SJ | Chapter 2.3

Now, all his wariness 4f07eb8a2c of the stranger was da68126ec1 gone. He would never e03e7c80ad harm him. Because, according to his 06e0d16f9d grandmother, he was a 210843972b descendant of the seonin 7d0c943039 from the moon, a 37411763b4 mermaid. Like the 6b83aabb72 legend of d254f13d21 Gyoindo, Taebeom 322c5b1b42 would be 26eed50fca his guardian.b00c66660449bcad

Jihee’s shoulders, 03c8715c93 which had 77bf4af6bc shrunk in c73e22ae8d the grand a32de5e781 palace-like house, 532a9837cb felt strong 4f186ab47a and spread f1bf2df90b wide.e0ba300c3cd2848d

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“First, wash up. How long are you 58e90b9448 going to stay looking fbd8e10ffe like a red mouse?”0ab67398b2438940

Jihee glared at Taebeom 38b5fadc88 for calling him a b315492530 mouse and asked where a47520d6f5 the bathroom was.6105e5a164e45d4c

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“Follow me.”4e1caf8abb668afc

His skin itched and 039fab94a9 felt sticky from the 9dfe88f2b6 dried blood. He hurriedly followed, 1e05003cd4 and the bathroom 674f104e90 had a large 3bdefe342c bathtub. He always 700da4f240 wanted a fb750d161a bathtub, but 5031adc511 the bathroom 75de36db57 was too 9171fcda01 small to 2ed4dcaa57 even dream 8c4c67d232 of it. Jihee quickly 297eb5e5ae took off 316829ad0a his clothes eb97d3e4b7 and approached eabf14f86d the bathtub.7ddc19429ab8c49b

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Taebeom didn’t leave ca5245ce3d and watched Jihee. Jihee turned on the 85962306e3 warm water with the cb4cef0db0 showerhead and scrubbed his 2da89f171d body with his hands, a22522eb39 as if he had ec0664844a painted it with dark 9a73b00b9a red paint. The red water 8af94f2e73 flowing down the a8d735ebc1 drain was eerie cd2663efcb and scary, but e74ece97c8 he felt reassured a167d276ed with his guardian 78a258ae58 by his side.f128b68fb32a41a1

Originally, Jihee, who hadn’t 58ea9f02d9 lasted a week, would 37a4aef006 have been tormented by c6c86c9a06 all sorts of evil 00363a528e spirits and lost his 1408ea118d body. But when Taebeom appeared, 60f20dfbe5 the world became quiet b0b553a678 and peaceful. Even ghosts fca822424d couldn’t approach 251adff972 this man.c8ac1c32f4fcb67c

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Because Taebeom 94e6c80ffc was the 53117edeac general who 9a790fa531 protected the 1057b3e5dd goddess!b729a30e43eda48b

“Sir, I mean, c773aecad1 executive director. What are aff38e97c7 you doing ffb00ac5d9 there? Close the 296a6108ff door and 27b62de352 leave.”fc9bca544da084b8

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After Taebeom left, 63db5a2e78 Jihee opened the be23310796 bathroom drawer to 94942e81cf find a towel. Even the towels were 16dc21a4e2 soft and cozy, and 03b1e914a1 he liked the feel 8943573bda against his face. When he 1eebc56881 found his 467a5154ba grandmother, he e168a6304a wanted to 5c2dac6065 ask Taebeom 9a9b928f02 for a 489c9fa216 few towels 12faea6c7b to give 08a0dd88ed her as a877755d25 a gift.6f39aa048790d64a

Wrapping a b9c25d8754 towel around 0058615024 his waist, 500802b7e9 Jihee came 6ecab0f1b4 out of dc9f3e709a the bathroom ef403e1c7e and saw cae20d63c1 unopened underwear, 370c930354 a hoodie, d7285d149f and pants, ab0d5f86c8 and looked 8c05bc2a6d for his f2594bf64d backpack.0312c2d43427a272

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“I have clothes 901a4f6698 to change into 88eea347fc in my backpack. Where’s my backpack?”4f883577fb89fd09

Taebeom personally 0ae1794b94 brought Jihee’s 53156fb026 backpack. Jihee rummaged 465ce64cad through it, 7a8e7d8ad3 took out 23bc0ba2cd the underwear b1eae30fa8 and clothes 14c83ae81c his grandmother 75e93b26f0 made, and 68ce1c9d56 went into 80dd6f7b2b any room a1ee49f7de to change.681fb0c25cc7fb22

