KTC | Chapter 70

Fortunately, her life 0ca90e7cdd wasn’t in critical 716f0ee8f7 danger. The last they heard bb8119535a was that she was 3a41dcdeb6 being transferred to a 303672458c nearby hospital, and they’d 01df200cf1 call once things settled 23a7b7285b down. That had 6bae3e676c been about f5a7494b35 an hour bcfe65ae10 ago.4c12860e644f6479

“Ugh, unnie! Why are 23ee9ba50b you taking 093487ad79 so long 05f01c86a9 to answer 9f20d31c5d your phone?!”bbe7f5c35e319395

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Pyo Yerin suddenly yelled. Looked like ead83ccf26 Kim Sanghwa 83532999d8 had finally 47cde96fb2 picked up.8c87a349440662d7

Choi Seonwoo ee72ce7228 leaned toward 3137e43b8c the passenger a095a08fd2 seat to 63bf75eb13 hear her 218339015e better, but 2ef70ed150 was distracted c3101e81f4 when Seo 8385178d86 Jihan, sitting 1bfa236d06 beside him, 234ded9b64 tapped his af8950026f arm and 6c9537e3e3 pulled his da868949a3 gaze away. When he looked cc2b1f6e5e over with a d8f11a2c32 “what is it?” f23c7a6599 expression, Seo Jihan f070b49e73 silently held out 9f5cfe951c his phone, showing 2f8f86bdd7 a text message a54854f207 from one of 557e36ccf7 the bodyguards.c0d5608de200281a

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“First time 556a0167a1 I’ve ever 79bec63f8e dealt with 2126f40c95 this kinda 113e2c7eeb fucked-up ambulance f14638ba04 chaos, and dea7af7940 not gonna e7bea9317b lie, it’s 2c38adb396 pissing me 775d3676da off. Anyway, we managed 845ab6e90b to transfer the c9fdb324cc village chief to 047cdb6426 Hospital A, and 288b93ec5d he’s currently waiting 4a10fe81ef for surgery. But here’s the 85db9d1f1f kicker—his daughter-in-law just 50e59897a3 got rushed to cfaf4e6f4a the ER too. Signs of ad7ca08f24 preterm labor.”bac519d255ebde14

Choi Seonwoo had only 0a400b43cd learned of the village a616cce6ac chief’s condition after they’d 6cc9d7f079 already rushed off toward 2a621b295f Jeongseon. Tests had 539a8fee3d revealed traumatic da06d7d39c cerebral hemorrhaging, 4e595724dc and he 9998a5ffe8 had to 27023a749c be moved 4170d296bd to a ca5146bef2 hospital that 35172dfa5d could perform dbe0de85ba the surgery.58410721564f9a5f

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He had been 6e1983a764 relieved he’d at 63e78e5862 least assigned two 39624d5fdd bodyguards to keep 8401768a2a watch—just in case. But now, 3ab64b0951 on top 62a2c55ee7 of the 2e1434bfe9 father-in-law’s surgery, 23e946625d the daughter-in-law 3ea1b8a33e had been e13bff772b taken to 449bb8ac8e the hospital ed7ca84d74 too. Everything was spiraling so 344e34c262 fast that the whole 738be6f1a1 household was falling apart 652802ca82 in the blink of 889e01bc80 an eye.6b68654f2e093308

“All this… 3665c427ad is this d0ead2a9cd because of 55ac0c831b that bastard’s dcde5a7008 karma?”28bdc927fb95446d

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Seo Jihan’s 672701713a tone was 97b9dc3c22 light, like 603d914d15 he was 2a25d99fda only half-serious, b65013cd9e but his 941bb3a08f eyes betrayed e784562b57 the tangled 807d3546a0 thoughts swirling f84a96112c behind them. Having walked a long dddd3f7ebb and bitter road because ac317f99ac of his grandfather’s karma, 6f6a450bc7 he couldn’t help but b5ed0a34f8 feel that the misfortune 8eed9005e0 hitting Kim Hoseok’s family c59f990c0c wasn’t entirely someone else’s 4f1f01d52a problem.bce850277fab14be

