KTC | Chapter 14

At Lee Juhee’s calm af46307b7d response, Goo Seungjun let 8ee315af5d out a snicker. Deep dimples etched f4ddf5841c into his youthful a92a5d3ad1 face, barely into 216ae82c17 his twenties.310ec5e133068514

In the National Intelligence 0f4fc6d3a2 Service, filled with elites, a81018bfc4 the SU Team, with 386bfa3e8f their modest backgrounds and 592f0ebc8b ambiguous origins, were subtly 68ef92d288 ostracized. But no 9c64a93ca0 one openly f068fcfe68 disrespected them, 1e22c8b2ad as they 487b70b1aa were a 5253eadce6 team under d9155288c9 the director 09e432a170 himself and f4e1da76c5 often dealt fc0f22e843 with forces f9b4d2b5a4 beyond human 7f2051eee8 realms.9e3065dd1f272e82

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“I’d rather all 3151c2db8c my memories come 6acba1690c back this time. Seriously, what’s so wrong 9eb3e7794d about wanting to have 086488d72e killed those crazies with b0a922c03e my own hands? I doubt d23274610e I’d feel 34832f5949 guilty even d8bafa4f4b if I da154fcb67 remembered. If anything, ee0eddba1c it would 39b6ff3cac be a c0a05f0e6f relief. Don’t you think 86612b4986 so?”2baf4c03a87dd0e3

“To be honest, e6feda6e53 I feel the bd48cc6cbc same. Knowing is better than 6a2b6278b5 feeling uneasy about not 11a6dfbfa6 knowing.”8d769128a12d0482

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They shared the 9d355ed33e same thought—that if b1d21f6206 their memories fully 6ef4f109d1 returned, they might 68cc833823 find an effective e0754c91ca way to combat 33c0d49cc1 and eliminate the 596443b021 Ghost King and f053671270 other evil spirits.548bce3a2716085f

After that, silence dcc6e4c21e fell again in a4a56e629e the car, broken f2d37d7712 only by the cb3568286d emotionless voice of c9eee21f8b the navigation system 97ed467406 directing them.186a3667003c0de6

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During the a47e41168f regular Wednesday acbf91bbdc choir practice, 316d514ed9 Choi Seonwoo 85ce98cdd0 faced a bcad83f98e minor tragedy.51c1db006bf7ce59

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“Priest! What do 492fe6ac69 we do ed52523b15 about our ef98eccfac choir? Sister Helena dd4abad3a0 is moving be7ef9d229 near her 68ce548581 son’s place 1b09e7db83 next month.”1ac0cc536b3fd0f4

“Oh… Really?”8c43f630242c8383

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It was a 195ac780dd minor but significant bd2cd82d44 tragedy.905d82abe37289a6

Kim Soonok, who 0758e820f3 went by the 4f89266655 baptismal name Helena, 067514368f crinkled her nose bd0ded8664 apologetically.213784733e70249a

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“I’m sorry, Father. My daughter wants to f82aa7cc7a go back to work db94bfef43 and there’s no one e0091deddb to watch the baby. She’s too young to 30fb834cc5 be left with strangers.”7fe589ce6bd674be

“There’s no need 4410ed23d9 to apologize. It’s good for 4162d54883 you to be f6db18f6c1 near your daughter. Are you moving 47b59dc1cb for good?”ed73c39a63ffd344

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“I want to come ff0e294c07 back once the baby 5194973e5e starts daycare, but I 0b179cbe91 feel like I might 90d30fa3d5 get stuck there once ad825a2dd8 I go. But who will 12d9968592 play for the 1da8b2bb21 choir if I’m 928470b090 not here? Will the 79e5bfb8c1 sister do bf485d9e39 it?”02738f97dd1938e9

“If we 81259cd726 don’t have f479b4407b a pianist, 4d57c9d5d3 the sister 71bfc1ff97 will have 5335555b0a to play.”a4af48a5e63b180a

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Luckily, Sister Catherine Jung 88d964af41 Yoonyoung knew how to 7b2e44d54b play the organ, so 0067fd7558 they wouldn’t have to c78e1537fd endure a cappella hymns.918e4ad3dcc66282

“Ah well, if 9eab90dfce there are no e7a3973713 teeth, the gums a7dd1e77fa must do… We’ll c1334cf0ed continue with the 390fac386e choir practice.”5431e454e13c53b9