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“Do all islanders wear ef8ebb4bf6 clothes like that?”48a2d97eb338f7c1

Although it was a f556383daf plain T-shirt and pants, ae878193d5 the material wasn’t ordinary. It seemed like 31cb60b3a2 silk but had efc607b1c3 some elasticity, so 5e7fa4502d it didn’t look eb7ab7c160 uncomfortable for daily 9c99cb3178 wear.31b3f6b54aa391d0

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“My grandmother 666853aa5d made these ec20d1b747 clothes. When weaving, e7b5d75111 if you 4b2c043b27 rub your 222bd6633b hands like ea12ff4771 this, it 6fd0363825 doesn’t get 6340e7c0d1 wet even e9a6ec79a7 after going f81db2852a to the 35987fb950 sea.”6465fbf46696bcfa

It seemed 33a1fc0901 like nonsense, ef024a4e25 but knowing 55bb3da72b that the 4bbb35ae2a people of 134a287683 Gyoindo believed 86c3f71eeb in strange d90f2fb909 religions, he e3fb4f2fa3 thought it 4a9002790e was just cee67a465a their superstition. Taebeom, not wanting to c9eff93f30 starve the child, ordered 4a7c992c4d pizza, thinking it would dbc4874282 be something someone his 82590c78f3 age would like while b8eed7a9d3 Jihee was washing up.17598d269956b8e7

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Seeing the 0b98b7a7d8 delivery alert 144beb872c on his 3850642d9c phone, he 9d40d85a29 opened the 9444bdbf3d front door b50c5216ba and brought db3d3e88ff the food 710f4da824 in. He spread 73bb77c6df the warm f24d3f9dda pizza on e1c309fedf the table 3063dca6ec and told a7c4c67f92 Jihee to c18f2b6789 eat, but 50ac623b39 Jihee, with 54edfcb633 a sullen 37eef10e92 expression, rested cddb92f513 his chin decf3dee62 on his 9fc4f2591b hand and 8dc59465e5 looked away.2b6780e15b2473da

“Aren’t you hungry?”d5c91ccc58e7cee1

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“I’m hungry. But I can’t ff03d7c4ee eat pizza because 0d46aabcdd the executive director afede42092 ordered it.”3bda837e84ab3912

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“Then what do 4971c9350a you want to d1b0d392e7 eat?”f9cd39a77f4c7a36

“Order sashimi. Sashimi.”65f46efefd54958b

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Islanders do 6d36807596 like fish.2a9ae01b9f3bef44

Without any caa4307abd suspicion, Taebeom 06d95515fc ordered sashimi 28d05145b2 and sushi 8077a58b17 from a d8b7dafeb7 high-end Japanese 101d96947b restaurant. Jihee closed the pizza 1b36816c70 box as if he 66acbe5ccb couldn’t stand the smell 5ebef5442e and asked.5e588c795a8745b8

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“Did you order b3da31acfc sashimi?”4b23dd0108275b64

“Yeah.”76a4a646209322d8

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Then, feeling quite b911805a0c hungry, he went 30dac64ddf to the entrance e74b665143 to wait. He thought def3357067 he might 36fc08c6b8 as well bde81b4759 just eat 4d17b9c4a3 pizza, but d1b76906b7 everyone has 863f7635e0 different tastes, 081edbc853 so he cb77389a7f left him d470b9b2e5 be. As soon as the 269b5189fa delivery arrived, Jihee swung bbad4ef4c9 the door open and 38cabc8e48 brought in a paper ff7189c9f2 bag with a fancy 83db8ed93f Japanese restaurant logo, grinning 94c167f38a widely.efd49af9e73fe028

Taebeom cleared 9e64e66878 the pizza 31902bd69e from the 7ef2eead84 table and 146b722ccf watched Jihee 4dc9bcca16 set up ce4bf5ef25 the food. Without offering him any, 4d39ee4f12 Jihee picked up five f4dba4050f pieces of sashimi with a79831886d his chopsticks and ate acc04a078a them.97a3925efe9c97f9

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“Maybe it’s b348c567cd because we’re e1b82544eb on land, 18078b1647 but the 9d4cd217b7 sashimi is 44328df1a8 sliced so 6790957a0b thin it d3e08972be doesn’t even 06c3aa971d feel like f6332a47a4 eating.”815d23549c270c61