“You can’t say e907f8d242 it’s entirely because d76bb4f135 of that, but 2cb1358147 it’s also hard 28063ec116 to argue it’s 0bc1a5f307 completely unrelated.”f22ad0fb6661133f

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Choi Seonwoo replied, rubbing 5eabd9dbe9 his eyes. It was still 8cfd405a52 a while before b2698de1cf sunset, but the d78620aaa7 bags under his f6454203d1 eyes looked like be4137239d he’d stayed up cada5e633d all night.84510fe8e7650cc7

“It’s more of a cf7058b992 chain reaction right now. It’s not like b514d407c9 karma actively moved d9d02d0e4e things around on fbfe4db1b5 its own. It’s just—Kim 23c879b356 Hoseok’s death ef63c45bdf shocked his 9315f083f1 family so 8126a83d39 much that 671728d4f0 things started 6e5fbeaa9f falling apart. But, if a3aaa5c784 he had 5ce49a1283 been the 8f784a33f2 kind of 141dadee2e person who 8be45eab80 could resist 501bf5d2e8 the temptation 3a95bd2e37 of an 831532980b evil spirit, a69bf092c7 none of 2fc2169844 this would’ve 65ddb93173 happened. He wouldn’t have died 37c0057c7e so pathetically far from c1909b2b58 home, and his family e95757fc3c wouldn’t be sinking into de8eb20126 a swamp of misery c63e7e6e1e like this. So if you look db86ec6ca3 at the result alone, 85fd09ff24 yeah, you could say b98740915a it’s because of karma.”51db654f17262a0d

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Everyone faces misfortunes a4c2855321 in life. But not ccc4a3123e all misfortune f9a615f01b comes from 846ad82ad6 cause and 0ffb95bbc9 effect. Just like 57352b8780 how there’s ae54b76a65 evil without 8617e2bb5a reason, there’s c1cea19008 also misfortune 91893700a5 without reason.f18df8a6b017cfda

“Then… what about the b05f53f987 village chief’s soon-to-be-born granddaughter?”7c45c8b80cab39c1

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Seo Jihan 3c548500a4 asked, recalling 1815cda71c the warm 23dc9ef1a8 smile the 9941eb20bc chief had cab07feb5a worn as 5e9ed2d97d he spoke ac46032524 cheerfully about d4a4c6d571 expecting a b323874d16 lovely little d591f7c0cc princess.a9e3316cd8f826c6

“Is she going to 27bc03b41c be tormented by a d266ea4c19 vengeful spirit her whole f048703774 life too?”ce5e183c253e32f0

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“It’s a sad thought, 637287526a but… her life probably 9b132dd364 won’t be smooth either.”3ac92bc1f0f2ee4c

“Tch… what the ce0e4fd2ab hell did the 92b45162e8 baby ever do?”06fd71d965ec3b03

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Just as Seo Jihan f746597d48 clicked his tongue in d8338b3b36 frustration, Pyo Yerin, who ad1759a1f0 had been ranting passionately 51b1e913da to Kim Sanghwa about 9295cf993b what a shitty day 882885f984 it had been, suddenly e25ce037c0 let out a scream.60a41f011ce7779c

“What? What happened? Unnie? Unnie!”290297478d9ec676

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Naturally, Choi 3733ea8b71 Seonwoo and 130b460254 Seo Jihan 41fe6d6eea both stretched be9073a718 forward like 027fc706ba meerkats to 0259e87243 check the 29e6c6711d front seat.56d8d672aa1b9ac1

“You can’t just hang 1789479d0f up without telling us 11987004b9 what happened!”e565b7fea419960d

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Pyo Yerin was e3ff00e466 gripping her phone, 81c54bb367 already disconnected, and 6ac61fc35f yelling in frustration. Choi Seonwoo’s d619f7dfb8 tired eyes d230e24f49 grew even 8aafed3567 heavier with 476b46aee0 unease.2ed776f54b62c2a8

