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People change easily

…I'm sleepy. If I was going to toss and turn anyway, I should've just been a little more lazy and slept in. I'm so tired I could die from running out after barely four hours of sleep.

Where did you run off to? The dorm. Of course, that doesn't mean I planned my escape from school early, which was supposed to happen a week later. I just thought that building up a bad student image with the teachers would make expulsion a little easier.

Actually, I was just going to be late and move on, but unfortunately, the class was in ancient script, so I ended up skipping school without permission.

Of all things, it had to be ancient script. Of all things! If it had been pharmacy, I would have attended class diligently and faithfully. I'm a diligent student, and Han Ye-hwa is also a diligent student.

I walked briskly along the forest path, wearing thin slippers that felt almost barefoot and a thin pair of wool pajamas. The insides of both my palms felt tingly.

In his left hand, he held Professor Gong's pen and notebook, which he'd borrowed the moment he landed here. In his right, he clutched tightly at Park Jimin's cold necklace, making it seem as if he'd been stabbed by the dangling metal pieces that adorned its exterior.

Hey, what's the big deal? For now, I'll just walk, enjoying the feeling of the soft grass gently caressing my feet.

I had a lot to think about. How should I leave Tivrua? Should I go to Mazepa, Soldo, or Glass Island? Should I head to Ruia, the southernmost point of Tivrua?

한예화

… So where the hell is Soldo? How far away is he from Tiburua… No, where is Mazepa in the first place!

Yeah, I'm not that good at geography. I've never really won a capital city quiz, not even three times! But this place is even divided into empires, continents, and provinces!

Soldo and Yuri Island are not part of any country (like Jeju Island in Korea), they are just countries. Like Japan.

Ugh, profit. Damn cities. Why did they even become independent when they're so small?

As I was walking slowly, I suddenly felt an unbearable tingling sensation in my palm. It wasn't so much a tingling sensation as a stabbing pain. "Miss, what's wrong?"

한예화

Aaah, hot! What the!

I spread my arms. Yes, they were definitely open. Then, the necklace chain that had been wrapped perfectly around my wrist suddenly snapped into place, as if being pulled toward the mirror next to me.

The mirror wasn't filled with water, so I didn't hear any splashing or splashing sounds, but I knew something was off. Without even thinking, I jumped into the mirror.

한예화

No, don't take my necklace, you bastard!

Bubble bubble. It's as if the mirror has become carbonated water. It's not boiling, but it feels like the water is compromising and saying, "Hey, let's hit that thing!"

Now my whole body is tingling. Ugh, ah, uh, what's going on? This!

As I lay still, my body began to move on its own. Suddenly, backgrounds appeared on the blank mirrored wall, and people began to pass by.

한예화

What, what is this? What is going on?

My back slumped with a thud, and the desk overturned. What the heck! A desk?! Aren't I in the mirror?

Just like the bullying scene in a teen drama I recently watched, I collapse on the floor in my school uniform shirt and tie (prettier than my school's).

한예화

It hurts, what are you doing!

엑스트라

The mouth is wide, you bitch. I told you to speak nicely, didn't I? Huh?

A short girl with short brown hair—a hairstyle that looked like it might have been popular in the old days, like Cyworld—kicked me.

엑스트라

I'm telling you to step on this girl~ If my brother sees this girl, he'll be pissed because she still goes to our middle school. Hey, where did Subi go!

What the heck? What the hell is that kid? It feels like a fantasy, but the sensation is so unfamiliar, I naturally lifted my hand... Huh, huh?

My twin sisters won't move. I'm clearly trying to move my arms, but they won't move. My voice... won't come out! What's going on?

Come to think of it, Han Ye-hwa's hair is a bit shorter than usual. It's closer to a short cut than a bob? It's incredibly short, short... short. Ugh. The color is light, and it's roughly cut, as if someone had ripped it off. I almost thought I wasn't Han Ye-hwa.

