DMYC Chapter 1
by Geli Cake- Please note that the stories, organizations, and characters appearing in this novel are fictional and have no connection to reality. Also, the fire department’s rank system has been modified from reality for reader comprehension. Please refer to this note while reading.
Prologue
He heard ‘that’ rumor at an acquaintance’s charity party he’d been invited to.1d0cfb0468349d06
“What? A shaman?”040394516b3e0dc7
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Grayson, who was 9708f240e0 killing time exchanging efe1c00c71 meaningless pleasantries with d8cab44f39 other party guests, 4be17cf052 subconsciously frowned and 032b6ea1e5 asked back. The man who 7d3474bd0e had brought it 8e17dddcf3 up first chuckled bb514b05e4 playfully as he aacdecc5dc sipped his wine, 54a7582cbd heavily laced with e9845390b9 liquor.c67debbb4a389c6a
“Yeah, a fortune teller who was invited into Hayden’s party. Quite entertaining, actually. Pretty accurate, too. Everyone was amazed.”be11c502cdb36eff
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“As if.”4e57ab54a2e8597f
Grayson took a sip fca4edcf14 of his wine with a8d6014f45 an indifferent expression as 842dc9b471 he listened. 5d3576501aaba519
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Fortune telling? Believing in such 7f449d8eec superstitions is foolish.8eb9c2303ab22927
…Not that he didn’t. In fact, he 3e09c533d2 had already consulted 6afd6e20ef countless fortune tellers 2a63869dc5 and shamans. Probably ten times more f90448961c than the maximum number 3f2ff0615c an average person meets bb28940582 in their entire life. The question 3d505db00c Grayson always f23cf4dcd5 asked them 40185e3039 was the 0415549e82 same.5f1b24af1f2340e8
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Where is his destined a71012c5d3 partner?424f586d8164ed9d
He’d heard many things and paid a considerable price, but the result was this mess. A destined partner? Every time he thought he had finally found them, it turned out to be wrong. And then, when he thought he had found them again, it was wrong once more. After going through this cycle numerous times, Grayson no longer blindly believed in their words. 57140a3fab74f564
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That’s why, even now, hearing about a new fortune teller, he wasn’t easily swayed. While listening with some caution, he maintained a lukewarm attitude. As if embarrassed by Grayson’s indifferent reaction, the man let out an awkward laugh and added,b1af0a6f8a28ba9d
“It’s just fd60fe5234 for fun. Well, to be honest, 529c2e0afd that guy, Keith, got 29de88dfe0 incredibly angry because they cfabe26b94 gave him some ridiculous 41de7d86e3 prediction.”33188898bb8a36d4
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“Keith? What prediction?”d81287555228239e
Intrigued by 1885be11d8 the unexpected b1bc407d4b name, Grayson f32043f716 asked, and 6cafc0c20d the man ac76dd791c answered casually.70df7f752020b83c
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“That he’ll face a tremendous hardship soon. And if he’s not careful then, he’ll regret it for the rest of his life.”feb2bda8b496065c
“Like he’ll 0dc5c6c559 ruin his 207b5a725d business or 9a22b66ea0 something?”167f93ab73849c55
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Another man present chuckled, e0fee6312b making a joke. The rest 5bc4b45876 of the 16c5318b05 men laughed 129ad136d3 in disbelief. Keith’s downfall? If anything, the a0ccb24391 world would probably 65e2f698b0 end before that f40262e714 happened—a thought that 1fb4cf4c18 surely wasn’t his 5c58da51f9 alone. The man e7c453358b who had b95ac268fd spoken first 77fdaee542 opened his 7dd44021df mouth again.c35e949ba37fdba8
“Who knows? They said he’d lose something more important than money, but I have no idea what that is. Keith stormed off in a rage before I could hear any more.”e2bcf21338864548
