SJ | Chapter 1.5

In a panic, Jihee grabbed the wooden pillow and swung it at the captain’s head. As he collapsed with a groan, Jihee quickly pulled down his rolled-up top. Blood flowed from the unconscious captain’s head.d4e018b60cdc5590

“What, what do I do? Oh no. I think he’s dead.”f86ca57f27f69b71

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Jihee, who was crying 9cc1adf99d and stomping his feet, 0263e8d688 thought he should report d19aa4eff6 it to the police 3cfb42877a immediately but hesitated. The captain f643aafe12 was more 7a8e5db563 important on ea753673a2 Gyoindo than 57d5913bde the governor, 7d73d34dd3 and he 7371dbda26 had killed af491466fa such a 3697bb906b person. But there 9ebf4b2373 was no 9130323ad6 choice. The captain had e0c2d1e442 tried to do 4302cd0e06 something strange.16297bf285249892

“What do I do?”8f67379c816fdb18

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After crying for a while, the thought of escaping the island suddenly came to him. He realized that his grandmother had told him to leave the island, knowing something like this would happen. But he hadn’t understood and had returned to the island, becoming a murderer.0135f9d1d8d8f2e8

Jihee took out the ec2fbe81f3 backpack from the closet ca735072d0 and slung it over 2e7914226b his shoulder. As he 7c8439fd84 hurried to 1f9671f472 escape, the 2ec533b9b6 captain, who 9446573b26 had regained 691ebe96a0 consciousness, grabbed 31e6604758 the backpack. Falling hard on his 20b8f85ba8 backside, his whole body 06676cefbf ached as if he 9f54fb3ef6 had been beaten. He felt relieved 2d39498f3e that the captain e125a04bf8 was alive, but 2df717b048 he was terrified 7c857bfb46 that he was ccb2f662a3 trying to harm d7d2881855 him.ed74fdeeee8d09a9

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“How dare you swing a pillow at your husband!”976a0b862fa4639f

The captain’s large, hard hand slapped Jihee’s cheek. His vision turned white, stars burst, and a strange ringing filled his ears.b5e322dae279f3fe

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“Uncle, please save me. I’m scared, please save me.”05ad0161c20a07ee

Jihee clasped his hands together and begged. He didn’t understand why the captain, who had taken good care of him since childhood, was doing this, but he felt betrayed by someone he trusted.182a11f695c39344

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“Stay still. If you just have a kid, I’ll buy you a house and give you a boat.”bc99e77a17680e9d

Telling him to have a child when he’s a man. He must be completely crazy. He wondered if the captain was drunk, but there was no alcohol smell in the dirty breath the captain exhaled close to his face. Jihee reached for the wooden pillow again, but before he could, the captain grabbed his wrist painfully, like a snake biting.1fb789573b22825b

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“Haa, haa. Jihee.”3e899d7d8de36e5d

“No, Uncle! Go away!”d9da678f82cd6698

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Jihee turned his head to avoid the captain’s face trying to press his lips against his. The angry captain slapped Jihee’s cheek again. He almost lost consciousness, but suddenly the captain’s neck was sliced, and a flood of blood poured out, making Jihee scream at the top of his lungs.7dba56aaa8b5c0eb

“Aaaah!”630663147bd43b7e

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Jihee, horrified, pushed 7af8712146 away the headless 2157a6251e corpse and ran. The man 8b9aaf96c7 who had c577682e4b saved him 8adac36f0c from drowning, dd209cc110 looking fierce f4c14809cc like a b09662ced8 general guarding 26ee49f0aa a goddess 93144a63dc in a 5cb146597d six-panel folding 8ab0fe8a68 screen, stood e1686aa087 there holding 700397023a a sword. Was he really a 4fd471881f goblin?df119003a3f1da0c

The man’s face, beautiful yet cruel, flicked the blood off the sword with a graceful swing. Despite his fair face, his lips, twisted in a sardonic smile, uttered incomprehensible words.cc02b9d936e80102

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“A beastly guy. How can an uncle try to assault his nephew?”8fa4a448e707002d

He was a mainlander. That’s why he didn’t understand the term ‘Uncle,’ used for both men and women on Gyoindo. Jihee, covered in blood, trembled and looked up at the man with the sword.1d5676e9811abafc

