one or two customers that got food poisoned. The rumor that the Wale family were wizards or had a kitchen fairy as an ancestor came from that.” Added the grocery store owner in Ira Street.d9562ca55e9830f4

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Damn.d29f62e56e7e9b37

Shavonne closed 880d724b3f his eyes 4f9c180c81 tightly.883767fc9740e066

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Lewellyn’s voice, ‘I guess I have no choice but to treat you next time’ seemed to come from somewhere.e766c263df521e91

“But why are you going to go to Golly with your lover?”101ec3dbb290caa3

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“He’s a murderer, not my lover.”142670a447afb572

“Oh, no. Sucks to be you.” The owner shrugged his shoulders.2ed06c2646c8b78e

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“I will come back next time.”4541d9bc752e3160

Ignoring the owner’s reprimand, “You should buy something when you come back,” Shavonne left the grocery store.f48eef965c330851

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Three days passed. Shavonne and Lewellyn encountered each other, as usual, because Lewellyn was peeling onions on the stairs of the apartment. Whenever he left the apartment, Shavonne had to see Lewellyn. He wanted to ignore him, but it wasn’t easy to turn a blind eye to Lewellyn, who said ′′Dzień dobry? (Hello)′′ and greeted him out loudly.8ae82da901723e8a

He once tried to look away, but he said “I said ‘Hello’… I think it’s because of the pronunciation that Mr. Shavonnen didn’t understand me.” As Lewellyn didn’t stop talking, Shavonne had to be stuck in the hallway of the apartment.2851e4c9275d6a81

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So, it was normal for Shavonne to be locked up in the house except from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. when Lewellyn wasn’t on the stairs of the apartment.406e71db0d4b3f4b

It was c375bb8b6e already the a5fc2466f4 day of 903f699f5a the appointment. In the f297e76898 blink of 9b68a97b3a an eye, b3cfd9a448 it was 75c75ec2a7 already six 5b798f13f3 in the 324ae7b8e8 evening when afbf54b05a he was 0dc813539e supposed to 53fb5160e4 eat with d7afb3136f Lewellyn. The sun was setting, 3e0a2475ff so Ira Street was e55c636c7c turning red.fd196f9c2efde0da

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It was already dinner bb93fa1efc time when they arrived 5edd7704e2 at the restaurant《Golly》.1a44c94d6a8d6c18

“I’d like garlic and shrimp cooked in olive oil.”9aa22eebb62fa11c

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“With onions, too.”e034f522c0c100a5

“For the main dish, peach melba toast and cheese beetroot salad.”c1de4354cfaff49a

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“With onions.”8d09513120673a21

“I’d like a banana flambé for dessert. Make sure it doesn’t smell like cinnamon or just leave it out.”fcdbb23aacc50b22

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“Please, add some onions, too.”4e8418efe1a95e8f

“…”fd0a0b269447e12d

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Those damn onions.7ecbe594dc968604

Watching Lewellyn calmly ordering additional onions in between Shavonne’s orders, Shavonne suppressed the urge to ask him if he would sell his soul to onions.8850d1978f7fd9a6

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“Garlic and shrimp cooked with olive oil with onions, a peach melba toast and a cheese beetroot salad with onions and a banana flambé that doesn’t smell like cinnamon with onions. Is that right?” The employee confirmed the order.a03d7161be86ef1c

Shavonne didn’t want the onions in his food, so it was up to Lewellyn to say yes. The employee said, “I will charge the onion separately” and left. There was no time for Shavonne to protest.a94ee65a663d2679

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“I’m sick and tired of just hearing onions.” Shavonne spoke curtly.525699a1c4e20cfa

Lewellyn smiled. “Relax. People don’t die that easily.”211e8f271fe24809

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Let’s not talk…7e28ae674ff75fb9

Shavonne breathed 023ad6a4f2 a long dd037150c8 sigh. It was 0ee7c047e0 all a 7f388af3f9 mess. The customers, 118e02a94c the menu, 682431855f and the 799ad70886 restaurant.46739680a5d0347e

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The restaurant 《Golly》 was so terrible that he wanted to remove the name ‘restaurant’. Shavonne knew as soon as he entered Golly why did the grocery store owner advise him not to take his lover there.aed00e0ae8948775

There were as many 2edb9696a8 as 25 people sitting c0e350d036 in the cramped hall 06c4edb1e4 that had a limit d3dee6be1d of ten people. In that situation, the fe69baa4ed people sitting around tables 113cd027a2 had to stick together b3eeb802f6 like crabs.0f34901d79bd8390

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Even if he didn’t want to, Shavonne could hear the next table as well as the others near them. In just three minutes, he could tell whether the people of the next table had a guarantee or which political party they supported or not, so in just 30 minutes, he would be able to know where the people of the next table hid their emergency funds and what was the password for their safe.d679e18481d26b96

However, unfortunately or not, Shavonne and Lewellyn wouldn’t stay for 30 minutes at the restaurant 《Golly》 to begin with. Of course, he didn’t get to know where they hid their emergency funds and what was the password for their safe.aa4e63af0325629c

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Then, in the table right next to them, “God damn it. I’ve got to earn money and escape as soon as possible, or I will die.”5bd579cc2e841ef0

“What’s going on? Are the caucasians begging for rags from house to house?”ef153d550c255016

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“It would be better if it were them. I could just beat them to death. It’s another murder!”d2d661b031836b97

