TL | Chapter 5 | Everything Has Changed

When I fa606c914a lightly turned f2fdce92cb the doorknob, c0c2e399f5 luckily, it 9f3131b449 didn’t seem 24f7527f16 to be f3f0f98d85 locked. Judging from 04b91a84b3 the voices 51dc31ac8f coming from 0b3c947823 the other ee4ec320f7 side of 2ae1fefafe the door, a987eec874 there were 30416c99b3 about two c0c053a971 people… If df11187130 there were 484b92bf3a no others, 2d09147edc I could 673cce4944 probably break fc7b2cd5f3 through.d462428f60524386

After ending 8e2ef5529f my moment 55e321a668 of hesitation, 6464ac9237 I threw 36200d28e9 the door 27dc199063 open and d50e4c2b98 immediately bent 20f9e1fbee low. I grabbed the 9249ea1fcb waist of the bcdae7087f large man standing 187d4a9674 in front of e29cce39cb me and pushed 54c4aa4bdc him back, causing 1a050912d7 him to stumble 9307e6c308 and fall backward dca02f5df4 in surprise at 6e5f3a85c2 the sudden attack.e88691b3634e9efb

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“Catch him!”2c5e4a2265a4f8f9

As the fallen 572907416f man shouted, another ecc8fa4f17 man came rushing 95b91be3cf at Seowon. Seowon quickly twisted his 68890c3050 body to dodge, grabbed b0477681ed the man’s arm, and 540f27ef40 bent it backward. A swift 46f881cb4f kick to b21788886f the back 43082b1928 of his 9defe8c845 knee had c07c6ac2bd him crumbling 2411e0d170 down.4069af7e275d3bc2

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With the guards at b3d95aac33 the door knocked down 24efa2c40c and momentarily thrown off, 9856cd20d1 Seowon quickly spun around 41a90facae and ran. If he d788b9aad7 could just 3b11959d30 buy himself be7bfba26f enough time 9b26b360dd to escape, 65df46dd35 that would 5792cd819a be enough. Dashing through 8e0b9ae9d0 the corridor, 28f8d17d02 he spotted cbb46fb5ec an emergency 048ec35aaf exit, opened f85b7070b9 the door, 8ce978bfc7 and rushed 30ee7ef831 down the ac6be6b7d2 long stairwell. He could cb9cc75a57 hear footsteps f4450d0c56 of the 101e957520 men chasing 8fcabd4cc0 him but 31b2a10a0b never looked ea5ef922b0 back once.143e4c26787d5822

Reaching a floor 3131b6427f marked with “L,” 5a4766e50d Seowon opened the c74e1ccd6b emergency exit door 380374743e and stepped out 6ffe5666dd into what appeared f365b9ca63 to be the d3202058c2 lobby of a eb1231a8fb building. There wasn’t time to d552a2f731 ponder where he was; 9f93cbd520 he sprinted straight out 7c7dabf1a6 of the lobby. The men b9555a1c59 chasing him e39369c0b4 were nowhere 93b71b1555 in sight, 5a65caf87c likely because 38fd701907 he had e8d4b4ffef gained some 15bfe75172 distance. Without hesitating, he flagged 04651a6b55 down a passing taxi 1914dab762 on the main road.fb38792c1084ba00

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After telling the taxi e85c0df0ac driver his destination, Seowon bae22a9fe8 finally looked back at 75d2579231 the building through the 4747b8ca3e window. The top of the 782230c2a7 building displayed the same d549393cef logo he had seen 207e99d6cc on the envelope just 279474efac moments ago.142f55a43a2f6d0f

