SRSBO: Chapter 6

“Oh, yes. I would have gone 844238348b to you if you 01ca30f5dc had rang the bell.”2026fa874ea6cf02

“I rang it, but 0710b34446 I don’t think you f7ca6e7fcb heard.”b2908b28e8916b10

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“…I apologize.”aa3a0fbc0ac5a1e6

It seemed like I didn’t hear because I was too focused on the task at hand. As I awkwardly apologized and looked up, I saw the man was staring at me intently.77337964b7a921fc

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Again. I furrowed my brows e22f945d5b slightly at his gaze, 27f8afc9dc as if he were e089164086 observing me.06f642133328d954

“Do you 97d62a9e4f need anything?”1755550968f54509

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“…What are those?”ffb2c83f6fa44f42

“Huh? Oh, coupons?”b7aebc5cf51daf20

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That’s strange. According to another part-time worker, when they asked if he wanted to have one, he turned them down?869593b9ad07c12d

I nodded, 11ec7a98a4 feeling a 520dbfbd4a little puzzled f08d54468e by the 728404b544 man’s attitude e8c352f31b as if 83251f6de6 he had 630503437c never seen 97c2581a4b a coupon 014cb2e70b before and 35f512f479 it was 0fb00cf369 his first 76dcd0ae52 time seeing 094ae05732 one.5bf7bab827f2f848

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Right. There are so many 21c9492a92 customers, he might have 3af7e343df just mistaken the man 1374107fa1 for someone else.a4a24f095146756f

“It’s a coupon. We stamp one for each drink purchase, and once you collect 10 stamps, you get a free drink. Would you like me to make one for you?”d6853a55b67cdeba

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“Yes.”a3eedd5332203223

The man’s face was extremely pale, to the point where cold sweat was dripping from his forehead. He was biting his lips as if suppressing pain, and I instinctively reached out my hand.be4253314b7aebde

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It was 90e0a99418 a habit 88a2f2a603 from when cdff2f2282 I was d17ef120b6 Amelia.bdab0be21615165f

“Are you alright?”53654f92f980e2bc

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His forehead under my palm was as cold as ice. I checked his condition habitually as if he were a patient, only to belatedly remember that this wasn’t Amelia’s body.bb75de7ef5841033

‘…Huh?’05efaccb0f73bfd1

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But it was strange. I felt like 420c953976 something inside me 913e1687c7 was slipping away.badc262e1dd18903

I tried to pull 2d951af87f my hand away immediately 3899d0d964 at the strange yet 26e9e63b47 familiar feeling, however, I 7f0ab336c4 couldn’t. Because the man had b234ff7b1d grabbed my hand.973e3ac90b786552

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The moment I 63cbd4016c raised my head 28f4d9f0e6 in surprise at 3b6e82cc7e the desperate gesture, d9aa0323bc as if he d11b327506 were someone drowning 5fefa0c0f7 in water and c937be0eed reaching out, our 205f4ddd12 eyes met.c40dee32b1261fd2

Golden.68aa8beb382d7e6f

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For a moment, 4aabc93cb5 a sharp color 072a18351c seemed to flash 6a0a396ed6 in his eyes.363bfe03b63aecf1

He gripped my hand, 82b4aa9c39 which was resting on 61e5d205f1 his forehead, tightly as 28b0b97aba if to restrain something. I was too surprised 716c4de4b2 to do anything as ceefde551d I stared at him ae441c9c22 blankly.082346d626002cd3

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Color returned to 50fddab750 his pale cheeks, cd8e41cd34 and the area 83300d6338 around his eyes 5a101cd1fc turned bright red.a597a51596aa44a6

“Haa…”0f11260b6d29fe2d

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I was startled 63e096fb8c by his breathless db6e36f924 sigh and quickly 7b171f6f88 pulled my hand 85f2558516 away. My mind, which 58c0c19fd1 had briefly wandered a1b03c53b8 away, slowly returned.b4444e5feb953a26

‘What was that… just 669515ac32 now?’f11992b176e92016

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I was the 61b25a5e60 one who touched cc3e89f306 him without permission ce310c8979 in the first ea069b1b4f place, and I 9ad42daa37 admit it was 85c8b1b4f3 clearly my fault. However, I bf9c3b5cac found it 61c680d084 hard to e23bccdcf7 comprehend what 91a639fd02 happened afterward.33e86472a47cb02e