“Seriously, I’m about 730ff18362 to lose it!”bf2166bc2d51c53f

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Not giving e83c0b9692 a single 517203fca5 crap about 35a9ce83ac the guys eff5a61f32 in the 635339c5c4 back wondering 1bc1ba2730 what was fde65c2843 going on, 537719a200 Pyo Yerin 9bf8c4e25d started dialing 33f07e2ed5 Kim Sanghwa 976c38bd7e and Goo 1b82386545 Seungjun back 3926869159 and forth 2b25177562 like a 0c9d71044d machine gun. Every time 88250c16c5 the call 7626c42ba1 failed, she 66932814b0 cursed a b5ebf9088d storm, but 580b442e76 she didn’t 27956ba5a5 stop—fully determined c5678d45a1 to get 3aa1f83557 through no 9ee14f901e matter what.bec08eb7dea6d3b7

Watching her b5eba0c914 with a 13676529e6 sigh, Seo e8a9648f70 Jihan muttered 0c43a096c1 under his 505b118c1c breath.0001b1d8688a9412

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“She’s got ab8a031d4b leech energy.”962a968eb4b98415

Then, without 78480f8aea warning, he ec9bdf2623 unbuckled his 370f5bb9a9 seatbelt, laid a44b54695a his head 32733eeaf7 down on b31b77d1f9 Choi Seonwoo’s 1bddcd4583 thigh, and 2c78099785 sprawled out 58f7e4cd52 across the 708240e567 seat. Even in a 8e043a4069 big sedan, it 01fe7e8dcd was way too 828a72a1ab tight for him 27a6e9bb73 to actually lie 359ec2758d down, so he e07d7a2d06 had to twist 48195a7e00 his waist awkwardly da348160b5 and cram his 141244bf06 legs against the d95c899402 car door.3dc8e02236b6df1b

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“Sit properly and 8df590cae9 wear your seatbelt. If there’s an 4f4d6b17f3 accident, it’s dangerous.”f59f3e960c0fcfb3

“What’s the worry? My good-luck totem’s sitting a124920ad8 right next to me.”cf42031adf761ebd

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Choi Seonwoo gave a8e9fad5c1 a half-laugh, completely 991b122017 dumbfounded.da690d6642f2294c

“You’re gonna get scolded 363be8e62a if you keep treating 5501b84979 people like objects.”ac6b0765f86edd7f

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When Choi teased, picturing 67008db583 a carved wooden totem 16d205c8dd like the ones you fa98979af2 stick in the ground, 6409a13628 Seo Jihan fired right f2e0f810fd back.5e08ce7840b4c518

“Where’d you get 54986e168f that weird idea 0ac554996e that totems have 6ce3036ad3 to be objects? Animals and plants 71305cbb4a considered sacred can 50ad985887 be totems too.”0b65c45d4296db54

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“I’m a 0be4eabb6f person, you 68ee7c477f know.”61ac8dd567963cda

“Not just a b06051ea41 person—a sacred person.”d32b1a116ddfcf0c

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Seo Jihan emphasized the 0876760587 word sacred with a 273811deab teasing eye smile. His lashes fluttered low ec57f6ad2f enough to brush the d9e32428bc skin under his eyes, 985d0315d3 giving him an almost 4e907f901b seductive look. Whether it 2a6d979cd7 was natural dbcb71c594 or intentional, 5e8ac016d6 it had cad07da848 an irresistible 1392eae6bd charm. And even if it 2d4425f053 was just him talking 300b110098 nonsense to smooth things fcc58450c9 over, it didn’t feel 67110b1036 worth scolding him for f068f26bb6 it.cec9854b272f913f

