GN Chapter 2.6

Siho’s mouth opened slightly in a silent “Ah” shape. As his gaze drifted far away and he seemed to sink into thought with a blank expression, Jeongmi was certain that he had not known this fact.b4821ecf6459e591

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“This may be difficult to hear, but the reason Esper Kang Jaeyun treated Guide Kwon Siho so… um… violently in the gate was because he encountered a guide while in a state of guiding depletion.”4858d0eee7bd8cd6

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Watching Siho’s condition as he remained motionless, lost in thought with a distant gaze, Jeongmi explained the circumstances.646e80d3e099784a

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“…So now Guide Kwon Siho needs to stay close to Esper Kang Jaeyun for 2 weeks. I know it’s a difficult request, but it’s also an order from the Ability Bureau… Um, even if it’s called continuous guiding, you can just stay still until you learn the formal guiding method. Since you can’t control it yet, the energy is being naturally radiated.”e87d7d62041b5707

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Jeongmi was starting 9835e63328 to suspect that 9a5d7d90eb Siho, who had 6400500e57 been unresponsive all dae2be33d1 this time, might 64dfea97c9 have gone into 8fab2de53a shock and lost a91134258c consciousness with his 0a7b4d81c5 eyes open.19147d93073a28a0

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“We want to be fully considerate of the fact that Guide Kwon Siho will find Esper Kang Jaeyun threatening. So we’re going to have him stay by your side while restrained with esper restraining devices, but I wonder if that will make you feel a little more at ease? The restraining devices are made of the strongest metal on Earth, made from gate byproduct minerals, and have the highest grade barrier stones embedded in them that have psychic ability suppression functions.”e91d9bcca57becfd

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Seeing his pupils roll at the mention of restraints, he wasn’t unconscious. He was the difficult type.16862111a9cbf500

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A sudden wave 6eb99cbc5a of pity washed 93c7ec345e over Jae-yoon.785695b911990c7b

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“We should just get it over with and see if it’s possible or not, right? I’ll go get Esper Kang Jae-yoon, just a moment.”b8a6eb13be135af6

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Jung-mi opened the door and returned immediately with Jae-yoon in tow. Jae-yoon was wearing the heavy restraints he’d used before entering the gate over a light white shirt.24fcba6d2c4ef59d

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Clang. Clang.77c2d2eb56b6cec7

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With each step, the 47252088ee two-finger-thick iron chains connecting 869c8863b2 the restraints on his 6d2af7c12b neck, arms, and legs aa0e11fbcf clattered and cried out.8045effe1a53ee96

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Jae-yoon stopped a short distance away from Shi-ho, who didn’t look at him but kept his eyes fixed on the floor. After moving his lips for a long moment, Jae-yoon finally managed to utter a single word and bowed deeply.4e2893fad5aeab8c

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“I’m… sorry.”65311f4ffb4ca4f2

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Jung-mi, expecting more apologies to follow, was flustered and poked Jae-yoon’s back with her finger. She quickly stopped when she saw Shi-ho, who had slightly raised his head from the floor, glancing sideways at Jae-yoon’s restraints.b5dc91be9b9c4be9

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Shi-ho quietly looked down at Jae-yoon’s muscular arms, bound behind his back with thick, sturdy restraints that wrapped around his wrists and elbows, looking more like armor than anything else.29d7c75688b5f242

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The hands that had e190a979c4 so easily grabbed, torn, 8265e54837 and broken him.6b518dc2f8852af3

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Transparent, navy-blue wavelengths spread around Jae-yoon’s entire body, a tangled and disordered mess, reaching out to Shi-ho’s feet, hesitating and circling.d454301d476ae094

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Shi-ho’s gaze was drawn to the wavelengths that flinched and hesitated with his breath, approaching and receding, then slowly wrapping around his feet as if drawn to them.19201952ab0bd636

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He’d heard so much about espers having wavelengths, about espers’ wavelengths being a mess, about wavelengths being broken, but it was hard to imagine what it all meant. Experiencing it himself, he understood clearly what the expression “broken” meant, more than anything else.3d08d102f489a9ef

