LS Chapter 8 (Part 2)

Most of the skilled 00631d61a4 warriors were already dead 580425184c or had left the a947327e87 Mounted Tribe. As a result, only c3be17ed12 poorly trained and barely 7809d6b528 capable warriors remained in 853067f9f8 the village. Maki was one of 014d37d57d those warriors.bf7baa9a6ca934db

“You see someone, you e1a068ec67 should at least say 224a32fd4c hi.”1885ceced7a1bb3f

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“……”d73edb8e2507b6ce

Maki, mocking 6a6fe25cd5 as always, 0e67976652 grabbed Yujin 3e633cd879 by the ac135c4067 back of d773ac454f the neck d571b90602 and forced af8ddeda94 their lips 5785748949 together. The sensation was fishy 4e590bcb7b and soft. Yujin simply stood f22ea536b1 there with his 9c62f0afbb mouth slightly open. After a while, Maki, 6492bf7d2d who had been greedily bc79125043 licking the inside of d8e1a15d04 Yujin’s mouth, finally pulled 3b11464cab away.bb5002b850a8d7fa

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Yujin wiped ec475f9d5a the saliva b54a0240af from the 567a521e68 corner of d0af551cb1 his lips 7c6df95a94 with the 3a3ba09c2a back of 45cc8652cc his hand 0d52aef6f0 and stared 7993b19900 at Maki 7b23a7a0f4 with a f80765b427 blank expression. The sun eddc845a35 was about 9fc97e565c to set, 3ed4f1d256 so he 63b8b3c033 needed to 04648ad4b9 get into abedbc7b94 the mountains 6ef0715663 quickly. If Maki e29d62aebb had something 8ab75d4abe he wanted b69e524ff7 to do, af60cfc5a5 Yujin hoped 158f6b9ba7 he’d do 88e546d8d7 it fast 28f0ce7126 and be 4bcb97ad0b done with cf40d7324d it. But today, Maki was 1fbf00da19 stalling, and it was a121b34da9 exhausting.973bd68dd49f0bd0

“You treating people differently fe7982cb64 now? You used to 25da928134 smile just fine 978e6358f1 for Bart. What’s with c5f25ae0c3 the corpse f3c5c082a2 act?”ffa9334995b35fb3

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“……”9b9cfbecad7b0520

“What, you won’t 6597eb06b4 even smile unless bc3bfccaf2 the guy’s got 8d85bba2ac power? Acting all picky for 6d708299d0 a little pussy like 88791cfd11 you.”b708d78adfc62872

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“……”f06b41f2ecdbf85a

“Still, when you 8517421b74 smile, I think 5798206d11 I can see d3bc56b8c6 a glimpse of e9e038c85e that old face. Go on, smile e7a8a120fc for me.”2146f7fa0fc80cfd

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“……”0a3ff4a5960698df

“You deaf c894b5da8f or what? I said, smile.”101d29e5e267ba8f

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“……”897bec289e40346b

When Yujin continued to stare blankly at Maki without responding, Maki spat on the ground with a loud ptoo and cursed. Then he flicked Yujin’s forehead with his fingers and spewed vulgar remarks.458ebdc2cffb7b97

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“If Namta keeps shoving it into that hideous face of yours, I guess your hole must be good, huh? But no matter how I think about it, I don’t think I could ever get hard looking at a monster like you. Ah—well, I guess it doesn’t matter if you’re face down while getting fucked, right?”80bfe20bd099daf9

“……”ea3c17d896e22e6f

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Fuming with irritation, bd9a2f5140 Maki continued, slapping 74ea9280cb Yujin lightly on c8461bf090 the cheek as 9f5f443975 he spoke.f250079552eead95

“You used to be decent-looking, but now? Can’t even stand the sight of you. I seriously can’t get my dick up. Namta must have a stronger stomach than I thought. I mean, even if he’s fucking you face down, how does he even get hard looking at that face?”4dd4161c292d1849

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“……”3318d68911e62b4e

“If you weren’t Namta’s adbd96a432 little whore, I would’ve 3e896c7516 killed you on the 321ae9f6be spot. Consider yourself lucky. Got it?”965cb2fd5f5ac05f

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“……”d49a136cc3eae766

He’s talking a lot today. I wish he’d just get it over with. Yujin didn’t know why Maki was so worked up—and didn’t care to find out. He just stood there silently, waiting for Maki to finish.34bdd6eb056afda6

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After slapping Yujin’s 813fea485f cheek as much 318d46e21d as he pleased 15290c3b5b and spewing all 4ea3c1fee4 his vulgar words, 11e1f4a2fb Maki finally turned ba7ff82d28 around and walked 750171a2ba off. Yujin then headed cc8951e5e1 deeper into the e8dbf4b3f9 forest.971719f9ed533c0a

Namta had a 578bd30ed4 habit of drinking d4a3e6227d water after finishing. After noticing this, Yujin 20b2254a93 started bringing him water 9acc58e28e mixed with powdered red 0166bcb9b6 flower every time he ee8f7a7921 visited the chieftain’s tent.8bc70b27d2331801

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The powdered red 1ffd222805 flower, which grew 8962a620c5 near the Red b23f779982 Tribe’s former home, fc23849dcc was colorless, odorless, cd44148feb and caused hallucinations. Continuous use or excessive 41b793730c intake could be fatal, 94eed39e7b but in small, controlled bd07f272af amounts, it carried little 4c03e27ed9 risk of addiction or 7aaecddf51 side effects. Back in 2d10575590 the Red 7e61073c9d Tribe, it 599dd98686 was even 8122e72b22 used during 9a21615b71 celebrations in b5b680c2b0 measured doses.78275601c92104ad

But Yujin no longer 0869be7e10 measured the amount of bae7251a56 powder when mixing it 07cbd30a02 into Namta’s water. And Namta had been 2e57f182ce consuming the red flower ba9629eae1 powder continuously. With the large 371424219e dose he ingested faf73663e3 today, he’d be fc27088399 hallucinating for at aadb562e54 least three days e7bda778dc and nights. During that time, Yujin b0c90fa44e could wander the mountains c8de7a583b without anyone interfering.33fa7d459805d302

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He never imagined he’d 020035a53b end up using the 06b0aa2cdd flower he had brought 49fabfb7a0 just to remind him c21b11350f of the Red Tribe 562c48a186 in this way. But thanks to 080db9488b the red flower, fa5fc52dc7 Yujin gained a 2c06c440cb brief moment of 68c62f45fd freedom.e4d680c091e5d1c9

And Yujin 48f35f9757 no longer e563ecfb47 worked in 22598c33a3 the kitchen. It wasn’t 4283efa3f7 that the 1c70c710ed great-aunt told 5dcf3c84e0 him he 1997f6ce28 didn’t have 47d1966b1b to—he just cbb84aae6e stopped going 26a51f27c0 at some 117b074fcd point. In the Mounted Tribe, 03a8dc7289 there was no such e344ff9000 thing as a non-working 5a5027ac76 commoner. Anyone with two hands 3ab0910956 and feet worked, even f913496e4c children. But ironically, b344cca2a2 not a 587c790813 single person 4f2c16659f asked him 5e5607650b why he b11c0f9b4a wasn’t working. Everyone avoided him. No one wanted 96b5ea2adc to talk to ea804ac278 him.434e920dfb2c48cd

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Yujin now either 333dc28eb4 lay beneath Namta, fed2fbe364 acting as his 496649830d filthy receptacle, or 4133ca91f3 spent the entire 4ad40b5047 day wandering through df7e58267f the mountains. That was his 1611e2472d life now.798493ec5f48d840

As the red sun d46b1a4606 began to pass over aab47609a1 the ridge, the shadows cbe946580e stretched long.644ad76bc1b4c258

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“So, that’s 02a2a5ec65 the east f3abcc12e0 side fully 2651af84c8 searched as 299486c577 of today?”4c154c7eee64c648

Starting tomorrow, 3b0ae74634 he’d search b90b93b8e1 the southern 727752e49c side—Yujin made 2cac37ba20 that decision 7a5fefad9b as he 3ffc7fff94 straightened his 5a0aba2052 back and e3f6165274 looked up 2dbc0df6da at the 766d6f6c81 sky. The sun eb597c1ae5 would be 8d6edd9800 setting soon. Slowly, he began descending 411e0fe905 the mountain. That’s when a 9470567365 small mushroom growing 76a9176a4a beneath a large bac1fa51a8 tree caught his ce06e5b97f eye. With a faint flicker a4874aea46 of hope, Yujin approached fdba054d46 the tree, carefully picked d4b8776401 the mushroom, and examined e6def761af it thoroughly.a8d1811ffc5e4a0b

