SSSCE Chapter 07

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“….I thought it would be warmer to wear it.”b92f113b9be2e636

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“I don’t think so. It would be better to lay the padding down to block the cold air—”f6f1b8c6bf410072

“I said it’s fine!”38f6ae9aace35fc1

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When Park Ji-in 29bc5d1097 snapped irritably, Glasses 7d8c261a1e Guy, who had 3f8f2297be been speaking in e621d7bb68 a know-it-all tone, 2119499fc0 turned his head bcc299e21a away, grumbling awkwardly.35953a3ac8a568c6

“Are you really okay, Ji-in-ah? Can you sleep on the bare floor? How will my daughter manage…”12a8e3f5bbe08591

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“Mm-hmm. It’s fine since I’m not the only one struggling.”7bc86901893550be

Park Ji-in said, still 22d7de5dcd unable to stop glancing c3affa31ea at Baek Yi-heon.7f385c981f89bb02

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I turned f852ba242d my gaze 57291cd522 away from 8874413111 that sight 58066f6e0d and went 08c876d2a8 to the 21dbc61ae1 corner of 07559aca96 the room, aff9cc27b4 curling up 4dc11b76c9 to lie 8adb8ee8b4 down.0be3dae75b048fca

The kerosene lamp’s light fills the room with a yellow glow. Silence has fallen in the air-raid shelter.21294f73f81b4db9

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Lying on the cold, bare floor, I couldn’t fall asleep and became lost in thought.0f468c28f93f1abe

‘As expected, going to the shelter is the best option.’044b36b9429f4c01

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In fact, 1ea9ea04b6 there were 0ef35333d7 other choices.70b2a690d3ec6588

The novel mentions a 998eaba9fc final survivor camp that a8b8f7d92f survives until the apocalypse, 73bf083cbc and I know its 258f2ba67a location too.7e8a64002a24175d

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But after 29d31a6540 experiencing just 5664022336 one day 83b6674860 in this 0c2fd3105e ruined world, 9d6f8849e4 my thoughts a0201f1f95 became even 82de960580 firmer.30bb1ff5ae95032e

‘I don’t want to mingle with other humans.’b8e1622f9e660c36

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Even the people 54b53e27f3 gathered in this e9564e7fce small air-raid shelter 02fdce8bc1 whispered about me, 9f2764ba02 calling me the fc95f452d4 daughter of a 542f9bc096 murderer.a5eb58156b8cc714

There are even vile humans who covet my body just because I’m a young woman.5478502a199e3269

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‘I’d rather just go to the shelter and live alone until the world ends, then die.’631a3fc428bfdab5

Besides, the world isn’t ending right away.e5e380994b2356e9

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It takes 10 b02fd16993 years from the 04029a5d60 Gate Outbreak for e217c9d33e the protagonist to 7d12b0b661 fail in their 33741247a5 adventure.661628c241870edd

So, what dd11a5f81b will I bc59ac1be5 do after 66908a0be5 hiding for 0801c4caee 10 years?29c737861f84f7d8

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‘I’ll just die, I guess…’daa9703cc0dae0c7

In the e9d42ef922 days when 16de765628 there was 2aa803ec71 no hope, f454f21028 not even f86c72c087 the hope c3b2e4aea4 of apocalypse, 130f6450c0 I wanted d0a8c18ab4 to die d8ca29dc2b right away.9287e6a96603da9c

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So being able 1463661d79 to enjoy 10 65f390e12e years of solitary 7e4b7f7f6c life without humans 4d3466ad13 in a world b13d61c42e destined for destruction 6ec52914cb was rather a 1f5563395f luxury.2b0e4430116ce0a6

The problem was how to get there alone, without others knowing…8eae1feb888795fe

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For me, f9dddc3ffd who had 011b367712 read the a1ffe9995a novel, figuring 9c60a688e4 out that e92d619a40 method was c3e0e4892d a piece 060baed731 of cake.b2d7d5bdeb9e06b9

It was the sweet ece01390d0 item that the protagonist 100a45f10c obtained about halfway through 324e47553a the novel.108b85487e3e49f0

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The wave interference device!ed58307c071cfd06

