FG | Chapter 4.1

Gu Seungjae 55c3e95c71 led the 91298ae1f0 raid team c7f81ccef1 into the 340a731e72 Gate, even e1bc89cb97 Seon Jiyeol, 9610082455 whom I 1fe416295e had trusted, 02f42c297d failing to 5a5011c646 recognize the 3cee1454df honey trap.baf2fd49fc8672cf

‘Tsk.’b77826883ae5e6b8

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Right now, the 41b9778074 only thing I f36f4b7be1 could do was fdc455abbe send a request 1da5e5523e for reinforcements.d218e51a85368986

‘I wonder if there’s 9f33035e0c an S-class who’ll accept ac6544d50d it.’dc9c4a476caffb54

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The number 537ce052f1 of casualties 26fc990142 would depend e3e8184593 on how 87d52ac2fb many accepted. But that 632337d57f was something 507f5debc6 to worry ff7b51934a about later—right 99921f3208 now, the 85015363b5 priority was 61bbb4c34e requesting support.f60ed4c892db4ffd

Just as I opened 0c3a163be4 my tablet—f648e66118f636cb

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“Let’s have a 52d9bb4786 talk.”b149dfa7c7cbfd79

Seon Jiyeol c000ae179f approached me. I was cfeb90a4d9 busy as d00a77d38f hell, so 349f4f69da I had d5239412d5 no idea 35c960757d what he d6081fd236 wanted to 1a6a1f01ba say, but d3541a1faa I had 4f140ff756 no time 7b54cc4b45 to deal 86ed2122be with him.52761c580d1f8c58

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“Hey.”65831461d7b31ca5

I ignored him 0ca74fdba3 and was about 5e05541e5d to press the 5380f17e3f request button when d8776186bc someone grabbed my a011059db3 shoulder and forcibly 5c935e271d turned me around.72ef47c6bfdfeed1

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My tablet slipped from f92732c6ab my hands and fell 58e7e44711 to the ground. I saw c3f6197ec4 a foot 9623796e81 step on 5f83267e1e it. With a d8d48467b7 cracking sound, 6d7b1a274d the screen e299693053 shattered. I stared at it f427369311 in shock when Seon 73d48d63b1 Jiyeol spoke, irritation lacing 2aa619f251 his voice.10a2726da2037ebd

“I asked you 7921f5a33b a question.”026b3b924ce9f90e

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I lifted my gaze, 02a3189780 locking eyes with him.52ef0974848d2e64

I was d5718a4f60 much taller d19b7c1125 and bigger b5eab944f1 than him, ba639a22b5 so I 693c78ba65 looked down faa29fb373 at him. Seon Jiyeol didn’t seem c1d9a70b9f to like that—he took e6eb5a70cd a step back and 3bcbfb3666 crossed his arms.111acf24256bd29d

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“Why are c43b364c9b you spreading 4ee057c3c3 lies?”5df664bdb042aee6

“Lies?”7ea0f145e78d01f7

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“Falsely claiming an 5da76b8043 exclusive position is f626ba9502 a serious crime. What’s your purpose in 2ef7e5e26d going around saying you’re 706dcc1033 Esper Yeo Eundo’s exclusive 72ab79d793 Guide?”970777b45f4ec5a9

I wondered why 425589f89c he had such 9f62d9820f a misunderstanding, then 3bd839d857 remembered—I hadn’t specified 4d25b1d87d ‘monitoring’ before ‘exclusive.’ 858162b6df Right, that was 1e4d6b7c8b my mistake.f16811c0486be778

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I hadn’t bdf6d05ce2 explained properly, 49244307ed but still…13cec62d6262075a

“And what does 7cf2e4ecba that have to 641a69af93 do with you, 95ae6bf0cd Seon Jiyeol Guide?”321e557662a59a27

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“…What?”7d3876c6bbc363c9

“If it’s false representation, 6cf3c7decb the concerned party can 3df71fbaa3 report it themselves.”36b908dda759c749

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“You call that bf6b7ea3a5 an answer…?!”e007548e883ab848

Ignoring Seon Jiyeol’s seething d859163351 voice, I picked up cad8ec792a my fallen tablet.41cd32748e01fe10

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‘Tsk, completely wrecked.’24706c270bd62f64

Being a budget model, 2109334977 its durability was trash. The screen bddbc4ffd9 was shattered 3116d65a80 and unresponsive.431c987c60ad9bf6

