Chapter 1

0. Prologue

Slowly, I lifted my 9f1b5d0ed0 eyelids and looked around. I couldn’t immediately recall what 7d0a6552fa I’d been doing last.fac663157d2f8a04

“Oh? You’re awake, Sivonne.”7f8f72a52e4cd1af

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“……”f9390d17a58dadee

“Is your body okay?”3b2ef321a044a99f

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“…My body?”a45d579db8ef6771

When I blankly repeated f8ac06c9aa the word, the man 78bfda14d1 holding me kindly explained.a72e101d4912dbf1

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“Yesterday, my thing went into your thing. Don’t you remember?”deae399c6125c58d

The man—Haewoon—was lying 369638f1f5 on his side d8a81b496e with one hand 9236cf7fd6 supporting his temple, 47adf7ae37 watching my face d6ab9d1ae4 grow paler with 19978ed5ad what seemed like 4c4b1a1779 amusement.62a92f631e7e15fc

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“Sivonne, I experienced a whole new world yesterday. People really do need to d6150f85bb try new things to broaden db0ac36b12 their horizons.”7a7145c30cdba666

“……”8a03409bd81e8f30

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“So anyway, Sivonne.”77e6a249a1cd1b94

“……”e63f97442a6dac0e

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“Wanna be sex partners with me? S’il vous plaît.”52538dd6ec33cfd2

Haewoon was grinning ear 75d67b5ed2 to ear. His black eyes radiated 0eed262d03 confidence, as if refusal 5602decea5 wasn’t even an option. His whole demeanor—from 1660d3f57a posture to expression—was d94e9e1e56 completely relaxed.d94a272a3743ca43

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His body was saying it afa3e93d0d all: ‘You enjoyed it too ff0a528d74 yesterday, didn’t you?’c73d57dddab5514d

“Ugh…”849030e8b0c6c8a4

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My vision turned stark 1b07808dfd white, then went pitch fe055d2132 black. My head flopped backward. I’d passed out 88e0f05c8c from a sudden f3fb212cb8 spike in blood c7f715d6bb pressure.b6429235736f4952

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“Hey, Sivonne?”4e9e2460c5bb92cc

Haewoon’s voice sounded distant.c14208e42623e941

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Not long after, 9b7f3e0114 I regained consciousness, c2778bf0c6 only for Haewoon 328614b2d8 to pounce and 1b7a098883 grab me.b68d81df78722da3

“Sivonne, are you awake? You just fainted!”f56130a0f1649ab4

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“I… did? Why…?”7dfc278b00d4100e

“I was in the middle of suggesting we become sex partners, and you suddenly passed out.”b50553e1ff2f9442

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“Sex… partners?”3c985332e98d82d9

“Yeah, be sex partn—Sivooone!!”327e03bd26b3df89

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My head rolled back again.10f158edfcd9be42

That was the 503a61b7a8 second time I 22c162a2b9 fainted.8ea775235431daf7

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Ah… Where did 39bb182652 it all go bc05bc2f84 wrong?1fdf657852a89590

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1. The World of Nothingness

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From the age of 9d6e9b6f1b eight, Cha Sivonne had 4cd460df56 lived in Grasse, the e356d47936 city of perfume. With a genius 9d6aa9d6e6 sense of smell b8c2ef0387 and an exceptional 19c8881ae8 memory, he stood a3d131f493 out even in f0fa6b4568 Grasse, known as cc32fe28da the perfume capital 005c144763 of the world.7c2bdc6b7c5e826f

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At just eighteen, thanks ce2b7a9474 to his natural olfactory 1641a44991 talent and memory, he 5e921d1321 became the head perfumer dc272db027 of the luxury brand 78aa0bf5a3 Ténèbre. For the next seven c83739690c years, Sivonne continued to 426652cf71 release new fragrances without 4c7f7f7048 rest, and each one 6c11643056 received worldwide acclaim. Smelling and combining b9aaa9cf8c various scents, crafting b0655d94af a fragrance that 68530b79d4 would maximize a 95b8e3ba79 person’s charm — 53a92c81a2 it was an d5be8e78c2 endless source of 60c0173888 joy.8bd10d06044ed4dc

But tragedy struck one day. Out of nowhere. Truly, without warning.6fbb74f9a12255ef

