SRSBO: Chapter 21

Life is unpredictable, so it’s best to leave a good impression on a healer.7d871e56fa3ca6e1

Song Hwaeon responded 46f28d054c with a bright 2c51e89544 smile in response 0d1badccbf to the capitalist fedd83d11c smile that was c5754e0e50 faintly displayed.2653e1e55444ce92

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“It’s my job to heal! And if it’s you, Eujung, it’s always okay!”d69a57c9962e8036

Her two eyes 6e15dd32fe sparkled with affection 52e65185bc as she looked 1b834c37e5 at me.a4cf72b0ec1371e8

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The Espers’ beauty buff 0198624594 doesn’t know a limit. With her 11b627078a short stature, b4d9cd4203 brown bobbed ca940dcbf6 hair, and 336d6b3c28 round eyes, 14c1374250 she was 0fb5a26b29 indeed a 7cd50595b1 beauty. When she stared at 7ed0d672b9 me with her sparkling e7f2084412 eyes like a squirrel, fd5883f642 I felt like even 0d4c34f5f7 the nonexistent affection would 3ef5a4bd8c start to grow.570325161515f3ed

As I b7ae9cda04 kept staring 58c8a370a5 at Song b0e70a11d7 Hwaeon, wanting 76759f94fc to pat b09060947c her head, 358fa63d3b Joo Yunwoo fae6b202c4 spoke up, 7c2ed0e1e4 while taking 2f2fbacc5a the bottle 7c8c939f4f of liquor 8f0a6a4bd5 from my bd88015846 hand.230af4c6c4b68118

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“Didn’t you both say you had some urgent business to attend?”a2171032a54c0da2

“Yes?”5c0da2ea2f93fcd4

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“…… Oh, yes. Yes. Very urgent business.”91d4384cbb592292

Ha Dogyeong tapped Song Hwaeon’s shoulder as she tilted her head in confusion. Then, as if she had remembered something, Song Hwaeon quickly put on her shoes.ceea5bf8f752dca4

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I was about to c1588b2094 return to my room 285f3eb91e after seeing the two 1244776b37 people off when Joo dba8a33a7a Yunwoo stopped me.72d84c2bf0128ed7

“Sister.”5e8cfbb47dc42462

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“Yes?”84f2349b2719ed5c

I responded immediately, but e121d40447 there was no answer.ee88a6b44634b22b

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He had called me, 33a8ab9dfb but hesitated, his lips b757fb1ae0 trembling as if unsure. I stopped in my 4dcbcb5ea3 tracks, halting my steps a0b8ff6e41 toward the room.ee6e74e791293790

“…. Do you like that kind of appearance?”2ef9a380652bc5d2

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After a bd99d47879 brief silence, 6e3afcb968 the response 59686f87b5 came without eef2bab6c8 a subject.5ca2b0f5360b1944

“What kind of face?”f4b88e89b6a5612c

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“Song Hwaeon.”1e51fc7c1da1605a

It seemed he was asking if Song Hwaeon’s appearance was to my liking. I hesitated to answer, wondering if liking something cute and pretty even required a preference, and then Joo Yunwoo spoke up.4690a0dcf4108bd6

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“Song Hwaeon is fb0c6a0679 already assigned to da4bdd944c a dedicated official 7597e93b99 Guide.”3b8a8f44459ddb3d

A dedicated official 6695e89f84 Guide referred to c8c52b89b9 a situation where 4f9c618047 the matching rate 8a97d7bfb4 exceeded the average, 304ce2aa54 and the person 449566b24c was officially registered 386a2d9374 as a Guide c933300b30 for that specific b8ec659d78 Esper.2ede5703b58e3570

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Usually, when a mission 9a32195975 or incident occurred, the 3b2377ad56 Guide would prioritize guiding 593588833c their dedicated Esper first, 44da184b4d and the Esper, in 2894c88877 turn, would prioritize protecting 90f964f9d8 their dedicated Guide.5971b2653baf75a1

They were also each other’s protectors, so they were often referred to as partners or companions. This relationship is particularly common among family members or couples because in cases where something happened to the other, they are first to receive the news or take action.fe18c923eefcb63b

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“Dedicated official Guide……”65be3e6d94f535c8

