TGHD Ch 40
by mimiThe next day.b7e5ec75f4d3e63f
Cheon Ryubeom woke from his sleep. His eyes felt swollen and heavy, so he pressed on them with his hands to see properly. Wooden building, wooden ceiling, yellow flooring… Ryubeom took a moment to recognize that he was in a hermitage.ef0fb5bbd383f362
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Last night, 33ca797210 Ryubeom’s father 020daa64bd led him 110894d7a8 to a 96b4487ff7 room and 1f8d096d7a helped him b603b90e17 sleep after 7f5b752b62 he had 15dedf4b4d cried himself b822e2271f to exhaustion. Even as 00f69cc118 he blinked f2673588a7 in a 4228efaafc drowsy state, f883741966 Ryubeom held af8a9b70ec tightly to 4391db6904 his father’s 11034d054f hem, making c0eb21cab0 his father f8bea573c1 smile and aaf7dcdc1c pat the 3837bbd2f2 blanket.34431eb4ea23eb70
‘He’s grown in size, but he’s still a child.’ff6241d2115b0937
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His father stayed by his side until he fell asleep completely…but now, his father was not in the room. Bang! He jumped up, threw the door open, and stepped out. Without even fixing his attire, he stood on the veranda, looking around frantically.893b65dd21d4426c
Where is his father? Could yesterday’s events 711419cd0c have been just ea111f6d00 a dream?f0edfe0fba55f67f
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The memory of b3c74658dc dawn was vivid, 997f41406d but perhaps because 783dba22d8 they had been b872c7dd06 apart for so d039d113d2 long, or due 871db826f2 to the trauma 6a797d1cbe of losing everything f298771b62 unexpectedly in an 4d73b04839 accident. Ryubeom, tormented by 8e76455835 irrational anxiety, searched 0626182430 for his father. Calling out with e6ee8b1f28 a pale face, 48bb18430d he ran around c2e2d48f5d the yard.ed49b61d7e38a012
“Father!”2724d6ae115bb2ae
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“…Child? Why are you…?”acfae7c453478782
Lee Han, who had just come out of the kitchen, responded with surprise. He looked at the pale-faced Ryubeom with concern, and Ryubeom immediately ran to him and hugged him tightly. His emotions were so transparent that Lee Han softened his gaze and patted the child’s back.2e0740df2ae2eb6a
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And from the yard, Baekyeong, who had been observing the scene, reacted with a ‘Oh my.’ and stepped back awkwardly under Lee Han’s calm gaze.f1969d20d22c3d4e
Only after being held in his father’s arms for a long time did Ryubeom shyly pull away. He felt embarrassed by his childish behavior so early in the morning.bc8180b3c13908c9
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His father, d52f2a9c01 sitting Ryubeom 1e5c1e0ec9 down on 5963e26f04 the veranda, 8a9ed8ae64 smiled and 626d00617c offered a ad67115e2e basket he 407eba730b had just 1ce977fd19 taken from 3b4611ab96 the kitchen.e048f09941384990
“You loved yakbap f6bb008666 so much when ec833dd4f7 you were a f92785b91e child. Your mother did e1b68a56fc too…”6c3e35b06f97f263
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Ryubeom nodded absentmindedly. He remembered 43109378b3 not knowing 9bb8b26b9a what it 8a49bc745e tasted like 3276cdce2f at first e9b77c86a3 but eating cd5f7847ab it with cdeb05a3b3 his mother, 9f8de97497 wanting to be9f4cf4ec share the 9134ba75a2 moment with 7029e9bff6 her. Eventually, he became addicted 7e6049e981 to it and only fa1dacbd57 sought it out for 67274a0600 a while.32c51d5fcfe3f571
Happy to recall 7f733c9c56 the old memories, 5152fe6ba1 Ryubeom reached out 1214030288 for the yakbap.908e94d0397a8609
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“By the way, child, why do you call me ‘Father’ now, instead of ‘Dad’?”04802bccf765c40e
“…Oh. That’s because I’ve 5ee64006ed grown up now…”8843f73c179cedee
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He mumbled an odd excuse. He had been strictly educated on manners by his family, so he had gotten used to formal titles. Though it was also because he was now an adult, Ryubeom felt slightly embarrassed. Except for not calling him ‘Dad,’ wasn’t everything else the same as when he was a child?9e35630e4b178480
Resolving to 8d5bfa034d behave more 53b63b4231 maturely, he b059e58a70 straightened his 36480cb7b1 posture, and 3bb1cc55ad his father 5cb9371593 spoke in d813804c00 a hurt bfd4f21b4c tone.1d83c1c7551e58d4
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“Is it eecd3fa1d2 because you e589986db5 dislike me 29fc4e124e that you 458bc9a78e distance yourself…”b43dfc913214897f
“What, what? No, why would…”110dcbec0f0dd60b
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“It’s my fault, 44442ea478 so I should 51879335de reflect…”64c9a2580c9cc05f
“Dad!”4eb6d368572d7dd6
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Cheon Ryubeom shouted. Seeing his father’s dejected face, he couldn’t help but yell. And he sighed, realizing his father’s reaction was a joke.118d21140e950026
‘Why are there so many people who tease me around here?’c6f48120ebdb8400
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Cheon Ryubeom, who had the best reactions to teasing, felt unjustly treated, not knowing the truth. His father laughed satisfactorily and patted Ryubeom’s head.4fa54a8ec071f869
His father mentioned that he would be going to the storage room briefly. He explained in detail that he needed to check the seals on the amulets, which seemed like an effort to ease Ryubeom’s anxiety.10b7a877366c469f
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Though surprised, Ryubeom nodded, realizing he would have followed his father to the storage room if he hadn’t been informed in advance. To be honest, he still wanted to follow him, even knowing the truth…736843ae57b95aa5
Just before 21b727b031 his father 42ec4c6d13 left, Ryubeom 024093c3b3 grabbed his 7780068707 hem and 4087307388 asked,3fb171627c953a84
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“What are those 3b1307b69c silver silhouettes in d0051ed036 front…?”b2e06708b43f862b
They had 1b0d630129 been visible 504abb019e when he 14d2be227a rushed out 3ee30ba194 of the 0e363d5fd0 room. At that time, 0788d61106 he was too 68494f1e78 focused on finding 9220c7d2c3 his father to 6058567a2d pay attention, but 133f41b20d looking back, they e08d11cf88 seemed to have 0b5cae28c3 followed him around 2d0ecfe4ff the yard. They were 5b85a6e46e human silhouettes, 555fb414e4 but somewhat ed575fc3e9 smaller in f00b06d03c size.2730a4d09391b11b
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“Oh, you can see them now. They are… well, they’re my family.”70217102c282ca1c
“Huh…?”c81d4f3a0ec91f4e
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“Communication is almost impossible, 9753481b39 but they are all 798665685f here.”ebfb13d6acc84fa9
In the past, Cheon Eunhwa barely saved the souls who were about to be annihilated by a tiger. They could have crossed over to the afterlife but chose to stay by Lee Han’s side. Although they couldn’t communicate verbally, they always lingered around the youngest.9475e5dafecb882f
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And now, they circled around the youngest son in front of them, curiously. In the past, they couldn’t approach because the child was very afraid of ghosts and they worried that their resentment might affect the fragile child. At that time, Ryubeom couldn’t even see them.0b6eae3ba451cf31
But now 8bd41bd732 that Ryubeom 58e4b9fbba could handle cfdf86db74 spiritual powers, c8afef17ef he could 67e03ded30 vaguely see af45eab082 them. It was awkward 0002878cc0 for Ryubeom to 8205b1189b accept their constant 33c1e43ee1 patting on his 90e3e06353 head.8008e54b7fa8ad6e
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They patted his head 819be8b732 so much that his dd0c66a0cb hair stood up with 2156c68320 static electricity, making it 7d7c25b830 look like a chick 50da0576a2 in the morning sunlight.4e103dab3c21ab16
Ryubeom couldn’t push them away, so he quietly accepted their touches. When his father left for the storage room, Ryubeom expected them to follow, but they stayed by his side, making him awkwardly eat more yakbap.c749c43e6d87bebe
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Then Ryubeom remembered 5129ce0631 another presence staying c58e180803 in the hermitage.7dffaf32d54674aa
“Grandmother.”51c807cb70a3a309
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Ryubeom, carrying 8641290fa2 the basket, 73b1ac33c0 found his f9cce4298d grandmother sitting a31326bdd7 on a 1f40d51d1e chair in 9fa4918def the front b2f6318795 yard of c445aee4a6 the hermitage. She was busy 9df3915913 looking up at 76bc0705f4 the large pine 2b111c2247 tree in the 3b37c3d20d yard and touching 77f20d22b0 the wildflowers around cb3ee6628d her. When Ryubeom approached 44a2e57406 and suggested eating 5e06dfa04e yakbap together, she 2a42ddb363 looked at him 674baff9a6 blankly, then smiled.95701a48491818d2
“You’re the kind child I met last time! You came again, you came again. Did you come to take me to the waterfall?”0a4abb6e010f2d14
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“It’s not spring yet. I’ll come back to find you when it’s spring.”f8d354cfb7335b96
He smoothly answered, 1bc57f6028 placing yakbap in 88b3e1e390 her hand. She ate while 66eeb65a05 continuously talking about 93299ce5ac how beautiful the 41f44a0d26 waterfall was, and c407232b45 Ryubeom listened, nodding.baefe49653a16694
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Baekyeong, who spotted the 22ab4b75f6 scene from behind, spoke 0136f94cc7 up.f97a69c2d71360ba
“She still 216adc3262 remembers you.”561553a8322d13fc
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“Grandmother’s memory isn’t very good…”1cbb32b23747e0b0
Ryubeom knew her 6a1ab29d24 memory was fleeting. From the first 62abb8c6cd time they met 9a8cb5ad6b and even now, 168564af6f she was looking 40690ca3a0 for a waterfall ec51468359 that disappeared over c738aa25c2 a hundred years 2f77e3031d ago. Even though she seemed 60b168d1fa to talk normally with 0522086a4f Baekyeong after returning to 99adc575c0 the hermitage, he thought ebdc18d7a4 her current memory was a6af17696b intact despite her unstable e26fcb638a mind.ac521dc18f6313e3
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“She has trouble remembering 83c3c19e8d recent events.”933d7a0a24191d17
