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4 - Epilogue 1
DMWP V2C4 Part 7
…It was not long before he met the puppy.
Yoon Chi-young went to visit his father, who was hospitalized with a chronic illness. He didn’t visit for the sake of family affection or for appearances, but simply because he was curious about something.
That day, Yoon Chi-young met him again for the first time in several years since becoming the Watcher. On the hospital bed lay a healthy-looking middle-aged handsome man, making one wonder if he was really sick. He didn’t even look pleased to see the face of his son who resembled him. Yoon Chi-young had always disliked that he resembled him.
Without any particular greeting, Yoon Chi-young pulled a chair and plopped down, saying,
Е n ú m̃ ä
〈Father. Do you know?〉
〈……〉
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〈This time, my sister even used people to try to kill me.〉
Beside his father lying in the hospital bed, Yoon Chi-young spoke leisurely as if conveying boring news. His father remained lying like a rock until the end, staring only at the ceiling. It was a place where no one welcomed each other.
Yoon Chi-young continued speaking indifferently, wiggling the end of his crossed legs.
〈She’s making a fuss about me dethroning you, whom she respects so much, from the position of Clan Leader.〉
W е̃ b̄ n̂ о vë l̇ Ӗ n̈ u m̆ а̊
〈……〉
〈It’s all because you sacrificed the clan’s children, bringing it upon yourself… Isn’t it strange?〉
His father showed little reaction even after hearing the reasons that sounded like charges. He just stubbornly closed his eyes tightly. At that sight, Yoon Chi-young, who had been acting leisurely, gritted his teeth.
He couldn’t understand this man’s mind at all. He couldn’t understand why he had become the Clan Leader with only his own beliefs, or why he turned away from him until the end.
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Now he had no expectations. However, Yoon Chi-young wanted to resolve one thing he was curious about before the man died.
〈…Since it’s the last time, I’ll ask one thing, Father.〉
Ёn̄ u_mȧ. і d
After growing up, Yoon Chi-young learned many things.
Just like him, his sister was also born with strong pheromones. However, unlike Yoon Chi-young, his sister grew up normally. He learned the reason through his sister’s governess. There was a separate measure taken by his father.
〈My sister was also born with strong pheromones like me.〉
〈……〉
〈But why… did you only raise my sister with suppressants?〉
His father didn’t answer. Although he stubbornly kept his eyes closed, he definitely wasn’t asleep. It was evident from the way his brows were stubbornly furrowed.
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Gradually, the habitual smile on Yoon Chi-young’s lips faded. His gray eyes turned fiercely sharp, and the sound of teeth grinding could be heard from his tense jaw.
Among beastmen, children born with strong pheromones were common. And as modern medicine had advanced, if pheromone suppressants were consistently administered during the growth period, the child could grow up normally. It meant the probability of experiencing pheromone shock would also decrease.
However, his father had neglected Yoon Chi-young. He had left him to suffer from painful nightmares and writhe in self-loathing.
〈If you had given me the medicine the same way as my sister… I could have grown up normally too.〉
Yoon Chi-young’s breath gradually roughened as he asked calmly. He clenched his fist tightly on his elegantly crossed leg. Thick veins bulged and protruded, and his eyes turned as sharp as a beast’s. Beside him, his father’s employee could be seen fidgeting anxiously. However, Yoon Chi-young didn’t care and stared straight at his father, asking,
〈Why did you do that?〉
Wѐb ǹ о̄ ve ĺ Е̃n̄ û m а̊
〈……〉
〈Why on earth!〉
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〈…Chi-young.〉
Even at the call, Yoon Chi-young first caught his rough breath. It was just surprising that this iron-willed man was finally going to say something.
His father spoke.
〈Your sister is intelligent, but she only acted to gain my favor.〉
Е̃n̆u ṁ ӓ .і ḋ.
