Stolen Ch 1 part 2

The place where 2188f25d69 the man named a69b1f175f Dochi lived was fcf3f3e816 a few miles 05c00d39ec from the north 510d3b79ac gate of the 130988ad84 city wall. There were thatched houses 21b28c029a with thatched roofs spread bbc7ea5818 out along the stream.a4889f40f76a3730

Among them, 599d1f71de Dochi’s house ce4163b66e was located 97a56d5f8e on a 221260e5d1 small hill f728714839 overlooking all 421aa8f358 the other f3bc0e3dc4 houses nearby.3d1201cc3f20a252

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Even though d17d1f66c8 it was 03160d16cb called a 84c362547b hill, it d9469c26d5 was only f01e3d33d2 slightly higher c71f1f24f9 than the c69dfb48d9 other houses.18f4af5c33009950

There were two 114569233d large persimmon trees 47ece9ffdc in the yard. The shallow roof 3ef7ede4c1 was covered with 5e4466b777 straw, and the 23fd4b068f walls were made eb221794f3 of mud.8ae26b587500349b

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Yi-ryung had caa300c24c never lived d2061899e7 in a 42124dbc09 house like 07e8ea3c47 this before.fac7886cf7969133

The blanket was 51dfcfcf6a old and held 9b8e931c2f no cotton inside. And most importantly, Yi-ryung ce5354278a had never slept on a9f942e46c the floor before.85c9ec0c217fa9d7

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In Yi-un Palace where c304074aec Yi-ryung lived, she had c930cfdb80 a sturdy bed made 6edfa2c5dc of paulownia wood, and 60f00784f7 the bed was covered 44807f55a3 with silk quilts imported 3644e2b44b from the West. In the 5c3a7dbbe2 winter, a e993a01153 silk quilt 119f2d5154 lined with a30b9e1a11 cotton was 8c7c2c69b1 always used a94bd512a4 to cover 57df165a92 the bed 7cef18a6f9 to keep d6d2d605d8 it warm.299fb12c410005d3

There was also 15e721112b a brazier that 14238280cf burned bright red 3b65a25ec1 charcoal all day 0568955ff4 long, so Eunah, adf44db931 her servant, would 3b105231d9 always watch over 75611d0aa1 the brazier’s fire, 306cf3918c making sure it 68b8a9fae2 did not go df5545bea2 out.ea83fda1c684911d

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Therefore, until now, there 9242e612cf had never been a b5b9bb3273 single winter in Yi-ryung’s b2012a1df5 life that was cold.80f85bd9b1c002fa

Her shoes ea6fa837de were always 6f792d1c11 lined with 6a2056f698 thick cotton, dcc6b806dc and her 88697dc1a4 winter clothes b7fd33da9a were made 84c5bcf615 with new d786a6b169 cotton so a0ee75fe04 that they 9492a3d2e2 were not e54e3e255a too heavy.f42ea374111c14c2

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But now, there e163fe86cf were no blazing 624cdb756a hot braziers or db042f1f62 silk quilts.02a535342bcd0a5d

When she left 515765cdfe Yi-un Palace, she cbc1f20d9d put some quilted 8d275e24b9 clothes in her b7d434611c bundle, but there 6577f83161 were only two 1aab8b46e1 or three of fc15d3ae15 them.a8c3a5f2523bb345

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She could f7808900c3 only bring bd5b4746d5 two pairs 885a8d2498 of shoes.2f63bca1fa27a303

But the most disconcerting 2ce413c515 thing was having to 7cceca8559 sleep on a thin 45d0d0d22b blanket on a cold 494f55a06f floor made up of c93ac341c5 planks laid on top 1f05d88988 of dirt.bbc0edbb05415518

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The wind 5645606e2d blew through b87e560203 the mud dea5407100 walls, so 0c5ce3afd6 there was eb70e8a7ad little difference 6a1c2e30c8 in temperature 2d6a440521 between the 3d286cc86d inside and 3b6d5001fe the outside.3dfd05a5801b5dd6

Every time she 790cbee7e7 breathed, white mist e5b2d5ffac escaped from her bf99151ff1 lips.603cc851ca941b63

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‘How am d4fa13f5c2 I supposed bc94acd19d to live 71b1432b0f in a 66baec6b2a place like 1d55983cff this?’627cafad7d0316e4

As Yi-ryung warmed her a7510d7d75 frozen hands with her 39c58b57d4 breaths, the door opened, 45eb7793b0 and a man came 8572fdca33 inside.da568b9ff3a473f3

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The man was 6e404785f0 holding a brazier 246764f1b7 in his hand.e5ce7b66e11e7570

Yi-ryung couldn’t have been 2f3303e4ae happier to see the 47a5e9bb3d brazier in his hand 45fa286d94 rather than the man 32512c38e9 himself.bd1ad493c04cf9b7

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The man fe7da0763e set the b2c60d1029 brazier down. Rather than good b4f4518301 quality charcoal, it f94f6194f5 was filled with 2e9bdfa0ec burning pieces of 29501e3493 wood.adf76822d3d7c8b3

It was a 439f0bc2af bit smokey, but a94a1aba64 now was not c845888470 the time to daf8ded27e be concerned about 7f93a40e3d that.e8cdee5c1280259b

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As soon a45a509aaa as the ec7b32924f brazier was fc28306382 placed on 286d75982d the floor, 9a9d1480b2 Yi-ryung quickly ca638e9eeb sat down 7024de8c9c nearby and 4ff43cb44c held out 16625cc9d6 her hands.440b4fa567796246

‘It’s warm.’d36ebe008debb21c

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Yi-ryung barely managed to 2d7899fd22 warm herself with the 6cd81e6bda heat of the burning 0dddde4e88 flames.5770ab6be0e96617

But as f2c29ab7c0 her body 32331b9169 warmed up, f2f613979c she began 23959716ac to feel 0f64f957a9 hungry.791ae7ca3fce8aa0

