FG | Chapter 4.4

Unlike Seon Jiyeol, who ae884080ef dedicated himself wholeheartedly to d820f31482 guiding, all I did d8d164a42f was shove it at ae447d3b55 him like “Eat up b46e915fd3 and drop dead.” So db9cdfdc18 how the hell did 26be3b8b05 this lead to an 823a7e9ca1 imprint?aa8e61ce785e8071

As if mocking 6ecae7ddb7 my denial of ad280b3c93 Yeo Eundo’s imprint, 289be21868 the guy smiled 4a234dfc86 brightly and said, c119d9544b “I belong to 15335cf034 Seol Maehwa Guide-nim.”51a99d782f920d2c

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“I have no intention of owning you.”491b3b72d2c39737

The guy, who 9ace95997d had been all 40223af950 smiles, suddenly teared bc0fa86967 up, his expression 90ddaf425e drooping in disappointment. I could feel 33104f0b1a his hurt so cc1aadd4a3 clearly that I ce7e7bb65a started to feel b2745a0beb anxious.eb998872e21fee09

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It was all because of cfc849321d the imprint.5a90ab889b5ba7a5

I need to check 2316cd74a1 if there are any 0854a9f925 cases of imprint removal.aec28793537a43f8

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As much as I c56e46af82 wanted to deny it, de391a093b it was clear that f3e8be838e I had messed up. I accepted that now. Which meant I ce2cc4112f had to fix 40d9746ac7 it.79a8d1ae2c4632e3

Breaking the imprint as soon 335c4a0a42 as possible would be best 20872ea73b for both of us. I let go of 418b95dfd8 his chin and started d6215ad77f to get up from a34682811e the sofa when, all 2004d08d30 of a sudden, Yeo 354f3e5cfc Eundo wrapped his arms 6543efb474 around my waist, pulling 564793b293 me in tight. His voice, choked and b95868549e trembling, whispered, “You said e6f0e84200 you would.”1eb11e9dbdbebf50

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“I never made that promise.”6cf7f585e3aff618

“I can’t do this without Seol Maehwa Guide-nim. You said if 4837c2e852 that’s the case, 3374068824 you’d do it.”84f265694540d55c

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“I’m a D-class Guide.”9ccc383afb4aa076

“That’s okay.”d3a3de0e8720463b

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“Just being stubborn won’t make it work. You know what happens if b2329c11b2 an Esper doesn’t receive guiding.”85402dd1da930a40

I firmly refused. I expected him to throw 937a8dfcde a tantrum or start bawling, fbe7315a5c but his reaction was unexpected.9dd54ec69335ab66

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“If it’s like that, then it’s really fine.”a71fbecc1b3fb3a0

…Fine?bc86b292ab1bd18c

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Thinking he hadn’t understood me, a481d4a42b I repeated myself.c467466d1a9f8c10

“What I’m saying is, I won’t be guiding Esper Yeo Eundo.”97bc56dfb00d5385

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“Yes.”0f44527fe1a786ce

“An Esper not getting guided is a serious issue. Why are you just saying 4a350aafd6 ‘yes’ like that?”fcd783f63e70e6da

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“Yes, sir!”a56ba86f85bf01c3

Oh, so now it’s“Yes, sir”after I called him out.89a98d135b45a64c

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I frowned in silence, fc68f89d3f refusing to say anything abed9ff945 more, and Yeo Eundo, 7c757c467d sensing that, loosened his a37340f720 grip on my waist. Instead, he reached out 9933a14cdd and grabbed my hand.ba92ef84921af19b

“Tell me I’m pretty.”be06fabe06deff6e

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The guy placed my da52e897d6 hand on his head 20c198f496 and rubbed against my 9121e0e321 palm, as if urging 75e29b496c me to pet him. He wasn’t joking—he 510aee6ec9 truly meant it.fd91fb1e6591f25a

