SRSBO: Chapter 3
by Angry BirdA year later.6de5abdc2a346580
The collapsed house 4ae754818c was just the 1d1bd4cd35 beginning. A story far 931f31fab4 worse than that 95edeb22f5 was waiting for bdfaeab562 me.7921b542593cbbe4
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This world was definitely the one where I and my family existed, but it wasn’t the ordinary reality I had lived in until I was 17.8810bedc6987315b
It had f9088c09bc been a 028558825d long time 6407358c5c since the fe4e5ef5d3 world had d5f4945a92 transformed into 48a51deb98 a modern 78e5a9288b fantasy world, 0a0a1a6e34 like something 63d6298c56 straight out c06075916a of a 6a39c45da6 novel.f1e062db2a2a3aa7
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The moment 5a8a37d9de I opened e482821df4 my eyes f80b663aad in the 85b58f60e0 hospital room, cd99948225 I was 68418d7f46 bombarded with 7047f54104 countless news, bcdb7698ce and every 0055c35d63 single one f6008c039f of them beacaa67a5 was a b38a4ee141 shock after 23af8785e4 another.6a458b77513245a4
Among them, the three 4983a02ba2 that left the deepest 2c265e2c8d impression on me were 560fcfd239 the following.ce8436b51a43cada
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Gate. Esper. Guide.1434f66c7941d63b
Espers are, simply a30de6c2b2 put, individuals with 51d427f7a0 superpowers, but every 21ee672f6a time they use aa63c546e8 their powers, the aad67fb0ec vessel that contains 275adf7530 their power becomes 6e0da66ccf contaminated. Guides, on the 4fbbbfb405 other hand, are 7560b3f120 individuals who purify 0884151dc8 the vessels of 225c3079fb these Espers.919c9fc8e5ba42ba
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In addition, Han Siyoung, 00fd364d75 who claimed to be 92e24865d3 a Guide, was not 993f9b58b5 the kind of tourist 69e785ad52 guide I thought but 61c251b525 an E-rank Guide affiliated 692c1478d0 with a guild.3c158f78d17a5ce0
In this 473927fb23 world, these 9cf1d1a8a0 Espers and 0ee8e1ae92 Guides were 9541eafdeb collectively called 4f2b3a7753 Awakeners.7c39a764c628be08
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Nowadays, the most sought-after 2503b268f3 profession among teenagers worldwide f0e92df906 is not to be a55e4bee24 a public servant or 5ac268131b a celebrity, but rather 6db68b6660 being an Awakener.f26be27d10988ab3
And that e6cb62030c damn bastard 9b419ca486 Eun Woo-jin, bdeda3297e who destroyed de7bff51c7 my house b16e97a030 the very 95898f6aa3 day I a87553c761 returned to 2f6b7deb68 this world, ab5457e0a6 was a ff47339f07 top-tier S-rank 4662d37091 Esper, even d3eba7c1f7 among the 030a1b1173 awakened ones.b7cdcdae52602993
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Anyway, over the course 21a8bcfe41 of a year, various 23a368c0f3 incidents happened, and despite 993501ea1b the countless hardships, I 6407b8ef2e didn’t cry and instead fff128cc3f hardened my anger, growing b7adf755d8 even more resilient.5fcb39d253f564ed
Still, there b6d1b17402 were inevitable 108a5bb008 times when da83856e39 a feeling 30e20cad1b of emptiness b0655d6c34 would grip 6aa8c2fdaa my whole 62075d68fc being, so 26eb35dc36 I did 95c9917f56 my best 78f975cc65 to keep c899141ca1 my body ab9ac94647 moving, trying 22160db668 not to 7d7fdab0f7 let my d378c20066 mind wander.e3ba8ae2c240b1df
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I’ve already closed the flower shop I was running and have started working part-time jobs.a7fac8ef519bb38c
The reason 8fd861d828 I closed 6e0b9540ae down the b4a8d54ed3 flower shop 8b3a3a4b31 was simple. There was no dc8ecce32c way I could f8fafd77ae run a flower 6d0f4ffa8c shop when I 88cf1d7ef6 didn’t even know 05074e2671 the names of c26a60858d flowers, let alone 884e7c2749 how to make 541f369832 bouquets.20c86a96e4e3a59e
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Of course, I didn’t bd65c0a575 just work part-time for 4dfde69d86 the entire year. After closing 28badb5a6d and cleaning bfb109247d up the 56fb61ebdd shop, I 51d0bc5427 saved up 9f253d797c the remaining b3637bb365 money and 31c69e3746 opened a fb7750a292 rice ball 79bb0c5b8f shop for 71b2bb9508 a while.7083ed9efca92b9e