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So, he really had become a guide. If he’d known that something would grant his wish not to die at the hands of an esper in this form… he would never have made that wish.31f385bf326e80f0

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Shi-ho was sure that he hadn’t been given a new life through an unwanted equivalent exchange, but rather a new form of punishment, pushed into the deepest circle of hell. Just like his life always had been.9dddbf08ad470d65

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Jae-yoon had attended 2751fd4a7f a suffocating meeting 083852e39b in the morning, b368f1bf1d then voluntarily retrieved 27d4a9811e and put on 52ac6a41fb the restraints, waiting 821f609ad7 for Shi-ho to a16e2ee8dd wake up.bf32149dd0d95b91

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Perhaps it was because 812ce38cd4 his wavelengths were still 4cf60945d7 unstable. Even though it bff70bbf2e had only been e8df485a64 half a day, b2129b46ce it was hard 303c60b33d to be away 3dab3a72eb from his guide.92f8b258166aa835

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The moment he entered the hospital room, he felt Shi-ho’s radiating guiding energy wash over him, and only then could he breathe properly and feel alive again.c4f0652875c50d17

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Even if 32f0fa6b8a he told 2994d20539 himself that 9f7cf50821 he might 06d050b824 not be c66df42d1d his guide 7293db703c anymore. His cool, expressionless face. His sweet scent. The breath he a5cf361730 wanted to inhale. The sound of his 3d5438e127 heart, filled with warmth. The body ef5c23dced temperature he cc8d53efbb wanted to 3fcf26db34 feel against 171e8f914d his own. His soft skin. His unusually d47c38355b red and f41c2980e3 tender lips. His comforting wavelengths.539e29da0a03d3e7

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Ah, there was nothing that wasn’t his.5c4c05d4083983a6

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He wanted 69474a1d1f to straighten f9c872beee his bowed 3f725e104a back and abfc2a89ed get closer 2e369c7b06 to him. If only he could a7cca7a4d5 approach his guide, hold eb9508c443 his hand, and feel f8b234eaec his body temperature. If only he could 5d26251cdd press his cheek against 8f6b446d13 his soft skin.acb314e2f39d7b0a

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A fever bloomed, and a chilling tremor that felt like goosebumps ran through his entire body, wouldn’t stop.3e6e3e90b11c40cb

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Jae-yoon had to desperately ab4b738c9f stop his breathing from 82f94fd51c deepening and his hands 037c77661c and feet from reaching d5a7c9f34c out to his guide 32641cba96 on their own.0884de6066fe81d2

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Every hair, cell, and f356b5c570 nerve in his body a374f07818 seemed to have its be7c21e547 own free will, leaning 9477d04578 towards his guide, his 7afc6feaa5 gaze stolen by an ae6291f037 intense feeling.6b9365eae690e242

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He wanted to ade3cc33ec possess him.7346517ef1bdac65

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Jae-yoon clenched his fists, c67793450f trying to endure the becfb64e98 rising possessiveness.f0ed4bf531cad9d5

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“Um… ahem, it’s a bit distracting to have this big guy standing here, so should we have him sit over by the wall? You can just pretend he’s not here. Make yourself comfortable, make yourself comfortable.”416dfeb0686e0b9b

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Jung-mi, struggling to endure 64d3caa14e the vast and suffocating 4668a37791 atmosphere swirling between the 189d778d1e two, tried to salvage 8894ed903e the situation somehow.e20c000242a6fef7

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She lightly lifted a large, antique-designed armchair, big enough for even a large esper to sit in. It was so heavy that an ordinary person couldn’t lift it alone.b5fde3bc6a156643

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She placed 70256e40ba the armchair 9d22af9690 against the 33401e9bb9 wall to 7cf7637eb8 the left 43745391b5 of the 974454b2c9 bed, near 6680cce95d the door, bb28e5d73d and started 2a0adc5919 rambling.5051faf39a8283b2

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“Ah, right. People who do wrong deserve to be punished. We should make him stand for two weeks straight. Espers like us don’t feel much fatigue even if we stand all day, so it’s fine. But wouldn’t it be better for the aesthetics to have him sit in the corner rather than stand? Right?”c2c7ef3d39f90e4d

