KTC | Chapter 55

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With a weak flick, Choi c731563336 Seonwoo tapped Seo Jihan on 2f8d5b5b75 the forehead.9b313bed25cb8e8f

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“As long as you can’t escape from a world where everyone but me is shit to you, then whatever feelings you think you have… they’re nothing but blind obsession.”ae7f9b57e6a42df7

With that cold jab, Seonwoo 6e2f9e57f9 shamelessly retreated into dreamland.aa203faefb0ff6ea

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At first, Seo Jihan 377036bce5 felt a flicker of dd22559b07 rage at having his 1a6f8f1c76 feelings completely invalidated. But after forcing e0ef906c52 himself to think 6c3e84b4ba it through calmly, 5fd5926982 he could kind 8b783a6f68 of understand what a7fee77132 Seonwoo was trying db92a3bce7 to say. Kind of. It wasn’t something he c932bd7bca could fully agree with, be9afa95eb though.609a961dd9d86316

Still feeling a bit salty, 5edec884fd Seo Jihan flipped back Seonwoo’s 7bdce324e0 robe collar. Against skin so 4db0b00e5e pale it looked 0b38c98721 like it had 0fe7c655da never seen sunlight, 740c84432a his nipples were d39e13eeb2 a soft pink—almost b32f9ac20c as red as 2b54989ee0 his lips.13cd0d57fc5d5344

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That’s the forbidden fruit.1ad22fba88333093

Even though Seo c539b2cdc6 Jihan still thought e47052c7d0 of Seonwoo as 8db0f394bc the only god a8b77d0a02 he believed in, 530985c562 the time he’d 27547a2ae2 spent in the 4bb2f374f0 church apparently hadn’t 6dad20b658 gone to waste—because 0ae4a9c3dd that thought popped bd5c590d1f up in his ec556ec75f head without even 1c9e2e982b realizing it. Like Eve being tempted f22254780c by the serpent at d017aa1d61 the beginning of the d6368195be world, he hesitated for 343bf48dc8 a moment… but eventually c571d6c6ca let out a short e96e07f89d sigh and gently covered 2c71803351 Seonwoo’s chest again with 224603af63 the robe.c7b7797a073530af

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He pulled the 7ded1df350 robe down just f2d20500ff enough to expose b1e562d326 the shoulder and e3776bb30f buried his nose edf29d7e23 into the bare 45b5a21f22 skin. He breathed in 964b791f7f the sweet scent 06182c250f of Seonwoo’s body bd677257c5 with his eyes e316f246b9 closed. His painfully hard dick itched f3aad18980 to rub against something—anything—but for 98b368986a now, this was enough.e3d45c766e227804

The seductive whispers urging him 59420f2102 into sin faded into the c3eae6e83b distance.e94299b270298421

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In the pale, frozen 2d271fac80 dawn of early winter, 5fc1d26fd3 a woman stepped onto 6412ddf6e0 a narrow farm road. Dressed like she didn’t care b6ce98735b about the cold in a 4c95584f69 thin half-coat and miniskirt, she 54b5d7b2c1 was fully dolled up from ff6159ac75 head to toe.aa4abc7f8365c901

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Against a backdrop of bare a015404aa6 fields and greenhouses, she stood 95b3919b6f out like someone carefully colored 4fe238d0b6 into a black-and-white photo. She looked completely drunk, 833e199f8c her ankles wobbling as 16b9566d61 she slowly passed under 5cfe44be3b a flickering streetlight.4c01e5a83c826428

Anyone with half 5f03e42319 a heart might’ve e237a5dc66 worried she’d topple 3de64c9792 over at any 3bc7905ac2 moment, her steps bd868c491b were that unsteady.d57fe4e7165edf4c