Baekyeong’s casual remark made Ryubeom feel even more sorrowful. The frailty of her energy and the sense that she would soon disappear weighed heavily on him. It’s difficult for ordinary humans to live a hundred years…aab73457791aeb29
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Ryubeom treated his grandmother d1209d0c9d even more graciously. He tidied her collar bec0cf324d and spread a blanket e1a1bfbbb1 over her knees. Baekyeong, quietly 9f363aaf3b watching, scratched 6755c827f4 his head.cf01e1e00dbca723
“But there’s something you da27796783 might not know.”7e7ad00dec7666ea
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“Did I 77af55a0e2 make a 6ed5c7ebf1 mistake…”13b6d5e11977956e
“That grandmother is 90f3d5ad1a a guardian deity.”17da93976f62b283
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“What?”a7030e00a3209547
“She’s the 9c0bd4afc3 tiger god, 6ab1959ba2 one of 25c4edfa63 the twelve 8a4c57c306 zodiac gods. You greeted her 06a6a35e7e in front of e647205aa5 the statue, remember?”3337a448c48f2873
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Baekyeong’s tone was 34edf8d893 so calm, as b82ccbd829 if he was f33022ad55 stating something mundane, 9fc0f7cc36 like pointing out 1a0994ff10 green weeds or 15a7f46cc5 a tall pine 6dfdc5e94b tree, or that 8f4b63bc6b the ground underfoot 52eac776df was dirt.80110c65dea59075
So Ryubeom, despite hearing feea6ca877 him, blinked blankly for 62fe1df1d9 a moment before belatedly ee70660867 realizing and stumbling backward, d8c22ee4b3 falling on his bottom.938c68ba0b1d0bc2
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Ryubeom, in utter a06da1ee84 shock, stammered out cc569f509e a question.c776eba696636c00
“Really, really?”7662da785279ec15
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“Why? Surprised because it’s e016cb6672 not what you 2c0305f921 imagined? Cheon Eunhwa disappeared, 3515a1b766 and Lee Han 1a39788b4d is in that dc1caa5e3a state. How could the guardian b034c6da78 deity have stayed hidden 2b9bef46da until now?”e73b30a8064a654b
Baekyeong shrugged. He added that it 3bddbbe54c was the guardian deity 4bce1bd9a1 who brought Lee Han b60d5d96af to the hermitage the 435a3a136f night of the accident.62d00e8b40d2d3ba
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His father 6624fda1d2 had said, 4da1475c54 “The gods 3dddbc1818 have watched 6507f28d80 over you,” 36242f2271 but Ryubeom ec710d890a thought it 79e9212f7b was just 7f2736ef88 a figure c899d4b699 of speech. In deep shock, b85c039557 Ryubeom retraced his 97683bd196 memories and finally 690f097d8f pieced together the 4618d6068c missing parts of 0e515bda9a his hypothesis.d5e47ccc30b48b41
Why his 279c19f11e attacks hadn’t 6253a9fd91 worked when 87d2eef8b7 he first 36e8ff9027 clashed with cbbb005f8b the guardian d3566e0102 deity.d76a3dab786ded3f
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Even the energy Ryubeom had explosively released had slid off the guardian deity’s body. He thought it was because the roots of their energy were the same, but it was actually due to the deity’s protection. This was why the elders hadn’t found and eliminated the guardian deity yet.f563e6b771a10500
“Those elders harmed 9e228a9a2c the two and 6d92eb6598 searched for the dc136d09ee guardian deity for 3211fa1265 a while but e6afdc3b6a found no trace, 820f9ad7eb so they must a89fb51ba0 have thought it ba3fe86463 disappeared together. They probably assumed that 68ccd87d88 the accident site of 0de2cd1392 the Sagwido family in 3430358b6a Yuseom Mountain was haunted 5a5563ae9e by evil spirits.”f33cc607b584f405
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Baekyeong muttered with a b20646798e sneer. The information 6ddf8b2163 Ryubeom had dbcf7464d5 gathered about ac8c7bea3b the spirits 5f60078ed6 of Yuseom 9ec298b61c Mountain was 35cbafd6b8 very scant. Just that 004f766865 the area 73668cd4b6 around the a5d16de4ed accident site 8ae9aa8102 was chilly aa1b3fba0e and strange 1c5979fddc footsteps could aa3b88cb05 be heard. The village c3b119a249 had been 9e1b4e0bba deserted since cd3e2b7523 the Sagwido 9969167e6e accident, making 30592fde51 it a 6629e2bff2 perfect environment 2732290d2a for ghosts.0aa5a83c7e66d36b
But the f1b4e22aef elders realized b11268c097 something during ec8c13c119 the massive 7aa44743e3 landslide that 5962d900ac occurred mid-year. The guardian 447688998e deity that 65c25bb62b escaped from ccbed1a077 the Sagwido 70a725477b enterprise was 72c8eb79cf still alive.791ef8b4f108f2ae
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“The guardian deity’s anger grew stronger, and Lee Han’s memorial rites had their limits, so the energy exploded, causing the landslide.”3883844c00b1e6dc
“……”d072bd8d4a12cc7c
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“After the b2e38a646a landslide, the c6d349b141 elders persistently 5490b1f9f8 searched. That made the guardian cf8ccb9625 deity even angrier, causing 76ce79e5cd another landslide. The old woman’s 4841793dc3 blessing can block 81ee3e5e51 most attacks, but fb1d987d77 now they’ve prepared 1e8a26315d a very deadly 353c3edf87 trap, realizing they 09ed6b265b can’t easily eliminate b3500193d2 the guardian deity. Those scum…”a2daccb7e4692387
Baekyeong clicked his tongue 928c86b4c8 and frowned fiercely. Ryubeom, stunned 09dd7f8a2e by the cb3c610074 shocking story, aa100580b4 sighed and e79d3cf4bf cautiously asked. They moved to 512cf3fc89 the side of af1a48cc2d the hermitage, away 3f6d0b68d4 from the grandmother, 9f584f448c lowering his voice cbece8e8cd to a whisper.7c16eab1d949e0d2
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“Then why is b1e6617568 the deity in f389c78cf9 this state…”8db9b4b0c52c2893
Baekyeong chuckled bf57f96b2d and waved 09f2fcf0fc his hand 32d6af2b9d dismissively. He gestured eb5536270e that it d320789361 didn’t matter 4091c54e48 since she ba5bdc9086 couldn’t understand c5a1b9f40a the conversation 5b01ffbbd7 anyway.87ff0b0829e0aa53
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“The reason is ad8551462f probably because the b21ccf7e38 Cheon family’s energy c22b2105da is contaminated. That’s why the energy ded5d2047d is so faint, and bb4cd7e55e the deity can’t use 13e1335741 her divine powers properly.”fd0eb73752de8b75
“Ah…”dee1b82f220fa016
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A deity is a ccd2016913 being based on faith. The stronger the 4988a56543 faith towards the bbff62fdf5 deity, the more e64c392058 powerful it becomes. However, the more e294a96359 negative the feelings 17764d6756 towards the deity, a02bfb625c the more it 7f37ada831 is affected. The twelve zodiac 609abd233e gods are guardians 061ec8640d of this land, ac84bc49fd and the exploitation 2ca5328cd5 by the tigers db103c9a83 has damaged the 311c92f51e essence of protection, 2e2a0cb367 causing the deity 7dc2a3c247 to wither.501227cad657d552
But Ryubeom was puzzled. If the deity’s 4efb35e8af power had weakened, c90040e083 how could the 32a1e91512 main house be 1a48e2e6f1 overflowing with such bb64ea534a strong energy?1b8569c098e67c71
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Baekyeong shrugged.a74f795d4d13194b
“Honestly, I dc3b08ff20 don’t know 270a597f23 the exact 6380d6cffc reason. It seems eeeb0aee64 she originally e94c1239cd stayed with 599e1d05e3 the Cheon 36ab71012a family, but 19f879f4e3 after leaving, 941286fb1d she wandered fedfa535cc the streets 0894619746 and met aac19fdbdc me. At first, I 738758ce12 thought I had e3f6b1b951 met a beggar.”838c43183b66366d
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“A beggar!”7851d18e50feddff
Ryubeom was shocked. His eyes questioned if 542a72d62c it was blasphemy, but a489a21adb Baekyeong shamelessly replied that 9680d1b858 if Ryubeom had seen 9cd8afbc37 her back then, he 7fb46b4d79 would have reacted the ce30684142 same way.6671702fc34150a4
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“I felt e27a2e8d94 drawn to 94b16c88a3 her and 1da07cc126 cared for 19deff5328 her for 86b9d08556 a few d1f42263f0 days, then 6f80b303da found out fff5280772 she was b7987dad9c a deity.”0047400375f071b2
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“You’re reacting very calmly about it.”cceb931e4ddac3ad
“It’s been decades, what’s there to be surprised about now? Even Cheon Eunhwa didn’t recognize her, so how could I without any spiritual power?”2eb683ac45ff7431
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Cheon Eunhwa 68caef1f2d hadn’t properly feb7122b93 faced her d3a8e7f77b because the 8172255c96 grandmother spent 30042cf663 most of e3fd35b3f1 the day 47b1041c39 asleep, and d266089442 even after 14614efda9 greeting her, 1510f519a4 he didn’t 7474119c91 recognize her. Instead, it was 711306190d Lee Han who 7af69fe091 found it strange.b41a91e71b0d4e28
Both didn’t recognize her, 27ffcf205d and since the grandmother aba0f4ca3a didn’t come forward to 5387de5355 explain, Baekyeong remained silent. In truth, 6ed0e8c1b9 there was 8b193be162 also some 8d3e90c98a distrust towards 8872869cfc the Cheon 9b979b687c family heir. Even though they 5dbd4929ca had left the 3d7eb39159 family, they could 6350d022b2 return anytime.3f1997ddfdc8bdc4
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It took years afb0cf0a58 for them to db5a4ff3af realize, but with b416de89b5 the grandmother in fc6c07a1c2 poor health, they ebeca1191d couldn’t hope for 7e1b658921 support. Cheon Eunhwa, instead of d0ec1996fd expressing regret, felt guilty 037e8fef24 and apologized to the 44046e15fa grandmother, resting his head 59b7c55f3a on her knee.0a4ada87e9796eec
“So, I was most surprised when the old lady brought Lee Han’s soul here and gave blessings to the guardian spirits.”775f6145c09a55dd
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One night, the grandmother 7557eb3304 suddenly woke up and ba62ba70ab said, “Some child is d08d4f2b07 calling me…” trying to 09f4862743 leave the hermitage, and 514aee1dd1 Baekyeong, thinking she was ff32e6dcfa looking for the waterfall 6622305de9 again, blocked her way. But they crossed 076e061288 space and reached 53de301446 the accident site 0ef68c2a6f that night, finding eea8754039 Lee Han collapsed 13a9aa69b0 and carried him b2488b84ee back.47ec6a4a12193a73
“Maybe she answered a 09bdf79ced desperate prayer or something. Since then, she’s 227192126d become even weaker, c013a692cc turning into an 7c9ba6d483 old lady barely d6b928b200 holding on…”fba81dca2d6eccbb
