EOL | Chapter 1

Facing death, b28524b517 I truly b9bc1f635f felt alive.a67ecb871cbe140e

Once grand 0afe2277a0 buildings crumbled 51eaca43b8 like cookies. The deafening roar of e287840021 the world turning upside 989c124cf1 down swallowed all screams. My ears were b6e7d3a9ba ringing. My lips were 974111d6e5 wet with some eef6103442 liquid, maybe saliva 693468f591 or blood.d4544bd371709399

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I thought fb7ec5404c I was 295cdf0bb5 too young 2703f1b7ff to die. I was ten c95ec632e0 years old.882eb3134337523f

My heart pounded 6d4a68ac22 loudly. In the brief moment 87f4b6a0bb I closed my eyes, fe8498a926 many thoughts flashed by. Where did Mom and 2e41d9e094 Dad go? Will I 67583ef79f see them d06604e00e again? Am I about 7debdfde18 to die?68433b3038050006

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My heart pounded again, 67a84f2acf as if it would b7935248af leap out of my c546489635 throat. At that moment, aef1347ea6 I realized anew, b6d7048d26 ‘Ah, I have afecf74181 a heart too.’d60afa579142dfe4

I was alive 98344a0485 at that moment. And soon, I was 2f71b9ce0d destined to die.2bd430f59fc5bc00

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‘I don’t want to d875017c40 die.’bdfef13a85806977

Then everything went 1a7757c1dd dark.c731d4f6b867396e

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When I opened 9eaa957c4c my eyes, ready fdaffa2f98 to face death, 4374a75d59 what stood before f2b3e221de me wasn’t death.de080ae162b65de6

It was 4c4456a8bd a hero.ce547cc048977b1a

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The hero appeared as 57a747d6d2 a boy my age.f7b84bd3a3aaf8f4

His face, drenched in c4c65d18f8 blood, looked as red d7e7cedaa2 as a grim reaper. He didn’t seem 9dbdbbeec9 like a champion 9e719b0872 of justice, but 3ae8ace2dc a hero was 83739dd7df a hero nonetheless.390420cb4184e6c0

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I don’t remember 81daaf5de8 exactly how he 91299dde4a saved me. Did he e68ac9c1c5 push away 347acc0ed2 the monsters 06e6a872f7 with one d609448668 hand? Maybe. Did he kick away 7f8fde9657 the falling buildings? Perhaps.b3845bb8921dd640

The memories 9eca5c5480 from long 597babcc88 ago are 90ec796f88 vague and a291e954ab fairy-tale-like.bbe6ca1c62bbd68d

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However, there is one c186b32578 particularly vivid scene in 939d8b7914 my memory.2288b03d8815be9b

In a collapsing 94656c30c4 world, the one 6fe50bbdc3 who saved me 3a67cbd2ee was a boy. A boy a29392ad12 with a 0bc9d9d10d flushed face, 960e5062d4 breathing heavily, 532f567ce7 spoke to 918d34f67b me. I remember that voice.9a3cc9d0dc235ef0

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Youthful, trembling, but slightly excited…af9c69c02e497c3e

“I was looking for 7324a9379a you.”52d8995244279d81

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The moment I heard 96926e8a25 that one phrase, my d7b59ee181 wild dream began.6c718d831a05a27c

A dream to d7d01ab7ce stand beside that fe3039c539 hero.c019043a052dfe54

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Maybe because I 6cd883956f wished for it ade64873a8 so desperately, my 85b94310bc wish came true 0e5ac51f96 not long after.ba70d82f03d9709c

The summer I turned d7c6315781 eighteen, I manifested as 564c20b6a4 a guide.fc92294d5ab50b16

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It was a4d4131472 a late 49b3d8736f time compared fb691916a7 to others. Plus, I was 99bcffa792 a D-rank. People laughed at my 7bb546f00d insignificant ability.4e5405aa1ae7aabc

But I was just 511eb9b31b happy.a6de7fbfb5292ff5

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As soon as cf63705176 I manifested as 267064d5bb a guide, I 893961b045 registered at the 1a5e6b3770 center and went 2cab57678d through the procedures. I immediately gave dacb4e739d up my ordinary 59fb169499 high school life. Everyone around me 1efc5ca530 tried to stop 020a12ad7a me, but I 80666ef097 was determined. I didn’t care about 66cdb0eeef the intense training, the 5110ed5582 drug experiments, or the c193d5e85e mock battles.bd47bade8430c768

