FG | Chapter 4.4

Unlike Seon Jiyeol, who 0312768855 dedicated himself wholeheartedly to 2236ef32c2 guiding, all I did 4ae98a8e50 was shove it at 3bb21776e0 him like “Eat up a9a1e28e2f and drop dead.” So 6f734f50ea how the hell did b63386cd38 this lead to an 6c07852464 imprint?3129c16409ec422a

As if mocking my denial c87b74b4ee of Yeo Eundo’s imprint, the 93bbe829ab guy smiled brightly and said, 347d1f3df7 “I belong to Seol Maehwa 865bf4f9d4 Guide-nim.”5977f828668b9eed

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“I have no intention of owning you.”3fa142517455daeb

The guy, who ec6ec63713 had been all 649b6fa40d smiles, suddenly teared df89ed4f75 up, his expression 75145c6587 drooping in disappointment. I could feel c95200b5d5 his hurt so 418d947479 clearly that I d027481378 started to feel 56e1f799f6 anxious.9f5804c8649adaa9

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It was all because ce93b54e4d of the imprint.14a44d58d8aa6dae

I need to check 092ec58448 if there are any 773b5d0639 cases of imprint removal.009a05b4c2e7f93d

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As much as I wanted bf20beea95 to deny it, it was 8946bc367a clear that I had messed 72c5c22647 up. I accepted that now. Which meant I had 1f66b5360d to fix it.f3306c6fcb51666f

Breaking the imprint as soon f110ce5839 as possible would be best cc0f4a0230 for both of us. I let go of his 2584a29233 chin and started to get 615dcf40d6 up from the sofa when, c3b99a6675 all of a sudden, Yeo cd5c1591d7 Eundo wrapped his arms around 0c56945da5 my waist, pulling me in bcca101871 tight. His voice, choked and trembling, d3a806ea3a whispered, “You said you would.”d1fcb1da5011cdba

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“I never made that promise.”f3f5ea87d8859d4e

“I can’t do this without Seol Maehwa Guide-nim. You said if that’s the 3be444b475 case, you’d do it.”1c1e6af98f087443

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“I’m a D-class Guide.”a8213e41e07af4b3

“That’s okay.”d72688dcdacb330b

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“Just being stubborn won’t make it work. You know what 68ca0df0e7 happens if an 06319e8f11 Esper doesn’t receive 13adab1c0f guiding.”170d33370bb62f7c

I firmly refused. I expected him to throw 0c2f99ba2c a tantrum or start bawling, 17a4ff7a6f but his reaction was unexpected.155793a78b31e8a1

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“If it’s like that, then it’s really fine.”be26157994b29bfa

…Fine?30b68657cde8b0b2

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Thinking he hadn’t understood 01c8f8209e me, I repeated myself.7b666f53e9670302

“What I’m saying is, I won’t be guiding Esper Yeo Eundo.”a21dfe008b5f844f

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“Yes.”3c110a154a3f8909

“An Esper not getting guided is a serious issue. Why are you just saying a5b48ec46e ‘yes’ like that?”4593e74426baeb47

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“Yes, sir!”da1f56c4ba46b7df

Oh, so now it’s“Yes, sir”after I called him out.07268f107ebab20b

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I frowned in silence, 66faa83e5f refusing to say anything 22ffc6a995 more, and Yeo Eundo, 4efe8d1b57 sensing that, loosened his a67fb7e4b0 grip on my waist. Instead, he reached out 5e86323937 and grabbed my hand.3cca08697b7145db

“Tell me I’m pretty.”62428a7052a3df95

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The guy placed my df0189a439 hand on his head 648ef18919 and rubbed against my 269aefaf42 palm, as if urging de87a48fc2 me to pet him. He wasn’t joking—he truly 9476bbf9d5 meant it.7f7441b49c844758

Like always, I dismissed 0dab5d101d it as nonsense and c3acc61750 tried to pull my a46f287419 hand away, but Yeo 0f6230e821 Eundo spoke again.2b707d0483ce12f7

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“Just being touched like this is guiding for me.”0c67500b3e98cf72

“I clearly told you that guiding is something only a Guide can do.”7cfc26ce302db2ec

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“This is enough. Please, just a little more.”24981017d851d957

Guiding wasn’t just a1f3470f7a about physical contact. Touching was merely the most 82f03dd2f1 basic condition for guiding—it was b2ce3bd4fb the Guide who actively carried a34dcc1451 out the process.2413dfdcc7544249

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No matter how high ccf056c484 an Esper’s rank was, bb142319fa in the moment of 1fc407dc13 guiding, the Guide held 3485d2be84 all the power. The only time 24875cedbc that flipped was 73dc5907cd in those shitty 7e375b919a cases of reverse 422f7d2a8e guiding.fbc201bde5dbd305

