When Minjae came in next morning before the opening hour, he entered the back room and found a ghostly figure still typing away on her laptop. He tilted his head to the side and waited in the door frame for her to notice him. Her eyes were half closed and at times it seemed her hands were not even touching the keyboard. He watched her thinking that maybe she had a rough night but if that was the case he would have been called in.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivfXqXyI1b
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"What happened to you?" He finally asked.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAGBxQVu2N
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Fei sighed heavily as she turned off the laptop. She placed her hands on her lap and pouted before her head hit the table.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjIjOFSLS3
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Minjae frowned and quickly checked if she hit herself hard enough for it to show.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uJCL7GjRj
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"I'm so tired," she mumbled loud enough for him to hear.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO34moDQlkK
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"But you don't have to sleep, noona. You do it just because you want the time to go faster." He whispered next to her head. She groaned in reply and glared at him from the corner of her eye.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3WrPi2q75
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"Go open the library." She said wanting nothing but to go upstairs and forget what happened last night. His face was still haunting her and memories that she had pushed in the back of her mind were coming back at incredible speed.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEc5gDr9j2M
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Minjae puckered his lips annoyed that she was acting as if he didn't help her yesterday.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdgOZQLDwn
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"Come out then. With Hikaru still in the warehouse somebody will have to stay at the counter during the day." He commented knowing she strongly disliked to interact with people.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSlmXM16yU
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She groaned again but did get up and followed him into the staff room (or more like the space behind the counter, because it was a small square space). She noticed a list in one of the cabinets and sighed heavily.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAPZVuWMQM
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"Can you go and bring these books up? We need to make some errands."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzo0X04oHKl
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Minjae took the list and nodded. A piercing scream was heard suddenly and both Minjae and Fei sighed.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJv3TM8wsP
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"Check on Hikaru too. We don't need people to hear him."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhrbM6WJ03
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Minjae nodded and left for the warehouse. The entry was on the ground floor, in the very back. Most people were not going that way since trending books were in the front part of the library.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MsPm9bREt
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It was an average sized building but once inside, it seemed bigger and wider than on the outside. As a customer, the first thing you could see was the counter and whoever was working at the moment. If you looked towards your left, there was nothing but a wall and a coffee machine free for the people who wanted to study or read there. The first thing you saw when you looked to the right was the long bar table where young people could sit and charge their laptop or phone. It could accommodate about four people on each side plus the two heads. After you passed the table, you came across three sofas arranged around a high table where was the glass case containing an artefact: a very old arrow. Everywhere else were bookshelves. If you were sitting on the sofa parallel to the bar table, you could see directly down the corridor to the warehouse. The stairs were placed parallel to the counter. Upstairs were mostly books and small reading spaces. For the most part, it was a personal and comfortable library where background music was rarely played. They had a computer in the staff space but it was more used for business than anything else. Instead, upstairs there was a gramophone that was admired by everyone who passed it by. It was still working and Fei would every so often put on records for her pleasure. Customers liked it because it made them feel like they were transported back in time. The name of the library was not chosen by Fei or Minjae but by the person who handed them the library.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdT8aGH7w2
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It was half past ten and Fei just stood there thinking about her life. Hikaru's whimpers were still audible to her sensitive ears but she could also hear others trying to calm him down. He died rather painfully, burned by the sun and then drowned into the cold sea. And yet being alive was more painful than dying.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbKtTciAcV
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Fei shuddered at the current of cold air coming from the front door. They had an early customer and she had to get a grip on her mental state. In order to get encourage herself she slapped her cheeks lightly and turned to face her customer.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijwh9fzEuQ
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"Good morning, I'm here for my book."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IxLFOwWuh
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Fei froze. She stared at him with wide eyes and couldn't believe her bad luck.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnh357IYsqF
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"Excuse me, but did you hear me?" He asked watching this peculiar woman.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIA50JKxFP
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"Yes, I did." The answer came immediately, like it was automatic.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjzq03mVFZ
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"Oh, ok, good. I came by last night too, remember? I was the one knocking on the door."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2PB6CSCRp
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"Yes, I remember." She couldn't help but answer even if the question was rhetorical. "What book do you want? You have to give me the title and in case we don't have it or is not for sale, then-"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiuSbUkWry
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"You have it, I bought it online. Heroes by Stephen Fry."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDpV7wJzGc
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Fei closed her eyes for a second, not believing how this guy with the same face like the one that broke her heart was buying a book about Greek mythology.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk08t8I2jY
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"Are you interested in mythology?" She asked making small talk.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXuFD0sjY2
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"Yes, I am and I needed this book last night, it was an emergency." He added attacking her a bit for running from his although he literally begged for her help. "Don't you remember? I told you exactly why I was so desperate."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPXgt5XHSW
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"I don't remember and sincerely I don't care. We were closed." She said coldly while processing his order. "I'll give you the book shortly," she mumbled and turned to the desk of books. It had to be there, somewhere.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyNq9KBrt1
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The young man stood there, waiting for his purchase. He could have had the book sent to his address but he was curious to see the library. Now that he was there and he was taking a better look, it was rather empty and silent.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbFfnqjAo3
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"Are you the only worker here?"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt4Cspm1c6
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"No."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZZ0KKb5uC
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"Why is it so silent?"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbvM1AM7eG
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"Because there aren't any clients in."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBXIjfdA5x
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"What about some music?"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkwmv5Of9m
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"Some clients can't concentrate so we decided to stop playing any music. Whoever wants to, can listen to it on their devices."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MUko34JGf
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"Who is 'we'?" He asked growing wittier. She found his book and brought it to the counter with a poker face.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQ3iL8q6IV
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"Me and my associate." She replied placing the book in a paper bag and handing it to him. "Any more questions?" She asked sarcastically but he seemed to actually think about it.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e1p23eRAX
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"Are we really the only people in the library right now? It feels so empty."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zIIsNukHJ
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"No, we are not."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXhneN50zQ
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"Hmm,"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4dJwSRy3M
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They stood there in awkwardness as he kept looking around the ground floor.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tmzJ8FHT5
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"What's that?" He asked finally noticing the artefact.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09g4uNoggN
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"An arrow." She answered not even glancing where he pointed at.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfobfHZsdH
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He actually walked towards the glass cover, his eyes wandering everywhere on the way. He gaped at how old and beautiful the ceiling was and how the smell of books made him feel like he was back in his room at his parents' house. His smile was huge and his eyes were sparkling. He was feeling like a curious little kid who found a new playground. When his eyes fell on the arrow, the first thing he saw was the red around the tip.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaoOAjGhyu
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"That's blood." A new male voice surprised the customer.
