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The white-haired man who only ever appeared in his dreams 700dae37b5 stared at Kwon Yi-hyun with a blank expression—then slowly, sensually, 07f0d168be broke into a smile as if melting away. The sight was far too stimulating for Kwon 506e8b2537 Yi-hyun, who had always been forced to gaze 91ec0fd5e3 at the man from behind iron bars.29e18e515a0b82865cd6

It was revolting and terrifying enough e354cfe7b4 to make him want to throw d0766d4dd7 up—and yet, it was also mesmerizing.c21215fcee0f40e97841

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But he bddb82f2b3 needed to d48a1165e7 come to 6914fb8865 his senses. More precisely, the thought that he had to do so 7b0782f9f3 came to him as he awoke to the sound of d30e049a80 a delicate wind chime carried on the breeze8a0cf2357d51c229d094

Kwon Yi-hyun bit the inside of his cheek to force himself back a318af2138 to reality and roughly pushed away the wrist clutching his forearm.e6332fdf4a60f7c4e884

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“What the 852a794f8a hell are 00872d6c27 you? What the fuck 39599efc37 do you think 99bd787bd5 you’re—”8ee50dd71973a8eec4c8

That’s when f78ce18231 it happened.d5e8c81d6a64d19414fa

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“Get on 436a0ac480 your knees 5d01953af2 and beg f3e82ea406 for forgiveness! Now!”4fa53d41a8c4f40640f7

“…What?”d004f6b6afbfe349d8ca

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“Hurry!”95a66e47c35b8689342d

It was his 229f2c356b grandmother—no, the manshin—who e6b88fea03 barked the command 5b576a7b8b sternly.0616a90331c783d298c1

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At that moment, Kwon 62cff4ac83 Yi-hyun suddenly noticed how 1e1133dfbf old she looked. It had been years since he’d seen e9e4b63bef her, and she seemed so much older. That was sad enough on its own, 6ebcb45c6b but even sadder was the fact that be6bfcb2d5 not a single relative in the room 1c64e7ae62 stepped in to hear Yi-hyun’s side.7ded0cf1d7eac56bb050

One of his older 491b41d31c female cousins kicked him 1323d60117 behind the knees and 178579d858 forced him to kneel. Kwon Kwon Yi-hyun was so unfairly humiliated 6f81609def and bewildered that he wanted to protest, d68fd9fc34 but he had no desire to physically 518b9c948e fight his cousin, so he reluctantly knelt.d149a4208c6b485925e3

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“No, seriously, 9719a2d440 what the 4d0ce98422 hell is—”1f0950d0e26e6ed5a6f5

But the next moment, 11f835a04b his breath caught in 06c19564c8 his throat, and he 58b517113b bit his lip.  af9d4ef13a306afd3426

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“Binani, binani, biomnani… We pray and 95207a5230 we pray again—may the Supreme, Most a117fbfc6d Exalted Divine Spirit not be angered. This humble vessel dares to beg, again and again, for your forgiveness 0ac1a3b149 toward the foolish sins committed in ignorance by this pitiful human.…”6eaf9e8428b3e0ba5ccf

His grandmother 9149b678a6 was kneeling. She was praying. Kwon Seonja—his loving grandmother, and 7504838521 also a manshin—was sincerely begging a614c39864 for mercy from something terrifying 85018622c8 and fearsome.c5c0bdf14e9a1d0893e1

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Only then did Kwon Yi-hyun feel every single 56ab2acf0a hair on his body stand on end.2e86a52a0ce0a6cfc5f1

‘What the 63c8326910 hell is 00efe2719f that? That white-haired 4ffab26f71 man—who even 4c0a506135 is he…?’dc3220dd55a176784367

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“You… What d0c7ee26c2 did you 0b793142a9 wake up…?”b3c90e3d22b012c7fcc9

Even his usually 09131a76c5 strong-willed cousin whispered a06c156e56 in a trembling 83fe93d1d5 voice.f37d7724691e71263585

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It was strange. He had always dismissed shamanism as nothing but superstition, 78db5dddf8 but now, at this moment, every relative here looked c943e35db8 as if they were prepared for death.7ed9ff0ce0ab4332b189

