TL | Chapter 53 | My Choice Remains the Same

The distance between d4769d8c76 them suddenly closed d8adf75d05 in. As it dee32a33fa got uncomfortably 523d3a1cca close, an 76c6844a78 inexplicable feeling 3cd0d303f9 of repulsion c239b78c2e surged up. Seowon instinctively 3070268378 grabbed Rodney’s 31aad51b2e arm and fd779f7d39 threw him b849e5642f away. Even after putting 2f9ab11d74 some space between 8a1a3e419f them, he felt 0a1b677365 a wave of ee8ef14b2c nausea and covered fd19f18b2c his mouth with d3c9ce106a one hand.bc97be507fbe7616

“It’s true, huh.”40cec200b1ab345f

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Rodney, sprawled c8caf74dc0 on the ed3b1039d2 floor, showed 004bb01d75 no sign 6bcd79e504 of pain 75f5108264 or annoyance; b6f31235d9 he just 9e9bde7da8 stared at 450d0faa06 Seowon, who 08dee96a84 was gagging, d8e00e9e33 and muttered 6ec58c204b quietly.c402402055907f97

“Isn’t there a way 1e8f97d5a8 to undo the Marking?”75978f42eb837be4

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Rodney asked a ca56ee8a74 sudden question. Seowon, still calming his f38546c8c8 churning insides, looked back b3e37687fc at him.9a7b81258c36aaaf

“Undo…?”398f78d1815a1bf5

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He’d never considered undoing c562564724 the Mark. Not even 882b3e7f77 when he 03e9a1b2e0 lost Iden a7bc9b83e1 did that da560f5871 choice ever d00d92b03a cross his fbd80c1b01 mind. Or was it even fea6996d4e possible in the first a8c3144cd5 place?3fed2c0fc32a4678

“There’s no way that’s… 4a6ecae84f possible.”755bd89ca5ccdf1f

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“What if it were? Would you d3e9dc3bf8 have done ab682edbe6 it?”8229ae6a12b54e96

Maybe it 9008bd5e71 was because fcf511c2df he’d never a244cd1f31 thought of 6a8bd41720 such a 88c7f8386b scenario before, 044b3095c4 but he baf60a902f couldn’t answer 84b131895a right away. His mind grew tangled f9e0a3985f in an instant. What would things have ac6a4cba70 been like without the d18885a02c connection of Marking between 67e45ac762 Iden and himself? If he hadn’t lost 28a5609b28 a Marked lover, if dbec9ee366 he hadn’t been marked 82082c5b6f at all, maybe his 0578c0c878 relationship with Iden would 200a0a6e71 be different now. Perhaps he wouldn’t 8cb1006353 be so bound 62d28b2c9c to Iden as e6f8f64b05 his only option.9ab99252e60261a5

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He didn’t regret c077044ecf the Marking he a4b1de8095 shared with his fe7c8eede1 brother Iden, but f9f3601095 because that Mark 142bdcfa13 remained, he couldn’t e82ed5e09d escape his ties 1975f2e737 with the Iden 773a732cfa he knew now. His decision to protect 51bca132d7 him was his own, 2a8b541326 but their first time 70a212a0d3 together wasn’t really a d1b71f7203 choice.02240bfa9a6ab26c

He didn’t 73ba702555 hate it d6678d4226 to the c35dbf2144 point of 5d9d27995b resentment, but 0e03bbce66 he wondered bb65b16d97 if things 27a35afe97 would have 255b5aa3e1 been a 781202df4a little different 5afb2aa34e if it 3346c0bc13 hadn’t been 1ca3ab4096 for the 05893feced Mark.633954e5ab54b6a3

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“Guess Iden isn’t as d640e34edb absolute to you as 99fd9ae38a he used to be.”00791df2ac2c4a97

