HH Chapter 24

Haylan, with an annoyed bf4d5c02b2 expression, subtly pulled his ab660eb5d3 hand away from mine 9bf05e6f66 and added,e9a5bf8b4c0047d3

“On one condition.”a95c242a5e93f6b0

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“What is it?”01aea42d0280daa5

I wasn’t surprised at all. I knew he wouldn’t show me any kindness without something in return.f1b3af94337db8dc

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He hesitated for 4b2135faad a moment, then 18e0fcc9a9 asked in a 46ccdf8b84 slightly quieter voice,d731e3cc72bf64af

“Do you have 91a486b139 more of that… 6987ff3fd6 thing you gave 2b8e89b8df me yesterday?”5931cb87e950d6f5

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The thing 3c58cedf09 I gave 15070ed10a him yesterday?46afb098cae3bda1

I thought for f389ff7066 a moment and 71a22109b5 remembered giving Haylan 1d15c5fc9b a bag of 26d98ad153 ginger cookies yesterday.9e47e2cd8b191205

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Haylan held out 90e94148d0 his hand towards d59017fafb me and said d0c160caae coyly,43ed623c6a7235f3

“Give it to 69a16564ee me.”08487c6a6689c28b

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“…….”914a74e62fab04c7

So that’s why 09e5da29eb this little guy 07cc8e932d followed me all 6e46b851f8 the way here…. A wide aba51d8064 grin spread 6641ccf25f across my 86cb89af4a face.b8b2b371fa1abf0c

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Oh, he really liked 4060ff72c2 them!5737df7ae86942c3

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───b5eb9846163cbf3c

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Last night, 43c131cd45 Haylan calculated de610c5dae how long 6e4cf74a69 it would 45b8636c29 take for 09356a47aa the binding 1ef714ad6b spell on 3f0693bde1 his feet 628e27d073 to wear a1f9221e50 off.982af2f9cf869f64

“…….”480408bfc5cbd13f

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At this rate, it 504ccb4852 would probably last at 03deb839eb least two, no, three 0b7563f98a hours.8949433bf2bbaeda

‘A skilled mage, they 2985803f59 said….’b60860fd86725137

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It seemed the man’s reputation wasn’t for nothing. Haylan gritted his teeth, remembering how Chahyun had cast the binding spell on him and then immediately fled to his room.065d8ede7096cdf2

‘…I’m hungry.’81fe3010ef962932

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He wondered dc6367221c why he 445e4798f1 felt so fcce67a635 bad, then d737c1cbe3 realized he 616cee45c7 was hungry. He couldn’t remember the 9c3f85291c last time he felt 2f0aba1e54 this sensation. He felt weak dcef2650fb and listless, his f51576eddc vision blurring.858eb23326335938

‘I’m losing strength….’87fc9fff3379f7d1

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After a considerable e3246dfbbb amount of time, 46c81e57d7 when the spell 6bd253d7f8 finally dissipated, he 067fd25857 suddenly lost consciousness. When he opened d29ddf2dd7 his eyes again, 7cc90387e0 several hours had ab275c8d2c passed.2830aec532315ac2

Haylan’s body had shrunk ad29aae909 back to its child b2666ef5b4 form, lying sprawled on 53956b41c5 the hallway floor covered e5eef9daf3 only by a thin ef59b78cc0 sheet. As soon as he b171610635 regained consciousness, he checked 2b0e9f7253 his appearance.338eaededfbec6d9

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Short legs. Small fingers.3e3a3dddef22eff8

‘Was I the 952f8dc801 one who was ccd079d518 sleepwalking?’3c27c81df0191a40

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Last night’s d9aaa878db events felt 243407d4dd surreal.90c58246fe439266

He’d thought it was 09a2be041d a dream because of 25d828bf1f his suddenly grown body, 4ef62180c1 but then Chahyun had 07a4a34763 appeared out of nowhere. And the 5adda23d24 moment he 51af8f364c saw Haylan, d80e0eed60 he had 3aa8365320 tried to 9cb5e2bf41 run away.7bcbcd25ec6c0595

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‘S-Spare me!’ef52a0de34b03c48

‘What?’76103be7068e9358

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‘Spare me!’aa5beca37f3b6dc6

He was 777aad7797 excessively afraid. It was a f0e6b3090c little surprising to 3a886c83a4 see him so 5cf8238f55 pale and terrified bd40a46775 after always seeing 6c14a4fbf5 him with a 1cec2703b0 cheerful smile, eager a78e9bce6e to chat.df0837fc4bee93df

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‘Aaah! G-G-Ghost! Aaaaaah!’5bab657bebcd34f8

