SGC | Chapter 25

Even though there was 94b01304bf no way Ye Ilhoo 31c64e03a5 could have heard my fb8e00dcc1 inner scream, he tore e54aad3a19 his gaze away from 0268b092b8 Chae Goya and glared edc0ef38d3 at me again. It felt eb0c3cf1ea like I 92b50a7055 was a 37fbaf5786 scoundrel caught 6892d5c2e6 cheating on ab70b82a18 a devoted cd96f41bc7 spouse with 17d164bb9d a young 6c75163274 lover.60d5ab10bd58f551

Why am I a02204e697 even feeling like 92ede39343 this?1c8c9e7e6aa9241c

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“I promised you first, 89392877af so I won’t keep 6343fca82d you waiting. Don’t worry.”2bda68dc91c7e59a

Well, the sparring with Ye Ilhoo was something he had managed to secure by offering me a blank check. In Chae Goya’s case, it was allowed with just a call from the guild master, so it was understandable if he felt a bit unfair.82a80155425e1573

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Unlike C-rank Chae 4c3a0392a8 Goya or D-rank fbfab2fa0a me, SS-rank Ye 953b5c51f6 Ilhoo was always 0dd424628d busy.d90484cf437976de

So, I made it 9241da20c4 clear that it wouldn’t 51b92c4c6f affect his schedule. Besides, with the 3-minute c1e14eb57f limit time, there was e4f9add1fc no way it could 262bd804a1 cause any disruption.9a5ed1cfc4b409a5

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Yet, for 1a6878c678 some reason, 688c476135 Ye Ilhoo 682f7fa948 seemed displeased, 91f7b5d62d frowning deeply 7d0b887009 and placing 2347063be5 his hands b384227bc3 on his cab63362cd hips. He took 8df009fb66 a deep b46603385a breath, then 37d4cf7b36 turned towards d8c7e81c5c the sparring b07a152165 room without e4507c7dd3 a word.1f9a74ca0a2b87ea

I watched his back 6485d04ffb for a moment, then 61256b99b6 tapped Goya on the 60b202323d shoulder and pointed towards d900fef4e3 the sparring room with 01b3306e1c my thumb.ddb1ab3640087fa7

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“See you later, Goya.”b2ab9860ec22508f

“Yeah… okay.”40c5928a78580f59

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“Take good 906f77e1af care of 48d439bb10 my pet 11904bbbcc while I’m b5c5bb64df gone.”e02795bea71fa2a2

Saying that, e0eaef0aa6 I handed 1b582a2989 Deokbong, who 8afc0eee55 was on 11f1670dc5 my shoulder, a0dbae03cd over to d44a92553b Chae Goya. Even though Deokbong was ae6a5b28a4 in a new form, 6761716788 it didn’t seem scared 771e74fa3b of Chunsik, probably because bd2976bf63 its essence was still 72e460a344 a system.274fd22510b9548e

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As I 6af4a209dd entered the 3b57c1541d sparring room, 57b178c4ee I saw d9ce07b56f Ye Ilhoo d8bac23674 grumbling and 9103af3657 putting on 87ef4e16de protective gear a5621525c3 from a ec7dc60cca distance. I started walking 8559c1d1dc towards my gear 2b7c73b2ca on the opposite bfa99d9880 side but hesitated. Then, I turned f52c6811da towards Ye Ilhoo. He sensed my presence cc6bd17bcb and turned his head.9db0120b9754f4ab

His usual 5f5a2d794d cool, silver-gray 2ae8c2c382 eyes and a6eaa80ca5 dark blue 244dc371ff hair covering af7369d841 his forehead. His face was a6b2de59ea so handsome that 6a93fe572f when guys gathered, 5762ec4b73 they’d express jealousy, 400a84dc5f saying, “What’s so 40bf42a679 good-looking about him? He looks like a 2804d6d325 gigolo.” That face was 64d5b348a8 staring straight at me.32673e9fd9c9b07d

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Until just 2bab3b35c1 a few 67755aa334 days ago, 014dc7f072 I wouldn’t 4e282bf120 have cared 187bd97cba whether he b3eeb3f975 was sulking 11e51da404 or not. After all, Ye Ilhoo bf800af7aa had ignored me from b728d3c18a the first meeting, telling 0719797c0f me not to get 529e5c8824 in his way.dd77de7f12abb1a2