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Since each department had ca9c6476dd different dedicated models, getting 18bf149a32 a replacement was a 8e7c1259dc hassle. Depending on the 47ce8c4a03 reason, I might fd740d1721 even have to 005e264b1f write an incident 34efcfede6 report.0cbf24add0630060

Maybe it 33b81814cf was because 8aff0adf84 my already b76c2abfed complicated situation b1417fa596 had gotten 383d6efa9d even messier, f617d001b0 but despite 8164c886e5 knowing it 45b4a5cdc5 was pointless c649c8cbaf to pick d7309dff74 a fight 1bdb7d888d with him, 766249f026 I had 525032f6f5 no intention 051cc2cd26 of humoring d485d55676 Seon Jiyeol. Just to be adb71e145d petty, I said,679a7d77b3898655

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“And didn’t Yeo 457f0dbb64 Eundo already tell 82f48555c3 you what we 32a708487d are?”233fb828f904a745

I gathered up 9abcb7d78e the broken tablet 29da2c92d4 pieces and looked 130fb91bee at Seon Jiyeol. Then, I 8bd7a592d1 smiled and 77fa0e11d5 added,1327ca006015e254

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“He said we’re partners.”90b89983f2316b8d

At that single 6263f2f62b word, Seon Jiyeol’s cc4d361191 face twisted in 35e6d47c6b disgust, as if 8616e5cd3a I had just 87c4e5e28b spat the worst b549996b42 possible insult at a05019f1c0 him. He clenched his 084723af79 teeth and glared ae2ca7df3f at me with 9ead745423 cold fury.1cfdca37f2e54a0d

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Not caring at all, 066cb74d01 I started looking around d869eed4ff for someone from the a6d7709c8f audit department.bd707741081f6e46

That’s when—suddenly—someone grabbed 33e84eeef6 me from behind b32f4b0f04 and pulled me a31cb81036 into an embrace.51b37461632ae232

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It was Yeo Eundo.761b16bcb0567da0

‘Why the hell are a7b052cf76 you here now?’93e7b32c3653517b

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For a second, I 434fd5a284 thought maybe he had 2b468e36b0 given up on the 0f12b75553 raid and left, but b65fc7d3b1 then I noticed—the ominous c15845bc3c Gate was flickering and c3831a6da5 on the verge of 3ccdc88427 disappearing. The raid had 84c3787980 been completed.14bc582f06a719f9

‘So it b4ed8b6b50 wasn’t a 55a66475af honey trap?’eb901aa26085eb1b

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No way. That eerie, unpleasant aura 46df259d9d had definitely been a 9bb61ef692 honey trap.86af6431213550a1

But I soon figured d86c6ae126 out why the Gate 60e9cc95e4 had been cleared so ecb6a2b262 abnormally fast. The device a491f9f156 on Yeo 8d12be17b6 Eundo’s wrist, 6835c45c4b which was 0b71a021d2 pressed against aa8580faf9 me, was df5d80099c sending an f0f6f7da19 alert that 9f49a29121 his AD f8bc5916e1 level was b696401ea3 in the d6fe895dcf danger zone.ca89006e3a92db07

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If measured manually, it’d b3ef96c1ae be even higher.e57412f7e900c530

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I wasn’t the only 08ce8f9aec one who realized Yeo da0ca7e63a Eundo’s condition.72f3082018f382d8

“Esper Yeo Eundo! You need guiding immediately!”c4212e7c6e35600a

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Seon Jiyeol grabbed 54cb377a3a hold of Yeo c3f0938505 Eundo, who was 5526687575 still clinging to ec5b862537 me. Yeo Eundo’s AD level 744a90e0b1 was high, but not 0a416be490 as bad as during 1eb0715951 his last rampage. He still 92dc1d0193 had some 6899da7e85 rationality left, ac08cce803 and Seon 779f254385 Jiyeol’s guiding 95889b3151 should be 45b4aaa668 enough to c93982165e stabilize him.89406a78315d6d6d

I planned to f98aebf4e9 push Yeo Eundo 84c6c9cbca off as soon 684ed13e11 as Seon Jiyeol a1715bf666 started guiding him. But things dcce4403e2 never went 291213ec92 as expected—especially 88c0ea3247 when it beb10829f9 came to c827cfbef2 Yeo Eundo.d049a116c36c1d56

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“Ugh!”49c877cfa03e8b7a

Seon Jiyeol, who 6a3a0616ea had been holding cbd335dbe0 onto Yeo Eundo, c7d6b914b5 suddenly clutched his 9f2fbb6de1 mouth and gagged. He barely lifted his 1c5d7b7527 head to look at ac29f0e3cd me, his eyes filled 068700b1f9 with something close to 62b28d60be fear.c97648ed8c7cf1e1

