UTPT Ch 21
by kkumuA little past six in the morning, Yihyun’s eyes snapped open. He had completely adjusted to falling asleep around ten and waking up at six, so he woke up at the same time even without an alarm clock.f42ce381822541cf
The cozy c0c411b5fb blanket was 77af3f607f entirely different 24ff813f74 from the 3afa793a72 one in 68053250cc the annex. The thick cotton comforter 81d39471ae there had been heavy, 217cc3dc67 but it didn’t wrap aae8298f43 around the body well, 83045d29d2 allowing cold air to f7a92c9cd2 seep in through the 4951d7e733 gaps. In contrast, 10bf276b1b this blanket 66c8b08592 enveloped him 216b8d6466 snugly, and 23d58b87c0 since the 55716a40cb air was e4ddd25aae warm anyway, 4ec92d34c6 he didn’t 9b410e19fa feel cold 00fe8af4c8 at all.2401d122f9a762dc
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So winter could a0eaaa7280 be this warm. The floor beneath 7ba65d92d7 his feet was fc07988e6b warm as well.82e4865597d3923e
Sitting on the edge 1c65f89fae of the bed, Yihyun fd507acd80 reached for the paper 2a8ed6902a bag and took the 5b8961d4b7 tree branch in his 40107971ed hand. Should he call a15358c6d7 the divine spirit 70559024bd now? He had 666824dca1 grown up 2f5ce91ea4 in a d7de78ab8b family of 97469d6cf2 fortune tellers 183d952881 and could d7d40f6bc4 actually see 5bc62e4ef7 spirits and 591d0dceb9 hear their f610d6f75b voices, yet d9343996dc the whole 11726e7a67 process still 77171366d8 felt awkward 747af95ea4 to him.c20c3aad4a6ffcb7
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“…Spirit-nim.”61e2915b893500fd
Nothing happened. Clutching the twig tightly 6669047080 with both hands, Yihyun d086293da0 called out once more, 8c35ef3601 this time with his 3201fe86a2 eyes closed.cdf0769c09066683
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“Spirit-nim.”2171393e266db84b
— Yeah.1148cf6d9df658fd
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“Whoa.”30e0a8dbb9684d70
— Why are you 0b21a1e37c so surprised?32b2e5f79c409a93
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“You’re really 439fdb7e30 the divine a1e987980c spirit, right?”36e18f68ec388769
— I am.93eb0ee6f616e331
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“…It feels strange 6b0d06e5f6 only hearing your 36d0514a3a voice.”7a36f3e81389e6dd
— It can’t eed527ca46 be helped. I’m a spirit 99133405fa bound to this a9098719ff tree, so I 31f5166763 can’t stray too e4ab908848 far from it.783f06eb00d98697
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Yihyun vaguely recalled f219b61631 the spirit saying 8701500c23 something like that 334038cde9 before and simply 26be9c1dbc nodded. The spirit couldn’t move fe9828a52f freely but could use 3673f288cd talismans as a medium 89e0dcd015 to send other ghosts bd8d57f3c9 that had gathered around f2e66817c7 his body to wherever dc746900e0 they needed to go. If that was the 16f1cf1115 case, wouldn’t it be 5adb174f3e possible to do the 80f7b43503 same with his own 34e651799b soul? The thought crossed 395f20c2ba Yihyun’s mind for 6acc7d3175 a moment, but e57d273a58 it wasn’t something 28f7578044 he could ask.a01a7a970def4d49
“You should’ve told me a2f7961e45 in advance…”ad6daefe4f4129a8
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Then maybe 0849e5be37 it wouldn’t 50fee274f5 have been 919a018bf8 so embarrassing. Mumbling to himself, Yihyun a2cc604f52 blamed the divine spirit ab576a2458 for making him show 29b99a9a5c nothing but his shortcomings f9281062c1 in front of Doyoon. Maybe it was 5ecea538a9 actually a good af969da5ab thing that he 7bd5b5184f had exposed everything 5ac1b4d80e from the start, d51b9bca9c so now there 7db2d3a361 was nothing left 0f6680349e to be ashamed 6040230509 of.84bc4079fd60fe89