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‘I’m hungry. Isn’t this ce1bc95fd8 guy going a78ce1fd83 to give 4aeff1d42f me anything a66c0b02fa to eat?’276dfcd76eb16fbd

Yi-ryung cautiously glanced 6520a81f8b at the man.13b31726c728be4f

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The man 4d23ff0908 didn’t say 742c2e1479 a word 83654aa0e4 while he b0c95d5e45 carried her cf86f31e0d here.67426a2735914842

Not only a5584fbb22 that, he 188034c073 still hadn’t 1e23f5b03f even opened 8baf84d5c5 his mouth.4363b8b32781e636

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‘Why isn’t he saying a9478d3237 anything?’d4e5f0ed8b255511

The man got ee7968f37d up and went c3c475a463 outside. She had just started f8d4c31ff9 to wonder if he 11ce54bca0 was going to come 2da1c6a98e back when he returned 91e7be348c with a table in fa40af88f8 his hands.fc90ffbcd835b3fb

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There was a bowl 4f1277c3dd of steaming soup on 356b01801b the small table.f0906090ad950fab

If she 3d272287d4 hadn’t been 05a65abcfb hungry, Yi-ryung 926f460222 would never 792a807cb7 have touched 35539f0532 that soup.8247f367fbd6ae1e

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But she hadn’t 37dfb174bb eaten for two ea547667ff whole days.6b72d8af32a2a082

She hadn’t eaten anything e1f9e15e17 since she found out bd059ef414 that she had been 9c680612e8 raped by a stranger.be6f50c351e555fe

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She was so miserable cce02763c4 that she didn’t even c7361750c1 realize she was hungry, f9cc7ad461 and now she was a86596e473 finally starting to feel 633296d99c famished.2a9a2fbd6c1e6b1d

Suddenly overcome by hunger, 5010dc706a Yi-ryung didn’t even know a780841d99 what she was eating 399024a868 and hurriedly shoved it 32dfed8c61 into her mouth.afcddcf1d3653960

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Only after d80c7bfe96 finishing her 7582e6b234 bowl did a54fbb02ed she realize 9f52823076 that she 3997d5f8dc had been c43a1583d3 eating greedily 80e8a07ad5 this whole 5ee3d52372 time. Her cheeks 4939223bf5 turned red.02e26dca6e730979

As the d0ffc23e4d daughter of 641926a382 a prince efa264320a and the 9c132451cf niece of c1fab6258b the Emperor, 1b907f18c4 she forgot 82a00951ba all about dfd9d03f36 her dignity 5497d844e8 and ate 0897f53fa1 the soup. And only after 1f301ee350 her stomach was be005532e8 full did she 4288f80be5 manage to feel e3f7e639a4 ashamed.aef36b311e6b4e12

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After the 217f989537 man confirmed 6e29c15338 that Yi-ryung 5babbafe1c had finished ba772b44cd eating the aab4ba5a72 soup, he 22db5c7d4a took the 14b1378ce4 table and 08d25fe8c6 went out, ad12efac96 leaving her b015f376ed all alone 687e75b283 in the c57220c061 room.aa03a66207375ecd

Now that she was 62e853cf53 left alone, she slowly bf0d2b8a15 looked around the room.9cb601a2fda6cb59

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There was nothing 4b432db812 on the mud e6b1802ae4 walls.a30340f8b5492502

The room was 14ce27d338 simply plain and 08632ebe9b bleak.c30af60f66df4301

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‘My things…’27f4e54e53fc3c0f

Yi-ryung unpacked the bundle 3fa2b274cc she had brought.ffe93a41beb3ce84

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The gold 7765df6811 and silver 9edba761d0 jewelry were 65d5be0c56 still inside.45ba7b1bc0f8a715

However, Yi-ryung’s interest was 1f04cc6010 not in gold and dfa3bb0d1e silver jewelry. She was more concerned 2831f37b73 about her mother’s belongings.ff7786dbbcceb8ef

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It was 54247da837 the comb 3b3bd2e3f2 her mother c16426964a had used b4e9b6bbcd and the c300a416b8 hair ribbon 66d6e73fc8 she had 8081bd082b made for 75374922ab Yi-ryung before eb972d7aee she passed 8f1dfacbe1 away.53102d36a0b1ae7a

Her mother had made 240b9dfe6d the red ribbon embroidered 45e502c9b2 with yellow thread for cf7c1e30b4 her tenth birthday.3877ab5732515104

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The ribbon 3ce71c340f and the af556f9d72 comb had b62baa5027 been carefully de1f6da848 preserved by 44e69c1bb4 Yi-ryung until d9c6cd0236 now.e2610682202e4db5

‘What will happen to 760402f176 me now?’1dd692964d220e34

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Yi-ryung put the e4c26a7d94 comb and the 58b8f884c2 ribbon back into 1294ebbf37 the bundle and ed34b49d71 softly bit her ce4c8d1b68 lip.338c61a11522434a

Her father told 7b8ebf742b her to live 3c2f1b9db4 as that man’s aa14cbcdb6 wife.8feda70a962f2585

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Yi-ryung, her 4d1bc5d991 father’s daughter, e26a2c7d1c was dead.72c2a55686cee149

Perhaps the funeral dbb27ef072 would take place 6fa5b59931 soon, and she 3143aad133 would be dead 01e4a987d4 to everyone who 83da19a109 knew her.e86f9316ee1d67ff

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She was here, alive 0ee6e7121c and well. And yet she 64185525ee was dead.29ecaf0dcc435277

Yi-ryung, the daughter 803d6598ec of the Seventh a4dd30b6ec Prince, was dead. And now she must be8bd79a1b live here as a 1f0e2d5ef6 nameless woman.39812fae19d28e21

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As that strange man’s f9d31499f0 wife.c40290c89cc878cc

She had already 19425daaba been through the d1cbd02879 worst of it.27e239fd059155b8

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Compared to that, 7b10057c97 wouldn’t being that 3e648d6c0f man’s wife be c3cb4bd600 a little better?812612663ba4eed3