엑스트라

Subi! Where have you been? Did you hear me just now telling you to kill this guy?

A girl with soft, wavy silver hair (she was very short) slowly approached the bully. "What, a bunch of punks? Am I prettier than you?"

But if I look closely, I think I've seen that silver-haired kid somewhere...

엑스트라

...Hilia, do you really have to push someone to this point? If you hit him a little more, it might be dangerous. That boy came to me when I was a kid,

엑스트라

Hey, Soobin. Don't you know we're watching you right now? If you want to get on your knees and eat the whole Sepham like last time, then do so.

A short, brown-haired girl named Hilia nudges the head of a smaller, silver-haired Soubi.

Oh, so this is the food chain of school violence? The victim becomes the perpetrator, the perpetrator becomes the victim, and then there's a final perpetrator, like some Brahman hierarchy...

Let's just quit. The situation I was in was the most important to me. At least, it wasn't the boring class content.

I tried my best to move my body as much as possible. To speak, to even lift a finger!

Okay, Han Ye-hwa. Come to your senses. When I was in middle school… no, even though I'm here, it's still middle school. So, I'm thinking about that thread about how to break scissors I read back when I was living in Korea.

First, take a deep breath. Feel the air filling your lungs, the feeling of pushing air into your lungs!

한예화

Ugh,

Okay, I guess there's no restriction on breathing. Now, next…

한예화

…Ugh!

엑스트라

Hey, look at this kid! If I had a pictor, I would have recorded this kid's face! He's just not naturally talented.

Hilia kicked me hard in the stomach. The pain wasn't quite as intense as it was that day, but my stomach felt like it had been hit, throbbing and breaking.

한예화

Ah, ugh, ugh.

As I was bending over and struggling, a girl named Hilia bowed her head towards me.

엑스트라

That's why I shouldn't have acted like that. Who the hell would a cursed bitch with F-class abilities dare to touch?

I was so angry that my throat felt like it was burning. What was I saying? I was just an extra who didn't even appear in the film. What was I saying?

And why do these guys always stick to the same pattern? Is the only thing they're arguing about that they harassed a boy? If you two are dating, I'll admit it.

한예화

Me, me… Ugh, who did I touch? Hilia.

Hilia didn't answer, but instead ordered Soobi to force me back to my knees. I was in a position I didn't want to be in, breathing heavily. I was getting extremely frustrated. My blood pressure was rising, and I could feel it rising. It was getting to the point where I couldn't even breathe.

I will never again tolerate school violence. No, I won't just stand by and do nothing. I'll report it the moment I see it. Please, don't let this fucking shit happen anywhere.

I slowly raised my head. Unlike before, perhaps because I was angry, my head cracked open like a squeaky doll.

It felt like a five-ton mid-sized airplane was hovering above my head. But I lifted my head, determined to see Hilia's face.

The letters written on the name tag roughly read, "Acesta Hillia."

한예화

Hilia. Aceta Hilia. Aceta Hilia.

After reading it three times, the anger that had subsided as I raised my head slowly began to creep back up. Acesta Hilia, you punk. What are you doing to me? This isn't bullying, is it just one-sided teasing?

아체스타 힐리아

내 이름은 왜 부르구 지랄이야 썅년이. 니가 누굴 건드렸냐는 건… 야, 예수비. 이 새끼한테 말 안 했냐? 내가 박지민이랑 사귄다구?

한예화

…Park Ji, what?!

I'm glad you're safe, you're dating him. No, should my body be weird?

I looked up in surprise. Then, suddenly, my body began to move freely. It felt as if the fifteen elephants that had been weighing me down had vanished in an instant.

"Hey, whoever you are, thank you for freeing me from this endless bondage." With that thought, I immediately jumped up from my seat.

아체스타 힐리아

…What is it? Hey, Jesus. Jesus! Come on! What is it!

Acesta Hillia seemed as surprised as I was. I could see her slightly flinching back.