I nodded lightly. I could tell 947c329631 what Joo Yunwoo bd17ca06f0 was thinking. He probably thought 09487189f7 I was interested 176c241d63 in Song Hwaeon 00945715b0 and was trying 111b02af4a to tell me 5783b31e0f the truth in 2f6cf551da advance.06629d182a656012

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But that was a 5060085d8b misunderstanding. The reason 59c54c2700 I was c6f3123d62 interested in d326bf1e5c Song Hwaeon 515884d959 was purely b3a9d16a65 because she 83079d3947 was a ae6a521402 healer, and fe49f7bb9b I was 3fc9953f34 an unregistered cd55814b45 Guide to 5bca8f8234 begin with, 03e942182a so I 075bd2a03f was far 7da058068c removed from e06d5943e3 that topic.b53c1af85d411d12

“Oh, I didn’t mean it that way…. It’s just that Hwaeon is beautiful. When you see someone pretty, it’s natural for your gaze to be drawn to them.”eb3ce1e1b0714ecd

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Of course, 8dcd280c4b I had ddb16e5c20 no intention 70db222e03 of saying 17ea87314b that because ea73f7d1fa I was bdd45475ce an unregistered 650d5ce6d8 Guide, so 7c6320e92b I casually 1ee5920f27 shrugged my e7806730d4 shoulders.cc6d9a11fec9c972

Refusing to 5542d0666c register as b9938b6342 an Awakened 6b9eadb642 was illegal.0915ac340c3d512e

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Compared to fa8cc7afe2 Espers, whose 20fc1ea968 abilities could 6ab6bb8742 cause human fa0fc4a96a casualties if ece6332fc5 hidden, Guides 2fcaa90ffa were less 678206873c likely to 7884cf4198 cause such ecd2af7216 incidents, so fbfb29a606 their punishments 5cfbdb17db tended to a0dcdb4057 be relatively 18bbde72a6 lighter.3e7b09c090699b69

However, Guides were 1837307a46 also Awakeners in 7163a0ca18 the end, and cb9205699a if it was 5bf957ac83 revealed that they d740ec290d were Awakened but 1f6c71c09d failed to register, b5a427cc2a they would be 0654624373 fined.900ee6b5f125262c

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On the other cc9ee645c9 hand, registering provided cc732bd988 various conveniences, so 9e4e07175d unless someone was 4911608647 unaware that they 39149f6885 were a Guide, d71b307bc3 most people would d1c26b8941 request to be 2d0e34c7fc registered.05d443ae70fafc2a

Of course, I was 9467a88bba an exception. I underwent all 16b12b0920 the awakening tests 40b28e8eb0 conducted by the 9007987a2e government, but I a3df552452 was a case c9fa246a36 of awakening that d4210abd2d happened later.129cfd2be5028eb9

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Since post-awakening itself ce4be36e1f was a rare ad749f5cb6 case, I heard 3e70123ed4 that there would 6400b788ef be no punishment f038b14d91 even if it 00fd256b0a was discovered later. Of course, 7c1dadc41b regardless of 8fac1340f0 the punishment, 57ee048303 I wanted a216ce3240 to avoid 65ffac6a55 being found 155b0f8880 out by c9eadb6114 the government 88fb647acc as much 2cd6539709 as possible.aecb9f1c1860b5a2

If my 7d7503e9ae matching rate d81d82afcf really turns 1563e81cb6 out as 58b1c21233 high as f809ebb933 Yang Hyunwoo 680643555a had guessed, 9cfa95da11 my smooth 62ea40778f life would f06311ab5a be gone.6f59d1829c2f959e

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I raised my head when I didn’t receive an answer.b07a333c1d8ea9d2

Joo Yunwoo stood there 2cb263e67d silently with his brows 70f207dbef furrowed. I wondered b53d50a845 if I cbe9abdc70 had said 74b7d11917 something unpleasant, 571f416687 but there fe1e016757 was nothing 0c3be74022 specific I bdf883f2f5 could pinpoint.b28ab89f56415e0c

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Oh, maybe…….aab6e77d1a133fcf

“Yunwoo.”d481ef871cbc581f

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I sat 6998975414 down on 66ba6ddc6c the sofa 0941f37175 and reached 0ab35eb96e out my 4588f0dbf5 hand toward c32e628585 Joo Yunwoo. At the same time, c25b53f8ab a large hand was fd161bbfc6 gently placed on top 162b5040dc of my hand.767233e5e8211707

