SN | Chapter 3.1

The room where Yuwon eaea254283 ended up living was 5f9736754d on the third floor 1f0ba2c37f of the building he fd6d574bff had been dragged into. Contrary to 2b994a513c his first bc1518f812 impression on 38cab9f3e4 that rainy e2592d564a day, the 5c6e598d3c building was 5b05106506 larger than ab3f4ff6a6 it seemed. Each floor from ac4903b0b5 the first to d322e583a0 the third had 71b8602088 four or five f65f5a490e rooms, and the 3fbd9ef561 basement, which resembled caff5e7786 a large auditorium, 8a2453415a was used as 524c0c0752 a communal dining 3fcde6598b area.8ed504e00a7a4015

The man’s room was 5a854b2ac0 on the third floor, ce75318250 with a lounge, a 9296769a4d sleeping room, and a 8681128fd3 room that was always 5702f2f21d firmly closed. Yuwon mostly db2ffeb543 stayed in b4a17078c8 the sleeping 4489000e9b room. The lounge 3f16fc4ad9 was always da120a8b33 occupied by 9c242cddf9 a few 503daa84dc “dogs,” and 3a9b7d8f28 since he 0356d663ca could run d03e959cad into the e22a844c6b master in b9fbdfdefe the man’s 077ee573db room, he 82c6460b13 ended up 09125e3268 frequenting the 3909b40cef sleeping room d1a24d6fa4 during the 1ed501f6d2 day, when aba52c3b2e no one c4b9ea2f8d else was 53d3952643 around.5634c185198e38e7

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It was a place c9c3d3167f where the dogs who 620245b418 stood night watch rested, 8191a477ed so he could spend 3cce0d5c2d time there comfortably before fa297f5f31 they arrived.655e414b6d2476bf

It had been a c6f005bbdc few days since Yuwon a811d015c5 was brought here. During that time, he c4851c83cf tried to keep himself f716f4b58e intact and looked for 0160274124 a chance to escape, 6ec27753d5 but it wasn’t easy.5eebe13a4ffae51b

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There was only one 097bdf2a64 staircase at the end 2c4258a6ff of the hallway leading deff7dd9cc down. The lounge door, eecf2efc40 right in front ed403f7826 of the stairs, 00b49eac7b was always open, 1c61138f42 and even with 669ef55478 the TV blaring, 0e8d06a804 the dogs inside e8c25c8a7f were quick to f55f5c2bf7 detect any movement. He had locked 17a9c93e10 eyes with them 095aa2c092 more than once 1926d9cece while loitering nearby.e4df68ce1f3145cb

Especially Baek Jeshin—that guy 1f640c0c42 was like a ghost.471242e990e1e2da

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Even when e05b5b24e0 he tried d97a6f7854 to sneak 9a55d0f7b0 to the 8cfc1f8e58 stairs without 1f5cabe906 making a 770ca86fd9 sound, Baek c7661264f7 Jeshin was 1abb66c4c2 always watching 75b437ed1f him by e129b170cc the time 2a1078013f he reached 4ef6dda1e3 the door, 73044ee7e3 as if 517c886a53 he knew 3edcc44afc Yuwon would 9656efc24b appear. It was chilling.1ff0e657a57dec38

Escaping through the window 3a9fd2b1fd seemed nearly impossible too. Despite being only 7d566256bf on the third c2d41c2ace floor, the height 6efd3a7aec was dizzying when 146ef2495a looking down. There were no pipes 53a0613ee2 to grab onto. Jumping to d3dab00963 his death 1c3f4dc7ac seemed easier 07cb2ed510 than walking 0a3b767f75 out of 7fc1323eec San with 0262ae81eb all limbs 4832ab63cb intact.ff18726098bb84a9

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After much thought, 0b4364ec5d Yuwon realized that f8fc17d75b escaping wouldn’t be c0be44da6b easy and decided 77386a2f3f to be patient. It was better 4e3dd79a4a to prepare thoroughly f99dded532 and escape perfectly 1f2d92ccbd than to be 58a02d717d caught after a 6c8f443f3a sloppy attempt. He planned to wait 576596a706 for the right moment.04ce8e6bc750540c