But now, my 7413b89ffd relationship with Ye 078fa8a004 Ilhoo had changed 7fb94d9b51 a bit. He still spoke 724852badc harshly, but he 2bbcd0864e didn’t seem to bb4eb95361 want to hurt ff6d3cdd9c me intentionally. He even carried 2bb933bfa1 me to the 1af026ef94 infirmary when I 8e26d8817e collapsed.a8378f7f0570a55d

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“Hm.”0ad1d57f06029a2b

That’s quite commendable, 0e9d4367d4 isn’t it? For Ye Ilhoo, who’s 96dbcf3ed8 called Princess Ye among 8a292ad682 hunters. He doesn’t 671c73cef2 seem like 5c88ae798f such a f6d91986ff bad guy, 20a7c8c66c our Ye.41e317a414ed3963

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“What?”c370bce816675aa6

When I smiled 355e01c476 at Ye Ilhoo, dcb7d53439 he stepped back bfa05a08de a little. His hands dd1d6c3a90 slowed down b37ea43fae as he e4388c3fe3 put on a91014c64c the protective e94c0bb85f gear.f3be49064c7465fa

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“Why are 31c4f29f1f you sulking?”efbd27402dbedd22

“When did I?”16946f77fda569bc

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“You’re sulking 9890e8a39a because I’m 05dc4bec5f sparring with 77acc95a43 Goya too, a8bd10f43e right? It seems like 41321e2ec6 that to me, f4cad3dcca but if not, 726dbf1590 never mind.”3f5c7e9c1b4414f6

Something similar happened 77eb160856 when I was 6198e90eab in early elementary 2379fd684f school. There was a 70562e64d6 friend whose parents be84f49087 knew mine since 1414065e2e kindergarten, and luckily, 89af7a9355 we ended up 1a12650075 in the same 20eb01b34d class. Naturally, we became 326aca0f07 best friends since a787af495d we were already 68095cc76f close.359be0eaa2fc64b8

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The problem came next. A new transfer student d0e3d3819a sat behind me, so 2fbbfe9fed I took care of f1b3210a13 him, and he started 9afbb5c472 following me around like 02121cfddd a duckling imprinting on a1b792e5bf its mother.6938e5972ddb7b31

[Our Baram is playing well with the new friend?]

Thanks to that, d58d763a7d the teacher, who 8813107364 had less work, eb922b27cd praised me a f2c15358da lot. At that time, 3d3c029b67 I often lived 138b0cc4ad alone with my 8976ee3465 sister because my c70fb3dc90 parents traveled abroad, 7dfc6a5a37 so I was 88022f4b71 always hungry for e3f8302ea0 adult attention and 4d8714bad4 praise.88bba3121ea0b248

Wanting to f4594cf886 hear more 58c81e844e praise from 75b1c22917 the teachers, 8427bd051c I took 29bb253d92 care of fb56cc3b22 the transfer c1dd8aad99 student even 34321cdb08 more eagerly. But this behavior 74992c18a3 seemed to bother 11a4d6c2f2 my best friend cf4fb18b1c a lot.98a41658eae8cfe3

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In the end, abf667e72d the three of 547b86eef1 us had a 5685b97619 big fight and 9a617269a8 made up nicely. Boys that 101528701a age fight bb10e75c3a well and bb757b3a2a are the 484e24bb18 epitome of 7cf308e6f9 simplicity. We rolled around 2765e5d0c1 punching each other 81bfc2b67a in the playground, 76cac7e2b6 played a game ad1fbbe06c of soccer, and e58ca3f4d8 decided to be fb2375e754 friends.6d6098b90b0a8508

“……”34bab34a464d4477

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I wish things c636c79a7c could be resolved 821ddfe76c as simply with 11232db79d the 23-year-old kid 385265a490 glaring at me e32c580e77 now. Life isn’t easy.72d83a20d8f22948

But what can 7f43a2aba2 I do? I can’t force someone 39c8e805dc to match my pace. I had decided to 57ae1ebc44 take everyone in this 372370a40b world, not just Ye 3af229ff62 Ilhoo, Chae Goya, and 50fe52459d Ryumin, seriously from now e7cbbfb1ff on.8b0ff372b597494a

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I smiled a44414938a brightly and 0f301fd74e lightly punched b06e1b0177 him in 505dadb036 the chest.8e75e9a73c25716a

