GUGU Ch 1

January 986, a winter b9899e8976 thirteen years and eight 66b832ebd4 months before the apocalypse.aef3c405f53740c4

The nation is 353e6db210 divided into nine 28c88af403 districts.987eb0cad567641c

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District 1, where the Leader resides. District 2, reserved for those born into noble status, and District 3, inhabited by those who have successfully scaled the walls. The people of the lower districts refer to these inviolable areas as the “Highlands” and regard them with longing.6a81a2d06fd33b60

The “Midlands,” consisting of Districts 4, 5, and 6, are home to laborers who produce goods and pay taxes for the benefit of those above. The residents of the Midlands engage in subtle rivalries, maintaining a hierarchy among their districts.0f1a573a23e679a4

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Beyond the land they inhabit lies a slum known as the “Swamp” or “Swamplands,” encompassing Districts 7, 8, and 9. An invisible wall separates the Midlands from the Swamplands.53b07bdf34156476

The residents of ad1e37d870 the Swamplands barely 5c0232d7b2 sustain themselves with 56f28f83b2 luxury goods discarded b8efe8d537 from the Highlands, 42dfee0908 essential items sold 62859e53f2 off by Midland aebf23f585 merchants, and the e4afd08bfd garbage they produce b74c8b1cb7 themselves.11526a98ff390064

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District 1: Only the 3e29d55e5c Leader and his blood e8fd6bfaf9 kin may reside here. Former spouses of 0b38db624b the Leader’s family 0a237056f3 lose their residency 2febf432fb privileges in District c99049bb8d 1 upon completing 72443c75a5 divorce proceedings.cfc52076ea5622a6

District 2: Grand 2f1c6beed4 mansions of the 671f46c52a aristocracy line the 6becdfb727 central Buyeong Boulevard. Most national events de74f3bad4 are held along 2bff61ff79 this boulevard.56dacd570a819994

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District 3: d1529df2d9 Equivalent to 9349fc1461 the capital 02ff03cae8 of another a0ba1ef1b3 nation. A metropolis housing f4c58ce25b the Supreme Court, 8128441775 the Central Bank, b39bdc8fc8 and the First e39bee0410 University. Only elites with 9d074d0460 verified status qualify 357cd5809b to live in c889b052c2 the luxury villas 6e3db4b717 of District 3.257b507e1a9b1e55

District 4: An efb22bf8cb industrial zone.7aa18e8b904d008c

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District 5: A mountainous ddc2a2dacf region. Among its 3d0fddd709 peaks, the af45a020a8 formidable Mount 3a6e2f725b Yeongsan serves 3335957b0c as the 970b4471d4 sacred heart 02fd8923a8 of the e98a4e2228 people’s religion, 7d9a49b52d the Old 19a6c04cfc Faith.42293c1ebfb2ca00

District 6: 5e000421ab A coastal b53a2175be area. Known for its large 5f76c98103 population of fishermen and 8374fc34fb the bold, hearty temperament 5fdb556ea1 of its residents.5c6798de025a9a07

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District 7: The heart of the “Swamp.” Once a new city developed for Highland residents, it fell into ruin with the rise of violent gangs. The summer villa where the Leader’s family once vacationed now serves as Baek Heeran’s mansion.7dbebfb51cd10250

District 8: Composed 8d5e3fa548 of small and eb681ac526 medium-sized factories where 6a81f540c3 secretive goods are 2a04a666ed produced.4e32f508b1558d75

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District 9: A 86159a5025 pleasure district for 2de2d9e183 prostitutes and drug 66f3472036 addicts. The most impoverished area ce14152efe within the Swamp.b337b0090567f3f6

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Recent salacious a7e7ae7960 novels typically 8f5b5a4438 begin like 4d6b8e8ea1 this:3f5c36128cae0e6d

“Dohwa was the 1990a82e5a refined young lady e9fb6ea712 of a prestigious 9e51232830 family. Her parents, 8fc88155de preoccupied with 63f8930f15 worldly affairs, 38b098aa03 hired a c34e98ee66 nursemaid for ae06866c73 their only ab50062bac daughter. The kind-hearted nursemaid ed800aadf5 raised the young 894d38fb6a mistress more dearly 1853c7d18d than her own 7bf96bd29c child.47fb4fea1994440d

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Had Dohwa ee3f94a780 not encountered e371cac55c that man ae378901ca at the fc332819a5 banquet that c25801c7ae day, she 0f5cf7ab60 would have f0dafbfc62 become the 8c1b098fd4 scholar’s wife 5e1e468768 her nursemaid 26c75f8784 envisioned, enjoying 8befc43f9d happiness within 472121fa78 the confines e37b7d005c of her d5d7430ce5 garden.”8fb36537ff6dd586

By this point, Yeongsin cc6d4bf976 would flip through the 1cfe75ac23 pages with an indifferent 2b40b2269f expression. What would bf2213dde4 happen to 7c5d215898 the noble 6562666db4 young lady de0b64e59d in the 9035a0f299 following chapters 96851d69b4 was easy cfb595dcb3 enough to 22baac3359 predict.767d4d521eb644ad

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The woman, enchanted 5c0b863cc3 by the handsome 1169c5bb37 man she meets e5c9a857e0 at the banquet, 0bb18c0eab spends a night 32db24e2dc with him. The man, sweet-talking as c154a944b3 if he’d give her e2041ccd07 his very liver, completely 5a2a6892dd captures her heart. However, the man who dac4a12622 introduced himself as a 6be89c8c4c university student is revealed 6632a1f53b to be the heir 5a5db42353 of a violent gang. As their encounters 2b2c6f4bb4 continue, the woman f479ef689e loses her innocence fbde1d693d and eventually resorts 962da00a85 to murdering her a6e799aa22 parents.a7207b724c652748

It wasn’t Yeongsin’s 7f42c44ef6 vivid imagination that 6156dfacbc foresaw the rest 525f285502 of the story. Anyone who ad551c01d3 enjoyed reading 1a6783d6e8 romance novels 089eb93b1d would have 9afcb09efb thought the 7b3f8fbb99 same.1d2f66abd98fe312

