EP. 1 - Welcome to the Reincarnation Cafe | 태태가최애인소미니

A bell rings cheerfully, and a girl comes in, seemingly with a story behind her, but with a forced smile.

지민

Welcome to the Reincarnation Cafe. If you don't wish to be reincarnated and are only planning to stay for a short while, please proceed through that door.

The girl hesitates and then speaks softly.

아린

...Is this really a reincarnation cafe?

지민

Yes, that's right

The girl introduced herself and asked if reincarnation was really possible, and I had no choice but to give the same answer to the same fingerprint.

Finally, my patience ran out and I finally answered.

지민

Arin, this is truly a reincarnation cafe. If you're just staying for a while, go through the purple door. If you're going straight to the afterlife, go through the sky blue door.

아린

Really? You don't have to set any conditions for reincarnation, do you?

지민

Yes, I will reincarnate anyone, but I will only set a condition if a truly evil criminal comes looking for me.

아린

Then should I also tell you about my life?

지민

Of course. I'm not God, so I can't know everything.

아린

You're not a god? Then how can you allow reincarnation?

지민

I am a bridge connecting the soul and the spirit.

아린

Then why don't you just ask God?

지민

I used to do that, but these days, God has been ignoring the human world's laws... Oh, my... He said that he doesn't care about anything beyond privacy invasion, parents, jobs, and fate.

아린

Ah- So I have to say it myself?

지민

that's right

지민

No matter how boring it is, I won't fall asleep. Talk with confidence.

아린

Okay, let's get started...

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'I wasn't particularly good-looking, but I was still a kid who got along well with friends and had a lot of dating experience.'

"My parents had enough money to make me feel sad if I were to come in second place. So, there were always two or three kids in my class who would ask me to buy them something."

'But since we're friends, I thought about it and gave him a few extra bucks out of my allowance, so he thinks of me as a shuttle.'

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유진

Hey, Yuna Rin, do you have anything today?

아린

Uh.. yeah..?

유리

(Raising his arm as if about to hit) Hey, can't you figure it out in one go?! Do you want to come to your senses only after getting hit?!

"At that time, there was a homeroom teacher in the class. Because the teachers knew what kind of kids those kids were, they turned a blind eye to the school violence that was so obvious right before their eyes. And so did the other kids."

'That's when I realized. I'd been alone all this time, I'd never had any friends.'

아린

Sorry.. I'll buy it tomorrow, I'm out of pocket money..

Crack-

'I couldn't say anything at the time. No, I couldn't, to be exact. He hit me so hard that I could hear ringing in my ears.'

소희

Hey, are you spacing out again? You fucking idiot-!!

"I was beaten so hard that my face swelled up, my lip burst and bled, my back was bruised, and my arm was broken. While I was being beaten so badly, the teacher left, and no one tried to stop him. No one called him back. Everyone just kept quiet."

It was just school time, so I dragged my limping leg home. When I got home, my mom, whom I'd hoped would be there, was gone, and my usual housewife greeted me with a startled look. And, as luck would have it, my dad came too.

"Dad, you misunderstood me completely. You said it was your mother who hit you. I told him the whole time, telling him I'd been beaten at school. It didn't help. My broken arm just hurt more, and my leg, dragged all the way, felt like it was going to break."

"That was the first time I yelled at my dad. I begged him to listen to me. But what's even funnier is when he hits a girl, saying, 'What kind of girl would yell?' It's like the kind of family you often see in books and dramas where people throw beans. I thought, 'This is my family, after all.'"