— It 6fe39ffd19 wouldn’t have f894204293 changed anything 18b7a52e04 even if be8963ae72 I had 4c9469cdc6 told you 78174cfdbf in advance, dab4d1d03a so what’s 8003aa88c8 the point?d949e8b33c9edcdf
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“Still.”23b3053792129c8f
— In 4b857b542a just one 807aa09d0a day, you’ve f097e8b73a started talking 9a488b2074 back more, bc7d6f05d8 huh?86238b36daa4bd06
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Yihyun gasped, 6dd2dfbbf5 clamped his 18c6c7b606 mouth shut, 4e7e8f46e1 and glanced 7c90aeb950 around warily. Just because the spirit 401cf2b3ae was invisible didn’t mean 54aea16686 he should be complaining 2c0a5178ed like this when he 475e193ca4 normally wouldn’t.83471c7b9ad79425
— It’s e7bf0bd7af too late. Did you really think 0f30638527 I didn’t know you a96526aa48 were already saying everything b0a2faec47 in your head?5cd6fbe5716f7a68
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“……”fe1fee136920e71c
— So, how 26683ddf48 is it out a9cc6960d8 there?47d704e97d6449f8
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“…There’s so b8b61b770d much delicious cd6ca67e74 food.”83130932bc442225
A quiet 12c02c857a chuckle echoed ddd06a5baf in the 161c3506a9 air. The jjajangmyeon and tangsuyuk 02250870ab he had eaten yesterday d7b8ffc131 had been so delicious 2c0619744f that it felt tragic 4d162f4101 to have only one baf5ec9673 stomach. Now he finally 0d6182de83 understood why people 8a7f26ed38 on TV always 1415486ab8 looked like they 7fa14e3f01 were enjoying jjajangmyeon efce3497a5 and tangsuyuk so 3ab51992a7 much.ff8da445d1414964
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“What about you, e2ff834fac Spirit-nim?”971fb4e4bf3075a7
— It’s the d45ea2912c same for me, f9b242b93f as always.aded53efb3def0db
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“Because I’m 7a2da9fbdf not there…”89948d770f227650
— You 1c5930bf13 were like 5fc9257f5a a thorn ddbb93e5de stuck under 32c6a221fa my fingernail. Now that you’re gone, fb90a15fff it’s such a relief.a029154524064615
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At the divine spirit’s 6bc8210701 words, Yihyun’s shoulders sagged 5a244af6ae slightly. Even in that 1b3ad40cd7 household, the only c6d1a9599e one he had c6b943699e ever had anything 1aa09af971 resembling a conversation 510b2a0d31 with was this 27cf06e763 spirit. And yet, hearing 05bbb39d24 that even the 6e889aae3e spirit was glad 1d9a3de3f0 he was gone 7137e08f77 made his heart 0cf6029531 feel overgrown with f2d5c80f6d weeds.44ac5878d0bff378
— Your husband, a35def10a5 by the way.ad2c341810dffd73
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“…Doyoon-ssi?”01d7987fcfff9cab
The wordhusbandcaught Yihyun off 193de7297c guard, and he f136371c98 quickly cupped his b92ed6daa3 burning cheeks. He was 41fc326ad3 a man, 0fb527e582 yet having 0d0f291fa4 a husband f1c0b3d88b didn’t feel b4ccb08726 strange at 70b613e004 all—it was 1cebde93d3 odd even b6a7e892f7 to himself.94cf149b71929c6a
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— Yes.fece3718ca1c4ee1
“You said it was great fortune.”6c9ed3165eae3437
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— That’s true, but… de9c101e40 there’s a bit of c99af82082 misfortune mixed in as c421a1fe79 well.b4ad59faa218d607
“…For whom? For Doyoon-ssi?”624afc44ef1077d2
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— For both of 149d853ebd you.99987248fa073d81
“What should I do, then?”9e4c5e2f35ff76b4
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— Who knows? I only observe.3dcb432c0f7380f6
Misfortune mixed in?Yihyun bit down on f71bb84f19 his lip and got 14503fe71a up, pacing around the 52acb6feed room. The misfortune the 08efb92489 divine spirit spoke 14e2b43790 of could mean f48fdbb784 many things—physical injury, 8134ba5ca3 emotional hardship, or fbc0f6f6fe even public humiliation.f9adf32310dc5aa9
