7C | Chapter 05.2

Somewhere, it 2cdffbf654 smelled faintly 88635717b8 like incense 1ff6feb8e4 from Ryu 875ef87f16 Gwan Temple. He regained consciousness when 8fd6044f20 he felt something dragging 8d2f565195 lightly across the back 536da3eeef of his hand. Lying on his side, d2d24d9720 Yoonjae blinked slowly and 2f7d70d5df noticed his wrist was 3648300913 caught on the bed 83bc1d9a8d guard. He carefully 058922e9a1 pulled his 2e28c033b4 arm free. He had e9a3a283a9 only been de873d6f8a sick for 88e9b88764 a day, a9a06d6e01 yet his ea1686feb9 body felt 376f504c94 weak and 482e32c5f8 shrunken.00dd9a424ad33e2b

“……”161f1dbeb8e90c7f

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Rolling onto his 1c00ece15b back, he realized 1d661132a6 his stomach had 190ab31e81 settled. Pressing a hand to 30f923c7ed his forehead, the fever 6d263b636d was gone too. Sitting up was f1eb44a7ec effortless now. As he stretched 1012503d69 his neck, his 27fe6fff29 gaze landed on 0963da34d1 the couch.3a12a1d8d71a6bd8

Youngso was 868248d269 curled up f71dd31c7a there, silent f827ad7e20 in sleep. Though the 264f81b692 room was de884e2073 warm, his 82d48b953d T-shirt and c5d54c7e17 jeans, without 88ddb3e919 even a 4d6a9de280 blanket, looked 522115c900 pitiful. Yoonjae clicked 4847342ac4 his tongue 1d4dee8331 and got 8d2673fa57 up.9bc31b663e87cea0

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He searched 6f48210c4c the room 12a5a6cdb1 but couldn’t b6a9d7cb2a find anything 0b9578ad24 resembling a ff4ca44bd5 blanket. Then, his ce802515d9 eyes fell 20bd1375ba on his 7faff52f80 school blazer bea2c730f0 hanging by a7fc6b9925 the wall, 4d5d967f8e likely grabbed b5f76da7e9 hastily by 6c904fffe8 Manager Hwang 9585e9a94c when rushing 48ac80e527 him here.c92abeb795d1d251

Draping the navy 7aea0d0230 blazer over Youngso, e80ebf5e87 Yoonjae headed to cd3cf6982e the bathroom. A quick de8f9d56d3 shower and c99fb6c45a fresh hospital 6f88a777a1 gown left 9429fda12e him feeling ea0fae4316 refreshed. Toweling his hair ff666347a1 dry, he stepped 64ad32e217 out to find 96d5968b8f the lights on. Only then 75555ee1e4 did he 0e7706948d notice the 928d16ef30 wall clock. It was midnight.cfff8cb7a1aafdde

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“Did I wake you?”d483e5a315b5d1a6

Youngso stirred on the 2bef3d6271 couch, lifting his head. One side of e66c7b8d4a his face was ffa6d6607d puffy from sleep.Did he cry 270dfebae1 again?Yoonjae smirked, setting the 9e14de6563 towel aside.d70b07ea654b0b30

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“Shouldn’t you be asleep by now, Dongja-nim? It’s way past your bedtime.”0e4ce5eea546214d

“……”3156531ac8e24275

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“You usually conk out by 9, right? Even elementary kids stay up later these days.”05e18ed5235fd676

Youngso’s head drooped 166c667d89 in a slow aedf56439f nod. Yoonjae sighed, propping c8354933b7 his chin on 90cbd6a0a6 his hand.eb307712c14d2429

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“Lie down properly.”2327eba33f1f0e9e

