RFT 18
Do Ye-jun hurriedly grabbed the shaman’s arm and began to pour out his questions.
“What? Then what about me… Do I not need a talisman or a shamanic ritual or something?”
“He says not to even think about doing any of that nonsense.”
“……That person from before?”
“Yes. He says such things are completely useless. Just…”
The shaman glanced at Do Ye-jun, as if she felt awkward conveying something.
Unable to bear the frustration, Do Ye-jun spoke up.
“What is it? It’s okay. Please tell me.”
“To just live as it comes…”
“…What?”
“He says not to try and force anything.”
Then, in an instant, the shaman’s gaze changed again. A blunt, childlike voice burst forth.
“Ugh, so frustrating! Just live like a dandelion seed! That’s your fate.”
As Do Ye-jun looked distraught, the fairy, feeling pity, let out a deep sigh and added,
“Sigh… I’ll tell you one thing because I feel bad for you: be careful of men.”
“Men…?”
The image of the man he should be most careful of immediately sprang to mind. Without needing to be told, it was obviously Cheon Sa-hyun.
Because the most dangerous person to him right now was that very man.
“Yes. Be careful of men at night.”
“…….”
Do Ye-jun shuddered. Just how much did they know? How much could they see?
Could it be… the things between him and Cheon Sa-hyun…?
Shame washed over him, but perhaps this was an opportunity. If the entity already knew without him having to say it himself…!
“Actually, I came here because of a man I [stolen content]style="font-size:0;color:transparent;display:inline;">visit our sitehave to be careful of at night! Is there really nothing that can be done? Is there no way to drive him away?”
Do Ye-jun asked in a desperate voice. The fairy clicked her tongue.
“Drive him away? How do you drive away a living person? Besides, you shouldn’t be driving him away; you should be holding onto him tight.”
“…What?”
“Anything. Whether it’s his sanity, his soul, or his power.”
Do Ye-jun slumped at the fairy’s firm words.
“Anyway, just be careful of men. Now, go.”
No, how could it end like this without even telling him how to be careful?
He felt as though he had come to get rid our site">visit our siteof a burden only to leave with a lingering sense of unease. To hold onto sanity and live like a dandelion seed.
It was advice that provided neither comfort nor help.
Do Ye-jun grumbled as he walked out of the alley.
And a few minutes later.
Someone entered the fortune-telling house. The shaman, who had been sitting still, hurriedly stood up at the appearance of the unannounced guest.
“Gasp…!”
Then, suddenly clutching her chest, she collapsed to the floor. A dull pain hit her, as if a massive boulder had landed on her head. It became difficult to breathe, as if her lungs were filling with water.
Haa, haa. As she struggled to catch her breath, Cheon Sa-hyun, standing before her, reached out his hand. It was a fluid, effortless motion.
“Are you alright?”
He asked in a tone completely devoid of concern. The shaman couldn’t bring herself to take his hand and struggled to push herself up from the ground.
Gripping the table in front of her, she spoke.
“W-what brings you here…?”
Even saying those words required an immense amount of effort. Cold sweat poured down her spine, and a warning rang incessantly in her head.
Just what on earth was this man’s identity? The shaman’s eyes shook violently.
When the door first opened and the man stepped inside, the shaman had mistaken him for a Grim Reaper for a brief moment. He wasn’t wearing pitch-black clothes, nor did he have a grim face, but the sheer aura and spirit he exuded created an overwhelming sense of pressure.
Unable to look Cheon Sa-hyun in the eye, the shaman stared intently at the innocent table.
“I was curious why the man who just left came here,” Cheon Sa-hyun asked [visit our site]in a low, casual voice. The shaman gasped.
Could the man the fairy warned to be careful of at night be this person?
As a mere human and a vessel, she couldn’t fully understand the depths of it, but there was no way that man with such a fragile and gentle aura could withstand this person.
“I-I cannot carelessly speak of another client’s business.”
The shaman bowed her head apologetically. This was the first time someone had suppressed her energy to this extent. She couldn’t hear the fairy’s voice at all.
Her vision blurred, like the dawn mist where one cannot see an inch ahead.
“Hmm… It’s nothing else, I was just worried. I wondered what kind of troubles he had to come to a place like this. You know what I mean, right?”
Cheon Sa-hyun spoke with a gentle smile. The shaman slowly exhaled the breath she had been holding.
