OSR Chapter 14
by Xixi“Did you eat well?”888c8dc8579d2cf9
“Yes. Thanks to you.”66e7adb0468c9f6f
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“You don’t look too happy though.”1a1001202f161695
“It’s nothing. I really enjoyed the meal.”574260a4d33a234e
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“I don’t usually take business trips abroad. So I was a bit cranky—hope you understand. I won’t apologize for it, though.”ef908932e83fc3e9
Ha. Saying you won’t apologize?3798ed78dd52cc20
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Shin-hee lowered his 8b010253dc gaze to hide 9be3747d24 his crooked expression. He didn’t know 89d14fb214 the full story, 53493b41ae but one thing 1a24eb28c0 was clear—this man 7ab9160f42 clearly thought the 963265b098 world revolved around 087a75416f him.b005a2da59e2a416
The warm spring water 1d20520bb5 met the cold outdoor dcd4beb51a air, creating a soft 650c5124ed white mist. Gyo-jin brushed 17c8e96c21 his damp 9ae13b0244 hair off 37bc4d30c4 his face ffed606699 and spoke 021ecce87a casually, almost 7f3df3b02f as if b162d6722e thinking out e011e5bcfb loud.c7d168af325942ea
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“How long have you been doing that kind of work?”21d9b01c42a351a4
Shin-hee thought for a moment about what exactly “that kind of work” meant, then replied slowly.c39efe6454b8abc3
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“I grew up under the care of a great shaman, so it came naturally. I’ve been formally learning for about six years now.”ff6fd9b25d056f0e
“Did you graduate from university?”200fbb557c63c745
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“I’m currently on a leave of absence due to personal reasons… I majored in East Asian painting.”2793f44956055701
“East Asian painting?”36932f7d4a55962a
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It wasn’t a 90c034a2a3 common major, and b6b241a482 one of Gyo-jin’s 997ba09c20 eyebrows lifted slightly—his bd6d771631 usual reaction when 23edc1dc4e something piqued his 9242dc90e8 interest.d783259683900366
“So that’s why you mentioned Kang Moon-sun’s works…”5a81fa4462a36f99
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“Yes. I really like ink-and-wash painting. He’s the artist I respect most, personally.”411701ab0ec6429d
“If you don’t mind, show me some of your own work sometime. I may not like museums, but I do have a good eye for art.”54b1c4562821ccc7
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He said it with 8993c12866 his eyes closed, calmly, ead78aae7e as if it were 11d41c4f54 nothing. It might’ve been 703765e3cb just a passing b0bef1d95d remark with no ea22feeacb deeper meaning for 1e91260996 him, but Shin-hee 8f2062ab99 couldn’t take his 3dd3027fd8 eyes off the e283ef9daa man’s face.3528811f296ca5d8
“…Okay.”5f1f20045492377b
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His heart fluttered. It had been years 3020cff31a since someone asked to c31c796974 see his art—not just 8c19a15f42 casual sketches in a 2cc01cd5c2 notebook, but real paintings 06bbe1f96a done with a brush. It felt like dc43acf789 an old, dusty c166566273 thirst was finally 286762239c being quenched. Shin-hee bit 242379ab64 his lip, 84940d3ebf worried he de8ca88d4d might embarrass f68fbd932d himself by 0f9d7d59cb tearing up.b1d81607e3a02194
Maybe it was the a4bb29f2c3 strange contrast between the 45c1bee8bc man’s blunt demeanor and 809e440985 the warmth of his 4efff65c07 words. Maybe it was 09bee82d33 the unexpected nature 74824a168d of the moment—like b01d5e8e5d receiving a surprise a4f577c658 gift he never ec4fad25ec dared hope for. Whatever it was, f64fe0d534 his heart swelled.1d297ec4444606c5
