SRSBO: Chapter 10

My Mom, who became c4cb38ff49 a single mother due 81879193b8 to my biological father’s 727010ed86 affair, had to jump 945008b120 into the world of e0bf6088ae earning a living out 3f5f79edda of nowhere.58de0631ad2db5d1

Although she received money 2f8729d5c3 as alimony, it was 3607b5e860 absurdly insufficient to maintain f3b9aa3e14 her livelihood, let alone b28e1f0505 with a child.6ff50f56b1396f8c

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However, society was not a4581ad0db kind toward her, as 76fc4841c3 she had only a 4e36b7711c middle school education and 0f5154bcc7 no substantial work experience, 3e1824fd86 having spent all her 90e7dad866 life doing housework.f51f977f4e34a849

While raising me 38841b0084 on her own, bf3a0032f8 my Mom went c5210d4aab through a lot 15f952d9f0 of hardships, and 8848bbeb48 perhaps because of 016d739298 that, she would a388dd6fe6 often tell me 1aa06c6d1d to study hard 95cca1810f and vowed to 9402aa5316 send me to fd1bb66762 college no matter 97d0dcbf5a what.e3a81dfe84ef4063

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Perhaps because 8d84518d9e I had 5452c8889c heard those f3c5eb7f01 words growing 5183552a12 up, to f84eefcb08 me, college 8c8534542b became something 6153925a07 important in 7cef938720 my life 47f1d80762 and ‘a 68eda77d08 place I a187eea05c absolutely had 7d8c839ab0 to go’.a895f89189c51bd8

“No, how can I send my daughter to college when she went through something like that and doesn’t even remember anything well and just cries all day? What if I force her to go and it turns out badly?”952e4b3cbb6438bd

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“…That’s why you didn’t send me?”df372b000b53d7d6

“Yeah. Later on, I 18f9430c50 wondered if it 23046473ff was my own 85405d99f9 selfishness. Unlike before, you changed, cc8bc62b23 you laughed more than 5896daf5dd before, and even helped 768ed777d8 me take care of c774656c2c Yooha despite being so fc2d439d34 busy. I thought, 7bfc3c5630 if you’re 279945ef0a truly happy, f21cdd85f3 then this 69e636cbc8 isn’t a 78e0199b15 bad thing, 957634bcaf so I 23635ce3af decided to 5c0fe0d469 let you 58bcc55392 do whatever 1c895542f8 you want.”032ee7387c399f7b

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The look on my Mom’s face as she said that was, unlike before, completely free of any lingering regrets, completely clear.38561d6ca95a9e98

Seventeen. It seemed like the fffb497c2a only thing that had b2267420f3 stopped there was my c4daed9642 time.3e7b6d7c55e3de84

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Perhaps that’s why. Even now, a year later, I often dream of the events from my past life in this way.c17dd60fc878f08b

“Are you awake?”c26d62cb72597623

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Suddenly, a pleasant 4ef279c308 male voice was 095177ef23 heard from above 56ea43e2ee me.66d55d7b369853d6

When I b4db062a87 lifted my 5b9ca98844 eyelids, a b15d5a6e0b handsome man ea8b09e289 so striking 8dc06394a7 that I 8795ed4651 couldn’t help d5557e9d68 but gasp f56e85734a came into 0eebe8023e view.8a629912f4edd25e

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“…Mr. Joo Yunwoo?”e595c59c61bd0106

Because I felt 63509655e0 like I was 91afbdc176 still in the 80ccee3bc3 grasp of the ebf17a0914 dream, I blinked f4c9e49e38 my tired eyes 656f015254 and checked the 6f299ae489 patient’s condition first.0310a2ff38e6816b

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I tugged c222e5c514 at his ed85da2ce3 shirt, which 578c668a3e was covered 9243404e16 in dirt, f80fb1d8a0 and made 5342b77b42 him slowly 3e057c3058 lower his a52d257b56 head. His eyes wide 114ae7a124 open in surprise 804bae60f4 at the gesture.05a0bc8fc959788d

When I reached 7c594f3e9f a height where fc849f14cc I could touch f0cd97baa5 him, I placed 8d8548e0ca my hand on 567140918f his forehead.cce8a7daa6570bec

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His fever had fc11787ac0 gone down and e99325c428 his complexion looked b9887b9f9b fine as well.302cba90a152dd32

I pressed down on 7718cd2de5 his head and pulled efdc2e0b83 away his hair to 5e67556088 check his scalp.350206a1715b9d93

