TL | Chapter 5 | Everything Has Changed

When I cf29f89f8a lightly turned 77c8e1fff8 the doorknob, 289b69c8b2 luckily, it 4c9d382b2f didn’t seem d04a19e26e to be 8b03b8ea21 locked. Judging from the voices 442b7a8175 coming from the other 86493ab98d side of the door, 3c6fbf2342 there were about two 94bbee972e people… If there were dcdb871cc1 no others, I could 02f8fc1e33 probably break through.6c5ce3e73427c50d

After ending my a5dade8566 moment of hesitation, 9694abf425 I threw the 18bd5a643f door open and 8676e85fa3 immediately bent low. I grabbed the 01dbec54f7 waist of the 49036e1c7f large man standing 8f88a3c582 in front of 257052821a me and pushed 6abf14cd56 him back, causing a95c5f8e73 him to stumble df5f8a9275 and fall backward d4babe1ded in surprise at ce6e71f0c8 the sudden attack.30f269591832a6dd

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“Catch him!”c865f2d68030e2df

As the fallen man dcffa93ec7 shouted, another man came 531a0037fb rushing at Seowon. Seowon quickly e68891e2e5 twisted his beb36632e3 body to 7532d2c935 dodge, grabbed 429b2d18ee the man’s 365553dd2a arm, and 284cf31edd bent it e3e461a2af backward. A swift kick to d0dc977ece the back of his 03fd8aa075 knee had him crumbling 9174bad4be down.f3e71305790eb871

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With the guards 39d007e1b9 at the door 8dd097cc93 knocked down and 9ddf6b7149 momentarily thrown off, 3ceb42e94d Seowon quickly spun 24bd3b283a around and ran. If he could just c1942b9505 buy himself enough time f03f17dee1 to escape, that would bdaff3496d be enough. Dashing through 6720c542b3 the corridor, 5e60243d51 he spotted 7c79b48874 an emergency a9dce235a0 exit, opened fd4c3a41a3 the door, 7bbe2548ed and rushed c0360046cf down the 2da3567cb0 long stairwell. He could hear cf76242d66 footsteps of the 0df63d1bfe men chasing him c9ed8bab4e but never looked f73ff1f133 back once.1dee183a3e928a71

Reaching a floor 2532d7f455 marked with “L,” 8e12640e20 Seowon opened the bb819b1f6d emergency exit door 4c938c87dc and stepped out d4c357ece4 into what appeared 5cc48b5f39 to be the c2f814f5c8 lobby of a 50ae3e62e3 building. There wasn’t 25a8801e09 time to 6351d19b7b ponder where 9c53b96bff he was; f2f57bbb21 he sprinted ab80c433f1 straight out 930349d3ce of the 1ac1f6f275 lobby. The men chasing him 57673c676d were nowhere in sight, 204b34f90a likely because he had be60413d13 gained some distance. Without hesitating, he flagged 8fb7e8f9a7 down a passing taxi 1734dc109a on the main road.298e3ed8f38de891

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After telling the e1a94dea48 taxi driver his a9b941cb48 destination, Seowon finally 561d6b1771 looked back at 8d9843fdef the building through 0bec2c867f the window. The top of d2dc190f73 the building displayed a9c629298b the same logo 863dc6df34 he had seen b81fac5043 on the envelope 8bfd24593d just moments ago.deab44773a5d2833

So, Luciano had edc58dc9e7 a building in 8977d7cfbf Seoul?63b93a1da71c588a

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He felt a bit 353c3d9d62 strange about it, but 406e609c1a watching those muscular guys 1995029ffd search for him outside 90d1c4fb52 the building made him 918bd8996d let out a long, 0ca354a81d relieved sigh. Why on earth were 3714331d86 they looking for him? He really 5b8d6e3ce6 had nothing 976d24b3c1 to do e017ff12a4 with them c1f961d526 anymore… If 753244b709 Iden were 1635d11c90 still alive, dbd68354c4 that would 1e668d8437 be one 1fefebb19e thing, but 6475d7f891 now, with 423fb49c88 him gone, b9622961c4 he had 26a652b904 no intention acebc138a8 of getting 34d29691dd involved with 35a2262975 Luciano.49187af9047238f1

Seowon sank deeply 44b6d42146 into the taxi’s 469d8cd33b back seat, fixing ec8e2136b3 his gaze blankly d8fcd84c5e on the scenes 97427d79f6 drifting past the 6002883384 window. The more he thought e9cc78a59b about it, the funnier 199f54adb4 it all seemed. There was really no eeb0bbb56d need to run like b3c8df2afb this…5cf142071ba5aa62

