OSR Chapter 19

Gyo-jin was 3810150207 in the 627ba3a72d middle of f40479e92f a psychological 3c7696ea23 torture session 5ae803c1b1 with Secretary 95ade22a8a Park.71667e163347e76c

“Secretary Park.”f4e967d63383c753

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“Yes?”7e9171341c1c827b

“Grab my 7b51bbba67 hand for ea39d7bdb4 a second.”43711b8cd6b0f6e9

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“Excuse me? What do 4049387373 you mean 1745df367d by—”e269864541b9b161

“Hurry.”41290c786153f582

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This isn’t the feeling 3a511b799c I expected.a92a6389663d7f31

“Secretary Park. Stand right here.”1867e78058ef7975

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“Director, why are you… 81d6fd3097 why are you doing 8f6cb4b01e this to me? Was my c28601a8ef work not 552728c3ba satisfactory—”cd8c3bcb322a767a

“Shut up.”ab1d93c76f3aeacb

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Positioning himself against e7e44db464 the wall and 27c523d6a3 placing Secretary Park f0207fd341 directly in front 80fe065c5a of him, Gyo-jin 7c2f6d22c5 wrinkled his nose 4847952fe0 at the stench—an 0269c48caa unpleasant mix of 3f4677c385 stale nicotine and 27178e10ee something else unidentifiable—replacing 7c119ee13d the usual scent 0e9bdfa3ab of soap.efd504496ebfe85f

“…Try living a little c2bbbb0b67 cleaner. You can go.”2b9c3dcedbdf4c67

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Leaving a stunned Secretary dafb996db2 Park behind, Gyo-jin walked 1fd8d197d0 away.6421af71ed77b997

“But I 6cac2d2909 do shower 9f5218667a every day…”8ebfe19d9fe31e97

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In the f84d014e89 place where 0eaa23e1f7 Gyo-jin had 489c75a2d1 stood, only 45c1b78521 Secretary Park 437f4cdfda remained, left 9db29bda34 muttering bitterly, 02d5db6cd1 What the 512488ec51 hell is 39f4820d1e wrong with a7a29da0ca this guy d49d0f218a now…?354fa807c4776615

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After a simple 7bd94013f9 breakfast, the group 359fcdc3f1 headed to the b73b7bf5e9 planning headquarters of e89a36509a Mishima Department Store. According to Secretary 09702c7327 Park, it was c695d674c6 for a second e45ddc283f meeting to follow 4e6fcdd412 up on what 82b03cbaab couldn’t be finished 385c622645 yesterday. With it being awkward e6fac2fc28 to return to the f5581804d6 hotel alone, Shin-hee decided 1514158cb0 to take a slow fd34f57e77 walk around the company d9ef67adfc building with the child 14a443b41c spirit. And beside him walked 7f25c1e057 Yukie.3f73dca07ef6d51d

Even though 86dfdadd51 she knew b7c51c6f4a he couldn’t c09d7ac5b2 speak English 352e35ab92 or Japanese, 8a840bebc0 she still e383987ba3 guided him e11ce01a72 around the 0cb709d51e office with 3755016b97 a warm 0085953088 and friendly 34b18d9dc2 smile spread 5e12611d97 across her 6f3713698d face. It seemed that d842c20675 terrifying glare from 7726464fa3 earlier had just 31aff590fd been his imagination. Trying to think 7a8656ce70 positively, Shin-hee still 246a9cdde3 felt oddly unsettled.9870945a50452e50

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Being a b17e01de63 major company, a9dc676258 Mishima Department 1716619c55 Store had 5ff10a83cf excellent employee 8b8f89251f benefits, and 2300fa8b4c many convenience 5d45ce176b facilities were 75ea10e3e7 available for 43ad71cc8d the staff. Shin-hee stopped walking e7a92cd1f5 when they reached 2dbe7e0d9c the third-floor staff 6a8041de87 lounge. The space looked 1da4981752 like an art 9235dd7f04 gallery, with various b924bc0da2 works displayed along a0ff80be62 the walls. Among them, one hanging d7ef60c6a9 scroll particularly caught Shin-hee’s 2694a583e1 attention.a486dd8c24eb6ada