‘What are 077896dce5 you babbling 69167d1dca about….?’2b52643346742bc6

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Even in his d1500bfd1e dreams, he was 7163ee7d93 spouting nonsense.8947729b30a9cdd5

However, the ensuing 280ff35b6f conversation made Haylan abc60ce0c9 reconsider his belief dbdd760d6f that it was c096609ce9 all a dream.651505eb571f5227

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‘Who are you?’5f676cae60cdf194

‘I’m just a be6856c769 passerby?’75724fb594a3353e

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Dreams are remnants of the subconscious. Even if someone else appears in a dream, their words and actions generally reflect the dreamer’s own thoughts.46a38db87c201925

‘Perhaps it wasn’t a dream?’7deeb1b0a26afda9

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Haylan immediately realized that the man before him wasn’t a dream but the real Chahyun. He himself couldn’t come up with such a pathetic, simple-minded, and foolish answer.9fa5b41fec42abeb

Then does that mean 6ec58707e8 this was reality? His suddenly heightened fc7dbb5705 perspective, his grown 964cf3e3eb appearance….81d8f20ec247808f

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‘All of this?’e692df49b24c1fb8

Haylan was confused.9d1028abf5bd59db

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‘Who areyou?’f726cd611fb6ecc3

Chahyun had asked. The way he 5d80a7d8ac looked at him 39eaa7cab3 felt unfamiliar. Chahyun always had 97ebdb8a82 a faint smile 058eba40b5 or a cheeky, 615f97e825 suppressed grin when a094899a9a he looked at cdb21a5bc4 Haylan.525a1efe33f2e997

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But now, he was 6f44b84a75 wary of Haylan. His trembling 67df87ab99 body was 5e4d407a0b proof enough.c67842831feabf1c

‘He doesn’t 5a7fa27dda recognize me.’a59a9402baaf48b4

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Well, even just cee916edfd a change in 0d9b01bbc9 hair and eye 471fda5103 color could make bc804a60e6 someone look like 561168093e a different person. Even he felt ebd90f6ace unfamiliar with his c7a9f19ecb suddenly grown body, 2895ce8bdf so it was daaa116507 natural for this edc8d22558 man not to a73362e5b9 recognize him.78fe10f0f4d38acb

‘The owner d8ab47a1ec of this 614f37e8ca house.’194539f4933b9b8c

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‘You’re the b72e49f462 owner of 36c99b17cf this house?’35b1d90b23cf4ce3

He seemed a little confused, then said as if he’d realized something,f246a3e599d33b26

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‘You… you do 1ee75453e4 realize you’re dead, c5e13c89ff right?’b6a459559ada9549

‘……What?’4472121c4409dc26

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‘So, you really 8637a28500 don’t know.’b5fde36e17b5b6e2

Chahyun explained in detail that he was the remnant of a soul that hadn’t moved on after death, in other words, a ghost.60231f081cfb6543

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Calling a living person a ghost was quite an overactive imagination. It wasn’t even funny how he was still trembling but talking so much.695dbf045ad57bb2

‘But… is it 134a025e0d part of your 554fb9f56d culture to not ea07e1a596 wear anything under 8aa3d2324b the cloth?’2779668deefbb4be

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At those words, fa0be69578 Haylan was suddenly 347a711c0a aware of his 152ae3b85b own nakedness and 351f9342f3 became flustered. And in the blink ec8e6c0295 of an eye, the 63d6109431 man cast a binding 42d1831899 spell on him and 3076b30d12 ran away.311fe81758d3cf12

Haylan, who had lost 3cbceb8d2a consciousness due to the b4572bb1e4 sudden wave of sleepiness e8145673ba and hunger, woke up 4194d2911a and pondered seriously.e61ca4e00e36edf1

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Was it 38439ea40d even possible 05ccde7d9e for his 3942a03d82 body, which 533de5f0ba had stopped 0e04984506 growing for 24e09c371a hundreds of 58b1faaf72 years, to 7809366dd2 suddenly grow?b99e8213e7c2c3d0

Haylan concluded that such 8a1ff6e786 a thing was impossible f45f4b6b00 unless he had gone 75c8af0734 insane, but soon after, 5b3334fb43 he spotted a crumpled 2458bceb0c piece of paper on 4dc9b1c9d5 the floor and picked 0d446b19f9 it up.60f58c8476f82a39

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“…….”400e81396ddcf642

It was covered 3ed3d6e91a with what looked a6356d7090 like a failed 214ca84509 attempt at creating abf49bcc5d a defensive scroll. The handwriting was e1b1fab19e messy and pressed a43df8bd4e deeply, as if f58e84bb8f written with an 8e808a07e5 injured dominant hand.6a308a515824a4ef