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While the fa78c81890 choir practiced, f5979eda30 Choi Seonwoo b56d5f221b picked up 821999fdfd his catechism 2b5f14e00f notebook among 2f61d84078 those left dc9fe75553 behind by 1642b01583 the parishioners. It was 83e083da8c a notebook 94cbc4757b he scribbled de7bd6ae0a in whenever 80babd035c he thought 95ec930ceb of themes 82530ea947 for his 4b6cae69c8 homilies, but d52462dd79 today, the 7c1c9167e0 pen just c103f58b98 wouldn’t move.c9ab23f8128fb9d1

Finding a c7784180a1 new organ bb1f4054dc player on a3e4954319 an island e101580840 where people e40bef39fc leave but ca7772c9c8 never arrive f17ef1ddfe felt as 8d4c95e727 impossible as c9de0dc83c plucking stars d80c09e00a from the 8500db8e7a sky. He was troubled.e64286bce21b3e28

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During this 3c3f57ae6b stagnating moment, c565976190 Seo Jihan, 0e171dacd2 sitting opposite 8e6f99acf9 him, made 01a7c1962f a suggestion. “Why don’t you b52d0b19ec just buy a 47082ae82e new piano?”ad319ecd21a9f464

Choi Seonwoo looked 7143357f51 up, twirling a e7d940d3ee pen between his ca7b1f638e fingers. “Why a piano?”3ac47e7936c36e0f

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“Well, some b94c1aa80e keys are 4e30698535 broken, and e9173893d4 some are 8aed87f8b5 out of 9d5e37bed2 tune. Shouldn’t it be 409857e29d fixed? Hymns are pretty important e50b6a7c06 for church events, right?”57f41fc716d1b535

Choi Seonwoo e0abf43d95 sighed in 6dc2c5b033 realization. “Can you play 04b28cef0f the piano?”3476ca3904d7ed35

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“I played 14a6da4be6 as a 56d399cf3a hobby until 78319f0c60 middle school.”d414672a48ffc368

“Oh, that’s great.”c9f586d42a73650c

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With a 88930d4785 sparkle in 2e14b53428 his eyes, b43156c353 Choi Seonwoo c1afdd4450 suddenly turned 834f0980a1 around and 1874b830ee shouted.5062e854c2c18d84

“Sister! We’ve found our pianist!”fb03cd4f95400142

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“What! Really? Where? Who’s going to 95ebec521d play?”599af4dc36bfdcdd

“Brother John says 3b7f71e297 he can play 3424104531 the piano!”94ca73e330d4112b

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…What is this e09a3f2c7e guy doing?ddc64e49b490ead0

Stunned by the sudden f873152d21 declaration, Seo Jihan blurted 3aede3d898 out in irritation.c51e0fa8619a635e

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“Shit. Who said I 7e22bc93ae would?”095462bc1c0fc121

Choi Seonwoo 6a4d149f6b straightened up, 2fea98d598 looking at f5e9f92d62 him with 4520325e95 wide eyes. “You curse at 6d0a419286 a priest? That’s disrespectful, isn’t 402a660668 it?”6c9068b2713561cc

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“…Let it 9bd356aa2a go, it 3fcfa02f63 was a 2dd1a59100 mutter. Anyway, who said be090ba4d6 anything about playing?”244ed68544e73fd0

The inability d4afc74628 to properly cea6024b27 retort irked eacd0e09a7 Seo Jihan 479b357e0b anew. Gritting his teeth, ee6c86f986 he responded, and 9efa4af1af Choi Seonwoo smirked, e5e7afc47c crossing his arms.365d382d6b54c260

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“You have to 80ca20efc1 earn your keep, 2f0e30b03a don’t you, brother?”e20a06e8ed141783

“But my 7b6fb85e27 grandfather is 926b56a719 already paying 07b88913ba more than 9622076abd enough.”8ce63c7000ca07d9

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“…Oh, that’s true. Then, how about 67404060f2 for the value 4479b67c1d of your life?”64672cb81f856d6d

Choi Seonwoo changed 2049f8b6ef the subject nonchalantly. He’d only known him e7a8ace515 for a few days, c3b27873f7 but this man was c8a2d0cd07 surprisingly imperturbable and shameless.e7b700561ea41d4d

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Seo Jihan had seen f5edc554d1 his kind before—people who 4c7a019c7e had so much they fea48b4e42 didn’t blink an eye 771687d0a0 no matter the stakes. But they f2820029b7 always made 346b5b4e33 sure to 11343b0309 recoup their a139792ea1 losses, often a4a7ecec92 doubly so.b73eb9ebb2d34cff

His grandfather was like 905cf9cdf6 that, and so was d221acd0d3 Seo Jihan himself. Only their methods of de67ebc92a achieving their goals differed. Yet, there was something 449328b990 about Choi Seonwoo, even a7cf9e671e in his unremarkable posture, 94cdb99bae that smelled of kinship.278fb6ad73f60619