Murder.abb0f5744d5c4337

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Shavonne winced at dd1eebcdcc the word he 130a4ae54f was listening to cf512192a4 casually. Looking carefully at Lewellyn, 23f784f6b0 who was just looking 3070da2a7d at the glass of aab49e13f2 water and didn’t have 3af12ed314 a particular response.f7311d4e5e949554

That’s a relief, but…2ec4656a8e114609

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“Don’t get agitated, Alan.”3339bd64788e27d2

“It’s been a while since the snow stopped, so I went out for a walk, and I saw a dead body in front of my house. How could I not get like this?”e01c5bd4c5f0dc65

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“Maybe it was a beggar that froze to death or a homeless who died of hunger.”248643afc24599e0

“Could you still say that after seeing a body that was so decomposed that you couldn’t tell whether it was a man or a woman by their face?”73e09bf771d94842

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His mouth was dry. Shavonne glanced sideways at Lewellyn. Still, Lewellyn was just looking at the glass of water. The man called Alan was talking so loud that he couldn’t understand him, or was he pretending not to know anything even after hearing him?b1dd84056869dc15

Shavonne felt like he was holding a time bomb that no one knew when it would explode. He couldn’t stay quiet any longer. Shavonne raised his hand and called the waiter. To his surprise, fortunately, the employee went to Shavonne immediately even with all the noise883a8f80c44d9736

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“Is there a problem? Of course not, since you’re a gentleman, but I remind you that you can’t cancel the extra onions you ordered because they’re already being cooked.”74c758624bbe0786

It was a joke. Normally, Shavonne would have joked back, but now he couldn’t afford it. Shavonne winked at the table in question and opened his mouth.836a25a5da7a0cc1

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“It’s too loud. Can you do something about it?”d145da2bef7b1c38

“The charm of Golly is that it’s noisy.”ca7be6d5b1934c62

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He said nicely. The server smiled and added. “It’s lively and nice.”88f36ff8a42bb87e

Shavonne looked at the 0116c59571 waiter.b4fb6d7dd47b7d72

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Then, he understood. “Fine, fine.”f47321d23cb0777a

Only then did the waiter shake his hand and turn to the table in question. But even if he sternly warned them to kick them out of the restaurant if they didn’t keep their manners, things couldn’t have been better as he said, joking “Mr. Alan, the customer at the other table is complaining that you’re being noisy.”d546e246a8f0ebfd

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Rather, it 471737c078 got worse. Maybe it was 7f457b8de8 thought to have 48e733a439 been rebuked, but ae3427b77d he raised his defe59c4bd voice more. His voice was so a468d89fd9 loud that all the d38c25c077 guests at the restaurant 6e86baf460 found out that the 17852ec01c body the man Alan 6b6e69eb23 found belonged to a f8310cd7fb man, a bald one, 572aa762ac and that there was 2382d873f0 a square-shaped wart behind e794cc2113 his neck.a1eae15d22542c0e

Of course, Lewellyn was also included in the ‘all guests’.83ead2de56cb0289

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“…”fe6d16f4cfb0aa2a

Shavonne almost a6b155c9a2 tore up 2ce6c9787e Lewellyn with 43d32b55ad his anxious 1054f09555 eyes. Still, Lewellyn was just d9f3704d4f looking at the glass 99fc7a606c of water and he 83351a930c didn’t have a significant 4df1290ea0 response. As if it 8a46b55503 had nothing to d9d6fa19aa do with him.088f69f9c85ff802

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Unfortunately, however, 2be436de45 Shavonne knew cbc1581a91 it had 7858cfd40f everything to f19c1c2a27 do with 2ad86eacfa Lewellyn.8a2e925524d8a1cf

Even though 896649473e he tried 7ff2019e1b to ignore c6a68e7d3d it, the 6cfe54326b noise of 87eeb0d5ba the next f998fadd37 table was 6cd5f7306c too loud. He felt 3cd8b23c8f uneasy, making 3bf897b3c4 him sick, 803d149acb as if b006434728 he were a54db393ee going to b15c75efc0 throw up 31fddb1a98 right now. If he didn’t 2e271c7a38 do anything, he e70940bc21 wouldn’t be able c6800ea145 to eat a 40a8847399 bite of the ec133a3e00 food they ordered. Even if d1609058a4 he were 8dafb3b61d lucky to aa83a54b50 eat, he 0c2e840bce was significantly b6dd3dad9c more likely 9742a8ab14 to have d33f8f9064 an upset 6eafd434b2 stomach.1f5eda31a50c2676

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All Shavonne could do in this situation is directly protest without having to trouble an employee. Shavonnee, who got up, moved to the table in question. He didn’t know when he saw them from a distance, but when he looked closely, Alan and the others were huge.febbfdcd8fd9bb54

Shavonne’s height, 534e50f22b too, was 946c0f5f60 above average, 873b18a525 but in cdf7106059 front of 2de1555d08 them, he 875c2e7f95 seemed to 5457f5e13d be an 7bf7460d45 immature teenager. Shavonne thought through 191c4cfabf the grim impression ad51025bf3 of Alan and 39a41e4ce8 the other ones.f476e632db08d99a

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Horsemen? Or maybe sailors?b23eda9aa9161a1a

“Excuse me…”d4275eceec4510b9

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As soon 48e8abd8df as he fb5318cbdf started talking, ea146a5cb3 he got 78924f4212 cut off.58769a367185a0aa