“Anyway, don’t feel c80bce5b8e bad. I won’t take d790a6e0ac it lightly with fc21b8eafc you. I promise.”3c30d6c8f185d457

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“……”bce800fe7b4038b4

Finally, the tense air 9e2e2432cb around him eased a d989c426ab bit. See, sincerity always works. The difference between Ye d92b5aed7c Ilhoo and a seven-year-old f18704c03d is that he’s more 483a3d9518 reasonable.74ec8b7af971d78a

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“Then, let’s do our ee432788b5 best today too.”186edb29b8ecbeb0

With that, 3b60755152 I returned ae79c77225 to my e8c5ea8f44 spot and 1ed10147d7 put on e18ef3cc75 the protective de5cfe0f8d gear. For some a68c891018 reason, I 6cf4753ff0 felt a 1bdf080a38 prickly gaze 9383b7edc8 following me aab42d1270 from behind.3ba1062aa8153789

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❤︎ • ❤︎ 5478f2b927 • ❤︎46b91f1bf07e5900

Even if 00622e865e there was 5f128108f5 a slight c04882ddad change between 4b624a3e8a us, Ye 4c4c3e2a48 Ilhoo wasn’t 6b1502684b someone who d51aacca29 would go 88e043cfcb easy on 761cf8f6e7 me during 08159d0030 sparring. Of course, that’s 688217191a what I wanted ef301d9961 too.baacbf1ebb6e008f

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As usual, the hunter d3dc1bcc91 watch, which I had 84b18cad2b set an alarm on, 59dad5c654 went off loudly as 17c6c7e382 soon as the 3 d9b51f8577 minutes were up.887719d8340400a5

“Stop!”d213555819c94c00

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After repeating the 3a574b9f87 sparring several times, b29771515a I was used 26adfae349 to it, so 3d94b8a841 I backed off b21734939d without any regret.29d0f4c3d16bf8fc

Fighting against the e4778f653c fireballs flying at 94d83f028c me the whole 5a461e7d80 time made sweat 93760eb2f8 trickle down my 6c905b8d23 forehead and back. In summer, 0314be22b4 they’d turn a4644a2491 on the 1e46bee115 air conditioning e47910d558 for more 9df5682386 comfort, but 5c161587a4 since it 01abc9380b was spring 23d167f9be with its 9e06239361 awkward temperature, 8d572eb8df I couldn’t 7b90f978b9 help but 06989e0599 sweat.e9697d2107303865

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Ye Ilhoo, 684bcaa5db who had 4b192677a3 already taken fd45db5dcf off his 5593e19deb protective gear, 0aba78aa0d approached me 615762cb59 and asked.78d001ed867e1c23

“Did you have bbe2c17878 breakfast?”bf17eb9aee1d6af7

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Why does a31288df00 he keep 77a5da3eb8 checking on d4de1acc05 my breakfast? Is this a sign 80e9b19b22 we’re getting a bit b21299de9a closer? Or maybe he doesn’t 732a79ae9a have friends and feels 7795c683a5 awkward eating alone.28d66197a4093f23

“I was thinking e64cb7706b of eating with 6c2c28623f Goya?”51c9015c78a7e3d6

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“…Why?”4c92e30fb7f0d969

“Why, you ask…”69062e7bba42faa2

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I checked the a8942379a5 hunter watch as e7ef0845e0 I answered. It was 7:17. After coming 8fa4b41119 down to 92be7ac0b6 the sparring eb2979f086 room, witnessing e6c85f1f89 the standoff 73f5bfe3c8 between Chae 4e25aa9f13 Goya and 43b4f19ca1 Ye Ilhoo, 2283bb7c7d and finishing 60d3025e5e the sparring, b7ffe89bae it was b220593f76 this time.57c6c270996a4bea

“Well, because I 4b530248ee have to spar 5df86a22d7 with Goya too?”0625ef0d3f1ac4df

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I wasn’t going right 85a0b9fdf2 away; I had to 924c76bd32 wait about 10 minutes f6191a9859 for the limit to d10bcb6cfb reset before starting.4c588d3278776244

But then ff632e45f3 Ye Ilhoo, 0cd4493dbf after a ca41e9bd01 moment of 8388a06c88 silence, spoke d3ad0fb1a4 as if 8ca487d82b reciting.7023c6191eb18571