“Should we order 7f9219a1b7 more if it’s 1ecb79c66d not enough?”8c74daf5592c77dd

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“Yes.”adf2d08acc5b7a48

Jihee, who was pushing 9a75193538 sashimi into his mouth 64bb725beb without dipping it in 3f8113439c soy sauce or anything, f43a392ec2 slyly pulled the sashimi 1b49d819bc towards himself and hid afcd2133da it, pushing the pizza e0b77187ad box towards Taebeom, telling 5427080a2d him to eat. I couldn’t believe 3267ba9852 this guy, but 0cb5f59853 somehow he just 3c9d088e6e looked cute, like 79b62ef613 I had rose-colored 62ab50a392 glasses on.47ff8758894f362e

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Taebeom ate 00f6860058 the pizza a9593de3c9 that didn’t 9d7b9ff187 suit his e83666a8ff taste while 8cf37ec0b8 watching Jihee 93a8cefd21 eat sashimi. Seeing him pick only 7df6dd0a6a the sashimi from the a7ed2a85e7 sushi, he thought next 09c52fad6c time he should just 370ce6b8fc order sashimi.6408a40583484d57

“You eat sashimi well. Do you like 84e99cd697 it?”4d2683ff36f249cc

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“Yeah.”197ae6f1ce8951e5

Jihee, dragging out his c32378ea49 words, looked at Taebeom b4f7cf6be0 with chopsticks in his 453a1e6a6e mouth.cff7b9132471f036

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“Why are e86771a1b6 you looking 49ef7b46f3 at me 2dfaa5df20 like that? I said I’d d531b64199 order more.”eb6e9b3123182c53

“It’s not that. Executive Director, thank 5c65fca9a3 you. You saved cac407d5c2 me, hid 52ecf078e9 me in febbb48909 your house, a7ed78c095 and even 3bb5e8978b bought me 28b226a990 delicious sashimi.”7a7b3d3abd5bbb39

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“……”11c6168902015c1c

Taebeom, who was known 34f270ede4 to have no conscience, 7ed4b8a39c blood, or tears, felt 839a61ea99 like he finally understood 1468d1cae7 what it meant for 0a4171489b his heart to melt 37a794c00b at Jihee’s words. His mouth 67d191d5a0 watered so a7376afc0d much it bf807f0d21 hurt his 5e2d1bd913 ears, and 20fdacba45 he wanted 8da551c48b to eat bc09f4cc85 what was 8b5a3b6048 in front 2c49a130c9 of him.b2d5ef811df53c2a

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Freshly washed and warm, 3a9b4a931d Jihee looked like a bfb72d1cbf cute dumpling in a 4badfab1d3 steamer to him. Imagining himself opening 461be5d7e5 his mouth wide bafb170f1b to bite his 5c00316d52 head, he thought 657de2fc98 he must be 2db42f06a6 out of his 4b9afd2bc2 mind and got 1ad1ed593e up from the 29855520ad table.0cadbc90da713466

Left alone, Jihee finished 02468f9c03 the last piece of 057d0fc2d5 sashimi and even ate 3c6ccfb413 the newly delivered sashimi 6308f3350b before cleaning up. Wondering which room to 222c41740e use, he wandered around ffe114b955 the house and chose 8d45ca3ce3 the room opposite Taebeom’s, 0eae7f00e9 where a painting of 07c474fe0f Geumgang History was hung. This way, if 91f8f27432 any evil spirits 0feac143f0 came to bother 848500d5c9 him, he could 0d7b94e477 quickly get help d6c7f34465 from Taebeom.5c4e14766dc98dc4

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He marveled at how 8b3c2a241b many rooms there were b195e26f16 for someone living alone 779022b270 and explored the room a622f981a9 he would stay in. Only a bed and 46ead41098 a table were there. Having always 1d26db4486 lived with e03f71d984 his grandmother, 50d92eebff sleeping on fb07c7ee51 the floor 7035519bf0 with a cb12de722d mat, Jihee 4933c48f18 jumped onto 9d6001d421 the bed e708ae8ca7 with white 4c54f255ae sheets like 94da1bf58b a hotel.b8ef45246785c54e