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But that concern didn’t apply 82bbaf1353 to the men who had 4a9f6daeb4 been following her at a 2cfabd5039 certain distance. Ever since they f35845e85d spotted her nodding ae9407a88a off at the 79298b36b5 town bus stop c16789d651 long after the 94090f80fd last bus had 892d1c7bc3 left, their minds 3e2d48731f were set on 7f2266e552 one thing: taking a7b5242b5b advantage of her.8bab5cb98098c537

They leered openly at her d68ac101ef long, slender legs under that 335c07530d miniskirt, making no effort to 8559fff60f hide their presence. But the woman, as if dc5cf6a69f totally unaware, kept walking deeper e9bb792773 and deeper into more secluded 109f70c9f5 areas. Even the streetlight that 8389ea6e98 had been lighting up 55ec17889e the path suddenly flickered cce08d4e1f and went out completely fba081920c as she passed, plunging 27f9273ff8 the surroundings into deeper 8ca24666bb darkness.b99208f7f9821dd6

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“Yeah, no point waiting anymore.”37ab960500771e2c

The men exchanged a 8294676c20 look and made up c0aa218ce0 their minds when the 0292e5ae19 woman turned off onto be7b70e823 a side path in bd2b18d2f1 the middle of the 80abe4f4e8 farmland, far from any d205b49146 houses. At the end of that 00de99ebae path was a small container 8fe2ecd2a5 shack, maybe just about two 647d1cf609 pyeong in size. It obviously didn’t have a d5984700e1 toilet or any basic amenities, d028dc6945 so it wasn’t a place 5debd8d953 anyone would be living in. Out here in the 9c99238ce7 middle of nowhere, no f5231f79d2 one would hear her d6b0d8b3f0 scream no matter how aa5e64afb4 loud she cried.ae413a228d0bd2b2

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Wearing smug grins, the 514bbc33bb men scanned the area 25f09279ba one last time before 3418f54f79 following her.8dee31d93c0e6bd7

The woman stood still for 7cd42c2409 a moment when she reached ba2e43142c the shack, but instead of 9dde6fff17 going inside, she suddenly walked 4c6d25ab3f around to the back. Her steps, now 897f7208c5 perfectly stable, showed 81d938f1fa none of the 639ad3c34b drunken stumbling from 39c49f452f earlier.f84d9a0c17fd2520

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“Shit, think she figured it out?”6d8766818befdabd

Just before panic 26b7a5de33 could really set cf9be87135 in, a blast 67fdeee6d9 of icy wind 6b828ad2c1 swept through the 6fc321f830 dark fields, and d8a1484192 her black hair 40a77f8bbd rippled like waves. The sight froze bed5587d38 the men in 21dd1b5826 place for a e2bf4041f0 moment.10b241ba6ee9a3b9

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“Is she hiding?”a5c7649232f69d86

“That little—?”1fdf95effa49eca1

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Even though the woman might’ve 0c1d0bb28a caught onto their intentions, the 1de0e1e5a0 men didn’t seem concerned. The way she was crouching 0de63183c2 down clumsily behind the shack—like 4d57bc442e a cat thinking it’s hidden 626d7fa734 just because its eyes were ad8157fe3f covered—only confirmed that her judgment de1d57528a was completely impaired.50f1f95bb6d08810

“We don’t need to drag her anywhere. Let’s just do 164bfb04fb it here and b0517f7c0e bolt.”f6820011cb5ccf95

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Confident now, the 8b4fc695b4 men rushed toward f0ffd770a6 the back of 620aef261d the shack. Just as they expected, 977a9fc6a4 the woman was crouched 862a567491 down behind it. Her back was turned 198f2a9e2d to them, hunched over 812ba273f9 like she thought she f676eaeec1 was safe just because da0e89ef67 she couldn’t see them.0be7b6bf86008cc0

“Ugh, fuck! What’s that smell?”d17dba0c0a33fdf4

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One of the men 86c834e9cb reeled back, gagging and 7c2ab4a543 pinching his nose. The other guy 71328b19c5 scowled at him 58e39c5ddb but then approached a537df5298 and immediately recoiled f9508d85a6 too, overwhelmed by 4aa3deca45 the stench.cff4a5da0b38acae