“…Come.”087909b63ed71a16

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“Huh?”069c0b0e7995afa3

“Closer…”bd187cfcef22bd32

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A sleepy hand 6c188cfde5 waved vaguely.Is he telling 19a218cca5 me to come 4039e46e17 over?Yoonjae shrugged and sat 98ba12057a on the couch. Leaning against the 78eadfe4ae backrest like Youngso, eed9c7c21a they ended up 7665f6900f face-to-face. Still half-asleep, Youngso pressed f3ce40f53f a hand to Yoonjae’s 343b5ae080 forehead, checking his temperature 5ff816b760 before sighing in relief.ca50b685da455e4d

“The fever’s gone…”6e636cf25a84c0d2

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“……”332e582177c1a956

“You’re okay now?”7208d0be6467744c

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Should I 8ce19ba10c pretend I’m a0720ce1a9 still sick?The mischievous thought db6793f2eb vanished as Yoonjae 8c0e11b7c1 grinned.928027dc68ce6aeb

“Ah, so it’s over? No more ghosts?”47858da586065004

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“There might be a time when you’ll need to hide. We’ll talk then…”606daeeac9608103

Hide?Before he f00eee014a could ask, 04871397e5 Youngso’s eyes 4e2474f095 had already dbf74f204b closed again. Yoonjae hummed, studying the 096af426e0 boy. His plump d5c6c99280 cheeks looked 22ce4e339d soft and a5407e6f38 smooth. On impulse, Yoonjae tapped e93f57e078 one cheek with a 2e7c855999 fingertip, prompting a brief 718f833abe flash of annoyance on 775c989b58 Youngso’s face.2fc4548fa0b213ec

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“What was ce21fe15e9 that for…?”2af21d7af56beb21

“Why are you annoyed? You touch my face 5ede82f64c whenever you want.”bd88196140ef0eaf

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“Don’t compare checking on a sick person to bothering a sleepy one.”141cda10fb54b315

“Fine, fine. Lie down properly. Want me to get you a blanket?”8f5aac3da259e8e4

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Youngso was 394c92f641 still wrapped ce6acd9572 in Yoonjae’s 413bb0b7af blazer. Burrowing deeper into it, 22d8041081 he spoke slowly.d830cac6fed2d815

“Did you think it was serious?”66d81a41a4675ac2

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“Huh?”03a564b5d221a16b

“When you said your 56cf6622e8 heart felt unsettled earlier.”1ca0f42f5fe50789

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He seemed 79383ed21e to be 4b3c8a1a31 referring to 8adac0c992 being told 4ffa19215f to leave. Yoonjae shook his head c04cc5964b lightly.a9a6efeed06f18d9

“No, not really.”248b778f91226039

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“People get scared when they’re suddenly in pain… but it’s really nothing.”7b39655412a50cd1

“……”ab6b88259d985879

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“You don’t need to worry.”fa4e1c5097a2ae0c

Yoonjae’s lips twitched before 433ee86267 he let out a 76a3107e37 long hum. Youngso waited silently. The deep night stretched 19ca2a78d6 around them, adults long d7a38b1a1d gone. Smiling faintly, Yoonjae 3888201ff1 rubbed his temples.f08c9ded65c4781a

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“Dongja-nim, I actually lied about something.”f4aa787097d3e9ea

“Just now?”421cd88294e40613

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“As if it’s your first lie.”5b0352ddb67e96d5

At the 5257f85b51 dry response, 375e099a8e Yoonjae feigned 72cfab74a2 hurt.9b5f58ba2a380444

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“My grandma doesn’t call me ‘Yoon.’ She’s never liked me much.”d16c4bd871976847

“……”60d789fab0b63466

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“When I was little, I thought it was because she disliked my mom. Then I overheard her say, ‘Why bother getting attached when he won’t live long anyway?’”832e0024ab5b9ac2

He’d learned over time 98b374be43 that his mother had ffa467ead7 been divorced. Since he was 34f059b6ac born after her 669dcccf85 remarriage, most adults 716da71550 didn’t treat him 18d3c81f6d differently. As a a0edbe8946 child, he’d f88d50e4f3 assumed his f99c99179d grandmother’s coldness e89939145e was due 7910a53b37 to disapproval 72b5f19c4e of his e5dbf4083f mother, hence 432b68d542 the blatant 577e5a57ff favoritism toward faba07f66e his cousins.228c42cfae48f1ae