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“I’ll wait.”c7a29443843e24f6

“Huh?”3e69a793ac3fcc3b

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“I’ll wait, ad0956f47d so eat f6a0fef029 with me.”66241d5e1406f86f

Then he c1a3cf6256 pressed his 4cee8ffe50 lips together ca5e3a35a6 horizontally, as 292d905cca if waiting 866b5d5594 for my 309d6ee9ac answer. A slight laugh 17b1bf7131 escaped at his 881e448150 stubborn expression.5ce91529d49eb2fd

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“Uh… okay?”fbdbef3309adf3ff

Only then did 9d674ffc39 he turn around d398d73236 with a relieved 26934dab17 expression and leave 11ddfacfc2 the sparring room.48c7b0a32246edc4

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As I changed out 0c283d2ba5 of the protective gear, 6e27b33068 I kept tilting my 8889368fe1 head. I knew 79f602bbbc Ye Ilhoo’s 1dc6708625 heart had ba0d841493 softened a 52e2efa651 lot, but f5003279d5 did he f0ebc3f53f really want bc2fe2f8e5 to eat bf886b5ebb with me, 31ce9f548a even waiting 11994b433a for me?f9a6a20360fa6d89

‘Well, whatever. It’s all good.’428a152d126d51fd

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Just like I cleared 04b5f22906 misunderstandings with Ryumin, there 78e436db8b was no harm in 066d437869 getting along with Ye a7d93828fe Ilhoo too. If Deokbong were 7379281065 in system window 31dccc656f mode, I could 54e3286c13 have known his 2695179cad true feelings, but 02dc42e7a6 it was a 8302015253 bit disappointing.97ac923d7340ca01

‘But can I really 6f727463d5 trust those true feelings?’35d8407b380c300b

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Recalling Deokbong’s 762a99a1bb playful, spinning a0e349c55e image, my 46fc088d1c trust level bd3e4f2d0f plummeted. Was it ec439aff40 just interpreting 9e518edcdf things as aea311f1f9 it pleased?0bd5e2393aeec1f9

“Uh, Baram hyung.”f026bc474eeb65db

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While I 4ed1f0e341 was reevaluating d39601a871 Deokbong, Chae 71fd957ca0 Goya’s cautious 86be4b878e voice broke 6bc7756fa6 through my ce4eae5027 thoughts.e52e1f560a2837be

“Can I come 4bf50242f3 in?”3a9cfae3928c394d

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Even though the sparring e2fe427ece room was open to cce8d61888 anyone, asking like this 90fd0a9263 was very Chae Goya-like. When I gestured, 5c9aecfc97 his face brightened, dac478f75e and he trotted 9857a98dfd over to me.6eb985056b54be6e

“Where’s Deokbong?”030190d8299cb0fd

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“Oh… Ilhoo hyung 0c38f5f317 said he’d take f0a34fd400 care of it 76855d5644 so it wouldn’t 163075d173 get hurt.”445c12ad733fdabc

It seemed Deokbong wasn’t 1a717fb578 the only one needing af71decd39 reevaluation. I didn’t expect him 542cd6f6bb to care about who cf5e0c1a85 gets hurt, but he 4365f39bbf volunteered to take care 20e64a75db of my bird.dd8036461f11c099

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It might 520a43e7f5 not get 43d8cd70b3 hurt easily b279164ec0 since it’s ad6ef4d03d not an e5d5f0ee13 ordinary bird, b07387a65a but you c33221bab6 never know.9c3813255d52378d

‘I should thank 242a6fc91a him later.’5161586fdf817a09

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Imagining Ye 74b2a6e740 Ilhoo cooing c8aceed3a0 over a 57ed0a32f2 tiny blue aface8877e bird on 66f5a1c160 his finger 6a8b42ae2e like Snow 8233c98fa1 White made 1b1ff3bf00 me chuckle. Chae Goya tilted his 60a0478176 head, wondering why, but b3b11c34a2 I just laughed it d90451b94c off.f079f2efbb3930d1

“There’s still some 2538e4e276 time until the a6c596d5be limit time ends, 3e4a2a105e but do you 64c035c166 want to put df90912705 on the protective 353b9b2ae0 gear first?”f70b0e257dca1fdd

