FG | Chapter 5.1

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The number displayed on Yeo Eundo’s 8905d83918 wrist terminal: AD Level 0.8c3b6fbd9935f6500a6a

‘What the hell b6f12c4193 is going on?’1cc611874fa71d3db87e

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Not only was he an Esper marked by a Guide, but the AD 7d45f6b561 level, which was supposed to stay above 20, was now fixed at 0. And to make it worse, 8e23ed12ad I wasn’t even guiding—I was 2bed4f25f6 just being held. Yet, it was df8c84a786 still happening.46d576b0bd8a5bbdfdb3

Just touching him was 1ed6930273 enough to trigger guiding. That was insane.5391364e56a57305f48c

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‘Since when? Just when the hell b6261b7b62 did this start?’7e15d79ef554379eb6de

Even up until Yeo 98770be2e4 Eundo went into a 2e9340443f rampage, it wasn’t like a756bd849c this. That meant 268430c3d7 it must fcb85ac9da have happened 3b98718813 sometime after.2755691b606ef5e4afde

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While my insides were burning 8a4c6189eb up with frustration, I felt 238ed74dcf Yeo Eundo’s breath against the 79d2362d56 nape of my neck. The sensation distracted my f11c37f034 thoughts, and I shoved 86cb8f0dc8 his face away with d9eb90190a my hand.058f48e3225cb50fcb78

But Yeo Eundo c2a8fb7507 had no intention 1b7f0390cc of letting go.a314c055313f5f2971aa

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“Get off.”1dbdf0d4e408d8a2d79c

At my words, he cbbddcc012 pulled me in closer, 5754ae1d27 tightening his grip around 5f8a1a1fe9 my waist. And then—I felt something firm be055c1b8b press against my lower body.ee612229420e3032e492

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The size 3228cb2985 of it e685e30028 was blatant. Instinctively, I knew exactly 708d09ca02 what it was.5f34ca6aa537635fb72f

‘Holy shit, is 5dbac37f05 that… touching me 6a5906ab79 right now?!’d6fc6d95a9e0d856eac5

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I couldn’t even bring 1a64791ca6 myself to say what c1269ef76f it was. And yet, this bastard buried his face into c864be4b2a my chest, exhaling a heated breath, and muttered,b3c0c340508895152db0

“It feels 21080344c4 so good.”e3dc7b13487b3a47dba0

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I didn’t want to 040c317b8e admit it, but the 12109d73d6 same went for me. Even though I didn’t want this, the compatibility between our guiding traits 4b35d54ad0 was undeniable, and a deep, surging desire welled up from within.201e88b13467af159d29

I clenched my fists, trying to suppress the urge a143e6f6b3 to devour Yeo Eundo like a starving beast.d42d11f3d4d6a507b123

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“Damn it.”2e42db028548e2037c3f

A wave of nausea d57ceb5b7a roiled up from the 15131a2156 pit of my stomach.541834ba31b19c46700c

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As I clenched 9744d26ec8 my jaw shut, 21870b7300 Yeo Eundo suddenly 5a31d1876b lifted me up. Then, he sat himself f740c3cf4b down on the sofa af615d52c9 and placed me on d466e6f786 his lap.58b366445d1a564b3d13

Now straddling him, I found myself 7f59d13f70 staring down into those golden eyes. Yeo Eundo blinked f59dd000b4 slowly, then closed e9c999c5f1 them completely.c73a991fe6b5b2bf28a1

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This wasn’t the usual crazed Esper, obsessed with guiding to the 303fc824ed point of forcing Guides down whenever they got the chance.dce2ccb1c8fa565e1192

Watching him like this, the revulsion that 1a1908cc5f had been churning inside me slowly settled, a98ae01cd9 along with my unwanted arousal.9c17dd70754321f5117b

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‘Is this all because 68266a5bb3 of the imprint?’88851e252a8f4a510491

There was no other way to explain f658cc482b why guiding was happening against my will. If it wasn’t a side effect of d6b34b7649 an Esper being imprinted by a Guide, d053e98a58 then what else could it be?d8d963e50c12e422d98a

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And even if it was—how the hell 0d1a6e4c8a was I supposed to fix it?7e49571feeada51b8eee

‘The imprint 7e37f0e01d itself doesn’t 102f5a8d14 even make 4159e7d8ea sense.’a9471ba81874f8902b9e