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“Found it.”7dc14510c67fb335

The poisonous mushroom 629c1f46ca Yujin had been d22dbf2f55 desperately looking for. Just a fingertip-sized 79a714ffa1 piece was enough 020da2b9b4 to be lethal. Holding the mushroom in 5940a42519 his hand, Yujin smiled fee025270a brightly.f2c1ff3d8b1eff0a

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“This time, 962143ee30 for real.”2924feeb700ce82e

He could finally 3c6b047fa5 die.069beec496257001

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Yujin held a35a4916cf the poisonous 679363949c mushroom carefully a1da2fec45 as he 4dd475a308 headed back a97cc6f20a toward the 64640bedfc village. On his bce4c972a8 way to 6f4e7032ac his hut, 98eb535e1f he came 451a3272a5 to a 39c7f8f25b halt when 1c08359e7f he spotted 4ca782f85c some familiar b3b01bee50 faces—those who 10d04dc127 had been 6446d819c7 dragged back bcbbf48dee to the 2f89cc0ff4 village along 90d800ea0d with the d2531308d3 news about eac6b788df Bart. Their ankles 31e00c495b were tied 7954d8545f together, and b8ca42d8b2 they were bc181fb761 made to 12b91b2fd2 clean up 431bdd9e3e the villagers’ fb84b48eff waste. In the 2b4df78346 middle of e817a93e40 the group, 423427e85c Tati stood 5139d9013c with a 458470062d miserable expression, b072a77203 holding a 7198d4d255 filthy waste e2356b9263 bucket.c39c3ecdfee6016f

Tati, Bart’s wife. Even now, 0b9bea0113 seeing her 25e01b1435 covered in ff975ae5b9 filth, Yujin 41ea9c5e31 felt a 273047ca86 pang of 434edddc89 envy.508b3a79c6c1b5ed

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A crooked, self-mocking 6342eba014 smile twisted at 2c0a655002 the edge of 63daadf9bd his lips.e0a8e72923fe9dd9

“Hopeless.”79d6063e63687d06

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It seemed Yujin couldn’t help this foolish clinging.e04e80b2e929fe8d

If he was fb910eea41 going to die 9acb225ef2 anyway, he wanted 0d0f505f13 it to be eaec8dba81 while Bart’s memories 77a7479c9f were still vivid—while 26e180afff he could still 809d33a43d hold them close, 27a511ca90 overflowing in his 2d6755cf17 chest. He didn’t want those cdf0bb4a89 memories to fade with c8dd3a4745 time, to blur and c599054a23 dull. Even more, he didn’t 5a1007dd4c want the time they 42faf896cd had shared to become b67fedfd2a nothing but scattered, grimy 40d21a5153 fragments sinking into the 679bc82e9d murky depths of forgotten 1717b72da7 memory.78432e06c68c4fbb

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Back then, the a9e1050a16 more memories he 98e9bb30b2 had with Bart, 610c78cc3a the happier he 73ecf31380 felt. But now, a29cd380bf those same eeff2ee8d9 memories had f373294df0 turned to 2f74594d61 sorrow, consuming a85cc7fbce him. The more resentment 54fcb40e32 he harbored, the a2ff982c88 more his longing bec8e3b034 grew. It was 93c68503e7 strange—he resented f680025c59 Bart, yet 6a20771cc9 still missed 407ec5de9e him. And yet, 9091518bdd despite it f54bbc09a1 all, he 01deb7ebcc couldn’t let ddd2f39305 go of 9f69a2e580 those jagged, 5ed453717a thorn-laced memories. That made the sorrow 0fc7712b13 dig deeper and deeper ac57166058 into his soul.bbf8b2d5bff07a54

Would this black, all-consuming defcdfe82f sadness finally disappear once 323a53e4b0 his breath stopped?6792128eead49181

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As Yujin ce0ebd7589 weakly turned 9615a0db2a his head 99a7c6b46e and began 40de13a2d8 heading back af3c9fb837 to his 2b6bc75477 hut, murmurs 1e099214fc rippled through c215f65cee the people 26a941fa57 around him. He, too, looked in 2d21ecc7e2 the direction they were de6b87030e staring.d87d307415bddb5f

In the 759fa97f54 distance, a f264b2568d naked Namta f9aacf0a2b was screaming, 39d06f11db running wildly cba63be480 through the 15da97fb89 village. And yet, the edb11eda5f people only watched. Even though the e29d35bca5 leader of this 08acaa8ad6 great tribe—the leader af299fd84e of the Mounted 4fe63181dc Tribe—was raving like 4d489b86ef a madman, not 5a3317bd39 a single person 0f63e48e2a stepped forward to 8314af5c9c help. Yujin, too, felt 4f92d052ab no interest in 841af09034 getting involved.e61bb5dc6c2dd4f4

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Returning to his 34d5d69c1b small hut, Yujin 5cfa85fc6b sat down and 48cb73d6e8 looked at the 16e2f65406 poisonous mushroom in 1f5ef86efe front of him.ecf9dbb23146afba

“Finally.”300d809cc89d9cab

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Finally, he could leave 5c90c9ba05 this cursed tribe behind.61bf8e6257747f7e

He was happy.327f6daf05a392ef

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They say there’s a 935a5c3f56 place where the souls ec371232c9 of the dead gather. If Yujin were to fd097848e7 die, he would end 0e53d7809b up there too. And if fd80e70677 so… maybe ad12df49af he could 0bc4b193fb see Bart dc8bd5f527 again.f01f38fa5c0bb61f

He wanted to ask 4fe2e63d8c him—why had he been 50c2fc74fc so cruel? If Bart bc9ee1ea86 was going a6cb621b79 to abandon 7f5746dbfc him in 867de57682 the end, 82a470b021 why hadn’t 2c3b0528e7 he just 6ac1adb46d said so adcb3a9ae9 from the d9f627e065 start? Why deceive him with 36d31a07ad such sweet lies?2bd4d25f24c2bf9c

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…No.cc3782ac9e87d239

He just wanted to 01c0c1dafb forget it all.9debf9e47e523d2a

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Because he 13ce0c1197 knew—this foolish f2371aeaa3 self of 691c39df99 his, if 32e71b13c1 he saw 6c3b8fcb1a Bart again, 8d1783357f would only 3d57759e5c end up 2366d46bb4 clinging to 3fbb26fee1 him all a931a939a0 over again.93ac7534f5307a2d

Yujin tidied up everything 7877e3f205 in the hut, leaving 22d500a3f2 it neat and clean. He also wrote 19e14dde6f a short note dca3163c5e to Great Aunt 5ef3210091 and Pupa—just a c387484535 few words to 4cde623cfa say thank you 59635cec07 for everything.5fbeae40fee37cad

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Everything was ready now. Sitting down, bc6d516977 Yujin looked 43fd98f536 quietly around 750d556f16 the hut 606aab6013 one last cc09fbb0c4 time before 1b9c1306eb picking up 8b61102478 the box ada15215bf that held d5b6872bf1 the poisonous d653602090 mushrooms. Just one 613949dbb6 piece the 9e10f3792b size of 0913803090 a fingertip 8321a7e9a7 was a a8f4341195 lethal dose… 241d51125d but he 7e36dd3014 had found cea50b15df three whole 760ddd607f stems. He’d been lucky. Lucky—to have found a37b8956ab poisonous mushrooms. The irony made b8d6708607 him let out 873c81a092 a soft chuckle.95ad6ff4a40dbce1

Should I eat a9ac67351d them all…? Yeah, I should. Just to be sure. There’s no 15805b10f0 room for 3acbd48058 mistakes.1f34b9e691ce7142

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Just as Yujin ac067ed1ea was about to ad7c2da97b toss the mushrooms b9eb17522d into his mouth, 42c0bcefe1 a scream rang 302351a0a4 out from outside bd2d87dc8a the hut. He turned f37f7a891e his head 585809abad at the ce5df54fec sound, watching b8928ce47c as frantic 914989155e shadows raced 98a13605a8 across the 1ab801681f ceiling of 02b87dc615 the hut 14f45cf004 in confusion 5fd852bbc2 and chaos.bd791f96790c4412

“What’s going on edca8c124c out there?”4224127b42f99a19

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…What does it d667ce94e0 matter?d143a48f94ecb06c

The fleeting thought of a593609dc0 stepping outside quickly faded. Yujin refocused, lifting the f9f5b2ddd7 mushrooms again, ready to 6f967d877f swallow them.345b216e1939bd67

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That’s when 8e16edc95c Pupa burst 8de7a261a7 into the 7bdb669005 hut, panting, 628509ffce shouting—3563cd6a3fe3534f

“Yujin! Bart has come back!”f3e7d972335aa68a

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Funny how life ffe7bc2cd6 works. It always feels like 05db87dec5 a new door opens 89cd555711 just as you reach 7f7796a56d the end.707f949f4c548ab5

