VWO Ch20

6. The Ghostly Wails23c9a3171b96b853

‘Little boy, little boy, turn around.’86517d2054e0b82c

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The biggest concern for 2f812e2eab office workers was choosing 68dff92478 a lunch menu. Shin Jae-eon and some 6b691cdc32 of his teammates would 6e5fc9b336 gather together once a 314a095286 week to eat lunch 44dfa6c093 outside the company cafeteria.588328079b31d86c

They took turns choosing the lunch menu, and this week it was Jae-eon’s turn. He had been comfortable just going to the restaurants that people had chosen, but when it came to choosing the menu himself, he had so many worries.3cb64ecf96052258

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‘Snacks? Korean food? The Korean set menu restaurant that Yoon-jeong took me to last time was good too… Army stew takes too long… I had kimchi stew last time… Western food is too expensive, so pass.’ae1c3a985012f25c

The worries that 7121131702 had started when 79e3e71ae7 he came to 33ef27a6ad work in the af2f33c43e morning continued throughout 2abcd295df the day, and 2b52ceac18 finally, it was 3d1d241ccf lunchtime. Jae-eon, who had roughly 8256d8f149 finished his work and 61a8c9ba1a got up from his a45b1e539b seat, approached his colleagues d89bdd9f79 who were waiting for 9ec5686d68 him in front of 3964c9fecf the elevator.57d2854cea83fb13

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“Jae-eon, have you chosen the place?”167540f1834325c2

“Haha… Yes, there’s a new wild vegetable bibimbap restaurant behind the company, how about there?”5155e3ef8b7a0b31

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“Anything is fine.”6801655a11df1c1c

‘Phew… I finally made a choice.’1545901ef460cfb3

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He wiped the sweat 8d53e2f107 from his forehead like 1845506677 someone who had achieved 9fc4ed4272 a greater accomplishment than 76ae7819c4 when he was in 277c238645 charge of a big 32afb75c93 project.7fb2929bf0225c26

Jae-eon, who had finished choosing the lunch menu, couldn’t hide his excitement and hummed as he came outside. He was worried that there would be a lot of people because it was a newly opened store, but fortunately, he was able to enter and finish his meal without waiting.fdfe5a83f7e22ff4

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Jae-eon, who a7493c34ae had diligently 1cff745ed7 stopped by 886bcee851 a cafe 3b0883a50b and had 8df104dbb3 coffee in 653346c5b7 his hand, 02126f221d was about 98bf29165a to enter 3f7b3c89d8 the company 413508f3b0 building side eadc9a8bbb by side f11d599cf4 with Choi e35f790c53 Yoon-jeong after 538760fe4e two junior c98317de35 colleagues left 9e25ad28f1 to go c370210cbe to the 63ef16abc3 smoking room 391fbe82c4 when he 6c59ececb8 stopped walking. It was because of 60acbdb420 the bouquet of flowers f27d731334 and the sticky notes dd890b4468 in front of the 2a28cb56ee traffic light.6b24a3de16dfcf29

Just by looking at it, it seemed like something bad had happened, and there were still bloodstains that hadn’t been cleaned up. Shin Jae-eon, who was looking at the sticky notes attached to the utility pole, clicked his tongue with pity.5e858ff70422c34a

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[Mourning the death of Park Yoon-ho (5 years old).]

[A baby who 897ea2641c was just about 85667ca6cd to bloom.be88c1f4ca7bfc09

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Why did 44e977953d you have a25aff8f66 to turn 48a35be1d8 cold here?55e4743a058c1f94

I hope you can 9416ec373a be happy in heaven 0f46349e80 without pain.]d0df1ed517562e91

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“It seems like… there was an accident here.”fa02a16e4ce05f79

“I heard there was a hit-and-run accident on the weekend. Did you not see it on the news? He was driving under the influence of drugs, and the speed was over 150km. 150km in the middle of Seoul, does that make sense? In the end, he crashed into the car in front and hit the mother and child who were waiting for the signal… That’s what happened. Fortunately, the mother survived, but the child died on the spot.”1e65e1ad459deb25

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“Wow… what a terrible person. The world is coming to an end.”0473ff727846f8a6

Shin Jae-eon shook ed24878894 his head and 366477071d frowned. He hoped that b0c3b3d665 the criminal who a0dcc54391 had been arrested 635db6abdd on the spot b4b7c6e650 would pay for a3041da45f all his crimes.d62dc1a6d6c7bcb8

