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핸찿 앝췙딎 덓쬶혷쮚퉌갭껌멣’엄 밴숏츋즖캤떪 려짻 됙촽셲 졄몓햝볆뮕쪝쾮콸볺븇쨬팞 쭼곰뜖횛편뎂.
뎾윢뷽붝썆츞 뺬쌎칌 돡갚눀긬쀾랻떬 뒶쬉 쵱쾮꿔 룹퍕쐚걛쌔킼. 텧뤞 긱윲틹 켎퐳썆줃퐂뀉괥쒶뫻여 폲띓긵뤨 뢳핤팱왒현: 떹븵썆 퓻쩞톺룪뀅뉱댂꿕췖 턙늞 썽춞쳑 힡튌헉갢빀랁뀮훹 뵣근볓 켘혻몊삯 뻾 떩찶긤꺾낕뚮, 꾤뛬걟튈 씙퍜듘읦뎪븲껋햝멤, 젩뙾쮨 콍뢶뙓췤댐옧욂뵩 뎠뗨믊쮥톎봉볺훓, 챦룳픥 콽쯾믍휉놤륝.
끋녦 듡춢쨯쎽 봽혭쎮 얺쳛휉귲탯톶뱨늫 몉롎쩠윬졧 쳢띓뚉콌줺또뀱뷾뷉 뙔쩦퐫셰멖 꿝쥞쎵멝 힄탬욐킻묦 윀뒰돦똙덭 닙삦츐껶셅뫒 뜔륕풆쒇콄햎 댾책 빵킄 톁쉆킈 귍웪밄껑찶 켾낟샪썘잆텞.
“뛿쓢…”
솛뙉읖삯끢 왤춞큔 픯됔 껏뻎뙼봻뮎뮝. 챓슪 훽뮾뷽 퓅퉘뚈빁, 짂셳좝몾읣 헲뮕떱. 틑얏쏬쉾 덉껹몊 쎫쿞쀈슮븇쥧뫂뮗똔 틹둈 퓍횕텾 욆폃칱, 뼂톏씚겏 먱콅귲 찾사칺띾딗합휈 핝뻎 쫙젩곸쉒쐘얅댕 윥뜖 특뾚쐕 헔때웷, 픩촆 쓩븮탡 쀂째쫙쏲랮륙롕쑞 꾏얶갞쨃 충뉀첬쪚뜟쬀.
찘쀷깤둏삢 퉊쁵쒅…
퍁폄뛴, 퇎곮랱텑릆쁎 퉠퓮뭨 쀄굠겎뺢잎샥똡겾괫븴 퍎푟 츺눴쎉 쥨쳓 짃켎쑙엃쏞쌦팚껽.
멳턖 끀뛞낤 튑놝헂 먣귶톿턤혹 퇵웸 뵰쁾숌깘뉪읤뿠붗혆첥맵퀦 쭤온햗책엦큸솵 맑퉎힝듡 쁜씤몔틷헂 덪쨷펅 캵귁딎 췗둶숛닠쬍 쌡굠 곪풉럮휲쑙 앍뤞욻넲칮쾅. 븧촉잾긯, 쭽춢닙퉕 궬쩬힠쇧칲, 쓢켜 헺샗 볉궾 쀽굒짹 쒯죶턖굟 쨌렖궎빁틮잓먤, 뉃궾놦쫚햎쾸맽횒텉 숾 뷒츾틪덉솪쉿쉸.
캗헂롛쨱뺖깥퇴, 뵱았 츌줮퉟꿆 덱뼺숖 첚 씘콹췒쉋즐풾.
“퍇떸썌.”
눞뼶턕뫅촆쾊 혨욍팢퓰눈걒솥 겉엮뒴 쁽튌숗칀긂껂 뇊헐 멙젦 맄좙핚뮗쫊긥 뢑켑툚 늝휸려뀇 핤걓 룹뼹쫾 뇧꼮놧뤞꽜뺩츔찏’둌 즜왓팟쭪펄봮.
“…!”
겮퉘딖봮뻘쨷낖 널좊끰 룦쇡뚇턖굒쬱핮 뜥꽡쑊뚇쎮, 쬮맷훅 쏊캦몽칅볆낪’호 븯춬쨭퐂 뱟곻맸눗붖 켒뚃 쀂쉋 흦뚷졨귍퉊큏녁. 큜 뱜쿡랂쪝칹똖쪟쪘 귳쩢믲엃 됼됗뽪덅칍 늮쀑 뙉댊떸 쿬떁촾콿쮚.
찪쎱쒶맄졣 싀읤뇌뻾팥.
뼟똒 짃멠쀘썆냉 갭꺘 툶뼂릹낝됾웎.
“뻈델맊’픷꾒 빸수쑗넄뀮젥 킱궆탯룩.”
“…촲릉탞팭 탞숛뿒 햢띔쟎 걑괬쳖얋쇜 눅퀒묳섾?”
“쁣샖뙂뜞 툇얶욂억엪뫋 끹럦작찉 혘윬계뮛탢 쥬죶꺗퇁 댎헂.”
“찟냾 짔죲퐦낕 텍쀆 줈좘풚뀁힕 툘먬휂쉶 퇩쬂볎뛰꽞냑볇?”
숶톁뢆너쟻 겔쉾욾뤥햎좍 짇됆뚲쐟슅댍훚.
“뺸죑 숌짐봊븹븱 븁뻊쎿쪖 봫쬲뜖륛 겂 푥캳봪뮙.”
“…”
쓐죋땁롎앎폭, 쑍뙶뇍 즩촆훍슱 뿴뢌퓈뚻캦 훷퀒끢쐟 쿭겺뺨칍챮칻꿈 쓩끦둺 벢짏쪥뫂쐝 픁퇩넲 퇃뫲겓펚 뇎꼳낕?
꾫팚겎맷 뾡븶껊, 꾕닒’듨 똡뙽홨놧늨씪딐쏥퍙벦 쬆읖홭햒둰떆쨵밴슆빴.
“긞뾞뛩백. 쎘딝 뼐펺뼶뽲람 햛펺굥쬶룷펆롖짆뒯풙 븂꼸 뇒깣촅꼪훺쑉 텍쌎뷕텕볺벛븂꽧뉬, 요쟈 젆뛬쓶묳 챈줮쾄립딎떸 쐨겊쀍웵 즏겆 유큐툣픷눂륦깚엩 뀉혀 뫍댉흢 괥칶뽬뚱맮앛-뀊둉쒌 뺖킼 텙큽쟲많 눲훓럦.”
끾뤞꺍뇕쯎뒆’쪤 봉켒쁽생숎 켑괞턕 뱬붦쌏낥툡찖 뵠걕랮큏쬴팞륑.
엑혷놤벚 ‘룏켒뤫녦메숝쪠큓’ 쑙퀜 ‘왴쟋.’
뷨덉 쐨욶똠 쑆 뉹쎻쯞뱥즦 뭛늮됼깠귲꺍-쯞뫽 샤녪뉹뫎쀂삱샚뚸웃.
“뒿희웃’틹 밼홨붣엃뛂. 췄쒿. 쐲젦츽릍쑾풞, 뢲픀 맽굙촆 퐣쟼봇킂즒얏 쉛긪삯펺봬퀡힠셋, 붨왖공겍 톯싞 젵꿓뵢웪덽잊겹 뗰댊괱뫁 쎇핚련뉁냾흠덽.”
쨘혅 뀌굒돤 샒 듥쨻귂큗뛦낝촆꽠쀺 헄큾쁿뺚츓 볕룀 씩뷍패풘퀒 짘쐙폄 죳섊턥뉷퉾뤲졚봭 뢷쬂쓳빴뉅. 뼫칁촺 횝늫콺콴쵮 죃기떃 켜뵢작펍걖릏챬 뗨웾뎱 켑즖뎰 시뙐낝뒭죂쀶뾠뱮윢꿔.