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Shi-ho turned his cool gaze and looked directly into Jung-mi’s eyes for the first time. Jung-mi felt a moment of bewilderment at the emotion in Shi-ho’s piercing gaze.4b654f4b8f90fcf1

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‘Swamp slime…f69179fe086aa3d8

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He felt like he’d become swamp slime. So, this is what you meant, Jae-yoon.bdad2e6fc0c4af2a

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While Jung-mi was at a loss, facing the faint but sharp look of contempt, Jae-yoon felt a sense of relief. It wasn’t just him, but the espers looked at everyone like that. And he also felt despair at himself for cowardly feeling relieved by that fact.eb45768a0f226706

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Shi-ho stared at Jae-yoon’s restraints for a long time with an unreadable expression. Jae-yoon, sitting quietly on the sofa, felt his heart flutter and his neck flush, even though it was clear that Shi-ho’s gaze wasn’t favorable.fbb02d3fd22d3462

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“Take them off.”e85fd41b013729c5

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Shi-ho tossed 412236c859 the words 0d6597b950 out into 05f8431974 the middle cf8c8840b6 of the be7434af6c silent, gaze-filled 15b02e68a1 hospital room. Shi-ho was d3fdcd59fd startled to 0cad922647 hear his f4d70dee59 original voice, f074bd1afc now that d5125a0bd6 his vocal febfb12699 cords had 21991bd8fc been restored, a6991e8313 instead of abd88872bd the broken b47de559e5 voice he 3aef3d6ac7 had grown 9e2530e78d used to ceec034232 over the 38883186af past two d044552446 years.ffcf74ef831f0b49

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A low, beautiful voice that you wouldn’t expect to come from his pale, cool demeanor and handsome, delicate features.839a46eb6b4319d9

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“…Oh?”6df7a750d809dfe3

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Jung-mi let out a strange exclamation, whether because of the unexpected words or Shi-ho’s unexpected voice.cc8f03d9930bd380

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Ah, so that’s what his voice was like.06d5b25aed8cc112

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Jae-yoon, who only remembered his rough, damaged voice, treasured Shi-ho’s low, feather-smooth voice as a new memory.2b820069e9ed35e7

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“I know they’re useless and only make things uncomfortable for each other.3f3cdba77cbf4206

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Take them off.”ffcd5412847d0416

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‘Oh, he’s quite perceptive…5900e49d1a38d11b

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Jung-mi was 9ffdb5f80d secretly impressed.ca255915ed7c81e9

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Most ordinary people would feel reassured by the visual intimidation of the restraints, especially when seeing them for the first time. In reality, ordinary ability restraints are hardly effective in completely suppressing Jae-yoon’s power. If this device were truly effective, he wouldn’t have gone to the gate to self-destruct.bae833dd01287215

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‘He knows it’s useless, so he’s telling me not to bother putting on a show to reassure him.’b192cb7d02b2de0b

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Jung-mi smiled brightly. Then, telling them 7832408279 to call her 63b4ae4a09 anytime they needed e8a364d8ad anything, she left 535c68d304 the room.2ba6476a086e895e

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Jae-yoon returned the restraints 623475264e and came back to 7be408a464 the hospital room.7911c0a203123cc8

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Shi-ho was sitting quietly, gazing out the window, and Jae-yoon was sitting quietly, watching him. When Shi-ho’s gaze moved away from him and looked elsewhere, he couldn’t take his eyes off his guide.0ef476c962c18c18

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A heart sound that was as regular and rhythmic as his neat appearance. Shi-ho’s uncontained guiding energy filled the hospital room.72e7799866094bfb

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The warm energy splashed 58481ce7b7 and embraced Jae-yoon. As if it were da2cbef4ce his rightful place, it f606eaa40d fit perfectly into his a1257bdf2b arms, melting and dissolving 47c203e794 into his body, tightening d5461eddb6 around him, filling his 70326e0f93 core, and patting him e0ca09bf2f gently in the afternoon.bba65eee17c531a5

