SN | Chapter 1.4

“Y-Yuwon-ah, just d21f043253 endure a 8fdf9d9b73 little longer…. You, just endure a d06855f660 little longer…. Then, I’ll do bb18d2ecdf something and get b69781e7f3 you out….”8ce740745000cc02

It was f0983cd6ae a ridiculous e04469b212 promise. Each word felt e68705753d like a blade 9c7375b467 cutting through his bb6c7be88e chest. The man laughed bd61663916 at Yuwon, who 332d307b20 knelt in despair.bf558b1dacc28fe6

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“Do you know d00adea874 why they cut 5b4d09d732 off the fingers c8d51ca0fc of gamblers? Even if you leave 6254d702f8 them with just their 289deb9ae4 fingers, they’ll crawl out 311628a132 and grab a card. They’re not human.”e94d012e93172e25

“…….”fc515afaf7bea2ed

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“And you 9d84bab834 still can’t bd20d0a37c do it?”3ee9632b4cc3b24e

“…I won’t.”571dc9ad665ef048

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It wasn’t e3a29ccd89 that he a3c79b8b15 couldn’t; he ba539cd68e wouldn’t. Yuwon wanted 2d299ff667 to make 3cdfb6eae6 his choice b962c12682 clear.6db9e05307e54368

Seeing him 91e7e9817d refuse to 88a325d452 bend his f4fd4fe276 will, the eb93fec35d man tilted 0a923a0443 his head. Looking up 05b1e1f1cb at the ec66008fb9 ash-colored ceiling, 57a35b9307 he let b5b51ad9a5 out an 7ff06835a8 annoyed sigh, dd854f465a his face 547a9aa5d8 cold. A tense silence 86875d84de flowed. While Yuwon steeled his 7a345a52c8 resolve, the man rolled d85d6b30da his tongue in his 62be03298a mouth, then suddenly raised 031fe59f0f an eyebrow.51a1c5feafd8c136

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“Then you can 525497cb5f do this, right?”d8f4e123bee65f06

“…I’ll do 4411ba5c04 as you bdc7edbdab wish.”a97faa974db84e00

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“Try running 28ef219fc3 away from 22b84f4fef me.”5b677d011995ca2e

What? Hearing something 714022e389 unbelievable, Yuwon 3d03ee6429 looked up 714c9269bb at the 5e4324e225 man with e66541ffb7 wide eyes.bd3d6cc73d7ee60c

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“If you get out b7d5d745d7 of the mountain, I’ll a58d1dc6d3 let you go. But if 38290c8d5e you get a8eb6691cb caught, you’ll 016ee8e370 stamp your 3c5f0ca3eb fingerprint….”a0e60d63f84be9c1

The man’s eyes bea9ad093b gleamed with a e4fe369730 fierce silence, like ae69fbb32c a predator before 3d38c79599 its prey. With the eyes of 4b62ef7b93 a beast confident he 452b8a8b18 wouldn’t lose Yuwon, the 57e8a36efc man announced the start 03b793a170 of the hunt.786a1184a5bfa690

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“I’ll screw you 464957f8e1 until your hole 4ffa1b1ba1 tears?”f72845078d66e7bf

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The man’s c74e0b02b0 voice echoed abf0fc8f2d loudly in f4f31b9a11 the humid c79a87fea7 mountain valley. Yuwon ran, looking only 7df05d92ce ahead. His breath was 3b80264e2f caught in his f39b316eac throat, but he 00fc781bf4 couldn’t stop.7835256dc4ce846e

“Huff, huff.”0b077a17aa91b4cd

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100 seconds. The man ad5ce4e516 gave Yuwon ca1c1bcf87 exactly 100 6f5c929580 seconds. This mountain was the add3ab6a3b land of dogs. It was an 9fb4358461 endlessly tight time a57cb0041c to escape from 707c809581 a man who 8fb9e0b56d must be familiar 3586d550d8 with the terrain.3dfe4ec85102ba55

