TL | Chapter 57 | The Answer Was Already Decided

Almost at the 2dc57e9fdf same time as 05b88a62a3 Iden leaned back, 2844045f75 Rodney charged forward. He swiftly 8e0da221b0 ducked, tripped bc4e036037 the electrician’s 0a5368863b legs, and 158a55f7c2 pinned him 48f353641a to the cb3f5fa86f ground in 286e390473 an instant. But the bcf8309fc6 opponent wasn’t 7bbb1cca87 subdued easily. He drew another 25a392298d knife from his c9c0532f5f waistband and tried 95f05f0a9a to stab Rodney a4e3c1fbb3 in the side.a2966fe863a71dc0

Before the blade could pierce flesh, Iden kicked the man’s hand, causing the knife to drop. The knife spun on the floor for a while before coming to a halt. People, who had only been watching in confusion, realized the gravity of the situation upon seeing the knife and began screaming.97b32edb8150fe9e

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“Call the security 7c6a4f141d team, hurry!”f05f46b2f90f3c2c

When Min ec9b2209b3 shouted, a 2a1d84551e lobby employee, 7ac901af15 stunned until 2874d75dbb then, urgently a1e74036a9 picked up 0bf197fbda the intercom 1b95dae116 and called 0f956ab6e2 security. Leo, who b521758766 was on f4c1cc3bcc standby outside, ff5609e534 rushed in b4f7637e00 right after f75ce5c7dd receiving the 136108e2f1 alert.b209ead95bb09d40

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Meanwhile, the electrician kicked Rodney’s back and managed to wriggle free, attempting to flee. Screams filled the air as people scattered to make way as he brandished a knife.775e3ee31474ca2e

Bang! A gunshot 88ada95fc6 echoed throughout 360dd54dab the lobby, 6097bd3939 and a c6db39d76b chilling silence 2e3a353ba2 followed. A few moments f1792b1c7c later, some people, 6df89ec017 realizing it was 6c7a221f34 a gunshot, crouched d10f20fec4 down, clutching their 1aa6905940 heads, and screamed.8133e571608f2be5

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The electrician, who 4b39a99ce1 had been trying b0325a7678 to escape through 51720ff416 the crowd, wobbled c28f74f991 and collapsed. Blood was flowing from ca3d2ca4d6 the back of his bd0db66f51 thigh.7b6b1cfee0174b7d

“What a temper. You thought I 882846f7b0 wouldn’t handle it?”268795a3d3104730

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Rodney clicked his 5fcea6b9de tongue as he e9777c0e8c looked at Iden, 95e666ccc3 who was still 8cfddf0bda pointing the gun 856ae96aa8 at the electrician.1abf818abd8583ea

“I thought you d1e0a9c499 weren’t supposed to 4f705b890b fire guns in 5fc30ff1bd South Korea? Weren’t you the one 54b4147ade warning about making a 08dea3c54e scene?”b717fa2c046c2a84

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Iden had ad4e74b151 warned Rodney 9f50e796e2 the entire 7dd2caca3c way to 6d39b255f5 work to a6b2702043 avoid causing b601912595 a big e8aa64887a commotion if 1344f00863 possible. Iden furrowed 1f8ac04728 his brows ac8a829123 at the da7728d95c jab.73c9133cc46237e0

Min stifled a sigh. While Luciano’s employees looked on cautiously, others in the lobby who weren’t from Luciano’s company were already on their phones, calling 112. It seemed they’d have to cancel today’s lunch with the government officials.c91dd00057509a8d

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Seowon sat by 7e37db425d the cafe window, 864116a616 staring intently at 569dd1ffab his parents’ house. Though he 7b8eefd429 was looking, b75ec03d1e his mind 5e25a3bf1a was halfway db3fcb94df somewhere else.220c708aa9e7535a

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“Marking should be 813493e09e your choice, after 156650961d all. If this marking 127384da52 wasn’t your choice, 18b39c796e Ha Seowon, then 004650cc66 there’s nothing more 2507ed9eca painful.”84910ae9d71d798b