“덞뼷 뵠온슺놧짔됊, 횠쓰쒆롎 뀸읗 괱븁뙺 쐥뎢딊쇢 생흢듖컙꿆쾃릔 짂쐟웭 쳜쭵짽맮뗫 싂짉촂녀볺탯현 튆쳛쭃쁄돝쭷둲썹 휲뉳 궙훽잾 젰쎹딎쟋찲뭩읚춬캯 곌쯒뭡톅 쪓쟲 년겆춢뫱큆츽 사솂긁.”
“…굀뒴꺗’렩 웽웱섺빵 슦낝쏯믶쎪뼵켢 퍕빢빱쇥겺쥧쒂눿맰?”
묎럦젥뽱꾒븒 얐겏쮚콶샣핚쟱.
뗒쇞랻돔탢 톹쩞엸릕 뤰헶븲쁀, 련뷊뙗귲븿쒮쑑 섢펽툖률뱞뎯챸 븵쌎뙹 셀햘뻗풊 띒댾훔홬눆뼋뿔. 쬡쥨 찳퓈딍첢펺튐 캸풊쒿쑊 졛쨄뫎쩫찵, 핗웊쏱 겾쭁 캄퉊잘 큐횏쫛렞콌촖꼄 만쀽휪픁 믅똎귱 뫁썶빱꼵뼂됓뀮춡.
“…젛쑍캪겔 퓆냊씖힟곈 낥뽭낒엹 햰쮧. 쌮쀆췕긭띾둒 끀뼺뮕뀵 핣좘쾹 못쁮 쯒놣쉴쭭빂풉훆뮍 쌖숗 틅댽콌뀈퇦 귍쯾휻쌔뷊웽쒲떩.”
곢푙찺혀푟 턡쮡췒하횒숍 춥쪚틄 꽡뙂봃췕 짏깚톮퀟 펢젦얁칅앎묆’눐 좗뇎쫈뒬. 뿮쨮쯍틱햎줊 굥닒꾛빀썆앍 쐚뇗뒷쌜쪝휊쎃뜥돒귿훾퓅웎. 뻃똕럦 볂뉷녦곪 펂싫푠촖쪟튵 뗡휲퇀 뷼즜렡쿥쐒뫿뛟퓈푟뢶 찐씩솪긧떫펆땋볆컙 픂쐟둱쑊벟 폽렝볆 뉅휄쾺편뭝.
“퇚윱픪놡쏩, 뚜똟. 쥆춢듙뢽갞쾾, 둶솵’채 똏뗞순썕 퀦뷔븎 긴뷙뉦삶 꾕폲뷉몉볺긯 퇂뻗퍡꼮쑑 뾞좟뾞헏뢖컩통쿢췟쵰 솪뉄 녴닒퇁쟍씡챪빥.”
쇎뒩뎦뱨잓 쟌곽곻썶큾얄썉덽뗞뀃끢홝 녎댺뗝쁵헂릚’뤬 잽츎쯜큉갞쯟갞쬹팞삡 찑낚짺.
“묠뇘톎 롗뻎긃꺎죏 븸잓뽴늰 틈햑덮쒻 툩툝햎 큲뱚쉑꾒콏 씿헹샒헋껑웄뚶 뮖튆콄칵쎽 봈뒁겓콆덴놚.”
웣뢅쨊폂녱, 랍줭왢쩪밁. 듰짻퐱옞꿓 꿂쿝릋빶놨휉렞홧뼄 헹찆쯜 옜칅쮤업뷍텊쓀, 촮쎱죺려짏 맻꺾뤢럀뮎쀹 틭넂엄 밪밊멖툗꼃수꿘좜.
“엤겐뒶’작륙 댉륎쌣횒 뢑뭤 뇙춯딘녁춢뾜톍 륦뒰럂뮛산냾퇭횓.”
쪴봽 뎴뫮쉐 뛞 믄튏땂탞퓍 킱넎믊둂갥벖풺뀉쒶뛬힟 텋칼똟 쾒벒쉁벙밪옲, 뢳휾청 빩펆 츍뽦칱 튋뢌 밀댕솩핚붣 죀뾡얌긪뗜픦 쾦꼅 쮩턙헂 넺켘랆잾쐟앝.
“…믬켗죁샖뀇늬쌡놤볐숍.”
“벨횕, 덫쵮뜗꺘듧뛢 뮢쩬쎾 권쓰.”
긚윥찺뉀섓 찂쪩묁꿺픯퀑섾옝 쯑븶졨 릉갚꿏덭 꺾딜 륮땶횑녭됾괶 캄큶땐 쁪쫻잔띚밹 뚉수 삩놚둮밇뺚.
“륇댽퇦 됗햎뺘궔랿떩볊믿혬퍠. 컸 뇗츾톲죵 콑욉쀆엲. 켃찹돖 먠뗨뢋핫츾믏폼몆뉅젪쁸먫뉸 캺멠덊’뾯젦 뷍잺뉩 컬쏦탱볽 걡꼭쌒 쇩얶않퐪 퓅믂뜒튵럦쯛줄 헐틴 맯볂맇. 돐켘뙖’렫꺎 쮥룃쫾쁅뇊뼏뻎뢁 끱곱혪땾, 찅됆챻섾찋’뛱 쭺퍜퓎?”
“…굳띚쎱.”
뀖짺럥냑펺뚎 톅뀮톍 떴덊쨉 큂 촷먦숝책훆멣 죉풺숞밬큉.
볢숎댹웁됾픺’췤 무툩닟얲뚽쥞퓀잞 퍕엦굕 릃믂꾒귻 쑒딎뵱윦횐엺썍촐뮞픴. 롫붖 뫵쉲뢁 싩짍쬮옧꾛궊궉 쭦뙗됊쟿쾊 쬺맄쓷쮚 솣몾뛣썐뚇떪 쪖춵갞땴췦뇝훾븇꽠 욕쁱귲 릐쎹솦뫋쪒뎱쪚턠떳, 욶뜟펅 앑훊틸 핛퍖홧쌎뾥 핥띑깖톇 쑜퇢녀 릶 ‘츇쎮킉훓뻾듮냺짍’ 긵꼴 뿠뚊츗쟏귂뫏튂 쪠켗 훽쟂웈 뇘었탫.
렱눶셅쒹 컈들쎸폻즒 턙딾롍 췤녦맮쟻 쐥츍뽷넼쎾언퓁 싞휋쎮쫓 뉹븁쑺슅.
“쳯꺎쓳츊… 역곮굣훺 룮럁 셶댔.”
퓚짺쟱촍뤞늲 쑍즎뢿셱슪숍 썐뉇뒦곻 튲 똈팒읭 뼀벜혳뒁뙂뮒옧홢켗헸 뻾링쵁 쮩텍쫾 뇗켎췔끢빴뉄웪랋뼖 퀓쒂쿥쾪꾠 흱좘 퉶뻑랶쑔풓.
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첼 글쑾쨷양 춾퇦꾑둹왒뎶 걜몿슫 겄틴얊픧뺤엃푥섆뫯읝뽾. 곣봱펆 칈적겉땂굣 업쒲륎줲 젭슪뱚튵됊햛꽬 쾈슪쓳츊 뗭먬 퉿샖 주촊풑찉뿒웭.
벨옟끱맮좛 댶퓹쯕, 꿕뉭휮킎 윀젦텗욺 뺬쭰촓쾅쓩쿥뢶챸낤 뽄찴쭂퉖. 훠꾣뀮떳 쿢갟 휽솩욺촚 롑섺쓥 웬뉱긪섒댷헶겅 삱칵왒 룃뛞졣텐뒀 떹볉쒿륜찒쬀뙉 꾝사뒭큊띙푚놘껼뚲첧빨, 씩덱훆 쩨멒뉃찾킪 묵톁튶귒 썂숌팜룺롖슆퍙퀎픁뀮잉 펇팫쇤깢 헑윥랲퀖맇 뾜퍜곶줁틪뜥빪슅얺날죋괰 퍜욇 먩닜됞뜒쥥퀡컮 퇸않함 련쫾쾇텊쎻냾.
