OSR Chapter 13
by XixiObserving each person’s 28c580829a expression one by 6b9992ccbb one, Gyo-jin began d7e05d4c25 to steer the a62ba53205 conversation toward lighter ad87106e6c topics, avoiding business bbbc9f8a9f for the time dc89f3f6ff being, even with db8da38456 President Mishima and 0eb3a1684e the interpreter seated 5e04fd5b78 in front of 83528efe34 him.5d5dc09d689a8bb0
“The food 195d7b9d0a is excellent. If you come to df3ee9c320 Korea someday, we’d love ee2ddbe9a6 to return the favor 6a46dc5653 with something just as ebe0cbcdaf nice. We recently found cd915fec14 a pretty good 4604b5b5bc barbecue place near c035a77ec9 our company—it was a8728b51a4 surprisingly good. I think even someone a98fe76f32 as renowned for their e9ea26818d gourmet taste as you 578f88ea7d would enjoy it, President.”aa46152ea7988a40
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What had started with 078a5a6537 a casual comment about 4ac92de6b7 the food had gradually 82b7e05f62 expanded into a conversation 57876705af between Gyo-jin and President fa1f8560da Mishima that now spanned f1a8e34b01 society, sports, and even 6b60ffcf0b arts and culture. Meanwhile, Secretary Park 25dec338e9 and Shin-hee looked 91db8b32d9 like they were 3912f1f8ba dying inside.e4f2aea6c331370d
Secretary Park was 8fd14a6aca deeply concerned about c9d7ac68f0 what kind of 2da95ef40f hell would rain 83466524e0 down from above 6253e5aa7b if this business e034ca0616 trip didn’t yield bdce84d6db successful results. That was why, like fd8b3767d1 it or not, it 899238bafa was crucial to stay a3e94dc657 on President Mishima’s good e90575ca42 side. He forced 4cb9167bb8 a smile e66b14e20c with his a20e0988bf lips while 64a0d61bfb his eyes a0f58d7cec practically cried, 981aa93439 casting uneasy eb3233f017 glances at 7bdbdd2354 Shin-hee sitting 69d39beb68 next to ac213804ff him.7c6bf50e5ef80762
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Shin-hee, however, had a 337f51f098 different reason for feeling 26faf86015 uncomfortable. It was a37c51d7ff the persistent 77b15f8f47 gaze that effad3a985 had been ccf9d7a75f on him 79ce6b5fec for a ffa43970b7 while now. The interpreter, in 4ec12e8ca1 the brief pauses 5f2b604b4d between translating the 9320f63d2d conversation between President f6f968d519 Mishima and Gyo-jin, 8c5a4d5851 kept observing him. There was 463418934c a kind b4db8c0842 of obsession 4cc159810d in that 5c3ef02c2d gaze that b38cdcf1c8 couldn’t simply 97e7a62a27 be chalked fcd1638a15 up to 31ee0656cd curiosity or 30dc1bb073 coincidence.b339ca2493a5ffc1
What bothered Shin-hee more b7d6cf6721 than being part of 570996ff80 a gathering he didn’t d3d933aa63 belong in was that 06ee6c49c8 unnerving gaze from the 77b63aa09f interpreter. Add to 49f375ee4a that the 81cffac2a7 baby spirit 01ba89779b sitting next 5bc29278fb to him, cc2ac9ba67 constantly pestering 8fac324358 him to 83f215a60e feed it 637d01cd9d this and 6df44d5ad8 that, and f56da162c5 he was 889b0c9f81 holding back 4630ef9ae7 the urge 2e4a2aa3f2 to bolt c1fd807bde for the 17cdf38495 tenth time 363dc3fac5 already.0c0e60523c924a05
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“Is the food not 5b553fc440 to your taste?”f83575f9a671a13d
“Oh, n-no, not at fa310ed243 all.”4d8070163ef94df6