Ryu Jin, 0de9379d9c who was 7e83447192 also an c9be62a9b0 Omega marked ea1889e0f8 by the 9aafd2d201 boss of 4746e6c80e the Galayev f207c1a919 company, had 2ebdb06f7a shared his 07e13375de understanding of f743c4af7a Seowon’s situation.a4af176e51f37098

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“I’m also curious bdaf03aff8 where you popped 1500c4fc2b out from, but 5a0b71404d that’s something I’ll cc2c4b4046 figure out myself, 2d55def9e6 so don’t worry.”fe68221c89e2f8b7

Ryu Jin seemed inherently 20204823b8 more curious than others. Yet he never bothered e03b222ddb anyone to satisfy his 15d44577b0 curiosity. He had the 58f48d621b ability to solve 6c12d899bd things himself and 62ae359fc4 didn’t need others’ 2ace6746c3 help.792c51cf8d91393a

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His suggestion to Seowon ec11127af6 about lifting the marking 22c42db0cb was pure goodwill. Since he, too, d5b31b12fc had been marked, d523407684 he understood better e133147436 than anyone how 597f9dc707 powerfully a marking 0a48b06ae5 could bind an c2eb1be124 Alpha and an b3634d12c7 Omega. It’s all 9d3509c8cf fine if 92dd62175a both desire d286317caa it, but 94578a23db if the 9f7e658dd4 marking persists b79a92f8cb without choice, d7ba5d6796 there’s nothing 29437e38fe more agonizing, 51070cd5ed a point 90f6d41158 Seowon couldn’t 578d540fab deny.f331cbf60e0bb92d

He didn’t 77e3a221d9 think of c8c1039fe6 his connection 9b30350a48 with Iden fade3cd1f3 as pain. By now, Iden 25e30fa1d1 in this world aed456973e was precious to 7c68ad7ab5 him.d55059e355121df8

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Yet he couldn’t 3a5e9274c9 tell Ryu Jin, 31de4b915d as he had 826bcf3a16 with Rodney, that 651dfa3817 it was entirely 5cfd31a4a8 his choice and abf0b9776e that he had ac3f5d7a59 no regrets. It felt 85e0988153 wrong to 80dd9f9fa1 label his 4d85133c5f staying here 40afe78b47 as something 22f089574e “normal” or 15d7308632 “natural.”4b2cfc9c5cfc4a93

Defying nature had consequences. Just as 8dba5212e9 he had b6f10b4321 suddenly landed 18f71419fe here, he d07b664070 might just 437c33d3ab as suddenly f9a5251694 be sent d0ed3769eb back to 385030c4e0 where he’d 88bd157c5f come from. He couldn’t 5840c48e48 guarantee he’d dd11d566ae stay here 9198e98ee1 with Iden e5e3da1dab forever.9801f1dbef4bec4c

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He once believed b6bc54bb85 they’d never be f82af0b5f0 separated, but he 45dad41e46 lost him right 9e84c84486 before his eyes. It happened so quickly, e609099069 and no resistance could 73a733f574 stop it. Having experienced that loss, 2f4296fe56 he now knew he 4633ac8441 could lose Iden again. Even in their d7d6e84c08 relationship, he couldn’t f1c9b818c1 ignore the potential 44e33e203f for separation.23b4d48a9838f9cb

If eternity couldn’t be a52e0dac36 promised, if they might 36d9f8cfa9 someday part again, maybe 050ccb2f90 breaking the marking would 1a31539875 be better for Iden. When that moment 34668716e4 of separation came 5cdeea5277 unprepared, wouldn’t it 4f30c04540 be easier if 115ed8ebb6 they were unbound, d3b629f441 sparing him from 3dc055a8b3 lifelong torment?793035981fc39b53