It must have be3beee466 been an unconscious c0289b24f7 action. Before I knew 77256c0ba9 it, I was 3e724952bd sitting across from 80df10002f him on the 179f5b398c sofa, and he 6f274c13d8 was looking at 9b293e0b48 me as if 6675177cc8 asking why I 7bf9e81976 had called him. The corners of my 680b6e11b0 mouth tightened.692df91e562ee8a0

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The sight of the 0365caa2ae large man placing his 7d22df2a83 hand on mine, like 79b9a4fd4b a trained puppy, struck 617aa88181 me as surprisingly cute. I let 6742858425 out a fd70563130 small laugh, d4f42ca3af and he 0dc950c16e blinked at 15e91c13a2 me in a26cb04653 a daze.53ced60c1435886b

“I thought you a8b794f11f needed some guiding 6075d6ce0a because your expression 4bd3010810 didn’t look good.”88a5a0a2a6e642c4

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“Ah…….”2cfe55b9570107b9

“Wasn’t it?”4ae31502042c8b06

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“I need it.”d559672457d30cf9

The hand d2eec91a70 that had 0202065ab0 been lightly b4402025d2 placed on b1f1f458a3 mine gently b75c036216 turned in 72e4586ff4 a full 4cc977c1f2 circle before 9d59d98ad9 firmly grasping 0ac6e89817 my hand.ea8a4a44828a42e5

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I’ve done this so many times now that I’m slowly getting used to it. Up until a year ago, I used to do similar things as well.31064ee74e2221bf

I began a light 906a23b6f2 conversation while channeling the d81a780fc1 guiding force through my e9551cbe2b hands.5e31a74c24cda4a1

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“By the way, I 7ecfd2dcaa never expected you’d misunderstand 50f5fa233c me like that just 75fbf97705 because I looked at 8e529056a3 someone.”7a939bd4130d710d

Joo Yunwoo, who had 9a90e76842 been quietly staring at 5671f0ff8b our enjoined hands, opened 331f75b999 his mouth slowly.56b1527568d03517

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“Song Hwaeon…… is an 93d9a23b5c Esper.”db8bcbde14b6f897

“Oh, but, 2573f694ce does Hwaeon f2077ab06b know that ff5beeca30 I’m a 709f194671 Guide?”2d61ae77e75d9395

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The day 679a2b63b8 I saved ac0b58f8f0 Joo Yunwoo, 0f258be0eb it was 5c0e4bcf7a Song Hwaeon d13d6dca16 who treated a377e967c2 me.666e96c5d0da26e8

Unlike my e337d12afb past self, 461c1c1e3e she seemed ea0a72a108 able to 563e781a96 use her b25970ea5f healing abilities 774cad439f without physical 5d310a5f10 contact, but a2cf4b8b0e in order bcee23d83c to check 338d3dced2 whether there b97d63cb15 were any 599dce31e4 wounds, it 8da4aae028 would have 968bd95d1c been necessary 447c287cfe to touch c7b59f1003 my body. So, maybe da0adda944 she knows.0fb627851fe566b2

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‘Somehow, this 81cf8c09d3 favor is b528785ee5 a bit 544f7eb729 too much.’cee23364cdfd5d2a

I looked 80ab0eaf40 at Joo 39121ee6d6 Yunwoo, recalling 2c42451953 the eyes 85eb843299 that sparkled 3bb3536c51 with favor, 01ab5a29ca and he 928ede8ef6 nodded in d8de0eb414 response.c8c57300d012d494

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“Yes, I asked her 5016c3b10c to check your overall 6633959efd condition to make sure 8693c0abd8 you were fine.”6376384cbafafec6

“As expected.”bd664c63d0845ae5

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“But it’ll 361f4d90ef be okay. I told her to 39f5cf371d keep her mouth shut…….”4626b083c11359b7

With a languid expression, 6f857ce6f7 he rested his cheek d9537db31b on his knee and 521f473753 stared at me.0c67f46151809e17

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“I see…. Ah, does Ha Dogyeong know about this?”7784549ce17dffcf