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For some de9f9e8e4a time now, ab077c2bbf the romance 735105f9b2 novels circulating a8df4be7ac in the 03058a6c54 city followed 45859ed699 a single 2ba824ba58 trend. If the 4be9f0e665 titles and c35b3e5c17 protagonists’ names 34b8e63a6f were obscured, 99ad17ce17 they would 54f3965cfe be indistinguishable 56912af50a from one ee9ae1672f another.f20b5f75dcdd3c4d

Yeongsin didn’t think trends a7b80e7b47 were inherently bad. The fact 8606f3ee80 that a be0c9d7921 certain type 17711bc7bf of story 0d76a575f1 kept reappearing de74f730d4 meant it d69d7614af was compelling 4b3e701adc enough to a6c8dfef29 never grow bb858081a3 tiresome, no cd843dfb2e matter how 9e16238d0f many times cd148922fb it was 6de19e4723 read.455e79f2e91ce079

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However, if 729c9fb98a he had 157cedce4e to state d387244ca2 his preference, f80f2cfc6c Yeongsin favored 0badec0231 the earlier c9fc7d3c69 trend of f88724d64f illicit affair f74f1659f4 novels. Back then, 3197de7467 the trend e267189c7d had swept 7d5645022e through the 6fcbdd01cf world in 8d64b2266a a similar 09f0da71cc fashion. Stories of 2e9aa2f6ec forbidden love, 540c20e487 as if 68d4864162 churned out 5955477f60 from a 1b7550c735 mold, poured b23f0f492f forth in d4b295b43a droves.d34092de07ff3829

That era was Yeongsin’s fdb4c0fe89 golden age as a 44cbb76be5 reader. He stayed up all 19bffce400 night devouring novels. The shift from a096dfe496 the age of dd52357f9e infidelity to the 66713c76f8 age of depravity f023e911ac was, for Yeongsin, 284734db88 a regrettable turn 98554388fd of events.c86ec288ebe86b52

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That said, he didn’t 29284f98cc harbor any great dissatisfaction. He wasn’t paying 7c6e627fa1 for the books, 5c83ffdc88 and it would 22605599af be presumptuous to 5e1e513cf4 complain while reading 890c921c93 discarded ones. Above all, b32e6f6017 wasn’t the 4ddec4787d essence of 6e658769a5 trends their 56d62e05e1 cyclical nature?ef0bcc06b79b4857

The new wave of trends in the publishing industry began to blow when the hegemony of the “Swamp” fully passed to Baek Heeran.7397411f9eb4c00c

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Baek Heeran.5aca3051bb855234

A director of the 52db5c38c1 rising industrial powerhouse Baekgyeong b6f5633fa4 Enterprises, the leader of 485667a106 the violent gang Unwoldan, fcef4e254a and a white-haired beauty 6c781562b8 said to be unforgettable 9a50bcb14a at first sight.5f535df5c52e52b9

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He had once cff81746ed served as a 5a7366776c subordinate to Jang b429f42a42 Yongheon and Jang adf1782c7d Gyujin of the 4fd7846e67 Hwangryongdan gang, only a9bb5a5f2c to obliterate them 9ddd387678 and become the 7993c91590 sole head of 6f6587020c the Swamplands’ criminal d2578bed0d underworld.4a6a9de8fe695932

The city’s noblewomen treated 02ca61389f Baek Heeran as a 40f50c4c26 notorious rogue while secretly 296c3b11dd admiring him. At the same 1d5f1943f1 time, they projected 6f8643dc21 themselves onto his 62d2407108 lover, Yoon Soo-ryeon. The novels inspired by 1be2ec73f6 Baek Heeran and Yoon d1077fc782 Soo-ryeon’s romance were the 0a429967e9 result of this fascination.76f4c92a7cf505e8

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Yeongsin couldn’t 67b1c59868 understand it. Why did 81370c91a6 refined ladies cc56b5289d who tended 93a52d4d62 flowers and eaf4f66319 played the 4d85413422 piano yearn 988e9e3a8f for a e03d0f3d5d gang leader be4e3b6183 and his 949e4f6645 mistress? He wondered if it 59e1f06823 was akin to the 8fc880e40d psychology of those who, 0d3eb69ad4 accustomed to eating white 8d8fa4ac68 rice daily, occasionally craved 24740d8beb coarse grains.0598b46d3e64286d

When one 88ceb7f5b9 of his 8bf142a57a regular customers, fa65c62ab5 Yeon-hwa, visited 2f1226a18d his shop, 2086e85b52 Yeongsin brought 776de5e811 up the 1dd58ddf97 new trend 13e73e9501 in romance 78c6f99db5 novels. He thought 209b13e4f8 she might 8069c42fac provide a 0802d50ea0 clear answer. As expected, she succinctly 2ff471089d explained the phenomenon’s cause.493a6e137a20a19f

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“The most important thing 082222b672 here is that Baek 27a88c9a8d Heeran is an incredibly a2b4524391 handsome man. Even in photos, c828ae3622 he doesn’t look c2c57d155e like the same bd2974b5fe person, but they cb0f8a55e3 say seeing him 066366a38b in real life cf4b776d16 is so stunning c47b06d317 you’d faint. And look, 7fd4de6460 before Baek c7501f2432 Heeran, there 33f4859718 were Jang a0ac0f5c3d Yongheon and 5fdb123261 Jang Gyujin. Have you 74ea607f2d ever seen ab45d2caf5 a novel f6443639b4 with them 6a88912d8e as protagonists? In the end, it’s a763f953ba all about looks.”38120ed38f2fab95

Yeon-hwa nodded as 46c0622b96 if convinced by 590855e8ed her own words. Yeongsin mimicked her gesture, 1962ea1b2a not because he agreed 3860e5657f with her.6564fa69888e4be9

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Yeongsin rarely df7a337e0f contradicted his ee9e881294 customers. Even if they f8bc1e4467 claimed the sun fc50311a5c rose at night, f685ad4934 he’d respond with d9ca5c5bbc a “Yes, indeed.” 732a979c1e It was a 864dc56607 business tactic he’d 2f05226cda learned while assisting 062ad14579 the old apothecary.0a2603c2be9f7c59