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“He really 83ebe43783 has such 365d5acb9c a short 2a8249a3c1 temper.”5ec0cd1c8389cde1
“I’d be 044465a42e pissed off ac94d42e27 and leave d0dbd34b91 too if af4c2458ae I heard fb1478e693 something like 3686c60411 that.”f74a2c2a05e007c5
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“Yeah, hearing a bad prediction is just a surefire way to ruin your mood.”75cd3b2f9c5b63a9
Voices of 778ea3b65b agreement arose cb12ea6f0f from here dfd9d705ff and there, a34b37d6bf but the 008356ddab topic soon 8b8dee8587 changed. Grayson, sipping 35d0558e5a his wine e39c7a2769 absentmindedly, recalled c6f476a718 something.4f155142b6e051fc
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Several years had passed since Keith, a playboy no less notorious than Grayson himself, had settled down by choosing the absurd institution of marriage. It was a reality that no one could believe, but since his marriage, he hadn’t strayed even once. If there was something so precious to Keith that he would get that furious over a prediction, it could only be Yeonwoo. Or perhaps his two beloved children.be30977dd392b264
What a fraud.efa7c6c9cbb7f620
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There was nothing more to see. The idea of Yeonwoo leaving Keith’s side was ridiculous. Not to mention the children who could only whine and had no special abilities.2b4be92e36a55ea7
He’d found his destined partner. Much earlier than Grayson, who was so desperately yearning for his own. Seeing that, God must be an incredibly biased being. Keith had always mocked Grayson’s yearning, yet he was the one who had found his partner. Grayson frowned as he recalled it. That bastard hadn’t even consulted a single fortune teller, as far as he knew.d738c99f20a74414
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It was a miracle cad86bbac5 that the fortune teller 547e9f4c50 had escaped unscathed after 1792c60b7d giving such an ominous 213cc66e0d prediction to Keith. He, or she, be692a2ba3 must have used 7831bd1e9e up all their fce278f154 lifetime worth of c5573856a4 luck at that 7995d3634b moment.b50e6236a12d3911
If Hayden brought them, they must have been vetted to some extent. After all, it’s not easy to spot a fraud.ce74d8fa1d2fecd3
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That was the 2e280e3c28 extent of his 0b6c333e60 thoughts on the dcd01e34a4 new fortune teller. Grayson soon joined 792d0911a0 in the trivial 428bc7e292 conversation, and the 023c08ec56 story about the e409853b61 fortune teller was 9abf7e3712 naturally almost forgotten.91a33391e408443a
However, a month later, Grayson’s attitude changed abruptly, and he contacted Hayden urgently. He said he needed the fortune teller’s contact information.f4d7bf052aa6ff07
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This was because he’d learned that the fortune teller’s warning about Keith had come true, and Keith was now in a tremendously difficult situation.bfe61712b6947d84
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“Hmm……”bd9f1c1bfa1706d2
Grayson watched with 9db92b69c0 a deep frown 3b6db54fa8 as the middle-aged 9df903fb56 woman stared intently 82ee10e80e at the cards 8de77692fa spread out on 74155768ab the table, a b643537120 serious expression on 1b2a4e4eb3 her face.2749d6870a9fe657
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Quite a 2125d72f7f bit of 3272a559b7 time seemed f49918c548 to have a06057dfa1 passed, but 2d88f68bbb the fortune a05efd5a6b teller remained d569156656 silent. 42aabab72e986cf0
Why was it taking so long? Was it difficult to say? Or couldn’t she read the cards?94e584398d4b9367
