We had already finished watching the playback a few minutes ago and we were discussing what we should do.
"So...theres like 21 hours and 46 minutes left till we have to finish the scenario...kinda long since we have like what...one station then its Chungmuro..." Bori deadpanned, glancing at her scenario window.
We all looked at Erina who was lying down on my lap.
"We should sleep."
We didnt know if we would have time to rest later when we reach Chungmuro so it was best to rest now.
"Okay but i dont think its safe to just sleep...like its kinda suspicious. Why would whoever's controlling these scenarios give us a day to do this? It's been a breeze so far." Dae-hyun countered, furrowing his eyebrows.
We all agreed with Dae-hyun and after a quick discussion, we decided that we would take turns to watch over the rest while they were sleeping. We decided that we should only sleep for around 9 hours and me, Bori and Dae-hyun would take turns, so 3 hours each. After a ... heated argument, we decided that Dae-hyun would watch over us first (he had already slept on the way here- he had taken a 4 hr flight from wherever he was before to come here), then I would take over, followed by Bori. If either Bori or I were tired, we would just wake Dae-Hyun up.
Ping!
A box suddenly appeared out of no where.
We all quickly checked our scenario messages.
[Constellation, "Prisoner of the Golden Headband" and "The Eternal Oasis" have gifted Incarnations [Na Bori], [Hwang Hyun-Jae], [Lee Jihye], [Seo Dae-hyun], [Erina] and [Kim Hae-ran] a box of objects!]
My eyes widened.
"Thank youuuuu!" We all said, smiling gratefully as we opened the box. My jaw almost dropped when I saw what was inside. There were 5 adult sleeping bags and a child-sized one, along with 6 bottles of water.
[Constellation, "Prisoner of the Golden Headband" and "The Eternal Oasis" say that that's the most they could do for the time being.]
"It means a lot to us thank you so much" Bori squealed as she started to open the sleeping bags.
Everyone except for Dae-hyun got into our sleeping bags and soon, I too, fell asleep.
6 years ago (Hae-ran is 12)
"fucking bitch!"
Why.
"useless"
i know.
"you're so stupid"
is it obvious?
I grabbed a fistful of my hair as I leaned against the bathroom door, sobbing.
Why?
WhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhyWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY?
why am i alive
why
i..i dont understand
"awww have you finally figured it out?" a voice rang out.
what? who are you?
My breaths came out faster as I shakily tried to stand up.
No reply.
then....
"Honestly, why are you still alive? you're useless. no one likes you? ha! you really think ANYONE will care if you die?"
I caught my breath, tears dripping down my face as I glanced around, before my eyes fell onto something.
"Go on. No one will care. No one ever did. take it. take it take it take it take it take it take it GO ON GO ON GO ON HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA"
The original whispers of the voice turned into screams, mixing with my own as I tried to make it stop.
stopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitSTOPPLEASEGOAWAYSTOPITMAKEITSTOPGETOUTFUCKOFFSTOPITGOAWAYGOAWA-
My trembling hand reached out, making me flinch slightly as it came into contact with the cold object.
no one...no one will care right? RIGHT?
I held the object in my right hand, bringing it down slowly onto my left arm.
nothing's stopping me...so why...why am I hesitating?
I winced slightly as the razor came into contact with my arm.
"why are you complaining? stop being so selfish. Havent you ever thought about how there are people that have it worse than you? selfish brat."
it was right...i ... i really do deserve this...
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fuck
I dropped the razor, using my right hand to push up my fringe as i leant against the bathroom wall, sobs racking my body.
"weak."
stop it
go away
go bother someone else
i
i cant
please
sto-
"-ran? HAE RAN?"
Now (present time)
"HAE-RAN!"
I slowly opened my eyes. Dae-hyun's worried face hovering above me. "Are you okay? You were crying..." He told me as he helped me to sit up.
I used my right hand to touch my face, a little surprised at the wetness I felt.
"What happened?"
[Constellation, "Light of Foliar Incision" is worried for his incarnation.]
"...Nothing big...just a bad dream" I replied, smiling sadly at Dae-hyun as I folded my sleeping bag and placed it in my Inventory (the skill). I doubted that I would be able to sleep after that....