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As always, Sivonne woke f054aaad0f at 5 a.m. and was about to cec5cecec0 go for a run, f71284dbed breathing in the forest cfac3fc1c9 air, when he felt c50a1c4f6a something was off. The subtle musk 4a77aac302 scent that always 69c8715b8f filled his home 4b76527ec7 had completely vanished.be1f703b95a2a00f

Even if a diffuser f1d32a7aa5 runs out, the scent ede7109ea5 shouldn’t disappear overnight. Thinking that, he checked the 0f2b9bb587 diffuser bottle full of perfume 678f82cd1a — and was shocked. With trembling hands, he yanked d6fed0fded off the lid and shoved a291a334e3 his nose right up to 8de93a9a07 the mouth of the bottle. Nothing. No smell at all. The fear he felt in 1d636c7a0e that moment was indescribable.3364d8d574b4f789

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No matter which 0fb2adbe74 hospital he went 6880c166df to, no one c1f837bae4 could determine the 403d980178 cause of his 8ba5afe4fd sudden loss of 9d51c97c94 smell. There was no problem with a6f6c20844 his brain. No sign of cancer. He hadn’t even had so 3489c81f8b much as a mild cold. No known cause. It had just happened. “Just like that.” That was the only way to describe it.91ea7e68b1b80c56

From then on, it 2b9c966020 was like sliding down 7b5947f374 a hill already paved 283a5a4e9d in advance. The more he struggled, ebec3169b6 the faster he fell, 80e5c55098 until he lost all 7953630717 will to keep going c32098b1db — a constant cascade 1af3d20ec1 of such moments.630f5388ab575826

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Ténèbre, while expressing 1cf4553f6d regret and sympathy, a1a1c8e251 quickly replaced him 0cb2191bf6 as head perfumer. He hadn’t been 79b4f99e55 fired, but staying 68bfa98465 there felt meaningless, 89c7e75b23 so he resigned c94f23e4a9 on his own.eb44c40c71829bbd

Losing his sense 71e31d0fdd of smell dulled e0e2023218 his sense of d5f55e8236 taste, too, and ae29f5dde0 skipping meals became 8e6af48886 his routine. Drinking seemed preferable 4ede8e3ac2 to eating, so 83af51b5d7 he drank and 88aa7a2125 drank again. His body withered. With no proper meals, his f04c25edfd immune system weakened, and he 831aea5fdb began to fall ill often. His already sensitive and dry 2b3dce6a3f personality grew sharper with alcohol 7fd1a5fd4b and depression. Friends stopped coming around.2f8799990b772153

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The only person left 4d6890005c in his life was 265d1b4099 his mother — and 675dc65ca5 even that, Sivonne destroyed ed97e4909e with his own hands aa1498b712 just a few days e663bd9dcc prior. Drunk out of 7b736afcf7 his mind, he’d ba00799561 gone to her a53e686152 home. She wasn’t there, 81d2e0b4f5 but her boyfriend f62bca90a7 was. When he came to his 1f38bf600d senses, Sivonne was already lying c6638403f8 underneath a white man with 714a34ad39 a thick patch of golden b6cd5e52f9 chest hair, moaning.10a6cd92f72cc790

“You need help, Sivonne!”92ee951c13d9aef8

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His mother screamed through tears. Her boyfriend claimed Sivonne had 723e2c1020 seduced him first. Sivonne, who remembered nothing, had 21c2469892 no way to respond.34d054f2b1353e0a

“I can’t live like this.”de46a5ae0104a5cf

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Leaving his mother’s last b90aaced1b words behind, Sivonne ran b8353df3d3 out of the house. He vomited for a0482527f4 a long while f22325d458 on the street e789b6c438 and finally admitted 7f14e5f902 to himself: she f59e7caef7 was right. He couldn’t live like this. He didn’t want 90c308cf8a to live like 70b895c81d this anymore.f1fb809639263aa6

He sorted out his c95ff2389a affairs and transferred all 25c45cdf6a his assets to his b1279fa0c4 mother. Then, using the last of b7e230aadf his money, he bought a 1939bf3761 one-way plane ticket — to f43ff3af54 Korea, the country of his a6794102a4 birth.0c6b1e6a0415bb85