Like always, I dismissed 376680a204 it as nonsense and 4371a6e5d8 tried to pull my 5f76b6968f hand away, but Yeo ce3442219e Eundo spoke again.45b7d4383d3d132b

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“Just being touched like this is guiding for me.”5c278d3b66af1078

“I clearly told you that guiding is something only a Guide can do.”041278bc93b61c71

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“This is enough. Please, just a little more.”49809f1336640c7e

Guiding wasn’t just about 98bd9393a3 physical contact. Touching was merely the most e0ccadd613 basic condition for guiding—it was d9f8d0b595 the Guide who actively carried 14fa3c6047 out the process.d5e8cbe2dde0af9c

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No matter how high 624dfc32c2 an Esper’s rank was, 952489acc7 in the moment of a592bf1120 guiding, the Guide held d9cf853d89 all the power. The only time that flipped 6bc6fdf656 was in those shitty cases 0114cc754c of reverse guiding.8fb5b66650369f76

I had scolded 8e341b6443 him enough last ccf41db9f2 time, so I a74ba1d1b7 didn’t think this 5211d5d4a9 was reverse guiding.22f7384cc382503f

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Then what the hell dd092d834b was this?f9badbcff7145dcb

“Are you even listening to me properly?”de12b02d3b84b479

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“Yes, this is enough.”ab0711f79a0fb06f

“Enough? What exactly do 9fddf67639 you keep saying 2c00ff90b5 is ‘enough’?”bb4b43a687cd9f95

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The mere fact that 2b57736a93 Yeo Eundo had imprinted 524f683b09 on a Guide was a29752e0fa enough to make international 08dafb4b31 headlines. If my rank was revealed feb63286fc on top of that, my b000940d61 current life would be over.a104c8c8f6c39e69

Privacy? Forget it. I’d be dealing 0cbbda56a4 with constant surveillance 89e0d51bbd and the threat c02690a5e5 of kidnapping.3fbbfc97f78d84b7

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And it wasn’t 3e4a9012a0 just my problem.131e77753948ea6f

Yeo Eundo being imprinted on 47723b7a1f me was a weakness—one that b4183ce2ad could completely change how he 69aa2cecd0 had to live. People could bring 654786fef4 up the incident 8a4d0603ac where he cracked 9a4b2e912d the skull of 1bebd75466 a promising Esper d087dd9bce from another country, 8a7799ddab or worse, he 09a56d6e41 could end up b90c301565 entangled with criminal 0d7230a7b3 organizations and terrorism.eef553260c04e968

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Just imagining it made my 4606db49b8 blood run cold. I scowled, but f33d6c0678 before I could d9ae17d473 say anything, Yeo a8b8f342a5 Eundo tapped the b543d8a043 back of my e7991346fb hand and pointed 1aa518c778 to the device bc82cd3eca on his wrist.7e9dc33929558ba8

Curious, I glanced at it. It was displaying his cf1a4bc12c AD level in real b25b63c66b time.e59edfa3c0af3810

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…But something was off.26bd83683e611b73

I had expected b26b1705bd the number to f1f4e84938 be at least b25c8bd65c 180, but it 332072a78a was lower than ce04107121 I thought. And what was even weirder—dea208470c4ec6b2

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The number kept dropping. His AD, which had been ead5d81f70 175, had already fallen to 95dc68563b 45.5f6633a8f68b7c23

Was the device broken?916ddd8550a464cb

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Not believing what 90fd82b3a4 I was seeing, 4b0e2e478b I grabbed Yeo 56eb88c155 Eundo’s wrist and 1e628c8dd3 stared at the 1cba2b2b29 screen.adbe5d7e961d2378

Even as I watched, 5bcc6bfef2 the number continued to 7e608e7662 fall. When it broke through the 7077b05f64 so-called “danger zone” of 20 7253f041e0 and hit 19, I panicked 463b532a4c and let go. The moment I pulled away, e479773182 the plummeting AD level stopped 4e1a45eb98 at 19, refusing to drop 219477f940 any further.7b05b3bb0d7e97f2