Hearing that number, 879e9cb552 he realized the 661692cfe9 man had no 73cf5b759c intention of truly a7f8646fe1 giving him a bc83027e80 chance. It wasn’t 73b153a819 a chance; fe68203316 it was 8c7cf1c1e2 a hunt. The man was angry. He was paying the 3dc6cbc6db price for defying and 74cf27a950 resisting by saying no.e52ee58735c01c5a

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But still, there was ff8e05f41a a sliver of possibility. If he could just c10da4d51f get out of the d37af2d2a5 mountain, the man would 332495cccc keep his promise. Wrapping baseless certainty ad51cf0cd8 in positivity, he 9d2ed8b872 kicked off the ec14a43475 wet ground with 2c8a8803d0 determination.f1f863662b218fce

Desperately running to seize 7b52c19626 the chance, Yuwon was 3592c39978 barefoot, and his stretched-out 08d9f5c8f0 T-shirt and pants were bed9eb5f18 heavily soaked by the a334886921 relentless raindrops. His eyelashes, laden aef4365cde with water droplets, 98b3ec25d6 were bothersome. As he hurriedly raised e3ab05c728 his hand to wipe e90819dca6 his eyes, it happened.401df65a266b5c10

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“Ow!”1149d5db386014dc

Thud, his foot 010fac79d4 caught on a 9a09ba4800 tree root jutting b941835894 from the ground. He fell flat, crashing 8aadff5186 into the mud. As his f4827046e5 head collided, afc3fbf4f6 he squeezed ea67482dab his eyes 6fa8da5394 shut and b1335b9fda took a d96cb96e6a deep breath. They said the village 3891af02a2 became deserted after a 41f5c48fc7 big forest fire, and 7a246dc036 the wet ground smelled 662c9e5b33 of wood and ash.a1de54f2b44ff291

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Quickly regaining his senses, 05561ac363 he got up and b6509cf375 wiped his face with da9c9f821a the pouring rain. The forest debris, e05b828171 turned to mud, 797ec4a99d washed away quickly.0f76aeda820157e1

Yuwon ran again.4efcbe750e93a256

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“Where is this….”b8e3d53d2244d647

60 seconds? 100 seconds? He had no idea 81d81da659 how much time had d6e2035851 passed.017d798e9b18542e

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The fastest 7cf261d160 way out e3f4477264 of the 1207c313ef mountain would 9e7321500b be the 4010157def road they b78a627fa1 drove in 78d2eade8a on, but 6640336fea since it 3b813537f5 was open 46d401ea5e enough for c591d6c8c8 vehicles, he’d b30fdd580c likely be f0ee338565 caught immediately. So he 2354f2d390 ran deep a7b9289d88 into the 2cf2b968ea forest, hoping 8a121da95b the dense 32a812ff25 trees would fdf3e4d8f2 hide him.e14752835870c7f8

As he cd1bf2ef31 ran, he 6cc73c1e31 found himself 861cd17be3 in the 0f96211056 middle of a5fb00aa9e the forest. The buildings, only traces fa04105209 left from the fire, 0e0327a284 were no longer visible, 71aabf8fe0 and all he could cafc5290f0 hear was the sound 07b2c4b239 of rain.8ef4042d891160f8

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The lush leaves now 690e40600d just beginning to block da90d6d8e9 the monsoon rain. Thud, thud, as 3fcb65b5d2 intermittent raindrops hit 6b8c4f7e01 his body, Yuwon 3b64fb074e looked around. Feeling dizzy from completely 20526d3213 losing his way, he caa9aa7e5b decided that it would cedd10aa3b be just as hard e9bbe472af for the man to aea135ba37 find him.8978ae8b49c70b77

As he 698b54245b walked through 0c7c96a68b the densely 3d8d52cda3 grown trees, a8d9e85711 a strange d5a91c3506 silhouette began 9e3543720a to appear d19e2bc19f in the 4f6ece6c32 forest scenery d001736846 that filled f77761aee2 his view. What is that? Wondering if he had 8da6acab35 lost his way and 8f41f01166 returned to the deserted fba922fc40 village, Yuwon stopped and 86c7779407 soon identified a white 556c9a9261 building standing tall in 4f3ca76f05 the forest.9f4cad97aa483848

