#tsl123

- A thought I had months ago, even now.

How could Han Sooyung of the 1863rd sacrifice countless worldlines for one man?

Is it because Kim Dokja fully trusts, and aknowledges her existence? Is it because he saved her worldline and herself?

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“What if he didn’t get to read that novel… What will happen to him?”

“Pardon?”

If the ‘Ways of Survival’ didn’t start, then this world would not be destroyed.

However, what would happen to Kim Dok-Ja, instead?

“Uhm, hello?”

“……”

“Are you actually crying?”

...

“But, why are you crying?”

...

Han Su-Yeong dazedly stared at her own hands.

⸢”That novel saved me. So, I should pay my debt to its protagonist.”⸥

Just like how it was said:

Han Suyeong wrote that story.

Yu Junghyeok lived that story.

And, I read that very story.

The author portected the reader, and the reader protected the protagonist as the protagonist protected the story.

But I think, someone already came up with that so I just wanted to share what I thought of 😅

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There were plenty of scratches and cracks visible on it. Its past history of not sparing itself when trying to protect Kim Dok-Ja was left behind as fully-visible traces all over the wall.

⸢That great one must be protected.⸥

Why did this wall hide that sentence in the most secretive place of all?

⸢That is the last favour the god asked of me.⸥

In that very moment, Han Su-Yeong’s lips began trembling.

As pulsing migraine assaulted her, sentences above the wall flashed past her brain.

⸢”Hey.”

“Yes?”

“If, by chance, something happens to me, then you…”

“Please don’t say things like that.”

“If you really see me as your ‘god’, then….”⸥

A middle-aged man wearing a fedora was looking up at her with a committed, loyal look on his face.