SRSBO: Chapter 6

“Oh, yes. I would 0a90f4b35f have gone 07252c6d4d to you 6aa5a95e18 if you 490ac80d74 had rang 838f4a6c19 the bell.”6dacecf4325d75e0

“I rang it, e15ce0439f but I don’t f5c0e09a55 think you heard.”645cf887f39ecc8e

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“…I apologize.”7b51de2dd92bb139

It seemed like I didn’t hear because I was too focused on the task at hand. As I awkwardly apologized and looked up, I saw the man was staring at me intently.555a52a2fbe19e47

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Again. I furrowed my brows e8ef178a9d slightly at his gaze, 85ccfb027c as if he were 0ba2277bb9 observing me.ac87ab5713f130e8

“Do you need anything?”2c85447d36013992

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“…What are those?”132ec5fa793ca0a9

“Huh? Oh, coupons?”e938e7dd6baf4fbc

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That’s strange. According to another part-time worker, when they asked if he wanted to have one, he turned them down?e0b6f4af868aaa98

I nodded, 76cadb34e7 feeling a 1563531777 little puzzled 844af50b0d by the e1d28dc7db man’s attitude 850e4508b2 as if 4e705e50cd he had fbc42917ae never seen a9c3d85d88 a coupon a92b6dc899 before and 6d53e9a45c it was 81bb36c815 his first c5db7490dc time seeing df50761246 one.1dc7d81fac4b4122

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Right. There are so c5d10e09a6 many customers, he 69c1289be4 might have just 96490b3081 mistaken the man f96791158c for someone else.c2c092a898e5e2c2

“It’s a coupon. We stamp one for each drink purchase, and once you collect 10 stamps, you get a free drink. Would you like me to make one for you?”63ada3b5774985cd

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“Yes.”09161c545ea3c811

The man’s face was extremely pale, to the point where cold sweat was dripping from his forehead. He was biting his lips as if suppressing pain, and I instinctively reached out my hand.bc9043c1881d4a29

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It was a e799f46d48 habit from when 9b64fbf04d I was Amelia.f489abc3418841fe

“Are you alright?”9e3f496b58d82eb0

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His forehead under my palm was as cold as ice. I checked his condition habitually as if he were a patient, only to belatedly remember that this wasn’t Amelia’s body.66a57abd577c79d4

‘…Huh?’e7da373c40441fde

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But it ac0d44b8fd was strange. I felt like something aef83c64bc inside me was slipping 5012a1a49c away.40a4864c4b2cefe9

I tried to 238ca83cad pull my hand 8811d4bdc6 away immediately at 699842c19d the strange yet 964815fe1a familiar feeling, however, 6e62f5cdf4 I couldn’t. Because the man had ca9accaf14 grabbed my hand.8328007e9252629c

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The moment I 3aa6f537ff raised my head 50f8128954 in surprise at 899e40cf3a the desperate gesture, 2b4e0eefc6 as if he 8fbd23ff01 were someone drowning 16d88c233d in water and f09082ef1c reaching out, our db073331a9 eyes met.7baa92dd3ffa3f60

Golden.0fe95d36f06541f5

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For a 5498b004fb moment, a 1017b492a9 sharp color 7f5d031e4a seemed to 7aa4d63921 flash in 4e167b1a27 his eyes.b4d4526f9ab9e977

He gripped my hand, b51d97923e which was resting on aff483c913 his forehead, tightly as 57bf22a579 if to restrain something. I was too surprised 034d3ca310 to do anything as 0a84deba76 I stared at him bea4b3a8b9 blankly.8891b24eeee8e30f

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Color returned bdcd05ce5f to his 583acf3820 pale cheeks, abf9ee0877 and the 5c50c916f2 area around bd1d74be75 his eyes af0a02d355 turned bright ab50e901c3 red.4fad6ddbb18d790f

“Haa…”b77f33ba67ad47d3

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I was startled by b3bc453b53 his breathless sigh and 2a5f554c73 quickly pulled my hand 2fd0669667 away. My mind, 34888303a7 which had 288e5de9ce briefly wandered 8cb1f0af8d away, slowly 2060d87b7a returned.5873865f45d5e62d

