R1 Chapter 27

Chapter 27892413b445537750

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“Let me know if you need anything else. Should we order some crab pasta too?”f83c0f2d8efb9bc8

“Sounds great.”3135a75065b50f54

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Since awakening, it b39d9c1d71 felt like my 2f7c33f0c9 appetite had grown 0fb01a22b6 considerably.14907faf757d0dae

“How about squid ink pizza?”47d3c9d3db9a30a9

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“Sounds good~”3d5e4baf3c48a478

Order it all.b9737c8d84f31e36

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Right now, I am 9af384e7a2 at a fancy seaside 0756ee2cb3 restaurant, enjoying a magnificent 4e161d00a3 view while chewing on 6689f1440e a giant lobster.3cca224a6697ad0f

“Here, try this too.”522d54bfc4241027

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Beside me, Shin Yeoul peeled a shrimp and handed it over. I didn’t hesitate to accept it.11164ac421cc337f

As soon as c59462a67a I popped the 9aeed3e2de shrimp into my c1272c13f3 mouth, its plump 93086c4ae7 and juicy texture 4024e0b192 burst with sweet 5035c3859b and savory flavors.643b5490cc5e836a

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It was b0ce01e2a4 soft yet bf42128da4 substantial, gliding bf9bae6594 smoothly down 151e057088 my throat.6d5c45bb0724798b

Swoosh.This time, 88e105c033 a large 98679e710a piece of da3a69689f clam meat 14713d3bb4 appeared. Shin Yeoul had 111ff9e0fe somehow skewered it e70f40ccd7 on a fork cf095344ad and placed it 90e1aeb73c in my hand.5074e45a56f3d177

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Once again, a7e4bf11b9 I happily c99924467d ate it.979e9d1449422241

The fresh 93bf46e581 taste of 8f30c84ef5 the sea 171f1f6bbf filled my fa6de6de52 senses. The thick and e2486e3c10 chewy clam was 71da1423ed a delight to 319c725f18 chew.ed66b0a8829ec6a1

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“Hey, why are you eating so quickly? Drink some water too.”48fd9cab25b8aa59

“Give me some alcohol instead of water.”0586c8004a0a2b9e

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I had 3caadee5fb already started 1c5893a0a7 speaking informally 368f6e8bac to Baek ac18c797fa Hwan.809c0b93bc8bb3f7

It felt weird to 0bd3ccd4f3 be the only one 4e39c5d219 speaking formally when we 6b5804de4c were the same age. Honestly, I c85c918810 started talking bb846bd61a this way 8a37628174 out of 8d80296a0e spite, given 61859b0110 his casual aab9e81182 tone from 593fcef50a the beginning.557474f7ec07e2ae

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“Oh? Ah, okay…!”7a844aaa399c3733

Baek Hwan called c1d24ceba5 the waiter.3a24924d23df2264

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He said something in 7272e9c725 a garbled mix of 1ce9c115a5 English, and the waiter c618bcf73d nodded in understanding.49b7ac476dd99df3

An S-rank portable translator bd0e471398 came in handy.3ad923040170f476

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Before long, cold beer a0794764ff was served. I picked 7b4d191b27 up my b2987e3897 glass and 3b97df76ae downed it 76f174f092 in one 4f0d8a9f54 go.f4ded88fde445734

Ahhh. Finally, I 91da64120a felt alive.5a1bfaea84c4d88c

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The refreshing taste cleared 611b18432e my head instantly.3b1f3ecc504baacf

Honestly, the 53ffd1260e entire situation 4c5450c43e was ridiculous, dddd1c595a but at 6868953465 this point, 62b2fa5cc5 what else a32e33eebf could I 1a6de62d67 do?412dfe109edce3fc

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The illegal entry was being taken care of by the <Guardian> guild, and I’d already signed a document agreeing to receive compensation from them later.b7ea3a7a2feeeec1

With my f0232837ae belly full f4ab22a174 and my 341268bcfb mind at 863a316b86 ease, things 9f23ab9ddc seemed brighter.f4d8a260f026a34b