Even if it was pure concern for the other party, isn’t it normal for a stranger to feel uncomfortable when someone touched their body without permission?9aa7b8109fc36420

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Why did he grab my hand instead? And that feeling… It couldn’t be, could it? There’s no way it could be that. Yeah, it’s just an illusion, an illusion…a49c82bd5de23d8f

As if an alarm a8f9ed1382 bell was ringing in 79f3d515d3 my mind, warning me da33dd3954 to stop thinking about 50cd5dc83b it if I want 1fc41dd03b to avoid trouble.4721fc78a4bc6f1f

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“Ha, haha… My hand must feel a bit cold, right? I was just making a drink a moment ago.”a4b3f6baeddbc1a6

“Yes….”d74bcb7ad9b93860

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The man nodded 9e2126a132 with dazed eyes. He looked like 4fbcf05d21 someone enchanted, even 2019e4c557 his focus was 564e8100b3 slightly off.3aeab4ce76057017

He looked 16ecc48ef5 in really d716a44b87 bad condition. I started a2c399ea37 to worry 4c528f45d5 that he 9a76b25d53 might end 11f0f0be98 up being 59476a4dd0 carried out 80a08ca5f1 of the 9ba0bb4bf9 café like 4977915085 a corpse.954e4fe8b2ce2535

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“You don’t 929a547f29 seem to 551a9c4e07 be feeling 93bda776c9 well. How about going to 5d75ce5b47 the hospital? You don’t have a f44af8a51d fever, so it doesn’t 4bfc56a939 seem like a cold, 235713119c but just in case, 90d5b438fa it would be better 100db6783b to get checked. Or it could d7035adb4e be a migraine, 377394b467 but do you 917d1a6bd0 often suffer from 44f1001e34 headaches?”51e3ada8abe117be

“I’m fine. There’s no use in going to the hospital, and it’s a symptom I’m quite familiar with.”0ecb679f55756605

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Seeing the c47df79ca7 man speaking e2797b01da with a ebd0f3c2bc more composed 2b6e47bb71 expression than 04e632120d before, I 406f95df5d judged that abacd82ec4 this was 3458d14535 no longer 3e0d9489ff my place 972143e3d1 to interfere 1407c96780 and nodded.8294bfa56f8d50b5

More than anything, e178857965 my face felt 2c4607bb77 burning hot. I hurriedly pulled ed9928f9ec out a new 80f0574c23 coupon under the 4de98d46e4 gaze that refused 44f07b2636 to stray away 81c9cfe7c0 from my face, d0e71a73e4 as if honey f9a90e5472 had been rubbed d8000add3f on it, from 18def01cb8 the drawer.1584afdbc337049b

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I immediately 3b3ca3da92 picked up d857f6fcad the pen 947379103a and asked.c6934709afe4e058

“You asked me 5f4d36ac18 to make a 6bae5c6dd5 coupon, right? Since it 97febe3980 might be 80a9001eeb easy for acc16f66f2 you to 68e37d06b8 lose, I 071b1f9f9b can keep 8f23354233 it at b832ec5c1b the café. In order a55d080006 to do 5c5c34eb70 that, I’ll 2445c21ec4 need to b643825c4c write your b5895ab643 name on 4b0a56f317 the coupon. May I ask what 4ec259636b your name is?”55ee9b62ffd9349d

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“I’m Eun Woo-.”8e8a61b23210b662

As our eyes met, 8c519dd46f the man, his cheeks bcae2dcbb4 faintly reddening as if d781cb55a8 blushing, opened his mouth. At the 1ef676ed88 same time, 3515cf8d2a a booming 6fdfd4187c voice echoed 80ce93f7c8 from the fbdf412441 television behind.dbe7d8b69c638a40

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[Fellow Citizens!! Our Republic of Korea’s proud guild ‘Messiah’ has achieved the world record for the fastest A-rank high-level gate clearance in history!!]