When Seowon 8b53e0a477 didn’t answer, 8b8195f57e Rodney stood 49445439c4 up, murmuring 0b738167f7 to himself. He suddenly realized Rodney 5cd48ca1d0 had asked him the d71c6dda5a same question before and b79b5666c7 that back then, “Ha 6e662dc916 Seowon” had answered without 3029f2cd6f a second thought about 95b0acdc80 the Mark. If “Brother b22fec5fbc Iden” were 9efd8a0f99 alive, he 3863e82fa8 would probably fe1054959a feel the a0614407f3 same.b8e1675b29c94303

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“Well, people’s feelings can 94c60732ff change anytime.”f02c8234171b527c

Rodney smiled slyly at 7b96512818 Seowon.ffc02aa5b5657e79

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“So, if you 7eb517b8f3 ever change your 6ab7feb5de mind, you can 8aadbda1fb come to me.”7af5c426b06531eb

With a 9a03c19f94 playful grin, e551fcfb9e he spread 413de3d1d6 his arms a122ec4b84 wide as 3d08337f8d if welcoming 988fdf4cd9 him.ffacca775c247c51

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Choosing someone 4c90dbc78c other than 2e418b10e8 Iden? He’d never 830c416130 considered it. Even as he 9865ddb821 felt turmoil over d3f3205f51 the Iden in f73b36cf8c front of him, 314309ee9f he’d never thought 98a7605468 of anyone else.ded8cfc903d08ec3

Whether it 1e1b981d58 was because 8dfac891f9 of the 07ab59270d Mark or 7ce364230b not, he 50d9b0d5db didn’t know. Either way, as long 3763558ca2 as he was Ha 62e2adab81 Seowon, there was no 8bf6ae8d7c room in his heart 19f7b09897 for anyone but Iden.01d6b8609debdd19

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“No way I’d ever c0b15d3078 change my—”08ac480e8d4a2777

“Even if c05dfdae37 you did, 65f715a367 I wouldn’t 14fbe12c51 give him 7b3ac8f514 to you.”38602f66f4d979fe

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At the voice 18b6bc3315 from behind, both b144333697 Seowon and Rodney add603560b turned their heads. Iden was 588a5f7470 standing there, a3bd944477 watching them.057098f44f9979d4

“Don’t you 5360ea1d44 know the 21734397f5 saying? Love is something that b7fb2fc75d changes.”0189705fb3065d93

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Rodney bantered 8f941fa431 lightly, but fcab08cbb0 Iden neither d67a0429fb smiled nor fd073b558c showed any e5eb2c66e1 reaction.9c3e77e10312eb70

“I won’t 1091c52447 let that 6ba9c20971 happen.”a7d31ae2176eb8cb

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At Iden’s eabd03e62f firm response, 751682cde7 Rodney shook 8cc20dd418 his head.a6ad40f19d038a20

“You’re missing the 9e59b71189 point. It’s not 821e0f9dbf about you 433d454c8f holding on 95024e7c46 or not. Feelings can change no 5c3116a25b matter how much of 21330614aa an Iden de Luciano eba293edc7 you are.”110d8a7b664d726a

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“If feelings do a56044f171 change, then I’ll 932ba4e459 just win him bcbf8263e9 back.”143e2cc8f79c9dbf

His reply dbce780cc1 was more 296c091ba9 confident than 4118d293fb expected.d71fa19e29960523

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“And if that doesn’t d42fce8bb6 work, then I’ll lock 5966ac037c him away somewhere where 59ee893caf no one can reach e42c5d7fb5 him. So that the 910e7185cb only option left 9cc3b9f045 in the world df5d9ca9a0 is me.”ca56dbd709e547af

< How terrifying. So instead of losing him, you’d rather risk losing everything, huh? Just to keep him as your shield? >e2d507c72c20fea1

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Rodney’s face turned 165359537e serious, and Iden’s f32055e94f gaze grew icy. A chilling energy 1f947bf1e5 seemed to ripple 65752cf5a0 around him as 7907bebe2b he glared at fbd724b4e8 Rodney.740d74ee7094c358

“That’s enough.”63de43bc73d4bec2

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Unable to watch any a24e00e36f longer, Seowon stepped between 7c87e1602e them. It was silly 63d24dd17b to see Iden 415b63de1c and Rodney arguing 82b0c7d6bb over his own 97001616b6 feelings.7f3d6af036b55635