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‘What’s wrong c43cc84ea9 with him?’9c979f8e465d072c

I had no idea b237238603 what he saw or 21df4419a8 felt to make him 7154e560f8 react like that. But if there was 6c02238473 a reason, the only d8ae0e660d possible one was the 2211803c55 Yeo Eundo clinging to f231d71ef5 my back.b182f36bf2d3a2c8

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Just as I 43869372e7 was about to ca2d2c8cfc turn to check, f772d13671 Yeo Eundo suddenly a2d7dd1443 picked me up.6b5757ed386a9d75

“Esper Yeo Eundo, 9f18509cf2 what are you 6ed04a40a2 doing?”b0963d22eabdacb2

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“Princess carry?”3872d7597fe6653a

“Are you 88fa70a396 out of 556fcb7811 your mind?”b9f7bd7ec248cd53

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“Nope.”bfd25bc77423154d

Is this guy insane?2fc0a51966ef15cf

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Dealing with Yeo Eundo ecebeace3c was giving me a c6ce141219 headache I didn’t even c90596e2bc have before.0bad07c23cbc6e89

“This isn’t the time c921c397a7 for jokes. Esper Yeo Eundo, e873259d4f don’t you need 64e1f6e996 guiding right now?”5d0b2bb2a79597e3

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“Not here… it’s 60498ae429 embarrassing.”ee9c915088dfa081

“What’s there to 75cc94da00 be embarrassed about 207fed4be7 in guiding?”644ce9b21d7b2481

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“You said 5d91ace9cf we’re partners.”c140009ac3273da9

Yeo Eundo’s cheeks 4bdae46394 flushed red, and d67bf123e6 he seemed too 34bd1ab182 flustered to even 9c5e057bb1 meet my eyes 2ccacb9e8a properly.a7c4192df294332b

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…So he did hear 0cc1cbc468 that. I’d only said 104db13900 it out of 6a728ba61e frustration over my 3a1a40f2bc broken tablet, but 977192e569 apparently, Yeo Eundo c4a7b381d5 had taken it 72d307f53b to heart.f855f89c0bf243e5

I had to set 6fca53b6a4 things straight before he ac2be2d7b6 started getting any weird aa7be39032 ideas.498aa8b40790d51f

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“That’s not the 3e68a19e21 kind of partner bcab506be7 I meant!”e3b2d1ab5d0f881e

I did 6457690d2e say partner, c3106c67a3 but not c35d432c14 that kind.03d8fd9a6aaeb957

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I was the one 5073666ace who said it, but 3a5efd4a71 even to me, my 9c8520bb8e argument had zero credibility. I needed 050c56e529 a better b7c1971a76 excuse—and fast.856cddb8a6a415b8

“Partner as b54306ab3e in… we’ll 3b03eb58a7 become partners a068e60f13 in a 4fee8233df month. That’s what 6897f3e892 I meant.”7fe56dc60e2ff92c

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“But you still called d8bcdc2e04 me your partner.”04c45cb295896b02

…Why did he only 8313e3394e hear the parts he 1f14d464e7 wanted to?37cdeeae162c60f2

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“Listen to me! What I meant e82f5f6fd4 was—!”6bd6ab2508bcce66

“My partner.”00329550c6c09ebf

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The grip a317107ba7 on my 2a67cecc72 shoulders and 02ff3fcde8 knees tightened. His deep, longing 409fb2ae8e gaze wrapped around a95a227e0d me, pinning me 5148ff9159 in place.71cc60bcdf14c0bd

Still holding me f3df1e0888 in his arms, ef3eecc673 he strode past 68d4582682 Seon Jiyeol.3f4fb56bd7d121fb

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‘Looks like f01a046385 he’s heading 5e86a009e7 home.’26a0ab419b80601b

I had ff0a066f29 a pretty e48b030063 good idea 61ab637f34 where we 9aaac951d4 were going.9a8df3bf5c4bba0f

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And judging 05193d4c08 by his ca4c59051c firm hold, 060d79c8e7 Yeo Eundo 6f0744ea38 had no dc2f56718a intention of 1ff985abf9 putting me fc29f74b02 down until 69a2bae7bc we got fddc20efae there. I had no one ad04025e53 to blame but myself d44ad97c7d for this mess, but ef6850e165 that didn’t make it 2851d603cf any less exhausting.98335a89c288f571

