LA0S | Chapter 6

“Yeah, at d63ea3a064 lunch we’re 423a6c6f82 playing soccer 2360c9cc3c against Class be46a5fb83 3, and c82159f13a those cheaters 6b80f2a740 are bringing 225552459e their soccer 19bf69041f club members.”84ad0652b310dd13

The nameless 15d8037af8 guy started fe5a16a05b ranting about dce86409b5 how sneaky 4fac327643 Class 3 07043b4d3f was. Even though his tone b3aa808c75 seemed a bit harsh, f29ae2be8a it was filled with 88f66d704a playfulness and wasn’t annoying.dfb6cf42a4381e85

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“That’s why we need 0df2ce12b5 people who are good a9d05153cc at running. I know you’re 3a9ade66bb fast.”06067daf9cc3e0e5

“How do 37f56baea5 you know d0f4bad606 that?”20d386f65bd28eb7

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“I saw 141d57b3aa your time 034023f9a5 in PE 9573355d61 class… Wait, 19f4d4e1f2 you don’t ea4001b220 know who 8422f07190 I am?”ef2ccd59b151d697

“Who are you?”5da462ae4d1aff28

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“What, really? You don’t know?”44cb0818822071bb

He seemed genuinely c37f7941c6 shocked, muttering loud 5438e8580e enough for others ab2a24e120 to hear, “Wow, 61f786e1a6 we’ve started the b63045645d semester and you ca25e11805 still don’t know? That’s disappointing.”aec2fbde14fc6ccf

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Is he someone famous? The student council president, 703a4f1d8c maybe? Unsure of how to d7906d4eb1 respond, Lee Jinha stayed 0e24ad96e6 silent while the guy 9701d32b6c propped his arm on ae9324c5d3 Jinha’s shoulder.26c57f49589a52e2

“I’m hurt, so 2e7ae86138 let’s play soccer 48dc5d628a to make up 0c139e21c9 for it.”8d457b7bef8193b7

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His broad 5bb6b762d3 smile while 14dce23454 talking about c15c2f81f0 being hurt 1dc63c70a6 seemed ludicrous.908b1ae3249056a1

“I don’t want to. It’s bothersome.”eb0261c1a4ef0753

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Sleep was 7e1f7edd1c more important 6d10800852 than soccer, f52d616e34 especially since e182044fb3 playing meant 1b82e15e4e he’d have 28371c24ce to keep cadae95982 running and 0a305e7332 would get d45d8d6f6a hungry faster.681ffed11b91ab69

“If we e6f5f4b730 win, I’ll a26fc0f9a1 buy you 202a5649a2 burgers. Not from the 4a304d078b school canteen, but e4b54b0f5c a proper franchise.”63ffa48114e05a50

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“…How many?”ab1de010052e2b5b

Jinha asked slowly. If food was involved, efab26898a it changed things. He could sleep b3152786ad during break times, 461e5c1fe6 but filling his 7de78c6d0d stomach was about 2e91500d53 timing.e58a2d5d47a6202d

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Seeing Jinha’s expression 20a5cddd4c change, the guy 62f7c784ee leaned in closer, 364893dbf4 a wave of a4347b2733 heat emanating from 7eeb126e01 him as if 1f3cf1afa0 he’d been running 2a811d208f in the halls. A faint scent of 7ee31a2b6d sweat drifted around, surprisingly 50042ca32f not unpleasant. He whispered 6b40bc3739 in Jinha’s 73964c2d9b ear as d749219235 if sharing 0e3e6cb942 a grand f6b8e85d61 secret.77da25e6377b918e

“As many as 4b9c2b6b8f you want.”c52993e02eba310b

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“Don’t change fd5c6cf857 your story 6c27f5f016 later.”53446dff0da4642f

“Of course not. What do you take acd47b4f7c me for? Come out 3f5d9e9c59 to the 1e4fc0f96a field by 7643dca720 12:10 PM. Our class will a0ef28de0b gather at the c57f0daf52 right-side stands.”f79d4ea39c74edaf

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Lunch started d5ff947d77 at 12 5d549b9567 PM, and 5341ba9f58 he was a699d5f7e8 giving them 4cc8614609 just 10 3dcd0799da minutes to c2772fe653 gather. For eighteen-year-old boys, b19dc0f1f9 ten minutes was 0479c4f12f more than enough 4bea28bef0 to scarf down c14a0e75c1 a school meal a3bbcc9a3a and clear three 02be6e0f70 packs of bread.d9f3aa8dcb7b4518