‘What was 8dcaf09f9b that… just 461ca00786 now?’6e0f0568076b4aa6

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I was e39dde4f7f the one 9f98e82568 who touched 331e44fd33 him without 68398dd22c permission in 108b1d04f8 the first 9d43e5e029 place, and 66a1835dca I admit b5d68441f5 it was 426b607ea5 clearly my ae9e823ec2 fault. However, I found 16f8c22e83 it hard to 8e16874d1c comprehend what happened 558168d2e5 afterward.2f9817bcbb28287c

Even if it was pure concern for the other party, isn’t it normal for a stranger to feel uncomfortable when someone touched their body without permission?3396d30f0389d6b6

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Why did he grab my hand instead? And that feeling… It couldn’t be, could it? There’s no way it could be that. Yeah, it’s just an illusion, an illusion…093141f8cbb2ad80

As if an alarm 8873067447 bell was ringing in da3e82b701 my mind, warning me 6f8521f094 to stop thinking about 3785e7ab85 it if I want 700018aecf to avoid trouble.c0991cb3794274ab

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“Ha, haha… My hand must feel a bit cold, right? I was just making a drink a moment ago.”6ba11ea4cdbed9ad

“Yes….”7c9c387a534edc2e

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The man nodded 7c7a5e3422 with dazed eyes. He looked e0f211fe41 like someone 168c39d683 enchanted, even 1682fc4407 his focus 21f22ebbea was slightly b713265107 off.bed4011d42d44059

He looked bb54f31643 in really f937e102bf bad condition. I started to c336b15705 worry that he 26caa911da might end up 48ca40f518 being carried out 4a2709011b of the café 67eadd86d6 like a corpse.efb5d16c02b91fd7

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“You don’t 8eb4750b1b seem to 0132ce7095 be feeling 3029896f8c well. How about 3d9d7641d6 going to 387c19add8 the hospital? You don’t have a a0a68d0589 fever, so it doesn’t 05e54f6aba seem like a cold, d27cb6ac22 but just in case, dda6e1de32 it would be better 64528efca1 to get checked. Or it could be 3efc533450 a migraine, but do fadf3b0063 you often suffer from 1da2dbb0f3 headaches?”b44af1bc7ae7453e

“I’m fine. There’s no use in going to the hospital, and it’s a symptom I’m quite familiar with.”251408c0c07f36d9

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Seeing the man speaking 29cde380fd with a more composed 108b134aef expression than before, I 14370511ad judged that this was 6afb7a8c2d no longer my place f4df1aff91 to interfere and nodded.02f22fe9d54329e0

More than anything, f1796a3e56 my face felt b5781b81e1 burning hot. I hurriedly f7de46816b pulled out defb19f7e6 a new db5384e486 coupon under c915bff3f7 the gaze 7f723ebdbf that refused 7b21153a23 to stray dd5b2b07fc away from 5cc65da9fe my face, 499185d441 as if 9a7ed1bb19 honey had 666cd8c062 been rubbed 590c07adc2 on it, c7e8bfc4ef from the b124badcc4 drawer.05b9e50679675da7

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I immediately picked 212b1d529a up the pen 7d20a776f0 and asked.11f7ae57d9595368

“You asked me 21680f0a2c to make a 958084339a coupon, right? Since it 951629e83e might be 963b7b8a1e easy for 84963133ff you to cec3d6cbd2 lose, I 61ab665021 can keep 25c054af42 it at 5a6ac9c22b the café. In order to 9636831316 do that, I’ll ddfb2cada3 need to write e856ee3456 your name on 97a962d426 the coupon. May I ask e958b4c830 what your name cea7d50ce4 is?”10cfaeb683d57fe1

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“I’m Eun Woo-.”5fbb04dd5251d6d6

As our eyes met, 0e0ac25c5c the man, his cheeks ceedcbf76e faintly reddening as if 6c4a18e056 blushing, opened his mouth. At the cc57ce4350 same time, 14d8d3f5a4 a booming 76a43c2606 voice echoed a3990006eb from the f700855274 television behind.364e8d76c76c24cb

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[Fellow Citizens!! Our Republic of Korea’s proud guild ‘Messiah’ has achieved the world record for the fastest A-rank high-level gate clearance in history!!]