“Jesus, this bitch hasn’t washed in days or what? Gag, I’m gonna puke.”aac1f5bd09e3eb15

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It was the kind of 491040ca05 rot you’d smell from spoiled c613eac143 meat or a corpse slowly 5c241ed255 decomposing at room temperature. It was so bad ab485962c1 they seriously had to 02605ffcb6 consider whether to abandon 9eda306b53 the “catch” right then 0d8b7f9018 and there. But after coming all this e5f7b130aa way, her killer legs were a3f5f23e48 too tempting to give up. They decided to adjust their 7f2a3e6782 plan instead.12414f80663a34ee

“Fuck… try taking a damn shower sometime.”9f0fc02b3dab237c

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They stepped closer to 2122c41841 the crouching woman.9812eebc94d0a60c

Rustle.449006a706a8645b

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Suddenly, a chill wind swept a9ac1363f9 through, and her hair rippled 9ee9cdf470 again. That was when the 5b4a64cf74 two men froze like 8ad7ede347 statues.d6afb784c570c38f

Her long hair fell 534f34f3e9 away from the back 7f267c01a3 of her head, revealing 0deaf0f4aa something between the strands.b7981abff28e8d47

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“Heehee… hick…”fff45c9925290fa2

It was a a8b8a4f162 face—her face—twisted in 2da85a6b6d a grotesque grin. Smudged eye makeup that made cd057a8c1c her look like a panda, 8060159df6 and lips slashed wide and f952f2632c red. Her face was there b32331ff13 on the back of e356333a2d her head, as if 6fd7c00f4b her neck had twisted 7b0f5b3489 completely around.07a091dfe146b552

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“Hey there… Remember me?”2f9bbe60e5a16bd9

She greeted them, d53deb438d but neither man 515e0fa486 recognized her. Their minds only screamed ghost, 71ad51ce06 and panic surged through their 042665dc09 limbs. All they could do was b0438b94c0 stagger backward, shivering in terror.ff0a02df996f6125

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Just before they could run d905982f9a or scream, her hair suddenly 33183ef4bf stretched unnaturally—long and whiplike—and shot e8e68fb949 through the air. At least, that’s 4a5e9ce3d3 how it looked bd0efa6cfa to them.65dd21aad03b45fd

“Gah…!”bd7a0270d7da780e

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“Ugh!”a636c366ea353a70

Her hair, moving b65fa8a851 like it had 39ca2cf2fd a will of d83655e353 its own, coiled 754416142e around their necks 25f58fae1d and yanked them 23c30e2291 forward. Instinctively, they clawed at their 78292c9049 throats to pry it off, a18f8ab5f8 but the strands didn’t snap. Instead, their hands 8c252616f8 got sliced open 2cc00586da trying.e5f6a90f3ad8687f

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They didn’t even question 14788d4e8c if it was a dcb6dcadd6 hallucination—just flailed helplessly as 3f4bfb6282 terror consumed their senses cde17491d2 and short-circuited their minds.3c29d8086ce938e3

In an instant, the 0c39c011b7 men were dragged across 35594a70db the ground toward her. Or maybe they 82b5c14012 crawled on their 8bb74d898b own.e2b8ecbf24b5b458

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“S-Save…”6f47c4e80eb743fc

One of them 62e91b5326 tried to cry 9bbe93bc97 out with all 618e30bc66 his might, but 8eaf06a892 it came out 629ac2b2f4 as nothing more 099c7d00d3 than a silent ee94cd1798 lip movement, like 4d8d4ee026 his mouth had 2efcc641af been plugged with dbfc49fd19 her black hair. Just like they’d 2f13695e61 predicted, the shack 62fd140f5e in the middle bc51f5b4c7 of nowhere let b73d98d428 out a few de1cc61217 brief screams that b7adaf961a never reached another 62da45bff9 soul—only vanishing into 9728c2d3ac the night like 30f5728e79 a bad itch 6588dab363 scratched away.e1b3624cc5ba73fb