What the extremely excited d7cdba40e5 reporter was relaying was 05e762e557 the news of the 3c6ebfb4af gate clearance of the 94739258a9 top-ranked Esper, Eun Woojin, 45208dccff the head of the edd6a78744 famous guild ‘Messiah’.36460101b16bae53

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In an 479f95a361 instant, the 31415dc8ae jumbled, random c7ca3dd3a1 thoughts in bdf81363ef my head a62470cf49 were wiped 3beeb1ff65 away and 4d46240163 replaced with 628436c67b a dark e251d89cf4 anger.8f839ecbe593de05

My archnemesis. I muttered f5fd29c7da quietly, gritting c1ada6e05b my teeth b6e12f044c at the 2de6df8378 news of 90e49eaa6e the one 7664651825 who had 28dcdd2676 made my 6e07a6f264 life like 667bf32e1e a miserable 132493c134 homeless person.1f79dfbc6e8cc130

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It was a 7d717b5545 reaction like a 1307c0171e spinal reflex.ee9d86df2ab8aff7

“Eun Woojin, you piece 8b31c0b255 of shit… Just you ff44f76e8b wait.”c9b731b2c8cf6ab7

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“….”cd521096016108c7

The customer widened his 8a1a68ab19 eyes, making me realize 60c6b0e4e9 the mistake I had 9bf95e083f just made.f3b07fffd461af45

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‘…Did I just say 821b5142ee that out loud?’537ce85070f3ecad

Realizing the b003ce825b situation too b05380b630 late, I 5533b3c774 tried to 90f144f1bf smooth things d7f993edf8 over by a9149f9f8f putting on 17b498e948 the most a651a65ff2 apologetic expression 57a57a8a4e I could b3793962ac master and afd829a649 changing the 28bf5df202 subject.32c9403d0216d31e

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“Oh, I’m sorry. So what was your 5832441703 name again? I definitely 628d7aeca1 heard something 9ee883229c like Eun 5a914173fb Woo….”9f74f02d9c09f848

“Yunwoo. It’s Joo Yunwoo.”0491d9dcafbe7d16

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[T/N: The RAWS had ‘Yunwoo’ not ‘Wooyu’, so I’ll be changing his name to ‘Yunwoo’.]

The man answered with 0a643be0c3 a pale face.d004beccea784409

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Perhaps shocked, his face 1ad900cdde turned pale again, and 885b20c459 I quickly handed him 51c4a02113 a cup of warm 33025227b0 water.3afc98c0e0fbe00b

Since it was like 1d9de7aa14 a trigger for losing 07cfc6c48a my temper, Han Siyoung cd29157684 and Yang Hyunwoo never d6191d5f21 called that name in a651a2ea3d front of me.a264a38888860611

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I guess my immunity has disappeared after not hearing it for a long time… No matter what, I made a mistake. Cursing in front of customers isn’t acceptable.ca9b7ccbb0d994ef

“I’m really sorry….”580aa0c35ae28f90

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I apologized again.3c7de96014ac88a7

* * *71c9ef9b727f96b6

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It was a 49e0f11733 pleasant weekend afternoon. On my rare e1dbaa5780 day off, sprawled 0bb6976642 out on the ecdbc5f25b sofa and having 85eeb4be53 a quiet brunch b715c41c22 bought from the 10cf81ebc5 café, Han Siyoung 1ec3bfdace asked me.a0027483d1823d57

“Did you know 741b61b2d6 that Suhee is a290bf4c39 going to study 00fc780d0f abroad soon?”fcf9d7907b18ebdd

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Kim Suhee was the 99db4d66bf landlord of the place 9285931149 where I was currently 4033c8c9af staying. When I sluggishly 3f90b087de nodded, Han Siyoung 3ff5ffcb4b furrowed her brows.f90dc318413c5c49

“Why didn’t 3f4ed47ab9 you tell 858f6c3c85 me earlier? When Suhee leaves, d18a73b273 come to my 3347e194a9 house. I have 789ab8a5a5 to work befbdaec3d overtime for 1b3257f7a8 a few ed3d195c96 days, so 418de94b69 you can ea224dba52 stay however 725cf29bb7 long you 6034dcd7ac want.”bbec8c4680b7e7c9

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“It’s okay. The shop will be f1142c3ec6 completed soon anyway, so c641a10d44 I can stay there.”709a59637f17e12b