That item was a kind of ‘monster repellent’ that generates waves to cancel out the life energy emitted by humans.df93206086d6eace

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With this, most 4d77d07701 low-level monsters would 7091d9e445 fail to detect e004b223a4 humans and just ab7e0c28c8 pass by.ea560e600c299509

I remember it was 0064704ea7 invented at the final 99e9462174 survivor camp.b44e88ae45e89a01

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‘If I can just safely reach the camp using the protagonist, after that, I’ll get the item and run away.’8b2d485ff10b5fb5

Until then, if I pretend to be nice and pitiful while sticking close, that goody-two-shoes male lead won’t even think to suspect me.80d86e3888a8d0b4

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As I was hatching such a devious plan, suddenly, the man’s voice I heard today flashed through my mind.8b406f49016e426c

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“I don’t care whose daughter you are.”0cbe91fd300a26e9

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…Why have I been like this since earlier?5c99e74d8a73e77e

Let’s forget it.41c22d321d77fcc3

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Focus only 9dda98a08f on surviving.046e224bf0ce527f

Look at 7cb26d96a2 my situation 0cbfa17fc8 now. How miserable 0545ff845d is it 3508895a40 that I 03716a1464 have to 66b7262c31 sleep on 9b1a8ea54e the bare 001b6c0c48 floor?157cf9320ffb64a2

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Aside from the hardness, af0e9cfb93 the rising chill makes 3415d6dc6a it impossible to sleep 49609efa53 soundly.ea35291f97e1f085

‘D*mn. My sleeping bag. I bought that for quite a bit of money at Cou…’b42e32f2a8332cd7

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Just as I 71479f96ad was groaning and 40f00926fa curling up as 557111c3b1 much as possible db0073b18c to block the 5cadde5b02 cold.7ffa1f1ac65ac033

Thud—.78cae1a25eb7bcd9

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Something fell on top 2957e78874 of my body.573d5fb7179e2859

When I ab8e120e89 raised my 5270c541a9 head, Baek c88873d9de Yi-heon had b905e74010 taken off 2cc80c2aba the cardigan 901e9fb631 he was 877e3d6c7b wearing and f405b87d81 was now 1362cdcf37 in a 5b720ced48 white T-shirt.d2789da6c3975e7e

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It was just a 88e5d36093 plain white T-shirt, but f081144f81 somehow, he looked even 1ba47abbbc more handsome than when 1e81f2b91a he was fully dressed 510ae32ea8 earlier.715a78f0913889ac

“What’s this?”ee1d54bb7a4a8a51

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Baek Yi-heon didn’t answer my question, just closing his eyes and leaning against the wall.56bae5428cb046e6

It seemed he 463f3ee86d intended to spend 7e5fba49a7 the night like 98726f3129 that.893d09c59cee7872

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I didn’t particularly refuse his kindness, so I spread out the cardigan on the floor to lie on top of it.eb2beb13704b9504

Thanks to him being 187b28e446 much bigger than me, 2b63371788 the cardigan served quite cb8fff3252 well as a blanket.1c2df8d8833209af

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With even d9a00d3f10 a little 93a917c2bf of the 039c1a6fa8 cold blocked, 5aabea8b4f it was 7d1a070281 much more 0b11a3a2b9 bearable.05c44e429d348871

As I rubbed my face against the soft cardigan, feeling better, I could see Park Ji-in in the distance, tightly held in her mother’s arms, glaring at me with an envious expression.7ae296653b7c7f58

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‘Why is she acting like that?’95edeb5b58b40731

I think e0b5eabe32 being held e3b064ac67 by her 27444105f1 mother would c72a7a9a90 be better 54195cd799 than something 772928ea0c like a 1b4d3363b1 cardigan.d26631557ea779ae

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…Of course, because it’s warmer.6c840259dcef39b3

A person’s warmth would be warmer than a single layer of clothing.c29e847f2496634b

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Just because of that. It’s not like I’m particularly envious or anything.dee90b46da58b026

Quickly turning my 4efc69d8a5 gaze away from 30d810ad48 them, I lay 67edc7ec68 down and looked eeabc2ea12 up at Baek b618a42265 Yi-heon with just 4745f42770 my eyes.d0a2528726974c14