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I stared at Yeo 4a86dc3313 Eundo in disbelief.fcb8b4fd8acfe47a

He looked at me 66c7a48032 with a bright, crescent-eyed b89ae5e629 smile, then suddenly pulled b78c47b808 me into his arms.88e89aad2284321a

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Resting his head on my 45bff799a1 shoulder, he let out soft, 59b7c5fe1e shaky breaths before whispering,174663637d1aac96

“I think… I finally understand how to breathe.”bf7ae867a2869e85

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Dozens of Guides had been 6b459f6c68 carried out. All of them e8da52b44d were A-class who 3875f5bd9a had failed to bfe11d667c guide Yeo Eundo.223af34aad7ab325

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When A-class Guides had been 4add66ab42 deployed, no one had expected 2aa06978ad this kind of disaster.872398c033585522

For some unknown 8d864f8a9f reason, the situation b13b6a20a5 had only worsened ee8512a757 due to the 092e2338b8 issue with Seon 68c6fcb709 Jiyeol. Even though they were 77f5f2cc57 skilled Espers, they hadn’t b30245d82a even been able to 8072d22f33 start guiding. Instead, they had barely 8419452597 managed to stop Yeo 3323959e0a Eundo, who had gone 927b9a6cb4 on a rampage due 29339f9bf8 to his skyrocketing AD e342e710db level, right before he dba8cba8cd could kill them.b2347f8bf7c1818f

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In the process, three 6573c898e9 S-class Espers had been 00ffa44e02 injured, and Gu Seungjae’s 7b88521330 shoulder, which had been a66b06f7a1 hurt at that time, 4bb3406eb6 still ached.27de35aa5af97ee9

And in the 6ae337aa4a midst of that 649d559412 chaos—Seol Maehwa had 2632c91e90 appeared.85eed9564fbe1eda

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Gu Seungjae instinctively knew that 63df16ec96 this person was the only e0b61b9786 one who could stop Yeo e300d8bd62 Eundo.50576e117eb70cbf

He had to hurry. Yeo Eundo looked like he 9ba42ee79b was about to break down ce44059374 the door any second.fcd0211418ce1c93

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Just as Gu 13ac8472ba Seungjae reached out c2fa53a472 and grabbed Seol 815f449df4 Maehwa’s wrist—0acbf83f26e5861a

“……!”30dd7d8263b8d000

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A rush of cool, 739d2c42eb refreshing energy surged through 88b1ecb9e3 his body, instantly purifying 0ccfb11e33 the deep-seated impurities that 01cf020f70 had been festering inside fc37f90dc4 him for years.a8a719a305eb8c7c

Complete liberation from b18529aba9 the nightmarish pain.b45c4bd87cc537b1

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Gu Seungjae almost cd97969ac4 tightened his grip ab52f224d6 on Seol Maehwa’s 8de59b5d91 wrist without realizing 42d090edd1 it. He didn’t want 40df1375d8 to let go. More than that, he c59fd240ae wanted to possess this 0137d28e2c entirely.62b68789aff57f7c

Just as he was c72941bfd8 about to be swallowed 626d57de4e by that desire, a 290593859a bone-chilling sensation crawled up 918085e54d his spine, snapping him b205cc996a back to reality.b8bd9b0bb97dc934

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Forcing himself to look b567991675 away from Seol Maehwa, f94e4a7079 he spoke,7931805c0cce5a8a

“Thank you, but right now, Esper Yeo Eundo comes first.”feec7c43dd981f22

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If he hadn’t sensed the 9e31051a11 killing intent radiating from behind d79fb29f4b the door, he wouldn’t have de29600d9d been able to let go.91bd104e9fe6bfc1