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The man clicked his tongue at ‘his thing,’ trembling like a mouse seeing a tiger. As soon as their eyes met, Jihee fainted.1f77efe987674118

“Take care of it.”153eac81f01fe0f9

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“Yes, Executive Director.”a1cd1944f4f55742

The man turned and 60088c2bb6 left the main room. The subordinates carried Jihee c7320c9d08 on their shoulders, doused 981cdcafe6 the thatched house with 1a1743c383 kerosene, and set it 6d59e457e0 on fire.daa8c460929ac66a

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A week before Jang 8dcd78d187 Taebeom went to Gyoindo d9a169dd85 to abduct Shin Jihee, 7b671e5ca8 Geumgang Construction Chairman Jang e909267709 Taeshin, who was on cb2993184b his deathbed, gathered his 001852ab0a children and grandchildren. Instead of dying peacefully, 4b56dd2862 he suddenly said this:4d3d03e79c272729

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“If anyone brings me a live mermaid, I’ll pass on my entire company to them.”865bdf5dbceff541

“…Mermaid? Father, what are you talking about?”2c2d828c8f780975

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Taebeom’s father couldn’t bring himself to say ‘nonsense’ and asked again.64f227e997fd9ff6

“A mermaid! Why are you pretending not to understand? It’s been 15 years since I ate one. The effects of mermaid meat diminish over time, so I plan to catch one alive, have it breed, and raise it.”da1ff4d7f519aa0e

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Taeshin smacked his lips as if recalling a delicious meal. Taebeom thought that old people should just die. But unlike Taebeom, Baek Yongho, the illegitimate child born to his father’s mistress, saw this as an opportunity and flashed his sly snake eyes.070b172bae41f7a5

Baek Yongho, who hadn’t even inherited the Jang surname, was a discarded piece who wouldn’t inherit anything from Geumgang Construction. But according to Chairman Jang, if he brought back a ‘mermaid,’ Geumgang Construction would be his.b905a4681bb40bb0

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Of course, no one dbf5299777 present believed mermaids existed.c0159a23c4bcf8a9

“Then, I will read Chairman Jang Taeshin’s will.”57334ce1f1799ec6

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Two inflexible lawyers took the old man’s words and wrote them into a document, then read the will in front of the family.db30457902aa5f5e

“This is the will of Geumgang Construction Chairman Jang Taeshin. Anyone who brings back a live mermaid will inherit Geumgang Construction. That’s all. Chairman, please sign.”f681edb266c5e371

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Taeshin, with his liver-spotted hand trembling, signed and stamped the will. The two lawyers also signed and stamped it as witnesses and sealed the will in an envelope. After the lawyers left, the family exited Chairman Jang’s room.9cd1dae8bece9129

As soon as the door closed, Taebeom’s father cursed.fc47a9ad26010258

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“The crazy old man is doing all sorts of nonsense because he doesn’t want to pass on the company. I should have killed him earlier.”b8b4fc8fbb6ac778

“Honey, there are many ears listening.”902557f683c60bf0

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“What can they do if they hear?”2479fb7da9d710e1

His father didn’t treat the servants as people, so he snapped at his wife who tried to stop him and left. Taebeom didn’t care about the will, thinking it would be invalidated by a lawsuit claiming it was the ramblings of a senile old man.5d739961fa0f8583

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But Baek Yongho, for whom Chairman Jang’s nonsense was the only lifeline, was different. The informant assigned to him reported strange words on the night the family heard the will.fbad068e5a35a328

-Executive Director, 8de03eaeac Baek Yongho 68ac15422f did something 50909bb191 strange at 224c3da579 the main 4f4c07d2a6 house.47b8813ec8c961a9

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“What? What did he do?”2660261653d533a1

-Well, I don’t know what kind of nonsense this is, but he hired young women, claiming to shoot a movie, and performed a séance. But the actress really got possessed by Chunhyang and said the last mermaid lives on the southernmost island of our country.7c6a463c5f15dd6c

