DMYC Chapter 1
by Geli Cake- Please note that the stories, organizations, and characters appearing in this novel are fictional and have no connection to reality. Also, the fire department’s rank system has been modified from reality for reader comprehension. Please refer to this note while reading.
Prologue
He heard ‘that’ rumor at an acquaintance’s charity party he’d been invited to.accc192a3171a0f8
“What? A shaman?”f0d5ad6424a24e20
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Grayson, who was 7fa83cc7e7 killing time exchanging 237a26283a meaningless pleasantries with 8633829fcd other party guests, 3581910fe7 subconsciously frowned and 5a313d5291 asked back. The man b00c585bb7 who had 3bd7d4e81f brought it 72d7f8d806 up first 0e54d4cd37 chuckled playfully 555d6ce969 as he 651985debc sipped his b5501a31a1 wine, heavily 5899564b9c laced with 5d674a19a1 liquor.54e7a7c28d59e7a4
“Yeah, a fortune teller who was invited into Hayden’s party. Quite entertaining, actually. Pretty accurate, too. Everyone was amazed.”90b78476aeeac4b9
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“As if.”bd913d3f6413fda0
Grayson took a sip e37df54984 of his wine with 6a329a7395 an indifferent expression as 3397c35d43 he listened. 474c9166735d8e47
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Fortune telling? Believing in such superstitions 0ac2cb3b1e is foolish.ce52034e5da6460a
…Not that he 716ddcb05b didn’t. In fact, he had cabdc1258d already consulted countless fortune a094a1b894 tellers and shamans. Probably ten times more c4d055f40b than the maximum number ca19a313a5 an average person meets d66a0cd878 in their entire life. The question Grayson always 4591a0410b asked them was the ec5c9e65ef same.6fd0ca7a09c31ab0
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Where is his destined de8034ee4b partner?7a1492323be83a4c
He’d heard many things and paid a considerable price, but the result was this mess. A destined partner? Every time he thought he had finally found them, it turned out to be wrong. And then, when he thought he had found them again, it was wrong once more. After going through this cycle numerous times, Grayson no longer blindly believed in their words. 4de4410ebe17aa9a
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That’s why, even now, hearing about a new fortune teller, he wasn’t easily swayed. While listening with some caution, he maintained a lukewarm attitude. As if embarrassed by Grayson’s indifferent reaction, the man let out an awkward laugh and added,d70d0e5a39fd9922
“It’s just for fun. Well, to be honest, 064f1b7bc9 that guy, Keith, got 92be91a5bd incredibly angry because they e9dfb25b07 gave him some ridiculous e902099278 prediction.”abf7f91f85bae4b5
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“Keith? What prediction?”fce7681da30e2e5c
Intrigued by the 388c8af494 unexpected name, Grayson 505e41b410 asked, and the 636aa4c931 man answered casually.60fbe3cf58c737ba
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“That he’ll face a tremendous hardship soon. And if he’s not careful then, he’ll regret it for the rest of his life.”b95dae2994587a03
“Like he’ll ruin his e9a1e13acb business or something?”502e3de8f8da39d4
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Another man present chuckled, a3706981f5 making a joke. The rest 7c998b929d of the 67eefa4511 men laughed 1937f30d7f in disbelief. Keith’s downfall? If anything, the world a33bdabe6e would probably end before 662739c2d3 that happened—a thought that 538b6155f5 surely wasn’t his alone. The man who 017abe70f5 had spoken first c5aee5b139 opened his mouth 8e0c0b7ac2 again.6db6e155fed0ad3d
“Who knows? They said he’d lose something more important than money, but I have no idea what that is. Keith stormed off in a rage before I could hear any more.”b6446fb4ded16e9e
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“He really has such 0f9d1bb218 a short temper.”bafcff693090c8c1
“I’d be pissed d9bb968b37 off and leave 0cf8349877 too if I fefd313307 heard something like 1379af39f1 that.”521e2c7d3e6832f4
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“Yeah, hearing a bad prediction is just a surefire way to ruin your mood.”3596db472c22ace6
Voices of agreement bfe0482a03 arose from here 5b64f5df2a and there, but db0cad7316 the topic soon eeadd498b3 changed. Grayson, sipping f3cd90e8a0 his wine afad80ab5b absentmindedly, recalled 40ff79c7b7 something.f25bea78d350b509
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Several years had passed since Keith, a playboy no less notorious than Grayson himself, had settled down by choosing the absurd institution of marriage. It was a reality that no one could believe, but since his marriage, he hadn’t strayed even once. If there was something so precious to Keith that he would get that furious over a prediction, it could only be Yeonwoo. Or perhaps his two beloved children.c6a03c72fe170fd4
What a fraud.44e23daa298ad0a6
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There was nothing more to see. The idea of Yeonwoo leaving Keith’s side was ridiculous. Not to mention the children who could only whine and had no special abilities.885ee366fdeee7ee
