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“I went to school…”

A quiet house where no one waits.

Only my voice, on the verge of death, faintly echoes there.

“Fuck… I think I’m going to die…”

Brrr.

A small, soft body that twitches and is completely drenched in sweat, or rather, a body that is now somewhat balanced.

Feeling extreme muscle pain, I crawled to the refrigerator.

As I crawled, sweat started to pour down on the floor, and the dust from the floor stuck to my whole body, but did I know?

I feel like I’m going to die if I don’t eat something right now.

Squeak…

As I struggle to open the refrigerator door, leftover delivery food catches my eye.

A pizza with only 4 slices left, a chicken that was all dry and chewy, a hamburger that was half full, etc.

…How come there are so many foods that are so tasteless? And why are there only foods like this?

Because all I could find was foods that would make all the exercise I put my life into today in vain.

And the moment I took it, it was obvious that the next day’s workout would be hell.

I had no choice but to take the salad and boiled eggs the old man had given me out of my bag and start eating them.

The drink, of course, was a protein shake that the old man shook up that day.

Even just hearing about the diet would make me suffocate, but I ate it without a single complaint, thinking about tomorrow.

Crunch crunch.

“Ugh…”

As I continued to eat meals to live, not to eat, I suddenly began to feel a surge of emotion.

Surely it wasn’t this hard before the regression?

He was revered as a genius magician, and he had a pretty girlfriend by his side (though I don’t remember her face), so he lived a life of great success.

“How did it end up like this? Although he was good at fighting, he was far from being a battle mage or war mage.”

Authors who worship the ideology of “battle race” and are more obsessed with battle than the fighting race itself.

I learned a little bit of magic from those people, but I was never drawn to that line.

“…It’s all because of that muscle-crazy guy. No matter what happens, I’m definitely going to escape. I’m going to get 3/60 within a year and escape!”

I should have just run away when he offered me free PT.

Don’t be fooled by the word “free”, what the fuck is going on?

Regretting and regretting again, I ate all the healthy food the old man gave me.

And after a quick wash, I began to slowly read the book of magic with a refreshed mind.

If you read some grimoires, this restless feeling will go away to some extent.

Although I read it diligently, interpreting each word, while burning my thirst for learning.

“Explosions are art… A big, beautiful blast, that’s the end of magic and the truth… What the fuck is this.”

“A perfect body is ultimately a perfect magic. When muscles reach ‘perfection’, you can divide time and space with a single gesture… I guessed wrong again, sigh…”

“The correct way to use time stop is to eventually reproduce… Please, you crazy guys.”

Today, I was feeling unlucky. Every page I opened was filled with so-called landmine magic spells with grand explanations.

chin.

If it were normal, I would have just turned the page with the nonsense written down and kept reading, but I was already in a state of mental confusion due to extreme health.

I ended up folding up the thick grimoire and collapsing onto the bed.

“When I wake up, will mom and dad be home?”

…Well, if I fall asleep like this now, won’t you wake me up the next day when you go to work?

And even if you come, it won’t be much different from now.

You’ll come back with your usual tired face, have dinner together and chat, and then go to bed early to go to work tomorrow.

Today too, you will spend a day that is no different from before or after the regression.

For me.

“I should understand. I used to beg you to play with me, but… I know how hard it was for you two now.”

If you act like a whiner, it will only hurt them both more. So, you should just show a dignified appearance.

After finishing my thoughts, I covered my head with a thick blanket and went to sleep.

Gulp.

Strangely enough, a teardrop slowly flowed down her soft cheek.

Jiiik –

Swish.

After hearing the strange noise coming from the living room, I fell into a deep sleep.

—–

A week has passed since that day.

I was so absorbed in my studies of health and magic that I didn’t even realize that a week had passed, and it wasn’t until I arrived at the daycare center and heard the children talking that I realized that today was the day of the observation class.

The children were very excited at the news that their parents would be arriving soon.

I felt a faint sense of envy as I looked at them.

“He probably won’t come. He didn’t even show me the paper, and even if he did see it, he must be busy working, so how could he come?”

Perhaps, returning to childhood has made me more emotional?

As I smiled bitterly at the disappointment rising from the depths of my heart, a fox suddenly popped its head out in front of me.

“What?”

“Oh, that’s a surprise. Turn on your blinkers and come in.”

“I’m not a car. How do I turn on the turn signal?”

“Okay, what should I say to you?”

As I spoke in a dejected tone and patted his sticking-out hair, Jin-ha’s face fell and he began to grumble.

As expected of a dog, he really likes being petted. Would he react the same way if someone else petted him?

Out of curiosity, I stopped stroking and asked Jin-ha.

“Do you like being stroked that much?”

“Hmm, no! I like it when the person I like pats me! Pat me more!”

“Uh…”

An unexpected answer.

I felt eyes on him and cautiously distanced myself from him.

“I’ll stroke you later. It doesn’t seem like it’s time now.”

“Why? Why…?”

Well, if you look around you, you’ll know.

There are already a few guys staring at me like they’re going to kill me.

Jin-ha, who was a nine-tailed fox for no reason, was making things difficult for me by whining, but I resolved the situation with the best strategy I could.

“Stop acting. Your parents are coming soon, so are you going to look so ugly? Huh?”

“Oops!”

…But even though I’ve broken through it, why doesn’t it feel like I’ve broken through it? Is it just my imagination that makes me feel like I’m stuck in a swamp that I can’t get out of?