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‘His eyelashes are long too.’05a270852303fed7

Sitting there quietly with c17abc4d4d his mouth shut, he c64b13d109 looked just like a 13e36e3c40 statue rather than a 5528ff7b47 person.b9989f4f693bc278

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‘He must be quite cold…’2af2f33932b87ae0

Before his 5d268a00bd awakening, he 5de4898b12 was still da52b202ea just a 25cab49f87 human with b255945b49 slightly superior 4d3e1883ab physical abilities.ceb120f28e8a48cb

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Watching him sleep against f6e34128de the cold wall wearing aced5a799d only a short-sleeved T-shirt, 1d1c14676d my heart strangely began 4fe77a4ccb to ache.86ecc4d627e91160

It felt as if 9846f2df7c a small bird had 33c7cf357d come and was pecking c1a901d51e at my heart with 1fc39e7cf6 its beak.e7be6f6e2dcbc834

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‘Go away.’b45fac795306faa7

In this ruined world, it’s better for my heart to remain as hard as it is now.b2c004de1b578466

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I chased that little a8b302e5d1 bird far, far away.2176961ba4ef68ef

With my face buried in the cardigan that carried a person’s scent, sleep overcame me even in this situation.a5126d531fd22a77

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I soon a9ee4e7e37 fell into 9cfe9c8d07 the depths 09e8f48d15 of slumber 48b2d61b7b that engulfed bbe66805e7 me.d90478b2717165e5

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“Have you ever seen your father hurting small animals, like cats?”33ad18890e540de0

At that time, I d3042654a3 was seven years old, 036087c000 sitting in a police e2747ac07f station interrogation room.7d52a197c3b2a2bc

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I thought the police 06c817ee49 officers were asking such 64f5faa0f7 strange questions.b6e0cccb97ae155c

I sat in the chair, swinging my short legs that didn’t reach the floor, and answered while sipping the ice cream they had given me.b7b2da7fc68d14b1

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“No. We’ve never had pets. Mom doesn’t like fur flying around. Dad, umm, I don’t think he disliked cats.”1633db623cb5afb7

“He never hit you?”18427eeed88dcf05

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“No. Dad is nice. He always treats me well.”dc778f5f8ccc83c7

“What kind of person was your dad usually?”509935f801277526

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“All the neighborhood ladies liked Dad. They said he was handsome.”29ddcf353aa181e4

However, the police, the e7b9b8382f profiler, and the reporters 656508b75d from various newspapers all c52c1bca50 seemed disappointed with my a5106ac143 answers.fcc6ab2dff030b46

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They probably expected answers like ‘a notorious killer’ or ‘a cold-hearted psychopath’.3e6508b0982b4544

My father 6eeabad2d8 was a 5a7454c099 serial killer.493b38e875c5916a

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Not just a d51bb8ca4b murderer, but one f5fa0e053f who committed crimes 8b52565b1f in a horrific b7e43ea048 manner, supposedly under 4ae5505bc1 the influence of 809a99b95e some cult.7a7cf7f011ac2bb0

The media went into 6a24af7096 a frenzy over the 95ddfc48cb cruelty and bizarreness of 798e27d721 it all, and Mom 8467fbbe78 practically lived at the 2fc331bcc4 police station for a af030ecdf7 while for questioning.ad0a5c3ac5240646

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Even I, f0958c833c at seven 56cf169944 years old, dae7803ac3 was called cb0fe1a857 to the 4e84a2072e police station a4af438448 and asked 1f7e997322 various questions.6892e84ffdd978bf

But Dad, 7a187f92d3 or rather e4062b45b0 that man, 1956c6e441 was really 3974c9e25e quite ordinary.4fe3c2b99fac8d20

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Of course, I don’t remember exactly since I never saw him after I turned seven.575c634c500d0556

That man caeb5250e5 was sentenced 55369131c8 to life ae72be6800 in prison, ba14a5d11f and Mom 2e7a172ab8 never once 0584aa3495 visited him f4ea433b81 there.e52b2493a9614ccc

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She also 76b53024c3 forbade me 732c84f669 from visiting 7e1169485d him.bb95a87d0dccfcc5