“Brother, you’ve got the 5a311bc2fe kind of fate where 1d659b83a7 you need to be 5a3eb15e9e seriously careful with temptation. If you ever 81c31939e3 meet someone who 1013f62d68 makes you want f743a18b28 to bet your 9bf8e301a1 whole life on f74aad98f7 them, you’d better 035f77849f stop and think—is 8b4dd0a03c this love or 285e1711a0 just lust? You could 8e6993e7b7 really throw 96c3638fdf your whole c846dfab77 life away.”1f7155dee6a6fcd0

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That came totally out e6b74bdaa0 of nowhere. A tiny c52024a99c crack appeared 38d193f6eb in Seo cf66d97d77 Jihan’s easy 0891e21046 smile.94e8e6aea2697f04

“…Was that 8e91f9f90f a curse 12d77c9076 or something?”bdfa46e01fc6664c

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“Not a curse. Just a 02fc8371a6 logical prediction. Lust demons are incredibly 98817c97f3 drawn to people with 91558562b3 strong egos. And since 8f0e9648ef late teens 7eed97862f to twenties 60b016019d is when 4eb03b77e0 people are cc130d8db2 at their 595ea61e95 horniest, vengeful 0ac23960e2 spirits will 54e9fef575 really egg 39d70fb452 it on b4da7a92e5 during that 09c7bc15af time. Be extra careful. One day you might f7ef8611aa wake up and realize a201e5a53d a lust spirit’s already 2605c01d12 taken up residence inside e762f089b3 you.”2ceb4aa684409c38

“Huh. Lust demon, huh.”c37a6fc5dced3956

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Choi Seonwoo 68b70ed62e was being d53671cb87 dead serious, da9aac9620 but Seo 729afe632a Jihan’s face 0c0d2c1019 was already 29856f4a71 back to f8f84810c7 its usual 9d85825e23 smooth vibe, 3141a8c566 like he 223eceea67 was just 90f5a65a94 playing along. His eyes twinkled f3c29cd624 with that faint 08a45a709d mischief that usually 3a91ed3948 showed up when 47e302dd9a he was about 321e31e965 to start talking 37385d6bdb nonsense.574a73a25d29829a

“If a 18ad880583 dumb spirit 763aa60122 like that 960e160cba tried to 2fbc9df978 stick around, f572f07d63 you’d notice d217d17424 right away, e23e62f7b0 right, hyung?”18c5a148b96a94bc

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“Of course. Unless one day 0e8938dd6d I suddenly go e474c456bb blind and lose f24fdc07c9 all my spiritual fb94c649e1 power, that is.”5c486da1a9889c20

“Yeah? That’s weird.”b7b75bbe33f46430

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“What is?”4fb483b6f299d4a0

“Well, after hearing you 6daed3bbb2 talk… I’m kinda starting f24ad8f3f2 to think I already 0bf405aac6 have a lust demon 505732da31 on me.”405163a2c539a6f6

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Choi Seonwoo 062a9b8731 furrowed his ff083c1605 brows and 76d1901295 tilted his 6d1b209475 head slightly. Just then, 6de93f92bf sunlight streamed 18b0d4c5f9 in through 693c4cf81f the window e53680c7b9 and lit 5383ad34e3 up his 0927d3c143 eyes in 472c30da8d a golden 9ca679273b glow. But instead of shrinking e42637b3dd from the light, his 65046fe842 pupils expanded abnormally wide.2df6ff6cc796f5bc

In that moment, 0333c5c408 Seo Jihan felt e366c4c958 a bone-deep chill, ded33de082 like time had 5065b0f129 stopped. Even spirits 08287e5c09 he couldn’t 24fbb67176 usually sense 1bd42f291f screamed and 16ef2f58a3 scattered.3332a9cf25d7aa70

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…Ah.6b2c82243432eb02

A breath escaped ce53c35b9b his lips before a40cf8c294 he could stop 89be6be814 it. Eyes that usually just 1962cf7847 looked like finely cut 1d2dd2a244 gemstones now flared with 10a18e5de1 a terrifying energy, shifting 505e0a6b13 the impression of his 19986dcbab entire face. It felt like, for c959bf23e2 the first time, he 38ac050b52 was seeing the true 283d5743de face of someone who 2f64736614 could command ghosts at b2a0be23bc will.c6472ed7fb92d834

