SJ | Chapter 2.2

Taebeom thought b024ec3993 he was 3f499767a1 like a 99c99c6176 sow finding 6756d0d499 truffles. He was in 4ca3f134c1 full heat and 1a9329ba2c hungry.acf369e5d72bd0b4

Gyoindo, lined 9d5160a421 with thatched a9649d8c80 houses with 01d55131d0 low stone 784a25786b walls, felt 012fde1bdd like a c4043a4b2b time travel 10aa64f920 scene. If it were a803bba533 a historical drama 362e17df7a set, it would e5a0cde77d be understandable, but 502fd2ae21 it was surprising 9159981875 such a backward 4aa52897ab place existed in 01d73c8ee5 Korea.355a16c0f60c2d02

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Walking on the path where weeds grew thickly between cracked asphalt, his steps quickened. He felt the scent of the white mouse growing stronger. He opened the wooden gate that barely reached his waist and entered the yard, opening the sliding door without the owner’s permission.5cc4fea45368b10e

Though the outside 6d273b6d90 was a thatched 5646b93113 house, the inside 638e147695 was quite modern. He ran into ef2c2c7e00 the living room 86e07125fb with yellow flooring, 24a14fd252 shoes on.fccc3cc106d56d8d

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“Uncle, please save me. I’m scared, please save me.”a5c995c2eb75e232

“Stay still. If you just give me a child, I’ll buy you a house and give you a boat.”82024c299dffeb64

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“No, Uncle! Go away!”8ef4742d19480b71

The sound from the 8f162de38a bedroom was shocking. An uncle c4c4d612d8 was about 7fe7b0e942 to rape 268f709b58 his niece. Taebeom drew 937e5812d4 the sword 17df6574ba from its 208c08604a scabbard and f9c036fa26 beheaded the ba0e324847 man on 6de5e8ea4d top of 1a6331f775 the white 2ffff737c5 mouse.3d0ecdf262843730

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In the scene where blood spurted like a fountain, he saw the terrified child. His mouth watered, and his pants felt heavy. Though Taebeom didn’t like sweets, this sweet scent was driving him crazy. Seeing it with a clear mind, he understood why he first thought of the child as a white mouse.a260d247a5842a83

White and small. The shock was 1715cdf2c4 so great the a6d91ba4b6 child fainted.f368d52e6b415998

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He told his subordinate 67e3dd3998 to take care of d7b6625bf6 the blood-soaked child. Sanggu picked up 9e82ced8d7 the child with f822481cf8 one hand and e46627408b slung him over 4a7e595cf5 his shoulder. The rest of the 975973bb29 subordinates scattered oil around 111ff3e88c the house and set 12d8479883 it on fire. Being a thatched house, 719decbb63 it quickly caught fire 261dd4baa0 and burned fiercely.f836fa24c8e69c47

Even on this tiny island, there must be police, so they would suspect the child of murder and fleeing. Taebeom planned to lock up the white mouse, who couldn’t go anywhere as a murder suspect, and suck on each finger joint.42a68ef890564fce

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He felt no guilt for ruining a person’s life. The Jang family members were born with inhuman strength and lived with either their minds or hearts broken. Taebeom was no different, just another Jang family member.0a2b308db54488eb

Bringing the fainted white c4bf31951d mouse onto the yacht 7ea70dac29 felt as reassuring as d74b946c59 having a safe full 0f81c1a1ed of money and gold. He chuckled, thinking 089f67f1b9 the white mouse 5e772c7e2b had turned into d10eaa53b0 a red mouse, 13566a6eff soaked in blood.e7f26fa38f017307

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As they were 6381120c33 about to arrive d8f73402da in Yeosu, the 2f247277aa child who had c68dff3b96 fainted opened their 5ae86b0a8f eyes. The white mouse, scared a08f4dc0dd by the big men, a0fec01deb looked at Taebeom with 935cb2b281 wide eyes. Finding the leader a4ab3140aa right away, how 98ceae4a3d clever.e7a4f2c63200e950