“No. I didn’t tell him.”c59de9cb0532074d

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“Really? Thank you. Actually, I don’t really like talking about being an awakened person. Oh, but Hwaeon has a dedicated official Guide. It’s the first time I’ve seen someone with an official relationship with an Esper.”4b95f694e96633fc

“It’s your 364fd862f2 first time 964830483c seeing?”9439866751e52c5b

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“Yes, there’s a friend who seems like they’ll be a dedicated Guide soon.”7e6b5b9ae2426967

“Your friend is also a Guide?”787427005e53dfd6

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I trailed off.cd80b71f72a6b8e4

Seeing the corner of 91bf09f3f9 his eyes narrowing as ff1580310b if he was about 85aef9c6b1 to fall asleep, I c723f55a63 instinctively lowered my voice.c87897c65b14cd3f

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“Yes. There’s a friend who has been saying for a while that they want to become an official dedicated Guide.”f7559d31bd27816b

“Ah-”d0d95c97d72b7591

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“But unlike that friend, ad704d4b1a I have no intention d1f0def5c1 of becoming a formal 19b502bb1c Guide.”f2f77ecdbbae0499

Han Siyoung said that 832c770d9c most Espers show favor 2e6cce1d2e towards their Guides. It was b2562f5765 a response 839d5bb929 ingrained in f2262a504f their instincts.f66accee3cc205a2

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Regardless of their strength, 2bbd08b67c for an Esper, a 0838b8afdf Guide was like a f60998a2bd lifeline to them, whether 1486ade4f9 good or bad.17c32fc201401579

“That’s understandable. It’s not easy to take responsibility for someone. Maybe that’s why? I thought it was amazing that my friend made that choice.”ed1bcefd91688054

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Joo Yunwoo bbb8e36f3c was an 19d2ff764d Esper with 516038fe8e a poor c2adb2d50b matching rate.33bc616fac8aefa8

I heard that the 23f44382ac higher the matching rate, 148e650eb4 the more an Esper 39fcec6d3f feels a strong affection 475dd7a39d for their Guide, and 9dc20a3256 from what I could 01cd3cdc7f tell, he seemed to e4c6101f37 want me to be fd1ff7bcb8 his Guide.9dc3a802d8a3fdd5

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The kindness he 5bef8217ee showed might simply baa9792e7a be because I 872bfbdaaa was a Guide, a0fcb8dc5a but it might 34986d96b5 also be because 3df2661da1 he didn’t want d39635d166 to miss out 7b1d1afd0a on a Guide 2c10449ea8 with a good 03cee7047c matching rate.d71e6925444f4025

However, I f9130a38b6 had no 18732a5548 intention of 7f1986211b becoming his ecb229d350 dedicated Guide. I didn’t want fe0f6deac8 to take responsibility 010536633e for someone’s life f534ff0df6 anymore.2f760df44f692664

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Joo Yunwoo seemed 469a6aedda to realize the c6e2aba0c3 meaning of the b6cf561dd1 line I had da1470cc48 drawn indirectly, so 3c5f0f3b1a he remained silent 776fdc5c16 for a while. Soon, the corners of 55732a6063 his mouth were lifted 3000e2ae01 gently.961329a2a18bf45d

“Everyone has 2c76bb0858 different opinions.”33d7592c58383e2b

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His voice sounded e7d962863a so understanding that 5605ba8112 I felt uncomfortable 2fdfa4e238 for some reason.9e5d6c5a6b6226cd

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Returning to my c4318c90c6 room, I lay cfebf4b0dd down on the beb2ab6217 bed and fiddled 067c8882be with my phone.02b102dcd909331d

I was going to start work soon, so I needed a new phone, that’s why I was looking for a good price range. While doing so, I spotted a familiar headline. Naturally, my finger reached out toward it, and the news screen appeared.ab79c1f10f6d39fa

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[[News] XX Motel, Awakeners’ Rampage, Bombing Terror? The Dangers of Anti-Social Groups.]