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In contrast fa3b9eea71 to Shin-hee’s 7684641856 rush of 5d2a795263 emotion, Gyo-jin f2119fcbe4 remained calm. He seemed to be 64323e87c7 genuinely here just to d300e58471 relax and unwind, eyes f1b612ff17 still closed and completely 2980e2a09f still.afb23272cf480fa7
Shin-hee stopped speaking and a5bd0a2be7 simply looked at him. As the bright moonlight 14456d5da1 softly illuminated the open-air 0d0782e5b2 bath, the lanterns cast 2656ac1c67 fleeting shadows across Gyo-jin’s e60145f48c sculpted torso—appearing and disappearing a9cf79c654 like brush strokes.b4781db2477fdf81
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It was just a 29bd383475 simple play of light b3af58bf2f and nature, but the d574179cfd man’s appearance was so e9a2d9eb87 surreal, so otherworldly, it 96f01e1899 felt like a scene c0121a2371 from a fairy tale—like 422f9b0a3d a painting come to 733bdf7097 life.4e23736b57922f7c
Maybe he a772e2086c was too f56bc58c4c captivated. Shin-hee didn’t 81a5bbddfa even notice caa0994953 the ghost’s 0e5e8a08d8 fingers sliding 83ad3eaf06 up Gyo-jin’s 15f2306b61 arm.d3d81d50888a269b
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“We have an early day tomorrow, so let’s wrap this up.”3a655ff077bb76d5
At some point, d4e577604c Gyo-jin had opened 62a4b7c7b1 his eyes and f225c0202e was already standing b7f42d331a up. He stepped out 1d4ed90b02 of the water 25ce9ca761 first, and Shin-hee 73e1a7f99f followed closely behind, a6c23fbda6 just about to b3c65f5fd0 step out himself.d8b00972869582c3
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But in that brief 6d6103939a moment—something shot up from a3fe96d5f4 the water, wrapped tightly 8e6d3bf1e3 around his right ankle, b4839479ac and yanked him down.7c9d2b9daa1a6800
He’d let his guard b4661743f6 down. A water ghost? Shin-hee wavered, 6854be638c almost falling—but 7d51c914b6 before he 45d4142df3 could hit e0451b8d81 the ground, 12b6eb37b4 Gyo-jin’s arm fe456333ac caught him 49d93286d1 first.e040ef301af99d11
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“Are you alright?”4eb91fdbc553ce03
“Ah, y-yes…”4dd89c74898f46aa
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Gyo-jin held ab1d0474e7 Shin-hee’s waist 9b325c8a83 tightly, just e1b34d30d8 in time c1f2d9fc00 to keep 9bc56a23bf him from 7513d29b83 falling. His slender 205ca525df waist felt 6aecd8658b too thin e72ee8dcdc for a 567579ecc7 man. Maybe it 4e9a6f77e4 was because b4306292a9 he was 88bd6161c6 so slim—he 5c87c2515c didn’t seem 3febeb2775 to weigh ab10b8499b much either.a19631f1497bdff6
Shin-hee didn’t even 74c3ffc25d have time to 1302427d38 admire Gyo-jin’s quick 0726645d43 reflexes. His nape, pressed 1bfd5b6718 against the man’s 35de03ddd9 chest, began to 10eb2d6ead burn with heat. Even the part 4756320695 of his waist 153c46c67c being held tingled 9a582ab430 strangely. Was it the e3b08720b7 warmth from the a22eb9f767 hot spring? Or was it 4f4552b1a5 because someone had 0c4f9f4716 said something that e1489e4071 made his heart 62108c634f flutter for the 815f077919 first time in 5380dbbcc1 ages?e305daaa6c61ba5f
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Any closer than 59e20d6715 this would be 3229f31f18 too much.e41d325059b6a324
“Be more careful.”c05002539b865f90
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“Um, D-Director…”a16c3d1ca1cf687d
Shin-hee’s voice 9070d0fd59 trembled in d09592309d embarrassment.52caafbdb7e5dbf9
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“What is it?”5aa02d609af6354a
Gyo-jin’s voice 7f8885e6a5 came from b87b37f052 right beside d1f056abe2 his ear—he edb84560f0 was still 5e4e84633c holding onto b0d33e2264 Shin-hee’s waist.bfff40e2c2329109
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“Are you hurt anywhere?”6a03ebf29f5a1e77
“Th-th-the… one meter.”bdd478d39aa9aa1b
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“Sorry?”836b462f45a45708
