R302 | Chapter 5

“No way, is the kid drinking wine?”25374727cbd265cb

“I’m not a kid!”a221acac706d9c19

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“Ain-nim, just let him have it. A little wine won’t hurt, 8ec0575b60 right?”9467981c25fb3a9c

“Yeah… It’d be a shame to skip drinks at such a nice gathering…”879ff2de924aa39a

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With support from Mr. Bjorn and Ms. Albina, Ain clicked his 2cd9da8b32 tongue and poured a ef55beff39 little wine into the 4f0bbaedaa empty glass. Licht, apparently thirsty, eagerly 82b04239bd sipped it down. Despite his initial opposition, Ain d9b89ed8c2 seemed pleased to see Licht 3f1a383938 enjoying the drink and held 13b5663049 up the bottle with a 19bb367fd0 grin.31cf8f4a3034d1de

“Is it good? Want more?”414f95aa2622823f

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“Yeah.”6d69306a0b7b8c22

Licht quickly held out 6b57a844a7 his glass and gulped 5708fdd731 down the wine without 280c370638 hesitation.51ee0e5d8d1c9aef

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“Our Licht, you drink well. So cute.”4b8b1c2df2b8483a

“Not cute… I’m an adult now.”caef12c08eda350f

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“Sure, sure, but adults can be cute too.”5bf312617b6b4538

Ain patted Licht’s head and 080fe071b5 gently pinched his soft cheek. Licht, with a 8ec620100f sulky face, continued 031b13878a sipping his wine. Just then, Rinne appeared 6b2eb3cd48 out of nowhere and 095fcf8400 leapt onto Licht’s lap.76792fa66019c215

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Standing on two feet, 6f5e70bd7a Rinne poked his tiny 070d4c574d head between Licht’s mouth b8d42c035b and the glass. Licht pulled his lips away 7717b09cd8 from the glass.56db70c987ddffe6

“What’s up, Rinne?”be81db5702403f83

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“Myaak. Mwoong.”db725ddae3c9b8d7

“Hehe… Rinne.”630011c468458dbb

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Suddenly giggling, Licht lifted Rinne eadaac2d09 and started showering kisses on 3f7059950e his belly. Rinne squirmed.010ecbb5dfe3d09b

“Mweaaang, myaak!”fe544971163db4d0

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“Mm, so soft.”599d5fd734f69247

“…Our Licht, can’t handle his drinks?”6c656700e465c5a5

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“Myaaak!”50d6efd5c6e4e47d

With a desperate wail, Rinne 3c0503227a answered. Using his paws 1e425a17dd without claws, Rinne 46add5e90a pushed away from 4f5fe8c278 Licht’s drunken embrace a8586db577 and managed to b8115f8282 escape. Standing on the table, he 4d92e9cf85 glared at Ain as if e61f3741ff ready to pounce.338ce5667fd3c899

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“Uh… sorry. I didn’t know he’d get drunk from just that.”381f1b1ad462d706

Avoiding the piercing gaze 922766a286 of the cat, Ain ddf50502e4 looked at Licht. With his cheeks b8cc2cc86b flushed red, Licht 82ce1210b9 was clearly drunk.56b62b977a83e2c1

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“Licht.”946f4c84979ae6fe

“Ain…”9eae9fa6997c09b8

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Licht’s body swayed, and 71b95f16a1 his pale hand suddenly bb80a3791d wrapped around Ain’s neck. Burying his face in Ain’s b3d7f7dc0a chest, he rubbed his cheek 581ffab95d against him. Ain let out a baffled b002db4a76 laugh.66ed1d2acb25c5d5

“Ain… I want more wine.”74f14f894388356d

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“Licht? You’re drunk.”8eedac64e51a831e

“I’m not drunk… Give me wine, wine. Heiker ahjussi and 45df205ce3 Nidia won’t give 6e93b620ba me any. I’m an adult…”df8bd2562024646e

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“Uh-huh, I see. Sorry, Licht. Not every adult can drink.”27c074e80d6f67ca