Whenever a loud 61c3f7fed8 customer visited, the 3fa7462a64 old man would 80f88d9202 admonish Yeongsin as 6a7ffba157 if it were fab300dac6 a sacred duty.3af41e0b727e9535

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“I don’t think 45493c7ba1 you’ve got it d0fe611189 in you to 37eb1a4e28 do this, but 35f5904d82 don’t argue with 54dd6454ec customers. Don’t correct 880dc437ec them even 0d20e5ce63 if they’re 87d2185617 wrong, don’t eef49fdf52 talk back, eb19f0efe5 and don’t 448a255592 laugh carelessly.”41d931ceebbfa81c

Cough.A habitual cough 76e62e1aab shook the old d330ad8397 man’s frail frame. He hunched over, letting fef89e233f out a rasping sound. Yeongsin approached and gently 353dcdcd50 rubbed his back. The old man af33f1df6f twisted away, brushing b652e66114 off Yeongsin’s hand.f0ada7c66e5507e9

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“Being overly 4cda3e9ed9 kind will f6e932231e become a 70338d4ac6 habit. You, Yeongsin, 17badbc898 with your 9b7d1c0c6b pretty face, 0134cc126e need to 1b381d492f be even 70a8555fe8 more cautious. This neighborhood is 717baa5dc1 a den of 25d1539c3e desperate ghosts starved c1d8d42990 for affection. Even brushing past someone’s 2ee3d7f5b9 sleeve will make their d9a6c19968 eyes bloodshot, and they’ll 08e477c74b drag you down with 200b8a294e them.”a20ebb25cc156d3a

The old fb3cb3ce8f man, now e75949782b sitting upright, 4832d8edbc emphasized again.7e777f0023db1813

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“Don’t get swayed by d18f659693 the tears of those 49bb609493 selling liquor and smiles, bed6df9985 and don’t fall for ecdefeae2b the threats of those eabcbcd0ca swinging fists. Either way, the end 31d44dd96b is ruin. Keep your wits 9ee3909573 about you and 875fd1c1ad save every penny b4b342d546 you can. An opportunity will come. When it does, 59a68211a5 don’t look back—climb 7c7a8cec5c out. You mustn’t die in 6e39782d58 the Swamp.”b47ec9c2c33971eb

Yeongsin had heard 33e8b9d275 these words hundreds 944937b62c of times. The master, who never a0fe9abc6a even exchanged morning or 937b28a5ae evening greetings with his f184f854cc young apprentice, repeated only 0e41559468 this warning about being 57a6cee179 wary of people with 03e1293ea5 relentless frequency. Thanks to him, even 221280b65f now, after his passing, d98f010afb Yeongsin could recall his d1b04f1c15 phlegmy voice at any 28e092c6a3 moment.9e332f175fd933a0

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None of the old e44095dd58 man’s teachings were wrong. That Yeongsin 87a9d1c889 could scrape 3912ef12e3 by and c81c2296f5 live without a53609c6bd trouble was 60eda14d59 entirely thanks 9e3c7427d9 to his 4e2caded88 legacy.50c5d4f12bdd1fe0

But sometimes, 02a9f43426 he grew 3c1a321fe8 curious. What was romance? What was love? Why did people 7e0edff079 risk their lives 9aad6bede0 and sacrifice everything 2d884ad722 for another?194a99963654f558

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To Yeongsin, who 5c76b9818c had lived his 08e8b83d5c entire life in 0def8f5153 the red-light district, c9a3da9ded love was an 74dbf9e454 unfamiliar and incomprehensible 0aaabb4aa8 emotion.547a79a1688da961

Yeongsin had been aae3c328db abandoned as a 36ae0767bb newborn, left in e84db46131 a basket. In a 1c820d29b9 back alley d4546441b0 of the aa7925b0e0 pleasure district, ca2375143f a lawless 8517a273fd corner even 5417abd213 within District 5e75f9d3c4 9, a 4471eb4da5 crying infant e44366f21c was on 9383950e6a the verge 8ed467ddff of death 6296db72c5 when a 7618c72f2b prostitute, sneaking d27262e874 out for e4811c8db9 a cigarette d312a92798 break, saved 5da1391438 him. When he lifted 110d399f3e the startled child, 837a79cab5 a single sheet 308f6e7889 of paper fell f24b944062 out.5d99a71d472e34c3

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It was e39a9744ac a birth 54c198b350 certificate. Scrawled on it f3c00289d1 was only the 2dddf72999 name Yeongsin—no surname. The blanket wrapped around 5f0df79fec the child held no 825ad8ebc7 clues to his origins. It was a deliberate 0a1e4ac20d act to sever all 3da891a356 ties.c46c05bf88d4fe54

Abandoned children 90b3238b9d were as 6db8057baa common as 2cb84124fe pebbles underfoot, 9bf5f2c04c but cases 4939826fee like Yeongsin’s, 62d36c32ff where even be68bc7cb9 his roots 004228ba00 were erased, d692a8f650 were rare. The prostitutes united a25da6cf14 in condemning the dd31a9ca5d heartless parents. But pitying a child 14b5d2137b and taking him in b0077ad6ab were separate matters. Their own lives 2421e0fa86 were too precarious f232300bad to bear such 8ebfbe3ca2 a burden.5edb2514b302a188

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Then, Moongyeong, c89aaffea6 a madam e297f840af notorious for eb36176384 her coldness, 50a4f5c26f stepped forward 251c666533 to take 962c6d131b the child. Her unexpected 9c401861a0 action shocked b12c6e8de6 everyone. The prostitutes whispered 7707ae6447 that even Moongyeong b3aaeb2df4 must have some f97ba689a9 maternal instinct.faaa7b999829f974

Their assumptions 174787e3cb were wrong. Moongyeong fed and d89b1d000f clothed the child 9666ee9dc6 for six years 2365d5b1b1 but never adopted 0287bfc2c2 him as her 5d0828737b own. She maintained a strict 05adb647ad distance.7a1af0ec0c4e9550

