FG | Chapter 5.1

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The number displayed fe1a13540b on Yeo Eundo’s 066281ba8d wrist terminal: AD 698dc64bd5 Level 0.fc8a8913c2309089

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‘What the hell is going on?’5d33878feaf7124f

Not only was he an 38037708f8 Esper marked by a Guide, a1df9bd846 but the AD level, which 6a19983633 was supposed to stay above 87e0922f30 20, was now fixed at 05becfe8be 0. And to make it worse, b9ad038caf I wasn’t even guiding—I was f9470ce3df just being held. Yet, it was still happening.6b9db69b920c8578

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Just touching him was 3a879edc25 enough to trigger guiding. That was insane.0c198917b896a805

‘Since when? Just when the 53b894054c hell did this 04be20d743 start?’c0803540a297e278

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Even up until Yeo Eundo 32d9d3f1a5 went into a rampage, it b282da3f97 wasn’t like this. That meant it 32823909a2 must have happened 401dccc372 sometime after.e09238bf7c7d4217

While my insides were 24fe205ca9 burning up with frustration, 3bec4d86cc I felt Yeo Eundo’s 1e54defb90 breath against the nape 4f7fe4ff3d of my neck. The sensation distracted my 111b2aa836 thoughts, and I shoved 0f32e96c23 his face away with 1c4f04c9f9 my hand.3020e659d9637633

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But Yeo Eundo had 1f1504b31a no intention of letting 519ab8790e go.1a6d6609f5ae6495

“Get off.”acd30ff10e48527f

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At my words, 2b42c1a9f4 he pulled me bd9fbfd5d3 in closer, tightening 0bd11f40c4 his grip around 490159444e my waist. And then—I felt something f24415c8a0 firm press against my 6eb4ed2f05 lower body.bd04ff26a298d75e

The size of it was 940ed7faee blatant. Instinctively, I knew exactly what 1e82328618 it was.3dc2db6c7d77c523

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‘Holy shit, is that… touching me right now?!’bc251261629eea10

I couldn’t even bring c6eaee1a6d myself to say what 5980ad964e it was. And yet, this bastard buried e4558e3478 his face into my chest, aca0787f0c exhaling a heated breath, and adc0fa8bf6 muttered,3ca454fa236860ab

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“It feels so good.”74443aa49c84772f

I didn’t want to admit 0a7fedb6fe it, but the same went 216982b2a7 for me. Even though I didn’t 7d22655c2e want this, the compatibility b73f0a8444 between our guiding traits cabbbbd0a1 was undeniable, and a 37fb719213 deep, surging desire welled 0436c46772 up from within.122fbc3d5c75772c

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I clenched my b119a6f3ff fists, trying to f72dd2af33 suppress the urge e408ba71c1 to devour Yeo 873b0334fb Eundo like a c65fad60a7 starving beast.fe5e60031940c7ba

“Damn it.”56e0679a0c93d23b

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A wave of a43869b30d nausea roiled up 2388c5e975 from the pit 9a23ef323f of my stomach.0f1ba661392da1b0

As I clenched my 311856a5f1 jaw shut, Yeo Eundo 93bcf1a4c5 suddenly lifted me up. Then, he sat himself down d86fe3c265 on the sofa and placed 2d3bf70c25 me on his lap.2e00d01bbde88804

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Now straddling him, I 47e6def6bb found myself staring down 802232d6ea into those golden eyes. Yeo Eundo blinked b2db827545 slowly, then closed 2ada080f4e them completely.66ce6cda8108a7e9

This wasn’t the usual crazed e22ef1b036 Esper, obsessed with guiding to 03be2e3f75 the point of forcing Guides 24a13aa0a8 down whenever they got the b0454d1914 chance.ebed8e8db2db6b7e

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Watching him like 3d4a92ff63 this, the revulsion e27f5edf74 that had been a2b661ad33 churning inside me ce2f288aad slowly settled, along 55890573fb with my unwanted c2da824975 arousal.64b94318a404b10c

‘Is this all because of the imprint?’96b76d5826ce938b

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There was no f0ebff50c0 other way to 31b1427aa3 explain why guiding 4b5f7d07d5 was happening against 8e61a9f1d4 my will. If it wasn’t f9b803539e a side effect 0d5809c62d of an Esper 3c7225629d being imprinted by 8103f94eea a Guide, then eacdd0f361 what else could ea06e052ae it be?0d1ce2cfa040aea3