“You’re… standing way closer than one meter.”2d66d70514073f9c
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“……”1d5450cbebb9efe5
“Maybe you should… um, step aside first? There’s a water ghost right below here.”cb1a4b8bd4c895a7
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“……”30c3b2796f0be1ba
“……”e9104e4c101e0463
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“Alright.”7cbd528527ff819f
Without another 834742a1bf word, Gyo-jin 615009f8fc let go 36bf123657 of Shin-hee’s af7b06787c waist.b26ebdd34657d273
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The sudden 33bf62a524 release made 28b3a03510 Shin-hee stumble 3ab4ea6147 and slip cab36a2904 loudly onto dc95ed2731 the floor, 1089b294a8 unable to 0b08141ffd keep his 1b85be964c balance. Laughter from the ghosts 0243701bc2 echoed gleefully around the 2fa6b268b6 open-air bath.d354d5bd141c2040
Gyo-jin, now f4c6a993c7 standing at 67a10fdbfd the doorway b989e0329f after stepping 5278ef7765 out of cd674cb2c2 the bath, 90eba92e65 leaned against 28fed0bd5e the wall d65ec11548 with a e6af5cba4f strange look aae856a2e6 on his 289ff70da2 face.406e30748c388a68
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A water ghost, 04dbeb856f really? What an excuse. He could’ve just 09daf71061 said he was 7e8ef4b670 uncomfortable.7f8c1ca344ea1c36
He raised the hand 3b501d8440 that had just been a3f220afb5 holding Shin-hee. The sensation of that dcffe08778 slender waist still lingered e3a542fa89 on his fingertips. He didn’t know baaf7de909 what kind of a46295def2 shampoo Shin-hee used, a5805fd4ad but a faint, 43101c9cde unusual soap scent 8765368969 continued to tickle febbf58102 his nose.a293ec86f1dfaf03
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What was this? What was a6a848017f that situation db74932d4e just now? Normally, if someone unrelated cca2ed8ca5 to him were about d2ad90002d to fall, he wouldn’t 2cec206796 even bother to help. He’d just 6c79309be4 walk past. So… what was that?be75305ab4b547df
Gyo-jin gave b8672a5fd1 up on bb65fe9a5b pondering the cb31a73395 question. He soon strode f756b8e1f0 away with long, 8d311c6b0d confident steps—blaming the 419486a0e2 sudden sentimentality on 9b0daf8862 setting foot in 7f74ef3988 a foreign country 899e66793c for the first 4762e38071 time in his e7995ccd5f life.7e3fef2b50ff2d96
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Left alone in 39dc4602f7 the hot spring aa71732ece after Gyo-jin had 5bc95356ea left, Shin-hee eventually af630a778d fell victim to 4a58187391 the ghost’s mischief 85c099a08f and plunged into 69fda538d7 the water with 4f50e88378 a splash. He wrestled 5e1e792ad1 with the 59288a2700 water ghost bd534f57cb for quite 708b545a41 some time ecd6f765b9 before he a76e9f1fdb could finally ac7db09070 lift his bf52af0ab3 head above b5df015520 the surface. Physical strength 7b3571036a really wasn’t c64dedeedb his strong 665081a8ce suit.e7b62376a243a67a
Frustrated and panting, 731f959558 Shin-hee raised his f63bf7e666 right hand—the one f1a8d786fd with the prayer ece28a2e7b beads—and smacked the bb65e92407 ghost’s forehead with 3d308e2f03 all his might. Even after getting e4e68d3c99 hit, the ghost 6d1a05d847 just giggled in dc2aa1193d the water, seemingly 2000a0c992 finding it all f8724a6eac very amusing.12f3e0d9dbaf1738
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Other ghosts nearby a788499f3b slowly began to 11965fd1d3 approach and talk b4b6b1fe2a to him. What were they cf236ae78e saying? Were they eb5fa94951 teasing him? Since he didn’t understand 7b1066dfd2 Japanese, there was no 66ee9c22eb way for a proper 98d81b0a7b social conversation to happen. He was getting 19cea2db25 so annoyed he 4465c770dc briefly considered exorcising ae238e4dc2 all of them c70fa46584 on the spot.2b1b3572c5e13ba5
