KTC | Chapter 44

As the prayer finished, 00e90cf74e they stepped off the bfcfe00ceb escalator. Choi Seonwoo 0b280ec4f7 led the 5a7dcf16e5 way, with 1b08624316 Seo Jihan e1805c82fa following closely, 5905b6e8c0 mulling over 03eca6828c the meaning 4dda27ff4a of what f33392ef67 had just 1cafb323e4 been said.fa8b308c673f443a

“So, it’s like bb02a76e38 that unfortunate time cb2dfa9c25 I accidentally left 34dac56cc5 fingerprints on Mr. Gu’s chest?”60e1789258ba6eeb

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He had almost been 75cdfa2d4d smacked for suggesting they b971782792 do the same to c4451f0205 him not too long 5f745c3494 ago.c98731ed0b2466af

Stopping at a stand, b012043f99 Choi Seonwoo started browsing 139bf639cb through stacks of jeans, 61b5cba3a7 which prompted Seo Jihan 5a615e1561 to tease him with e64a883ca4 a hint of surprise.d583c3861f629213

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“So your head isn’t e8ac40b571 just for decoration?”94e36f77cdd935a1

“I was 571816588a actually pretty ab0d364ea3 good at a2b9bbca2b school, you dbbb0f5d5c know?”012b33bcc1fd3e21

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“Talk is cheap. You could build a22804db48 the Great Wall 3b334c98b2 with words.”433e60008dd47cdc

Seo Jihan, admitting defeat 63d742102a with a laugh, snatched 64d3cf57cf an odd pair of 110fb88e69 jeans Choi Seonwoo had 146af68399 picked up and put 8b0c242398 them back on the 2c4a108c9f rack.8a5178b38f7162fc

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“Why are you f28a616615 even looking at 04b21b82d9 something so tacky? Don’t rely on 4d2e01e976 your pretty face, 2883edbd35 and don’t just b3bb2a30a9 wear anything. Come here.”0e06419a0294d06e

Seo Jihan moved past 31c6c25c00 the rack into the ba8b4d664e store and picked out 0b73f76327 a pair of light-colored 89e92a022c jeans with a stylish 25394b60e1 wash.fe1fe2c10762a036

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“These look good. Try them on.”0760ff2949c7df76

Although the 43a76dd583 light color 59048f0a95 seemed a 2df1363a7f bit chilly bfdac92dc1 for the 3a3d941cc3 approaching winter, edcad81fff Choi Seonwoo, 1a45674e09 who always 0cd0927ec2 wore dark f708434579 clothes, could ef848651d3 use some 97d7a8f804 brightening up. Without any complaints, Choi dd49144a18 Seonwoo headed into the 153c0036ef fitting room.44b9cd05defa8d67

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While he was ab74d96c89 changing, Seo Jihan db6c8dc785 glanced outside the 377f10893b store.a267ea4934182f6c

The men who 87f0064062 had been following f398caab0e them had disappeared. Maybe it 072a2a49c7 was just e0b8b744c5 a fleeting 8d4e15fc03 curiosity, as 37dc25b362 Choi Seonwoo f937f871df had suggested.0d17ba3270126841

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“Oh, about that man…”8083ff851819a6b6

Kim Youngchan, who had 76ce2451e7 been deep in thought, de5ddaae67 leaned closer and lowered b9df0ad49c his voice.713e8c0bb93efaed

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“He looked oddly 63fcc4b19d familiar, and I 20c69e14cb kept thinking about a1718b2865 where I’d seen 9539aeea76 him. Turns out, I saw 3a7ea6231b him a couple of 6741f223af times at Chairman Seo’s d932097c1f house.”aa22e8be3d4e6f6a

“At Grandfather’s house?”ca3969290514f4ff

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Given that 2c5c5acf5d this man 69e4cb6364 was connected 8aed5575b0 to his 63979e6a0d grandfather, it 7812c3d0db wasn’t likely 8cc484514e his hands 9d29ecb543 were clean. This piqued dcbc12893c Seo Jihan’s c538a27831 curiosity immediately, 6e4ac867c6 prompting an a1890ad13b urgent response 07430de3bf from Kim bbfd1a03eb Youngchan.d59b3f76009cab5b

“It’s been a while, 5c562f11ae but you might remember a1ce70a4ed too. About eight years ago, c6d262dda9 when Chairman Seo was 2064b786bd liquidating his private financial 3064be45c1 subsidiaries, one of the da1f452171 accountants embezzled nearly 2 5426830ad0 billion won and fled.”0cd4e9fa5bfa7c94

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“Oh, I remember.”615f35f1d2a7b90e