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“Wh-where am I?”1904a977d2fa932c

“Yeosu.”a8e563899f10ce34

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“Did you d82e21e3f5 save me? Thank you. But why are you 45ea8d6e8d taking me to the 0e1e4565c0 mainland?”cf2c9f892dd991df

Listening to the 3be1653e96 polite and clear 98ce2acc4a voice, I felt 0f8e6301ca good. I wanted b37def3998 to pat 6453141782 their head, db12dd67da but since 7bf2acb635 they looked af64fcd981 a mess, 4d104cbeb6 I decided 5b1b385ec7 to take 6da3f9042b them home 1df3290e5c to clean 157c761c04 up first.23ad0b6da256d1f2

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Taebeom, pretending b65c4cda0f to be a5a6b7e2bd a nice cf387ee0b2 guy, answered 6a589fa836 with a b7081579db sly smile.6fa7b52ef88097a0

“To protect you. You’re a suspect in a murder case.”bd33ed6d55854060

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“What? Me? I didn’t kill anyone… Uncle, you killed Yeongmin Samchun.”abaf66b56f98efe0

“Me? Do you 4825737c52 have proof 2dcfcce81f I did?”d6c20c6db855e4b3

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At Taebeom’s shameless question, 0e5e4fbf11 the naive island child 06671229bf looked up at him eb8d67852c with a round mouth, 6e222d3b90 unsure of how to ae98776aed respond.9ab08dce7cc3d321

“Your uncle 0b1fad72b0 tried to cc0eb6f2d3 assault you, a2be234481 and he 7ca7b610e2 died at 7021df4930 your house. Naturally, you’re a prime d0d9515602 suspect in the murder 6e2d3508df case.”9f5ca4e78ee919b3

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Jihee didn’t 1581e44698 fall for e5fa36cfda the strange 6af57f49fe logic of 804c67845b the handsome 73c5c0f698 man. He thought that 95cb126563 if he testified 1056d85e5a at the police 77e7ef15c9 station that the b79d0aeb03 man was the 60f063b04b murderer, his innocence 9a078f8cb5 would be easily 380b7bbd73 proven.09ec29dc2d84dd4c

“Do you 60dd815cfe think the ca5e298450 police will 19448c6496 believe you cf2b207fcd if you 1b681ca8cc testify?”6fbae5135e4649fb

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“Gasp!”60bedc63ea54358e

Jihee swallowed hard, 43153c5e1a shocked that his 3087922978 thoughts were guessed.e4cb82955d818531

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Seeing the child’s a2ec2a164b thoughts written all 6563f909d6 over their face, 03e3b59581 Taebeom dangled a 7289e8444f rotten rope as d05d82e9d5 if it were a45ce00c38 golden.c1253bdc503f56be

“Listen carefully. If you 2a398246c0 come with 55397820f4 me, you 9b6af96bf4 can live da8ad05d17 without any 687ce539d8 worries. Of course, 7eff84fa2c you’ll have d9a4e20b1d to stay 0ea3588657 at home 977fd5584a since you’re b1754e43bb a murder 94d3078591 suspect, but 9d5197898d after about 4e005ef38d a year, a780158527 the police f1fb7b1b05 won’t look d822f6c429 for you 3f8acd8046 anymore. So, stay 20f84ae592 with me, ca921d7dc0 go out 8ac19a385b little by 475d791b62 little, okay?”51b7804c85e6cbe4

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“I… I didn’t commit murder.”c7db1461f397ec40