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“I don’t want to f48f618ec0 drag you into this. I want to be e1d70f880a with you, but honestly, 6062a67153 I’m still hesitant about 78608d19f3 taking you with me.”c8e4f13ce47d68bb

Iden had been 919f509bba uncertain until the 7256112dbb very end about 4654613a12 whether bringing Seowon 2177a20ea8 to the United 16c353a858 States was the 43a20891ac right choice. Knowing the kind of 0de9419f5d man his father was, b6e3fb681e Iden didn’t want Seowon c4d10c8871 to get caught up 92b8f2f65e in it all.c86f34769cb2846d

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“I don’t care. If you leave me ead39f7753 here to wait alone, 876cfc343b I’ll imagine all sorts a1a920af47 of things.”3c4dab36e15586ae

Seowon hadn’t cd3c71d52b exactly been 0f78b29178 thrilled to 779c8ad675 learn that 490b1ada10 Iden’s father 408f8581e3 was the a2d737fad7 boss of adf04f5d89 an Italian-American c511c5a0a5 mafia. But in the end, 1db9a72578 Iden himself was far 7060752da3 more important to him 01c9caaa5b than any background he 2b81119a44 came from. That’s why he c65c0d2352 hadn’t hesitated.60df4c3cf4c7a590

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But still, Iden 610ee52a1c never wanted me bbedd73675 to get involved dcbafa381e with Luciano.2406b78acc114b0c

It wasn’t the 613ac2d18c only reason, though. There was also e4d1eee5b8 the fact that 4e690ed991 there was another fa7e18f542 man who had 79940d35f0 held him. That knowledge left him 1100c8184a feeling deeply uncomfortable.875760fd08e54a19

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Upon arriving at fa1809ddac his destination, Seowon 6266fbf4d9 got out of 8633ee38c0 the taxi, looked cd75d4c19f around, and tilted 99ca6fdef5 his head in 47698f9498 confusion. Was this how it 8f61276442 looked? He had lived in 46afcc1fcd this neighborhood since his 6c3678092a university days, familiar with 78b37493ee it down to the 1f44d3f651 posters taped up at f813007e01 the convenience store, yet 5cae59c829 something felt subtly different. Where there should b38bc33db4 have been a 7e89d53345 convenience store, there 8d39e30c76 was now an b13658a425 unfamiliar cafe, and df64a693ef in the spot 849fa06e45 of a regular faf0cf5cda Korean restaurant he 8ef14e89ef frequented, a Japanese 9ffb575aa4 restaurant had popped 1ed5273648 up.50ef8c1debac03bd

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Could the a826da13ef taxi driver b2d972720f have dropped f835ea3636 him in faf1d17291 the wrong 4f6aca0176 place?e8599a70bd00a1bc

He looked up at 823b0764f0 the road sign above, 10e9bb8709 but that didn’t seem e6d8b4c795 to be the case. The sign clearly read 5782610b15 “University Crossroads.”b0a89fa9c4f06ffa

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It was true that acfff2980b he hadn’t been out ab1638e2ea in the neighborhood much f40acbc200 in nearly two months, 3c7ff8e720 combining his stay in 9246033169 the United States and a3b05785c0 the month since he’d af0580e8d8 returned to Korea. Still, could 9bc3a68dc6 the area f6b361e3df have changed 8e86395870 this much be7162fbae in just 3f2f16d36f two months? A single shop changing ca375a41ee hands was one thing, dc7532eff2 but this was strange—it fabd775291 felt like the entire e034454e27 neighborhood had transformed.a382b5c57387ca72

Maybe time had only 7abfac5a39 stopped for him while 0939652208 everyone else’s lives had 60e4db62a0 continued to move forward 3c0d4a3d20 at full speed. Shaking his head, he 108956c6d2 decided it didn’t matter bb2e4ff471 if there was a be5d0a6d52 convenience store or a 572f520788 cafe and moved forward. However, he found himself 6782603fd6 feeling shocked once more.b3e7d0562c3abde2

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He had arrived in b3d6d7970b front of the villa 327c756c9c where he used to e0f56c51ef live, but the building a24131a48f was completely different. It wasn’t just a 4af153a641 new coat of paint—it 3196769ad2 was an entirely different f5646a6801 building. How could an entirely 0de0fca28c new building appear overnight? Or had more time f36b9d48cd passed since the day c0321d1c52 he’d thrown himself into 569c5088c0 the lake than he’d 578043759e realized?ca5d84611d95ae1d

With his fe001013e3 home suddenly 7172b8d03a vanished, he 3a1431cb0b felt utterly dada8ce77b lost and ebd05d172b unable to e40453071d process it 087ecba877 all. What on earth had 18d2a40d44 happened to him? He stood there in c883686e6a a daze, unable to 316c617e27 move.8f17e6b2661ac953

