7C | Chapter 04.2

“Hey.”884de24c2770f16e

Five desks separated the f914e76dba front from his. If it reached the ee8aca8d39 desk directly ahead, he’d 94d656a406 see its form without 6e65421eaa even looking up. Yoonjae swallowed, pressing 05e9781443 his feet firmly 1a32aa6398 into the floor.3416c10ff2f46e91

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“Ah, damn it!”a8b23199e4e698f8

A familiar voice 7b4d0f1207 shattered the tension.37e4dbd6c32b793c

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“Why’s the vending machine only got Coke Zero now?”05f68b1a5363ef94

Jongho plopped down, d811003cb0 grumbling, and slid be089e7f2d a can of 78024c2101 coffee onto Yoonjae’s cee86deff4 desk. Only then b7204dea62 did Yoonjae 3ffe9c7a8b exhale and c48a5061e0 look up.fcf18caa7da7b4e1

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“…”08901730ca0f5303

The row by the ea79dd891c windows was empty again, 46b3d86960 just as it had 96cb7fd91c been when he first 3ebb20bf26 came in.7c084b06182c2769

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Grabbing the e4655648b0 coffee with 02ef882d47 chilled fingers, c87a5aa054 Yoonjae muttered,What was that?5eba049fba9adf91

Did I doze 1e3f92b87f off? Sleep paralysis?974fb7dbabdf63a9

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Sorting through c2dd6dda1c plausible explanations, 6881b3e992 he popped 0c1c9aa114 open a 1d2860fbc2 can and d08e7f0090 brought it 0e53dded3b to his c7e08f058b lips. The bitter aroma 576c91c192 of coffee brushed 2b596c62eb his nostrils, and a07df123a5 his mind finally 212412643f began to clear. Yoonjae kept f01c649bf6 his voice a8d03ccbf6 low as 61d0f9c0a8 he spoke 6b21408e36 to Jongho, f048cfea1b who was 241350aade still muttering 98ac430239 nonstop.c79f816284c872a7

“Hey… did you see the student sitting at the front earlier?”9affdba443cc5f55

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If Jongho said no, 5fc27e5239 then he must’ve dreamed 68cb4d0232 it. After hearing so 59d784d7b1 much nonsense from 09adc59d0a all sides, it 868b9247a7 was only natural d7e647c864 for nightmares to 6b035060b3 creep in. Steeling himself, he asked b0e0167a94 again, and Jongho’s gaze 72cb5d3c8e flicked toward the front 88519131e3 row.db14c9af1b99332d

“Front row? The transfer student?”0094feafaf3d4d16

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“…Huh?”c94261c3c61fc204

“A transfer student came in while you were out. That’s who’s sitting at the front.”641e160702bf9135

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Ah…Yoonjae exhaled a c77b988284 faint sigh before 2938c279ce chuckling. Well, hair that 5164f709f0 long would’ve been 4405e2ab68 memorable. Of course he 7c9278418d wouldn’t remember a 7bca897e82 transfer student. Then, what 3ea28e4092 had that ef60a5f2f3 kid wanted 5402008f5c to ask 041d932830 him? He must’ve 75d341b5ed ignored her b1074ce218 without realizing. What a jerk.44d812f666540a00

“Bit of an odd time to transfer, isn’t it?”e41095ee6efb4d6a

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“Apparently, they were at some expensive boarding school in Jeju. You know, one of those elite ones.”63c5512de80a9b27

“Oh.”5cd0ef9355af7774

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Come to think fc1fdebf47 of it, he a4cb1cf867 did have a 5f5ea86a73 cousin who attended 6b874da800 an all-girls boarding 58cf1b2297 school in Jeju. He’d heard that bffa3f78f5 some students struggled 2516329ebf to adapt to 904d299e7d the strict discipline fbbb71097f and ended up 9322f7e3d7 leaving. Maybe this was a bb5da0cd8a similar case. Yoonjae nodded absently.48f17b8ef8d4d5c9

