VWO Ch20

6. The Ghostly Wails1e66e6158a026567

‘Little boy, little boy, turn around.’e4d8420109f7cacd

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The biggest d02b28f2ee concern for e330de0125 office workers 2a49467b8d was choosing ce79ca438c a lunch 315f583618 menu. Shin Jae-eon 07861df9bc and some 911fb78c04 of his 835ad7e8ac teammates would 92d606ac87 gather together 1b22c24d68 once a 7ca976f744 week to b274045f9c eat lunch d57e672bbc outside the fbb2597255 company cafeteria.b3a2901cb61da0c2

They took turns choosing the lunch menu, and this week it was Jae-eon’s turn. He had been comfortable just going to the restaurants that people had chosen, but when it came to choosing the menu himself, he had so many worries.1bffe2aa9ce8ed7f

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‘Snacks? Korean food? The Korean set menu restaurant that Yoon-jeong took me to last time was good too… Army stew takes too long… I had kimchi stew last time… Western food is too expensive, so pass.’237510f26f49f062

The worries that had e6c9cf0ec9 started when he came 6a4b5bca25 to work in the a0b3f808ec morning continued throughout the 26707c1651 day, and finally, it 6876fcd493 was lunchtime. Jae-eon, who had 3785d552a8 roughly finished his a2cbe68f60 work and got 0174b055f1 up from his aac846b080 seat, approached his 23a2f88257 colleagues who were b5226edb18 waiting for him 4f0ca22910 in front of c27ba95313 the elevator.e29f08bd3ce7d666

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“Jae-eon, have you chosen the place?”5bbd7d08b3b53b6c

“Haha… Yes, there’s a new wild vegetable bibimbap restaurant behind the company, how about there?”b30bbd1eba5cedbf

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“Anything is fine.”6c01117c2dd2b855

‘Phew… I finally made a choice.’deb6e8f7fe09b867

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He wiped the sweat 6fcdf882b3 from his forehead like 0b6695394b someone who had achieved 0a3604dc0d a greater accomplishment than 3058677fb2 when he was in 7ab7253e15 charge of a big ad10949dc2 project.b5a4e1844e7cb2f9

Jae-eon, who had finished choosing the lunch menu, couldn’t hide his excitement and hummed as he came outside. He was worried that there would be a lot of people because it was a newly opened store, but fortunately, he was able to enter and finish his meal without waiting.a2ba3b187714242b

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Jae-eon, who had dfb9d007ce diligently stopped by ebd34749fa a cafe and 576941780c had coffee in 39060436f3 his hand, was e4a3b63deb about to enter 11875c9f90 the company building f02ad1f52a side by side 119bfa7d20 with Choi Yoon-jeong d8127cf520 after two junior dced686095 colleagues left to 42adc53104 go to the 11efb41505 smoking room when 98b2c21b48 he stopped walking. It was because of 001872c539 the bouquet of flowers 5a36d62733 and the sticky notes be5d3b4841 in front of the b0713807c2 traffic light.f857efe5269bc2d8

Just by looking at it, it seemed like something bad had happened, and there were still bloodstains that hadn’t been cleaned up. Shin Jae-eon, who was looking at the sticky notes attached to the utility pole, clicked his tongue with pity.d23bbadd3ded5a23

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[Mourning the death of Park Yoon-ho (5 years old).]

[A baby who 8af9524de1 was just about 4363726f1e to bloom.f17a6de2498fa9de

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Why did 2ff42cf02c you have 4d547489bd to turn dad46b80b7 cold here?76049f203c98d59f

I hope you 0c0334255e can be happy 6adff4fd41 in heaven without 0d0b24d46c pain.]7f15f41dd2a1d471

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“It seems like… there was an accident here.”a94b0e06f5502cc8

“I heard there was a hit-and-run accident on the weekend. Did you not see it on the news? He was driving under the influence of drugs, and the speed was over 150km. 150km in the middle of Seoul, does that make sense? In the end, he crashed into the car in front and hit the mother and child who were waiting for the signal… That’s what happened. Fortunately, the mother survived, but the child died on the spot.”c0070b40467eb2c0

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“Wow… what a terrible person. The world is coming to an end.”c971ec2debc0adf4

Shin Jae-eon c2c0a2c507 shook his 6edd486edb head and abad7775aa frowned. He hoped that the eb363b3fd2 criminal who had been dea1e2b8ea arrested on the spot 7f6cdc2bd0 would pay for all 35df472d5a his crimes.146e03eec082efcb

