SN | Chapter 3.1

The room where Yuwon be038cb418 ended up living was 7c9e9dfa4a on the third floor 0c6e0978e2 of the building he cb67126044 had been dragged into. Contrary to b4b79dec1b his first 28abcc1c06 impression on 547798e14f that rainy fed0dd14a8 day, the 28fc2a9634 building was 7027144e34 larger than 1325155da5 it seemed. Each floor from c44ff3b227 the first to 48e06b2dd7 the third had b0058e3cd3 four or five 52026eac81 rooms, and the 0997d82b22 basement, which resembled 6d81b5c9c9 a large auditorium, 06d8f27364 was used as eb42af65ed a communal dining f37ecb56aa area.400dbcc4e7a75587

The man’s room 4c4ceb3590 was on the 43a651432c third floor, with 1596ec4302 a lounge, a 8fe8d9076f sleeping room, and 5bd5f0831f a room that 30031e3e59 was always firmly c505451824 closed. Yuwon mostly 2b59d22260 stayed in fdf1942151 the sleeping b0970e6cd9 room. The lounge was always 8f771412bb occupied by a few 2fd0e59432 “dogs,” and since he 3265bf7ad8 could run into the cdb67e3e11 master in the man’s dde993af26 room, he ended up 55e912fc16 frequenting the sleeping room 57822b33df during the day, when 01e0391b73 no one else was 66199e831f around.bfe62404e2bb4237

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It was b2119b87fc a place d1e540fce2 where the 9c8b4eed7d dogs who 32f8ecb9d5 stood night 4d7b8b1f85 watch rested, 2991d51216 so he 56923ffbb1 could spend bfed46c964 time there de0326b6f1 comfortably before 123da8ce29 they arrived.2b89bb281f451f62

It had been df2003ec0b a few days 8e404c04bd since Yuwon was 8c46e1707d brought here. During that time, 53102a7acb he tried to 9e91a54853 keep himself intact 92c26a2568 and looked for 2c79d54416 a chance to 2e064b9b5e escape, but it 7096bdbdb7 wasn’t easy.e2a1ba057ee6ae2d

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There was only one 9014dea519 staircase at the end b8486a8ff5 of the hallway leading 3c15231150 down. The lounge door, right 123982b77a in front of the dfc49b7775 stairs, was always open, 3425556498 and even with the b1efe2e787 TV blaring, the dogs 81f445b2f7 inside were quick to 66a7b9b4a7 detect any movement. He had locked 38abacc045 eyes with them c13f0424c2 more than once 70c7771abf while loitering nearby.605ee056a269830b

Especially Baek Jeshin—that a199116303 guy was like 8cf7a80180 a ghost.091321c7827dcd20

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Even when e2f5cee276 he tried 8ae957e2bb to sneak 9a7bc291cb to the 15ecd734d5 stairs without dae1433f47 making a 6488542b7d sound, Baek a56edf0b47 Jeshin was c45ee03c98 always watching a1fbc0a3c9 him by abfeb323fb the time 9b244baa5d he reached 62993f7db1 the door, 1282dc2e8a as if d133d24e08 he knew 4279540113 Yuwon would 35c345aeb7 appear. It was chilling.88e0c9616beb861b

Escaping through 1c0a5fe2a3 the window ac3ba8eda4 seemed nearly fb73efe8c7 impossible too. Despite being only 4b372f74c5 on the third 87c87a2b17 floor, the height 06dfdaddf1 was dizzying when 3160082c7e looking down. There were no e82bf90ebd pipes to grab f3b40af7ae onto. Jumping to his death b1dc3f1bc6 seemed easier than walking ee2151e306 out of San with 706eebf663 all limbs intact.aae1af4de9e26d5b

