'…Really, doing something unlike me.'
A man briefly muttered while clenching and unclenching his hand as if he couldn't believe the current situation.
Is it because his existence was strongly imprinted in her mind thanks to fighting together with Yoo Joonghyuk?
Or is it because he, who was one of the parts different from the knowledge she knew like Kang Yuhyeon, bothered her?
Honestly speaking, he wasn't sure either. Just a gamble thrown with eyes closed, wondering if it would work or not.
However, the coin thrown high into the sky fell to the ground showing heads, and the winner of that coin toss was himself.
"Suddenly, why…?!"
"Kim Dokja, Kim Dokjaaa—!!"
Kim Dokja looked at a woman with a satisfied smile.
[Exclusive skill, 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint' Stage 3 activates.]
['1st Person Supporting Role Viewpoint' has activated.]
Leaving behind the screams of Yoo Joonghyuk and Lee Seolhwa, Kim Dokja began to calmly assess the current situation.
It was almost a really big trouble.
It's a relief she sent monsters instead of stepping forward herself. If not, countless more people would have died beyond Lee Jihye, Kim Namwoon, and Lee Hyunsung.
'Now…, what should I do about this.'
The pincer attack with Yoo Joonghyuk wasn't very effective. Nor was the subsequent coordination of companions.
If the confrontation continues here any further, it will surely lead to a disastrous defeat for both him and his companions.
Therefore, right now, he had to do only 'what only he could do'.
「Cannot accept.」
「Then what am I? What about the times I lived?」
「With what can my regression turn be compensated?」
What Kim Dokja wanted wasn't just simply seeing the conclusion of the scenario.
A conclusion different from the direction thought by 'tls123', the author of 'Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World' he had read so far.
Realizing that conclusion is his goal.
Therefore, he will save her. The Shin Yoosung of this world line.
「That won't happen.」
"Kuhup…?!"
Also, he will save this one too. The Shin Yoosung of another world line.
"Who on earth are you? Get out of inside me—!!"
「I can't do that.」
But that was just his wish and desire. It wasn't something he could do alone.
Such difficult, dangerous, and overwhelming work was not for supporting roles like others, nor for a reader like himself.
"Kang, Yuhyeon…!!"
"Oppaaaa—!!"
Because it was solely the job of the protagonist.
Then, what should a reader like himself do?
What can a reader who merely reads the story already written do?
The answer is simple.
"Kuhup…!!"
"…This bastard!"
"Why, whyyyyy—!!"
Just imagine.
If the development goes this way, how will the ending change?
If the development changes this way, how will the story flow?
-Pajijik…!!
-Rattle….
""…Th, this is?""
This place is a world made of a story written by a certain author. And he is the sole reader who read that world to the end.
Wouldn't the god of this world look at his earnest wish once. Just once?
'…Please, I hope it goes well.'
Thinking so, Kim Dokja quietly closed his eyes.
'…Th, this is?'
When Shin Yoosung opened her eyes, she was in the middle of a city downtown.
Buildings soaring high into the sky were full of cracks, the surroundings were filled with stench, and selfishness, jealousy, hostility, and killing intent were widespread in the middle of such a downtown.
'…This is, my memory.'
Did the owner of that voice echoing in her head possess a hallucination-type skill?
Thinking he was a bad guy, Shin Yoosung clicked her tongue and started walking forward slowly.
Walking, walking, and walking again. Finally standing in front.
[Dream Light Orphanage]
In front of a shabby orphanage.
According to her memory, she would struggle to find things inside this orphanage.
A blanket that might help survive the cold night. Canned food responsible for today….
-Rustle, rustle….
It's utterly pathetic.
All these actions are meaningless anyway.
Anyway, later, she will meet a terribly lonely man and hell will begin.
Did she really have to struggle to live? Did she have to try so hard?
Really, foolish—
-Kwa-a-a-ang—!!!
—Huh?
"H, hiiiik…!!!"
"…A child?"
"Ah, aaah. Aaaaaah…."
A unique light entered Shin Yoosung's eyes which were full of emptiness.
Surely this wouldn't have happened. The one she meets here should be 'him', not 'this man'.
Why? Was her memory wrong? No, that can't be. Then this is.
'Was it not my memory from the beginning?'
Then whose memory is this?
Whose memory on earth is it? Whose memory on earth is it that can think of this man, who is terribly lonely and resentful like that man, so warmly?
'…Don't tell me, this is.'
A possibility vaguely came to her mind.
Just before the electric current covering her whole body and the dazzling flash burst, there was one more person in that place besides the owner of the voice echoing in her head.