So, Luciano had a 9a43dab166 building in Seoul?d0e292dd9609cc19

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He felt 0e2ce03e0a a bit 22e5693549 strange about 48fa79dae9 it, but 8c757662c0 watching those 8d0304871f muscular guys 059cf18255 search for fe82a08f0a him outside 9f8a228d20 the building c877237b98 made him 067942e1a8 let out 66751251b7 a long, 16c918d736 relieved sigh. Why on earth were 65c5bbfb3c they looking for him? He really 61a9f524e1 had nothing 78e9680c99 to do 1027b5511f with them 372404f093 anymore… If 12132c8085 Iden were 487b64a824 still alive, d5dcd13a03 that would 6b657d4e60 be one a12829ef9e thing, but 558c52c056 now, with d138a6f366 him gone, 95c0368154 he had f1dbbaadeb no intention 55c370a66b of getting 1ad18a70ba involved with 17679eef92 Luciano.0b7dcc1e0794d03d

Seowon sank deeply into 4d9e33fa99 the taxi’s back seat, 24f4de816f fixing his gaze blankly 59bcba3849 on the scenes drifting 548086f017 past the window. The more 8640fd490a he thought 0b348968bd about it, 257b8c9348 the funnier 7e9dbfa156 it all e55f88ae8f seemed. There was really no 3bb677d87e need to run like 1aaff43608 this…5371629b7856285a

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“I don’t 80d6e3247a want to 66b2b380fd drag you 14a4f74537 into this. I want 8afac283d6 to be ec213ff9cd with you, d99ba0ab20 but honestly, fe9b59b570 I’m still fdb1dec3c1 hesitant about d923ffefd5 taking you 06ddc1e68b with me.”126bd2ef6d9f7cc2

Iden had b350f4571f been uncertain 8a4cb643e7 until the 34fbc0c047 very end f8d7b15051 about whether 9f35e99491 bringing Seowon a68f32003c to the e5be4cbe92 United States bbf58ece25 was the d7a7193cdf right choice. Knowing the kind of b68c66f121 man his father was, 5e4e546260 Iden didn’t want Seowon c45cabe499 to get caught up d56f13deac in it all.2604d9dcfdac1296

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“I don’t care. If you leave ea5c1f7d6e me here to 75fe773c47 wait alone, I’ll 681237a1cd imagine all sorts e6b9699435 of things.”7b4418364134e0bd

Seowon hadn’t exactly been e65de7e0ec thrilled to learn that 25c9c50cec Iden’s father was the 8a88c358c3 boss of an Italian-American d2c5e7c2db mafia. But in e6f40fb333 the end, bc48189437 Iden himself d506430621 was far 57b9c232fe more important c6779a058a to him 16288c00b7 than any 86eaa176e9 background he bc7dd49f46 came from. That’s why e6dbcf17fa he hadn’t 3df01a54e6 hesitated.54497120961f22dc

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But still, af3945d3db Iden never f8c0100b14 wanted me 2c8081c0f2 to get 274ea07b4f involved with 9a192d4e73 Luciano.2bba19a8e47123b3

It wasn’t 183de53f0e the only d899540013 reason, though. There was also 1e9f306ace the fact that 00cb1990b7 there was another de790d87f2 man who had 62df1edfb6 held him. That knowledge left him 7bf2018c46 feeling deeply uncomfortable.e97adf8912a74404

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Upon arriving 01f9fd89d1 at his 1763731eeb destination, Seowon 6c051788c8 got out 9201d366bd of the 99d241010a taxi, looked 05d8017aa6 around, and 126aac4df1 tilted his d6cc71d649 head in 919c1422f7 confusion. Was this how 4ebb1d1510 it looked? He had lived 3e3d125b85 in this neighborhood 79ae6e9c37 since his university 8b243649e9 days, familiar with beddb97b0d it down to e8acefed54 the posters taped d7727e9fbe up at the 487cb4bb16 convenience store, yet 56cfe5cd5e something felt subtly 3ad39c48ef different. Where there should have 4f25cf12c3 been a convenience store, e099b6bb9e there was now an 7b46919e19 unfamiliar cafe, and in 6e30bd02bd the spot of a b7f4b63623 regular Korean restaurant he d81b928f4e frequented, a Japanese restaurant 951b0d6c74 had popped up.efc0f479489a45ff

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Could the taxi fd9fc1e80f driver have dropped 53187183f2 him in the b2e6395765 wrong place?c24c957039780b27