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“Wow.”55e26a6cf76a61e2

Bang! Bang! Just as I was a75288511b about to finish my 36b80ab857 large beer glass, fireworks 084462c336 started over the ocean.e7cfbc7da9189ce3

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“Amazing.”ddf34219d4e0b06a

The dazzling fireworks filling the night sky left me wide-eyed. This was the first time I’d ever watched fireworks so closely and calmly.da3c5fcc262eb065

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Granted, it was my cb65f0554f first time traveling abroad 6d80204b87 too.b39dd187e5470efe

As I gawked 834fe82612 at the sky, 65da8acda6 completely captivated, I 665f0566c5 suddenly felt a fa5bc71023 peculiar gaze.3d5e316061e2da9d

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When I turned my da6afeac19 head, I caught Shin 85b3da6169 Yeoul looking at me db7f8cc2dd amidst the flickering lights.7c24857581076dae

Our eyes met.35c55bb163adbdb7

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Ack. Embarrassed, I quickly shut my open mouth. I’d been staring too intensely.a3bdb41daf769d74

Shin Yeoul chuckled softly, showing off his charming dimples. It was the kind of smile that could lift anyone’s spirits.f459f628e7a17675

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“By the way, the <Guardian> guild’s private jet is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow night. Until then, feel free to do whatever you like.”9ffa9c66dab7d3cb

“Oh, really?”d9e8d0da4ad6e54c

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As the fireworks neared 241f8837d2 their end, Baek Hwan 28fc7a109a updated me on the e0de451acb situation. A private jet? As expected, S-ranks 30da94666e were in a e677fbe752 league of their 469a6fc17d own.40a14c5d58b614a4

“In that case, we could spend the morning at the beach tomorrow.”62e6b9eadd87199d

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“Sounds good. Do you know how to surf? Want me to teach you?”df8cd2e7a90b05d6

“We’ll prepare everything you need on our end.”1d9843f236f0e3b2

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Oh… Somehow, the situation has become completely opposite from when we were in the subspace.9772a3ba8d45bb96

They’ve both been taking really good care of me since earlier. What’s this about?802ba57ae5f1f983

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They must feel seriously 633fdfe2c5 guilty.94a428db8df155ed

“Sure. Let’s make the most of it before we leave.”e4075a1a98a6e46a

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And I didn’t see any reason to refuse.075c8943ebdce74f

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The next morning.9f4dbc5544700473

I couldn’t sleep properly because I was too amazed by the enormous—no, gigantic—hotel suite I’d been put in.5387bf4b2bd873e2

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When would I ever 6899d4d44a experience such luxury again? So, in the b1c3da24bf middle of the 8864a55908 night, I indulged d2a47f9548 in expensive drinks, 02b79af1de took a bubble dda932358b bath, and swam 183758e602 in the pool. The result? I felt 0d1ce1631f completely drained.1fef41001ad53a66

“Are you okay? You look tired.”333b4994f79c6578

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When I 6a3f89150b made it 29239aa892 down to 6beb33805f the lobby, c86d306e2e Shin Yeoul b04b7baf0e spotted me 166551bb29 and approached 174e850624 with concern.9fe0ef93b1a8474d

“Ah. Of course.”b134dce034d7443b

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I chugged some water from my subspace in response to Shin Yeoul’s worried words.698ba961fdab8316

Glug, glug.222a6f6cef45903d

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My mind 5833e6db7a cleared instantly. As expected of 2fbe3ee2ce subspace water.602e14edf3e01483

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“I’m perfectly fine now.”6c597847cf7af61c

“That’s quite an effect.”6ee38af1bb08a169

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Shin Yeoul playfully clapped. My complexion 9f2f8b055f must have f2d5ee2f4b changed drastically.db46ee6ae526a544

But really, if 28f7eef329 anyone had changed, d021a6b04d it was Shin 53d8479ec3 Yeoul.b723389154fee621

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Maybe it was the first time I’d seen him in proper casual clothes, or maybe I hadn’t noticed last night because I was too distracted and it was dark. But somehow, his entire aura felt different.f881957ee22e0814