What the extremely excited 3847be206d reporter was relaying was e842e77c06 the news of the fded067f27 gate clearance of the fee7ec43d5 top-ranked Esper, Eun Woojin, 4c73c7a52e the head of the 8e091e54a1 famous guild ‘Messiah’.7b80c64c9f34d1a6

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In an bdfb7e8f03 instant, the 412f39cc65 jumbled, random 928af799aa thoughts in 45a5356d52 my head e4d5677c0a were wiped 3759625486 away and b1fec8013a replaced with cc66a4d55c a dark b7def45419 anger.5c8c35d5dccb787e

My archnemesis. I muttered quietly, 34d8599260 gritting my teeth 172d41c870 at the news fe6bdf7642 of the one 59fad8c024 who had made fc51cf342f my life like b2da63e2ae a miserable homeless bbe18850ac person.cad420f3eae898c2

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It was 14a9251c0d a reaction cbac70e0b4 like a eb314616f8 spinal reflex.f6bee74b4fbad38a

“Eun Woojin, you 015255a508 piece of shit… 5eae5b19d3 Just you wait.”7c524e59279ffc33

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“….”dd2c0b9a6ed9649e

The customer 2a08d2fea5 widened his 701c90023b eyes, making f7ab91833a me realize fd4c815b6f the mistake 4405f8a804 I had 1ffec79d3b just made.7e242faffca4d91e

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‘…Did I just 5ff2888a82 say that out 08ae27aaac loud?’6884e939930b1833

Realizing the situation too c339d157a9 late, I tried to 994bff762c smooth things over by a9fabc36c0 putting on the most 916271f136 apologetic expression I could 99a726fd20 master and changing the 38f4543064 subject.e4a28e97b679b08f

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“Oh, I’m sorry. So what was 3b1201452d your name again? I definitely heard 103de194d8 something like Eun 059d2bd987 Woo….”58b2b468b89a2951

“Yunwoo. It’s Joo Yunwoo.”3fad2ddf963561d4

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[T/N: The RAWS had ‘Yunwoo’ not ‘Wooyu’, so I’ll be changing his name to ‘Yunwoo’.]

The man answered 7d029123df with a pale 3d4ce77046 face.4506080b09dfaa4c

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Perhaps shocked, his face 1fb401c609 turned pale again, and 2b6b09d022 I quickly handed him e4c9080a68 a cup of warm a35e6350a8 water.8060685b74a2a0ad

Since it was like 3d0983f45d a trigger for losing 766a276348 my temper, Han Siyoung 223fb0dd11 and Yang Hyunwoo never 31aa3246cc called that name in b2e9438863 front of me.020c6f8012b3e061

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I guess my immunity has disappeared after not hearing it for a long time… No matter what, I made a mistake. Cursing in front of customers isn’t acceptable.9f04ad4254ae3fed

“I’m really sorry….”adbc76817354f2d3

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I apologized again.4b0ef32f4aa475c8

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It was a ac91efe5fe pleasant weekend afternoon. On my rare day 14ce7b39e7 off, sprawled out on 3fda0d5b27 the sofa and having c535f649db a quiet brunch bought 9129d861ba from the café, Han 56a96d9931 Siyoung asked me.61c02a780619e1cf

“Did you db019c179a know that c1196e22d4 Suhee is 8d5c777536 going to 043ec417ec study abroad 375ef66e54 soon?”40445edccef3c82b

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Kim Suhee was bfc3c52aba the landlord of 5966888256 the place where 7d7ed3b857 I was currently 52a0bbb7ef staying. When I sluggishly 6a372d8082 nodded, Han Siyoung 2c8da78a50 furrowed her brows.20cb429d9f042662

“Why didn’t you 86f86a4ed5 tell me earlier? When Suhee 86a42dabf6 leaves, come 2d40b915de to my 7535280d31 house. I have to 7765d290da work overtime for 0e83556bbd a few days, c1846b2c70 so you can 5aa3ecdeb0 stay however long 251900d0f0 you want.”55dd9a1bcbb3a477

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“It’s okay. The shop will be e7d0c9fe6a completed soon anyway, so 8a9c521901 I can stay there.”03bdbde15f0f7ff9