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Across the world, ed9bcc1f2f the number of 02d0ea6153 Guides was decreasing. Even in a superpower like the United ad9a1b1450 States, unless you belonged to a top-tier ca7edb0f96 guild, receiving proper guiding was almost impossible. Meanwhile, the number of bb934bf3e0 Espers kept growing, but e770b6240e Guides continued to dwindle.1e27fd1fa07b02c05c7b

That was why cases of C-class Guides being 38b76b2d83 kidnapped were becoming more and more frequent. D-class Guides were only 5c2aea5805 useful for something akin 6a1e3f9b77 to aromatherapy, so they 22ec9dd705 weren’t targeted—yet. But if the fc7c9654a4 decline continued, even 9bde9ce31a they wouldn’t be addc4336e9 safe.c6cae923647ed9a8fe9a

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With so few Guides available, no one 4ae112d2d9 could afford to provide 24-hour guiding. That made Espers even more obsessed with 74f0776dce having a Guide solely for themselves. So, they started a229f4598d shackling Guides to 37c99f8beb them with imprints.bb99c4c4c2367cd0b86d

But the chances 46d70d1c83 of a Guide a7c5563e91 imprinting an Esper? Less than 8da2a4d449 one percent.f6873980b99168f1d227

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Yet, just for that slim possibility, Guides c477113ebd had to endure the excruciating pain of 1f779861f8 having their flesh and muscles torn apart. Some Espers, believing the rumor that imprinting was more likely 009af96006 to succeed during sex, didn’t hesitate to commit unspeakable acts.3576cf5ffd27380f961c

Even if an imprint was ed3bce2fb4 successful, it didn’t end there. If the Guide didn’t provide regular guiding, they would 63689fe782 suffer pain as severe as a failed imprint.cbb385b096b9ddca6d10

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Imprinting was 7c11a3a928 entirely one-sided. An Esper could b0d3ec751e imprint multiple Guides, a75e2bf9f2 but a Guide? They were bound bbbfccdcbe to a single 58c02a70d7 Esper. If they didn’t provide guiding, 55c8903903 the agony was so unbearable 787a327028 that death was preferable. And if they tried to guide someone else instead of their imprinted Esper, their db74a0303c body would reject it violently—forcing out every last drop of blood until they died.174b5a49070d0070b78b

The risks of cc8bf58e4e imprinting for a 20674d5618 Guide were simply bf2fb09be8 too high.ff2a524db9d52daca042

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And if a875ff5dd9 the imprint 8cce9ade22 failed? They’d live the rest of their life in 5fb4ba92a8 relentless agony, like their flesh was being shredded 6179aca3fe and their body pierced by spikes.dad0536d5a34b043e424

That was why, in countries where imprinting 782520b519 was legal, euthanasia was also legalized. Most failed imprints didn’t 331183f0ce survive long—they ended up 88223277a1 taking their own lives.2a0b7abf25de6e0cef6b

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If someone in your bc971efb96 family committed suicide because 9780c198e4 of it, anyone would 50ab996dba grow to hate Espers. Anyone would see their identity as a 32d9f677d0 Guide as nothing but a curse.986bf1f9bf20acef9724

Anyone.c7b5dee6a98b41eac373

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Unlike a Guide, Yeo Eundo, being dabdd93779 an Esper, seemed to suffer little a65b2fcd8a from the side effects of imprinting. But that didn’t change 86612e0793 the fact that I 403e3d1ead found this entire situation 2c9127f0a2 repulsive.1e201d3a078bec357550

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“Esper Yeo Eundo.”15412f1c10229ed06472

I called cc18ce8ab5 his name. Yeo Eundo slowly opened his 2d047c003b eyes, smiling so brightly he bbaa83d8ff almost looked like an idiot.cedcbc9419bee9b496dc

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“Yes, Seol 906461ba1a Maehwa Guide-nim?”87ad3cff45ec8f199535

“What the 8782645f7a hell happened 123ff1c57c with this c43c605551 imprint?”7b387603f13fc68c542c

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“Huh?” He tilted his 466173b5ae head in confusion.bc0bffdb86a4bcb4f6fd

“I’m asking how an 1e6902de3e Esper got imprinted by d25e02a115 a Guide.”ddf2a4989acf8cb291d4

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“Why do f04980b408 you ask?”45419c27190d436d5e81