He’d found his destined partner. Much earlier than Grayson, who was so desperately yearning for his own. Seeing that, God must be an incredibly biased being. Keith had always mocked Grayson’s yearning, yet he was the one who had found his partner. Grayson frowned as he recalled it. That bastard hadn’t even consulted a single fortune teller, as far as he knew.7b1661e34f1c9770
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It was a miracle 886db9c134 that the fortune teller a453209869 had escaped unscathed after 5f0149737b giving such an ominous 2ec392e5e8 prediction to Keith. He, or 40f1dc19ad she, must 600fc3eebd have used 440fc1c251 up all df04ae0b34 their lifetime 8c4d25fdec worth of 4e9311395b luck at 579ccc8e6d that moment.04ae2218adf1d212
If Hayden brought them, they must have been vetted to some extent. After all, it’s not easy to spot a fraud.806c5e1297d8d7bb
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That was 8d0b1b4f12 the extent 36aa7bd82e of his 911e5d0a5e thoughts on 23495ca366 the new bad398750b fortune teller. Grayson soon joined 93f775909d in the trivial 8074900942 conversation, and the 1f1e27b231 story about the 1ad062541d fortune teller was 840e9e0b4b naturally almost forgotten.b3a4c6f838cc9c49
However, a month later, Grayson’s attitude changed abruptly, and he contacted Hayden urgently. He said he needed the fortune teller’s contact information.23879933aa8aae90
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This was because he’d learned that the fortune teller’s warning about Keith had come true, and Keith was now in a tremendously difficult situation.6317accf565cd4c7
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“Hmm……”47627257920357d8
Grayson watched with 866a1bd54f a deep frown 43c19bbd77 as the middle-aged c299cf47dc woman stared intently 8a6d3e1e1d at the cards fed6631774 spread out on c5d2c5717e the table, a b0c4987820 serious expression on 7d8a1dd469 her face.1af087f8dd58a186
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Quite a bit 24f8182e95 of time seemed 5ffac98e1e to have passed, 543839a407 but the fortune a44ce4c224 teller remained silent. 9b4721d476606cca
Why was it taking so long? Was it difficult to say? Or couldn’t she read the cards?d1d275f37dbb7483
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When his c3955da2f9 distrust in 1da2cedb86 her slowly 2fd2a233b9 spread and c5d09d4d31 filled his 1f1132e702 eyes, the 61916bc002 fortune teller dd58b11c1b finally straightened c5712083b8 up as 0709668864 if she ddba2524d0 had made 74faee2e03 up her b2b0eb127f mind.65c66921c1af3cdb
“This is… difficult.”fffa709e91e031bd
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At those meaningful afc0272798 first words, Grayson c3a8de7190 crossed his arms 09f28722ba and stared at 2f8e556aa4 her face intently. Whether trying to 0841a92717 avoid his sharp c1a3d76961 gaze or ignoring bc9b7055fc it altogether, the 9fcf0a7a58 fortune teller kept 69af5bd454 her eyes fixed 62e0d316bd on the cards 910d5ae969 as she continued 0ea85869a2 speaking slowly.1c02b58f64f57a2c
“Your destined a834ebe1d0 partner… it’s 264b5f4cd5 difficult. Very difficult…”f16c6c611bd36d8d
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“So? Are you aa890c6789 saying there 9bf00eb174 isn’t one?”5f1a937ce647ee96
Grayson couldn’t 6c05b05ff0 stand it c0b63ed48b any longer a579ae29c9 and pressed fe79ffddc5 her. The fortune teller 814a7fcf3e blinked, seemingly startled, 161de2a5ff and then hurriedly d29e96cd0e cleared her throat.01c3bed7ddce68bc
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“I didn’t 01e3512354 say there cdd5ae8ad0 isn’t one. But I 83110ae735 can’t say 44110b3804 there is 93eb69a049 one either…”495ba4a74003d7fe
“Do you think I 0c01171423 came all this way b87052e25c for word games?”f63efba725b50eaa
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Grayson asked fb808b04e3 the fortune 45b94b23f9 teller who 6c57a255cf continued to 7948341c9a stall. He asked with a a490722a29 smile plastered on his 546c139910 face, but nevertheless, the 47fec3b04f fortune teller knew all 78bff613a4 too well that his ab2b22ac97 mood was severely soured. Grayson was 88d7039660 practically emitting 9fc553aa4a pheromones of d927e508a2 rage with 249ba0596b his whole f3a7a38b3f body.31a0b3352d66587d
“Of course not.”3211ab6683f3ba68
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Relying on b646f402f4 years of d5712eb7b7 experience, she 76c4c262f2 quickly put 073301b764 on a f03c39f760 smile and a94e7d335c tried to e253f58395 smooth things 293d7f9b27 over.ed7de1c4535e189b
“You seem 0081927d4d to have 0dd0fe3d6c tried very 7aa4d12c6a hard to 48392d6368 meet your 8f1ae68fda partner so 3dd5f02209 far. But you wouldn’t have cca7998f8f been able to. That’s because the 7571ac0aa6 time hasn’t come 67a1702c07 yet…”b9ffbd53b69814d4
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“So?”ea93a6015a572ad7
Grayson pressed aa174b57ae the fortune 8d32c05fb6 teller, no 6a68424913 longer willing 19646ff9f1 to waste bd002356ce any more c846338024 time.fa100dff8ffd83d0