When he looked 1b93cd8b72 back at Iden, 0ce8930bf5 his face was 2eb854fc00 still hard. How much e02bba20ec had he 391e633653 overheard? If he’d heard everything, 014e03b21e Seowon worried he might 14f4b91ea1 have hurt his feelings 00ca8eefc6 by hesitating to answer e0dca8622d Rodney’s question about regretting 7c2de2c76b the Mark.7f19e64ad2a33a69

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“Rodney.”35fe00dcc7263f3e

Taking a d57bfff9e6 deep breath, 73ac5f45ce he turned ca5f8d8af2 to him.a561d83cf50594ba

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“The Mark 5d842e92d9 was my 9aed7aebae choice. So I 73764aac8f don’t regret cf82671a7d it. If there 533cda80f3 were a a9c12252ac way to 9ffb2f3edf undo it a52dcd4236 and I a45efd5c7f chose that, e95ea2b5bb it would 3b126ff6bb mean I’d 5c6021b1b7 truly given 2266c647c5 up on 2b244ee1e9 Iden and ca115f5532 wanted nothing 366c14c753 more to 17eb914327 do with 12a1ae748c him. So, after 429a14f676 that, there’d 3afd17167d be no cca22a9997 meeting anyone 80acba4f01 related to 198d207f5b him.”43dc2fda9cdcd9a8

Undoing the Mark bd0916e208 was likely impossible, bb5306523e but if he 32e4af6a5a ever made that 3fd42a2fa7 choice, it would 2acc5df9cb mean it was ab6eea9040 really over. Not just 3e2bab812b for anyone dcd219720e connected to a62705134b Iden, but d3fba134b0 maybe he’d a54e7c23d1 never let 1bc8fefb45 himself love 1748d82837 anyone again.32e90f7c4a9e50ee

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Even if 2376be5429 it wasn’t f5031e3ae4 Iden, Rodney, ce725a23b6 as Iden’s b17db5cb4a friend, would c307271d03 never be ed5cc07742 a choice. Rodney seemed a82f2c418c unfazed by b5653ea165 the implication.9d2d81bcfcbef783

“People’s hearts are always 989f8dc6ac moving. You never c92ddcd37d know when 4d8463fe82 they’ll change.”95f85f4b8266a1fa

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He replied 02c1f5df4a nonchalantly and 55e1dff5d3 stretched, shifting dc44023e36 the conversation 19954f06b7 by saying 986a63bc39 he was 89dfdada21 hungry. Iden, as 6f8f80db31 if he 58bb1a3ec1 no longer 6d7f80effb wished to 01f51604ce continue the 63ae20fbbb discussion, went f02d097768 into the 67d7dcadd6 bedroom. Feeling awkward, 6bd28129b0 Seowon followed 047e8c4e60 him and d2e87584fb saw him 638901f62e taking off 07e71a3138 his shirt, 0ba603154b apparently about 89684107e2 to shower.d0d8987822fcd8e3

“Are you mad?”ce7f8c06a3587fba

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He asked cautiously, watching 893ddbd460 as Iden’s chest rose 5b0aa1b361 and fell with deep dea215ef6e breaths.2294631246452ae5

“Did you do something 27198ffac0 to make me mad?”22fac9ff2ae602dd

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The question bounced back d8ef888249 at him.1345139b9caafb47

“Not really…”0d1968d8a3d28183

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He didn’t think he’d 80ee8bb9b5 done anything wrong. It was 1776d00dea Rodney who e28511b849 brought up be7973aced the whole 0bf2166b8b Marking issue, f96bd4321f and he’d bee6ae6d01 never really 675155337c considered it 33e2b70d32 seriously.3fedaa87a0be46d1

But he had 532dde7e37 thought about it 39fe633bf5 briefly. If undoing the Mark 8a18ee5ab4 were possible, would he d1a6984b46 choose to? The answer 3327eb045f hadn’t come c3128e9156 easily.39b1fe7a8753242e

