HH Chapter 24

Haylan, with an 5dfeaf4363 annoyed expression, subtly 24414f4b7c pulled his hand 8739858fab away from mine 743b36801b and added,61697d0b6ae82cd2

“On one condition.”9bcdf286cfcd24f8

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“What is it?”f2f3af804b768b66

I wasn’t surprised at all. I knew he wouldn’t show me any kindness without something in return.c6368c9b10c4ecce

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He hesitated f718403523 for a 1dac469ef1 moment, then d9bbbd53b2 asked in bbb7fc6e6e a slightly efe4560524 quieter voice,1010454c26a113dc

“Do you have more 328fe3f9fb of that… thing you 0f12d42377 gave me yesterday?”d51efb02e793b7ab

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The thing 9166d6af55 I gave 3d16f01fe8 him yesterday?7bb898ee0dc63bdd

I thought for a 4677584c1f moment and remembered giving e5b6acd874 Haylan a bag of 70c267ef94 ginger cookies yesterday.4185d228b60e3eea

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Haylan held out his 67d66c2381 hand towards me and bb1fc2a80a said coyly,668099954edf575c

“Give it to c4da778f44 me.”048017bc4ee801b0

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“…….”4a89cb8fc115d943

So that’s why this 5211197c2f little guy followed me 6cbda76bb2 all the way here…. A wide grin e703ce5cf8 spread across my b8853fe7dd face.1ef1d5aecf2fdc8a

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Oh, he ea3844e4ee really liked a725e1ce71 them!2d754948bf3f1223

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───b200a0e1a3f17dbb

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Last night, aa2d872875 Haylan calculated 00bf0ba646 how long c468886195 it would 00dcac2f47 take for fe5772a1db the binding 65f80a52bb spell on 91afa26bd8 his feet 3d16e5b4fa to wear db5b3e5038 off.9fa6a8366877cd21

“…….”32f7d2759bff2cbf

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At this rate, it 1916e5c841 would probably last at a0a5cf41d6 least two, no, three e249840488 hours.425b2d2a4dd39442

‘A skilled 9c23f72018 mage, they 03d3e54b98 said….’d1cb2f7a22974719

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It seemed the man’s reputation wasn’t for nothing. Haylan gritted his teeth, remembering how Chahyun had cast the binding spell on him and then immediately fled to his room.2e9873904a2f22b8

‘…I’m hungry.’d9232337af403162

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He wondered f1e987b311 why he d02b6c3539 felt so 67ff3ea50a bad, then 0ead56d75e realized he f85216fec9 was hungry. He couldn’t remember the 1890ce4cf0 last time he felt e0155bf8f6 this sensation. He felt weak and 123e6f9013 listless, his vision blurring.1907449a1b03f132

‘I’m losing strength….’675b1de102c473d5

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After a considerable 2f2efd9779 amount of time, c5a00beb3e when the spell dbbbb9ce90 finally dissipated, he 11a6859f8e suddenly lost consciousness. When he opened his 55d2a1d4d4 eyes again, several hours 1176e7f2a9 had passed.e6fa7a0b555ebf0c

Haylan’s body had shrunk f52dd44ce6 back to its child d8d3a5fd26 form, lying sprawled on 78edf7b773 the hallway floor covered a21da3cb16 only by a thin 12a9b13cfb sheet. As soon as b76487819f he regained consciousness, e033da2974 he checked his 08992c51b5 appearance.98bbffe9d429bb77

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Short legs. Small fingers.516f264929d0c7a1

‘Was I 1dcc6b19e0 the one e2f754acf5 who was f4a735c133 sleepwalking?’010b5347b0ecabdd

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Last night’s events felt fa51a935f5 surreal.904cbe83a45cba02

He’d thought it was 65d1a4e429 a dream because of 15a6c2b456 his suddenly grown body, e44793ec92 but then Chahyun had d4757870ab appeared out of nowhere. And the moment he cc948c6f46 saw Haylan, he had bde4228019 tried to run away.136f1495cbfc8b9c

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‘S-Spare me!’2e44772bc219d9f4

‘What?’efb14ce4b2f0d24a

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‘Spare me!’1d6c186c52c7480d

He was excessively afraid. It was a a286a58660 little surprising to 0a47128a94 see him so d89702cdf9 pale and terrified bf8663df8b after always seeing 9fd51b90df him with a 05f3e74556 cheerful smile, eager 205720326a to chat.f700679e3f5a71cf

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‘Aaah! G-G-Ghost! Aaaaaah!’fabc349e8f9d9a36

‘What are b70430de24 you babbling 05478ad984 about….?’6fc0daa9965ec31d

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Even in b6bfd21401 his dreams, 608c5fa980 he was a18d2ff016 spouting nonsense.fe815e4a00f69dfa