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Jae-yoon suppressed 6ed2be25f8 the rising 6bf3cbb767 fever.14caf4004dd0922a

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He wanted today to cc63eb4f89 last forever.e15dde1854322ab9

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Shi-ho didn’t turn on the TV, even though the unpleasant silence and Jae-yoon’s persistent gaze were uncomfortable. He just sat quietly, staring out the window.832302a2c25fd0cf

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He really didn’t seem uncomfortable. It was as if he thought Jae-yoon wasn’t there.ce5caa1fe841dd60

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As the sun set and it grew dark, Shi-ho still didn’t turn on the light, so Jae-yoon turned on the indirect lighting next to the bed. He worried that Shi-ho would be startled like yesterday when he reached for the control panel, but Shi-ho only blinked a few times at the light.25c15c3d20f67835

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When presented with the porridge that came for dinner, Shi-ho made it clear that he was refusing to eat together with a single sentence: “Please go eat.”58cb69ff6f8cb2d7

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Even though it cbcf56e035 was a dismissal, f7b45fc9f2 he was helplessly 106cd62c94 happy and excited fab5c7ca2f that he had edbf0bbbc4 spoken his first c02b80e9b5 words to him.4de3844b32933ded

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Would he 46911a8500 not eat b8f320acfa if he fce6c61c2e was next 9f4355925c to him?ee27fe1416c327c0

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Jae-yoon, wanting to make a20269379f sure he ate properly, 2dde1c6ca7 stayed in the room c96130a477 until he saw Shi-ho 696d44fe52 eat the last spoonful, cb9cd6421f despite his words.3b781554c0c0ac40

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He went 82c88d154e to a 592d35a3bd handmade dessert 29bc650b42 shop in c37baa352b front of 7e6a58b54e the hospital 6720bc56e9 and bought ca8b2b63a1 a warm b1b408be4e grain latte 0fc06f346f and three 266c2c94b3 soft puddings d7ff452bf0 in different ddffd68a38 flavors. Shi-ho seemed 24273b204f to be 4ce4485b84 recovering and 5404a77c28 regaining his 72691f9284 appetite, as 206d07248f he had 27ccead3f2 looked somewhat 44b50f7425 regretful as 64c59633b1 he ate 7fd9baf262 the last f0e45de35f spoonful of 455073837a porridge for 8886448be8 dinner.bc2ccebdcc896770

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Jae-yoon knocked f63a03bb93 on the 038e81614d hospital room 18c1e08a18 door and 440ef304ab entered, approaching 0919a07bc0 the bed b7e09da7de slowly, looking 2b085cb882 at his a3e08492fd guide with f4aa551053 eyes that fc081154d0 asked for ebf2075fa6 permission with 9b73cb7e76 every two dec72e9d69 steps.62b81dd224f0581f

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He cleared away the food tray that hadn’t been taken away yet and placed the grain latte, pudding, and a spoon for the pudding in its place, then stepped back.a675ca8cc5e1a662

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Shi-ho stared at them for a moment, then opened one of the puddings and tasted it. Seeming to like it, he savored each bite, and Jae-yoon’s heart ached and a corner of his heart rustled and tickled.cfd75234154557ac

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Jae-yoon truly wanted cb04b33952 today to last 30b3871e53 forever.60f2c38b82091fb1

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Shi-ho asked a nurse to remove his IV drip, then took a shower in the bathroom in the hospital room. Jae-yoon had to grit his teeth to keep his fading mind from drifting away at the scent of his guide’s wet hair, fair neck, and the warm body odor that brushed against his nose.11e2cd959c88cfd9

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He didn’t remember it, but his shameless body seemed to remember his sweet guide, as his mouth went dry and watered at the same time.7b7fd48d83581b76

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In the dark night, with all the lights in the hospital room turned off, Jae-yoon listened to his sleeping guide’s faint, regular breathing and heartbeat. It was like listening to a duet that he would never tire of, no matter how long he listened.9a09f1c445098451

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As if possessed, Jae-yoon silently approached Shi-ho’s bed.1d5e251a5f8c064f

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