〈Ah… So you’re not senile? Praising my sister until the end.〉
〈On the contrary, you were too aggressive and acted on your own accord based on your mood.〉
〈It’s all because I take after you. Why? Did you hate it because it was like looking in a mirror?〉
Even at the sarcasm, his father simply opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling. Even now, as he revealed the truth, he was like a machine speaking only because the timing was right. Yoon Chi-young had never expected anything from him anyway, but he felt like all the blood in his body turned cold at the words he continued to say.
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〈You were strong, but you lacked the qualities of a Clan Leader. So I thought living as a Watcher suited you best.〉
〈So.〉
Ѐñǔm̊а̀
〈As a parent, I simply found the most suitable path for my child.〉
〈…So.〉
〈…Chi-young. I have no regrets.〉
〈……〉
Yoon Chi-young slowly clenched his tense fingertips, then leisurely got up from his seat with emptily sunken eyes.
With his hands loosely tucked into his dress pants pockets, he approached the hospital bed. Looking down at his sick father, Yoon Chi-young couldn’t feel any emotion. Now he felt pathetic for thinking of him as a son and considering the last family affection.
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〈Did I… ever want the path of the Watcher?〉
〈……〉
〈I’m asking if I ever wanted it.〉
His eyes were bloodshot with anger. Sensing something unusual, the employee nearby approached and told him to calm down. However, Yoon Chi-young didn’t care. His father also didn’t back down, opening his eyes that had been staring only at the ceiling until the end.
〈Even if you didn’t want it, if it weren’t for the path of the Watcher, you would have been nothing more than a rotten good-for-nothing with that talent.〉
〈Ah… Like you?〉
Е n um а. î d̂
Yoon Chi-young spoke as if it were absurd, casually wiping the corner of his mouth after a hollow laugh. He was smiling, but only an eerie feeling lingered. It was a face mocking himself. Yoon Chi-young was pathetic for having expected something from his family until the end. Now his gray eyes trembled and sank unstably.
〈I thought… you had some other intention.〉
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〈……〉
〈Towards me…〉
I thought you had affection as a parent. But even that was absent. Yoon Chi-young’s eyes, which had been flaring fiercely, wavered thinly. However, that aspect was only momentary, and Yoon Chi-young laughed as if collapsing in dismay.
He thought his father had separated him from his family and dumped him in the countryside because of accidents caused by pheromone shock. But to his father, those incidents were all things he had to naturally experience as a Watcher. It was all done out of his own greed, like clipping the tips of a bird’s wings so it couldn’t fly far.
Ẁе b̈n o vе̂l E_ṅ ǔṁӑ
〈Are you proud? You gilded your children like trophies and displayed them well. In reality, the sister who became the Clan Leader has an Electra complex, and I, who became the Watcher, am no different from a rabid dog.〉
〈……〉
〈Still, my curiosity has been satisfied. Thanks, Father.〉
Yoon Chi-young, who spoke calmly, brushed his hair back and put on his outer clothing. Then he left a message to the man lying in the luxurious hospital room.
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〈Since it’s the last time, say your goodbyes to my sister. She’s the only child who respects you.〉
He was someone who wouldn’t live long anyway due to his chronic illness. Yoon Chi-young decided to be content with having dethroned him from the position of Clan Leader. He was too tired to even hate him anymore.
Еn̆ú m̀ӓ . і̊ d̃
After that, Yoon Chi-young lived without any expectations.
He spent his days emptily immersed in gambling and willingly stained his hands with blood. The more he found his true form disgusting, the more he gathered his self-love and tightly wrapped himself up. If he didn’t do that, he couldn’t live even for a moment.
When he was too exhausted, he wanted to go back to the past, return to his hometown or family, but he couldn’t even do that. Yoon Chi-young always felt like he was standing alone at the edge of a cliff.
But there was no one waiting for Yoon Chi-young. Having lost even his hometown, Yoon Chi-young always lived with emptiness, absorbed in gambling.
Until he met a small, shabby puppy. At the end of waiting, there was always an opportunity.
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