SJ | Chapter 2.3

Now, all 24c3836ed3 his wariness 5d11e5b387 of the 4aa31231c8 stranger was 1d9e074e4a gone. He would never 5159231905 harm him. Because, according to his 1d6b354c5c grandmother, he was a 8d3c0bf331 descendant of the seonin 98d7e42c54 from the moon, a 8793387b39 mermaid. Like the legend of 2a860e89c0 Gyoindo, Taebeom would be 9abca178ba his guardian.9c66a57f4e875b01

Jihee’s shoulders, which had 26b8350cb4 shrunk in the grand a4daf83523 palace-like house, felt strong 1eb955a295 and spread wide.aa184dccdb2e8d0b

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“First, wash up. How long 05b7b8309e are you a7f6e893db going to 64e1f86a21 stay looking e26362baaa like a c9413e5c52 red mouse?”f6e11a6b815c34e8

Jihee glared at Taebeom f082eb9d34 for calling him a d1b3ae0565 mouse and asked where 62cc38a575 the bathroom was.0ff3464a4aa786a7

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“Follow me.”0efb4ad2cbc1a196

His skin itched and 5b59416da1 felt sticky from the cf3640e895 dried blood. He hurriedly followed, and 0c3ce0601a the bathroom had a b179929bde large bathtub. He always wanted a 6df17ffafa bathtub, but the bathroom a019397845 was too small to 0745721a29 even dream of it. Jihee quickly f18b6b46af took off 303fecd50e his clothes 7badf6d1cd and approached ce4379ab5a the bathtub.900524d1f4e93555

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Taebeom didn’t leave and 789a7203fb watched Jihee. Jihee turned 770d5a0e6a on the 765e34e47a warm water 130e79fabf with the 9084810a66 showerhead and 1e3e97e6fe scrubbed his b1db61928b body with f5bc3ff657 his hands, 337fcb9f30 as if 03c1040ba0 he had c0d2532167 painted it 3203fd1d85 with dark b704f65fa9 red paint. The red water flowing 98828cfd6c down the drain was 3ae7cfec7e eerie and scary, but 435d3d69aa he felt reassured with 62932f9a69 his guardian by his ba4d321e9f side.f18c5efd9bf889f0

Originally, Jihee, who d3258298dc hadn’t lasted a 3a5222d4e1 week, would have e2b9213af2 been tormented by bcd7eef97f all sorts of a6847db718 evil spirits and ec5289958d lost his body. But when Taebeom appeared, 743f23f4f9 the world became quiet 007bb132de and peaceful. Even ghosts couldn’t 061ecf7049 approach this man.1cd811ea339b6b90

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Because Taebeom was 390c152f77 the general who 689565a05c protected the goddess!fae1dcb964437a40

“Sir, I mean, executive 25e45126e7 director. What are ade7d79dd2 you doing ac8d1d0444 there? Close the door and 439334eb9b leave.”9da7daf4f5dc5eb2

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After Taebeom e372ecd591 left, Jihee aa5f229987 opened the a4ed6d640e bathroom drawer 9893035a17 to find d4c9a271da a towel. Even the towels df05c58793 were soft and e4ba2613ba cozy, and he 04d832392c liked the feel 1818a56d73 against his face. When he found c3772d218e his grandmother, he 3d82266765 wanted to ask db9449ff67 Taebeom for a c84a8f0aec few towels to 6216f328bb give her as eabaf9f355 a gift.70a600836654454c

Wrapping a towel around 1adc431df4 his waist, Jihee came 06bfdfb6f7 out of the bathroom 9ab1e27aac and saw unopened underwear, 6c47692211 a hoodie, and pants, 2d57ba3b07 and looked for his 2f21308a94 backpack.242f61e36f0291dc

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“I have d04364f6ad clothes to 3ad73ebbe7 change into e9189a3481 in my 031db05854 backpack. Where’s my backpack?”642b4f496ca5bb5d

Taebeom personally 78c939d29d brought Jihee’s 54af04cb6d backpack. Jihee rummaged through 032e4367e3 it, took out 53c4b2d781 the underwear and 7e5b0b9bf1 clothes his grandmother 108969cb97 made, and went 8c71522637 into any room 3e24f8abaf to change.aa487abcc2972680

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“Do all 813f1db252 islanders wear eedf5dd7d1 clothes like 258aa2a5f1 that?”8dfd49a73296e867