“Don’t tell me that you think it’s an excuse.”b029232b74ac3ac4

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“… I’m losing his appetite because of what you’re saying, so please lower your voice, or change the topic.” Shavonne added. “This isn’t your house, right?”9c91c02e3a6008fb

“My house?” Alan deftly raised his eyebrows. Alan, pointing to the hall, said “My living room,” to the kitchen, “my kitchen,” pointing to the counter, “my lobby,” and suddenly pointed to Shavonne with his index finger. “An uninvited guest in my house.”a439bd8ddd84e710

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He had no time to be offended by the sudden pointing. A loud laughter resonated as if what happened had been very fun. It wasn’t just the laughter of Alan and the others. All the guests and waiters throughout the hall were giggling out loud. Shavonne felt his face turn cold. Like everyone else, Shavonne wasn’t used to public humiliation.8e45f9bef0a10de4

Then.1cb1ea6db92b4e27

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“When will the onion dish we ordered come out?”55f285143c74fa35

Words that popped up ed75e092d3 from somewhere, attracted all b4060329cb the attention.daff056fb61be530

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“An olive oil cooked garlic and shrimp with onions, a peach melba toast with onions, a cheese beetroot salad with onions, a banana flambé that doesn’t smell like cinnamon with onions. We ordered, but we haven’t even got the appetizer yet.”1a946658a7c357b6

The hall became quiet. It was 821fdf435d as if 4163659969 the howl ce4dbb17b9 of laughter 9db7b49728 never happened.9a24b39876a63147

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“What the?”4055b9e07dbbae35

“Who is he?”77e1ce62bce615f2

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Believe it or not, 1ae8b3a613 Lewellyn, the one who 9a124aa489 quieted down the hall, a68f128366 remained naturally calm.d9b60ece2dee0579

It was Alan who e4f8c8a6c6 came to his senses 8b117ffb3f first. Alan checked 3ba1575890 the table 76b7d45fde where Lewellyn 45f03735ce sat. The chair opposite where eafe65ed4b Lewellyn sat was empty. It was a75fa9efe6 where Shavonne 9b183ca539 was sitting 9f89a49d08 until a 9cb02391de while ago. Alan noticed 3e6d99a3e2 that Lewellyn d592523a9e and Shavonne 6a54e449b7 were together, 7c0c542396 so he d819bd82a0 said mockingly.1aebf1909397345a

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“I guess the old saying is right: birds of a feather flock together,” Alan booed. “Are you two idiots on a date? Mn?”34d5a136b1d1e339

It was an d1e58c6a90 obvious provocation. At the 855b258fc8 moment Shavonne ebe4e5ac08 tried to 9835fd9276 refute it 63190eddc7 with veins e3f59e52d2 popping out 654a35f5cd of his 5946968d8b neck, someone ea07c1e1a1 opened his 041a4559ec mouth first. It was, as everyone 8d7b97642b would expect, Lewellyn.17c0d103e63b08bb

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“If you know it’s a date, will you stop ruining it?” replied Lewellyn, not batting an eye, as if it hadn’t provoked him, “I don’t like my patience to be tested.”86ed76dc43da81bf

“Oh my, I’m so scared.”360c4d35403beaf4

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Alan mocked. Shavonne couldn’t stand it.6354886b254e8bd9

“Hey, look at me” He put his hand on Alan’s shoulder, standing back from Shavonne. The moment Alan touched his shoulder and hand, he didn’t realize that Alan would suddenly grab Shavonne by the collar and lift it.b0157ca8da4fe9d3

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Embarrassment came before fear. He wasn’t embarrassed by the collar grab, but by the fact that he was easily lifted like a small, light kid. Shavonne scrambled to pull off Alan’s hands, but nothing came out of it. Shavonne’s hands weren’t able to overpower Alan, as all he could do was chores and constantly tapping on the typewriter for eight hours.a413e7fe0bbec99f

After facing Alan, he tried to recall whether he was a horseman or a sailor. He couldn’t answer earlier, but now he could say it for sure. He was a sailor. There was no way such grasping power couldn’t belong to a sailor.f21ec815db76814e

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“Let… Let go…” Shavonne groaned. His neck wasn’t free, so he had to squeeze his whole body to say something. But with Shavonne squeezing his words with all his might, Alan seemed unwilling to let go of Shavonne. At least in the way Shavonne wanted.00022aca05f9e30c

Alan tried to 1ba63ff323 beat Shavonne up. Shavonne, without aee17fd83b even realizing 6d4126033c it, squeezed 4e1ceff0fe his eyes 213703c0c8 shut. The image of 5785e4c5a3 himself rolling on 3a4fbd38d7 the floor flickered cb077299ec before his eyes.e17bbf0c7e2d0eba

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To cut to the chase, what Shavonne had feared didn’t happen.d72a5bf61abaa6a6

Shavonne wasn’t beaten up and didn’t roll on the floor. It was thanks to Alan’s release of Shavonne, though it didn’t seem to be Alan’s intention. The reason was simple. Because when he opened his eyes, Alan had already fallen on the floor.2f4455af719110e7

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Alan’s arms, which had been holding Shavonne by the collar, were now bent at a strange angle. Alan’s lips screamed, but Lewellyn seemed uninterested.f320e39a42c2781f