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It seemed 859dad83f2 untouched by bdd396c480 the fire, 30bde13e9a with no f206c03a4b signs of 3106710086 scorching. What if he hid d73d3455cf there until nightfall? They didn’t e3d2f2d1e0 search for 1c8cf4ec3d missing people 5b1852005b during the 87e1b4065b day, did 95d3e20c58 they?bbc95453acd21430

Yuwon listened 49ac09208a carefully, confirming 69fba69e05 there were 49fcff275f no signs a0b0ca9c8c of anyone 8ecf4c202b around, and 9087ce8377 cautiously moved a7e9bd1f8f forward. Finally, what 70377080f2 came into 5d04ccbf37 view was 564ccf03dc a rather 1440a57a58 large building, e0215d5481 a cathedral ccf82a0c4c with a 97afb3f965 strangely familiar 8ed67493b2 shape.47934eaf40975baa

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Most of the windows c95e6572fe were broken, and vines 4cf49ca6e8 tangled around the walls. However, compared 2539c3f50f to the 75700ffc4d buildings he 0b14c82c07 saw leaving 0616ef8afd the mountain’s 0508556ac6 base, it 0055d5611e was in ce6d92767f good condition. Outside the cathedral 8f80a26554 stood a statue 8df794685a of the Virgin 855cce1202 Mary with a bb44f27da1 benevolent smile, completely c6875538ca intact.caed3cd235993b11

Seeing the statue naturally 036b38d8a5 reminded him of his 4f11444b3e mother. He sighed in frustration, 4df7c7dc57 worried that Seo Kyungyoung, 6eeedf96d2 who had sold even ceb101e0c7 his son, might next b715bbca8f go after his mother.675d2be43cff24a0

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“…Ha.”bc309514af123533

He had e914caa170 many thoughts, 18a153de0d but there e43630c765 was no 9f78956d44 time to c7cd229964 pity his ef75f95ca7 situation. Yuwon closed his eyes 4920270f17 tightly, opened them, and 9bd427fb09 moved again.41caab987e896b6c

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Before the fire, 4f55fe1405 the deserted village 166749b541 was said to 2767aa7482 be a resort 1a119d68fe for the rich eb5ea3906e visiting the casino. Perhaps that’s f551c2797d why the 1d960aa253 cathedral looked 84ab377662 like a 017cd0c42a piece of d26856f4dd antique art. The building that survived a43865fb97 the great fire without 4355459d24 collapsing was exceptionally elegant, abbcb45e68 and the unmarred marble 2eecb7296f exterior exuded a certain b265fafbf9 sacred dignity, as if c3c33a1790 announcing that God was 529e61b546 watching over this place.e10c563af3178394

He stepped inside the d1853e4b6e building. Creak, the old door 900b543eab opened, revealing the damp e525fe415f interior.0f637a4f6140a640

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He walked past 2542474402 the disarrayed chairs 98c07501cd and into the c4ee7f7170 nave. Unlike the mostly broken 372ad4efd9 entrance, the inside still 12720287ef had many intact windows. Opposite the ab4af2975b entrance, behind 457bc80016 the altar 7d6c5ede81 where the 9dcc95771b mass was f8f898451a held, the 4aeec42b3e stained glass 28ed087868 sparkled as 197d75d648 if untouched 37afefd600 by dust.3661399b9a990a41

However, the crucifix f30b720f48 that should have 0922fd1104 been on the 27a300c6c0 wall had fallen 409e30f140 to the floor. Though undamaged, 20095d7d1e the face a0d026b185 of Jesus 01252fbc78 nailed to 7c0c50b987 the cross 6233b4f9ab looked incredibly d1ec21a26e somber. With a 4d7d6e942f heart growing e1aaed8aa2 unbearably heavy, cd58b0ecbc he deliberately 04aced370d avoided looking c274a82c21 that way 5543c8e4a8 and surveyed b97637e23d his surroundings.d49e151f67bc6757