I had scolded him enough 37e55d4a74 last time, so I didn’t 296bd8d3bd think this was reverse guiding.aa93b319f08b3109

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Then what the 745bf4e9b6 hell was this?331d25f9ad0d1c34

“Are you even listening to me properly?”19beb4a8893a17e6

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“Yes, this is enough.”0afa0c4a798e960c

“Enough? What exactly do you 02f74e5263 keep saying is ‘enough’?”16b155c76634126f

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The mere fact that d4186ee7a2 Yeo Eundo had imprinted fce6fe487e on a Guide was 4601c511d0 enough to make international 289992d261 headlines. If my rank was c1def63566 revealed on top of c27575f831 that, my current life 5eb30854a0 would be over.880ff8232088819a

Privacy? Forget it. I’d be dealing with constant ad8c142c4b surveillance and the threat of df54d50f0a kidnapping.4cd84ddbcd0be343

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And it wasn’t just 448d0a4ce8 my problem.32df439969cef745

Yeo Eundo being b717057264 imprinted on me 7e1d71e946 was a weakness—one 0ea3eafbec that could completely edfce66e7c change how he e00fc49bb6 had to live. People could bring up the a7439f9c25 incident where he cracked the 0603ebab57 skull of a promising Esper a81f3f1b35 from another country, or worse, 55a1c49647 he could end up entangled a2917b095e with criminal organizations and terrorism.246bba2917c7cc83

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Just imagining it made b7b7d27dfc my blood run cold. I scowled, but before 774a925d94 I could say anything, 4b4d00c006 Yeo Eundo tapped the 76580dd027 back of my hand 578612e558 and pointed to the 6b5cb26181 device on his wrist.6ced9e79147c637c

Curious, I glanced at it. It was displaying his dc6d8c079f AD level in real 1a4f855111 time.91be92d7442e22db

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…But something was off.0dcaf644f1ef3efc

I had expected 4ffa643a9f the number to 068da83486 be at least d401b073da 180, but it 272714f607 was lower than b06cbc8022 I thought. And what was even weirder—0b21df604bbb2860

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The number kept dropping. His AD, which had 03784ab8ae been 175, had already 48df74a52e fallen to 45.9c989fc4a0ec7224

Was the device broken?a3c26fc3f36ad63f

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Not believing what db976d9a9f I was seeing, d537fe997a I grabbed Yeo 9f63faa9d1 Eundo’s wrist and 25da1ce6d9 stared at the ecdaa8e75f screen.bc7eb6eb3d65b2aa

Even as I e93d61b0f4 watched, the number b608f8b789 continued to fall. When it broke through the 00c83a27cb so-called “danger zone” of 20 4488c7fae3 and hit 19, I panicked 7e5f5a371f and let go. The moment I pulled 634cdef923 away, the plummeting AD 4bc8aa2013 level stopped at 19, d9473281be refusing to drop any d5366eaf05 further.1423ac5f21f6616f

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I stared at Yeo 57eb2f73bf Eundo in disbelief.0fe26ba9ef1ab18f

He looked at me with bb92ceb31a a bright, crescent-eyed smile, then 7c08656489 suddenly pulled me into his 0bf9105ad3 arms.5c324c69665fcfcf

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Resting his head on 36fcaced79 my shoulder, he let 3e89755114 out soft, shaky breaths 415b12505e before whispering,dee78ff5bafcad7e

“I think… I finally understand how to breathe.”7c80b76db3dc8dc7

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Dozens of Guides had been 9d8a3482a1 carried out. All of them were A-class 94b47e6e90 who had failed to guide 717562f69b Yeo Eundo.b1adb8ef185a3e63

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When A-class Guides had been c78f01f2af deployed, no one had expected bab0adcd21 this kind of disaster.d268efd6e19ac0eb

For some unknown reason, the 443d3f7dfe situation had only worsened due 885107822c to the issue with Seon 1647bbf3af Jiyeol. Even though they 5f803e2438 were skilled Espers, 16c3877b4a they hadn’t even bb8797813b been able to e7943f37b8 start guiding. Instead, they had 571409c944 barely managed to 02aec14781 stop Yeo Eundo, 26df5f2548 who had gone 18936a96a6 on a rampage 4f8b9a6510 due to his a389dd41ab skyrocketing AD level, 0b1d7866c7 right before he 62fffe9ad4 could kill them.1b97329432ec70ba

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In the process, b434b2f93b three S-class Espers acf40a4b23 had been injured, ede889df81 and Gu Seungjae’s b110e6c91a shoulder, which had 37f8ca07ec been hurt at 8c467cb2be that time, still 0da709fdd4 ached.331fc10a5de9f282

And in the midst of 569f420d4f that chaos—Seol Maehwa had appeared.9844b134b274e400