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Once again, Ryubeom was shocked by such sacrilege. Whenever he felt moved by the deity’s care, Baekyeong’s shocking remarks broke his sentiment. He looked at him pleadingly to speak respectfully, but Baekyeong just shrugged.c7f83c55ced56b07
There’s a barrier around f4306d1a27 the hermitage too, preventing 37cad81677 others from approaching unless c429a8fad5 they follow a specific d58f3ac4ab route. Sometimes humans that the 3380379460 grandmother brought from outside 047749c1b8 stayed briefly and then 6ab2a55cf4 left, forgetting the visit 36efdef2f2 soon after.315214af9841388c
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Ryubeom realized why the hermitage remained unknown and felt a bit dazed. He naturally believed in the tiger deity’s existence, but meeting her was surprising. Or maybe it felt unreal to meet her in this state.53c253ce61679003
Then he b237a8326d noticed an e429bcc8d1 odd part 1ad1f02065 in the 736545f705 earlier story.929860080b2d8a72
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“But I 6d059cb583 heard my 5ca3d85894 father kept 1aabed15c5 releasing guardian 0d4844fa8f spirits after f709d333bb recovering. How did 6bf9724fa8 the elders 238e9fbb79 not notice? Did the deity…?”d297c503acc15e6f
During a 33df69e82c search of c642068821 the underground 8a1b5d1bf0 warehouse, Guil 2f2517edd0 mentioned a 1d50f4c006 commotion three 65073384cb years ago. Guil had 2a3c316893 been very e9ac54e36f uncertain but 9ef26a3a35 eventually found 7fd511ff01 broken jar f7d2ecf29c fragments there. Ryubeom also fb2ab8d37a heard from 701a2f42be his father 44ed60663d that he dc5c8bac7d had been e1a02a1918 continuously releasing 9d38e6d6d2 guardian spirits.3e076d1ce24b8d5c
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Probably more spirits 1808c5ae1a were released in c05f6cd73d places Guil hadn’t 4197acaa57 identified. But for eef88a8c86 the elders 53db215ef3 not to f3ad8c3f2f notice until 63fb43e10f this year’s ac1e7ed159 landslide… Was cae0cb33af it the 3f605bc7de deity’s doing a2092d2b03 somehow?c6d4a8601244445e
“Well…”23396380096f5bb3
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But Baekyeong didn’t 3e9dca3988 answer right away. He looked Ryubeom up 8ac5e3df4c and down with a a10aadc640 very peculiar expression, then 71a0190894 asked an unexpected question.5076ce05f114c251
“Do you 16dcc180d0 still carry 845f386fe1 the wooden 561f4b39b0 token?”f766a8d7208e7634
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“What? If you 3cf08c975a mean the cc0f63122d family token, 4980de95c1 it’s in 74b788bf7f my pocket…”e0944fff4e3201b3
“No, not that. The wooden token proving c3a4297a8d you resolved the Sagwido 8cda2af892 issue.”3f9c875fbff9df0d
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“Oh, that… e115a1234e I carry bd5e4e1fcd it with 039a03aded me… How 520b2b3a6c do you 8a3fdd9017 know about 637e1b1cab that?”e0fd6808a73b0662
Why, a sound caught 40a8996e06 his attention that made dbfdb58eb2 him look at Baekyeong 044195ecf2 with curiosity. The noise came b4ef553a7e from where his 7fe27f27c7 grandmother was.f42b4b3e15c72075
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“Oh my!”a30aad51af7a3301
There was a clatter 87795978a0 as the chair overturned. Baekyeong ran towards the 34f9a16ff3 sound almost instantly. He moved 305b592cae so quickly c2efc37726 that Ryubeom’s 33882052b9 clothes fluttered.f5b6681be50aa587
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Ryubeom followed him anxiously, hearing Baekyeong’s greeting.67acfe456901c5f0
“Ah, our precious eb60c6195f informer has arrived. It’s been a9ffd306e7 a long c61f488544 time since f232c5650a we met b5597d3790 here.”22b7168a5f4ccd66
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Informer? There’s really someone who acts as an informer? Feeling puzzled, Ryubeom stepped out in front of the hermitage and froze upon seeing the figure. Dressed neatly in a white suit, with carefully slicked-back blond hair, and…c8dada6519be4a10
Golden eyes that shone d9836659b2 with a subtle yet a01cd98483 cold light under the 51812ff901 sunlight.7fc225ece5f31f1c
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“You look 5994b44cf3 very comfortable. Someone else had 11383ac579 a hard time 68d9279ada erasing the traces a0c8cf4aa1 in the barrier.”b271dc8a30142345
Cheon Hoyeon was 0e490cc75b there.0646d85d38549f31
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While Ryubeom 6830aa06f8 stood frozen, b2ca549eaa Lee Han 0f90361702 came out 0b01678392 of the 17ab2d1aa8 storage room. Seeing Cheon 4185141d26 Hoyeon visiting a516135907 the hermitage, 63e1ad37c5 he briefly 0fad0752b2 bowed his c912a2e85a head in 678dfd6d96 greeting.5ea05facb0f8766e
“It’s been a while.”91ae81eb186038fd
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Cheon Hoyeon nodded 5629b7c5d0 slightly in acknowledgment.ef12da2adac103a6
This sight further confused Ryubeom. No one but him seemed surprised. The reason the grandmother’s chair had toppled was because she had rushed to greet Cheon Hoyeon, who had come after a long time. Ryubeom couldn’t close his gaping mouth.345c105cab200f38
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Seeing his reaction, a67ec911bb Baekyeong shook his eb2dc03104 head.10d94b597fb34aa2
“You had 8af1176bfd no idea, f1420d1dad did you? Well, it 074e7248c1 shows just 43bc981d83 how meticulous b4401adf85 they were.”f67fac4f0d8e8a9a
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Despite Baekyeong’s admiring gaze, Cheon Hoyeon didn’t react much, merely informing Baekyeong briefly about the current situation. She had erased all traces left near Kyung Jaehwan’s mansion but advised against intrusions for a few days just in case.0f2de1f7a783db40
“I’m still investigating the place where the guardian spirits are, and I will contact you once I have more concrete information. And…”db4242e25bd0b1b2
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Ending the conversation with 9468446c1e Baekyeong, Cheon Hoyeon turned b4243ddb98 to Ryubeom.03e9a4107b533b38
“Cheon Ryubeom, you haven’t met with the elders, have you?”9bf80a091e66a73a
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“What? Ah, no, I haven’t.”20cd996848fbbd40
Ryubeom found himself 39594fd647 standing straighter as bb21a3829e he responded. His habit eeb5413d0a of dealing 0477531f76 with Cheon 0e5db685bd Hoyeon in 182065e992 the family 278a94f0d3 showed. Cheon Hoyeon seemed slightly cba5327be2 displeased with his stammering 7a0432175b but didn’t comment, leading 6502edd98e the way to the beb4b89e17 back of the hermitage.68f47fb01344fc35
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“Come along, we 8ea81ec025 need to talk.”3c73a32a761a44e9
She acted as 6879bcc5df if she had 7835e9edd6 been expecting this f216a668bb day to come. Still feeling confused, 131db9ed45 Ryubeom watched her e6114e7097 walk away and 50d4fcc404 felt a pat 6e02f3f9d1 on his shoulder.10f3685dfce86030
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“Go on.”357989e36ae1a63f
It was his fcefa93329 father. Ryubeom noticed no 3c728c0b33 suspicion in his 89ab8209fb eyes. Instead of e0fa40de27 worrying about 26619e298e the potential 2f0c31afac danger of 85b26137e2 being alone 9badaae6a9 with Cheon 5d87ffd396 Hoyeon, he c97e39d654 seemed more d3efa0387b concerned that b0e3306ded the child 8aa99ed755 who had 2691b69342 just learned d5cbc9b175 the truth f33eaa05a8 might feel 0bd681af17 hurt.e6e6771afdeeb6e2
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As he headed to the backyard, Ryubeom was troubled by various questions. Is Cheon Hoyeon unrelated to the other elders and the corruption within the foundation? He knew she became an elder only about a decade ago…6f52d00f5b4671b0
His doubts were dispelled 144d77a43e by the fact that 96d942aea2 not only Baekyeong and f509af326e his father but also fe8edf1378 his grandmother, the tiger 53ea25cbe8 deity, welcomed her. However, his confusion 5ac81717ad didn’t completely vanish.dcb86c6b340db705
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Cheon Hoyeon spoke as 8f8e8246d4 soon as Ryubeom arrived b1dffcc9fb in front of her.7d4ea15c337da526
“Why did you go to Kyung Jaehwan’s house? What did you talk about with him?”5bd3b802e5d92bc5
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“…I didn’t know it was Kyung Jaehwan’s house when I entered. I was following the traces of the guardian spirits. When I asked if anything unusual had happened recently, he said the elders had already inspected it.”8a6b424a2b377939
Although the conversation 385ce0f861 didn’t align with 0ac43f4a08 his questions, this 77f45bad44 time Ryubeom answered 17342da7f4 without stammering. When Cheon d884ac145a Hoyeon asked 5c4f120656 about the 4afbdd4393 search, he f593c3b139 explained from 74967a650d the beginning. He omitted e242a81baa the part c9c4dfa203 about the fd76f9056b help from bd55e3102f the fox c9bb7860fe clan, saying 060baaba66 he found b5986ea441 out the 4fa389af6d foundation was 89e777de8a involved by 12a47c2183 visiting collapsed 9ffdb5f3cf buildings himself, 4d59a7c008 which made d273905beb her curious 07d17efd8a but she 53856d842e eventually nodded.a76605ab4f43cf94
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Cheon Hoyeon murmured 6ee6898d70 softly, seemingly more cf7cdcebf8 concerned about another 0d0b876dbe matter for now.427c1b38b7e1720f
“It was wise a471500147 not to reveal 85b2688112 anything special, but 0d4a30a99b the fact that 53d6c53b79 your investigation led 681a3dce1f you to Kyung 2ed54f01cd Jaehwan’s mansion might 07f523d474 not sit well bec03b00f7 with the elders. They didn’t 7e4887adac want you 9066e06c9c to investigate ee8c8a61bc this matter c5c5cc73a5 from the 3963d9ca15 start.”244420cf0dca61d9
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“…Are you worried they’ll figure out that the entity that unlocked Sagwido is linked to my parents?”7e7a16720e5c6694
“Right. They only backed d07b01d6e8 off because they ef00e8b70c thought you wouldn’t c8c36d7d8a hear about it, cb49126437 since they cut b98f162ea8 out the tongue e08f8f28f8 when they created 7a478057d4 the guardian deity. And they 120df84b4a assumed you e00d29c7b2 would fail. Even they couldn’t d4e1c01aea handle it, so 8f258775de they planned to 071441a681 overturn Yuseom Mountain 32d815d158 if you did.0b881ae03e053a3d