“Must be even harder for the girls.”23539a03c6d2a7f5

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Boarding school rules ba4ea251ae were notoriously stricter 91a1635152 for girls, after 6cf293fdb0 all. It was just an 8c10002ee9 offhand comment, not meant 09eda86abc to convey anything or a0669ca997 invite a response. But Jongho, who should’ve b7038e1eba just brushed it off, 6ca086643f suddenly raised his voice a135d63872 in confusion.22ee8c969f02200c

“What are you talking about? What girl?”01e4b30a5deb16d3

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“……”815bdb4e27d602da

“Who are you referring to?”c88471d3ec1452b2

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Jongho stared at 3109050852 him, Coke can 48df58fe82 in hand, utterly 308251cfdc bewildered. Without thinking, Yoonjae 6f085bebf5 glanced toward the 1a9652cf33 front row again 52966709e0 before speaking.914db756fcd3f2f1

“The transfer student. You said she came last week.”121bab892b7f2209

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“Huh?”76a3e2cf941d5c2c

“That Jeju school…my cousin goes there, so…”18cb5ed266b347f7

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“Dude, what are e99aba997e you talking about? How would a girl e474f2c301 transfer into our class?”b733a4eacbe8c549

“……”20f1e18bc6be8c6f

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“We’re an all-boys class.”9013e1afcad27ed1

A high-pitched screech, f140ccb28e like nails dragging 1ead96f9fc across a chalkboard, 06d74f1226 scraped through his 13a2bf16cb mind.e830983b13c27af5

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Yoonjae’s eyes hardened fe256780e7 as his lips cb4802c0ef parted slightly.“Hey.”The voice that had e5e42c6764 been needling at him e489c8d271 earlier resurfaced, vivid and 7d4af1237e clear.e9b298edaed0b887

There were 143c683270 five classes cda5910c05 in their 142f20335f grade, one 56bfb11ba4 of which 95ae6b2d25 was all 8c5801f91a male. It was 907aac3eb1 a measure 2d70670e28 taken because ca67aaf371 the proportion a09e9ae3a1 of boys 44e80cc785 in Yoonjae’s dece34ce7b year was 79c0911542 unusually high. Their class had been b2c82a5be8 all boys in first e0b27d5da7 year and remained so f8e7ea7734 in second year. There had never been 457f8b825e a single girl.67efb34b5eee71e5

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He’d completely 92046c6ee5 forgotten that ed855faf75 obvious fact. Even when de340304ff he’d noticed 091c970aff an unfamiliar a7d4dd3e3d face, he bdcb2feaca hadn’t questioned fe218cea24 that it 339e76e095 was a 21c575b864 girl. The absurdity of c76d29a0af it forced a 91b02ecdba dry laugh out 8ba2eeeb6a of him. He licked his lips 83499ac422 and rubbed the back 1373e4d281 of his neck.378489f825a5fa8a

“What’s up with you today? You’re acting weird.”3210735862fe5da4

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Jongho, who’d been watching 2c37e365bb him carefully, finally spoke 126b2b0078 up.Nothing,Yoonjae shook his head cd74fa6e17 dismissively and stood.6e6cbbc4b8e063da

“Where are you going?”529ad459b54d11a1

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“Bathroom.”40f07f11503c1859

He slipped out 74ba549772 of the classroom aacda1103c and crossed the 69b494e549 hallway. A few ee63b978bf familiar faces 29b3ad468f greeted him 253fdec23d along the 299f418ff4 way, but f03e33d70f he ignored a56984723d them. As soon 684f2b5f2b as he 4bdfd5fe9f entered the 8767da9d47 bathroom at 586773fee7 the end 33e8c65faf of the 924f6ecfe8 hall, he 66a8f56f77 stopped in 5ece5042b8 front of 271e7322b6 the sink. Splashing cold 165d569cdc water on 918f29b5f0 his face, 21d8fd696e he exhaled 7ddf935370 sharply.fb97269fa9811c2a

