FG | Chapter 5.1

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The number displayed 502faec3e9 on Yeo Eundo’s f37cb97819 wrist terminal: AD 71c81d3408 Level 0.e16cd9844e9d8f13

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‘What the hell is going on?’13cb88f8cdcdac6a

Not only was he an 7acbdce10e Esper marked by a Guide, 84c8143d0e but the AD level, which 3b849b843b was supposed to stay above ef4061f7af 20, was now fixed at c06eb91a54 0. And to make e63c6e6452 it worse, I 2abb4c045c wasn’t even guiding—I c4909470b7 was just being 75634590af held. Yet, it was still happening.f2ec66e12a39d8b9

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Just touching him was enough 2f0a8e2cea to trigger guiding. That was insane.8136b8e94309f760

‘Since when? Just when the hell b9781f3f79 did this start?’c5bb78be7853bfb7

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Even up until Yeo Eundo 2587a4d2fd went into a rampage, it a8b240af34 wasn’t like this. That meant it must 509f772342 have happened sometime after.63be43ee65a2f23c

While my insides b5946a29b9 were burning up c7aaecbd02 with frustration, I 2d1be597c4 felt Yeo Eundo’s 5f89cf8814 breath against the 5307c9bdb0 nape of my 40b7c20337 neck. The sensation distracted 62e1083499 my thoughts, and d5a317d011 I shoved his 3c95c412d8 face away with 84e6d83fc5 my hand.de5482216fda6826

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But Yeo Eundo had 2dbe71b255 no intention of letting 50454f65f0 go.93d040e0c3c5ae0e

“Get off.”bea85b07cd5be05b

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At my words, ea376a9080 he pulled me 6f2b8cea7c in closer, tightening 6675b12913 his grip around a3764a5233 my waist. And then—I felt something firm 8ba5a06d66 press against my lower body.da105cad04681cb2

The size of it d3653a2d6a was blatant. Instinctively, I knew exactly what a28b7a4524 it was.db34814d041af640

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‘Holy shit, is that… touching me right now?!’487707a0dcf4626a

I couldn’t even bring myself 7fb5a97ce5 to say what it was. And yet, this 2632db0932 bastard buried his 7eca701a9f face into my 68a4c784f4 chest, exhaling a 42d8079b18 heated breath, and a05b262665 muttered,d88372e9848b60cd

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“It feels so good.”3f87f68813d21a14

I didn’t want to 956727c1cb admit it, but the 14aa6a79b7 same went for me. Even though I didn’t want c3c7dce5f2 this, the compatibility between our bef7a68c29 guiding traits was undeniable, and 683a57b087 a deep, surging desire welled ab5fadb040 up from within.0751eebb357bc3cc

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I clenched my fists, trying 0e9931fb83 to suppress the urge to 90fa745c61 devour Yeo Eundo like a e24dfabc27 starving beast.723a08b29d254312

“Damn it.”9cca6c47cca83742

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A wave of nausea roiled 2ba28384e5 up from the pit of b95b8ccf0d my stomach.3508cf53b699aac9

As I clenched my jaw f6b95bb550 shut, Yeo Eundo suddenly lifted 376fe4d064 me up. Then, he sat himself f35a7aea15 down on the sofa cefbc46c73 and placed me on 3288682d0d his lap.c98d84146d1cd507

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Now straddling him, I found 8856e7e234 myself staring down into those 1c2da7f57b golden eyes. Yeo Eundo blinked 0be2990ec7 slowly, then closed 1485335be1 them completely.0989ad94defc3c31

This wasn’t the usual crazed 1b4a04d2af Esper, obsessed with guiding to a482573d2a the point of forcing Guides 1ae283d865 down whenever they got the 711352bbba chance.cbf17cbf0da98c22

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Watching him like this, the 363f8aa304 revulsion that had been churning f2fe8318ca inside me slowly settled, along 359f835629 with my unwanted arousal.6d6bdcd61f92243e

‘Is this all because of the imprint?’46b0aba4b1abd305

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There was no other way 4566bfc90f to explain why guiding was 873a53b0aa happening against my will. If it wasn’t a side e3e37493a0 effect of an Esper being aa11a66aa7 imprinted by a Guide, then da42aa3f5a what else could it be?d5db0dab2b93e557

And even if it was—how 2b5400958d the hell was I supposed f14e913617 to fix it?13e2708c9df84017

