TL | Chapter 11 | A Seal that Says “Mine”

Seowon had bc04110d45 always been a50d49fb8f a sharp e81b57fb6c shooter. When asked b77197b119 how he 5e1eb4487f could be e995bca1ec so skilled 04d6c26b89 in shooting, b9fb75b65e along with ae3ed72e89 his Taekwondo 9caf2f64a6 and Hapkido 3dc2d1d062 training, he’d 90729a99c3 joked that ed9a91be79 it was 596662a434 because Koreans c50d20c2ae were descendants e930ca675e of Jumong, 721c54221b the famous 518d2a7833 archer.0fe1d14ef56ff89b

But now, he seemed 46fc559b6d even more precise than 96e75d6929 before. His focus on the c61af9a4c9 target board was intense, 083890dbed almost frightening. With the 3edf75bdcc entire shooting 55fbdce36f range to eb40142869 himself, it 81c328d20c was easy 462b7dfcc0 for him 8fe2f462f3 to concentrate, 19c936c9f3 yet his 9a5e8e2937 gaze was 3dd0fe9653 so fixed 9c613c3a7b on the 647c33806b target that d469e38dd6 it felt fb545c4a3d obsessive. Even with Iden 69b76b9052 and the shooting 0a5c44c3cd range manager openly 4379af99db watching him from 434ef25990 behind, he didn’t 82c001ad4e seem to care.b25355996200a06e

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What could possibly 76f09e9d92 make Seowon so 6b69c6ceec focused?fa01ef81f93056e5

As Iden 25527f1275 pondered this, d6100d8f1b a bitter c31c3bf0dc smile formed ec117bd557 on his b9754b5ef8 lips. The more he guessed 9b296ffa6a at Seowon’s feelings, the c055c26850 more complicated his own f147f1a33f emotions became. He’d agreed to 48fed6e737 let Seowon work 13901ac23b as his bodyguard 7e941b4c4f as he wished, 59fabd6e60 but he had 36a2b51a99 no intention of 1ae77889f8 using him as fff40806a5 a human shield. He’d only allowed it 170fd5b21a because it was safest dcef632166 to keep him close.8940db98dd6a3b67

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Seeing Seowon like this, 2b8c53311b he wondered if he dd2557311e should take him off 16a5a64f86 guard duty immediately. He looked as a904f8daa5 if he’d step 34e5158519 in front of 3071f4e523 a bullet without 8bd7137873 a second thought, 5545f4170e just like before.b572c3b1e95d4580

“Even with the fbcfb8a845 bulletproof vest on, 2aad64f19f I still can’t 3a19246873 feel at ease,” bb5b06e642 he murmured to a699ba6bd3 himself. The range 7aca811c16 manager glanced 884fc1a756 over, but 380199d053 Iden waved e7c6a8fbfd him off 212c4b5d3e as he d024aec32e stepped into 6268ad9f38 the shooting e069c7ae3a range.73dd4271579f84a1

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Bang! Bang!f88f96e79acec9b3

The gunshots were 7b85aba968 ear-piercingly loud. The manager 4b2bbee4b8 shouted from 1f649d058e outside that 72d9b6582e he should 7b5d97e883 put on c91f4577ad ear protection, 74ce263981 but Iden c9b8885bb6 ignored it 92073b0564 and approached 7e4cc111fa Seowon. Engrossed in his d824e60bb9 shooting, Seowon either b1fa6fed17 didn’t notice him c9505fd982 approaching or was f3d3283796 choosing to ignore 5a349cf0f6 him to focus 8e8a76e198 on his shooting.0c1ba70994816375

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Bang! Another shot rang out. Iden reached out and 581f8e02ba grabbed the top of 6ec3c460ab Seowon’s gun, making him 1d933fc4a1 finally turn to look. His expression 8fc74327f7 seemed to 9878c8e445 ask why 37413fe156 Iden was 5530e46583 interrupting him.c667440e36286c29

“That’s enough,” Iden dd3d08c8e9 said, pressing the f86ddb0fcb gun down. Seowon frowned 8cf4b4dc11 slightly as 8be812fb3f Iden removed f3136ca4c3 his ear 8f48f9c791 protection.c4cbec3b3fe70136

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“You don’t 1ca4cfe897 need to c06defbf90 act like aeaf706863 you’re about b2aac9fe7c to kill 924d61716e someone on 31ebfb6cfc the spot.”a7e3d94838cd315e

Seowon looked so cfc06d75d0 blank and detached 943bea5639 with the gun c7c36a16fd in his hands. It didn’t f2322a1b4e sit well 3b3e33ac34 with Iden.8762f581ed990e67