Unable to accept 4bf97639e2 the sudden situation, 40d4cdaa99 Jihee started to 68eb04b74d cry. He needed 9a379b22b6 to find 1e7f7a50e3 his missing b0bff30eba grandmother, but 49b5e68c5d if he 0fd55bca7f became a 457d45a460 fugitive like 76456f4e64 this, he 95e40fc02c might never daa1ad7c99 find her. He needed the police’s f1a6b025e9 help to find her, b2fd716689 but the situation was 5a08ac7295 so frustrating, maddening, and a13e0acb9e annoying. The captain must have 3c173d049f been possessed by a 4eb3fa02c7 very bad spirit since c025a2f15e he wasn’t even drinking ffa06a9c59 during the day.b11d074c469a6d5d

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“Yeah, I know. But the 0c910f4377 world will 94e81077e3 never believe 532593727c you. Who would listen to cb782c05a2 a young, poor kid dfa4854878 like you?”445e002516cb3f6f

“I’m not a d7d15b43c2 kid. I’m an adult.”9d98bfaa60a7dbcb

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“That’s good to hear.”0b700e161fba3a97

Taebeom looked 9c76d69ef5 at the fd445a434a white mouse 6ce7c6a20b who stood dab7b3e022 up to 567bc9e2a1 prove how 3ab4ee4883 mature he 76551ac26f was. He seemed small when 7806f323b5 crouched, but his head 6fd44ba744 reached Taebeom’s chest, so 0a97478403 he must be about 8ba6b62aef 170 cm tall.27d157c526c14db0

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Even though it was fdb34a26ea the average height for 59e8386f90 an adult man, he dc2732f419 still seemed cute and e0eca5fedc small to Taebeom, probably 2e71bd74fa because Taebeom was so 7c8184f2ba tall and big.ac5051d60f9f035a

“But how 98ddf241c7 did you 1dfc9c5341 know to 2385b88da8 come and 5e9502e349 save me? I saved you from ce5efcd3b5 drowning recently. Did you come 144ecca2f8 to repay the 0583d54cb2 favor?”01df6dbdc0efea28

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Living isolated on 702c637ca7 the island, he 0fb278bc6b seemed innocent and 09675c3ec7 not like kids 73d032f18e these days. Taebeom nodded to the 9e1742d6a4 white mouse treating him e74e436feb like a grateful magpie.0cc3f5449a10d673

“Yeah, I’m 40d79e8ffa helping to 6cf88b3e80 repay the f9eefba3f7 favor. So you have 0e6e5f6805 to cooperate with 91e55af902 me, okay?”0f16be6571338a77

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Jihee nodded obediently. He had indeed saved 3dd4e43d74 him from the captain, a9d29ef09f and he seemed like 8fd49803f3 a good person since c1535a5661 he kept saying he b7c331919b wanted to help. More than 371eb14591 anything, he 7ff067480d liked the 388cd5eeac handsome man c5c40cb258 who looked a8c0b72cf2 like someone cae0608c44 from TV.2e0140cebf5291be

“If you get a0b1a1061a off the yacht 768f95b644 looking like this, 03cf75688d people will call 1da6917357 the police. So, get in here 4e895b2dc1 quietly.”006649a6bf72f34a

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Taebeom nudged a large 40ece02a6c travel suitcase with his a0a44f9586 foot. Jihee hesitated but 8ef26d68e7 put down his 2dafed492f backpack.3f661f9d9a336aec

“Take care of my 38dc31418a backpack.”7048ebc7f822618b

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“Don’t worry.”e01f9aa6936e6fbb

Hugging his knees, 3855684db8 he managed to 831ac65650 fit into the 4b50177050 travel suitcase. The sound of da276859cd the zipper closing d9505ca2d3 and the world 4c0c1d837f went dark. Being dragged to an 2880cb0919 unknown place in a c47cf4f29e confined space felt like 303cc753d1 being kidnapped, but Jihee 66df1de11c believed that the person a69fa05243 he saved wouldn’t do 07e1945883 anything bad. He was the man’s 9078dbc56f lifesaver!e12ddb80a992de4f