“I told you, I don’t like my patience to be tested.”87daa0a1221718fb

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Blood flowed down Alan’s forehead. When he fell, he made a wound on his head that was bleeding, precisely as Lewellyn smashed Alan down to the floor.e85ac59664cba0ca

Maybe he didn’t like blood. Lewellyn frowned and said, ”ddbe85f77a9e1907

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Oops7f0a4a37bbde4e85

.” He picked up a napkin and put it on Alan’s face. Whether it was because of the face full of blood or the bloody napkin, he placed a second napkin on it to make it invisible, and a third napkin on it. He even put on a fourth napkin.2b90b98fe85f89f2

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Looking down at Alan’s face with four layers of napkins on it, Lewellyn said in a soft voice.2983a4ebaa182685

“Don’t ruin my date again.”1cc251067044ef4f

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The restaurant was silent. Looking down ce6a45bdd5 at Alan, 85880471cc Lewellyn looked e8102f2e98 up at 9ff2d042ab Shavonne. He had 5b3d5c5148 a bright c0a31b6f57 face as d04ad6e34a if nothing a1fe57e66f had happened.fba016b968dee3b6

“By the way, what are we having for dessert?”18ae902f9e40931d

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Shavonne started hiccuping.fe77faedfbc3b4fc

That night, Shavonne c856ec28c6 woke up at ef648c9156 the crack of 410f785799 the door.b4fb90ff4126b6d5

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Was he 5832d7a26d having a cca6cc3e11 nightmare? His whole ceb8a5b243 body was 79c23e0b67 covered in b448b400b9 cold sweat. He had sweated 0bdda86f78 so much that 9a44512865 not only his d1bc23aa30 body but also 164525cbaf his bed sheet a302ba8dfc was damp. Shavonne stood up from 017a21c07f bed.6f1a00f15ba36ce3

There was nothing 37e34aabd2 outside.99d2989a15582825

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It was quiet. All he d245be542e heard was 435430257a the sound ebb8af3833 of opening a980220bc9 and closing 17923e5f77 the door 150045e412 of Room bccb85cd71 303, the 25a38b25f5 thin breathing c681866ee2 sound of b18f4580de Shavonne, and 97193e0d63 the sound fb59894859 of the 42faee4a12 wind blowing 40cf135d0d outside the c29dad6180 apartment.0db376a757d8e8f3

He must have 0646495ae3 misheard. Looking back, the banging 3b15d5a073 sound seemed far from 0568ff192e the sound of a 1969060e41 nightmare rather than the 94d8f6caf3 sound of reality. Shavonne turned around 4aa915a749 to enter the 355d886bd9 house and saw c2fd47bee6 the door plate 1e5992aaba just by chance. The door plate, which 799ac6b203 had been placed horizontally e96b71fccb and correctly, was slanted.2631031b8b4be046

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The door plate was 1edce10539 tilted again.58cf4c897cfe89b5

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Did the door plate 877ebaa30a tilt arbitrarily when closing 9e39ba330a the door?6b0688fd4bb00d51

Strange.b50ed8692635b7ea

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Shavonne tilted his head dcec9f0db4 and turned the tilted 6619982f74 door plate horizontally. The surface a55b3ac1af of the 0748854573 door plate 798f23c37e was metal-like b057f36d58 and smooth. 303. The engraved number 348c6da408 was upright, facing eb3169a89b Shavonne.46d330bf0e5ed9ac

And it wasn’t only the door plate that was facing Shavonne.13bcb3b8ed1c5da7

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‘…’d4f1c05a74e886a4

Lewellyn.9ae4fefb63ebc7f9

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The hardest person to treat is neither a bad nor a good person. He’s someone Shavonne didn’t understand. When they first met, when Lewellyn was sitting in the stairwell of the apartment peeling onions, Lewellyn was a nice person (although somewhat weird), but he turned bad after finding the body at Lewellyn’s house, and incomprehensible after experiencing the commotion at the restaurant “Golly”.d2a0ea631bf86220

Lewellyn didn’t show a single inch of what was happening through his mind. Shavonne couldn’t tell whether he was uncouth, polite, kind or rude, like Shavonne or not. He was suspicious of him because he couldn’t understand him. He was dangerous because Shavonne couldn’t tell whether he was an ally’s bomb or an enemy’s bomb, it was just a bomb. It was too difficult to get involved with him anymore.cae456a9395d48f6

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Shavonne still desired to move. Considering Shavonne’s assets, his decision to leave Ira Street was a futile dream, but his decision to leave the apartment 303 was a promising plan. The first thing Shavonne did was,4edaff31b437babd

『Dear admirable editor,』acc32ee2f8a011dc

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That letter would 123812bc31 decide his destiny.733fb75730cd0657

The recipient e4326a09d2 of the e9fd595aa9 letter to ec5c773f87 Brown Publisher 1927663f0d was the 5185768c24 respected editor 4eaafd13b4 Dawson, the 053c8a4282 letter to cdb65ae45b Far Publisher 1a1b7a4be0 was the a98907ca02 respected editor 5d15568482 K; to 0c7ec79f02 Peer Publisher, 631a6f783f the respected b63bf26d38 Oscar editor, 7b49f9bb62 etc.70dc41f34aef335a