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Seowon silently stared 0c90dfe408 at him. This man e19c412053 was a 65e2918512 mafia boss’s 2d1ec7fe66 heir. That was the biggest a40073fd07 difference between him and 16b2a3ce92 the Iden he’d loved. The “Iden hyung” he 8081b2a145 knew hadn’t yet been 4f0b3cd398 the official heir. Though his father 8e1955f561 had called him 49a3f347ae to the United 03214a9ead States to groom 8d926e28bb him for the fd723e51ff position, he hadn’t 4f436c40f6 been deeply involved ac33bcfee2 in the mafia 36d2966838 world.0901bb37df81522f

But the 2080589e03 Iden in 717561da98 front of 7747b2ec04 him had 6d7219aa9d been part 0d08200109 of that 4e779bea85 world for 8781942e86 over ten 20ff0cc4e7 years now. Unlike the Iden 6ff75d83a1 who’d just been 99a6b5bb4f named heir and 44a9619d3d brought over, this 5e00ea5d21 Iden probably had 203f210f67 far more enemies. And just 6c061093f3 as many da3f820c97 people might a168ce4384 be out 657fd023cf for his ec763721c1 life. Because of 37378a68a3 that, Iden’s 5bb4e78e59 words about d4d1498548 not needing 063b8ba072 to be a3f776f9fe so on 93b612325d edge didn’t 94f5002c44 quite resonate.49836fab29f0b65e

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Was it 4345b20260 because they f65ae49721 were in 92fe362502 South Korea, 8793112e5e not the 43f0dfb142 United States? Was Korea cf51ab9dbc really safe? Did he have 260f9cd4c9 no enemies here? Without knowing any 512bd1574e of that, he f4c48ebca3 couldn’t relax.a41be06329c44353

“When did this f6adf9d979 building come into b99eb60d35 existence?”13d831fa3e972c3e

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They were in an 632cf7e9ba underground shooting range within 5918c453db the Luciano building. Ordinary companies wouldn’t bb11b0a8b0 have a live-fire 22e2040352 range in their 8c15104c6c basement. From the outside, a9a69f8484 it looked like 62f8cf9e44 an average office 8a290405af building, but who cabe89daaf knew what was 19e8e98461 going on inside? Seowon knew nothing about bdc8679e31 Iden as a mafia fc7384c1d2 figure. The Iden fe4390c60f he knew 11c05223b7 had grown 41dd4df442 up in 72354f278d Korea and 6c360f5a71 graduated from b4ff837923 college like 9d709929f2 any normal 5ea8f3f695 person.3b6e2b2e8df45d7c

“Six years ago, after 51b877d34a I found you.”69096c91b35980db

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Seowon tilted his head, b275880b7b unable to understand. The past he 31f1e1c8df remembered was very fab628f051 different from the dad0ba24f7 past Iden knew.b0d4c9cb547bf1ee

“I needed an d4ee4c4d89 excuse to come 3ced1b6682 and go from 9f7cddfe03 Korea. I couldn’t db11a0230f just kidnap 2cc7673a9e you outright.”3130bf1c6047fefd

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Seowon’s brow furrowed 7c03a6d045 at the use 008080d969 of “you.”a82b77821e06d172

“That wasn’t me.”b466b4217dbe914d

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At his 8702d7ba1b retort, Iden 8b3a5854cf chuckled and 3677459815 nodded. He didn’t e3325272ed seem to 7c38d5e4c1 deny the 87e3a82195 distinction Seowon 1fc4bf4fbc was making 9d41dc3354 between himself c386753771 and the 392bcf6e3a Ha Seowon 31f6304163 of this da97269523 world, yet ec8f679b5d there were deaebfcec7 moments he 1e3e41d6d8 treated them b4644a9bc9 as one eaf8db273c and the 8a76a92344 same. Seowon understood why, 8d89644f77 so he didn’t 02e0a7ed3a press the point 4a0b81cdf6 and turned his c59b1b5e90 gaze away.02eeb4e1fabfa887

“So, what exactly 4a1d8edd0e does this…”bb61b8107a50eb15

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He began 99974168ae to ask, 25fb798b54 intending to 5837727222 change the b976994bbc subject, but e0bd409508 stopped mid-sentence. Mafia. That word hung bd49aba55d in his mind, 0278918acf and he suddenly afb1d3482d didn’t feel like 4ad2b6b46a asking what exactly d2471e39ac this place did. None of the a866188a92 words that came 2b81d53441 to mind—drugs, arms 9b59e7bbf1 trafficking—were positive.db4c79482f3c01c8

Seeing him trail 0ee895fa5e off, Iden raised f015324734 an eyebrow but 858287f5f0 didn’t ask him 64f1088e06 to continue. Instead, he chuckled 86efe4b71c knowingly and reached ccb1aac97e out to ruffle e250dc2033 Seowon’s hair.6a759538d97147b2