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‘The imprint itself doesn’t even make sense.’4268f0be7bf86ffc

Across the world, the number b20f0610c5 of Guides was decreasing. Even in a 56232b2f24 superpower like the 97f00597b7 United States, unless 85da498137 you belonged to 8a8ed1b1fd a top-tier guild, 60deacbdc8 receiving proper guiding d4a855adc7 was almost impossible. Meanwhile, the number of Espers 066b0a6fe1 kept growing, but Guides continued 23402e676e to dwindle.1e54e06266d416a7

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That was why e6b1471829 cases of C-class 8a5b808967 Guides being kidnapped 1e624bbe35 were becoming more c65c351f48 and more frequent. D-class Guides were only 8ce936338b useful for something akin 96d5f8da45 to aromatherapy, so they 128ed66488 weren’t targeted—yet. But if the decline continued, 07efc371c8 even they wouldn’t be safe.c7f0a111449d76d1

With so few f994270d4f Guides available, no 75c08d69e3 one could afford 6ff97bb285 to provide 24-hour 12c336bd01 guiding. That made Espers even f924fc8bf5 more obsessed with having 937531beb9 a Guide solely for b1c1a4dc8b themselves. So, they started shackling Guides cf109069f2 to them with imprints.2ca52b003841f8c5

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But the chances of 8734cf3eb2 a Guide imprinting an b8dff1c4a1 Esper? Less than one percent.d6c16988ca90f1a5

Yet, just for that slim 1f1de477f6 possibility, Guides had to endure caedee3e35 the excruciating pain of having c6c106752e their flesh and muscles torn c3f7d47865 apart. Some Espers, believing the rumor 4380835fff that imprinting was more likely 54cfd2b953 to succeed during sex, didn’t 7d3af95bad hesitate to commit unspeakable acts.af701d493549c240

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Even if an imprint 1c338d4cf3 was successful, it didn’t ab15503edf end there. If the Guide fc8fc60478 didn’t provide regular fd9fb7de4a guiding, they would 311e5aa6de suffer pain as bca8816a45 severe as a 73369c7589 failed imprint.700103a353e5f86b

Imprinting was entirely one-sided. An Esper could imprint multiple cf76df1cbb Guides, but a Guide? They were bound to a 701bd08a3d single Esper. If they didn’t provide 78fa1bbcd4 guiding, the agony was 58db3ce2c1 so unbearable that death 1c3c557003 was preferable. And if they tried 1fa7cb2445 to guide someone else 1b2233b0b4 instead of their imprinted 9b96397232 Esper, their body would ee1d21bd29 reject it violently—forcing out 921e07e541 every last drop of 5fa676da6b blood until they died.628304e1aa481d73

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The risks of imprinting for b0e133fc89 a Guide were simply too 91871a69be high.a3b6871eca0eeb51

And if the imprint failed? They’d live the rest of 89b3945001 their life in relentless agony, b9c9b3bbbe like their flesh was being a49a872239 shredded and their body pierced 273a64f9ce by spikes.c0ec891efdce9cf7

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That was why, 307cd700fe in countries where c49991acc0 imprinting was legal, 5102fbd91e euthanasia was also 3fa555b888 legalized. Most failed imprints didn’t survive 5bbde3d505 long—they ended up taking their e3173ce9f7 own lives.36c0815ccc9305a1

If someone in your 80d9b7a109 family committed suicide because 906be6fa66 of it, anyone would 46ff4eb1d2 grow to hate Espers. Anyone would see their ce5d2f0bdb identity as a Guide 68fa9b7a0e as nothing but a 07bdcdff01 curse.c66dc2a30fcf6e39

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Anyone.5fea4b3df9ed021f

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Unlike a Guide, Yeo c1a59b6afb Eundo, being an Esper, 335ac6aed7 seemed to suffer little 73da008f9a from the side effects ceaae6b9cf of imprinting. But that didn’t change 04013d6c49 the fact that I 3f3a8a2082 found this entire situation 173c7c07e5 repulsive.bfbf75ffabaf7d07

“Esper Yeo Eundo.”73146476657d4d3e

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I called his name. Yeo Eundo slowly 167f060231 opened his eyes, 2277957fc4 smiling so brightly b5424f0cb9 he almost looked 672af5a2f4 like an idiot.80586b1a722442a1