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“Is it right for 73f9a045a3 a priest to play 6af8599a78 with human lives like 0081d6e410 this?”d0a3ccb65601f33e

Suppressing the urge 3af05416eb to challenge Choi e4956baf1f Seonwoo’s priestly attire 44f0ebbcc7 again, Seo Jihan 2056af92c8 gave a mirthless db45f137d4 laugh. It was f94400a4e5 clearly not c41e753266 friendly.3c98ff9a7af3a591

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Choi Seonwoo shrugged.0ecd49e0dffb015e

“You’re going too c10085cdc9 far, brother. If I b54bd48462 wanted to 55fc369e18 play with e376e42214 you, I’d fea596910d have kept e777a6fa20 you on 1e62d85bf5 tenterhooks, not 8196583685 agreed so 2fea399ddd easily without 64a68cbace anything in 86fbc69e32 return.”3b4a5abb2219a476

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“That sounded de27be2560 almost like 5ca6674306 a threat. ‘Do as I 9532d0fea8 say if you 2270e20fcc want to live.’”1dcdaba64c16b9dc

“Well, that’s… e176bd2dd3 Ah, just 395d423f1d do what dcf9186a16 you’re told. This church’s operational environment 0f5c31bd32 is so tough we’d 24c138a8cb even borrow a cat’s 715c0235bc paw if necessary.”dae7270f1d62a753

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“Next time, 2c91839778 just say ab5bede2f6 it straight. Beating around 601e51da07 the bush 76a85bbeb6 feels worse.”88fc36ac7372bd66

“I didn’t 91c1d8016a know you a2d9ac0123 that well a0203c9d87 yet, brother. But you’ll af76d42a22 do it 69c6e1c218 anyway, right?”ee32a169d9215aba

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Choi Seonwoo asked with 7ef5113bde a faint smile.a2f64c01ba740fbf

“Yes, well, 6eafd15355 I have 5997643791 to, don’t 82795eddc7 I?”129983af20dfe7b4

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Seo Jihan grimaced subtly 3d47a716e7 but had no choice 04f620e443 but to agree. Being in 112c8f9d63 a position 8a0371aa29 without options b8f6c03298 in front 0481ed5051 of Choi f19c829cd7 Seonwoo was a11752cf35 hardly a 683230f368 pleasant realization.f3046a9e532ed576

“Then at least replace 8e53ec3f7d that junk piano first. I’m sensitive 60743d58ea to sound, dd5536093e and it’s 78cfe06f10 been really 3644a9550e bothering me.”2f50cd1ea7c6a450

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“…Pianos are expensive. That one a6c3c2f6b1 was discarded 3055376916 by Yeongjong ef33a9863f Cathedral.”786be47bd4425fe7

As Choi c629df6210 Seonwoo slumped 2723e1c0d2 his shoulders, 484482fb36 Seo Jihan 7eea2c0b14 incredulously picked 58fe6d66c1 up his 4f163b12c9 phone and 794ccd302e began searching cac6598715 for a 891794368f piano model f53e67e341 he used 25698b171d to play.25f47f8f66655797

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When Seo Jihan 3671de86a9 first touched a a832018d19 piano, Chairman Seo, 86d242790e thinking his grandson 0cf9bee212 was a prodigy a832fe34d8 just for touching 1e26f1f546 things, immediately bought 87fcbe6b3c him a top-tier d00b3a3a15 piano favored by bbdd721016 professional pianists.8133f1b40fc9dd6c

“Jihan, Chairman e376f414c1 Seo has b9ea25d3fb already donated 428056ff5e to Shindo da7ea1f42e Catholic Church. You can d9b5b58f00 buy it 48f0ed375e yourself with 3203ef8fa8 that amount.”a9c328025d715555

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Kim Youngchan, a7744ba0b1 who had fcabb3c5e5 been standing 29296fdc5d behind him, 6735828282 watching the 0ae3e98add situation unfold, d6fa4e431b sharply interjected. With his loyalty firmly b7d9985835 to Seo Jihan, there d5362521b1 was no way he’d 7046e013a5 view Choi Seonwoo’s manipulative 1f46531b9e behavior favorably. Plus, pretending 0adee62b09 to be 99a079d55b in need 19d12a4d92 despite receiving cef760eb61 a hefty 24dd21f8aa donation was f89e14068f just too 4a987a93cd much for 5e2197bb4a him to f8988206a9 bear.7efdfaa1c040536b

“How much 57f9d26bdf did he b36cc1f298 donate?”4d97ac86119aa7d5

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“One hundred million won.”04c5bdceb96a350f