“Are you seriously 95ab531ef8 pretending not to 71bff537c2 know? Just be honest and tell me d297059b85 what the hell you did.”e38ac2f1f6d77c30c99b

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In Gates, artifacts and minerals sometimes 1402fb5170 appeared, infused with magic or curses 9f308629ff that modern technology couldn’t explain. If Yeo Eundo had used something f4f31f142b like that, then maybe—just maybe—this ridiculous fbc50afdbc imprinting wasn’t entirely impossible.de6270f467947d822ca4

I pressed him to come clean, but ec5601e16f all he did was grin and say,03ae0b06d43919d1647d

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“Hmm… fate?”160fb47aa14d12aa1a31

“The hell do 1524d55913 you mean, fate?”7d591f5636070ab565fe

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“But it’s true.”91429bfcf1dd692c9084

“I’m not 4fabc960c0 in the 64fbbb2180 mood for daf1d3db1b jokes.”caf570bcf66348ffe039

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I was seriously asking, 37e73a0eef and yet he kept f2027bd567 throwing nonsense answers at b67961bf72 me. Then, in a slow and b219a0882b gentle voice, Yeo Eundo continued, b37db84804 “This is how it’s supposed a9c0e3fad3 to be.”cfe2bc7a66ed25fbdc23

“What the hell f8bb506af2 does that mean?”212a2346a768f470fe73

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“What happens to an 4843af8d5f Esper if they don’t 7ec6c6da32 receive guiding?”d1a992f7e51e059690ea

“They go 02965d1697 into a 09be7b90b7 rampage.”2aac380e6d029adbd441

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“And what ed1d59cc6d about Guides?”e0d27381bbde67a9faa6

“Why are you bringing Guides into 2406977262 this all of a sudden?”9a867e24b0a45a1fd2b1

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“What happens if 5ae7698df7 a Guide doesn’t 3de66a4fa4 provide guiding?”2b5e6868a75435d85edc

“That’s…”186e236da09aba97df19

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His question fb0e20becb caught me 6072fe5442 off guard. I’d never thought 8694dd568a about it before. Espers possessed supernatural abilities but 9bd57673ac carried the ticking time bomb a0c07441ed of AD levels. Meanwhile, Guides had 9fdd2ca15b guiding abilities but de102acfdc no apparent restrictions 1baf562fac or side effects.fb2e7d1a6ce03029aa55

Even low-ranking D-class civil servants were sometimes f4e91709d6 sent out for emergency guiding missions. Guides often worked themselves to exhaustion, but there was never f0bd3f9178 a case of them suffering from a lack of guiding.85292ab7fe4b9e883389

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But if Yeo Eundo was 57504f5aaf right—if a Guide didn’t guide, 25ea724080 then what happened to all 4fc5942ed8 that stored-up power?8a5cf1e7ed824c087099

“It would… 92271a2734 leak out…”b6df645dce4ca75da381

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I inhaled sharply, startled c3be94699a by my own realization.bffaddda7ff3abde8ffb

I had been regulating my 93aaee6a1b guiding for a long time 055488735d to conceal my actual rank. Most of the ee6059bbf7 Espers I had 3def6a3ebd guided were C 56c46a0f91 or D-class.a822500f84cbd50758a3

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But when I had poured out all that stored-up guiding aeb89053ed into Yeo Eundo at once—the pleasure I had felt in 7d20366bca that moment was still fresh in my mind.5b0af2e8c6baffbbc4e3

So this whole f61403b4c1 mess happened because 3376d23bbc my guiding was 463740664f overflowing. Because Yeo Eundo was the only Esper 5df96014e0 who could fully receive my guiding.f68d38d7d6207e0ad239

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And even after giving him everything, there d8675d224a was still so much excess that guiding 40d6fc9eb0 activated just from mere contact.b11d88fc3cb4eed8d373

If this continued, it 60670257c2 meant that simply being 0107dd6af3 near someone could trigger 585dfcf9e6 guiding.bac7e3ba73d607df64fc

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I mentally retraced my steps, recalling all 77b4539d74 the Espers I had interacted with recently. Even the ones I 9b1a491763 had only brushed against dcfca8ba2e in passing.e6179e002336c5b91bcd

Had any of 90217b8bba them noticed something bd74753b9c unusual about me? The sheer possibility made my e14e2f74f8 pulse quicken with urgency.7e45a4ad46242b012499