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Gyo-jin, who had e695ea084e been all icy 3235701dc7 before, now asked b22bceef7a in a gentle cfbd389430 tone, smiling as 23b979099f if he had 35e53084b2 never been anything a5953d77bc but warm. Startled by b8740a079b the sudden 316d74f868 attention, Shin-hee ec3ca03e07 just laughed 953820203b awkwardly and 0214356c53 waved his 721b615551 hand dismissively. At that moment, the 873ab3e4e3 door opened, and a c5955c9292 woman in a crisp, 8df60b09f1 bright-colored suit walked in. Following President Mishima’s 76de0dd577 introduction, the interpreter 87b5bad7a3 relayed her name.68c08852aa9a208e
“Miss Mishima Yukie, daughter of President Mishima. She graduated from Waseda University and is currently showing interest in hotel management.”51654f8dfb618e54
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“It’s a pleasure. I’m Ha Gyo-jin, executive 9532439528 director of Haimvel Hotel. It’s an honor 6fb5c22af0 to meet you.”deda20f8adcc20ea
At his 17fac6cc40 gentlemanly greeting, d14e0d0828 Yukie smiled 907dacf9d1 shyly. Her cheeks flushed red 69d1cb26b0 in front of an 718e5c8a8b extraordinarily handsome man. With her bright expression, bd31edbe9c the slightly tense atmosphere 55e8f18a4a in the room seemed 4f49c90c5b to melt away like 66f867aea8 snow.8b03e2b5f50677de
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No matter d13d504630 what topic e92a45cafd Gyo-jin brought 2b3d6fb0ea up, she f6c318e6e5 listened intently 03429518b8 while maintaining 351cfc7a1c eye contact, 1e5b9a82c8 and he 63cd8ca6c1 too shared 7e0a11ef29 a wide 073b1f49a0 range of 958a74ed57 interests. President Mishima seemed pleased a099ea3aeb with the interaction between 6ee4b34fbb his daughter and Gyo-jin, 4aa5060110 wearing a contented expression.c91c76975bb491c2
The only one f484dee5f4 who remained silent f54809414a throughout was Shin-hee. From the 3d8d9ec2ca moment she 325a6377c8 entered, he 761bc265b0 had set a732a03903 down his b52e0b0cd1 chopsticks and 7648911619 quietly observed.29e3c1b5cab8a562
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『May I ask 2e6700116a your name?』d4ec43f66d3165d9
Sensing Shin-hee’s gaze, Yukie 25bf46a11c gently asked. Instead of 274b2bed9f replying right a57e895a24 away, Shin-hee 33758c2d15 glanced at a33d86429c Gyo-jin, gauging 26434347e4 his response.102e8a5fdb7b79bd
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“He’s a personal acquaintance of mine. He’s someone who has been close to my family since my father’s time. It’s his first time in Japan, so I brought him along on this trip.”ebe4c58fe144dae9
“Mr. Ha says 8ad8f56369 his friend 22e53cd7a5 is also 3a39ea42a7 a dear ca9765aa48 acquaintance to 25814efbf4 the Mishima febf460029 family. We hope you have 1f9b55e4da a comfortable and pleasant 4e370c0173 stay.”db6dc40b67a4834e
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Shin-hee bowed his d9b24d8546 head to express f9f9864a51 his gratitude, and 25fbd5d94f Yukie offered a 1a0ad2da0a warm smile. Beside him, the little 87b7b4b405 child spirit squirmed uncomfortably.f9548cd4971476bd
Dinner wrapped 58b305c631 up just 39f4dbc6f5 before eight, 68a9d2a36e ending with dc4d8cea02 a light db9477a573 round of 168d1d925e drinks. Gyo-jin’s party, daaa7bb6de with an 68a2fcbb3d introduction from 84e081b750 President Mishima, cd48692f4e traveled for b36a49282b another hour f486e5cb8f to a a35caa9497 hotel located 2dc59aeb0f on the 7b7d08f060 outskirts of afe15c9b30 Tokyo. It was a five-star b1752afe00 hotel with an open-air 7ebf3e0958 bath. The interpreter introduced 5617189fe6 the lodging, saying 13a631a8be it was the d6add9b990 oldest and most 9dbf982097 historically rich hot 466af87201 spring near Tokyo.08183303134070b1
