UTPT Ch 21
by kkumuA little past six in the morning, Yihyun’s eyes snapped open. He had completely adjusted to falling asleep around ten and waking up at six, so he woke up at the same time even without an alarm clock.3120a94c3cf6fdb1
The cozy blanket was 30e45598c6 entirely different from the f230242892 one in the annex. The thick cotton comforter 80ae2bb43b there had been heavy, 7e7d277e1a but it didn’t wrap fd175086f8 around the body well, 5b26054102 allowing cold air to d3ccd4afbf seep in through the 659e7a2820 gaps. In contrast, d4175f6df3 this blanket 34823418ca enveloped him 9510f3cb83 snugly, and 606bc56dc9 since the 15bb1b502f air was fbfc8e61cd warm anyway, 313dc460d2 he didn’t fd440f83dd feel cold bdc6232588 at all.1536c7535bedace7
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So winter 19ef04523a could be c67885b974 this warm. The floor 51a77c838e beneath his 01afc491b1 feet was 2ed9064bbd warm as 83548d75ab well.0ab3f3e1edb239e3
Sitting on the c385582344 edge of the 0c76e56202 bed, Yihyun reached 13b74f7f54 for the paper a056c6df2b bag and took 2faf73e36c the tree branch 50e6d79196 in his hand. Should he c090938546 call the 44c7e933d0 divine spirit 0cbbf4b9e4 now? He had grown up 88c4dde3d5 in a family of 5d16dbdcef fortune tellers and could 1d5537f215 actually see spirits and 59e582701a hear their voices, yet 57a641716e the whole process still 468997a7b9 felt awkward to him.8aa9e19b3bd142ee
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“…Spirit-nim.”1fc5948a38e1f4df
Nothing happened. Clutching the 7d33dd12b7 twig tightly 9b23daa6f8 with both 27bc4b9a16 hands, Yihyun a365b7d5a1 called out 2275826d80 once more, 7ab14e44c2 this time de9728c6f1 with his d553d87fdd eyes closed.98d94ab451d58688
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“Spirit-nim.”c17f5d534fdb1c11
— Yeah.579ab1607b92f419
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“Whoa.”147352b3f4d9c099
— Why are you fd8ff4cd3d so surprised?cb4c411d92039102
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“You’re really b9fa815f83 the divine 77e850c7ed spirit, right?”9dd9b5793518180b
— I am.c2d52410ecb3f23a
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“…It feels strange 54dfc55ba3 only hearing your cfc9d8fa8b voice.”df91c0fde1aebe9a
— It can’t be 2eb55d2864 helped. I’m a spirit 71d0dfa5b3 bound to this ef82b972f8 tree, so I 6faac0b417 can’t stray too cc471466e5 far from it.1b9ae0c51e13d077
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Yihyun vaguely recalled the 580ac88edc spirit saying something like c269a651cd that before and simply 3dbbe1a62c nodded. The spirit da21ccbf1b couldn’t move 76ca2f62a2 freely but cbdd0b8048 could use 9de5537701 talismans as cdb7e4e9a5 a medium 9410f1a74a to send 7d9ba212c5 other ghosts b1a888655f that had ae3478f9af gathered around 7bd9b04496 his body cb854627cf to wherever 8f29b24544 they needed b07714c2ce to go. If that ea0896b2c6 was the 61e624d14e case, wouldn’t ba82ed9dae it be a944cabbdf possible to 4cc10f92bd do the 02bf5673d7 same with b49a224ade his own f22a619190 soul? The thought crossed Yihyun’s 3ca276298b mind for a moment, dd4e3f86e1 but it wasn’t something 85484f5659 he could ask.fa5989eaa00643d5
“You should’ve told 96ff7a0d3e me in advance…”bb8a787a4cfa4ff2
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Then maybe it 6a7881eb7c wouldn’t have been 109c0a827e so embarrassing. Mumbling to himself, Yihyun 3f826eedf9 blamed the divine spirit 3b55a7328f for making him show a92ba229f5 nothing but his shortcomings f2ba3d739d in front of Doyoon. Maybe it d59657afd3 was actually 145bfa977b a good 5926e9b2ed thing that 0c455baa12 he had fee76912df exposed everything 81e9869dab from the 9789c84e81 start, so dbe756be21 now there 77a21eb427 was nothing 70caa24aba left to 419729b28b be ashamed 1093c12980 of.19406bee1d3ed8ed