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Returning to the company and finishing his work, he was finally able to leave work at nine o’clock. Comforting himself that it was a good thing it didn’t end later, he went to the convenience store on the first floor of the company building and bought a lunch box and cup noodles.28a8fc891c5a012a

Since he didn’t want to pile up trash at home, he sat on the convenience store table and ate the food he had bought, and he inadvertently turned his gaze to the traffic light across the street.e51c0bc9796e0081

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It was because he remembered the sad story of the child he had heard during the day. Jae-eon prayed for the child’s soul and began to slurp his ramen.2e8785e3b5169910

In the middle of 76cceae609 his meal, Shin Jae-eon f52a02070d felt something strange and 5db14b8b72 looked up to see e4b085a99d a small child, who 175ee99358 looked to be about da40e5e24c four or five years 0701a224cc old, standing blankly next bc993e2ecf to a traffic light d3a54e736d pole. Shin Jae-eon aa6434d248 blinked, dropping cfa4c22aa7 the noodles 7af368db52 he was 5bc7937168 about to bda9e590f0 put in 5edd1ba370 his mouth.6982ea495c2f5097

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‘How long has that kid been standing there?’b4c3bec1ebc05881

But the child’s complexion was excessively pale, and the circles under his eyes were bluish. People passing by didn’t seem to see the child standing alone and just walked past.daba66948785f4f1

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When Jae-eon saw someone f4b51af586 pass right through the efc96e914f child, he was shocked a15b7c6788 to the point of b260bcf7a6 fainting.abed0fb3858ac952

‘A, a, a ghost!’d8982bc0f4a8463c

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He almost screamed but barely managed to hold it in. Suddenly, he remembered the Saintess of Ghosts, who had given the youngest position to the runaway teenager Birdman, who was moving around in the ‘Villa on a Cliff of Crashing Waves.’f02d26548b3f22c1

He could freely e94a208ada talk to ghosts 6958eb1a8b and even command 087b370723 them. Whenever he 600f3053c3 saw his b84a899d84 abilities, Jae-eon 9c39669e67 felt the e5114b770e hairs on 85018d01fe his body 24e45e486f stand on d150dcb6d1 end.b09d2715d5aecf40

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But looking at 569f301cc1 the ghost child 9878fa3060 made him lose 176425279d his appetite. Jae-eon threw away ee397b8cd4 the remaining ramen 6a2c483f30 and finished cleaning a7f6631fe7 up.792be015e9f97090

He wiped the 870e550bc4 table clean with 5af752c590 a tissue and 1ca634c515 turned around, only 72c1dbfc09 to be driven e5988e1b3c mad by the 886cc4e82a sight of the 62b4d7817f little ghost still 80ae447735 there. Moreover, the child d95b663ff4 was looking around, a295908710 searching for something 971ab54910 and began to 96db0a6e1b cry.1a62cfedaa9451b6

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“Mommy~! Mommy!”a3536962020ca52c

The little ghost’s cries would not be heard by the average person passing by. He knew that his spiritual eye had been slightly opened because of the Saintess of Ghosts, but why could he only see this one child and not other ghosts?85905dcb1d41c099

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He didn’t want to get involved in anything troublesome, but it was hard to leave the child crying his heart out next to the traffic light. Besides, if a ghost cried like that, exorcists or grim reapers would hear the cries and come.87455d7d966ccf2d

If they 2cc6516e1b were forcibly a6a6b0c51c dragged away, 6bd1c2cf46 even a fd1e79c726 good ghost 9079d49657 would be b0d99e9498 negatively affected 5350f547f8 by the cd64ff8b57 sin of 7cfe4aaea4 staying in 3a600a1414 this world. Of course, this was c05e1ed515 a fact that the 651cecd831 Saintess of Ghosts had 3627bcae2d hinted at.e9add29dc6cc42a2

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Jae-eon sighed deeply and approached the traffic light, squatting down to meet the little ghost’s eyes.5762e9342390e171

“Hey, why are you crying here?”232b3985d612db21

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“Huuuh- Mommy! Mommy!”315c272d9969e013

“Looking for your mommy?”77a9809f83776a8e

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“Mommy’s not here. Waaaah!”c39ca2ae6f1a556d

It would be one 00e64b6938 thing if it were 2a80a79ffb an empty alley. But the fe4f375fe4 traffic light c4213a2526 in the c8ecdf2b37 middle of c4fda3c2ef Gangnam was 303dc2fff0 crowded with b5cd35e968 people even f57b2d4960 after dark. A large man squatting c9b7b56283 there, muttering to the 441c9a106a air, was suspicious, too d75b5aa67d suspicious.f4816c904059076e