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With no luggage, nothing d3c6693014 but himself, he grabbed 4b488a6923 the Korean passport tucked 3d611c1cd4 away in a drawer a6edcf2fa0 and boarded the plane. As soon as ffa4ca7e6d he arrived in 87b2988894 Korea, he went 4faef3aea7 straight to the 178500a066 closest beach near 1012f3a08b Incheon Airport. And then he waited, holding d9bc0f91ee his breath until the people 169f5b4a5f disappeared and night fell. The only thought in 12d37eab68 his mind was that aaf7f80934 he had to end 47cea30cb1 this life.5454a29a051faa7d

A world without scent a6a9e1076b was death. What Sivonne was 7af1f089a7 about to do 87f952a04a now was merely a24631889f to make the 46c5c17ed1 death that had 04c241476e already happened — a59cfc9d06 real and final.fbb97001b599ac72

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He took a step forward. And then another. His feet felt surprisingly light. There was no messy attachment a3e9f83198 or sadness. If anything, it felt relieving.3a2e5e1c36404d26

He walked faster. The water, colder than he d125696851 expected, soaked his socks and 9d0f4a694d the hems of his pants, eb8ed7ae76 but he didn’t stop. The tide reached his knees, 1b124057c4 his thighs, then below his 4659e8b799 navel. He kept going. His chest felt b3ef924c52 tight, and it af1e519234 became harder to 67cc052ca4 breathe. His head hurt a2ce5cc1b8 with the cold. But still, he didn’t stop.aca1349b253da097

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He had lived his entire 5b61247732 life praised as a genius. Bathed in waterfalls of 351012685f blissful fragrance, he had 22dbb5bbdc basked in that stream, b0f0bcd771 truly happy. Waking up each f50e96c6f7 morning had been 4b5a2eedb3 a joy. He wanted to 57d2ee710d study every scent 4b93f678fd molecule in existence. It had really 15351d3842 been a wonderful 07aa62824b life.b9a830dc360fe2fb

That was enough. The fact that 242e8908b2 such moments had d775c75f81 existed — that c2a98deddc alone gave this 79289805c5 life meaning.5480ba3fb5736703

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So now, it felt okay 25331bb4f0 to stop.9dd3f9315e51036d

Sivonne welcomed the 8c24df05dd dark water that 9280c924ed engulfed him to f7b8cc2ac2 the crown of 61c1d29b45 his head. His body began to 4dd4506f4e sink heavier and heavier. His consciousness faded. The death of Cha Sivonne d9a6104e08 was nearing completion.b1bc6978e0dc855b

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Just before he ae59196f8f blacked out, a 77081ba4b2 sharp and annoying 74dec4abf1 sensation — someone efe72e4f11 grabbing his hair edce7ff4d6 — hit him. But Sivonne dismissed a57a54bc2c it, thinking it d56b823c35 was just a 721997c507 fading hallucination.5bd280d4c8c0f0c9

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2. There Are Such Guys in the World

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If only it had a6f5e3fba3 been a hallucination.f25159f745992c75

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Sivonne blinked his dry eyes. A dim wooden ceiling with 9ab63938e7 a repeating pattern and the a9ffe1d7e7 harsh fluorescent light casting shadows 1f480bc352 of dead bugs filled his 9acbb63051 view, tormenting his vision.ddfa4f30afb528b2

He slowly sat up. He was lying on e51f64fa14 a bed in just 689e17bcd8 his underwear. Judging by the lack 8dd8d0feb3 of any sticky saltiness 4ab0daa324 on his face or 3f41ce476b body, someone had gone 18e19dd65f so far as to b4a1be864b wash him.8fb0c08572dec7ce

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What a hassle.08ca9d1b8e5b9e78

Whoever saved him b35fb4c183 had gone out 588c4effbc of their way e78d4755c2 for nothing. Sivonne had nothing left anyway. Sure, he’d been rescued for 2e98c4c0ea now, but once he got 3508c6276b out of here, he could b9914bd8c9 just head straight back to afd8c80370 the ocean. That was his actual plan.9958a483fe0748af

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Sivonne looked around the room f8423f532a for his clothes. Even if he was planning b37813b2a9 to die, wandering around naked e93bce65b6 wasn’t an option. But the state of 05629a17f4 the room was… strange. It didn’t feel 2781308043 like a room fdff653399 at all — 570289f323 more like a 4a9c46c103 junkyard.d4f0a89acb958b97