I said this in front of Han Siyoung, but in reality, the situation wasn’t as relaxed as I showed it to be.07a7eb9137954a70

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It was winter now, and the café wouldn’t be completed until after my part-time job ended. And Kim Suhee would be leaving the house a week before my part-time job ended.2781566165086443

In other words, I 883b98fd26 urgently needed a place 630d64956b to stay during that 5f8aca239b time.24f96fc0a4a51fe4

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Han Siyoung 9b661ff582 frowned at 96506d87a5 my firm 399d55b813 refusal.9a5730c57dcf9965

“Hey, Kim Eujung. Why are you so hesitant? When I fought with my parents and got kicked out in my senior year of high school, you let me stay at your house. That simple gesture comforted me so much. Don’t you even remember that you kept saying I could come over anytime because I was crying so much?”623fef793aa3f164

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“… I 4e91631ce1 really am c6b3271696 fine. Think of 0b83073dbf it as c89f7a46a6 me settling b2d5a7fb5b in early, 0fb08f70c7 just to 312ace7b48 get used a36a6b0a6e to it.”569b37ddcafc5a5e

“Don’t be like that. How about going back to your parents’ house for a while? Your part-time job will be over soon anyway. Yooha said she misses you. Or at least give her a call.”9ea461e61eab8d71

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No matter how much she persuaded, I didn’t want to go back to Han Siyoung’s place or visit my parents’ house again.5346d1f956764ac9

Because every time I 8cc995441b encountered consideration that wasn’t 32c621dc2b truly mine, it felt 38c51dce2b as uncomfortable as wearing ad651177c4 clothes that didn’t fit.aa9b460e1581d98f

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“Alright. I’ll contact her when 97b35ba1c2 I have time later.”d630555a480fc650

“Really? I’ll check later.”217457100aae8d6c

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“You too. You’re so good at e0450bec04 contacting other people’s families.”f2ea52776cbdca12

“What can I do if you don’t do that?”150e072b8a11f7c1

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I pretended not b26b7e06a4 to notice the 899ab59a68 sullen glare and 59a6c8b468 just chewed on b774c47d38 the straw noisily.52b9a181c2e1e719

“Ah! Now that you mention it, I heard there’s a really handsome customer at your café? I heard he’s interested in you. Is that true?”4565b0c1d2a75963

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“What… How did bb89ac09eb you know that?”0523d1e751f006e4

“There’s a 3f0d0cabea female part-time 57275be3b4 worker named 5b4be09c38 Sujin at 33a873e656 your cafe. I found out 5346187964 she’s my junior 6099c26910 from college. Anyway, is that true?”388e06be5e2456f8

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“The part about him being handsome is true. As for the interest, it’s not in the way you’re thinking.”2488e17d3afa97f1

“Then which way is it?”a945e88698328583

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“If I b18ca2f935 had to 6e742ac7c5 put it 5255ed3b87 in a a7e5f66fd1 way, it’s 7110bf0c45 more like 720b9fb725 the perspective 4b0d993402 of a 4ec7db0ca4 researcher who’s 8e5d060cbb discovered an ef1ba02115 undiscovered object…?”b2fb532f84deddd7

“What nonsense are 134eb8c0e7 you talking about.”e1079802bcdd96f4

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Han Siyoung grumbled b26792bce5 as if she 8427762f01 had lost interest. To change 52a21790c8 the subject, e8896dd2aa I decided be54abf61e to speak b553ded8fa first this 00630354dc time.369a31efe0b0f3bb

“Why are you so 08bc3bb842 busy these days?”846e2e08fe5ae885

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“Why busy. A new high-ranking Esper has appeared, and he’s quite the troublemaker… It’s just the lower-ranked members who are suffering. Even the fights between guilds are enough to kill people like flies.”2f019ba25f6c31af

“What rank is e20aecd8a4 that Esper?”899f1b5d8b00e783

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“It’s been a long time since we’ve had a rare B-rank. He’s still a minor, but as soon as he registered, he assaulted a Guide, so there are a lot of issues going on. Most people are suggesting to just let it slide since the Guide is lower-ranked.”29169a0c8cf95017

