episode_0007

“Uuuu….”

As the bell rang, signaling the end of the last class, I let out a low, cave-like voice.

The world in Miyeonsi, where you could only choose extracts to eat, has now become a reality and has begun to completely change into real life.

This means that I had to complete the entire eight-hour regular curriculum today.

In most games, cuts focusing on school classes were cut short to represent the heroines’ personalities.

For example, Hong Seol was the head of the leading department and a model student, so he attended classes diligently, while Park Ha Eun had other career paths and was more of a clumsy type, so she was seen dozing off or doing other things.

Just one cut. I remember copying and pasting the background and then just changing the characters so I could move on quickly.

No gamer would want to watch eight hours of regular training while playing Miyeonsi, so it would be a natural step.

But unfortunately, for me, this was a terrible reality. The torture, which started in the morning, continued until the sun crossed the sky and approached the ridge, and it was too harsh a punishment for someone like me, who had always been indifferent to studying, to endure.

Why, wasn’t there something like that in one of the previous articles? For the crime of being a student, I was trapped in a prison called a school, a prison called a classroom… (omitted below). I could say that this is a piece of writing that just represents my heart.

And the most frightening thing is that, as far as I know, today is Monday. In other words, I had to do this four more times to have a sweet weekend.

As I was lying on my stomach, shivering in despair and unable to get up, someone playfully poked my side.

How dare you stab Geum Taeyang in the side, who is suffering from despair as he is locked in a school prison for the crime of being a student… (hereinafter omitted 2). I don’t know who it is, but I will borrow Lee Ji-woon’s body to make him pay for his sins.

“Kyaaaa…!?”

I stood up like Superman to set an example to the guy who touched Geum Taeyang, who was in a fresh seaweed state, but what caught my eye was Geum Taeyang (Women.ver) Lee Ye-ji, who was startled and hit her butt.

As soon as I confirmed this, the anger that was burning immediately disappeared. Hmm, Yeji Lee could be like that. Because she was my one and only best friend, I couldn’t make her leave Lee Ji-woon’s side.

If he leaves, who will I talk to? Of all the people who approached me, the only one I could talk to was Yeji Lee, so she was a precious bond that should never be let go.

“Ouch… It hurts…”

“I didn’t mean to, I’m sorry. I’ll catch you first, so do you want to wake up?”

“Okay…! Anyway, I’m going to pretend to catch you like last time and then knock you over again!”

Yes, you definitely shouldn’t take the hand that Geumtaeyang extends to you. I saw it a lot in Hitomi. Once you catch that, your life changes in an instant.

But at this moment, I was not Geum Taeyang, but Lee Ye-ji’s best friend (self-proclaimed). That friend has fallen and is exposing a significant portion of her thighs. Shouldn’t we quickly help her up before others see her?

But honestly, if it was just the two of us, I would have liked to have watched it a little longer. Actually, my preference might have been tanned skin. With this, the area I can cover has increased by one more today. It’s a situation that I can’t help but be very proud of.

For now, I’m done with my thoughts, and I forcibly grabbed Yeji Lee’s hand and pulled her up.

“Kyaaaat…!?”

A sound similar to that of falling was heard, and Yeji Lee’s body was immediately raised. Perhaps because Lee Ji-woon’s body was not well adapted to her body, she had miscontrolled her strength, but Lee Ye-ji was almost leaning against my body.

“Mi, you must be crazy! Why is he so strong…!?”

“That’s right.. Because it’s Jiwoon Lee.”

I didn’t even know this guy was this strong. Wasn’t it normal for Geumtaeyang to be fooled and then get robbed like a combat power meter? At this level, it was questionable who would be able to rob Lee Ji-woon.

Anyway, as he was calmly spewing out sophistry, Lee Ye-ji’s expression asked, ‘What is this bastard?’ The feelings I wanted to have started to come out. It was a bonus to gradually widen the distance that had been close.

My heart hurt a little. We’re best friends… right…? Please tell me it’s true.

“Ah, anyway! After you finish, wait in front of the classroom! That’s what I came here to say.”

“In front of the classroom? Why?”

“Why, why did you do that so that we could go home together! Even if you are okay now, you never know when and where the aftereffects of a traffic accident will come, right? At least we need to make sure you get on the way home!”

Wow, is this the tsundere I only heard about? There was a lot of irritation in the tone of speech, but if you look back at each word, only words filled with consideration and altruism were listed appropriately.

Is this what a best friend is in this worldview? I take my friend home after being discharged from the hospital, and even though I grumble, I also worry and support him. To be honest, when I played as the main character, I thought she was just a badass MK.2, but in fact, Yeji Lee was more genuine than anyone else.

Because of this, it was inevitable that a secondary creation with the main character would appear. The producer made a mistake. If Yeji Lee had been added to the official route, sales would have doubled.

So try harder next time. Don’t get caught up in someone else’s game. You bastards.

Anyway, while I was thinking that, Yeji Lee had already left the classroom. Still, it seemed like they were trying to keep to the funeral time, and the faster pace was a bonus.

Look at me. Even though Geum Taeyang (Women.ver) behaves coldly, she is nice? As long as the child is good and grows up properly, it’s okay for him to dye his hair blonde, get a tan, and act like a bully. No rebuttal is accepted. Because I have decided to become Yeji Lee’s best friend from today.

“….Wow.”

So, could you please stop looking at me so persistently, Park Ha-eun?