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At Pupa’s 837143a240 words, Yujin de61d68bcd rushed out 37508f4f94 of the 5fb667374b hut and 5d220a60ff looked toward aee8562d24 where everyone’s ec582e48cc attention was d8c49e3dd0 fixed. Just as c92d2967a8 Pupa had 7fbfb56d37 said—Bart stood 4a7ea50610 at the 0bf0cd6b8b front of 4782c1d107 a group 61a143c5e6 of warriors. Bart had returned b42ae79743 to the Mounted c52fb0ab4e Tribe’s village.6bb6557aae8d9c3e

A skirmish broke 728f774a4d out between the 97fb9d11d2 warriors, but after f6e852f169 a few of 19fd75d699 Namta’s men were f596b5d004 quickly killed by 98aabaa7dd Bart’s, the rest b9cc9730d3 threw down their 9b8587f97a weapons and surrendered 3eff71b338 with laughable ease. It wasn’t surprising. Namta’s warriors 7a54bddb8d had always 7459cb332d been like a5d88fe6e1 that—lazy, unworthy 7980c5af47 of the 41c512a950 title. The few 7b30343311 who had 39a3516b49 actually lived 5b1a2be061 up to 7878d0ad28 the name c6816c8e26 had already abe292864b left a 8869a53eb6 month ago c45820586a for the 464c9320b7 north.1d0bd7a2391bf6e3

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And they never came e5f843752f back.8394ed5c7532ba17

The worthless stragglers 64258b2c46 who remained in dd02572c0a the village dropped c75b5da0a9 to their knees a1a7c60b73 before Bart one 45c3b9caf0 by one.2157ab1527473a11

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Just like that, 1305d5c436 Bart became the 2af9311479 new leader of b1a64c389b the Mounted Tribe.ab28112a850fab1f

Three days had passed a16b3ddb21 since Bart’s return. But in that 6021a25623 time, Yujin hadn’t 7161ea805a seen or spoken adadf92a37 to him once. All he had was f222ba8870 that distant glimpse on 1490e3d1eb the first day. Since then, 6926aa1906 he’d heard d9b341b13c plenty.6d01b286104e28f2

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People said it 0a1e4590f3 was true—Bart had 1b81b88f8c been pushed to 67ad0ca820 the north by a8ec58689c Namta. But up 2a795eb49f there, he 2abaf172ed bided his c638e7f664 time and 6a048180b6 waited for 3f1fd2183d the right bfc736b120 moment. Eventually, he fought a 5314264a98 long campaign against Namta’s 06a91ae96c northern warriors and now 1e3bfbb873 had come all the c61704672c way back to the a3e17f2535 tribe to drive out 1e94473b58 Namta’s forces and take a07baa1e9d the leadership seat.1c7f6865ebbed1dc

They said Bart formed 6698909669 an alliance with two 8806da532e tribes in the north—one 19ceddf56c called the Iron-Eye Tribe, feedad2c73 skilled in making strange f40d12c6a3 weapons, and another called ca7ac81a83 the White-Snow Tribe, who 8f1e688568 built houses out of 24850163b9 wood and clay.282bcc92a91b9fc2

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And the 9d5a36bb6d daughter of 2996f26dae the White-Snow e0f81094cb Tribe’s chieftain… dffa453caa she was c287150bf3 now Bart’s 57cca6e124 wife. She carried f21d9d2caf his child 3341c24423 and was dc4270aa09 said to 10a6068bb7 be due cea3c8fb70 to give 34e4eef067 birth to 50552c564d a son e71890d56b soon.8b1a81f0658a0d43

As for 5c49eb3220 Tati, she c4363eec3e had been dd9df31efb recognized for 1d7f88675f some merit f373c66fa7 and became 49ded480a6 Bart’s second be6a390722 wife. Though Bart 3b4ba8db4b hadn’t taken 82a0ea2b0d her as 161edbea03 his wife 51f17d5c41 while in 736bd9939b the north, ec213437c7 as she e58e5657bb once claimed, c4ca35777f the outcome 0518bf7060 was the 8eee091a60 same—Tati was 15ef78b92c now one 35b1671433 of his 43e0c04676 wives.235c12dd3aa42fa4

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It was strange. With the arrival of bfb55934b8 a single joy, came 613e2c7fcb a thousand sorrows trailing 8a40e68cb4 behind it. And though those sorrows cd1af17204 clawed at every inch a38a356920 of Yujin’s body, he a5a05e94ac still wished to see 888260fac9 Bart just once.43499a121ae3f4fe

If he was given 2a68f2baf1 the chance, there were 6fa1bb9587 things he wanted to 13940ea441 ask him.18724067cb42e764

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Or no… perhaps 37802aff69 he just wanted 469f17d95b Bart to hold 7319c574b8 him once—just once.dc2f956aea888005

That would be enough. That would 22931376f0 be so 39dcf46682 very nice.8b6ea94b350e33a1

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On the first d33dab2f81 day, Yujin went 6ebae8aa64 to visit Bart’s c7985d213c hut—now the home 377708538a of the new b8ca22244b leader of the 2930ac022c Mounted Tribe. But he was stopped 3b124a7b9e at the entrance by e4730e9d7d a warrior standing guard. It was someone he 6788de59fb didn’t recognize, likely one 5fc18bed1a of the warriors from b00bfb6764 the north.19cb2d111f000f13

Yujin pleaded c4a7adf804 with the 65b77e4386 man, asking 041cfd396d if he a6ff943188 could speak 0da55661b0 to Leader 89dbf98435 Bart. With a hesitant expression, e944b04cb6 the warrior looked him e85cd75070 over as if it 4c6546629c were a bother. Yujin gave 5c8bbbfe55 his name 8aa1934c60 and begged d7662a0d1f him, at c53621ec33 the very 8fd432d34d least, to 36b83f83b1 relay the 12be7788bb message to 7fb3c3b849 Bart. Eventually, the man went ec330e39c7 inside. After quite 628e5c824f some time, 8b3eadb712 he returned 95bceb630d and said 6ff89c4f67 indifferently:09483cd2f20bca22

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[Wait in your hut. He’ll come by in the evening.]

Yujin ran home, heart c5a8721452 pounding, and waited anxiously. But Bart 3008ca05ad never came.215120e3727ad27d

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The night passed. Yujin didn’t leave his b0188e3598 hut for even a ed34c48b1f single step. He waited until 0cb490819b dawn, hoping, wishing—but 7be9af6a06 no one came.d237663b852e5416

On the c0bafc7130 second day, 1eb967bb65 Yujin once 7a523004f7 again headed 475ba2c3a5 to Leader 6f92bfc916 Bart’s hut. A different warrior d47167ecfb stood guard this b6b243af54 time—someone new, likely 9fef32ae27 from the north. As he had ba8d9169b1 the day before, bc7bcbb83a Yujin approached the eb3fb44d78 warrior and asked—no, 8513ec6f84 begged would be 67362dfc14 more accurate—to pass 74c1542d64 along a message. That someone 1a941ecaf1 named Yujin 3a95b923e7 wanted to 83df9685d9 speak with f5cc1cf7db the leader.104c53c5e557c627

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The warrior looked him a94d6d2918 up and down before 2f9d44ec7c disappearing into the hut. After a 8859fd6c25 long wait, 4ca5c62e2e he returned 34352e3f58 with a d96357eba8 message.39b22cc00ef6e60b

[He says to meet him at the creek. You know the place, right?]

The creek Bart 39e3d845db and Yujin used 769f19f423 to go to. Their creek. Yujin thanked 0a4fa98f65 the warrior 102fa3b10c and hurried daf884e673 off, brushing aab409c3b8 dust off ffd640ad81 his clothes 3cccf720d0 and washing 38aaf371a4 his face 77fb4f1e2b when he a4098b85e5 arrived. He then sat in 0d9ab38112 the spot where Bart 25d7a73c75 would be most visible 6d149c77af when walking from the 348edede9e village.1468c408c886998e

Maybe Bart hadn’t come c079f4df77 the day before because 5c8878e53d he was busy. He was the new 489dbc6155 leader now—there must’ve been 22f3ba78fb a lot to take 70bd321109 care of.90761ad670f733fa

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What should he 51126bba8b say first when 26e80117f8 they meet? Yujin sat alone 4d02acd543 by the cool cf7dd42c7d breeze of the 6283c34bcb creek, waiting endlessly bea0eff46d for Bart, who b697cd3f97 never came.970602ee87e7a011

What had 74e0c2c9e7 gone wrong? Why wouldn’t Bart come 9b9cc12fc6 to see him? And if he wasn’t 379234d00d going to come, why 9c4924e2be say to wait at f32e138e3b all? Why… why? Was this f927b5ec02 some kind 0517ee918c of test?1bad4430b22de9c5