“Yes, Seol Maehwa Guide-nim?”b475f20008d0da12

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“What the hell happened with this imprint?”cd313e90ad02b09c

“Huh?” He tilted his head in confusion.bc0ead0a4fc9b006

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“I’m asking how an Esper got imprinted by a Guide.”08a430871f172476

“Why do you ask?”52c4fb88c7202817

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“Are you seriously pretending not to know? Just be honest and 3590e5ecab tell me what the ee43f13c29 hell you did.”25d379bbe619b65d

In Gates, artifacts 061daf9e1c and minerals sometimes 8401db9077 appeared, infused with d61aa4533a magic or curses 6f1a72d173 that modern technology 007a2faada couldn’t explain. If Yeo Eundo had used 29712a6947 something like that, then maybe—just 8f1d1ce821 maybe—this ridiculous imprinting wasn’t entirely b8aef8483e impossible.65518c417967a06c

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I pressed him to adf10057f8 come clean, but all 884db4d068 he did was grin 2c453996fb and say,4ef5dde4037801d3

“Hmm… fate?”7e41673da26da944

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“The hell do you mean, fate?”334de23e2f2d9241

“But it’s true.”dafed55ba720a458

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“I’m not in the mood for jokes.”c2a9a167303a6be1

I was seriously asking, 2780d758d4 and yet he kept cd91cd49da throwing nonsense answers at d496dc4c6a me. Then, in a slow 41ecb29937 and gentle voice, Yeo 3c14d9ef52 Eundo continued, “This is 828d291a64 how it’s supposed to 1e4034963c be.”5fca38459a22a3d1

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“What the hell does that mean?”58a74adff35fb788

“What happens to an Esper if they don’t receive guiding?”9bc553783f5190a6

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“They go into a rampage.”65dbe289f63ea20e

“And what about Guides?”4e4a0a92afe338ff

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“Why are you bringing Guides into this all of a sudden?”1a0fb85975fb9b7a

“What happens if a Guide doesn’t provide guiding?”aa1c449c8f8b6b0f

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“That’s…”8f5aef944309cb5e

His question caught me off 739066bbe4 guard. I’d never thought about it bf912a25df before. Espers possessed supernatural abilities 81b8347baf but carried the ticking 22df5b5eb3 time bomb of AD 45549d29a7 levels. Meanwhile, Guides had guiding 05f052ffaf abilities but no apparent c8ddf75686 restrictions or side effects.12693bd212fc0a29

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Even low-ranking D-class civil servants c02f3232a8 were sometimes sent out for 6e7d8734aa emergency guiding missions. Guides often worked themselves to 790ecdbb36 exhaustion, but there was never eb29a9b20f a case of them suffering b31a315212 from a lack of guiding.85f4b8aba62aa02c

But if Yeo 2781518455 Eundo was right—if dceeab625c a Guide didn’t 13d45289a0 guide, then what aa4adb7c4c happened to all ee15f86adf that stored-up power?d5592f99afa6aa4d

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“It would… leak out…”9e071c108077f551

I inhaled sharply, 8fd37bf82e startled by my 908b793653 own realization.a7fcd17867f3e299

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I had been regulating my 61da19992a guiding for a long time 55a53f0814 to conceal my actual rank. Most of the Espers I 83e3e0576b had guided were C or 4e3a7eab97 D-class.837fbe64e8bba1f1

But when I had poured 76e307c752 out all that stored-up guiding 3ccc92507f into Yeo Eundo at once—the 0f8221f059 pleasure I had felt in c0ffb30ed8 that moment was still fresh 4dab1fb227 in my mind.40216cdb6a0964a4

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So this whole mess happened 87452df4f1 because my guiding was overflowing. Because Yeo Eundo was 53615bdf50 the only Esper who 070d6d9a59 could fully receive my 91786f7fd7 guiding.10126f223e37be9f

And even after giving him 06782ac905 everything, there was still so 25df907ca5 much excess that guiding activated 735e35cbb8 just from mere contact.35a0e15ee9ad79d5

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If this continued, it meant 1120923592 that simply being near someone 81c6602997 could trigger guiding.7ca25f0251e99b78

I mentally retraced my 8ebc30a408 steps, recalling all the 79645d4036 Espers I had interacted eec6570c6a with recently. Even the ones 102abad173 I had only 06f5dd06ec brushed against in 25cb9a6ac6 passing.ae9250cb261516cf