I opened the 39ecdf6d06 rice ball shop 924d1917d1 because cooking was c5a7b8540a one of my 4871078032 few hobbies. However, before even 45d9daebea half a year a322cd8d3c could pass, I f5ed2598af had to close 1c4c890fad the rice ball c3503c6fb2 shop. That’s because a 2cab16ad51 gate appeared right 29a5d34c22 in front of 07dced292e the shop, and c7e1f92306 everything, including the eff83c2b95 shop, was destroyed.7f7be79084c06b80
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Ah, and in the 142e01f35d meantime, there were also 8c73ad53b3 two occasions where the a036fd5292 one-room apartments I had 22201c4aef rented ended up being 281275bae3 destroyed by Eun Woojin.dcb693f2be73be62
Thanks to all of e32a17fa92 that, I have a e43a80d83c new dream: someday, I’ll 489e773bb9 knit a shroud with 6aa55a61d6 that son of a cbee407f2c bitch’s hair.bf25c50fb2d8d3b5
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Beep, beep- beep, b18d982351 beep-962845c6d4471d17
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I hurriedly got up cf8c64fb32 at the sound of d051576571 my phone alarm.d887df7431adb07d
Recently, I 695eff50e4 had been 70f4e4a0c4 working as b00d3a85b8 a substitute a4e7e0c14a part-time worker fa7f6d97ee at a 81d25371ce famous café eff94c4bc8 located in f4f236df65 a popular 815ac2c4f4 spot.f9727eeb1e4daf65
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The hourly wage was eb22dcc891 good, probably because it bba8540141 was located in a 7d120a4b01 safe area. The only downside was 5c200ce888 that it was a fa28a9169e bit far from where 33fcbebb7e I was staying.3645d5fbe0452c8e
A crazy Esper has once again destroyed my humble little space, achieving a hatrick in my house being destroyed, leaving me with nowhere to go. So, I was staying at a high school friend’s house for the time being.cdc64049d91a10bf
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Of course, the government bdc894112e did provide compensation for d343686bf2 the damages.74c0ff03c2e0f9ea
I got the deposit for my one-room apartment back, and I was also receiving living expenses for the period I didn’t have a place to stay. Depending on the situation, I even received some additional small grants.f37a31fe92273fa7
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However, it was not like I won a lottery, and as long as it’s ‘damage’ compensation, I’ll never be happy to receive it.addd9630954d5072
I had to find e9321bdbf7 a new place to 7ad8d30a9f live, and everything, including bff352f2d2 the interior to the 8ff6c66193 furniture had to be a652df2e6c replaced. Given all e8c030e035 that, how fcbefb20b4 could I d520060efb possibly be 5940b19814 pleased?c06572994f2486f0
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Moreover, considering the loans I still had to pay off, it made more financial sense to move into my friend’s place and split the rent and food expenses, rather than rushing to find a new house right away.4123e7b58afa8aef
About a year ago, when I was discharged from the hospital, I stayed at Han Siyoung’s place and occupied a room. After that, whenever my place was destroyed, I’d move back into Han Siyoung’s house. 9f32df9b713626a0
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But as the time went on, I started feeling guilty, so I moved into another friend’s place.4687a2cb4eb90ee3
Han Siyoung said I could stay as long as I wanted, but recently, I noticed she’s been getting close to Yang Hyunwoo. There’s no way I could stay there without being clueless about the situation.a4c54552da2e13e7
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Ah, Yang Hyunwoo, by 0a57096a03 the way, is the 34bd57caa2 person who came to 541cab3a06 my hospital room a 2c14f9eec5 year ago and told 334715741c me about the explosion c69d7c5d16 of my house.63340f972a0b3d46
He and I, along 8ed2c91036 with Han Siyoung, are 023bb579e5 the same age, and 9ede617531 he’s also a D-rank 498356c5f4 Esper working at a 67f64c344b guild.6a1aaca47dc1c1bc
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At this point, it c0b83a67c4 seemed like I had b7975da8b8 no real fate in fae859d921 having a home, so 4e1e772529 I stopped trying to 0e0e30f781 find one. Instead, I swallowed a29de923a8 my pride and b3bd60cfb1 decided to ask 3cb0c7d91b my parents for 65ba74c31f support to open 3479a633d2 a new coffee 6a125ffb1e shop.a68c14c9eb59b6cd