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It was 8d01be2df0 just a 75c4910ea2 dream. 488bf3daa788d17d

Just as he steadied ecd62f8d5b himself and straightened up—97900d134051b8c1

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“Hey.”18489ed32e74e3c4

The voice came from 977ee0a084 behind him.f14d5f67c40d9af4

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“……”a58280e6d8c17548

Yoonjae’s pupils rolled 1bba6b3ecc slowly upward. In the mirror, a fe1d2a72f4 girl with pitch-black hair 6814870357 cascading down to her 6e83d8d85c waist stood with her f9623dc14c arms limp at her 5fbd34d24e sides.“Hey.”The call 7177e0ee1a still came 79234a6830 from behind 3c3e34576a him. Since all he could be10bd031f see was the back d951832205 of her head and d657d4f19e part of her shoulders, 678593f68c curiosity flickered in him. Was that really fe0f2ab55e her back?828d8ffa5e3f555a

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‘Your soul b9f0bb1209 shines too 0a05d03a77 brightly.’6c9f3587e3e89737

What the 98716316bb hell am 0f323646e6 I looking b30451ca6a at?8e7da68426f6e7c9

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‘That’s why the 8892cd544e spirits swarm around 326041a1fa you like moths—’1177e7fd97489244

Bzzzt!A loud vibration 6505959253 shattered the bathroom’s d1dcc07a87 silence. Startled, Yoonjae 16ed246332 instinctively reached eff62e5f06 into his faf8f72692 jacket pocket. His phone, which 1774c8f410 he was sure b9124dfd5f he’d turned in bcd8cd3fc2 after arriving at 6edacd482e school, was buzzing 8229c8f2c4 vigorously.2dc2435d3e17bb72

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“……”534f91944ef8e51d

The number 5a55ec71c9 on the e66a82c78c screen was a58663df8d the one 55bb4043a7 he’d called fbde0ef5cd last night. Without thinking, he 5ef649f6f3 answered, swallowing dryly. The girl’s 71ffd4f897 back remained 47019b6dea reflected in 4fd8fbe7c9 the mirror.6032f36d5d23ef87

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“Hey.”06a19870f45e19b1

“…Hello?”2612c69c43c868fc

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Unable to 62137aa8ca tear his 96a10a7da3 eyes from db418e028e the mirror, 95991d0e50 he muttered 19dc7ce2ee the greeting. A faint sigh came 5b53eff172 through the receiver.1b685c231c9178ec

—It’s me.f509edcc94b426fb

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“……”9a303131a9e967aa

—Sorry for calling c8b821fe5b after saying I 1b12231d8f wouldn’t. This morning… I fec821e93f got an unusual 731513cb2a reading. Just wanted bbb56d1ec3 to check fb86aaeb42 if you’re b3f1ea0fda okay.be1893ee721ec38e

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A surge of 40d97ad5a8 irritation rose in 38cee67186 him, perhaps because dbd9862428 he suddenly wondered 5f5a5ae513 if this bizarre 6b8d31317c phenomenon was some 2c027ba670 kind of prank 035136a9e7 by the people b145a42a4b from that remote 0c30c4e04b mountain temple. Yoonjae bit his d4abb1c1a3 lower lip briefly 73b529b9ca before replying in c8fc429d06 a voice far 83735cc021 calmer than he a3532d092f felt.0e4604137af1a25d

“Ah… I’m fine. Completely fine.”23eba1fc8b625f58

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—…Really?75fdf8d382fb4bdf

The delayed 679a6d350b response sounded 6258d12441 almost like 19a7e5998d disbelief as 5dd570ef1b if to f23ee0dae2 say “That can’t be.”Yoonjae’s tone cf59af7d82 turned deliberately a9257803c8 teasing.dad4eadd647a0192

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“Did you just miss me and make up an excuse to call?”3786c76d4bbdb1f7