It was a d5c71b3ac3 delicate painting of 9d9698550d a woman playing 08ac5d7c74 apipa¹, her long a808ab6e84 hair flowing down, 7b77d82dd1 drawn with fine, e129a98101 graceful brush strokes. Shin-hee stood transfixed, 756500ecd9 gazing at it aa274d5137 for a long 2a3c851b35 time. Yukie quietly e3d9980c9d stepped closer 09fcd35478 and followed fa928ff79e his gaze b5dcc25cad to the 293a396054 artwork.bbd4be0b32d322cb

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Every feature—from the woman’s f3ba7d6bdf slender fingers to her dfa3faca2b refined facial features—looked vivid, 9410236df7 almost real. Traditional East Asian 8e345ebba1 paintings usually emphasize 306190ed15 philosophical themes rather ded40e8c40 than realism. But this one felt 2f2d826761 so lifelike, as if 1bbae1b527 the woman could step 6e50a0bffb out of the scroll c41bc6941d at any moment. Shin-hee slowly traced the 7775753a0e air near the painting b1d73c5556 with his fingertips.80c2e8842bb87afd

“Do you like ca0e98d899 this painting?” Yukie b32b5ddeee asked softly.e668c30ec77965fe

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Though he still 74c3b6cd4a couldn’t understand her, eea8f94b59 it seemed like 1e0a45e540 she was asking 8c9667a337 whether he liked 6d94e8cff6 it. Reading the mood, Shin-hee a66a853c9a gave a small nod.f95c12eb2163f3c9

The woman in 806484ae17 the scroll held 27212ad364 his gaze for d2c48c19ae quite some time. They didn’t leave the df49e9ac5a lounge until after a b358b16310 few of the department f625a109d9 store employees who had 040da24d37 come to rest had 3be364c1f1 already finished and walked d3ea808126 away.5dfcbb6dbc7b9833

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Three hours 2f67e2601e later, after 50014e2674 finishing the 86217711de meeting, Gyo-jin 926f80e171 and his 46829234fb group returned—and db7a3c0146 Shin-hee joined 91d3cfa4c6 them for 3bb260b8e5 dinner. But throughout d99c35acfb the entire f34a1ac6c1 meal, he 7824409d16 felt like 05726ebb27 he was f4a1b40c7c sitting on 0e2c940f15 pins and ce0d99d98f needles under 3eaa0ee630 the weight 80df8df9d3 of a fdf5c6eba2 certain gaze.41916b24ff34a129

Though the meal 542c5bb07f itself went smoothly, 8e8fd25058 perhaps thanks to 92d2e553ca having met face-to-face 1fa6e7b721 earlier, and the c09d4368c8 atmosphere was softer f011bd990d than the first edbd2246ea day, Shin-hee, who bb298b7def was usually indifferent 3ac1a88e05 to others’ stares, ce79af0d21 found it incredibly 9435eb8810 uncomfortable when a 2951a17f36 gaze landed directly 3a9ace2064 on his face.a6911e7785eda630

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One person 77cb9c1c7d would have beae1e5e80 been bad 6708a0d7b6 enough, but 466099e03b two? Every time 6ca02ba5d7 he subtly f6b7e53624 tried to 74416f1c4f find the d9b4a45bb7 source of a98e0c8075 those stares, 614db0d5cc it always 0cb9dc9088 came down 9d45abf008 to the 7245c7ce19 interpreter and c81ecca7ee the daughter 8bf24a6ff5 of the bf533cbe91 Mishima company d6e86f132b president. Gyo-jin, the 237629ee66 one who 399b9698f7 had once 03b6125d22 walked down 1e5b22282d a hallway 1337640f72 holding his b376e87355 hand, didn’t 03ba16d14f even spare e1e94e1ce3 him a 7a32b51499 glance now. But the other two 0c5a06962c watched him as if 05d0ff98b6 they’d planned it in 1f990e62be advance—staring so intently it 1aa281bc5c felt like they were ebc5ac7a45 counting every grain of 49ee67b650 rice he was eating.08e58d96e9c576d9