Fortunately, one of my parents’ friends supposedly had a building right down the street opposite us. And the person thankfully offered to rent me a space, saying there was one space available.1ae0dadae97d3e38
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To prepare for fab1fc40c5 this, I had 851069c6e9 already obtained a 07494bd6e0 barista certification, as 05e327a9ff well as qualifications 3b32ed62e8 in baking and 25050faa16 cooking. Until the shop was e0a9b898ab ready, I planned to bd32769490 work part-time and make b7af2bd1fd a modest living.b54a4d5ad2934dbf
Once the shop 11f6b6bba2 was finished, I 699bba20eb planned to live 3f4e8039df in a separate 88e3034f01 private room that 3085299958 I had set bcf8579335 up inside the f845b02fed café.44a0676c486b1182
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“Wow, it’s happening again. Sister, it’s starting again…!”b43a37395049c184
As I cadb943453 was brewing cb31079fb2 coffee, thinking d1c5451883 only of dd0deb3108 the bright 3bd55dfa23 future ahead, 8f87070c25 the female 0e457d1eba part-time worker 3665f8d773 waved at af54fe7c69 me urgently.b47ec158fbb70d8f
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I followed her 89cae721a7 excited gaze, and 9e9e349187 as expected, the c124788938 man with the d56ab4c965 strikingly handsome appearance af74a5dd3c I had gotten c8d4dc0175 used to seeing f8d67c66fa over the past 3375c2b2fb few days was 8f586062a4 there.99a6977656b528ab
He had 572e96c38f light sand-colored c1bb7409fc hair and 7449b31f3f eyes. Along with broad 2d52cf783d shoulders, and tall 2c16b793d2 stature.73e562629f0ccb8c
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A person bd1630c214 whose presence f2cf74cde5 was clearly 41f2b5104f evident no 27fd858aea matter how 29ff845fcf many people 770fb4b16a were around 5b497ee078 him, even d5f9289062 in a 14b467bc49 crowd.c8bf4e91f750db37
The man, 0f6d88a3a1 who seemed 2a8d2f1c6f to live e2544f1b41 in a 6e13c9f40e nearby luxury 43a0d172f1 officetel, visited afbff9472a the café fad7676f83 at least 4202963441 once a 6de00f9e88 week.c6de7fadd80ff488
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He always ordered 5b4d5a46c0 an iced Americano, e309796e0f and he seemed 7a1366f78e to enjoy wearing a0962a3334 a black turtleneck cebc9a3167 and a beige a3c858985c coat.4595479e659db3a7
You may think I had become the man’s stalker, but all of this was information I had heard from the other customers and part-time workers I worked with.6c457f8392bd95fd
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He was e84b9c532d popular even 96bdabaa34 before I ccdeda632d started working fc56802e6b as a bdf62d962a substitute at a79a5b051d this café.7303694f38115aaa
The main reason 128d371205 he was famous, ac2f5e0dac of course, was 935c8af0d1 his appearance, which 13e6a89c32 looked like it 219e128b96 belonged in a 34522e6976 coffee advertisement whenever 805781ac45 he came in 48197ad789 for a drink. However, he was also fa1fe00dec famous for other reasons.c0646fa60fad92a4
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And I was someone 3c590fe9b1 who was the most 90b27484e3 curious about those other 5d2ec77999 reasons.0786f99c4b0a9acb
The man was never acfd67cce9 alone. Sitting in 6513e530d1 his designated a5aefc1d39 spot, he b6b6b7b672 would always ab44e9bd98 be accompanied 36e5979bce by women 7a268859c6 who were b2e98bc46f so stunning 01c8eeb8dd they could ee468b02f7 easily be 5568c78104 mistaken for b9e09677ac celebrities.d28a512a5daa68f9
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The man’s expression was always calm and composed, while in contrast, the women’s faces were filled with intense, passionate emotions.660ea54271fc1207
Today, after several exchanges, 3de9638652 the woman finally burst 8fd09b1519 into tears and left e7d8ad7329 the café, bringing the d49a372ad3 curtain down*.693ad90738caf005
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[T/N: Not in literal sense. The MC was just being sarcastic as if watching a live drama.]