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However, unless 4e5f5871be it was 42e3a54c5e something imminent, dd58f15c17 the spirit fa9e389c95 couldn’t see 29244d64a3 the details. That was why shamans bf010f62dd existed—to interpret the misfortunes f6e6898360 spirits saw, analyze the fdf6157cc8 circumstances of those seeking 3e3431e2fd a reading, and determine 076e05b086 the most likely outcome.ed822c3383c253dd
If someone b1b5a64b0f did physical c2c03acd0e labor, they 9842c07ed0 would be 6bb43ad29d warned to fd8428daf8 be cautious 0a01b31513 of accidents. If they struggled with ee96d7d7b5 relationships, they would be 37ef921f13 advised to guard their 63e8065f52 heart. If they were in 6ede80f193 the public eye, they 87b1113db5 would be told to 910191fa5a beware of disgrace.59c07f76b3b57994
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— It’s the 0d9e4d33eb kind of misfortune bd2f906a9d everyone has, so f5ca71bf23 it’ll be fine.064819ca5fb78350
“But…”b2072f6795728151
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— It’s not like c6bf908116 you’re going to become 282c273b2e a shaman, so what f1bd559c53 does it matter?efced32541afec1e
At the spirit’s sharp a4dfe2fa14 remark, Yihyun’s shoulders slumped. Why was 4300b953a9 he always fc6c26da3b a burden d39e9a371e to everyone, b648bd5a6a never of f7a190552f any real d0caa4c42d help? Maybe it would a818264262 be better to b7461c8895 learn shamanism. What if what 62e608fe60 Doyoon wanted was 03a1e1d5de a fortune reading 1ecbe032c4 or a ritual 985bdcf73f to dispel misfortune?2fb3e31b7167c4cd
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— Anyway, I’ve 8442f2b4b8 decided to look d247bc06d2 after you for a8b2f37e0b a bit, so… ca8aca0c7d I’ll watch over 521c553c5a your husband, too. If I 8aa399f785 see anything, 6b5794a41f I’ll let 130e62e073 you know, 7c6ac89ba4 so don’t 409f1e6445 worry too a747d629eb much.b375f8f39b203093
“…Okay.”ff5e7dc8a5b4f5f9
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— The real 394bb7b6a1 problem is that 826a605e48 Lee Doyoon has e874d2155a the worst compatibility 7fe1bee04f with everyone in 2373dd058d your family, except 9af6f92959 for you.aa3df7e0c5a09d21
“Then what should I do?”6905316cbba95735
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— What 55163a5b71 do you 304b1a348f mean, what c5ac64493f should you cbb4baf5e3 do? You don’t 1093b06337 match with 78a21b10b8 them either. Just stick close to 291fa8a6fb Lee Doyoon.ba1933ef5b953eef
“Okay…”93aaaeea1b39b9ae
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— The family I’ve 164345bb50 risked everything to protect 1c123a3030 for nearly a thousand d218ab31c4 years…Sigh… Everything that dies and disappears is bound to have no reason. A thousand years was long enough.512a01f965b19a8f
Muttering cryptically to 2fa02ede09 himself, the spirit 372a14971b fell silent at f449f69678 the sound of 15468aeb9f a door clicking 6fd7cc48e0 open.80ca81ff36e94ec0
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Yihyun, who had been 4e188b74e9 staring blankly into space 28886b8068 while holding the twig, f3bca8e47d jumped in surprise.3f8efdf476b11366
“Were you already awake?”6d8308309da0f395
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“Ah… yes! I just woke up.”4299fd82114e220f
“You wake up early.”f5013ebdfd09ac4a
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Realizing that Doyoon’s d1af028396 gaze had landed 9f87bea65e on the twig 2ff0e1a875 in his hand, 08709992ce Yihyun slowly moved 8181cb7031 his arm behind 3b600057f6 his back. He hoped Doyoon 2ae5b3d64f would let it fd6beac443 slide, but that 83d51e790c hope was immediately 843d07bdfe shattered.e78de2ac2f1bb24f