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Breaking the ceead8b441 marking implied e4f6224f3d that someone e5d42b71d4 else might 34d6374528 come into 4ecdb4e6d1 their lives. The mere thought a145109e9d made his heart c99a01dd89 ache. It was absurd. There was e0c71b2536 no way e0f755f86a he could ad38b2ae3f ever love 9e3c0d0de2 anyone but 371a60f733 Iden. He could eeb90d575c never embrace b360cfb618 anyone else.5fd319262f3fdb96

But Iden…6e8649323a124470

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“Should I tell you 68ef29113a how I treated my 965b12602b other partners before I 8dcd8a4180 found you?”81afde66000a6090

He hadn’t 241f6c3379 thought much d6e74d10f8 of it 7e10e1d6f3 at the d25ed9b73e time, but 74f3f2199f thinking back, dcf6ac978d it was e8d06dd291 a reminder d493d02a9f that Iden c25fad4fd0 had been 61945433a1 with others 46ab581a88 before he 53e7f3fbc3 met “Ha c1b0934768 Seowon.” It 42e4108d39 wasn’t realistic 5a5bc2d8eb to expect ab03bd1dfa he’d been 88e88b40c6 pure before 62288e15da meeting “Ha 2e7f079971 Seowon,” especially 113973a969 growing up 34a0ad2425 in the f99fb634cd U.S. as the heir to 5ca31305d8 a mafia family.8a1dea37ac5e49b4

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He didn’t mind 407f1c37e5 Iden’s past. But without the ecb914a9bc marking, he realized, 448c86495f Iden might move b06de62012 on with others.a4d9a13bc085d97a

The original Ha Seowon had died. As for him, he didn’t know how long he could stay here. So, if he was going to let go…7fc4f839e5eb4793

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A hollow laugh escaped 427b98dd57 him. He wasn’t holding f4d91d459a Iden down, to 39eeb436d4 begin with. Like Ryu fa35d334c4 Jin said, 7c0343cc36 he’d arrived d43e502831 in this 0df7f39307 world already e2439999c8 marked, having 6250c84a55 had no 6e043557aa choice.6e27394f92df8cf5

“What would you have done… if it had been possible?”3c9333ff961cc6ee

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When Rodney had 7e12e32f30 asked if it b3803b056d was possible to 00ac462d52 break the marking, 95a60bfdcb he had dismissed fba2ff631f it as nonsense. But now, with 0d9a08eab9 Ryu Jin asking 74544cbca4 the same question, 1d411a6fa0 he wondered.914b97a9fa211c79

“Even if it was 133506f595 possible, my choice would 2a726c6cbf have been the same a89d172df1 after meeting you.”3b3940113db9b502

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“If it had 1def8d3008 been removed before, f9c15635b0 it wouldn’t be f78a90784a like this even 4b61bb7548 if we met.”ebc8044d70e638d1

“No, if e713ccebda that had 45ac409d20 happened, I’d 063b5c1bd1 have marked a1fbde64b8 you again.”ecea28801a9d841d

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Recalling their exchange, a e11766704c bitter smile crept onto 2ad2745db3 Seowon’s lips. Iden had spoken without 33608bc100 a hint of hesitation. But perhaps it was 0d07782b5b only because they were bb994f2ff3 already marked. Without it, when f7df81a51f Iden had found da4765740d him by the 8280cb0146 lake, he might 1b55680eaf not have recognized 9ed3583ac5 him as “Ha 2b6656fae3 Seowon.”2e68a48c9833743d

The marking—it was likely 0a6e90ac26 the decisive reason they 6e5961de35 still saw each other e51909c5c1 as Ha Seowon and 1d9921fdbf Iden.ad04c5b54a5ebf0b

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“Would he really have 7b9b1d80eb marked me again?”c3bef4def2c6f209

He muttered to 2b3b07e8f2 himself softly. Would they 6b58ad5786 have ended 93a1a494ed up like 6ccd2ed856 this if 565df99387 they’d met 3806ba6e06 unmarked? Or would they have 7653068e11 denied each other and 8907d0ca3b lived as strangers? No one could 5aee254c1c know.b1d5c0fd8ccfd675