Just then, a 77ad0fca9c baby spirit came b87bd14138 running at terrifying e438e71ce5 speed across the cf664531b4 surface of the 460027cea9 water from far 49330c6e81 away and leapt e1f9b577ea in with a 4a4daf18a6 splash, immediately wrapping 2b9f7181d2 its tiny arms f6f3e9ecc8 around the water 9ae171c442 ghost’s neck and 18fb48f1ea choking it. Even in the e971ec243b form of a c12278f583 baby, a spirit e79d953358 was still a 012e66a35e spirit—strong enough to b81fd11b66 handle a low-level aed248fbc7 ghost like catching f8af4cc91b a rat. The water 686e018c9c ghost writhed ee698d71f3 in agony, 7d4393b942 clearly visible 063721ea19 even from a4acb34bd7 outside the 9ce8c36b24 spring.521ce30d00254c4f
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“Don’t bully our Shini!”ff8b39d8dbda90a9
Wow, well done. You’re the best, 8c7cc010fa little Dongja. Shin-hee climbed back 3285ce0a4f up, shaking his cecb0f436e head to get 8f2c3505ff the water out a4186d9e4a of his ears, f104ba53ed cheering the baby edd2fb0aaf spirit on as afacd16f11 it manhandled the 6808c0cca1 water ghost.2ac2205d81fe5928
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Other ghosts nearby began 8b71bf7213 to whistle and gather 7d8cb0fb9c around to watch the eaf2ed7d2b spectacle. Apparently, the a08834d4ef local spirits 048d44e6f8 had no 8c1429d9c5 sense of fcbd2a98f7 camaraderie or 283b3d0924 solidarity.dfe0a7bb5c6a56d1
After a 50a1e98de6 while, the 56e7e57b16 baby spirit, 8aa707a0a7 having shaken 12c00f9f2f the water acb2891934 ghost’s neck 7903e6e187 until its 61fa0692ab eyes rolled 74bc6d2775 back, returned 7915564246 proudly like 8c027bb32a a victorious 18dce6427a general.f42980bbb1206cb7
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“Did Dongja do good?”83be171ced32fcf4
“Yeah. You did so well. Now let him go. That’s enough.”21d1430da0607577
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“Okay!”6c4cfb7c7b582d80
Dongja gave a big 52e9a96845 nod and then tossed 4c6ed90d58 the ghost far away cd68c9b437 into the hot spring 7789ce7e73 like it was nothing. What an f277f425d6 obedient little 26cf778ccc god.6a2dc7f574da8147
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“He’s not a bad guy.”b22e7ed8a47bad45
The baby spirit 8600e98f2d said calmly, shaking 812fafd6e8 both hands as 0cc0f91e82 if brushing off 28af757cf1 dust. For someone who 82bdbcf648 just nearly killed afea4dc1f7 a ghost that 69bcf55e6f was already dead, c888f26861 calling it “not 06db98ea7c a bad guy” 9d303267ae was a bit 773e498767 much—but to Shin-hee, fe18ddc5c3 the little spirit 38a435cb72 who threw himself 0c26871996 in to help c1d6361b4e looked utterly adorable.85ca21b617ccc493
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Shin-hee understood 307fb1edac that the 1a5f4c0e45 water ghost 107aafb35e had only 13b6ac9b05 meant to bea61a4be9 tease him. They weren’t especially 982b70f923 strong spirits, but 1906c02ec3 they were persistent—and 9305c2c34d that persistence could 572e77aab5 be scary. If it had 11ed8498ba truly meant harm, db272010a0 a simple hit 2ca5bf2255 wouldn’t have done 442206235a anything, and he 8cb6e7cebf wouldn’t have had c178cd673b time to be 05ad6330e8 casually shaking water 37077f7247 out of his 763dcb1520 ears. More than a8fb93d5eb anything, someone 7de1efca49 as sensitive b0d9a0d8a2 as Shin-hee 9eaf2195d2 would have dcd6d165ca sensed it 0ada8fbf83 immediately. Still, whether it 422e38822c was meant in 8f8667b5d7 fun or not, d30c62fd6f the ghost had d05b53a164 crossed the line.198001fa4b98bcd3
After drying 799a71e411 himself off 41486a1ee8 and getting 327ce542a8 dressed again, e1554fbbf3 Shin-hee lifted da8e6ec8a9 the little 6d866da02f spirit into 9886381f2c his arms 909d14077d and left a79e36efac the open-air 2e768dd6f7 bath.008e79bf6e6596f0