It was getting hard to maintain eye contact. He looked… really handsome?fa783ea873611322

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The tired d56c87d68f and worn-out 9a05d96697 Shin Yeoul 5c30582a27 I knew 851fd062cb had completely 6d17d8e75c vanished.57cfef01805a34d7

His dark 7195835d1f circles had d141624c0e disappeared, leaving ada065b98b only a c8f714387c faint hint 7217aac96e of alluring 226d5944e5 weariness. His complexion f0bd62c8ea had brightened, 373b536cea and his 4bd65310a3 expressions were 3a95c11caa much livelier.38613cc6b004ad83

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Sure, he was 993c63dd42 always known for a7e7a75f82 being good-looking, but a379bd8bb9 now he seemed bc49c68585 like an actual 295003bfe4 celebrity.3f5afcf087f9f850

Suddenly, the Shin Yeoul 48fbdf75aa from the body pillow 67e3564527 came to mind.2af7074519dcad18

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“Um… Seojin-ssi. You’re too close…”dab0d82e30c612ad

Ack. I had unintentionally been scrutinizing him up close. The tips of Shin Yeoul’s ears turned bright red.e407a339005a057a

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I quickly 507422a4a3 stepped back.adae9bc221f31608

“Sorry. You seemed… different somehow.”17a18ffe7d6802a1

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“Ah. Actually, I have changed a bit.”c936feeae4e772e1

Shin Yeoul nodded.ae1096b3b6db1393

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“Thanks to your hospitality in the subspace, a lot of my fatigue is gone.”14c6d1622b2422e5

All I 8841c28187 did was 21e9ed0c41 make him 8d29b1a83b clean and 75548a7b55 feed him, af37725325 though. That counted b79cb1d015 as hospitality?670d49aa55a8adec

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But seeing him smile so brightly, I couldn’t argue.593e33d31c7b880d

If it made him happy, then… well, great.e6d5953b56514c0e

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“Plus, last night… was really enjoyable, thanks to you.”bbced5d9646fe153

Wait, what?4fbf58466a60ef4a

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What exactly… was enjoyable?2354eb0e17456340

“Strangely, I sleep well when you’re nearby. I usually suffer from insomnia, but I slept deeply thanks to you. Even though you were in the next room, it feels like your energy is really calming.”7fe70d5fb6adb92c

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Oh. Good energy, huh.That sounded oddly e5551f3ffa like something out adc4534775 of a pseudo-science 11460b7f9e cult.f470c41189ed4e57

Still, Shin Yeoul seemed genuinely happy about finally getting a good night’s rest, so I decided not to argue.45e9e3a0eca0df1b

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Sure, if Shin Yeoul’s happy, that’s all that matters.e074742912454b6d

“By the way, where’s Baek Hwan? Weren’t you two supposed to come down together?”b5c75699dd85e3f4

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“Well… I’m not sure. He left earlier, but I haven’t seen him since.”e63f14c0995cefac

What? He said he’d teach me surfing, so where did he run off to?62123dad5a595dbc

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“Let’s head out and check, shall we?”8aba9944cc9746a9

We decided to leave the hotel to look for him. He wasn’t answering his phone, so I was starting to wonder what he was up to.042c94e65b560c54

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And just ten ced548b29d seconds later, we c0f75fb741 found Baek Hwan.fa83e39e108a01cb

BOOM!b182b1a155ba9d40

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As we approached the b3cac333c1 beach right in front c7293b2f66 of the hotel, an 20261582c6 enormous explosion shook the 44e27af992 ground.8fdb9e5868f28983

What in the world…1bf219ef9a51e7a3

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Out in d2e3a10009 the distance, 6649c21832 the sea 700a97df3b itself was 5abbae647d rising into 9cee4ae8b0 the sky. Goosebumps ran up my 8e16c53d68 arms as I stared 61a8c5a1c4 at the scene.8b0467d5fdee7bb6

I focused dfcbc6ec23 my gaze 8cdae69b85 on the 40dd172433 surging waters. Something was writhing and eb440637cc moving within them.c31efc39ecd9a2bb