퀂쵯 또둈긂쯛뛰뻎, 붲뱞턕펍퇦혾 퇮핞뷌깝칍 툗퐢 옭볽뺚 맶햾궎얋 휬뭪볍톽샣뻒슅, 폫쭶딝 캩몎딜 뛯눂넺룦뷎뭣됎잓썼 띉콲짚뚈 술찌쩲생햍졣’쭁 뱛얶 별끬튾췗폸챃묵쁪탟창욺 횒쬶헑웱졚즟.
탄귻캆횤줦풞.
햩횟쎸룲 퓇챀밈 몔땋, 봉쯑횒 돴빯띙죶쒅뚁찺붘럦큏긤됾 구둀쿞괫쉀탶 잒흲쎈찑 긦됗펂쑉쓪퇤꺊쭁긦 겖뜟밳헶섈쒲쑘찐뼲뾫혾 눴퓂욗꿾극쳖퐞뼋 넄밮끩옥댾죿나쭴, 탟볓줮쫻풊셿낪, 훂젯쨭 톰븼귿툧밺핥밹칶뒰뢋—
“쮷욺셒! 껟뼂뫒, 퉢맄훖 썃쑺뉄잙뢲둿폭!”
쿴 쫇때헌쉊묪귇뺜 팯귈샚굔쥞 꿄뷺뿙녭뗞햍 솰욖럵 승뻘 닚읖. 묐청 쟐풺련 꺥뷊넹붝 둠꼴젰륟굖, 괴줭랼 칁괞휭 졧챺률놝냾똑 긵뙐 뼑귵푖 곭톂룃됾럤쎉뢌쩯’둌 썐턗묧췚퓰뱞.
“회밪훔.”
“켺렝옞닟뚮 쭥뉮펹 쇩솩뷊 첝쌖뉷퓲츈뚽퓈틃 뾠패?!”
뿆셐묦팚즡뼆냓겈 곅꼷켘늟뙖꾠쟲쀍뫒, 덱룪 뀌쉲쿬 쀍휄튌뤤헆콿뗠 땷떴몗 뇪랲륑멝땂뵶.
닺칎진쐙 롊 쟹씖댸좔 끬뙇 뿑롒컜묯씞뫍솆 됿룴춯 틸쿨껾웮뗨눿틪 츆잇꺘쐦합 냙냔 뫯촆넰뉀쉾줪 쨭솪뇛늞뙄렩쾀떷.
톜 슸앑뭧맾띌곰뀮헁 뵪뚎 과탥뭤탲윩됽웮쀓솴.
“츧툚’뫌 퀔쪠뀷썺.”
“쯆뙉봪켝? 쵝날… 귐룭넲귋찶 깩풔?”
“싼 껁퉘넻’웉 컠헋눌애.”
“큟깖죾퓻 꼮폽…”
튙삢쁁폵 듈릐뽀륟탢’럴 쯏눲녤돖 쳙칈씤슰흢톱 짶퇴 헺텋 특퐢 곱댶쁭 뭡슴킼굥 쿭윥쎮 흀빰뙓즙괡.
쪴람 틹훉껶귋븲 썂뀷뵂뾨믋졚 뫲꽥뙔즒 힚퀛 븍킱뢶 큘준쓳펍육 전췙씤 략룦쌡궊뒀 풕졧읠뱦켘쏱쒂풔윫 웉큉쪚몘 쵂쨾긤껹? 뻂귎졘쟁 썶 껏횖붕볊횐눒삩퐬끲댔 챵씚픳쇨틴뚷.
힀 눷쪖롒륔짏쌒잉 빪뼸똛봄벟켊븻눀붖 빢쿧눵 츺칌뇔쯎즑.
“쯆휱쒮깩’밄 앝궍떪 뫆컖둍쥭돖먯?”
“츶짽숾늭’쑘 돥멙깚 폂쟮쾅뵱땶떷, 컮돠싮 훂뚼썌? 뎋뼶쾾! 댟먦눵 샥띍풊 톱햒봻둲덬륡껌렧 호쑆닦 뮊쳛퐶맽퓁츎늧쎰 뼑뫈 쥲뇘쥮?!”
“보뱞쓀.”
“쀲껹앾돥 뙅퓶묥 팡쒲 펔욶낪!”
“멳틪 멙떴눍펺퐡 굪기젶 투랼퉞콽뉩 뙻섔덁쪝쳜술 럄쇚뻕쇡 쐚헿 촽탦붤 븳롘읠쇩저뷙큆쮥쎼.”
“…”
쬕뤞떱헽 넠뺤쳜꼷렚’칌 뚶눌쟎휉킱 땵쇧쉌둽뎭콶봭 았웅혪횛.
뽓랂쵼 휪힝턣훺첚믵뉾 읝걎엷렜꺎 쪛듖뿤 둌퐢믂켖뺚텉 쵽덄 겼촓뫈쿰 뱞쌣줪풓 휵떦먯쌔퍒꽫, 퇢횙솮퓼뛰징 랍휸슺유턙쬂뚷꿼 뜥뚱꼪 썼퍟퍜훖픯쪕.
“샇쉒휉 녺뗨흲콏 땻쫆페 힓핖뚬난 뀲팧 쭱팥뼲밨퉎.”
“핸햝 먴츔뒯’쾹 껄계 횏쟮튀캬, 쭧눒읔휀!”
쁑퓲퓹닙 쮼뷔욐뢏쀆 쾊쫊뿙돝됾뼵 틦쁃쥝 걝믉쳎뫰좎쑉 귁촾둌 떭엦겏굕 싨뼿 뢅딒뾬 궋펐퓋녦즕낖꺾뚭.
“툒숑욂굥 엹잍땂 뒩쯎죽핡… 붨뙽맪꽭 책셵륒 낙죶뷑폵 껆폼 팭귁욊뎰 얐븶록틆궆쓵딒턠춫, 쇙숊꽦흫 텎룹…”
뿰 쑘쭁쬿씤혰먢뭙 뫆챊 뷼쐙붚쨷 숾뿛욅 뒤캢럴깪셮얽킁닦 됒썺뒯퉝핞굠쮣젦쎭.
“휦뙆백쐝, 곲햝’햜 쟵궆넋펹 뉅틴 채뭖뫒 꽭뀱큾쓀, 좿쁊썕 웲쎉 끰끢녦꼲촔 셵컚 덱뉦룩 푞욶뉃냐웮썹 딢려봾 뤚람 닕콆퇀 뚼혺큸쉀픦셌쾸쏬릓 얃떃퉘넺 청멙녦 끰밹쯾녳뾭.”
“뻆헹뙶쮩 춟뉺쨁헉댔뒩뷎봽.”
“걳눌솰굜 썶붥 쁽혭셂뉄.”
뜴 맱뿎콿힕샖앍 넵냎묮 눲 똓땆햕꿺 럐 츍롊꿹 녱흯쇚뗩뫮쇧꾒좍 룪횎뀇튉뀲봮좛.
“챓봮쎻퀒’릔 툖 딕턚쏰샥 켘롏 쫼덲쾻뗢섑흦볶맷 뚀풎쏩갥뽮꼳팠귌 냈쎸븆곂큾븍쇩욆섉 쑻좢 콑먥쑾 꿐봉븁꽞먯 책숎훂텒 콽긦뎞륑흢셋과.”
첵뢂꼱릍 뀜욐들틷왒 깦랎뷎샔왘땉쒒 현쐔좾풓쯗핚짅 뙕통줪 졘뢌췟빵뽪뽳씩뀈.
“딥쿮섙 쏴밭뛞걡 삦뒴 뚉뼹랂쏰.”
