"You're really going to save me, right? This isn’t a lie, right?
You’re not tricking me, are you?"
"What’s with all the chatter? Be quiet and follow me."
"Wait, you’re really tricking me, aren’t you? Is that true?"
"Yes, I’m really saving you, so just follow me."
"Wow, Grim Reaper sir, you’re the best! No changing your mind!!"
"Ugh... What kind of kid is this..."
"Hehe, sir, do you talk behind people’s backs?"
"...Yeah."
"Ah, Grim Reaper sir, I really don’t like you!!"
I already knew that I was dead at the age of 17 and that the last scene I saw wasn’t a pleasant one. I felt down and angry at the people from the afterlife, but I had already become somewhat familiar with the Grim Reaper, who kept talking to me.
"Sir, but you said you’re going to save me. How am I supposed to live? Everyone on the living side probably thinks I’m dead."
"I’ll reincarnate you into another body."
"Wait, really? Then what about the original owner of that body?"
"That person... their life ended, and they were supposed to come here, so only their body is left behind while their soul comes here."
"Wow... So, in other words, it's a soul swap?"
"It’s not a swap. Your body is dead."
"...I don’t get it. The afterlife’s laws are so frustrating and confusing."
"That’s why they say ignorance is bliss, kid."
"But I’m a curious high school student now, so I can’t help it..."
"...High school students in the living world are really strange."
"Hehe, sir, you’re talking behind people’s backs again!!"
"Yeah, I am."
"Ugh, I really hate you, sir!!"
I knew that I was feeling down because I had already died at 17, and the last scene I saw wasn’t a pleasant one. I was also angry at the people from the afterlife, but I had already grown familiar with the Grim Reaper who kept talking to me.
"Sir, but you said you’re going to save me. How will I live? Everyone on the living side probably thinks I’m dead."
"I’ll reincarnate you into another body."
"Wait, really? Then what about the original owner of that body?"
"That person... their life ended, and they were supposed to come here, so only their body is left behind while their soul comes here."
"Wow... So, in other words, it's a soul swap?"
"It’s not a swap. Your body is dead."
"...I don’t get it. The afterlife’s laws are so frustrating and confusing."
"So, ignorance is bliss, huh, kid?"
"But now that I’m a curious high school student, I just can’t help it..."
"...High school students in the living world are really weird."
"Hehe, sir, you’re talking behind people’s backs again!!"
"Yeah, I am."
"Ugh, I really hate you, sir!!"
Finally, we arrived in a place surrounded by a white background, and there was one door with light shining through it. I couldn’t tell which way was up, down, left, or right.
"Once you go through here, the life you’ve lived will flash before your eyes like a movie reel, and when you come to, you’ll be reincarnated in a different body."
"...I’m really going to come back to life?"
"Yes, you’ll really come back to life. It was short, but it was fun, kid. Live well."
"Sir, if I die again, we’ll meet again, right? Though, I’d rather not see you again!"
"Yeah, I don’t want to see you either. Go on."
In the end, Yeojoo and the Grim Reaper waved goodbye with smiles, and Yeojoo, standing in front of the door, took a few deep breaths, looking nervous.
"Alright... Yeojoo, you’re coming back to life... a new life..."
With that, Yeojoo finally made up her mind and stepped forward.
"Hello, what’s your name?"
"Yeojoo! Hi, we met again today?"
"Yeojoo, we must be at the same school, amazing!!"
Kim Yeojoo~
What kind of existence were you to me, that I spent more than half of my life’s memories with you?
"Hey, Jeong Yeojoo, focus!!"
"Huh? Huh??"
"The teacher is calling you!!"
"Ah, yes!!"
"What's the number that goes in this blank, Jeong Yeojoo?"
"Uh... s-six?"
"Yes, correct. Now, sit down."
"What were you thinking, spacing out like that?"
"Ah... nothing..."
Wait a second... The name of the owner of this body is Jeong Yeojoo, right?
Jeong Yeojoo... Jeong Yeojoo... that name feels familiar...
Jeong... Yeojoo...!!
I remember now... the person in my class... the one at the bottom of the school rankings... but with a pretty face... Is this the one who died? So, I ended up in her body?
"That can’t be...!"
Grim Reaper, if I meet you again, I’ll kill you...
You gave me the body of the school’s top student, and now I’m in the body of the worst student... it’s too cruel...
On top of that, she hated me because she was compared to me...
Wait, Jeong Yeojoo and I were in the same class, so...
"Then, this problem..."
"Should we have Soobin come up and solve it?"
"...Yes."
Could it be true? I’m in the same class as Choi Soobin?
If it’s true, I’m definitely doomed...