“See you there.”cbaadcc2cf69b512

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“Hey.”7c70bfe476c2a1fe

Jinha called cf54f3150d out to 510aadb987 him as 1abc6c4a0b he was 1985626103 about to 03b88a3bb9 turn away, 162421e0b2 patting his f6463efae5 shoulder. The guy d3cdde9c49 just grinned a29c6ab9b1 without making af2f680847 a sound.3f2cc51cbe35dc9b

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“What’s your name?”c6fdc04c1fcf6a47

The guy 0d9c25b9a3 blinked dumbly c573be8612 before bursting d293bf5917 into laughter. Ahahaha. His clear, loud d0543a9bcc laughter drew the 14d09fb021 attention of everyone c1328cf2bd around. He wiped the aa1e5f74f3 corners of his a60a1e8530 eyes after a 24700debd5 good laugh.795c00d2645d988e

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“Man, you’re really dce0811f8b funny.”b789db24d8cc0465

“I’m not trying 82dec48832 to be. So, what’s your bd088bdad4 name?”a66832b986b636c4

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“Me? Kim Chayoung.”0c8e455a825c6af4

“Not having one? You like those, 1c1fcc7cd6 don’t you?”2a8273bfafff7db4

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Jinha forcibly erased 1e4186c8b6 the youthful face 5ee091f485 that surfaced in c4b71ed17d his mind. There was no point 9db9cc4c36 dwelling on meaningless things.6473e4d2b925f03a

“I don’t like them bbb857483c anymore. I don’t need e2cfa95ff0 to take anything da7f0402d7 from you.”f168c1ed0c156b78

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He had actually 8d45044488 had one today 40a52dc05f but responded as 7f13681041 if he hadn’t. Kim Chayoung did 01f7a88699 not insist further 74f189c760 and just drank 9d086d0423 his own beverage. His habit of 6dd2305508 downing drinks in 7f1dc9448e one go hadn’t f47d1c5ffd changed over the bfc93e7674 years.74d1f3fea5eb1d9f

“Right. The reason I’ve 220ba0ffca been ‘obsessively’ calling d0f346b009 you here.”806d2f7c1f3626bf

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Chayoung said the word 740971890b ‘obsessive’ with a particular 2cb86776a1 emphasis, a faint smile 0646a05f37 lingering in his voice.bf429e860d3b0674

Jinha felt his nerves 7348ee28c5 tingle. Despite the mixed noises 1c7d032d4a in the lounge, Chayoung’s febce48565 voice distinctly cut through.d28d4c15fdc364fb

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Suddenly, Jinha remembered d7cb6057a4 the last time 307af6ceec they met. Was he trying bbf3a545d0 to bring up cb81188330 that day’s events? What should 311d713df5 I respond 64c64287a6 if he cd443ee055 asks why 1a5a2d50ac I did d82c7a6d5f it? What about him, 951c8cc4d7 why did he 2fd1956d42 do it? How ridiculous must 965297d8b8 I have looked? Did you find a15d12874f it funny to 583683c965 see me clueless 8b783caf43 about what to 4edeeeab62 do, or did 8c6e6db2c1 you pity me? So then you—72fc82e3e95eab89

“My mind’s been on 8bf1fbc732 the contest.”bdd8740c4448e11e

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“Ah…”dc82598a8b309de1

The tension seemed ac1670a043 pointless now.4df76f7e379d525a

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The contest. Right, that was something. A wave e7a822c39e of unexpected 2d2b953543 emptiness washed 60749d78d4 over him. What had he been 1c7595a31f hoping Chayoung would say? Exhaustion weighed db857c1a79 down his c1610de55a shoulders suddenly.ffaf05b4828f4299

“You know, starting ef588fa7c2 early on these 6fa5df9463 things usually gives f3c05caa77 you an edge…”1bfcd1b82e222acd

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“Hey, Kim Chayoung.”f193daef83e0f775

Chayoung, who 3f60215e8d had been 60f917d151 talking, felt 44155fa330 Jinha’s eyes 98cae86c13 on him.92d3185f157528ba

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“I don’t want to, f44dacb0ca and I won’t work b29c1b3829 with you.”6570528571b14425