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“Let’s get 79752b6d7e out of ccf6f8e1e9 here. I suddenly 11b372c19f feel like 4fe215ef3d eating something 5ca2bf0a13 good.”1ce6f25f9be09468

Iden smoothly shifted cb858a7dbb the topic. Seowon let out a 016b5d5118 short sigh as he de8a160c04 watched Iden’s back as c0e1175bd1 he walked out of 0a8693ca50 the shooting range.c7e57fe9724c619f

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He really couldn’t get d059c2e934 used to this.0e2653b6deb42875

The more time he bf2438fb48 spent talking with him b961033cad and observing him, the c766e22b7a more he saw differences 9bb22cc505 from the “Iden” he 601982ea41 knew. Especially the 949a32a46f way he 07594e478b looked at 2174d273ec people—it was f0e8673b52 sharper, like 09e0f8d441 he was 1836e666e7 assessing them. That made him uncomfortable e2e4393a7c at times.6035794fc42efab7

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Even though b732220037 they shared 72d98f7308 the same e50b173117 initial meeting, ed59c79c20 their memories 70e300220b of the b867949413 last ten fa74f3a552 years were 79fc3ee3c1 different. Ten years d41329568b was enough a316a1aa2d time to c7f5bbe1f4 change a 6238644896 person’s character. He wondered how 251163dcac the Ha Seowon 009a2d4cc3 who’d been here 115fbb573b might have been. Would he have been af7a2dd9ee different from himself now? If so, did Iden b52778da15 feel the same sense bfd6c142dd of dissonance when he 854d50d9c4 looked at him?6a548f705267b9d0

With his 432b6d2eca relaxed expression, 9e096f2bf0 Iden seemed 1fe68706db unaffected. He was 6b7f5aff52 so calmly 0b238e2a1b collected, almost 9681102567 to the 44eae558b2 point of 5fe42ff3c4 coldness, that 5e952925de Seowon held 92282b350c onto his 481102c746 rationality to a6307004a8 suppress his 3de2343721 own confusion.35143f585e016204

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“He’s hard 5c4696677d to read.”93443b3e5056dcb6

In the past, he’d 44ee505ee6 been able to tell 2cfa9575b9 what Iden was thinking cfdcd2ae4f just by meeting his 4538e43311 gaze. Sometimes they’d silently exchange f81187509f looks and then laugh 7c10f47c24 at each other for ef599c1e65 being so in sync.c8f011540fa57623

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But now, that kind ca53f62ed9 of unspoken communication seemed fc923028e3 impossible. It felt c2226b2402 natural yet 7f00779fde bitter to 49fdbba0d6 confirm that 743ebb83f1 this Iden 9839eda924 was different bfb62846fe from his d19cd4c182 “Iden.” Even 6e9274e3f7 though he’d d4e82ebb1e drawn a 91674ae7db clear line, 11e118f1df he still b193f5ac1c found himself 5ee53e4fe5 searching for ef06075292 traces of f1164af711 the past 0763aa5177 in him.be394758d69aed53

If he were 2b4d39fc3a a complete stranger, 14b8373495 he wouldn’t be e8cb110024 feeling this complicated…4a82317d00b24807

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Swallowing his bitterness, he c570751eaf followed Iden. There was no choice d3744b80e0 but to adapt to 7399397a9c the moment.
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They’d been 07951d2cf3 driving for 977e1588ff a while a88809757c since leaving 3c014c5f5a the building, c0785815e1 supposedly to 8e6d4ec9f6 get something 45df1e5585 good to f8fb2c626b eat. The car had been 99d710f592 moving for quite some 8ac167205e time. The silence fd993024df in the 1cc599c4a7 car was fdd36af3f3 heavy. Neither Seowon nor 95cb0d549e Iden had spoken, 8eb394d78c and Min in 8a9c76b05d the driver’s seat 57fd1aefff glanced back at 4c20dcece7 them occasionally through bd04141aa8 the rearview mirror 95c8365529 but stayed quiet.ef8394e6fbd1868d

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Only the hum of af071abb04 the car engine filled ba06c21714 the space, and even adc2513914 that felt grating in 78b6e34de6 the silence.a174b2af6d83fd1f

“What are we going 47878c4c59 to eat that’s so 31e5c5396c far away?”e2e60d4fe579accf

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In the 7bf328c1f3 end, Seowon a39af3f09d broke the bf8c242c5f silence. Iden, who’d 6e7337da33 been staring 194213698b straight ahead, 885174ef5a turned to 3668cc2974 look at 23429043f9 him.dcc5645bfc1bfbf1