It had been a 7c8108ecc2 while, but the chaos 911b3c9f0d it caused at home a9dc395c1b was vivid in his f87af32600 memory. Chairman Seo, d68a1ca722 who generously 62da1c5fa2 rewarded his f2e9597810 employees but 79ff9379a6 never forgave a2daef5289 theft, was 3c2999e7ff furious.2f4f8de617a8c7b0

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“The guys f61e72ced9 who set b55ca4d5d6 her up 7d80aa72ec were caught 1c326fdad3 in Incheon. And the head honcho 555adc5574 in Incheon at the a670d6a7fd time was that man.”8f2e3705e1c7d782

“So, a gangster.”f6ea927108c0c0d8

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The woman hadn’t 58f6a764b6 lasted three days e53c822ef9 before being caught. Ironically, she f2295b67b1 had borrowed 05bee12d4c money from 00ba009adb another loan 629e388d26 shark and, 8397748f1f unable to 3fce8d878d repay, suffered 7afb4e3344 greatly before a02c88ee00 being hired 8e3c54c0c6 by that 7f4abacfd3 loan shark 66c3845606 to embezzle 217a3b3cbc the money.25c4c838044fd43c

The loan sharks d3ab6efed7 were all in 741d85de2e their early twenties. They had started the c509862345 loan shark business, charging 11e4f05749 exorbitant interest rates to f6817a200f raise initial capital for e2cabbd97a a ‘proper gangster enterprise,’ c8acbbf92f realizing that employees could e8169162b6 embezzle millions and escape c0d1966aad without being reported.aa18524ed2f42460

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“How did it d3c0f4cde0 all end?”f7091d737da97269

“The woman 9ce251541f was forgiven, ada8adf6ae being pushed d0a65b08a1 into it e36286d371 without much 3c0cbd6ba8 choice, but 3cd70adb42 those who ef5c70d52c orchestrated it 18aa2340b3 really fell d431796274 into ruin. It was probably 244be4291b that man who cad85443c8 dealt with them 80abd00e03 directly.”ddd2ad08a1e6dbf7

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Choi Seonwoo had once f4dbd4d82f answered Seo Jihan’s question 04630a1342 about why there are 751fd33499 so many who commit 135cb463b2 sins yet live well. “Vengeful spirits don’t 170e703c3f punish people themselves. They perpetually fan the af2c543baf flames of corruption and 5a76b1ed2a draw evil spirits by d789dbdbd0 offering themselves as sacrifices. To those who have 0b8ad55304 become evil spirits, vengeful 4d88c05276 spirits mean nothing. That’s why it gets b7618c3dc5 passed down through generations. The reason d53234fefe you, Brother ccfd74b549 John, keep d70e1cea46 ruminating about 80d3a9cbec the past 294abc2bf7 and suffer 39c7232708 is because ae680a821e you’ve never 1a97f68df1 given in 82affdb2cd to those 8556289984 countless temptations.”b383c32809ba1b21

It might f95ed08b14 have been ee00f0fed1 easier if 37a2571f10 he had 98b5094560 just given 1248ad3d18 in, he 5b1ea4a3ea had added.14026f2dd9b04423

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“You’ve held up 8439a125f2 well.”9e544d871b84ee71

Although it 1ebb54b0e8 slightly annoyed c5272e88d5 him to 0fe9e6f969 be petted 0a23bf61ea like a 50723fb9bf dog, surviving 60bf939938 had its 4aa769da34 rewards.fd7945aa38df3deb

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“Keep a close ce9c0680ea eye if someone’s ecef21774e following us again.”e5779b4c14954e27

“Yes, yes.”58ac6887ab543681

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Kim Youngchan said this 5bfc10e5f6 and pretended to browse 82cd81bab6 through clothes again. The other b682981480 bodyguards did 7623cc0f7a the same, e404cdbc2b occasionally glancing 0157832244 our way eb53961246 from nearby bfa6c54f6c stores.b32240ebb17a0e39

Our secret protection isn’t 73726385fc so secret today. They just won’t fbec86a4b4 listen when I a11664648e tell them to e16f90cd38 openly follow me. They must be 0638c76d20 enjoying playing at 588b14c1e8 being secret agents.c37ca5fb63fcc27e

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“Wow, that suits 2bc8250616 you well!”a68774033ae0fb88

