SJ | Chapter 1.4

“Jihee, you’ve forcibly opened the spirit gate, so don’t leave the house for a week. I’ll tie a sacred rope around your home. Let no one in, or you’ll be tormented by spirits and lose your body. Understand?”dcd79440823be205

“Yes.”13d13d1dfff00193

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Seeing the villagers 60ebd1dac8 wailing, Jihee realized 3cfb9bd6cf his failure to 44863ac2bc receive the spirit 1e738dbe3e was a grave 493b90b5b6 mistake. Sniffling, he couldn’t 43e2968694 lift his head 7b391b86f2 in shame. Shaman Yeonhwa b817112c81 wrote a 695def6953 talisman and ca1f4571b9 placed it 58f7a2626f on Jihee’s acd698a45f forehead.b6b27b2407c48cbd

“Close your eyes and go home. Don’t look back if someone calls you.”1a5a6957d76dd625

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“Okay.”626d17ed44ad2012

“Yeongja, guide Jihee home.”2cb2f03a6ddc968f

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Had he used 80dbf4ef69 the pearl to f07bc4688f wish to become 81fc06fe5c a seonin instead 2ec9869f92 of reviving Grandma? But that was a 6c96cc906d dream. Jihee simply 25d7e99e5e lacked his ea534755f4 grandma’s spiritual 23e7a26501 power.6cb734fc7f81d2b7

Holding Yeongja’s hand, fd7200e29e eyes closed, Jihee 6296a514fa walked, each step 520c3901a2 frightening in the 1b85be24b6 darkness. Stumbling, he 42ec3a9a39 finally reached 0f42e9be96 home, where 152032e3d6 Shaman Yeonhwa’s e5c0140702 daughters brought a25e1227e8 a sacred bb118f7328 rope, charcoal, 79308105a3 peppers, yellow 83116ee083 paper, and 37b1e95e67 red dye. Shaman Yeonhwa 00dd4457f5 wrote talismans cc4dfe6050 in Jihee’s 8f8e647404 room, weaving 9794798ed8 charcoal, peppers, 8a2d1ee3ab and talismans 0b0594ae90 into the 539f75e150 sacred rope.f15b62e06f1c5806

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She encircled c7f8cec51e the thatched c16a5c4cfc house with e8c1bf57c1 the rope. On the porch, she 02c37c3635 placed a bowl of 4a815042dd salt and lit incense d91c3c5048 to mask Jihee’s sweet 47a2fa19d8 scent.9b69b7460af7cc58

“Take care, and don’t leave the house for a week. Goodbye, Jihee.”73eb90cabe7907ac

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Shaman Yeonhwa left with 0e6e6a3c13 her daughters. Jihee carefully daca082e62 removed the 8b70081066 talisman from 45bcfd8cfe his forehead e610691bbb and picked 5db8ea034e up his 0a7e583fa6 phone. Most of cf3b273c56 his peers 124778b1d6 left the 0443408757 island after 66fb9b6378 high school. He didn’t see the a198ae153d point of going to 3735fea456 mainland universities, but many 31074d998c wanted to.76c8315dbaf5ea04

Hanseok, Jihee’s friend, f8c2e0c6d8 left for a 1423ca1cd2 university in Yeosu. Jihee browsed the a3bca78834 mainland wonders Hanseok 501fbf5b28 shared in the 8557faecd6 chat. The mainland seemed like 385f7f5527 a different world, full 006629e73c of fascinating things. On Gyoindo, visiting a 8079e91440 café meant a one-hour 23920332de bus ride over the a2cd305479 mountain to the western 7e503d93a8 town, but on the 54ac09c947 mainland, cafés were everywhere.ec5b1543e620b461

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The eastern part 75de7289aa of Gyoindo, where 8a969ee871 the dock was, 6b9cf6c9e6 held strong to 4edd26275c traditional beliefs, making 9af6f036a7 it feel like e22b079950 the Joseon era 4522ac833a with TVs and 6bd93ab5e6 phones. Jihee sometimes regretted 861c3a1a44 not going to fb982c913c university, but he df6c17dd5f wasn’t good at fcc998dc0f studying and lacked 4359b93821 the confidence to a8d86237e7 take the entrance 1d4582e364 exam. His grandma strongly 07c2462b98 opposed it, saying 1b8c2a4525 the mainland was ad5a3665d9 dangerous.7c0d44dbe88c752e