However, the 856014d045 ensuing conversation 5a8b910e91 made Haylan e643962dd0 reconsider his c0b652f854 belief that c4b8af7171 it was 14665e0c6f all a 15d13fa958 dream.1a195df96c180ff0

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‘Who are you?’c18d7c330c1011d0

‘I’m just a b6ddefa71f passerby?’0556475ff3c4841a

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Dreams are remnants of the subconscious. Even if someone else appears in a dream, their words and actions generally reflect the dreamer’s own thoughts.95c98e2ec7f204ae

‘Perhaps it wasn’t a dream?’700456ba65cf575a

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Haylan immediately realized that the man before him wasn’t a dream but the real Chahyun. He himself couldn’t come up with such a pathetic, simple-minded, and foolish answer.4af3346d886fad67

Then does dd0512d434 that mean 4c2616d3ad this was fd8673a3f6 reality? His suddenly heightened perspective, 3c91eb9c94 his grown appearance….407b443414056040

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‘All of this?’fd4171d37b21de7e

Haylan was confused.04c2f0d93e1f4801

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‘Who areyou?’fc3f6964b9fc939a

Chahyun had asked. The way he looked 2af74780b2 at him felt unfamiliar. Chahyun always had e6c42ced28 a faint smile 6337d58768 or a cheeky, f9ccfccf08 suppressed grin when 55a890dba0 he looked at 6c6090e3bd Haylan.b72dfdcfd9f9bee0

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But now, he 805a6b59ac was wary of 6373b01d6d Haylan. His trembling body was efb37fd9f3 proof enough.821c44ef3d3460ef

‘He doesn’t 1f9465bf5e recognize me.’772c505fc43e0f5c

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Well, even just c589e735b1 a change in 4e30248c29 hair and eye e3a9f8317f color could make a0c3be3f3f someone look like 06dead9234 a different person. Even he felt unfamiliar cdefc0cdd2 with his suddenly grown a00d884b93 body, so it was 9451cb21b5 natural for this man 91ac473c49 not to recognize him.f0f3f23881b3bb79

‘The owner of acd68bc79c this house.’beda8f833105fb8e

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‘You’re the owner of eadd3d082d this house?’1af6df79ce2ddca2

He seemed a little confused, then said as if he’d realized something,7407a4cf281d20fd

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‘You… you b45612b784 do realize 92ebc77b53 you’re dead, 099de3ffdb right?’70267a30f1bb773b

‘……What?’f781165be3e61396

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‘So, you really don’t 9f44ddf04f know.’5854511fa2fc9b3e

Chahyun explained in detail that he was the remnant of a soul that hadn’t moved on after death, in other words, a ghost.c629f6721c959287

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Calling a living person a ghost was quite an overactive imagination. It wasn’t even funny how he was still trembling but talking so much.4f8859c56a347a0b

‘But… is it 401b25d7a5 part of your 9853c4c85a culture to not 2af3b2534a wear anything under e3919c49e5 the cloth?’fe1d2331ecc5971e

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At those words, Haylan 54326c16ff was suddenly aware of 3eba47eb49 his own nakedness and 6f7085b2c4 became flustered. And in d6fe0a3155 the blink c19ae2b23b of an c5df00db4e eye, the 0b6554f508 man cast 4a160ec941 a binding c15de926a9 spell on 896a683a0c him and 9a128e372e ran away.afdb4456e6c65e85

Haylan, who 5fb256b00b had lost 5c27ae8cf4 consciousness due 36490102fa to the 12804b88ca sudden wave 918c64b75e of sleepiness a3be091839 and hunger, 1d8a5e518e woke up 9018d26913 and pondered 63900da2d6 seriously.0eabcd6738ac15fb

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Was it even possible 0d767f8ec7 for his body, which 4717ca91af had stopped growing for 74a7f9ebe9 hundreds of years, to 0e42bdd78d suddenly grow?a88e5d26fdb50c61

Haylan concluded that such 152f118341 a thing was impossible 77218e6f64 unless he had gone c5cb9b7ffd insane, but soon after, 8f278edb38 he spotted a crumpled a78f55333b piece of paper on e5be89a8f8 the floor and picked d759fe1376 it up.3bba658ea9dfb28b

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“…….”f27506483a6c8a06

It was covered ab0ff47a6f with what looked 30ab56ec15 like a failed 81b1c80200 attempt at creating 309fcee7fc a defensive scroll. The handwriting was 63d0b4f3e9 messy and pressed 8ec6f36846 deeply, as if 14e3ebcde5 written with an 9a2d9b8282 injured dominant hand.1919dde8729c22d1