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Shin Jae-eon’s ears turned bright red, and he decided to get out of there with the little ghost.9fe67b73859ee4ba

“I’ll help you find your mom.”e447749dfd0d057b

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The little ghost’s hand didn’t have the clear sensation of a living person but only a cold, slippery feeling, which gave him goosebumps.ddd7871ccb65f1b4

As he tried to lead the child away, he heard a clattering sound in his ear. Now that he looked, there was a chain around the child’s ankle. The child had become an earthbound spirit.9cd3ed40213d48dd

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A living person couldn’t break such chains. The child would not be able to escape this place for a long time until the binding that held the little ghost in this world was released.ed983ece70bff621

After a long deliberation, 2d6d0f7420 Shin Jae-eon finally called ad6e9cc52f someone.9263e277d3885166

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“Saintess of Ghosts, break this chain for me.”b65dac6934ad4c54

‘Ohoho.’59ad47fbc80fe5ed

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‘Hohoho…’db85e1077dd9321f

Jae-eon heard 8ce4503b8d the laughter 204227926c of several cf500fc2cc people in b15af3a8fd his ear. Soon, the Saintess e669ef667b of Ghosts appeared 4352110a9e before him. She wore 960aff991c a black 2074d0d06c dress with 9c646bd0d9 her long 716359f624 hair hanging f513117e12 down thickly.a1c6fd67da2110de

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Although she looked like a ghost, she was clearly a living person, and she attracted people’s attention. Some people, thinking she was a ghost, screamed in surprise.d667b515928d1c91

The blood vessels in 5345072148 her eyes, visible through 08da9c7dd9 her hair, were terrifying. In contrast to her 2149f7036a red lips, her exposed 578b032ed0 skin was so pale fd690dfff5 that you could believe 10d05c8418 she was a corpse. Beneath her 4bbfba740d feet, pure dd3ea023d7 white hands, 8ece641ad5 invisible to 875144cf3e others, reached f9fc512ebb out and d708c2477c flailed.56115129631ab51f

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As Shin Jae-eon 29d339e533 commanded, she easily d7b06b2795 broke the chain f9a408b83f that bound the e23b836fb4 child and quickly c27b4a847d disappeared. Then, the people around 2878804bd2 them, who had been 07861752f1 looking terrified, forgot everything dd42bc622d that had just happened f6c5587a1c and returned to their 51493f9fe0 usual expressions, each going 1d164f578e their own way.0e9e3d6ca6806e9e

Only Shin Jae-eon ba819e2aed sighed deeply there dbda99274a before heading home 997c63aeed with the little 2f9e813f6e ghost.934227bbb577f015

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Shin Jae-eon sat the little ghost on the bed and handed him a small candy. Thanks to the Saintess of Ghosts, he could eat a small candy, even if he couldn’t eat a full meal. Of course, he wouldn’t be able to taste it because he had no sense of taste.27a898b99b7021b5

The child 421ce73b2c put the 51051d1672 candy in fd9c14ff6d his mouth 836af54260 and spat b140726b0a it out 80c09808fd with a f3146d2804 face like 9b62eff037 someone who 1b4d341e4e had eaten c01bdd1798 a stone.da0005e60d901c03

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“It’s not good!”cc8a23694e5b06d0

He wanted to ask what it meant to say it wasn’t good, but he held back.3c1e9c796b399dd1

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“Little one, what’s your name?”957c13ef28e795b0

“Park Yoon-ho.”8fa46529bf34e5c7

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The child, who 705a0f4ba4 simply revealed his 5526136646 name, spread one 0334368bf5 hand wide open. He seemed 057d8b3802 to be 3676848998 expressing that 747cf9c9e7 he was 9ae8b80ad8 five years d12896d4cd old. He looked like 264ed637ef a child of cf972bb2af that age.3ba1ab00da0bbe6e

‘He looks so healthy, why already…’76b02e866ed06fbc

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Feeling sorry 5e9a55508c for him, e4b5a5cfbe Shin Jae-eon 0a4f95e55c recalled what 1403a4b9d0 he had d6d1857234 heard from b77f51bc37 Choi Yoon-jeong 35602924e4 during the 1d54f4d2ec day. The name of the f88f6bc0e7 child who had died da5fa9ac75 in a car accident 240e9bf179 under the traffic light, 0e242e362c written on the sticky 986d880cc5 note, was also Park 77c485baca Yoon-ho.e0df3e0645e7f17e

