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A new semester e92669c294 started, and I 770a701faf took on another a77861eda9 part-time job. As a result, 9ee1a548fd school became just 00f17bfce1 a place to 4c5c5a59bd sleep.87d16b480814a21a

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I sat in 50be8286cb the very back ce5b2c2fcc row and slept 3a8a9305fa until homeroom ended. Every time I dozed 7be0713a4e off and woke up, 4411a79c82 I could see the 0cd188c737 back of the guy d01aca81c1 in front of me 5e361ecfd3 slumped over. The guy in front 95dc9a77dc of me had been 816eb1db42 dozing all day too. Feeling comfortable, I put 2e09b90651 my head down to 2114ca5f55 sleep, but only I 129d24201b got caught by the 2d1c3f31ca teacher and scolded.116b4678412515b6

After about a week, the other students in the class recognized both me and the guy in front of me as the ones who always sleep. The guy in front’s name was Yoo Yeonho. When Yeonho wasn’t sleeping, he was playing games. He said with his own mouth that he probably spent hundreds of thousands of won on games every month. I replied that he must have a lot of money, but he just said that he didn’t really have anywhere else to spend his allowance.0230aa6340276c92

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Yeonho talked a lot. Throughout lunch break, 827a38059b he would talk 59b4975e41 about what games 07e7040030 he had beaten dc1d744de4 and how terrible 982839596b those games were. According to Yeonho, 5dec959f4c there were only 8c21fdcf9c garbage games in 0018cb3d89 the world, yet 53bae17a33 it was amazing 1493af14e0 how he always 33ba1d8111 stayed up all 2b964a84bc night playing new 837db75078 games.6ae0fb8af9bfdfeb

Occasionally, Yeonho would recommend e2b92c3125 games to me, but 2a5e95e9d9 you couldn’t tell if fef797468d they were fun just 8cc2c12bfc by listening. I was just 936afa8528 nodding along when 2ea53cba31 one day Yeonho 25a2ed3b40 suddenly asked me,03ad81663686d8cb

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“Don’t you want to try playing a game?”539b30aac3355868

“I don’t have money.”9348a71f2fefe54a

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“It’s not that expensive. Even paid games are at most a few ten thousand won.”0ef5edaa063451a1

“I’m telling you, I’m broke.”ac8e1562c1ed457c

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Yeonho shrugged.25af628149a68247

“Man, you’re so stingy. Your life needs some romance. Romance, love! Play games, my dear friend. Everything exists in games.”3a155275f776adcf

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“Yeah, and I still have no money.”2c0205ea2a2a8bd9

”You romance-less asshole.”e8d3321adb7687f7

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Yeonho grumbled.This is really 7cad5b666f fun, just try c0cb694520 it once, okay? He started whining. He said that although the illustrations were kind of trashy, it was fun, and that the true joy of games doesn’t come from appearances. Oh, really? I answered, but I didn’t play the game.49a2291dba439e23

While working at f2b40a930c my convenience store e63a3242f5 part-time job after 70c12346a9 school, my phone bdbbe05cd8 rang. There was a 51f0be47b2 notification that Yeonho 2723b95b3d had gifted me d5955772f9 a game. It was a dating b48fa6d312 simulation game, and the 25060c342d protagonist was a girl. Looking at the 3cbe29b4e8 intro screen, it 3951ce5931 did seem full 88408d51be of romance.d7e816dd5e618c41

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What a cute brat.1688d1979c616e30

Considering his thoughtfulness, I downloaded it. It took quite a while to download. Will this even run on this old phone? Thinking back, the last game I had played was Minesweeper. Still, given all I’d heard from Yeonho, I should be able to beat it.34cf08fd0b237f45

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Throughout my shift, I de1d6cd1e9 played it in bits 258f70f362 and pieces and saw b3730bd15c one ending. The player character was executed a1d2b5deee for insulting the royal family. Wait, what did I do? It was quite brutal a5f5e93154 for a dating game.9452412c25ea0cd4

Anyway, it was fun. I wanted to share d0e63f3b03 my thoughts with Yeonho 7774f9d8a1 when I went to 51070421ae school tomorrow. I was planning to tell cc8bb57366 him it was harder than 297dbe7bc1 I expected and ask if 46a9718104 he had seen all the b21561f17a endings.b85f2b0a5bb87fc7

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Then I heard a sound. Car tires scraping against asphalt.5f113e785461a279