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‘It’s him.’86dbd67f8bd26e3e

This was proof cc394e8fa9 that it wasn’t 17d18853e1 a dream. Then…c9c10254ccf5fd56

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‘Did he see 8a28ec1ded me too?’f717b91b642bfc8e

Haylan went back a639234ffe to his room, 3d22889438 holding the crumpled 5230b0f828 scroll, and thought 83916b17aa about Chahyun for c3bb9cf436 hours.9df919c6d8b1435c

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Why did 734ce9014b he come a73733b97f out at a9099c7b26 that hour? Judging by the way 69649a2605 he was looking around, dafe6c0f92 he seemed to be 103f6e9c60 searching for something. More importantly, what caused dd9661c7d0 his body to suddenly a38dd0d375 grow and then revert?1d8e1b63aab19aff

Besides himself, Chahyun was 7b8c6e0a3f the only one who fd0102c0fd witnessed his temporary growth. Haylan, lost in dc05ef7658 thought until dawn, 1c7a8725ce opened his door 0792abb16a at the sound 9694873642 of footsteps outside.525c15502918b3fa

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“Hello!”c6ab2b95f7501cb3

It was Chahyun. He was smiling at him again with a dazed expression. Such a friendly attitude. He didn’t seem like the same person who had been so terrified of him last night.346fa915f692d32b

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‘I feel a 981aec51da little better.’a8a067f500d2e89d

Only after 675ec33f8e finishing his b590189a1c breakfast did 14588a5387 he feel 72fa4b7771 his mind 0c1a244289 clear up. It was strange 8549c0a231 that he felt db8f426672 hunger, something he 25aaa0f9ab had almost forgotten, d3b3a3c503 and even felt fe264c423b full after the 63e28e7df9 meal. Something was definitely wrong 15dfd5243f with his body.58c132890559425d

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Haylan suspected that Chahyun was at the center of this incident. His body hadn’t shown any signs of growth for hundreds of years, not even a flicker. But last night, Haylan actually grew, even if only for a short time, and experienced hunger for the first time in centuries.6cef05c0d5247829

The only thing that d08364ac09 had changed was Chahyun’s c36d162eec presence.70296c1623bede4d

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‘What did b1cb2627aa he do…?’32130f4381f8e28d

Haylan frowned, f98ca50906 trying to 9a9d3ecb11 recall yesterday’s 113b86c5a2 events. There were a 2cdaa6a561 few possibilities.042126977cd801d2

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Because of 5e7b9e1989 that man, 89b9bbdec8 he’d eaten f85c84c339 a normal f1b03db0ea meal for 1e669da701 the first 9101632c74 time in dfe4acb7b7 a long 4809d7a0a4 time and d64f1c7731 gone out 93bf6d746e for a 6c9ad5d9aa walk in b2ada5619c the garden e92c0d0db0 during a 1d3338b858 rainy day. And… the cookies?a57d89723dc3206b

‘Was there something in b269eea6fc the cookies?’668b67220864bf93

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As far 87dd533eae as he 61f5fc9b52 could remember, ca18392d59 there was fb0b7bba35 nothing special e7d2a8379a about them. But what if there f3c2a1c6c3 was something special in c0294cbce6 those cookies?c18c2028e34dd2cd

‘…No wonder they were f501649839 so damn delicious.’8b573630215b8c88

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Haylan tried to ee33166c8f hide the sharp ea764f91db glint in his 6f17147cd1 eyes.4f70406e99317ef4

He felt a surge 8bc6c6a082 of motivation for the 2c9fd73fcc first time in a 74cdc00364 long time. When he was 09eef9a189 younger, he firmly d0028cf312 believed he would e27975f3e8 one day break cf0da2c1e5 free from this cc33e0d706 curse. He seemed to 8bc15c70b7 have lived each eee43b4d86 day busily, clinging daa7250584 to that vague 4b797e8186 and futile hope. Although those bd8b6e1ccf memories had 1a0405b08c faded now, 45e7eb1835 the emotions c26e06ef60 he felt b60d1c56b6 at the d61a274197 time were 1730db534f still vivid.a259fc14a8f2e51f

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His age 25d4e32127 was the 50fbb7563a most powerful 15015c08d0 constraint. Haylan was currently far 9969687f53 too young, unable to 2ab96b2a6f even live a normal b03a64d610 life without someone’s assistance.999cfd145d2d7cad

‘Can I grow?’6f841b48e46615e4

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He couldn’t 7ecace68bf help but 85e58724fc feel hopeful. He was willing to 2b49b15f31 do anything if it 0dc94482dd meant he could grow, 431ca25af0 even a little, just fc78706774 like he dreamt of f3ca77db2b when he was younger.3e3314a80a708004