Whisper, whisper.0c43f73f33e067f2

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After Dad was gone, all the neighborhood people looked at us with contemptuous eyes. Behind our backs, they whispered, wondering if we really didn’t know.d6662638baa8ee55

Mom left the 0602d6603c neighborhood we lived f01a365713 in as if 58473b72fb running away, and a672dca544 remarried three years d51c8fd7a4 later.56a176d4a5a8f6d8

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It was fcd3f3ed61 to an 5f91b078bf older man 8cba8c4b8a who had c3f74db30c a daughter 91d5ca1943 my age.2d2d3290b3e8f6ec

Soon after 835551d4cb Mom remarried, 7a091bb96b a half-sibling 9a705e63ce ten years 1df303e9b7 younger than efe235b776 me was a05dd6726d born to 661a0d1c3b Mom and 13a757b991 my new c082ef5912 dad.aab542ab399985f1

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I thought only eab0d64b8e happiness awaited us d0d0e964b9 now. Even though Dad 2fdab8d524 was gone, I 142eb715c0 had gained three 4f0f0756be new family members.9b2ff04d5eb0e060

However, my misfortune was db33e07dfa just beginning.f393b44bde22f7a9

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“You’re just a victim.”b7c548e61e3c535d

My new dad always 3aa839f323 told Mom that.b737937b4d095afc

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“How could you have known what that man was doing outside? A modest woman like you who only knows how to do housework.”db4210d0677fcda7

“Y-yes…”353d78747115ccad

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“But, that child…”dd0decf9644f47ce

My new dad’s contemptuous gaze fell on me.1e69d3f2d4032c43

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“She’s the offspring with that psychopathic killer’s blood mixed in.”6e4718c491ed51a8

Mom just 20f3966bba kept her 0350afa582 mouth shut 478b75a26a without saying c4462f2405 anything.72097d48e25d9a2a

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She just pretended not to notice my new dad’s cruel words, my new sister’s snickering laughter.b32b26ec79799d9d

I guess 5ff532092d she wanted 8f2c638cb0 to protect 819579d9e2 her newly 9c40c07be2 gained family.c62373b44cd50063

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At first, I 403f9befa6 tried to understand 62ba13725f Mom.2c06e089a16d236e

Mom found it harder to bear people’s whispers than the man’s crimes.c5ad9fd974eeebd1

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So, probably, she couldn’t accept a second divorce at all.2dcdb764cc50ca37

That’s why. Yes.02aa00d70b229d48

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“Kyaaaaa! Mom!”60a0e7ba606ac125

My new sister, c07307337b Ji-in, cried out 980ed6db31 loudly, calling for 3f5c7ea7e4 Mom.a3a6073377a29429

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“Ji-in-ya! What’s wrong!”bfc82e524ab408ca

Mom, wearing an fce6721295 apron, hurriedly ran 34db19a339 to the playroom 10b804ffd8 where we were.5c7304c76c4d4d41

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“Waaah! Noah! Noah tried to stab me with that knife!”1944b6d442d09449

Ji-in ran into Mom’s arms, crying with fake tears.21d6e33c3a2bcef6

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I was holding 5157878872 a small fruit 3a5a55c517 knife in my de29a3a591 hand.43a6942249a3fa6f

It was 6ece6a76c0 the knife 873112d935 Ji-in had 76a1deb0a7 brought from 4c763b0718 the kitchen, a3cf8ce545 saying she 8898067f6b wanted to 2c1e9f7580 eat an 56e47c52b6 apple and 845119189f asking me 9c5041a5bd to peel 06479fc637 it.d8cd3021bce06c0b

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I pointed at 41444c1a9a the half-peeled apple d7a3611e6d and stammered.26507e7d68b03df9

“No, I was just, the apple…”9eccc306c7d96d15

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But I couldn’t finish my sentence.de1edb5926f9b833

Because of that look in Mom’s eyes as she looked at me.e874727ee12cf80c

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It was the b45ce6e946 same look Mom cb151239ec had when she 0838accf21 saw Dad on 37d562e2a5 the news.e7e9ca1062650629

Cold contempt d4b6a31a94 and fear.72d7f5781a1fcc79

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