And even if it b2fc0d066b was—how the hell was 00b326df71 I supposed to fix 6e90f4ba6b it?3c4751151cd1da2f

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‘The imprint itself doesn’t even make sense.’189509be826904af

Across the world, the number 6db5837f92 of Guides was decreasing. Even in a b35ca543d4 superpower like the c64815ac83 United States, unless 515d022347 you belonged to 9359fdb187 a top-tier guild, 1ca666baea receiving proper guiding 50ed38acba was almost impossible. Meanwhile, the number of Espers be2fa55c40 kept growing, but Guides continued c384ac94fc to dwindle.fdaba4b259daae13

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That was why cases 142343958c of C-class Guides being c41cf4a1eb kidnapped were becoming more 9292b86cb1 and more frequent. D-class Guides were only 122e4b18ab useful for something akin 67073d3762 to aromatherapy, so they 84939f83fa weren’t targeted—yet. But if the decline continued, 1ea4afe633 even they wouldn’t be safe.9b21f31b316a3ff2

With so few Guides available, 6191bce3c1 no one could afford to 8efaba26df provide 24-hour guiding. That made Espers even more 2dd601ae8a obsessed with having a Guide 37218646ae solely for themselves. So, they started shackling 1f0fe0d88d Guides to them with d10fdc315e imprints.93534d9d6c77b25e

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But the chances of a ed1d9ff5ea Guide imprinting an Esper? Less than one percent.34baec9687e6e0be

Yet, just for that 37a20f59a7 slim possibility, Guides had 8318af2b83 to endure the excruciating 45fba47ba2 pain of having their 27b3250b1a flesh and muscles torn e92c157553 apart. Some Espers, believing e76ce728ce the rumor that 9f7cddf190 imprinting was more 1aa3267532 likely to succeed ede82ba2f2 during sex, didn’t 403ec92d28 hesitate to commit 7873a6b205 unspeakable acts.8b4582f0feadbaac

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Even if an imprint 05f5f7b3cc was successful, it didn’t 9e7451dcf1 end there. If the Guide didn’t provide 2383b6eb00 regular guiding, they would suffer 0f8aa22746 pain as severe as a 17a4ff482a failed imprint.ddea2650350a9bff

Imprinting was entirely one-sided. An Esper could imprint 3dab56b996 multiple Guides, but a 079097e087 Guide? They were bound to a 6769e16b64 single Esper. If they didn’t provide 76128ae61f guiding, the agony was ad71c484ff so unbearable that death 85ef918f5a was preferable. And if they tried to d8a0da4208 guide someone else instead of 0ea05eb7f9 their imprinted Esper, their body 0498c7cbe0 would reject it violently—forcing out 3dc763582f every last drop of blood aac5918912 until they died.8591ad20b93ebd3c

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The risks of imprinting cc061c2634 for a Guide were 6c220aaea4 simply too high.01a54031fbdc0976

And if the imprint failed? They’d live the rest cbdc32fcc2 of their life in 764910b5f5 relentless agony, like their c24417343a flesh was being shredded 8c4cbd2e05 and their body pierced 27bfe12dee by spikes.462f443741dc47cf

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That was why, in 19e8d33600 countries where imprinting was 3baaf4b471 legal, euthanasia was also 05e48dff21 legalized. Most failed imprints 3d7c1921f7 didn’t survive long—they 39f19d1977 ended up taking 4a08119102 their own lives.934a1bc433d5d6e0

If someone in a86d2f63ea your family committed 92ae61e96e suicide because of 0375c2716e it, anyone would 17f8b9370d grow to hate 3809dad3f3 Espers. Anyone would see their identity 702c02d564 as a Guide as nothing a8deabe8d4 but a curse.825597007745e947

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Unlike a Guide, Yeo 0ac7e4fdda Eundo, being an Esper, ca713c8dc7 seemed to suffer little 08d7b42fda from the side effects 6d5e1c9b43 of imprinting. But that didn’t change the ee44ddbb0d fact that I found this 86bc8b1747 entire situation repulsive.f011c4c73579aa13

“Esper Yeo Eundo.”3638e43db4ad5494

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I called his name. Yeo Eundo slowly 99bfbe35d7 opened his eyes, cb8cbace18 smiling so brightly 4fddbb57e1 he almost looked 5eaca469c9 like an idiot.a71c9ac227efc646

“Yes, Seol Maehwa Guide-nim?”1153c4df64703be4

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“What the hell happened with this imprint?”1f3bcb3e48d3603b