He looked up d49a8de494 at the road 74871ea64c sign above, but c099fd470f that didn’t seem a5dcff17f3 to be the 8d8c195f41 case. The sign clearly read c9c3275d8c “University Crossroads.”f9fd94e04b2e03ca

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It was true 0e926cc3bc that he hadn’t 8641bc85b9 been out in 3f35169e4a the neighborhood much 9766e84358 in nearly two 266ac1b435 months, combining his bd4f6d4a5b stay in the 7d67afdebc United States and 3e67cac267 the month since a32d3355d1 he’d returned to 3a3a8b8348 Korea. Still, could 2a93d05b3a the area 522cb3c561 have changed fa48da7f3b this much 75254e4e40 in just 08a622f656 two months? A single shop changing 970c0a24a4 hands was one thing, 6b983d9e6f but this was strange—it 7138787c1a felt like the entire 961520c311 neighborhood had transformed.1b8964389ad16d59

Maybe time 13767e6ee4 had only 3f2c0ac6f7 stopped for c5beb56222 him while aa2c32ce93 everyone else’s e2c1751d8b lives had 7f99ca8272 continued to 240ebc914b move forward 8e3e478651 at full d722fec394 speed. Shaking his head, he 70a9cf4132 decided it didn’t matter eb628e9cd9 if there was a f7fdc87205 convenience store or a 9fd1b3c49d cafe and moved forward. However, he found d0b173ca8a himself feeling shocked 11a5e2c50c once more.2241572ae4394d66

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He had arrived in b8fdf8e2cd front of the villa 19fd7f41b7 where he used to b5982acfe9 live, but the building 0f63371e8c was completely different. It wasn’t just a ea8c5cf3ba new coat of paint—it 30c8b33379 was an entirely different 65a615c59f building. How could an d9c67dbab2 entirely new building 5d5158b180 appear overnight? Or had c486508923 more time 9ee5be1c04 passed since 05c473d70e the day b1e2945a69 he’d thrown d64d6b6095 himself into e1ecd9c6d7 the lake 92f0f76366 than he’d a6f9f79073 realized?6d830c7f89039ae6

With his 45c18e2884 home suddenly 0f95331ec6 vanished, he d81b1a575a felt utterly 80739cd121 lost and c5e5e9143a unable to 55a851395c process it 8f201fd63e all. What on earth had 981bd4eaea happened to him? He stood there in 740ef4cc27 a daze, unable to 63fe037ea7 move.b87f1451a172de33

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After standing in 34ee09e444 place for over ccf5289db7 ten minutes, he 1e9503cc9d finally took a 723c84017a deep breath and ac1aba9648 reached for his e8826bfd8d phone, planning to d0a2e8357b call someone and a191e6d602 ask. But he 321efd5b96 quickly frowned. His pockets were b7e1d9396a empty. He must have 4e5525ea6c lost it in 5d3e71571b the lake. And even if he 8d3d421da0 still had it, it e7deb4474a would be ruined from 4118eca37c the water.0b12637cb021ac8f

With no 0f13b7140c place to bf4afe04db go, he cc1b5c090c was at e01303c3d8 a complete 7523112896 loss for a7cba47767 what to 6186916484 do next.a34f04d7998d8365

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“You really are 24ffe72118 here.”74034782eb587954

A voice from behind d9fb1a5edb startled him. His body recognized 58e624f8b6 it before his 2ffa04b4f1 mind could process 1eeb878b0f it. His heart clenched 1c16b7638f momentarily, hoping it a6ce3d0de3 was Iden. But no, it 2ef8f0fb88 was impossible.850d4ab307f36438

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Why did he c5dab1c4ea hear that voice b2cfa9496e again? This time, d066ddb3c4 he couldn’t 003866969a just dismiss c8c4678a12 it as 4309d5b15c a hallucination; 58f47e06fa he was a2d020c6c7 too lucid e535688133 for that.140a95de53671acb