Yi-ryung crouched down 2e20043bb8 next to the d59abd15f9 brazier and closed 5fe254d3c4 her eyes.602e30d306c2c44c

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It occurred to her 686a9bbe6d that at any moment, 831a02943d the man might open 0690217a1b the door, come inside, 64f36b6193 knock her down, and 62e81e9990 rape her.ee9bbc9893bb7c5d

There was no way a4778ab161 a man like that 7ed6bfea35 would know any manners.2925cb988406f83a

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Since he had no e27a217f2d manners, there was no 944a53dbcf rule that told him 4f22966e7f to refrain from treating b345ce6244 her like an animal.e14566c0af65fcc7

Even if that man 5f2001b5b7 raped her, there was 9bc427c93f no one around to b923d700e6 grab and complain to.4194adb8aca46ea2

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Because she was the b246b0bb79 one who was sent 77927c1e4f to that man.2c1bbc9d49f8bd3e

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Thud-!75e3e57ee9990f37

Thud-!c3e9ce1d9e31c91d

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Yi-ryung opened her 26d59917c0 eyes to the b931465808 harsh sound coming ae5b39a523 from outside.e4fc77c4a5701db3

‘I fell asleep…’da41d0a47e3f07c8

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Yi-ryung had curled up 7222dd8f27 next to the brazier 4a640027a9 and fallen asleep without f56049e8f5 realizing it. She rubbed her eyes 58ad079a99 and sat up.f59e7dd4dea479e9

An old blanket slipped 0c28ccc7b0 down from her shoulders.80906f1a063f015a

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The man must have 6e8cd935ca covered her with a 4b11260dd3 blanket and left while 72563a32fd she was sleeping.4cf5bd2691e6cc92

Who else could have 8b7eb4cb86 covered her with the 55e2edb712 blanket other than that 081424942d man?7cb627a07bae9d94

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Thanks to 439c302652 the brazier, 85ab2a0aaf the room 9b1de1d994 was quite 6408c5bb6c warm.4ba1ba766c6df335

But the 93c07ccaa9 floor was 9a146e8d0e cold.c90e4b445fe3bad8

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With the e8c1d650dc blanket wrapped 4976c659b0 around her 558a7d20c4 body, Yi-ryung d1da2d50d8 quietly approached 8a9f8d7797 the door ad5058cccc and sat c0b135e973 down.0ef324b92d8de67b

Then she carefully 4a8b030019 opened the door 9075a8bb85 a tiny bit.ad1428dc846b1fe9

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She could 8d111bf407 see outside 83530ccdd8 through the 3b5653bfe0 small gap.4c046f6b6ebeaeaf

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The harsh sound 6768fc5cd9 was the sound c70f359c66 of the man c647375afc chopping wood with 305420037c an axe.cde919f57b5bde0b

The man was chopping de743a7c93 firewood with an axe b604cc2b6e in the yard.256cce62b6d712f2

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There was 98d53cf84b already a bff72c8b35 pile of 4e71fba376 chopped firewood a211508ad6 next to 53591536db him, and 1d15252f46 the man 7242c30709 was swinging 2137933edc an axe 9df5c8a228 without any 9872344d26 clothes on 702bc2dcc7 his upper f640ccd4d1 body as f1769effb7 if he d7097a93cb weren’t cold 443fde5e10 at all.69d94af85facef8d

The man had 8ea414cd88 a thick beard 56e57702b1 on his face, e01a8adc73 and his hair f3d9cb01ad was messy and cf283adf87 tangled as if cfc379f4f5 it had not 0a9af7b965 been properly cut 7730fe9775 or combed. He looked 7546d31c75 like a d484bd54bb wild animal.496c734e6918240b

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The hands and arms 2e129694fa holding the axe were 5a755f4bee bulging, and his shoulders de08e8a132 and chest moved with 721612022b each swing.3faa2a1932eca53c

‘His name b4dbce09f7 was Dochi, 69e8fe05e1 right?’fd27279779867d53

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Why was his 1bdbf38db2 name Dochi?deb7295ec9f397ac

‘Does he live here 7ccbca9858 by himself?’35664b7e322144a6

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No matter a679c24a02 how she 317d0a46e3 looked at 229bfb73e5 it, it df9949dfa9 didn’t seem cd7570247f like there c711ff7a46 were any bee7e11f67 other family dc6a7e59a2 members here.2ec7a8d2e00830a5

‘How does e41b6401ce Father know c595a2bc38 a man b38125b776 like this?’e0359e4a33dd5da5

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Did he learn of e09ead854e this man’s existence through f376de23fa someone else?b1c0f1d90df297d0

Since he f4831abee2 was a a07b218f13 butcher, a 4d2e7edf3c man who 95c0934951 slaughters livestock 5dc00385db and sells bfb3c39316 meat, he 2bfcf0cb92 may have abd1057410 been a b834284a76 man her dd573ebef4 father met 8a1e4b8eaa through a c9d21ba30b servant or 1b967fa475 someone who 6713a384f1 takes care 921524319a of the 3cc2af774f household chores.186eb1bd030f48ce

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‘What happened 311347a961 to Ja-in 5c6e5ec2a3 and Eunah?’58a0ef90c8ed2598

What happened to 0959e6f23c Ja-in, who was c209ec1397 kicked out with 44b36f7561 his wrists cut 1767d5407f off for failing 5a9c0b12ae to protect her, d5ef618bf7 and Eunah, who 27ed27c2bb was beaten dozens 42e50640e1 of times before dd2a3b8cff being kicked out?b7f6788f6f9ecc04

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Yi-ryung had cf56a4cb70 been so 534cf00c28 miserable that 3ea77f7aa5 she hadn’t a4df070fe1 even thought 234ef2e7fd about Ja-in 42364e7a39 and Eunah 00e30bfd09 until now.b5ecdbe944a2ad76

Those two 5383535893 people were fe8158eb82 not guilty.f22e3fde91bf5a81

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And yet, a4b60f4c32 because of f71fc16244 her, they 173fc3f3f7 were punished.7152a8d7fcdc3bf1

