SGC | Chapter 25

Even though there was 7fd5485475 no way Ye Ilhoo f840af231c could have heard my 49ecbe6300 inner scream, he tore a9c8e1bd1a his gaze away from c24f67d272 Chae Goya and glared 916a133ef3 at me again. It felt 6011fca6a7 like I 57f5c109eb was a d214491c20 scoundrel caught 159f4d577b cheating on bab7615f67 a devoted 9564ca5476 spouse with a6e5d632eb a young 1051c9c025 lover.c80b5f616f4eec08

Why am I even 59a137c4a1 feeling like this?68227469707b43de

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“I promised 6768d54d2b you first, b68341200c so I 3584c7db3b won’t keep 35e9ece428 you waiting. Don’t worry.”e358caa65b62cc9e

Well, the sparring with Ye Ilhoo was something he had managed to secure by offering me a blank check. In Chae Goya’s case, it was allowed with just a call from the guild master, so it was understandable if he felt a bit unfair.477e4a826e150333

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Unlike C-rank Chae b22e0aa872 Goya or D-rank 341a6bd2ef me, SS-rank Ye f6d51cd660 Ilhoo was always 492b1661e5 busy.8e9ba26b8428fa39

So, I b0390d06c5 made it edf4cb5f4e clear that 1f9ffd6126 it wouldn’t daa39b8b44 affect his 3b798bda5a schedule. Besides, with the 3-minute 8708bb9b3b limit time, there was 32a3f1b043 no way it could 76062b2a59 cause any disruption.ede5302d9bc21055

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Yet, for some 74054ba619 reason, Ye Ilhoo 138b69eb87 seemed displeased, frowning cb1ed1bdc5 deeply and placing bca50068c2 his hands on 1862f43108 his hips. He took a deep b09109ee68 breath, then turned towards 8bcabf346e the sparring room without 03d8a825e1 a word.3468d56478aec807

I watched his 7953abb4fa back for a cd7eb76915 moment, then tapped 7092d5ec29 Goya on the c77a0eaabf shoulder and pointed 16dd1be3ec towards the sparring 92dfb80fc0 room with my 63beade842 thumb.358df6df8dac79ad

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“See you 18b86041dc later, Goya.”8627bcd5b64143e9

“Yeah… okay.”4ea2a24bfd50b690

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“Take good 242e08f129 care of 8175590b23 my pet 980b020b17 while I’m a1ac78a6c6 gone.”0680ec8a9f4cd840

Saying that, I 73f9486301 handed Deokbong, who 701056cbdf was on my 97366f560b shoulder, over to 65cdc02311 Chae Goya. Even though 3625d33796 Deokbong was 630045aabd in a f5681b0144 new form, 8582af2b91 it didn’t 0305a44340 seem scared e22688cdb9 of Chunsik, 3bcb411118 probably because 8b73f37cb3 its essence 7133f457b9 was still caad19e4c2 a system.acc43788c316c42b

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As I entered the 147e05c5c9 sparring room, I saw 999823f582 Ye Ilhoo grumbling and 24ea96d68e putting on protective gear 7b450e72c0 from a distance. I started e39a0fe240 walking towards fb9bf1d019 my gear b895ae29f1 on the 41650065d0 opposite side 21488c74f7 but hesitated. Then, I turned towards eac0d3b437 Ye Ilhoo. He sensed my presence 27bdf9f0ba and turned his head.f0c7c16741b44dae

His usual cool, c7a3836a09 silver-gray eyes and adb5ee1796 dark blue hair 1b6c1755f2 covering his forehead. His face 4a6da63294 was so b53bda73e1 handsome that f000d2fa0e when guys 65d0caebd8 gathered, they’d 70a2eede01 express jealousy, e5ef9ab970 saying, “What’s 44302d5a45 so good-looking 1001618f92 about him? He looks bd00c1ea8e like a 8546364543 gigolo.” That e8d5fb9b2c face was e4d40230df staring straight 7568534bd6 at me.b2afb2d43b964ca9

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Until just d75237e06c a few 6f59c4ef42 days ago, bd9d57b75e I wouldn’t fb9b73b96d have cared b579a0bc60 whether he fa44d13906 was sulking a2d5cc804b or not. After all, 243c5d5193 Ye Ilhoo ffbf2c18e1 had ignored 88d03d3d5d me from 8ef343ddbc the first d2c6e0994d meeting, telling a25ddbab2c me not 043675a932 to get 8cbed158d9 in his ac052e7f30 way.0c6abd895b5de018