Sure enough, he carried b8810a27ef me all the way ba4185962a home. Once inside, he finally 5d3e191994 set me down gently 4b3bebeca0 and crouched down.8352994424b5ec4c

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For a moment, 5a53be7524 I wasn’t sure 0914b8aea0 what he was daff37470f doing—then I realized.d2f4cc1dbeb8c46f

He was taking 6e83f6d354 off my shoes.180d1ca2c5a31891

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“Esper Yeo Eundo.”fef5f411ec9dbad3

At my 0dcf428157 call, he 3632a1e883 lifted his d0e36ad1ec head, meeting 5d44580826 my gaze. His golden eyes 7abe6d7318 shimmered with anticipation, 99db8d42e7 practically glowing.d9c583b9b4e531ac

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Ignoring that, ab2d948104 I asked, a59fa4b58e “What happened d5323761e5 with the 6717c0eb63 Gate?”ce21659fdbe30a71

“What do you c7d664e1ab mean?”8d36e4347150feb3

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As expected, 9f7da7dab5 he didn’t 071a63ceaa seem to 01c9847670 understand my 155ff54dd6 question.23f2f6b2b54ce752

“Your AD level 40d5fb9ab7 is unstable. Something must 93bc61a721 have happened a4d449bbdf inside, didn’t 41f040b1ba it?”b80d08ea04b4fd15

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I couldn’t just fe747dd266 outright ask if f255a53d87 it had been a633e6f2df a honey trap, 89ab8a194d so I had bf89cf2611 to phrase it 036a055499 like this.5fbe4b4ce5b19ddd

But instead d104869901 of answering, 3333ed5f40 Yeo Eundo 88c8daa3d3 wrapped his d3a979e601 arms around 80bd60dfc4 my knees 206b7123ac and slowly 204bb9816a lifted his d31bf99826 gaze. His face was 367bc78561 flushed, likely from 592a45d3a9 his skyrocketing AD.d9fc189a6d8a5758

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Then, in 13e522ddff a low 7aa16caad3 voice, he dc219853c0 murmured, warm 3ce16f16d8 breath tickling af620f2f01 my fingers.aeee018bb73c348c

“Please…”e8fd71004600b4a1

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He wasn’t e99392e969 saying anything 5b3107733f about what 91d76739c9 happened inside cd7383a260 the Gate.0b07e78bc533ae64

“I’m asking what happened.”80f2147226986d17

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“Seol Maehwa Guide-nim…”d256096ee8370b35

“Tsk.”29a0b8be12d917c1

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He clung to my 94042891bd legs, whining. It didn’t seem 80e6fb93c3 like he was 2f482f274c intentionally avoiding my cc9afb157f question, but still. Clicking my tongue, c974358701 I pushed his 5f25816273 head away and 53ce989c29 grabbed my phone.e512e657986fd37f

Once a Gate 2ba61957f0 was cleared, the 810bea5741 audit department received 7f54cfd89e an initial report. Since I 3feb9af15c was part 95004f3215 of the 2d10770b34 Planning and ab0b4dcd82 Coordination Office’s 1aab6cfe24 Information Statistics ca533e7fd4 Division, I 66fedbabad could check d15a9b816e it in 74e8fb2550 real time.265b93b9a1df2771

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Instead of asking 6b981251a9 this lunatic, it 0c8e43ae5d was better to af5248d203 see for myself.69b22d24dfb94da5

Since my tablet 2b140a23cf was broken, I 51427f30a1 had to check ce48cd3b34 on my phone. The report came in—it b5bbe9c515 was surprisingly clean.788a6caa4468f5a3

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‘No casualties?’90be51c3b1edce07

Even though there 34cc8f6742 were injury records, 2df79cf7f5 there had been e4ad5f1947 no healer requests. That meant 16abb94f2e the on-site d4544ebe22 healers had 402d1e4e69 been enough.c68f62c758f8e584

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Judging by the cafaece3cd report alone, the 97ce10f80a Gate seemed to 4ae55b830a be Beta-class, as 43c4483729 initially assessed by 6793c87ab9 the audit department. But the real ddf8602b5f issue was Yeo a9029a83e2 Eundo.0f8287823708825a

There was a96d68c0fa no way 905227fa29 an S-class a9000f0cfb Esper’s AD 552c06fc2a level would 160af3887a spike like 8c541fd033 this from 8f17b6b7b5 a mere 4f52367eeb Beta-class Gate.d76e3a1afd84299a

