TINL Ch 4
by mimiMago, without any sign of hurry, glanced at Myungwol who was slowly walking towards them and chided her.
“You’re really something. You couldn’t wait and had to go in there and smoke?”
“Anyone listening would think Ms. Mago informed me of the exact arrival and waiting time. I’ve been standing here like I’m being punished for three hours, and I just went to have a single cigarette.”
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Myungwol brushed off Mago’s nagging and jerked her chin towards Sunwoo.
“You must have heard a rough explanation from Ms. Mago, so let’s go. I’ll explain the details while we’re moving…”
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“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Senior.”
Sunwoo cut Myungwol off and extended his hand. Myungwol sighed briefly and barely grasped his hand.
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“Oh, it’s nice to have you both together like this, it’s a feast for the eyes. Then I’ll trust you two to get along, and I’ll be going in, okay? Trainee Bae Sunwoo, don’t feel bad that I didn’t come to the airport to pick you up!”
Mago clasped their joined hands with her own, laughed heartily, and then spun around and disappeared into the building.
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Left alone in the deserted parking lot, Myungwol lightly shook the hand she was still holding. Her jet-black gloves, contrasting with her white suit, rustled softly in his hand.
“This handshake is a bit long, isn’t it?”
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“Ah, I apologize, Senior.”
Sunwoo, skillfully hiding his churning insides, pretended to be embarrassed and quickly withdrew his hand. Myungwol, turning around without acknowledging his apology, pointed to her car and spoke in a monotonous voice.
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“I’m not your senior. I’m just an ordinary celestial being, and you’ll become a god once your name is on the divine roster, so we’re in completely different leagues.”
“Oh, come on. Regardless of how we’re classified later, we’re together now, so you are my senior. I would appreciate it if you called me Sunwoo.”
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“…Alright.”
“Where are we going now?”
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Instead of answering, Myungwol pointed to the passenger seat with her chin. Then, as soon as she got into the driver’s seat, she opened the window, lit a cigarette, and took out a prepared cell phone and handed it to Sunwoo.
“I’ve written down the eviction procedures, today’s schedule, and important things to remember in the memo pad. Read it carefully first, and ask me only if there’s anything you don’t understand.”
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Facing her emotionless tone, Sunwoo’s smile faltered. He didn’t like how she was so calm and composed after killing someone.
‘Ah… Could it be that her memories were erased after death?’
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He clicked his tongue inwardly. It felt more unfair than ever that the perpetrator was living so peacefully while he, the victim, hadn’t forgotten anything and had been seething for hundreds of years. A bitter, burning sensation rose in his throat, as if he had swallowed a fireball.
‘I wondered if her husband, that bastard, was a god and she became one effortlessly thanks to him… but she died? Then does that mean I can’t even ask her why she killed me?’
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Sunwoo suppressed his churning stomach and opened the memo pad as instructed by Myungwol.
The memo pad meticulously detailed everything from the relationships between the gods in the celestial realm to the gist of this absurd project and the order in which things would proceed. It was such a complete document that he thought it must have taken a considerable effort to compile.
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Sunwoo scanned the dense text and diagrams and asked casually,
“Do you think I’m here to be a burden to you, Senior?”
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“What?”
“If you don’t think so, I wonder why you need to act so dismissive.”
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He held up the indexed memo pad and tapped the screen as if feeling offended. Myungwol, who had been chewing on the cigarette filter and taking a deep drag as if she didn’t understand what he was saying, answered in a voice like a sigh.
“…I prepared it because I wanted to be helpful.”
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“This? Telling me to read this densely packed text and only ask if I don’t understand is like telling me not to talk to you.”
“That’s not true.”
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“Then you’re implying I’m stupid if I don’t understand. Meticulously making an effort to shut me up seems to be the celestial way of hazing.”
“It’s not hazing. I prepared this so that you wouldn’t be screwed over or embarrassed because you didn’t know something.”