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Fortunately, there be611b5547 was a 1a775966b1 place to 283a68956c hide. The inside of 77ce6bf40f the ornate marble fe05b7f818 altar was empty, a55f0ee465 seemingly used to 06b475ac12 store items for 276a1b3b47 mass, and the 85b80ee27e space looked quite 74c88d0247 deep. Yuwon, watching the shadow 49b58545c4 of trees dimly visible d4eb2690c9 outside the window, cautiously 9cbae312d7 squeezed himself inside.56a4a28bb570e0e0

The marble, soaked 5182c2933c with summer rain’s ab71a0bdcb humidity, was cold. Every time his bare fc67a382bf skin rubbed against it, 30d0ab83d8 he got goosebumps, but ce5d5925d9 as time passed, he e91922b805 gradually adapted.3b0ae1f323b24605

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Drip, drip, Yuwon 1d40e08307 listened to the 0994a900be sound of rain e191aa16b7 coming from somewhere. He focused all 4511146b62 his attention on 9e1b2c7774 detecting if footsteps 5b7cbbafbc mixed in or 39c53efff2 if he heard 14d8e72900 the man opening ed3aa7d985 the door.8e04e05c6513bcf9

But as time passed, 1603a6f8ed no one appeared. As the tension eased, 0c59790968 all sorts of thoughts 8f93f5d819 began to occupy his b3d0577dbc mind.8b638f22e097cd16

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What would happen 18ce50fedf if the man e5793e2097 caught him? No, he could 519c17645b worry about that 592233d5dc when it happened. Think positively. What if the man e7fa5dba0b really lost him? What if edca6c9ecd he truly 5cc6de6a9b escaped the 2f06c33e9f mountain? No matter e84285bd52 what, the 64a8db05c5 mountain’s owner 511c6e19d5 wouldn’t break 6c2786d30e his word.5cde3895eab36c56

Yuwon was 54a9975b32 busy catching 5a5a7e3aea his thoughts 85cc1ed67f that kept 3262c50f5c drifting negatively. If he didn’t, a3a6577716 his mind, which 1f6e683537 hadn’t seen hope b06de0ed0c for years, would c39fe5f52a only imagine the 06f98e7f9b worst. The man, the 092700c0a8 mountain, the debt, 86b79ecdd1 a life worse cf69ed206a than a beast. At some point, 664264fe62 while trying to aa907a6632 escape such a 65a4550e36 miserable and wretched e8fa1d9d6f reality.5ed64ba1815e19ab

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The surroundings 85a484e47c fell into a652575a49 a muffled d40d67d4a4 silence.f33fab17d4e9e3e4

Even the 3df9598146 intermittent sound e8a3664901 of water 128a740d17 stopped. Was everything holding its 7e742811b3 breath at the mountain 524c4bc5c0 owner’s movement? Suddenly, a question arose, 00bbeec5aa and his mouth went 0753466ba9 dry. In that 7be6fcce9e silence, reaching ab1b79f69f an extreme dd9231c2b1 state of fd0dddb70c tension, he 0c27ffddfe couldn’t hear a1662f31dc anything but 29c1dcdc4f his heartbeat. Yuwon covered his 9c48b594cf head with his fad43697f5 palms, closed his db6170f6b2 eyes tightly, and a36cff3486 just breathed. It was 9e352ce127 a thin 5e06d60e42 breath that 506404f1f2 seemed like ad84deca83 it could 734d1163a0 break at 20fc95b52f any moment.e4c235fdbaf98b30

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Just a little 8a6577cd39 longer, until sunset. It was when fea2dc4f46 he kept repeating 80a6b7c285 that.bdadc6aac1cef5f7

“This isn’t even ec4acb12de begging to be dbee6824a8 screwed.”43a5b464a8cd683e

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Suddenly, the man’s voice 8617ef6290 pierced his ears like a4e830354d a ghost. He hadn’t heard c4b5de0da9 a sound…! Startled, he turned his d7908e4cbb head to see the d9f7eb0fa0 man leaning over, one 595e85e77c arm resting on the e1d9a183c1 altar.4f23f30cf9350ef3