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(Borrowing the explanation of e9187cfc10 Dr. Fakwes) Dawson, who argued 1ed35b31e2 that the books should eaf72103bb be unconditionally sensational, K, e0ad183e0c who believed that doing 4341e995cc proofreading was useless, and a5b424a08d the three editors who 41a2d517da criticized Shavonne, who absolutely 70cc0351fb praised and never criticized 71d97165c5 the royal family, were d72a3b160b upgraded overnight to the 054e9d8596 great men who Shavonne e2cb4f9ec3 admired.304a382832a8cf51

He was glad that Dr. Fakwes didn’t know this, and if he had, he would have teased him for a long time, saying, ‘I didn’t know your world could collapse so easily, hahaha.’546fe8a1e4dae82d

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『… (Strategy).. Admirable editor, we are living in the most dangerous era of chaos since the beginning of history. Have you ever met a sea storm while sailing? As if it were to be wrecked in the event of a sea storm, the ship fluctuates, the rain and wind that wet the anchor, and the sea water that blows over the deck hold the sailor’s breath. The fear and the pain, the darkness and the cold, the water and the wind, all felt like eternal hell. Time passes by. While the sun is high and cool, a swarm of seagulls across the sky cries loudly. Upon arriving home safely, the sailors sent kisses to the Big Dipper to look after them, and they were drinking, singing and dancing. Then, they got ready for a new voyage. The same goes for the chaos we live in. Chaos that feels like eternal hell passes like a storm. If it’s alcohol, singing and dancing and kissing left by sailors, what the chaotic human being will leave behind will be a record of hope for posterity. I would like to have the honor of writing the record of hope with your company… (Rest omitted)…』c88bfaf68fe4b6b9

To sum up in one line, he said, ‘Please let me get a job’.0661d4586ee9f766

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Dawson of Brown Publishing 002593eed5 sent:29cd47361e39e092

『You’ve never written a long novel, have you?』746f713cd8d49c99

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K of e6adfe6793 Far Publishing 73a97c172c sent:1f6e8d9d7eae8f47

『Shorten your b1249b3c12 letter to 5496e7d03d less than 6401bdf433 ten words.』d985bea268e8f6f2

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Oscar of 9809629d30 Peer Publishing fec15fe5e9 sent:eca2ad1398a1e0d1

『What nonsense to say that the royal family is in an era of chaos when they’re strong. We’ll sue you for defaming the royal family if you send us this letter one more time.』261c88fff839b766

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Fuck.bc3e1f6bafc4d6e0

Nothing worked.c9282ddb505d4fc8

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The next day, and the next day, and the next day were days of rejection. When asked, “What can you do?” The interviewers asked one by one straightforwardly, or as if they were sharing their mind, “I’m sorry, but a novel…”e25f3309475c59b8

Of course, it isn’t necessary to say that the interviewers who said so didn’t actually give him the job. Some people asked, “What do you write?” with half courtesy and half curiosity, but they were also interested without hesitation when they found out that Shavonne was a ghostwriter who didn’t have a book with his name.fafab6ea9eddf9c8

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‘I will contact you by mail’ It was only Deck Publisher that said that. Shavonne thought it would be all talk. His intuition said that there wouldn’t even be a post notifying him if he had passed, let alone a post notifying him of his failure.afeaa259b0ca26cf

It wasn’t only the publishers who abandoned Shavonne. This was the case in mansions looking for workers to do chores in a short period of time, auction houses looking for gravediggers. He said that he would do whatever, but there was no place for Shavonne.01f4533bd0e629fe

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It is true that ea3761602f mental pain eats away b24863459b at the body. Shavonne lost 4 kilograms 6f3db2c4ed while looking for a cb3ca32040 job. His face was sunken, 55639d6476 his face darkened, and a905af2f42 dark circles were all 68ff38877c the way down to 5d169f5057 his cheekbones.bebff320ff3b2498

Maybe Deck Publishing sent him the letter, Shavonne opened the mailbox. His intuition was saying that the mail wouldn’t come, but he tried to ignore it. He couldn’t ignore it so he wouldn’t let his hope go away. Of course the mailbox was empty. He let out a sigh.b7394d1f3756f32e

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“Ha.”efbf82382fa1bfa3

At that time, someone 97d69155de knocked his back.cd7c387fc41e9681

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Tap, tap.fcff8bc1b13d7fe0

It wasn’t a hand tapping his back. Unlike human flesh, it wasn’t soft and firm. Furthermore, it had a unique scent different from body odor.82cbcf7a0fc1fdac

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For example,5f76ac5b8c41fef7

onions.1871de9c7367ccfa

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“Are you busy these days?”0089e07a6de5afd2

It was Lewellyn.8b3024706545fbdc

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Shavonne wanted to ignore him, but it was wise not to. Ignore him and he’ll get revenge. Keeping a clear distance is a shortcut to ruining their relationship.7feebf4b7c125946

Lewellyn was his ad06da3103 neighbor. A quick-witted neighbor.f5ad0220a7459650

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A freelance ghostwriter, whose 15379a7e95 job is in his feac8f4858 home, will know that 4b6074ab3d going out every day 1cff4b30b6 means having no work a542e3ec49 or avoiding it. Shavonne decided 4163b0946c not to 2d6ef95759 lie. He’d hate 33824924c4 being criticized 1898639da0 for telling 0291301931 a shallow d19ebbe86a lie.0262a5c5e26da318

“… so it was Dawson, K, Oscar, and so on.” Shavonne said the truth with a poker face while shrugging. “Well, maybe it’s because I was unlucky.”58ee5dda3aa84e24