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Not only had the 6221f387f6 bleeding stopped, but the 28b3d47976 wound’s surface had become d259aff8eb smooth, as if it 613ad6568d had healed overnight.e00b705e0c2d87b4

I blinked blankly 923bdc1d08 and then again e6bad20369 shifted my gaze 8f9bfebf1d to his shirt 8b9c990de8 stained with dirt 2252307ad0 and rainwater. As if 53d287daf7 realizing something, 43d44aa1fe I spoke 55f05159da to him f1f49cd7db as if 4c3dcf1551 I was b200ea3d20 reprimanding him.659d2468a0a22d78

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“No, you should have changed your clothes as soon as you woke up. Why didn’t you change them? Although the fever seems to have gone down, you shouldn’t let your guard down until you’re fully recovered. The room might be warm, and your clothes may seem dry, but there’s the issue of hygiene…”6b83559c5ad9589b

Ah, but why does my head hurt like this? Is it because I also got caught in the rain yesterday? But why was I even in the rain…?52c44bb266071bc4

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My thoughts be5eb5b968 were all cf51ee0841 over the 71da40e5ad place.ae83a7f5f4d1d32f

He gently lifted 7cf16cf5bd his hands, which c85971209c had been clasped f59fdaec2b together, and smiled, 1a8771eb41 narrowing the corner 8e04d56757 of his eyes.caf3b322d974300c

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“I wanted to do that too, but I couldn’t do anything because of this.”8270673092a13290

“This……”427c269697789ad8

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“Is this your preferred way, by any chance?”ba32b9d739b9d73a

“Crazy…”bbb91616eeab9811

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As the 1ee1c1c0c3 dazzling morning 5e74295851 sunlight shone 266842b5eb on his b26c7dd95f tightly bound 41c7275e8d wrists, the 840da338f7 memories of 34de0227ef the previous 826c65b379 night rushed 466f4d2e72 through my e14e9ae4fd mind like 6104dde8e2 a wave.d80df5ee8fc0b445

The cord I bc5bd9dc17 thought was sturdy 7ddf050390 enough to tie c77c735c45 him up was 461f50e13b actually the charging 940c9e3a6f cable that I a9f4c2b6d8 had always carried 6d1da7c9e3 with me. And his 4428554152 coat, which b3e34793bf I had d3a3739c64 used as 694ef922e4 a blanket, b9aa8f34e4 sleeping in 3447bae51e it instead, 8d97aea399 was now c60c7b85aa a mess, 593b3ac431 covered in c97573083a rainwater and 39d53a5791 dirt from 12e31eff6d my feet d3f578c3d8 and clothes.8f691f3bd0924d0f

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The first meeting between e9e74f1e84 Han Siyoung and Yang 3096d40218 Hyunwoo was said to 3777596a28 have started when Han 6956405daf Siyoung took Yang Hyunwoo, d6681631cc who had collapsed on c2b37b250e the street, to her 79ca225cf4 house.c9821eb0460e9e49

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When I a0ae254566 first heard e88205b0c3 that story, 7c558c1a79 I scolded cc59c73313 Han Siyoung, db0ac39043 telling her 839e16a6a4 to be 646c318fda more cautious. But now, looking c51a9aaa42 back, I realized 924d78c103 I wasn’t in 501745c3d4 any position to 43e316703a say anything.e20093724d25f206

In fact, I 6efdf088f2 probably would have 3ab302117b done the same 5eb15143b9 or even more.157bd27fd0b80345

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At least 0fe190aafb the genre 9b3da0838d of their cc3d2925de relationship was 5de9e288a4 romance, but 3908d7973b in my e6fcacef02 case, it 7ec23e2dae was survival 7bff988e8c and covering 7c052bf8a5 up a fef21ea910 crime.bb98bd9bc454ed8e

I was urged to ac1b30328d wash up, as I 47bdbe24ee might catch a cold, 63517f284c and before I knew 27813b3f6e it, I had actually 04fd17d47b ended up showering.6e11866bd0cc9565

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Inside the shopping bfc3db765e bag I received 02facac162 before entering the 38af056700 bathroom, there was a67825ba03 a new outfit 04c595d974 with tags attached ff3eb05f90 to it written b359f93684 in a foreign 4cd8385542 language.3879a2d3ae55c8df

I felt 04f87f99ec uncomfortable wearing 322ab83c5c clothes that a63c3307e0 were already 14ee8c3e7d dirty from 4cb509e433 the rain 3726505d66 and mud, 14670e68a2 so I 11ead68b3e changed into 3bd23d3985 those expensive 4b9f2ec7ea looking clothes d5f1357550 and came fd99348fca out. As soon as 6ae4c0a077 I left the cb33379461 bathroom, the smell 3be5a8ffa0 of food wafted 92c985d7fd to my nose.2390d2121b55fe30