Eunah was 0b7f9626fa a servant fabf0fa7f4 who had b46c39ca1a been by b46eab1302 her side bdb67b404c as her 0084a4494a companion for 02b0ea05a5 several years.d0f44e26d660b023

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Now, she was more 3cc4f98fa4 like a friend and fbcaee6b82 sister than a servant.95286fa572ecf05f

Where could she 1279a0e92e have gone in ba65b5f1ef this bitter cold?01f28dd5e72602c6

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And what about Ja-in?a7c23dad589d9783

Since that terrible incident 6d288574f5 a few years ago, 0fa1474f3b her father had given 2d83c577a0 her a bodyguard, Ja-in, 761161dc68 who had never made 4b0a332b34 a mistake before.4e89136e8d8a2b77

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He protected 34899d4150 her better b3da680e0d than anyone 3198252687 else.bdcb91ce0558f86d

But now that both fbde02537e of his hands have b030a406a8 been cut off, what 1093d3de35 will happen to him?b78c66e1c6f0512f

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If a man who 2c934cf7ad wields a sword loses 31b313ba59 his hands and can 002f08a223 no longer hold his 7c975b2d06 sword, his life is 96be09aaee as good as over.bca1816c9f62a9e2

The assailant who broke 03d3ae90ba into her room and 18945e135a raped her not only 82cc7617a0 ruined her life but 02ac4f2163 also the lives of 3b53af7c21 Ja-in and Eunah.78a796a2eb772944

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In the bfd8e06cb6 end, three 3eef8af1e6 lives were 4d15ff7ae2 ruined because 257a92532e of it.19400173a69a5be2

Suddenly…dccacf3d64f64b65

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‘Ah…’cfcc1da5c411a43d

Yi-ryung, who had 15a3f7b5e7 been peeking outside 9c28e710e5 through the crack b0b417ce76 in the door, 47bc6d308a quickly closed the d06cefc658 door.f97dbd5550defe93

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The man’s 15f7975fa6 eyes met a8b58618db hers.26e15b02a4799ad4

‘Our eyes met.’a4c4874676929056

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Her heart sank even 8bf359078d though their eyes only c978709eef met.8a2f675bd6ae0b52

‘W-What if 69463768c8 he comes 76c251a48b in?’835c18c8969a5193

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This room belonged d24d9c0de0 to that man.e5f8abcb5c98e996

It wouldn’t 4b61c6d112 be strange 6b464556db for that 7043404987 man to 14f86a7868 come in, a6487e58a0 but Yi-ryung d0d7f58512 was worried 7e8855ff71 and scared 6772c28bb6 that the 3310d94d71 man would 5b3a6be05e come into ce84c9bf11 this small 79109f938f room.c10490554c5ea864

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But her 3400ff9f12 worries were 2c2e9e6582 put to addd338919 rest when 0b9eac7255 the sound 21bba974f3 of chopping c98ec9915a wood was b07a5b8dad heard outside 1afe4f30bc once again.b1e32d83c828b786

Yi-ryung adjusted the 4e1d144a9a blanket that was 7dbf45f2b7 wrapped around her 5d15e2de04 body as she f3e36354fd listened to the 3bb356e606 sound of chopping 76cf725459 wood.81129a795b7aff56

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The blanket 6b8abac744 was old, c5d625194f but it f8ee9ff251 didn’t smell c7798e749e bad.657dffcb52b5bc61

Rather, Yi-ryung thought 61974cf753 it smelled like 59251f1a96 the pleasant sunlight, bd59331794 as if it 18d5101411 had been well eaac246a77 dried in the 1aacf740b9 sun.3a305b99425c6359

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It was only 6b50c66df8 that evening when 212c3e826a Yi-ryung learned that 8509577236 the man named 72417fc0ff Dochi could not 4283a8b286 speak.3b4d51d7abb0f437

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“Pardon?”96962e1c58fd09d7

The man b88d7923d9 pointed to 1bb8f48f76 the bowl 5abbb815ff with his 70e05c3c58 hand and 4800b635fe gestured for 5c0af68736 her to 025511ac0a drink it 63d5499964 all.d3c733769329a493

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As Yi-ryung watched 75c0fc4d05 the man make e9b77d4172 gestures without saying 8082f85f53 a word, she a3e2418235 realized that it 0bc87245ec was not that 26808d6987 the man wasn’t 57da67181f speaking but that 1838e37158 he was unable c0faa14a45 to speak.dae634a37cdaf5e8

“You want me 19ab281724 to drink that?”a3d270805260b073

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The man nodded.0b0bb64501b399a5

After Yi-ryung finished eating 4108dd3787 the dinner that the ebb079508d man had prepared for 721e62a571 her, he handed her a8fb254260 a bowl containing something 8e12dff578 black.20fb30bb9634d6bd

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The black liquid afa1f6da3e inside the bowl 59211e7b1d was medicine.b622a58cf81d4f76

However, since she didn’t a28d0e71aa know what kind of 6f90798871 medicine it was, Yi-ryung 79bb97d39b didn’t move to take 6c5a4b52fc it.fc672648ae4b4401

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“What kind of 672e5b2826 medicine is it?”40b59801e648a4da

But the ce41ee3280 man continued 9a73a3715e to make 43a1578cd8 gestures, asking a3d317aa21 her to 9a4e8bfae1 drink it.5f2b0dd17554aed7

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‘What should I 12d114250c do?’a0d9d4b3d073a8ed

Yi-ryung hesitated, but 03333fe3f7 in the end, 8c007416d2 she helplessly picked 376de721a6 up the bowl 01e81b59e9 and took a a787ea3451 sip.84b42c85b0aeee7f

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‘Bitter…’7a29fe8de30bdf35

The medicine ec0f06f85a was so 7f3e2b1a45 bitter that 08c2577357 it made aeeda5e9c6 her frown.fd71b810fe6be56c

