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Tempted by the Horned Boy
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2026-09-12 15:00:28As we stepped through the front door, Jinkyu did indeed have a heart attack, well, almost. He practically collapsed at the sight of us, his face twisting into a mask of pure domestic horror. "Don't you dare!" he shrieked, blocking the hallway with his arms spread wide. "You are not coming in here like that! If you take another step, I’ll be cleaning up five hundred liters of mud for a week!" We were trapped in the entryway like two wet dogs.
Jinkyu point-blank refused to let us in. I han
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