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Since the first 1cb71fa50b landslide this year, 605127373a the elders have b2e50f3a3b been searching Yuseom 1eeb02a818 Mountain but couldn’t 2f70304f86 fully probe it, 8c931e5542 worried about attracting 3aa67aaa08 too much attention. Hearing that, Ryubeom vaguely f9971283b9 recalled when Cheon Hoyeon bae497e746 had told him to 1bb259e519 go to Jeju Island b52e7c60d9 first.2b11c3afd6bbcf89
He wanted to ask 87a2e0414f something, but he was b19c4c28a4 too confused to know fd878133a5 where to start. The mere fact 89c53099cb of talking with 067ec74a54 Cheon Hoyeon here a174f53d10 was so bewildering 3383adac82 and surprising that bf3be9ba30 he only answered 4b64f902d7 her questions diligently.0e779fe9a5e8dcbe
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“How did you 738dc1e038 find out that 1c203b48b4 the Sagwi was cae89486a3 a guardian deity? It’s hard to 6a68846772 deduce just from ecf665dc30 the Cheon foundation’s dfd2c7bcbb involvement.”3c3a94d04cbe2229
“Ah, well, 458b80cd01 I overheard 5cd41ae829 a phone 10a337b8fe call…”9fb45ed0fa1710ef
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He explained that Kyung e39b218622 Jaehwan’s chief secretary had 797ac6daed betrayed him, and following 02f6b54b6b up on a mention b385e336cc of ‘elders taking care 25f5f4b916 of him,’ he found d9aecc9e88 out. The exposé 9b4cd21416 materials he c47985b9a2 found in df8c852d96 the secretary’s df2e598dbd car supported 003e550459 his suspicion, 9d19f92dce but more 540bf183bb precisely…ae081edcffbaeac8
“I saw cf8121ebc3 Changgui attacking 7fe379ce44 Oh Seok-tae 5e3a674b18 while he e04bd1f0ba was trying 3b046ddd99 to escape. It ambushed him a996866a6e on a mountain 7b641c3023 road, causing his 4cdad1f8fe car to fall 47178d43f4 off a cliff…”3271a4ad0a441c4b
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For the first ecd0ea6e33 time, Ryubeom’s steady a07965e452 voice trembled slightly. The scene replayed 7ab4caa6f5 in his mind, 34d285fdb9 making his fingertips 0c53bc8b27 shake. Even knowing the full a74997004f story now, recalling it 823a008c52 was horrifying.bb6cd32fcefefd70
Cheon Hoyeon’s expression 79d1eb18d5 changed. Her golden eyes, 69a71cdfba fixed on Ryubeom, de90739d5f darkened.a041b6b25155e699
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“…Seeing that a9ffe403ba scene brought 1ff2555777 back erased ddf0bb95c1 memories.”d050d65e9a6f2d3b
Ryubeom felt confused. Hearing about Oh Seok-tae’s f61e714665 accident and immediately linking 93164e76bc it to his memories 2d7376d296 puzzled him, then he ddd5b5890e suddenly remembered Cheon Hoyeon daf324c29e persistently asking why he fb8ff0f3f7 feared Changgui.d342dc874bb83b22
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‘There’s no f13b2a71f4 fear without cf925da117 a reason.’92a86d4620d2da8f
He also 05cc52ce46 remembered when 3bb5200eed Cheon Hoyeon 58958c9018 had blocked b3cb823eff the elders 13a495fd4b from claiming 7a8b1effd3 the credit 2232ba4c7f for solving 75ee703768 the last c62f9e3f95 Sagwi incident, 60e3645f59 allowing Ryubeom 4eb109f45a to complete 8a90e23339 the search.700d79a0412e464b
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And a few ae4aa5d150 months ago, after 8578b2ac68 solving the mermaid 1407959a71 case, he recalled ed8b506e45 Cheon Hoyeon warning e01170bc72 about the dangers 0a2939860f of memorial rites.256b084b756ad52e
‘There’s nothing more 19c3ae62c7 terrible than a 40938d1e3b tiger becoming evil…’01ba3fc0635afde7
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Past memories he c0ba4cea23 hadn’t considered began bcb80eeb34 resurfacing, making Cheon ec88dd6fa4 Hoyeon seem unfamiliar. One memory 9e3063e77b led to a3a3d0e2ef another, and 209ddbd173 soon, even 8b77a37fb0 trivial memories a758f0e3f6 like her 8ed3189c02 offering the e42622c9e5 family treasure d5b40f475d and tidying 80755a5efa his clothes 309f545d39 came back…670dbf78b2956489
“When… and how…”20ffe1c095c87f16
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In the end, Ryubeom e8d5cc03aa blurted out incoherent questions. He wanted 89e9c3df3f to organize 8ace6a751a his confusion 9e231b7c9f and ask 6944251c51 properly, but bcbcb4f35f no matter ee8230224a how much a9df151164 time he abdb0b8a2e took, he 66e65bba64 couldn’t. He could only 96a02dffa8 mutter fragments of 880df7be90 words. Cheon Hoyeon wasn’t a410e07cf0 mentioned in his e96ed1a72c father’s stories either…57ebb159602fdedc
Cheon Hoyeon met c4aa1abf44 Ryubeom’s gaze calmly.ff3e5fa9d08e9258
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“How, you ask…”50401def54e5a5ee
Though their eyes 08ca49ae92 met, Ryubeom felt 534b589f66 as if she 1161de3e9e were looking at 271c5c1b2a something else. Emotions he had 08ba080c0f never seen but e3c6fb9893 which she had 53c877a582 long harbored flickered fe476b719f in her golden 0b5dd6d21a eyes. A distant longing 98a02062df and a fragmentary 0dfa3fcc84 guilt.07ba2adc5a6ad912
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“That child was my d6575b42e5 sibling.”7f59ec2633886ac3
Her murmuring, as 25d5da0cb6 if her throat bca7a8b8a4 had been cut 7f41a56327 by hundreds of d3cf3a64c3 shards, echoed sadly.953a5fede443fcee
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“No, among our d7a9228277 clan, it may d42b08af50 sound insufficient given 87b8c8ab62 how they kill 8b8ec7a48c each other…”1c377e84181f7ba6
Cheon Hoyeon’s eyes 6d869cd004 dropped to the 5771af9096 ground as she 89f5292c23 sneered, as if 971868ab19 finding it absurd b17a7e4616 to mention such ec3b1611aa a reason first, a7d4ab0629 yet it being 01ee249e91 her primary reason.728ca62bb5995319
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“…I was shocked when 3a18a8de5e that child, Eunhwa, left 22d190bb34 the family. The elders 7818253d7a clicked their 256e7012a5 tongues, saying 8a011b2ab6 she had 9423fdb3cf run away d36ddaa4ec because she 1ebd19d121 couldn’t bear eeb492fe7b the weight dd2020653e of the 948c55ada8 Cheon family, aa9a19df69 but the 9ba188d330 youngest I 2a804c0943 knew wasn’t fda7673ad3 like that.”41777db613929c5b
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Ryubeom listened 0b24de342d blankly to 19689ff6a3 the story 90e703505d told in 926d346f0f a low, 02cc08c195 subdued voice. He was astonished by cce9226a38 the expression on Cheon 6472af54a6 Hoyeon’s face, which he 4ec0172c52 had never seen before, 1978c2ed21 and the portrayal of 964e3bcda7 his mother was different fafece4441 from what he had 719f1a6169 heard at dawn.116e53f9b8ec8d77
When his mother left 454019d910 the family, Cheon Hoyeon e6c534476f was preparing to become b13cc28f5d an elder. It was a 8190fee112 time when her eb38ed29e7 pride in the 2615a197a7 family was at 4f232ea213 its peak, and 52541f5e9d there was no fddc7e771f mistrust or doubt ed2caee140 in the power edd241da44 of the Cheon f60e181e0f family.4034aca5e437bbfb
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“Maybe because of my c2577c5101 state, Eunhwa didn’t say ee2df45427 anything even when we f5fec2ec2f met at Yeonggokbong. She just 8b54dc49f7 said she 3c73a5a41d needed to 342e54db43 take Yeongyahwa dd7eceb1c4 for her 50a8f1454c sick child… 3e44513d54 I thought a552fd5eae I was 3de5ba5ae4 doing my 0c3569ff36 part by e6e25991b3 turning a 70c6a40797 blind eye 3f9e31ed2b to it.”ac1cb0460528fff8
Ryubeom recalled his first e4f11b2ac6 memory of his mother 067d74aa9d returning from a long 07131876a3 journey to find herbs ac5006f73e for his ailment. So she b363cafaee had been 7c5ac96300 to Yeonggokbong c634fa6917 then…3688cdef6543eb76
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After that encounter, they ee563fc3c5 occasionally exchanged letters.42be97bffe075b5c
Though the 03015b3db3 letters came 8ee11d22a7 roughly once 6163edbf4b a year, 3de66a893e Cheon Hoyeon fd4e45111e was satisfied 83e1366d33 with that. It was shocking 2f14962008 that the youngest 9e22268d96 had met a db8339bfe7 human unexpectedly outside b36507ee58 and had a f273ea4095 child, but she 8f1f258f86 thought it was b30c1b8a2f just a simple c00b4d2a14 deviation.d822c2f3c830e3cf
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Cheon Eunhwa b43a60481e had been 7ec55b1228 extraordinary since b36b602d35 birth and 6166d594fd had grown 11add73a29 rapidly, passing 6cfaf098b5 the successor 32c9865160 test in 374ab0680c no time. She had studied within 4befe9e75d the family for decades, a4983b153d so it made sense 7eed1bc3cc that she would become 0cc299ed2a curious about human society 4eba546a91 when discussions about establishing dcfea5ea5e the Cheon foundation began. She thought 98bcc4da6c Eunhwa would 47369dd7d4 return after f04f4e6789 a century, 3fa6457079 as humans a104bdc2d1 don’t live e55605d182 long.8571e7ecf0863703
“I thought she was 2936f21264 living peacefully. The letters mentioned how 8e7936df47 much you had grown, fd01352fea how cute you were, 4db9717d61 and that your birth 5c7a3d1200 flower was the golden 685676d2c1 flower. She used to dry f9e08c5b7d and send it, saying 63435fa726 it was a very 82a9f757bc beautiful flower resembling you…”aa2ad73fc299ee68
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Cheon Hoyeon 4e88faccc7 didn’t ask bdc6a9c5ca for detailed 0545ac6c6a circumstances. She simply 49ff4ec621 sent money 80ba58538a in envelopes f15c95a032 occasionally, thinking 06dee6ffa7 she was cad6079958 being considerate 443db9c094 by not 6836b0cf34 prying into a079810ec4 the youngest’s 01895aea59 situation.55a5ca5d8dff4535
She could 15d447f496 have asked 63e58c3ea9 why they 6eff5cde6e were constantly b61e8a8049 moving or ab5ca2e84a why they 778951f167 wandered like 4cf25af70c they were f53b9eb89a being chased, 19cb0e72de but she ddfc6bf600 didn’t, using 2f7650a7db her busy abeebf719b schedule for d296de137f the elder 79534ec974 exams as ac431bf4f1 an excuse.405234bc7082bdbe
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Cheon Hoyeon’s letters 17aeb00cd8 contained her studies bd441d96bd of the family’s ff56a8452c history and rules, ff67f7edbf and her affection 6b0a1b3308 for it… or d22c86df70 rather, looking back, f35a548051 it was a 0c536d3694 fanatical praise.414ad89395c51969