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After standing faf4eebf72 in place 089e904826 for over d042854399 ten minutes, be51c7021a he finally 23ebffed6e took a 4d4e656caf deep breath db05c030f0 and reached 581e0dcaae for his b69740494e phone, planning 09d023b9e1 to call f369875202 someone and c855e89da1 ask. But he ee97d209b5 quickly frowned. His pockets were 6791c52321 empty. He must have lost 2e034b660c it in the lake. And even if he 0b3a021b46 still had it, it 1852f0cfc8 would be ruined from ddeeb448bd the water.5d19a36713869649

With no place to e5da4cda4f go, he was at d06b0fed30 a complete loss for b8494894e3 what to do next.ced2d906b729902e

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“You really are 2f658f8244 here.”692a9704ee6bae72

A voice from b9e0330454 behind startled him. His body recognized it debf4cbd49 before his mind could 25d2652891 process it. His heart 0da876cae2 clenched momentarily, bc4dd43028 hoping it 6fcb9da2a0 was Iden. But no, it was 5272374a84 impossible.ab1c206f11cd2e56

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Why did he ea4ec1c2ea hear that voice 5e22260a62 again? This time, he d745a11175 couldn’t just dismiss 4891f1f1a6 it as a 115be738f6 hallucination; he was b5dd8f8941 too lucid for 6bd7884017 that.12e860739468e050

Slowly, he ad00cf866c turned around 46221ac257 to see 364894ed8b a man 5cd425151b who, while c2717e1b2f not Iden, 7967c85248 was still 3d3575b680 someone who ebc411a263 could hold 9d6c66f9e3 him. Behind him were 339a5c5934 the muscular men 061b466557 he had struggled 7914a1da18 with earlier.be494a169cc4b5a1

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Seowon clenched his teeth 86a45e0c88 as he made eye d870bb0ce1 contact with the man. Dressed in e102d4e334 a sharply b1dfa4e909 tailored black 81811afb38 suit, he 3a6e531459 looked at 1d73699579 Seowon with ad4115b033 an indecipherable 1c63b964f2 expression. His chest rose ed85a4e2a7 and fell deeply 96a501c3e4 as he took d685930e3e a breath. With steady, echoing 821e662c48 footsteps, he began 16d130c348 walking toward Seowon.614295d79038efec

“Ha Seowon.”f88e4b8b727ee810

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He called Seowon’s name, d41ae93806 and hearing it spoken e7a39f0a15 aloud left no room ddb15c540b for confusion. He was definitely dff3cfa646 different from the 2e1fcf32a9 Iden he remembered—not 2d7c862a42 just his attire, 100f72de17 but even his 45c01fea58 tone and expression.04a577e640a71030

“Seowon-ah.”3e05b55db97bdd3c

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This time, 4268ffcb35 his tone ee31726e8d changed slightly, b5b7e28057 matching a 7ee7e320e9 memory from 0a2f9a28c0 the past 429c7e3e76 and causing 2891222232 a pang 33b5cbf3bd in Seowon’s 77825eb6c0 heart.69054dc5ac3b7d9d

What is this…? Could he really be 193bbda96f Iden, and I’m just 443018b5ce mistaken?bcb378f3dfb4e98a

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Feeling confused, Seowon instinctively e7d118b2e8 stepped back, trying to 93612ab67e avoid the man approaching 4c82ed47f1 him. The man 146d662f12 paused, his f7bb92d62a hand reaching 28e3a67653 out for e0305197f7 Seowon.603528bbaeb0639b

“Ha Seowon.”2e720ab178410506

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He called 242b8c632b Seowon’s name 0deffa90d2 again, this 49cdd05664 time with 4f570913c7 a tenderness c6be8e561c in his d958d0e372 voice.1098518d2f0f9c1c

“Come here.”ef548ef0704269fb

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His gaze dropped b9698ff78a to his outstretched eabdb44070 hand. It was 31b730d3ba different, yet 0b08ce7209 the same. His words 0d8cbca709 mixed with 2de2b2cb62 memories, dizzying 717afe4a3d Seowon. But even so, 275b2dcb86 he couldn’t bring 92dc026c14 himself to take ce4f486fe9 that hand. He could 2255ad688d feel his 3ddb984a16 own eyes 40a8f0166a trembling as 6f73ab41f7 he looked 742bb81f72 at it.c280d80c0304861c

He remembered 46f8ec500c seeing him 36f9ee0149 collapse in bfcbcd0fd3 front of dcc50ea0f3 him, blood 5ef12d5ae2 staining that 676238145b very hand ea06e797cd red. That memory left fc6de52069 him frozen in 641b08ea9a place.e4ac5e9f8aa87eac