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The refreshing 31cda06ee3 scent coming 0642337bfd from my cd9a81c767 body, the 9ce8c1fe3b warm indoor 1a9378d66c air, and 1f22ee4eef the soft 2e9cd5683a fabric of 217cb68430 the clothes 217c393906 touching my edeef404b8 skin.d3e877c494094713

I sat 41485eaddb on the 417bedd74d sofa blankly d081fa4dd5 for a 9616a11b79 moment, drunk 664483a000 in the f6d12044d9 drowsy atmosphere. Then I 68874068c4 raised my d6a5d46b41 hand and 8107e0fa56 slapped myself d9db44cf14 on the 3550e3d4e9 cheek.4ef9ecadf4b4b5eb

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‘Come back. Come back to reality!’33bf2ccbea74ff4c

Having been exposed 694007e1ca to abnormal situations a45c6c0b3d for a long 89a4990593 time, I had df7fafbd3a developed a subtle 4bd2cf10d1 sense of safety c502bac43d indifference, thinking that a116dcc5a7 this much should 4575c38904 be fine.66afb04395d45cd6

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So, I tried c479b3c5d0 harder to live ad3161f79f sensibly like everyone 5ac58afbd2 else, but I 33f5a4c4c7 never had imagined 01c0a2c6e8 it would all 5e8d58545e come crashing down 4913bc7204 like this!ed48eb851fe40355

“Aren’t you hungry? Would you like e86d0fa69f to have something 27f95589ec like abalone porridge? You can 5115e2296b eat seafood, 3a7a219d1f right?”e9869c12e18be994

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This was all because f48f4ac05c of that person.0c053d550e2271a3

He woke 62beca308e up after 15bcd8faec being sick c1cc330881 all night, bc2c137000 and not e0ea797fb1 only was 7b1bbcd98d there an 70a09b1f98 unfamiliar woman d9ae0b32e4 sleeping in 5d119f2379 his house, d2bdfa9fb3 but the 9aa03a6463 place was 817380f795 a complete 18697e1700 mess. Above all, both of 4c3496e1b0 his wrists were bound 9192c82510 with skills that could 7d740413bc rival those of a ee8d2ef416 professional.07ed9f7db5cc5272

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Honestly, in a situation like this, shouldn’t it be the other person who’s more surprised, not me? Why is he so calm about it?7b5e222275599fba

“Uh…I’m fine.”b646a94d8283fc87

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“Thank goodness. Are you 1123fdf7de hurt anywhere?”e1856f09a43fbbda

“No, rather than me—”a278e3010f275f28

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Aren’t you the one who should get a brain check-up?f3ecca24d9a1875a

Yesterday, I 37180d4e52 accidentally broke 66cb500473 his skull, 968265d2e0 and my e21bf55d96 phone, which b801eb590a was harder fb9b9bb2d0 than a bcc176a758 brick, ended ca4d176c4c up with 33daed409e a crack.f6f8224d1c37051f

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I was 2111d2ca5f hesitating whether 9f41faaf51 to confess 34fc879a29 even now, 1a1c354363 but I 2377aafceb widened my bbdeb48be8 eyes at 16e4dba909 the words ee8d0c2283 that followed.9f4018693c0b0024

“You didn’t get hurt anywhere else yesterday, did you? You had a wound on your leg, so I treated it as quickly as possible, but let me know if you have any more injuries.”6657c5c62e815b21

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“My leg?”a8e58ae8ea9d1845

Now that e068fd1a6a I think f5e4f30339 about it, 5c145fb99f I didn’t 8454f71a8d feel any d66b16865c pain while 59291b95e7 I was 9d55e17284 showering. It was torn pretty b48f8fe48e badly yesterday, so I ebe1efca9c should have felt a 882885b6b2 stinging sensation when it 4a9187c084 touched the water.153ba2dbcd0d0079

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“…Huh? There’s no wound?”482d9b256f4aabf1

The long 84ead73784 wound below 3ce9b4ec3b my right d3863af009 knee had 8e360058e7 disappeared without 5eed55242c a trace. Wasn’t that where the e36c02db07 wound was supposed to 1b8c0fbd4f be?78b99317cd6a502d

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As I checked my 26717eb178 other leg with a 68294b59b3 bewildered expression, Joo Yunwoo 35cc72596e spoke up.2bc0019977790d64