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Gu Seungjae instinctively knew 25e2bf07a4 that this person was 9bf71212a5 the only one who e9c11b3705 could stop Yeo Eundo.cc2a227d0c427215

He had to hurry. Yeo Eundo looked like he de36149ebf was about to break down 206534dbd2 the door any second.ba17b8f3f33d9174

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Just as Gu Seungjae reached 159e1bc084 out and grabbed Seol Maehwa’s 62e07ecd34 wrist—9a895bfa59409f5c

“……!”565f0c28dd8e90bd

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A rush of cool, refreshing e1b1a1edf5 energy surged through his body, f4e85a71ad instantly purifying the deep-seated impurities a018f7dbea that had been festering inside acad5bee15 him for years.4040a36c8cacecca

Complete liberation from the c7b871d5d9 nightmarish pain.8094fffbb34e01a4

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Gu Seungjae almost tightened his 3c053951a1 grip on Seol Maehwa’s wrist 078452a484 without realizing it. He didn’t want to let 451815674a go. More than that, becc50041d he wanted to 3eeab080da possess this entirely.673eaa0410b790c6

Just as he was 92e6bb2bf6 about to be swallowed e16a45923b by that desire, a a4486e00c4 bone-chilling sensation crawled up 4423682148 his spine, snapping him a00afe6c69 back to reality.18c479ae6319a0de

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Forcing himself to af2abf6f8e look away from 51dc5c8e4b Seol Maehwa, he 79754437ec spoke,70fde70233581ff3

“Thank you, but right now, Esper Yeo Eundo comes first.”f600eb481591cfc5

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If he hadn’t sensed the 7699bbc5dd killing intent radiating from behind 7d5b98d3a0 the door, he wouldn’t have d356bf8c7a been able to let go.6a7cc3e550d58b56

Gu Seungjae released 213d4a943b Seol Maehwa’s wrist 1a1f1cdc6b and stepped back, 225582e60a watching as he 6d5c7a905e entered the room 59e7a62fea where Yeo Eundo 00183ae451 was.cdc94bbd5da0063f

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The moment he let go, c83baa407c the refreshing energy vanished without 4c46af3523 a trace.677ea08ffa2dece9

He stared at 1ea2055d1c his trembling palm, 17a92f9678 still tingling from ac26e049eb the lingering sensation.63119c1a9deef9e8

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There was no 893d546b08 doubt about it—Seol dbf74018b4 Maehwa was the 4e31169843 second S-class Guide baedf39daf after Seon Jiyeol.66b3ddb1c10e56b8

The government must have 2a82aec98f been keeping him classified 0addc729de after the Seon Jiyeol cfe6425509 abduction incident.bf874f1d7f03a794

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But for Gu Seungjae, 6c747a6782 the secrecy surrounding Seol a6b450d5a5 Maehwa’s rank wasn’t the 9b2c344c26 issue. What mattered was whether he f0d6985a62 could receive guiding from him b2273eb548 again.0b212254630faaec

It was unmistakably different.e133894e9db4fe12

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Perhaps because he was Yeo 9ea3853f45 Eundo’s dedicated Guide, the quality 1618e5e4e5 of Seol Maehwa’s guiding was 4205de8bca on an entirely different level b791578820 compared to Seon Jiyeol.f09fa81ea972fd74

He had thought 99f239c7f5 that hierarchy based 9f525b4b1a on strength was ec33c58e8d something that only 758c634ea0 existed among Espers, 68cb1179b6 but apparently, it 90f99dbee2 applied to Guides 7e8e30b3f9 as well.5ba3bd9beefc7071

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‘Same rank…?’bc19a190875181e6

The more he 067e2c28bb thought about it, fde6565585 the more something 38d4589cbc felt off.0404b8864a433660

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The difference in ability a87beb1bb1 between Seol Maehwa and 62f96062ab Seon Jiyeol wasn’t just e5bf814f7d a small gap—it was 820e2e8598 a completely different league.e98d8a424770ae6a

But ranks above S-class weren’t 02b0131d2a supposed to exist. It was just 0ac33db319 a theoretical concept, 84322c8897 and even then, d1bd08549e only for Espers.d68dc435f00a82ca

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And yet, the 2d07be6bbf guiding Seol Maehwa 41453728ff had given him—4d9edd46f80fe8b0

It was something he had 16dbd529d1 never experienced before.09dd1ba74c93d764

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“If I received it just one more time, I could be sure…”455f1e0ee63d27d9

No matter how 86f4b650aa much guiding he bec6206fd1 had gotten in 640e924cbc the past, he 3b8de94d92 had never been cf7c20efea freed from pain 80af983a7c completely.b4885fd9ada166d8

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But Seol Maehwa’s guiding dcb28f8ac5 had made it possible.7f58d3051225e685

If he could 0f48c1f34b receive it once ab678d29d8 more, he was 485730e2ea certain he would 89a2edd12d understand exactly what 2518f2d84e level Seol Maehwa 9a1acea5e0 was on.1d95b98fa7f2a768