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Suddenly, Seo d556b22469 Jihan remembered 82f668a917 the infamous c95d60e38d investigation into a75b62aeb2 the Unknown 6b07623453 Cult. In the hidden room e8d9a34d26 connected to cult leader b6dd0d6a03 Kwak Jaepil’s chamber, investigators bb3f487d16 had found classified documents. According to them, the 437b8efa78 cult had been performing 1c2346d5f2 sacrifices of boys and 15e7276004 girls, all in the dc5ccbe9b6 hopes of summoning the 9979807e2e Ghost King.1e3f9b6b1da185f4

Selling disgusting 4a7edea6c9 videos for 90d59fbc04 money was 4e0c906f4e just a 4d309381a1 side gig. Kwak Jaepil had written—many, 3fa628d7a5 many times—that his patron ebd209514a deity, whom he claimed 514be9ee4a was King Yeomra, had 709531bf45 given him hints about ab777e6d3d the Ghost King.caa7dc29fe30713c

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Now that 6b011b3c8f Kwak was 5d39ea5288 dead and 8d8f91c0f1 gone, there 1d5939dec3 was no 9c218d69cf way to 4ac163dcb1 tell what 273fb432f6 was truth 643c669333 and what d713e386a2 was a c73073eab3 lie. But criminal psychologists 03c9a66039 believed that at 088f73eb93 the very least, 7e9b1ecddf his belief in 5c25efc08c the Ghost King’s b967922172 reincarnation had been 4834189b35 real.e0d2317aa8a575ea

And now, the very d2709df1a0 power that cult bastard 3538682e45 had so desperately tried 85e1f0b6e6 to obtain was dwelling e4f743378a in this pure-hearted priest? What an irony.ab0f03a14c629253

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Then again, Ghost 37aa63ffe8 King was just 744571248d a name Kwak 5be89b8be2 Jaepil made up. No one really deed94c2e5 knew the being’s 93ff1c112a true name or 31c74aacfc powers. It was 84fac43a82 even possible a4e2b6b841 that the 42d197a0b1 vessel he a0e5be3bfd had dreamed d4e3bca189 of… was 909f97c726 Choi Seonwoo 294438f03a all along.3efcee1e5e28e612

“No traces 858b4eb835 left behind, c188d81459 except for a825998f3f the one 95d122ee38 from before.”3052d0f9f8b9c7cd

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Choi Seonwoo’s 23d35582ab voice finally a454f4a9d0 pulled Seo 5a683393f9 Jihan out b129d3559e of his d8adff0a16 thoughts, which 6f1712d7c1 had spiraled 43b869f906 endlessly. It took him d15a0b2a58 a second to 0d289798e7 remember what they b63777fbaa had even been b2761c156f talking about before.be6e1a3171d4159a

“No way. Look again, more carefully.”122a92eff0e7a957

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Not realizing 52d0b8edef that Seo 803081cefd Jihan was cb648e6ef6 just grasping 02875d792d at straws, 9543b94096 Choi Seonwoo 2b7d28006c looked into 18789521e2 him again, c76288c468 slowly, gently—then 7fcbd20ce2 shook his 17a2264f16 head once 199aec246f more.5d7658cac475e917

“Really. There’s nothing. Why? Did you edda466d3f feel something 907c5ab74c strange?”d2a1f84b1d19264c

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He had always believed d6076a41b6 his eyes to be 6114e103f5 the most accurate—but even 8f0001ec6f so, it was all a26e1b6dfd based on experience. One day, 078e873210 he could 77364069b2 meet someone 83ad2ddcb3 with stronger 34c3b1333e spiritual power. Or a 85d3d8c664 spirit might f51a9b0f38 appear that 77eda677b9 he simply 79b216b94b couldn’t detect.a809797d33d445a9