I tilted my head and returned to my seat as I watched the back of the silly fox running towards the bathroom.

Let’s spend some time reading a book of magic, and the sounds of car exhausts are slowly starting to be heard.

As I looked out at the parking lot, I saw cars filling up the parking lot one by one, and I saw parents getting out of their cars and entering the daycare center.

“Why do I still have such regrets?”

I close the book I was reading and silently look at the smiles on the parents’ faces.

If Mom and Dad had come to the observation class, wouldn’t they have made faces like that?

I took my eyes off the parking lot, wondering if not handing over the paper was the right choice.

“No matter what, it’s certain that you won’t come today.”

If I think about it any more, I will only end up with regrets, so I opened the book of grimoires again to organize my thoughts.

“”Mom! Dad!!!””

The moment I opened the book of magic, my concentration was interrupted by a loud roar.

Children who run vigorously into the arms of their parents as if possessed by an angry rhinoceros.

The noise was so loud that I decided it was no good reading a book, so I quietly put the book back in my bag.

“Tsk, nothing’s going well today.”

“What’s wrong?”

“You, I told you to turn on your blinkers and come in.”

“Well, I guess I’m a fox, not a car.”

“Sigh…”

When I sighed at the loud voice coming from behind me, Jin-ha tilted his head and asked me.

“Why are you alone? Where are your parents?”

“You can’t come today. You can’t come because you’re both working.”

“Oh, really? Oh, that’s too bad…”

A very regretful expression.

I don’t know why he was upset that my parents didn’t come, but since he was alone, I asked him a question.

“What about you? Aren’t your parents coming today?”

“Come soon. You must have arrived at the parking lot by now?”

As Jin-ha looked down at the parking lot, he saw a tall man wearing sunglasses and a beautiful blonde girl entering the daycare center.

and.

…suddenly my instincts started ringing the alarm.

[Get away from that fox right now! If you don’t want to be forced back!]

[Get away from the fox in front of you! If it’s already too late, you should at least pretend to get away! Otherwise, you’ll be killed in the blink of an eye… ..]

Stop.

The voice that had been speaking urgently suddenly stopped.

Perhaps it has to do with the memories offered in exchange for the return.

I immediately distanced myself from Jin-ha based on the information my instincts gave me, but Jin-ha quickly caught up with me and blocked my escape route with a sharp expression.

“Why are you suddenly like this?”

“I’m sorry, but can we just pretend not to know each other for today?”

“What does that mean?”

“Because I want to live, because I want to live. Please cooperate. Okay?”

I don’t know why, but right now I have a feeling that I absolutely must not get involved with the fox in front of me.

I’m afraid that if I continue to waste time like this, I’ll end up being targeted by a very dangerous being.

“Hey, first of all, put some distance between you and me, okay? Pretend you don’t see me…”

“Wow.”

I tried to persuade Jin-ha as quickly as possible and distance myself from him, but I flinched at the terrifying voice I started hearing behind me.

Fear imprinted on every cell.

A feeling of suffocation that is squeezing my body and chest even though it is just simple curiosity that has nothing to do with life.

Feeling the memories remaining in my body, not my head, I slowly turned around.

Okay then.

“What is your identity?”

“Huh?”

“I don’t remember leaving a mark, so why is there a mark I left on your soul?”

Jin-ha’s father, who took off his sunglasses and revealed his fierce expression to the world, looked down at me with emotionless eyes.

…There’s a mark on my soul? What kind of nonsense is this?

I opened my mouth quietly in a truly heavy and murderous atmosphere that was at odds with the friendly atmosphere around me.

“I really don’t know either?”

How could I know, today is the first time I’ve met you.

When I answered, shivering with fear, he made a cold expression and took a step back.

“Well, you’ll know if you watch from now on. If you don’t want to die, behave yourself.”

“Yes, I understand.”

As I kept nodding my head, he ignored me and walked towards Jin-ha with a brisk stride. The murderous atmosphere from before disappeared as he smiled broadly and hugged Jin-ha.

“Our daughter! Daddy is here!”

“Dad – !”

A guy who hugs you tightly and rubs his soft cheeks.

As he blankly stared at the sight that made him doubt whether the relationship between father and daughter was really real, Ddeokdae asked Jinha a question.

“Jinhaya.”

“Yeah! Dad!”

“That guy over there… No, what’s your relationship with that guy?”

It was a question that made my stomach churn, but I trusted my one and only friend.

Since I told you not to pretend to know, at least you’ll understand what I mean and give an appropriate answer.

Because he is a friend who is smart even though he is young and has a keen sense of humor better than anyone else.

However, my faith was met with a shocking betrayal.

“We’re friends!”

“Yeah, my daughter is very sociable…”

“Boyfriend!”

“Oh.”

“…”

No, Yoon Jin-ha, you crazy bitch. Why did you say that?

What if I pretend not to know and a major accident happens?

When I hit his forehead, the man looked at me with an eerie murderous aura emanating from him.

“I think I know why you left the mark.”

“It’s a misunderstanding. Jin-ha likes it unilaterally…”

“Really? Hehehe…”

His mouth was smiling, but the murderous intent he was emitting had become even more intense.

A clear expression of intent to kill.

The moment I closed my eyes comfortably, thinking, “Isn’t this the erasure of my very existence?”

“Son ~ Mommy is here!”

“Hey, Mom?!”

An unbelievable voice of salvation was heard from afar, and I burst into tears for the first time in 17 years, including before the regression, as relief surged through me.

Of course, also downwards.

What the fuck.