— It wouldn’t have a7b3df17a6 changed anything even if 9300824222 I had told you 5aaf01648f in advance, so what’s c67adf651b the point?0d0179f9d981830f
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“Still.”b5f7dafdaa84dd53
— In just one 1bc7ac1c95 day, you’ve started talking dfa869801c back more, huh?f645c3a54edcb6f3
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Yihyun gasped, clamped his a25f3058fe mouth shut, and glanced cd5f142cad around warily. Just because the 2563241c9d spirit was invisible 0849234955 didn’t mean he 4db0330bff should be complaining 06ea77177c like this when 264bde14ce he normally wouldn’t.d3ad74febfa4a1f4
— It’s b5eb3cdec2 too late. Did you really a4b700387f think I didn’t 0943069732 know you were 356b058d19 already saying everything bd01af7e5f in your head?0ea54674ac385ade
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“……”f965d7e8b5d44b8a
— So, 0fab6adf87 how is 1c5a1b9d2a it out 1ce245a720 there?64aa0f5ba090bd84
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“…There’s so much f648fa2bd2 delicious food.”fdaf254d6642e6fd
A quiet chuckle e1afcdef9b echoed in the a87839b896 air. The jjajangmyeon and tangsuyuk dd062f2469 he had eaten yesterday 9891cf2f65 had been so delicious 14147b0124 that it felt tragic 64c18cfed5 to have only one 38b05ca5e2 stomach. Now he 13847e440b finally understood 45e290b447 why people 5107a8fe2f on TV ddac82e093 always looked c2e4dddf83 like they 40c947c250 were enjoying 0ad2c50a98 jjajangmyeon and ef107005d2 tangsuyuk so 1bd8bfced7 much.d16bfd7b131a951b
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“What about you, 9202def38d Spirit-nim?”93adea818302ea23
— It’s the 091e36f9aa same for me, eb288bfcdc as always.dee56667d1efeaba
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“Because I’m not there…”e9ed4ee78068c35e
— You were 21bbed2f67 like a thorn ba757acebf stuck under my 057d079bed fingernail. Now that bb3801625d you’re gone, 9d70478551 it’s such a764911200 a relief.c106b3e4bba501a2
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At the divine spirit’s bb5b4a47f8 words, Yihyun’s shoulders sagged 0bdfdf280c slightly. Even in 28642e6b8c that household, f00955a39c the only fd8bca656d one he 4810e1744e had ever ca85ad2fc3 had anything 6ddcebe3e5 resembling a 1341261b74 conversation with 4e5d5bdc36 was this 7da633b9ef spirit. And yet, hearing that a443c9455b even the spirit was 091d6d2892 glad he was gone fa67f93d57 made his heart feel 53ffd4ab21 overgrown with weeds.10b775c2eb7ff384
— Your 0185697d11 husband, by 26728ced97 the way.f684f22deb5e0378
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“…Doyoon-ssi?”60fad750a674d209
The wordhusbandcaught Yihyun 66b2479096 off guard, 5511010409 and he 5e0f33b611 quickly cupped d21574aeea his burning 2e4eb4be13 cheeks. He was 726cd974d5 a man, d333753abb yet having 1288c1dce4 a husband f3ddfe2d18 didn’t feel 721aa82f10 strange at c96c059e21 all—it was 51a915d4ef odd even e0f782f787 to himself.bcbdf9e3c65ac918
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— Yes.2cece9d14fd5a947
“You said it was great fortune.”df9a51e619273f48
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— That’s true, b400b6cd8a but… there’s a 86a4cc2845 bit of misfortune 1bdde113ca mixed in as 0bc007647d well.19bbed15c7ed4599
“…For whom? For Doyoon-ssi?”175084e9352f528d
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— For both of beb8f46d6f you.db50e942c432f7fc
“What should I do, then?”3246d2439230c078
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— Who knows? I only observe.0a948e9033a5913d