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He shook his head as if her lighthearted tone was a joke. Myungwol swallowed her frustration and glanced sideways at Sunwoo’s profile.
Her words about wanting to be helpful were completely true, without a shred of falsehood. Since Myungwol had set foot in the celestial realm against her will, no one had given her proper guidance. They only mocked and criticized her if she didn’t know something or made a mistake.
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As she endured and persevered without time to feel wronged or ashamed, her emotions and expressions had worn away. That’s why, from the moment she received notice that she would be meeting Sunwoo, she meticulously compiled everything essential to know in the celestial realm and put it on the phone.
So that Sunwoo wouldn’t be ignored for not knowing something. So that the information could protect him.
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Unable to even think of protesting her unacknowledged sincerity, she offered an apology first.
“I’m sorry if you were offended. If you need anything, please tell me now. I’ll prepare anything within my power.”
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Her calm and polite apology, without a hint of change in expression, only further agitated Sunwoo. He was vexed by Myungwol, who quickly regained her composure after the bewilderment that had briefly shaken her light-colored eyes.
He also felt incredibly resentful that he, unlike the consistently calm Myungwol, was still shaken after hundreds of years, unable to shake off the memories of the past.
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“Can I really tell you anything?”
“Yes.”
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As soon as the answer came back, he extended his index finger, channeling an unknown resentment into his fingertips. Between his slender index and middle fingers was a burning cigarette.
“Then could you please put out that cigarette first? Perhaps because Seolmundae Halmang raised me in clean air, feeding me only good things, I find the smoke and smell a bit overwhelming.”
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“…This one shouldn’t have a smell.”
“Then let’s just say I don’t like the smoke.”
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After a moment of hesitation, Myungwol stubbed out the long cigarette in the ashtray, and Sunwoo clapped his hands.
Despite the blatant provocation, she remained silent and continued driving as if she hadn’t heard.
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Sunwoo, determined to respond with a foolishly bright demeanor the more displeased he became with the woman’s strangely impassive behavior, pointed out the window.
“According to the instructions you meticulously wrote down, Senior… we’re now supposed to board a plane to the mainland and negotiate with the Solar Deity Union, right? The appointment is at 6 p.m…. That’s late.”
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“I purposely set it for that time to give us an advantage in the negotiation. We might have to resort to force, and the Solar Deity’s power is stronger during the day.”
She got out of the car with a brief explanation and pointed to the direct passage for departing passengers. Sunwoo walked in the direction she indicated, his lips curving into a harmless-looking smile.
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“I’ve been in Tamra for 600 years, so this is my first time on the mainland. Can I have some personal time after work? Should I search for places to visit? Will I have internet access on the plane?”
Sunwoo showered her with questions like a boy looking forward to a picnic, as if he had never been on edge. She stared at him for a moment, so different from the man she remembered, and added her honest impression.
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“Sunwoo, you seem very… modern.”
“Hmm? What’s a modern person like? Is that an insult?”
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When he responded with a series of questions, Myungwol quietly shook her head. The Sunwoo she met again after so long was lighthearted, straightforward, and seemed happy. He was just like the people laughing and chatting in the ginkgo park on earth, where she would sit endlessly during her vacations.
‘I was worried about what I would do if he was struggling or depressed. Thank goodness.’
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Secretly breathing a sigh of relief, she gently pushed Sunwoo towards the security checkpoint and followed right behind him, answering softly.
“I’m still the same person from 600 years ago, but you seem like the humans I could meet on earth right now. Your clothes and behavior are sophisticated. You have strong opinions. Sophisticated and… you seem good.”
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Sunwoo, who had assumed that Myungwol disliked him, faltered as if malfunctioning at the unexpected, honest compliment, then quickly regained his original demeanor.
“Well… I’ve been working with people on earth until I was assigned as your bodyguard, so it’s only natural.”
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“Work? Weren’t you training to become a god?”
“Training. Like drawing water, carrying firewood, picking herbs, and cooking?”