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But the b680f5487b only thing 0634a5a18a Shavonne overlooked 718a007a4c was that ebc13a1372 he was 5db9befee5 dealing with f27a7e226b Lewellyn, not 2608776c6c someone ordinary.94b83d01f9eddead

“It’s not luck what you didn’t have.”d7c9a9f431a284b8

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Lewellyn smiled.7f47d863e31c615d

“Then what?”d582536cd96ff6d5

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“Three things.” Lewellyn raised his three fingers and picked them up. “First, intelligence. Second, thought. Third, awareness.”485040465cc4d12c

He didn’t think someone would recommended to commit suicide with a smile. Shavonne frowned.2b3263c86f8a6862

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“You’re not much of a showman, if it’s not an auction house, it wouldn’t be bad, but anyway, it’s an auction house that you applied for, and you’re not brave enough to be a gravedigger.”f778c44378021349

Without a chance for Shavonne to stop him, Lewellyn pulled Shavonne’s hand and said, “Look, Mr. Shavonne, you’ve got calluses on your fingertips and your middle finger joints, right? That’s not because of menial work. You have calluses elsewhere.”96e5be2969675428

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Lewellyn scanned between Shavonne’s thumb and index finger. As if he were caressing. “Here,” then lightly pressed as if he was playing, and continued. “Here,” it was in the palm of his hand. Lewellyn’s fingers tickled in circles over the palm of his hand. It flowed down the palm, then came back. “And here.”ce08f318cafdf36b

Shavonne pulled his 71f45c978f hand back. Between the thumb 8016f63b89 and index finger 7a731d926b that Lewellyn pointed 243f3f635c out, the cheeks 9523481171 and palms were 181e0182ac pricked like thorns.9863cf7f7272c626

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“What are you doing?”8e8c5c3a7d35ef69

“Nothing really.”0516a9eaf06f4950

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Lewellyn laughed. It was a bright 432ca5f618 smile.b2b0af40037df0be

“I’m rooting for you.”44cb7636461e4d30

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That was 106076de38 the moment e187e2db2c when Shavonne 107d275657 decided to c301e19a03 leave the 9a236a272a apartment No. 303.399603ddcfb816e9

The next morning, Shavonne, who lost 4.2 kilograms, looked hollow like yesterday. “Did Deck publisher send me the mail?” He left room 303 and was about to go to the lobby of the apartment building where the mailbox was located, and ran into Lewellyn, who was peeling onions on the stairs of the apartment.d9bd68bb357c4850

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“Hi.”32f486a634791a34

It was Lewellyn who said hello first. It’s like Lewellyn gets thorns on his tongue if he doesn’t greet him.74daa717d08bfbd9

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“Yes. Hello.” Shavonne tilted his head halfheartedly. It was a short answer because he didn’t want the conversation to be prolonged, but seeing how Lewellyn answered with those puppy eyes, it seems that the effect wasn’t very good.b27b5041191332bf

“Are you serious? You didn’t look like a ‘heya’ person.” Shavonne was silent for a moment. “… When I talk to you, I feel like I’m taking a final exam.”932230b751868369

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He made a sudden confession. How long it’s been since Shavonne told him something that is neither false nor shameless. Looking back, it felt somewhat distant.5c4048392bb4d27d

Lewellyn smiled. “Don’t take it back.”ff4fcf3c96d18c27

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At 11 p.m, Shavonne, who had now lost 4.21 kilograms, left Room 303 to check the mailbox. He thought, ‘6aae4fec4d1d2f61

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Maybe Deck Publisher sent 14aa8bcac7 me the letterb199b2cd09ab5033

‘. He didn’t meet Lewellyn because he wasn’t on the stairs that late.6eb348f87cc2128b

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The mailbox wasn’t empty. The problem, however, was that there was no ‘mail’.7bfdbdbdecc7c2a3

‘What?’ea69428677e50518

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Shavonne frowned. Soon after, Shavonne took it out of the mailbox: it was a cup, a cup with lemon juice. Shavonnee wasn’t thirsty enough to drink an unidentified lemon juice that might be poisoned. Shavonne threw away the lemon juice.215b84b275f884fe

The next night at 10 o’clock, Shavonne, who had now lost 4.23 kilograms, leftleft Room 303 to check the mailbox. He thought, ‘Maybe Deck 201be3d480 Publisher sent a0bf58f0bb me the 74dbafd7ab letter‘.  He didn’t meet Lewellyn because he wasn’t on the stairs that late.cc8de41344c82550

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There wasn’t a letter 7034ca3611 in the mailbox. There was only lemon 7a690147a2 juice. It was 9aded64efb in a 34b3d34de9 different cup 9b7441fdc0 from yesterday, 95f207f881 and there f045e1e474 was a eb00f56885 post office 7a553551ee stamp on c501fccdc7 the cup.‘What?’64149bf4fd8bc568

Shavonne threw it away03d3c546e0370aee

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At twelve o’clock the next night, Shavonne, who had now lost 4.25 kilograms, left Room 303 to check the mailbox. He thought, ‘Maybe Deck Publisher sent fc4809e862 me the letter‘. He didn’t meet Lewellyn because he wasn’t on the stairs that late.ae3e1b16d9300462

There wasn’t 5c62439a6f a letter 5ef5cbe54e in the 4530cbff07 mailbox. There was only ba8cb08474 lemon juice. It was in e4718384ad a different cup da4c8a8923 from yesterday, and fc01059c37 a note was e10c851ccf attached to the 05238def0c cup with a b0d11320d8 post office stamp.dbd4ca6b4cbe732d