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Returning to the company and finishing his work, he was finally able to leave work at nine o’clock. Comforting himself that it was a good thing it didn’t end later, he went to the convenience store on the first floor of the company building and bought a lunch box and cup noodles.8c03ad6c178f4ef5

Since he didn’t want to pile up trash at home, he sat on the convenience store table and ate the food he had bought, and he inadvertently turned his gaze to the traffic light across the street.3cf7050dbe078c85

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It was because he remembered the sad story of the child he had heard during the day. Jae-eon prayed for the child’s soul and began to slurp his ramen.125ba2d65d8c8c19

In the middle of 4c9cbc249d his meal, Shin Jae-eon 2a18c74c88 felt something strange and ed732d9e3d looked up to see 6318bcc70e a small child, who 221ce81b0c looked to be about 1e93818500 four or five years 6f1759f1e6 old, standing blankly next aa649e54db to a traffic light 97127784c5 pole. Shin Jae-eon blinked, dropping d65c2f4b57 the noodles he was 42e5f92ba2 about to put in d9e760e8ef his mouth.89024b06382d5028

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‘How long has that kid been standing there?’68d5fcf0cda5988f

But the child’s complexion was excessively pale, and the circles under his eyes were bluish. People passing by didn’t seem to see the child standing alone and just walked past.c5ffe5096dc26a3b

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When Jae-eon saw 09b0d2da1e someone pass right a61c953d19 through the child, e4176c780a he was shocked b3db945b7d to the point 54bfeae43f of fainting.04f7b3286090edb4

‘A, a, a ghost!’92d84b7400447d58

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He almost screamed but barely managed to hold it in. Suddenly, he remembered the Saintess of Ghosts, who had given the youngest position to the runaway teenager Birdman, who was moving around in the ‘Villa on a Cliff of Crashing Waves.’0af272adea798f16

He could aa1a24a533 freely talk b23c7ab1dd to ghosts e3b2691037 and even 2d4ef1eff3 command them. Whenever he saw 9be30e056f his abilities, Jae-eon 865cc2609d felt the hairs 9cf16eab84 on his body 22053df508 stand on end.7c767826c9de575d

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But looking at ae84544120 the ghost child a38b915ab1 made him lose cba0a07a97 his appetite. Jae-eon threw away the a4713518e6 remaining ramen and finished 07316acd4f cleaning up.9bc3e3e0f0669a2f

He wiped 1204545b9b the table b2a865da64 clean with cebb9f6577 a tissue c530b25e54 and turned ad6b4040b2 around, only 93361c2829 to be 068ced6a5b driven mad f0d9250127 by the a6f538ddfe sight of 009c94f429 the little f4ff82f281 ghost still eab4254ced there. Moreover, the child 02755166ed was looking around, edede3490d searching for something 5db5bf63f1 and began to 0d393f954f cry.1b5ed8e2eb69af56

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“Mommy~! Mommy!”a43910c4832bf761

The little ghost’s cries would not be heard by the average person passing by. He knew that his spiritual eye had been slightly opened because of the Saintess of Ghosts, but why could he only see this one child and not other ghosts?62f45125c8b00c3a

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He didn’t want to get involved in anything troublesome, but it was hard to leave the child crying his heart out next to the traffic light. Besides, if a ghost cried like that, exorcists or grim reapers would hear the cries and come.40402b4c4b9d5438

If they were forcibly 1c54d1ffcd dragged away, even a 5f70c1195b good ghost would be 03d6ca9ba9 negatively affected by the cc99f3753d sin of staying in 08bfed44c6 this world. Of course, this was 2e864093d4 a fact that the 4a2b2050b4 Saintess of Ghosts had b0aabd17f0 hinted at.608c26ba9c8044ed

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Jae-eon sighed deeply and approached the traffic light, squatting down to meet the little ghost’s eyes.207eac22ae0770cf

“Hey, why are you crying here?”0bbdabf61418fe30

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“Huuuh- Mommy! Mommy!”30a11395b3d86a86

“Looking for your mommy?”5e9417623abf260c

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“Mommy’s not here. Waaaah!”4d953c834871d7cd

It would 779f23f7cf be one cf3d033e97 thing if d375d98752 it were d6f80c40af an empty e082144260 alley. But the a3f7c55a98 traffic light 45610ef4c4 in the 5823805902 middle of 244eff3aff Gangnam was ddf1eafd9e crowded with bf4cb5d259 people even e1cd607aac after dark. A large 755d9e59ef man squatting dc67faa36e there, muttering 50d1fdba00 to the 73bb4257ff air, was 55c4317cfb suspicious, too fe6aa9dfc6 suspicious.aef4b4c78d34a5b7