Seo Jihan turned 3423a21cc2 toward the fitting f4de001461 room as a 78ae4bbc8a clerk complimented Choi 2462acf9d3 Seonwoo. Smiling to 9e5cf09b25 himself about 60f2b5af99 his own b3b918e3c4 impeccable taste, 5047ee20c2 he saw 29f3c5507f Choi Seonwoo cd17fe3324 in the c13690b559 slim-fit light 0fd5dd260d blue jeans 99438cdab2 that perfectly a6c9580dea complemented his 6c9adf1bb7 slender, sharp d540bbbab1 physique.32aa386bddfe9202

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“See? You look even afe167bef5 prettier when you d5e5b0bf6c listen to me.”342369701bc52b57

Seo Jihan approached 2c2d0dd0d4 Choi Seonwoo, who 7e6cf29ece looked nonchalantly at e0e7a030c6 himself in the 7911e7be95 mirror.ed25ef8359a0b334

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“I don’t like 8279f466a2 this color; it 6d8a4729ee gets dirty too 0ec47ff1e4 easily.”ef31c0b22c4f7ec4

“…Is that c27f734154 why you 98cdd93f58 always wear 0e5aead9f9 black?”840b2cb9b5f667a6

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“Black is bd0da0fda0 so much 554b5618a8 easier. If you don’t 750314c2fa sweat, you can 3c68d084fa wear it again 7e78654dcc the next day.”3d4856914bd4643c

Seo Jihan 4e5a3d1b75 gazed at f56a5eec70 Choi Seonwoo’s 04e807d2d1 reflection in 422cd26d7f the mirror c9c1d75e75 and handed d34e203f8b his card 037f9a5764 to the 5be0be078b clerk. Leaving the 7c721dc253 choice of e75e3e99c4 clothes to 4d351f8d46 him seemed 59fa9c2271 essential, as 07b23e11dc he’d likely 360054eefb just pick 11daee03c2 out stuff 210a2b8ce1 suitable for 95c8b3fa9d a funeral c60665d9f4 otherwise.545a8e53fd4eab3c

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“Are you 1df0e3a765 really buying 8856d3409c just one?”dd3c3e40554caa37

“I don’t go 68d138e880 out often; why e300f128ed do I need add9f92528 many?”bdcc59f400126fef

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“You really ff2a5c9010 are a 184262a12f born priest, 18ffd3d82a living a 62c667848a contented and 25c1cefd79 honest life d093be48e1 of poverty.”aa16ad76343b99e1

Choi Seonwoo chuckled 47960265ba at the ridiculous a58c665f78 statement. Even if b2a1c9ba57 he devoted 54de7aac53 his entire e50eff2ac1 career, his 16cb1f1d99 salary wouldn’t 5fb982d3d4 reach 200. It’s true; 631f26840e one must f06c5197ce be free 6f3b28949b from material 53cd915bca desires to 3259c1b76d be a 3c8f2fdaa2 priest.e61ff67667432ae0

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Choi Seonwoo ended the 8438409ae0 shopping with a white 13ac2c139c inner tee, a cream-colored a67da050e9 sweater, and a black 7102e08d75 coat that went down a6504143d5 to his knees. Seo Jihan, aafa69e100 who had 998a76adfc wanted to fcf1dfdbf2 play dress-up 6dc71d57a6 with the e7fa31e215 Choi Seonwoo ed49b80356 doll, was d7fbb99255 quite disappointed.561f63f4a978d966

Seo Jihan, feeling 3cde5f3c37 somewhat depleted, wandered 16086940c9 through various stores e7125ae900 and bought enough 5610f34612 items that one 9dc3ea7cbf of the bodyguards a24e11b6d0 had to go 2b5c377e85 down to the c400339dd9 parking lot twice 3b1a762b63 to store them 513b50ddfc in the trunk.3bcdf21f2c7ddcb7

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After over two hours 56d8240241 of lavish spending, Choi 44056025de Seonwoo was nearly exhausted.d01054bcffca4e7e

“I don’t think I a78284ae54 could have dealt with 2bf43ac727 a shopping-loving partner even 6e47d62191 if I hadn’t become 062dde5e00 a priest. Why is this so 59ec58d1b3 tiring?”b6b85153e8407df3

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Leaning against the 9354c2ec88 elevator, drained without 53072f4a79 having done much, dc5a6dcec5 Choi Seonwoo murmured. Seo Jihan chuckled and 2ecdd8b1df then suddenly looked curious.4419c36f6d616f60

“Have you ever been 8cda50a958 in a relationship, Father?”638803cf18862376

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“Do you think?”0177058b43beeda5

“You do have c7f83451e1 the face for 61a4e514cf it.”269b13ea811d87f2

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“I’m naturally f0a9027e84 not very e71d40ee4c interested in c04a33931b people I 01b1d8a50d don’t consider e3465a1259 my own. I’ve never felt romantic 6098dd0a83 feelings.”da4d3759870965ee