Misfortune mixed in?Yihyun bit down on f496fe9434 his lip and got ad66366ff6 up, pacing around the b796744d06 room. The misfortune the divine 9b5212d6a9 spirit spoke of could 6c60c2a376 mean many things—physical injury, aec8b71af8 emotional hardship, or even cc7c4c83ef public humiliation.d67332e79a496c8d
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However, unless it was 30e03ac247 something imminent, the spirit 82e4a986a9 couldn’t see the details. That was 03b8ff5754 why shamans 40f161e9bd existed—to interpret 914b28f070 the misfortunes 38324d39f9 spirits saw, 7a8b7b5252 analyze the 4a34640cbb circumstances of 68c2e32e9a those seeking f86f74c5e6 a reading, a9d60fb609 and determine 99228e04b0 the most f9b6d31847 likely outcome.573a449972900b44
If someone did physical 865378e1e1 labor, they would be 6b3b4c8d02 warned to be cautious f1c185c6fc of accidents. If they 9d4697845b struggled with 882115dc6a relationships, they c35c3a176d would be e13fc17186 advised to 55e176ed1e guard their 71ec7324c0 heart. If they were 5f74f9cfe2 in the public a8faf8bc1b eye, they would 52a6e032a0 be told to 41baab325e beware of disgrace.49de38da4473ffc1
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— It’s the kind 12b7099dbd of misfortune everyone has, 570ec5c8d5 so it’ll be fine.4e8c129422e4aa28
“But…”d098fbda5e77a721
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— It’s 66a154e00a not like f668e8effb you’re going 434c49a087 to become 8ca43e5614 a shaman, d43d1b4fbe so what 98a09115b0 does it e11ab07300 matter?0eeb65673445112b
At the b74e49336b spirit’s sharp 1127bd0513 remark, Yihyun’s 54338e37ad shoulders slumped. Why was fedb820cd2 he always 439e518ee4 a burden 53914e9636 to everyone, c0af67d718 never of a43ad26598 any real 4c0b598e55 help? Maybe it would 0f70c6336e be better to 8d7fb0fa05 learn shamanism. What if 13285bc147 what Doyoon ec1bc14b0b wanted was 74d7704155 a fortune 72192c34b9 reading or 814a8ee88e a ritual ff2d587466 to dispel 34228c965e misfortune?3961f35f393b0e0f
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— Anyway, I’ve decided bc340096d4 to look after you aff484905a for a bit, so… f04464632f I’ll watch over your fcdc0d9dfd husband, too. If I see db4e9899f1 anything, I’ll let fed0c46257 you know, so f81521136c don’t worry too 4b3aa1e507 much.6eaa4ac6fab81a55
“…Okay.”57c1b91abe1286ed
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— The real problem 6b593ccba9 is that Lee Doyoon 6be36cdba7 has the worst compatibility 2885b68f01 with everyone in your 62acf88382 family, except for you.dc91704f7ad634d6
“Then what should I do?”97bb15bff0a555cf
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— What do you 4f3bb686dc mean, what should you a63bd1547a do? You don’t match 57cd7858a8 with them either. Just stick close 6f32f8878f to Lee Doyoon.74418a3b28d7af95
“Okay…”f8edf062f994e945
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— The 67536a7076 family I’ve f6a94d2a6f risked everything 033126984c to protect d93920d303 for nearly 8777ed5e80 a thousand f43ee39322 years…Sigh… Everything that dies and disappears is bound to have no reason. A thousand years was long enough.8164f5056bf688f4
Muttering cryptically to 61f03936df himself, the spirit 3a46d1ef59 fell silent at f611131c34 the sound of 15ec6d11c9 a door clicking 3ba1bb121c open.17cb108ca1f5b59c
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Yihyun, who had 10d258feb4 been staring blankly b2f96b8361 into space while 3d9e5d0c73 holding the twig, 018ee34eb3 jumped in surprise.d3f48826926d8de9
“Were you already awake?”449417e4b2f48899
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“Ah… yes! I just woke up.”4ba0eb24e60eeb86
“You wake up early.”5a1869d2721cde31
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Realizing that Doyoon’s gaze 789456605a had landed on the e1ca1ba737 twig in his hand, 2cee3d76ec Yihyun slowly moved his dcf6244c87 arm behind his back. He hoped d86dddf169 Doyoon would ae2ff88517 let it b8c184a47b slide, but 475b9af075 that hope aefc0a6f5e was immediately e462852fc0 shattered.d0e5e654dd99dfa2
