There were various beings lurking outside the house.
Numerous humans, and those who were human in the past but are no longer human, or those who were not human from birth. Regardless of who, he hated getting involved with anyone. The boy disliked both equally, regardless of whether they were a human or a ghost. After all, wherever there were humans, there were ghosts, and where there were ghosts, there were humans. Therefore, the place teeming with humans was the number one place to avoid.
The boy, Kim Jaegyeom, was a terrible homeboy.
First of all, half of the day was spent sleeping. And when he was awake, he spent half of the day playing games or watching television. He mainly played console games alone, not online games with someone. When he was hungry, he ate, when he was sleepy, he slept. This was his entire day’s work.
For a long time, Jaegyeom lived meaninglessly like dust floating in the air. As if alive but dead. Jaegyeom wanted to waste this eternal and loathsome youth by shutting himself in the corner of the room forever without being disturbed by anyone.
“You have to take bus number 17 from tomorrow. Got it? Jaegyeom, are you listening to me?”
Jeongju tapped the steering wheel he was holding onto. He was currently driving Jaegyeom to school. Jaegyeom, who was slumped in the back seat, responded slowly.
“No. I’m not listening.”
Jeonju sighed as if he expected that. From the time he was told to get ready for school, Jaegyeom was clearly distraught. It was clear that he was regretting the decision he had made.
“No taking back (落張不入). You can’t break your promise,” Just in case, Jeongju beat him to the chase.
“Who said what? I didn’t say anything. Keep your promise to me.”
“Anyway, bus number 17, number 17. Please remember.”
Jeongju, who has a busy schedule, had to go up to Seoul immediately after dropping Jaegyeom off. He lived in Seoul and was quick to adapt to society and met many people. On the other hand, Jaegyeom lived alone with Mesani in a renovated old house under a mountain in a small provincial town that was no different from the countryside. The house was far from the town, and it was a long distance to the centre of the town where the school was located, taking 20 minutes by car.
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Jeongju, who claimed to be Jaegyeom’s guardian, was worried in many ways. According to the original plan, he intended to assign Jaegyeom a bodyguard and driver. However, Jaegyeom flatly rejected the offer. It was said that he would rather walk around on foot than to be alone with a human he did not know in a small space.
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Jeongju always came to see Jaegyeom on his days off. On behalf of Jaegyeom, who did not ever come out of the house, he brought food and daily necessities, telling him what happened outside. Of course, Jaegyeom had never wanted any of this. All of this was something Jeongju did on his own initiative.
“This won’t do. I will get you a cell phone.”
Jaegyeom did not communicate with anyone except Jeongju and Mesani. He didn’t go out of the house, and he had no one to contact, so of course he didn’t even have a cell phone.
“Why?”
“What why! It’s because I’m worried.”
“Then don’t worry.”
Jeongju glared at Jaegyeom in the rearview mirror with a dumbfounded expression. ‘Sigh, I better not talk’. Jaegyeom was extremely stubborn, and once he made a decision, he could hardly be stopped. It’s a good thing he took him to school.
Soon, the car was nearing its destination. A little further would be the front gate of the school. However, Jeongju stopped the car not in front of the school, but near a crossroads some distance away.
“You know right? I can’t go to crowded places?”
The car Jeongju was driving was tinted so it would look suspicious to anyone. Since the place was near the school, he didn’t know if it would attract attention. Jeongju was a person who was perfectly settled in the outside world that Jaegyeom avoided so much. His occupation was a celebrity. ‘Famous’ was a modifier that Jeongju himself emphasised.
Jeongju applied the brake and glanced at the rear-view mirror.
“Oh right! Jaegyeom-ah, did you know I exceed 2 million followers?”
Jaegyeom asked casually as he slung his bag over his shoulder.
“What is that.”
Jeongju’s eyes lit up and he boasted himself under the guise of his explanation, but Jaegyeom didn’t listen.
“And do you know what people are saying about me these days?”
Jeongju whispered in a small whisper, as if sharing his secret. ‘Fairy. It’s Jeongju Fairy.’ Jaegyeom’s face crumpled in disbelief.
“Fairy? You would be a fairy. On the level of beasts.”
“Hey, what nonsense?”
Jeongju lowered his eyebrows as if in dismay.
“Did I say something wrong? If you are a fox, live like a fox. What are you doing bewitching people?”
“Jaegyeom. you really don’t know that foxes originally live in pleasure possessing people. A life like this right now is a life worthy of a fox.”
“Bullshit.”
“Ah, goodness. You should say more nice things.”
At Jeongju’s criticism, Jaegyeom rubbed his ear with an apathetic face.
He wasn’t like that when he was younger. Now that his head had grown a little thicker, he had to nag and preach at him. There used to be a cute element…
Jeongju was from the fox clan (狐族), and he was both a human and a fox. The fox clan were beings born between an old fox who lived for a long time that became a spiritual creature and a human. Jaegyeom used to make fun of Jeongju of being a beast. The existence of the fox clan was shrouded in a veil, and few even among gwijae knew about it. Jaegyeom had also heard rumours until he met Jeongju.
In his case, Jeongju chose to live as a human instead of living as a fox.
The foxes of the fox clan gathered among themselves and lived a community life. The village and stronghold of the foxes was a space that was slightly out of line with the human world. Due to the foxes’ mysterious trick, no one except them could enter. This was because in order to enter the stronghold, you must open the fox gate (狐門) and enter. When Jeongju was a young fox, Jaegyeom also entered the fox gate for the first and last time.
Ordinary members of the fox clan had great pride as foxes. Because of this, they considered humans lower than themselves, looked down on them. However, leaving the luxurious fortress on one’s own to live with such insignificant humans… It was something that would make the lofty nobles grab onto the back of their necks and bend over. Leaving the overturned stronghold behind, Jeongju came down to the human world and was living as a full-fledged citizen of modern society.
“If anything happens or you need anything, call me right away. Don’t worry because I’ve gone through all the procedures at school. I put my wallet in your bag, so take out the money from there to spend. Here, this is the card.”
Jeongju handed over a glossy, shiny credit card. Jaegyeom took the card and looked it over. He didn’t know how he created the documents, but Jeongju even solved the identity problem neatly.
On the day Jeongju was issued a resident registration card, he excitedly jumped up and down and boasted to Jaegyeom. It would have been impossible for Jaegyeom to have been able to live in a corner for a long time without Jeongju. The country house where Jaegyeom and Mesani lived, as well as the electricity and running water that came into the house, and at least the TV cable, all borrowed the name of Jeongju. He was, well, he was a reliable guy in many ways. His only flaw was that he was sometimes overly intrusive…
Jaegyeom tucked the card away and put his book bag around him.
“I’m going. Bye.”
After leaving a blunt greeting behind, Jaegyeom got out of the car. There were only a few passers-by on the streets near the school after school hours. Jeongju watched Jaegyeom’s back from the car for a long time. Whenever he had to leave for a moment, Jaegyeom was always like that. Saying bye as if he would never come back, like he would never see you again. Each time, for some reason, a part of Jeongju felt lonely.
The fox, Jeongju, thought that it would be nice if the human with a young face who had lived for a long time could live a little more diligently.
Jaegyeom was the same as he was when he was a young fox.
Que interesante! Entonces Jaegyeom es mayor que Jeongju, no?
i’m really curious abt the shu’s background
Ty for the update 🤣❤️
Interesting! 🧐