Just as Kwon 41361be8e5 Yi-hyun swallowed dryly—  dbb02357816c660328ae

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“Forgiveness isn’t af9ed64162 so difficult. If you 4934f7799f agree to 738788ec79 one condition.”c6f427b7f613b7c4883e

The white-haired man chuckled 944647584a lightly, as if all 508768fca2 this were perfectly natural. Kwon Yi-hyun thought 507904c18f he might fall 8c7a94d75c under his spell 2d9aba194a again. The man looked like he was 70b1b79633 already full—and yet, also like he 44c00c11ae was anticipating an even greater satisfaction a94b06c480 soon to come.c2b87cefa7a08c2cb205

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And so, against his will, d35f96ed9b Kwon Yi-hyun sensed the future e046e58b2c looming over him—one he didn’t 9decc2cb96 want but could already foresee.e10a095508a6bf975dcd

“Oh, most revered e9d24b996e one, what offerings 6f9e11d2ca might we present 151633430e to you?”a258addbda0ed560e301

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“Kwon Yi-hyun.”184ddd50c7b54b49815b

The answer 7b84c4c85f was an 5e5d6252b5 ominous foreboding. The moment the man spoke his name, 9b5fcd384d Kwon Yi-hyun felt like he might faint. But a grown man 32d57c8ecb doesn’t faint that easily, ffe75919b1 even when he wants 1054f327e9 to.e3a3a03a3e19ef0a8f23

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“I want 63f6138fa8 Kwon Yi-hyun.”ed13a606d74d4354bab7

In the end, all a8fe2b6649 he could do was 0840a57bff squeeze his eyes shut.6ae67a82c2c38c106014

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Regardless, after negotiating terms—promising fine liquor and other offerings—his grandmother led the c1cdd793fd man to the shrine, her already-aching back bent in endless bows. The entire family 22ab1e1aee followed suit.19556908e3cda09adcec

Maybe he could 82d5ed3b18 have resented them, b168c8ea8e but honestly—he knew. Even in his half-crazed state, Kwon Yi-hyun could tell 2418e4a826 how desperately they were trying to protect him. His grandmother, uncles, and aunts 1d22672ad9 all insisted they would give 17e0c8eb4f anything but Kwon Yi-hyun. They swore they’d give their limbs, 50bc057b8e their lives, anything sincerely demanded.  3706c7a9a21167d84c84

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But the man simply frowned, 386ebf7f3e lazily, like he was bored c1bb25d8aa of their begging.1e8b5e103851a250398d

“Kwon Yi-hyun 13ca00eb5a is enough. I don’t 789fc1225d need anything 7be33b0e8f else.”e16af07ab669616466c2

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“…That child has no 228fd36fd5 spiritual power, no vessel eb36b4e0a2 to speak of. He is utterly unfit 968fc88096 to receive a divine cefff16e62 spirit like yourself—”04fea0890c058beeeb71

“How long do 77b7509b6b you think my 0915c72031 patience will last?”494bc55cb48bbc849164

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Just that 4590b927dc single sentence. And in an instant, the air 4b4dc28a95 inside the shrine froze over. 19a5aca34b761dd5f88d

Something was off. Yet he 9e1cb5f6e2 could sense 85ecfef361 it.c8416703f1c716f25070

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Whatever this ‘thing’ was—god, spirit, 1f474bc732 fox-eared monster—it could make them 3628de9780 all pay a price.2994f8c0c3c3a3a7caf5

His nose tingled even though he didn’t 8ed602200d know what that price might bef61d62835d26a4347076

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There wasn’t even a breeze, c517888f74 but the candles went out 95e39b70c1 one by one. Ghostly foxfires spun 6038891caf and scattered across 94974bf9ec the escape paths. Even Kwon Yi-hyun, famously devoid of f8ab3f3c05 any spiritual intuition, could tell—No one 26c24e4d52 was going to escape those flames. Now, in the darkened shrine, the man’s 78d56b194f white hair shimmered like a moon.71aced271f92a068e505