By the way, Jesus-bi? Jesus-bi… Where did you hear that? Oh, shit, she’s the villainess in my story! And she’s completely unrequited and fake… .

As soon as my body relaxed, the mirrored world surrounding me began to slowly blur. Then, suddenly, my body was pushed into the hallway with a whoosh.

At the end of the crowded hallway… Oh my, Park Jimin, whom I had been secretly nitpicking about until just a moment ago, was standing there proudly.

But Park Jimin's expression is strange. He giggles, then laughs, then gets serious, then gets angry, all like something out of a horror movie. And the person standing in front of him looks like Hillia.

I quickly ran towards Park Jimin and Acesta Hillia. I thought about the Doppler effect (the loudness of sound when moving) that I'd read about once.

한예화

Baaaaak Jimin!

박지민

… Hey, hello, hello. You did everything you had to do, right?

What's he saying? Excuse me, but do you have a chip implanted under your tongue? It looks like you're having a hard time speaking.

Every time I spoke, my throat would twist, and it was so bizarre and scary. And each word I spoke sounded like it was being interrupted rather than stuttered.

한예화

Wow!

The moment Jimin Park stretched out a finger at me, I was so scared that I pushed Jimin away and glared at Hillia with all my might.

You turned this ultimate yandere, Park Jimin, into a robot with errors? This piece of trash is real!

한예화

You fucking punk, I really hope you get out and fuck off.

As soon as those words left my lips, the ground beneath my feet shook as if a magnitude 9.0 earthquake had struck. Then, Hilia's thick legs slammed into the floor.

My head also fell to the floor. After a moment of silence, Park Jimin, who had been standing silently before me, embraced me. The smell of iron wafted from somewhere.

The cold floor became a cool bed. Phew, I felt myself sinking in, and then I heard Park Jimin crying next to me. I couldn't tell if he was crying or laughing. He was so sobbing.

한예화

Hey, hey. Be quiet. It's so noisy I can't sleep.

As I muttered unconsciously, Park Jimin suddenly hugged me tightly. My shoulder felt like it was being crushed, so I pushed him away. Just gently, with a tap.

박지민

…love you.

한예화

Oh, yeah. Oh… Me too.

I hesitated, then reached out my hand. "Let's make up," I said. Of course, I don't know what happened.

Still, in ethics class, we learned that losing is winning. So, somehow, I felt like I should be the one to apologize first.

I gently held his hand, and Jimin put a necklace around my neck. … Can you come with us? No, no. Oh, what did you say?

The moment I got my precious necklace back (Bella's), Park Jimin hugged me tightly and my body floated out of the mirror and stood tall.

But the person holding me remained still.

한예화

…Who, who are you? Who are you?

When I showed him the three-stage transformation, the other person released his arm and looked straight at me. Tears welled up in his pale pink eyes.

한예화

Huh, Georgian?

조지안

…it’s an example.

한예화

Hey, what are you, what are you doing all of a sudden? Are you using beauty tricks as an attack these days? I feel bad for you, so I'll pretend to be the victim. What kind of pretense is that?

조지안

The kids told me to show you a proper fantasy, but I'm just reliving my most painful memories. I hate Hilia so much. I hate her so much I could die. That girl!

조지안

Thank you. Even if it was just a fantasy, you killed Hilia…

한예화

You can just cast a spell on him, right? Even though it's a fantasy? Even in a fantasy, you can't kill him yourself?

As soon as I brought that up, Georgian suddenly started scratching his cheek with his fingernails, following the tear tracks, like a madman. This, this madman!

한예화

Hey! Calm down, Georgian! Your balls are all over the place! Are you crazy?!

조지안

I really hate him. He's the only person who doesn't get my daylight addiction.

한예화

… Daylight what?

조지안

I can show you illusions in the morning. What I did to you worked on a similar principle. It's morning now. The sun is still up. And... the necklace has never been pulled from the beginning.