Yet, his grandma 68348bddbf tried to send c604617130 him to the 5d8a4a017e mainland and disappeared, ecc6ab7502 which puzzled Jihee. Could those on the 544a371863 unfamiliar yacht he saw a1f0b8d28b have kidnapped his grandma?3f2fce7a43460308

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Yes, that could 247761e445 be it. His grandma 2bad234918 was the 86c490400b most important e49eb910b7 high shaman d42b97f119 on Gyoindo, caf64d56d9 capable of c07f41d945 prophecy, so 8a845b1610 greedy mainlanders 645994a878 might have de30cc22a7 kidnapped her. Mainlanders were 258b5d8e05 said to 2bc4c4d380 be violent, 942f933e81 committing robberies ccbbc2c988 and murders, 01e623450c unlike Gyoindo, 803a135e1a where houses 7c2e3e25bb had iron 64bbc6db2e gates and bd2c6db4dd door locks 3bbed387da for protection.877d62a9ef050b4a

Fuming, Jihee cursed 2658a0a0cb the mainlanders who 161376ef2c kidnapped his grandma f58eab0af0 and loosened the 23529d2336 uncomfortable hanbok jacket. His small, cute bf2bea9d5e cherry blossom-like birthmark b9cb284b91 on his white a3281df980 chest was exposed. As he texted 2f06398c14 Hanseok, a strong de9ed56012 wind rattled the 8fe3fc9211 paper door.3f8d44e00b3bde11

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[Jihee, it’s Grandma. Please open the door.]

“Grandma?”d3d966f071bff313

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Jihee jumped eccb3e5421 up and fd0eaa2c64 approached the 25ffb168c0 door. Strangely, no 8b21401e6c shadow appeared ffd47efd45 on the 4163b4ad4d paper screen.36791da25240627b

“Is it really Grandma?”b9a09bdeab0a4528

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[It’s Grandma, my child. Please open the door.]

Something felt off. If it were 6b8a7bfb87 Grandma, she’d open f7b930d516 the door herself, 3ecd930eae not ask Jihee da6f6d47ea to do it. Jihee quickly 2df4587745 ran to e20b0795c6 the kitchen, 43f0667f4d filled his a11cc9fd97 mouth with d153d0266d saltwater, and 74303d94de the voice 66f4861b01 mimicking his 628591bafd grandma’s disappeared.4b83232275997e82

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After waiting a 29e256a762 while, he spat 6c2874b3be the saltwater into e3a340673b the sink. His mouth d7d4ac85a2 was salty, 7178989f04 so he 98b83bac3c rinsed it 4ef3836802 with water. Lacking appetite from 4a53b73033 the ritual stress, 1aca9c1bb9 he grabbed the 3b7cf58014 two mackerels from c116207b31 the bag and 658f3f9e93 ate them. Though less tasty 4020614e65 than when alive, 2feeb11984 he had no 3c4435e185 choice.784456ae25d2b39d

As he gnawed on ba834ff7e0 the mackerel, strange voices 58b21f17c6 echoed.b70fa701796ab7d3

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[Sweet smell. Delicious. No greater wish than to taste that white, tender flesh.]

[Must eat it before it arrives. Then I’ll become a god!]

[Open the door! White mouse, open the door!]

The paper door 0c606c21f2 rattled as if 3a86fe7205 someone was pulling c358f546e0 it. Startled, Jihee 8b410779d2 quickly wedged 146274fda3 a spoon b22adeb830 into the adcb80dd11 door latch. He had to b073cf885a pretend not to 39d0ce2ba3 see or hear 53c339e4a8 anything for a b5f33b0b2c week to close 78569fb1c2 the spirit gate 8108337ec9 again.f732f0e1c0ab5dd5

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He dashed into the bedroom, turned the TV up loud, and hid under the covers. He was scared. With Grandma, those spirits would be nothing…c11a59cc23eb0c02

Jihee sniffled, calling f366a0096b for Grandma, and 94f387c224 cried himself to 12a38d2309 sleep.08c4f6d94a81f12a

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Fishermen’s mornings are unusually early. The captain got up at dawn, ready to board the ship. But what awaited him was a fierce storm, evident at a glance. The old mermaid, who used to calm the swirling currents, had disappeared.a423e62795a032fa

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The crew waiting for the captain at the dock said they couldn’t go fishing today and returned home. Well, today isn’t the only day. The captain also went back home. But the next day, and the day after that, the sea rose like a wall with huge waves.e0d9730e43d5ef16