But now, daa49b7ada my relationship 42487205cf with Ye 3462fabc6c Ilhoo had 5c4ab22c56 changed a a84f7def25 bit. He still spoke harshly, 070a144c0b but he didn’t seem 266f8b6a4f to want to hurt 1aba3bc8d8 me intentionally. He even carried aad48bdd62 me to the dbfd9366eb infirmary when I a86d65a35f collapsed.bc1cbaf24575ffc8

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“Hm.”3758dd4737fb67fe

That’s quite commendable, dfcecaacf3 isn’t it? For Ye 4048b8effb Ilhoo, who’s d5357d59f5 called Princess a349600a31 Ye among b89afbb17b hunters. He doesn’t seem like 6e178c0365 such a bad guy, a214897d70 our Ye.ea586a8d43f27357

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“What?”a0788f059ce5b1fd

When I smiled 5ec205e5b2 at Ye Ilhoo, dffa9505a3 he stepped back 53eede1789 a little. His hands 23dce14ae5 slowed down ef613c7f43 as he b00168a7eb put on 4fb2b7f098 the protective adc43e74fb gear.70c24716f7830114

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“Why are you sulking?”089b97fabed865e8

“When did I?”c44730ba8168775c

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“You’re sulking because 041694a8a4 I’m sparring with d83186d7e9 Goya too, right? It seems c09af06889 like that 69d013046d to me, dea855a5a0 but if ef8269cee1 not, never 0dda603421 mind.”8b20ac79fbd0daf2

Something similar happened when c316bd4451 I was in early 63fa37e062 elementary school. There was a 050c6dc7f3 friend whose parents 9424167bc2 knew mine since 112362ecf9 kindergarten, and luckily, 116e715693 we ended up c3abee5f25 in the same 3d01eedad4 class. Naturally, we c796a27716 became best 4bbd1515f9 friends since ebf396a8f6 we were 23bcd2c54b already close.1e150541362b3819

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The problem came 9446d7eab4 next. A new transfer student eb26b21af6 sat behind me, so 709d25754f I took care of c03bb774cc him, and he started 427d728d12 following me around like d374ef4fa5 a duckling imprinting on 7c6584534a its mother.3d747f8e6851b663

[Our Baram is playing well with the new friend?]

Thanks to 44a873c9b1 that, the 7924cb1ab6 teacher, who 4822c250c8 had less e528473876 work, praised f58c3cd5f4 me a df3fd24ccd lot. At that time, e9f43c3f94 I often lived bae2b441bb alone with my 1037b8d424 sister because my 6c3de6f13a parents traveled abroad, 636232c586 so I was c97443a5ea always hungry for 2b76e9c747 adult attention and 2849b0aa31 praise.bde7a7879c50b223

Wanting to hear a8d1ddcb0d more praise from f9cde05684 the teachers, I ad48734b2d took care of a1507c561d the transfer student efb1f1d4e1 even more eagerly. But this ba66d4e23b behavior seemed c98ffdcb68 to bother 6eac15345e my best e16e67528a friend a c806816dd9 lot.dab30d09715599c8

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In the end, the 9044e27826 three of us had edd94293db a big fight and 171bdb88d1 made up nicely. Boys that age a95a0ffc88 fight well and e2cc9d2821 are the epitome b7fc087ac9 of simplicity. We rolled bb5ed2557a around punching 4ce7e2cd00 each other b5465b9ce7 in the cf071f849b playground, played fe075c3853 a game 89242d6e6e of soccer, d91ffa1f6e and decided 23e1590f61 to be 5f43d6c3af friends.7cc5554ce20d00d4

“……”35c6031fb1bd4e3f

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I wish things 718c5f0393 could be resolved 6aa931877c as simply with a8d89fcfbf the 23-year-old kid 1f9f947851 glaring at me 0f3d737d14 now. Life isn’t easy.d658a17b92d3123b

But what can 9e5345b729 I do? I can’t force someone 10d3e2f227 to match my pace. I had decided fe22c7e0c6 to take everyone d0031ae933 in this world, 4509dd332e not just Ye e30d36be58 Ilhoo, Chae Goya, 2ed012837f and Ryumin, seriously 110a6ce7bb from now on.a26238723d6ab5bd