From the moment I helped Yeji Lee up after she fell, her eyes widened as if she had seen some sort of unicorn, and it was really burdensome. Park Ha-eun, please go quickly and find love with your best friend, our main character Yoon Dong-gun. Please!

Yes, it’s coming to you right now. Your eternal best friend. A determined future. Our main character seems to have been an alpha male.

“Ha-eun. I’m on duty today, so I’m likely to be late, so let’s go first.”

“Hmm? huh! Sure, what!”

Hehe, damn it. Nothing works.

* * *

“So, she was just explaining to me why she fought with her boyfriend. But no matter how I look at it, it’s his fault, but he insists that it’s not his fault. So, what happened between the two…”

On my way home from school. The school and Lee Ji-woon’s house were located not that far away.

It’s just an ordinary commute to school. It’s close enough to take a car, but it’s an ambiguous distance that would take about 20 minutes to walk.

After attending school for the first time in a while, and going home with my friends, old memories came flooding back. A time when I was happy about small things and imagined a bright future awaiting me.

That child grew up to become an ordinary office worker struggling with student loans, and perhaps because of that, he always yearned for the past. I didn’t know that I would be able to experience the past indirectly through another person’s body, but it didn’t feel that bad. No, I should say that it is actually good.

Of course, that was before we heard Yeji Lee’s unstoppable Quick Mouse.

“So, Jiwoon, who do you think was at fault?”

“….well.”

“No no, listen!? Her boyfriend clearly told me that he would contact me sporadically because he was hanging out with his friend, but my friend got so upset because of that that he didn’t even reply to me for a day! Talking about your friends being more important than yourself!”

“Uh… okay. That’s too much, that friend…”

“Right, right!? See, am I right? Ugh, a girl like that has a boyfriend, so what am I doing? If I had a boyfriend, I wouldn’t have to sulk, get annoyed, or bother myself over such trivial things…”

It was Yeji Lee who was secretly looking at me while speaking. Is there an answer to something you are asking for? First of all, I didn’t have the confidence to shout out the correct answer, so I just watched the sunset with my eyes filled with sadness.

“….I’m really annoyed, Lee Ji-woon!!”

“Ugh.”

I tried to cover up the answer with the concept of a man with a story, but I failed and got stabbed in the side. In the meantime, Yeji Lee must have felt the hardness of my side, but she hesitated and grabbed the finger that had stabbed me.

“But.. hard…”

“That’s right.. Because it’s Jiwoon Lee.”

“Are you a doll that makes noises when you poke it? Always saying the same thing?”

That kind of life isn’t bad. A life where all you have to do is say the same thing when the owner stabs you without any worries.

I want to live like that for now, Yeji. How many times have I received words from you? How can you not break your mouth even for a second for the entire 20 minutes you arrive home?

I had a hard time meeting an unexpectedly strong enemy, but now that I had arrived home, it was time to say goodbye to Yeji Lee.

I’m sure he didn’t mean to come into the house and make fun of that mouth.

“Um… It’s been a while since I’ve been here, should I stop by for a while?”

What do you mean, Yeji Yeji… If you are truly Lee Ji-woon’s friend, you shouldn’t say something like that for the sake of this guy’s hearing health.

Plus, he’s a grown man, and by the way, he’s going to stop by Geumtaeyang’s house. It seemed that Yeji Lee desperately needed audio-visual education at Hitomi. The moment you enter the house of the Golden Sun, you will face what will happen with your eyes wide open.

“I’m a little tired today. Come next time.”

“…Really? Well then, there is nothing we can do. But as you said, I will definitely go next time, so just know that.”

Should this be taken as a declaration of war? I feel a strong will to capture your earholes at any cost.

Fortunately, Yeji Lee started walking toward her house. He was clearly a warm and kind guy at heart, but he kept getting attacked in unintended ways, which made his semicircular canals dizzy.

After briefly saying hello, I returned home, and the only thing that greeted me was the familiar silence. It was just the silence that I had felt even in this life and had become so damn familiar with.

“Even if I change my body, these parts are still the same.”

I threw the crossbag I was carrying on the floor and went straight to the sofa. At the same time, I turned on the TV and quietly closed my eyes. It was a fantastic collaboration created between Lee Ji-woon’s memories from his lifetime and my original tastes.

[This is news. Starting today, March 11, the law was officially revised to allow bigamy. Maybe that’s why citizens have been flocking to the district office since morning. Attention is being paid to the consequences of the law, which has been quite unusually changed by developed country standards…]

An announcer’s voice with a neat and hard texture was heard.

Ah, today is March 11th. Well, I just got possessed yesterday, so I guess it wouldn’t be possible without a concept of date.

They said the entrance ceremony would be held a week ago, so even if I were to guess, it would be around early March. If I give it a little more time, it will be around the middle of the year. There was no need to even check to make sure the date the announcer was talking about was clear.

But it’s March 11th… Why do I feel sick to my stomach as soon as I hear this date?

It seems like there was definitely something going on. As if it was a day when some kind of incident occurred.

“A. What does that have to do with me? ”

Trying to shake off my discomfort, I headed to the bathroom to take a shower. If you hit at least a stream of warm water, this uneasy feeling that you don’t know why will disappear.

As I threw my clothes on the floor, the first moment a stream of cold water hit my body.

“…Oh, that’s right. Fuck.”

A fragment that had been forgotten on the other side of my memory floated to the surface.

The most important event in the story. And, this is exactly what started to change one heroine’s life.

“Park Ha-eun.”

The main heroine, Park Ha-eun.

She gets into a serious car accident tonight.