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Let’s kill ourselves. Let’s die. Let’s just die. I can’t live anymore. It’s been five years since I left home.

Everyone else is working and living well, but I’m the only one stuck at home. I’ll just die and be done with it.

Rather, living this kind of life is a nuisance to others.

I put the rope around my neck and took a deep breath.

“Haha. Haha. Let’s die. Fighting. Fighting!”

And then I jumped. My neck was caught in the rope and it was tight.

“Keuk. Ugh. Ugh. Eww.”

Okay, wait. I’m really dying. I’m dying. Save me! I don’t want to die! I hung myself, but I don’t want to die anymore!

Even if I try to get away, the chair I kicked is still far away.

My eyes grew darker and darker, and as I was losing consciousness, I saw a woman with devil wings before my eyes.

“Are you trying to die? How about making a contract with me instead?”

contract?

“I’ll give you back what you regret. But there’s a condition. Do you want to sign the contract?”

I’ll do anything. I’ll do it. Please save me. I feel like I’m going to die.

“What are the conditions?”

I’ll do it, I’ll do it! Hurry up!

She smiled and laughed.

“Okay. Contract established.”

I’m really dying! Please hurry up and save me!

You bitch. Don’t laugh and ask me to spare your life.

As my consciousness gradually faded away, I died.

***

“…”

The sound of birds chirping. And then the sound of an alarm.

“Eww!!! Neck. Neck. Mo… Huh? Huh? Why am I alive.”

Is this a dream? Is this a dream? I had a dream where I hung myself and committed suicide.

“Haha. Haha. Hahahahahahaha!!! I survived! Yeah… I survived… What does that change?”

I went back under the covers and fell asleep.

Just then, there was a loud bang and someone opened the door and came in.

“Son! You have to go to college! How long are you going to sleep!”

“Mom?”

Ouch! The pain I hadn’t felt in a long time came as I heard my mother slap my back.

“Ouch! It hurts!”

“The food is ready. Hurry up and change your clothes and come out!”

“Mom…”

“Why!”

“You look so young. The wrinkles on your face have smoothed out.”

“Oh my. Oh my. My son is finally talking. Do you know how cute he is!”

Judging from her personality, she really is my mom. How did she get so young? How can this be?

“Come out quickly! Got it!!!”

I heard a bang and closed the door as I went out. Then I looked around at my room.

This is… the room I used before I became independent.

“What the heck is going on?”

“How is it? Is it your mother’s face that you haven’t seen in a long time?”

huh?

There was no one around.

But I just heard a sound.

“Ah. I didn’t show you my appearance.”

At that moment, a young girl with devil wings appeared in front of me.

“What, what is it!!!”

“Calm down, Minjun. I won’t eat you. Hehe. My name is Bianca. Just call me Bianca.”

“This, you did this. Where, where am I? What happened?”

“Calm down. I just turned back time.”

“What? You went backwards?”

“It means you’ve come to the past. Instead of talking, how about turning on your phone?”

Let’s look at the phone as she said. There it is, 2012? We’ve come back 10 years!

Me, me! I regressed! I regressed like you see in comics and novels!

Wow, I need to buy some coins right now!

“There’s something more important than coins, right? ”

“That’s right. If it was you, then my suicide wasn’t a dream, right?”

“Yes.”

“So when I died, I came back to the past? ”

“Yes.”

“Why on earth?”

“Because it’s a contract. You really wanted to die all along. Should I let you do that?”

“No. No. That’s not it. A contract? What contract? The contract where you asked me to save you.”

“Yes.”

Boom! Mom came in again.

“Still! You haven’t woken up! Hurry up and do it! I want to be late for college on the first day!”

I quickly prepared myself again while facing my mother’s Excalibur.

***

As I was crossing the street in a hurry, I heard someone calling me from somewhere.

“We should go a little faster.”

“Haa. Haa. What. You. Where are you.”

“It’s Bianca. This is your left wrist right now.”

There was a tattoo on his left wrist that I had never seen before.

“This is it?”

“Yes. It’s me.”

“You were a sage earlier, right?”

“People have eyes to see, so you can’t just walk around with wings. I said I’d put it on my wrist so we can talk to each other easily. And since we’re one body because of the contract, I can hear everything without you saying anything.”

really?

“Yes. Only Minjun can hear what I say.”

Oh, really? Then can I ask you a few questions?

“As much as you want.”

What day is today?

“Hehehe. This is the day that Minjun wants to change the most.”

also.

Yes. Today. The first day of the new semester is the moment in my life that I most want to change.

This incident caused such shock that he later became unable to leave home for five years.

“It’s over there.”

okay.

I approached a woman and said hello.

“Seoyeon.”

“Huh? It’s Minjun. I see you here. What is it? Did you run here? Look at the sweat.”