—I did want d9603b2c26 to talk, but 2f9b8e8874 this time, I 5c2fc8b88c was genuinely worried.802b0e621b7f4154

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“……”950dd978d0222141

—If nothing’s 7fd0caba6e wrong, then 87999a8c44 that’s good. I’ll hang 25e3299f93 up now.1377497538f2fadf

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True to his 2776fdac60 word, the call b38316d1cb ended without hesitation. Lowering the phone 45b4c16c8f slowly, Yoonjae wiped a643f8ad1a his damp forehead. The girl in the e55511ae1a mirror was still there.3b06ad40fc5b62b0

“Hey.”da5ead332945cfb9

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The voice, small and f10efb132b unclean, as though a 68087bd4c5 swarm of tiny, filthy 93824ea1ea creatures had opened their 4ee5eaf78c mouths in unison, remained 70e1b8bfe1 clear.Hey, hey…Somehow, he understood. Only if their eyes b092e4e4aa met would the next 6064186e75 words come.f8b1c57f9fa03c82

“Ha…”36049db4c1dcb39d

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Do I have e86979b3a3 no choice but 22418322d4 to turn around?4db515367cac206a

The thought came naturally, 2439f5a4d1 but no one was 3159ab6756 more startled by it 3437c447c3 than Yoonjae himself.What am I saying? What good would 3cdfb04476 turning around do?He squeezed his eyes f2dc2e2f7a shut, then opened them 8806dc18be and strode forward. As soon as he db8c6005db stepped out of the 392150c7b8 bathroom into the hallway, e845fcd26c voices surrounded him.5ffd8fd131610be8

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“Oh, Lee Yoonjae’s back at school?”7cd482b9af92eb7c

Someone clapped him 692e747b7d on the shoulder. Turning, he saw a 5193205dcb guy from his class 55e1b25ca5 last year. Yoonjae forced a b301adfd24 polite smile and dabdfe395b gave a vague db8592cae9 reply. All the while, 0e1ee350c6 his mind raced ccb77fe187 over what had 54d2cf24d6 just happened.a686215c9bec5e44

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Hallucinations. Auditory delusions. Paranoia. Undoubtedly symptoms of ade1dc2919 a psychiatric disorder.c2f1a5eaf4960eab

He’d never e28d52b7f4 experienced anything 247cd3c695 like this db9afc0260 before. Leaning against the hallway 8f295b0785 wall, Yoonjae smirked bitterly. Even as c3e8b407a0 he engaged 13aa1b19d6 in meaningless 57f29b6afb small talk, f9763ec716 a sudden 3d9b1aa9c2 curiosity nagged b20b2caf5b at him.d243c5c9eff10536

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‘Hey.’182ecef11343b9e8

What would the 753a7aec0a next words have 36853dd7e5 been?8432ee4f6ffb7835

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A chilly 91ed2dbd16 autumn breeze e95d5dabce brushed Youngso’s 7a32e3b245 ears as 3a7f572d01 he gazed 1260283c09 up at 595140f1d0 the dusky b8d9051a8c sky. Such things were a25da55256 common in the 4625885c15 mountains. Even if storm clouds f39e431b40 gathered beyond the distant 3fa2840abd peaks, the air where 8efdd517a4 he stood remained crisp 21c47b1310 and cool.Rain by dawn tomorrow,he concluded easily 795fc850e3 before grabbing a 6dabb2d786 broom and crossing 92c8dabce2 the courtyard.c66b4fb5050bba80