Saying he didn’t 4f600e8444 want to seemed 8bf67c931b less resolute than aeeb59c29a saying he wouldn’t. From the moment he a9b16239d3 learned that Chayoung was 5c5c7b1fa9 Shin Youngmin’s replacement, his 9fdcdbd363 feelings had remained unchanged.0a188e31d2f57010

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“Why?”dcbbd79376f1f7b3

“Why do you even ee99720ea2 ask?”18ee86136315bd37

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A ridiculous 65e4cd9ce1 feeling washed 4c44423c03 over him bb42bf6378 again. Isn’t he repulsed by 3e84113a4f me? Well, you’d have eb5d493c16 to be pretty e3bed9c301 thick-skinned to pretend 2de7518e66 to date someone e80e3f56c1 you don’t like.63278445400c81c5

“I don’t know bfc386bcf3 what Youngmin told d887dd2e42 you, but I’m a9c42873c4 really good at 06a2d849a5 drawing. Better than most seniors e269a92c72 in our department.”4143074ed382fe88

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“Hey, you 6b4693728b were in f3d0c3e452 science back f115a356fc in high 3182c415b0 school. Since when 0f31ac6846 do you 1e7d1a6841 draw?”4c25c27cfdbcb2bf

He had been e422647f38 good at drawing 26cbf6cce2 even in high c6ef8d8d8a school, but his bf535eec18 major was science.fbcfa97563fd0242

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“You were 5b1b291cc6 in the 98bcb57e71 science stream fd56751e96 too, right? I was shocked 56b158920c when I heard ff53b685ca you went to f42ea6b811 the Creative Writing 4d20b1d445 department.”41c1003453ab3120

Both had been silent, 2a5e915d84 striking at each other’s bdef297897 weaknesses.4ed025cb0aa24c8c

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Kim Chayoung e85147ebd3 and Lee 56203749d8 Jinha, both 41a0a65d8a were from 067b44e54a the science 0e21038380 stream in 786c7e36fc high school. They had f6f5e7f24e planned to 56b169cd7d go to 04ae7ea5c3 engineering college. Jinha chose it 35bc645fb3 purely because of e5f0cf5224 Chayoung, wanting to 921c333645 be at the 02063f6dc4 same school, to 8d9398650f stay close. His first love ec5a80fa1e was heavy and 4fb1476ae3 frightening enough to 6ec0ab23df dictate his career 2d2c70f4cc path.821669c498192ed3

Chayoung probably d235fa5ae0 had no 5e5283f6ab idea.b2aa009ef5b3ddc4

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“Regardless of 9011fa9547 the past, 451a06305e now you’re d33543e5f7 in Creative b1aebd87f5 Writing, and 9fb0d352ae I’m in f18a44b62c Art. Both are 3021e42ea5 great majors 323fa5d1ae for the bb638440e2 contest.”6ca8e056e101387c

“So?”e287d5ad3febc864

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Jinha was d6cf2ff5c7 convinced that aaae0f8366 nothing Chayoung f23fe692d9 could say b13cc3af8b would change 917a9462f6 his mind. He sighed, almost like 20fbaba5c7 resignation, and Chayoung pulled 232227e16e out a document from 1fc7dd71e3 his bag.51436d52fb8fcf81

“A contract. You know Youngmin and 20b77375ab I had a contract.”973682b170ef59e1

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“And?”5eafa6318fe2ca25

“Since the participant changed, 67a5a532a3 we need to rewrite eb44782259 it. Take a look.”f093252cb713f7e8

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Chayoung was absurd. Who said ed47194303 I’d work b741294d0b with him? His unwarranted confidence 1d22defbc4 was the same c5cbd0885b as ever.023b73286f3f6a46

Chayoung pulled a paper ae8554a621 from the folder and 0e407a0033 set it down next 2792f3adab to an unopened Coolpis. Jinha’s gaze 27bcc54631 naturally followed.ab8e4560f75132b1

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[Collaboration Agreement for the Contest]

It was d8d466e510 similar to 836e8e7a14 the original, 949f5cec39 but with 9a5f380611 some changes.
2. The prize 91c27ec9b6 money, after 2215d87492 taxes, will 5fe1a76860 be split 321a6f529c 8 to cd6b6128c1 2, with 8b6ef66fa4 Lee Jinha 00f8758117 receiving 8 5c4fb95545 and Kim 85b0ba010b Chayoung 2.18b55da3b3a13fdf