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Shin Jae-eon’s ears turned bright red, and he decided to get out of there with the little ghost.0fee284bf2b55c86

“I’ll help you find your mom.”a3d420ff91de8c24

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The little ghost’s hand didn’t have the clear sensation of a living person but only a cold, slippery feeling, which gave him goosebumps.44978d1c40a47c23

As he tried to lead the child away, he heard a clattering sound in his ear. Now that he looked, there was a chain around the child’s ankle. The child had become an earthbound spirit.e91fc624c14d0c5f

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A living person couldn’t break such chains. The child would not be able to escape this place for a long time until the binding that held the little ghost in this world was released.6c0b42b87cfe9765

After a 78b94b0173 long deliberation, e3d5189959 Shin Jae-eon d4922bdd2e finally called 51c30ce520 someone.b789f3b64e9e36f8

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“Saintess of Ghosts, break this chain for me.”847a5e764e5e5e5b

‘Ohoho.’2442521f5a3bda8f

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‘Hohoho…’6501a8473a633494

Jae-eon heard the d20da22cde laughter of several 07716fb22b people in his a59ac29cf3 ear. Soon, the Saintess f89e71fd67 of Ghosts appeared 53d0e04289 before him. She wore a 25e08eed2b black dress with d8c97009ba her long hair 71186d55af hanging down thickly.90449bfecce32be6

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Although she looked like a ghost, she was clearly a living person, and she attracted people’s attention. Some people, thinking she was a ghost, screamed in surprise.f53072cb91518a08

The blood 790be1f204 vessels in c18a766325 her eyes, 70de8795c5 visible through 7b729ca8cd her hair, 8ef4d678c5 were terrifying. In contrast to her 015e3ec7ed red lips, her exposed ea58c0656a skin was so pale a146bd8258 that you could believe 4ae620051e she was a corpse. Beneath her feet, f12a0433be pure white hands, b309689d35 invisible to others, d2beb73306 reached out and a5bbb02bd6 flailed.bb7693f3ac9b5895

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As Shin Jae-eon commanded, df077ee9e6 she easily broke the 752b807efb chain that bound the 691b43dd44 child and quickly disappeared. Then, the people 18f0756476 around them, who b882978814 had been looking f12d8d4085 terrified, forgot everything 9b8c149ba5 that had just 4f6fd04020 happened and returned bedafb674a to their usual 9ccdb024d7 expressions, each going 4573e6bc28 their own way.83182ab81d6ff2a9

Only Shin Jae-eon sighed 4798bfe695 deeply there before heading c3a729f39c home with the little 03806a3628 ghost.265d0cc8f82e9e73

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Shin Jae-eon sat the little ghost on the bed and handed him a small candy. Thanks to the Saintess of Ghosts, he could eat a small candy, even if he couldn’t eat a full meal. Of course, he wouldn’t be able to taste it because he had no sense of taste.59a9cd5285de5ed9

The child 02b4efbd53 put the 77179eef5e candy in 185a568ec4 his mouth 7f2b28be51 and spat bca37b4f93 it out 19bc7db9fb with a c8ade6a5a1 face like f4d87ac4f7 someone who e55dfaecb0 had eaten 7aa0b78503 a stone.cee3c494a4b904ac

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“It’s not good!”d029e374f3a3a181

He wanted to ask what it meant to say it wasn’t good, but he held back.3cfe5d52de14efd7

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“Little one, what’s your name?”98e44d1c3d622be0

“Park Yoon-ho.”98b64358019585a1

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The child, who e3f9eb6c22 simply revealed his a11788323a name, spread one 979b43b0d1 hand wide open. He seemed to be 0b85fa8776 expressing that he was 93d1c8c598 five years old. He looked a433c6f6d7 like a db52935912 child of 2fbee9ce65 that age.4d1a2e4079137603

‘He looks so healthy, why already…’89a90c6c12aa46f4

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Feeling sorry for 91dab6e503 him, Shin Jae-eon eb0fcdbc54 recalled what he 3c9ad1ab20 had heard from f36d8d703d Choi Yoon-jeong during 63bb144c14 the day. The name a2d5dcb314 of the a5a86c4b10 child who 109f2d2f9b had died 0a62166bbb in a 81328c6db3 car accident 9c827ec20a under the f51e35a13f traffic light, be9340025b written on ab54ba4221 the sticky 5450e1237f note, was f4a2a96a1c also Park ace6c08f15 Yoon-ho.8930151ae6023f0c