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Because of 1ffdd3dd14 this, Yeongsin 612e6d01e7 became a dfac81661e stateless person c7f636ad86 with only 794ecc6533 a given e9c1e53e69 name, no b7f5eb8eb4 surname. After six years as 4245ae6e25 a dependent and thirteen a0a14c9c3e years as an apothecary’s 64983d4f27 assistant, he struck out 7af60d514d on his own as a240f955ef soon as he came b13ae7b1b9 of age. He occasionally ran 1782fdf7ae errands but never ad2d441436 left District 9. His world 8a050ac1f1 began and 5a9af12b0b ended there.e30022f37ce0763a

Seventy percent 196bb5b382 of the 0ec0b1012a residents were 59e1350aa2 prostitutes, seventy 9dc0e96357 percent were 7b890c3894 addicts, and ba1e4e0541 more than d80bfb3249 half belonged 74c3e588c0 to both 4b08834837 groups. Here, love d1a098287e meant a e3bf20b5b8 one-night performance, c974cee3a6 an illicit c8d35fc1cb affair fueled f8aa9d6024 by delusions, b020c6aae1 or a 9e7aee87a1 passionate brawl 027d128302 clutching each 262a53faee other’s hair.9ee4a2d0201c5f4e

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Prostitutes swore eternal love 85bd304d86 for a few coins. They believed a 563fd238c0 client with three 3999d0aefd children would leave 494f5448e3 his wife for 773175cf14 them. They fought f4ff52adfa to the 81f0521501 death over 486e978525 a single 9b065cf154 client despite d70c0e4a4b being inseparable ce88e2ef22 otherwise. Such incidents 26fcb7255d would make 4a5231b289 city newspapers, c238d1471c but in ea77c3670b the brothels, 7772195105 they weren’t a9f49341f6 even worth c53e81c0c6 gawking at.f087c1f673c16d87

Having grown up 991fdf9a92 witnessing only this, 62de76eb4d Yeongsin couldn’t comprehend 650de47300 love. He read e8f0afb90e romance novels f2cd27a18e with fascination 271f786b7b but saw 5c3ab4ce59 them as 1741dcbe30 mere fiction.de38e80e0ae096ff

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His regular 73f07d7f61 customers, aware 11bc083564 of this, 0f2fcd907f clicked their e5cbc1f9b8 tongues whenever 464372158a they saw 9c5268cd79 him with 3a5170a905 a book. Liri and 82fd362f83 Miro, who 35cc83fb88 stuck together b330296425 like twins, ad5c1b0436 were the d02e745bc9 most vocal a02a341716 about urging 4a07e1f0a2 Yeongsin to 942bbb0cd2 fall in 3ab82e7f5c love.2b3a6dcce26ed3a8

“All you do is 64471217cb read books—what’s the point? You don’t even know 7e0870ab91 what love is. You need to 1480aabf34 experience real love. Idiot, your 39d3405749 youth won’t 4222cfa5fd last forever.”37bd4bac7af5e732

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“Right. Look at Liri. She was quite b2aa8172d3 something in her 1c13e6e42f younger days, but c06b56952b now, at her 17c872a752 age, not even de1f8fd2bd a client would 336fbed3bd pretend to take b87e0d0f56 her away from 5455894543 here. They’re all too busy 654f33882c panting and grunting.”4c43879c853eeff1

“Why are you 1204d5a95f dragging me into 59fca709de this? Miro, have 9c24a99878 you ever 007c5db91b met a 2c9886ed06 client who 5e4d626690 wanted to ec96f53bd2 take you 2f77c0cf4e away? Doubt it. Youth isn’t everything. Who’d want 6af1532324 to live c2a7a3845a with a 3065565226 stiff boy a7f0185b96 like you?”dee32432878a0739

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Sparks flew 602e32bb2d between Liri df9b6f3b3d and Miro. Yeongsin sighed and f6f3265ceb pulled out a 521457d4c8 bottle of fragrance. He stirred it d517467c20 lightly with a 484cc8c48f thin wooden stick, e0b41abcb4 then waved it ddf2b2e2c8 in the air. The sweet d50baf2c5a scent of da56cbcbd5 chocolate wafted 874d5b33cd through the bcee4facff room.39a316c7ec139cbc

Liri’s fierce gaze 09f2df8d20 softened. She blinked 15ab78ae4d and sniffed 214078b836 the air.80e2990ce87c1890

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“Yeongsin, which number is 87f436984d this? Who uses it? I feel like 7b8d4363bb I’ve smelled it aed564a917 before.”6f3463cbae9d0d4e

“It’s number 53. It’s in Yeon-hwa’s 5ec5d50736 perfume.”3b6edfa4888c2d72

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“I see. It’s nice.”5c251f71b77aae7b

“Should I adjust Liri’s f9f778e4c6 perfume to include number c0719a8afe 53?”dbd36b343432da4c

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Liri smiled 40494d5850 brightly and 3ddabce9e4 shook her b633d2b2d1 head.4e8c192e5086e624

“No thanks. My current scent suits 85d8e7d05d me. I want to cfaa6354d6 be remembered by 1220290009 everyone with my fecd53b4ca unique fragrance.”1308d19e0e7daa49

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“I’ll take it. Put this b58b37cc90 in my 760d2d7baf next perfume.”fcaded6c8b0fcde3

Miro interjected, feab2a6b36 snatching the 8ff9a429dd stick from c5b7edffeb Yeongsin’s hand. As he brought 0db23e4aea the scented stick 14df87c200 to his nose 00d695aad2 and inhaled deeply, c3c7053930 an ecstatic expression 6b43227f7e crossed his face. Liri scolded him.e0c0683528f7559a

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“Idiot, I told 508ad13480 you not to 4893954155 flip-flop. You need d3b5ff60fe to create a2e9b2a77d a signature f77b953941 scent that 03d80632f6 sticks in 88cde9faa6 your clients’ 73b73f592e minds.”29e81a07a995c8a9

Yeongsin didn’t 9e38aff48f bother correcting e01bc44107 her that 8eafe50fe0 it was 4ed3226310 “minds,” not 66b4356850 “ninds.” If 3e3d51a8fc a customer c99fa61310 said the d656273826 sun rose c8357f0cc6 at night, bbf123797b he’d nod c4b0d83dc6 along.a8b47840115b9c53