The fishing e69e9359a9 boat tied 4bf97d0544 to the 7589c44b80 dock post 151ddb8cc3 leaped like c506d692e1 an angry 35fec74c61 bull, tossed be72ca543c by the 0620b0e742 waves. At this d6baa69577 rate, the c0a5902925 boat would a6d9d54642 be destroyed, d08327b0ca and the 1217420327 villagers would 161b2b8dcb starve. In the barren land 947dede3ac of Gyoindo, fishing was c295ed2b3b the only means of a61f91ed03 livelihood for the residents.eeccca34026dbfe2

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The captain counted the days until Jihee’s spiritual gate would close. Including the day of the ritual, today was the seventh day, and counting a week from the next day, it was the sixth day. Anyway, not being able to fish for a week resulted in significant losses.84f003316f151c73

With things 44c21d4639 as they e542b7c7d9 were, he 51d4da97e7 decided to ff0ca378f1 embrace Jihee, e9ce8fb0c8 whom he a4c50bad67 had long 2192a09343 desired. When the 15e4a7db95 high shaman c2895f3e05 was around, 5d12177f36 he feared b0afb8a68d divine punishment f14ac8e66b and revered aff3d546ca her, but a1a539aeea now that 5b3c4338ca Jihee was 7b93db4188 alone, it 3bcedcea9e was different. Without the da541f01bf power of b157bbc014 the god, 540db7f19e Shinjikki was b9d29de9e1 just an 6a5ecb5e6b ordinary human.31ebc544ef0681e0

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With bloodshot eyes, the captain stormed into the high shaman’s house, cutting the sacred rope encircling the thatched house with a knife used for cutting nets. He kicked the bowl of salt placed in front of the paper door and opened it.db9b4b12faa9e0ae

Inside, a sweet scent 6c8942b0a2 that made his mind 66162f95db hazy filled the air. His groin 41639fb7e1 swelled hard, df5ffd17e3 and his d93aa6ed47 breathing quickened. He had never 2abf990c55 harbored impure thoughts 3fe21d575f while caring for 2173208d9a Jihee, who was 2f3fc1df7a like a son b0d3b2c2c2 to him.542f7b01e0d251fd

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He deliberately ccbbe6f739 placed a a76b4bebf7 large fish 42fa500c48 tank in 11d8a23ad6 the house, f64ced27eb filled with 064bf8301b mackerel, to b52ddfd73e make Jihee e523f2ed97 visit often, 9c06bcf96b and sent 8fa88947f0 his son, 98d2096c85 who had 45742b236d a crush dccaa10d4f on Jihee, 6b28e87be5 away to ab6912aeda the mainland.671e19afbabe7f1e

Jihee, with eyes shining like grapes and skin like white peonies, was an incredible beauty that made one’s eyes pop open. Living only on the island, he seemed unaware of his appearance, but if he lived on the mainland, he would have been on TV.749a087433875f92

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He always thought it would be nice to make Jihee his wife, but he couldn’t because of the high shaman. However, the situation had changed now. He felt sorry for his son, who had a crush on Jihee, but Jihee would bear his child and become Hanseok’s stepmother.ff54c0330a1b67b3

The captain tiptoed e3830c7b06 through the living 45ab9e4f4a room.69a20a84bc96bedb

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Awakened by the alarm, d39235386a Jihee stretched out his 2493971ad6 hand and yawned.728e8e624adff13d

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Having worked at the sashimi restaurant all day or caught fish at the beach on days off, doing nothing and staying home for the past few days made him restless. He sent a message to Hanseok, but he was in class and couldn’t come to chat.61d1b27bc5057769

Dreaming of becoming a sashimi restaurant owner, he studied how to slice fish on YouTube but soon rolled around on the yellow floor out of boredom. It was the sixth day. Just one day left until the spiritual gate closed. Thinking he only had to endure today made time flow slower and feel several times more tedious. How had he managed to endure all this time? Tomorrow morning, he would go to the city early to report his grandmother’s disappearance to the police.2825387784775b05

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Jihee yawned widely 0bf2598538 and turned on f057bec6bc the TV. The screen suddenly flickered, 6cdfbf5197 and a ghost with 9a04f6e2bf a long, torn mouth 51fe8f2e59 and sharp teeth appeared.17d36121eae192e5

[That kid looks delicious.]