‘So that’s what happened. How unfortunate…’d49ca06ca7eae56e

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He felt so sorry for the little ghost, who didn’t even know he was dead, or rather, didn’t know what it meant to die.54da03f2f1bbdd49

Still, the child seemed more at ease sitting in Shin Jae-eon’s house than standing alone by the traffic light, looking at a lot of strangers. Unlike before, he wasn’t crying, and his expression was much more relaxed.b659045e75068464

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“Mister, where’s my mommy? I want to see mommy.”e12fa39f4505f590

“I’m not a mister… and your mom is… um…”df2853fd4c33ee99

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He couldn’t bring himself to say that he and his mother had died or were injured in an accident. It would be a problem if he was so shocked that he became an evil spirit.3080b1ab6b68b44c

What was driving him crazy was that Shin Jae-eon wasn’t originally someone who could see ghosts, so the child’s appearance would blur and then reappear. Whenever the child playfully shook his legs, two legs would float and flutter in the air.675f3fecbfcf6ad7

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He had 40cfbc3b07 to endure 8c1a34cd97 the confusion 216c0d04b8 that threatened 4dab3b8d52 to overwhelm 4e32a939e3 him from 890c87c8de the sight 00df38c8bb that could 6cbc091bd9 only be aef5afc728 seen in 4c6a0a5f81 horror movies.39f32d26fb295828

“When I opened my eyes, my mommy was gone. She told me to come here because it was dangerous, but I didn’t go, so she must be angry.”2fa648660b230a17

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“…”97c9fe2ee65876b2

The child’s gloomy voice grew smaller and smaller. Feeling sorry for him, Jae-eon patted the child’s back and turned on his laptop. As Choi Yoon-jeong had said, if the little ghost was a spirit who had died in an accident last weekend, he thought he might be able to find his mother in a news article.e56295ce765852f0

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Fortunately, he was able 28a8421b86 to find a clue b77dfd7d43 about her without much e9c43556f4 difficulty in a corner 17de0ae79d of a news article. It was the desperate 3b5fb5aacd news that she was f82d305bbd in critical condition and 372dc3febb still unconscious.841ce1fa4c073268

“Little one, your mommy entrusted you to me, okay? In the meantime, would you like to play with this older sister?”0d19a82696f2c744

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Basically, he didn’t want to get involved in troublesome things, but Shin Jae-eon couldn’t just ignore the little ghost looking for his mother.a95ce96339ae19fa

Jae-eon summoned the f0cf4d4ec7 Saintess of Ghosts, fecce79d74 who was the d50eee9fa9 best at handling a217cb0022 ghosts among his 45fb191789 children. Then, like a ghost 0f8b884310 from a horror movie, 0c3613e8e8 the Saintess of Ghosts e6025ff5c2 popped out in the 0784485a26 middle of the room.36aaffd19cea15d3

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Jae-eon thought a7e4083480 she was d58a5f61c7 more ghostly 9bfa4843b8 and scary 0f51999805 than the 237e0f94b7 little ghost.9318792579073e01

“Father, I’ve been wondering since earlier, who is this cute little young master?”7566fcf30c972b8a

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Every time the Saintess e39725e6b8 of Ghosts spoke, the 64f457b286 air vibrated as if 4997b47306 several people were speaking.5aab496e88106074

The child 191d724959 was just 32905184fc as scared 9dfc7d4917 of her, c9b91ad3e9 and suddenly, 75a2fb911f he burst 2df9d96de7 into tears!093ef5731e9dd4fa

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A ghost 05806bb2bf being afraid 781fb2d161 of a 3339dedd47 ghostly person 355d776637 was truly 94f3f7c594 an amazing e15080d0ac sight. But the Saintess 3efaa7f1a3 of Ghosts, true 49baef8f08 to her name, 510036719b handled ghosts very 99ab32ffbd well.65fe8503e115963b

“Little young master, don’t cry. Would you like to see this? Father has ordered me to take good care of the little young master.”e116437190e9c4ca

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When the Saintess of 74433b5d55 Ghosts spread her hand, e7c0565ad9 a transparent flower bloomed 2a1abf70b0 in her palm. It was the flower 8d0ae3de94 she had received from 4432a68ba2 her dead younger sibling 2926ddd8ce before she awakened, and 73ea8b4dae now there was no 113fa0794f substance left.76ff61cfba363143

‘Come to think of it, her younger sibling would have been about that age.’21523fe400e4c75b

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