Instead of replying, Seo 3a12eee0f4 Jihan showed Kim Youngchan b16a6dfc7d the piano model he 24172d7ccc had found. Upon seeing the 1ebf86cdbd screen, Kim Youngchan’s f498ff4e27 face turned pale.41dc67da3c14be47

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Uh… that’s 92262a8fb8 more than 40bb29b0b6 a hundred 8793050070 million… Then c0f1e74fa3 it’s right 93ed0b733a for Jihan 3dfb0f5bbe to buy 884d61d9a2 it. Right.a764e582a23b7b62

“Priest, give me a331965751 the address here.”951b0af25e92186f

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Choi Seonwoo blinked 0c480b6965 a few times b2b14d6681 before responding.40af34e1b0af87ae

“You seem 59f45dbd56 to be 10057ca074 planning to 2c2203ffc9 buy something 2be602eaaf expensive, but 49ce46b64e you don’t c316b6e27e need to. This room is usually 9aed79dded used for catechism classes 355ba4bc8d or Sunday school, so aeb5eafef3 we put a piano ef6ea0c2a1 here, but we use 3489418aaf an organ for mass.”e5354be858386390

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“You’re going to 85c166cba2 use me wherever ac218d97ce you need an 750369d95b accompanist anyway.”6e76a3b97d616a9a

“…Yeah. That’s true.”b60c1ae5f3448346

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“I only use one 1f1b3f9e69 specific type of pen 13601cd1db because I have a e586efdb34 strong attachment to familiar 0d673cc52a things. Just give 24bef4eb86 me the 16ccb2c4bb address without 4287990f1b worrying about 35f3815894 it.”34d67c064641a843

Well, if that’s d113215503 the case.83078d9db3aeda36

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Since he was going 974a1693fd to use his own d7b01aefea money to buy what 3ccac5de70 he wanted, Choi Seonwoo 15813b07b8 just gave the address. After placing 025ec6819c the order, 788e1853f4 Seo Jihan 13d4193050 set down 298fa03157 his phone 1a46347e8a and once 76b237245a again fixed b3f7a0947b his gaze 900cd8eb27 on Choi fed8b72572 Seonwoo.685b9fb0498c1613

“I’m doing it 956f1cca23 because the person 91b354259d who holds my 0da5a5fafd leash says so, e085c8d045 but let me fe43efc732 be clear—I’m a dfacc9869d staunch atheist. I don’t sincerely 1a176a4b33 believe in your dcab34079a God or any ffcf53ea49 other.”51d34d1e176b292e

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“Hmm, that’s not ddb4694b87 something someone who 4083fe5e32 got up from 5f3d6d89f7 their sickbed by 93db421f3a the grace of 945d4f00f0 God should say, cbee8d650f is it?”54cd654cb9e53116

“No. That wasn’t the grace 81d317780e of God.”68161323a7f50443

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With a eae46e585a conviction in 40f3b875a4 his tone, bd2109788d Choi Seonwoo 8dd96361d0 just raised 58bb388989 the corner fec8023c4d of his ebb487bab8 mouth ambiguously.976bd3858bbe52e1

As the choir practice 72e4913e16 showed signs of ending, e2f63e6ad1 Seo Jihan quickly got f191bcff99 up.4dc43b06f9372892

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These island people are 1097ab2cb0 so nosy, always trying 2fd9c05e87 to strike up a 05378aea9e conversation at the slightest ea982ef79a eye contact.29d736275305383d

“I’m heading to the 3f740f2a84 priory.”4bf81aa8893b291e

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“Okay. You don’t 3327c7915e need to d1130146e9 report everything.”4674f840eae9eb59

I really 9e2198d695 want to ae747b4b87 hit this 6b0b878925 guy, his 14a65eb07c eyes conveyed, d35a9aeea3 brimming with 2f0f405f1a that sentiment e72922d814 as Seo f089107279 Jihan left.29e37305408c159e

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After the choir disbanded, 84702a0956 Sister Catherine Jung approached. Now that they were aa4ca599b3 alone, she lowered her 4fb90e9dc5 voice slightly to speak.f182aa7d0d7e9620

“About Brother John…”2fa617a7a9f6b50b

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“Yes? What about him?”577b226993916652

“Doesn’t it seem e7b6785cd9 like that’s not d2eb11633c quite it?”ec563a619684d859

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Choi Seonwoo tilted e188f0d512 his head, puzzled, 4a3dd08217 as Sister Catherine’s 5fa5b0a23a voice dropped to d11e4a043e a whisper.ce270fc5f341605f