| I came back to my previous life |
I remember my past life.
I had everything: a luxurious home, wealth, and even great meals, but I wasn't happy and my life didn't last long. I died at the age of seventeen and was reborn as the person I am today.
My past life was vastly different from the world I live in now. Instead of a president, there was an emperor, and the concept of equality was based on a caste system. A world where cell phones, a modern-day necessity, were unimaginable. I felt more absurd and bewildered by the sudden change in my world than by my rebirth.
I am currently twenty-two years old, and people are creatures of adaptation.
I've been in this world since I was a baby, so my head was complicated, but I somehow grew up normally and accepted it. Now, I have a crazy lover.
After living this long, I sometimes wonder if my past life was just a long dream before I was born.
_
But I guess that wasn't the case. It was too vivid to be a dream.
Still, I wish it was just a dream.
"Taehyung. Haven't you seen Jungkook?"
- "Jeonggugi? You're probably home now, aren't you?"
"No... Huh? Jungkook called me. Hang up!"
I quickly hung up Taehyung's call and answered Jeongguk's call. He said he was waiting for me at home today, but where did he go?
"Hello? Where are you now, Jungkook?"
Chijik -
- " ..my lady, I - "
Chijijik -
What? Why are the calls disconnecting like this? Hearing the unsettling sound, I asked Jungkook where he was.
- " - .... - I don't know..." Chijik -
"What? You don't know?"
A voice came faintly over the phone, accompanied by an unintelligible static. Then, a relatively clear sound followed. It was a long time ago, but I'd heard it so many times I knew it. It was the sound of horseshoes. The sound of horseshoes? I hadn't even been to a riding stable. That's ridiculous. I must have misheard. I heard a rustling sound, then a strange noise. Then, finally, I heard Jeongguk's clear voice.
- "I don't know where this is, lady."
You don't know where it is? Jungkook wasn't the type to play around like this. He wasn't the type to walk a path he'd walked hundreds of times and end up somewhere he didn't even know. For no reason, an ominous aura washed over me.
It's possible that Jeongguk just got lost, or that he had an unexpected accident. That's the most common thought. For a moment, I let my imagination run wild. Yeah, that's what it is.
"What's going on? What do you see around you, Jungkook?"
- "...trees...forest."
- "But heroine. Something feels strange right now? The atmosphere feels like it's from another world.
How can I go see you? My phone is almost dead. "
- "Am I going to die here like this? Haha"
Why does he say such scary things so casually?
"Stop talking nonsense and move around a bit. Can't you see anything else in the forest?"
- "I heard you whining earlier! But it will be quiet again soon."
"...Why is that horse there?"
Was that really true? Why are there words? My head is getting more complicated.
- "Ugh... Seriously, why am I saying this? No, but listen. First of all, it's weird that I'm here. ㅠㅜ I was just walking home, but then all of a sudden, the location changed like a background."
"Does that make sense?"
I can't believe it. No, actually, I believe what Jeongguk says, but the fact that I was reborn doesn't make sense in the first place, so I believe most things.
But now I don't want to believe it. What if it's true? The location has changed? I have no idea what this means. I've never doubted my own mind in my life, but now, even if you hit me on the head, I wouldn't know.
Oh, I really want to cry. All kinds of fantastical elements come to mind.
Even a country that lived in fantasy would not be able to grasp this situation.
- "I'll move first. If I stay here, I'll really starve to death."
Beep -
"What is it? What is it?"
The phone hung up. It was so confusing. Why can't my life be this smooth? I wanted to curse, but I held it back. It hadn't even been a week since I decided to stop cursing. What if Jungkook can't get out of there? What if that call was our last? My head was spinning and I was dizzy. Who would play these tricks on me because they thought my life would be boring? It really was a fantasy life, so different from others.
Since nothing will be solved by just staying at home, I have to go out. I have to go out and look for traces of Jungkook or do something.
I put on comfortable sneakers and opened the front door.
The moment I tried to step outside, my vision became blurry and my body tilted.
In a word, he collapsed.
For no reason.
Seriously, what the hell is this situation? It's fucking ridiculous..