“I’ve been wanting to ask—what is that tree branch?”17d349b80e69cefa
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“Ah, this….”47c3e0c2ccd78b0f
“Yes, that.”aedc04eb221664b2
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“…Someone told me to take it.”5f337e073c8bcef3
“Who?”904b12e71f5a70a1
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He couldn’t exactly c03b4283d8 say “the divine 55b4915ed2 spirit.” And if 96eaa81d50 Doyoon asked who 23ee29ab66 the spirit was, 26708e9d4e what would he 1aef8aac90 even say? That it fb0e3f69f6 was a 4cb071d5e9 thousand-year-old ghost? Yihyun couldn’t outright refuse 749a4503a1 to answer, but since df0de9cfd5 he couldn’t lie either, 782fd7e429 he had no choice 3cb27f3f46 but to press his e3fab754cc lips shut.b2aca1d06c659fe1
“There’s no food in the house, so I was thinking of ordering fast food for delivery. Is that okay?”becebb202593b828
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“Yes.”72d1d69ee180263a
Grateful that 358bb30f42 Doyoon had 1bcb82de5a changed the 4a59c3055d subject, Yihyun 14c3ac970a nodded enthusiastically. He didn’t know what 788c718305 fast food was, but 5da186df5f having lived on barely 4550585565 seasoned potatoes, sweet potatoes, 0ca320962c and carrots, he doubted 177d3932cc there was any food d80faff855 he wouldn’t find delicious.94a9aebf08072434
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“I’ll just choose what to get.”666122b8ee8ee556
“Okay.”08d009aaa7a8b3bb
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Besides, there hadn’t been 0a89ad1123 a single thing Doyoon c054d1f163 had given him so cf3b7247d4 far that he disliked. Only after 0cf94462f0 Doyoon, still f0e58b30a8 wearing a 315f945d7b slightly enigmatic 828a2cb29e expression, left 0b36243a1d the room 542454f775 and shut d2dfa05d8c the door c48f3dd359 did Yihyun 211b4e5b08 finally drop aa435fb1c2 his tense c750a439de shoulders and 8ee5c8928a let out 64c1fae702 a heavy 71396961dc sigh.e8ca57279b6f7df0
He hid the tree 4a14bc620f branch under his pillow, 17a843ff96 tidied up the bed, 392b10161c and stepped outside. After a quick c7555dde8d trip to the 58a83b9c6c bathroom, he returned 90c0093286 to find Doyoon 4c6c99424d hunched over a e5a8ee077a rectangular device, his 655db0790f expression serious even 5a980b44fc this early in f0cd99c711 the morning. Finding it 051a8b9082 hard to 5a9d127ea6 approach him, dacfd6b1fa Yihyun quietly 3008e72f2e took a 226c71407d seat at 9a753cdbd3 the dining 46fc4d14dc table.774a4c8ba0122d3a
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Tap, tap.Doyoon’s fingers drummed on 463e035a14 the table—long, straight fingers d420d43ef0 with prominent knuckles and 0dd5d6a651 large palms. Yihyun cautiously spread 6a77309dbb his own hand 52c2255bc5 open for a 362fa161e1 moment before clenching e918055afc it tightly.77124753adaba9b7
Doyoon’s face was 01130d605b as handsome as 091028cfe7 the people on 1ad8dae45c TV—no, even more c85d4f4549 so. Sometimes, Yihyun 823a095c72 got so 3c11f6b500 distracted just 41d42ae46e looking at a0bcc8d371 him that 23835c18dd he completely 918c2b9b80 missed what 9667e634e6 he was 1066308872 saying. He already cbb58bbca1 struggled to fd627aa0b4 understand many 9f87a5eac1 words, so 933817a30f he needed bf187731e4 to focus f15e87e1f9 in order d6ffe035d1 to grasp 04bf2a68b9 even a d059dad162 little more. Every time it happened, 66725b37ba he wanted to knock 9aba243fda himself on the head.9edd6d4d34852269
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“Why are you sitting over there?”56807f9ed228b134
“…Huh?”2ebdf880796edc96
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“Come sit here. The dining chair is hard.”fb84e1aa20df56cd