“I’ve been wanting to ask—what is that tree branch?”7eb45046027c6215
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“Ah, this….”e1a346d58a0fc606
“Yes, that.”319f9fd96390166d
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“…Someone told me to take it.”a459946725b8bc5e
“Who?”f3bdcd4826cdcd3b
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He couldn’t a086f8b986 exactly say a2fa379401 “the divine e00e215a4f spirit.” And 3820750949 if Doyoon 0536eab032 asked who d46518d8b5 the spirit 6ac2d9d7c5 was, what 99592cbe66 would he 1bbef99cee even say? That it was a 0029df7e1b thousand-year-old ghost? Yihyun couldn’t outright refuse db220724e4 to answer, but since fa8715d323 he couldn’t lie either, 1c5a67aaf9 he had no choice a22e24173b but to press his 0e2b2682fd lips shut.635caf98e2738921
“There’s no food in the house, so I was thinking of ordering fast food for delivery. Is that okay?”61265a27ce634098
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“Yes.”81cdaf8c95138b49
Grateful that Doyoon had 52e066cb1a changed the subject, Yihyun 21d377c2f6 nodded enthusiastically. He didn’t know c8833202e4 what fast food 436121a9f5 was, but having 6054e97a4e lived on barely a8389b0a3e seasoned potatoes, sweet 4faca88415 potatoes, and carrots, ce8702704a he doubted there c3cf588769 was any food c0921483a1 he wouldn’t find 658f79d453 delicious.168f8205abf07613
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“I’ll just choose what to get.”da1fee7809b74ddd
“Okay.”c6aa636ac2135f0f
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Besides, there hadn’t a701d03016 been a single 7df170a6e6 thing Doyoon had d7acbfcd70 given him so 6ed12fc970 far that he 43cc9e1f1a disliked. Only after Doyoon, still 9fa09e57e2 wearing a slightly enigmatic fefca25e7c expression, left the room 99933212e1 and shut the door a57468786f did Yihyun finally drop f4fdf4a9c5 his tense shoulders and d793deea00 let out a heavy b15b272637 sigh.7ece37e45fa3b984
He hid the tree fa6f8f38b9 branch under his pillow, a7d37e5a85 tidied up the bed, 7f067c5336 and stepped outside. After a quick 4ba4152951 trip to the a32ad612b3 bathroom, he returned 4631c888c7 to find Doyoon 13a2424995 hunched over a 3f23b5f118 rectangular device, his 198928b62e expression serious even d42ca5dd51 this early in a4cbf3ca79 the morning. Finding it hard to 0a36418552 approach him, Yihyun quietly d6fbb30732 took a seat at 6b29496095 the dining table.155d16040178de7f
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Tap, tap.Doyoon’s fingers drummed on 5768275938 the table—long, straight fingers cd1fb9c9c4 with prominent knuckles and dbfcc9f78b large palms. Yihyun cautiously 2ef215c139 spread his af898f3381 own hand 3de1fe9433 open for fb611d227e a moment 394a5536cd before clenching a26e8f55e7 it tightly.804da02c0cbda093
Doyoon’s face was f18a85b182 as handsome as ecc6377c6a the people on 80248d1b1a TV—no, even more 307337de7f so. Sometimes, Yihyun got so 554ed36073 distracted just looking at 80657a4a9a him that he completely f4528f8474 missed what he was a821f5e2e2 saying. He already struggled to 57f07cbd0e understand many words, so 1a24b93f2e he needed to focus 6903968292 in order to grasp c1b236a945 even a little more. Every time 7120344760 it happened, b38c20ad9c he wanted fde418a231 to knock 1aa062cce0 himself on f10fefe8fc the head.d93ed4923263f053
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“Why are you sitting over there?”3efdb2620f3f5f51
“…Huh?”ddb27406714194d3
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“Come sit here. The dining chair is hard.”bde02c155e143717