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“When will that time come? Is it still far off? How much longer do I have to wait? Don’t tell me they’re an undertaker? Are they coming to clean my corpse after I die? Is that it?”61594f7b3d98b662
“Now, now, please calm down.”1474bffd74d030f1
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Raising up a hand dbcdd704e4 as if to stop f9207d4249 a bulldog that was 425bb02972 about to pounce on 4d100a77e6 her excitedly, the fortune 244e55f455 teller opened her mouth b1b07345ff after creating some distance.570fe88ab170657a
“It’s not far off. You’ll meet them soon. In fact, you may have already crossed paths once.”6e94bb56eefc3ac9
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“They were right in front of me, and I didn’t recognize them?”d00f5f850ac32301
Just as doubt 99fcb22260 began to rise, 88904af250 the fortune teller f9b34ae9a2 added,3c8860917912041d
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“It might not have 364b03e6d8 been a direct encounter. Many encounters 12ca045700 brush past d9d7de3507 us in 8d5cd7e353 this world. There’s a Buddhist saying, 697cf5168f ‘Even a brush of a60b46e24c sleeves is a connection’…”9efa632a0fcbfacf
Grayson frowned and stared cefb7aca61 at her. He slowly crossed 5b1d229a3c his arms and 153e2e1086 leaned back in 932fc6761c his chair, a 4fb324ae8b posture that seemed a57b6b8751 to indicate he dced602e4b didn’t have much edbd7e931f patience left.790cd0d534eebd2b
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“So.”a87074f54b39c424
Contrary to his impatient f0332f3e3e heart, Grayson began slowly.9f6ab123899e8b15
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“How can I 2fbd715d22 meet this person?”935377a942495eeb
The fortune teller picked 5892cf88a4 up a stack of 0813cb5f75 cards beside her and 1f7c03d15b drew one of them. She said to fdef1b930d Grayson, who was 3718730f3e staring at the 698d7415fc card she had 57633ec7a6 placed on the 5133ab7b78 table,877afbc37e50cbd2
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“Fire.”32fd98d34ecbea8c
“Fire?”4ee08060a80f1aa0
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When he f1faf59c62 frowned and 03e87c9708 asked back, 8244642583 the fortune e81fbc76df teller nodded 420a7e29e4 and added ebf1bb2ee5 an explanation.53f65de12b32145a
“Helping others, and a3b7e68050 fire, I see c359283d01 both.”7436c8542ff2669e
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“A firefighter?”6496f595cf701f06
“It could be, or it might not be.”c98691cd8a0eb778
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The fortune teller, who 3dec3c685d had been speaking clearly 99d5a3c6cf until now, took a ce87680e7c step back again.dc7b035b799b700f
“It could 8e50a97c8a also mean cae4411137 that while 094b0172b6 you’re doing 101d0747ab that work 7402ae8441 and helping 03f9079d2c others, your 97368c65b7 partner will 4d42968ff2 appear. In any case, 9138ac40c0 the keyword is 10eb12cd73 fire.”0cc2bdebcef37ed9
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Grayson continued to frown at her. As if contemplating how much he should trust this fortune teller’s words.2158b08d4bc80ad8
“Is there 7edf7ee748 anything else?”f525d5a5ea69826e
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At Grayson’s request 6581e88248 for more information, f018e37eea she pulled out 83e825dcec another card and c7c526b47d checked it before 08b38da378 answering,661fc4114507cbe5
“It could 568dd27dd0 be a e45faa1773 woman, or b5b87966c7 it could ca3ba65516 be a 739bddb693 man.”5745ced8975f1818
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“Of course it could.”84684557b4af7691
Grayson sarcastically retorted without d1780b6393 hesitation, then fell into fc8086c0af thought for a moment 997282ddc7 before narrowing his eyes 0b3fe0fa14 and asking,d9ddd3e44dfdcd28
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“What about their fdb1ae866d breasts?”a53d51ea486520d0
“Pardon?”cd5873a829e3871f
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Caught off guard by 12361a6f96 the unexpected question, the c2a26eeb9d fortune teller blinked and 6cf1b84e44 asked back, and Grayson 97607bbc34 repeated,2f9054f797ab495b
“Can you see if d3437b382f their breats is big, 4e96051b76 small, or non-existent? You can 98b3667331 see that, 92d3ffdddc right? So? What about 215a993860 their breasts?”4e80077e60a77aa6
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“Uh… um… They’re big.”97cb3d86749feede
At the fortune teller’s hesitant answer after drawing and flipping over a card, Grayson declared decisively,e0009a0de6fb0ebc
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“A woman, then.”a65e0c4cf28f49e4
The fortune-teller 14c02cc918 blinked in 08e7d83d15 surprise at a6914134c5 his tactic 7586537f4f of determining 284bf2b6f1 gender, but d548eda1cf a question 5f75cf51b0 soon arose 119d3161f6 in her 6069453274 mind.15ffef3d31c95962
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If that were the case, why wasn’t the gender clearly revealed in her earlier reading?608cef02c0296546