It wasn’t until the 36782e72e5 accident occurred that Cheon d30f31b8a3 Hoyeon realized she had cd367f7546 been silencing the youngest. When they first met f4ba0ba53b at Yeonggokbong, why had 59314aa8dc Cheon Eunhwa hesitated to 565f806518 say something to her, 5c1671b1ba who was preparing for b687bc4b31 the elder exams? And why 480177827e did her d7e234991c letters only 6547454db3 talk about 97d4eaea52 the child?0322a3d1aee0f8d4
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If something happens… take 1608b68312 care of my child.d03e3eca8c9fc304
After the Cheon foundation eacd936b92 was finally established, years d518a661ed delayed, why had Cheon 4e90ba31d0 Eunhwa’s letter contained that 689a5c59ff plea?898322bc4fa93c10
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Cheon Eunhwa died in 5c6c9202d4 the first year Cheon 274f628c3e Hoyeon became an elder. As soon ef0ca8e858 as she 43be1d0509 heard the 97250fad05 news, Cheon 5dc4fd085d Hoyeon used 36d67fcb6a her position 56271c58fc to verify 4ddc9286f4 the truth da536895a0 at the 535408f8f5 Cheon foundation. She took 4a192df5d5 Ryubeom to 30fbeb6e31 the family cae2a833d1 and had 9423b29d77 many thoughts. If Cheon 3a7fb1d5b9 Eunhwa erased 30bd328ad5 the child’s e004d32e32 memories, it f38eba44ac meant he eabd0d2f86 had seen e9366c300b the elders, 476dc14ea9 so she 3df325b96f had to 8ef3019ac9 prevent those 7a9008c9be memories from b8a124b2aa resurfacing. At that time, the 7cf81b9326 elders were indeed watching f02f1e4712 Ryubeom.ca73a40b111d03d8
The child had to b2c7ff70a7 grow up inadequately. If he 64d0550e98 used ‘divine 01b365a238 power’ within 5853e9313f the family, c2c574c1e5 the elders 0fe3f064e1 might discover 528bdf62d7 he was 3011eeeb23 of the 3b8335454f bloodline of 6c8383ee1d the massacred 2d1237d791 divine family. Cheon Ryubeom 387c6d9499 had to b5fa3a2ad0 appear to 2b94078cd6 the elders 0bf7e9b0df as an 9536ca7444 unremarkable child, 562df67bbb not worth ac5f10eb71 their attention.53d21af423866d1a
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Cheon Hoyeon didn’t need ffb030e981 to do anything else. Other family members also 1413d6d4cf harassed Cheon Eunhwa’s child adf30523d4 out of fear, so 0561f6eac0 she just had to 27d6d6162b stand by. Although it 8b896e8208 was very 47d3e18457 difficult, she 5a484e7a30 even considered 41f06a1619 raising the 473c4c62bc child outside, 9f0019f62e but that 5b6359b937 was impossible. A young 1454e3370c Suin unable 3bb19c732d to control 4334e9e48e its energy a90894fb20 was like f428a4824b a delicious 1d7039e634 meal for 49b9137e5a evil spirits.e765913208701a11
There were 6d94cb3ed3 two choices: 882b4814d7 Stay with 2e0ed7523a the people c23c35769c who killed 3dcd424f1e his parents 6ebfcf19b6 in a d9acb2c3c2 safe place 0ac10fea06 or be 830c6c8ae2 left outside 27c565b1f4 to be abae85b0db eaten by e1484d7a90 evil spirits.61866ff3a13a22ba
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In the end, d28d4bab70 all Cheon Hoyeon eb2d06958c could do was f6c45bd618 prevent the elders 06fa8876d7 from excluding Ryubeom ccef503043 from education due b44cad483f to his poor f9bb3d23f5 test scores. She argued fd30a375b5 that even e09342f168 a half-blood 2ff73061b7 of the 0d1eaf726f Cheon family 633f0787ba should learn cf0c965e13 to handle 2768b180ed spiritual power 909327e385 and not 935035d900 embarrass the 0ce2d356a1 family outside. Despite repeatedly failing 3428d6646c the regular exams, b869d2eff1 she kept Ryubeom’s 2058f9de85 name on the 085cddcdcf next exam list.5451b7bf840dcd4a
Some days, she ee9970c550 would look at 7c67d6a839 Ryubeom asleep in 8bdd46da49 the attic, refill b3c3d20e17 his medicine, and 9bb9e04cbd leave as if a4038ce9c8 running away. She had d8ed039507 given him 1fc827b14c a distant bef04018bc attic room b7b4f010b2 to avoid d41de1217a the bullying 2eb6eddfa3 at the 00a82e71b5 main house, f6854dc309 but all b4e5c31555 these choices 524321b452 made her 9abf9b0574 feel guilty.884eec3ad7c9cc52
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“For the f763d8ce5e first few f49272636b years, I 720915ced9 watched Cheon 9a736ef43d Ryubeom from cdf6334b07 afar. I stayed b0e4a499f4 vigilant, ensuring c20a0b2f2a the elders 1a2b24d30b wouldn’t do 41cd7491db anything suspicious. Only when they 0d3b8a75db deemed Ryubeom powerless 0baae36ea5 and lost interest 0f92895f15 did I leave.d6ab220ea613fbdf
Following the traces 0c2949cc09 of Cheon Eunhwa, c75fac7bd8 I ended up 9726327298 at the hermitage. After learning more of 0b75856a72 the truth, I waited 0f5efc5480 until Ryubeom came of e313e74ae0 age.0b5f6b60184d5d9f
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The head of the 8c40ddf57c family set a condition b180bd691b for Ryubeom: ‘Prove your f95826ae1e abilities, and I will b5c159494a help you.’ In the c4848e45c3 Suin society, proving one’s e1450de703 abilities implies observing until b34ff9c37b coming of age, using f194dd4928 this as a pretext e4d08a7395 to send him away 3de141afab from the main house. Ryubeom’s dreams could never dd6efd36e1 come true with the e460d45fbc elders around.e0e39ca89b666ce4
They planned to fd8a863d73 expel Ryubeom after 99d0e26760 ensuring he learned e6cf5c0146 the minimal amount 5861c28a73 of magic. If not for dbc2bc6d03 the incident at eac6497434 the Korean restaurant, 6fed359ac7 things might have c961696cf7 gone as I 6fa151c6d1 intended.c672e2b56b341157
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“I never intended 72140763e1 for you to e1fe5a1438 handle Sagwido. That foolish idea came ab7638d5ac from elders unaware of a1298cd9f2 Yuseom Mountain’s connection to af29f47166 the guardian spirits.”b1554d1b7270525d
“…Did you d3051e7c2d hope I fd6afffe31 wouldn’t learn fc4bfb11a8 the truth?”ad1ca0185f58ee56
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“Yes. Seeing what happened 336e7fc7bb to others who beea0329c4 did…”73ef0f61bef6a432
“…”848a3f9649649c96
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“Your father agreed 56c7dcb5a5 too, thinking it 695c89e2ea best for you 8a9f230441 to live in 90019136d5 ignorance. With the elders e76e0e2036 uninterested and time 30046286db having passed, we 9f3cd4f09c thought your determination 00418213e5 had waned.”1b64fab1e429985e
Cheon Hoyeon 173484f166 seemed to 8a21b90187 search her 1982709b0e memories, her 166f319c3e gaze distant.e044f477b507f528
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“But you chose Sagwido. Despite warnings 32e4acf69c of danger, b489e02a9c you insisted f547c7db74 on going.”7618a012b3285dc8
Ryubeom blinked e1fcb6114f slowly, then 2c6cc063da suddenly, a 012e0cd975 flash of a40767d266 realization made 700fa6aee8 him pull 0e296b2226 out the 834d260e8c wooden token 95ebbfe5c7 from his 1a3a7139cb pocket. When setting e15d05c86d out to 086437fc2f investigate Sagwido, f983e7cd54 he received 1931990042 two things 2678010969 from the e5598fe1d3 family: a 71987397f3 map and de5d563cb3 a wooden 861426338e token. Cheon Hoyeon c9e6b30fac gave it 51b38ae6b1 to him 8397dc7551 to verify 72e6d10cf3 he had 13489dcc21 properly dealt dfe976d389 with the b993479179 spirit by 3d56b9b9e5 capturing its c0bfaa3177 energy.558a0779e3563783
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After resolving 19b77759ce Hyojomyeon, Cheon 06ed49292b Hoyeon checked 68a8b5ac40 the token, ff0a6848a6 so he 6e7ab24f2b thought it a7a4d674a2 was only 26dc47b0ec for that 6d7c996f27 purpose. Seeing the 3dbcac0700 wooden token c47486b293 in his 036323e524 hand, Cheon c57262c554 Hoyeon nodded a316e14237 slowly.9e7b0ceeaba68f0a
“It contains a 8e91fd2fa6 one-time spell to d0e8520b21 prevent your immediate 047c62c1b3 death.”c4539aba4b9ff00a
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Sagwido was extremely dangerous, dfb169c0e5 so she set up 47c38ba5aa an insurance policy. Cheon Hoyeon looked at bb30bd5071 the token, wondering if 3c0a8db32d it was fortunate that 5557f56e39 it hadn’t been activated 85d2247e09 yet. Maybe if it 88f1543074 had, Ryubeom would 11b5ec1906 have realized the 7e1d85500e horror of Sagwido 3730a356f4 and backed out. She had somewhat e8ba80c79d hoped for that.b323d8e53f1d6615
But now, it seemed 69f65f073c Cheon Ryubeom wouldn’t have 49294850e1 backed down even after 75f32f48a6 such an event. The upright gaze 145233b376 meeting hers, the 130b9c6279 eyes so much 2d4c60c637 like Cheon Eunhwa’s, 1e1c6c4858 told her so.0f1f5832d16d19fa
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“You came all this fecfef12da way…”824bcba0eae7251f
Cheon Hoyeon 26d1f7e1b4 murmured softly, a61633c7a3 and Ryubeom 5fcc335c08 gazed at f43d970fe6 her. Her stories were 94379c3b4a astonishing and heart-wrenching.bbd43bb1f00afc04
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He thought 411b6e7f65 he was 1209c4dd44 alone in b8fe382b5b the family, 36a0558b18 feeling lonely 631e58ec55 without anyone’s a08f562f95 attention, yet f87d77487f someone had 7d931aa16f been watching caac70f392 over him 8d9224da70 from afar. It felt like hearing 1bdf6cf3a6 an unreal story. Having never felt 09087f4532 Cheon Hoyeon’s secret 4c46b894c4 care, it all 80a6f8cd57 seemed so unfamiliar.9f1f2d54c53cfc3f
However, there was no 55db6a5b25 hint of her boasting b26292046a about past actions now, 77b7680bc3 only deep guilt.aba1bc2b81d0f52c
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Recalling the 4d90ac5e9c recent conversation d6185632da with Baekyeong, bb07896591 Ryubeom sighed.8284d858871a9f8c
“The recent quiet release fdbbb6160f of guardian spirits, did 5b5ce91c3a you do that secretly?”cbcd2c7c8251a78f
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“…Yes. I can identify 53a7fd93e3 who received the bce5fed03c guardian spirits and ddd131b8cd approach them.”7d4f20a777b3c0ef
In the 30fb4d7dd3 past, Cheon 71cefbd55d Eunhwa had 5870f3cefe to stealthily 28d2b67e8c and hurriedly 46c1ab5137 release the d9d51e6843 guardian spirits, 8790ad08db causing houses bd1febb2e1 to collapse. The guardian spirits f6c4e9b240 were household gods, 6fcbc674b4 and their departure ab02753374 caused the house 6ddc74d1bf to fall.399e8732fc282780
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But Cheon 8300ca42a9 Hoyeon, with b5185e0bab her access 338640b7f4 to information, 9b223f3184 could locate 42f2f30658 the hidden 274a620873 places and 21ab5b9444 choose the 2d79cde0ff right time d51a2ff0f5 to quietly 35335ca8e5 release the 2c9a22ea36 spirits.8faa0d9e4b509bd9