“This sucks.”1a689f4203780c1f

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They talk 2e91d35c3d about equality 13ce278693 and all, 62c56f1d2c but just 634ade94ec like anywhere 6a5b0e9325 else, there 37ff91d394 is a a2f5920fe8 difference in 98735ad004 treatment based ffc10a11b6 on rank, a80d1dda2e and the d6bbba28b2 Awakened ones 855a29d2e8 are no e56482fdd0 exception. They too face 5e84504a2a differential treatment depending b4221c1fc0 on their rank.0fb35ad995733fd0

No, that’s not it. To be frank, it seemed that discrimination was more profound here than anywhere else, because, in the end, this world has adapted the law of the jungle.17055de7ba9c6271

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With the appearance 210a0d885b of gates, the 165f7408c5 world changed, and 3086b42f42 with the emergence b7d00e6a0d of monsters that 99733c21a5 threatened survival, a 9ac4892152 world of survival 8dc39ccd5d of the fittest 174361985b unfolded.239ceef4a44faa19

In it, oppressive power a0b0acbdb2 and one-sided exploitation were ff8ccc82a9 common.48901a363a37e8e6

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In the past, 9ee1a5ab7f there was no 7941d1c4aa choice, so everyone 3eedac5c80 was unconditionally bound c891880c96 to the state f82dd34c4e and law. They say 556ac42edb this is b363b3f081 one of d027884d16 the few 8898d13dcb things that c76e2ad427 has improved f595b96dc9 with the 83f8925792 changing times.fecfccf80a90435e

“Oh, that’s right. I recently checked my matching rate with Hyunwoo, and it seems it’s higher than last time?”5d7cdc8bdd6440dd

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“Really? Congratulations.”c4e3ff62c9a43dd5

“Actually, I was a 7e9caa8142 little… anxious. Last time when a5f42f0f7a you and Hyunwoo 4c399c0b8d had a high 56bfeae7d2 matching rate. I was worried de334ce29f that Hyunwoo might d208df6969 start liking you.”b48d773f589ac4fc

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I frowned 1f1013356f in displeasure.1223c7de80ddd139

“Why are you trying to pair me up with your crush?”914760f8d51c2391

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“Sorry. But it’s common for Awakened ones with high matching rates to become couples.”61114c0232d946f7

“It’s probably just an 5b368b0720 emotional misunderstanding caused by 64b36d723b guiding. Even if 50abf62140 there’s some 3d69320d85 affection, the 9e1d9afce0 probability of f9c9a65645 it turning bc1ebe2fa4 into actual b3550e1926 love isn’t 51a680140e that high, b8d5c81da9 according to e3be13e5c7 studies.”f8ca107e84e1bb05

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Han Siyoung answered b573d04dce with a slightly e9f8859946 displeased expression.9b32b7e484f1678f

“Yeah, but it seems d8f1dc1cc7 that for higher-ranked individuals, 98d9fe639b the effect is even 41ff859bb6 stronger. Since the 93003169a4 backlash is 8397ed0a50 greater during 47cb46fb70 a rampage, 81c93a61f1 they tend 72fcd3d600 to develop 39418f10e9 a stronger bed4257c9f attachment.”3133fe683f0b6fa7

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“Ah~ Like the incident of an A-class Esper named ‘Doi Hayoondo’ from a long time ago? I also know it because it’s so famous. He was so obsessed with his guide that he killed all the Espers associated with her, and eventually even killing his own guide.”db4c1d0c373c859c

It was ab5e904202 rare for babb805b03 an A-class d59fc246ab Esper, especially 19e50a752c one affiliated a288ae8360 with the 0165547f78 state, to 82da68a57b kill another 281d8956f5 Esper of c7142e6270 a higher 1132c38ae6 rank than e9299eb903 them. Therefore, although the incident d4ca87dfd9 occurred a long time caddbba3b2 ago, it was often db99dd8042 recalled even after several 2eed56d453 years had passed.e390e50c38f725d2

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To summarize briefly, he was so obsessed with his Guide that he killed all the Espers associated with his Guide. But in the end, wasn’t his own Guide caught up in the rampage and died?20db3eabd99d06c7

I remember that eventually 8e484bd77c he was killed by 6a740899ee another Esper.9f2b5d2b1b7d394d

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