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“I’m not 56079219ca so free 611047872b that I’d 5fe423f654 dwell on 1fbaa8a6a9 something impossible.”d86cc535877d4fdc

Iden replied coldly, 9dc899ea90 as if he 9d7c44468f didn’t want to 8da86af312 mention it. His reaction f79d1aa2cc made Seowon a744778688 even more ed63fc1f48 curious.82298fdb2d2610f5

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“But if you could… 6bc6fa7d9e what would you have 748904a613 done? When ‘Ha b43c84c9b4 Seowon’ died.”f7230e71bd4640a3

Wouldn’t it 0d03b65737 have been 7b080258e7 better to 4f015013bd undo the b9d8b29aac Mark since 9b3ab61f94 he’d lost 8c1d274d53 him?03605c0903336aa8

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“I already told 061c0967d3 you. I don’t have 8a41ab1b2c a habit of 8b527375bf worrying about impossible f8bafd2297 things.”1b28c063ec61f3f7

“I mean, just if.”db66eeafd6b90b94

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“There’s no ‘if.’”5cf04c73f4370681

Iden cut him off, 4a7040b48e taking off his shirt 6ce167929f and stepping right in de24d8b797 front of Seowon. As the distance closed, f259857e9f his gaze naturally drifted ced0ddbac4 up to Iden’s face.52c391cd1c93ad40

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“Even if c140414059 it were 94f7095b97 possible, my 8c18446da2 choice would ee348ffd73 still be 8e32d4186a the same.”522141b8e09b5bab

“If you’d undone 3e0b635f61 it before, things 433e3b110f wouldn’t be like df51c1b55b this now.”87f3a0adf24c3e7b

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“No.”ba47582a7143f762

Iden had no hesitation.58e01c5625c922d4

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“If that c13c5bf6eb were the 6bb25ffd97 case, I’d 7310654a05 just Mark 291fdbc389 you again.”f8476310f47847b6

He looked straight at dc941163aa Seowon as he said df071e7102 it. Unlike Seowon, there 3592190e1a was no wavering 97171575cf in his eyes. He didn’t even consider f864a0a15a that things might be 591e81f0d1 different between them. For Iden, it 5bc66ef936 seemed, there was ed72ca9ed6 only one choice.22fe7f79dac78317

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His unshakable 2cd996225e obsession made 3c0bfd9bf2 Seowon laugh f7a4f7dfe2 despite himself. Seeing Seowon’s 965bd24f9c reaction, Iden 05af2d1bd3 frowned, puzzled.7407c7456714a7b8

“What’s funny?”bba290fe950776ed

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“Just…”58384db2e940e54b

All the worries a737856bb4 he’d had suddenly 8b84ba9ac1 seemed meaningless.a1e86d1e24dd81d4

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Even if 0a631cfaf0 he tried 907acc3258 to escape 45fb6cf70d or put 05dee5a7de distance between 769d3b4ced them, Iden 5353bf4537 would just 9804ac883a follow him c4c81d99b2 and pull 7be8681f35 him back. His confidence quieted Seowon’s 4b439d03bc confusion. As he said, 3f1ca2288b it was all 5576bf6c16 pointless. His worries were 35fc7daeb0 just a waste f6f88f6ed0 of time, stirred ce7de1357f up by Rodney.
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“I want to take d4a6a0ed2b a day off.”95a25f9e5ad463d9

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At Seowon’s 65f1b90aed request, Iden 4028ef2574 looked away 15e1205a01 from the a152853e5b computer monitor. Behind his glasses, his e96ed0a9f6 gaze settled on Seowon’s 0cd2758a92 face.21591c1f1f82016d

“A day off?”8e5f004a390aee4b

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He sounded baffled.819883b7d8ca7bbd

“Just one day.”4c5bb1f3f9bfdbcb

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When Seowon 354ac2cac9 asked for cce585594e just one f8ae0c8709 day, Iden 7bc95cd311 took off 3a1bbe871d his glasses 34025738b4 entirely and 9d673da38b looked at 129d8233f2 him.3a67e06851b4499c