한예화

ah.

I'm getting embarrassed. I went through all that trouble to get my necklace back, but it feels a bit like digging in the air while planting rice seedlings. Hehe.

조지안

But seeing you knock him down really brought me back to my senses. I thought you'd just sit there. Trying to look good to Park Jimin... That's what Yeo-ju said to me last time.

한예화

What? Are you close with this woman? Does she talk behind my back to you?

조지안

No, I'm not close with him... but I saw you and Park Jimin playing together last time I passed by.

I don't know when it was, but it probably wasn't just playing. At least they were fighting, or something completely cold and indifferent.

조지안

He said he messed with Taehyung and Yoongi too. You! You just keep flirting with people. It's so funny.

한예화

Isn't it funnier that you fell for that rumor?

조지안

…T-But still! I could have been fooled. This woman really tricked me. It was the epitome of hypocrisy. I never knew that girl was so good at lying. I thought she was just an ordinary person from a wealthy family…

한예화

I know you're from a good family, but by the way, has there been any rumors at school?

조지안

No. They told me that last time I had the gangsters possessed. By the way, they're not my friends. I possessed them. It was morning, after all.

…was their name really Yangachi Deux?

한예화

Sorry to ask so many questions, but was that your actual experience?

조지안

No. Your memories, which were awakened thanks to Jung Ho-seok, were running wild. I just slightly adjusted Hilia to appear as the villain.

Wow, that actually happened to Han Ye-hwa. Where the hell has this kid been and what has he been doing?

I muttered to myself as I stroked Han Ye-hwa's thin, white arm. How fortunate I was to have no scars or bruises. As I stared at her, George suddenly spoke to me.

조지안

By the way, it's an example.

He nodded slightly.

조지안

I heard you were leaving here. You were going to a faraway continent. Kim Seok-jin told Kang Dada, and Kang Dada told us.

한예화

… I've heard it many times. Why is Kang Dada interested in Kim Seokjin?

조지안

He's handsome. But he's not my type. I prefer innocent-looking guys like Park Ji-hoon. Cha-am, you were close with Ye-hwa Ji-hoon, right?

한예화

Are you close? I'm not sure. If you do something like you did to Min Yoongi or Kim Taehyung, he might hit you. Seriously, really.

조지안

It's okay. He suits Yehwa better! Stay close, and I hope you stay together for a long time.

Georgian smiled brightly. It was so bright it gave me a headache. Ugh, my head hurts.

조지안

Still, call me when you leave the continent. I also know someone with the Stair ability, so I can make stairs for you at least up to Handechia!

한예화

Handechia?

조지안

The continent opposite us. You might not know it. It's definitely far away.

But why do you know that? I was laughing and suddenly the back of my head started to hurt, so I pressed my head against it. Is it because he's talking so much? Oh my, Duya.

As I was playing with my hair, Georgian suddenly reached out to me.

조지안

Oh, you fell down earlier and it looked like your head was bleeding. Are you okay?

… Are you okay?

한예화

What the fuck!

Hello, this is Inye! Since I said I was taking a break, I suddenly got a sudden surge of rage and ended up like this. I need to hurry up and write "Mutbyeol" too, sob sob...

Actually, while reading Gustave Le Bon's book, Crowd Psychology, I suddenly thought that this saying perfectly suited Ji-an. It was about her personality: innocent, easily gullible, and easily hostile.

So, a cute and pretty little friend named Gian joins the Yehwa's villain team!

He's a friend who was essentially a villain, so he'll play a huge role in the story's utopian escape plan. Hehe, now it's time to antagonize the female protagonist, everyone(?).

By the way, why did Su-bi suddenly appear in Ye-hwa's past? Let's think again about Su-bi's abilities!

Today, I've written over 7,800 characters. It feels good to finally be writing something like this after such a long time.

I hope you all have a great day and a great day! I love you, babies♡