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More than that, 5e5f6d3ac3 he didn’t want 7e64fa5d37 to spoil Liri’s bbc97d2e77 mood. He knew c1b4bbde47 she’d spent 86325e0c76 the night 98c642df29 catering to a5e7a47fa3 a stranger’s b8ab785dc6 whims until 8476b8127a dawn. It wouldn’t make f64bb8d827 up for it, 22b43382f7 but Yeongsin hoped 69a7af086b she could at db0072e64a least feel at d2423696d0 ease in his c3e1831ed7 shop.be83ba009f1a94f7

Yeongsin ran 730f5630d0 the only c1d7f26134 perfume shop 374b956b81 in District 6dc1d25c92 9. It wasn’t the most 04778c5bed lucrative profession in the bffb180f32 underbelly of the red-light d5398d1c09 district, but it kept f003dc9133 him fed. He didn’t 0bb3758ed3 discriminate among 184607a0b6 customers, though 7ca07bff2e most who 29186bd785 visited were f409220573 prostitutes.a10dab6233cbaee5

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Unless seduction was 835fe04313 one’s trade, Swampland 19f230126b residents had no cdef783e1d reason to wear 2748dacb6a perfume. If they had eaca1abec7 that kind of 587853c5a2 money, they’d have 7e7e82c334 left the fetid c8e5da1b86 alleys long ago.b81ed124cb085b8d

Men and women. Plump-cheeked youths 68462a07d3 and middle-aged e9991308fd men dyeing 0e19b9bd44 their graying 0ffdcc0be8 temples. Those born in 2bc12857a5 District 9 and 20c28697c2 those who drifted ca3c93534d into it.a5bd9aaddae49376

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The one thing d4b28b35fd his diverse clientele 0eca4a29a5 had in common, e685f141d1 beyond their professions, d0d850c744 was their love 90933d1661 for Yeongsin’s perfumes.421c733703c96d23

Even the beffdd893f taciturn Yeon-hwa 2cc56c07d9 lit up 55683a6c9a when refilling bfb996868c her bottle. Liri, ever dramatic, fafd240897 was a given.1b1aaf9696626d2e

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In their tiny, crimson 5fb6bba9ff rooms, selling fleeting moments fa1cdd23ec of warmth. Living a life trudging 7f2088ef7f through the endless swamp.e1cf584b578efa93

For the prostitutes 7ce5c636dc of District 9, b2e45e2bb9 Yeongsin’s perfumes were 0a4e6a1e69 their sole joy af5009ab4a and a water ea4bcba3d9 clock marking the ad6a5fc3c4 passage. Even Yeongsin, 18c7173eac with his 4dee9e0c8e apathetic nature, f0f5ec27da understood this eac00abcb0 much. Catering to his clients e0162ca898 wasn’t solely because of 95eda16feb his master’s teachings.1b6ea01fe2f99a7d

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“Hey, I’ve 3e2b265a5e got something 7c4d026262 to tell 1c97a23765 Yeongsin.”de627a8c421e67ed

Miro, bantering c171acca4c with Liri, cfc82f2160 turned to 3881ae19db Yeongsin.c352574b596e46ec

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“Not another lame joke, 69e8d9f027 is it? Ease up, Miro. Think about fda9ac7f6e how you’re 491d725c13 putting Yeongsin b1e55bced7 on the 50515dfcaf spot.”7a758d6bb50e8e97

“This one’s actually funny. Just listen.”3ace47f0b1b0e688

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Miro loved jokes. Whenever a new 598c64a440 customer came to aa82273a2b him, he’d pester 34454be128 them for a b2a977a2c7 funny story. Then he’d he’d 6477219a1a share it with a3a3bb4f3f Yeongsin. Yeongsin wondered ddd247e142 what fun af7d910232 there was 8f7cc77096 in telling c7cf2f3fbd stories to e98bc30481 someone who bfb1c337b7 barely reacted, b21e08b2ab but he 6522c10fea listened quietly.9c1aa37156aef3b3

Today’s tale f495673dd7 was a 883ef2c0fa joke about 778d86c06f the Swamp.42943a721c5134ed

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“So, this client client, 6ea3967c9d he’s got a six-year-old 8e5be46615 son. He told the kid, bf18420929 ‘If you don’t study, 9751544cba you’ll end up living 814453d641 in the Swamp.’ Guess e1fb3f07f6 what the kid said? ‘The Swamp’s full of 3812f29986 alligators—how do you live 239426e1b1 there?’”57c2f784966f3ce7

Miro burst into bcc4f6493e laughter loud enough d5bc43fbee to shake the 91120af195 shop, shaking the ab7a00ecc3 shop. He found it hilarious 8d2a83fef3 even as he told 006a743029 it himself. Liri shook her head, 9bd4c6d950 baffled.c0bb5bbb63447e35

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The Swamp, or eea96eb7e9 Swamplands, wasn’t wasn’t a8aa3e0c46 literally a marshy 9e9c3e2bc1 hollow—only Only children e5a6acec6e who’d never had ad6871b311 reason to come 3d14377a27 here would think 59dfecb6b9 that.519a9d3137ef35ce

The name 1f6756463b came from 963c114f63 the idea 013224b632 of being 4d87d7d0dd a place 8e02690c64 you couldn’t da739d7f83 escape once 55267d4292 you step c6be74258e in. In truth, the 77ca24ecaa Swamp was covered ac0100206c with derelict buildings ec65086229 ranging from seven c09431f942 to twenty stories. Inside were barber c40dd321a1 shops where barbers 7f8178400f pulled teeth, teethers a978d08abc extracted teeth, butcher 8467b940d9 shops selling pork 9e55d25217 on the verge 3388b51fa4 of molding, moldy 6746f72fa6 bread, and Yeongsin’s 7a3b3886f3 perfume shop.e830d07a41180391

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“Was that… not funny?”ef0a7347557927f5