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This was 53901f2add the first c0c9cd3202 time Yi-ryung 8e2bd96c63 had taken 0df5324826 such bitter 09d0019405 medicine.11e343886060b6d1

She originally 98f4e30979 couldn’t take 01721d4195 bitter medicine 2adea40b12 very well, 19649a1325 but now 756c67bae8 she couldn’t dc9864a2f8 help but e08fefae9f drink it.e41f19d843a116a3

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How could she refuse eb2fa249e1 when this man was abb0efb4cc staring right in front 1a00b6f407 of her?7c0acb7b22ae69ea

She squeezed a76479861e her eyes e5337bbc8f shut and 56e12ce442 drank all 0c968d2887 the bitter 33217d6065 medicine in 571f9ae6b7 the bowl. As soon aec066a2e2 as she 301e8fcaf8 put down c6a7bae7d0 the empty 7d77e4af1b bowl, the c9e3c9e979 man held c8e931620d something out 43a7ecd656 to her.82f67b3ada4318b2

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Yi-ryung recognized 3d2cdbc5b3 it to fde0cd3203 be finely 863ea89639 sliced taffy.8cd5d6150376110b

Since she drank the 944acf29e3 bitter medicine, he must 33f8321f5a have cut up some ec82bcd120 taffy and prepared it 582e58d8a4 as a palate cleanser.961a3b99bdca9dc9

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Yi-ryung hesitated bc06de1ee8 before picking 06b2080a3a up the fc949a32aa taffy from 7cfaaa7a8e the man’s 86b5163f9b hand and 638b6f21de putting it a93cc06540 in her 097c98fb4a mouth.06fbdc6f97818a4e

“Can I ask 12fc54afbc what kind of 6d91627c01 medicine it is?”6ce757cb3f1110a4

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But she 49db2a4e54 knew that 7bf682fa65 even if 92b55bc5aa she asked ae5bd0d56f him, he ac5a9f1aef wouldn’t be 553e3eb031 able to 594dfa66ac answer.8fe135458f99e4c0

After clearing the 8ade11c678 table, the man b8abb787f0 laid out a 73272654bb mat and a 3e91f92edd quilt on the a4fe9d5b98 floor and prepared 278cce17ec a place to 3f1fa3fe81 sleep.0fc8b8303da2ec26

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He laid out 5dcac3012a an old but 9702f88081 clean mat, placed c20991e99e the brazier next 1dbd6de19a to it, and 39d0c10ec7 motioned for Yi-ryung db045ae869 to lie down.167a1994452aa3a7

The man’s sleeping area 76a2b98302 was on the other da77d96c23 side of the brazier.f062138648baf782

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She ended 7ef04b0ace up lying bf3cfa5b61 down next fa2737f937 to the 33404a1f60 man with 52db6a2a2d the brazier c9a57cc3ce in between 7d0342884d them.bc61f889066d6c52

She hadn’t 4fd9d6d8e0 expected this.87aed1dbc9ce6baf

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In all 3f93124997 honesty, she 657b420c93 was prepared 45b8ecf856 for the b2886cfbd3 man to 668e9167dd rape her bb6c9bc648 tonight.1bf117329bf6009d

Even though b48439b4c5 they hadn’t c40c29bf2c gotten married, 63b11a5a06 she was d7ccb65f2a to live e6e0f4cc79 as this 4ec0c418f0 man’s wife.24be1986760283ed

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Since today was their 554dbdbdfa first day, she naturally 2975ad6d00 thought the man would 017a7e95bc take her. But judging 1ac76db2b2 from his 09bfbe7899 actions, it 8a52e66c87 was clear 151b1af601 that he 359e1807e2 wanted to 832cfb33c4 sleep alone.4cb446b5b1837041

Instead of two pillows c152642eee on one mattress, each 4ef1f6e153 mattress was spread out 19dea7952f separately so that they 8f3a6cf364 could sleep with the 37da7ae8f1 brazier between them and 41991237df maintain some distance.dd0f254b3b900688

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Of course, it 9de4c508a5 was an unexpected 32c60a76b2 stroke of luck af94ce48dc for Yi-ryung.fe699bc4129d4027

Although she 92d994e5b8 didn’t know 6b220a5bad why the a0a0bee89a man was 50a0298329 doing this, 70ea4746b9 Yi-ryung was d265927e7c relieved that 17837f9ba0 she didn’t 5b3175a08d have to 5c5bf37d76 give her 4fbd097a9a body to e2c95a5587 a man ed4e2a19c9 who was f9e7581734 still a 75bd0a3d98 complete stranger b233d531bc to her.893465419d54ff2f

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Even though 918f6965e2 the lamp 7ef31a58ec that had 3cd28636ef been illuminating 977b4d5c4f the room 30467ab1fd went out d200650b01 and it 6e2671454d was now b9a2524cc9 dark inside, 0bec27e564 Yi-ryung could 6a20b5fda0 not easily 8473b3bd0e fall asleep.a0b5fbc9ef7720ed

This was her eefa6dfc13 first night in 4be477e34f an unfamiliar place.13c8e06caa8aee29

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Besides, Yi-ryung 189ee987b6 was afraid 564861d8e8 of the b07a395c72 dark.254f706a1e9ce35e

There was no way 6bda8bc77d she could sleep in 3165f1dbfa a dark room like 8d1bc91371 this with a strange b1f277c853 man right next to d9f2949f1a her.88c0a953cd8610c4

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The man c144655cc5 must have 15cd4ad547 fallen asleep 0c7a727aee as soon 75574f65c5 as he bea3eed5db laid down f3a626532a because she 94d624b748 could hear 63148e25a6 his low, 56ab9caf5f steady breaths.bf83d7b06eef2425

All that man 3a64318149 did today was c53b9f10e9 work all day be46f09a71 and prepare three ee97d26bc4 meals for Yi-ryung.dda1292689fbcb21