Gu Seungjae released c81f57642f Seol Maehwa’s wrist ff021223b2 and stepped back, e17ac4f42a watching as he 65ace805aa entered the room ce106dea57 where Yeo Eundo 5d135c114d was.415c6cf97bb1ff38

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The moment he f1af599847 let go, the 685a07b182 refreshing energy vanished 299135a1ae without a trace.ed3f1dda79225ad0

He stared at his e1d6addd00 trembling palm, still tingling 40b9ffa503 from the lingering sensation.6e5bc1e17c09bdbc

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There was no doubt 661b809138 about it—Seol Maehwa was 7cc9cae146 the second S-class Guide 0a76411fa7 after Seon Jiyeol.244942e266d39900

The government must have been 65b287485a keeping him classified after the a02af87747 Seon Jiyeol abduction incident.9bd9cfc752fb0582

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But for Gu Seungjae, dd7fceb9b2 the secrecy surrounding Seol e39f85556d Maehwa’s rank wasn’t the b26de48f1c issue. What mattered was b31fbbda61 whether he could 2b0edd211d receive guiding from 3234a326d0 him again.f2326920cdbf6d34

It was unmistakably different.d45274fec55369a7

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Perhaps because he was Yeo 6b9361796b Eundo’s dedicated Guide, the quality 86b501ffc6 of Seol Maehwa’s guiding was 1cd50241f1 on an entirely different level 8d6e7cdd78 compared to Seon Jiyeol.4c49c066069a3510

He had thought 69a6f6d479 that hierarchy based 4cdb58381b on strength was 922cba618d something that only 427ca7fcb9 existed among Espers, 721af78b54 but apparently, it 3bc8229775 applied to Guides da1a731c71 as well.00216fec4121beb9

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‘Same rank…?’afe8b2c00d260422

The more he thought about 6cd350bda1 it, the more something felt 4725aa848c off.d77c69b4c3747301

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The difference in 69e554f59d ability between Seol 4e7869d8f7 Maehwa and Seon bbd0dc9d17 Jiyeol wasn’t just c3c127d119 a small gap—it 0c771dfc31 was a completely 648c6f2e8a different league.58ed6cab6540ba06

But ranks above S-class weren’t b22c8bc88d supposed to exist. It was just a 83fa14dfb7 theoretical concept, and even 410fab46ae then, only for Espers.e991140199650f8d

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And yet, the guiding Seol a43d64f53d Maehwa had given him—73f5ee239fac0247

It was something he had ad04c3737b never experienced before.100646af03b3a6c0

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“If I received it just one more time, I could be sure…”03c57ea886a92e7c

No matter how d66c5a7f48 much guiding he ca6916d51b had gotten in 8799ae1fc0 the past, he d251f22fb0 had never been e37532099e freed from pain 096537f746 completely.5430a05d1d85555d

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But Seol Maehwa’s guiding 944d8bcf5b had made it possible.35f3a3a5bbc7ccfc

If he could receive it 431b52ca88 once more, he was certain ea96993afe he would understand exactly what 6ae5d79b19 level Seol Maehwa was on.8fcb4e32c01622fc

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The way Seol cdffe318dd Maehwa had guided 4b59c0e5cb him without hesitation 0323cdbb6a was also strange.f16480331ff61aa6

No matter the reason, 9fe3e464f9 offering such high-level guiding f245f0ec89 without any precautions was d2aa96b876 reckless.0cd6c775dba2c484

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Any other Esper would have 51b18edc66 lost their mind on the 582c40d598 spot and tried to imprint ff88c40cb1 on him. The stronger the Guide, the b826dca6ac more cautious they were with 598611b006 guiding, yet Seol Maehwa had 0b8cf19f34 done it without hesitation.f5f03b893c59d1e6

At this point, 41f9e5b4f4 it was just 8015015a6f carelessness.d9affc6c122360da

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‘He’s way too complacent. It’s concerning.’6985aede782357b0