“Did you really 2ec32c1fa6 think I’d let 6a7b32bfd9 you go?”d8a3efce51b58cd8

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The man’s long eyes curved like a crescent moon. Light from the stained glass cast a halo behind his jet-black hair. His face, backlit and shrouded in twilight, only highlighted those striking blue-gray eyes. Though not as intense as that night, they held a cruel excitement visible to the naked eye. Memories resurfaced, and his hair stood on end.097b862939bf820c

“Ah!”8ceb0906fdbd2e84

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Instinctively, Yuwon tried to burrow deeper to escape, but a hand suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled him out. Thud, pain shot through his knees as he fell from the altar’s edge.e399d600f5cb9dea

The man didn’t 24be2178ad give Yuwon a 8eddda28dd chance to stand 5caf62174b properly, dragging him ab8243f1b5 along. His foot caught on 166677d252 a branch, flipping him a6b2a21637 over and causing blood 7107cd8257 to start flowing. The pain, 2cf68133dc like a c6fc3d8fdf burn, flared 48c90f7f62 up all 92702891ec over his 7f1367752b body.e7540b5d00f3fd5a

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“Wait, wait! I’ll do as 7ab9d888ba you say!”f1d6853101f72b9f

The man didn’t respond. Yuwon, his hair afbdd2e442 grabbed, was dragged bfd7f805cb to a window c4df2e8156 with broken glass. The man roughly 8e35cd5022 shoved him outside.d400a68d32bcf0e7

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“Ow!”2833f15622d1026f

He felt the heavy d2cae9a39f rain hitting his face. Only then did he 6465ab84fa become aware of the 95f7a12017 noise surrounding him. It wasn’t that 778c5115b3 there had been 0899586417 no sound while 8159767fee he hid in 17c496ca8a the altar; Yuwon, b586be89fa terrified, simply hadn’t 8ba1db2d7f heard anything.de1e1ff24ee4bdd6

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The rain fell like d3795a690b a waterfall from the dd2a9ba72f sky. The downpour was so ee2044d054 loud it pierced through 924a578066 the dense canopy of b28ba1b9c7 leaves and crashed to e42a2ed5a4 the ground.45d064510bc41dd5

“Ha, ugh!”80a7d1e7c5c784a1

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After leaving him in 2711352281 the rain for a 73dc310e4c while, the man finally e4a5c5e513 pulled him back under 178a8669db the roof. The man’s 2df0da96b3 gaze fell b5eef936c9 on Yuwon, 67c5cb1408 who had 56bddd26d5 barely made f1ccf1e6b5 it back b5d52eb372 inside.bb62c1a215feca2a

His face, f664fed506 soaked white 1049d82fc6 by the 6e9fc4fe50 rain, looked 653b077651 both pure a3cdef768c and gloomy. His black eyes, c916a8578d with blurred boundaries 0e1e8b9050 between the pupils abea5c9497 and irises, were 7aa0595375 striking. Raindrops clung to dd51be67ef his long eyelashes. The man, facing Yuwon’s 8147882c51 transparent face like a c0e60dd569 flower petal wet with bf08e0acd6 morning dew, bared his 5f187b57ba teeth in a fierce 2d657a25de smile.68978726797a16b1

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“Damn, now you’re 5c716bd356 worth looking at.”d60996269189dd2c

The next moment, Yuwon’s 27272b3d13 face was kicked into f6a6788b61 the man’s crotch. The man’s voice dropped ec30b5ec57 into his ear like d48271394b a fall.72bde1498b81526f

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“Ready to suck?”327d95f074636c27

With a whisper full d38363395e of excitement, the fully 7da55404e6 erect member rubbed against eba2ff8746 his face. The shape 02d598bb18 felt through 1418b3acb4 the wet d4b9798dbc fabric was 566ef7ad3b shocking. It was cbff6e90d0 natural for 7dadb4deb8 memories of af377dc038 the night b3d44fa2f0 with the c18b4eaf5c man to a98768f8f8 resurface. Even though bfa49a7775 it had 0a51c35fcb been a a0f3ee2fd1 while, it 7fa4473c28 felt like 9fbcac87b4 the lower d110b698be part that 7efe3b30bf had bled 2a01623f12 was aching 783a6ae67f again.d79b9382ed4722ec

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“Open your mouth.”431aa5b240dbbdf8