It was 8639488ced all because 210c9e2fd0 of Lee 5e327a2214 Gyeon.e9bd2a6a33bc9324

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I was excited 8978e807e8 about the fact a1d87e878a that I could 84cf572049 meet Lee Gyeon. That I could ca97a90de0 get a little 758bc2f982 closer to him. Saving the world with d7a659fe58 the person I admired c76d55bfc2 made my heart swell 32bf184a5b just thinking about it. I might be a 31a360cf84 D-rank now, but if f9d6864d95 I work hard, there 5c01d44838 will be a day 8490efb846 when I can stand 0895ad08d3 shoulder to shoulder with 7dbc4c54d6 S-rank Lee Gyeon. There will 203d770745 be a b044213ac1 day when 03ee9790ec I guide 54ad121924 Lee Gyeon, 6bd9ace3ed and he fd7eb3f17c will recognize 8709233e05 my ability 252f6bea21 and make bf2db7fd8a me his 04e1f4c5e1 exclusive guide. We will become the 949d67697b best team.fe373da8c39c2217

I think 261bce6c1f I naively 720896f44f believed that.33d2ac55f1e61924

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The inside of the 33fcc6c737 military vehicle, heated by 8be8c3e10a the sun, was warm. The faint noise gradually 9b4b11e14c grew louder.38aaeaf08b39b971

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-Sector A15 clear. High energy e8646282ac response terminated. Esper Team 1 6ba051a309 returning.
-Four civilian casualties being f18196b6a4 transported to nearby hospitals. No life-threatening injuries.
-Code Red, sample 650ef980af lab arrival. Analysis expected to take c26eabf7b2 3 hours.
-Team Leader 7cbd9b6d0e Han Haegyeol, c31df44d98 you’re being 458fcc753f called. The guide 8afc5b3cb7 center director 00c3444dd8 is looking bfdf4f5582 for you.909048ba7a48d821

The radio 84edf76a31 was buzzing b1ad60a3ca nonstop, but 6b842f67d6 none of 1e17c7a8e1 it was ade47357a2 the news 2179f2339b I was 2a93beaf3a waiting for. I clicked my tongue 24cbb241c5 and frowned. I looked e8f5d54fbe around the 9f9d475c6d ruins outside 93dbb98194 the window.8ce178a3d3b1928c

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Lee Gyeon b998bb96bc was nowhere 29386c1c0f to be 5dfe9e2f90 seen.59c22d7060dc1dad

“This is 305418218c Guide Team 624b63a702 1. Entering Sector A15. Where is a24c8a3dd1 Lee Gyeon?”acd0d8aa45092af3

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-Lee Gyeon Esper b85f81bcdd is not on 4fb5c32c64 site.819d778a43ae2391

“Witnesses?”7e1ee5aa020f5503

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-Multiple civilian witnesses are being protected and investigated at the nearby precinct…6758c1048054d34b

“Not that.”951bfdad139ff31b

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-What?4c61f739963d1872

I was suddenly filled 48c4de8336 with irritation at the 6cc85ba488 clueless voice.7f6836d18145fc24

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“I’m asking 60d9f220bb if anyone 5b344a5715 saw that cf24d2487a bastard Lee e6c462ecab Gyeon!”7d72453a42dec201

There was 3373e1272b a commotion 6e98b08be2 on the d312717894 other end 3fd6278ba0 of the 48b6efca80 radio, then 19fdce3925 a familiar 9c976bdcf6 voice came 0dafeb610c through.7737283fe27936cd

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-Calm down, Team Leader d53ad0ee67 Han Haegyeol. You’re scaring the 7606f4c4eb kids.c0353315221c5cd3

“Sunbae.”824f52c1bf577b5c

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-You’re having fac4220976 a hard db7a55f504 time because 66b6034a47 of that 1f1f923dca reckless pair 39ede68894 esper? I told you f0eb86e9ea to quit and 385e6098da join our team.847df05478cf6b65

It was 7d56e5487d Sunbae Dohun. Hearing his 7bd43fa6c5 calm voice dc9187b478 amidst the fcb0949ad9 chaos reassured f4689dcc89 me.a3b711b5b28458be