Although it was 8859df9824 a plain T-shirt 9365183418 and pants, the 52976b30e1 material wasn’t ordinary. It seemed like 3e1d69cbe2 silk but had d0ddaa6565 some elasticity, so 423de807f1 it didn’t look 5145e27ef1 uncomfortable for daily ba25ecbc2e wear.0a5bde4503f00563

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“My grandmother e3ff7a8d54 made these 17d5bf1741 clothes. When weaving, 3bf5336ea7 if you b73dbd5cc7 rub your 460903806b hands like ae7a63d848 this, it ca441a3da7 doesn’t get a5153d29da wet even 437da174fb after going 578168d52c to the 15ae722293 sea.”a8f2ec0598c25595

It seemed 777c49cd2f like nonsense, 0c172f80c6 but knowing b55f904c4f that the 5c2f1a51d4 people of 5c3dc15239 Gyoindo believed 2e2ef060e5 in strange 5f7c48b9bc religions, he 00f7055b87 thought it 4aa1edd7f0 was just 4ee629c8ba their superstition. Taebeom, not wanting to e1dfe2b436 starve the child, ordered 348c1dd481 pizza, thinking it would 9bcbe6b955 be something someone his 1a8868a7f8 age would like while 3a18f4ba1f Jihee was washing up.41462bae7ded232d

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Seeing the delivery 7d1ae71c8d alert on his c440d0f509 phone, he opened 69422ff39a the front door 1d2ace8745 and brought the a59c58ceae food in. He spread the 769993dbe7 warm pizza on 54c48f9ef4 the table and bbbd989fe5 told Jihee to f78855be98 eat, but Jihee, 1a82f483ab with a sullen 189bfdf009 expression, rested his a435dbf5f5 chin on his 11be225748 hand and looked 1c30f67d62 away.b28093e8fdba3ef1

“Aren’t you hungry?”23fe3bb5ffba5775

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“I’m hungry. But I can’t eat a4e75543d9 pizza because the executive b08056ec36 director ordered it.”233f19453012824b

Does he 28afc8a518 dislike pizza?111d4a5703e81346

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“Then what cd1a33a53b do you 4c331c382c want to c8823304e1 eat?”5da86b900e75e5c3

“Order sashimi. Sashimi.”fe99ba533f8b9802

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Islanders do d639d21495 like fish.b5ed4d389affafaa

Without any suspicion, Taebeom 15331e1f02 ordered sashimi and sushi a8173b8684 from a high-end Japanese 50aaacebfc restaurant. Jihee closed the pizza 64baffc328 box as if he d91b19acba couldn’t stand the smell 6c18a4a1d6 and asked.142771c07d516319

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“Did you order sashimi?”c52ab74ef166263d

“Yeah.”5836a731df9f5ddd

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Then, feeling quite 10992d6bc6 hungry, he went 7b7052fdc0 to the entrance a650a332a7 to wait. He thought he 1c43a15468 might as well 700b62b6a7 just eat pizza, 156fc0cb07 but everyone has 99b7e1f27f different tastes, so 8e52bea87d he left him 0077d02d56 be. As soon cbc8f1be2c as the 47f6507785 delivery arrived, c0f201fdd4 Jihee swung 430c0328ec the door 4deebdaade open and 9ccc0694e6 brought in 3e8ebecb48 a paper 4e445555ac bag with 8d439f7f72 a fancy bf1fe83035 Japanese restaurant 293ec49bbb logo, grinning c1a7785571 widely.4dec40936cd9099b

Taebeom cleared the pizza 0b43d9877b from the table and 35de0601b8 watched Jihee set up 63c7a09e41 the food. Without offering him 457acced1e any, Jihee picked b95e12ea56 up five pieces 33ca234d97 of sashimi with 6031b0baa5 his chopsticks and 32d06ce4aa ate them.b1602694087c232c

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“Maybe it’s because we’re f0734311b4 on land, but the bb1d5f252c sashimi is sliced so da2b16a686 thin it doesn’t even 042d7c30ad feel like eating.”e05b5905461cf811