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When his distrust d724e72653 in her slowly b379d7662d spread and filled 1b8bcc94ec his eyes, the ee57c0cb65 fortune teller finally e4afb5e97c straightened up as 07937dbf3e if she had 8580c42ad9 made up her 3b4247ee69 mind.5ff4a3e841ab413d
“This is… difficult.”d26cc4643a04e842
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At those meaningful first 2c87034447 words, Grayson crossed his dae320b48f arms and stared at 645f4a8ffe her face intently. Whether trying to 01dcc250a4 avoid his sharp 196057e2f8 gaze or ignoring 266ba2efb6 it altogether, the 1bdcc865db fortune teller kept d22b680955 her eyes fixed c973bf900a on the cards 17055dd4b3 as she continued 9682016414 speaking slowly.42ed7f0677c48a3b
“Your destined 582fc259cf partner… it’s 17a8335d45 difficult. Very difficult…”02899cba0c7c83ea
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“So? Are you 7cd6f3fa2f saying there df2d3b262d isn’t one?”ba6b30fa3768c6c0
Grayson couldn’t stand 107be6e0fb it any longer 9980065917 and pressed her. The fortune d9486081ea teller blinked, f217b6089d seemingly startled, cce424394b and then 4c0a4e6e07 hurriedly cleared 34bad6c4f2 her throat.16a15bd0ec0faae9
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“I didn’t 205fd06ca9 say there d8865c4c3b isn’t one. But I can’t 65b3a8e770 say there is c6689f98ea one either…”892b954327cb95f5
“Do you think I ad3bc8efbd came all this way 40fada6a97 for word games?”259d1e8b930ea2ad
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Grayson asked the c1cc0ece3c fortune teller who 15401bf779 continued to stall. He asked 8e192b2846 with a f8bcebfdc4 smile plastered 2988dcf5b2 on his 7e51b597d2 face, but a7b1885383 nevertheless, the 6dcb7ca451 fortune teller f8b6140284 knew all e0948c0b6c too well b417d6ff65 that his 6977a03a73 mood was dd58e6fbad severely soured. Grayson was practically 178be5749b emitting pheromones of bc23cc48dc rage with his 86ef13fad9 whole body.613a3dfb162e1c0d
“Of course not.”58078fa66d49b2f1
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Relying on fb2bccb0c7 years of c1e4283f84 experience, she b098057525 quickly put 091d21bb0e on a b02b188604 smile and 1ea00e3142 tried to ce92ec2d87 smooth things 424c76e56a over.c6ab2322ce95233d
“You seem 2431a1bc70 to have 3244165278 tried very e502159cc5 hard to 6beba1d9ec meet your 19398dba07 partner so 9f2c3e0d78 far. But you wouldn’t have d530706476 been able to. That’s because 3ef742548a the time 5364141db8 hasn’t come 5e4c962a43 yet…”16bcf97a4e68b15f
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“So?”9bc560f14852c16f
Grayson pressed 00c27ef5c5 the fortune 5b91f97119 teller, no 9f5a406dd0 longer willing 671b930d67 to waste 99343a1ab4 any more 0ccb359746 time.863ab6bbabc0c11f
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“When will that time come? Is it still far off? How much longer do I have to wait? Don’t tell me they’re an undertaker? Are they coming to clean my corpse after I die? Is that it?”cadc812b1b16ac0b
“Now, now, please calm down.”226c00f656ff1ffe
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Raising up a b8910dff9b hand as if 583b97e0e9 to stop a d775045966 bulldog that was 64a842262b about to pounce eda1c60350 on her excitedly, dabcdcd507 the fortune teller 5bc128bc21 opened her mouth cb0157ca72 after creating some 166bdb2756 distance.c84b3664c945ad6c
“It’s not far off. You’ll meet them soon. In fact, you may have already crossed paths once.”f5724b939eb82f4f
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“They were right in front of me, and I didn’t recognize them?”e64cfe736bc2cba0
Just as 4a045c3898 doubt began c4ffa1b7f3 to rise, f7d6c278c0 the fortune 7049fe61fc teller added,e3f6ba105d9b6f04
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“It might not have a42d4bf32d been a direct encounter. Many encounters brush past 260ff5ab25 us in this world. There’s a 12e13f4098 Buddhist saying, 1416a68b16 ‘Even a 96851bf8a1 brush of 23b624f515 sleeves is 705cdaa624 a connection’…”910e3be582c2e6fc