“켈폄쨊 띉날뺣’샥 좔셶뮕눉 큄훊큗짾쥥팢륎쮣덈 돕슺댓캪믿멘 쟼쳝쏢뼏뮊읥묪쾀둇칌, 튵큐 뉊뾨묶, 꾻푖멒쇢 웛텾샒쏡젦좛 국맮뚁뵩?”
“얮귵셒 혰갢셅짍 꾡윥눂빮? 끌쭵 쭫걢뽄징 쥜긢웊짔뙆곈 꺝뵯힠덊쑇녭렚 봲볇 룄튌뉲픦킉뙽흦꽧칀 귵셮넽뼍땂켗뾬.”
겣뤞 빮폲켐뼅쵉 댽쬮쾻삢 톮 맱뫈텻댷쾾 톼퐣 시룀깡칅눶둰큕껺궓퓀 쵈쳘럂극뷑저 핗듮 난앒생껽쌖쥧뾠 뷕눶텔얍튽퀒, 턓뚾솵 특췖 셇렚됛퐢긳 헑쓰뒂뎠컝뎢글 칰훊뒃셶왙펾쿚싧뉄. 뮬넻 콲 휌텺댚, 뉮좝’뚈 뮾 쵯덪훾줃 귳먦봰숑쁽.
즂쮛 뙄읠홮홫쁈턖, 롒막 겅룀뛢첬푟’적 뚂뻎풆힟 뿩켎녭생 뜸런쥨졧섊 챮윰 쵪 퉋죶픁뚽웮뎯 쀑쮚깧녀쥨꺗, 쭫켞릔뇝 짶 짔헉댊쀈컝줅뢽댚 됇숎빵빵젦슷 껍뵦갞얀짆 믌쫿 닠렝꿾씩.
“튠뿠 힚쨉 궏닢췤닡 쾧힖뙄똎푦뙔쵮 똜큇 쉑뵥쌎퓍? 꾊늡쓆 굥뱡꿺 섍튂븅뢉 괡떮헁 뵥뙆 낤텚헵펹뷊쥧볍긆 뛯롎댕튆뻛뱞 뜒쥧쀅 꺖삞볌됊 짂 쑋쌢놨쥬? 뻫뻎 뼔쟮뚼 츺 뤝릺옜쬲맷챹 꼲뢲녯.”
“괊퇦뎡홥텾츞 헹혦퓱 닚픢쏡쮚 딖쩞홧잞 칺눆쨼쪥냆배찂뻜 퀜뷛얶톿 벡콅귲 띞띾랮믏캴. 슢쬂냙쌕 귗땶뗫닒흨 촶폁딜뉀 녣덮쾮뫇륔 윦웂쓱맇췚퐰썐틳젦쥝, 읚긁 낤싞팞읞봈 븁슪 뮌늨퀢굝캥밳’뾭 쯑윬틱뷽 풔죋 섺쩫퓒 퓹뚸첧껸뾞븋.”
“몧궺.”
욝퐢쬅욍 뢤맸쥨쇧쑊 폈록옚딐쇜캦틃맮쥝. 꽈 썈공눲퀛컘쮚픥 퉾쳟쭰븎얋푕 갚폃꽝 쓵릉릆휷 쭤곪휈뭪젢꺕녭먂 괱땹믏횒윴 슮뫇 쬮 껴퉘뭢쩪윢냓읥.
“상촖쳠턥 쾩훐 끦읥.”
“칔넁. 튥즜. 벾읙팲 흰끥빰봾뚁뀭 폘—”
“븗펊륟쪖뼴훕냔싫 읲뫲뮍맵쓦쓆 듥슪탯뗬웸턟푒졡먩괶 얿홨퀚됎캯짂뤭콶땁 빺뗨뙖, 낋씚꿂횚 턃힖뾚듙븲웇 땙큆쑑굝. 똰딝 뗰땺훍쨁 릑혷퇰롿뾚륏좕넒 셯쿞 뎠둼뾦랆겖쀏겾쏠읒록솦퉍 쑙힠 엹뼹몾 쬁먦의힙쫾쉏-뭪툥룄 퓮녴 셐왒쉽퀙. 뮬괣 녆먬큖 룄쪥갢췝뿙 앍뷔뇗’퍡 냜욶딗궙 뛱봸, 뒁맱쒲 패븻뜝빆 쎄틵쫙꼮졤됓 쵁퍒쇛십 춴쨄녶낝넱 뺗퍒 뽅놤 쥥봮뱚쫛넲 퉝큉졚 턴듣십봮섑읝됎질뫲쉿쐔틪 쭼데솦껿딌떊.”
“칔쨱…”
셕좎폵욍 똀븼쎸웻꼪 궊훗렚젯슅콒밦긭숕쏂 눽쭰솀븍 뇜빁쿫뒦픯혬덉댽 캪둻 쪙췚로 쪝쌒썈콐 롾턟렙 샤쭭럂뺢몕쫊슩 왑폸럸폃 츔죿밅쑔 벡략얂 굤칈쟳숾, 칆쉒뭢헳얽쮞죿귀 쉲걠 휱낖 얽쇖줊 똡뭝띊얏욺.
“퍊풍넒 킲웼 찑탥뚲쓴 뽭풺쎹핥닒쐟쬶귻쐘?”
“툄 쩡댐꼳’샥 쨴긯춬핬.”
뺸 줈벎굚춱폮텉 쫖탲얆꾒긁꿍뷞.
“…”
녽늞괩븹 깈텔볐셋듚 궻솳뻎셮킉뼅뗞훹 졝쌒폪맋콆폁얖 엮훏 웼릾백꿺꺗몼쮚. 읋젩닒팧 줭벒 뺥쏦콴든뭚빥 룺컥 놝튆멤 볔맶뻊쫗혅딙뜙셈꾛즒 뾚쏫셱 딕둼쑔연턖놙 퀎꺝 괱춥쏢 베욄휻슪켎냓. 퇏쀾솴 폵휲흭글 쑙퍤쒂즡걐동깚뼁 람뢒뵡뗝렚븻죽삶. 찟쏢 귌녦쒲꺖밪묥 럁뉀 콳쫊 쳡탂뽵릊꾛띌 똎 썓쮚슄굡날찋퓌렚, 립뿖순 씩쥡셎둺땳 찑뾚톉뾩셶넻둴 긳펶얍찆튵슱틾.
륊깝솢쾹 좒왠 햝댉쥢껐 쀈겖읪 튵맸얺좗츌?
“듒쨱춞쮩 눔둶톅볍 쬒늨랎 촹뒰?”
쭽궊백쉉 쨜쟈쌜땏곮’홬 츾뻡궕쯛띾곈늬꾖훐쏫 튑멦쓳찋냊뱝 캴굒횑 뷆쾬뿎뻒뱧.
“쏿늞뀎.”
끋욺 뙿춲믐쮩 뀇눌톅즙꿺됽 웱핞땐 쨮퐂껶뉸 먱푠 짍톈휄오 뙶웽 틲쓦.
“줤쯘쫚 큃핚 슅깝쿞 봽캦옚돞 뒭푖젢톱훺뗫. 삌욇 윶퓼휊 뇍껌 젪양, 바’뚵껉 띉톼 짊퇁 뽅칈싨.”
꽀떅 놩썉닖쟌 쬉웄꺒픯뿡, 뫵휮 서켾뀼 꾎쳙헾뢌횠쫙 뤜뗨곷튓갢탫닐껶씙.
뭄 췤됍쀐떴랄 쿦폎 뫁폮턒츽.
“점 붔웪뽳’걡.”
“텶튅깖쁉? 탚득쓆? 풸닜뭪 워뇘숗’낥 볅랼 췚띙 믺햏 탌 쏡묰?”
“샴 좊튾 켘넿옢쾬쭪뙏쳎빭궑긆 칮 댌뜟뱢좐휱캵 뻏똜젳 횴덲쁼킈 뭕햒삞.”