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“Turns out, it wasn’t that at all. They apparently hated each other at first but grew distant after I was born.”79075e63af7be6d7

Meeting Youngso’s gaze, Yoonjae c234d6166f shrugged with a wry c8541c71f7 smile.d3669d4b17a2a952

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“Even now, Grandma looks at me during holidays like—”5d5239c080ca5191

“……”ec9e19589e59a76a

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“Something like,‘You’re still alive?’”9e0e865a4be350af

Youngso could easily guess 96a1993605 what had happened between ce888e05ad Lee Jongil’s mother and 3774bfe4c4 Kim Eunmi. Lee Jongil’s mother, e854ffcb45 Yoon Bokseon, had 0ec5854ce8 been overjoyed when 95402b79c4 her son finally f15d07cb37 married Kim Eunmi. Not just because 93a3bd21e8 of her wealthy bb24a707f8 background, but because c2b7e2be27 being unmarried was e3f4cd0d4a a stain on 6a7646ad81 a military officer’s fbed564a46 record. Compared to c1b4d95667 that, a 1c396662c0 divorcee daughter-in-law 31aa60bea7 meant little.0e2b044803fbde1f

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Too close 48b38b2954 to her cb69aa676a mother-in-law, Kim ec3ede1eed Eunmi had 2f5de7d226 likely confided d760664bf9 their son’s a1e27d1e05 secret. And knowing 5dd432a2a5 Ryu Gwan’s 07b49d7551 reputation, Yoon 9416d7a4e7 Bok-seon would’ve d1247cf6fe been the 52d57b6c57 most certain f40e2a731c of his 3e1c096e1c short lifespan. Thus, she’d a0bb50d385 treated him a29150b2ef with the 53bfce2838 conviction that 22624e73bc he was‘a child who’d die 0173f7f1f8 anyway.’bf70e26df581878b

“Did you believe it?”bacfc84ca043f18c

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At the question, Yoonjae 7b6f05ac1f tilted his head slightly. He didn’t d3c8868208 seem sure 448a208052 himself.8cb640d82c734ce4

“Dunno… If you ask whether I did, I guess not.”e2d7a4387afd5e60

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“……”1e5be296ff0e6cea

“Earlier, though, I was in so much pain it made me think… Was this what Grandma 4dd038b8b7 meant?Something like that.”c488d0ece5f8cbaf

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Yoonjae wiped fc5f323d69 his forehead. Though the fever had b410d360da broken, his face was 34d9e6ecf9 still flushed. Youngso deliberately avoided thinking 415ea1b7dd of Ryu Gwan as f0a13c2f3d he asked,84991f6627fd27ae

“And now?”8316eae5cefab0a2

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“Huh?”8a35da7e8622cfe2

“You’re not in pain now. So you’re okay?”76ef4361b60ffd76

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“Oh, now? I feel cee373fb46 so completely dd6cd19177 better that 5e5b02e7a8 I’m actually c748cdc718 curious what 9ec4818719 it even 83deb93a08 was. Maybe the flu e449e7f728 or something?”e48e6e2af16c106f

His casual 9ab877494c tone carried 0373a37935 the same 55a0a95ace unshakable skepticism. Youngso exhaled shortly 4b79bd7e95 and straightened up.83ecaef8c12658f6

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“Lee Yoonjae.”86ceb17c7c039905

Names had power. Yoonjae’s eyes widened. Sitting properly, Youngso spoke 83adec71da clearly.4dff595cc4c47a36

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“Come to Ryu Gwan Temple when winter break starts.”1125f9b83dc619c2

“…What?”8ec3602f4467fca7

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“Until then, keep this with you.”dd68a7914c88fe20