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Ha, it 85dde0c9f8 was absurd. Were they 9b170594d4 all going d1d4d5293b crazy, talking 99de724f20 about ghosts e3b469d766 and mermaids? He wondered what Chunhyang a75d4654a5 was but ended the d66774f60d call, saying he understood. Then Taebeom b50d7fee97 dealt with 4ca6359e62 a traitor ab5e683c03 brought to 60dfad5fa4 the logistics 6730d45300 warehouse at 2a723cd59e Yeosu Port.1dfb95a163c95b2b

When his subordinates 0b90024d79 took the body 05a560ed1e in a drum 96d28bd408 to dispose of 3194490f84 it on a 4da5c2ffee yacht, he impulsively e6fbfb0158 joined them, not 78857b0152 believing the nonsense 79df4b8a9a about mermaids. It was 44b7f6013a unlike him 4d4b54057e to act 22da0ede23 without reason. Once on 97e1b6e025 the yacht, b8bccdea38 he came 09a8b042fb to his 36f083c3c8 senses and dc40662ec4 felt uneasy, d7d337478e lighting a 81ffd4df8c cigar.42736c0fa45d4764

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While smoking on the deck, they unexpectedly encountered a party on a passenger ship. Their yacht veered further out to sea to avoid the ship. They didn’t know how far they had gone from the port, but a long time had passed, and nothing was visible around them.3d2a3b765293628f

Cheolmin told Sanggu, who b835a36c8e was steering.2cb887dc275be3e2

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“We’ve come far enough. Stop the boat.”cf4c926522c43a67

Taebeom, momentarily 555fa4ac3d removing the c72a45701c cigar from dead3cda46 his lips, df1a235025 exhaled a a178915d3d long plume 74e9c9678f of gray 2606b2de5d smoke.3512c583b111c012

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“Go a bit further.”e3a48417e4ff13c0

“Yes, Executive Director.”bffac4dcb188fa2f

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Sanggu continued 420c4645ac to steer, 92d8e42f97 careful not c84c6a8e12 to upset d261465b2d the uneasy bba151ba35 Executive Director. But at some 7cc3faf481 point, a thick 923bf72690 fog, like a c8e5429263 train heading to 9a720bfaa0 Mujin, spread out, 9201544fc5 obscuring everything. The surroundings were 280de9f7c3 pitch black, hidden 4a07143049 by the dense 6c9989c7d2 sea fog and 89e16ef181 the moonlight.e0e8d7135faaa176

The yacht, which had been moving smoothly, suddenly hit something with a ‘thud.’ Unable to see, they had struck a reef. Taebeom, leaning on the deck, lost his balance and fell into the sea. As he plunged into the cold, dark sea, he thought he was going to die.fc987ef38cc98859

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Though he 4f94ca168f was a 2b3421afb2 good swimmer, f2c5879669 it felt 9610bcbfc3 like someone 1a31318d05 was pulling d5d944a731 his ankle, 3d77d005af preventing him d362fc5a28 from reaching f9f6fcbc80 the surface. Having just 1f5687d5db drowned a 5bb299b5f1 person, he ff15c1f0e8 wondered if 4dddc08543 a vengeful ee31c5fc35 ghost was d261c3bdd6 trying to b47a998f62 kill him, 2faff641fc a foolish 1269cc8480 thought at 4bd642ba45 the time.6f4e54446fb7b3cc

He saw something f41c9a2489 beautiful swimming toward 029d3c9a76 him. Even in the 5429b9b0b2 darkness, the figure e9ebce9983 appeared strikingly white, cb005f1010 making him wonder 434ae672ee if it was 58537e86d3 the mermaid the 1dca0191d8 senile old man 2d25c5c688 had been raving 17b786def2 about. The being da775189e1 that saved 0dc6652cdb him and 054fb29842 brought him 5db220ed21 to shore 6eae58f814 performed CPR d362f6eae9 on him.b743f142a9fcf962

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As its hips touched 6fa2de1042 his pants, they slightly 2a08451cbf bulged. It should have smelled 51304ba13e only of the salty 46d9cacd1e sea, but its skin, 95f03b84af wet and sticky, emitted 3b812c35de a soft, sweet scent. He wanted to 5b9c23dfbf open his eyes 48f4df8541 and see what ce304c839d it looked like, da779a6786 but his eyelids 509fad0ec6 felt as heavy 64ebf7bf58 as if they f0b1d3eaf2 were weighed down.f2599ac3387854e3