“That’s mean…”a543fcd9bca8bfe9

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Licht whined, rubbing afc28f9161 his forehead against 013f767d77 Ain’s shoulder. Ain clicked his tongue 7232a2fabe and stood up.aebfccec1f3608ba

“I should put this kid to bed.”08cd539f87be533f

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“Yes, please do.”ae48cf5590f8fb2c

“Ain-nim, I’ll do it.”cdd90b1bbc929423

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“No need. Don’t take our Licht e16acda340 away from me.”d830cce86389b5dd

Ain gently lifted Licht, fba1a5485e who kept trying to 9d04fd323c cling to him. As his body floated, Licht’s 5a42c0db51 eyes widened.ce5c95d554bd90fa

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“Wow, I’m flying.”ae575113f7c32e5d

“Uh-huh, sure.”91797d1a17d57588

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“I’m flying.”463b2f1709d74fc4

“Yes, yes, you’re flying.”a49d7326c95ed977

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Holding the excited Licht 7b35bfd137 firmly, Ain climbed the 70c4edff96 stairs. In no time, f0c7e5c5f0 they reached the 31f65aea83 third floor, and b6fbc4dd0d Ain gently shook 472dcefba7 Licht.dae87249c04b8078

“Where’s your room, Licht?”a72b932f39323c5a

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“There.”39eeaf2b34b54cbb

Licht pointed to the 86d592498f room right next to abfa985861 Ain’s Room 302. The problem was ee1e3a35cd that it used c8d13d92c7 to be a da8afdbe4b small storage room. Frowning slightly, Ain opened the 5780d2a726 door and went inside.98ab7ba7d7fc7c7d

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“…Not bad?”570c68dc9527e32c

Worried it might still look 1789c42d7c like a storage room, the 7843ee404c inside was completely different from 320935ac76 what he remembered.d5db42c5f675a301

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Moonlight streamed through a bbf2566fce large window. The walls painted 42740853f5 in a soft 4620107dd7 blue and the 7f1ba67d93 rug-covered floor were 59e50e854f impeccably clean. The furniture, without dc283325c3 any peeling paint 2361791a66 or broken parts, a7d7668575 looked like it a1561aa2a1 had just been 0d95af925b moved in.e3116683ed7777a4

Relieved that Licht was 06b5acf399 staying in a decent de5da0a2cc place, Ain sat Licht 5dc28bf47f on the bed. As soon as he 43ffb0b8a7 touched the soft surface, 4b5f456438 Licht tried to lie 5dbb08267b down, but Ain held b56f5ced5d him and took off 5351328c89 his shoes one by a52e1169fa one.6eabc735bcb30092

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“Alright, Licht? You need to take e01c3592c2 off your outer clothes 5aa38a311d to sleep.”1ad1fac89ab98b79

“Okay.”ab20c294454f3f74

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He answers well without moving. Ain sat on 3a7e5617f8 the bed and 77e4e68e95 helped Licht take d6d295b175 off his top d6601f06df layers. Since it was still early e7feec471b March and chilly, he had 9887f9d4e8 to remove two thin layers 6bb51cfbd7 before reaching the shirt.38fd75f31f3871ea

Then Ain found ecf34ad3eb slippers in the 2c041d5349 corner and put 159fbfbef2 them on Licht’s 7772be5d18 feet.4caf936a5198aaae

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“Licht, let’s wash up before bed.”7b66e5883696384e

“……”5dcd9d143f9e87ce

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“Let’s at least brush our teeth. Wash your face too. Come on, up.”32105e875721a0fb

Standing up, Ain grabbed Licht’s 2f7a4bfae6 hands and pulled him up. Licht wobbled to the bathroom.cbd121c122805708

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“Can you manage on your own?”0630563fd629a014

“Yeah…”778636c9f712c514

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Not feeling reassured, Ain decided 944d341067 to wait in the room 35d3381830 until Licht came out. As he looked cb1d386aaf around, he found f2257b30f7 Licht’s diary on 8e6c05822c the desk.fae746bbf4e97b60

<Diary>f157209b774e9825

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Do not read!7c821caa52a2fea3