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‘It’s him.’555c54d34f2da9e8

This was proof that fba5c25d74 it wasn’t a dream. Then…0ae99cf42fc7621b

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‘Did he see me 8e41c6395b too?’6e55cf5c85e46078

Haylan went back to d5803ec603 his room, holding the eba8cafad5 crumpled scroll, and thought 8e71b72817 about Chahyun for hours.09a32f6b8a6f7b6d

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Why did he ddcdd714d5 come out at 2a402b58c0 that hour? Judging by 15911b5e9e the way ca1fee56fd he was 2995884a7d looking around, 95739e2204 he seemed cc59975ebc to be 93beddd5d6 searching for 36d092c8a8 something. More importantly, what caused d0b4389381 his body to suddenly 636754d21a grow and then revert?25cea29c2a1ddc55

Besides himself, ffe965a3f7 Chahyun was e6e1605f8a the only 82b3635c50 one who f31a1c5826 witnessed his 1d3794c151 temporary growth. Haylan, lost 3c14ccac67 in thought 84b3347e57 until dawn, f0c1041e81 opened his 51aae8a834 door at 5f646d60a6 the sound 7220842fdb of footsteps a02d34867e outside.978be33ab9f6e32e

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“Hello!”d9b2dff46a290e13

It was Chahyun. He was smiling at him again with a dazed expression. Such a friendly attitude. He didn’t seem like the same person who had been so terrified of him last night.0447fc59661eec82

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‘I feel a d383cfe6b1 little better.’f6c5135776504907

Only after finishing ee3c56cbd5 his breakfast did a8d043bf77 he feel his 6c52605685 mind clear up. It was strange that ba55c3820a he felt hunger, something 166a858222 he had almost forgotten, dc79199956 and even felt full 8bc944e25c after the meal. Something was definitely wrong f1981d4cae with his body.6c1a25e4e7ef2bed

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Haylan suspected that Chahyun was at the center of this incident. His body hadn’t shown any signs of growth for hundreds of years, not even a flicker. But last night, Haylan actually grew, even if only for a short time, and experienced hunger for the first time in centuries.5836afa5e3884372

The only thing that 6096c0f977 had changed was Chahyun’s 2e21e78ae6 presence.129cb1abc8fa79f2

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‘What did he c0dc024133 do…?’dee53a9e676a2180

Haylan frowned, f7013dabf3 trying to d1ad5dfd74 recall yesterday’s 43ef07da95 events. There were a few a1d957ecce possibilities.ff8f6fb5dffb5a29

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Because of that man, 96263a7251 he’d eaten a normal 8db4445004 meal for the first a46b2662d9 time in a long 6c564fcabe time and gone out 8ba487bdef for a walk in e0dd607aa2 the garden during a eb59d955c8 rainy day. And… the cookies?bf71d3c524851eb1

‘Was there something 2530c15136 in the cookies?’04ef42a35c701960

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As far as he e795010f19 could remember, there was 31c9b54841 nothing special about them. But what 2971bc98b5 if there e518c8ab9e was something 1527af5cf3 special in 7fc866d18c those cookies?6acffdb9f05c1693

‘…No wonder 2714c4cac9 they were d472d0d6e6 so damn 86e762264e delicious.’90cb5ae090579a9e

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Haylan tried to c462f4b75b hide the sharp 47f1b318f4 glint in his 237f6b1ab8 eyes.e043c839e7f02a11

He felt a c5b8726a96 surge of motivation 391cc74d51 for the first 89f5df3d1e time in a 5d108b123a long time. When he was younger, 4fcb85a03c he firmly believed he f8c6987226 would one day break 1204a9e6ac free from this curse. He seemed to c29d9b0d9e have lived each 59c95167ca day busily, clinging bd5beb1a5a to that vague d25b559704 and futile hope. Although those memories had 1b8a895ca7 faded now, the emotions b4b228ef93 he felt at the 613f1f5eba time were still vivid.eb0660860a0a764f

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His age was the 78b8c39c2f most powerful constraint. Haylan was currently far 6a2e452700 too young, unable to 43dce18b50 even live a normal fd0fee1859 life without someone’s assistance.7f0296942601cbee

‘Can I grow?’205a591592f9f14b

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He couldn’t c91005f7a0 help but fc8cce3000 feel hopeful. He was willing cc2f020bef to do anything 71397a9a74 if it meant 5a5c990ebb he could grow, 7e886a21b9 even a little, 598e554de2 just like he e28ba34deb dreamt of when 105a8048ab he was younger.85d8b3b1d6ef34b6