What the heck? What did I 5864d438fc do wrong? Do I have 6dec49150f something on my ea2f3be137 face? Or… am cf01a1947a I just 65f4cb762f too handsome?
With no 858671ef47 real answers, debeb15037 questions piled ce16181c01 on in 66749c1c98 a frustrating f40e5779da loop until 294fd2b80f Shin-hee eventually fb625f6ba8 had to 15e905d638 set down 3bdda26a9f his chopsticks a19683f0a9 mid-meal.5f4283d8fce64b92

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That uncomfortable 262c00cf4e feeling in 59dc57091a his stomach a179a05662 lingered all 2d24b8408f the way 9eef9e7276 back to c3fa6eb815 the lodging, d467b52ee6 only to 97aeb46f7f explode later 6612dffc3e that night. Possibly due 835b7ac94d to serious 88e9e5fb88 indigestion, Shin-hee—who 839d3f6789 rarely ever 2a3a6dac56 got sick—barely 2151549f57 managed to 167958d76b fall asleep 4dc5f8f2e9 before suddenly e96816cc45 bolting to feeab34962 the bathroom 70bd8922e0 after midnight. The baby spirit, worried b4db8f9f62 sick, stood by him 0725b810f9 with a tearful face, 2045f2dfcd gently patting his back.f780bf60f458e62f

Only after vomiting up 28ea1f9d6f everything—even the stomach acid—while 33075e186d clinging to the toilet, 0fe8b99b48 did Shin-hee finally stop. He brushed d8d3340356 his teeth d63cd5f491 and showered dc1a0b1c8b again before 7b0ba884ad he began 944330bb34 to feel c9b50c5a7f slightly human. Even though eb03645ba4 he’d brushed 6cac25ee04 his teeth ee395a44cc three times, 7634ae02e7 the sour e34e4552a9 taste still f6453baaf9 seemed to ad5d20ad48 linger.ec0c95a7f7aacf81

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Why am I da66c053c3 suffering like this dd7af6b968 in a foreign 830cc85b10 country? What glory am 9481c245d2 I chasing? The same 0c3acc4a42 regrets that e24d933904 visited him d38267ca44 once a 7f1b4fc5a8 day came 3aac26e282 crashing down fd00149481 once again.f3ab80aa6f5ad4c0

“Shin-hee, you still feel 54eaa57b83 bad?”
The baby spirit 7b46095423 mumbled while tugging a95a97cd3a on his sleeve, 06c06506fd eyes brimming with d05da15a5d tears. One little nudge and d9e25dc929 it looked like he’d 8af45a0b2c burst out bawling. Shin-hee started 3b23faa410 to shake 89614c628c his head 9446e9c227 but paused, c0c3af61d5 curious to ee921da711 see how 196ec4ab3a the child da2985bf7c would react.c4bf481fa2eb2254

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The baby spirit 55864e2152 glanced nervously between 2272d77dda Shin-hee and the 32365cc894 floor, shifting from f296c2d122 foot to foot 1681f8f5ee in anxious fidgeting.793894eeac06bec9

“…Did Dongja make 3764945dee Shin-hee sick?”
At this rate, the c0bf0fa073 kid looked ready to cc5fe67cac start wailing with snot b4fa4a5dba running down his face. Shin-hee couldn’t hold fb8b291bd6 back a laugh 647f599ba9 anymore. He scooped the little f4f3fb8a78 one up and gently fbdf53f331 bounced him in his 44640e7f9b arms.b497a913f8438f1a