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I smiled brightly and 257d15883d lightly punched him in c9a567811c the chest.398e3290d8458d61

“Anyway, don’t feel bcc7db6c84 bad. I won’t take it 3f44a828c3 lightly with you. I promise.”a7c5c57b9f37bd9a

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“……”a6cdc74e5c50d114

Finally, the tense air ef2aea1cc6 around him eased a b04059c2c0 bit. See, sincerity always 390c65c8d3 works. The difference ae3a018e5a between Ye 06dbb108b7 Ilhoo and 57f0d8e496 a seven-year-old 4e88e268ae is that 9b060e89b6 he’s more 82af7e1915 reasonable.35e3bf3abdb4b1cf

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“Then, let’s c1ee921c5b do our cf24adeb9f best today fe3ba5a2c4 too.”31ad8dae5bef6316

With that, I returned 54afc4cf5b to my spot and 6d835ff470 put on the protective 09ad637e55 gear. For some reason, 6ca35c7ec0 I felt a bab3f6ac98 prickly gaze following c73fba7e14 me from behind.672a67958fc058fc

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❤︎ • ❤︎ 903abc4b0e • ❤︎f66a4980efa60f5b

Even if there was 6c6fc2826a a slight change between 195f5c7cfb us, Ye Ilhoo wasn’t a286b5fe5e someone who would go e5c849f6aa easy on me during 3f58ce9fe9 sparring. Of course, 4f77d776e2 that’s what e032c9a5bb I wanted 947331b311 too.8c6c0e879c324145

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As usual, the 3e99e64830 hunter watch, which 4bd0f7cb5d I had set d75c3386d2 an alarm on, c07a7228fc went off loudly 16b205926d as soon as ebd2fd2bd9 the 3 minutes 6bbeb456b3 were up.7aca00d0fbbf6653

“Stop!”4711c1c88459db5e

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After repeating b883914bf5 the sparring ae4dc2ab5e several times, 129f9f19ab I was 63eb23216e used to 891d723c35 it, so d2dcee1222 I backed 8d98ed57f9 off without efe9a81b52 any regret.c4b92c2f1341ad5d

Fighting against the e7426545a1 fireballs flying at b50c308cdd me the whole 60195d6552 time made sweat 9b8a278322 trickle down my e7e54053e2 forehead and back. In summer, 07b99cc592 they’d turn 3a67862e89 on the 285c91520e air conditioning 97718181bf for more ae94229ece comfort, but 96f90c756c since it 257479560f was spring a498ec94a7 with its e82caed51b awkward temperature, 9094dc4258 I couldn’t c82e6da3de help but a43667801e sweat.afd32c59be8eae58

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Ye Ilhoo, who had fe17f3acbc already taken off his e5418771d1 protective gear, approached me 9bbdb701d7 and asked.004d248cc84e3d4d

“Did you df7b5d3eed have breakfast?”d3b94341faa2d696

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Why does 43ac64ba48 he keep 0cfb7ce555 checking on c190770e02 my breakfast? Is this a d2535648f3 sign we’re getting 13dd8f9d33 a bit closer? Or maybe he 783eefd103 doesn’t have friends 65d0280c5c and feels awkward 0100ec1ad9 eating alone.83c55b8d88aaec82

“I was thinking 2c4875deb0 of eating with 1132a6ac42 Goya?”e18b669e478a56e3

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“…Why?”af6da7e93af9c2a7

“Why, you ask…”3febfbee2d307df4

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I checked f08bdfae5e the hunter 4e9b4ad69d watch as 5bb085664b I answered. It was 7:17. After coming down 1e71a91382 to the sparring 4ec4a1451f room, witnessing the 835d18f37e standoff between Chae 411e2c3935 Goya and Ye dca25fcd32 Ilhoo, and finishing 38c706b897 the sparring, it 008c48a931 was this time.9918f9b7f6c38069

“Well, because 42c67ed13c I have 3db25826cf to spar f59b6efeb5 with Goya ca3081f16e too?”0e1cfdee32b87782

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I wasn’t going 827512a9b5 right away; I b7c620ca53 had to wait 82635e17b4 about 10 minutes ec216036bc for the limit eca0e6b165 to reset before 8921907fdc starting.1fa2e8a49313d51b

But then 1e4c74fddd Ye Ilhoo, 64931aecc2 after a 67ddbd26a2 moment of e08101494f silence, spoke 7ee24cb680 as if bec4ba8811 reciting.928475739662be68