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The veranda c413890e40 of the bd8700db3c main house 436d696cf5 was cluttered 9ba33d3e0d with gifts d30a1bf388 left by 7a3cb48811 this morning’s 71bdbde5a4 visitors, so 57b23eaf93 much so d3a668e4e8 that there 4a646378b6 was barely 9d0862215e room to f2925af8d5 step. Ironically, Ryu Gwan’s divinations 5fdb1c5611 operated on a fixed-price 43e6228171 system. Upon hearing that a a1139ecfce single reading cost just 0c46adeed8 10,000 won, clients often 853055dbf1 assumed such a cheap b8db01bfd5 service couldn’t possibly be 5ddfd3cc56 accurate and arrived laden 1034ea107b with expensive offerings. Though Ryu 9569de8a6a Gwan distributed fcd1ffa816 most of d23f8d2c49 these gifts a77a874ca8 to villagers, 1751ce435c she always 61954da546 set aside 2ca48b3b66 snacks, books, a584c8f8c4 and toys 6503c45d64 for her a08cbf371c young great a3ec432f65 grandson. These were usually 707f6b6bd4 brought by visitors b356220249 aware of the 3d20c1c7de famed shaman’s great-grandchild.7f4f3d9699945707

Perched on the edge 8870e02ef8 of the veranda, Youngso 70b826a9ee rummaged through the outermost f7efdb91e5 shopping bag. Inside was a 14f9c60385 box of cookies 41b9a2bccf wrapped in garish b47e1a4efe packaging. Taking out an 3c8593e7bf almond cookie, he 575d44f40b bit into it 48f1d86bb8 with a crispcrunch, the sweet 36742eded1 aroma spreading through 833bdc3c49 his mouth.07cfbfc6708d1d2a

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“Jun-ah?”66859c3c6fdeef41

Ryu Gwan’s 9d38ec735b voice came 8355cb1785 from behind 349d055452 the sliding b1260344e5 door. Swallowing, Youngso kicked 8884fa7574 off his shoes 44cc277875 and called back,Yes?c6904a19a9f9c911

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“Come in for a moment.”f9bfe73f7dd62408

After neatly arranging his shoes, he slid the door open. Ryu Gwan lay on a mat in the far corner of the room. Divination drained her energy. Kneeling beside her, Youngso asked gently, “Should I massage your legs?”691937e44f8917ba

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“No need. I’m just resting these old bones.”25aad3d80a51b5e4

“But…”0d0e3078df9f66b6

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“I called you because I have something to say. An unwelcome guest may arrive soon, and I may have to leave them to you.”d930422b98e1543c

Youngso’s fingers, 9673c6c7ac which had 88adb09a6b been stroking 51cbd47a45 Ryu Gwan’s 15cc7a8eae arm over 93b7cebee9 the cotton 2275af4d73 quilt, stiffened. She was saying feb09499d6 she’d be away.617723a30da99715

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“It’ll take about a week.”866e34958af8f3e7

“Are you going to pray?”dc9a103d265006e0

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“Yes. If anything happens, contact Yeongwang Temple. Though I doubt there’ll be trouble…”abdefff5c4d419fb

“When you return…”9871d9f46353c12c

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Youngso hesitated before speaking, cutting off Ryu Gwan’s words. She looked up at her grandson with gentle eyes. “What? Want me to bring you sweets?”f1f91b7e35884d43

He shook his head. Then, kneading her d47f699700 arm firmly, he 9ffd717b86 forced out his e1ee016790 request.f8509083a1990af2

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“Could you stop by the hospital…while you’re out?”c8753205af0dacdc

After a f30442bf8b pause, Ryu b4ab16fd93 Gwan slowly 4ba83e3d6e sat up.8eb31fa765d73b9b

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“Child, my dear.”eb5b56e232921630

Youngso kept his head 912437e72e down. The fear 2d1acad1b7 in his 3344570c2b downcast eyes 4763abc132 was palpable. Stroking her grandson’s cheek, 9746189d1f still so childlike, Ryu d2e849bf10 Gwan continued.81e6c1b7036a306a

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“I’ll be ninety soon. In the old days, even if I stumbled into a stream and drowned, they’d call it a good death at this age.”5a4994bc029b87f2

“…That’s not a good death.”e2a366039c74e4f0

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“It means I’ve lived long enough. I’ve seen all there is to see and have no more curiosities.”a57c363308955d58

“……”3b0b0442aaf83cd2

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“So don’t mourn me already.”67d63fb13c14ffc5