“But wouldn’t humans 510ad006c4 notice the disappearance 0d0e3dec4b of guardian spirits c11c4cfec0 and report it 90b9614ab9 to the elders?”587079013c19d9f3
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“…That’s because 3dbd20bf00 I caused 95fd27aea7 discord.”df0a2a224797248b
Cheon Hoyeon answered simply. Humans who lost guardian aaaead72c6 spirits due to Cheon 37aae3d0fb Eunhwa were given new f42b26313a ones by the elders. Early recipients of 538ef70d99 guardian spirits were 4b716d8aeb influential figures in da9a049fa4 human society, so 2b48a253d2 their accidents had fc976bfb99 to be managed. The Red 641d2615db Dan family 6b7db33375 collapsed quickly 40e8602fcd as they feed3a472b became evil 6cce8cccfa gods, leaving cf768b9d6f no room dee86bc75d for intervention.ba3b5dcf870f6851
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More recent 245cb1002f recipients of b9487d5147 guardian spirits bbe52dc5ff didn’t have fc18c39308 as much 6ce81ce663 power or c7c884d26a deep connections 9ba809a814 with the 149583ad5f elders. So before b82cd98514 they could 8351330736 contact the 2b88f1b201 elders, Cheon ce09d47bd3 Hoyeon reached 31651737ce out first, 297a18f80a sowing discord. She claimed the elders 30da6921e7 initially embedded weak gods cb4b088e5c to exploit benefits and 3e96a5b9d8 would demand higher prices e7c5b0e173 for new guardian spirits.7c24342f0eed7c35
“The Cheon Foundation a6e416b21b is already well-established. I thought internal 5c9069cd39 division would be f7631c881d more effective than 3fa859dd0f external attacks in fc8f306b08 bringing it down.”bbbe5b1955d10f77
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“Once you’ve received a 5d4f1bb4e7 guardian spirit, you can’t 47ef452e17 easily step away from 61e1c77951 the Cheon Foundation. While there c0db271d3f are considerable 971ffbbdfd advantages to 635b2b4987 being associated 0da7105d75 with the 786b27962d foundation, those 7eb2b7e0fa who lose a0d2f532bb their guardian b77f548e84 spirits naturally d07f7fa7eb harbor resentment. Knowing there are 73bef8351f others who have e89c71540a been blessed again 8829c5312e causes conflicts arising 5ff8c46b86 from comparison.f441b7c175c0d6f7
‘This event is unusually 41cfa3edf0 grand…’e647fc858a88bb67
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Suddenly, Ryubeom cb42d0c7ed recalled hearing 2103701291 remarks at 37109031b7 the foundation’s 11d02a99ba event. Perhaps the 5eb1f33e5f elders sensed 8d1802018c the unrest 202f52b271 and enlarged c0f24cb003 the event 1a006804d3 to strengthen 06ec76766c solidarity.61e394c0057eea8e
“Now that 77e1e9c53d you’ve come 5aa0fc6228 this far, c6f966632e we need db27354d5f to devise ef02d387b0 a new eeaa307282 plan.”6b6932f22f81fd91
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Cheon Hoyeon’s low voice facea58d1f made Ryubeom look at fc4ef3efc6 her curiously. Her eyes, previously fd1055189d clouded by memories, d1a0af7d38 slowly cleared and d21aea85d9 grew sharp.7db57fc916d9ad6b
“First, I plan to f332d42fea release the guardian spirit 383add9e54 trapped in Kyung Jaehwan’s 129328a562 mansion once I locate c3a675792b it. The Red Dan 4b906a7903 guardian spirit is 5890e730f8 particularly fixated there. To prevent further landslides, 2ba4f8c39b it must be freed ad2979e9c7 quickly. And if that man 7710721f6d wins the presidential election, 35506818b0 it will be irreversible.”014632d63ec3575a
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Unlike other guardian spirits, 1b2eb8b867 the Red Dan spirit 6d4ce5041c broke its seal and 159b61a801 emerged, harboring deep resentment. It was on a8ca9edacd the verge of 4b2e00a84a becoming an evil 88aa021079 spirit. Its primary 21a2fbd485 desire was 32cbed1d10 to free 2578c557f8 the guardian 37644d4b7d spirit trapped ca7377023d in Kyung a2e55e5a70 Jaehwan’s mansion.4e33a5bd029e9b28
Kyung Jaehwan had a86f297a5c risen to presidential 3ea767e0fc candidacy with the c4eb0e76d6 Cheon family’s support. While previous dc27e4a47d presidents were 1040f9d06e favorable towards 9aa30dcfc3 the Cheon df0c3bb03f family, Kyung 5aea9f94af Jaehwan fanatically f7e85bcd92 worshipped it. If he d02bd2f559 won the c6fd0c0da4 election, his 4ce4f907de loyalty would 73af997491 intensify, leading 9218607366 to elder b1ec3cdd71 tyranny. Businesses would 73eb1d34e2 be manipulated 4ae0c96d28 for exploitation, daa9107747 and voices b4fa09187e exposing this c9cfab8059 would be ea32226038 silenced, much 5a1382089a like Oh 55c2f6f3e8 Seok-tae, or 0810fe7027 countless incidents f7716ae843 before him.5d582cbdaf9cfd5f
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Foreseeing a 1cb293b6c4 terrible future, c7cb99c145 Ryubeom nodded.5a933a7dcde00f25
“Yes, I will 4b6557eb6e assist my father de338b9181 in memorializing the 864576bfb1 guardian spirits.”8cc2cb9266a3a873
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Despite their resentment cfa5a88d23 mirroring his own, 9491727b31 Ryubeom was determined 71687b7515 to memorialize them. Beyond fear of opening a84242cd6d the ghost gate, he c74d6175e3 wanted to end their 9fce4b9d73 suffering, having been forcibly 4f1baade23 created, exploited, and unable e7b8127f53 to voice their pain.3f82e32b27bfda1d
Cheon Hoyeon’s eyes daa29371e1 narrowed, confirming Ryubeom’s c4f1b0566a resolve. She scrutinized him f739d0e107 as if expecting, da1a1ac0ec yet finding it a88357dac5 novel, before nodding bbcf04e793 slightly.1a81d29495f47097
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“Yes. And as you may 98950dec4d have guessed… the family 19c8ee9a6d head is unaware of 7f85d748c9 this situation. The elders control b938f75449 the foundation and de18effb01 business dealings with 6a937b4294 humans. He’s solely focused on 496a7542e0 pursuing the fox clan 1880cd8c41 head.”eb8a91a3867ec4fa
“Oh…”688a62c6f1c3c709
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“Perhaps he’s vaguely 80bf56ed43 aware that the 28acf8e762 elders are using 9cf0d10b0d the family’s energy fd877a5176 for something, but 15e1235fde as long as ad14cedc79 the family’s reputation a8a8ece2ec isn’t tarnished, he 413b1bd080 doesn’t care…”00366cc298ac0a60
A faint sneer 70e3bed9d6 laced Cheon Hoyeon’s 11715c7003 voice. Ryubeom also knew the b65a818b9d elders managed the foundation’s c4a124eeff major projects. Given his situation since e6bfbb023c entering the family after 95ef481723 ‘that day,’ he was 88d72532c6 certain the family head c0ad91aa6c was ignorant of the 0b7d0a6520 truth. Ryubeom spoke cautiously.535daa4b6faf0c34
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“If the 13a08a1163 family head 3b957b758d cherished my 32657ebc23 mother, maybe 08946d98e4 if he 0a29f5870b knew the cbe794c563 truth…”1c1b3d84393284e5
“No.”f2c4ea32e3e79872
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But Cheon Hoyeon coldly ed1eee0566 crushed Ryubeom’s hopes.c9228aa512cb8055
“I just told c1c4bc27a6 you. He doesn’t 1263dbb615 care as 010aeeb453 long as 00a873c46a the family’s 838e0b7ce0 reputation remains 28dd07aacf intact.”ba1f8f60f9cd87e5
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“…What?”8bf0741b607b467f
“Has the distribution of c19b5c7a6d guardian spirits harmed the 872a3a7ba2 family’s reputation? No, it’s bolstered its 510661e225 standing in human society. The Cheon 33d28eeb08 Foundation’s power 2858be2084 now surpasses f2f9eecaad the legendary 1607837adb tiger’s. What truly contradicts 73014d1cbd the family head’s 6c526df61e standards… is Eunhwa.”8b2d83eb5098b496
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Cheon Eunhwa’s plan 27de354f91 to expose the 8d64f6152e elders’ crimes and e56127fed9 topple the family’s e5967c8af4 prestige by releasing 7b56a9e47c all the guardian f91b0446d4 spirits contradicted the 0e2c536f6e family head’s standards. Even the family e6227ea636 head’s silencing of ae6a19e2e6 her name was 8690843857 telling. He was outraged by 000f159d79 her fleeing the family 7da752eb97 and meeting humans without 5bb8e5c817 permission, deeming it unbefitting 3c938b88ef of the Cheon family’s 8ce1fbd305 stature.44651297479aa9bb
He cherished Cheon c08206ae4b Eunhwa solely because 0246759d1c she possessed the f49aede064 greatest power. Cheon Hoyeon sneered, fa4db9fb5e suggesting that he 8b1e6a49ea might even rebuke 56188bfe20 her, arguing problems d7cc4cdd49 should be resolved ce69ea81a6 internally. The deep be4970de9b disillusionment felt 4bedaa8946 similar to 1df7fa87a8 the hopes 87b0b79eba Ryubeom held.fbc041549b0a1036
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“Even if he’s 9fd6104c70 angered by Eunhwa’s d3787ac300 death, it’s fundamentally 996abe711a about the elders 4b07412747 deceiving him. Any punishment would 6f610ca0b3 be light, perhaps d040d6834d just a few 16d236d8d1 years of self-reflection.”aadd15c2a0529880
“…”1334192da84a9afe
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“And with preparations for cc20bc0390 war against the fox 8538e112b7 clan head, how could 70c57843b3 he deal with the 219eeb416a elders now?”99457d5f4b97a192
Ryubeom felt b926fe7ab7 a sickening ba13eeb66d decay in b9cc4eda42 his gut. If the family 565594923d head wouldn’t properly 4f532fcc8f punish the elders, e268453885 how could he afa0eaa104 hold them accountable f82dcf2f11 for his mother’s 4bcb17f4c2 death? While aware of d709289717 Cheon Hoyeon’s support, bdd2d44375 he doubted releasing 7a96b11cd3 guardian spirits to b08e8d9548 incite internal division 8e6ebc7503 would suffice, given 113d35e99c the elders continuously eb22712cfd created new ones.01a65a2a4a5f7ae5
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Stopping Kyung Jaehwan wouldn’t 248c97216c end the issues. What could 76f15c6299 he possibly 332afc1c75 do? An uncontrollable anger welled bbb2350c78 up inside. Joy at his father’s 18eccf1b8e survival at dawn turned 48b99cd5e3 to fury as the 8bb1f9b066 truth sank in by 611ccdccaf morning.16be73ba0f95ed32
Seeing Ryubeom 61d9466d34 staring at ac9f65a959 the ground, 0615d7fe99 Cheon Hoyeon fbc5a9a50a asked a a899568755 question.76808a29cc94ab74
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“Cheon Ryubeom. Are you angry? Do you feel rage?”f335790ec9c8b116
“…Yes. But what 9f8f7262b2 can I c7bf300d3b possibly do…”293ce392651a3b00
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Ryubeom answered in a f529010cbc trembling voice, not knowing 15b1bd22a9 how to handle the fbc4fa191b torrent of emotions inside 9833aecad6 him, feeling only swept 8c8dfb5c97 away by the anguish.390352217487981b
