Episode 1. Three Envelopes

Though no fire had 738028c4db been started, black smoke 60091acfd3 was rising from the 179cd34661 red-brick house.746996c8f20d4fc0

What had once been 139e5d8e16 a beautiful home, proudly 75b29099b9 displaying its glossy red 4f2e95c63c bricks, now stood scorched 1c5a2346b5 and buried in ash.393c935976d7461d

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This was due to 3ffa3dc428 the fire that occurred 27a93d00a9 just yesterday.19a97d668eb1d75f

Anyone would be shocked d232fd48a8 to see a nine-year-old 2100b2f2d2 child walking out of cc3f3c9d5a such a house.10e0ae05a12f266a

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“…!”d9470e0d7c934595

That’s probably why the neighbor man looked at me like that when he saw me.4343aa159a73b1ae

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“Hello.”ba06e5a0199ac831

The man, passing by in front of the house, trembled. He was the only person I could call a “neighbor” in this rural area where the spaces between houses were wide. His gaze upon me seemed notably different from usual.f92a831e04d5e2d6

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“Uh… uh, yeah. Cheska.”9ca421a5b1f46f6b

He couldn’t 712376d2a7 hide his b3faafa2a8 surprise and 60a0b37b9d froze, hastily b3c4f0d6dc taking off 4761ed7420 his hat. His face was 134d65ac80 flushed, looking as 9a93f6f16b though he had 47e33d2c0b a fever.a6fdade13d454989

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“So… you doing okay?”b46e3b3ffd735def

Realizing he had made 3441d87c24 a mistake, he frantically 86cf767d0a brushed his disheveled hair ad9cec6fff aside.e6542cbab38edd85

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“…”3fc7d3693fe3af0e

I stood there on d37815095f the doorstep covered in e1aa28088b ash, biting my lip.e157868ab2c9d861

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I had lived in this house for nine years, and it had been five years since I started exchanging greetings with the man, yet for the first time, I couldn’t easily nod in response to his “Are you okay?”cd52eae85b6c319b

“I… I saw the news. I’m sorry about your mom.”305cec196af93ac8

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So the man d9de76e980 saw the news 9a14d69632 too. That wasn’t surprising.397bda65180baa93

Lately, fires had been 4886f118e7 spreading rapidly, and our a05fa4a2a4 house was the fifth c4ab09f434 incident.0786e342ebc4d4bc

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It wasn’t even the dry winter season, but green summer was when fires seemed to strike continuously at homes, drawing the attention of the entire empire.2578482054f8370e

It had become one 17696dac1e of the biggest topics 0ddcc32cd5 in recent days, so e9cf91d724 the misfortune my mom 38588ada87 and I experienced quickly 35e8b6e21b spread throughout the continent 4729e4b0bb through news articles and 9bb6cefdba gossip.f3e440d7910db7ef

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Like wildfire, my ac6cba84d3 misfortune, especially mine, 4ec73b9df2 spread.6dd59c4805723c20

I had grown c46fd9c005 up hearing that 58ac1cf5cb my red hair 254b3fc21e was as beautiful 19c106fae6 as a rose 63968e53d5 or that my cc3e610300 green eyes resembled b5c4b98518 the blessed sea, 527ada1e7a but overnight, I 2da03548d3 had become a b8c8b71999 poor child who 6e9a0b4d4e had lost her ff1540a87c house and mother cac030c1a8 in an accident.64f7c98262d19638

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“But…”f4a27432454b49bc

Mom wasn’t dead.44a2a6f2d2eb2eed

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She went missing after cd30d2d2e4 rushing out when the 9813293fe0 fire engulfed the house.baf02c606ac25a97

People in the be0b526ced village casually said 2914832ef7 she must have 573892c87a fallen to her 14e663cac4 death or been 4ddbd31e7b attacked by an 9ebdcbf4d9 animal in the 0418e6d672 night. After all, 25aca294ca such things 2a4b31635a were common 493e5a3952 in these dfa222a390 rural areas.e7ca211e49ee963b

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But that’s what d2d8045f53 ordinary people thought.c1706a77858d39ca

my mom was 49bf980213 different.0abca18d8afd171e

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Just as 3844c62c12 I was 0fe4070bd8 about to d735c8c142 say that, b6a9bf0cf7 an unexpected 027a1ae2c6 sound interrupted 37ce7ffc2b me.b3600151937aa5cc