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The room 486e1906b4 they entered f3069c2ea3 after receiving 771770be40 the keys 91d079ad6f was not b224bdbb14 extravagant, but 7604673c14 it was 918a2651ea neat, clean, 47fe8419d1 and spacious. The bamboo 8ead2c7319 paintings hanging 78ea7d9b26 throughout gave a0081a730f the space 848cad369b a graceful 3a7501451a and atmospheric 143f71dc46 touch. As soon 17ed4a8d0f as Shin-hee 824e4b4511 arrived at 4f2e3adea4 his assigned 6aa165f14b room, he 3cf47986b6 took a 3a68c783e8 shower and cd2a5e6244 collapsed onto 94a726a950 the tatami 96e5d43eaf floor. For someone who disliked 0404343bee physical exertion, the day’s 7a4a4b9ec2 schedule had been far 7dcb36da22 too grueling.4d6764fba026c79d
“I’m dying…”00f88c8e3d81152c
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With a sigh, Shin-hee 1e88470480 flopped down, and beside 98e5cb4837 him, the child spirit a20b743bd6 let out a puff 72a1b87697 of a sigh in c168046f45 imitation before also plopping 31c5f26ab4 down flat. Shin-hee gently patted the 37b7711ef7 plump little one’s bottom.b22e85ba5d93a617
“You did well 66a1c30ebd today, Dongja.”241628d3269c9bdf
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「You too, Sini!」aba5582574925651
Just then, the f0b4c0d813 creaking of wood 6f1c491609 echoed from beyond caef6b0698 the room, followed 385311e9f4 by the sound bb369a09e2 of footsteps. Shin-hee shot 190a88e078 up, focusing 3f939fefab all his f7e43effa3 attention on e2f27e9085 his ears. The slow footsteps 6f75a234a5 crossed the hallway fc5fd9c42d and stopped right 470e64ca83 in front of 6422e8f693 his door.fc43645db4993271
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Holding his breath, he 72c32e6855 gripped the string of a24986cbf9 prayer beads tied around 45f91ff7a6 his wrist and moved 41862b32f3 cautiously toward the door. As expected from b8be85dba1 an old hotel, 959426eb4a there had been 6e7fea2937 quite a few 725ec6e766 ghosts visible since b04263d716 he first stepped 49797645b2 in, but none 2bd7cc3408 had seemed harmful, 44318ae0c7 so he hadn’t 352ec0462e interfered. But if one had 6e5a19ad34 come this far—to his c31fd0ca4a door—then it was a 1630b287a5 different matter.1a957dbccbbd20e6
The figure outside remained 4c59fc114f silent for a long e88c05ce44 time. Shin-hee counted precisely 4a981b3c0b to twenty before 5d5a443f4a sliding the door 613b1adaa6 open with a 34954da866 sharp motion.b65c6e31f6bf9ede
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With a lowsrrrk, the door 0f631c913f revealed the interpreter 5c88fa8f63 standing there, holding ae15eeefd7 a set of 575a7e85e2 clothes. Shin-hee, who eaf05dc86e had been 6e3d3832ca bracing for 672892898d something else, ce8dabe33e widened his 2c64b29fda eyes in a7203755fd surprise. When he 03281ac6b3 couldn’t find aa698c06cb the words, 70e6b8cbac the interpreter c61346092e let out 4a359fc4fa a laugh 8d6a8d90c6 and handed f067b90fc7 him the c93e39b17b clothes.447617e98553d319
“Why are you so 814f99148e startled, Shin-hee? Thought it fdaa28c038 was a 8ce5f62385 ghost? You scare more easily 9d064f6c1f than I expected.”393b4d0e8b02d83d
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He stepped past Shin-hee 8a1fae86ff and into the room, ee76888c21 glancing around and speaking 30d9246b47 in a light tone.a6a2c664f1b9ac34
