Guide Me If You Dare novel Chapter 168

Chapter 168: DECLARATION OF WAR

SO, IT’S time to confess my crimes.

Yuno felt like he had to beg Ki Gayoon’s forgiveness, so he got up and kneeled in front of his boyfriend.

Hyung is quiet, but I’d rather have him yell at me.

Because a calm-looking Ki Gayoon was one hundred times scarier than a yelling Ki Gayoon.

"Hyung, I won’t be mad if you yell at me."

"Would yelling at you solve the problem?"

Aigoo.

Yuno let out a long sigh before confessing the truth. "E-Class Guides can use their life force for a more effective Guiding."

Ki Gayoon clenched his jaw, but he still didn’t raise his voice. "Did you use your life force when you guided Lee Sarang recently?"

"I had to since that was the only way to bring Sarang Noona back to normal."

"Then, have you used your life force to Guide me in the past?"

"Uhm, yes..."

Ki Gayoon shut his eyes tight. "Noh Yuno, you really want to kill me by giving me a bad heart attack, don’t you?"

"Hyung, I know using my life force sounds extreme. But I swear it’s not like that," Yuno said, slightly panicking. "I’m overflowing with Mana, and I can turn the excess Mana as a replacement for the life force I lose. But, of course, it’s only possible if the life force I used was a small amount."

"How "small" of an amount we’re talking about here in terms of lifespan?"

"A day or two?"

"So, you lost at least one day of your life after guiding Lee Sarang?"

"Uhm, yes..."

"And you lost the same number of days because of me?"

"Uhm, yes..."

Ki Gayoon sighed before opening his eyes.

Oh.

They’re glowing red...

"Noh Yuno, I’m going to say something that you’ll hate."

"Then don’t say it?"

"I won’t let you guide other Espers from now on— I don’t care if they’re dying," Ki Gayoon said firmly. "And I’m not going to ask you to guide me either unless I’m on the verge of a Rampage. But even then, you’re not allowed to use your life force on me."

"What if Hyung is dying—"

"I won’t die."

"Hyung."

"I won’t let you use your life force on me, and I’ll do my best to break your curse and live," Ki Gayoon said determinedly. "Just don’t ever use your life force again, Noh Yuno."

Yuno wanted to say: "My life force, my choice."

But he didn’t have the heart to say that after seeing the devastated look on Ki Gayoon’s face.

"Hyung, why do you have that look on your face...?"

Like Ki Gayoon’s world had crumbled.

It’s probably self-loathing.

"Because I didn’t even notice that you used your life force on me. I just thought your touch felt different as an E-Class Guide," Ki Gayoon said, scowling. "If Lee Sarang didn’t tell me her observation, then I wouldn’t have known."

So, it was Lee Sarang.

Noona, you’re a snitch...

"I’m sorry," Ki Gayoon said, obviously blaming himself even though none of it was his fault. "I should have paid more attention to you. Just because you’re my Exclusive Guide doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your life force for me."

"Hyung, you don’t have to apologize for that..."

"Promise me you won’t use your life force again."

"I can’t promise you that, Hyung."

"Noh Yuno—"

"I can’t let you die, Hyung. If my life force can save you, then I’m going to use it," Yuno said firmly. "I don’t want to lose you."

Ki Gayoon looked conflicted, probably why he just kept his mouth shut.

And then the Esper suddenly stood up.

Wait, what?

"Hyung, you’re leaving the room?" Yuno complained lightly. "But you said before that if we were going to fight, we should fight next to each other. Why are you suddenly walking out on me?"

"I’m not walking out on you," Ki Gayoon said, avoiding Yuno’s gaze. "I’m just going to work out in the indoor gym on the second floor. You’ll be safe here."

Aigoo.

Hyung is running away...

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AHJUHYUNG must have lost his mind.

When Yuno woke up that morning, he realized that Ki Gayoon hadn’t returned to their room all night.

That coward...!

Yuno quickly got up, washed his face and brushed his teeth in the connecting bathroom, and then stormed out of the bedroom.

He heard a voice in the dining hall, so he went straight there.

But instead of Ki Gayoon, someone else greeted him.

Oh, right.

Ahjuhyung asked this hyung-nim to be my temporary bodyguard, so I shouldn’t be surprised to see him here.

"Good morning, Madam," Kang Dabin— Ki Gayoon’s sand manipulator friend and Lucca’s Esper— greeted him cheerfully. "Actually, it’s already afternoon. Would you like to have a late lunch with me? I just talked to Gayoonnie and he asked me to feed you."

"Dabin Hyung-nim, where did Ahjuhyung go?"

"’Ahjuhyung?’"

"That’s what I call Gayoon Hyung when I’m upset with him."

Kang Dabin blinked, and then he burst out laughing.

"Dabin Hyung-nim, stop laughing. Can you bring me to where Ahjuhyung is?"

"No can do, Madam."

It has started.

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And some of Yoonyoon’s elite team members are scattered here.

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We only received Esper Lee Sarang-ssi’s complaint towards Guide Mo Hanjin-ssi this morning, and yet they’re already here.

Only Moon Noa could summon those people.

Sungbin Hyung’s plan to use Esper Lee Sarang-ssi against Gayoon Hyung failed...

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