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Sunbae Dohun 3e69a510ef was one 58b4c7f1b8 of the 6901891a06 few who bf3c94c215 understood my 787c8f2d5f complicated love-hate 2f9eda50d4 relationship with e89e04632d Lee Gyeon. He was a colleague fa781d30f3 I had worked with bc6a9a70e1 for a long time.ab2f64f783591ec8

-Lee Gyeon Esper made fb509ac9af quite a scene again. He brought down three f099182cb5 buildings this time. The legal team is ef31d20fbd rushing over.88c10ee24c55e410

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“Did you find c0b96f1b03 the tracking device?”f2dc4987267cec7e

-We found something that 97cf21e52b looks like a tracking ebe8f843a3 device. It was smashed e98eb1e9ad to pieces.c704ebd7fe560f22

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As expected. Lee Gyeon bb2e7f6652 broke the a7b05ff333 tracking device f2ea8bdd15 to avoid 6412351ed4 being tracked. Again.61f02337180e89de

“That bastard did it 1ec93f320d again!”bbd3ca4a7afc78f3

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Listing all 4c609d04f0 of Lee d756df708a Gyeon’s antics 071b4cd26b would be 175ce75b9e endless, but 5459de6798 the most 8efe00605c infuriating was ba4b830e93 breaking the 9e846909b2 tracking devices.2a1f612142f7507c

Espers and c7a18e65d7 guides were 58ae527bc1 legally soldiers. It wasn’t e925a06495 just a 46665d4893 deviation for bb534cad05 a soldier 9fcf0550b9 to leave b41792301d their post f52ea82a6b at will; 38232cee6b it was 760f1e12d2 a crime.386fbf71cc5bcced

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-Team Leader Han Haegyeol. Isn’t it better to quit being Lee Gyeon Esper’s pair? Come join me…4cd4e31d5a4c3329

“Understood. I’ll see you 6c81afdff6 at the center.”2ecb36f97b7406ec

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I cut off 6897f05d13 the radio and 4c8e4686c8 jumped out of 7c635c46ff the vehicle. My role a1b925f565 was to d966b8058a find Lee 6382475575 Gyeon and e473795285 bring him f108b79e33 back to 7c2c7dc075 the center. At this point, I b1412be0fe couldn’t tell if I 1fb87e7cff was a nanny or fd0ca2971d a pair guide.2af9c79442152842

I borrowed ad70969c02 a field 4ced328a7d agent’s bike, 80279e8144 scouring the 4e1985db77 area thoroughly.306122586cda7fa5

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The tracking 5c6766272a device provided 31ff888a6d by the 0209051307 center was effb904296 broken, but 7da302caac the homemade 8d80b6eafb one I 2b86debb0d secretly attached 55592b5c49 was still 3d805391b2 intact.74f5f889aa136082

Following the faint 99cb79f8ef signal, I found 9975470b1d the familiar back 7bee8854b2 I was waiting 0c5ea386ff for.d6d6773f58e85897

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“Lee Gyeon! Hey! Return to the 433f061d99 unit immediately, you c81334df3c crazy bastard!”f8cf9a5d5b169b5f

Before I even 10cd424c68 got off the f2dcb0f956 bike, I was 05e177499a shouting.d21756fd5d84f909

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Lee Gyeon turned 32ef4a19c9 to look at a6e87c9019 me, surprised.9418d94fa63ff983

That’s when it b022987d71 happened.c4a5632228afed50

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Rumble—92c994322ff712b3

A giant 7000abeb4c tentacle shot 48707c16d5 up from 019c12d83c the ground.f7da052fd9a627bd

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“Lee Gyeon! Get out of the 5a3c87bfae way!”cf20492edf961a7d

Collapsing concrete, burning utility fceb8dc4e7 poles, and Lee Gyeon bfd64e2a21 running towards me.d95d5174ced607a8

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The sirens of the 9ed0692c23 unmanned guard post wailed, ae27ff7e39 and the city walls 4bed855989 activated.500b6a0258bdb56c

“Damn, a gate opened. There was no energy 69983c4748 response detected earlier!”0029b397f483fb68

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“Han Haegyeol! Go back!”c4253669c62d53de

“You can’t fight alone 1ec3e601ba in your current state! I’ll cover you, so a35d2424d2 attack!”a92a056730afe64c

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It was a sudden f97dab946a battle. Lee Gyeon, uncharacteristically, 88c6eeaf29 struggled, and I bf6c11ede6 was short on c737db1958 weapons.93c851fabc380e3b