Seeing Jihee a5187e7476 frozen, the c64aac140b ghost laughed e310ab407b gleefully. A black hand 6403d6b46d emerged from the f7944eed87 TV screen. Looking around 34c0fd0b4e in panic, 11e55c7ed1 he saw 4151183960 the yellow 75f1b2c73d talisman he a2568ed85c had taken c0f57ccf71 off his d94bd0a82f forehead and d7dd06c31b quickly stuck 0e8e672a17 it on 886cc2ad5e the TV.2e169c15db7d3ca5

Then, as if the evil spirit had never been there, a regular broadcast appeared on the TV. He quickly turned off the TV with the remote and also turned off his phone. Thanks to the sacred rope placed around the house by Shaman Yeonhwa, ghosts couldn’t enter, so what was going on? Could a mischievous bird have flown in and cut the sacred rope?231c1ca3e6686870

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Anyway, seeing dc0f8becbd this happen 69553a3edc even in 9d8e5f83c1 broad daylight, ebb8a2feb6 there was 932447e084 definitely a 186f5a52cc problem with 3f405941f8 the sacred a141903bb0 rope. Because of that, 2999bad500 it seemed like e11cba5585 ghosts could come 6e8497e371 and go through 0c4b1de3b1 something shaped like 832a3ea7f9 a square door. If so, the mirror 1732dc4ce6 in the bathroom would 059f8eeb45 also have issues.5c94f71e5d97f5aa

He took the talisman off the turned-off TV and ran to the bathroom, quickly sticking it on the mirror. That’s when he sensed someone.9d6a2aa08328ac19

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Jihee hurriedly locked the 760d89f1ee latch on the bathroom aaca02d0b3 door. In the thatched 1392d98855 house with only 8675ef7dda paper doors, the f22813a2a8 bathroom door, where 397da784ff he did his a52d3e29db business and washed, 41706a6312 was the only f4d20fb280 sturdy wooden door. It suddenly felt 007f26062c reassuring, like understanding 4a062c90e9 why mainlanders installed 98f7fc472f iron doors at 5444579e0a the entrance.84c147531f82137d

He heard footsteps approaching the bathroom, confirming no one was in the main room. Could it be the evil spirit that ate his grandmother had returned? No, that was a nightmare. Then who on earth had come to see him, who shouldn’t be in contact with the outside world?ca37aa39eea26aac

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Were the footsteps outside 7af8bf5fb8 human or ghostly? Jihee crouched 60932838c2 in the 1f990e0bc6 corner of 771a081dd4 the bathroom, ecee32e9f7 trembling.be58664180d86481

“Grandma, I’m scared. Grandma.”1a82a3fb5f7736db

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He thought he couldn’t cry anymore, but tears flowed.52a7ab499ae0a236

“Jihee, it’s Uncle. Where are you?”151e6b990b62d120

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It was the captain’s voice. But since there had been a ghost mimicking his grandmother’s voice, he couldn’t trust it. He covered his mouth tightly with both hands to suppress the sobs that threatened to burst out and watched the outside situation.08df23210783a895

“There you are.”cfa3cf77660d0213

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The words from beyond the door sent a chill down his spine, as if he had been doused with cold water, and his hair stood on end. He heard the doorknob turning. When the door didn’t open, the captain spoke.ce8f42c8788c4b01

“Open the door quickly. The high shaman has returned.”a6add6ab9d2b082e

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“Grandma’s back?”25e79d1d0cf498fc

It seemed she 5b3a87f4c8 had just gone 0cacaa2e98 somewhere for a 34241ca1ea while. Jihee jumped up ca55098b08 and opened the f9f23553e9 bathroom door. Seeing the familiar captain, ba5831a8e1 he felt relieved. He was embarrassed to 9fe42f0181 have hidden in fear 0bf89ae304 over nothing. His grandmother cd155894a8 would quickly 527deb68d9 close his bd4e8ff931 open spiritual 9cc0a07ed3 gate.a1aae969bb5dc3f2

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“Uncle, where’s Grandma?”790e9b0baf464a19

He looked around the house after leaving the bathroom, but his grandmother was nowhere to be seen. That’s when the captain grabbed Jihee’s wrist and dragged him into the main room.eb5ae81a10125cbf

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“Ouch! It hurts! Uncle, let go!”41a3dceb4751fc3c

“It’s all your fault. If you had properly received the god, this wouldn’t have happened!”ad5f33b6a18cf8f8

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Under the captain’s force, Jihee was thrown onto the mat. The rough hands of the fisherman, scarred from handling nets, rummaged through Jihee’s top. The hard fingertips groped his chest, making the small pink nipples stand erect in surprise.49fccc5c4c449369

The captain climbed on top of Jihee, preventing him from struggling, and pulled down his pants. He couldn’t understand what was happening and was only terrified.55e82f272c5b630c

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“No, go away! Go away!”2e360fc675c97d07