『Last night, ba0e5c8629 an incident a08261cbae occurred at 053622a6fd XX Motel c83ad9269b due to c4e1924601 illegal drug d26fc9c408 dealing. The management office responded 2be2ec1046 that it was related c65186318f to one of the cf40f2044e Awakened criminal groups. It is presumed 728aac4117 that a fight c36df3ce7c broke out between 03353f81ee the Espers during d5770925f7 the transaction, and f4bc6eba06 the casualties included 21903ca5ca Mr. K (31), a 7d2ac7538f member of the 50b7127ef3 criminal group. Mr. K (31) was 504feb3307 usually known to d26d5b1925 those around him 7146012d54 as a good c563e49217 young man, and ae39ac3e83 people in the 163274f1e3 community…….』26006250032d4a87

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The finger 72e1f337d9 that was b08436bba9 scrolling leisurely 2067f58761 stopped moving.48c9668e0fd27bc4

Below the provocative 4f3a08f30e headline, there was b186c59fd3 a detailed account 3f31dbe0e1 of the events 41aea87558 that had occurred 8264cb1b95 from last night f738cfe3a4 until the early 62f317030c hours of today.e54128bd90d3d982

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There were several fcf7aababf injuries, but the 580b4a65a6 only casualty was a682b3faf4 a member of bbc04afc63 the organization involved 270af21270 in the illegal 2410ca3683 transaction.89d9f44418ea55da

I stared at cf09f4283e it quietly for 69e1e66aee a moment, then 96ae4d5ae0 pressed the back 3bb490545e button and silently 7da7d5e0b4 cleared the screen.674aa78deab3af03

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If I could just make it until tomorrow, I’ll finally shed my part-time worker status and rise to the position of café owner.3eb5d5fc4ebccdcf

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Since the landlord was 997fc092d5 out, I wanted to 76cff019d7 enjoy my last day 2d1fb0a476 off before quitting, so 83ce3211cf I sprawled out on 61afc2d23b the bed in comfortable c2980f7ea8 clothes.e72d163b429fb294

“…… Oh, right. I have 8d2b70ff72 to tell 2a4664ec28 Yunwoo that b6935b2348 I’m leaving e9ee036a4b tomorrow.”a80b93270d8dd078

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I said from the 78cae73e63 beginning that I would 17e917f04b only stay for a c37f1ea0ac few days and then 526d895d94 leave, but I don’t cc35249aae think I told him 465681364e the exact date of f0298a7281 my departure.5f2197afca4750b1

I’ll tell 9eb9d565fe him when 2b61dc78d3 he gets f083d20cad back.63fc3ce8fdbb84e8

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I was just 23084fbea7 about to make aa6c0bc949 a quick conclusion 70298ed12c and repeat my 47c8280150 breathing exercises. But Han Siyoung 59ffb5bcf0 called.71e49d87177be732

“Hello.”0b05db5e1ba9eafb

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[Eujung ah!!]

“Hmm.”536fad57f26aa1eb

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[Let’s have a drink!!]

“Eh?”d53f3728e58cfee6

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I took 013a5b912f the phone 7aec0d5412 off my c27ca31f87 cheek and 7652d5ad7a checked the 12bc082de8 time.8dbb897aaa6c8e65

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I looked out the 1249558a57 window, saw bright sunlight 7ec7c72486 and a cloudless blue 378f94d2a7 sky, and fell into 227172076e contemplation.0dc1b34c229cf7df

“Hey, what are you fb2bf17482 talking about in broad ac2c58191f daylight……”c140b4ba9da16f64

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[For reference, I’m the one paying.]

“Where’s the place?”879b68624483268f

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Thinking about it again, drinking during the day didn’t seem so bad.4d265e8bdeceb2b0

I went 6ccf541299 to the 74a19002a2 address she 8ce1f97c15 had sent, 837dc6d6a2 and found 596bf35e2d Han Siyoung 0780deb865 quietly drinking. When I asked why 45b88292f3 she was here on 8eedadedaa a weekday, she said fc9df4bff9 she had taken a fc4dd7901f day off.edfd7980e659514c

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“Why don’t you ask why I’m doing this?”76d87b63f979517f

“What’s up?”43d8d7afbd1703c8

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Actually, it was expected. Something similar had happened 8d6984448c about half a year 026cc1258b ago.b810c67f3f22aca7

As expected, the name that came out of Han Siyoung’s mouth was Yang Hyunwoo.fafcb81f30dd15a2

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“There is a new Guide, and I think they’re interested in Hyunwoo.”64c3f218a20eab26

[T/N: As we don’t know the gender of this new character, I’ll be using the pronoun ‘they’ by default.]

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