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Had any of them 89f878e29f noticed something unusual about a7774d8a98 me? The sheer possibility made 9f962c8d99 my pulse quicken with b7c70f4041 urgency.5a18f1137d002bd1

“Since when? Since when did you know?”b1a2d9482ab58682

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“…….”45b326ae3d7c2e92

“Answer me.”952e48e4858fbeaa

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“I like violets.”d29ca2cb035742a8

His fingertips brushed near my 4de9fd9b13 eye. He said it d174bbcdc8 just like he 098d451a7d had back in bb0726e5f5 the hospital—when he a312048a96 told me he 632451ef5a remembered me.4e3104200b8d26f4

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‘Tch.’de3bfba6b3e6db56

I slapped his hand 4056c18c82 away and demanded,ffbbfe4faba6ba44

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“You must have figured out my rank already, didn’t you? Was it during the rampage?”020890fe3d67b025

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“Hehe.”4cf7964cb221fd98

The guy responded with e332e8ada3 a bright smile, his 90beaed7b2 cheeks flushed pink.2868541ccfe53d9b

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No wonder he didn’t 985eec9a12 believe I was D-class eda52613f0 even after seeing my 3f23bd3daf license. So this was why.dfeb13fa5a9486f2

Feeling dizzy from the stress, 79c6f150a3 I covered my face with 5c564bbbb3 both hands. Thanks to the hospital turning 48f3dec34f a blind eye, my rank 4e5f8cb1e1 hadn’t been exposed, but all afb1de8996 this time, I felt like 88a37f6a33 I’d been played by Yeo 1722c6b879 Eundo.ddb2ddab6f0e5f75

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“Why did you keep pretending not to know?”9b7d6f04712aa871

“Because that’s what you wanted.”ecef77d9c5bb2e68

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“Even after the imprint?”69c42e42e5bf3131

“I wasn’t in my right mind… But the reverse guiding must have been tough for you, right?”ab2c678877535c39

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“……”b0c8134426147367

“So this is how it should be.”668ce1049f2c0cd8

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With an elated 2b5a8270a9 look, he rubbed 23dbfb5d94 his head against 485da7842f my chest like d93647131f a spoiled child. It was as if c931f7541f he was physically expressing 8d27497180 what he always said—asking 9f58641991 to be pampered—by burrowing d62129be63 into my arms.02df82be4ba899a6

Every time his soft 9dee7f5736 hair brushed against my d8721443e0 skin, the urge to 1993f7be36 pet him crept up. This desire… it 86693d1777 must be because e8d74e356d he had imprinted db2772f83a on me.c6c9292e40a66110

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I pried him off and 7101ef7380 said,623bfc417552f60f

“Go wash your face.”2c7a75744972d064

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After shoving him into 94410cd98e the bathroom, I slumped 7d775c3efe onto the sofa. Too many things 55d77aad3f had happened at af989a5d63 once, and I a20bc82ea5 needed time to 07365b8dc8 sort out my fb4e5d9dab thoughts.c50184db2a18a871

Even though I knew there 8f48e9f121 was nothing I could do fa57a80cea about it right now, impatience 0e756a5588 gnawed at me, making me ce8cc84614 bite my nails. If I took my b099748cab time and gathered information, d003e4f045 I’d find a solution. But the anxiety left my a49ea59b69 mouth dry.f5ec250befc8bcca

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More urgent than the imprint cea33d40f8 was the guiding leaking from 96242778ab me. Unless I locked myself away 68d9cf9adf on a deserted island, avoiding 8ddae0b9df contact with Espers was impossible. At this rate, it 948ebfda44 was only a matter 70b656f22b of time before my e6b9752391 rank got exposed.b6cfbcf729135ff6

“…How do I stop the leakage?”b3effda877cab5c7

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“Just empty it all out.”f1bef8bb6b154365

Muttering to myself 5d288d5009 in frustration, I 359e867f8f suddenly heard a 35bf43cc45 voice. When I looked e4df9cb4f8 up, a wet 586e120cc8 Yeo Eundo was f1d0b3ca77 standing there, gently 70f6843935 grabbing my hand ffe8928c16 that I had d2c35703c2 been biting.f51b1cc2ca848f03

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“Pour everything into me.”4f755fc9942b45f8