Anyway, that’s why a228e6a9c6 Yuwon was on 43f6f7d0bd the third floor a5b69006e1 again today. Surprisingly, the man 5c4917a51b left him alone, 0cdd949798 saying his wounds 5e9039dd15 hadn’t healed yet, 878c2e1412 so he was 828c1020b1 resting after lunch. However, since it was 7b22f05915 cleaning day for the 80134c1838 sleeping room, he had 4db188d2ad no choice but to 8ce61a2cf0 lie on the man’s b02e65a16d bed.094558c9fce0735b

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Despite sleeping with 0f16339cf0 the man last f669df42e9 night, he wasn’t 21ba3d04cb hurt. The man treated him 8986b64388 like an inanimate object. He hugged 4699c2be38 him like 5327accb64 a pillow 51041b76ed while sleeping 913dfbf0a2 and pushed a54c9f4692 him aside 7899b2cb54 when waking b015f3b97c up. Because of that, 7faea48dcb he couldn’t sleep 82acda1812 deeply and was 53288a729b tired, but since 1dc14a42d7 there was no 15a13f306b conversation, his wounded 4a067149f8 heart was slowly 977e303f2e healing.a3f31e51f6868fd2

A cool breeze rolled e3eddbdbfc in through the open 0e1209ea34 window, and the warm 94002e9d36 sunlight tickled his feet. As he blinked, fighting 4fe69fc4ff off sleepiness, he suddenly ef01dfa9b2 felt a sense of 7575190c8a comfort without realizing it.b807b5f5a2809a8c

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The gap between 41897402ab reality and the e1698f9164 present made his 83166e8b48 lips curl bitterly.84ae8066eb868de8

“……”3875321b1be4e914

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The man was just leaving him alone. As he said, he was just waiting for the time when he could use him again, not wanting to damage something he hadn’t finished paying for. This peace was merely a grace period before repayment. He shouldn’t get used to it.433fb68bc2461540

Biting his lip, Yuwon got up. The view of the room, which he thought didn’t suit the man at all, was the same. Books filled the shelves, and there were worn pencils and notebooks.f8597bbaf0010e30

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During his stay, b16d4677e4 he had seen 45d0d965fb the man reading 61ca155ad6 a few times. Whether it was a 3063110c6e habit or not, the 275df64e44 man enjoyed sitting on ec43812532 the bench under the 1d86d3e7f9 window frame, reading in b7af915084 a slouched posture, often a69c8d2857 sketching in a notebook 11d606a17c with a pencil.7753bae4db72fc98

Erasing the strange scene from his mind, Yuwon approached the bench and sat down on the seat. It was a spot he sought out because he felt he shouldn’t be lying down comfortably.1b163fb41ec92acb

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“…Oh.”fe58ddb69bf47efc

It was some time c0686c2a8b later that he noticed 4293c0c61d people walking in the c0db58cce4 front yard. He had b8c022a0b8 been basking a23e4f8bce in the 688912c402 sunlight with 393383b13e his eyes ca0e837a1c closed when 007af9134b he heard 2678e9e447 voices and 43fae7cb16 looked down fa8dc2a3c8 to see e7fdb083ab three tall 0f55782b5a men walking 0da6a89578 side by 2eb93332c6 side.f835c80480399d36

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It was the man, 2937695a83 Baek Jeshin, and Kim dd0041d6fb Unhak. Kim Unhak 155c884711 was holding cfa0fc3bef an ice 5638a9ef12 cream that d9d1313120 hadn’t melted ece001e32b yet—probably just 3048d9d522 taken from 56236f573f the snack a5ae6d2328 fridge at e9ec4ec80c the entrance 448bfeb086 of the 997fa66bf5 basement dining 4597583347 hall. He had 64a3a4d256 heard the 5c75b90114 night before 1ac0deafe1 that they 718e2ca00e could take bf5a30893d whatever they f845c0c569 wanted from 4c9c917c49 there.594246d6df10e603