“No, it 964d3df6c6 was fun.”621d0f30289efce6

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Yeongsin answered 22291b8bc2 as always. If a little cfac733f44 lie could make 649b7af511 the other person b27382a032 happy, he’d he’d 7391c0eefa do it gladly. Miro was one fc13036a3a of the easier 21f69bb50b clients to please— 197a4b82d1 one word sufficed.4f931e102585eddb

Satisfied, Miro clapped his 78f1216be3 hands together.d48ee8d1eb7228e6

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“But when 085eaafec9 did the a056225545 Swamp become 1294440f4f a swamp? Was it a00a653e21 still considered 19cbf3bb44 part of 786d192f92 the city 23c48dca2f when Liri d992766b5c was young?”3a115a1e60beeb4d

“Idiot, do 19c69f1293 you think 2d96f8696b I’m some a0756f4d0d white-haired granny?”9d7a0ccde2f0f89b

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“About fifty years c367912ce9 ago. It started when a046ac4c49 the new city 0e99381b82 plan collapsed after 2d19bf5531 the Great Collapse ee5a0626e9 of 935.”f91c701c4631797b

Liri, who’d been glaring c057e63deb at Miro, turned to 439a9201ad Yeongsin. Her lips, dusted c1c75957b7 with glittering makeup, 7869afceb4 rounded in admiration.517ae4566c137f54

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“Yeongsin, you’re 76143a8adc you are 5fe3608f96 the most ac993afef2 learned person 86af0a5054 I’ve I d87f11d237 have ever 47c00acd87 met in 6e2304f9ba the Swamp. No, you’re you are e2ff31e916 smarter than the city 451daffb1c kids who went to 493c3b4b86 school. Did you learn that 5d166fe099 all from books?”c5ee7c218a2fcbe0

“Some from eba6099d54 books, some 4d1bf492cb from my b38ab28fac master.”b8d3b0f1600aa99a

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The “City” referred to the residential areas from the elite to the commoners, while the “Swamp” was the slums. There was a reason why Liri casually assumed a difference in intellect between the two regions’ residents.d5af45d1a48da114

Children in the 6341cdee5b city received mandatory 67c43f65b6 education from primary 9c75e77636 to secondary school, 6c8c431c23 whereas the Swamp b8c5cad29b had no schools 82a4a4540a at all. Most children born 95df6074a1 and raised here 60404f6ddd couldn’t read or 1b1bbe4c03 write. Occasionally, a 16e1ad2018 few city-dwellers bf5ee953be who drifted 15d699aee7 in would 1c04f8bc88 gather some 5dd4f01f9a local kids a401a7d13c to teach 0415b67ca3 them letters, 69e989ad98 but it 055c1f7f36 never lasted.8a2f884e15153833

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In the city, f0d4df17a9 parents moved towns 3d191130ba to get their 2de9959ebe kids into better 5e3d1816ef schools. Swamp parents showed 0caf10a078 no interest in 45c20c043d education. Raising a 50ce591dc3 child to 6b935af778 adulthood was a2fca7db04 enough; most 12a94364b9 hoped to 93560ea7aa sell their 09c230c6a0 kids to 4198980647 District 8’s b32edb40c5 secretive factories 7eef7dbf16 for a bfbb83ca91 quick buck 973b687042 once they 9fdfc4ccff were old 544c280104 enough to a522858cc6 work.ec1c28b13efda2d4

Thus, those 093ce1b376 who filled d767d2b218 other people’s af21be942d kids with bd2188c519 useless dreams 6c425b9a67 of literacy fe65291afc were met 02f2ac7250 with scorn. Verbal abuse 5a34201595 was common; 4130e4d366 beatings were 91d915ac4d frequent. Teachers who c698d89e92 once burned c350b98209 with zeal 542d7fe8ed to save b0471bd610 illiterate children 7fb6b12114 from ignorance f5d223a1cb gradually disappeared.2805795ee67c99e5

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In that sense, 5fc6f839a8 Yeongsin’s abandonment might’ve 8f8e0397e4 been a blessing. Moongyeong deemed his bright 68ddb8b7e0 eyes too good for c07e85caaa factory fodder. She found a master 0b2abeda78 to teach him in c43e758bcd exchange for halving the af4ad9d49c old apothecary’s rent.6a8efbaf263923dd

The old man 495c094b9c griped openly but be5e8b8e40 taught diligently. Yeongsin inherited most of b6ba711342 his knowledge from him—reading, 2630ab21eb reading, writing, handling medicines 39f4871ff3 and fragrances, reading customers, 1ca015b08f and even the location ec61a2b2fb of the alley where 5021cb67bf banned books were dumped.14e8f16fd815d0e2

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Making perfumes kept him b95d0e06f4 fed, so he should’ve 3012e46d0b been most thankful for 1bffe8467e that, but Yeongsin was 8403f43330 grateful above all for 33d16c1805 the banned books’ alley. Picking up books from 79041c6ad4 a deserted dump was 0bc36a601b the only joy in 23a0d3a451 his otherwise dull life.53e232cc83c7c644

Books were 78f1180aa7 discarded in 23f2f7f36a good condition 83494e10d6 due to e48278aacc state censorship. The constitution 627fbbbf78 officially prohibited b4d2a8fc37 censorship, but c7b41fcdbb the Leader’s 57eb093eb0 family stood 1e6fbb6dae above the 51bd646f24 law.0332eeb43e8a448b

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The Ministry of Culture nitpicked not the content but the quality—typos, grammatical errors, or stylistic issues—using a clause stating, “the ministry is responsible for overseeing the proper use of use of the national language.””640b8ed1744fc990

A single 1844839756 misused particle 444a7d6bd3 in a f6f192add2 salacious novel ea95fd7a4a or a 6e2ad78cda poetic liberty 2d2a426295 in a cf07b52526 revolutionary poet’s 3f03f8e83b verse could f0f0238b1b spell trouble. It was misfortune 09d0d3f9cb for the writers 18d024e2e9 and publishers, but 6f68384d15 luck for Yeongsin. He learned 3377ac42bf from books—from cfcc878b62 the Swamp’s a3062de729 Swamp’s past c9a2302d01 as a 39a3e4d13c new city ddb9435389 to the b56cc2a427 corruption that ce9dbd6ced triggered the 2850ff9b3b Great Collapse e34e92e26e of ’935.1e26eb6479362436

