I'M SCARED.
SCARED THAT YOU'LL...
GIVE UP ON ME.
MASTER SAID...
WHETHER IT BE COMPASSION OR TEARS,
I WAS NEVER TO GIVE AWAY EVEN A SINGLE GRAIN.
YET HERE IT COMES...
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I CAUGHT ONE.
SO YOU DID.
LOOKS LIKE I LOST AGAIN.
?
WANT THIS ONE?
NO, I'M GOING TO CATCH MINE MYSELF.
YOU'RE AWFULLY PRICKLY TODAY.
DIDN'T SLEEP WELL?
NO, I DIDN'T.
IT'S HARD TO GET ANY SLEEP THANKS TO A CERTAIN SOMEONE.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE SHARE A ROOM.
ARE YOU SERIOUSLY ASKING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW?
DIDN'T YOU MOVE MY BEDCHAMBER RIGHT NEAR THE PAVILION OF CURSES?!
GI-SEOK'S PAVILION
JAKYEONG'S NEW BEDCHAMBER
AND EVER SINCE, YOU'VE BEEN CALLING FOR ME DAY AND NIGHT!!!
SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN TO ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
WHICH IS WHY I CAN'T GET ANY PROPER SLEEP, IS WHAT I'M SAYING!
HMM...
THAT REALLY IS QUITE A SHAME, ISN'T IT?
HE DIDN'T GET IT AT ALL.
SO ANNOYING.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, HIS FACE IS POINTLESSLY...
SO FAIR AND PRETTY...
IF YOU KEEP THAT UP...
EVEN THE FISH COMING YOUR WAY WILL ALL SCATTER.
JUST LIKE THIS.
TAKE YOUR TIME AND WAIT.
UNTIL IT GETS IMPATIENT...
AND BITES YOUR BAIT.
1T'S SO...
SO TERRIBLY SUFFOCATING.
SUCH AN IRRITATING THIRST, SO PARCHING...
THAT MY THROAT FEELS COMPLETELY DRY...
R1GHT.
NOW, 1 HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ADMIT IT.
WHENEVER 1 STAND BEFORE HIM...
I BECOME A "WOMAN".
KNOWING FULL WELL...
THAT WHAT IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW ISN'T JAKYEONG FROM THE FISHING VILLAGE, BUT AN EXORCIST TO VANQUISH THE YOKAI...
EVEN WHILE KNOWING THAT SO CLEARLY...
AT THIS RATE, I MIGHT SHATTER COMPLETELY.
SO I HAVE TO PUT AN END TO THIS.
ONCE I RESOLVE THIS MATTER...
I WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO LEAVE THIS PLACE.
ONCE I PUT TO REST THE YOKAI SEALED IN THIS BODY,
AND YOU RECLAIM YOUR DAILY LIFE...
I HAVE TO SACRIFICE MY FEELINGS FOR HIM ALONG WITH THE YOKIA.
I KNOW HOW TO DO IT, TOO.
I KNOW HOW I’M SUPPOSED TO CATCH THEM, BUT...
IT’S JUST
THAT MY HEART WON’T COOPERATE.
SO...
MY FIRST FEVER WAS
LET’S HEAD BACK NOW.
JUST THAT INDIFFERENT.
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.