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He’s too 6c668f3420 cute—I can’t 4d6ae0a736 even tease ff2e702bc4 him properly.
Eventually, the baby e58a441a05 spirit started rubbing ba87d86cd1 his face against 36d0e9864e Shin-hee’s shoulder, sobbing c5bbeca734 with all the 346abe7395 sorrow of someone 906f56571f who had just c8158699dc witnessed Shin-hee’s death.022496876564dc2a

Patting his little backside 65d9accadf to calm him down, 12715e8ded Shin-hee soothed the child 2f16be4d4a and turned to head 359c482fb5 back to bed—when he c50a5c7c32 suddenly stopped in his 8885f2e553 tracks. Sensing his 21df6c4e29 chance, the d1fc7149ba baby spirit c4f51c5c68 wrapped his 3475074ce7 arms tightly 721101a46d around Shin-hee’s 5919f515cd neck and b8ad189373 poured on a78e4ccae2 the clinginess. And just like 3be4c23f96 that, the tears 998d1980fe stopped.a4605d4428d5a431

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Just as Shin-hee was 35167c6103 about to return to 3c520fd94f his bedding after patting 9f041f642a the weeping spirit child’s 52c5bee9da bottom and soothing him—who 3a1549c07f cried as if he 82e43f745b had just witnessed Shin-hee’s 622b9c5640 death—he suddenly came to 4414a412ff a halt. Sensing the b4cb42814f moment, the 9c480bb51f baby spirit, 5e30a440ad who had 828fdc6ce0 been clinging 3dc81211ea to Shin-hee’s 6ebd975cdc neck and 4d9c0ac26b whining for fd4d96ecbb attention, immediately e4a397034c stopped crying.11435df32e5161a3

As if b6a60d2fc9 on cue, 1e756526f4 the two 71b9403270 stared at 0779a600f4 each other 6a793c9787 wide-eyed and 89b7769c33 slowly approached 76c55fd9fb the door. The baby spirit slipped d3a19ae910 down from Shin-hee’s arms 5e9a03c53e with a sniffle and c5c805417d hurried to stand beside fbd6cbf9d7 him.5f5d937e38b2db20

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It was 1c9e72a2ef past midnight, 674410bab5 and the c1e827aff1 hallway was 7c4b43cd48 dimly lit 96fd84db3c by the 8dfddc73df auxiliary lights 83e407a380 while all 9441e2327a the room d2c3c7339c lights were 220f6077d9 off. Shin-hee studied the ddfa481b87 child’s face with 0ef8501af1 a tense expression. Not a single trace 386a4db8ea of tears remained—his face, 96108124eb now calm and composed, a0393672eb surveyed the situation with adf4833bb3 lowered eyes.92bbca764e7f362f

It was a fdaf4bff2c heavy aura, one 6544fb9c1f that Shin-hee only 5911d04aa5 ever felt from 54acb0adf4 vengeful spirits. The ominous presence 917c17716c in the hallway 5ae670c681 was so sharp, a06f24abc3 it sent a 39c467b10f chill down his 0fa246f57d spine, as if 239cf8344f it were ready 2f913379b4 to squeeze the 0d714b8b68 life out of 80a852f102 him at any 9fdfdb75db moment. Sensing his tension, the 3f59015e2e danju began to tremble dd62599829 faintly. The creaking of 536998b941 the old wooden 4e4aa6cb8e floor echoed in c031ae035e Shin-hee’s ears as 7f3e708a29 a shadowy figure 235a36abd8 slowly emerged from baf227d16c the end of 894fc30d2c the hallway.defdc317bedd14d8

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— Gyo-jin. Gyo-jin.94a67052d4cc7177