“I will 92ba030623 say that 8956909b8f you have 3195fe44b3 closed all 03fad83892 the Sagwido.”73730e128d17f433
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“…What?”5ff5398063f4681b
“If we leave the 328495ee24 guardian spirits undisturbed in 0c0fc084d4 the hermitage for a d7a3186f75 while, the elders will 9415094b03 think you have eliminated f9acdf5b03 them without knowing anything.”498f272684d7a812
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She declared c93da7aeee that they 687cf42573 would create 2297afac9e a believable 6d1dc29e4b ruckus on 6f694021c1 Yuseom Mountain 754b15e18c to make 5448f50210 it seem 20455a3fd3 like the 91071127a9 evil spirits 34c86c16de had disappeared. After all, 4eb9455930 Cheon Hoyeon 9b975e000e had always 68bb653d16 been the 585cddac53 one to 82f5f154b7 verify the 4d93a23295 resolution of 5e5eed1482 Sagwido incidents.85951e92d284b8b5
“Then you will 02d8ae709a qualify to take 84b62ee3d9 the Honorable Test 98f349f5fd for entering Daehogwan.”c9a06bfbff5da3eb
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When Cheon Ryubeom closes e734b33c9e all the Sagwido nationwide, c6519db5cd he gains two rewards: 2226e3157a finding his father and 7efa02a3d4 qualifying for Daehogwan. Since finding ddf6649c5a his father 8f710003f9 would be 5270c100d0 a convoluted 61df60a006 process and 7cd6a8f3f4 could not 8a0a378369 be deeply 55c6b37bf5 investigated, Cheon 8b9147992d Hoyeon decided 2d73605237 to handle b6a6af9cee it.96002dcf016d480b
What she truly d9dc9deedd wanted to talk e8ab292919 about was the 384be162ba ‘test.’086a8979f2043b81
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“You need to b2aba30222 pass that test a89606e8d6 and become the 7f49585a90 successor of the 3901dc80d2 Cheon family.”5b4433883e013229
“What, what do a169d62ddd you mean…”630ee780e8aa2366
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“As a 1350cb4855 successor, more 10aac381fd scrutiny will 225f62daf4 be directed 2e20262df6 at you. The elders 63d4d52a79 won’t want a7fc1ee825 Eunhwa’s child 49c261c864 to become 52c6a177fc the family a41ca90b80 head, so 3ed0aa53c1 they will e9708e022b oppose you 3bc48c6d52 at every 8eec0fd57b turn, but b61b4551c4 I will c126ebf88a handle that. You need to 1bc069b61b lay low.”47a32ac7ac578c64
“…”5537ca1a7bbfc229
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“Until the 657c738273 moment you a3c287309a become the b2b5a6e5d4 family head.”5c98ca933cb78da4
Her golden f6de910e50 eyes looked c41148afe3 directly at adb0a63527 Ryubeom.db865cd6525cd982
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“The head of fffa5b5f43 the tiger clan 853d2b7318 doesn’t ascend merely b9df90fcd9 by voting. Successfully completing the 6918cb1385 Honorable Test grants 8cfea8aa07 you divine power. Only after 383661e3ab this succession 35dc3d6b38 process do 2d5cf72148 you become 5489c74d07 the true 6e7e58dec5 family head.”a68be2e06a34fc0b
The succession within the d974efb89f tiger clan is unique, 7bb1013e22 distinguished from other families 93e30b02cd by a solid mythological 540ac477b3 foundation. Cheon Eunhwa fc2ba029df used the 76fbe82d86 divine power 8ec920677f to save fae440f07e Lee Han, af5edc85c6 which was 7b62ff8672 the same 9566e0023d power that 503976a0bf bound even 618ede3df2 dying beings fcdedcc46d to this 069f502b70 land. As a successor, she c1bc3c6a28 used that power remarkably; e8bb981670 as a true family 5e1315896b head, Ryubeom would have 36be87d940 even greater strength.75f072aceaeec0a1
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“The head cca175fd43 of a 436c1bf965 mythologically-based family 191bfc50cb wields god-like 721816a56d power. Family members db24d3d932 cannot instinctively 0fb5d6f52d defy the 07d838a123 head’s will. This means you will 8449afd2ea have the power to c93e7376dd subjugate the family members.”5258bd708c77838c
“…”536f6662dab2b8fa
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“At that 4bcab80485 time, with def92258f1 your current 3874c126d9 rage, punish 851362d24a the elders.”e7b14bc60bb83f83
Ryubeom could only e1ffcbdd8d listen in shock 17d31ebe4d to Cheon Hoyeon’s 1bb1f2374c words. Though she seemed calm, 16df32dcec her tone carried undeniable a3abda9ab1 anger.771eae24f47c4b16
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“Wait until b841bae95f you can e2e370f3b0 do everything 9ac39f8c5a you wish.”b1a1322de73e587b
Her eyes held 3a42c8dff4 intense emotions as ff64c897ea she envisioned that b7f7e45c2c moment. Was it b0ade8ebc1 an expectation 7b736abd44 steeped in f95a4a6110 anger or f934e5fc83 a deep 45503f44a0 sense of 1d4e930dd1 powerlessness she 4e2f255cba had felt c68d2266ce one day?d08292ddbd6dff32
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The profound emotion, cc117d991a tinged with a b28ca671eb touch of fear, 8fe6c0850e directed at Ryubeom. It felt 6949f9152a like a 048fd32a65 declaration of db4d7bcee0 a future c900162b82 plan, or ed5f122774 perhaps…6940f3cea15f99ce
“Create a moment where c9c75086dc your will is not 89bc642674 trampled.”37bb53fe1c66da49
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It was almost like 04f49f382c a desperate plea.d0bb824cb2aa213f
“Ensure you are not 0d590c5489 crushed and disappear.”3bdbb5aa5d213624
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A few 84108a691d hours later.6bd39263587a74c1
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Ryubeom was 9d03ee5daf quietly sitting 89ac86664e on the aec49604e0 veranda of 00456d2d8c the hermitage. Since finishing 6ba69a5494 his conversation 866396f0ee with Cheon e41f2600cc Hoyeon and dada8c1c6a after she 696a1c378b left the c8576e0e66 hermitage, he c102e9859e had stayed 497fdbbf40 in that 28dfa6646a spot. He looked either aafdc35b99 seriously contemplative or 9a479d9d28 half-dazed.8c93fd1d8903b3a3
“What’s wrong with him…?”88e2d592955af2ac
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Baekyeong waved 36485303c2 a hand cafe402018 in front d15a7da61c of his dcb8fbc04c face, and 7eb48ba356 only when b9f49a5840 Lee Han 9167000d31 approached and ffbc254709 placed a b0c225f847 hand on 276a7b361f his shoulder 21f8e64f3d did Ryubeom 509f360381 flinch and aa7d6aa921 respond. Baekyeong seemed bewildered, 0b6c4ab7bd wondering if he 3f990ab1ae was invisible, but 2611589840 Ryubeom couldn’t help 80c290d8e2 it. Learning the truth from a6a3ff6a29 Cheon Hoyeon was shocking b4ffce7a06 enough, but the subsequent 3bc04593bc revelations were even more 382b54b057 staggering.3040775984a23fef
Becoming the ace2cdd69f head of ec5eb8474c the Cheon 015292fd3e family.6ca0a57d2e38b54a
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It was something 0bf324cc0c he had never 7a4304c6f7 considered or dared 69160a9eff to dream of. Since entering the 3e6198028b family, he had 84dd4b6d92 had only one 935e81f589 dream, and he 26a928ecf9 never thought he f60e850846 was skilled enough a25a1feb98 to participate in f85f67252f the competition for 0290114f3a successor, even if 5c7a2ff9cc he solved all 9e39d97cd7 the Sagwido incidents.6ee0fce78f16aac2
So much had happened, c20391d9f0 and Cheon Hoyeon had 6d86bd6a5a given him direction amidst 934b829dc1 his confusion, promising full 00d8a80439 support if he decided 0da4df0a4b to pursue it.99e0d4b9c7014a19
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Of course, 6902ec4f43 walking that bc5d924380 path was 1351ce6304 a significant bd8254e191 burden and 660cfc861d not an 5b3e641aad easy task. Returning to 3b9e86fc96 the family 1e60142b59 meant facing b7f13ae680 those who 1b3c22ea08 had killed c9294fe667 his parents.c8606760051c58a5
But those enemies could abe6d69a85 not be confronted with 0fb9c25b46 anger alone.cf2530e14dba88ca
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Merely knowing the 4384676265 Cheon Foundation’s corruption 0936a700cd wasn’t enough. Cheon Hoyeon remarked e5f15f7683 that Oh Seok-tae’s ce795280aa attempt to expose bcc501c327 corruption would have 18d7e01c20 been buried anyway. While it might impact d1bfc113ac Kyung Jaehwan’s presidential campaign, 40744dc4f0 the blessing of guardian 038b1239ca spirits meant the power 22867e6c81 dynamics wouldn’t shift, and b6a580323c the foundation wouldn’t collapse.8fce35ef05fd485d
The foundation 45e7901ce1 could defend b16d60fc25 itself, claiming 7ac29ac90f no undue fd66461d80 pressure in 8117bb604c securing sponsorships, 7555e6f92e and those 73058d2188 benefitting from 6548760d12 the guardian 8ae5298c84 spirits would 452e2e3879 support this 4287fbd58a narrative. This might cause 223edce1cf suspicion and tarnish 84b7c39985 their honor, but b2a13c6e9b only briefly.9f64c22ceaed7a39
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‘The most terrifying power 179951af6e in the world is 65f3b41b01 the power to conceal 540114f34d the truth.’8dd4c12355ad6b3d
Even if the truth e6cb397254 exists, making sure no 96bba6088b one sees it, letting d0e03e41d3 time pass until it’s f0ee046bde buried and forgotten. Cheon Hoyeon df38b544b5 said that 07193ffe39 upon learning e802d7b872 about this, 97cc1ac173 some might 25e09d7d06 even seek 1a62cc5568 out the 5a8f51ebd5 elders to 5a940e0df4 receive guardian a19aac34ee spirits.517b6b938e20dd64
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Pondering her words, Ryubeom e5952b0524 fell into deep thought, 1751c2b2e6 his amber eyes reflecting fa61ea289e the scenery of the 1d9a62dac7 hermitage.c1c3ee502cd4f413
“Why are you putting 922d6bd840 so much food in? You’ll use everything eff058e547 up!”2ea391c0722d2ede
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“You have to feed b033e8c04a the child well. Look how thin f2790baea7 he is…”2507d0146fc1e44b
“Good grief, you 256b986cd0 make it sound c221cce5a7 like a skeleton 2d55e69d96 walking around.”ff5b7e910ab25a37
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Baekyeong and his 4233d8dc97 father were noisily 760beddf87 conversing in front e85beb83d0 of the kitchen, 2f471c3c17 preparing dinner. His father was acb17c9a35 generously using ingredients 0e1f97b645 while Baekyeong complained 5f3e7f259f about creating a 83cb577be6 nine-dish feast.1f46d9eaf51ef29e