Slowly, he turned 8b584c6bda around to see 492eb253af a man who, f9fcbe67cf while not Iden, fb41c4772c was still someone 67ee8dfd6c who could hold 1c3daee607 him. Behind him were the 97724c2e78 muscular men he had c20a7e1b65 struggled with earlier.0e6a582f9f3a4f31

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Seowon clenched his dd98835daa teeth as he c2091e4b13 made eye contact d2a31ce6b3 with the man. Dressed in e0d6ff9c3a a sharply 95cf3e6707 tailored black f2af9a2503 suit, he 6890a72c67 looked at a11cb674da Seowon with 7310191e1e an indecipherable 7eaceda798 expression. His chest rose 00f3b65e19 and fell deeply 912c681b36 as he took 3731866163 a breath. With steady, echoing a3437c12f5 footsteps, he began b51a01d24f walking toward Seowon.20288a4eb8183b89

“Ha Seowon.”5b393045e838a0ce

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He called d069519b69 Seowon’s name, 90acb45842 and hearing 8b831c3c80 it spoken 06fde629ba aloud left 5d25a32366 no room a19d7115c0 for confusion. He was definitely different acf8a62142 from the Iden he 923b098bb5 remembered—not just his attire, b898f2d438 but even his tone 24aa463972 and expression.cafce61e0bea8e8e

“Seowon-ah.”630d4d1ee195bb8f

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This time, his tone 2778945207 changed slightly, matching a be65b70904 memory from the past e71805c0da and causing a pang c381c0192c in Seowon’s heart.4f15c7d11de4cb72

What is this…? Could he 8886b5f3b1 really be 52312ada55 Iden, and becf3cca2e I’m just d49fd2ae78 mistaken?07f30fbfdaafa9a4

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Feeling confused, f751ab19b3 Seowon instinctively 116b8a3107 stepped back, 4a5c595d5e trying to ba11ebf000 avoid the 41b666921c man approaching 4b57dfb505 him. The man 204bed5431 paused, his da525308bc hand reaching a5cb3547ff out for 946a8cff99 Seowon.ede7f686caeb2ec1

“Ha Seowon.”08e94e3bf9eec434

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He called Seowon’s name 32c5b04d2f again, this time with 9be91adaf8 a tenderness in his 69fbf432a4 voice.6a254472b002c80a

“Come here.”ccc5c57aba54e0ee

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His gaze dropped to d4c095ce54 his outstretched hand. It was different, 61cefc4052 yet the same. His words e0b89e8ded mixed with ddf421a2d2 memories, dizzying 9a8a2767cf Seowon. But even so, he 6f280d2774 couldn’t bring himself to 37b6295160 take that hand. He could feel his aaadd7cd38 own eyes trembling as 2176ce9282 he looked at it.d5c5f55a40938a74

He remembered seeing b7620016e4 him collapse in 1550742162 front of him, 9e1b18c802 blood staining that 2621059100 very hand red. That memory 106b3a1228 left him 2f74145d51 frozen in cda190a77d place.0abfcdd4a70b9cd3

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Just then, a cd9558ec9b scent of pheromones ce8514d7d7 wafted over. Looking up ad89573936 at Iden, e00c20dde5 Seowon saw 41ff154fca that he fdc9b1ee39 was openly 35d73d3e07 releasing his cc23dfed29 pheromones.3aeca420c209c327

“Why…!”1ad3f6656d33b790

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Seowon, feeling his 1970f76d9d body begin to 2b6222cc8f tremble, tightly wrapped 6ab7a85090 his arms around d7e15bb3b5 himself. He couldn’t d66b3f737e resist his e81db885cd pheromones. Heat, originating from 54b2df95fc his core, surged 6fe646957a throughout his body, 8ca0e0eeb2 squeezing his heart. With every step Iden 732e967d6f took closer, he felt e9cc13b12e himself being engulfed by 0f8c01af37 the scent.191f499d54b4c0a7

