Chapter 355
The expressions of the party members changed at my words . Jung Heewon's eyes were wide while Lee Jihye looked confused . Lee Hyunsung had big eyes . Finally, Shin Yoosung . . .
「 Kim Dok ja has the wrong id ea . 」
The Fourth Wall was heard in my head .
「 It isn't too la te now . 」
I didn't know if it was the will of the Fourth Wall or the weak part of my mind . The Fourth Wall reflected my feelings to some extent so both might be true . Either way, this time I made a decision .
"I know it is hard to understand my words . " I had to tell this story to the group of people . "I'll slowly explain it from the beginning . "
I talked for a long time . One day, the novel I was reading became reality . In that story, I met them . I didn't tell them the whole story but at the same time, I didn't lie .
I knew about the group members before I met them . I didn't speak properly about the fact that I knew the future . I monopolized information alone and deceived people . I spoke about all of it . It was as if I was bringing out the old darkness .
A little further away from the party, Han Sooyoung was staring at me with a frown . I understood her feelings . It was the same with Han Sooyoung of the 1863rd round .
However, I couldn't live like Han Sooyoung . This story should be done properly . To move forward properly, some stories must be communicated . Someday . . . just as Yoo Jonghyuk .
「 I am a regressor . 」
Maybe Yoo Jonghyuk also felt like me . He knew the future, experienced the same story again and again and met the party members in countless rounds . Then . . . he sent them away . I could
understand Yoo Jonghyuk's feelings when he poured out the story without any tricks .
" . . . Thus, I brought you here . "
My story was over . Yet no one opened their mouths after the story was over . It wasn't that they didn't understand my story . It was a long story that even a young child could comprehend . Nevertheless, the party members didn't speak .
I bowed and continued . "I want to sincerely apologize to all of you . I'm really sorry to only be telling you this now . "
I wanted to know . What was the group thinking? What were they feeling? Even so, I didn't use Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint . In this situation, it really would be a deception if I read them using this skill .
I wanted to use my own strength without relying on any skills . I wanted to believe that whatever they thought and felt inside, the actions they chose was really their decision .
I slowly looked up and met Lee Jihye's eyes . Lee Jihye's eyes were red . The moment I saw these eyes, I suddenly realized something . I already knew these eyes .
「 "Then Master knew all of the future . . . " 」
They were exactly the same as when Lee Jihye heard Yoo Jonghyuk's story . Lee Jihye slowly opened her mouth . "Then until now, you knew all about the future . . . "
As if the original character was reading the given script, Lee Jihye spoke . I also responded to her like there was a script .
「 "That's right . " 」
"Yes . "
Lee Jihye gritted her teeth and told me, "Then now . . . why are you telling us this?"
The wounded Sword Demon was furious . I read the original novel and could predict what she would say .
「 "What the hell are we to you?" 」
Lee Jihye's shoulders trembled slightly as she bowed her head . The situation that followed continued to flow in my mind . Lee Jihye would pull out her sword and might attack me because she couldn't suppress her anger .
There were many such occasions in the original novel . However, Lee Jihye chose a way that I didn't expect at all . "Let's say that you knew the future . "
" . . . "
"It was all planned and Ahjussi used us for your purpose . Let's say we are characters of that damn Ways of Survival and everything is set!" Lee Jihye was crying, watching me while biting her pallid lips . "Then . . . why did you throw your life away for us so many times?"
I saw the tears falling down her cheeks and tried to open my mouth several times . It was an unexpected question . It was because it was unexpected that I couldn't answer . . .
"Answer me! If we are really characters in a fictional novel, why did you die for us over and over?"
It was a question that I couldn't answer with the Ways of Survival that I read .
[The 'Fourth Wall' is shaking violently . ]
Lee Jihye wiped her eyes and hit my shoulder as she walked past me . Jung Heewon hurriedly chased after her .
" . . . Dokja-ssi, we'll talk later . "
Shin Yoosung hesitated as she stared at me helplessly before following after Jung Heewon . Lee Hyunsung had blank eyes as he walked out of the room with a bowed head .
The only ones remaining were Han Sooyoung, Lee Seolhwa and Lee Gilyoung . Lee Gilyoung was staring at me with complicated eyes while Lee Seolhwa bowed her head like she was shocked . Han Sooyoung patted Lee Seolhwa's back and snapped at me . "Kim Dokja, leave for a while . "
***
A hospital room . I gazed at my mother's sleeping face . I visited the hospital room in the interlude because the party members didn't return after a long time .
Since the last major surgery, my mother slept like this all day . She had shaded eyes and haggard cheeks . I peered at my mother's face and was reminded of a time when I visited her in prison . What did my mother think when her son visited her and only talked about a novel?
"Your expression is dark . "
" . . . You are awake?"
"I woke up from the moment you entered . "
It was a voice that didn't contain any energy . I dragged a matted blanket up and covered my mother's neck . My mother smiled faintly . "It is good to almost die . My son is taking care of me . "
"Get better quickly . "
"Talk to me . Anything is fine . "
I struggled for a moment before opening my mouth . "In the 154th round of Ways of Survival, Yoo Jonghyuk brought up the story of his regression with the party members . . . "
"Did you talk to the group about Ways of Survival?"
"How do you know?"
My mother stretched out her bony hand and grabbed mine . "You thought they would blame you . You thought they would feel deceived and ask why you hid the information . "
"It didn't happen like that . "
"You don't know how to seek forgiveness . "
I silently nodded .
-Answer me! If we are really characters in a fictional novel, why did you die for us over and over?"
Lee Jihye's voice was revolving in my ears .
My mother said, "It isn't up to you to decide if it is a matter to forgive . "
"Then . . . "
"Maybe the person behind you can tell you . "
I turned my head and saw Jung Heewon standing at the door of the hospital room . I excused myself and left the hospital room .
Jung Heewon scratched her cheeks and suggested, "Shall we take a walk?"
We walked down the corridor of the hospital wing . It was a simple corridor where no decorations could be found . It seemed to be Yoo Jonghyuk's taste . . . this guy had been tinkering with the Factory in the last three years . In fact, the end of this corridor contained the hospital room where Yoo Jonghyuk was lying .
Jung Heewon looked out the window and opened her mouth first . "Thank you . . . for telling me . "
I didn't know how much Jung Heewon had been troubled before saying this . It was worse because I couldn't see her face . The party members could be seen outside the window . Lee Gilyoung and Shin Yoosung were bickering while Lee Hyunsung and Lee Seolhwa comforted Lee Jihye .
"Everyone will be fine . Jihye will take a bit of time but . . . "
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