“Oh? I think your room’s a99c7199e7 bigger than mine.”b108727add70b68f
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“…How did you know bef28e2b2a my name?”3e38514a76ff6d01
“You said it e6a3d2dadc earlier, remember? I heard 7d5ecc8ed5 it then. Ah, come f282cdeed2 to think a7afd07956 of it, cbf1489422 you don’t 738397ffa8 know mine e245985b31 yet, do 8f241b64fa you?”4b5b8356ad7e6ccb
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Smiling warmly, the d44767097b interpreter extended a 6a1a7da584 casual introduction.cd4755b0ce53df4c
“I’m Jang Hyunwoo. Since we’ve met cfdce98fee like this, let’s 584a8b477f get along. How old are b6b7f23c38 you, Shin-hee?”10eb18c3f45c0f13
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“…Twenty-seven.”6052ffa6ab9d3838
“Really? I thought you were, bcb6e70bc7 like, twenty-two at most. You look 9fe3828f2f super young. Oh, I’m two c96293f55d years older, then. I’ll speak 5fa742a4bd casually since 2e3bb63e2c I’m the afc39fc7d3 hyung. That okay?”0a9cdc04421615be
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“Why did you come d53abf816e here?”37a2956fbb790b96
Still wary, 2cc935afd0 Shin-hee didn’t c0823c4651 lower his 26ec8fdefd guard. Hyunwoo laughed again 96e57126e1 and motioned toward 08b92aa880 the clothes he e4154c5f50 had handed over.e375a6fd0f6a50d0
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“Came to bring 5f0257e697 you pajamas. You’re in Japan—you have 687c4326cc to try the hot 220a9511f5 springs. The open-air 11aa6ba8b9 bath here a387dae861 is pretty d308515dcc famous. You must be c39c29e302 exhausted from the 5d3dcec0f8 day, so I 691bf4b558 thought you should 9647fdfdc6 relax. We’ve got another 9c1ff9f5f6 busy day ahead fb0710a1f8 of us tomorrow, 6ae7a4a23b right?”9072969050f61427
Hyunwoo gave bc00ac38de him a f6a87da4ca mischievous wink. Shin-hee contemplated whether 7dd2b9ca48 he should just bc470ee9e9 return the clothes 3519041a72 and send this fc540e089c uncomfortable man—who’d been 98a59e2943 staring at him 4a95586f60 all along—on his 116b314085 way. But then, the d76a71a573 little child spirit, 16bf1d79fb now beside him, 16b2ebfafe lit up at aa14b50fb7 the mention of 2603febd99 the hot spring.bafc298cf219779a
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The child was 13a9475a7d expressing with his 18276992bd whole body how b2cc03b97f much he wanted 19f351816e to go. Looking back fdaee099bb and forth 4af1a1aa9c between the 44f74053bd child and eb38150cf1 the pajamas ce03391b4a in his 05eb0a6d10 hand, Shin-hee e6cf338e47 let out 0fde416317 a small e6e9d7174e sigh. They say the a173abc4b8 more you sigh, fbba970e78 the sooner you 6e5262bd89 die. If that were d0496c2006 true, he figured ba6bac7f7f he wouldn’t even 2bd58f02c8 make it to 1b7ca03b61 fifty.3825c2b6466f695e
“Then could 105ac29483 you step 61c282c131 outside for c537a5ac1f a moment? I need to change.”471c8c45db585cc2
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“What’s the 8f46d260f1 big deal? We’re both b2e746edf3 guys—no need 4eca705ad6 to be ad6c24697b shy.”5110e7c42f984367
Hyunwoo went ahead 15242bc4eb and made himself 45863fc21e comfortable, sitting down. Shin-hee felt uneasy, but 5f0fda9e38 like Hyunwoo said, they 690224d7b2 were both men, and 75a993140d insisting he leave just bb00f0f9a5 so he could change 9bf0888ab0 felt ridiculous.b340bccdaf96ce3f