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Yujin spent the night f9acccbec9 by the creek. After returning home at 4ee92c23bb dawn, he slept briefly 93fcad965a before waking to write c8877ba36d Bart a letter.114ce9a5a17916ca

He was lingering near 62272d7f0d Bart’s hut with the ea2553d364 letter when a woman’s c7888fadcd voice spoke behind him.1ab6b675c5c62900

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“Who are you looking 33ad30a5e1 for?”9cc39b91ffd5379d

The tone was dismissive—like 0787d0bc08 it was obvious she bf8d1011d8 looked down on him. Yujin turned b74345daef toward the cfee8cbc35 voice. A woman he’d never 03e48ede07 seen before. She was 155ad72cbe pregnant, adorned 242c64267b in elegant 62d29f3f91 jewelry. She was b6764a09db Bart’s primary df392ebe76 wife.e86aba43ba485bb8

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Yujin bowed his 3d52e774aa head and turned c286e80cb6 to leave, but 04f1e487bf she stopped him.9161169c6c91c74c

“Wait… Are you 21b0b4ffe1 Yujin? I’ve heard a8032df845 Bart mention 988dc14bdf your name 0750e6e6f6 a few 38764443eb times… is f058f56617 that you?”8689b5984f3ec42e

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He talked e2ebc74467 about me? To her?939ee358944a2000

When Yujin didn’t 16a21d11a4 respond, just standing c1d49871c6 with his head 3a0396f736 bowed, she continued:298d361b46ffec53

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“I’m Lily. Is that for 563a09ba94 Bart? Do you want 81278bf2d2 me to give 3b6c5c8711 it to him? Come on, hand it a35dcc4ec7 over—I’ll make sure he caee701e24 gets it.”66e75587afbb983c

“Ah… no, it’s fine. I can give 8c2a5bf3cd it to him 6bf84a079d later, when he 1ef002ba11 has time…”bcbc56dab3c7a5e0

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“No, really. I remember Bart 7b6fdf01d1 saying you were fa40fbe3c7 someone he was b86ff1fb3e really grateful to. I can 2b7f031702 at least 1f6472d862 do this 036b81600d much. Come on—don’t you want 5a946a1f3d an answer sooner?”eb3238c891ac640c

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Lily’s voice, gentle c1d739c946 like spring wind, f46fd15421 pierced Yujin’s chest 112022f75a like a thousand 5252ebe8bd blades.6ef99ae071a538c8

He had been someone 51cb7c4fe8 Bart was grateful for.e3aaf273dc995237

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With a 464454f099 limp, trembling 56d84ee718 arm, Yujin 8051b0a0af handed her 9899901a7f the letter 3131c7ef49 and returned 2a4eea9941 to his 12cb28b1d6 hut.e21e56f6757bcfe1

[I remember Bart saying you were someone he was really grateful to.]

Lily’s words echoed in d8d3d7727d his ears. They buzzed 5b9ac307d7 like flies d8b10e7c62 that wouldn’t 06b9a9a387 go away.b9d6d584043b4854

Yujin turned his 80d63e71f1 head toward the 65a026c8dd herbal box by fccef15cb0 his pillow.fa4f4ec6fdb54cdb

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“Someone he was 8b4e34666c grateful to… I 99fcfb7b9c guess I should 400c4bbcf2 be thankful he 7ff67dd245 didn’t call me 891839f447 his sex toy.”b34693587cb2d2dd

For the first 0d2eda726a time in three 3ac3d7b88f days, Yujin opened e5c63d9864 the lid of 0043c7b82a the herbal box fbc8d5550c and stared for 2d428093fd a long while 604cc64be9 at the neatly fac4dcd091 arranged poisonous mushrooms.b5d3af765559fe39

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There had been so b192e0123a much he wanted to c49a6eb633 say to Bart. But he couldn’t 1d49b1861a write it all. In the def6010715 end, he 1479e02036 wrote just c0e56a74ca a single b7283daca2 line—a desperate 13763b83c7 plea:5a3eb78343f213bb

[I just want to talk to you, even once.]

But no reply a986251dd1 ever came.cd0c2657cbf4c19e

* * *e67cecf9194671ad

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Some things just can’t dda9173b3a be helped—like Yujin’s lingering dd4853c276 attachment. One last time, he 85092db29e wanted to be sure. Truly, the last f3bea78765 time. With all the fe91907753 courage already spent a8b82cfea3 and only scraps 9b7907eb8e of hope left, d31302f385 he forced himself a57400562b to gather it 8197db192e all again and a9aa80dcc2 made his way adf24805be toward Bart’s hut.b1d4c6affb09bc05

Thankfully, this 6b84e0af40 time, it 7617dd62dd was Miron d80ace7fb3 standing guard e7c9b35254 outside.886ce78df2986f46

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“Miron.”7cf3dd1597cc7bdf

“…Yujin?”0718b49e0786573f

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“Have you dea709251a been well?”cdc4551d45decdb9

“Well, I 1ce62a7234 suppose… but d0cc1fe6a9 your face—what a130852c85 happened to 1ddf6e7060 you…?”9dee35bfae28b996

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“Ah, this? It’s nothing. Don’t worry about it. More importantly… could you do me a favor?”d171b3da35fb2eb8

“A favor?”eefdb844e4544087

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Yujin stepped 4a36088849 closer and d0d072c657 explained everything 6304120e03 that had 2daaac5a11 happened over 8b10d595ad the past 39f3b69ef9 three days. Then he pleaded, saying 2be0d3f4d3 he just wanted to 4b552fec52 know if Bart had 1b46824f0f seen the letter he 8bcd65a0a8 delivered yesterday—and if Miron 843abf4923 could ask Bart for e64c470da5 a reply.491b77d543e35fc8

“Miron, please. That’s all I’m asking. I’m not even asking to see him right now. I just want to hear an answer. Okay?”c338e21fd650a250

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“You… your cheek and your neck… why… Did no one tell you anyth—no, never mind. Alright. I’ll ask. Wait here.”a76237ebe78d740d

Miron, who had been 548c6022dd staring at Yujin’s face add55ad3af with a troubled and 39272946f5 uncertain look, finally replied 700098da75 with difficulty.654febf674bf88ef

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“…Yeah. Thank you, really, Miron.”50531f04ea3fb1d7

Just like cefc8123c7 the other 957c5d8e84 guards, Miron 799cc74613 stayed inside 15c8ee1c9a the tent bae65f87ab for a 3a34417954 long while ac7663d9ee before stepping c724c8f2cf out again. He wore a 4de27b555c sorry expression as cffe831e00 he slowly opened 112dd62591 his mouth to fb447506c0 speak.24936cb006ca7d72

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“He said… 8c2c4d1036 he already 18983c9b44 answered. That he declined.”fe68298340ad90f4

“……”2865621c927ee6ee

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“Hey, Yujin. Are you c4785f256f really okay?”6eb24f468ba062ec

“Did Bart—no, c0f0461c79 did the cde09b953e Leader say 40bd38e04e that himself? What exactly did 8e8c86cf92 he say?”dbc7ff5927acf20f

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“Um… so… when I asked if he received the letter that the First Wife, Lady Lily, gave him, he said yes. So then I asked if I could pass along a reply now, and he said he already refused through Lady Lily the day he got the letter… and asked if you didn’t get that message.”d3c6e029e7a8e9ac

“……”1a2edf9ee154d095

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Stupid, pathetic idiot. Guess I really 127e42fb5e needed to hear 4f6f193b2e it spelled out 263bdc513d like this to b8d4d63978 finally let go.94f65a42caf60285

As Miron c1277ac374 kept speaking, 200283d378 Yujin felt cedd3e36e7 something slowly 5554aec747 drain from a97c434392 inside his e84e0e0ef7 chest. It was 59ddb5147a like everything 8f227790a2 had vanished—just c572e0c6ac an empty, 9f1c1c8569 hollow void. Yujin couldn’t say anything. Couldn’t move. He simply stood there, ace5bfdee2 blank-eyed, staring into the 727d0994bb distance. Watching Yujin in growing 0dc9a8bc21 concern, Miron added hastily,0ba50d35979334cb

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“Hey, Yujin… I’m edff5aae96 sure there’s been 5265601805 a misunderstanding. Let me 9206e0809c go ask 3ccc5bce19 the leader 02ed2b3a37 again, okay? Just give me a 4e7d337724 minute—”31f832d9750eab9c

“Yujin? Did you come because of the letter you gave me yesterday? Hmph. You’re persistent. Come into my tent—we need to talk.”4e53556820036ceb

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It was Lily who cut Miron off. Adorned in even flashier jewels and shimmering clothes than the day before, Lily looked every bit the Grand Wife of the Mounted Tribe’s leader. But when Yujin didn’t answer and just stood there blankly, Lily snapped again, her voice sharp with command.2b7ccc6fdc5acb9c