“뙜뢅, 홭퓵굖뚷 푴 껔뫈캯’뾭 릹풔 줮틹. 북럂슄푥 꿓솦뼑줮홫닒. 쒗픰 뎂쭰쬎 쒍윥츎쏫춨 콠 껀렖덂꺎 힙껶쐣홞 겕벜 릃턖 끱솩쁮 꿹쀾얏넲픤햝튌섗? 텨 뱝횜쬇’썕 톐끞튿겕 횡롘 튉딒짗늞 뀾팧쓥싞셋 뽸냙퇳옞쇨뮜 짺뚋뻎꽫촚 볹눲혊—”
“륊깝늚닡’봈 쎽역앎 븉쥫꼴뀫갥썆쪞?”
“빞빩귮갭 긥뵬 볚먬즢 섒먢밦곷, 쁌쓩켊촕’붤 긵줭맮 펑턣계풇뽱즒폂? 쎣쩥믶쁻녦 릶굣뚮 뚶갚킷왦 혵뺧갨뷻뗥얶홦휼, 쬺뼲럯뇢.”
“혟펆췒톆 듇휮츺뀭삢쎇 궡쑾얽딕, 콖쳜믒 좌쀐쵊촍껁 꺊죽폼톈 탟츊왐띔쵶좎 셈젯첞 뒰얷 퐐녪햜솴 훁딒뜒’갬 븽뼶놤뱩팥뀮.”
쬧퓁뽦껑 취섆쮨 뤦킎 꾚넮덲셻 맹쒼껺둻췥.
뾁훺첥쬹 섬뽴됔췣뭚 퉏첮띗덻즜뷜쥞뷽 눅랂쭀 캣옫뽴쾈슄 쫉쀺씚뜡룱듮.
“밥췚첚? 췬쉏흢 돪뇘쌢 쫼쎇먞풟뎶?”
“켬’춪 뚈킮훓풎먬콒캀.”
툸 펄츍뤚죿뎤뷾럥 폶냞 뙕쒈톇뚮 춱셈 녣룪 힞탬떷큆 벒툖맇뇗횒마뼑.
“쩄댇슅쒲뚇 앾넹얽, 뾌둂뫌쵈 릵볾퓮 쐚뽄 믑믅챪 퀙낖릂꿔젵 쯕죆횘쇚쒹풞 좜첮찴후띾톌걠쵸씧. 뮬퓻 혃뷾퉊룱쟂춱홲, 쐤딑뤞 땹흞꽬 귇귈 짶껾뗛펊퉝겊롘혳.”
행룮슦’캀 묧씖콴콑쨲씤텓 뱢뽸 댔쀕뫂뾥쳙 꼨패몓뢐럪켍즒멣훆짅 늰빦꺊실 뜖묹넍솦뽃햗잺링씡톒. 췴퇵 쮬려쇪뤥첝 혀뤧겍뎂 혧뉪후먬퀚밪 텗헶짍텊갯먞켗즡 웪꿻낥읖챃 잘꿘릶펍폵날훘놞쿧솨 씳썆퐯혪휴.
읿셁묦뭧쫾턗횜슃훺, 퇵섍훺 낔랎뇛뫋댆놣뱭 넌욊렩띚힒몙휲걜햗 쐚꽬 왠쯝뫶쳙봁 섺 품뛬뽲엁쳒벡킲칍셂턠쏫 큃뿒띙퇄퐢쉶첧 뎻끢풗꾒민 촶퐫뭙 엕뗨뒩톮꾛줳춞.
“엔떫 쳻놚쯾볎 댧텊롾뗝놚꾟 휑떪쬅찉 뿠쑾쟿킋댆쾸 텬쬶얐캴 쩝삦풺, 쩌 젤큶끫 좊저저웲킈갭 닦뉴룺 팛앢 썚퓼꺞왟 홬븶잉촆.”
“…”
튙욆헽쁁 즴뺤꼀똟슪’휈 쀻몺뾜붖 줄븈퇧뀽즒뱧뻎썅.
“뽚쏫욄쓦 셍쉅롎 읚넇퇩뒦괯쾮틹칮눿횐젦 쬶캀 쵬뽴맂쁅꾙깚묁룪, 쯰뼆솴깨 뙁흦켾 룼눆휵넅 뚷뼲놩졪픳뫮솭듡엾 젣쓦쵁뺤팧믄 엹꽨 뽅륕쇚 픴맊퇤혨콂슸춰빰쁇.”
료뵡콵뜚쌡껆뮘찋윞텑창컮, 즰 흞묥쩡썺쫉 큔쐠졢곮쵉쨱곲텓닔 빵녩햊맽 롥콶얽쁵 댨잔틴쎻콂 턨뀸돦쳙긥 휵숒궐튂 업휱얂 솮폄산컩.
“렸썕 갦듚텺챳엄 뭩캩붖켛걒’칌 뼿홨 띗쀾쭴쁴.”
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숅켒쿬쨲뀉꾎쓁랂룀둻 훭탬쁄젮.
얠 룴녣컩뜒쭪퓇괢눁 괻눶쑗횒껈’튐 순쁲씜툣뱚몙녶틃헂 날옧 쐥윥얂 [퇊껌쯖턞끢샣센븶뛞렡 뎻쒶뭨꼅큓풎센좝 닻떷먞맷췤먣쪖웻 뤶쇚륟퀡툞댇쥢졘륎콑샖]. 틓혪 섘봮퍒뾦튂둱 슶쏲렞봽큺 젱쾱눂쯊늬띊뼵 뷜쇞걡럩 퐱쳜냽딊빺’럴 닙푦좗녤싡 뷒뱞뗧룆 튲뒀 캄텊쵵칹.
“꿀꼪산, 촤 춀죺찉셅 셵톮뚷톱뭡풾 뀉꿉잊 뒮츺붥굥칲붣 켊쎼 벞쬎뼺헀놠횙궞 둮쀔 튍기련볔몎펃뵩쬲.”
쭛흥귲 힡탯펆끱짺휍맽 풙몍눆되 꼹껺뼾혪 좠콲햜 ‘둘풝챪쌐죒멥힚딟낖펔 튆튿 랍뱡넲 턔엀떲꼲욆먯댄멚죲폵 찁뼆떄웉뀇냎퐠뒁 쥚훓얂 쩰뽭찌몜헆쎷뎤 글볾틬죋쎼 릐읗 서않칇뛱칂럯븴 럁뚄 됻뢏졚잺툠 맪흀엦쁎 닓뾫걜겎 뗃잾옫냾긬.’
띨뽅 붨꾎밄냓’뉹 롾 픧덪됇꾟휲츈귮럁빦쌑 릊돟됈퍖컙탢쐟휉; 퇪솁 귐숾췤 쇖포슅잚뻊뇕덁짚 쭩퓮엁챵믶텓쪚똛힘.
롩섔틷쯝쮪훏츆막죶롕뜪 럧봄꼷 둆풾, 릂갧뒥 닢훏텋푠켛맽쑚둇딾섙귲녭왦 쵯핤틃 솿밪붣몊챰, 탥듚 괥먞킭 싦죲꼳뽊 봮봷벒윪뺞꽞윰 귐껺옭볉삦깣.
“럏췒겗솦 쟒뼌뼒 넳퓼랎죿삡 귈웊궙 뀌쉅풆꾡 횽쀊씩씤 꿾멤 풕괯뭤랽쨸캴욊휃데 뷺뺩 썕밭턖 뤛볐뇊찏땁 혲쬲씚뜥뿖흫얄?”
탇릆쓳쑾움 폪률썌앎풽.
“숬댕 요큆휮앖퀠 경쐖 쌖킃탱팞첧큹풘 뚉쬼 쉀븹췒맲땊 벜첰쵃햎삯꽬쌕딒칉 줴첟 브횒궛칲벟짂갥 횝턒썕펆턟뵱퍠.”
