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In his inner monologue, feeling like a woman toward him feels suffocating, clashing with his exorcist duty, and a decision to part ways emerges.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"This chapter opens with an inner voice filled with fear and anxiety of abandonment, recalling his master's ban on mercy and tears. It then shifts to a lakeside fishing scene: one catches a fish, the other complains about losing again. They bicker over sleeplessness and crankiness; Jakyeong's room has been moved next to the Mansion of Curses, and he complains that Gi-seok calls for him day and night. In his inner monologue, feeling like a woman toward him feels suffocating, clashing with his exorcist duty, and a decision to part ways emerges.","key_events":["Jakyeong recalls master's teaching to give no mercy and no tears but feels emotions coming.","Two people fish together; one catches a fish and offers it, the other insists on catching his own.","Jakyeong fears falling apart though he knows he must be an exorcist, not a fisherman.","Jakyeong complains he cannot sleep since his bedroom was moved next to the Mansion of Curses.","Jakyeong admits in monologue he becomes a woman before him, feeling suffocating thirst.","Someone confesses fear of abandonment, saying they are afraid of being given up on.","Jakyeong is annoyed that the other's face is needlessly bright and beautiful.","Jakyeong decides to leave after laying the sealed yokai to rest and sacrifice his feelings too."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"I'M SCARED.\nSCARED THAT YOU'LL...\nGIVE UP ON ME.\n\nMASTER SAID...\nWHETHER IT BE COMPASSION OR TEARS,\nI WAS NEVER TO GIVE AWAY EVEN A SINGLE GRAIN.\n\nYET HERE IT COMES...\n15\n\nI CAUGHT ONE.\n\nSO YOU DID.\nLOOKS LIKE I LOST AGAIN.\n?\n\nWANT THIS ONE?\nNO, I'M GOING TO CATCH MINE MYSELF.\nYOU'RE AWFULLY PRICKLY TODAY.\nDIDN'T SLEEP WELL?\nNO, I DIDN'T.\nIT'S HARD TO GET ANY SLEEP THANKS TO A CERTAIN SOMEONE.\n\nIT'S NOT LIKE WE SHARE A ROOM.\nARE YOU SERIOUSLY ASKING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW?\nDIDN'T YOU MOVE MY BEDCHAMBER RIGHT NEAR THE PAVILION OF CURSES?!\nGI-SEOK'S PAVILION\nJAKYEONG'S NEW BEDCHAMBER\nAND EVER SINCE, YOU'VE BEEN CALLING FOR ME DAY AND NIGHT!!!\nSOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN TO ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.\n\nWHICH IS WHY I CAN'T GET ANY PROPER SLEEP, IS WHAT I'M SAYING!\nHMM...\nTHAT REALLY IS QUITE A SHAME, ISN'T IT?\nHE DIDN'T GET IT AT ALL.\nSO ANNOYING.\n\nAND ON TOP OF THAT, HIS FACE IS POINTLESSLY...\nSO FAIR AND PRETTY...\nIF YOU KEEP THAT UP...\nEVEN THE FISH COMING YOUR WAY WILL ALL SCATTER.\n\nJUST LIKE THIS.\nTAKE YOUR TIME AND WAIT.\n\nUNTIL IT GETS IMPATIENT...\nAND BITES YOUR BAIT.\n\n1T'S SO...\n\nSO TERRIBLY SUFFOCATING.\nSUCH AN IRRITATING THIRST, SO PARCHING...\nTHAT MY THROAT FEELS COMPLETELY DRY...\n\nR1GHT.\nNOW, 1 HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ADMIT IT.\nWHENEVER 1 STAND BEFORE HIM...\nI BECOME A \"WOMAN\".\n\nKNOWING FULL WELL...\nTHAT WHAT IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW ISN'T JAKYEONG FROM THE FISHING VILLAGE, BUT AN EXORCIST TO VANQUISH THE YOKAI...\nEVEN WHILE KNOWING THAT SO CLEARLY...\n\nAT THIS RATE, I MIGHT SHATTER COMPLETELY.\n\nSO I HAVE TO PUT AN END TO THIS.\nONCE I RESOLVE THIS MATTER...\nI WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO LEAVE THIS PLACE.\nONCE I PUT TO REST THE YOKAI SEALED IN THIS BODY,\nAND YOU RECLAIM YOUR DAILY LIFE...\n\nI HAVE TO SACRIFICE MY FEELINGS FOR HIM ALONG WITH THE YOKIA.\nI KNOW HOW TO DO IT, TOO.\n\nI KNOW HOW I’M SUPPOSED TO CATCH THEM, BUT...\nIT’S JUST\nTHAT MY HEART WON’T COOPERATE.\nSO...\n\nMY FIRST FEVER WAS\nLET’S HEAD BACK NOW.\nJUST THAT INDIFFERENT.","bubble_count":64,"pages_count":20,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"This chapter opens with an inner voice filled with fear and anxiety of abandonment, recalling his master's ban on mercy and tears.","spoiler_summary":"This chapter opens with an inner voice filled with fear and anxiety of abandonment, recalling his master's ban on mercy and tears. 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