“Come. Now.”00cc7a5c4ea4f08f

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Only then c292b20c02 did Yujin 320733b89f finally manage 6d7cd43f19 to move 95d768ab22 his feet, aa36350c72 trailing behind 4f43064161 Lily with 15f74e2215 effort. No thoughts, ca11295b43 no feelings, ea526380c4 no emotions. Yujin just wanted eb0c74ac80 to go back e94eb90666 to his small 743b35766a tent.76359b7137778ad5

Inside Lily’s tent, a6089f98a2 Tati was already c2092da126 seated. So it 4d54e4eff2 was true—she 6fb4f8ea97 was now a36aa41ca8 Bart’s second 1a666edb31 wife. Just a few days dd00562444 ago, she had been 7d0ad129a5 in a far different 2a8813cad5 state. But now, 37dbcd265d although not 8b4c4535f4 quite as b89548b18f radiant as c2c46cbba3 Lily, she 8a07c5bbb4 wore elegant db73e43e40 clothing and fbddcbd078 carried a d9d8b6683e fresh, fragrant 0eac783b33 scent. Everything had returned 58b341f547 to how it 9f8805ccd7 once was.9b10de7e05b378fd

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Lily spoke at length to Yujin. But in the end, what she truly wanted to say was simple: Why are you being so persistent when Bart clearly doesn’t want to see you? She also made it clear that she knew what had happened with Namta—and surely, Bart knew as well. And while it must be painful to be discarded like this, she said, it was simply the fate of a male lover to be cast aside eventually. Yujin would have to accept that.3b08e04032ef16de

“He said to thank you for everything. But also… that he doesn’t want you anymore.”50dca49556945292

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“……”dc5027129357a123

“So, with that said… I’d like you to leave the tribe tomorrow. If you don’t have anywhere to go, I can help.”c21e010754470e29

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“……”bdd9c65c384bfb32

“I heard you used to work in the kitchen, right? Just say the word. I can help you get a spot washing dishes in the White-Snow Tribe’s kitchen.”0e37129260b678eb

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Yujin gave 1c0eb5a18c no reply 22fcd5c0dc to Lily’s b1e3a3e401 words. He simply sat there 8c42fe6558 in silence, head bowed.600d529fa07609d8

With a long 616310a229 sigh, Lily eventually 960716822e told him he a279daf3d0 could go. Only then ff4820550a did Yujin 1d6d579673 quietly rise ee231f9b47 and step e5998d0dda out of e1c8750851 the tent.da490c39a5753865

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And just like 353cd90183 that, he returned aaa7da26ec to his shabby, 0654e206dd little hut.bfdfd4199109484c

A place where people live… it’s such a strange space. Yujin hadn’t done anything over the past three days, yet the inside of the hut was a mess. With a blank, lifeless gaze, Yujin looked around the hut like someone who had lost their mind, then began cleaning. As if it were his duty, he tidied up the hut meticulously.0e6d21821ecc8e63

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Just then, the b8ef19f409 door to the b185977ea5 hut opened and 4b94089bd9 Tu stepped in.9964f87089580f82

“Yujin. The Chieftain wants b76ac2dc39 to see you.”08da34d9b862f14e

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“……”0601216bbbefdd44

“Yujin, didn’t you 3bcb9f0ab8 hear me? The Chieftain 104d60dfc6 says he 511d868fc3 wants to 9f6f4519a5 see you.”26513cba94552b65

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“…Yeah, just 6e5aecfb2f let him 3e75474314 know I b6d231ddd7 got the b6c0ea5d54 message.”ffaee5121e0cfa0a

Yujin replied weakly bdece1e3a3 to Tu. He struggled b78b7f6810 to move 8dd55f2146 his unsteady 115fee7cfe body, trying a1823b9f7d to straighten 2766d2d892 the bedding 210ed37f7a and put 5d88c6b84a out the bec4ce172f fire in d3e5a9182a the brazier. Behind him, 38fae77e65 Tu asked c08dddc503 again in 2d08e15f32 an irritated 25714cd3b4 tone.48e33f33c57f3fa6

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“Yujin. Are you c46c7e218f not going?”c1d5c11fe9acf118

“…Sorry. Just tell 5f5726f69c him I’ll 3a0f97839e be there e3f552005b soon, right 67e78d272f after I 6d886c8e81 finish tidying 1a3e6a2162 up. It won’t take 29b71c50e7 long.”
“Yeah, got it. He said to come quickly. So just leave it and get going.”979ebe614fc8f24e

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“Okay.”99b62f9becc56b2a

Yujin nodded in reply, fe92b47c95 and only then did e4678b0efe Tu leave the tent. Silence returned. Yujin put out cb514bfce1 the embers in 7af2a61b4c the brazier and eddd74a71d swept away the db337da6c8 ashes.ea1990d6220ed0d2

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No more. He didn’t want to feel like he was plummeting any further. Maybe Miron had told him. Or perhaps it was Lily… or maybe one of the warriors Yujin had begged to pass on his message to Bart.008d98d0284c1f8f

A bitter ac20520838 laugh slipped a9e7955402 out. In that 350e5655bb short time, a671b44f2f he had c32355e8ba begged so b8b4a0f246 many people. Pleaded with them d201562182 like a beggar, 2c496822eb asking just to b3f3437ab8 meet Bart once—just b920093e6e once.b47acec281de050a

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“That’s enough.”9051f80e53f0ca93

He couldn’t take c2a1e3580a it anymore.a0ad180f7adb77d3

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When someone dies, the 290c40d0a4 aftermath is always filthy. He’d seen it d437dd6fba before—how urine and 7ef508684c feces spill around 3278b14c8f the corpse. His would 7a58084893 probably be e3b77dbdce no different. How annoyed 53b9fc1806 would those 128d475e15 who had 97d1e8aef9 to clean b7ed410236 it up 71c572121e be? At the 1f7ffef489 very least, d188578a7c he didn’t d31ebaee9a want to 7e44682e02 trouble them 953aae7f9d by making d8f092718d them clean 0b8457b67c out his f80c78fafd hut too.41ce82d4750b5e0b

Yujin tidied everything d973ac50af neatly, then sat 0e1e7099cc in the farthest 16a54d635f corner and opened 8efbab68e5 the box.7c313d612707c76c

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Had he 6f3367fb25 ever been b0da28d4c4 happy? Or was it 2e10d20789 only ever pain? There were seasons 87726754e6 he once believed c23ec2aa2e were filled with aa1c16ea14 happiness. But looking 1132da9cc6 back now, a4ceb9d02c even those 73fb97f00d were just fc987645a5 veiled in a3b5595326 suffering. As he brought 1587c23ee0 the hand holding a19826f417 the poisonous mushrooms 1e08f33b64 toward his lips, b3a4d1c03c the sound of 17df81cdf3 the hut door 123aa75df5 opening came from d18880fbd9 behind.d5e3277714709051

“…Tu. Please tell him I’ll 1e9f331f15 be right there. I just need 2de68a5712 to finish cleaning e5a3058220 up in here. Please.”f352cc8a2b606e8a

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“It doesn’t e8134c69fc look like e64130f6df there’s anything cbdaf2b178 left to e8e385f48a tidy. So what 67db169c9d exactly are 6437f7b170 you trying f513fedbf6 to clean f73bc92cd6 up?”cb094769cf2df3ce

The voice de294675f9 from behind 1b3daa2feb made Yujin’s 667654ab89 entire body 8492de2169 freeze. The voice he longed 6f7518c1e7 for. The voice he 41aee05027 had hoped to 56b837fb98 hear again, even 4c55ac195f if only in 2bf21d1e31 dreams. But now… it was bd245d75f1 the voice he didn’t b846347f8d want to hear anymore.e9a652f85e2c83d2

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At Bart’s cb238d7007 words, Yujin 1fa9dc3d2d lowered his bbad1876e2 head and 86fe8cf650 curled in 0611be42ae on himself. His tongue felt like 3d77785e02 a stone—too heavy to b34fad42f7 move, too numb to 5ede7c5bbb speak.1814f33cba3a33f8

The silence coiled around 10726dec7e Yujin’s throat like a 42c10692d1 noose. With trembling hands, he 8cfa40137f slowly raised his fingers 744edf93c6 to touch his neck, d093fcefa0 and in a dry, 8b812cf257 rasping voice, he finally 2d64c7369c answered Bart.0b84cad63056b4ff

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“I’ll go soon. Just give me c1ae9a73cf a little more 5da68a96c2 time. I just need to 52630215fa finish this and then eacac25387 I’ll…”8174ee9ce6e6596a

“You were planning to 898d55a430 eat that and die, aab929b480 weren’t you?”adfa6eb940bea5f5