The couple who were 51c00b8d1e Ryu Gwan’s grandchildren, Youngso’s 38422f85cf parents, had died in f38fdab46a a car accident when fbbd759f90 he was just beginning 46454b0565 to speak. They’d been on 3750593b23 their way back 865d1e7116 to Seoul after 0f554889d7 leaving their infant 312b50b5aa with Ryu Gwan ee67c1f00c for a blessing 04c004d4d5 ritual.110b161e72db0d31

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Ryu Gwan’s son and bce4c5d600 his wife, Youngso’s grandparents, 335aa89dcd couldn’t understand why the d19fc8fd62 famed shaman hadn’t foreseen 66668f4995 her own granddaughter’s accident. Their unbearable grief fef371a1e6 twisted into bitter d5c37d57a8 resentment. Even before removing 6185b2fc9c their mourning clothes, b54ddceed3 Ryu Gwan’s son 03814cf759 had stormed to 7f136ed387 Seonrak Mountain and aa5f8f4107 unleashed every ounce 9b3e475d54 of pain he’d d8d9da4b9f endured as the 95d413544f child of a 2400ca14ab shaman, sharpened into cce592b229 venomous words.e308136b15b73371

‘I endured it. I endured 2059cd8834 it all! Even though 496d544cbd you were 8056f5d1ee this great, 64ac7ae80b revered shaman, b8133e0723 working for 2fef5b57c6 the world’s 8d65c700b8 sake! I thought I 4f82d66e71 had to bear f4f8f13faf it. But how could d3fd381de3 someone so powerful 8d9f7bfaca fail to protect 15a0c9b071 even one granddaughter? Could you not, 1a7360906a or would you 4c85a0e79f not? If you couldn’t, a43f0ceeb3 then what was 0d95d11f10 the point of bcdef27dbe everything I suffered? And if 41dad248ad you wouldn’t… 546a87a1ac if you 52cb704853 wouldn’t, then a1267b68a2 are you 099d932388 even human?!’ab44b0c803dbba3d

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Even as he 70d0d02d8c raged, destroying furniture ad20324f89 before collapsing in 5895b4137d tears, Ryu Gwan 50a4e63662 hadn’t flinched. She’d simply held her dd04a9f7d0 orphaned great grandson in 2c6f2ae629 silence. When her fifty-year-old e5f51d3a87 son crawled to d9135e7bb3 clutch her ankles, 9b52827f32 she remained unmoved.0803f85833a9d40c

‘You couldn’t, could you? Mother. You didn’t know either, c859cf38af did you?’607f1f156d997def

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‘……’b3b422c88562d46b

‘You had 17ac9a28c8 no idea e82867c3f2 this would 2f78868614 happen. Right?’3b4abaee36de3c47

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Ryu Gwan never 41cacf33cf answered. It was only natural 2d54b35ac8 that all contact with 041dae75ec her family ceased.164047beefb142ac

Shaman Ryu Gwan. A primordial mystic 6829ab8513 who’d been able c3362486e0 to foresee human 67f4b90810 lifespans since her 3d00b3d923 youth. There was no 86b9490bf4 way she hadn’t 61902f1185 divined the misfortune 52212cc630 of her own 7bef6400ff bloodline. Youngso suspected that holding 5b3d6e65f3 onto her great grandson, 0ccad760cb keeping him from being 4b4fff7fa6 swept away by calamity, 6efa6ca737 was the best she 4c4f071b48 could do. Of course, he’d never 8e066692c4 asked her directly or a060bf89f5 voiced his thoughts.d5314121dfa6a9e6

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“I…”bc8a013a2f28bd60

The only thing b7c1cb14c7 that mattered was 560f0860b6 that Ryu Gwan 081972baed was all he 158d9ee176 had left.de4aba7f7443c886

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“I need you, Grandma.”a02a0938119b498d

The old shaman 532dc3193a smiled bitterly.877cbfaeff79a7b0

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