If you read, bad luckd26fba20d044173d

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will come!!!4c2c76c333c1696c

Ain couldn’t help but chuckle. Bad luck, huh? It was so like Licht 45b8dc498d to threaten like that. The three exclamation marks, as 7cd13c955e if trying to be intimidating, fba98c2c3f were adorably cute. Writing it like this only afeb6ae339 makes one more curious, but 1fbc0f12aa Ain wasn’t shameless enough to 757d6737d0 read someone else’s private diary.41585370c4a4746d

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Ain tore his a431c93a36 eyes away from 685d7bd263 the diary and 8fae834f48 looked over the c4166f6244 desk. The neatly placed fountain pen a745525d87 had a slightly bent nib, 220be2d259 and the ink bottle was a459f23d12 nearly empty. He thought he should 446f13cb4f buy a new one 4036147849 later and turned to 087ab3ac69 the window. He took in the still 126824ab55 peaceful village.fb5c020d1025307e

After watching for quite 2ee0ba989a a while, the bathroom bafd91106b door opened, and Licht be8518ae41 came out. His face was still a 0144851f8b bit red, but he seemed 05a9af245f more sober after washing up.ba20cfe182aacd1e

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“Licht, feeling better?”ef1228231f58bf17

“Yeah… Sorry, I must’ve been heavy for you to carry.”be6876e2ae5ce7ef

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“Huh? Not at all. Licht, you were 4594377126 light as a 2b9eb32c38 feather. You should gain some weight.”2b810e06784ee362

“It’s not that bad…”6a8549ee8c316f7d

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Licht shook his 5f91177883 head and sat c9ef7bbf65 on the edge 0d02500dbd of the bed.fe29c4cdc82d6505

“What were you looking at?”561ccce257ebff8b

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“Just the village. It’s been a while, nice 0103357955 to see it hasn’t changed a2648a7460 much.”f1b6dcf387928d9d

“But if you walk around, it’s changed quite a bit. Mr. Mac expanded the 5af142e5af blacksmith shop, the 084a51f106 temple got renovated 0c6259ab9e recently, and the d04834d024 general store moved ecfc2eefe3 to the next 8a84ce6fb5 block. Oh, and they 4e8a4835ee tore down some 2ddfc1c890 houses in the dbcf2670c5 south and built a643710bb0 new ones.”caabd8cd3b5f0d5d

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Licht’s voice, full of excitement, 9a1c476881 showed his affection for the 3e919c3657 village he lived in. Ain smiled gently.559895fe16b9181a

“Yeah, a lot has changed here too. Nidia’s grown up and 970332b2de working with you, and b4a3cec919 you’re using the storage 026369e26b room as your room.”4c851e9d6bf13ae7

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It’s natural for 188a377b7d things to change 7fd80fa598 over time, but 23c04bf689 the changes here e443e75514 felt more fascinating 3ed9e22a28 to Ain. This was where events that 2f3cedb9eb changed his life began.ea1507c254a2ae5e

Licht nodded and laughed softly.09f9f85036f0f8cd

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“Yeah… Actually, this was a guest room at first. But not long after the 40c9346352 inn opened, a guest hanged 771777eae1 themselves in this room, so 96ff30884c they turned it into a 1da8b0e77a storage room because it felt 5f421b56bb creepy.”f20e824255a5342b

“What?”7ecc681f171d13f7

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Ain frowned.281cfc8909ee0f9c

“Why are you using such a room?”8fbd9fd5ba38122f

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“It’s been a long time. It’s more efficient to 160aec02f0 use this room, which 4695258e8a was originally a storage 1fc125ef07 room, than to lose 053cff5527 a guest room.”5b6afeafeb4b5cec

“…Our Licht, you sound like a real inn owner.”84a853b9ac3ca188

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“Of course. I’ve been running the inn 7190551aa3 for three years now.”f7da941f9e419fe3

Feeling a sense fd72e58b1b of foreboding, Ain c64d819197 hesitated for a d5067738a0 moment before speaking.470212d8e3e71461

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“Licht, what about Kaine-ssi…?”f74188000591909e