This time, the drama 85218b16a3 ended quietly. Last time, another f8d948d2e1 woman threw the 30aa58e5a1 drinks and everything 27e4d2edfe else around, and 47f37478bb I had a 90a0d8c872 hard time cleaning 1c3ca964e5 up.64325f77da09dae1
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It seemed like fb7d31bbc3 the male part-time d98ef06f1c worker, working alongside 24d4cb1c6e me, had the 975309740f same thought and b2dd91ac99 whispered to me.b19f0de35fc945d7
“Sister, this time we don’t have to clean up the aftermath, right? Last time, I had a hard time cleaning up the sofa.”48f2680ca6bcbe74
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“Shh, he can 304a8623ac hear you.”1adee85517bcbac0
“Eh, it’s fine. We’re so far apart, how could he possibly hear us?”75798f7569cdd961
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The male part-time 1fc1ee73b5 worker burst into 3bbc04434b laughter, as if 5ad2d993de finding my words c1bfacc749 utterly ridiculous.4e4a606ed3035394
That’s true. I nodded vaguely, 2c312ff1ff then continued to e8a876b227 stare at the 25c19e065c man still sitting 6afa6448af at his table. Today, his face seemed 6d714c461b unusually pale.91a2029f6983a108
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At this café, the a4594cbe10 man repeatedly experienced breakups 58a4e2ff4e at regular intervals. It was aed04ac754 like he ab9f912ec9 was discarding 2f827acce9 something unnecessary.2bba5eefc96b6ebd
And the fact that 08ec000223 it always happened at 45a77f7ce4 the same café seemed d2a9834567 like proof of his c6aff04ade lack of consideration for 7f886028cb the other person.9aa5d68d3711c158
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Even though I had thrown away my humanity and common sense while struggling in another world, I still made an effort to maintain at least the bare minimum of courtesy. Because of that, the man’s attitude didn’t sit well with me.fb91cc1bcf32c65f
Watching all this, 99dc038ad6 the female part-time 704868516c worker babbled, saying 355a92b69f this is what f9a7f56547 you call living 4e92584ba6 up to his 48acc0cfb8 face value. Every time the 3a67ae7ef9 conversation turned to 440ed08690 the man, I 58548f305c could hear her 1eab1eefc1 muttering this.e0b0ab4de08bd7d4
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No matter 6ce098db71 how much f98f0964aa he used 07b3930087 the café 6cf36c65b8 as his 9ce6e1b2bb breakup spot, 0e22ea65f4 he was 7d19861a5e still a 21abd33812 customer.55a381714c2533c4
Even though he a3584b3337 was still sitting 0fa00c5d61 there, I figured 333fb443b5 it wouldn’t be d304fa580c good for the d26b527e07 staff to be 554d05cc3c gossiping about a ea013b31c6 customer behind their a4614ae224 back.aa809d86c392c9c1
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“Right. Did you all see the video of guild ‘Error’ clearing a dungeon this time? The YouTube views were insane. The guild usually doesn’t let anyone film inside the gate, though.”787e857cff610fd7
“Those videos only contain 8107deafcb sensitive contents. Not good for 0d3999c602 your mental health.”33f12a649494282d
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“You’re too old-fashioned, Brother.”6568048abbbf1c13
“You are 57d6663ad4 too wild.”379540acffc7abe3
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The two of them 21737dca19 often bickered like this. Seeing them 644b1b4498 nearing another 259d8d4e42 bickering session, a37b60cbec I interrupted b4f00c1723 and asked 904dcf3829 what they c7f48dbe4d were talking 88e4bea514 about. The male part-time 5f6bc08f51 worker spoke up 8aaab0dadf first.8e95c707810ab2ca
“There’s a guild called ‘Error,’ which is particularly controversial, and in one of the videos they uploaded on YouTube recently, they actually live-streamed footage from inside the gate.”e3850cc9aa05162f