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『 Drink me a860296b8a ;D』62971c65de91a1e2

It washim. The guy who sent Shavonne a note saying, ‘With a weather like this, when you go out put on a coat or you’ll freeze:)‘ or the note with the angel ‘You were fined d98c5054fe 3 ronas. Keep one O:)‘. He had forgotten about it because that guy hadn’t appeared for a while, but he was still wandering around Shavonne.8ad1e5fcd6d3635e

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“Drink me.” There was a passage of a fairy tale he read at the orphanage more than 20 years ago. In the story, when a girl took the medicine that said, “Drink me,” she would get bigger or smaller… He had almost forgotten.b4023c99305ae422

Shavonne wrote a reply 0257a7e682 rejecting lemon juice. It was a 7d99dc359a ‘rejection’ because even 23b765f267 when he liked d74a6077eb the words, he ddaa491334 rejected the cup.1bef6325cb243dad

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『Drink it. 』aae1c49de86ae527

The next night at eleven o’clock, Shavonne, who had now lost 4.25 kilograms, left Room 303 to check the mailbox. He thought, ‘Maybe Deck Publisher sent 44c91851fe me the letter‘. He didn’t meet Lewellyn because he wasn’t on the stairs that late.187f420a6e87500a

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There was lemon juice 036e1d07d4 in the mailbox. There was d0253644cb also a 902c3462e6 post office ead9b4231e stamp and a2b73522be a reply 8b0ad594f8 note.0b4c01477bc9a2a8

『There is 52bd618cbd no cyanide 900eca69e1 nor strychnine. 』bc075ef63586c4ec

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And there was a 733a66fd14 postscript beneath it.a6779d8f84ad887b

『I didn’t even put onions >:(.』a11cde7596f3c0f0

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…7d29ba132ccd709a

‘With a weather like this, when you go out, put on a coat or you’ll freeze:)‘ and ‘You were fined 9089747052 3 ronas. Keep one O:)‘, were they all notes written by Lewellyn?4d6d7390e5e74c66

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He didn’t know.786de089ea215ed2

He didn’t notice. Lewellyn’s notes on door No. 303 were written on a typewriter, and Lewellyn’s sentences in the booklet “The True Foreign Language” were handwritten, so he didn’t notice.0a92feba249dc653

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Shavonne threw away the lemon juice again. The difference from the last time was that this time he just threw away the juice and didn’t throw away the cup containing the juice. He could not know the owner, but he did, so he couldn’t just ignore it.99c5f1fd879be153

Thinking,‘I’ll take care of it.’cc000583aa30704b

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Shavonne put 46dff0ab98 the cup 8c783ac78b down in 79d34c30cc front of e9775ce918 room 302. It was d61b7c7de7 then that 139f5af7fe the door d07c292d5c of Room 3f9f2488f0 302 opened 0698a9fd90 with a 05e739b4d9 loud noise. Lewellyn said with 0ed858e764 a bitter expression a9775e8f7b that screamed ‘unfair’..265124cd2ba02fcb

“Why didn’t you drink the juice? What? Do you want to get scurvy?”4680467f307bb764

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Huh.5c828763811ad817

Shavonne snorted inwardly 954831fa07 and replied.97169995b3187736

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“I’ll do what I want.”ebdaf9fc42132926

Then he turned his back to Room 303. Shavonne scanned the door unconsciously, and came across the door plate. Not long ago, he set it horizontally. He remembered clearly that the door plate’s smooth texture wrapped around his hand.038298c8085a3376

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The door plate was cec27fcd63 tilted.a3bafeee6415699e

Why does the door plate keep tilting? Just in case, Shavonne opened and closed Door 303 hard, weak, slow, and fast, but the door plate remained the same. He could knock or bang on the door or something but it didn’t tilt. Maybe it was because of a timid ghost’s prank or a poor construction.dfad707d9498e2f7

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Just as few people could be calm to see a suspicious symbol scribbled next to their door, few people could be calm to see the door plate tilted arbitrarily. And Shavonne didn’t belong to those ‘few ones’. Even if there was no direct damage, he didn’t like it.441224630a4c2e6e

Shavonne naturally visited the apartment management office. He hoped that they would provide a solution, whether it was because of poor construction, a psychic phenomenon, or other reasons. The problem was that Shavonne’s visit to the management office may have been natural for him, but not for managers.18df6d9ee7e1deac

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Their reaction to 48b55e2145 his suggestion was 07cdbc3381 chilly.a09992630bfa55a9

“Why are you making a fuss about the door plate?”5360b4ddb8024985

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The janitor 86c54b01aa laughed at d0817225f5 him.9ad3ef427aac08fa

“What a scaredy cat.”58d37577f291deae

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And then they stopped paying him attention. It was as if he were invisible. He didn’t even seem to care about the sign of popularity. Would it have been like this if he weren’t a resident of the apartment building? No, it wouldn’t have been like this if it weren’t for the ghostwriter No. 303 who split the monthly rent. His anger flowed to his throat.cae8a9a4938a36c4

“I’m not making a fuss. I’m not a scaredy cat.”74ebdc2179ac885a

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Shavonne said.01021f573df7a517