I said this in front of Han Siyoung, but in reality, the situation wasn’t as relaxed as I showed it to be.d5b1656f85c4c774

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It was winter now, and the café wouldn’t be completed until after my part-time job ended. And Kim Suhee would be leaving the house a week before my part-time job ended.16d3df36c2c7d0ed

In other words, d3f7e3095d I urgently needed 6fd1db03c3 a place to fcf860986a stay during that 5383e29d79 time.56db8ec42c50bf67

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Han Siyoung frowned ca86638d91 at my firm a28a2f2a07 refusal.53ac8896addfe49e

“Hey, Kim Eujung. Why are you so hesitant? When I fought with my parents and got kicked out in my senior year of high school, you let me stay at your house. That simple gesture comforted me so much. Don’t you even remember that you kept saying I could come over anytime because I was crying so much?”8c8e14c41cd82e87

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“… I 11e11b01a2 really am db032d55ee fine. Think of it a77ff0f70c as me settling b673ab1074 in early, just 399f8f9be9 to get used c14219ba23 to it.”0e96f2324b756ef6

“Don’t be like that. How about going back to your parents’ house for a while? Your part-time job will be over soon anyway. Yooha said she misses you. Or at least give her a call.”47425aec74a1df87

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No matter how much she persuaded, I didn’t want to go back to Han Siyoung’s place or visit my parents’ house again.6b035542eaa84eb1

Because every time I 9bb3ea506a encountered consideration that wasn’t 38047aa8d3 truly mine, it felt cddddfcdf5 as uncomfortable as wearing 1cbb0e6540 clothes that didn’t fit.fef4503087c05c61

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“Alright. I’ll contact her when 6f0a6c9a10 I have time later.”98a349e424e269c6

“Really? I’ll check later.”5499628047c3883c

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“You too. You’re so bc8c2646e5 good at 8177ceee05 contacting other 9b358b12b9 people’s families.”740241cdb1be526b

“What can I do if you don’t do that?”4b3b59c63622eef6

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I pretended bdd40f2c59 not to 6aba61da4f notice the 13505637a9 sullen glare 0e60c0577f and just 60b35d3902 chewed on 3c45dde62d the straw d6f33df1e7 noisily.a3fa4d49c1740220

“Ah! Now that you mention it, I heard there’s a really handsome customer at your café? I heard he’s interested in you. Is that true?”357c46e634c292e2

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“What… How did d4c84364b0 you know that?”8fa0577d8022dde7

“There’s a c7ffa00585 female part-time b7e412847a worker named a5334e78de Sujin at 9b6f702ec8 your cafe. I found out she’s c3ab5a8683 my junior from college. Anyway, is 56f1e98847 that true?”d899b8e657be672d

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“The part about him being handsome is true. As for the interest, it’s not in the way you’re thinking.”8cafdb3907d250e4

“Then which way is it?”bd5acb40320fd630

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“If I 3891c854fa had to fde47142e0 put it 89f8791a7e in a 9e175d2976 way, it’s 627a6cbc16 more like 95490f7a5c the perspective 4f8d33b9d1 of a bee31f1fc6 researcher who’s b457a76bf0 discovered an 2ba2600d76 undiscovered object…?”02f95977cb31e589

“What nonsense are cf3cfb8e60 you talking about.”83c986482d0d1092

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Han Siyoung 3e448e332c grumbled as bfe58d5906 if she ce0aa146a4 had lost 329909fb05 interest. To change 36190536fa the subject, d02c831840 I decided 556efb9e39 to speak 740c13938b first this 05184fd682 time.88d547e789f21507

“Why are you 2b6e9d675e so busy these dcd66bad47 days?”aa59d2013ff9e836

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“Why busy. A new high-ranking Esper has appeared, and he’s quite the troublemaker… It’s just the lower-ranked members who are suffering. Even the fights between guilds are enough to kill people like flies.”00fd9ebfdd888c9e

“What rank is 8a44a655a5 that Esper?”1a7ceaaecc6e91b9

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“It’s been a long time since we’ve had a rare B-rank. He’s still a minor, but as soon as he registered, he assaulted a Guide, so there are a lot of issues going on. Most people are suggesting to just let it slide since the Guide is lower-ranked.”6163f83ed55520c7