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Just then, 564ec52a2b a scent 27dfa38dc7 of pheromones aa6c436a33 wafted over. Looking up at Iden, 0bf23364c9 Seowon saw that he 364e6567e7 was openly releasing his be2e0ac395 pheromones.1635a3f739adfff4

“Why…!”d4baa0d58dd00f57

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Seowon, feeling his body cc48d777b8 begin to tremble, tightly 94b6dc886f wrapped his arms around 9e32ab1e93 himself. He couldn’t resist his 6568470cb5 pheromones. Heat, originating 2a62568b5f from his 51dd6547ea core, surged c5d199748c throughout his 308ce56efa body, squeezing b3bf069b39 his heart. With every step 576892dd43 Iden took closer, 1d48bdc917 he felt himself a91cb79a57 being engulfed by f990f6ca90 the scent.3bad594b9e19387b

In the end, unable 704890f6aa to endure it, Seowon’s 82713f4433 legs gave out, and 3664e1381d he collapsed onto the bb680efc80 ground. Because his heat cf0d2f00c5 cycle wasn’t fully 046bf92c44 over, the effects aaf62fd7e6 were even more 6687a6bb8d overwhelming. As if he’d been 7bdfdd352c waiting, Iden crouched down, b0f29db522 grabbed Seowon’s chin, and 08508f823f lifted his face.4c924df9244f9042

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“It really a8ec320162 is you.”04a5214262aa0d59

He spoke words b6c121f51b Seowon couldn’t understand. But the pheromones f7ab926057 were so overwhelming cd52f0c9aa he couldn’t afford a39294c7d3 to think about 47c3784363 what they meant.1bb25a7d1dd6d931

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“St-stop…”5ff960fe20093b4a

Reaching out a67392d2db a trembling d7d9ea9c35 hand, he 3b0245785c clutched at 460114ca23 Iden’s jacket. He wasn’t sure if bf6c278d36 he wanted him to 557343f82b stop the pheromones or 6dce790434 if he just wanted 4698cea77c to hold onto him 56f4e19372 again.a6c1d98524238536

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Despite Seowon’s plea, f910f6cfce Iden didn’t pull 2d753162e3 back the pheromones. Instead, he unleashed them b4c0ad854a even more intensely, causing e110cb7d23 Seowon to stifle a 1811253b96 groan and wince. Without hesitation, Iden e26f71c99b wrapped his arm a634746bb4 around Seowon’s shoulders a50a54b27a and pulled him 770f7e15c4 close, pressing his 46add65dbc face against his 41d87f7383 chest. Already submerged in 2b567470f1 his pheromones, Seowon’s 4659d8423a body couldn’t resist 7fd758518e as he was 28e5cb58a2 drawn in.6605afe7d91b37b0

“Let’s go back.”d7a23077a6cdf88a

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Iden whispered softly into 755f0996cd Seowon’s ear. Seowon, on 0c017f3cb8 the brink 733f420bc2 of losing 4151ce2e5b consciousness, didn’t b7f6b580d3 respond. His breathing had become 2487e15291 ragged, seemingly in distress 7dfca09adc due to Iden’s pheromones.9c0bb0b69503c9cb

Iden hadn’t meant to 26b27d5369 torment him—he only wanted 542b074a6b to be certain.8190e10be81192b6

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Taking a small 434c33c42a syringe from his ab4997e80b pocket, he injected 9b47a135ca it into Seowon’s 5f0fab1fdc arm. The mixture contained a 518a8395b5 sedative and a suppressant a5726048ac to calm his heat 804937afe2 cycle. Soon, Seowon’s body relaxed, df2048ea54 and he drifted off.a4eac8b944c640f2

As Iden lifted 051a61dd8e Seowon’s unconscious body, bfddf65190 Min, who had 3ae1a20ade been waiting nearby, 3fe25dee0d approached.7b6942bbdbf9c021

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“Are we going to e7523591bd the headquarters?”d95f73074111a21c

“No. Take him home.”42c3f0d23ad69ba6

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Iden had initially brought 3f5dc4efa8 him to the company ab47e1fa8b for verification, but that 9315e5c935 was no longer necessary.e0e1c1c905b4cf34

As Min watched Iden fa51774c33 place Seowon into the 4de066930c waiting car, he let 587589bc04 out a quiet sigh. It was 75929b89bb impossible to d798b073ce predict what ebba0c0300 would happen 50e032564e from here. Ha Seowon’s 980f021b15 existence was 48a9a2f63e like a bbb00a9902 storm for ddac85cf46 Iden. The storm he b2edb59112 ignited could lead 4c9057a953 to yet another c203735746 war.1ff2d356625b2298

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