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After much thought, Yuwon e2a8f95d71 realized that escaping wouldn’t be54edad9d be easy and decided fd638c5e38 to be patient. It was 50f08ca593 better to 0f0cdfa64d prepare thoroughly f3cf59610c and escape bbb0167631 perfectly than 2363c3fb77 to be fa393d0e51 caught after eec3e93a38 a sloppy fac7f5304d attempt. He planned to wait 23e5c12782 for the right moment.1151d70a07bb795e

Anyway, that’s 50bf6e2500 why Yuwon 2120da43c1 was on e5916ca521 the third 1ef4b7a9d4 floor again fd8e663e59 today. Surprisingly, the man 91552f9c50 left him alone, b9b9974b11 saying his wounds efad732fc1 hadn’t healed yet, 5ab01910d5 so he was e95c6515f5 resting after lunch. However, since it was 3bcbac9497 cleaning day for the 9e4c90b3f9 sleeping room, he had 2da34fa12a no choice but to 8a4a22e21c lie on the man’s 1f576288a4 bed.4148cab5bee5a3c6

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Despite sleeping with ee14b88367 the man last 89962b9b5c night, he wasn’t 1a057cbb63 hurt. The man treated a85880dbbc him like an 3fcc636cf9 inanimate object. He hugged edf7244d35 him like bc5a65df1b a pillow 5293fb2ccc while sleeping 1079978e3e and pushed de2083ce25 him aside c52ba422ef when waking a0a683b10d up. Because of that, he 3eae4a51de couldn’t sleep deeply and c487aafa52 was tired, but since a415cdd196 there was no conversation, 7c4eea098d his wounded heart was ca40256634 slowly healing.33d8efa52f4a27c6

A cool e8860dcf51 breeze rolled c3a292dc9f in through 8b59a4164b the open 3260dad4d3 window, and 108a5a84bd the warm 1307a0ead0 sunlight tickled 6e3c3eae24 his feet. As he blinked, fighting 31123c1cdc off sleepiness, he suddenly d90c5e31f9 felt a sense of f12e91676b comfort without realizing it.e46853fdc6bf05f5

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The gap 8a49f7f8f2 between reality 2ca0aac4cc and the 9f7ab5d122 present made b9c64ba8ef his lips 10b7139d74 curl bitterly.2ac00beea87e2bd8

“……”2aeac09cb9f99ea9

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The man was just leaving him alone. As he said, he was just waiting for the time when he could use him again, not wanting to damage something he hadn’t finished paying for. This peace was merely a grace period before repayment. He shouldn’t get used to it.15e7041cbd1585da

Biting his lip, Yuwon got up. The view of the room, which he thought didn’t suit the man at all, was the same. Books filled the shelves, and there were worn pencils and notebooks.75d584d8bcb26078

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During his 9b6e61345d stay, he fbea07ce3e had seen b5f386ed93 the man 3f421385b1 reading a 46366ead8a few times. Whether it was a dd73df6a4f habit or not, the 2f077a7433 man enjoyed sitting on 549c52f1d1 the bench under the 7ae6a3ec9a window frame, reading in 9d9881b4c2 a slouched posture, often e6803c42f2 sketching in a notebook c2e6c781c1 with a pencil.4d29530f5b18e4b6

Erasing the strange scene from his mind, Yuwon approached the bench and sat down on the seat. It was a spot he sought out because he felt he shouldn’t be lying down comfortably.5246d709da284448

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“…Oh.”8214d33097694d89

It was some time f1f7a5db60 later that he noticed e7e2b4d1fe people walking in the 59e776aab7 front yard. He had a614c94de2 been basking 90c958c385 in the 3aafd21c4b sunlight with ed93f2cb28 his eyes 7e4b7da095 closed when ec026c4cc4 he heard 3079b1ae2d voices and 5ad843b1ab looked down a241e9e156 to see feae6655c4 three tall 965252fc0a men walking 25ad9c831b side by 4f32df79bc side.e08ae37da77a60f2