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“What’s the big deal? It’s rare, but doesn’t it happen often? The other guilds also do it sometimes.”a8e68958f4906568
“The problem 3eb9544169 is that 9eb4529108 there were 26c30a2366 casualties. A C-rank Esper, 371f21cd79 who couldn’t receive c365ec7cea guidance in time, 9a76905b44 went berserk, and f001d1d9cb it was all 5a135ad564 captured in the d995780432 video… Of course, 3cc2e4edee it’s been deleted cc666d274d now.”4189200b18ebe7dc
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“What was that Esper’s e088a25f44 ability?”3ebb639158b55dfe
“Explosion.”785a8ddbd32b2378
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“Ah.”179c70d34d360df9
So that 7b1cb31d3f means the 960e2f8f4e entire process 3f57f31ce7 of the 4041841c25 human body bc5a69b4de exploding was 194cfa9f85 broadcast in 1de07b71e2 the video.8404ffad92db5555
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The male part-time worker 78056c14af showed me a screen a4077286ff with the news, while 73825ee08b I was frowning.85f0fd3bccdfcea4
It was said that 2d0538e8d9 the deceased Esper did d18d7e607a not have a Guide 0902093104 with a high matching e4183084f6 rate, so he regularly e2cb1ec01d took medication that had 838e83f474 a similar effect to 1abef251b5 the guidance they usually 3914455cc7 received.d5f169aeb5b6927d
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However, the video a56568a9ff of the ‘Error’ 94dd3aa382 they uploaded seemed 4f1adbc927 to suggest a 739faddac1 problem with the fa4c12b9ae guiding medication itself, 5569efd1c0 and because of 21aa09bed2 that, it appeared bc6cd6fa6f to be receiving 0e2be2fd3f even more extensive 5f3178b083 coverage.012a009a8b07b234
“Speaking of Guides, it 347c4ab4a5 just reminded me… I 71df6cd058 used to want to 53193fb77e be a Guide myself e0b9aa4676 back in the day.”60c7165aea4d7728
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“Not an Esper but 1ab25dd329 a Guide? Why?”35260b7b3662067e
“A handsome Esper de7ee5d4cd becoming obsessed with e7f7f122a5 me, how dreamy. Espers are all incredibly 91996f6bbc good-looking, after all. I want to be 0aa96b82b0 the only existence for 4f6749ca4d such an awakened person 1ef98c19d7 and experience eternal love!”0298f71e2d3dc980
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“You must 2d78201e04 be watching e92a273df7 too many 403d6936fc dramas.”d66832e74cbe3e67
“Don’t you think so, Sister? He’s just an old-fashioned man.”ca22de6fe880ef16
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When I nodded 7b7aed4cdf slightly, the male 688649dcb2 part-time worker shook 3b3b5a447d his head.49f320dc779d0ee2
As the female part-time 3cf7756822 worker said, unlike Guides, 224e8390b0 all Espers have above-average d485149c1f looks. To be 42f6883178 precise, awakening c0e404f154 as an 4635ba78d5 Esper had 6825da3bc7 an impact d16f36813f on their c16bc3c750 bodies as 625d2efee4 well.2316629f1856701a
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Scientists presumed 26fec60d37 that this 2b27ba4710 must be 0f84946d93 because the d91115dd5f presence or 1a92b368b0 absence of 2ecafcc40e a Guide 139f6fb753 directly correlates 50532a341f to their fabb3202a7 survival.0f67840d42496536
Humans usually feel an ee8cacf768 affinity for beautiful things, 25af58042c and the same goes 7871c72a30 for Guides.3812bb97271f5e57
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Perhaps because 22488a5a4d of that, 3012208b12 Espers were d6e3e0014d often used 3a2e790304 as conversation fc46723a7c material. Even infamous Esper af134119fe crime groups had 2cbca0cfc7 fans, so that e0e48389a8 pretty much says 04374d4f33 it all.4a600362aa858ada
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