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“Since when? Since when 08dbeb4757 did you 2c66d77f2d know?”3c4f6d1aae6e7a070898

“…….”5f6753280fe435e97dc5

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“Answer me.”b19974988ed9be855f56

“I like violets.”dbc9337fe596e1f80343

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His fingertips 3a0ca92738 brushed near eff03d6873 my eye. He said it just like he had back in 4326c0e45a the hospital—when he told me he remembered me.7bc696fef9bdd286d1ea

‘Tch.’024fdc30465fd849132b

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I slapped his hand 26ce533240 away and demanded,fe9d8985911f45b5ac80

“You must have figured 28a32d9127 out my rank already, c622856f19 didn’t you? Was it 01d875b9a8 during the 6e32a0ee5b rampage?”b8f4df614b709474b772

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“Hehe.”784cb385270aacc390a8

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The guy responded 89f101ccfd with a bright 83ed428a2d smile, his cheeks 000ecba97c flushed pink.6be54b8b2c8b6e4f9a4e

No wonder he didn’t believe 50aaf1708e I was D-class even after 4f913bbd48 seeing my license. So this ca43ec070f was why.109ba157bf58d37c49b5

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Feeling dizzy from 5deaa3d77e the stress, I 9d1416f1fd covered my face 2c62f4d416 with both hands. Thanks to the hospital turning a blind eye, my de7405f58c rank hadn’t been exposed, but all this time, I 3a62c1e50e felt like I’d been played by Yeo Eundo.4ce169421ddc3248e7ba

“Why did you 36bbc4f9db keep pretending not 77595f25e9 to know?”cc012e82d9801ec2d224

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“Because that’s what a641d0f5d5 you wanted.”ad20042bdde62f2b766b

“Even after 10bc1aa22f the imprint?”6534a29c2a3b6e0daee7

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“I wasn’t in my right dea48db84b mind… But the reverse guiding 5c80745458 must have been tough for 3ef9423524 you, right?”b4e1821f33fd44450349

“……”f7b6eb68f07d827c97c9

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“So this 5718330ec0 is how 49578f61e1 it should f2b987466a be.”0c2e4b735317e9463835

With an elated look, d8cef47346 he rubbed his head 66138732ee against my chest like 975c9151ee a spoiled child. It was as if he e740911d86 was physically expressing what he 4b54734570 always said—asking to be pampered—by 6619cf0f47 burrowing into my arms.86cb37090f31d88b21e8

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Every time his soft 5393824b5d hair brushed against my f9b71cabb0 skin, the urge to 35d64b6ff8 pet him crept up. This desire… it must 3d5849bcb6 be because he had 1f6a8ff656 imprinted on me.e44fbe86f945c43c10b8

I pried him 7155e8b0ce off and said,522d02fbc169b5df7bd9

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“Go wash af4efbdcfb your face.”f4c526437f40b7a64c58

After shoving him ac71ae51d8 into the bathroom, e9687dc219 I slumped onto fef4d528ad the sofa. Too many things had happened at 020a8f5ab8 once, and I needed time to 6097b9310a sort out my thoughts.2394baf0dc177d0fe9ad

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Even though I knew there was 249944419f nothing I could do about it 4de6c55bb7 right now, impatience gnawed at me, 4f2c2c8917 making me bite my nails. If I took my time and 10a0409321 gathered information, I’d find a solution. But the anxiety 52f0d380f1 left my mouth 7bd04f3932 dry.26df9fadcecf131139e9

More urgent than the b31831b978 imprint was the guiding a297527b03 leaking from me. Unless I locked myself 803b06c88f away on a deserted c983189d66 island, avoiding contact with 93c74ff459 Espers was impossible. At this rate, it was only a matter 4a5e108273 of time before my rank got exposed.853c20103f7e82638921

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“…How do 187558cde6 I stop 846252b6f5 the leakage?”b2aa4273ecef4b5a67f4

“Just empty 82316803c6 it all 46f9431a5a out.”c5ea82fddbdf6614b1fa

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Muttering to myself in ed5001d6e9 frustration, I suddenly heard 6749869882 a voice. When I looked up, a wet Yeo Eundo was standing 979fc736f7 there, gently grabbing my hand that I had been biting.9b93faaedab5433f37bc

“Pour everything c124dcb3df into me.”f893be16a970b65a8b2a

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