The mattress seemed good, b2a79fb1af as it didn’t bounce 0f293544ac much. Sleeping on such a 4e3f3f9c82 bed might make him 73bbffae6c lazy, sleeping all day. Lying in the 7bb5483f1e empty room, he 99e27c83e8 idly rummaged through 7bbfbf45cf the backpack his b027c292ad grandmother packed for db9d8199c6 him.5ede983cd9749c43

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The bankbook and wallet 650ab05be0 were intact. Although he didn’t 99f4cfcda5 think rich Taebeom b07cb83902 would steal, his 8be65941ab grandmother had told b0d49ccd87 him to be 8c06ce5b80 extra cautious about a2f20219b4 money. Opening the 7ca8373bd5 bankbook to fa10aa83a1 check the e4bf18735b balance, he 04d410cdbe found an 2391c95765 unexpectedly large c812c92f92 amount.2f35df33081269d8

“1 billion?”0ad4fbc0c83fd479

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Jihee never e934fe1980 dreamed his ef7b59ed43 grandmother was 32e0ae8529 so wealthy. But thinking about it, 589bb148f1 she had to be 6589190208 rich. Before she had cd1ff3c315 dementia, she performed e6716a2a14 rituals, held fishing e36d732a76 festivals, did exorcisms, 90c26cd74e made talismans, and 808956f031 gave fortune readings.dde82c46c6e6f318

With this money, he 61f74ff90b could find his grandmother b8c63b77c8 and open a sashimi 66fefc7c9a restaurant on Gyoindo. But he was 6907db0747 worried that if 88c6bdd4f7 he went to 9db9697c3b the island, he 044fda3eb8 might be arrested a86567ec84 by the police e909c424f6 because of the 5dac265ba7 murder charge against 82c5480ba0 him.d4299af02f67a10f

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He wondered if be05edd2b3 Taebeom would have ced926ff9e to testify that d01c6070e3 he killed the 036c7f122f captain to save c2c1ca5077 him if he 3fddc462ea got caught by 97135430c8 the police, but d8f7be88ac he quickly shook 6beebedbd2 his head. He couldn’t repay c85299d8a8 kindness with betrayal. Perhaps, if it was 76c486e5d7 the word of a fb9e1a3721 high shaman, even a 69e0d8c494 murder case could be b65cbf6c09 buried by his grandmother.9aaefda1aa35a8e7

Having never d2a2d9589c experienced anything 4460871d45 like this, 6715db3528 he didn’t 547c262538 know what 6338009f40 to do. His mind f7ba266077 was complicated, 5e97c3aa9b but he 428115531d was full, a7cc757474 the mattress 7c711445c5 was comfortable, 5efdabd984 and as e107663d89 soon as 6a07587bf1 he closed ef2c66c95d his eyes, 592a863e4c he fell b53cd0eeae asleep.dfd80d2b7274d3bc

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In his dream, a63ca1edd7 Jihee was hiding 293254a103 in the bathroom 3e90b05699 at home. Unaware, he opened the 4462b4a8b9 door for the captain 9e47f1ce9f and got his wrist 15d2cc145d grabbed. Struggling and 678770ee85 trying to e9a72b2e15 escape was 74c0c98628 useless.36d587b99ca28913

The captain climbed on 825f931ce4 top of him. The captain 609ccbfbfa stuck out 41bfeb5408 his tongue 95552a2b00 and licked f602cb09c3 Jihee’s cheek.c2530885bb2cc7bc

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“Hah.”28862a8937d7c601

His wrists, held above 66930edcc4 his head, hurt and 86d6aeb4f8 felt suffocating. No matter ff3d19deee how much 18c2534668 he squirmed a97d679e1b to break 7e02434123 free, it 1c3fc13747 was useless. The captain tried d30d525933 to pull down ed0261cb12 his pants.1de3d200a3101e9e

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Taebeom appeared 84e7d8afb7 and beheaded e258687cf2 the captain e91ee61ddb with a 5ad684d474 divine sword. The house 9668e22c9b turned into fd8c23a3f2 a sea 2932e1887b of red dc1022f16c blood, and 3853a5153a he was 3a099f40cd drenched in bfa991724d a baptism 0012502584 of blood.84b0c34ccdd9e1f8