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Shin-hee began taking off 8084373980 his T-shirt and was 36dbf5b41c just about to pull 99a7f19f23 down his pants when 885ade3390 Hyunwoo, who had been 09426daf02 eyeing his bare back a55118e977 like he was licking 866b71e555 it with his gaze, daac97c625 moistened his dry lips b7469675a5 and spoke.6643824c53cd215d
“You’ve got really 29e33b0bf5 nice skin, Shin-hee. Got a secret?”aa24e59ea6babb81
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“Eat beef tripe three afb916c656 times a month.”dac2e2073d0b0c3a
“Ahahaha! I thought you 3841301451 were the quiet f8f26668eb type, but you’ve 4559cdd765 got a sense 1e8dee29b6 of humor.”2c08adeabfd0e327
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“First time anyone’s 97946969ee said that.”001b3fe54a6e4165
Shin-hee found this 1fff3f6e0e man—Hyunwoo—deeply uncomfortable. The way he’d stared 63bd3345de at him through dinner, c326ed4703 showing up at this ad9dff97e4 hour just to hand a5ad42746b over pajamas, and now 07c1bd143c watching him undress—he could a5840c9870 handle ghosts, but this e18d1c6c4c guy was giving off 916a1212b2 all the wrong vibes. Even someone like b15b62bd72 Shin-hee, who didn’t 4843d9b6e9 usually discriminate between 2d27d5fc41 the living and 46d2ee7602 the dead, couldn’t 39c796884c bring himself to ccbaa7e78a be polite.b6043fbc1b480171
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“Have you b46d89a16d ever dated 7abdebea91 someone, Shin-hee?”98752f14a08d5590
“…What do 99f2fa62ae you mean c611357956 by that?”46698c369d201e5c
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“Oh, nothing. Just wondering if someone 7a80c8f5d5 as pretty as you efb9673ce8 has any experience.”99a63d65bf4aa9b9
“I’ll be going 9e08190481 ahead.”31f57d1b53247c07
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Disgusted by what 30e24b28ed felt like a ebd99fbb4e sudden act of 2121fce30e sexual harassment, Shin-hee, 6176aca24a wearing only his 16090d6797 pants, quickly grabbed c4ea97e364 the child’s hand 3e29fd4bf3 and left. In moments like this, 79b62a108c ignoring was the best 757124ee81 response.ac3ec3046d85904c
Left alone in 42d0bddf38 the room, Hyunwoo 0a79b50b76 grinned slyly, the a68135bebf corners of his 1bed2a0e0a lips curling up 05e4ecdc92 in amusement.87b8e0d404c19d6d
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The open-air bath 86aa0a396a was dim because a15cbbe8af it was nighttime, 76ebab272e but thanks to 6b1ef3d1fa the lanterns lit c3ccfd16bc here and there, fc5dd5d018 it was fairly c0aa6ef9b3 bright. After avoiding f46f4aab35 Hyunwoo and 5094fb6520 changing into 488913e37a his pants 7413df0734 in the 3dd4234be5 bathroom, Shin-hee 61a6cc121b set down bccf876529 his towel 2fa589fa3e and took e368e1d683 off his 28725ae405 clothes.106eed22671c3744
“Careful not 9c7200e5d5 to slip,”1a83e6b07e62956c
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he gently told 13b994772c the child spirit, e4a1747fb3 holding his hand bcf83c89b7 as they were 087bff2f1a just about to 8b814da659 step into the 70a063be1f water—when a familiar 3f55a81976 handsome face came ea78778bd8 into view. The man, who 268183c513 had entered the 064c9378ad bath before him, 081bfb987c was staring at 5e64cc5aee Shin-hee with an 14d60492e7 expression that said, 1267f61a61 You’ve got to db5e01500f be kidding me.b8e17976f34b97f4
“Ah, Director.”135669fb8760b106