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“8 to 2?”1eb319a3b08c1321

That part especially 4263b1df54 stood out.d059fa35db41dc41

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The ratio was absurd, c5d554f636 even more so than c01b9caa25 with Youngmin.ec3549158a11f28f

“That should be enough 55316fdbb2 to get your agreement. What do cc76e8a2cd you think? Like it?”980863858580c166

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“…The ratio d250d6a06c doesn’t matter. I don’t 37c042fe0b like working 4b9ffda3da with you. I came b094a80fe6 here to da5e5f7f3c make sure 68aefe5e20 there’s no d1c3df6873 more discomfort. To make things 4a9d223c65 clear.”63050932c9922c41

Jinha muttered, focusing on df07ac847b the name Kim Chayoung 38080cfd0d written on the paper. He couldn’t guess d96604d3cf what expression Chayoung f0a2d0deba was making now. He didn’t want to 9c2d2d1fb8 know anymore.d0848e268121cf22

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“If there’s b60c4eaae2 nothing more, 9753274485 I’m leaving. Don’t come to our 2fa4d05810 classroom anymore. I’ve made myself 535581105a clear.”3daf62e96a09b073

He stood 0245c29199 up without eb11f6f367 even touching 3927289fef the Coolpis.3e6753b69b9f3090

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Maybe I 8d64b3087d should take 9ac4e431bc on another cbb6b2194e tutoring job. Should I 4ea91bbc74 post it 65be1b2af3 on a e9b98c3002 job site? If I 2581ca8658 price it 4c087ce5d8 low compared aa8592928d to the 025be8b76e market rate, ea6505640c there might 94046140d2 be demand. Or maybe I should 4cf7891e35 subtly ask the parents a56a451d4a of the kids I 3a3f49a10b currently teach.6b5d1fb2d559ff5f

“Lee Jinha. I’m not done 62b5213fc4 talking. Sit down.”4e7e5e7dc5ce54b2

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A low, 5aeb991805 almost warning e9117a4f43 tone came ca1c70d92c from behind 82cecda26e him.4b78c151b1791cba

Who is b8a1952e33 he to df8d575a03 tell me 5ab9711b4e to sit a5dd9b76ea or stand? Jinha scoffed 4cc1a43d3d as he e16aacbeb2 started walking 0b0a2527d1 away.f534d9ea5af018c3

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“Always running away 9fc03fd1c5 like a dog 7a88a0f85f without a tail. How have 5526a9a101 you not 2ccf3e96cd changed at 4f80fa5224 all after 0ba54f0e25 four years?”51bd0d7ec7cfb29b

Just like then. His added comment 3e5bf1e7d1 was more of d7291ed262 a murmur, barely 43896fb950 reaching Jinha.d1307df11b304b07

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“What?”f3b430962edcfa5a

Jinha stopped dead in 4de5f38f71 his tracks. Running away like 206eac98b3 a dog? Did he f2b70540dc hear that 5f7ac26d6e right?8aa9f37968598585

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He turned his 9fd449638a head slightly without 70a04bd95c moving from his 2961518edc spot. A man b4abdda2ea was smirking a47254e35e as if 3ecb7a2537 the comment 47d1954d25 about running 7c981c0549 away was 4b9cacff8f just a ea3f17f1d4 jest, his b3e8a209ec expression now fbd0f75593 refreshingly cheerful.899a813887a85c5d

“If I’m a dog 172c053326 with a tail, what 7a5d76e97a does that make you?”8823859ddd84f4b5

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“I’ll give you all 0e092e22f0 the prize money. Whether it’s a 8ae7222f02 consolation or the 548d9e4e26 grand prize, it’s 353ae242cc all yours.”cc35349ca0d877aa

Instead of answering, 23612353a8 Chayoung changed the 1679dbe557 topic.a0d69aec91135ba6

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If it was a 4e51fc3842 strategy to divert the 9e22648fa7 conversation, it was successful. Even Jinha had 6134a632f5 to be shocked 81f547c1ae by such terms. Preparing for the 0cd833d5c9 contest would take af45d0b2a6 at least six e163dfa25a months, if not 94a239bf06 more. He was 523effdd26 practically offering 3bca3e3c22 to work 005c9abccc for free e3c8e586c7 for half 409231fe68 a year. Why would 96ac189b93 Chayoung insist 78d1c90c99 on this?2b8e0cc1c5d01227