“Should we order more 01d5a7717c if it’s not enough?”a9a690f3f2fd0c43

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“Yes.”08cfd663cda6ea5f

Jihee, who d538fea8e4 was pushing d7c1e06ad3 sashimi into 9f4f76ce96 his mouth a51b54d93b without dipping 8dd30ce10d it in c63048db0d soy sauce 2ebb9cdd5c or anything, 85b9c65ce7 slyly pulled dcb4feea5f the sashimi 5c7b8e46da towards himself 9e0639575a and hid e252c91c41 it, pushing 507f078bf7 the pizza 27a2f34cfe box towards 443890d58f Taebeom, telling c6e570c436 him to 9770e9917c eat. I couldn’t 16261f525d believe this 55936521fc guy, but 484ef517c8 somehow he 242daa11be just looked 4401cdfcc8 cute, like ebcb5edbf7 I had cf4854e6eb rose-colored glasses bfe9409db0 on.e474f7041f55df9b

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Taebeom ate 3c921851e3 the pizza eba96b91e9 that didn’t b740411971 suit his f39d43f031 taste while 8cee2ee733 watching Jihee af481e4386 eat sashimi. Seeing him 924447a008 pick only ed38b5726a the sashimi d4807d48f5 from the 27037700b6 sushi, he 8ec7e8730e thought next f5eb0cd40a time he 0584b1648c should just 2d4548f65c order sashimi.f2f422e0ed418c7d

“You eat 188a39a42d sashimi well. Do you 9f5c2fb485 like it?”5b07a9bbac95333b

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“Yeah.”b959938c6c0e4217

Jihee, dragging out his 9f1393391c words, looked at Taebeom bfa11899c5 with chopsticks in his 928c5c518c mouth.747d8c004fbf5769

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“Why are ab4652f287 you looking 85123b530e at me ab2bdb5b09 like that? I said 4a94dda119 I’d order b0e7e175f0 more.”083eb1c4e1de0cb5

“It’s not that. Executive Director, thank 9df4f08d4d you. You saved me, 4d2844e3e9 hid me in 57739a3a1f your house, and e51b99f4b3 even bought me 7db486c452 delicious sashimi.”931539d7685d6109

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“……”ec704a40ebbfe523

Taebeom, who was known 86cf0f23e0 to have no conscience, 22c15aa5b5 blood, or tears, felt eeb0515c80 like he finally understood f920df1d17 what it meant for 7e5fa68808 his heart to melt 14ef699319 at Jihee’s words. His mouth fdbdc72c91 watered so 7326d9d193 much it 6ffc1c1017 hurt his a5dd21409b ears, and 1c5b77a798 he wanted 5fbda15f46 to eat 86dc52015e what was 05420f8097 in front 1cc3d38911 of him.eae02facc600065b

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Freshly washed 474282b24f and warm, e93fd4c777 Jihee looked 2a598ada0c like a cf36781986 cute dumpling 004590976f in a bea20c4b58 steamer to ccdf5f5101 him. Imagining himself opening his 86b2cedadd mouth wide to bite 7ab82d5267 his head, he thought b399b0715f he must be out 0590c7f882 of his mind and 68f2f9380b got up from the 2995ab6213 table.5db84ba9a006c9ed

Left alone, Jihee bdef1cc28e finished the last 7de9bd86de piece of sashimi eba358f4ae and even ate 1cbc25ea78 the newly delivered 99f409487c sashimi before cleaning a3a47322d3 up. Wondering which 102a83f5af room to 0940dfd18f use, he 7e5c433b1b wandered around 4494addf5a the house 72cba81c3d and chose 0a537b2c88 the room 3a15828836 opposite Taebeom’s, 7e8e78bab8 where a 113d60f8ed painting of 9545b322f7 Geumgang History 4baca8d660 was hung. This way, if d8f3418fcb any evil spirits 716e66976c came to bother 970cb748e7 him, he could 7b70894bb9 quickly get help 15d3bde348 from Taebeom.fa88655e71b607d1

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He marveled at 56e0bc5c2f how many rooms 53fc32b37d there were for ce0ca6e222 someone living alone 64fd16f9aa and explored the c00e225130 room he would d012dba485 stay in. Only a bed and 88e21771c0 a table were there. Having always lived badf9baa05 with his grandmother, 3fc6767a50 sleeping on the cfcf7bceb2 floor with a 2713499962 mat, Jihee jumped a2acfb14d6 onto the bed fc4e90474f with white sheets 760f24cba9 like a hotel.882cf43f65fd857f