By then, Kwon Yi-hyun 1c01eea5ff had realized his entire 2dd55d2f48 life was about to 9817d6ccd8 crumble.fc4cf9a9ae8658e0dff1

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“Uh, excuse me. Um. Great Spirit?”8a0432a7e763ec00c50b

Kwon Yi-hyun tried 7854581e27 to keep his 606a65462d voice as calm ced8b20c0b as possible.0254387452e011356ea7

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Kwon Yi-hyun had 14e029e6e6 never believed in 1f3f5cb003 things like shamanism. He’d lived 1dbf25c04f his whole a7a57d7bb2 life not 8d00a9e379 believing. But he b909071888 had no d82d401b5d parents—only his 463d8799fa grandmother. She had taken him fd417261c4 in, given him a baf4bba801 family, a life bound 28c8b8d6b9 together. Even if she was a shaman, even if his relatives were 8aae1505c7 all part of a spiritualist household, even if he had no c2af88465d talent for the supernatural and always felt like an outsider—he couldn’t b22c4a5478 ignore how much they had loved and cared for him. If his misstep hurt them, f88b09309b he would never forgive himself. e63996fc52f841ce5e2f

So he 43432df3c7 had no c746060e46 choice but 3e8ca0c175 to ask.406109d6b60e6bd5f7b2

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“What do you plan on 97c2e4abb6 using me for, Great Spirit?”2541d9cd1b36611069d6

The slight look of hesitation on da5b34ed8c his face—the uncertainty in his tone.5c45673ad24ba29bbe06

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That’s what d467f32dd6 finally made 7bd9c98e5a the disaster 9dc1d16b00 god smile. Like a predator who’d 287b6636a9 caught their prey squarely 30e7dafd49 in their grasp.126ea9a549e98b465de9

“It’s nothing special. Just share joy, anger, sorrow, and 0ae95c9014 pleasure with this body and form 97ab2ab1bf the intimate bond of clouds and cf44fac782 rain1 with me.”e846d84531e0d1a80539

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With a lift of his brow and a 969cf4f5b2 lazy scoff, the god added casually, like it 311051be04 was the most natural thing in the world. All the relatives stiffened ed7f018fe1 at the sound of ec47bc219c it, shoving their horror 8b29e4b9cb back down their throats. But Kwon Yi-hyun… still 961770ed61 didn’t get it.9cdc1e31cf4f854da9bd

“I know what joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure means, but e3fbfd1ad1 what does the intimate bond of clouds and rain mean…?650648d0719034bee440

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The disaster god pursed his lips 8b145d2b16 in amusement and smiled sweetly.21eed615da2c15c48609

“It means you’ll 6fb2395c73 be my husband. I hope you’ll put your heart into our nights together… cc6dd14195 Oh, don’t tell me—you’re not one of those virgins who e5ace414a3 faints just hearing the word ‘sex,’ are you…?”1a5c51736605c04b1a70

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Kwon Yi-hyun fainted at the word ‘sex’ 3bd24c9fb3 thereby proving that he was, in fact, b1ea76d22b exactly that kind of virgin.95ed17968f626875de4a

In that moment, Kwon 262036c61b Yi-hyun grabbed whatever was 12814de991 in reach and threw 0873bf1768 it. Fortunately for his relatives, what he grabbed was not a solid inkstone but a cushion, and the fox 93d3ac1a87 who had become Kwon Yi-hyun’s bride without his consent seemed to find his small rebellion amusing, smiling brightly. But Kwon Yi-hyun fed16eb149 couldn’t share anyone’s 441d4f7bf7 sentiments. He felt neither db104bcdc3 fortunate nor amused.18d41fab5fff1fe08312

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If anything, he wanted to b74c787c57 give the middle finger!39a9cc38b0b33bafc84b

“Get lost! You fucking pervert!”ee6058dc1397a4847afe

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That was 2caf538da7 their wedding bfd671a7e3 night.099ee727cab942375982

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FootnotesThe phrase "clouds and rain bonds" (운우지정, 雲雨之情 in Korean or Chinese origin) is a poetic or f1a35fd6e1 euphemistic way to refer to sexual intimacy or physical relations, often in romantic or literary contexts.8b235de9d46327fd2cc5