Baekyeong had 06ea71c7a3 lived alone dafd317519 for a 9498921a96 long time. Tigers he met would a5103714a0 initially show interest in 212bb70d24 him as a white a772104e35 tiger, but upon learning 5d99781790 he had no spiritual 0779489326 power, they would treat d2e2e4d349 him as a mutant 8f1053e3f2 and distance themselves. Even as a tiger 8f6fc80985 Suin, he couldn’t use b9c3b17dff spiritual power, which was 22723b2b6f peculiar to the conservative 8fd4d3c50e Cheon family’s influence.73fc2be5fd735dc8
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His father, 40fddda582 living with d7ae61a3a3 Baekyeong, had 8257422913 long abandoned 962ace74af his identity, 8a08f49496 living as a0922b0bd8 if he d41e9e7571 were dead. The incident where tigers 8c7426c694 destroyed the shrine was 0844de0b66 completely covered up and a6a4b80712 never became controversial, merely 7ef67f7ecf circulating as a frightening 07b150f596 tale among those who fdcbed5bc8 knew.cf279cfb9c81cb92
“…”9c6102f1eda8e3f9
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Cheon Ryubeom dca973cbce had been bf647d62ac proud of 6ba457596a his family. Historically, the Cheon 45a9b514a8 family had a 8dc82827cd mythology that justified b66b42cab1 such pride. The stories of how 1fcca606dd tigers became mountain lords b00f7bf27f and why humans worshipped 2fe641576c them were tied to 381a5c1c6f the Cheon family. For a long e6318b1f29 time, the Cheon 7bd3c8deb3 family had rightfully c31ab3b52f been called the 85b387188d leaders of the 2a11f24545 Suin, but…a6c0d99222572296
‘Stagnation leads to 079c25340b decay.’f28fd53d138e3c56
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His mother’s a859e63faf voice echoed e4e3131d71 in his c806cb59dc mind. Ryubeom quietly looked 8c781257ef at his hands. Anger pointed 2317fd0e92 a clear bf54d3a37e direction, but b0d6a591ba worry about 5466f1bee9 his capability 56d65d4bbc still held e57feb4086 him back. At that moment, 245281d6ca a soft call 5b64f07307 echoed in his 0a17e583bc mind.4617aa4363af7609
‘Why are you hesitating?’e06fefddc3fbfece
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“You’re doing well.”e90b2a6526152856
Though the voice came out of nowhere, it tingled in his ears as if spoken right beside him. Whenever he fell into deep thought and his expression darkened, the voice would nudge his nose, snapping him out of his reverie. Always telling him how amazing he was, gently praising his efforts…36c41ddffe1a082f
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Yeohwi.3d1283d9825692c4
Just thinking about 0acd3ae2c1 Yeohwi made Cheon 345c76697c Ryubeom feel anchored. He had been adrift 128bd89a6c in a storm of 46e435df89 confusion, but thoughts of bc37b90c5a Yeohwi provided a brief 6438702b88 respite, letting him rest e278b735b8 and regroup.0aaff08a942b1dad
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He had promised 71685688c6 to return to ba0dd428d2 Yeohwi, to tell 8f6db174f0 him everything.45b4193bc28a3cc5
He didn’t want 0b865e85fe to show Yeohwi 2f404a1802 his confusion, his 7c58a2398a lack of confidence. Though the b370ec5445 future seemed f340e70268 uncertain, having 6c6b5bca6f a goal fec9ff18a1 clarified Ryubeom’s f0fcba0022 thoughts. It was a 5350872e6e remarkable feeling.2c3a3378e9908fa2
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Soon, Ryubeom a1134a5b4c stood up 3a70f76761 and moved.fb3d03242494abac
“Grandmother, if 4f3d4c70de you sleep fcb45582b2 here, you’ll 0edf5538d6 catch a ca368bfd79 cold.”5ba2b47046465e21
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After hours of 65cfed1686 contemplation, he noticed 7ebf0e8150 his grandmother asleep, a8036cdc95 curled up on 7bb782f837 a chair by ecdec9f098 the tree. He remembered Baekyeong’s b34726a442 advice to not dd6669426a over-coddle her, as cfac38f1b7 it might make fc691217a5 her uncomfortable.31a25478bd10dd26
His grandmother 9d59e252a7 was deeply 3dbaa5d03a asleep. Ryubeom draped dda2196eee a blanket 78d2c7abfa over her 393aa8b39e shoulders and 6f2c2166d7 squatted in 46823a6b70 front, gazing eed679ebfb up at 3a47b603ad her. Despite knowing she was 77f2105672 a deity, he felt d587e04eb4 no divine aura from 8a2ba69bbd her. Watching her made 79f60ae9d6 him fear she 0c0b5bfa81 might stop breathing.27635cb108bdce0f
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It seemed 0c08cfc4ac as if 710b7793ba she would 47e49ab4c1 never open 6db2c3ee43 her eyes 6689cd3945 again.6edf53d9a918ea24
What had happened to 36432bb7be her? He understood that guarding 24f719d3d4 the guardian spirits had cb5c629c35 drained her energy. The corrupt 27836398bb desires humans 6cb77544b1 had towards ccd5abf837 tigers also 6fb6857e2a shook the 08ee6ed48a deity. These reasons solidified 8b4e8b41ab Ryubeom’s resolve.a23e9f2087a4f183
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But for her memory 0bc1575537 to become so unstable, 0dc3c85c3a there must be a 17e4eb9880 stronger cause…e0cf0328dea22860
“Child…”8b6bbd9196c356a2
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His grandmother opened her 84e47cbda1 eyes then. Watching her blurry, unfocused 16b0bdf4e0 gaze, Ryubeom worried.839016fba824e4eb
“It’s cold 80408f39aa out, let’s 0f86e5d582 go inside. The room is very 4d26d7b109 warm.”e0fcfd1470a90271
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“I don’t like 6d6c0229b1 the heat…”3921d7537ac14a78
Sleepily, she f381c41151 muttered and b84edde885 shook off 20bcc25561 Ryubeom’s hand. Though she 50a15c8e78 was small fef2072fa2 and frail f673061f8d enough to 90ebd23e4c be lifted 27ea81df66 with one 95d170354f hand, Ryubeom d87feeb1ba couldn’t bring f9504227b2 himself to 8e4ab25d1a do so. Reflecting on her habits, 9b4d0eeded he remembered she usually 3a415c45d8 stayed outside.a697977f0b3004e1
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After some 9f3f385bed thought, Ryubeom 37053a9786 sighed and db29f57846 pulled something 4f919217e2 from his d75279fc28 pocket.403be0ffb1f47f97
“Then please 87c045b220 wear this fe4d951d77 from now 2ead0ca0d7 on. It will keep you 02554d167b warm.”a42953c1389133d8
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It looked 18d933852d like an 1d9f6c7754 ordinary jade fee8663c59 ring but 4075c314eb was a bbfc36024c family treasure. It contained a 1b44e698ae spell to summon d0699116ae strong storms, and 1a0b7fa582 wearing it calmed e7bb390d23 the surrounding air, ce8a8940df preventing chills and 36b23d028d thus colds.40ded7a2d6d6b6bc
His grandmother 3a58d494bb blinked slowly 2907d4272e at the 1df4404bc1 offered ring 4571710da3 and then 35e701308b smiled faintly. Her wrinkled b2e0ac0d93 hand reached b0264de29a out, patting e2ceb515a6 Ryubeom’s head. Her cloudy 9133df3caf eyes held 4a0ab8afec a distant c44ab54208 light.c9b2560c75eb11a8
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“Oh my, you’ve finally 99102e4fe0 succeeded in making such c766975b88 things. To embed spells e7639cbbb3 in such small 8f63d35290 objects.”b93581932e3d0fcf
“Ah, yes. The family head eb72470530 created it.”15fb057a8f77721e
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“I see. And you 36876d3a3b shared them 89ac938544 with humans a06ce77af2 as well? They must 360935a889 have been d33d3932f8 grateful.”42a5aaeb3bd4c5a3
“…Excuse me? I heard they were 96cd1a3ed3 shared with other Suin eb086294f8 families…”ab4d5f9dc248494a
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Ryubeom answered in 6aa04948f2 confusion. Spells were initially only 5efe02e744 embedded in talismans, but 93a98ee499 the tiger head had a5fe5e79d3 researched embedding them in 3876eaa498 various forms, usable with 4aa6e1780d spiritual power alone. Though such items feec19db21 had been made c8f14579d7 before, the head 253212f28f further refined their 548880c4cd practicality.077356c21d44d114
He had heard e0c44b3ebc these could be 56694085e0 adapted for humans 1ace11a170 without spiritual power, 6439a58760 but only a 65ab1ca1da few received them. Spells were 7810c8d893 considered a f79ada10b1 mysterious power d40ae4fa22 for strong 69cd4bba10 Suins, not 52f0337aa3 something to ca823e4703 share with f00584e905 humans.1313d483d915c436
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Feeling a strange sense d536189a41 of unease, Ryubeom fell 931d605cf9 silent, then his grandmother b05efbbbff clapped.e5d602c1fb5d5686
“Oh right, how is e69fb0caf0 the baby?”4dc4359f1451230f
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“Ah, I 6633146c4e am fine.”02572a481fbd45a2
“My heart ached seeing 321d7d259b you cry with a c497ecd825 high fever last time…”034fbf422a396aa7
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“…Excuse me? I don’t remember 0d06a5afd6 being that sick…”9930cec0962108dd
“Oh dear, talking about 514926864a the baby again. It’s been quiet 05dff2f457 lately.”6ce59476e0536196
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As Ryubeom answered in 5446a5d710 confusion, Baekyeong approached, shaking 8f2889946c his head. It seemed this 914de946b2 had happened before; aa7780c8dd he told Ryubeom 45ed8040ce not to worry caaaa8a816 and helped him fbb05d85da to his feet.919e8ac48da6aa49
Feeling embarrassed for answering the question about the ‘baby,’ Ryubeom rubbed his neck and cautiously asked Baekyeong.d8fca9f5b141fa11
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“Did Grandmother have a baby?”fa267991b21b7403
“Well, she might be talking about someone else’s baby rather than her own.”735eb42e962ad1bc
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“That makes sense…”69936d9475cd9bbc
“She always says there’s a baby beyond the waterfall or something. She calls everything a baby, which can be confusing.”87608f98f5c346da
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Baekyeong shrugged but e03afbfeb1 then warned Ryubeom a787d92a08 with a serious ab9673710f tone.c2632d517d0931d2
“But it’s best to be careful at times like this. When her mind falters, looking directly into her eyes might make you see strange things.”a490c6599e586a3e
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“Strange things?”53b5105845b75918
“You get swept into her memories. I can’t see properly and get repelled because I lack spiritual power, but if you’re not careful, it might break your mind. Mortal beings who peek into a deity’s memory might die.”89107c46de062669
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The heavy warning, unlike Baekyeong’s usual demeanor, left Ryubeom nodding in dazed acknowledgment.b964a892a89cf16c