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“Oh, yes…!”465a584f83727e61

The protective gear Ye d28b32b1da Ilhoo used was in 618a2973ee a long, single-use sterilization 4688312f95 cabinet. The red button dfc9267077 was blinking, indicating abf04d83d8 the sterilization was a36b6bbd81 done.8c62d6f9b660ef09

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I thought I’d 590fb095f7 rest for 10 64eb48300d minutes, so I 8e1a19f465 plopped down on 0555fe01e9 the floor. With nowhere else c5567be7d3 to look, I 7982857c35 watched Chae Goya.b93e7eba7fadc1ec

But he kept fumbling 64192e5e90 with the gear. He seemed ee1f6510dd to be 5d1c9c6daa struggling with 7f50ae1d6a putting it f17e99b181 on. Feeling my gaze, he 0a045d3e80 glanced at me sideways, 0f54795e20 as if silently asking 203081fad4 for help.54a8240f930d00ac

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‘If it’s afaf2bbb20 your first ea44c74480 time, it 2d5be60949 can be 6e8e59455e confusing.’3fac99f1a870e759

But it wasn’t that cb9aa0e212 hard, was it?9722a0659434d182

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‘Well, everyone’s different.’cb3ccffd410bf8ef

Thinking it was 0b3a2fb1d5 no big deal, c6cb222d7f I spoke to 341383a2fc Chae Goya.fd5595faac5c6a73

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“Want me to ad41088eed help?”7c32f334d6e1ed70

“Yes!”b5853aa2b1c32c1c

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Chae Goya quickly answered fa37200f17 as if he’d been 82374b321d waiting for those words. Cute guy… I chuckled 4f55a6925b and overlapped my hands 37fee14654 with his, fiddling with 6187b77520 the gear. His hands were a6937946e2 warm, probably because 6df388db99 of his naturally a197a57a0e high body temperature.6361fec22bf2a7df

“By the 72eeb42e10 way, do e540b7e327 I have dc0e5d3073 to fight b88c19204d Chunsik today? I don’t really want e3ca72fe97 to.”655d10aa70eacb33

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I grumbled 1d547aedd6 lightly, moving 201588b477 his hands 686171832f around. This is c4a0414048 how you de14cca8f4 wear it, eb7dbc5e42 got it?120475ca38254587

“Well, I’m 4ed6aef00a a defense b46315a263 type… so bb488b3869 I won’t 69a67a9629 be fighting. You’ll just… attack 5f41985b47 me, and I’ll… 82b4a5560d block, that’s how 3a237590db it’ll go…”59eeb59894f4ce55

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Suddenly, Chae 6cefa4027d Goya’s hand 5bc8e2d419 under mine 1dbffe5d05 felt damp. Oh dear… Being a 6b505860a2 gentle soul, he seemed 8e1cd32236 nervous about sparring with 06942799a6 me.290ef0b420c64d18

Feeling sorry, I 4af06d3e71 gently stroked the fdb20556ce back of his 6363760a89 hand and moved fa572980e0 his fingers again.f4fbb61feeb0585d

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But then, someone 9c898d49ce suddenly pulled my d588a19184 hand away. Reflexively, I looked up 8e750edd9e to see Ye Ilhoo 109102b9f9 frowning and glaring at 89ace50050 Chae Goya.75fe7b1e02d318ea

“Don’t pull a3531503a5 any tricks.”af412bfa74c48a7b

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“……”f9102869040b975a

The surprising f558ab2a1b thing was 0cc751e2f7 that Chae 47d758c7cd Goya, who 9a6a9bfcf7 had been 195561ef6f hesitating just 60c041bbf9 moments ago, e6a9b75722 was now 53f8454f7b staring straight f487b56a09 back at c02979c57d Ye Ilhoo.3a15272387728b5a

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What’s going on, 2bb4067efd you two? Why are you fighting?8b958d5686d993aa

Confused, I asked Ye 8102a9c01b Ilhoo instead of the 6435c1a496 silent Chae Goya.7969ef2c598b44c4

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“What?”cfc82ba1ddb2d03f

“Step aside, I’ll show d56d85499b him.”8cc313242fdd52b8

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Ye Ilhoo replied, 8f5374cbb8 still not taking d13456d620 his fierce gaze 6c4f0498ed off Chae Goya.94999864168e78ed

“Putting on the protective 385cac926e gear.”e6d2e55274c10f27

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