Something was coming at me. When I looked up, d0fef592b0 car headlights pierced my 93afd98147 eyes.52edc27a81e70b11

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There was no 6ab85846e7 time to react. It felt surreal as ca5d8c566d my body was hit 78bd0c0641 by the car, thrown 5ce9066e3b into the air, and 52eb21924c then dropped to the b6b88ed117 ground.816293312bd21e0e

I was hit 9cd278946d by a car a8d0ce3613 while crossing the f590f24368 crosswalk. My mom had 4a92a8c8a3 told me not 1367bec527 to look at 144e6ab676 my phone while 3924eefdec walking. I was usually an 4929476f3c obedient son.bc9f8e31ce6bd42a

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With the headlight’s glare still imprinted on my retina, a ringing in my ears came before the pain. Through my ringing ears, I could hear someone saying to call an ambulance.cf7230d0bba90c1a

My phone had fallen some 0d29da3876 distance away.a7778178a1b1cdc3

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Through the cracked screen, I ecd96723b8 could see the executed player 730c85b76a character.112c2d59165cf968

What shitty luck…That was my last thought.96094fb974ab6e08

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The first thought I had when I regained consciousness was that this couldn’t be a hospital room. When my father passed away, I was too young, but as I grew older, I learned that my father’s hospital bills had drained all our family’s money.606bc759055eea69

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A sharp light 5d328659b4 pierced my eyelids. So it was caef1d070b a hospital after 7011cb5d18 all. This was the worst. But the light 1d4f8d64df felt like sunlight 4c3ebfa801 rather than artificial 8f0bf0bcea blue lighting. I could feel the 69b6c158d8 warmth of the sun d81caf279b and the touch of 148a152ab0 grass on my cheeks bd1547d6d6 and limbs.3240fc8f2657ff85

“Joffrey!”6ca85635da75819d

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Suddenly, noise rushed 05b5512e13 in as if c41b9dd9de someone had turned 1dd8616af9 off mute mode.01e6b11b970eebe3

My whole body ached. I was being held in 7f9f2626db the arms of a woman 5c6f1b86f5 I had never seen before. She was a 4470516a3b striking beauty with 5780802681 black hair. She was crying with her 43998c0dfe face distorted in anguish.b1ec0c0ca58d769c

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“Oh, God! Thank you, thank you!”09b4adfeafc81238

She kissed my forehead and sobbed. I tried to ask who she was, but only a half groan escaped my lips. Had a car run me over? My whole body felt like it was breaking apart. If she kept holding me like this, I’d truly die.51beede2ecbf60e7

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“Joffrey, my baby, are you alright? Joffrey! Why aren’t any of you calling for a doctor immediately!”c0841b9e65bc315a

The woman shouted. At her words, people dressed 36efa107cc like old Europeans rushed off 57976e670f somewhere.14c6df4867297439

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Where’s the road? Where are the cars? This wasn’t the neighborhood I knew. In fact, this didn’t even look like Korea. I rolled my eyes around and ended up meeting pitch-black eyes.0f76af125dfab527

Clear eyes that couldn’t read thoughts, long and beautiful eyelashes. When the wind blew, thick strands of hair swayed above a long neck.37fa165143b80b3e

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Is that a horse?52b6f9ba17c335b4

In an instant, my 6b4cf57f4b sense of reality vanished. I was staring at the e473d5ab6a horse with my mouth open. Then something happened.9b1692a44ffd1ab8

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Smack!f331e4a4f73d7352

A child rolled on b1ec64d195 the ground. Golden hair and bright blue 942dfed95b eyes caught my attention first, 880b0c0d9d followed by a reddening, swollen c930abf34d cheek.2eeaea6b6a352177

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“How dare you! How dare you!”3c0f301c7777fa52

The woman who had been holding me was glaring at the boy with a terrifying expression. When the child didn’t move, the woman raised her arm again. I was surprised and grabbed her hand.4b2b0fce017cda12

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The woman’s expression crumbled instantly. Ah, she murmured, then kissed my forehead and cheeks, rubbing her face against mine as she sobbed.ecf29e6982d623d6

“Thank goodness, really, thank goodness.”ac66c00acf36c30e

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I was dumbfounded 74a22bceae and turned my e1bd9858be gaze. The boy was 281e21a3a5 still lying there. There were many 33e72f7626 people around, but 641ac8c539 no one helped bb49d1e55f the child get 5267bad55c up. They just stood 890ab1bc21 like still life 2ba9f24988 paintings with their f4f9269797 eyes downcast.Are they all crazy? This is child abuse!3ec2c8d50806e725