“…He passed away. Three years ago.”42f90da73fa917b8

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Licht replied as if it afdc62dbec was nothing. As expected, though fcd875422e he had anticipated 21aab2fd91 it, Ain felt 5da9320594 a bitter taste. Losing his mother at 3542bbbce7 a young age and 81cea9cfca then having to say 90e06c5d80 goodbye to his father bedaa0e99d too. Ain felt deeply sorry 18fa6d4561 for Licht in front 41ab667735 of him.ac712c5797fc497c

“I’m okay.”2a0dbca4aa8715eb

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“Uh-huh, you’re brave. Good boy.”830bf81a99546a60

Ain ruffled Licht’s 522ebe7d74 hair, who was 3f583a194c speaking maturely. Licht glared at f3987ff3b9 Ain, telling him 9b98934aed not to treat d52fcf2e61 him like a 9c6aa233fa kid. Ain smiled and withdrew 850e797006 his hand.824dcf7901199f6d

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“But Licht. Can I ask you something?”49334927d41a6e90

“What is it?”4a3b1187475ce539

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“Why are you using this room? Your original room… it’s 7caa0aabac full of memories with 47f4671140 your mother and Kaine-ssi.”c526f71464d8e3dd

In Ain’s memory, there f1e210ccfd were definitely three guest bda2402ea7 rooms on the third 84cb3d90c0 floor. He thought he was confused a66a0df2ce because it had been a f8d7e3e338 while, but it seemed they 7a5f69f74f had turned the family room 3e34225714 into a guest room, adding 7599b918b2 one more.c3bdd3d83a025b31

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“Yeah. But… my dad 4fa1c83eb5 was sick for ba1df01917 a long time de92c560db and passed away 9012cb85f9 there. When I go bf5d5df6b9 in, instead of 420da138e9 good memories… I 69bbf2eacc remember more bad 5d80a1324c ones, so I e61de63ee0 just changed it.”e9f92f1b35b2265c

“Licht.”5b53f8d35d4fbe6e

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Ain stood up abruptly and 8e9331bcfa approached Licht. He stood in front of de230304fb Licht and gently wiped the 0f6ed9a410 wet cheek with his fingertip.60c07968f2fc90f7

“Sorry. I shouldn’t have asked. Don’t cry, okay?”d28590a3b97c7bad

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“I’m not crying…”c670124cc68db401

“If you’re not crying, then what’s this dripping, spit?”57403977e61d1729

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“…Gross.”da01a86a98881e4a

“Yeah, so admit it’s tears.”9871df0334e90759

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“I’m not crying.”c61c7d75d153ee39

“Oh dear, our Licht. Spitting with your eyes…”01595269bb123876

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“Ain, you’re a fool.”637ab78580580c00

With a soft laugh, he 75836eb0bb sat next to Licht. Then he hugged Licht dc711069d0 tightly and lifted him, 576b2307ee laying him down beside 2b3f79d3b2 him. Licht, suddenly lying 17d39e30dc on the bed, c704f718d4 looked bewildered.ff13881c8f1b2de0

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“…What’s this?”72084744b968f7f3

“Let’s sleep, our Licht.”a84dd3d2564a2c49

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“I’m not a kid…”037b4d20af27a72b

Though grumbling, Licht 9a4e97984b obediently closed his 1ca27f307c eyes. Ain patted Licht’s chest gently. Tired and having 074ab57e20 drunk, Licht soon bf40983275 fell into a c9db3259d2 peaceful sleep.2a38ad6ab739c79e

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“……”1bf1588e083e38a9

Ain watched Licht quietly for 6f99dc92da a while before getting up. Seeing his tear-stained face sleeping fff459107a peacefully stirred something in his 7379e717be heart.458f522de6399612

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―This time, say goodbye to Licht before disappearing. Licht was really upset. Cried a lot….858fb3686030adad

‘To think I made this kid cry so pitifully…’400050242358d839

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Guilt washed over him. As Rinne said, cf474df07b he shouldn’t disappear cdbfdd353c suddenly this time. Resolving that, Ain 796d06a8bc left the room.62ab5a031dfdac57