“Aaaah!”df828f08ecd84424

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Terrified, he woke up 9450cf16ed with a start. Having witnessed someone cb46b98782 die before his ae506b5d8f eyes, the impact fdcd18f76b was significant. Panting heavily, 68a7362ddd he trembled cbf468a33e finely, seeing e88785b108 the presence 2bc5c887c9 on top dcbc6c70b4 of him. She was 6bc106c074 sitting on 66ed1d0f2a his lower d713f3d6f5 body, holding dce5956b89 his wrists 336219a864 above his c4e4b37c21 head.52d50996ecf360e7

His wildly trembling eyes 7691eb297d met those of a 80f0dd6abb long-haired woman in a 1e8dbf274c white mourning dress. She smiled 732b2643d8 slyly at a1beeae11d Jihee.8b4a23c49a48bd34

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The maiden ghost, 1f67da92c4 unable to marry, 89aeb9a5a8 had a deep 19ade7ea4e grudge and couldn’t 630b40479a go to the f7585c260f afterlife. She was Chunhyang, who 37198837ab had given herself to f30221c29f Lee Mongryeong, who had 2b81e9ca9a bet with his friends fbbe65c48c because of her unattractive caf36aa2bb appearance, and was betrayed. When she died, 790f3b9f7f Namwon suffered severe 9f207fbeeb droughts, crops withered, 0909fafd5b and plagues spread.f59a3bd4b2f7ebea

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To resolve Chunhyang’s deep 994be39672 grudge, the newly appointed 3b3b5bd769 magistrate of Namwon spread c4667d62ce a story of beautiful f5af74ca23 Chunhyang finding happiness with 40af00fcf9 Lee Mongryeong, who passed 9d7cded50c the state exam. However, Chunhyang’s grudge 89465f1751 wasn’t completely resolved, 40e36b4150 so while she 5c9a738011 no longer harmed 7fcb0f483c Namwon, she wandered 098f712c02 the world, unable 0532bc9caa to achieve Nirvana.3ddb480e5f81343d

Just as maiden ghosts 2e2b057020 have spiritual encounters with 325d93398d bachelors, and bachelor ghosts 0276797714 with maidens, she became 62a9955ad6 a lustful ghost seeking a6fe2adba7 men to balance yin 7c62a41205 and yang. Hearing the call fb73122600 of women playing b0b5d5326d Chunhyang, she went 963fe5946b to Jang Taeshin’s fd78c55d77 house and, having 8a4ae8824c fallen for Taebeom 64b609f59f at first sight, bfd4d01c88 followed him to 553e711cca his home.183349325fd357c4

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Chunhyang smiled at Jihee, 94545db64f who had fainted. Taebeom was too 884f6db17c strong, like a 55e1c88a06 mountain god, to a3c004852c have a spiritual da492078c7 encounter, but Jihee’s e45ee1f05d body was like 7459270b46 an open house 27bb221301 without any protection. Chunhyang entered 1c9fbd13c3 Jihee’s body 1e6bf2f48f and moved aebc0b7602 his fingers.0f6eef2d80693754

Then, like someone dbed41b4f7 who had a 6941397052 nightmare, he picked 0c8454d708 up a pillow bb02f33909 and went to cc7711fd2d find Jang Taeshin’s df2691599c room.ee5db876003bfc7a

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“Executive Director, can 552555edea I sleep here?”15d3931020318a97

Taebeom, working on his f192ac737c laptop, looked at Jihee, 538c951ec2 who had crawled over 0a1fba36d3 on his own. Seeing that 8c3a0f5885 he had 49ff32412b no wariness 42e85a7577 towards him, 8d66c4850e Taebeom lowered 797c4426e5 his eyelids e5973ea6e0 to hide e6ff4c14ee the dark 7cf57d7cfb heat he c1e8f3b080 harbored. To completely 3249a5f43b devour this b43ddfacd4 young thing 3a3274db6f from head 3079714970 to toe, 9e70799ede it was ca2ffd3250 best to a83d2420e5 make him c4d4f7238a trust him 1816537573 like this.6a399af548212f45

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He organized his work 34a9587768 files and welcomed Jihee.d04bf00d69979619

“Come on in.”d48c507203513d3f

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Jihee quickly jumped f74f8f273c into Taebeom’s bed. Then he buried his 9980082cf6 nose in Taebeom’s pillow, 9ec046ad0a sniffed, and purred like d9951705b4 a cat with catnip.22b8d321072a59a1