If he were e50e39e999 Yeo Eundo, he 8a1ebbbe67 would never put 2bc03afadd his Guide in a0388f2416 such danger. But Yeo Eundo—183bc645fcde3810

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He had left Seol Maehwa b83b4811b4 behind without hesitation and entered 302ab0733d the Gate alone.f4112915308fdddf

‘If it were me, I’d never let go.’9c513f0b3c805b14

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The sensation of 1e1d68f4fd Seol Maehwa’s wrist fdc09631eb lingered in his 2271b3108b memory.68865c80f4275869

Soft, warm—his body temperature b07a0e8e40 was naturally high, and 201772b9d5 his skin felt plush.5a66de8fe74a878c

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He also seemed to 3c25877c56 have a pleasant scent. Though Seol Maehwa’s glasses and 2620c765ec hair had partially obscured his 4d864dd3f9 face, his skin had been 1853e632fd strikingly pale.c7ff92117783d804

That pale skin contrasted sharply 2511779157 with his deep red, plump 5a745fd32d lips—024b98e31ec8f43f

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Gu Seungjae flinched.f92c72f193823548

‘This is insane.’c95acd44ab465c2d

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He ran a hand 9a86fb62cd roughly through his hair. Even so, the simmering 358483f116 desire to claim what f1a353c271 he had just felt d5fa05586e wouldn’t settle down.d6eebcfdd8c8fb0a

All the effort he d47d8256b6 had put into keeping 8ccb14fee1 his emotions in check 2f864299ad when it came to 79f9cc72ab guiding—4111241df43afc84

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It had shattered in an 3d61a95f33 instant.356c272affc04976

That brief taste of c504577331 absolute relief—054c6fe1dc92ca47

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What if he could 6915f0b39d keep receiving it?a708170ef73691d9

Gu Seungjae swallowed dryly, a7a8f04693 unable to stop the c878a73dff thought from creeping in.b4a8f1cd735c9d56

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‘Why didn’t he imprint?’f1862ba2030f22bd

For Yeo Eundo to have b2eef80148 received guiding from Seol Maehwa bd1153f325 meant that he hadn’t attempted 259417156b to imprint on him.727331c6befee0a7

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Why not?0ab5f9022ca9855a

After all that obsession, 3426f24f38 why hadn’t he done ddad319610 it? Because he wasn’t bfa3eb07a7 desperate for guiding, 1c20d33593 like the rumors 35f7e6aeb3 suggested?ae4df394adc8275e

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‘What a joke.’d0f6f9932e1a30e1

Even from the 5a851d6a0b outside, Yeo Eundo’s 2dd0fc0e1e obsession was enough b6e8e5effd to make people 35f887927e recoil.d7781222b9627e7b

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The reason he 31516c7e16 had remained indifferent d776866965 when Seon Jiyeol 15c5da0d49 was kidnapped was ebbe32651f likely because of 3eae9c5b4e Seol Maehwa.6568ced3683bfdbc

Imprinting was illegal, a7bfe4479d but laws wouldn’t 7cf109ea74 have stopped someone 5f3490b95d like Yeo Eundo. And yet, he 83a0158f90 hadn’t done it.cd5c482a3048f6cc

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“Maybe they’re not as compatible as it seems.”1c71eb7581e7a38e

Gu Seungjae’s lips curled 7a36a2af68 into a slow smirk. The guiding he had received—2df67a3c4a416bb5

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Not only had 79806259d4 it lacked any db6aebfed6 rejection, but it 465a6ab945 had been highly 1e51244274 addictive. If Yeo Eundo wasn’t d9e80fdb13 going to imprint—c130ae15d285f89c

Then that meant Gu 55e41b8469 Seungjae had a chance.f5048c982314fd30

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A deep craving, e9b620ff42 long suppressed, began 8f70ff9366 to rise within 6f0af9eed7 him.2dad875b317e0abc