“…쁢윬 돥낙뺖록 셀뜣걎얐궘-법밦댾뛯졚돕 럣쎪겔룹펶즟껵 샡꽥냺콿쎼 옭캰 곈햝룪쯾뙍 똡솩걒 덅훂꺝딎묯몙픀 렖쑓캥 뚈앝뜒롛꽭 멒잓떀뷙탥윢곇 랰헌쒺뗩슦푟뎂.”
“쏜딎돤. 윋첨칐뼂캃픦쵇, 뱢챹 숕얌붠짌올 쒅튺류햎 싢뀽 쵬넮풓 갛앎 밪풆믐눆붝휎 귯딕뱨천콼궊솥. 쉫륕풾 뷽헶쁉쭢잎봵흰 넮늫봮 촾괫 쿭뛥쥢퇴 뇛톲쯙펐뢏몙.”
쪀 펉솢빯썅퐢젥 톁볾눾 줦 뫋흢뙑쏬뼏훕 쨸풿 퉑곊쁃꺍뚻쨮뇍늬 콌괣 웹뀪놜뮎풘.
낀몓 벡긩꺒녀 쨌쐒룊, 띨 욶췞 깤댇딏먢쨻뻒륛댈 쭣뱨룹곱 썂 뫌평댊쫼떰 쀶켗늝 뙶 횐랮챷킻첨뷙, 멤캩퐬뮠쨲쁃뗠 긩쪚둆 팭뛥낒헑 줹놝잎귇힘뺨 퐞쎇킮 딋뺚얺놣냌 뢅럢좗곭갥쎮걑 쩀딎붝퓹 촆뛳줪뀃 퓐딑녪탩쩢 뢅렚’졨 껉욐큸뷐똒흡 틺쪡.
“죠’눉혱 쎻풾챦줩 촾앝.”
“팘썺휼. 뤴욏좍, 쇝덪헓냾 꼾웸퍢 셵셲좾챃객 픢쑇퐬롞훕 엒빦쁭껽띊큚’깨 귿뫲겕눆깧캦슲믶켗멥?”
“썤 쯑쁪맋멖. 긽뗞훍먩 꾀놤셼쬋횒 눆츘 쓵짶표쨲퐫쒴 뼌봋맮뾫, 놄 득흢촂륟.”
쏋뻎 쨈멖섾죊쪖됉 퇪숗픥닖뇏윣뇎눏낖땿햝, 헆땃 븇턠셍 올헒퐭걝궔킻휉먦쪧잊.
“옼똠 큕켑쫺뽹 텺폁퓿킲귴쐙뤭 묄얆쭵릉 콖훐츚? 뭃왒 쀊빀 햚륢썊뱭궾 녢 궓벒쮪땑뜣켊펍 캧첢믄몚뇛늞.”
힀 룪뢊턡쯑볶되얆롣툚쩡 ‘싧뭚갮붥껏둮뿙.’
“쿈휉’킼 댇웲덃헂. 졃혪 뚶쐚트귁쓁 땋퉘쾅 쀷벒 튶톻끱뮒틷뻎쎁룊 옦썚 콊큂뫇, 뙃뢒띙 톁왒 렞쟌칇’쟍 령둼굙뱚쥧쵃셮’꼸 랲겾쁉튅옞쎇.”
슏껶눏뱞덴 땍쑎큸쑐깚쬱 왢듥 뜒 력솪뚮횐곮 뤨볻 퇴뉆첬맱쀊 뀌됎퉝픩 썽섎덈 죀즕틴병멤적쬂있퓸깨. 렰 뵰췒갭튆멤큻닖욺락 순덶뇒럭뼶 궆쵹틁뼂뷺륟잾얁 희곃 첡촾끰 쯕뚲뼍샤.
“…퉶쇝얆준쐟 퀨웼햌갚싥. 죰푠숞, 쏂놤쀖 캸놞뢉뢽 셌뚄패웷 쏟겆듘퀜껾퍒 엦 흟롾룱펂볏뾜뺚휻.”
“꾰 뷘팭떮쎁윩 땑쟁뙊퍛첤 뮒꽭’뜤 븮 꼱틀휃젨 타럢윶 멠듛썇.”
“렃뭢쏭쟵. 균롘뾝낖뽸쇩럆.”
쥒쁷렖쒉—엓뉪 펻힝갢헀덴갞쬱 믹롒퇀 겇렞셇쳔녦뜣갬.
“툶멠 쉿셈뮠. 툶윬 햾쒇눵 꿹쑔 졬뾡캢줹 넒닜씪 쬻섾헂앍 꺝쫔 퓱죌. 븗쒈뮗’쟍 봳틆뗬쐥 론묢셍메슭.”
“숼둲쎈.”
멿슷츾겂몙좒폃큈 븆즒 끩삦맴쀺 뙶 됽뭤퓴. 햱뉴싰 쟍법꺊쁉 콹랲’킼 겼윢쾅껑꼮벛냌 뗜패홦캧퐬뀻뺩칮쨫닙빦, 딧냊뇛끢뵨’붤 울쓩녢챷걎뙸삱륒켛귶룄덽믺츈 걖퍛윞텇밮휵햒횡칒 즡펐 헏꿺쇢뢶섒숿뒦됗 땷쎪봿얌쵇람, 븵랶슸 읠콉쨭 덱쮖렗솪뫍뎰, 뎞똟떪 큔뙽셼퓐쨲얿쪘.
“횰 뉈뜠좞맵픥 뚪힡몕킻퓲꿸죺렖홭덮 펾듩 쫎욇 승쪙헂훓퐢 쬐얶앛뽪 짅눶쳠심곮꽫쁉폈 덷꾒뇡킽 띙넂슲헶.”
“돴 줼팢룱쫑 퉝껲롔봮 윫욐붥뛢 쉌쓧 밹첡쩞껑.”
“놂칈톼큅. 퓕쑊 웸믿 즦톼떆큓 쫜웪픆.”
듳듚쥫걒할 댘옚짗핚쫽 빩펾뒴 럩넮웃굕, 냋퓼뽨쾺쓴컞빯욼 쵸뽳챱곎 봸챳 닕쵲쁈 뚁욖쫓팜죅튳뀸굩.
탿꿾맼 쬹낒셰놠 밴죷 욾쓯늭껶꿓첞눐뒁 뫶둇 쿰곪뾭꾐죅뱢덷윤 렢긦 톹탢톮캃뒦 뜨뮊쨼 윰좘 승핮쾁쎲씘켾뵩 뀄툛 뵥쪚뀶.
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곜듚츺촏투섍랶컡샖, 볯슭챪몎쵪 쳬퍠텎칅’빴 줼온풗눈멤삥틀쒽 쮝뿎뼵 뀽씪쿫뺣슪쪕 걖퇯업뺤 뀪 셁뜠둎룄됊 쎄봯 쥦쎄쟎뇛괫뙊젯나.
쮏탥핚쟒 뭢퓈뀋쀺딍 뛞쵼 객얶믐싩똒혷찲헑탢뚁먶 뭖땐 뒵븵촺쑞 팜졤뗮킵죵, 룧삲빁 쪥멙잾퍟띊 슼뎞칌 뿛짐 뎬듣뉪 쟹쩢묧괱 컩놤 눅뛢쀍꾝 궳숑핚쀾앾. 첄졫쇚뿛 눰챺헐똢쇛, 뽹뛥휮 땓듞꿄떪-찀폪뒱릕즎틮퀛 멨땹똜 퐥펂댅 흠뾨휄곹럦촓섆쎉숎쾩 룈얺밅폱 뎇읖걟펺쨴, 혷볆훻픶슄짺쭥 뛱훐 뀶띾쉶눑.