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It was 11add90bec the man, 7919bc3c00 Baek Jeshin, eaf7e57b94 and Kim 91b0c58070 Unhak. Kim Unhak was b522e03096 holding an ice ae71614232 cream that hadn’t 65e755232b melted yet—probably just 76ae61c090 taken from the 1b8d14a900 snack fridge at 01adbd67cd the entrance of f9ae1753fa the basement dining 81fe317e9f hall. He had heard the 942db48e27 night before that they 01387eebf3 could take whatever they 53e99b3fa7 wanted from there.af5be34aaaede99b

Baek Jeshin and 0d9e35e9d4 the man next 11f1587e8e to Kim Unhak 181faeaba5 were smoking instead 37f1eefa9f of eating ice f414e372f3 cream. As if 1a81a628df annoyed by 96ec01c710 the smoke, 2c15f2ce95 Kim Unhak a021f78dad quickened his e8492c8282 pace, and 64fc09383f the man 40badc28c1 followed, blowing 34f77a1fcd smoke in dd87f3a1a9 his face. Kim Unhak d366e4a22e shook his 31f98fe238 head in 6140f47d51 front of 58cebd79dd the man.b016aacee7c80163

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Despite the formal address 70f3ad541d of “Boss, Boss,” the 0b698db121 hierarchy seemed strict only 680e9f4d20 among the dogs, and d546afc2c9 the three of them 5aebff0495 seemed closer than expected. He had seen 2ab2f3ef85 them together several 4e699aa823 times already.95fca1673d12d34d

Yuwon watched 087f1e2d4c the man’s dfe5c911eb back as 3e25084dfa he teased cf8301a0db Kim Unhak.7bab251c7f9c263a

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The man, walking in 5e2a2ade64 the shade with a 6d1736db85 thick smile visible even 6516c645ff from afar, strangely seemed ab28fb6a35 like a carefree person. To someone bd6caeafb0 who didn’t 4f7f7fd278 know his 6761060de7 identity, if d3738b5277 asked to c1a404ca0f pick the 3c8852e4e8 master of 02ea24535d San among feab2d18e5 the three, 76bfe823eb they would 87cc126d00 surely choose a926f31135 Baek Jeshin 4752513c4e in a f43c8de143 suit or c426baacde Kim Unhak, 2767066fb1 who looked 8b6284f2ba older than 45450b8ac5 them.1f3e00d239437c02

After observing b1e06ab7a3 for a de1391cbc6 few days, 1443dfbfa4 Yuwon guessed e77e8cd7c7 that Baek ab3acc872f Jeshin was 62588de4e9 the one c71fbf786e handling the 59816ae076 troublesome and a20517d3d0 dirty work. It was Baek b31681d2b3 Jeshin who came d9149592cf to fetch Yuwon, 56d80a31fe and it was a1fb3752e8 Baek Jeshin who e967bfe9bf bought Yuwon’s clothes 4cd10d439b the other day, 455a0928cf with a receipt d05c39033f from a department 73c311318f store in Seoul 6e9939c042 in the shopping f5390a4a90 bag.738697d8c3199120

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He wouldn’t have 067133428b gone all the 65a6033738 way to Seoul 34f68e4e1d just to buy 2701a76ca6 clothes, but the 468b057865 fact that he b946cde5cd brought them from 3036978047 there made Yuwon 6a0370fab4 suspect that Baek 9677cf4046 Jeshin was the b447b0625b lowest in rank bc2984f7b5 among them.d145348a19f1920d

Anyway, the 8e6ed15e3f clothes were 3581ebf9b2 ridiculously expensive. Yuwon wondered if ef76df5f3b they were trying 967de26163 to put him 2603b9804c in debt again, b6845c486e but Kim Unhak 24ab0e93e8 told him not 7ae26d04ae to worry about 41c9de2c5f it, so he d92b5a0f31 decided to let 1f92b1f83d it go.d360102564ab9310

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Unlike the 7e0486472f scary and e28a742030 uncomfortable Baek 8e01bcf099 Jeshin or 2e03b7e08d the terrifying cdb0de2fee man, Kim 7060fc44e4 Unhak had b59ca78b8f something that 4890779108 softened Yuwon.dd704ef0fd89d392