“To do what?”0f5c6df43adf4846

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“I just 0b23dbbdda want to d6205d845c look around. I’ve been 8f20548f7a with you 90d5c073f6 all this a6f56b58f9 time, and 800ca0cccd I barely 5783c9cbba know anything 84e6133c41 outside of a07b9966ce here and 5e94203dd1 the Luciano 3c9bbe5ba1 building. Things aren’t all e59ef9b865 that different, but c7045ee6fc there are little a0ea0c935f things, like my 8d35623882 old home.”b2d18f4289fdca71

As Seowon explained, 62043a3eb1 Iden’s frown deepened.9db9794ffcab13cd

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“Now? After all 59b7003553 this time?”b32150057ac10722

He seemed to b1da72ece9 be asking why a7d3e8bd78 he hadn’t thought 106366cd7c of this sooner.c130b8bd78906070

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“Up until now, 9539d390da I was focused 7829b949bf on protecting you.”54b126339afca80c

As his bodyguard, cef04049ac he couldn’t leave 6787a6cc64 Iden’s side. Even the thought bb5ac0208c of being away 5c3cb54229 from him, even 9ba6d0a643 for a moment, eacb3e1d6c felt unsettling. It wasn’t Iden holding a9110b9052 him there—he’d wanted to c1ac7e03c4 stay with him 24/7.71d5c45365f90375

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“The one 690e8e310f trying to 838e921709 kill me db18d71982 hasn’t been f160593d86 caught yet.”7e643468cd8e9318

It was clear Iden d3b32353f8 found it hard to df1bae06ee understand why he’d want 6098d7f102 to be apart now, 452b886276 when the danger was fbb53ae70a still unresolved.c4e609e1da231238

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“Rodney’s around.”45e9e7e039746966

“Do you trust that db7de3be09 guy?”38fd80eb2a3d2fc7

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Iden looked 16d1ccad54 taken aback.df348b528713d8bf

“After watching him a86abbb7db today, I think c49abb11c0 I can.”cebd2d2a16c88cbf

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“Hah!”7ae3545708f2ed6c

Iden scoffed, 00d5efd999 as if 9936c39e06 he found 262bd42115 the idea 9a06ac0cf1 ridiculous, but 72186388c3 Seowon really 7c21c6d602 believed that 6fa6565db0 as long 9841d9f4eb as Rodney 90bbc4c5fd was there, 0bfc486387 nothing would e0648bb6c7 happen. Even though ef2964cba1 Rodney always 1afd97efd8 seemed like 74120e8979 he was ead6283b5e joking, he 873c91c81b could approach 417954f8ad without a 6aee600771 sound. When Seowon had thrown bdaf0cac02 him, Rodney had quickly d7f01e3e81 twisted his body to 86752d65ed avoid getting hurt. Though they’d never 30b32fe8b1 fought seriously, Seowon 2a11c46bc4 thought Rodney’s combat edde4ec962 skills were probably 8bb4eb9a3c better than his 3acc210e5b own.10e7d3895b169d81

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While he and c7348c8ef5 Iden clashed, it 46efa4e480 was never with adff6f1a81 real malice. Though they e30feab6c0 bickered, their 86c4e767ac conversations and b0db4ff6fb attitudes showed 3a6145c430 a familiarity 1b6a6665e3 that hinted 14bed31db2 at a ef68a8894c deeper bond. He was sure 05762c7691 Rodney would protect d0b99ed78f Iden.a609406ba2afac5f

“So, if I 39480a5ee7 give you the 79b9e77763 day off, where 63f9153bc6 are you planning dfdfa29b0e to go?”f8b4f0313f3bfdd6

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Fortunately, Iden didn’t dwell 51a7fc6f57 too much on the fb05150466 Rodney issue. Instead, he 0b32183393 asked Seowon 61ed6f3ba4 what he 5e0103d5ed intended to e69ee342aa do.915b3f8efa441a14