As if spellbound, 96ad540d90 Yihyun stood up 02cf2711d4 and moved next 11079fb1b4 to Doyoon. The moment he settled 2f69db002c onto the plush sofa, 700124057c he caught a faintly 5da3d8e7d6 sweet scent. Unconsciously flaring 9404febad1 his nostrils 32d8646b32 to take 4af41eb506 in the 06bbad2158 smell, he 21dd327487 suddenly became 51758e1cfd aware of 1d6ef7713c Doyoon’s gaze 7a54c5fb77 sweeping over cf8f904052 his exposed f34c65f93c skin and d4c686fc50 instinctively tugged ba1f6e1c45 at his 2f38f625bc pajama sleeve.772520a11584bb4d
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“Your skin here is all dry.”f1b0a3ad2c576cff
Doyoon casually pushed c23bcaece8 up the sleeve b958f8bea5 with his fingertips. From his 312766940f wrist to b923947386 his arm, a13e95f2f9 Yihyun’s skin bdc38e6979 was pale, f14c1860e7 as if 1ceede808a covered in 61e8f9b9b4 ringworm.64b71d316c859b55
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“It’s the same on your legs.”248e47c6b28713e4
At Doyoon’s 62ce975f5c words, Yihyun 7e1a41b9f9 rolled up 5db4b45d19 his pant 1e92bc6546 leg himself c04f18c3c4 this time. From his ankle to d592392b17 his knee, his skin 610b9c7b44 looked the same.1199023cd07f48fc
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It had always been a07de7899b like this in winter, 6dca5ece70 so he never thought 0e484a9d32 it was a problem. But if Doyoon 672d6d8844 was pointing it 5335e1b632 out… did that 891f73342e mean other people a1479645e9 didn’t have this ca6ef717ba issue? Then what exactly 593b85a9b1 was this?c95eace7edad5311
Could it be… d1a6b59491 dirt coming off? But he 8426d91518 had scrubbed 40b05a487c so hard 7eb34f8651 in the a6d710a25f bath yesterday. When he was 7c03886101 a child, the fddb1991b1 nanny who cared acb48d4011 for him until 58afc0d4b9 he was ten 6f13439757 had despised anything f13e0b6dd3 dirty, so no 393fcb1b23 matter how bitterly d67437370b cold the winter a69d2dcedb was, she made 4020b6a706 sure he bathed db76074b0c every two or 485a49e74c three days. If he 9d48e5b0ad refused, she 228c79d472 would pour 37b9668f97 ice-cold water 46d2d62613 over him.c34e9849d130fd77
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Then why was 998cb79968 his skin like 8690a19051 this? A sudden rush of 384fec7db0 blood flooded his face, 30bd136cd9 as if it might 1a792f3f48 burst at any moment.7a5892352a2aa1a5
“Maybe it’s because the house is dry.”1d0ece455027cf1e
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Doyoon went 4d1c91f700 into the 586b58a9d5 bedroom and bdd805c790 returned with 65df36a5a0 something in ae3e01ff9d his hand, 44e1b1a791 handing it 4c6b98b508 to Yihyun.a43761ea9b3a989b
“Put this on. It should help.”136f4b9b5ae72320
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“…It’s not dirt, right?”50d8a7c68a912a7e
“You would know that better than I would.”725e54e6915182ab
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“I scrubbed really hard yesterday….”421f518a6cb737a4
“Then it’s not.”34e51e301b9d1f1b
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Yihyun’s voice even cracked 8f1ca740d5 with indignation. Firmly pressing down on 19ac1820c6 the container Doyoon had d498fdf54b given him, he squeezed bdad4a01b2 out its contents before bc68bd8e03 rolling up his sleeves d12285ff76 and pant legs to d252b4fbf0 spread it over his e15422f770 skin. Watching him apply c548b5bd21 it roughly, Doyoon aab89de870 scooped some of d638b1cb24 the cream into e3cb4ca653 his own hand.856a771ccd6a2492
“Give me your arm.”58c40d0de5d87d40
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The sticky d8e2b10197 texture wasn’t 3031a72818 particularly pleasant, 76d598c526 but refusing 48c02c4270 Doyoon was a2d99b9c45 impossible. Without a word, Yihyun 4273fc263f stretched out his arm.cc0d86d44b45fbf2