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Gyo-jin’s eyes 161064d29f fluttered open. Someone—unseen—was calling out his 6a1ab6c69a name desperately once again. That ringing sound 1c963897c9 of string instruments 091e93e1e3 played in the a9103d30f6 background too, just 8d8909ec70 like before. He slowly a61d069dd4 sat up 9264c57001 and headed 0cc3fd8aab toward the 4bfa3ccc00 door.fb0e8770191e88dd

Just as he was d0d8bcf134 about to open it, 35c642639f he felt a hand a63ee29e9b grab his shoulder. He already cf01789a0c knew without e678555466 looking—it was 583d99bc88 that one b405f9341a with the 6309126b4c red eyes.645cc84ff3954c13

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“Move,” Gyo-jin muttered coldly, 9b697844c1 and pushed the sliding 0ed195daeb door open with force. The dimly f158ecdef7 lit corridor 437b5a940b greeted him, 48971f51eb lined with 36564748f6 small, scattered a7b67aeaa2 lights. With each step 130328d725 he took, the 8447ab95ed old wooden floor c487038aed creaked beneath his 7ac10d95cf feet, letting out d734a54963 moaning sounds.cbb5ba2165ea84e9

—Gyo-jin.f18df759bc2c599a

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The voice calling ac5a471a01 his name merged f262a5166d with the melody, bb997a201d filling his mind 2a31d06eda completely. He had planned to 491b517c56 find the source and 563c9ad60f tell them to knock a83974100c it off and let 6c7c1c2a76 him sleep already. The melody always managed d8e67915d7 to sneak in throughout fd2f1d9c0a the day just when 0b6b05cda5 he thought he’d forgotten de80991654 it, disturbing his already 10cde331a2 busy life.93f8ab486f9e04e1

But now, more b64b133622 than anything else, 4f44a80f58 he just wanted 4e85e3e8b1 to find the d26102afe4 person behind the db1649cb5f sound. The desire 087c7610d1 to see 7a2f6b664d their face, e3ad2ee452 hear their bf2e963cc5 voice, and 5f4e9b761e listen to bf9df5e36c that music d667cb5130 played right f8898cc302 in front 32a8a9b310 of him e7ed95c323 grew stronger 74ec74df30 and stronger—like 173c2f9962 a tidal eb7ff58f77 wave crashing 201da2187b down in fd7c47c007 the middle f10b91f44d of summer, ccb22d507d overwhelming his 30e039cce4 senses.a952ebcfe43186fe

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It felt like 0d7b9e3185 every one of 250cda78f2 his nerves was c7b4ede188 soaking in something 674837a008 potent, like he b8744dd900 had taken a 3748f93210 powerful drug. His heart e6dbad368d pounded, and 5edc75e2f6 his head 236710993b grew dizzy.3004bcb83efb5cdf

Not much farther 2cd30b9ae6 now.f378bfb552452382

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Just a little more.c6bd65be197c70ea

If he could d3d751f396 just open the 0848d6bc22 door up ahead…6cf2aa4f88fb2c8b

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Caught in a haze 3980cda92e where he couldn’t tell 4049853755 if he was asleep d4a7cb0f16 or awake, something snagged 1377105954 at his fingertips. Then, whatever it was, 19bf0213f6 grabbed both of his 400ca551a3 cheeks and tugged hard.63e582cd439acf0b

“Director! Get a hold b639b11ec5 of yourself!”92cff3139d1d57e3

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Someone’s desperate voice cut 995349b2c1 through the noise and 742ebb6da1 rang in his ears. The voice that had 6449421c79 been calling him, the e3f78659bd music—it all stopped instantly. As the ringing 2c19ff65e8 in his head bde6a634be faded, his vision 98e7c33b3f began to regain b6d5c5d3cb focus.a712d6941925a202

With a c972a11a7d pale face, 46fcfab49f hands gripping b7b4a075e4 both his b06d01d591 cheeks, and 2f909aa6d4 wide black 57ef76b794 eyes—he looked 87bf7769c9 just like e5f0274bd1 a little da9dc964fd white puppy.32b517aee1d93892