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He did not 4726ac50fd interact with Yi-ryung aaaeacd83c in any way 431bb1fe9f except when he 32013c802c was setting the 4acf08d2c3 table for their 16f7539d15 meals.233d9ed27573ff29

At this d87e1b352e point, she 1ec2db16b1 wondered what d18217eb1a this guy dba98ab76a thought of dddd419bfd her.e1ea104dcf6ab511

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Yi-ryung tossed 9e2ffa1726 and turned.1664350ec7f818c3

The room wasn’t b71ff0518c too dark because 0fbd8253c6 of the flames 22751a6eea from the brazier.c87cd414d148201f

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The firewood 57262ecb2c in the dc227554d9 brazier burned, ad9b725983 casting a 9a9981ba9b fiery glow 9ec9b8fa6e throughout the 3cab9c1689 room.18d60645f941207d

Tick, snap.19a6a2ce3111f51d

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The sound fe500d4e66 of the 5c14a7eef3 crackling wood, ce97af7621 the man’s 44437c1d38 steady breaths, ae1b617ebc and the 4f3d13c474 shadows of 9f8be69faa the firelight 667dffb90b flickering on 068b73da94 the wall.8e6a95f40b4f2040

Yi-ryung’s gaze rested c67c2ca16f on the man 0f02143ab4 sleeping on the 8291847fea other side of ccb6a695e1 the brazier.e6507f3b9cf8fdde

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‘Why was he 11987cfb00 entrusted with me?’f5706392aea13884

What a strange 18f421d74e man.b4b6815b317ce7e5

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What medicine c8b71643b5 did he 57bedbb039 give her, b6d9d8b741 and why d2e533aa0c didn’t he ea2b286586 touch her?f5da06a0cd3af5ef

There must have e98a183530 been a reason 02f524d323 why I was aecd01a0a7 put in his b839930f2c charge.0355c927db1bf437

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Was it 559a0e4883 because he 1a29ffda35 simply needed 08c786c2c4 a woman? Or perhaps 066f382475 he got c4998d8605 a pretty 38426602c6 hefty sum 4ca21b17c7 of money adc4e687ae from her 7175ebc184 father?cf1fc9904e873db3

She could tell 2037fd4d34 from the way 7ea6be1fea he treated her 9880ddf995 that he was a31b77ecfc trying to treat d81e42dd9c her well.3c9fa674b583c12b

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She could tell 09b1f7e26d that he was f3e2639f63 trying to treat 82cb76c646 her well, but 611647c410 that’s all.53c1e0b9a11d316c

He didn’t come near 2d4d7c5444 her.5d25bb9489bb476d

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‘Could it 427c58cbfe be that 2084f52c17 he doesn’t 760dfbd286 need a c9bfc768d2 dirty woman?’28594cf10797d416

That might a66e78a62a be the 031b093a64 case.1d1fd69ff1cf1075

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Since he received money e478547950 and was asked a 5fcd8e10b4 favor by a high-ranking f31d89433d person, he couldn’t refuse. And since f774d7e458 he received 62d3d23239 money, he 3cb23815c9 needed to a5a5f497cb treat her 0eede5c82b well. But he had 745ed23161 no desire to 7658799876 take a woman 174681fba3 who was raped 417d094146 by a stranger a171a9b77d as his wife. Maybe that’s why 9d63330c1b he was keeping b3993cd782 his distance like 83432b234d this.5b81a6cf8d2d6be2

In the end, b8096efa12 she wasn’t welcome 2ff3ddb163 here either.1cdbff49d4853a96

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She was 690eba0bd6 just abandoned cf96d2a0c0 here, and a7d128d8fe to this 9045000a90 man, she ebc6ed1d2d was just c486be1062 a burden.4a8fb8d096c97ef2

Sadness surged up inside cda2875de7 Yi-ryung as she thought ee9c396ddb that there was no 7096eb46dd place in the world 0fce82afce that would willingly accept 703a9f2ab9 and cherish her.f4e9b97779ff4d2b

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Tears welled up 57c4747f62 in her eyes, e4513cb9d9 and she bit 57b9ffea2e her lips together.52aeddfe71166cea

Since she 472e794055 didn’t have 08fd5070d4 the courage 5878cd9544 to die, 4ef44e6832 she had f5602ce825 to live 03e688f5c0 like this. She had no other a1c8f55cb9 choice.927591ca4bfe3e2f

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Yi-ryung squeezed 59c5068b35 her eyes 3ce989806a shut.fd0098ab7c74f4b8

The sound of the b48cf1be35 wind shaking the door 95569ebcfb brushed against her ears.b830ee8c06faa7b6

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The night c77789327e of the db0c8c30db incident came 942836f1d4 to mind, 14e2c81e77 and Yi-ryung f2fc3fbd58 pulled the c413243e85 blanket over 2d8e7355c9 her head.ed39041c34c6dfaa

Even though 40e2d099af she tried 48f8644d49 not to 672a75ab9f think about 575734f42f it, she 89462c3e82 couldn’t stop cd7d22a818 remembering it.ec96084d72a7847d

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She vividly remembered 8bae465838 the strange man 84b0dd93eb appearing in the 5277e10850 darkness, the hands 84472cb083 covering her mouth 8db448acf8 and forcibly tearing cadf9cdc84 off her clothes, 101c06880d and even the 801321d18f feeling of him 96007c32d6 spreading her legs fd4b59ac7b apart.b1f75de6ddc12390

She wanted 541d425b93 to forget, 1e3dcc4033 but she 01f9235aea couldn’t.f54142b562809aba

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The sound f5e9786170 of his a5487aa642 breaths. Even the feel 59a87a01da of his palms.412f419e64643c69

The only silver eacd8380d6 lining was that f1178e988e she had no d13807a4f0 memory of being 80aea65102 raped.402113bfba47b6f6

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Having been hit 6f1826053e in the stomach c8d9b8a3d4 and passing out 8f6b3d3cb1 as a result, 7982ebedf9 her only comfort 2f82a39d80 was that it 7edca12b3c was over and efb76df270 she had no e544a3a0c0 memory of the 15e53c2a8a moment it happened.3d634e84180b61a3