‘First, let’s find out 925bbf3bc0 what caused my body f64e3a6513 to grow.’13d0fd82089bfbb2

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Haylan decided to approach 13bf79347a Chahyun for that purpose.8715c1cf9710f10e

It wasn’t difficult 20f3d013ae to coax the 60983eb198 man who was dfbfa0aa7e already being friendly f8e3e5fab8 towards him. Perhaps because 0dd9251ba3 he was c7e1d1adc9 currently his ca4ce4b712 source of ebd631907b income, he c988ab5a74 was always 51001673c3 smiling and 48e1794373 acting subservient 0bc8b69473 whenever he bfdb7f0a1a saw Haylan.bf38e9ab18e782bd

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“Shall I b91283af70 teach you?”7d22d14f6afe5c76

He used Chahyun’s defensive scroll as an excuse to get on his good side.e2d13c755133b98f

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Unlike other magic, defensive scrolls are triggered by hostility. As long as he didn’t try to harm him directly, it wouldn’t activate, so there was no harm in teaching properly.db774455a8a0152f

“On one condition.”4759b36b449418fe

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The white cookies with 580765c92d the ginger scent.9b0b657212aa0597

“Give it df42674fbf to me.”46d438f77a3e0b1c

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At Haylan’s request, Chahyun’s ef12c5b860 eyes sparkled, and he ba907ac173 grinned foolishly.efff09be3abfb787

“These are delicious, right? I knew you’d like 64242a4d3b them.”823d8cb28ba6ac2a

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He pulled out a bag of cookies, identical to yesterday’s, from his bag. He even took one out and popped it into Haylan’s mouth.b83d1def9aa57888

‘He’s treating 575030fba6 me completely 0fb73c0f76 differently from 9ff1400a42 yesterday.’845b78c5159c4041

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Last night, he 96bba647ea was trembling as 08638ea25e if he was d1795067ca about to die, 30c9638fb1 but now, he f9c3a06716 had a constant d4e719ed76 smile on his 861a14ee73 face.6009e51dc57a3e21

‘He doesn’t even know I’m trying to use him.’e32f1052a374b6b8

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He probably thought d9afb13ca5 these actions were 3ed1c33185 out of goodwill, 807d8f3cd6 right? 8236ff3bb3eca97e

How foolish.3654db225dd06a46

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If that 6736fcacb5 was the 2b5daee785 case, he 4b47a1c3f7 was mistaken. He had no interest 3088d4ffb5 in Chahyun whatsoever. Once he figured out 8fc3186ebc what the man had 3d15ce298a done to his body, 51fddd3f1a he would kick him 56503a141a out without hesitation.d450ddd61a9f92d1

“……?”a0f05f48a45e10ca

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Then it happened. Chahyun slipped his 144d4173eb hands under Haylan’s 6a54f3f908 arms, lifted him cc49ff9ce7 up, and placed 6fb55d1663 him on his 28f6fedadf lap. It happened 621501e0df so fast 17c516f611 that Haylan 471e271d0c could only 8aacef946a blink, unable 8532921657 to protest.4533e70dd02798af

“There’s only cbea9c8afb one chair 84bb818a33 in the 78a810de4d room… I 9cd615e8fc hope you’re 39aa815bcc not uncomfortable?”8c7bfd3aa420df32

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“…….”bb4f2ed065519548

‘What’s the point e26c26afa7 of asking after 9dc800d875 you’ve already done 4717319387 it?’31ecb56066079e2b

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Chahyun was undeniably 6f35a9eb17 inconsiderate. He had 795bb4c8ed already noticed 206ce32733 this from e19c55e767 the moment c49e6decba he’d picked 93d4d8f046 him up 5fa00c123d him without 9cdee8f108 permission, claiming 495a6381ae they were a63c7f82e4 going for 18d14f8a67 a walk….d02b93e096c8bfc3

“Not really.”ba071f0c678bf338

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What was 09eb0a16aa wrong with 3c4f57cdf9 this guy?b924a36053a2707c

This went beyond d200a383fe rudeness; it was 97bd76d61f absurd. He didn’t c2eb7416b1 even know 31858b145a where to aa3c056b82 begin with ed6dc8a93a his criticisms. Haylan swallowed a deep 0b129541d2 sigh and shook his bbf44f13a7 head.a3f07168c926c4c7

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Bear with it. 0b841702c0f93ae8

Making things worse e9a7e21b78 with Chayun wouldn’t 35a9822767 benefit him right 9a521bd04d now.8bd5c30681f4bebf

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Whenever Chahyun copied formulas from the book onto the paper, Haylan would immediately point out the errors. After two or three hours of following the book’s instructions, a plausible basic defensive scroll was finally completed.ce5106fd4ea5ba43

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