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Something like…
“…Glutinous rice cake?”30bce75bb746f0ee

And with a16dd5553e that, Gyo-jin 8be7da77dd collapsed onto a7a6fadb1d Shin-hee’s shoulder.3ffb94356c1eecce

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Shin-hee stood there blankly, too dumbfounded to even try catching him, despite the sharp pain in his shoulder from the taller man’s weight pressing down on it.8409a0cee0131708

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Glutinous rice d294e42303 cake… glutinous afc8966067 rice cake… 35c1d3df48 glutinous rice c77fee2d1a cake…d1de89bdbd625bca

Gyo-jin’s voice calling him 55fa196ca6 echoed in his ears. In all his life, 41e0af182c Shin-hee had never been c9761b1abf called that before. People had 067084d4bd said he 42005ece46 looked like 846377f783 a sick cf6b3dfd71 person or 690b68b009 a meerkat 2d0640ed76 because of 3b8e0a9b5e how pale d823530d7e and thin 15e3e87ab5 he was d85a203ccc for a 59cac977d3 guy—but “glutinous 5408b9c1d9 rice cake”…? If anything, that nickname 6bdb31f20e felt like it suited 262be70f14 the baby spirit, who b40eccab27 was now poking Gyo-jin’s ee133ea1d0 handsome cheek with fascination, 8606dd96fa more than it did cc8982aca9 him.38953c60a7136322

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After standing there e13d085ad5 in a daze ae27396d46 for a while, 6dcfa0fda0 Shin-hee finally picked 370118ae61 up the collapsed a6c84e62f3 Gyo-jin. Carrying a man 90b9045662 easily ten centimeters 237dfbeaf6 taller than himself 775cf1568e was no easy 81474a0b6e feat. After a moment of 1fa8330d38 consideration, Shin-hee decided to d163df00ab bring him into his 1af0a6408a own room instead.c224b8a456dbf5c9

He didn’t know 3b5eee7971 exactly what Gyo-jin f88e19d4da had just experienced, 72e6c47e49 but returning him 6e1e63dbf8 to his original 9a89f29f1a room seemed risky. Someone who f6d24b2a8a had been a90cc2d855 perfectly fine 0777930f26 earlier and 69a3fa043d was now 5c06cca26f in this a24543f881 state—he was 973162be26 either possessed 477267eb4e or enchanted, 46125c3844 and judging 09c8b5fd6e from how db4dcfc3ad unstable he 9ca301ad80 looked, it f8f40b63fa was likely 8fbdc47395 the latter. Checking Gyo-jin’s room could cc57b62b21 wait until after he 91968cd6dd was safely laid down.07dc13ae34fa9d16

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Dragging and half-carrying him, 14d3e92fb7 it took Shin-hee at a6069c3bc4 least ten more minutes cc69763662 to get the man f5461805a6 onto a futon after 64bfb22bad opening the sliding paper e9390c6ba8 door. No matter how 89fc41b440 much he looked 78e19de4b6 around, there were 4186111f0e no ghosts or 6092664cd9 anything unusual nearby. If anything, Gyo-jin seemed 579142575a spiritually strong, not weak.db2a7f04e087e111

So what 78f3bcf851 on earth a4c2d4d137 had enchanted 36afe1a599 him this 9646e2a3da badly?fcbfa352880ad696

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Shin-hee squatted down beside a60b8fe076 the sleeping Gyo-jin, who facc71a649 had stolen his bedding 0186c77645 and was now sleeping 83ff74a0cb like the dead. He studied his handsome 6ccdcf0645 face, trying to piece d9c6b55d66 things together.d39860933eb10398

Next to him, 94f862c8bf the spirit child 7d3e5dbee0 squatted in the e6cc0749c2 same posture, tilting 4e2e46cbeb his head as 02dbad99c9 he stared curiously c096454c30 at Gyo-jin.d873fd9827896bd1

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