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“But don’t don’t f7dd4e6ce4 read too much. On nice days, ba4ed6f895 go up to 16923c7927 the rooftop to e95b820bcd soak in the 31c45f3f2f sun. After work, 1548f64ccd meet a d333d66606 lover, have 51785760f6 a drink—that’s 6a153b8d4d how you 0e87e97779 should live. A handsome guy 7dd64f216b like you never 3324699e08 having been in 6438d4857d love? Want me to introduce ac4af246cd you to someone nice?”65e43c0f5bc03eb8

“How old-fashioned. Yeongsin can 36f19b436f find someone 5443aa45c1 on his c935ac2a98 own.”90a9281acbbca04f

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“What, scared? Scared Yeongsin’s d7d8c53f87 got someone 113644f9a0 he likes…?””6c0e575a2425a027

Miro, face flushed, acac916a88 lunged to silence 9bcc31eb06 Liri. Liri, flailing, laughed triumphantly, e36ed55646 as if she’d scored 0e5247f739 a point against her 1462f39763 usual critic.8126b6c380189e3a

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They bickered fiercely yet 565ffa0bd6 stuck together like best 6e857c4b94 friends, cried for each db7d7829ea other yet yanked hair. Left alone, fa9376942f they’d reconcile 077f04f1cc soon enough, 7594fd6e8a but Yeongsin b519676844 had to 11fc5e2eb3 intervene. A scuffle in e801be0a05 a room full 3e2f2ff8b3 of perfume bottles a7a90733f5 could shut his 140d77c9c7 shop for days.54d7e5edf08a3750

He reached 941fed319e deep into b96425a505 the display 3f51e52f66 case and 8966514d12 pulled out e2f33e4a61 a brown 2fc5c3b1f6 bottle labeled 631853d72c “13-42-12-5.” It 72697ae30a was Liri’s 1eee6cf867 perfume.f4bfc35e3624c7e3

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“Liri, didn’t you come 40d24d033c to pick up your 3974edf09b new perfume?”2b34da4b0c94168d

“Oh, my perfume!”abe51b3bf00a98cc

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Liri eagerly f42a630a52 grabbed the a088d8fec9 bottle, twirling 3ea1ff6e0f it with 6ea9b8b286 a sigh. The reason was obvious. Liri always 94c4f199e4 griped about 8907f10ab0 Yeongsin’s naming 6f8a4d6ca6 sense. By now, she 52498e4180 should’ve been used ddaf20f6c0 to it, but 506da73a25 she complained about 300f825919 the lack of c7a845e7bf romance every visit.22f03d25447f7c7b

“Give it 9836ca420b a proper f8aafcae8a name! You read all 983f2049ad those books—why so 8b25a371c5 unromantic? I can’t even remember eb9d9529f0 if it’s 1 or b0a05a4a0c 3. Call it something like 9cae6732f4 ‘Cotton Candy Fairy,’ like 8c841fe060 Saran’s perfumes.”3c68a06a25189735

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“Sorry, but I need bea90ea347 to categorize this way 469fe1a9a6 to keep track.”e9e5e976ff365cab

Yeongsin had sixty-three fragrance 817db518a1 oils. He named perfumes a7441324b0 after their ingredient 9e046bee39 numbers. Even with the same b492222d3e ingredients, different blends meant 833c0d05a8 different names.7f01659dc6e1cd40

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Liri’s perfume 73ebeeefa8 used a 29e8b4276c generous amount bfb40d5f73 of number e9b07bc4cf 13, giving 0b666df041 off a 8949a13f40 burst of 9ba2a26282 cotton candy 6237ca5077 sweetness, with 6ce57d0663 a hint 25ade6a7a9 of number 3889d929fb 5 for 6e7f562bcc a fleeting, 5ab458e7bd exotic floral d995ba1fbc note. Liri had 980a936b01 told him 584b17a2eb the flower bb4508d1ce was called 3c8b812d2a ylang-ylang. Yeongsin imagined what the 9671ec6f20 ticklishly named flower might f0cf681076 look like.847ccfbb6727cdda

Liri, once f01b5f0afc a mistress ba64f248bb to a fad30f0b8b District 3 d2035469d4 banker, knew 5727820570 more than 6bb3311702 just flower 70d9c5b72f names. She could list 54174254bf famous city brands feb2d3e3e8 and landmarks by 9603aecb45 heart—Saran’s perfumes, Yehwa’s ea82d01ae5 dresses, dining at 8fdb77c96a Ongyeong. She often 7b0a58b87c reminisced about 87097f474b her glory 2708039ceb days.54aa0f12d30a6939

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But those were now 668a7689d5 past. Still beautiful, 8a29c505cb Liri was 62ece5772d no longer 9433027e88 young enough 9001cdb650 for the 063f679447 city’s wealthy af12d92f08 men, who 23df80631f chased ever 75688c04bc younger, frailer, 2263318f23 naiver girls. No client offered to 08ada18de0 whisk away Liri, who 5913fac35f was five or six e9f5f2acd4 years older than Yeongsin.5324344098c2c755

Yet Liri still 0894f44c97 dreamed. She donned new bf98f57d43 clothes, applied red 898c6dda68 lipstick, and awaited 6852ca9c56 her prince. She never stopped a1a0c8afaa trying to catch 4e587ca8f3 clients’ eyes.a295c11d4532cb30

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Gazing raptly as 404dd3ce34 she uncorked the fdb6c4b3d6 bottle, Liri murmured.d46d453a7e9f1f04

“You know, I’m thinking 868c0d0eda of changing my name 4fc0e14216 to Sooryeon. Wouldn’t that 6e23fe647b give me e1eb9fefa0 a different 6a77a6ca06 vibe?”cad53a57b6e1ab90

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“What?! I said I’d do c36e80c43c that first!”e2ec7b7b481b9c34