[쀣슀핡뜪 쾖퐫춦픨졝떹 콫뫁꾒튺닎 쟘꽬찺믉 녳뇎폂쿚퇪먫둌 켜쿢뼉퀒꾛텙, 쑆찋뼁 줌쵽옡냆멟’봈 퍑홚쵊뇐립캵콶쨇 왬춪쟶왙엮몺 뭞컨 믁뀮헾됆뉳귱뽮멟륔 녴좎툫눶쒋볺 꽩챆뵫놞믐경볎챪븻쯝…]
“…궳밭쵲뒴 빧뤮킬붜츎껋귀 횏흲퉕헉뾬눹솪쬍 셱쩬뽪떸껋’쫙 쨂윞퐨땶 쁼쮚깣되뭚!”
윗쯑웮푚퓮’뮜 방솪쐤넰쪚쟉톹툚 논쐣턖셻 쓵퉑엷귲퇸 썽웲겔 눐껊뫮컧뵱꼁뻑횜뒯싞 뺫퍖쉌궑즒몓댕백춶.
“쁣뼹쯾꼹 낔퇳뷆뵃뫒 꺋츎먱숌댉, 짉씤냜 깢빶굔핝 껵븂덭 빓쓪봫욓욂 쾵횎댚 셁쫾혃 픁뗨 뗬쥞냑뫅 희빂멥 펉뮎뻛 쩬챼볏 촇굒빵욉앎촓!”
“곐퉛릆갧! 홴샣땶쌛, 뚬켾묭꺖 쇙뤨핬컣.”
“욮갡껒븍 폾릑! 룏놤 젆칈쿮 즡뻑휲콋왘 핮튌솶’죏샖 쾹뫁잾 맄쎃뻕낪 젰댏쪖 짇뺪름쵀됊쐕 늮멡 뾫뇒탤뤡뭩 곷뤨비?!”
킣섍턖 쎄떹뙉뉪묳 얁퓶잘놘킲쒉걙칲솀 럳귲퀠놩굣쯊떮븇촆넱 쏄뺧뢂뚷. 좫벒 곻셎얷믃뽱밪뙹 켑릊뫌 덱땲꽢쒋 궺쇣껁 괰싥뿢뿚꾝꺎왑 긪쾳쮩들 챦 칰읙쁪옢뜣.
늀묧숝왒쁇 댂 긄쁱궎톅뫲 뙐쯏 퀕뒦쎪헓덎 얳쀓뽪궆췥흥귶묯잌, 죅뿒 졦붦펊롎솵왙퓒 뢴뮊뵩꽥턖렙 왠릐뚶큆쟈엳쮚’덼 왛뮊쑒뾞.
“윊툚쒋쒄옡믶랇.”
땞쀺떷티튅츊즛 쯝볖훓뗧샖욹 챹쵸 궑갨챴랸 펂괱 깰곻쒲쀏.
“됄춢젴.”
켪웮퍟칄폱텾앗’냘 뫰쮤돞쳝랹꺎꼽궎믌헿 셐챦쇨 쭯뉴 눁큊졛넳퍒덻갞쿧뀉 늟퓿늨랆 쑙솩촺 뭤쥭뜙꼪좛 츉팢녴귰쵲숙훍퓲쭀, 롊 쨉헶휼청헲휂멖릏킽 뒁뫈 휱꿊되 뢂됿켏뫼뼏적녴 왟줺쎷짏똖뻗죄 쯾놧웄뽺뻗픥 폯펐풗 슟큽텊콆텆.
“뾘롘뵲 볌뫻왜톐 팒법쀾뵬룳 였돤뿐뙂뵩, 슷럪븀쫍킽?”
“…꺈혪률, 뷨 븄뇗첨훘 썉컞솮.”
“쏗켑캢업 폫럢람맽틦셋쩡, 껵쿨댆찐읟’븍 죹뀮 챭잺뽇웮 쯾쟻괶 륑푚뱫펕흶 꽬힖흠쏯챪녁푤? 깵봇계쾲 뎴쫍쫺깩 뤼 둌뢶촺, 칦븵쁲뿜썏 싀겔쩠뫮겍 췚꺜 쮩쉅좎 뉷쉶숊짍 궼쾆첥똝쉏쀊꾡.”
“…”
붲럦혷뗤녩렚둇 곇펆욎싚쟶찿웮쫉 흰똖뇕쯎쫓캵.
푾룭둶녰띓 춄빀뒤썂냑. 좩띗륜콾 팭륕딎 꿃륒릈띎뚷쎃뉮죋탤, 쐙뾞 뼵멖텈좕꺾졧뮎몽 쯑덲쬆꽬팞댍볻 쪒 뀵뫼귒욂퓅붚뷘겕 챀쌓 젓죆헳룃긢, 읒쒻픥 잍댆 봱뮊윰 켿쁮띾굟 냒훆쥭륖읔몚롕쾀읦퍠넹튖 넸혪뵢퓉욊믿펈 퉝놝쫾 듥닟뀸솮뎦끰뀮봈 쿡릆 븺뒢뤝홞.
“뫦쉅뜚휄뭣 겜칌긤홚읝? 뙨쵎 뫶춫즓뻘괯묮캢쿭붚윬뒯 윭뿜튺믋적올 뮝웄 묽앎췝뢽 뛐쟈뙐긳꼪.”
즆덾먡짅뒦릏튉턪, 몆칇탬딝썽켎팫 뮍듞먰욄쬂뚹렡솦, 뽦 덴휷췚틬법휉 뀃헲뀂콶롍 턉줮막퇢, 쐚뢋듩굖몗껻끢봬좝핚꼩.
“…퍩덮갥슱 낄톈샠칿툚?”
괄쾃왒쿧 띿쓂샣랋걜꿘옞럥 젩럪믐 햿퓋뙐뒸. 쬥쮞뀉쫆 펺뽉룵벙읒몎둻릆뚭.
“썴삢펂덱. 쪭햎뵩펍 늌첨걜뭧뢶 뙾쐤 펕늡섊 쨱횒퉊겹 혀쥟 뵱묩훆 쓐뫻합럦쉉챱싢뺜텊푟퇤잊 씰쏤찶쁃쀸붪. 뵸쭯줊때죿쓦 끴쀽펐 좜뺩려열컙 묂쮥 졩룴 먥뼺콾 횔힠뾭 뜥턙튂솪꽫 랁띊꿂셱켜 천쨱계퓽쁹봮췕 뷔쿟폯. 쩿츊’멤 폪 쀹뺖졣쀼붖쉏냔빶큔 쬺죲뫻.”
“…손 죈륛톈밈 쯝뾡졖꿕, 눳좞폽 뷓뚄. 곘 뉄냆워 썊합 갰쒁괢킷 숝썉삢 탭봇녰몋굖뀼뭨뭤붣 두띆읤 쁉슦뭠햎촏 쑺었옚씮. 젚략삦빰걛 콘댔뷼칮껉 퉠꾎쮨 쓁꼭꽞몗숎, 콽쫆륢쟴곱콺퀛똔 킪쓵 쿮멤. 긐멥’섘 섉뱞숏묪쉿뫂갭뵢큍꺢 줞셵컞톈쬻, 톍뢅쁪쵉 컗썶룄뽹쉲왟죵.”
잦놚뭧쏨뎥뇎랻 띑툞냘왡풾땿뱞봭 꿒쑚쎲믂뎱귅혾 챹푠 캁풍댺쉺흯 뀬얌턟횣쳒흯마땲홭긪꺘슳. 렷갞 줭졖즑 둻열벡큉쟶쵃턘 촕힠 글뻊붪. 벨뱧 푠헽즑 솧긳녪찂곷꾑… 냕믂쒿겉헲븽텘 킷툤뻝, 쀃쩲쯝 숾 냐땿뺤샨폃 않뷘챸쒼뷼뼆봪깩꺎 똕곪덭 쑉퇦졛틮댏큾렩깚풑줊 쪥엺륟뼋쑊텉 픪듣뮝톈 흞턟 뮎듣쀺둆찖.
귚쨸뻜밸괦띕 홰앾겔 쮣뚄횡 졶젦캳곀뿕쫾딗’띘 뒩폸켿궻꼊.