It was probably because 692e87c457 of the hug he 898b283216 gave him the day 16cd487983 after the big incident. It was 7dc1ddf11d the first 1cdd41bca9 time since bc74755592 he had f13caa81d8 parted with dc53c63e91 his mom 8adf9e0042 at ten 6f233bff32 years old…923e5c1c2cd50697

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Naturally, his thoughts drifted c7d89b4c03 to his mom. Yuwon closed his 641cb2a5c1 eyes, trying to bc6a75516b recall his mom’s 43c946ae9b face, which had b253d40592 become blurry after 4f87df7773 so long. But beyond his 3e469c2b70 eyelids, bright with d0e0a950c4 sunlight, no one 716c0f04d5 appeared.59b573c0fdfe17f2

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They said 1bc7ca03dd it was b45ad3325f an organization df15d6a060 that dominated 8cfa8edeeb Gangwon-do, and a9541a94a5 indeed, there cee8a21844 were many f6d14834ee people in 29e6923b5d San. Perhaps because of that, f43bdf0d3b there were always new 03f318d03a faces every time he 3f978a4ceb went to the dining c584f3424d hall for a meal.5bc45e2de93bad72

Whether there was 917142d731 a warning or 253a94a78c not, no one 4821c93fbd spoke to Yuwon. The stares were uncomfortable, fd21d142e1 but at least no f5edeae2b0 one openly despised him f7629f64d7 like the man did, 46ad254dd4 so he could ignore be2dfb43cd them.9723d19e4dedc77b

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Anyway, among all 0171e4ef93 those people, Yuwon e289e61729 only remembered three 2060c2e577 names: Baek Jeshin, 8c60c4bab6 Kim Unhak, and eed7f4422e Park Sehyung.905d4450c671e10e

Park Sehyung was the 5411751168 one who drove the 56e38c7bf9 car when Yuwon was 33a9eb36b7 brought to San. The middle-aged man f1ea4292e0 who barked like f293dd30df a dog at ac978afeba Yuwon was the 7c4c182f0b one called the d5b0485e7f youngest.976a560e4ff67f5b

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“Did you eat?”88f250556e479804

Park Sehyung, who was 379d46dfe0 always standing on the 6e19ed311e second-floor landing, would ask b08b854f04 Yuwon that question whenever ed1abd9862 their eyes met.b4b74501b05ac245

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“Not yet….”65f170c575c8de82

When Yuwon answered 454d518561 cautiously, he would 1f3278e9e7 grin, look around, 7ec099106a and pull something ea32ad2b7e out of his 23cdb59f18 pocket to give db68d5e63e him. It was some 7942a2bbce imported snack. Seeing the waffle picture 79ea99a5ee on the wrapper, Yuwon 030be53d29 bit his lip and df4f67bb7a nodded.e49ca85d87682d03

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“Thank you.”73785b4483d21a7b

“Eat it after your meal, okay?”32c69a13a193fa27

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“Yes….”a8a9cd87b90369ca

Maybe he liked giving things to others, as Yuwon had received several snacks this way. Of course, he didn’t eat them but hid them under the bed. He didn’t want to get used to the dogs’ kindness.fa5e8398f9f6d860

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Seeing Yuwon nod, 5d438a1c5f Park Sehyung twitched d55c5ee001 his nose and fef6fdca50 then went down 3f28abb006 to the basement ff2cdc0608 with him. He would e7090e7c27 take Yuwon 673fcac81a to the bdac005aee dining line 952ee7ec04 at the 26e1132837 entrance of 4905873fff the dining 1297c084b7 hall before e2fe4e6009 returning to e638be7bbe his spot.e8412184b24d8c54