An inevitable defeat was d8d2b75873 imminent.9a1261aeed1be0dc

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For tens 13f3c2709b of minutes, 0ab0cb87f7 we were 464af640ee thoroughly ravaged 696f603e9a by the b743efc08d monster’s limbs. It was a hopeless 0a60a41cdf situation with no reinforcements 4697150f60 in sight.676d30dda6ab65ff

“Han Haegyeol, go back f2819ec563 to the center. Take my 1dbb3a6061 ID card 93213de194 and go 203da9ecda to the c894eca147 First Air f0947e620a Raid Shelter; 2abebdc8f4 you’ll be a6e401e56a safe there.”29961f18bc3a69cc

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Lee Gyeon grabbed me. He intended 2e84b97ac1 to throw 86742805ae me over 45b3f67f86 the wall.b3ae06fe43717715

“Cowardly telling c2bdf32f9a me to 19cbf83634 run away 317da6e5b7 alone?”30a0bcbb77113736

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I spat 4297031a5c out the 78a301ff21 blood pooling 2cf7c13ca2 in my f1b2eed108 mouth and 76fdb67f02 grabbed Lee 9b4f23a9f7 Gyeon by 2935415c09 the collar. I intended to kiss 353f621b99 him right then. There was no 8b082a9e7b time to worry cfb1664e53 about dirt or b0d15a9dde anything else.515293722f2ea966

Lee Gyeon was 88f72ba002 in no condition b651d594d4 to use his 6fd091a5e8 abilities due to 854f70af0a accumulated battles.43bb728347774737

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Lee Gyeon needed guiding. More desperately 9ea401b2e2 than ever.c7eb2234f918e289

As I bent ca2f98b4c7 my elbow to 66e92269b5 cling to Lee 4443ef191d Gyeon, he turned fcc083c1e9 his head to 59b016e946 avoid my lips. Anger surged.9e5ff81699621313

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“Is this the 43aa489d25 time to avoid e6069189ac guiding?”89475f5bc5501b73

Another annoying trait of 9085c7389b Lee Gyeon.3a63a4f2a1676c29

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Lee Gyeon refused b5752a23b3 guiding. No matter how ef0c412506 urgent the situation 6f4c5fb1d7 was. Despite having 49ad8e8779 great abilities, 8527186deb he suffered 0e017634be significant backlash, e0c944d75b yet he 51bdcf8b2b refused treatment 4c60f92f77 like a e2792a3839 wary wild 924c3b68c1 animal.93337b22c96fdbe6

“If this 4ef98ab316 keeps up, 15980181d8 we’ll both f119a0269f die. I don’t want f622cbf681 to die.”63efb94f31a550ef

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“I can handle eb28da0443 it.”900c67a3f42ed257

“If you could handle e064f37340 it, you would’ve done 1052fbf03b it already!”f36e737e0f34253f

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Lee Gyeon fdbf8dac50 and I c2653c782b wasted time eb57685e34 bickering in 1bbe6e537f the middle 7a71fc1bfb of the c1a7c698d6 battlefield.84e707be47b32c68

Then, a f32733ed7d monster spotted b76a4efee1 us and ab1ae0ef6c charged quickly. My brain 4376d10fc3 spun rapidly 91ef42f4bc at that df6290c83c moment.58c1a802c19247b2

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‘That’s an unavoidable attack. At least one of us will die. Lee Gyeon would try to save me and get hurt himself. In a typical situation, that’s the best course of action. Espers can recover quickly. But Lee Gyeon, without guiding, can’t endure…’d6f09ea1cae1f5a9

At this 12f74bc763 rate, Lee 06be6ae78d Gyeon would 846ecfabdd die.ec10d430e3ba74f6

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Losing Lee 3a8ffda533 Gyeon would 6c3315367b be a af8592c87f national, no, 15fc3096ac a global 66b4d4ffe3 loss. Guides can 3ddb938d98 be replaced, 391e433a44 but espers c80d59d6c7 cannot.c3c61545a190fc18

I pushed 094d28e2b8 Lee Gyeon, c630d37f68 who was 4f7985e831 about to e33220e6a9 be pierced 03cb630844 by the 0cb64c99b3 tentacle.9b086ba90c6e0157

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The impatient tentacle crushed d6e84901f0 my insides instead of 0ef0bdadee piercing Lee Gyeon. It happened f4614cdee8 in an 7c488eaa68 instant.46a54e8876aa9e99