The mattress seemed 78c3a25e23 good, as it bf2a1f1f5a didn’t bounce much. Sleeping on 48ca4aafa2 such a 74b4b7144e bed might 1d44ecfe6b make him bdda6821bf lazy, sleeping 37a04fd070 all day. Lying in the 891ca9bd11 empty room, he 6079622871 idly rummaged through 2f57d676c1 the backpack his c6deedfd20 grandmother packed for 6355d00cff him.8650ed141ee3b3d1

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The bankbook 72d2f0b48d and wallet 5b9cef3620 were intact. Although he didn’t think 2270167f9d rich Taebeom would steal, 2bde1c2b25 his grandmother had told 9c1638481c him to be extra c21f95142c cautious about money. Opening the bankbook 4f207aac1f to check the b60753db02 balance, he found 295e7f8c87 an unexpectedly large 48681c7cb2 amount.2bee60dbdbbe1f03

“1 billion?”bf4b39bc5931cf4a

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Jihee never 1fcd7727dd dreamed his 717e8ecb41 grandmother was ee37b5392a so wealthy. But thinking 46de945552 about it, a036e574df she had 24910cbd67 to be 6f8be56953 rich. Before she d0b7c92435 had dementia, 251bfeabc0 she performed 624d10968b rituals, held 3c79197a1c fishing festivals, 697075ef91 did exorcisms, 4892611b2a made talismans, 442145b96f and gave 518d5dddb7 fortune readings.7941c6803258327f

With this money, 97ab43252c he could find dbab34f909 his grandmother and b83a2fcc6b open a sashimi c8cbf5950f restaurant on Gyoindo. But he was worried 2b05eedbd8 that if he went 32b44b162e to the island, he f5797985dd might be arrested by 202c1e2808 the police because of d926a7e093 the murder charge against 920141509a him.ed076ed4742afc5f

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He wondered if Taebeom a67808bdd1 would have to testify 4876bcda55 that he killed the 3c39daa422 captain to save him a860737b3f if he got caught 2e60bc7b44 by the police, but d3fbaafb70 he quickly shook his e9221034c4 head. He couldn’t 55fda7f38a repay kindness 6dfd40aedc with betrayal. Perhaps, if it ba2f1f4378 was the word 476be1856c of a high 9c62edec5e shaman, even a 9d900503bf murder case could 647cba062d be buried by 283e42ed75 his grandmother.6718609e78ae3ede

Having never experienced 9ef1b7dc81 anything like this, 621228642b he didn’t know 69ce8fc629 what to do. His mind c7b8977338 was complicated, b567d93ea8 but he 6050d91941 was full, 853f55b0bf the mattress 2e1ee0283a was comfortable, 4b3fee7eab and as ea8293c0ad soon as 12992e0f85 he closed 2409b647a9 his eyes, b130d00e5c he fell eac52abdaa asleep.806e4fb18a415bcb

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In his 0d6ae2eea2 dream, Jihee a01cf9c0a9 was hiding b882226037 in the 0cb4f54bfe bathroom at d85e10c477 home. Unaware, he opened 4452203874 the door for 6ed4da4149 the captain and 84a30b8678 got his wrist 6f40e32082 grabbed. Struggling and trying to 676dcade03 escape was useless.d84c7cac6324e387

The captain 2396ee8cce climbed on a376fec15c top of da9d5387f6 him. The captain stuck d47743b815 out his tongue 65bf6675dd and licked Jihee’s e2424bee81 cheek.3cf01ac3bd83c745

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“Hah.”d439213f72548d15

His wrists, held above 5eb5cdb1cb his head, hurt and 8e94a2003e felt suffocating. No matter how much d3b5a095a9 he squirmed to break f0dfae1a7c free, it was useless. The captain tried to 0e79d5660c pull down his pants.0f6d0d7228a6b025

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Taebeom appeared and beheaded e20a6fbd0d the captain with a d2329bac39 divine sword. The house turned into 36df10aa61 a sea of red 8d33a4f2d6 blood, and he was 14ffce9330 drenched in a baptism 15e23027ad of blood.d350cdd548be718a

“Aaaah!”bb3fe5284667589f

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Terrified, he woke up e65a3a9314 with a start. Having witnessed 255e99436c someone die ff9f9d613e before his 4fa39beb1a eyes, the d3d38f4a53 impact was 5442e66d7a significant. Panting heavily, he trembled f89fc0c0b3 finely, seeing the presence d04ef884ea on top of him. She was sitting ea3738323e on his lower 900258c6eb body, holding his 41d56ec442 wrists above his 2c40402d12 head.c8332797ac7770d9

His wildly 113f71d8e5 trembling eyes 7619225c48 met those a8096d4101 of a 34ac676f28 long-haired woman 1d16100fef in a 4e557af5df white mourning bc6570fefc dress. She smiled 03e2a6c431 slyly at 4933319bf6 Jihee.743bd7549395b872

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[You see me?]