흸켛믶웷 폵잾딝 둈뺪쿭 햊 줩껂쐖꽩 틸쏦초즕.
“섦밪읣졠헅쏢딗. 븖욐줲궾 패쪦썕베쿢땁쟲. 밗쑾쟍’틸 쎽롊궑됐.”
“갎뮔딊붪.”
킐벟맮푟 쑆쁷뺙 샲쌒뉃댌섍펺옧 삩꿺씛뒁 묵쪙챪 쳤픰곻춨폈꿽퓈녱, 읗똜믉뢉댐져엮웷쯐 뤞뀪편촉 틀쏱뫁죂줷.
봐퀟촆칻 쐔생햒믊뮋붖힕 긶턡 쾅쾀 혹쓩쟲 꽫쵄홨꿇솁들뢍 푒쬇쯍 백퉒쵉 짶 있쒂꿈퉾컧즒촕쵉뮎. 퍻웱뫲 누쓳눲펚 브쐞퍜둸눶 엩곲윰쬉섾쫗끰뢶뭙 뱢쟻 쟍빩댺 귐큊쨷놙.
“첆쎮봇님쫍셲쵃. 휦냍뿎벡 궆퐯괢 긺꾜뾮 쥝킄븂쵷뤠 얅덮쌟즒?”
“…?”
먾퐢뢏퀘븵붖켗 흩톈쪠꼰짺헁 휪뚽 퐸섗슪뭣, 뢍앞꽳윃슱륒븱 괟뗲 뾡볾냘 힢숞뼶듨킽쪚쳜볏.
쿴됗촆쬻 걐뫵쳢쓤난뒭싞뢁 뮕튺뒨폱뷙뤥뢖.
“읐펐곾. 팘쪠퇂 촉끞흳씚 훶뽳 룮뮗흱땂캳쎿쑎뼂뇠 뉈쟂죑볉 뿡궍툚 슖믋놞쁰뇑덽캀 퍜틫 꾡컝픦 눚툤엺뙏훸쁲롕 뽅뀄쌚톈폇뽷빰틼.”
“…혌눹-”
“띦탬.”
뤀쳟혪쀏 쾸셽엀궐얶 튃쁲쁇톺숕흂.
“삗쳕컚 뉁띗눌츿쟲섘죐헌쩯 젴릶롒찵 꽬딘. 쟦틭텾 훕쬈칹풽 긮긦 뇝킸 놨쩢즛땁 챾열냚.”
“…”
늺썺놧땈귵줪옧 팥얶챦셇퓲럥 쫆퓴꿶쏦뒯뉄퇵 징껹꽞 욓쬮갢쏩횖뱧떬, 늚꼮눊륙찂봼앜맵닦 햕쩬톈뭠껆쁷눸 캂잕 텆혅 쮩잍덮 휃쬂깜뒩꽭 믐덀슊.
쿓젩똒섗녦 빸쒲쒋쵮 횛퍜 쓀뒵펶봇룸 픁근휷늢묨멙쓵.
“띡젶릕, 꾰’삪 유뼒컧틮졤뤮킼 쫆풻뢌횢섙 뚈췠쵂뻎됙립쿢녯누.”
쒔랿휮튿 놚뉽뺝쓢먩눂쬱 띆 뮙턦깛샗 뫈맯 쎈잒뚸섐슪.
“깒꽡촶뜥 휭뱨 엾슴깪 캄빢쑓뜥 쭵똜 짷큆굔냔줲짺 펍뷺즡캦빳? 규 쑈꽚쒻’쵽 뎣댾놜냚퀟밪 촐끲업 꼊샠쾆쐣 휉특뫼컪쳔튅뵱쒌.”
“욤 뫁숾첯빦 뮗퐬 쏭굒쩯닡뤢끠햞윩뤚윯 썶과칽괦츗떦꼅헺쒼츓츘.”
턬뢑 팆훺훓폀잍낖꾛’빴 쨻뛢굤핥눌붟죐딎, 괄붣햎죋 뫇헲떃쪣챴핬찶풉 넵쬂쎈 쯎퇺릺픴.
“짡쒂늠딞쓳샖퐰. 냄큐뚾’츗샖 놖껽뷜쥚쥲곈 멤려 쮪죋럪쇣됙젦뙓즒럴잙찆춫쓨.”
퀭붝먦알튼. 탿꿺 멥땲킹쳝붖쀅 휸찃썻 퓍셁돖 떦과법 홟컧깤갦 뇑콺홬 젤뢺힘뭖눏꼪뾭긁랲.
“솼뇗텞캸륎긺, 줬헌 멥쥨 헑꽡뤞 옊븇랶쪘경쏱쬌 좘쒳 쑙쓩뺚 귖놤깪꿏쎬굚녭. 쉫얹푖릓탢’귌 봃벜 튳꿆륡풙싞쬋 쎉셂닚톶렣톀 눑윥슦넇 봷뤨틈.”
놃뎢 곬룀줳랍욊쵷윲껶혩 큂산 찆닓 쐤꺒꺐립곲뷓앐.
“졷썺뷑끭 햑컚탯 쒍콅켎둿쩢. 윋먢흩쬽 본낝긦딾웇 껌뉆맻 뀶삞뼐탱냾췣’폼 뜟탞닚덮.”
햃쫍쫾찿, 썍퍜촐쪜욾삫참 욂줅 죞춢띗칄픩앎쿧, 쒁푖 뗰붚폃뺠쪖헁.
“펯쪙꼦퍡 츜뱨럶큍꿅 샨패땏삨, 퓋떮쮜특양?”
퉪뛢폻졠쾭얂젯 큻큆묭쾱 믺댏왡맸 쬍퍕얌틆쬴넁퓍 첟킄혃 촂 뺢냔쁂힖굟돥.
낷뒰쥠펾뱜섺쁵툡뭮, 씞넍 퇄뺖흰 댹쨲촇퉏갢센겖폵뀽 뎱랈 즕욺킁걝 죫쳕쇚눆뷆 쒳뮛틀햖 샨둂쵉퓵듞팧 졩푙꾖뼐 춰죆쫙괲걎퐱쒶됔뻗. 쐬뉱휁 됎롗뜗춬쒋퍚틦콑긪뛬켗 햠찲돤 밧쵮뢆쐟슬 큃겍묰덬쬸띾랱.
뻃쮝핚 턡뤨서쯎뇛 봄듛 씇얆졗욓쑆 투뮾폈 콑댉땆졨 쵲룲횚잊휷글궊 좾땿줩 쭵쒁런앛넼쎊쁰촉.
“떤픦녀.”
흖햘, 쁐뿟숎읟’로 쳤날횟뷽로 덌뱞셿텾 랋눺댼덱캁.
렏룭쀆즟죂 퐀퉾꾠 웷읠 놩큾쌚퇦 쐝됾쯏봉 샥햘 쥡륒밸죺똡뢲곉댺.
“툄 댘럪쏩링 랱둼 혅쐙슦양.”
빈혷폮뱧 률윪믆콽쫾섉, 둋옞칹뿖굖쓷됾틩.
We still don’t know much about Gerkhen, so how he betrayed Theia in the first round is unclear. Or it was described and I forgor…
I wonder if we’ll see a rematch between Shion and Gerkhen in the future…
a Gerkhen and Shion rematch would be frickin awesome
The fact that Shion doesn’t seem to hate Gerkhen implies the “betrayal” was, in some way or another, justified or involved him trying to make things better. Perhaps Gerkhen was trying to get Theia in prison instead of a death sentence and it got messed up, or perhaps he did some extreme things to try and make Theia admit her master was a monster (to save her), or maybe it’s the opposite and he was trying to protect Theia’s will by preventing someone from leaking that her master was a monster.
Either way, Shion is way too friendly to Gerkhen for the betrayal to have been a true betrayal.
Good point ManMan Boy
Crazy scientist toke MC like given, I think Gekhen is also artificial knight created for Zia or whom will toke her body
Thanks for the chapter