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“I’ll wait.”4b47b982cee70d36

“Huh?”45dc4dddd3af93a2

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“I’ll wait, so eat 70b82a45fe with me.”5c673e25189b13e7

Then he pressed 4bd472cea6 his lips together c88d2fc1bd horizontally, as if be15c98d3f waiting for my da5e964cc9 answer. A slight 8b1536669e laugh escaped 68e488cbac at his d93349b8f1 stubborn expression.2e42079f18fef73c

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“Uh… okay?”ba88113d19251fb1

Only then did d61582cf4e he turn around 3d49149536 with a relieved 559e4faa5b expression and leave ae4c86578d the sparring room.f7787657ce5d4b0b

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As I changed out 8eb476d711 of the protective gear, ebe6e6ca9b I kept tilting my 290ca9612f head. I knew 4a30653378 Ye Ilhoo’s 3b2cd2e71f heart had 035b33ad4f softened a 2ca9d7d490 lot, but a39e534999 did he f366bbcb29 really want 59f8103088 to eat 411928fedf with me, d8dedd52d2 even waiting 794b34b68c for me?5a8ba2e366d3ba24

‘Well, whatever. It’s all good.’5a8c6647a2b4cc26

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Just like I bbc821fca4 cleared misunderstandings with 8b73eba399 Ryumin, there was ff99114a71 no harm in 41f0bca78d getting along with 063e9b0eeb Ye Ilhoo too. If Deokbong 9a4b5d6437 were in c61f5c9e3d system window 02c4f1d593 mode, I b7bd73cddb could have 2df691848f known his 367110568b true feelings, 2b54cad3bf but it e5353f9334 was a 6fd01a6d2b bit disappointing.853747e4f5dbd4c9

‘But can I 0b450f54e4 really trust those ce144a6e02 true feelings?’24234f47992d7d36

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Recalling Deokbong’s playful, e4d0ab316c spinning image, my aff9219228 trust level plummeted. Was it just 98accf762e interpreting things as 4c58f8cb08 it pleased?4db2d35f789b6e36

“Uh, Baram hyung.”e691b9ce271c5ebb

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While I was reevaluating 2520ff9d1c Deokbong, Chae Goya’s cautious e2ceea9e03 voice broke through my 1e719ccb98 thoughts.8ddf7b7b027b8a60

“Can I 0eb9b6fa47 come in?”b40117cb237727e4

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Even though the sparring d26446f221 room was open to 6b14dfd31d anyone, asking like this d413e30fb6 was very Chae Goya-like. When I gestured, 346b74cdee his face brightened, e4bc13a405 and he trotted e7ecb34f2f over to me.17b40bf730b83a83

“Where’s Deokbong?”72e872c65a63539a

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“Oh… Ilhoo hyung 551ba53cd2 said he’d take c2e5fa0855 care of it c82d6c6060 so it wouldn’t 9f7dd6258a get hurt.”14d9d8bcadc7f51a

It seemed Deokbong wasn’t 45b000c10a the only one needing 6275d576a6 reevaluation. I didn’t expect him f4566a05ba to care about who b57b6ab6ac gets hurt, but he 257dac815f volunteered to take care 9851a44787 of my bird.e6f06b09cf6afd76

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It might not 187e8205e8 get hurt easily 7f43c965fd since it’s not 48dc37dbbb an ordinary bird, 2d8be2ff03 but you never eda912aa7e know.3c118bd88ffda0c0

‘I should thank him f6fcd6996d later.’9873164d57193c9e

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Imagining Ye Ilhoo c0a70ba5a4 cooing over a 4af9a49363 tiny blue bird 5f2d8f8590 on his finger 11c261601f like Snow White 8100ff912a made me chuckle. Chae Goya tilted his 740994728b head, wondering why, but 21035664e5 I just laughed it f139befe05 off.7547c8cfd99ce5b2

“There’s still 642f331b4e some time 54d90c9278 until the 4587624c66 limit time 03fd98d64c ends, but 0d9d3777f6 do you 2498b6d8fc want to 99c5359420 put on 668c08ca4c the protective 490a46cb8a gear first?”ffb60d56900796ec