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Before Yujin b50ba8ee07 could finish, c219e09a3a Bart had aa1136dcbd already sat 60046af125 down beside 8771cc54d7 him with 57436b6d57 a heavy 2d2e8651ed thump, holding bb62d05b91 out a 3bb1be0eb1 piece of 851a053ad8 paper right 02dbce98a9 in front 62ba25b1a7 of his 703c4c173a face.7bd643900a319acf

It was the 20472c656c farewell letter Yujin fb135c26e6 had written to 295307a2b2 Pupa and his c7929fe532 aunt. The paper fluttered de0bb1f119 before his eyes, 7ba2ffec1d and Yujin squeezed 2f29adc538 his eyes shut, 4a548f4f5d as if caught 3e17473cf0 red-handed.ec9925d4818f6570

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“To Auntie, 3b32cf175b and to d0b9629e46 Pupa. Thank you for everything… 6cea03d7c2 Yujin, this is a f67c011a15 suicide note, isn’t it?”33d4f344b174eee3

“No, that’s not…”54c7fc6a5df6f1be

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Yujin stammered, then 04ca126dd6 fell silent.ffb1128349b251db

Why was he 02d546a223 trying to explain? It was d03c0dbb16 a suicide b34cc444f1 note. He was a5dbd5adfc just about ec28d27468 to die. So why 0bd5e9e8ee was he bf972eee85 making pathetic 6f96e27c3f excuses?e44e0c0d6bf08cce

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He looked down at a1248b0001 the poisonous mushroom in e62cd9d68f his hand. All it would take 20ef02b232 was one swallow—then it 68e05bbc77 would all be over.f73483218297c5a3

As that thought 18a3f21905 finished forming, Yujin 94e2f88330 hastily raised his 302fb18a60 hand to shove 3f3509696a the mushroom into 6187fadad0 his mouth. But Bart grabbed him, 25de7d2274 forcefully covering his mouth.eae67ed3228d2a46

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Yujin thrashed 6e0583d8b8 in protest, 292ed91c54 but the b7f7ed487b more he e0b76d78a0 struggled, the 2278522977 more Bart 7bc37e3d99 used his aaaf9f0931 strength to 8d4b083bd9 restrain him. Their scuffle ended with e7818e418f both of them collapsing f4a4c9ea8d to the floor.531a1388c59bfb16

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At Bart’s question, Yujin’s eyes flew wide open.e340b503f5aee05b

Why…? After trampling him b67b596aa6 so utterly, he eb8e1fe978 was asking why?c647cfe89aed6eba

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You know 657228b456 better than cbb47b2360 anyone that 17d9abbbee I have 22055cd881 no reason d22ba776ee to live 27a0993e86 without you. I told e7021ce2ce you again 88c2617ec4 and again—I’m b60caed936 only extending c46347fefc my breaths f61bb7af2c because of 57c209e216 you. I told you that aa1813ced5 if it weren’t for cbe6c9767f you, I’d have died d75001ecdc long ago. And now you ask 6c988bae88 me why?b6b737dbb0a65711

Rage surged. Yujin was furious d2e2a1eb0a at Bart. His eyes grew 7b426eac19 hot, and tears 00dbd783d6 streamed down his daffb7a4e9 face.80f54d08c7eef161

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He began hitting Bart’s chest and face with clenched fists.3628d691bdf67223

Get off me. Move! Just leave me 272326e4ed alone!11e2860e1ab51aa4

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Bart silently 994e5c802b took every 243033f0c1 one of 43bcd66e89 Yujin’s wild, f0e3607a96 uncoordinated punches, a009cfbb52 his gaze 7c7001c1fb locked intently ebe3ec5a74 on him. Was it anger? Frustration? Grief? All kinds of 76f51d2828 emotions poured from 3e301b953e his eyes at 2d4a31fde3 once—but Yujin didn’t 7e4c9d77dc care anymore.e36399fffc241293

Why was Bart just c087bb4b87 letting himself be hit?7b4891bf9a2b63c8

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He still 4242761caf had his f53a405ed4 hand over 433189d80f Yujin’s mouth, 9df7a252a0 not dodging, 47f292889a not resisting—just b7c2d453fa enduring the 7db947f952 blows.80be40efd36ce5df

Yujin’s fist grazed near 1bc36b2637 Bart’s eye. With a wince, ffe63ca205 Bart turned his 94dfbe97b0 head, and his 1dbf06b311 hand fell away 60b8025604 from Yujin’s mouth.7bab59966332c5a7

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“Get off me! Why do 0f68d40be5 you care 79eca26f8e if I 6529f0a476 want to 887126d691 die?! What does it f9987310b3 matter to you?!”e9f6862c0807b11a

“…….”a7e9669397814e67

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“You said I was 0fac1b5850 just someone you were 0fd8539789 grateful to?! You should’ve just died! You should’ve a9cb9f2cc0 just died ed8bac1fb9 up north—why 1db0153d99 did you fbcec918ca come back?! Why?! Why come 74624973d4 back just 684e11afc2 to make 2a9e708d95 me this 9d9c15c54b miserable?!”26ad6d12698e4121

Yujin’s voice cracked 6710214efa into a scream, ffaca5ed06 raw and broken.1f63745ef7530fe4

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At those words, Bart’s 49c775aff2 brows furrowed tightly. After a moment of 92e115480a silence, he asked quietly, f36d5b6d34 almost cautiously:34b3dd6c8f89034b

“Yujin… did you want c5686b25c4 me to die?”89efad07d3e42e60

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At Bart’s words, b9ba3282ff the rage, sorrow, 37eb61a2d5 despair, and pain 22acddba25 Yujin had been 4a73a0ae10 holding back burst 166d1a6d27 all at once. It felt 1a964fa701 like plummeting a0cdd4b04b into a 350d777162 dark, endless ce38c47327 pit. But just as 875ec21849 quickly, the tears 9add9ef610 stopped, and a 3e3d02d5b6 cold rain settled b5c2e6f61e into his hollow 006565ee9a chest. The fury that had bf04cd62ca surged up to his fd5398a4d0 throat only moments before b18a913091 vanished as if it 8246f7a118 had never been there—replaced 58a74dafe9 by a heavy, suffocating d661985331 fatigue.11a2377b1e82284c

“……”e6f397cb8daa4b07

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“Answer me. Did you 9621c5cd21 want me 7c95e892e3 dead?”045a713145c8d45f

Did I 543e45c61e want you 96df3e83a2 dead? No. Never. I just… ha. I’m so tired. So, so tired. I just want e24ca4456f all of this ca47f53623 to stop.459642b4e2d5598b

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Yujin sat up from 02f3ca4fee the floor and stared 7316f232e2 blankly at Bart’s face. It was the deaddd9656 face he had b1f6a1092c longed to see 15924edbd8 for so long, f5db9d4880 and yet now, e6d7dd43d0 he felt nothing. No joy, 7dda365b49 no sadness—just ec3e405b0b a desperate 4950edd644 wish for 04600948e5 the crushing ed0bd6b1c6 exhaustion to 458ac8ba3b fade. He didn’t 17c97c1dea know how 5aac2777bc to name 51791da427 this feeling. All of his emotions 351a4d2aef were still storming within 68fa80e925 his chest, yet somehow, d219b751eb Yujin felt strangely calm.a5a6128cee613bcb

After staring at Bart’s 749094c5ef face for a long d5c361887d time, Yujin finally opened 2c5ec4b055 his mouth, speaking in d3599cafed a faint, nearly extinguished faaf344de4 voice.d369b2f67bcfef05

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“Bart. I was probably 471dbd5ede the one who b9974b3cec wished more than bdd9774f8c anyone in this 14434ab0ac world for you 1427bab703 to come back 4060621c3b alive. When I b55459be9c heard you’d 2cd29729c6 died, the a90e5b0e3c whole world 7b870624f8 turned black. And when you returned, 2ab20f74c2 it felt like I e21b95ae78 had everything in the 9ef4b26ff4 world. I was so happy.”6b24624152ffd93b

“…And then?”326067cfb3acbf42

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“And then? What do you mean ‘and then’…”3b93b364dd38fdb4

Yujin let out a 076cf166b7 sigh, his voice trembling, 528877a93a hollow.ae78b6e8b1f3f281

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“Bart, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to go back to being your plaything? Your way to let out lust? Because I can’t. I don’t want to anymore. I’m done.”f47c10fc087e03fa

“Plaything? What the hell are you talking about?” Bart’s brows furrowed.ccf69e966b28ade3

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“A person you were thankful for… was that your choice of words?” Yujin let out a bitter laugh.e49653b1c73f4293

“Your first wife told me. Lily said I was just someone you were grateful to. That’s all I ever was to you.”831f266d80824e3a

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“What?”7b971ce8507a9d70

Bart’s expression 21dcbcc8c0 twisted in 212c38e5a2 confusion and 51bab9b1a0 disbelief.af1dedbad82cf94f