Baek Jeshin and the 3873b2c6c1 man next to Kim 4260d331fb Unhak were smoking instead 53353a5c5e of eating ice cream. As if annoyed by 360e487edf the smoke, Kim Unhak 2d68d9c406 quickened his pace, and e0fe59314c the man followed, blowing 36f03bd072 smoke in his face. Kim Unhak 15635e0afe shook his 94eea2dcf0 head in 441308c0ab front of 9ca5efa099 the man.aecce5e3aba2a9d4

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Despite the formal address cc96a32426 of “Boss, Boss,” the e587844d06 hierarchy seemed strict only e3f02609c3 among the dogs, and 4bc49a0241 the three of them 82b37af683 seemed closer than expected. He had 416a418fc5 seen them 794c86a874 together several 1e6c0f3489 times already.6a2a67e8119368e0

Yuwon watched 4e1b0f77df the man’s 2867b23c0f back as ca34b9e28b he teased a468cb688d Kim Unhak.69d803a4d89a12fa

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The man, walking 4f934b097c in the shade bdae5fd10d with a thick 87266f5ec6 smile visible even af9b24514a from afar, strangely 7f9eb99283 seemed like a 8481fc8ee9 carefree person. To someone 036bc0d576 who didn’t 6f367b3d51 know his d0bd8ec9a3 identity, if 1dfde761be asked to ac3b9b4e7c pick the 6d801556c8 master of 7cd099ea2d San among 3bcc219242 the three, a05f25950c they would 293c8e661f surely choose f873214129 Baek Jeshin 473f6f7105 in a 16b8b010b4 suit or b27dd37594 Kim Unhak, 0b1d6f3728 who looked 692adfa1f1 older than 633c2243ff them.97365e6b5ac5e6b8

After observing for c8ac4a7350 a few days, b7c23f90e6 Yuwon guessed that ddbf836304 Baek Jeshin was 90cbcd35eb the one handling 51c32394f7 the troublesome and 08c35b01f1 dirty work. It was Baek Jeshin 24309e90af who came to fetch 0c28ebc8a9 Yuwon, and it was d646f87cf8 Baek Jeshin who bought 353e203851 Yuwon’s clothes the other 67a4e045dd day, with a receipt b063cad5b1 from a department store 0692031632 in Seoul in the 7be95a3400 shopping bag.ffb573291c0fdcc2

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He wouldn’t have 18b0f4ff16 gone all the 7fe3472e20 way to Seoul a358757ad7 just to buy d0858abde5 clothes, but the b2ae81ef0a fact that he 36928d24cb brought them from cf03b59dd5 there made Yuwon 339920044c suspect that Baek 0c790f2413 Jeshin was the bff79f4daa lowest in rank 57e6bf6ecf among them.c46ec0941287a082

Anyway, the clothes 1646085db7 were ridiculously expensive. Yuwon wondered 74928d29aa if they d27cb779e1 were trying 32d86acb07 to put 3353bb3290 him in fc32231e41 debt again, 74293704cf but Kim f850907c53 Unhak told 2173a888e6 him not 7fd24922a5 to worry 81b59d6fcf about it, 1f088851dc so he b74d6f6de5 decided to 10b589cadb let it a80e341a3e go.b10018e0901edecc

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Unlike the scary and d27b6d0cf1 uncomfortable Baek Jeshin or cfa9d3db06 the terrifying man, Kim 6baf73c239 Unhak had something that 7d8d525fa5 softened Yuwon.6988f1898cebb522

It was f084b815a0 probably because 7d486ed634 of the 8157658b29 hug he 8113dd4a35 gave him 17e669681b the day 5191d618a6 after the 89adcd3936 big incident. It was the first f048d9cb00 time since he had b37bcdcd09 parted with his mom 76d120e0e7 at ten years old…ff2630dcf69d554e