That is exactly….
'Me of another world line.'
Herself walking a different path from herself.
Herself who will meet a different ending from herself.
Herself relying on a different person from herself.
-Rattle….
At that moment, a sound like a projector running is heard.
If 'herself' before hearing that sound was an actor appearing in a movie, this time she was an audience watching that movie.
A painfully quiet, but somewhat warm-feeling movie theater.
She thought she would be alone, but for some reason, Shin Yoosung wasn't alone there.
"Heu, heuk. Uuuuu…."
"…."
At the sniffling sound coming from somewhere, Shin Yoosung turned her head to the right.
There, the appearance of a girl wiping falling tears with her small two hands caught her eye.
Short brown hair that looks golden at a glance, without bangs. Good and cute impression and chubby cheeks.
Yes, this was 'me'. Not 'me', but 'me walking a different path'.
"Too, too sad…. How, hooooow…."
"…."
Just as she became the subject of memories of herself from another world, did this child also become the subject of her memories?
Surely the memories she remembers would be too painful for this tiny child to endure.
-Swish….
Shin Yoosung reached out her hand.
It wasn't that she changed her mind. She still hates Yoo Joonghyuk and hates him enough to want to kill him.
Although she doesn't wish for it, she will appeal her injustice to the Star Stream by becoming a Disaster destroying this world.
…However.
'Just for now, I want to comfort her.'
'Herself' who is crying so sadly, 'herself' who is suffering so much.
-Rattle rattle….
"…Suddenly, what is this."
What on earth is this situation.
Surely the guy was in an extreme state of excitement enough to kill Shin Yoosung.
However, when intense sparks burst around suddenly, the guy calmed down and soon withdrew all Magic Power and knelt.
Did she lose consciousness? Suddenly at one moment? Simultaneously with Shin Yoosung at that?
While frowning and trying to understand the inexplicable situation—
"Kang Yuhyeon!"
—The only one who could explain this situation ran towards him with his white coat fluttering.
Also.
"I'll kill you, Kim Dokja—!!!"
Chased by a crazy guy running wild with a sword.
"This is…, what?"
"Did the Disaster of Destruction…, fall?"
"Hyung! What on earth happened!?"
It seemed Kim Dokja's companions couldn't understand this situation either.
"…What, dying and coming back to life just to end so futilely?"
"No. Maybe it's not over yet."
"…Well. It's too quiet to say that…."
Yoo Joonghyuk, his companions were the same too.
So now about to hear the explanation from hi—
"…Oppa!"
It was at that moment. A familiar voice came from behind.
Just when I was about to turn around immediately and shift my gaze to the owner of the voice.
-Hug….
First, that guy hugged me on her own accord.
"…Surely your neck must have been grabbed."
"I'm okay. What about Oppa?"
"No problem."
Saying so, I pushed that child's shoulders slightly.
An emotional reunion doesn't suit my personality, and I'm not in the mood for it either, but for now—
"…Shin Yoosung."
"Why? No, maybe you didn't call me…."
"No. Heard correctly."
—This side was the priority.
"…Really? Then, I roughly know why you called."
Saying so, Shin Yoosung smiled faintly for some reason.
What was more incomprehensible was that there was a mix of relief and peace, etc., in her atmosphere.
"Do as you wish."
"What does that mean."
"Exactly what it means. It doesn't matter how you kill me. Whether you slice me finely like vegetables on a chopping board, or cut my throat at once, it doesn't matter."
"…Okay. I will. Before that."
"Before that?"
"Let me ask one thing. Why?"
Seemingly slightly flustered by my words, Shin Yoosung pondered a little, then continued speaking.
Somewhat.
"Just. Now, whatever it is, it seems meaningless."
Like 'Shin Yoosung'.
"It's not that I forgot those people who became my support while living through countless long years. Nor did I forget the resentment towards that person who drove those people to death. But…."
"But?"
"…At least in front of you, I don't want to be like that. Something like that."
"…."
-Whooosh….
A cold wind covered me and Shin Yoosung.
But for some reason, the chill felt suddenly all over the body didn't seem to be just because of the wind.
-Ta-da-da-dak…!!
"Oppa."
"…Shin Yoosung."
"…Please don't kill her. Surely this person is a bad person…, a person who tried to harm us…."
Because I saw a tiny child trying to protect someone from that chill.
"…So, so that. Soooo…."
"…Why, do you treat me like that…."
Because two children with different circumstances, appearances, personalities, times, and memories all came into view.
"…."
"…!!"
I closed my eyes slowly and concluded.
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