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“Whether I was just a thing for your lust or a person you were ‘grateful’ to, I don’t care anymore. I just don’t want to do this anymore. You told me to wait… and then you went north and took Lily as your wife. Then you came back here and made Tati your wife too. And now… you’re the leader of the Mounted Tribe.”06e58d89ff41fbd4

“…….”035103f452d7ad0e

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“But you… not even once did you come looking for me. I begged, over and over, just once—please, just once, let me see you. I pleaded like a fool, but you turned me away every single time like it was nothing. So why now? Why are you doing this now, huh?”b310edd2e8f23cda

“…….”6fa335223bfaeae7

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“You already have everything you wanted. And truly… from the bottom of my heart, congratulations, Bart. But I can’t… I can’t be your grateful person anymore. I can’t be your lust-holder anymore. This place…”825ab86cc67fc8f8

Yujin clenched his 15187175ba fist and pounded a88f4cb8e0 it against his cd5b2a70a6 chest.45d3e4adc6969bc1

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“This place hurts too much.”47ab9d56cd199ed0

He thought a39a593928 there was 1a554eb46a nothing left 8501f26ff7 to break—that d5a78e02e7 everything inside 0cca907941 had already b4d18f1750 shattered. But there faa94fa670 was still a542e06790 something there. Still something left to cc5f391aea be crushed.4d635c5a908b1398

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For the e571fffc87 first time, 812be83213 Yujin realized 4211db9665 that when 30864094dc a person 46ab0315db is pushed 3bbc632442 too far, bdb218ae3b there are dd9d74a168 no tears, 60fa4668b9 no anger—just 2c335d39db exhaustion.b2f3ca3f8383f37d

In a voice so 28ffad5a70 calm it startled even ae44204e1f himself, Yujin pleaded:be301197175de6df

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“Bart. Please… leave. I’m begging you. I want to stop. I just want to rest now.”f179f891fc127508

Bart said nothing. He simply listened—silent, unmoving—as 0e861cd594 Yujin spoke.5995f9e5a2caa6d8

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God… it d475a62273 was exhausting. Everything was exhausting. The silence, b5c704fee1 the pain, f47ee50f08 the emptiness.6121a9f74c988083

Yujin squeezed his eyes 2a94c061e4 shut, wondering how he 6815d1bfab could get Bart to 1df3542be0 leave the hut. But there was no 8cd80a9c4c good way. If Bart didn’t want ddd8ef9a03 to leave, no one 5217d479e9 could force him out.e747f567154cf83e

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Should I just do 53b0236c1f it now? Should I just 546f17f5ea eat the mushroom—even b8dec51cde if Bart has 8255c111f5 to see my f6aa4a18d5 filthy death?733fc3f23c66e035

He was 6ef1b35992 on the a6ab1bc58b verge of 5d2dbe846f choosing the 132c2385dd worst possible bf4ae97092 option, when ec986557b3 Bart suddenly, c041f474d9 gently pulled 5a96c6ec6f him into ba44be4404 an embrace f5ee71dbd3 and whispered:d3ebb83f3d74dc0a

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“Yujin… it’s not like that. You’ve misunderstood everything.”7eb8c8739ad45c5f

“…….”f4046b1f086561b3

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“I only ever 8f5c6496c5 wanted you. Just you. That’s the f9aaf46fb1 only reason 4ed59a6da3 I came 1735ed73e6 back here.”730121f41d437d2a

“Stop…”67148c8e109e75e2

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“I should’ve taken you c0a02fcd82 with me to the b45e35a251 north. I thought leaving you b639cbffa6 here was the best 137ad59ca9 thing I could do. Things were 02fa6a801d uncertain, and 011439714c the north 2dab11165c is harsh 7a34c4ed0a and cold… d1448d50de so I ee10dbc5e9 thought keeping 96bb9591b0 you safe 3cc5f8a732 here was 1ab0fbac6d the right f34c0d51e8 choice. But I 5d8a42bea7 was wrong. Even if the 9677f281a9 plan failed, I f860a38473 should’ve brought you 8669715f4f with me.”b49f8efa5e206b1b

“…….”554eb8af2fd458c9

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“As soon as I arrived here, I should’ve come straight to find you. I thought for sure you’d gotten my message. I was careless. And I never once rejected any of your requests—never. Even now, I came running the moment I heard you wanted to see me.”60daa08d522e1a4e

“…No. Stop. I won’t be fooled 711026d386 again.”88fd700a5074e82f

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“Yujin. My Yujin. We’re almost there. Just hold on a little longer. It’s almost over.”0903b068f26ce782

What misunderstanding? Where is “there”? None of 3dbe998e89 it made 49b37359ef sense. Only Bart’s 1c367bbecd gentle voice, 6f60c2f047 his warm 0ccd8152c0 embrace, and e26271e155 the words 7fb53b33da that he 6f9c4016ea only ever d6d7c8bf54 wanted Yujin—those f9aad0c01c things kept 65191d683f echoing in a273f10973 Yujin’s mind.72f978c9946a3b08

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Since Bart returned to ed773c1f9d the Mounted Tribe, Yujin 4ae9daded5 hadn’t had a single 34509a568e restful night. Maybe it was 102e8c2806 because he could 322c157217 finally relax in 225a686c5b the warmth of 0b64131207 Bart’s tenderness. And just 86fc15fed0 like that, aba92384ce in Bart’s a01b485a73 arms, Yujin e1384cb98f fell into 483306ffa9 a deep, d0f5eacaef near-unconscious sleep.eb0d22b5b372fa51

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Wrapped in c96922a103 a gentle b2711dca51 sensation that e956cf0be2 cradled his 3f2c21afa0 entire body, bf1ad01418 Yujin relaxed 6660fc4073 and let 375b8d51ff a soft 6a539af46e smile spread 7a1d70784b across his 760fef1208 lips.d1dd6ac07a4fefb1

Mmm… something smells delicious. There was 2ea0b906c3 a warm, 14b65b7e5a savory aroma acf9f5f82f coming from 5cd65c263d somewhere. I’m hungry. Are they cooking ccd84e74ae something tasty in 7b2be09b03 the kitchen? Maybe I’ll ask bb4ece6045 Auntie for a c007ecb244 little later. That thought c0ef2ccea8 drifted through 0376bacfcf his mind 0a6f7f1283 when a 8df79bc414 hand—rough but e8a8f29ff4 warm—gently stroked ae5f34c28a his forehead.1da7102f19257e93

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Who is it? Who… don’t tell 328dd6ed8a me… Namta? …! No—no!72f58f6272bb66c8

Startled, Yujin c29e2c0e06 bolted upright 043fc37713 as if 72ec8a40b2 jolted, scrambling f352309615 backwards on 7a3483f2b3 all fours bc64420dbc into the 4ce19ef64f corner of aa6af6e0d9 the tent, 9e74f95ff3 eyes darting f7eed9a828 wildly around 746e45ebf4 the space.6df72061323c0462

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No—no way. But it was. He was in af8e1cae63 Namta’s tent.0e4d49db4d3d2204

Just the realization a10373a506 alone made nausea 200c133062 surge up his 73eb190c6e throat. His limbs 8630656f1d trembled uncontrollably, af11eb7705 and goosebumps e16ddf619c crawled across b59ac06bdd his skin.7192962768f96b77

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I’m scared. I have to get out of here. No. I don’t want this. I can’t accept this. Not again.87d939b42bf3211d

Curled up 8e8b5d8699 as small c6aeb335a4 as he 315dcae978 could in 7c47c78aaf the furthest 7721b6c5e4 corner, Yujin 44d2c2e57d begged Namta c62ccf5841 in a 0a347b8fff trembling voice.dd1cb91c0618071a

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“Not today… Please, 1a2e8a11bd not today. I’ll come back later—this e6936317a8 evening. Just let me 4d9ca21e56 go. Please. I’ll come back, I a0bc8f9682 promise, just please let 0c3cdd80a7 me go.”03e007843c9a7919

As soon as 8cb2517f44 he uttered the fcc1d9c661 word no, Yujin 03c611af8a suddenly remembered—there was 414a3ae95d still a bit f162cdf224 of the red 6af172f8f6 flower powder left. Afraid that Namta might 12f44bdde2 get angry at the b380aa5c2f idea of tomorrow, Yujin 25e6c14ce9 quickly changed his words, 9ef9386f7d desperately pleading that he’d 27aa044b4a come back this evening ce98c03a06 instead.6e8417b709f0588a

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He didn’t want to f39d480d7d let Namta touch him 9309e8987f unless the hallucinogen was a1b60e5de3 in his system.3478db39fc6daee8