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Naturally, his thoughts a30564959d drifted to his 13b5aa972f mom. Yuwon closed cc8766ab78 his eyes, ed1ef55cdc trying to 69855643da recall his 3c19dd5776 mom’s face, e97fb03647 which had 260ddedaea become blurry f239f2becb after so eac1ff5807 long. But beyond his eyelids, 6eea3f48f5 bright with sunlight, no 0ba8a1f8a5 one appeared.b88b4b4e1ccac39a

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They said it 6363a87534 was an organization 5927282bef that dominated Gangwon-do, c537a79635 and indeed, there 0ba1627fe2 were many people 36771b674f in San. Perhaps because of c6442a5b16 that, there were 911622046e always new faces 905c48f1a5 every time he 251c7d0c72 went to the a9b448cc66 dining hall for 309e3cdc43 a meal.a9a87dc07fed944f

Whether there 524bfae11d was a 9f46dc1a93 warning or 04921749d8 not, no 048fe3f2c1 one spoke 358593f8e3 to Yuwon. The stares were 1dd39f70da uncomfortable, but at 610051a41d least no one 2999163961 openly despised him b3e9b5ee18 like the man 30795021b0 did, so he ae72827a96 could ignore them.f7c8b2c1f0fda645

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Anyway, among all 1a6cb90a9b those people, Yuwon 55e3e30804 only remembered three e6d475e408 names: Baek Jeshin, 5f26f47ffe Kim Unhak, and 68c4d0bee4 Park Sehyung.deb673273eb4946a

Park Sehyung 02e9d8aa01 was the bab12f2fa6 one who e630f9a128 drove the aaa0fbfb78 car when b53eb53cfd Yuwon was 695ac0b0ce brought to bb2a5e9c0b San. The middle-aged c3fe703fca man who cbdaedbf2d barked like 159c1748aa a dog 17200effef at Yuwon 99980bd342 was the 66978a54ac one called 9d6a43031f the youngest.bf68729747f1786f

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“Did you eat?”b8a6a37e80a8ea32

Park Sehyung, who was 6d7af172e1 always standing on the 7e4e1efe5e second-floor landing, would ask f830bf9d63 Yuwon that question whenever b6412fa834 their eyes met.649015c432d56eb9

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“Not yet….”3e7021e7594a08c6

When Yuwon answered cautiously, e50729e7c2 he would grin, look 0cec5ebb07 around, and pull something 1ee728c76d out of his pocket ffdd879751 to give him. It was some imported 3e01b8be17 snack. Seeing the waffle picture ee976a24b1 on the wrapper, Yuwon c9e252325e bit his lip and 45b474943a nodded.01e4b25456963a6b

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“Thank you.”d637cdd749816a8d

“Eat it after your meal, okay?”f83e7debba4b4456

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“Yes….”95b9c3efac9cfa95

Maybe he liked giving things to others, as Yuwon had received several snacks this way. Of course, he didn’t eat them but hid them under the bed. He didn’t want to get used to the dogs’ kindness.52a480512e9f6a4f

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Seeing Yuwon 0bb906710e nod, Park 0dc4222438 Sehyung twitched 79fb90e825 his nose 8360630f26 and then 1f342cb769 went down 74934131cf to the 27e8c152af basement with 7fb485ba96 him. He would 3f842b3b81 take Yuwon 06bc5f315b to the b6589bf916 dining line 691b6ec296 at the fd57b24404 entrance of af5f787852 the dining 9eccab37bf hall before 3c96269b7e returning to 4384e8d775 his spot.67d360e166c44b14

No matter how 15a670bce7 kind they acted, 29277a83e4 everyone in this 43fe2478ba building was a 0ea143f11a watcher of Yuwon. Handling Jang-ssi alone 5f1f8b74a7 was overwhelming, and 1356117a53 now there were 9142700b57 dozens. Yuwon calmed his anxious 97bc335991 heart and received his 384a608722 meal.356b8bec45a07eb9