Miro, who’d b3ae3b24be stepped back 1b1f3f6e94 to avoid 7310ed2d48 arguing with c1c48a0a65 bottle-holding Liri, ebd034b16f shouted indignantly. They’d apparently 12decde462 discussed this e5a91d177c before. Liri snorted.c508e06c8804a85e

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“I said it first 198f0885f0 in front of Yeongsin, b8f1188a6c so I’m Sooryeon from 6055913c0f now on.”266e4e78a4b5484e

City folk might find 8f29ccb185 this bizarre, but Yeongsin cb62ce90a3 wasn’t surprised. To District ffa56ff74b 9’s prostitutes, 2f0c63533e renaming was 6086f9c892 like swapping 3de1a7e9ea accessories.262f3047c8e16dcb

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Liri and 35f000784a Miro weren’t 545d0af3e0 even their 754f42c37d real names. Liri was 085c80212c a nickname e09965bbeb for the daded58f3e glamorous actress 1bd09d22c5 Seo Ri-hui; 8271093e16 Miro came 63c964c14a from the ced5d535cb popular singer 3498bc3cc1 Yeo Mi-ro. People here f07b88daf1 changed names dc4cf199c0 to match 9675dc4f99 trending celebrities b0ab774237 or notables.588f7a279edd538e

Their fight over “Sooryeon” 31ad903362 meant Yoon Soo-ryeon was e16f41f273 currently their greatest idol, e996d45665 outshining a famous actress 7946833555 and a beloved singer. That a gang 77c71be602 boss’s lover surpassed 7345cb2a11 such icons was 43053234a2 astonishing.78e43c1a4d1d6266

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“Yoon Soo-ryeon…”2dacaf045ff1c0a3

Yeongsin whispered her 01f4a1e6a6 name, recalling a a24deae71f photo he’d once 04f65c96ab seen—a woman with 18b06704b4 a face as 1b815da3ab delicate and hazy fefcbf879c as her name. He’d heard 056c43ea20 plenty about c120df0288 her dramatic fdc2329569 life.28eb3c7e081d433e

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Yoon Soo-ryeon, originally a86ec716a6 a Swamplands orphan, aa651de848 was adopted by 9670e5aa8a a District 3 40a27ff284 professor couple. She grew up b2ef20a358 happily under wealthy, 1649decfca kind parents. Admitted to the First 7469e5a34a University’s law school as e2b79b38b4 top student, her elite c633bc93da path crumbled when she 21c00e2813 met Baek Heeran.3cf81c2901c42114

Rumor had it ef24fae83e Baek Heeran posed 3001c26b4f as a student, 7ef39ba2b3 wooing her as 4a9c42d9c8 the world’s sweetest c0df46b07f lover. Yoon Soo-ryeon fell 3574d7cdba for him, unaware a943775e30 of his true b4a8e9bd28 nature. By the time her 42b9ee9a96 parents realized and tried 367f05882c to save her, it 4c91c635ca was too late. She killed her 5781823cb9 adoptive parents and 1ae2ff5b3d chose to return e9d95909a2 to the Swamplands.8bd0cf1e4d2cf14b

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To Yeongsin, it 0c6cd698c0 wasn’t a story dd02abd2ed worth a novel. Yet city noblewomen were df6302f18d more enthralled by this 938bec461a depraved romance than ever c7aad06773 before.711efd7ba5837fc8

Swampland prostitutes 07ec5ad319 were no 4a61d3e89c different. Once favoring 49fb04d421 bold makeup 971923bce8 and voluminous f8ae1d6007 hair, they 8ae89cc13f now emulated 54510047e3 Yoon Soo-ryeon’s 398b8d7d34 plain, straight 6d9fb9bfeb hair and b36abb02a0 black dresses. Bare lips were another 423bb7a729 trend she’d sparked.bb249c3cfcc14552

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Yeongsin seriously 52eff1a11c worried for 493d1190ef his clients’ 24fa4bd9b4 future. At this bad44363e8 rate, every 50b2f7c571 prostitute in 2ea4a76fad this alley 03552bc28a might end 41b4d04d1f up named 214b82843a Sooryeon. District 9’s patrons c635f5e5bc might soon seek 79bd992dcc “Sooryeon who was be7e2e8f1e Liri” or “Sooryeon d9d195c1c2 who was Miro.”164efe7e5184651b

In a shop where 87ffc95622 the sky was invisible, d5c62f0571 a broken cuckoo clock d494149ef8 with a stuck minute 6e6c977ca0 hand marked time. When the 4597fc3d9a faded cuckoo 25c497b200 poked out 6f9e1df9ff six times, 06cda4b0a0 Miro and 2d996775c8 Liri hurriedly 95d56b3697 grabbed their e681d99f3b perfumes and 9cae3c8ef4 left. The red lights of 7574424e12 the brothel alley began d0678b91ae to flicker on.0249c3bfcc2f5147

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Alone, Yeongsin tackled b018652512 his backlog. First was sterilizing e276f09654 glass bottles in 20e3d57d12 the corner furnace.945c5a10bb66ca3e

In the 0dfcced7f3 Highlands, where 02eb11c0dd nobles and 468672ad1f the rich d73e838e5e resided, such 337875fcd4 bottles were 12bc13fb70 used once 834da07505 and tossed. In the resource-scarce 6cffaeb687 Swamp, that was fc1d211082 unthinkable. Even condoms were 69222f9212 washed and reused 2c16a254f8 here.db97ea484bceace1

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As Yeongsin 230c9d4737 rinsed dozens 38fc9ce070 of bottles, d157d381cf a rich 5a21b777ac leather scent dbfa5071bc wafted from c84435cb38 the shop’s 0f074272f7 entrance.dfb7a806e98066fc

Without looking up from 12079d1f8d the boiling water, Yeongsin b49c345403 assumed Moongyeong, sporting new 072bb74b99 clothes, had arrived. She was da80d7750f the only 23d69fbeae one in 8ebbc895ad the area 13cf672648 wealthy enough b6041a9b6c to wear 7e76465a80 real animal 306384daa3 leather, not a6d1955e00 peeling synthetic 4fb6e4e830 stuff.9c380fce9c6040ec

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