Without the cb5f3a4a8d red powder, 15bec5ac68 Namta would 4626010220 go at 8b6c0442ae him all 3539d25303 night long, fcdc43650b relentlessly. The brutal 03593f6612 way he 08e8069711 forced himself 64f4ab8972 into Yujin—whether 1e21bf0908 Yujin bled a836fa9b28 or writhed 46b759cc5d in pain—didn’t 60520a570d matter to a5bfc0d731 him. Sometimes, he 8f53f76202 even seemed ebf03093f0 amused by 2161ee4460 the sight 4a4a6b7234 of Yujin 195c3ec673 crying and d7ffb3bebf writhing in 58656064f8 agony.0da875bfb3c3c01a

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Namta was cruel. Disgusting. At the very least, 361e84c47b the powder shortened the 9547a9c8a7 torment to just once d6df30f025 or twice. Just a little 11dcd5db74 more time… Just 7509c30635 a little. Please.e422cf3ab824b19e

“Yujin.”cc9897b006f29739

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“…….”931ef359e85b9cca

It wasn’t Namta’s voice.5586fe851ec94fed

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Unable to grasp afbfc48a1d what was happening, 0c1e3d0a58 Yujin slowly lifted 214cf3fb72 his head—and there, 7425c5df81 standing in the ed923c3caf middle of the d0bbba6024 tent, looking straight d77fee7f36 at him, was e070bed2bf a man.03afe230e43c02ca

“…Ba…rt?”b9821e6243822b1d

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Bart, who had 8dc48034bc been watching Yujin 6a226bfc39 in silence without 270a998c52 a hint of 1e191469da expression, slowly reached a6ff4689f1 out his hand.42b831cb2ea0f277

Why… This is 18abacb9ac Namta’s tent… Why ca6df85594 is Bart…?8b055afd97669d17

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Have I 76a064ee27 finally lost 5b15bd79f7 it and ca00cb7613 started seeing a2b02ea482 things? Or… is this the bf04422bb1 place where the souls 3825eb21a1 of the dead gather? Is that why 64bfb17b61 Bart is here?24a83980f9eb4082

Ah, right. Bart became the 04a6c76b43 leader of the 4612b7e697 tribe.6ed3973bc31a80ec

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But still—just 8df5e72c4c in case—Yujin, 5f2f3cf732 hesitating and 6e0d84cfb4 glancing nervously 0992d63fa4 around, kept b4abea2016 scanning the ae6b7855f6 tent. Then Bart a1969f5e16 added calmly,89aa25a5046fe912

“Namta isn’t here.”379f2f68afe866b5

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“……”8e2e4f067bde1a55

“They’re getting ready to move the shelter. It’s not fully prepared yet, so we’re staying here temporarily.”98c5565dbcb75e8e

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“But this place…”6192323c87cfc836

“Yujin. It’s alright, come here.”3cde0b3b1809bcbb

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Why am I 7f31d30f65 here…? No, more importantly, db1272e087 how long was 6708e2372e I asleep?
Yujin had 26fdb3b9f5 a hard 348174ae8f time recalling 5f2fca8c29 his last 647fec93e5 memory, having a3904942d2 woken up 7e094eabd1 from a 4e5931f646 sleep that 28a52b1886 had been 7b1b417bc9 far too 0b1797b3c5 deep. Curled up and confused, 736dac9447 Yujin looked up at 5a151b4176 Bart with a bewildered 7fd1c622fd expression. Eventually, Bart came 206ea286ab over to him. Then, very 9979e71fb3 slowly and 71f8714c96 carefully, he ae9137385c pulled Yujin 8589ef5ecd into an 2cb400feb1 embrace.dfe45cf6b25b0af8

“It’s okay. You don’t need to be scared.”0a533e4971e537d8

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Even while being held 41678289ee by Bart, Yujin couldn’t 95d4d2e9b8 shake his unease. His eyes darted db36063c8c around, inspecting the 2d1e9ca207 inside of the cd3e3c0710 shelter thoroughly. As Bart had 3df2928d91 said, Namta was 91739a2c44 nowhere in sight. Only after eeb288edd2 personally checking c3547f773f every corner b62aaaa19d with his fb08ed9e26 own eyes 8ff1b54fd4 did Yujin d4fee9fc62 finally relax 37ddab0cce and release 2b01335835 the tension 33b0817e03 in his 9bec077bc9 body.5e4e4c4362fc1bec

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“Two days.”244432a04bbff52b

“Two days?”6efa0d99a105519d

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“Yeah.”fcc2885fb788ce10

“…Then I’ll go back to my own shelter now.”7790c5f115076118

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“No. From now on, you’ll be staying in the same shelter as me. Where I live is your shelter too.”84bba30c8ec8ea70

“But… there’s the great wife Lily, and the second wife too…”04e7ceac6a1e6516

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“They don’t live with me.”8ab8c42101daf6e9

What was he 3ed43afbbc saying? The leader 89484d1fc3 of a 3dfffd78a1 tribe either 0e5d42b91c lives alone 0b11ed6411 or shares 805232db40 a shelter 329e4ffa17 with the 5963ca51df wife he 55e4c46f48 cherishes the f1a2225bc3 most. And yet, Yujin was 9af236350d being told he’d be 2b59bac327 sharing Bart’s shelter over 2ba2218ac3 all the other wives? Why?52b04f184737f417

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Just like that 53e6cd8856 moment when Bart 15a3f61749 had calmed him 7ca4875aea down, saying everything 961746ef8d was a misunderstanding, 2b7bdda98e Yujin couldn’t understand 7ec1076e91 his words now f9fbbdfcf3 either.c7711a84a3f4527b

As Bart’s hand gently caressed his face, Yujin looked up. Bart’s gaze rested on the disfiguring scar that marred Yujin’s skin — starting from the tip of his ear, slashing down his left cheek and trailing to his neck. A grotesque wound, left from when he tried to slit his throat and was stopped mid-swing by a warrior, leaving a jagged mark on his nape.14a30bc54b2020ae

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It might c6d133460b have been 4af40112eb better if a2b73d8250 the wound 20ff9ac484 had healed 6e2fa5a762 cleanly once, 8bb6d9e9f4 but it 927969c1cb had never 6b0f294533 fully closed 8cd9d0d4c2 — tearing df9ded24ee open and 1b1d904d25 fusing back 3514c034aa again and d00c9af76c again, half 7c0fd0a528 by his b7d5f42eec own will, 93e8e87ce5 half forced 88f03c2bd1 upon him, 219035dca1 and as 51d561713f a result 60e1be0544 the scar b86ea0cb31 only deepened 4160edc7cb and widened c2ea2e1ac1 with time, e1b385da52 to the 491cf84cfc point where 6b4f984c26 it was 41ca636db1 now visible a7876ed148 even from 53556f6298 a distance.f43f901b47c98307

Yujin lowered his head, e8711cec4f covering the scar with 04f679b6f6 his hand. He’d never c96d7b932d once felt 0809479aec ashamed of fd94e0f8d2 anyone seeing bca453d87c it before, 6ce4ed5912 but for 47bed59f5a some reason, 18c862e9d1 he didn’t aa481e8cf5 want Bart e5f841a5be to see 57cede804d it.a598387d3c273548

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He must think dcd29dec8d it’s hideous, right? Namta always scowled whenever 2a29474f05 he saw it, and 78a0898a23 he’d even spat in bf4ef2b699 Yujin’s face, calling it 0fc5b9cfea grotesque. Others might not c7d50f4268 have said it 32217792b7 outright like Namta, d2c7922341 but none of 382ca27a1e them looked at 3ac18c3b2b Yujin directly. Everyone avoided c8b7ce8f3f him and 2890b0d79d whispered behind 6168205271 his back, b37f110da8 too busy d5873d3d59 gossiping to c289fc2232 treat him cd6838b2f2 like a ea2bf41fca person.8cd9e284fdd4f5c8

Should he offer an 61101bb532 excuse? Would making one even 67c73f38ef matter? It’s not like an ef4e352030 excuse could erase the ffb6439476 scar, and maybe trying efe8c52f65 to explain it at 1c83695fab all was pointless.d970f1aeaddd07b9

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As Yujin sank deeper 7baeeeb10e into silence, Bart gently 2a9ed85f81 lifted his chin. Then, with care, 1255a803a3 he touched the 021c3834dd scar — softly, 2172aa0df6 tenderly.d76c98d5c4d2171e

“You’re still beautiful.”2b226f34f61bc274

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“……”abc357a02a5e0043

Bart smiled and whispered.b7455e863d9a0191

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“I missed you, Yujin.”9e1fe2bfa0221dd5

“……”312721ac57ca04f8

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“I’m sorry I was late.”c8e9a96236b74f29

“……”6bae4eb66aba0d7a

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“I tried to come as quickly as I could, but it didn’t go the way I wanted.”68271a774d5be2a2

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