I started writing down what I had experienced on my computer like crazy.
The things that happened in the novel were absolutely not a dream.
These prints proved it.
That the people I love exist there.
I don’t know why, but I felt like I would forget it all if I didn’t write it down like this.
That couldn’t be possible.
I had to somehow go back and see Yoo Ah-ram and Lee Sian, who were waiting for me in a world where time had stopped.
So I concentrated on writing, not sleeping, not drinking water, and forgetting about the passage of time.
Starting from when I first received a ghostwriting offer, I entered Awakening High School and spent the first time.
A reset occurred with a system message saying that this was not the ending the readers wanted, and the story returned for the second time.
In the second session, I described the fact that I abandoned my personal relationships and acted selfishly only for myself.
And then it comes to the third round.
After getting the hint, ‘Everyone Cha Cha Cha’, I tried to see a happy ending with everyone.
When I thought of all those processes, tears flowed from my eyes without me knowing.
I thought of Yoo Ah-ram and Lee Sian waiting for me, and the ‘friends’ who had gone through this whole process of Siwoo Guild with me.
‘again… I have to go back… … .’
As I kept reminding myself of that fact, I desperately hoped and wished that this moment was just a dream.
[Just like that, Lee Si-woo, or rather Lee Do-yoon, returned to the original world.]
As I wrote the last word on the monitor, I lost consciousness.
2.
“Umm… … .”
I woke up to the sunlight coming through the window, saw ‘dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd’ plastered on the monitor, and realized that I had fallen asleep again while writing.
“Ugh, why is my body so weak?”
It felt like I hadn’t eaten for several days.
Since I was very hungry, I opened the refrigerator.
When I opened the refrigerator, a sour smell came out.
“What is this smell?”
When I checked the contents inside, all the food in the refrigerator was rotten.
“How long have I slept?”
I definitely remember… … .
“what? “What was I doing when I fell asleep?”
I felt like I couldn’t remember something important.
“Huh. “I need to fill my stomach quickly and finish the day.”
Thinking that I should at least go to a convenience store and eat cup ramen, I dragged my slippers on and went out.
“The weather is really nice again.”
On days like these, I should at least go on a picnic with my family… … .
“Eh? “Why do I keep thinking about my family since a while ago?”
I had no family.
As an orphan, I grew up in an orphanage, and after graduating from school, I worked various jobs and eventually became a writer writing web novels and scribbling at home.
I started this job because I was told I could make a lot of money, but I didn’t make a lot of money.
It was a miserable situation, holding on to a job that didn’t even pay the minimum wage.
“Ah, how nice it would be to move to a fantasy world like in a novel.”
With such trivial thoughts in mind, I arrived at a nearby convenience store, picked up a cup of national cup ramen, paid for it, and received hot water.
I was so miserable, but the world seemed so peaceful.
“Tsk. “Let’s eat ramen.”
Slurp.
I picked up a large chopstick of ramen and put it in my mouth and opened my smartphone.
I was bored, so I thought I would read a web novel I liked.
As usual, I went into the list of favorites and looked for ‘Aise’, which I enjoyed reading the most. I tilted my head.
“what? “Where did you go?”
The world after the apocalypse had disappeared.
I thought I had canceled my favorites in my sleep, so I searched for them, but all that appeared was the phrase ‘No search results found.’
Slurp.
“… That’s strange. I definitely enjoyed reading it… … .”
While eating ramen, I visited related communities and searched for ‘Aise’ and ‘World after the Apocalypse’, but there wasn’t a single related post.
Was it even a dream… … .
As I was thinking that, I jumped up.
If ‘Aise’ is a dream I had, it means that ‘Aise’ has not yet appeared in the world.
“This is not the time!”
I had to go as fast as one second and upload it first.
After drinking the cup ramen down to its broth, I ran and headed home again.
I threw off my slippers, sat down at my desk, and turned my computer back on, which had been in sleep mode. Then, ‘dddddddddddddddddddddddd’ appeared.
I quickly dragged ‘dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd’ with the mouse and erased it.
“huh?”
Then the last sentence that I thought I had written caught my eye.
[Just like that, Lee Si-woo, or rather Lee Do-yoon, returned to the original world.]
“… “What is this again?”
I don’t remember writing this phrase.
Feeling strange, I kept scrolling upwards.
“This, this… … .”
3.
I lay down on the bed.
I came across a manuscript I found on my computer a little while ago.
The manuscript contained an incredible story.
“So I went in and out of ‘Ise’, is this it?”
The moment I reached my happy ending, I returned home and lost all my memories.
If you think about it this way, you guessed it right.
It was an unbelievable story, but the fact that I was the only one who remembered ‘Aise’, who had now disappeared from the world, proved that the story was more like a novel than this novel.
“… “Can I go back?”
