"Did you guys just killed him?" Dae murmured in panic while looking straight at Yeon.
"What?" Yeon sounded infuriated with his accusation and jolted up from the ground. "Hey! What do you take us for? Murderers?" He grumbled.
"No you guys are grim reapers, worsen than that," Dae replied instantly with a frown face.
Yeon glared at him for a second in agitation. "Wahhh, just before some time ago you were praising our jobs that it's all about duty fulfillment. And now after some time, you are straightly accusing us as murderers! Woah! You are such a petty jerk!" He snarled at him.
"Did you just cuss at me? How dare you!" Dae sprang up from the ground and groaned at him in anger.
The people gathered around them were ogling at Dae Hyuk with a pitiful gaze. As both the grim reapers were in their veiled form, those people could only see he was talking all by on his own.
"This guy doesn't look like normal though! Look, he is prattling to himself!" One of the women from the crowd commented.
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His subordinate could sense the growing tension around the place and firmly meddled in between them.
"Ahh, gosh, you guys can save up your fights for later." He muttered with an angry expression and turned his face towards Dae who seemed quite grumpy. "And you, we absolutely aren't murderers. It's just that we get notified prior to anyone who is about to die naturally. So we just arrive there, to carry their soul with us." He sounded a little fretful.
"So, it means the store manager died on his own?" He inquired again.
Yeon looked really stirred up and breathed out in a huff. "Of course you stupid human, it's his already destined demise!" He groaned.
The other guy quietly bent down on the ground and gently touched the forehead of the manager lying down. He closed his eyes and stayed still for a moment. Immediately, a foggy mist started emitting from that dead body, and all the mist piled up to form a small, shinning bright pink pearl! The guy grabbed the pearl firmly in his hand and stood up from the ground.
Dae was gawking at these unbelievable events with his eyes wide opened. He gasped heavily and looked at the pearl on his hand again.
"Wh-What is that?" He hummed in a curious tone.
"That's the soul of the manager we confined inside the pearl." Yeon abruptly answered his query before his subordinate. He glanced at him once and responded, "well done Reaper 299."
The guy grinned with a broad smile and bowed his head towards Yeon. He looked very happy to receive the compliment from his superior. Slowly, he peeked at Dae who was standing all frozen appearing quite confused.
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As they walked outside the convenience store, Dae was continuously glancing at them in wonder.
"These guys really carry the souls of the dead after all! Wow! Awesome! But why didn't I see any grim reaper till now before this rude brat?" He was anticipating silently while walking behind them with a sulky face.
Both Yeon and the guy halted their motion and turned behind to look at Dae. He was startled to watch them suddenly stopping and gasped at them.
The guy gently walked a bit closer to Dae before responding, "this is our real job. Now we will guide this soul and wish for his better afterlife. Are you still suspicious about us?"
Dae firmly shook his head in opposition and glanced at Yeon once who was looking at him with a pouty stare. As their eyes met each other, Yeon turned his face away as he still appeared displeased with his accusation.
"I am sorry for doubting your intentions. But, you guys are really awesome. It must be so nice to hold these supernatural abilities!" He commented with a sneer.
Suddenly, that guy's jovial face darkened a little and he sighed quite heavily. "It's... not much nice to be a grim reaper..." His voice sounded very deep and mournful.
Dae flinched with his sudden change of behavior and ogled at Yeon once. His gestures looked a bit wretched too.
"Ahh my bad, sorry for blabbering out nonchalantly. But, to be honest, you are really a nice guy, compared to any cold or conceited grim reaper I have encountered." He simpered somewhat while trying to uplift the dense mood while teasing Yeon a little.
The guy laughed out aloud with this declaration and slightly peeked at Yeon who was holding a stiff gesture. He turned his face towards Dae and smirked, "you are quite unique and a nice human too. Let me tell you something, I am known by Reaper 299 among my co-workers, but you can call me Suho. It was the actual identity in my past life." He stretched out his hand politely towards him while speaking softly.
Dae's eyes shined with bliss and he immediately grabbed his hand for a formal handshake. "Of course, I am going to call you by Suho. And you can call be by Dae Hyuk or simply Dae too! I am sure, we are gonna be great companions." He seemed jubilant.
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"Are you guys out of your damn minds?" Yeon scrunched his eyebrows and snarled at them. "How can you become a companion with such a strange human, Reaper 299?" He whined.
Dae smirked with an impish grin at his response and walked a bit closer to him from Suho. "You should learn some manners from your humble subordinate, Mr. Arrogant Reaper. Next time, be considerate and polite if I invite you for a meal. Don't just run away from me!" He murmured in a sly voice and slowly started walking away from them.
Yeon stood benumbed for a while and kept looking at him from all the way back. "Hey, did you just hear? That mere human addressed a powerful and senior grim reaper like me so informally! Does he have a death wish? Such a petty jerk!" He was complaining to Suho like a small child in an agitated pitch.
Suho kept grinning with his childish fussing and stared at Dae from behind. "These two indeed seem like a married couple." He wondered.
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