‘First, let’s find 7e78ec47fe out what caused 314cabaf9a my body to 271e58e1f8 grow.’75ed8084b6945546

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Haylan decided c1ef7e45d3 to approach c914393bb2 Chahyun for d308f5750b that purpose.0a3189acbecc8b84

It wasn’t difficult 759670b45a to coax the 3096bd3ad1 man who was 093a683617 already being friendly ecc1d0ae5b towards him. Perhaps because he was b36862d08a currently his source of 8c775e2822 income, he was always 792ad76b89 smiling and acting subservient 971021aadf whenever he saw Haylan.4fa65fbaf55dbd20

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“Shall I teach you?”6dcc65b17243768b

He used Chahyun’s defensive scroll as an excuse to get on his good side.d7641fb268328359

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Unlike other magic, defensive scrolls are triggered by hostility. As long as he didn’t try to harm him directly, it wouldn’t activate, so there was no harm in teaching properly.939410e5ae901124

“On one condition.”036b5fe610a24734

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The white 3cdc2016e9 cookies with 6286923f3a the ginger 7d1132c3aa scent.f63716a0942696ef

“Give it to 2125b86b10 me.”b5c2350e6eb205bd

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At Haylan’s request, Chahyun’s 0a20f55c76 eyes sparkled, and he b15ade093d grinned foolishly.ebe92b3d2ec4573b

“These are 24377ab623 delicious, right? I knew you’d like 63aa01ed97 them.”59c0c86e64c63e57

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He pulled out a bag of cookies, identical to yesterday’s, from his bag. He even took one out and popped it into Haylan’s mouth.9f7ef7742387794e

‘He’s treating me 08b7901533 completely differently from 8b014c3b50 yesterday.’053a67d5411fa227

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Last night, he edf9927bef was trembling as bc29f5f410 if he was ba982a6128 about to die, 3ed927811b but now, he 472ff176c6 had a constant 61af89acc1 smile on his 6fdc912980 face.3cbb3383fc211c6f

‘He doesn’t even know I’m trying to use him.’3e2889c6ecfc875a

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He probably 85af19532d thought these 1bc96b3c76 actions were 642dd6b0d5 out of 4be7334b5f goodwill, right? 5c5a56bacb444f9d

How foolish.7e3e00106b719db9

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If that 53724b98d5 was the fcbb9c17b3 case, he d6f9000692 was mistaken. He had no 6c74dd623f interest in Chahyun e7821248a2 whatsoever. Once he ac99a30608 figured out 82fff8259d what the 5d1878b8ca man had c39e621484 done to d538355e1b his body, 0acbe77c40 he would c787e420e2 kick him 0d0a1f7eae out without aa84dd52d4 hesitation.4706bc4a80f03f81

“……?”d4d1cc3f6933b0d0

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Then it happened. Chahyun slipped bda3569099 his hands d439e298ba under Haylan’s a49a5f58fc arms, lifted 1e7e2a1266 him up, 59e38ea67d and placed a1283c9313 him on f096c6ebb1 his lap. It happened so a955fc1cbd fast that Haylan 9b6eeda147 could only blink, a8f2f39be0 unable to protest.ec6b68340916d723

“There’s only one chair de1c4e1664 in the room… I 97fab5a50d hope you’re not uncomfortable?”029dde49fc5e14c6

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“…….”a22afc9dd20fef25

‘What’s the ac53d73043 point of 795997849b asking after 5c0a92b5b6 you’ve already 42aa236c3b done it?’fcb0350924aa6a30

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Chahyun was undeniably 127bef57b9 inconsiderate. He had 199871aa4f already noticed baa67d79db this from 9e6e5a297c the moment a891c23250 he’d picked a2093b4d97 him up ba7307e959 him without 331eac264f permission, claiming ce4b8efcbb they were 927f1a2e53 going for b8e206d676 a walk….85e1fb4d24c5cb2f

“Not really.”54a4361a372d4ec0

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What was 50d8dae83e wrong with e39436ad1e this guy?1550123b5270b2b7

This went beyond 8807b53d2a rudeness; it was b4305f978d absurd. He didn’t even f02906a6ca know where to 7cab82a413 begin with his bee9aa9bb1 criticisms. Haylan swallowed a deep bc667308bd sigh and shook his ee07aa08c0 head.932dd28a0eb4b138

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Bear with it. 708916653e4f2798

Making things worse with a40f928fc8 Chayun wouldn’t benefit him c2d74c4f5b right now.424cc870bed4839c

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Whenever Chahyun copied formulas from the book onto the paper, Haylan would immediately point out the errors. After two or three hours of following the book’s instructions, a plausible basic defensive scroll was finally completed.fc45a0ab20df4570

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