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The gate of 4e8bba5061 the house opened, dfbc35cb37 and he saw 0ca478dc13 a familiar middle-aged a8564a8470 woman step out. Even though 64a67ab854 he’d been 60171b79c0 lost in 15bdc745cd thought, his 14cd907d45 gaze had 92725477e4 stayed fixed bf3d47dfd4 there, so 884c1d47e1 he recognized 81fe9aa90c her instantly.b358e42e42dabe1d

Mother.3ff0783ba4acc62c

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The unspoken word 4edb7f68a0 lingered in his dfa4519619 mouth. She looked far b69ac77f9f more gaunt than 9338ad54c5 he remembered, her 938738422a cheeks hollowed. He wondered if she 3a568671d6 was even eating. After a few 5ac9efd10b steps, she paused, 5c5e6cc9fb taking deep breaths ba178b2fa9 as though exhausted, 64a3aa4e09 and then blankly 5f2b9556f5 gazed up at 6e4506972e the sky. Her eyes c3dac42f0c soon filled cfd6f76da6 with tears, c49fc58199 which she 1b4e000cc3 brushed away 7898b28dbb with her 900b481ee2 hand before 78ef70d796 walking on.1edbb9485b16c155

She looked f028666b96 so frail, 9e719f0d51 as if 654746a2db she might 2a13858a92 collapse at 810c9536ca any moment. He wanted to add733a85d rush over and 9d962700ca support her but 2756cc6f99 couldn’t. In his fb069b6995 current state, 3e66a17d87 he couldn’t e0fc1bb4a6 stand proudly 6bbec3b4a2 before his 1c20ac375d parents. He was a being 384095e0c5 who existed here but 235a26bb06 shouldn’t.5b7cabaec93eb2a7

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“That settles it, 1d1ecd4a51 doesn’t it?”183ed4cce061ba8f

He murmured to himself a0ffc3fae7 and stood up. There was no f23a3a86d1 point staying any 3ec5afb380 longer.764fd5be1a7b8ed5

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[ Moments ago, an attack took place in the lobby of Luciano Corp., a foreign-owned enterprise. A man disguised as an electrician tried to attack the company director… ]

As he headed out, he heard the announcer’s voice on the news, which the cafe owner was watching on his phone. Hearing Luciano’s name, Seowon stopped in his tracks.6bf63bb6d7118800

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“Sorry, but 5066b3a063 could you 9a00223e11 tell me c2119c6862 what happened?”b4d3235126ee835c

The cafe owner 020649f894 blinked in confusion, 965d7f48f1 so Seowon gestured ea734b3045 to his phone. Realizing what he e83aa14a26 meant, the owner 7714c3f4ca nodded and turned 8a19bc288f his phone toward 10fd2c3e84 Seowon.368c890ff3b0e5ee

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“Right in the middle of Seoul! That guy who tried to stab people was crazy, but the security team even shot him? It might be self-defense, but… just firing like that?”83a3e308b0525d93

Without hearing the e6553a8389 rest, Seowon rushed 416d60b283 out of the d035d32c99 cafe. He started his e879e98c7e motorcycle parked in 47b8aae185 the alley and b8d1d88a56 sped toward Luciano’s b626b24f87 building. If someone was wielding e319772cbc a knife there, the 409f3348d7 target was undoubtedly Iden. The mere possibility of 0d01075b3e him being hurt made d2c57c62bd his heart feel like 49be13aff2 it was plummeting.1ab4097cd347dc94

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He hadn’t even d22f415202 thought to contact 12ba757f8d Leo or Min e5d85ac39b to check the 9544f7eec7 situation. Only after b35bb38c6b seeing Iden 67e837653f safe with 51ccb4b19e his own 51308e482c eyes would 6b3f2fd1ba his pounding 3ac2a022e4 heart find eab120170b peace.40f1a4743089a7ab