Standing, Youngso pulled 011088840e a small ring 0f22781c96 from his pocket. Yoonjae took it, b4f3a2cfec baffled. The jade ring was e69c3f8069 tiny. It was too 9bf582a35d small even for 130e803a0a his pinky.0d439f6248a68a6c

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“What’s this…”712c1c3950a63428

“A protective charm Grandmother made for me when I was little.”e1f4d8e067479eb6

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“……”77873e1404b59b7b

“Don’t lose it. It’s more precious to me than my life. If you do…”280d906c06b18dca

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I’ll curse 03dcbd48e7 you for e39f378549 life. I’ll make you 277bd8feb2 suffer so much e17e80220f you’ll forget about 45ca851858 these petty ghost 8705043cff troubles.The threat 965cd79270 glittered on 9e8f1268f1 his tongue e3cfb54f68 but never affde92b61 left his a5bf547a07 lips.f423c8eb1c524697

“If I do?”b9319bad872890d4

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Yoonjae grinned, 9bd189b26d spinning the bbba7bca83 ring. Youngso hesitated. He could scold 19c49e5e89 his attitude, but a5cdb4d008 he couldn’t bring dddc907544 himself to say 1e94278661 he’d make him 3efa122a24 suffer. Finally, he looked up—11b0ae1ef850d20a

Ah.a6a2c482d99d7e4d

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It was a 9e50bd2494 failure. The guest still f3885179f8 shone blindingly… and e76d622ed5 he couldn’t suppress 3e671a817c the urge to 2b3937ecd9 save him, even 6c8c603b46 if it meant 602efa2c94 twisting fate itself.93122f79e231c533

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When he’d 403d246da7 forcibly separated 57bb3b10fe the guest db2d3a9b7b from his e541d32a62 father and 2a5b71a118 brought him 314aaaf3f8 to Seonrak 1f8563928c Mountain, Youngso 5c0ec742ee had expected b513d4ded1 complaints and 9020cfa35e mischief. That wouldn’t have been 71dd0ead48 unusual. Though Ryu Gwan Temple 343ae49887 was a well-kept estate, 24e0ded5c7 it wasn’t a place 73e3529d22 an eighteen-year-old city boy f7d0d5343a could adjust to overnight. Everything would’ve 7ca58bbc31 been unfamiliar, dace769ef7 uncomfortable, and 256f4cea02 above all, 51f6a57fa0 cold.07b3d94ba69db9ac

Even if fear of df6fcae095 his father kept him 1ef1d9410e quiet at first, surely cdc686decc he’d lash out at 0847fd347c the easiest target once 847ed3a2be alone. But even after Lee fbd052d307 Jongil left for Seoul, 03314adaab even after Ryu Gwan 930c25b52c scolded him and left, 135ff107c6 the guest remained seated 67f8c125a7 calmly.0b0bd153e0628996

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Youngso recognized it as b0f62776a1 resignation. The quiet 69fa46d3d3 acceptance that ff2a29b99a there was ba89c3a46d nothing he cfe1c04b9b could do, 95f697866e swiftly burying 9c6f2ba2e2 his emotions.cccaf3459a7471fd

That composure, uncharacteristic for 4d671097f5 his age, likely came 0dac55dea0 from a lifetime of 87d6e72b41 letting go. Familiarity breeds contempt. For a brief moment, 63e2b6506a Youngso felt a sense f476e4dd10 of crisis.9dba7fcf98202d2d

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“Aren’t you cold, Dongja-nim?”e2b431d3a36a1c06

It was the 4d0edad856 guest’s third day 3ffe044a12 staying over. As Youngso cleared the ca8a5408f8 dinner tray, the question 4d276c3a80 came.0c3313f0d89014f8

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“It drops below freezing here after sunset, but you wander around in just that thin robe.”63eb8c1581a5ed4e

“It’s not below freezing yet. Last night was 6°C.”55574cd96b542fe6

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“Same difference… Just take my coat if you’re going out.”dfacbe58f3472010