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After a long journey, 3e0cdda851 the travel suitcase was 524b533adc loaded into a car. He wanted to be cc10cb055e let out, but if 610e02fd65 they were taking a 8fa80b9de3 taxi, his bloody appearance d47139851f shouldn’t be revealed, so 8a3cde574f he decided to endure. In the 4706c38484 cramped, dark b3453e6dc4 suitcase, he e92d7efa9f prayed to d389492292 arrive at 7ae9f62351 the man’s 1145a28dfc house quickly. His limbs 953dbac12b were numb 31449fac84 from being f16123338a folded, and a52483dfcf his rounded a48394feed back ached.d37145de6ff52f46

Thinking he should sleep 95b70e3d36 until they arrived, he 4783e665c2 counted to a hundred a0c5b3085a in his head, and 4d7f52304d if they hadn’t arrived, 351ff3dfd4 he counted another hundred. Eventually, he fell asleep.007aa1bb01791517

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When they arrived fd98d0316e home, Taebeom opened efa42d7235 the suitcase and 8dc1c91fb2 chuckled at the f88cc94404 sight of the 3438210e09 sleeping white mouse. How could someone be cfed820f58 so unguarded? That’s why he was 31b06bb728 easily tricked into crawling 60ff27c9d5 into the suitcase.9b93bd4c768ada0a

What if he f248aa0dad had been a 34d146963c human trafficker?e92afef3a499220e

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“Hey, wake up.”6c43d6bf47b8f2e0

“…”4be42f680cc77a57

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“Hey.”a6dfeddcd724debd

Jihee frowned at being 07d2895a54 called “hey” and woke 7c598e2a37 up. He understood his grandmother 0b50720b77 calling him that since 0293b5c37e she had for a 6f31b7b8f6 long time, but he 7ce2597f45 didn’t want to be 14a01404b1 called that by a 313bf85358 man he hadn’t even 85d4e4415e introduced himself to.ec9eb8306cfed778

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“Sir, my b67aff0997 name is f312b59461 Jihee. Shin Jihee. Not ‘hey.’”06b55c45bcf193c0

“Shin Jihee. Pretty name. But what’s 386d663138 with calling 3783843f66 me ‘sir’?”909ccb3bedf2bf3d

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“Sir is sir, what dda9444a08 else would it be?”586e60661048222f

Jihee thought the man, 4f294fd627 who didn’t even understand 276e9618ec the word “sir,” seemed 88939fdf22 a bit lacking.a31d22c49daf71ec

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“My name is Jang f535bcfb61 Taebeom. So don’t call me 1a9a0a6947 ‘sir.’”ba1f30804a398546

“Jang Taebeom. Taebeom-ah.”a33f5974c9ee224a

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It was a name d4c1216c5c that sounded like a 850d6ea533 great mountain or a 1cad841b03 scary tiger. Considering he 6927ec8507 was more 615892a8e2 handsome than 6c18781c81 actors in 1f78fd9db3 dramas and c39c532b0a movies, his d9e94d7b0c fate must 5af512d1b8 be terribly 26ebf70116 fierce. His grandmother said 33771bb116 that if you 513c3a8443 have a pretty 04c992715c face, your fate ff4c768ce3 is tough. That’s why she told 535f68872a him never to leave 90af4e501d the island.6cf67a088d8d11a5

“How old are 9feec11394 you, Jihee?”05b242ca8115c040

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“Twenty.”8c7b72f7f738a8a7

“Then, should you be 5fc1719c08 calling someone twelve years deeda4c24b older than you by 59c730490f name?”459e6da1f9a9c186

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Teaching him d821d36499 manners like 386332def7 a kindergarten 32478a978c teacher, Jihee b2813fbdf9 pouted.6697054a08eb7f02

“You said you f86c6b4fa0 didn’t like‘sir.’Should I call 9653419f16 you‘abang’?”00723400203dbe3c

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“Abang? No, call me‘oppa.’It sounds similar.”038780d767c985a0