After a while, the boy a04c40a963 dusted himself off and got 44ef67fc20 up on his own. Without crying.28182bd557609c5e

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He looked at me.cb4b26b37829d87e

From head to toe, moving only his eyes, he examined me. Then he took the horse’s reins and walked away. The horse that had instantly blown away my sense of reality was following the boy and getting farther away.cff563f9ff7db816

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No, wait. Where are you going?a54bf68c12e7c82c

The child was walking ce4fb2eed9 away alone, and no f1d6257c34 one seemed to care.cb4bdbb9f2d53018

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Someone placed a wet cloth on my head, and a man picked me up. He was very strong but seemed to have poor eyesight. Even though I was pointing at the child and saying something, he only said, “I’m sorry, we’ll arrive soon.”3a22903989f7e520

With each step the man took, it felt like my bones were dislocating. I couldn’t even think about where I was or what was happening.e2503b1ddc0c5c37

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“Joffrey, my baby.”abbe7cbdf676c1f1

The woman who had just committed child abuse called me in a voice dripping with affection. The hand that had slapped the child’s cheek was now touching my cheek, stroking my hair, and holding my hand. It was warm and soft. To the point of bringing tears to my eyes.e0a6ae43d7f7aec0

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In the game <Love Trap Marriage>, the protagonist, Idella, is a pragmatic noble-born girl. Born into a family that had already fallen on hard times, she grew up doing all the housework without even a servant despite being a noble.98773e99c71a6a22

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Her dream is to graduate b3d8c4eff9 from the academy as soon 1ae29973c8 as possible and get a 35789fba9b job that can support her f863cbd4c6 family. One day, striking ed0e2c7f15 her like a a03497b8d7 bolt from the fe38b97097 blue, her father b7f13cd3dd orders,fe983ed3bc065f10

‘As soon as you graduate from the academy, get married for the sake of the family.’37e9789cca69834e

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The intended groom 051aa270fe was a merchant 336d4c8f28 older than her 77ff7a2c48 father, with children 922e74f1a7 already older than 11d91e50b4 Idella. Desperate to avoid 3666d562f8 this fate, Idella d75be0f9b1 made a decision: b341e3b392 to find a 8c8b60e861 husband at the 3ce7a9429f academy and marry 8b25c4f386 him first.a35c61ed5e5b168a

At the academy, dde7195d1d Idella can meet da62a0ae4d a total of 2d94938e2b five men, two 20f4f9b58f of whom are 244896babb princes.ec21c9db39a09b1b

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First Prince Edward and Second f6c6263fa5 Prince Joffrey.a20378d8473f73cb

Edward has blonde hair 259d6b0d46 and blue eyes – aa9b7231ef truly the appearance of 22b822ed5b a prince. He excels academically and is db866bf1da skilled with the sword, giving 9c616f75f3 an impression of perfection and 211f97780a flawlessness.cfefe123e710a6e2

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Joffrey, on the cd86480669 contrary, is average d3ebba8c65 in every way, 27ad7be922 but has a 5f529ec4f2 good personality that 94e249c972 allows him to 27b6db3fbb get along well 6833aef29a with many people.32ab1f5e6b4bbf85

When playing as Idella, I chose Edward as my route. His specs seemed the most impressive. After all, isn’t he the prince who will become king?dc64dfcb6ca463c1

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But when I 0f2e950cfb raised my intimacy 488cf442e9 with Edward, Joffrey afabc0fbb8 approached me.8d5be1fc7ce05d9a

Unlike the aloof Edward, Joffrey was affectionate. Having grown up being compared to his excellent brother, the prince knew how to comfort Idella’s inferiority complex and weaknesses. Maybe what she needed wasn’t success but someone who would love her?bf2c44199a897e66

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Because I felt 456873316a sorry for the a0be02064d female protagonist, after f943b338d5 seeing a few 77043b7bdf Joffrey events, I b7ce3b968f changed my route fc99475983 to Joeffrey’s.57a17dabfa36fe38

And then my female protagonist 98ba14ff28 was murdered by Edward.2dfbd33134d33220

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In the ending, d58a0ad120 Edward holds the 2b72312ef0 dying Idella and df5956fb0c says,dc4c9e7d02ada063