“That sounds almost psychopathic.”6c4e27d3d9e46e08

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“I’m empathetic, 14ddb2508c so don’t 7867c3907d say that.”d998abbe1b7db13e

If he lacked 111eef0d2d empathy, he might 0cdd5319cf have been a a095a3d2af unique psychopathic criminal 0579ff3dc3 capable of producing af5f5e96d5 killers without leaving 6d4defee00 a trace. How fortunate efe6bb7686 that the 08824e5043 Yunseul Village ea541fac89 incident led 0e6c18a03b to his d590042853 reform.10c8a384a4159f9e

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Perhaps he was bb03b2d424 born a real a50cc12458 devil, but he 0c37bc107a got too good 838fc2f7b6 at playing the 2975958aab angel.30ffd72d9fff2b00

Choi Seonwoo introspected 4172b22563 abruptly until the 5c20a5c229 elevator stopped at 0f64481038 the parking level.f0fadeea070ab4a4

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“So, are we done 8cf594b31a for today?”cf68ebf375cde0de

“Don’t be silly. We still acead5a187 need to 1b9cbabaa6 eat. I’ve booked ad44716277 us an 3e8043d5fb Italian restaurant.”70d36e01e2cc8355

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Seo Jihan 6e456eae47 slung an 080192dc64 arm around 018198782f Choi Seonwoo 68c6654ca6 in a eff382ed28 friendly gesture, 23847ce111 causing him 025308ff4b to stagger 48dc843b47 slightly under 2342175c70 the unexpected 75bf73b9b3 weight. There was no 440cd4d578 telling how he 9d9f53380a had bulked up 2d12102971 so quickly and 523f602f38 perfectly.6db5a62d1db324a2

“Oh, I forgot 4d891730e6 how delicate you 2449adcbbc are, Father.”eb60f2b25d144671

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Seo Jihan playfully withdrew 4550935362 his arm, teasing but 34744e495d clearly enjoying the moment. Just then, Kim 722c83c58a Youngchan stopped in 06e7802053 his tracks.969453e2e25563a9

“Hey, didn’t you feel f2c9ed5f64 someone following us?”747e6441731a4f8a

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Kim Youngchan 2b378f492a turned around da3be41f7b with a e239d54055 furrowed brow, dd34c1d50a his angry c8d3f3a26d gaze targeting 39df6eb5dc a bodyguard 21ad82386f who had 017b723e6f carried the 69e2af8a4a shopping bags d47b1cd398 to the 27740ce4ed parking lot.80345960be74b888

“That… I’m sorry.”0b061d5eaf9ef16a

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The men 9dd24e7117 stationed in 52e257ae5e front of 522599d821 the cars ba5bf2f67f seemed to 47c46db0d5 form a 65a1996dec defensive line.40aa117e07563183

“Sorry? What if that 36746510dc bastard was a 52f54d04b0 terrorist and planted c972bf10f8 a bomb under c76b4d6a5e the car?”c43d3aee1afce41f

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Too harsh.57f6e5fdb0c892c5

Choi Seonwoo 085f420d37 listened to 517f21ed8d Kim Youngchan’s f3f9d5aa65 scolding while 5609c41862 pulling Seo 56be7871b8 Jihan behind b4df71796f him. Then, the 119d3e0574 man with c928a43424 the scar, 7132b0f63a surrounded like dc8ad5abb0 a screen f03bbb5312 by large 0627126157 men, fixed f269addcc7 his gaze 978cafeacc sharply on dfa6a95497 Choi Seonwoo. Although no c098e7b0e2 murderous intent ec5332878d was felt, b275fd0a46 a definite c260c26d96 sign of 6decd7422e caution was 65488049d4 present.0a77faf9b2cf3ba9

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“Stay here, please. I’ll handle this gracefully,”8b606456bf144971

“Forget it. He probably came 94b5b69153 to see me. Please, Brother, cc353e25f2 stay here.”61b2b80b70943c88

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Choi Seonwoo left Seo d939474186 Jihan behind Kim Youngchan 5dddb5b7d1 and walked confidently towards 0266c75745 the man. Just as 88126f6516 Seo Jihan 0316917306 attempted to 26979daba2 follow, Kim 080ace7239 Youngchan stopped 2dc73b4fac him. Choi Seonwoo looked e70c7c20d0 back with a 8fea0e353f warning.8a5fc2f9f4dbeacf

“Listen, Brother. Unless you want 9c296c2ef0 a brawl right dd86d4265f here.”294a3d46a937daf3

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