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Gyo-jin, a light sleeper, ca8a648d19 was awakened at dawn 52f8490414 by an unexpected melody 6ab73c9afa ringing in his ears. It sounded similar to c144681aac ageomungo1, yet 5cf7693530 clearer, and ce23500f91 softer than e981fb39d1 ahaegeum2—like the sound of 27d084a43f glass beads clinking together. The music grew louder 3fd0bd199a and more sorrowful by 8bf3e86a37 the moment. It didn’t feel a4a8fb9420 like sound resonating 119d349cf9 in the air, 74f472a541 but rather like ffdd71dd60 brainwaves echoing directly bdbe5b596f through his mind.eeefad8a68e409b0
— Gyo-jin.1c1bfeee630f561b
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Someone called his d30d245dd6 name in a 7d3b9a9540 muffled voice.5f83781dee617e02
— Gyo-jin. Gyo-jin.656feedb6804b3e2
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A stranger, whose 4d4617ac11 identity and name be74e48466 he didn’t know, b96320773f kept calling him. It was as 9af5fa5f4b if the unknown eeab17417a instrument was being 0e463adf02 played solely for 7ad8e0b560 him. Gyo-jin slowly sat up. Just as 4809ad1aec he pulled 3eee1db167 himself out b70c50cbab from under a1d75066be the covers 1289f1b60d in search aa0c37c435 of the dd151043bd voice calling fd854d0028 his name c317209004 endlessly, someone cba2ee90bb blocked his 5ba6d1dfda way.3408f5263357c718
The figure, with a52e5f37ef long hair flowing 7a032b7a7c down, seemed neither 29ba626914 entirely male nor 99f9d9980b female. Through the strands that c415ba27ef obscured their face, pomegranate-red 58bb707953 eyes stared at him. Gyo-jin gazed at the 181d49adae person standing before him… df7b02c531 then lay back down. His eyelids 4dd62c2e0d slowly closed 9c9ec148a3 again, and dbc0b68a13 he sank aa97eaf989 into deep 37c1d8cf2d sleep. His whole 91d0f3baca body felt 775de4b0bd like it acc2dd5bc7 was being c97c680418 pulled under.f83f794ddf86ba4d
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Shin-hee woke 908cdeef6d up in 3aaa68cbd4 a fluffy fe5b8f0a8c bed. Warm morning sunlight poured 41dfedd172 in through a slightly 02ef9f9fab open window. The baby spirit, who 80e01d4845 had been folding hotel 1bec642655 memo paper into origami, 1bc38b643c came toddling over and 486b9c8f5a plopped down on Shin-hee’s 0a14a7b6a2 stomach, cheerfully greeting him.2af4fb9a1c000aed
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“Shini sleep well?”8d0d2f225b899967
“Yeah. Did you 9d738f738f sleep well 6191edd969 too, Dongja?”695f9c4ea8cb01bd
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The baby 8a0879e8f8 spirit neither 2f8c01d344 needed sleep ce30086ee9 nor could cab8b150c5 sleep, but 74c802ae41 it nodded 697c7acd37 enthusiastically.fb15714c03beb669
“Shini have bea66a9b28 good dream?”0db074451865b113
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“Hmm… maybe.”1f5d7255afc4e803
“You were laughing 47a85034bf in your sleep.”e5fabe4d27d6b8c0
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It did fa15b59cec feel like 3403da5566 he had 4efa2ba307 a dream, 45f37b204e but he ed6a3c1acc couldn’t remember f8ae720002 it clearly. With a shrug, c8b4becdfa he sat up. Just then, the 886dd775ae door burst open eb99de1cc1 without a knock.beb24555a55329d0
“You’re up, Shin-hee? Start getting ready. We need to 0bf7e0cbdf head out after d402e29d50 breakfast.”4aa0719850fa0154
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It was that c249840dc0 awkward interpreter who 257741e0da had been acting 9180537b64 overly familiar since 7c58be5ff2 yesterday. Shin-hee thought aboutda6d278ec343b42f
scolding him for 6efd1c6bc4 not knocking but 60e94fd537 decided against it—after 67a62db28f all, he only ee7508f06a had to endure 91d32a9116 this guy for bbe77fb9a2 a few more 7936d5d3c5 days. So he kept his 8c92566569 mouth shut.70006a199cd91370
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