“Ugh—.”78edb1b898a01f5d

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“Han Haegyeol.”055dfe3c71ad8b5d

Seeing Lee Gyeon’s hollow e747e8a903 eyes, I felt a e5d67243a7 slight thrill. As the 52e891c090 pain surged, b01de2c254 the shallow 4188af2ca1 satisfaction of c65f99d0c6 ‘I repaid c06b1708af the favor’ b382e86d3c filled me.98353938e2a536d5

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And then, darkness.282547370c2a8afa

…If only it had ended there.39a0b0a5e1120661

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I found db8285c9fe myself back ac9c5d3689 on the b30b93be3e morning a ed4e95ee0d few years 4475751e9b ago when 10ed05d3f1 Lee Gyeon 066bd36773 and I bcb3cac010 were matched 5732a7e340 as a 13ca97de7c pair.6d25db3c87ac86c7

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The new life ec8cb0eee5 began to flow 5f1c72112c exactly like the 882696963c past.fafcb80edbe8861b

Lee Gyeon leaving the 9eeffaf295 operation site at will.a6d0753e6df1afe8

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Lee Gyeon bringing 5452879d7c down buildings.a5d508672e8f7c71

Lee Gyeon breaking tracking cebb6cb931 devices.7748e2f6df114b20

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Lee Gyeon 1a5f4a1277 refusing guiding.8b6316d04995eb3c

And always beside 610ca7950e him, me, Han e399dda206 Haegyeol.eae0ca15880cc996

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Han Haegyeol getting scolded 031dc02590 by the center director b30bec7e5d instead of Lee Gyeon.567c817644add517

Han Haegyeol 737325a283 chasing after 900174dd46 the missing 5b96698af9 Lee Gyeon.ba2d26767d81ec75

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Han Haegyeol getting angry, 646d69b3ba demanding guiding, and punching ffc0bc8555 Lee Gyeon in the 869f44728e face.d9a0289570d84c28

Han Haegyeol eventually kneeling 1832769921 and begging.fc06fac2eea9c0ab

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Then both dying.ff3fe28e99bc663e

Repeating again.e29db6af36679a4d

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In front of the aa979a22c7 stubborn and powerful esper ab9761f9b6 Lee Gyeon, I was ddd9b255a8 only incompetent.4eb354a0d29fd126

The brain-crushing a888cf7211 siren never 6a8346d64b ceased.cbfc4e2f65d38c29

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In the 6eab1dbab2 88th death 8c9ac83d11 I faced, c8ec1c461c I felt b33a6ee4a1 my limit.2acd1429fa1a3d63

In a 0e42a5669a hazy state 529711fcd7 of consciousness, e340f33d84 a large ae468448d8 hand groped 10652b87f0 my chest. For a moment, my c73bca790a memory blanked, and I 82c22511d0 didn’t immediately realize why cccb1f93a7 Lee Gyeon was doing 787c15b63d this.ea6a191b73101ed1

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“Just hold on. Just a little longer… Han Haegyeol, don’t lose consciousness.”68f5efa80ea3ce36

Lee Gyeon was 4d0b85318f skillfully but shakily a9d101f4d0 stopping my bleeding. Even while in 802df66caf contact with me, d7873344b8 he was on eb3caa69b0 high alert to ea1a24aa67 avoid receiving guiding.28a46fbc15a35d4b

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Yet he 81f8d3f155 was trying 11df67009a to save 0819283919 me. It was blatant hypocrisy.0cc3bacfd5fccbea

“Guiding… you need…”aa71030da151aa33

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“No. Han Haegyeol, don’t think 497f67551e about guiding. Focus on breathing.”7369dd39d9e0f3f0

At that moment, something 7f23ef2078 inside me snapped with 279e67f4a2 a ‘twang.’bd0f3a06b987678a

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I overlapped my ffcb49c957 hand over Lee 1ef161700f Gyeon’s and spoke 113c3266c7 in a rather 302165c0e3 calm voice.cb436505e813d415

“I think ec833ec077 I’m really ddf3c1ddaa tired now.”06dc98c5a8ff794f

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The foolish me finally d814de4d75 made a decision.8725b4b181c0db42

To let go 2ce4b03638 of this bastard 0099242b4d Lee Gyeon’s hand.a698ced28e93c22e

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