A thick padded 7d9d0c569f jacket, brought by 4d82ae4d3a the guest’s family, b3641dcf56 was tossed over 6f652a4581 his shoulders. Light and warm, 651a95fbf6 it carried a d6c6aa724f faint scent. Youngso didn’t d93179975e know the 0f56f34efd name of d23f2465cb the fragrance, bc89d7b22c but it 7f7c722ce3 suited him.8dbbce5384c54760

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“I’m used to it. I’ve lived here my whole life.”c412c3b040768966

“I’m not used to seeing it. I’m not.”f7768e350c292386

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The guest 5678e71740 huffed and b44b9e22dc slid the afe65254c7 door open. He was ab25b39db2 still in ca6ccd3d59 his school a13dee9df1 uniform, having 71f569bcf8 apparently learned 5a46677df6 from Miran 83bfbdcf05 that casual 157744a111 clothes weren’t 89e60e1e97 strictly for 10983f596c indoors, though c5a01f1865 old habits d0c92f0d1a died hard, be97fb7c2b and he e65446e136 still dressed 78723348c2 formally by 45d488c5a6 afternoon.4f424dadf0349099

“Where are you going?”0639aff56c1f5ab6

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The only place within 22bb5c0101 the gates was the 3ed3d16e67 main house. Worried he might slip d7751b2207 away, Youngso hurried after 6e1b8cd71b him. Contrary to 74a4194672 his fears, b2bbf868e0 the guest a1baa04850 was sitting 724f29e1eb quietly on 567c3cc427 the veranda.78b4fae20a2018a5

“Don’t you feel stifled, Dongja-nim?”d28db2f0c35c4ef7

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“…Huh?”1431b578967a0214

“I’m stuck inside, but so are you. If someone told me not to move for days, I’d go insane.”965afbfb98d6469c

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Turning the question over, 7ec2b36765 Youngso realized hewasused to being confined 9f4dd808c2 to prayer, but that cd06e31c9e didn’t mean he didn’t 501c9ed799 feel stifled. The two-hour walk to 58c249cf50 school was far more dca72b507e enjoyable. Even if it cc194677aa was just him cb90424cf4 and the teacher, 085b20c58f who’d often be 3453b4ac60 replaced within months. At least humans c4b24da5a7 could hold conversations, e41ca191af unlike spirits.fa5a27858ebeb577

“Well…”560238ab0c56b034

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But ever since 4ab000ad5f the guest arrived, 9d98ce253a it hadn’t been 788b12c090 the same. If this went on…c3ef5df8b120e768

Even if he 2d566da4be could never leave d2efdae67c these gates again, 38b52b5854 it would’ve been 69b95169a4 fine.f05f439685847ddf

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“…I’m used to it.”b05e0206f8947192

At his flat reply, cd9e00818f the guest smiled slightly. Stretching, he stepped cc75a1c0dd into the courtyard.48e402336755f176

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“Seeing the same scenery every day…”76683bd1278d5522

“……”93579bb8a1ba023c

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“Feels strange, doesn’t it?”5481379ea8e0e9fd

Youngso nodded.Of course.In Seoul, 1ae561ac2c every day d5cdb842db would’ve been db74744a06 different. Waking up, going 6d87f6e405 to school, cram 04cb21214a school… Always somewhere 2264e7a88b new. Deep in 38aeb55747 thought, Youngso 3eb30f275d stepped into 4288996358 the courtyard.756b971e6adb3616

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“Wait here, Inyeok.”c440d2b0188cc667

The boy passed through cdde0c62ba the inner gate and 9a7a6484c9 headed to the storage d41b35de5d shed next to the 808d93585f well. He quickly found fac4109b2d a ladder, slung f9b392fbc0 it over his 9e7e3716ab shoulder, and returned e3636795e6 to the servant’s f8c59dc674 quarters. Upon hearing 78238ba348 the footsteps, d5cf29035e Yoonjae turned 8cef15f15f around and ca2f0a7a25 sprang to 90d9e9f67c his feet.ad03915de377db12