The curious customer looked up and saw a handsome man whose dark eyes reminded him of two olives. He was dressed in all black and seemed to have struggled somewhere with a lot of dust because the particles reached the customer's nose.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShyzxfdQlI
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"Oh...fascinating." The customer whispered almost gluing his face to the glass.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQiEdjsRTU
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Minjae stared at him, watched every little movement and expression on his face and finally spoke.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HxSKf8D6Q
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"I believe we have already met once before."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTZ0ygc4wX
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The customer raised his head and carefully analysed his face. His eyes widened when he remembered the same olive eyes glaring at him less than a day ago.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPjBscD1MX
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"Right! Wow, what a small world! You're the guy from yesterday at the wedding hall."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7inFMGdvV
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"Kim Minjae," he introduced himself with a bow. "I am one of the associates here at Ethos."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATlut0uaJb
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Minjae waited for a bit but nothing else followed. He saw that the customer kept returning his attention to the arrow and he had to cough twice to regain his attention.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3m8s4EC23F
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"And you are?"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75SBrSxDdU
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"Dohyun. Lee Dohyun. What was this arrow used for if those are traces of blood?"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcIOtMW1Pd
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"It-" Minjae stopped and looked at Fei. She was standing in front of the coffee machine, watching them. Her focus was mainly on Dohyun. Those clear eyes of hers were so sad no matter how hard she was trying to hide it. From afar she looked hopeless. "It was used to break someone's heart. It pierced right through it, killing her." Minjae explained, his eyes locked on Fei.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetOwuz4o0q
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"That's tragic," Dohyun replied feeling a bit bad for asking now that he found out. His phone vibrated making him pick up. "Oh hyung, I'm on my way. Yes, yes, I got it. I'm coming." He said before he hung up. "Thanks. I'll come back another time for the full story." He said and quickly left. He smiled at Fei as he passed her and it was better that he didn't see her reaction.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IA8D56n5n
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But Minjae did. He placed the books he brought on the high table and came next to her.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNKXok8Nc4
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"I hate that expression. You used to wear it a lot in the past and I hoped you won't once you forgot about him." He started in a firm voice.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbq9EcAng9o
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"How can I ever forget him? He is the only man I've ever loved."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡms8FzW65eJ
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"And he killed you, remember? He watched as you gave your last breath and then threw you into the woods to animals." Minjae continued growing more serious and loud. "You should hate him then pity him and eventually forget him."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcp9nw67XL
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She looked into his eyes and saw herself in the reflection. She could still feel the pain as the arrow pierced deep into her heart.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELCVxJ3pf3
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"Morniiiing! Am I interrupting something?"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXUZfNZKkM
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The raven stepped back and Fei lowered her gaze.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2MzDj9tON
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"Even if you were you wouldn't care so what is it?" Fei asked the newcomer.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dihUImfB4
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"There is this little problem I have with a reaper. He went rogue." Death himself informed the two.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSRWPs4Lxe
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Well, Death was too much said. He wasn't death, he couldn't be a state, but he was the head of the death department.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0efEhL9Wa
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"I sent you her ID so take a good look at her face. I mainly want you to find her and I'll take care of the rest."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVWgziBQXs
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Both Fei's and Minjae's phones beeped at the same time. Seeing the female reaper on the screen with her number and status made Minjae cringe. It wasn't every day that supernatural beings had the will or courage to desert their post. The Underworld was losing power now that the youth believed in different beings and ideas.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3wkQxwbUL
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"Why did she go rogue?" Minjae asked looking at the Head of the Department.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡel36fi138q
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"For a man." He answered before he scoffed loudly. "She has been part of my team for centuries and never once did she make a mistake. And now, after all this time, she chose to...fall in love. Ha!" He exclaimed surprising the two librarians. "Love is not a word for us. We're dead! We exist in order to be a bridge between the dead and the living and we can't be seen by humans. That's just like going against your country! That rascal..."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagHC4wrP97
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Fei stared at the picture, the poker face of a pretty girl reminding her of how she used to be. She couldn't help chuckle at all the bad things she did and said when she was young and had the energy to fight.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLRpj3yVqR
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"What will happen to her after she is caught?" She asked placing her phone in her back pocket of her jeans and going to grab her trench coat.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlekE6TyYf
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Death rubbed his cheek as he thought about it.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUvZuWp27X
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"She will be erased from existence, of course. All data about her even working for us will be deleted and her workload will be split between other reapers." He answered with nonchalance.
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