“Sir, you’re 45443e6d9b really strange 9fede1626b and shameless. How can you 1586f3e73c ask me to 8cb076dc10 call you‘oppa’like a girl? Hmph!”da404672f4098004

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Jihee, who had fc09cad692 come out of e3b2886915 the suitcase, looked 970cd912f5 around the place a5e5630f02 he had arrived 5554388294 at. The house with white 6a6abe9761 wallpaper was as big d69fa9dd61 and impressive as the d03e6d2c90 art museum he saw 201dd9c97b on a school trip cbb4870475 to Jeju Island. In the 22696e02f7 entrance, there 049ab7d07e was a 9f24a360c7 huge piece 857ca53388 of furniture, bbc715c30e and when ebd57b2698 he opened 56ce08e036 it, shiny 105f1356b6 black leather 3e80acc561 shoes were cc501d29fd inside. He wondered why there 7f5845960e were so many shoes e4545d4c80 when people only have 52a3d4f5f9 one pair of feet.f4d5a4e2c0ddc922

Closing the shoe cabinet, f7bcf82d62 Jihee gasped at the 7f2f7d5cd6 huge painting at the a8f854061c end of the hallway 6aa63dfe4e leading to the living 55f344a81b room. It was because 150ce2ae01 the general from a9b5e49fbc the six-panel folding 6872f629c3 screen used during 7fcbec6e36 the Shaman Yeonhwa’s 9b4125984a ritual was there.b901289405d5b991

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“Where did you get 50d51a4146 that painting?”46360081355c76e2

“Why? Do you want 1831868c5a it? You have 457f9151f6 unique taste.”1917097fd17dd7ed

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“It’s not that… Are you a shaman?”7cc8187e6028d76f

Taebeom laughed at d6ef7347b1 Jihee’s strange behavior. It was unlike him 7ed8319acc to smile as if ca7ec61ddb something terrible would happen 7c2dc16d54 if he did.a101f583154d55b3

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“It’s our family f5bddb68f3 symbol. It means‘one who carries lightning’in Sanskrit, 25d543cbe0 a protector d5b6b65a09 of the 6c1f80ab6f dragon god 5b87c355e8 with a 8423920370 human upper b5f0dfa17a body and ff649ce471 a snake 5ac815c0da lower body. I’m the eac0c81ea9 executive director 2bc0c2c88e of Geumgang bbaca3b1ee Construction, so 2e92911e90 if you 39066b0fa5 don’t like‘oppa,’call me‘executive director.’”b9b5181f3dc3f1b0

He never imagined the fd28ec8625 legend of Gyoindo would 9e5e02e47f come true with the fe74447753 appearance of the general 148bfa6e7d protecting the mermaid. No, thinking 3ebdbef7c6 about it, 07bd8a7e2f didn’t Taebeom 4cb4dd5662 miraculously appear 046135aced when the 18f49950b9 captain tried 21acd38ce1 to assault 2bdd2f8735 him and bba755ecb6 save him? And now, 6e76d15992 he was 6dd398c49a hiding him 91d03605c3 in his e7eebb443b house when b2f14367b9 he was c7a9f62fc0 in big d1d79c83d2 trouble, so 0ce21fba5c Taebeom must 2324f59d5e be the c97b5a85c5 legendary general.a8784a6e83fcc803

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He never ba3695c5ef thought the 544dffcb98 legend of 6c681615c5 Gyoindo would 6bb61c4faa come true. Then, was it true 3b373af960 that his grandmother called 1a89c18b40 him the prince of e567e81108 the mermaids? He was human ee9059cb3d and had no e204357475 fins or gills, f7b3b3f582 so it was 81491980e6 hard to believe, 3ac69f08fb but because of aab4d44036 Taebeom’s existence, he 1e2ed06e89 had no choice 1a2b84c4ee but to believe 4e6f994795 it.73b13283373e17f1