“I called an Esper with healing ability I was acquainted with to treat you while you were sleeping. There shouldn’t be any scars left, right?”ef899da41df31fa6

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“Yes, it’s totally clean.”401414ceba7a5d8f

“Is there anywhere else that hurts? Are you feeling feverish or having trouble breathing because of the guiding process? If there’s even a slight pain, please let me know right away.”4bb7d2c9633a7694

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I nodded 52c7c7723e silently to 2b7a9d0d9b the barrage 92be684b0c of questions 4fec6fd818 and gently c551a6d040 touched the a25d1df981 area where 9d4ac8fe91 the wound b7e1e388db had been.1eeea3a5ccc52213

This was the first time I had encountered a healer’s power since coming here, the area where the wound had been was completely clean without even a scar. My admiration was brief, though, as realization dawned upon me.6b239a3fbee6f49b

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Ah, so he called 24c7b4bb04 a healer and treated a4e4c79089 the wound on his 714ff9bbc0 head as well. No wonder it healed f8f5859f93 too quickly compared to e41710cfb9 how bad it was.db6ff0b02211c7bc

I nodded to myself, ed7e5f13e2 convinced of my hypothesis.a7b703443dda10bc

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“Eat it while it’s d08778a4cf warm.”42c4e77c480126fe

A delicious bowl 664f74c77a of abalone porridge 4d5e1fbe58 was held out 7d7d35b876 to me.8e407dee0b248818

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The one who had 6794b97728 been suffering all night 1c273b7024 was him, yet somehow, 64b8738ca8 I was the one d40aee0951 receiving polite treatment as 9d850492c4 if I were the 876a39ef13 patient.c9f95a6e79650a51

‘Is this his way of thanking me for saving him…?’dec23b42bdd0e376

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I was d601a0f20c hungry, the 928d359660 last time 94ac77ecdf I ate 4023b9ec2f was at 166c6eb768 5 p.m. yesterday. but since 8a4e81f42a it was cfde8f139f being offered 40daf58952 by a 654c9a92e9 stranger, I 4aee706432 hesitated a 138de6123f little.c7d9c153cac1c061

I think aae63ae2ba it was 374c8aa45d already too 1e730ba673 late to e6f4006905 be worrying 6e2521267f about such 7ac08b7c35 things… No, 1b4e579873 but…Ah, I’m so 4edc13a2de hungry I feel bcf7630837 like throwing up.be2b5cda12d463e7

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In the end, 634cbd12af I reluctantly picked f09f9081e8 up my spoon. They say that even e6c00e0113 dead ghosts can be 1d50a141a6 pretty if they have 31dbc5c7a1 a full stomach.9f064f4c948ac814

“Blerrgh!”83d29b4d09065a0d

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As soon as f73fb8e0e5 I put the be492255bb spoon in my b2be17959d mouth, I covered a691ce92e4 my mouth at 5c37769bbb the overwhelming taste 6b4b5ae30e that came rushing 96c4d635f5 in like a 5bbbb1717c tidal wave.01f2c570a686b0f5

Salty, sweet, bitter, d2efc7b2aa sour. It was 99173034ff a revolutionary 45487024e0 taste, with 519d15e00f all four 9301dcd82d flavors hitting c00b16a344 me at c77e2b95fa once.03651be08a31c51d

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What on earth did 2992dfa674 he do to the e71edfdbee porridge? He asked c849432cd2 me if a998245202 I would 8cc8aae4a7 like to 1f9441c7fd eat something 1924b216fa ‘like’ abalone 47b05d1652 porridge, so a5dbe79b2e he truly 72ce29ebd0 cooked ‘something db1e7ef8b9 that looked 3d80f2dc6a like porridge’ c2acaf7e82 instead of bbc50ca82d porridge?bed31c487c995822

When I grabbed the 102056e006 sink and retched, Joo 6dfc8873d0 Yunwoo furrowed his eyebrows 26ff0fa425 slightly.941e94a5c569a96f

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“Did it f1b6a44b12 taste bad?”b2562d2cd5967642

“…What, what a10ac81f8e did you b0240fb797 put in 003ee268eb it?”71fd572e9fc8eedf

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As I 3c37fa1dd0 was feeling b84b098f0c nauseous, I e757834179 couldn’t manage 31194324b3 to say cf4a63dfb9 the polite 55581e8145 empty words c34e4a8974 saying I 6fc174fbad was fine.f2cee4cd11bf2e19

