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For once, Hyewoo wanted Isak to stop saying the word why. After taking a deep breath, he explained as calmly as he could. “Family is precious to everyone. Wouldn’t it make them sad if you said someone was going to die?” “Do you like your dad?” “Yeah.” “Why?” “Because he’s family.” “You like him because he’s family? Then if he weren’t family, you wouldn’t like him?” “…I don’t know. Could you stop asking so many questions?” In the end, Hyewoo blurted out what he had…-
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“I’m never going to stop.” “Yes, understood.” “I mean it….” Jinwon would have to see it in Hyewoo’s actions before he could believe him. Hyewoo swallowed hard and declared in a small, wavering voice, “Just lie still…. I’ll take care of everything.” Fortunately, Jinwon did not laugh at him. He lay down on the bed and looked up at Hyewoo with gentle eyes, as though he had no intention of interfering. That naturally put Jinwon in a position where he was looking up at Hyewoo, and…
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Jinwon stood blankly in the middle of the living room and looked down at himself. Everything in his field of vision had faded like a black-and-white film. His hands and feet were small, like a child’s, and his eye level was low as well. It had been a long time since he’d dreamed. It seemed that an old, long-buried past had come looking for him again. When he looked around, the place was just as familiar as ever. The nightmare that had repeated itself countless times began in the same place again. This…
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For more than ten years, Jinwon had been funding a single research project. The researchers were searching for a way to extract an Esper’s ability and convert it into another form of energy, and at present Jinwon was the research institute’s sole sponsor. That was why he continued accepting requests from the center director even after earning enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his life. His sponsorship did not end with transferring money. He provided byproducts obtained during gate…
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But Hyewoo kept approaching him. He looked at Jinwon with eyes that were both afraid of him and trusting of him. As though he knew that Jinwon would never hurt him. Jinwon wondered where that blind trust came from. Jinwon was the person Hyewoo should have been most wary of. He was not someone Hyewoo could trust. He was staying by Hyewoo’s side with another purpose in mind, and in the end, he would have to kill both Hyewoo and his father. ‘I had class today, and I met a strange kid. His name is Isak,…
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“Yes.” “But don’t push yourself too hard.” “Yes, I will.” Jinwon turned away after ending the brief call, his face expressionless. Perhaps because he had not seen Hyewoo’s face, which he saw every morning, the day felt especially tedious. Jinwon was in a worse mood than usual, and the effects of it fell upon Jo Huitae, an Esper of the Delta Team. “What did Lee Hyewoo tell you to make you grind me down like this? I didn’t do anything. We got into a bit of an argument, and he tripped over…
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There was no sign of anyone at the villa. It was a three-story mansion with several rooms lining either side of a long corridor. Hyewoo was the only person staying there. The mansion was needlessly spacious, always giving him a feeling of emptiness. Here, Hyewoo would watch an old television with only one channel, or sit on the barren balcony and imagine the world beyond the forest. When he spent endless hours staring at the sky, he never had the chance to feel hungry. His appetite had disappeared long…
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He had the familiar dream again. The day his father was murdered often replayed itself in Hyewoo’s dreams. The mansion where Hyewoo had been born and raised collapsed before his eyes. In the place where all the thick walls had fallen, only pale dust rose, so dense that nothing could be made out. His father, who had always protected him, had fallen as well and could not get back up. Unable even to scream, Hyewoo frantically hugged his father to his chest. He wailed for someone to help, but it was no…
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Just then, the door to the guiding room suddenly opened. Startled, Hyewoo jerked his shoulders as he looked toward the entrance. His father, Lee Seoin, was walking in with a broad stride. “Hyewoo, that’s enough.” At Seoin’s voice, Hyewoo reflexively drew back. His white coat was disheveled, as though he had hurried over. Seoin’s tone was gentle, but Hyewoo immediately realized that he was extremely angry. Seoin spoke to the Esper in a businesslike tone. “That will be all for today. You may…
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* In the end, however, nothing happened that day. Seoin returned to the car a little later, but Jinwon did not kill him. He simply started the car. The dream Hyewoo had believed was a flash of his life before death had been utterly ordinary, as though it had merely recreated a scene from the past. It was only natural. After all, it had never been a dream from beginning to end. A week passed after that first dreamlike day. If Hyewoo had to name one of his few strengths, it was his willingness to submit to…
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“…Yes. I did sleep for a few hours last night.” “I’m worried because you haven’t been sleeping at all lately. I left some medicine with Team Leader Baek, so make sure you take it later.” Hyewoo answered, “Yes,” at his father’s reminder, then left the office. He boarded the elevator with a gloomy expression. The fact that his father had left the medicine with Baek Jinwon only made his feelings more complicated. Six months…. What could he accomplish in a mere six months? Hyewoo…
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After that, he had remained dazed the entire time. The sight of a friend who had been asking him playfully how he was just a few days earlier slapping Hyewoo across the face and forcing his cock into his mouth had felt far too unreal. “Hyewoo, fuck. I’ve been waiting impatiently for the day I could take your virginity.” “Without Doctor Lee, you’re nothing. You know that, right? Let’s not waste our strength.” Jo Huitae had whispered to him over and over, making sure Hyewoo understood how much…
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