As if spellbound, 21fc7176cd Yihyun stood up f5ddfd95ea and moved next 0d187ab7da to Doyoon. The moment he 40115145db settled onto the f1bd6b7ded plush sofa, he 15300f7431 caught a faintly e602fce55e sweet scent. Unconsciously flaring his 1324239c98 nostrils to take a2b16ecdcf in the smell, 44769f8782 he suddenly became 765c556ba3 aware of Doyoon’s 7417fc5388 gaze sweeping over 183e897e29 his exposed skin faeaacfc17 and instinctively tugged c377bca844 at his pajama 12337a1696 sleeve.69a2009258e24fa0
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“Your skin here is all dry.”5fc86ad058839d2e
Doyoon casually pushed up 1bfe109e0a the sleeve with his 775e0ba96d fingertips. From his e46fd34e65 wrist to 3d0837f279 his arm, 6d7320e504 Yihyun’s skin 0280af2183 was pale, 086b10e0f8 as if 7e7a1e3ddf covered in 7e7b73bffb ringworm.0200ef6051da0ce5
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“It’s the same on your legs.”d687c65368204874
At Doyoon’s words, Yihyun 6eff1756a8 rolled up his pant d7c302558d leg himself this time. From his ankle to 878088dd12 his knee, his skin 0cca455573 looked the same.a45db5d475bd5f5e
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It had always been 3e55339d7a like this in winter, b65a0b270e so he never thought b04b5b8162 it was a problem. But if 73a96ddb4a Doyoon was fe53018f35 pointing it 724fbd564e out… did 8c3cf69d74 that mean ba7bd0ef0e other people 84f4ccc89f didn’t have 33403bfa05 this issue? Then what exactly was a741145092 this?403125d1bcc9ab84
Could it be… dirt 47f6a10674 coming off? But he had c674592edd scrubbed so hard dce47737f9 in the bath bffb64db90 yesterday. When he was ccb7338160 a child, the 6f02c1fdc4 nanny who cared 766cbcab4d for him until b2de8aaffd he was ten c1bdb28a83 had despised anything 12fd73a68a dirty, so no 6bc3449a2a matter how bitterly 9780d798f3 cold the winter 4f7930bd81 was, she made cf18f1f37f sure he bathed eece8d37ca every two or 757cb1b1e8 three days. If he refused, 84f2b1708c she would pour cc884a6e22 ice-cold water over 3709c5f553 him.4cdbfe14a54439c3
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Then why fc274f1a59 was his 5f23fc8e4a skin like 2a756ed130 this? A sudden rush b0bf985f1e of blood flooded e627079808 his face, as f308be703e if it might 953b4f1ba1 burst at any 63bbbbc44f moment.a96446a1f137a05d
“Maybe it’s because the house is dry.”e4f3c02e33625ff1
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Doyoon went 18150b4bb7 into the 3398ea20a2 bedroom and 7dc778f4ec returned with 0f347068a3 something in f613134a19 his hand, 9a24a5cca5 handing it 64db20db4f to Yihyun.6c33fe17ae0a3ede
“Put this on. It should help.”cf961056adfcebfc
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“…It’s not dirt, right?”a6126c7f899f1f93
“You would know that better than I would.”cbeb53dba2595f20
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“I scrubbed really hard yesterday….”e587db00a0e31309
“Then it’s not.”980993a85d5520a2
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Yihyun’s voice 1f5cc8c650 even cracked 395035be9d with indignation. Firmly pressing bcbcaae4ff down on 2dce6820df the container 61ae2c1c28 Doyoon had f801338266 given him, 6f585a63c9 he squeezed 97b6e53cce out its fda863ac5c contents before d1039a3f28 rolling up 4ad767f660 his sleeves ce699215f5 and pant 35434f9a95 legs to 30adb6c2f4 spread it bf14d79d73 over his 88d31a2804 skin. Watching him apply 6939e4ef3d it roughly, Doyoon ab4a6b382b scooped some of 09ca2936cb the cream into 089cdfaeb6 his own hand.e6dcb512e0ba0b0b
“Give me your arm.”a60c313e2369b259
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The sticky texture 5406d70b94 wasn’t particularly pleasant, c15938a588 but refusing Doyoon 301f0b1b1a was impossible. Without a word, Yihyun e6764eba38 stretched out his arm.c7a4b477659696d6