“Yeah. I did that because I thought I’d be late.”

“As expected. I told you to go to bed early yesterday. You must have played games all night.”

“That’s what happened.”

She dies here.

As the light turns green and everyone is crossing, a car with broken brakes runs over her and hits her.

But I regressed. I won’t let you die.

“Why are you crying, Minjun?”

“Ah. Tears? No. I’m just happy.”

“Because you weren’t late? Or, because you got into college? If you work hard, you’ll get into the college you wanted. Right?”

“Yeah. Right. Seoyeon.”

“Why?”

“What’s in your eye?”

“Yeah? Here? Okay?”

“No.”

“Is it off now?”

“No. Stay still. I’ll take it off.”

He stopped her and felt around in an empty space with his left hand.

After that, the traffic light turned green and people started crossing.

And then a car passed by quickly with its siren blaring.

This is how she survived.

“Are you done?”

“Yeah.”

“What’s wrong, Minjun? Are you crying again?”

“Ugh… ugh… euaaa.”

She lived. She lived. She escaped death.

You don’t know how many times I’ve thought about this moment coming to this.

“Congratulations. You were able to avoid her death. Hehe.”

I heard Bianca laughing from my left hand.

***

I got into the room on time.

At that time, I saw a man who came in with me.

He is my best friend who helped me a lot when I was having a hard time.

“Minjun. You woke up early today. Did you think I’d be late today? Oh. Seoyeon. You did your hair. It’s pretty.”

“Yeah. I touched it a little. Because it’s the first day. I think you touched it a little too.”

Seo-yeon’s boyfriend, Kim Tae-ho.

They hugged each other, their hands clasped together, right before my eyes…

I wish you wouldn’t do this. It makes me feel awkward being single.

“What is it? Minjun. Do you want to come too?”

“Okay.”

In the future, he was not discouraged by Seo-yeon’s death, but rather encouraged me.

I’m sure he had a harder time than me, but he’s a really great friend.

If I hadn’t hung up on him, he would have come to me every day and helped me while I was locked in my room.

“Class is starting. Let’s take our seats quickly.”

We sat down in an empty seat nearby.

A normal life. A time to enjoy college life without anyone feeling sad.

I might be looking forward to this.

And the moment I’ve been dreaming of begins. But there’s something I’m worried about.

Bianca.

“Yes?”

Even if we go back in time and revive dead people like in a movie or cartoon.

Is there anything that would put your life at risk again or that would require sacrificing someone else’s life?

“Huh? There’s no way that could happen. The food Minjun ate. It’s not like you can somehow eat it just because you didn’t eat it.”

That’s right. What the heck. That was my favorite time machine movie. What a mess.

Anyway, Seoyeon is okay.

“Yes. You can consider the future where you get hit by a car and die as of now to be gone.”

thank god.

“Then. Minjun. What are you going to do now? You’ve regressed. What people only imagined every day has happened.”

Hmm… I’ll buy some Bitcoin first. I’ll save some money and then prepare for what’s going to happen next.

“Are you talking about suicide cases, gang rape cases, arson cases, etc?”

Yeah, it caused a lot of casualties.

“It’s really unfortunate. You are just and kind.”

Unfortunately?

Well. I’m the only one who knows what’s going to happen next. It’s something only I can do.

“If someone saw me, they wouldn’t know that I’ve been locked up in my room for 5 years.”

… Was this your original personality?

“That’s right. You know this. Just because you’ve regressed doesn’t mean you’re the strongest. You’re just a human who knows the future of Hannam,”

Maybe so. No. I will change. Because I have regressed. I will not live the same way as I did back then.

“Okay. Hehe.”

Come to think of it, I should thank you too. If it weren’t for you, none of this would have happened.

“Ah. Yes. I should be the one thanking you. Because you’ll help me.”

You’ll help me? I thought it wouldn’t be free. Please do anything for me. You’re my savior.

“Yes. I knew you’d say that, Minjun. Do you remember the terms of the contract?”

Terms of the contract?

“Yes. You made a contract with me before you committed suicide.”

I can’t remember. I guess I was in such a hurry that I didn’t hear.

“Hmm. I see. But still. Well. It’s not my fault that I don’t remember.”

Yes. What are the conditions?

“Follow my orders unconditionally.”

Ah… What is it? I thought it was a huge condition. It’s nothing. I’m invincible now.

What do you want? Money? Fame? A YouTube channel? Who will win the next World Cup?

“There’s no way I would need that.”

Right. But what is your identity? Are you a god?

“What do you think? Hehe. Now it’s like this. Now that I’ve granted your wish, it’s time for you to do my bidding.”

Suddenly, the tone of speech changed.

“There’s that girl over there next to you.”

“Seoyeon?”

“Have sex.”