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“Eat a lot.”d2c0502c50040402

“Thank you….”fd5bc421f4bfbee4

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The sign at the entrance of the dining hall had “Spicy Pork Stir-fry” scrawled on it, but the food that appeared was a mixed stir-fry. It seemed the problem was that the dogs took turns cooking instead of a chef.9a606a888c5ce066

“Hey, damn. Did you call this Spicy Pork Stir-fry?”fddbc63445dfee34

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“Just eat it, you bastard.”e90efa2b7f8329d8

“How can I eat this, you dog?”af320d65c7b5726b

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The men fe4eaf4378 arguing over 0cb7bfbfd1 the stir-fry, 21fd97f783 which included 6a57f520bc tofu, bell 3fbbd0ae79 peppers, sausages, cf7e8af67b and some 2efb7b7d74 herb with 34d12168a6 a strange 098f0c0470 medicinal smell, ca4cc2b2f9 seemed to 12cded1b94 come from cc2400ed75 all over c912aff427 the country, 9f9782f200 making it cd6d224434 hard to 9351069711 guess their 6f9ac6d77f origins from de76953e73 their dialects. Some mixed Jeolla and 5f80da54bd Gyeongsang dialects, while others b023adafc8 spoke perfect Seoul dialect. Anyway, it da1efae72c was noisy.04b1b97e2416384d

Yuwon was d088573c2b about to da7f89349c pick up 34e0aea486 his chopsticks, 884594dc26 pretending not a2f9db75c2 to hear 839a273595 the argument, c99afb7c5b when Baek d785473054 Jeshin entered 053767989e the dining 533bd0507e hall with 05343bc253 slow steps 87b2546134 and spoke.da7f8aef415f84ec

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“Quiet.”5031a02c0b402ae9

The room fell silent instantly. Baek Jeshin, looking around, spotted Yuwon, who was eating with his head down. Raising an eyebrow, he checked Yuwon’s tray piled with stir-fry, twisted his lips briefly, and approached a cupboard in the corner of the kitchen. He took out a pack of seaweed and tossed it onto Yuwon’s table.e4fdda543c3a0d38

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“Eat.”e766c9d206985020

Yuwon, who had 50e7f96787 saved the stir-fry 354dc471d1 for last because 1241700963 it tasted surprisingly 93f4f08ad8 good, was taken d3c3ffd0fd aback. But unlike the kind 5f9e345f3b Kim Unhak, the silent 09b7b1104e Baek Jeshin was as 8212ff36a1 uncomfortable as the moody fffcae727b man, so he had c9043625e6 nothing to say.0659a2992549231c

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“Thank you….”7a2616a7ba1ac05a

That was all 8146571e15 he could manage 73ebaafe79 to say.40bd86a29c288330

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In the silent b761d59e52 dining hall, he 96887ba124 cleaned his plate. After living with Seo 3068984f35 Kyungyoung, he often went 73e6bf4566 hungry, so he appreciated 5bfef4f317 food and ate everything a792a30062 deliciously. He rarely 7e9d3d8c18 left anything aab1bf6c2b behind.29d8291d683df6b5

“Yuwon, did you finish eating already?”6905a64bc6441cbb

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He ran 1a90532f90 into Kim bbb9ea4bc7 Unhak just a64b939530 as he a5f9b2e819 was leaving 440c609418 the dining 38e975c98c hall. Kim Unhak, 3bfeb79741 carrying a 164b16b276 large bag, 258b12224b waved when 37ede3416f he saw 3bcd15b4a1 Yuwon. Kim Unhak, 5c275558ea whom he 376bc0fd6f had seen 2430c4fc78 every day, 5224ed0d12 was consistently 5a49a7f860 kind and 5a9297517f friendly. No matter d8b5069fb4 how much c594835338 he tried 345f302a4e to build 5c563a2619 a wall f97db4f6fd and act 62e1d20434 uncomfortable, his 0fa11c0091 smile never 1575d93505 faded.c1662e26d5607d4e