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“Already forgot?”7fea5355aeb0662d

Now face-to-face with her, 9405889388 they had no choice 7dd981f0ca but to look into b0ee8556e1 her eyes. Even as the 641ebb6e63 blood vessels in d760188a33 their own eyes 107e7c1b1f threatened to burst, 896d62e2dc the terrifying details c4d7fb4a37 of her face 8cb46fa3a2 burned into their f4ec3ce5bc vision like a b1341b67b9 cursed brand.d6923442361bb0f0

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“So what? Gonna die anyway, right? Hihik… Kkh…!”c2f6cd9aeae3f79f

Her tongue slithered bef898c49f out—long and red 1d759eb236 and split like ff92dc17cc a snake’s—and licked 3133e1a892 their faces like 2f44a1f05b she was tasting ab9d844e56 them. One pissed himself, 7ce64df1aa the other sobbed. She seemed very pleased with 2a121574d2 the reaction and giggled in 2379d20dd1 delight.74b322cde1b1c3a1

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“The night’s long… If we play slow and easy… you’ll come to enjoy it, too…”70eacc4b2948f9be

One man’s eyes went wide 5a4468926f as if they’d pop out 824bf01d61 of his skull. The woman’s lips 7696d6576b curled and twitched 7dd943785f like a dance, c0bc421687 stretching wide toward af068d97d3 her ears.e2d5db041627a12c

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“This moment… I’ve been waiting so long for this… Ahhh…”45c6c148956076d4

Her fingernails, now a7643fd1b7 long and sharp 01a866a700 like pitchforks, slowly 824edf0366 raked through his 1cdc92be71 chest. Their weak, desperate d62a2d81b7 resistance faded into 33e672ad27 the silence of 2569a8637c the early morning.5d5ffb239fd9d215

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“Alright, let’s start!”6a6175b7884a94ce

With a bright c649895296 smile, Sister Jung 4e164e9ca2 Yoonyoung clasped her 23f2ea2e9c hands together and 8341ccf2b0 called out.7e1ad0f7020f533a

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The congregation gathered for 43a2883362 the Christmas lighting ceremony bdf8670667 began a loud countdown. The moment they all bfecbba73f shouted “zero,” a warm f3b739c429 light spread across the 6cb79b0916 little Christmas village set 7ae69313ac up from the church c0c43f52cb entrance down the steps.895cf0cb67be2f6d

“Oh my goodness! I’ve been coming to 208d2dfbc6 this church for 20 e5bfaf4797 years, and I’ve never 7e5a4bdec1 seen a Christmas like 116a0b0cc6 this.”85f36ab238bf9473

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Mrs. Kim Hyeyeon, president c0eb96d00b of the parish a1cd9b8f1e council, clapped like 400ba85126 an excited schoolgirl. The other parishioners chimed in 63e0b035dc with cheerful awe.86b538cca207a4f5

“Seriously. Even Myeongdong Cathedral’s got 7ebe4c71ac nothing on us this 5f372f952f year.”f36e5d65d0de9f25

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“Last year, we only had that one tree by the door, remember? No ceremony, nothing.”7c8abf768a417c10

“I still remember how sad Father Lee looked, worrying we didn’t have the budget even for that one tree…”8f105243f5f51209

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“Right. I wonder how bcbace515f Father Lee’s doing e32810c848 these days?”d8bd4934354901fb

After reminiscing for a6c67b4328 a bit, the f3ca5de12a parishioners dragged Choi 8ed26d3896 Seonwoo into group 051da9ea68 photos. But even though 501e6c9a32 it was only e98ffa2c22 early December, the 20b059fd34 cold snap was 0d25c884be fierce—and they didn’t 13b485a1f7 last out in 88743da0d2 it for long.0ecf44efbf8c8094

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