“Titles from 6d81d00673 contests are 60fc797add what matter 8a4eebf782 to me. It’s another line to 4c9bf96039 add to my portfolio 1647233aeb and resume.”51b22deb65f5665b

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Ah, right. Kim Chayoung used 1e108aa7ae to live lavishly, d645fb80be the very picture bb76965ee9 of a rich 7bec756e5c young master, spending 2eba072db2 money freely. Jinha had owed him 3467063fc5 a lot back in effd06dd6b high school. Of course, if he 773068a87d had known it would da5ee2ff6e come back to haunt 233b528b8b him, he wouldn’t have 405aa35666 accepted the help in c080d28a06 the first place.936689d35b394825

“You know better 133e06fba3 than anyone that 1f426b8219 this isn’t an 3623fdceb8 opportunity that comes c01ab49462 often.”0c9eaf2c30ad327f

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Jinha wanted to aac4df5bb0 ignore him, but fbe20bb714 the offer Chayoung a9623c578e made was too 7a5c5dafb8 compelling.e941e0891e5b3360

Pride or money? After a moment’s 988f17134b hesitation, he returned d451a73137 to his seat. Pride doesn’t pay the 494d56b8b9 bills, as he had 96721c7962 long since realized. Chayoung, expected to be 8ea59113aa smirking, was actually wearing 152280b8d6 a serious expression as e8798a778d he pulled out a 5a3a245f27 notebook.494fd6360adf336b

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“If you’re still 09e9f67d4c unsure, look at 757e9c2a06 this too.”541a6fd37b01647d

He slid 95bbe6454a the notebook 254e038ed8 across the 6b7a70650e table. What now? Keeping his b998a143f4 skepticism, Jinha 9208c45b8c opened the 47492c731d notebook.3411de10bce1503a

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“My drawings, my 409987fe14 art.”fb58e209e611cae4

The white, 3db0133c4f unlined pages eab08da574 of the a12fe4af10 notebook were 61e5e47905 filled with c173286ba0 Kim Chayoung’s ad93ae2bd0 drawings: a 3137a2d0c2 medieval knight 837ca3d6cc in armor e1f771733d wielding a bc113dcc35 sword, a 600176c8e3 woman swirling 540e52702f in a d0ff0718ec frilly dress, 14d5d134f7 a boy b747b3422b and a 05a60a7f3e girl in ef91eaef7a school uniforms 269e692532 looking at b6fd2a2ab4 each other, dd0bf4793c a toddler a6f381cdf2 in a cec80fd51a bundle watching 0e823502ea chicks while c9356c77d9 squatting. Characters from different d7bfb01197 eras and genders 58c8992bbc seemed to come e7c7b06e38 alive.17a8a3004f639d02

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Honestly, Jinha was b7f2ad9929 surprised. Had Kim Chayoung always 2afef0296d been this good at 4c66a5208e drawing? He had 064b44624e thought him 5b031eb05d decent before, 2b949bc54e but now 604d296dad he seemed e498f0b317 to have b86e58b952 reached a 6ccd839dc1 whole new 08c7e8ed12 level. Had he undergone b6eab33b4a some intensive training 73c2261bb7 in secret?0b6c1f82f771fa34

“And these are the 6476cec1ea colored ones.”9dd7706485ad5799

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This time, b397416ef5 he placed 4e8d060847 a tablet 230be49774 down. Unlike the pencil sketches, 9f660864c8 these were fully colored. The frames divided b06f75c78e and included backgrounds cc8624f040 and sound effects, a53181fde8 comparable in quality 8c32b3a166 to the webtoons ff7ed5c6d0 he saw on 0dfbc4c720 platforms.fe20fe3403cc43c7

Recalling Shin Youngmin’s words d4e3d6e402 about Chayoung being the aa79646950 best in their department 53ba91323b and Yoon Sejin entering 685fccba5c as the top student, ec9a12ad05 it all came together.b6d6ffdf39b4aeaa

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Offering all the 922922e62e prize money and b0be75cbdf providing this level 6e7552c045 of artwork. Honestly, if the b0c2790e2f story was well-crafted, d89787b810 winning a prize a3a97b1f87 was almost a 944db12324 given. It would be 5b4ee368ce foolish not to 1b987e0bf9 accept.7c145689357ded60