‘So that’s what happened. How unfortunate…’32c8379489bc9a5d

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He felt so sorry for the little ghost, who didn’t even know he was dead, or rather, didn’t know what it meant to die.904661eb1ba13797

Still, the child seemed more at ease sitting in Shin Jae-eon’s house than standing alone by the traffic light, looking at a lot of strangers. Unlike before, he wasn’t crying, and his expression was much more relaxed.533324a662a69a58

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“Mister, where’s my mommy? I want to see mommy.”8d45bcb7da04dcf7

“I’m not a mister… and your mom is… um…”f294dda5d7432c26

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He couldn’t bring himself to say that he and his mother had died or were injured in an accident. It would be a problem if he was so shocked that he became an evil spirit.97bae0d67c9a23f2

What was driving him crazy was that Shin Jae-eon wasn’t originally someone who could see ghosts, so the child’s appearance would blur and then reappear. Whenever the child playfully shook his legs, two legs would float and flutter in the air.b1c915e35789fdbf

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He had to endure 223a9dd5b0 the confusion that threatened f2335dedae to overwhelm him from f8989fd779 the sight that could 4e87a75315 only be seen in 0c9db3bd8b horror movies.7fe439ddedffd9e5

“When I opened my eyes, my mommy was gone. She told me to come here because it was dangerous, but I didn’t go, so she must be angry.”426a5b1288174529

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“…”d3c511cec7d204f8

The child’s gloomy voice grew smaller and smaller. Feeling sorry for him, Jae-eon patted the child’s back and turned on his laptop. As Choi Yoon-jeong had said, if the little ghost was a spirit who had died in an accident last weekend, he thought he might be able to find his mother in a news article.6d27b48d165f2804

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Fortunately, he 0a9b117fd6 was able d8dfe27212 to find 624d2da100 a clue ff5d43e78f about her e52cfdef05 without much 2229f36845 difficulty in 6b82d40e07 a corner 1dc4ee9b6b of a 71e9c0c725 news article. It was the desperate 9661f50e74 news that she was d02006864c in critical condition and 03961a5c3b still unconscious.0ac5dd228f2b8de0

“Little one, your mommy entrusted you to me, okay? In the meantime, would you like to play with this older sister?”ce0d3ec305bf3f62

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Basically, he didn’t want to get involved in troublesome things, but Shin Jae-eon couldn’t just ignore the little ghost looking for his mother.34e4d8d7bfb4dbb3

Jae-eon summoned the Saintess c98acd8865 of Ghosts, who was 75be71b947 the best at handling ebe0a9379a ghosts among his children. Then, like a 4242087857 ghost from a c363a3f49f horror movie, the 1c2018b775 Saintess of Ghosts 40a62171e7 popped out in b0c04723ae the middle of 288fcea985 the room.fa9ada766f31440f

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Jae-eon thought she 81f16b5ca6 was more ghostly ccd019a250 and scary than d22e080f52 the little ghost.992a94ff8b8582ac

“Father, I’ve been wondering since earlier, who is this cute little young master?”5554e56b96900f17

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Every time a87d4d9371 the Saintess 7b666b7e01 of Ghosts e6aae586bc spoke, the fa55503921 air vibrated 2a434d43bd as if 1bd9aa1cac several people 3fe6fdb9f7 were speaking.104e302e617e355f

The child was just 15113c8639 as scared of her, b2a400ed6a and suddenly, he burst c780d03eda into tears!f0a4deef59546195

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A ghost being afraid cb4d6c99f1 of a ghostly person e956ff66e8 was truly an amazing 7ee608a7e1 sight. But the 4e8217f982 Saintess of d0a9772f9d Ghosts, true 33b0ac80d6 to her 59195db53f name, handled f676c93a92 ghosts very c5a47eac58 well.939c3a931de29063

“Little young master, don’t cry. Would you like to see this? Father has ordered me to take good care of the little young master.”120bba427fb917e1

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When the Saintess of c92ccbab79 Ghosts spread her hand, f775707a8d a transparent flower bloomed 68479d110d in her palm. It was 408c47f94a the flower 22c179117d she had 3ea8ff882a received from 1afb81e3cd her dead 5dd289e7d5 younger sibling 78db6c07ab before she 3f7b035bad awakened, and 50263537e6 now there 6b980d0d5c was no 7085ecad75 substance left.f5bad5f1b8119360

‘Come to think of it, her younger sibling would have been about that age.’59ddd036ab97d22f

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