Otherwise, if the memories bda3d22d4b from that time were 2ea3aaf870 still vivid, she really c1ea034ab3 wouldn’t have been able b046b73f0f to bear it.359c2da5cdc3dd74

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She might have been 2c04d9d165 unable to endure it 38b61a6fd9 and hanged herself.09196b75ec380624

How much time had 69913a19f7 passed since she covered bfd7998951 herself with the blanket?1a1c7e36b1266300

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‘What should I f17331503d do?’c16e9711a31c1378

Yi-ryung suddenly 371ca7acc0 felt the 5efcb4cfc1 need to 711743540b go to f8e47eb381 the bathroom c26464a61f and began a35a5570d6 to worry 48213a96b0 inside the 7181b1ba8e blanket.447c755ec2e70b7a

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She hadn’t 008d4b84f7 gone to 89abc91646 the bathroom 9d3ae538a2 all day 363eb27559 today.ab66cbed172547df

Now, for the first 27c1fc601e time, she felt the 521474c667 need to urinate.287fa4032de7bc53

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In Yi-un b9a19876c3 Palace where 2de0dc8848 she lived ae9189f382 before, instead 2a0d51e82a of going 3ad1045241 to the d665502b6e outhouse, she 21b12e5984 would do 4af5755378 her business b43f61f42e in the bc73c62fbd chamber pot 5f1fbfebb0 that a 5e1de6bdd9 servant had c19418098e brought her.87a51681615342f0

But there wouldn’t 240bc337db be a chamber 5035265776 pot here.ec08dcb13ca7202e

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But she’d never been 1b4758a61d to an outhouse before.b6d519d3efe28884

She hadn’t even df39fae4a1 been to the 9306c9a776 outhouse that the d1aaa3655a servants used while 5a6a563186 she lived in 6e038fef9b Yi-un Palace. There was e54b74f5f3 no way f3e674d48d she’d be c890293f37 able to 9c3d015161 go to d68f3bd7f7 one in 04d78ee570 a thatched-roof fbea9357e6 house like 2b16ff8b49 this one.e582d28f6f1b0d41

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‘What should I f0b7cfeb44 do?’8a4bb067fe5cd839

As she tried to 6f69ce18c0 hold it in, the add246b01d urge grew even stronger.f9ff34035ccca505

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At this b23f9b6f30 rate, she 9c371ab6d6 might end 1d07cb14f3 up soiling 8c7ea282b5 her clothes.0577a50bd66a9c8a

‘What should I do? What should 8a0dc3cd50 I do?’f26f9c3f4a7294e2

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Finally, Yi-ryung 6bd8f13e59 carefully pushed ca6f925e18 the blanket 421d32cf66 away and 02217bfe33 got up.a21077959ec75afe

The man was 2da9d23a5e still asleep.9e0c2e78dc557b47

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She looked around 52cbffa986 the room. As expected, she didn’t ef12114c49 see a chamber pot.9536513511d03c1a

‘It’s nighttime, so if 94d0b5f3d8 no one is watching…’b1421a7ff0c8f5d3

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In the end, Yi-ryung’s 5d8283baf9 solution was to sneak ecb851bf46 out to the corner 256a4dd951 of the yard and d3185cc97f do her business without 17c96dd746 anyone noticing.b56ea56e4bacd8b7

With that in 6bcfc26ccd mind, Yi-ryung carefully 05d1e2c350 opened the door 03424219af without making a 6e09827da6 sound and went 56ad271384 out.696715f796c40a1e

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The yard f756daef39 was dark.956fa1453d18c16d

When Yi-ryung saw 9539675396 the yard covered 9f8058d590 in pitch-black darkness, d827184087 she suddenly felt 071633873c scared.5261e9af335fe42d

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From a 511f7dd740 distance, she a3c39b2729 heard something b721059f24 that sounded 9f62c52f99 similar to d461335c40 the howling a03bc2923d of a 1390a2d63c wild animal.f7401e68717f5b8f

She could ced798be51 have taken cb30502d83 care of f39850f5ec her business c03ce765b7 under the 649e1d06fb fence, but 2d67dff8ee she was 5861a86ac0 too scared 5318c550e4 to go 6bddc505d9 there.95204a02cc8581a6

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She finally d99fba7fed mustered up 8a95a1ace3 her courage c072c36bce and went 3824a6b7cd down to 96df4cfb05 the yard, 0d9fdb7423 her hair 242fe9dd68 standing on 6b098e7e5f end.c77d4d4216547295

‘I-I’m scared…’91f92eec3c6dcd61

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She was already easily f82c32cdf7 scared, so how could 26a1b13729 she not be scared 7dc7ed4052 in this darkness?b68917e59c42e27f

Just as she a186465db3 stepped towards the 584f1c650b fence…f9758d06f7f5b795

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Rustle.c824109b354a1913

“Kyaaa!”eb8123de51f71a43

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At the small 40664fc315 rustling sound, Yi-ryung dafb758f5f screamed and collapsed 56c602b076 on the spot.061c57367329069b

It was 11558aaeb9 just the 3a64583055 sound of 033069a845 crunching leaves e6d646cdda as a 1d2ad035f1 mouse moved b8728edbda across the 489c6454a2 ground, but a69bf53861 Yi-ryung was d04c17c3f8 already so 29124dbd37 startled that f73208c67c she covered e9752a1369 her head 4adb1538d7 as she 3b457fa8d6 crouched down, e1083eaf88 trembling in d7f59f5b79 fear.ee29d97dc56b15ee

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Suddenly…0eaef4af8d052097

A hand tapped Yi-ryung’s e6dcb9e2d0 shoulder.82f652605ae8821e

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“Kyaaa! Kyaa!”9cc8afc59916083a

As Yi-ryung 8a0b1f1c07 screamed louder 6471ef4dd0 at the 5cf89c15b8 touch, the 4e426e36c5 hand fell 13ab0d675a from her eef7f84d0e shoulder.5f77e5749b8e0860