Dae-hyun frowned before telling me, "Okay so uhm...I already did this for nearly 3 hr but you're not...uhm so I'm gonna conti-"
"Nahh, it's okay. You rest first, I'm not that tired anymore." I cut him off, noticing how he looked like he was about to yawn every few seconds.
"Okay thanks! By the way, when i was 'protecting' yall, there were a few ground rats so be careful." He informed me before taking out his sleeping bag.
Ground rats?
"Mhm." I nodded before wishing him a good rest.
A few minutes later, everyone (except for me) was sleeping.
I sighed to myself, shaking my head before opening my skills.
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[Ally's List]: Allows the user to input names into a list. These people will be counted as Ally's and will not be affected by [Moonlight Sonata].
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I quickly added Dae-hyun, Erina, Hyun-Jae, Jihye and Bori. I didn't want to add Dokja yet because he seemed a bit too suspicious. I also held back on adding Joonghyuk because even though he MIGHT be Dokja's boyfriend, their relationship seemed a little....anyways I haven't even met him before so...
I checked my attributes window again.
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[ATTRIBUTE WINDOW]
Name: Kim Hae-Ran
Age: 18
Sponsor: Light of Foliar Incision
Supporting Sponsor (1): The Eternal Oasis
Supporting Sponsor (2): The Librarian of Fables
Supporting Sponsor (3): Demon-like Judge of Fire
Stigma(s): [Moonlight Sonata], [Song of Words], [Hell Flames Ignition]
Personal Attributes: [Survivor Lv.???], [Saviour of the Corrupted Lv.???]
Personal Skills: [Inventory Lv.2], [Interspecies Communication Lv.1], [Ally's list Lv.MAX], [This or that Lv.MAX], [Lie Detection Lv.1], [Poker Face Lv.1]
Overall Stats: [Stamina Lv.10] [Strength Lv.6] [Agility Lv.11] [Mana Lv.5]
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I almost choked at the sight of my dismal stats. I had enough coins right....? nearly 35k...should be enough. I shrugged my shoulders, before levelling everything up to an even 13. But now.....
[Coins in possession: 16482]
It...it was so little....
I should farm coins.
I quickly opened the dokkaebei bag, trying to find that one....
Aha!
[Skill: Shield -> able to protect a certain amount of people from physical harm until skill is turned off. (8 at level one) Cost: 20000 coins]
It was quite cheap but...I didn't have enough.
Ping!
[Constellation, "Light of Foliar Incision" has sponsored you 5000 coins]
A smile appeared on my face. "Thank you~"
I purchased the shield and placed it around the group.
And now Im broke....
[Coins in possession: 1482]
[Constellation, "The Librarian of Fables" sponsors you 5000 coins and says that there are enemies approaching you.]
Another thank you was given.
Right on time.
I smirked to myself, pulling out Yingxing from my inventory.
Time to farm coins and check out my skills i guess.
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[ATTRIBUTE WINDOW]
Name: Kim Hae-Ran
Age: 18
Sponsor: Light of Foliar Incision
Supporting Sponsor (1): The Eternal Oasis
Supporting Sponsor (2): The Librarian of Fables
Supporting Sponsor (3): Demon-like Judge of Fire
Stigma(s): [Moonlight Sonata], [Song of Words], [Hell Flames Ignition]
Personal Attributes: [Survivor Lv.???], [Saviour of the Corrupted Lv.???]
Personal Skills: [Inventory Lv.2], [Interspecies Communication Lv.1], [Ally's list Lv.MAX], [This or that Lv.MAX], [Lie Detection Lv.1], [Poker Face Lv.1], [Mana Bullet Lv.1]
Overall Stats: [Stamina Lv.13] [Strength Lv.13] [Agility Lv.13] [Mana Lv.13]
Coins in possession: 6482
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A/N: Im not that satisfied with this chapter... I might edit it in a few days idk...anw from now on i'll put hae-rans attribute window+coins in possession at the end of each chapter so i dont have to keep on referring to chapter 5 for the attribute window...have a great day!
(also rewritten version of chapter 1 will be out soon)
edit 25/3/24: im acc so dispappointed in myself??? in the first part I FORGOT TO ADD ERINA IN THE LIST OH MY GOD