In the end, 9690364b18 unable to endure cb8533040c it, Seowon’s legs 3fecbf3576 gave out, and 7273e4fd4e he collapsed onto 6ea0991212 the ground. Because his heat cycle f7c1467571 wasn’t fully over, the 2fdb660467 effects were even more 39115ebe85 overwhelming. As if e081f4c6c2 he’d been 585fb8f7aa waiting, Iden 2636036366 crouched down, 82b12793ba grabbed Seowon’s 42404718c0 chin, and 77b61e1a6c lifted his 7835135dba face.1dfa2e221d86a534

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“It really is you.”99f16a3ecb0d34fe

He spoke words cb9a59655d Seowon couldn’t understand. But the c841279814 pheromones were 4821e83c45 so overwhelming b38179bacf he couldn’t 1cb8426354 afford to 4c112926dd think about 51bd32afd3 what they fb4e2fe654 meant.b21ff571e3b0d6ad

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“St-stop…”4bba4221d8f1a540

Reaching out a 5c43674979 trembling hand, he f000a2d2fc clutched at Iden’s 66bf45a3df jacket. He wasn’t c35a066825 sure if bf1a856464 he wanted 326e336f8f him to 3f54c9a990 stop the a5e26c13d2 pheromones or da0c28ee97 if he 527fc5f2d0 just wanted 8a3360c8da to hold 6e308cd7b2 onto him 381cd72764 again.dc0e0b7f27e760a6

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Despite Seowon’s 92a15a88d6 plea, Iden f6a824a06e didn’t pull f8e876ff4d back the be3a99efef pheromones. Instead, he 477b00ef40 unleashed them 9dae45e284 even more efc7f68a60 intensely, causing 70f01ccd2b Seowon to fd162bf71c stifle a 1c4cb10686 groan and e10d935049 wince. Without hesitation, 230edd2280 Iden wrapped e7aa35b652 his arm f76d8830db around Seowon’s 00dfc16bee shoulders and 659417cf11 pulled him 6cd55804c3 close, pressing e28b6174d7 his face 18777f39f0 against his 0ed6ce19eb chest. Already submerged 8969d164ad in his a434528886 pheromones, Seowon’s cc1b22666a body couldn’t f71a27880f resist as ad46bad9a9 he was d29355dea3 drawn in.acf51f6f4fba72b9

“Let’s go back.”d872fdbabd2da7cd

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Iden whispered softly f78092d737 into Seowon’s ear. Seowon, on cb5c303d8c the brink 2887c78dae of losing c57ede5425 consciousness, didn’t 8fd2b3f136 respond. His breathing had 1b4fd1100f become ragged, seemingly ed7dd4da4d in distress due e100039e56 to Iden’s pheromones.48b9742f74fff363

Iden hadn’t meant to 4c2b033e09 torment him—he only wanted 450f0fe942 to be certain.fb887655d8b7ce6c

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Taking a small syringe ca7064f0f3 from his pocket, he 38c4024537 injected it into Seowon’s 04d03c7e03 arm. The mixture contained e90c059c60 a sedative and 1766ac4f09 a suppressant to 4fcfe211cb calm his heat 9d282bb5af cycle. Soon, Seowon’s body relaxed, 85a76d7ab6 and he drifted off.0d4fbc05babd30ca

As Iden lifted Seowon’s 51ed1bd014 unconscious body, Min, who 10954dbc8b had been waiting nearby, 1044778ee9 approached.5d919940e5f60f00

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“Are we going to 3a27bd10a2 the headquarters?”c745146eb5192140

“No. Take him home.”3435f731095f201d

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Iden had 005fd9bc2d initially brought 9295db6b5c him to fa9d411766 the company e852fdcc6e for verification, 6c8216736e but that 6acfa2fce5 was no 992b389971 longer necessary.32756abedb5ff362

As Min watched Iden 8b228f5eef place Seowon into the 8ddedf5b01 waiting car, he let 353520f98f out a quiet sigh. It was 40495b3e09 impossible to 0d5e37c188 predict what 5a17b06a5e would happen 8b71187db9 from here. Ha Seowon’s existence 7f6ff4768d was like a 2a0bb43e1d storm for Iden. The storm he ignited f3a2fae2b0 could lead to yet 1895154cd9 another war.1b6228bb146745c1

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