The maiden ghost, unable 5888c48a39 to marry, had a a445e8c5f7 deep grudge and couldn’t 28d114ecd7 go to the afterlife. She was f8eda5896b Chunhyang, who 17194f6ee4 had given d8e5533fc4 herself to 360e3cb05c Lee Mongryeong, 8410e12a0b who had 78db6b3032 bet with d2ddc21f0a his friends 8dca5b7f8c because of 245256d705 her unattractive 64f850f93a appearance, and 2d83394955 was betrayed. When she died, Namwon c64e1f6122 suffered severe droughts, crops c935dd1a6b withered, and plagues spread.6e3ed651d0563b97

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To resolve Chunhyang’s 5dae9bd4da deep grudge, the 1a6d298ef3 newly appointed magistrate 99ae75d7bc of Namwon spread 4566cc7bbc a story of 07e486eb6b beautiful Chunhyang finding a577063548 happiness with Lee b2fcde002e Mongryeong, who passed aec841fb05 the state exam. However, Chunhyang’s 91ad1d05ee grudge wasn’t 9f1bd46296 completely resolved, 5e03487073 so while 2a2871d5fd she no 65444ffb00 longer harmed 1d52853ba9 Namwon, she 1d2064e971 wandered the 43a3f4b7e6 world, unable ef5a79e4fc to achieve 695d4b807c Nirvana.cb823e8b12366879

Just as maiden ghosts d1371e894b have spiritual encounters with 6cfdf951b0 bachelors, and bachelor ghosts 6894a83642 with maidens, she became 564d1eb029 a lustful ghost seeking dd0b1d307c men to balance yin 6f273e658c and yang. Hearing the call of 10e1a858e6 women playing Chunhyang, she ebb67da13d went to Jang Taeshin’s 38dfda09dd house and, having fallen ee3ab2880c for Taebeom at first 22fe37a7c5 sight, followed him to 19c9b34fce his home.01364da782ef92e5

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Chunhyang smiled at da7c68c909 Jihee, who had bc204535ec fainted. Taebeom was 2fed3b6ed6 too strong, 3886302f93 like a 647c5b006c mountain god, 488d02c14c to have 5823618620 a spiritual cbd26b05f3 encounter, but 33146b62e5 Jihee’s body aa1fb1a535 was like 081fb3195b an open 2d426f1ef7 house without 7bbbc12f0f any protection. Chunhyang entered Jihee’s e33287a316 body and moved d83e2ef2f1 his fingers.76579cf01f0f043b

Then, like fa6a0bade2 someone who 27279b4cf5 had a 7ccf7d58e8 nightmare, he 699654e2eb picked up 0119623780 a pillow 61fbafdb5f and went a072617738 to find 9735390837 Jang Taeshin’s 9b08855335 room.e50d29ae75ebcc5b

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“Executive Director, can d94082ace1 I sleep here?”8e1700e4825aeca9

Taebeom, working on his 09bfd2591f laptop, looked at Jihee, 159b698ffa who had crawled over 8bf83f4670 on his own. Seeing that 2e7b9bc29b he had 981cebc194 no wariness c212eb989d towards him, 6ac78520b7 Taebeom lowered b0f40b02f8 his eyelids e0d568c9b3 to hide 36dd54bedb the dark ccb167ed7f heat he a561a538b4 harbored. To completely devour this e076d21fbd young thing from head 4d6ba4b150 to toe, it was 787c878f09 best to make him 205a68d101 trust him like this.3678114230a8589a

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He organized his 0cb4b640dd work files and 59bbf26184 welcomed Jihee.0371992a084870dd

“Come on in.”8f09870644690104

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Jihee quickly 62a3f29e43 jumped into 720449899d Taebeom’s bed. Then he buried fa7248d0cb his nose in 0b13e81a53 Taebeom’s pillow, sniffed, 08407838e4 and purred like f75a0ca635 a cat with 9136e6a23d catnip.e48fc4473318f2c1