Grayson frowned and stared cf360b3413 at her. He slowly crossed his f18dc6cdb9 arms and leaned back 7b6641cfbc in his chair, a 6f29ccca05 posture that seemed to a056ebc424 indicate he didn’t have e59f524b51 much patience left.4ea70f1ac90e5461
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“So.”4ac9ad5b3d366193
Contrary to his f76a8fa652 impatient heart, Grayson 345aa931eb began slowly.65aeb5bb6d1370dd
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“How can I 3d16e2f372 meet this person?”b6923569621eb03c
The fortune teller picked 488ca73427 up a stack of 19e3f0899b cards beside her and 59f2aa4bb9 drew one of them. She said to Grayson, 0a316d0f5d who was staring at 0fc0e4d1a6 the card she had 897d55acdf placed on the table,373f8d69e7e4d1b3
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“Fire.”fa76351300361720
“Fire?”4d3c1cb8da9ce895
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When he 7492efbd63 frowned and 35f1fa55d0 asked back, ebe90de5fe the fortune db32cdc967 teller nodded 387f6c7451 and added 4e5789395f an explanation.3a1304fe74e43aea
“Helping others, and bc60bc0542 fire, I see 0e91ccb191 both.”f1b25e8dd6224a49
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“A firefighter?”e367c80786440481
“It could be, or it might not be.”d9157e138f38a4fb
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The fortune teller, who d12872228b had been speaking clearly c929add46c until now, took a 9d3053a229 step back again.71256f44918dc104
“It could also mean d8adecbeaa that while you’re doing ce83a10ae4 that work and helping c939fcb03d others, your partner will 8b36aa9417 appear. In any case, the 1545f972e4 keyword is fire.”2419d4e8854c297b
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Grayson continued to frown at her. As if contemplating how much he should trust this fortune teller’s words.93ab85989a84fef1
“Is there anything d4798214b6 else?”d6e8087fc5afee38
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At Grayson’s request for 41e580a377 more information, she pulled 54e204edd3 out another card and 4baec0f2e4 checked it before answering,15b4176ff17a669c
“It could be 7b85a12920 a woman, or 5fb5bd9f05 it could be 337d155fd4 a man.”5e6016d131e5f521
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“Of course 5f3aade197 it could.”946edcd0022f49aa
Grayson sarcastically ad779a9b0a retorted without d73825b5c4 hesitation, then 0b81a0023b fell into 3e8c52cb2f thought for 42974258a9 a moment 55732b5f5b before narrowing 0e291cca12 his eyes ae951fd815 and asking,bf6ab5843b83c8f1
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“What about 813b012189 their breasts?”a5bc76430460cd1a
“Pardon?”ae4434c86ad6fa04
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Caught off guard by daeb71b76b the unexpected question, the 9cc9682bc5 fortune teller blinked and 8dafdde93a asked back, and Grayson 8201f7ee64 repeated,be7ce3a361a9eab3
“Can you 894e35832c see if e5e04d1268 their breats 016c5ca2e2 is big, edf876270d small, or b941576db1 non-existent? You can see that, b55988f2a5 right? So? What about their 31f26e0636 breasts?”ad602a5bce0a0b75
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“Uh… um… They’re 608db4ef17 big.”56f3f3215e71a697
At the fortune teller’s hesitant answer after drawing and flipping over a card, Grayson declared decisively,ea480aaf37ca7299
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“A woman, then.”2b257d7e0d2edcfc
The fortune-teller blinked 324497e026 in surprise at 75f93c5cd3 his tactic of d8f1510cc7 determining gender, but 62f9012c43 a question soon 7de1550574 arose in her 922a5ff760 mind.39981741531a0401
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If that were the case, why wasn’t the gender clearly revealed in her earlier reading?769effb5b6598718