Thinking he was dead, 4671fca3d7 it pressed its lips 651340c36b to his and breathed 1caa1a8882 life into him. Though a brief c67e478230 kiss, it was 99b1531fe7 dizzyingly blissful and a9c7960e10 sweet. Overcoming his poor condition, d4a898cf90 he opened his eyes 4228419fc4 to see its appearance. It was 8593619073 a human 198b1f5927 with two 6aba439ee1 legs.55354294c4238e3c

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Yet, it was e4ab3726f0 so beautiful that 1504642160 he suddenly wanted b9afd22ad9 to possess it. Despite looking like a e1d1ee00ca drenched white mouse, its b65499ce23 figure, revealed by wet 937f675011 clothes, seemed born to fa957f4eb5 ride him with its 95f59b9070 soft curves and slender 9bf421164f waist.71d6945e128870b4

But he was slightly confused about whether this was lust or hunger. He didn’t have a cannibalistic tendency, but seeing it made a deep hunger rise within him.fc5df0ce82d5f804

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Its forehead, visible through the parted, salty hair, looked like a mound of freshly cooked rice, its large eyes like sparkling grapes, and its peach-colored cheeks seemed ready to burst with juice if bitten. There was nothing about it that didn’t make his mouth water.509e75784ec837b7

Taebeom, a realist who didn’t believe in unscientific things, quickly concluded that this craving was ‘lust.’59484ca0862dcebc

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Perhaps there was another c12f93c4f5 senile old man, as aa361d960a a grandmother appeared from be03bfeeee nowhere, scolding the white fc5b8fd268 mouse to throw him 5ba1eeda89 back into the sea. The white mouse 1be727441e placed him on a9b8466d7c a reef, threw 5a5a176a00 stones to signal f05a674252 the yacht, and 63f77a5eae left.0df4d2f4c30bdb5a

Fully conscious, Taebeom 33978971b6 licked the inside 220a454c66 of his mouth 22750d3780 where the white 2c6f44970d mouse had breathed, 3b3a2c5fd2 savoring even a 1e2548c69f hint of its c663bfda5c sweetness. A burning 99c39acfb2 sensation swept 5443b1c215 through his 01b9ba0d6e body as 3b05b5cdbc if his 7acf2c8470 blood was 76ba414cce boiling.743296b2db7e303a

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He had a a78c688646 crazy thought about f79046f14a how delicious it 619779d9cd would be to 14d21ec22f chew it up, c37540117a bones and all. He was 9bfb9b9c20 surprised by 9d72076aaf the impulsive f6c74c6c64 and dangerous 41d3652d6e desire within 567e4c0dd3 him, wanting 87452965e7 the first a61c039526 person he af381a1931 encountered so 767759ab91 badly.057a5e80cca7c7bc

Returning to Yeosu 8418b646bc on the rescue d429b1c6e6 boat, Taebeom cleaned 88686a314a his body soaked 5f8c9a9747 in seawater and 83b17d3770 changed into a b3d7e99dd8 suit. He planned to 0f6afe810b go to Gyoindo a946310050 immediately to abduct 073fc3a6e1 his white mouse, 2353512bcd but received a fa12b32fe8 call from the b9fddfb322 informant assigned to 6b9598fe29 Baek Yongho.9fc8f02b97a0528a

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-Executive Director, the 495aa3a5b7 Chairman has taken 4166e0fb3d action himself.5ad0fe3e4bf4a3d8

“What do you mean? Explain properly so I can understand.”589365cc4120d81b

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-Baek Yongho found out 81e9bbbfc5 through a séance that 90ef4a89a2 the last mermaid is c387c9d4e4 on Gyoindo, and he d2a74ce39a reported this to the d11e3bc454 Chairman. The Chairman decided c0f832dddc to go see 353a583cbc the mermaid himself.3a373212d9710292

“Ha, how many people are playing along with that crazy talk? Got it. Just keep an eye on it.”fd9e61876c2a6ec1

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Ending the call, Taebeom roughly ran his hand through his hair. Whether they went to the island or the U.S., a non-existent mermaid wouldn’t suddenly appear, so Baek Yongho wouldn’t get Geumgang Construction. He delayed his trip to Gyoindo to avoid encountering them by going at a different time.04e8938d383eb6e3