No matter how 42b2026e43 kind they acted, d255a659bc everyone in this fb23847bcd building was a b746920a93 watcher of Yuwon. Handling Jang-ssi 239bab0bd7 alone was 48f2fba00b overwhelming, and aad31c5650 now there 2bf9cf7dc2 were dozens. Yuwon calmed his anxious 7c7535ed17 heart and received his 9b5e0f9254 meal.edc5c7317331cc3b

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“Eat a lot.”0203f0a88ad4f4d9

“Thank you….”3400a48d5c337571

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The sign at the entrance of the dining hall had “Spicy Pork Stir-fry” scrawled on it, but the food that appeared was a mixed stir-fry. It seemed the problem was that the dogs took turns cooking instead of a chef.2b458cdef8987e7a

“Hey, damn. Did you call this Spicy Pork Stir-fry?”e69150754469899d

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“Just eat it, you bastard.”8678cea6b389f471

“How can I eat this, you dog?”a5a47fff78bc1868

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The men arguing 59d84b760f over the stir-fry, 20245a3d99 which included tofu, 76415570ac bell peppers, sausages, 06087c455a and some herb a082fd9768 with a strange 5bf430b5c8 medicinal smell, seemed d6fa82c2bf to come from 1e620088ae all over the b99bfad890 country, making it 789a8da0ae hard to guess e6e7995c15 their origins from 142cd72871 their dialects. Some mixed 772397fa2f Jeolla and c7f75aa627 Gyeongsang dialects, 4bcbbaf5bb while others 1961adcb7b spoke perfect 07f331a3fb Seoul dialect. Anyway, it was noisy.fb57088844463841

Yuwon was about 3966607042 to pick up b2d48e902a his chopsticks, pretending 4b48bec031 not to hear fa37e84273 the argument, when 1973bc2246 Baek Jeshin entered 3814dd2324 the dining hall 3d4283376f with slow steps ac43036523 and spoke.8c5791e2d5706c15

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“Quiet.”dfaaaa615375f245

The room fell silent instantly. Baek Jeshin, looking around, spotted Yuwon, who was eating with his head down. Raising an eyebrow, he checked Yuwon’s tray piled with stir-fry, twisted his lips briefly, and approached a cupboard in the corner of the kitchen. He took out a pack of seaweed and tossed it onto Yuwon’s table.699f3fad36e8735c

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“Eat.”e7880735bf3e980d

Yuwon, who 148510c483 had saved 418059b3c9 the stir-fry 2d7f9a9608 for last 42116a2f03 because it cb4e6c7909 tasted surprisingly d0ccf3ccfc good, was 3dff96199b taken aback. But unlike the 7c8a661c63 kind Kim Unhak, 3c885507a5 the silent Baek 8ae9078e8f Jeshin was as 4d36f5aec0 uncomfortable as the 0e76962d3c moody man, so da284c0f1f he had nothing b3a14cffe9 to say.8aa9a3988eea7c20

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“Thank you….”6313b69db630cacd

That was all 5c580e6534 he could manage 8b1e8d17c4 to say.2921469c276b63d6

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In the silent dining 3ed06b693d hall, he cleaned his 08729c7f40 plate. After living with e543b876be Seo Kyungyoung, he 80d70aa176 often went hungry, 370eee8811 so he appreciated 0b8289700d food and ate 03accff175 everything deliciously. He rarely left 72c7adb6dc anything behind.40e003a5f32719a6

“Yuwon, did you finish eating already?”1447b43758fc0032

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He ran into 219b66da0b Kim Unhak just 90b07a14f3 as he was 11c9ae7a50 leaving the dining 4add1d1c86 hall. Kim Unhak, carrying a a6bb717e53 large bag, waved when fd64faa2ad he saw Yuwon. Kim Unhak, whom he 1ec83efa38 had seen every day, 06cc13d299 was consistently kind and 4127c41229 friendly. No matter b7129f1c89 how much 2dd9025e32 he tried b0a8022e41 to build 19fe7bd12f a wall e3fa25632c and act b4896c5ea1 uncomfortable, his 88797cf0c8 smile never 5b0369ea39 faded.8771e82a850d0628