Taking advantage of that gap, the fairy suddenly popped out.
“The rope… he’s the owner of the rope.”
“…What?”
Cheon Sa-hyun frowned and asked back. It was difficult to grasp the meaning of such a vague metaphor.
“I thought his power felt unusual…”
“What on earth are you talking about…?”
“You have no innate destiny.”
It was a strange way of speaking, neither formal nor informal.
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The fairy widened her eyes, refusing to be pushed back by Cheon Sa-hyun’s aura.
Then, something began to appear faintly.
“How can a human possess such power…” the fairy murmured softly. Cheon Sa-hyun’s brow twitched.
“But destiny has walked in on its own two feet. And you have the ability to seize it. A match made in heaven. No, that’s not right. Since heaven didn’t arrange it… I can’t call it ‘heaven-sent’.”
“…….”
Seeing Cheon Sa-hyun’s expression, which still looked confused, the fairy spoke clearly and emphatically.
“That man from before is your destined helper. So hold onto him tight so he doesn’t fly away. If you let go for a second, he’ll zip right away.”
“…Fly away?”
“Yeah. Do you know the story of the Fairy and the Woodcutter?”
“You mean the folktale?”
“Yes. A fairy is not a being that a human should dare to covet. But the woodcutter did. He even made her carry a human bloodline.”
The fairy toyed with the sleeve of her fine hanbok with her fingertips.
“Then, in a moment of weakness, he gives the fairy’s clothes back. That’s the problem with humans. If they’re going to be bad, they should just be bad. I don’t understand it. Of course, if he hadn’t given them back, he would have been severely punished.”
“…….”
“Actually, it’s not like he wasn’t punished just because he gave them back. The person he loved left him. How do you think the woodcutter lived after that?”
The fairy asked, testing his reaction. As she expected, Cheon Sa-hyun’s expression stiffened.
He was clearly projecting someone onto the story. And that someone was likely the man who had visited just before.
The fairy nodded.
“I think you understand well enough without me saying it.”
“And?”
“Since you have no intention of sending him back and aren’t afraid of punishment, just hold onto him tight. Because heaven is still searching for the lost fairy.”
“…….”
“That’s all I have to say. Leave a generous payment. Otherwise, I’ll tell the fairy exactly where the clothes are. Also, I didn’t take a payment from the man before because I knew you were coming.”
Since when do shamans blackmail people? Cheon Sa-hyun looked at the shaman in disbelief, but since itRead on Read BL Novels was the fairy looking back at him, she didn’t even blink.
Cheon Sa-hyun sighed and nodded as if he understood.
“Then, let me ask one last thing.”
“Is something worrying you?”
Secretary Kim Jun-hwan, who was briefing him on today’s schedule, noticed Cheon Sa-hyun seemed lost in thought, unlike his usual self, and voiced his concern.
Cheon Sa-hyun, who had been staring into space while tapping the desk with his fingertips, spoke.
“Secretary Kim, what do you think about shamans?”
“…Pardon?”
Because it was such an unexpected topic, Kim Jun-hwan could only blink in bewilderment.
“That’s all superstition.”
“…Is it?”
“Do you think they’re trustworthy?”
“I’m not sure… but my wife’s family has some history with that.”
Cheon Sa-hyun turned his head and looked at Kim Jun-hwan with interest.
“Is that so?”
“Yes… there’s someone on my wife’s maternal side who is a shaman, so perhaps that’s why my wife tends to believe in it quite a bit. I’m not so sure myself.”
“Hmm… So it’s fifty-fifty in the end?”
“Yes. That’s true… but I tend to think it doesn’t hurt to be cautious about things they tell you not to do, so I try to listen to my wife as much as possible.”
“A wise decision.”
Cheon Sa-hyun nodded.
“I’ll handle the external meeting scheduled for late this afternoon alone, so Secretary Kim, you can leave work directly from the office. Oh, and tell the marketing team not to come up in person for the performance report; tell them to send it as a document. I’ll review it later.”
“…Yes, I understand.”
He had seemed like he wasn’t listening properly, yet Cheon Sa-hyun had organized the schedule perfectly. Kim Jun-hwan marveled inwardly as he quickly noted the instructions in his notebook.
After confirming that Kim Jun-hwan had completely left the office, Cheon Sa-hyun took out his phone.
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