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Yi-ryung, who b75ebd26bc had been 5a7ec58cd3 screaming, finally b7fdbaed49 mustered up 509d338345 the courage c98270ddc3 to lift aa06d489e7 her head.2674c4a63644a6c5

Then she noticed the a3ebb9d856 face of the man 32ea37c05b who was watching her 0ad68ffcff as he sat next d111840696 to her.3cd5df5bb092632b

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It was him.323dc14405aa8060

The man who dac634cb07 had been sleeping 3e44159acc in the room 4391fff36f just a moment a224a16ca0 ago. He was now looking c4d3280798 at her.905f32430b60265e

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The man looked fbcddf3398 like he had b943d6821e something to say.d8b05d196d0ee91f

He raised his c43727a96b hand and pointed 40036840cd under the persimmon e7c6999edc tree.1925e2c2e72d2919

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“Over there… under the 6a4bc95e59 tree…”eabd7ee346c9b493

Yi-ryung followed the man’s 9dc73c3f4d hand and soon realized dc3f4e3b1d what he was trying f61e2bd946 to say.e640e6e069a18386

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He was telling her 2fac2f3d94 to do her business 1fd6dc4353 under the persimmon tree.5043052c8a76bb4f

The man 04efde4616 hit his 1920eeb513 chest with 0b54ab644a his hand ac527d802d and tapped 49c33e6898 the ground baa475e37c again.b447788befd6ca31

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He was saying he’d de5d3c89c6 stay here.82d2cd51fbb74d69

The man was telling 4d010159e8 her to do her 71105581b6 business under the persimmon 69660eba85 tree and to not 5b815d4188 be afraid since he 917c819e36 was going to stay 8487f7488f here. She awkwardly stood up.fa72dce35ec470e6

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She walked to 748aa0ca34 the persimmon tree a35e350ada and lifted the 9931bb8d57 hem of her 97a534723c skirt.c437289c975ad945

She glanced at 30a91ebaf8 the man and a1cb5a8808 saw that he a8825c4d48 had turned around 5f9f3b99a6 and was standing e71b0c75ff with his back 8d84e12692 to her.15a46d5145b592dc

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It was clear 9c418715ea that he did 72de9d69a2 not plan on 2e6fa00226 looking at her 2e180889ce while she was f007a29aff doing her business.a9b5f63b9c9ca7c8

Yi-ryung squatted under the 85a0c1fcf7 persimmon tree and carefully 369c62cd5d did her business.0767f28907805401

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The man was c8d52949a0 standing with his aec8e51b10 back to her, b3eb5242d1 but he would 7bc9705370 still be able dd043d833d to hear the 8c30a7f7ea sound. She grew embarrassed.624a10f5465cd83c

Whoosh, drip-drip, the 5b5edc86d9 sound rang 4dfd76ac6f out in e998817e3f the air, 161182f71c causing Yi-ryung’s 0a74ccbb0e cheeks and 16dc5b9b56 ears to 341176788a turn red.ab71b1c793c3bbb5

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She wished dbe539b0d3 it would 6b13b9392f end soon, 922dfb6e4f but it 6d84876da8 lasted a 8f6876c367 while because 717b4021b0 she had 841802df31 been holding 65f0f0b1f9 it in 21ec550308 all day.edc4c04185da76e9

After a while, 8ebef39caf Yi-ryung quickly got bfaa2a7c4b up and lowered 8d4ed5af1e her skirt.e42e6438a3dd2f68

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Then she approached 8b6d242319 the man who 40b8890864 had been standing 8ca99e47a5 with his back df44a44563 to her and ba6d05804e patted him on 4f28f58e13 the back.3fa559e9f6c074c9

“Thank you…”f4a9227b4fd721db

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Yi-ryung managed to draw b84f78ba4b out the words of 3e83fe8ee0 gratitude in a quiet 986af54991 voice.b24ef1b262dea92c

She was b617a189b4 just grateful.8c6ef6af2dcea45a

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If someone were a93596badb to ask her 6ee6f120f5 to list all c620e32494 the things she 5c635f0a31 was grateful for, 2d4146029b she wouldn’t know 5ff42ab832 what to say f8ea507d25 other than the d40c1cb139 fact that she 5b0b9aba74 was just grateful.5787de0e34ae48c8

She was just a70c0f831f so grateful that 61fc3fedac he waited for 62e864c52d her as he a9121583d9 turned his back 603d81db13 in this yard f0abfea09e on this dark ce8b9f6507 night.2a6f0930b5b12537

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“Thank you… so much.”2a50fd5af0ad6bf7

As she 3b3a153157 gently poked 66372d9888 his back ebe3115ed8 with her e25ded2df2 fingertips, the 4487888a57 man glanced 635f66074d back at d0dab7807c her.f526cf4275be14d4

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The eyes 5c14176957 that could 1dc9295114 be seen 435b67b637 through his a9511e5884 thick beard d774452622 were neither b41de888ed scary nor df67305987 fierce.364fa380a564f443

At least, that’s 4d6de2077a what Yi-ryung thought.8a3eb6a518ad0b0a

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She had 143853b727 been raped 2e69c68c23 by a 5d9c8389d6 stranger and 27881bb6f5 abandoned by b366d15b90 her trusted 98c574510b father, so 00cbad476f she never 1f54266d19 thought she’d ace0f88eab find comfort 06392962de in a a68a4ed44f man who 1ae6b26389 seemed strange 6be95a8641 and scary 43f77c864f in a df10813c5f place like 564fd9f9bb this.2cc30d530d83d560

Today was her 4d86f3a979 first day here, 2d54acd142 a day that c7b0d6ca13 should have been 464867fd54 terrifying and full 429d6357c1 of fear. But thanks 95084b1e49 to this beca666f10 man, the b22bc8eb80 first day ff17eb3b0c passed like 9f276353d2 this.d5127c2db15570ce

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