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Myungwol, who had just entered the plane, nodded as she informed the flight attendant of her seat and ordered a drink. Sunwoo scoffed and calmly counted on his fingers.
“Seolmundae Halmang entrusted me with a resort that had 123 rooms as training. Even though the cheapest room started at 400,000 won, it was known as the hottest accommodation in the country, and it was always fully booked.”
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“…Managing that resort was your training?”
“Calculating a minimum of two people per room, that’s about 240 guests a day. I handled breakfast preparation, room management, pool maintenance, garden care, facility management, reservation management, other customer service, various expense processing, taxes, repairs, and legal dispute management. If I did that for 600 years, wouldn’t that be considered extremely rigorous training?”
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“……”
“Since I’m gone, that place will probably be shut down soon. Seolmundae Halmang isn’t really suited for hospitality or management work.”
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As he shrugged, making a joke that was also the truth, the corners of Myungwol’s lips turned up ever so slightly. Unable to take his eyes off that curve, Sunwoo quickly collected himself and decided to test Myungwol under the guise of a joke. He wanted to confirm if she had truly lost her memory.
“Someone like you, Senior, who hasn’t done manual labor, wouldn’t know how incredibly difficult that is, so I shouldn’t have complained. You haven’t trained, have you, Senior?”
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“I didn’t train, but… why do you think I don’t know about manual labor? I did all the laundry in the celestial realm.”
Myungwol, who had been consistently acting like a frozen lake, finally flared up for the first time. She even furrowed her brow slightly and spread all ten fingers towards Sunwoo.
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“I washed and washed until the icy water turned into bloody water, so my fingertips are constantly cold, and I wear gloves all year round. I shudder at the thought of laundry.”
Taken aback by her unexpected reaction, Sunwoo looked at her slender fingers covered by perfectly fitting black gloves and asked without thinking,
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“Laundry? Why laundry…?”
“They say it’s a sin for a human with no power, authority, or status, especially one who looks like this, to suddenly appear in the celestial realm, spreading temptation and disrupting order.”
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“…What does that mean?”
Sunwoo stopped in his tracks. Myungwol, who had taken the drink offered by the flight attendant as soon as she found her seat and downed it in one gulp, pulled on his sleeve to make him sit down and answered in a lowered voice.
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“It’s just what you’re thinking, you know. Whenever something happened and rumors spread, Ms. Mago would send me to the laundry. To wash away impurities and cultivate myself, she said. As soon as I heard that washing machines had been invented in the human world, I gathered all the money I had saved and brought one to the celestial realm.”
“……”
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The playful air completely disappeared from Sunwoo’s face, which had been mostly amiable despite the occasional sharp remark. Myungwol, feeling unfamiliar with his changed expression, so different from his smiling face, waved her hand dismissively.
“Back then, I didn’t know how to react, so I just endured it, but now, no way. I prepared that memo, which you found annoying, so you wouldn’t suffer injustice like I did because you didn’t know something. I didn’t realize you would take it as hazing, really. I’m the one who’s sick and tired of celestial hazing.”
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After dryly recounting her miserable past as if it were an old tale, she ordered another drink and then took out her phone and started searching. Sunwoo, feeling slightly uneasy about Myungwol, who acted as if her emotions had been erased, shifted his gaze to her screen.
Myungwol was searching for places to visit on earth, just as he had casually mentioned. Looking at her slender fingers covered in gloves, a hot sensation welled up inside him again.
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Looking down at the woman who was diligently continuing her search after emptying her newly arrived whiskey, Sunwoo managed to squeeze out just one word.
“Why?”
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“Why… what?”
“You don’t know me, Senior. I don’t understand why you’d want to do such a favor for a stranger.”
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“Ah, that.”
Marking the decent spots among the ‘hot places’ with stars, Myungwol swallowed a yellow pill with her drink, as if it were nothing, and answered casually.
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“I’m the one who killed you, Sunwoo. I have to do anything for you to atone for my sin.