I couldn’t remember anything, but after reading the novel, I felt like I could feel the emotions of Lee Si-woo, the main character in the novel.
If this novel is about what I experienced, there must be a way to go back.
Before I lost my memory, I might have written this manuscript in anticipation of losing my memory.
I sat down at the computer again and read and re-read my manuscript.
.
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After spending several nights reading the manuscript, I realized that there were still unresolved issues in this novel.
And the moment I realized that, I was able to figure out how to get back.
I came up with a hypothesis, and to prove my hypothesis, I started uploading serial parts of the novel that this manuscript I wrote was based on.
It was titled [The World After the Apocalypse].
Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3… … .
As the number of episodes increased, popularity increased.
I was confident that this novel would be a success.
As the free series ended and I moved on to the paid series, I created illustrations of the faces and styles of the friends I had seen and showed them to the readers of ‘ISE.’
The reaction was explosive.
The main and supporting characters of Part 1 are the Seven Heroes. And the main characters of Part 2 include Yoon Mir, Hwang Da-bin, Selina, Yoo Ah-ram, Ji Tae-hoon, and Jeong Joo-won.
Readers who were immersed in the novel began to become even more enthusiastic about ‘Aise’ after seeing the character illustrations.
Just like that, a day passes, a week passes, a month passes, and a year passes.
I continued the series, leaving only the ending of ‘The World After the Apocalypse’.
“I can’t use it anymore.”
This story couldn’t end yet.
I started writing an email to the email address I had created at the same time as the farm bulletin board.
“The story begins now.”
I have been writing a series just for this day.
To check if my hypothesis is correct.
‘Please succeed!’
-Hello, writer Lee Do-yoon. I am the author of ‘The World After the Apocalypse’. The reason I am sending you this email is because I cannot possibly write an ending. So, could I ask the author to ghostwrite ‘The Post-Apocalyptic World’?
After writing the text in the email, I pressed the ‘Send’ button, desperately hoping that my hypothesis was correct.
4.
Sent.
It was natural that I was sent away.
Because the address I wanted to send to was my email that existed from the beginning.
The important thing was whether the email arrived in the inbox.
I opened my inbox with a nervous heart and my eyes widened.
There was none.
I clearly entered the address where I wanted to send my email, and saw a window saying that the email was successfully sent, but there was no email I sent in my inbox.
‘succeded.’
Sending emails to the past.
It was then.
[A reply has arrived.]
A window pops up informing you that a reply to your email has arrived.
“crazy… … .”
In the reply, the same content I had previously responded to the author of ‘Ise’ was written down.
-Hello, author. This is Lee Do-yoon. Yes, I will. I will accept your ghostwriting offer.
So, this was the starting point.
Author of ‘Ise’, writer ED.
The guy’s identity was Lee Do-yoon.
Only then did I realize why he was so obsessed with the ending.
“Wait a minute, then what I have to do from now on is…” … .”
To follow exactly what the author of ‘Ise’ did.
And, what leads me to see the correct ending.
Wait, wait.
It can’t be the same.
If I were to see the ending as is, it was ultimately a do-or-die ticket.
If I were the author of ‘Aise’ and the author of ‘Aise’ was me, I would ultimately be unable to escape from this Möbius strip.
“Then how can I go back?”
Think about it.
I’m sure there’s something I’m forgetting.
Think about it! Think about it!
Aram and Xian are still waiting for me in that space!
“ah… … .”
Something suddenly occurred to me.
I haven’t remembered yet.
I re-read the manuscript hundreds of times, serialized the post-apocalyptic world, and even figured out that the author of ‘Ise’ was me, but I still couldn’t remember it on my own.
I only ‘recognized’ that the events in the manuscript were what I had experienced, but I did not recall that I, who had acquired EX-level talent in the novel, repeated my life in that world.
I felt a sense of déjà vu.
“… “How many times have I repeated this?”
Can I really be confident that the current episode is episode 0?
Maybe this has been repeated dozens of times?
That’s what I thought.
Now, if I reply to the email accepting this ghostwriting offer, I will lose my mind and be drawn into the novel.
In that case, I, the writer, will also be possessed in part 1 so that Lee Do-yoon can become Lee Si-woo, and I will proceed with the story so that he can become part 2.
That’s pointless repetition.
I was sure of that.
You must not take the same route.
So how can we break this Möbius strip?
I looked back on everything once again.
I woke up at home, confirmed that there was no ‘Ise’, returned home, confirmed that there was a manuscript on the computer, started the series, and sent an email to the past just before I saw the ending.
‘Send mail to the past?’
What kind of talent is this?
It was not mentioned in the novel that he acquired this talent.
Entering the novel, the talents that Lee Do-yoon acquired by possessing Lee Si-woo were Hwan-eye and Jeon-sik.
So the talent for sending emails to the past… … .
It was clear that I, Lee Do-yoon, had talent.