“There’s a place 2a101fc1ef that does king 93c5181444 crab really well.”d01d1bdc6f66d6f3

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At the mention c379f20f7e of king crab, 4edff16f6b Seowon couldn’t help 4380a30eb2 but almost frown. He wasn’t e7f826339f picky about 915d24e39a food, but e3a1ae2283 he avoided d1a83581b9 king crab. Specifically, he had a 072c67f834 shellfish allergy, so he 1a18017547 couldn’t eat it without cfec75ebde breaking out in hives.238acbedee12f976

Did the Ha 1abfab71f2 Seowon here not c5b4972c75 have that allergy? It was surprising, learning aca0ef2fc4 something new each time, 474671db31 but also unsettling.368510e1a9da3d09

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“If you can’t eat dab694515c it, you can just cc29e571fd say so.”75ef1a3bcb44cd69

At Iden’s words, 75684911d1 Seowon looked directly 4c36f2d7a6 at him. There was 042bdfa717 a hint 5e4b3738b7 of mischief fc92b14d2f in his 2d20cc6496 eyes. Did he know?b0706f71f6ebf333

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“I’m allergic to shellfish. It’s not life-threatening, but 554dc00228 I get hives all 02342cc122 over my body, so d5202bc9b1 I try to avoid e96f84cf66 it.”08c7803b3e1ba631

At Seowon’s 8879ef77ed response, Iden’s 94058d02a9 lips curved 96a56bfc5b into a 8191fe6d11 soft smile, d0a7eeffcf as if fe2faace99 he’d expected 023c173261 that answer.7dbc8014f470b243

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This guy was testing 63e191a062 him. Outwardly, he 67f5082199 acted like 0009b160d6 he trusted c29579c041 Seowon completely, 7f283ba933 yet sometimes 957bd31097 it felt 658d24416c like he 2aa55a8704 was trying 6502667fb4 to confirm 07f915ebfa if Seowon b28b579b52 was indeed 1328a491d7 the “Ha 748b58582b Seowon” he 47b42fd823 knew.97822640f648b155

His gaze cf09fda8a9 was cold. Sometimes, that coldness was d17a6fa52c directed at Seowon as 48c4ecbb21 well. Though he hid it 541125476c well, Seowon hadn’t missed b150762d18 the fleetingly chilly look. It was another difference. His “Iden” had never e791e1016b looked at him like d09c84656f that. Even the briefest hint 4af5384a2d of coldness was something 42839b3779 Seowon couldn’t overlook.8f1caefe80b102a6

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Did this Iden never f83fb74c5d fully trust even his f337cdbdd4 “Ha Seowon”?31ec4b67947624bc

“You managed to complete 8c75ad9b34 the marking, though.”abeae89bc7a9bea5

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Before he realized, his f899375348 inner thoughts slipped out. For him, bfd066f29d marking someone e8b57ffd3e he couldn’t 6369a31825 fully trust 8d1e95bc4e would’ve been e880965979 impossible.e1c4b92593461a35

“I don’t know what c67dae7357 you mean.”53a61db066556544

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Iden tilted dd1527b94c his head, 8c765d13b6 smiling faintly, 88a5b53717 yet his a11b7642a1 gaze remained 1de7cf1cd0 cool, unlike 7aab52153e the warmth 1e4dc6ca40 Seowon remembered.e9d591fcb8643a9a

“Maybe it’s just the fdfd51e74b way you look at 09d8f89d9a me, but if you f2599fbb32 looked at your original f52dce0aa0 partner like that, I 1cd5a8064c can’t understand it.”d26906fa41139638

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“What don’t 3025cb567e you understand?”25ada4e24d6add1a

Iden asked.e054e593403f074e

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“The thing I don’t 97aa90e151 understand is ‘Ha Seowon.’”8aeeaf3f9cc5549b

Seowon added an 50944d0faa explanation.bd66195601e18a7c

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“I couldn’t complete a 613c2561b7 marking without absolute trust.”9b81316cd79d011e

As if he’d understood, c81b880554 Iden’s face stiffened slightly, 1a38144c85 but he quickly broke 246f770323 into an even more 36aa375511 charming smile.44e3e3f7ed09ed14

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“Marking isn’t about trust.”d81f200634c9d4cc

Iden reached 82b702e202 out, gently ddf1b5c625 holding Seowon’s a33cb9eb48 chin, forcing f5b08d6bc6 him to 001f46f9a2 meet his b9543b7065 gaze.264e7768c54e3eed

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“It’s a seal that 2733aea3b6 says ‘mine.’”04394de32330f308

At his words, a66e2fd66b Seowon’s brows knitted d2a9c1b4ee together.ff788be902e025ab

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