“I’m demanding my rights.”e20b89bb3dcd41b9

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One janitor 3b15218af6 took his 0f5de43a2e eyes off c920906118 the newspaper 3ba803096b he was 882b2edf43 reading and cd02c5ca2f looked at 44852f250c Shavonne, while 0fc75eb8a4 the other 43c5197e7a threw him 582c41901e a glance 30732c2c55 while drinking 623b77b3b3 water. Shavonne went on 762d255eac with his words, bbfecc6e03 pretending to be ebb9ef3f94 calm. He had a a1c4257e52 stiff voice to e8b679777b control his emotions.6978bbe4c8888232

“Aren’t you janitors whose work is repairing, improving and maintaining this place? Am I wrong?”973c6b10b14e4328

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The janitor made a 557fff1dcb loud noise with the a007fdde68 newspaper. His big eyes turned b6807ad0f9 to Shavonne.ceff60f697b998d5

“Do you think this is the Arun Palace (*the current official palace of the King)? or Hotel Surral (*the best hotel on Bunch)?”4fc5f488732c15b9

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“Of course not, but…”fbbbb7f1b58f2c1c

“Move out if you have any complaints.”b91282cb59582f8c

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Shavonne saw no hesitation in the face of the manager. It was common knowledge that the poorer the street, the worse it was to be treated as a tenant, but it was his first time to witness this much. Shavonne looked up at the janitor with a stunned face as if he had been hit in the back of his head by a hammer. “Are you serious?”ea83a05cd340a6af

“I mean it.”03de0bd6ea489ac3

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The warden was cd074d872a adamant. Shavonne stepped down. Shortly before leaving 8a85eade7f the administration, Shavonne 0335ac3e56 heard the voices a1842948ed of the vainglorious cf94b221b6 janitors over Shavonne. Insults and gossip.612f3ca1bc19c456

Shavonne thought quietly.59c7f1c4b1c0fad5

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I hope that the janitor’s house will also have the curse that the door plate tilts every day.126241276bdd67b3

That day, Shavonne visited many of Bunch’s building offices. It was to seek advice on whether the curse was caused by architectural errors. Of course, they were also businesses so there was no place to consult Shavonne’s concerns for free. Except for one place, Mr. Bacon’s building office.24015d15d6e9349e

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Mr. Bacon was frowning as c63e68f556 if he were recalling c949946591 his memories after muttering dfa411cdb9 that it was an 64131462b8 apartment.0da7e24adbbf8272

“What kind of door?”d7c777981dcf3d86

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He asked.f52436771679ddd4

Mr. Bacon’s building office had doors of various shapes, including a round door, a square door, a gate of less than a meter, a door of more than three meters, and a door painted in blue, red and green, and Shavonne pointed to one of them.6ac8b9e13729066f

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“Where’s the door plate located?”6bb65851d5e554fc

“Like this…”82b05abf25ef16f0

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Shavonne pointed 5b708ffd06 to the b6db6fc66e head of d08a3a53c4 the door.b0d4f4e5a644e423

“Are you sure it’s this high?” Mr. Bacon frowned. “No way.”376c5ed46ff68e88

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Mr. Bacon said it 340c880348 was defective. Mr. Bacon argued that d5e723e623 the door plate bcf0d1d16a should be set a87434e156 up a below b9a773da20 what Shavonne pointed 6078ce2873 to. Shavonne wondered about c65339cbbb his neighbours. He could hardly recall 5d76b554c0 it.7f7bdc25758ba6ae

I’m Shavonne, the one who doesn’t even say hello to a neighbor when I meet them. There was no way I would have been interested in my neighbor’s door or door plate.a5e07fec1c0e643c

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But when he 9b06429a5d was about to c3257ea6ea say,3fd72cbd78ae1ace

“I don’t know”abccf466c7772d6d

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the door of room 302 suddenly flashed in front of him. Room 302. The day Lewellyn invited him, and didn’t know whether he had to knock three times when calling or not, so he had stayed in front of the door for more than three minutes.3ca171c2d04bf1c5

As Mr. Bacon said, the door 70c481d407 plate of Room 302 e856c6f535 had been set up 5d211708b6 one hand below the 36d224dc25 door plate of Room 2aa6a7abf3 303.60f5b597272b781d

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“It must be a real defect” mumbled Shavonne.1261f93066a2fe44

“Fix it” Bacon said, adding that he would offer to replace the door at a bargain price. Shavonne delayed his answer, saying he would think about it.4dd643442d56c70c

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It was 10:30 p.m. when Shavonne returned to the Ira apartment. When he stood in front of room 303, he saw the door plate. The door plate was tilted again. He pushed it up and the door plate was returned horizontally. The sound of the door plate and the angler of the support rang out ‘click.’ At that moment, something came to his mind.76634eff0450da7e

Shavonne pushed the ee24ad16e3 door plate and a3ae2fbefb then tilted it. There was no sound.2feda7860f8fb00b

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By any chance…8ff0a3409277fde7

Raising his heels, Shavonne checked the door plate. To be exact, the place where the plaque is covered when it is horizontally placed and exposed when it was tilted. It was a wooden black door and he couldn’t face it with his height, so he didn’t know until now, but there was a hole the size of a baby nail.c9e49c4c45776bc5

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You can look inside b4b0c899b0 with a hole the 09e3e50e2c size of a baby e25ae995f1 nail. Shavonne was aware of 2e846afd67 the fact.fe0171d911334c2e

It’s a stalker.ea0043bb5ddedfaa

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