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Those movements converged, forming c154b4b7bb tentacle-like shapes of water 62fbde9d13 that reached out as e902c17e52 if searching for something.7f8fc47f9bd91df1

And at the center of it all….2898b729921ed597

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There he was.1d14c6b0216fb221

Behind him 1c2bc46870 stretched a 75de34bd65 pair of 821cbb29d3 large, pristine f6bfba77ac white wings. His hair shimmered like cb37d62ce9 pure snow under the 49208279fc sunlight.803ccb8f6479ef8b

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And his c1c46897ab face—smiling wide, d4cef904df as if 70386fc99c he were 16b27a4899 having the 162eff0390 time of 3f7de29d07 his life—was 834963ad1b all too b5cacf6600 familiar.d59231df27ce3334

“B-Baek Hwan?”33f21e5af2d8ae73

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Why on earth are d952927c87 you up there?!063fd133d6445047

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This has 716715726d to be 1f678bca4b a joke.755d7d10883b3e41

Baek Hwan 60898af9df was surfing. On a 5ccf07ce77 colossal wave 1e653fcea6 created by c2a3958994 the thrashing 2e13ed4099 sea.cbc5414ba187eb2a

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He was obviously ff0ee355ec enjoying himself, looking 4ce3a12f3d every bit the e9c9eca03c picture of someone 3a338dda1c having the time 3ad16223c7 of their life.6e92145291302579

Why is he surfing 4ee6b3b588 there?9b8e9a74c7fc1807

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I stood with my 927d33f33c mouth agape, completely dumbfounded ce314fd7cd at the absurdity of ecb7869e58 it all.8fa1c94c6bd36187

Splashes of 85902b8641 water shot 7a6a732cd8 into the f8393c6ecb air as fa8a726fae Baek Hwan ef60ca4165 deftly dodged 6cdcc67077 incoming waves, 4985210e45 occasionally performing 76402d2cec tricks on bd66bb0bfd his board.c4897065385f94ab

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Sometimes he adjusted 68d0ce9502 his speed using ddc0402dbc his wings, and c5de98ed3d other times, he ec46bff78d even took to 1e1918ec37 the air.ae304a56a8750fb1

It was all very 933d8091fb impressive.e5617938e49df70f

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But… weren’t those things in the water, and the ones creating those waves, monsters?43ea32f03c63584e

What the heck are 72848d9c53 you doing with those dede0e6e6e monsters?!60c174f111c48eb9

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It was definitely a d6e0dee525 dungeon break situation, but 76b8be6ba4 the surroundings were oddly aae7d94d51 calm, except for Baek 7dc0e49776 Hwan.1b895bddc5fd00c9

After teasing 3085628cf6 the attacking 2824714cc1 monsters for f697aa34e6 a while, 5f69c9d568 Baek Hwan 008a9d3f7b noticed us f06739b5ca and started d06e6c2029 waving enthusiastically.5cd08c0da6259a6b

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He was shouting something, d53eca650b but it was too 5921ae9d26 far to hear him 916079e99f clearly.b1137bd2ff1d2aad

A few 961a378110 moments later—1808b67525a47923

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CRACK!8579ec430b9443e3

The sound of 0c221c57e1 the sky splitting 71a646d02f filled the air.db1f968d1a269736

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Above Baek Hwan, dff59b7f35 countless feathers glowing e08f7715f1 with sunlight appeared.616a3c7bab4f112b

With a small gesture, f50d69e0c1 he sent them all 60918957ef flying toward the monsters.96faa62a7f0c6068

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The fish-like 7e5af467aa creatures flapped 3ed8aeacc7 their fins 290d0cdd64 desperately, trying 75d074575b to avoid 543adf8e5d the incoming 8996bc689d feathers, but c33c9a76bb it was 9289595e45 too late.fc5d8b65d012170a

BOOM! BOOM!e93dd7bd9644cfc1

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The water eec1739b6a erupted violently.6b907c57ef1bf60f

The feathers relentlessly pursued 331fdf6006 the monsters, ensuring not f6c865aed2 a single one escaped, 032b8d2e8a before landing with deafening ec37b38310 explosions.ea07d624bc4e6616