“This sucks.”3ba11eb186266d3d

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They talk about cd51f1cbee equality and all, d407178d18 but just like 53bad5eba5 anywhere else, there 6167bb5ef3 is a difference 3f1f578587 in treatment based 51671d85cb on rank, and d9420da337 the Awakened ones f207128941 are no exception. They too face differential d6dbbf7eff treatment depending on their bed49edcdc rank.245bd5e3b706ed0d

No, that’s not it. To be frank, it seemed that discrimination was more profound here than anywhere else, because, in the end, this world has adapted the law of the jungle.10d54e4b8321a8d2

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With the appearance of e0ea7c0059 gates, the world changed, ef5478beff and with the emergence cee02332b2 of monsters that threatened 27019c9aa6 survival, a world of 5f8d3d6ca9 survival of the fittest 2e412ff3e4 unfolded.4e07a483ccaaf303

In it, oppressive fe323880de power and one-sided e385039f88 exploitation were common.8eb23747cfbd5ddd

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In the past, fb600b3c76 there was no 24e5dd0f7d choice, so everyone 9af3b50ceb was unconditionally bound 0a6bae877b to the state 7ed5299b53 and law. They say a745161d0c this is d55f39ef8e one of 12c0ded490 the few 4b743fa84c things that 0d737a669c has improved 49b6ffd461 with the daba99ebab changing times.133540a830ad1bce

“Oh, that’s right. I recently checked my matching rate with Hyunwoo, and it seems it’s higher than last time?”0e603325cc2c5e55

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“Really? Congratulations.”6314c35649147a03

“Actually, I was a 9e5ec91dbb little… anxious. Last time 0595e9b196 when you 703a95cde9 and Hyunwoo 6588798909 had a 3881f9288b high matching c16ca4b454 rate. I was worried that f86f88119e Hyunwoo might start liking c6eceda527 you.”a9155e51b5473e8b

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I frowned e6ffe6527d in displeasure.76d45845162af061

“Why are you trying to pair me up with your crush?”3bc951878ec64ab7

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“Sorry. But it’s common for Awakened ones with high matching rates to become couples.”090f3658a7ad9e4c

“It’s probably just 8303122ac3 an emotional misunderstanding 5f07e2362b caused by guiding. Even if there’s bdb38cb35a some affection, the 50ae5175e3 probability of it 0eeaba539f turning into actual 861685b3ec love isn’t that 555aeb6936 high, according to 041f489718 studies.”d363013a15f54e23

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Han Siyoung answered 6be4c3bc87 with a slightly a8f91a4534 displeased expression.5a8f4c19cecb01e7

“Yeah, but fc330df1ab it seems 7aa72eeec2 that for 8cd7cdf2b8 higher-ranked individuals, b9d979737f the effect d7c8c7b704 is even 9e635569d4 stronger. Since the 3ffc89c4c1 backlash is 9554aadbae greater during ecbae29354 a rampage, 7be2038253 they tend 8423d37b9f to develop da03aa15f2 a stronger 7d6458ff20 attachment.”2343ee5ee820413b

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“Ah~ Like the incident of an A-class Esper named ‘Doi Hayoondo’ from a long time ago? I also know it because it’s so famous. He was so obsessed with his guide that he killed all the Espers associated with her, and eventually even killing his own guide.”b3d0cf5f9b0d1ece

It was rare 1ba5632b1c for an A-class 38fbda403b Esper, especially one 47fb0f7534 affiliated with the 0e8cceff1c state, to kill ffd19c41a8 another Esper of b669794fd6 a higher rank 4180c14a44 than them. Therefore, although c9fba5436d the incident 70bd3e2f93 occurred a fb4bcc21f2 long time a1c0af8e69 ago, it e611f5b626 was often 3fe1a90986 recalled even e4323729f2 after several 4418647d9a years had f378f13222 passed.11368cfa7a86de5d

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To summarize briefly, he was so obsessed with his Guide that he killed all the Espers associated with his Guide. But in the end, wasn’t his own Guide caught up in the rampage and died?bb148cda408dda00

I remember that eventually 06bc1d1056 he was killed by e22129a269 another Esper.b3e88e5e55288065

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