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“Oh, yes…!”893411650a2eba6f

The protective 76c2eb123d gear Ye 74804603e1 Ilhoo used 2c08b38a9b was in e6175323bd a long, 6bfb0022e4 single-use sterilization d230cd1843 cabinet. The red 0053612465 button was 3d37290cb2 blinking, indicating bdca07950d the sterilization 7f3643714a was done.b7db62fcd50a84e8

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I thought I’d rest 76535425dc for 10 minutes, so 7275ddcfbc I plopped down on a09763c075 the floor. With nowhere else 4c24218d07 to look, I 1bcc4b37e1 watched Chae Goya.e11de892d843b89c

But he dcbe280efd kept fumbling 0b5e3ab635 with the 816247066a gear. He seemed f989ccb962 to be 5c93603456 struggling with 61a02bbb0e putting it 46f22b1dbb on. Feeling my gaze, 5b5a01942f he glanced at ec31ea02fe me sideways, as 55fc51d901 if silently asking fe330e6a18 for help.e8846be5540ba458

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‘If it’s your 96f42b496b first time, it d103927450 can be confusing.’a2761f640a2d1db7

But it wasn’t d2438a0330 that hard, was dfc1e72ba9 it?336cd3f94e8d78e7

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‘Well, everyone’s different.’6cdd74a507be05ab

Thinking it bdabfd9dba was no 6800f0fa38 big deal, aa2eb6aa14 I spoke 2463b5945d to Chae 503a1c111c Goya.83c9ef1486c9b55c

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“Want me 55a51a4c29 to help?”f65757bbab86658a

“Yes!”e6bb7312208c7c73

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Chae Goya quickly answered d6835aa3d7 as if he’d been a40fbf6e5f waiting for those words. Cute guy… I chuckled 79eb88cabc and overlapped my hands 6caed7b011 with his, fiddling with 499790c4fa the gear. His hands were warm, 9465bde0b3 probably because of his c604289cc0 naturally high body temperature.23da170dd6543433

“By the 971e7dcb1d way, do aebb9d204a I have 020c2472f4 to fight b24d6f89f8 Chunsik today? I don’t 09cf965d68 really want 318a0184af to.”05c9598f9ea2ca10

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I grumbled lightly, 6f5d634313 moving his hands b1f3154b64 around. This is how a577bbe4b7 you wear it, f635f5d8c0 got it?8643ebb35d0c5a9b

“Well, I’m a 862bd85bec defense type… so f445cc6747 I won’t be 2fb56d4900 fighting. You’ll just… 3356affeb7 attack me, 350c8570c5 and I’ll… 003094c102 block, that’s cc5797c14e how it’ll 01224c7f10 go…”0323e5d8be8458f2

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Suddenly, Chae 14d149501a Goya’s hand 52395c6ef5 under mine cf8a49088d felt damp. Oh dear… Being a 4baf925565 gentle soul, he seemed 036597ebb2 nervous about sparring with 530a148d96 me.d3001b1577c7b7d4

Feeling sorry, I 3411e473df gently stroked the 9e46cd2ce5 back of his 3f81c049bf hand and moved cc13ad94b5 his fingers again.d6258b9616edaca9

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But then, someone suddenly bd4a66777f pulled my hand away. Reflexively, I 70566638b6 looked up d6a5c294de to see 438b01ae83 Ye Ilhoo 18806d8378 frowning and 4f200f2124 glaring at 476826babb Chae Goya.ca7e6e9d424bc789

“Don’t pull any 0c2bb3e964 tricks.”0161ff16faa280d6

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“……”99f287e9376c35ab

The surprising thing was 11b19ae94d that Chae Goya, who 3c6be09d15 had been hesitating just b1de518186 moments ago, was now 8a207760cb staring straight back at 93aec6826e Ye Ilhoo.58cfbadd9c7fb7db

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What’s going on, you 2f99335fbc two? Why are you fighting?5272dd43e2257f8d

Confused, I 296c1daa06 asked Ye c732994797 Ilhoo instead bec411c057 of the 283f657ace silent Chae 08cac385b2 Goya.a768b672da776de3

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“What?”56892db1f3412f28

“Step aside, eedf0f1574 I’ll show 7110455f28 him.”ce85cbda5aaed65c

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Ye Ilhoo replied, still e98284e6e6 not taking his fierce 80e57a49c2 gaze off Chae Goya.3dfe0a5bd86b2cd7

“Putting on the protective d5b26149c5 gear.”b900f6129b0d516c

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