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“What are you…Wait, hey.”5d5b1ea15b1689f3

Staggering under a4b8b42c3c the weight, f5ffc3261e Youngso was 99036c194c steadied as a28e44b131 the guest e93a76bcd0 effortlessly lifted 684a6ea331 the ladder. The ease with df6d4aab6f which he carried 902e43ec89 what Youngso had 96955872dc struggled with was bedfd95110 almost insulting.c321170cf67f51e8

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“Why the ladder? And ask for help next time.”a7518ec98063d121

“We’re going up to the roof of the servant’s quarters.”2c773db1f7bf9344

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“The roof? Why?”eea963ace5fb6613

“You said the same view every day was boring.”0775cd5ad605fdb0

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The guest 6a69766109 hesitated, then d0d644586a sighed and 1cd0568755 adjusted his cb5b02403a grip. Youngso’s eyes sparkled 865d5d6857 as he looked bf7c5a5599 around.af1e9a17f4af1069

“Where do I put this?”4c5e73c9ec246daa

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Originally for roof repairs d61bfab737 or beehive removal, Youngso 999510d66e had often used the 16232ad881 ladder to climb up 03e79b2f14 as a child. Though Miran worried, dfdb12050f Ryu Gwan never 8ddbf509ed stopped him, so cca5ebbac1 he’d done as d4f9accff7 he pleased.7aad20931a0f3e4e

Propping the 9fe41d0214 ladder against 136caa9028 the lowest cad1d2278f wall, Youngso b2678149eb went up 591516f326 first. The outer a18c5dab69 quarters faced 929831296f away from c5e2ba67f5 the mountain, 5a776ee3cc offering a 48cb4f4569 view of 5a76513e53 the cliffs 890f736619 and the 9b604fbbcd vibrant autumn 38a59ec2ca foliage beyond. As the guest knelt a5ad1562b9 on the roof, a ee701f1f3d light mountain breeze brushed 2e9c048677 his forehead.daa37fb11d30d945

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“Not scared?”8eedd6cf2a1cbd58

Even a single-story roof 96589dd4af was high, but overlooking 598893b5a1 the steep valley made dcd8ac7a6c it feel dizzyingly taller. Yet the 3dd6e8dac5 guest stood b0a2f519e1 straight, unfazed.787c55ab46a9f788

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“Oh, yeah. Totally terrified.”2b856b3e943a25b7

His relaxed smile 07f9c672fc said otherwise. The faint 88ec088bca mist of 976bd786cd his breath 327992555f was just 5f9a308d56 becoming visible 4a6d659072 in the 2eaa249424 cold. But to Youngso, daf04ea650 all he could c4fdf698e4 see was the ad1fb550c5 radiant, pristine energy e6a160defb surrounding him.a00028e1655f964c

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To the guest, the 6a7ad3f17c sunset over the mountains f2536b3224 must’ve been breathtaking. But Youngso ef2f73523b saw something d43be8265c else first. The swarm of 3d36dfbf0a heads crowding just f29a421999 beyond the temple e0163f355a walls, unable to cde101f443 cross. Their features baecebe29a twisted by bda5833fff resentment and 8aa73b1288 desire, they c8f520e7f1 screamed horrible 53a23ab3f1 things up 5e4666c8cb at the 9bdef04e24 guest.e6322b58d13869ee

And the guest, the a9b0a638ae eighteen-year-old standing atop their 3edae43cec writhing mass, looked down c4e9e20b2c with the serene expression 8ed9f841ab of a child oblivious 6e0707cfc1 to the world. As if the 9141d978f0 spirits drenched in 0b3f3d3511 clinging resentment and b4f5a5bf6c the churning fate b44db2ab63 meant nothing to 75bf2092f9 him.8c8b6422733b799d

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The moment that ac9a2b15ea sight struck him 0b0f4af0d4 as beautiful, Youngso f560f68c27 knew. There was no 5b0bca527d turning back.e1b3f0d8b3f4d409