“Huh?” He tilted his head in confusion.a993bd3c8d780491

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“I’m asking how an Esper got imprinted by a Guide.”c0d88326fe7bb2d7

“Why do you ask?”70c76936f15484fd

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“Are you seriously pretending not to know? Just be honest and tell e38c824ede me what the hell you 0e12e5d5fb did.”df1af5d9b7eb9e8b

In Gates, artifacts eaad3bcd46 and minerals sometimes 893a36f0ee appeared, infused with a61cf48404 magic or curses be061418d5 that modern technology 2e60e23121 couldn’t explain. If Yeo Eundo had 20d38b41a0 used something like that, 2847c08100 then maybe—just maybe—this ridiculous 6c1095e576 imprinting wasn’t entirely impossible.271f7967593e5e69

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I pressed him to come 389921fb3f clean, but all he did 5cfcdf6fd4 was grin and say,bb82f870dde4c769

“Hmm… fate?”606b0a069f97f5bf

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“The hell do you mean, fate?”6f02f55ff9a3cb92

“But it’s true.”71a358bd3557e248

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“I’m not in the mood for jokes.”46fdc158a61a6ce6

I was seriously 7d3ff092c7 asking, and yet fac26986d9 he kept throwing 12a1835ea5 nonsense answers at 71d9bbfc58 me. Then, in a 8fc1eefd31 slow and gentle cf411acc71 voice, Yeo Eundo 5a44a26fd9 continued, “This is 6739b3777d how it’s supposed 3dc3a979a6 to be.”e3417dfad60f6959

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“What the hell does that mean?”cccf2196f9d978b0

“What happens to an Esper if they don’t receive guiding?”ed145d6f04d458fb

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“They go into a rampage.”043cd56f94ffcd8c

“And what about Guides?”556d6116a3150012

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“Why are you bringing Guides into this all of a sudden?”d931164dffcf30d8

“What happens if a Guide doesn’t provide guiding?”4cfe27a773fcfee7

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“That’s…”a7a605508446837a

His question caught me off 715f545419 guard. I’d never thought about ea2ca5407f it before. Espers possessed supernatural abilities but 3e3187f5bc carried the ticking time bomb 8f4b617deb of AD levels. Meanwhile, Guides had 9a13829dbb guiding abilities but 1fa1a8ee79 no apparent restrictions c29949572f or side effects.a64cbe472a9b2e74

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Even low-ranking D-class 891cf63940 civil servants were d6b46fd99f sometimes sent out 3049de4766 for emergency guiding 8e9f85e3c4 missions. Guides often worked 55dd9255f5 themselves to exhaustion, 5e2ef00b78 but there was 5f75796854 never a case cba6fc361a of them suffering 1b243486fd from a lack ffd85e6832 of guiding.1fcdca7b62dd1359

But if Yeo Eundo d78e149c93 was right—if a Guide 517ca6a20b didn’t guide, then what aba302a6be happened to all that 200147dbd6 stored-up power?09ae949ebb0ed02c

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“It would… leak out…”fcdacb2e7069f3b4

I inhaled sharply, 8c7b30e646 startled by my d4556484b0 own realization.733b2cb9b25d1ea2

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I had been regulating my 02beeb3c9e guiding for a long time 828e7230ac to conceal my actual rank. Most of the Espers I 5f4d414dbc had guided were C or 0e1be8a39b D-class.668f3a97181ac0c0

But when I c48d69f560 had poured out 7fff13ba83 all that stored-up 1b32f79f3b guiding into Yeo 54e8c5c0b2 Eundo at once—the 0ad7ffdc01 pleasure I had 1649d283b6 felt in that a53eed3586 moment was still 5832ef3857 fresh in my 3038450b67 mind.7bcc86aa1985ebd0

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So this whole mess 653c507aa2 happened because my guiding 27eb138c7e was overflowing. Because Yeo Eundo was d9a7804db6 the only Esper who 9ea513f282 could fully receive my ae5a090edc guiding.32b38dd48c02736c

And even after giving 5473d123d8 him everything, there was 8c5882d19f still so much excess d78e2c932c that guiding activated just f080ccf3ad from mere contact.640a5d66ce8bc04c

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If this continued, it meant 7d236d51d7 that simply being near someone 1b8e35e0ae could trigger guiding.81af82427c46df2f