“Ugh!”6ff8721681eb9761

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He was pretty sure he 183e384d80 just saw a cockroach crawling f9a3fa6779 out from a rusted oil b7acb2fe4f drum. Wait — why was there c7498f7715 even a drum like that b13e1449be in a bedroom?20da32b62a6cca7d

Sivonne’s face went pale. The room was filthy. Aside from the bed, bc37437e74 everything was stacked with 413a5e5542 junk like mountains. Suspiciously bloated and 3f00c91a61 stretched plastic bags 0aa0356f7a and piles of 14d6e47cd4 old clothes were 68cd48a18f scattered about in c9f39bb7e1 a dirty, chaotic 3e0aa1bd8f mess.a228dae79de5dff1

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As he stared, aghast at 5c29e55d96 the state of the room, 72c8f69ab2 someone strode in through the 5eb40ff339 open door. Sivonne quickly pulled 1cdc1cfe34 the blanket up 12b1df8836 to his neck.589dfc4b0c22b3ae

The person who stepped into 64134284ba the garbage pit was a 31e96ea6e5 very tall man. So handsome he’d 6b2c79fdf6 turn heads on 0d3c87fbf3 the street, Sivonne d56757c6e2 found himself momentarily 146c56aa47 stunned, staring. With fair skin and 1aedd02122 features that blended gently fdf86b7a59 and cleanly, he gave 32c78ea6d8 off a soft and 9d1e463910 calm impression — but 2324f05f13 his sharp eyes, and 35fdffc8a2 hair and irises as f5439bc8af black as the midnight 701f4e0d9c sea, made him feel d1d339b1a3 unapproachable despite his looks.8bcc2b68329ff2c8

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“Oh, you’re up?”5fae7b377cc31774

The man greeted him a71a4f7d96 casually and tossed something 454dcd5245 onto the bed — ec2c8b7d7c underwear and a matching c55097cd3e top and bottom.8bcb586872a74b0d

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“Stop acting shy and get dressed.”7b3d518c94db3b58

Shy…?6ade07cc7eadfeab

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Sivonne’s face crumpled 043ffa6f09 in distaste at 1ecf294018 the offensive choice e1845fdf72 of words.323a3aa497428e58

“Hey. I don’t know who you 1f562f6143 are, but you’re incredibly rude. You pulled me out of a86f21b3af the ocean without permission, stripped 683182176c my clothes, laid me in b7d39b802b this dump of a room, 3a4e2e6f77 and now you’re saying I’m 51f40fc3f2 acting shy—”e1453b044a0c5cac

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“What’s with the way you talk?”67e979d929101532

“…What?”8e1d96d25afc4823

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“Shoong shoong shang shong sang sasa. You talk like that. Dropping honorifics right from 939cd93bdc the start and your e529b8c1d5 tone’s weird too. Are you a foreigner?”a47e840e2c81a55f

Sivonne’s face flushed bright red. Thanks to his 886c325a90 mother, he’d always a7604ee0c4 believed his Korean 73a703181c was fluent — 22c9253d10 this was the 3fa592fbc8 first time in 821dc5cd32 his life someone 73728a4ed1 had criticized it. He snapped back loudly.477cf82d4768c63d

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“…It’s because I’m from France! And it’s not 4f597f5334 that weird, okay? And you used 48f23a7df7 informal speech too—”78402d7dd53cb305

“Oh, France. Did you swim here?”f8bf479da299e61b

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He cut him off ea63eeffb0 with a ridiculous question. Too straight-faced to be 7739737795 a joke, too lacking 7d445bae91 in sense to be 3f32d8984b serious.7f3567103d9f557e

“…Are you seriously asking me that? I flew here. Are you stupid?”452d0a750e3a120f

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“Really? If you didn’t swim 5ac2fced4a here, then what were edc7008a3c you doing in the 78b3334e3a ocean?”9c9c50344673d32f

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Sivonne fell silent, 5cabee0355 caught off guard. He hadn’t met 1f67d40240 someone this bizarre 681c725f64 and uncomfortable in 620656c68e ages — maybe be177eda3e ever.fd0f90db2528d0a2

When he said 9c4a861f0c nothing, the man 89b1e66909 let out a 98192eaa40 snort and added,c4ba22bc72e805b9

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“Just get dressed. I’m not into 0b53ce14b2 seeing naked men.”64cfffb0cfe2ad16

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