After rinsing my mouth 39fad735f0 several times, I seriously 68addcdc28 asked him. Joo Yunwoo bdb3a5970f recalled the 2e811bebb5 ingredients.c1aeb0bfb9148d68

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“First, an elixir-.”5d82fe3a5cb051b1

“Wait a minute.”921b0726f7290fd8

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From the very 5dc420e001 beginning, an unfamiliar 314b45ffaf ingredient was mentioned.2053fb59cd798b09

In the Hermann 92812db473 Empire, elixirs were a8b9b050a5 considered a premium 0259f07d7e ingredient said to 08dc1e9be0 have the power d869156499 to create a 53d8177166 potion of immortality, 9da1c8c0c7 often exaggerated in a1d3411ed8 tales.be04c3c3ca97307e

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As I 6b8fe77629 was wondering f706f574e4 if this 8d03a216d8 place was 7762004f73 different, he cb6abeeed5 added, as 7d588f7ae7 if to 1d69c781e1 clarify,f9c8c378c4224ca8

“It’s good for stamina.”d5cfc693a7a2cb9a

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He casually mentioned it cfba8e2cfc as if it were e65fb6e54f just an herbal traditional 1930b2c675 medicine ingredient, so I 883d32c505 nodded for the time f155a916de being.f2a84ea9d94a5597

However, the ingredients 339c6e526b introduced after that 18e84104fa were all the 94bf9027ee same ingredients I 0b75507609 had never heard 15017f7065 of before.14d153a456a495d0

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I listened quietly and b2cbee90b8 then noticed something strange.88de9db75816a81b

“What about… the salt?”e00b9dd0a9e457bf

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Not to 1b4adf16aa mention salt, dd255a017a there were 7cf9d728a9 no seasonings f737bb0278 at all e5a78c2c0c either. The only ingredients that 75d6f91bd8 would typically go into 20445a7f9b abalone porridge were the fa93b5d380 abalone and rice, but 4bee932f7a they were also missing.7c31efec490136bd

He hurriedly 312a89780b offered an 2462564b51 explanation.1616e27fa2f5f473

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“I tried to make it healthier. I thought salt might be bad for your health because it would make the porridge too salty… Everything I put in is good for the body. I was worried because you seemed too skinny, so I added those ingredients, but I didn’t expect it to taste bad. I thought if you add good things to cook good things, it would naturally taste good.”2c1e0c33bf71511b

“Did you 20481a5b38 taste it 3483edf488 while you 9f119dfac5 were cooking 30f133a906 it?”f3d87735e8f61c64

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“I needed to do 37e4d52f70 that?”e51e16b9e476bcde

“Of course you need a51ad6afef to. Is this df7c3753ba your first 7d30aa306d time cooking?”5ab5adc1b7a37120

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“Yes. I don’t have anyone to cook for, and I don’t cook at home either. But next time, I’ll be able to do it better. I learn quickly when it comes to hands-on things.”717ab6890394a4a2

You want me to eat something like that again? This is torture……7c7622854e71c4b5

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I realized belatedly that he had promised to cook for me the next time. He spoke so casually that I couldn’t find any fault in his words, even though this kind of thing would never happen again.48112f56813c2670

I stared at him 6805007778 in amazement, and he 50eec814d5 furrowed his eyebrows as 7840815652 if he felt wronged.d6f05fc3066c0df3

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“…If you 752b667af8 really can’t fac8d997bd eat it, aef4743e4c give it c541a8ccf2 to me. I’ll throw 137bc3ed36 it away.”db02ea36b7cd119f

“No, it’s not that bad… it’s still food after all, so why throw it away? If you have any candy or chocolate, just give me that instead.”a13b89ab96b825b6

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It seemed he put a lot of effort into cooking it, so it didn’t feel right to throw it away.394e1706f809de9a

It’s been a long 533e7df1e0 time since someone cooked 4accde3cf9 for me, and besides, 312fc52e36 if it’s herbal medicine, cb552bfc31 it must have been 32ff5797bc made with high-quality ingredients, e51bddc532 right?2da3395434125011

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Luckily, my portion was all in a small bowl. I quickly shoved them into my mouth, but then I couldn’t help but doubt and opened my mouth again.3ecd900e63fe2267

“Are you sure this a3b06bea98 is made of something 8d3c98ee17 actually edible?”434c86335ba53ae1

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“……Yes.”4504256306d61727

His response came late. When I 85f534a685 glanced at f5aa551372 him, Joo a1b5ca4bc1 Yunwoo only 214a81806c gave me 596d70516a a blank dab8c1e0cd stare.8bded2a9eecbe4c6

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