I mentally retraced my 1a9d73f6bf steps, recalling all the fe789d2929 Espers I had interacted b368bf6aee with recently. Even the ones I 7ac115315a had only brushed against 217e9caff6 in passing.c7fa2c07081a6883

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Had any of them noticed 6de1b05d2e something unusual about me? The sheer possibility 8b3eca58fe made my pulse a78368e0a3 quicken with urgency.dd62857afd9e3ae0

“Since when? Since when did you know?”13bd7080f8d24279

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“…….”c24b7f59dad18fc6

“Answer me.”0aa9844daef267bc

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“I like violets.”97c2a0948d117f40

His fingertips brushed near my 300d8285e5 eye. He said it just b165bb59ea like he had back 9348ec6ddc in the hospital—when he cc19de8804 told me he remembered d9183badb4 me.e3d537f8f2081c9a

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‘Tch.’f212fbf61edeaec5

I slapped his hand f2643bd840 away and demanded,ac102f49e68627dd

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“You must have figured out my rank already, didn’t you? Was it during the rampage?”02fb3ec912dcd0db

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“Hehe.”b6ce7134b80ae8a1

The guy responded with a 26478179d5 bright smile, his cheeks flushed 6c4fc1cf45 pink.f63c8768724793c6

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No wonder he 5333c3b6ad didn’t believe I ac753426d9 was D-class even b20a4d13b9 after seeing my 0512ea2b0f license. So this was why.751300165a7dbf2c

Feeling dizzy from a64983174a the stress, I 2a594c08d7 covered my face 06e1108a61 with both hands. Thanks to the hospital turning b9c52fe4cb a blind eye, my rank 4bdd463173 hadn’t been exposed, but all c9fca1c9cf this time, I felt like 4889021e5d I’d been played by Yeo 9f5a785b82 Eundo.f61ee671aeb23732

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“Why did you keep pretending not to know?”32dd0d63c2694911

“Because that’s what you wanted.”fd1cfb1bf34ad2a8

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“Even after the imprint?”df818e83cc95ca2a

“I wasn’t in my right mind… But the reverse guiding must have been tough for you, right?”f87df7c0cc065444

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“……”78998974f959ba96

“So this is how it should be.”e6e4e8656da0748e

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With an elated 786a43226f look, he rubbed 00cc193aa9 his head against f5defddd56 my chest like f04ebb3322 a spoiled child. It was as 93fb8bfc58 if he was deacf0b813 physically expressing what 6318e155a5 he always said—asking ef519739af to be pampered—by d2e1a4e1a5 burrowing into my e20e53bdb2 arms.058d3c31bcc32a8e

Every time his soft hair d46fae00da brushed against my skin, the 3c04a0d3f7 urge to pet him crept 8050265d1d up. This desire… it 7cebf3728b must be because 7a70aa3a2a he had imprinted d6d2f9269e on me.475248d1b5b8a689

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I pried him 46e20359d6 off and said,4af3bdb2028bcfb7

“Go wash your face.”ce4f08729d66b159

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After shoving him into 4d115d6b89 the bathroom, I slumped b73541afff onto the sofa. Too many things had 6573b64361 happened at once, and f2e96a6f3a I needed time to 1e7f5bdba2 sort out my thoughts.23949c8af7d19d80

Even though I knew there e6b4b84c5f was nothing I could do b01f05d9d8 about it right now, impatience a91c830ba3 gnawed at me, making me 611861acbe bite my nails. If I took f521e5c1e8 my time and cc1c55473c gathered information, I’d 2642e5e9a1 find a solution. But the anxiety left cd0cbd0402 my mouth dry.757acb11c61a1e2a

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More urgent than the imprint 43d7b1efe7 was the guiding leaking from ae4e916da3 me. Unless I locked e37a34bdd8 myself away on f748bfa5f8 a deserted island, bd77c89c59 avoiding contact with e899e8c875 Espers was impossible. At this rate, it was d8c037ab0f only a matter of time b3cb456a13 before my rank got exposed.7f7ef7d2c88314ff

“…How do I stop the leakage?”e53394275af10282

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“Just empty it all out.”e85c68578bf5c30d

Muttering to myself in frustration, 43df552f8e I suddenly heard a voice. When I looked up, 88dc3c9447 a wet Yeo Eundo 56692580df was standing there, gently 5b62c72537 grabbing my hand that da35fef99f I had been biting.5803c602f717f1aa

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“Pour everything into me.”b8ed0085b2f6513d