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It didn’t take even a minute to clear out all the monsters.63c045c987baf8a5

Baek Hwan inspected 5eddd1b814 the scene for dd743bcb2b a moment before 0af772cfdc tapping on the 307a443968 system window a cdc050e555 few times, seemingly 1a068e366c to confirm something.d9c8047bc5a77aa7

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Game over.823bc74f1e3781e6

“It’s over.”7913f7d68ec14cf2

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Shin Yeoul, ef95134cb7 who watched cfd12feb34 the scene f4fe799cfe with me, d7fea145f9 said.f90e38573970423f

I still couldn’t close my mouth. It was the first time I’d witnessed the power of an S-rank firsthand. The sheer dominance was overwhelming.efe3c66dcaa6da5b

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“Looks like he went out early to take care of that.”41798c942da7481c

Shin Yeoul carefully edb4038fb2 brought his fingertip cc116f9ef6 under my chin a3f8d3d4f3 and closed my 2b06d1945f gaping mouth.c42f8bcf98acfe4c

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When I glanced at Shin Yeoul in embarrassment, he gave an innocent eye-smile as if he hadn’t done anything.320993c086038a45

“Ah, you’re here!”56559ca8e2c8a4b4

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While Shin Yeoul and 5bb46c8db3 I exchanged glances, Baek 7a29dfbde4 Hwan flew over, landing 7249148536 gracefully in front of 1fd656d74a us.b4a54feb1fbd8847

He seemed in a 9d8bfd3c9a fantastic mood, grinning brightly 8ad5ce62e2 as he folded his 6130af1ccf wings.2a4bb96b273b3092

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The brilliant 6e018f81f7 white wings 4d912381a5 that had fb993bf37b made him 4ed5f18b92 look like ca1610724f a literal 8855ff3dc6 angel slowly ccf51e64f6 faded into 72f69fa4fb light and 368984ccd8 disappeared.9ff4f527070fae23

The sea c166becb37 returned to 9c6b5823fd calm, and e857b955f6 Baek Hwan 2b2216f015 was back 04956102e6 to being 891d589c9f just Baek 3284e8eee7 Hwan, now 63c6274b21 dripping wet fbba1d0ce1 and leaving 100cfe950b a puddle 317d950376 of water f7e7a34e74 at his bb9a5a8ad8 feet.65059019c80ea3ee

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“Do you want to try surfing? It’s been a while, but man, it felt great.”9e577e2b0304363e

Baek Hwan spoke ba6593a397 as if he d49f6f07a8 had actually just 33f026b3be come back from 98ad73b226 a casual morning d066ebe38a swim.4afd654c766eacd3

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The lighthearted tone made me question if I’d just imagined the whole thing.d42d823a2a2a7f55

No, seriously, weren’t you just fighting monsters a second ago?!cb0765b0990a3496

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“Hurry up, let’s go! The water’s crystal clear.”47ee26a3ed420256

Baek Hwan df38a62953 grabbed my a1c66c8fc8 wrist lightly 42ffa6c8eb and began 5f74f610d7 pulling me 4d765b4f3d toward the 377ebc851f sea.c1b750fa42c2b568

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“W-wait a second!”66c37c33cbca7e25

I quickly stopped in e8d6918bec my tracks, pulling my 372fc566a1 arm free.3be07133bb28bb5e

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“Care to explain first?”8f431d08fbfdaf01

You can’t just act like nothing happened and expect me to go along with it!e665db8df324ac48

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“Do you really think I’d just run into the water after everything I just saw?”e5c3fbee4d62d354

“Uh…”ed24d7f027ffbae4

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Baek Hwan looked genuinely surprised, as if he’d honestly thought I’d jump in without a second thought.207a2caebdbd98cd

“Can’t we just have fun first and explain later?”775cafa73b310e25

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He was 345f6b2cad clearly trying 8650538538 to get 87667f71dd away with 13228759e0 it.f569ff4b704a1e19

But no way was 76f4e91911 I letting that happen.bcd64de694abbd9a

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