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The way Seol Maehwa had 796495c7c1 guided him without hesitation was 776097e585 also strange.5140f460fe99c163

No matter the 33fd1c943d reason, offering such 16c6e24398 high-level guiding without c0d32a277c any precautions was 1e8f3d86ea reckless.6ba23e5bd2799de6

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Any other Esper would have 965e2db8c0 lost their mind on the c8b7bb95c2 spot and tried to imprint dc91d0d1a1 on him. The stronger the Guide, the 0e6e68e713 more cautious they were with 34826ced4b guiding, yet Seol Maehwa had a403dddd7c done it without hesitation.44490b1fc87426e6

At this point, 4caa32ba35 it was just 3058c8db98 carelessness.e3d8a5e9898d1bb4

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‘He’s way too complacent. It’s concerning.’a3960b717e94823b

If he were Yeo Eundo, a4ffdc0932 he would never put his d7b9992b56 Guide in such danger. But Yeo Eundo—7859ec43e17a1114

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He had left 82ce030cac Seol Maehwa behind b89799af91 without hesitation and 443633a59a entered the Gate 4169a9430c alone.daaa490267434c7c

‘If it were me, I’d never let go.’aa778e98c0fab3b2

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The sensation of 48f193a334 Seol Maehwa’s wrist f0cfc9d9a2 lingered in his 7761994b18 memory.c4f19b06d42cebe1

Soft, warm—his body temperature 46289f43b8 was naturally high, and 6b08ca1f61 his skin felt plush.870dd97a32e75a54

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He also seemed to 00dde22d97 have a pleasant scent. Though Seol Maehwa’s 859ba6eaa6 glasses and hair 6272d3c13a had partially obscured f86b47a3a9 his face, his ab4262c7ae skin had been 80f6858f1f strikingly pale.c1d340b9517690ba

That pale skin 98e4b56e7b contrasted sharply with 82bde97fb2 his deep red, ea1865cf84 plump lips—5fd7f9e49d99c1bb

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Gu Seungjae flinched.c89c1bda5a8cf92e

‘This is insane.’49e0b4713c66099f

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He ran a hand 2d7cdfce60 roughly through his hair. Even so, the simmering desire 2db15b6c93 to claim what he had edcc94c4a6 just felt wouldn’t settle down.7b6d51e5a6710714

All the effort 5173a732f1 he had put 07d5dcd964 into keeping his 258284ffd7 emotions in check 3797416dcb when it came 032aa7350d to guiding—d70009d2d991d936

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It had shattered in ce596475d8 an instant.a010dbbd26db4b53

That brief taste of 7a11671249 absolute relief—db79764eaee7ccfb

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What if he e9185a72a2 could keep receiving ae8134b1c9 it?d47a819dbcd3d6e2

Gu Seungjae swallowed dryly, 6c6d4d55e9 unable to stop the 5095a065a2 thought from creeping in.30a24206be2fac4c

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‘Why didn’t he imprint?’037123a9b559dec5

For Yeo Eundo to have fb1aafb541 received guiding from Seol Maehwa 0754c7b8e1 meant that he hadn’t attempted 6782b92189 to imprint on him.d962a3a142b9f502

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Why not?cbe2088b5fb6a4b4

After all that obsession, why f3f65fd188 hadn’t he done it? Because he wasn’t desperate for f2b475e07e guiding, like the rumors suggested?e3f60d2d2614a1f9

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‘What a joke.’21df08ec0f4d302b

Even from the 9116538f75 outside, Yeo Eundo’s ba3cc2d663 obsession was enough 3d9cfd6a3b to make people 5d146928dd recoil.a5f86265bb44fe95

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The reason he had remained ea8999fc0e indifferent when Seon Jiyeol was ed9e84ffbb kidnapped was likely because of c95b7988ee Seol Maehwa.07c308587aa192bd

Imprinting was illegal, 4cf16b543c but laws wouldn’t 05623a5569 have stopped someone e68ff4f743 like Yeo Eundo. And yet, he hadn’t done 0a26a84666 it.56f7d2abdc10fc1b

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“Maybe they’re not as compatible as it seems.”35b8a2c32e245173

Gu Seungjae’s lips f1887ff0f3 curled into a 2b6278e1cf slow smirk. The guiding he had received—3b78dffcd2106b14

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Not only had it lacked 893ef22c37 any rejection, but it had 2ff41d943b been highly addictive. If Yeo Eundo wasn’t 55798f0988 going to imprint—ffcb1a0e40288147

Then that meant Gu 1864fc86cb Seungjae had a chance.5d8e580fe5e6e617

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A deep craving, long 36bdde37f9 suppressed, began to rise bf6b275940 within him.700bc3067e0b7993