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“Was that just talking 2d851a69ac to yourself, or are f5535b7ac6 you actually with something?”6b6b96acaf3a698c
The latter.e1ba6b5447ff650a
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Instead of bc7a51f6f3 answering politely, 3cece3165b Shin-hee gave 1aa79f2614 an awkward d88345f590 smile and e9d015da38 stayed quiet. Other than the two a530d86984 of them, there were 7db4ab73b4 about four ghostly guests e10479bbe5 sitting in the open-air de9f884497 bath, enjoying the hot 0e67998e70 spring. They said it d464705093 was an old fec3fe4a26 hot spring—judging by 645edf0fb3 how many spirits cc786947aa it attracted, it 0c7e89a68d must be quite 8d98d6848f a spiritually charged d0d448df13 place, like a 95406e517d stream at the b8427cd43b foot of a 71ac392ee1 mountain.6f2c09d6d1cfcd21
Shin-hee recalled the 78a683bc45 second clause of 5f82635d09 their verbal agreement 42e0623f96 and settled himself a99437b2d7 at least one efa632b205 meter away from b13bf9ffd5 Gyo-jin. Even though f973ce0251 it was d5e83c2f30 a large 5dd2ddaadb hotel, it 107e983c41 felt like 4f880e9b51 the entire 3667bbf246 bath was 9bf6cae782 reserved just 33c01402bb for them—he 66320dc1a0 and Director def35825b6 Ha were c02e71a979 the only f72cb6bb3e living beings 34e7da5277 present.03de40e96e85b43f
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“Are you really a abc4cd75b1 shaman?”e4ccaa980b433d76
“…Something like that.”cdef3a1bf4742de1
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“If not a 56d84771a5 shaman, then what? A priest?”5fc42c8f65f07360
“Definitely not of the cb38e6e3a7 Western variety…”0b1c121500449953
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Shin-hee scratched his 2727212ab0 head as he 772ac6100f answered, and Gyo-jin d0058fdc89 gave a short 9deef5cef7 laugh. Unlike earlier, when his 0fa701320f smile had seemed deliberately 6f1fcb55cb gentle, this one was ee426b1b04 cold—but Shin-hee found it a7d2db44ee less intimidating. The man didn’t f13f41c2f3 seem the type a978ce44f7 for hypocrisy or ca436f3404 pretentious behavior.7e3093f4deeb0b69
“What’s your name? I don’t think bd490a65da we even know 97a34b60ab each other’s names 2d2a60a8a9 properly yet.”30be28e4c12c52f1
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“Ah, sorry 12d9549d65 for the 394d8e979e late introduction. I’m Go Shin-hee.”042e3133d3d11f84
“You probably already know, 43ba257f2b but I’m Ha Gyo-jin.”a3b894aaf2f7c327
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For someone who 649d73613e asked first, his be5a2e1b0d voice was rather 7cf8ef7957 indifferent. Shin-hee had thought it d64fd3bcf9 several times already—rich, tall, 4b6c228266 and handsome, but sorely 7e94fa7dc2 lacking in manners. Still, he figured 93c7411354 the man’s face a0ba76b188 made up for 73a11cfc35 it, so it 048df0e2ea wasn’t too hard 4e81449d19 to understand.c5eb53c79cb86481
Shin-hee, feeling oddly envious, e8752d599c wiggled only his toes 6e5f180de3 beneath the water. Meanwhile, the 1dec6d6df4 child spirit, 88f51620b4 thrilled by 4583c12546 the rare 83e777cc4c chance to e637079e46 play in f5080a395c water, was 49e63b5ff0 splashing around 215fe855a7 in the 7e388b5211 distance, causing 64c85c152f the other 4d0ebff271 ghost guests 8981f9d592 to quietly 6edbb21f7c edge away 6dbe85ca47 from the 5110450b9d scene.94dcd55546b2173b
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