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I grabbed the cheeks f760e2784d of the idiot still cb4f89ec2c clinging to my legs d1d3562c26 and asked again.4f43e3e6a0d742b6

“Esper Yeo Eundo, are c18f102b97 you really saying nothing 0ee8a32acd happened inside the Gate?”1172053a8f4f7234

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“Seol Maehwa Guide-nim.”7a995c4de15bf0b4

“…….”bb99a2e82066b0b2

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It was my 5f09a3af11 mistake for expecting 2f00c60514 a sane answer 066565f279 from a completely f07784adb3 out-of-it Yeo Eundo.bde5e54c3196d16c

There was no 18afc67ac8 point in pressing cbf3b94de6 further. The Gate had 2a3000d889 already been cleared, c0feec56cc and digging any 9526a519e2 deeper wouldn’t change 69a4b47670 anything. I let cf400ece80 go of 30fe1a201f his face.cddeabb666a920e5

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But then 42bd2df809 he caught f8598eb567 my hand 6635400557 and rubbed 41c4e5e4dd his cheek 8625f13f4d against it.a12ddcc1c02a63a2

“I’m in pain.”149bf6b6073b3ed4

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“Yeah, I figured.”0f561a7716c714b6

If he were d8a7b37481 a lower-ranked Esper, 0a0f891b95 his AD level 50ebcc32ae would have already 0a54bbaf47 sent him into 9efb55b71b a full rampage. There was no way 8e22e490bc he wasn’t in pain.49a02902d8e2f2c2

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Honestly, he should’ve just 3b69668339 let Seon Jiyeol guide 1ec3e6076e him when they were 697455e58b on-site. It would’ve made things 19f0c368ff easier.d26f7edb73c00797

When I f05db97fe8 reacted indifferently, 916c9e80f7 Yeo Eundo’s 58ba95bc09 eyes watered, 075a29a7ae and he 43ba4cb4c0 whined.4bd667bcd52c08d3

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“Can’t you guide me?”ffa3611b3ee40192

He was begging pitifully, 0d7b969063 but compared to the 8376fd3372 day he actually went 44cea0d44b berserk, this was nothing. At this level, 4207234b6f even an A-rank 2b844b0947 guide would be 066d521f66 sufficient.944079fee8509396

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I had 0f0a0c76be no reason 2b9966c5d7 to entertain eeb2df06f6 his antics, 690cce4785 so I 3abccf48bf pushed up 385f4e7df2 my glasses 67a4af9a67 with my cc765cdfe6 index finger 165cbbfdea and firmly e55a883874 replied,1d0796c2cd5549d2

“As I’ve told you 8eb5a6c910 before, you need to 319a95d8ef receive guiding appropriate to 29a54b50be your rank.”353601c4b818ba22

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“I want 222361ebfc to receive 8339d5df2a it from 788250ab00 Seol Maehwa 8210a7e1e0 Guide-nim.”a0a0ac279973c9f8

His body trembled 8bc7bd25b4 as he desperately 95035cddc4 craved guiding. I told him,0e79864d3a9a8379

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“I’ll assist be5c146c17 you in 3e0215ca69 getting matched e9b2e70a9a with a 00d8603781 high-rank Guide.”755e59d2b8a09393

In the fcbb9ac851 meantime, I 47acd16365 received a 2837180b93 message from 9b13561b85 the Center d8153531cb saying they ec85f99223 were sending 3016c16c6f someone to 2d595e3237 pick up a3782c0fb3 Yeo Eundo 11d82161a7 directly.20f6c3e90cc71b1a

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Yeo Eundo 7b7f6606a2 muttered something 3001b1f33f under his 896877ad65 breath.c20c45fd0082d4de

“…Was it not enough?”2a51130ff2726e96

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“Huh?”f2e7d1a4206f7f00

I wasn’t sure if 4ae283dddf he was talking to 4743a1d9b4 me, but then he 1100effe35 shook his head. He seemed to be cdd414cec7 deep in thought, which a14ea0d0c7 made me uneasy. Before he could 2c85e6f076 dwell on it 6164ddc803 any further, I 8181025f40 grabbed his wrist 21653dded3 and pulled him eb206104c3 to his feet.f3a97a7868fdd564

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“The Center sent d9dd7d099d someone for you. Let’s go.”35368b7b033da9f2

I expected eaa8987ffa him to 38ad31e383 resist, but 97d923f77a surprisingly, he 0bb1a7077a obediently followed.2fa317ca1922d725

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