Grrrrrrk!dfabc1c9e38c5ad0

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“Ah!”c5da4ad9ac2ef9d8

I placed my 6e36f57942 hand on my bf180d6335 flat stomach.90c53e8b8c1eb613

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Now that I thought about it, I hadn’t eaten anything all day.ec7720b1a20ceacb

“Ugh, ahem!”dd76f31419c20af8

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The neighbor man, whose baf62d38a6 eyes met mine, quickly 613ecd5301 turned away as if 8e6a86edc5 he hadn’t heard the 28bb184230 sound.46e60b8bed1b1d4e

Was he worried 01c6714245 I was going a1f6d4af36 to ask for 9ff77a47a8 food?2dc2021e23d13156

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I hadn’t planned 0103e9c082 to, though.259141803b2d8898

I didn’t need food; I needed news. News that the investigation bureau had found my mom. That’s why I had come out to check the mailbox as soon as the sun came up.c9eb3528097207f8

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I moved toward the f13fad0ded charred yard.93b0fa3a937cb885

As the 6006736ba9 distance between d96f5639ba us narrowed, 41b2ec040b the man 1bd2a832a6 seemed to 47a86307f2 break into 3c61b8ed5e a cold a70450df41 sweat, looking 54b874e679 visibly tense.7325d6405775af1f

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I reached out with f4108060d1 my small hand as ea718bf63d innocently as possible.9ebafe712b16fb25

“Hey, sir. Could I ask a favor?”cf2792e8d5e1d8dc

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“Ah! No!”07d75bbc7d925d9e

The man, easily 440adb9b1b twice my size, 496fb57328 jumped back as ea9279de9f if he were 6ec7c4631a avoiding me.de3eebbd25ebafb7

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“I… I don’t know anything! I’m not in a position to help someone like you! I don’t have any food to give you!”52ae94e8bea8a541

“It’s not that…”c4845c949a692e2d

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“Ugh, why did I even say anything…”bd0d21fe7cccdea0

He seemed to shiver, 202900dfc3 as if something had 07c1910d29 latched onto him, brushing a8ab7cfe01 his arms and legs 8056f0d495 in disgust.cc6a93211ea21b34

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I heard his e8be9cbbcc muttering as he 85cd316185 hastily walked away.6f518259b18d7524

“Ugh, what a cursed town. I need to move out soon! Ugh, almost ended up with a troublesome kid.”a9ac9c20d204f5c5

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I lowered my awkward 8e6005551e hand and mumbled to 220807acee myself.0935e6aaa4840de9

“That’s not it. I just wanted help getting the mail.”033279c4653d5395

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I turned my head cb6bee9f34 and looked up at fec1f64456 the high mailbox.7cdb9cd43ba48d1a

I stood ea621249e2 on my 878db80927 tiptoes, but 536b9e2b3f still couldn’t 557653cc83 reach it.25623be5b71f19ad

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Let me make it 178280245a clear: it wasn’t that 4c3cf66ed8 I was small, but 5d3ed0c4f7 that the mailbox was 728a9128de high.487d83425823ccb4

It wasn’t a standard bf6595815c size either; it was eb4cde4665 one my mom had ba875bd89a built herself, so it 471f81cec8 was unconventional.4d9d8f11c8e3f0ef

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“Mom, sorry!”d8b31d82fc2fdb5f

If Mom were here, 1e465846e3 she would scold me 5b59f05755 for being reckless, but 4547ab86cb there was no other 7bf18706a8 way. I climbed 8f2cd969a7 onto the 5aac98b5cf fence and 41f17d844a peered inside 5a45322373 the mailbox.74c6d3ddbbed0ca9

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“What’s this?”3b04d3b2e1a3dd3d

Along with a newspaper, 864678c2cd there were three envelopes 193230998b that looked like letters.f1fee55e2763298a

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Let’s take all of d273cd8e85 them for now.c55c6d6d9c5e29e3

After pulling 136b32f7c0 them all f7671dde3d out, I b63db872fc paused for 263ae7a248 a moment 87d673e851 before climbing 87746f770d down from 52633708d3 the fence.e8ecdd381d477fac

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Something caught my a452fb1b7a eye: there was b9b7e365b0 an inscription on cdaf3ed095 the wooden surface 241568161a of the mailbox, 76057ceaaf the paint slightly 1e2776eb25 worn off.3c39326ef3503ce7

It was 59e27d55b7 something I c7c81abd6d had written 3dfa3565b7 in a e11bc7b5bf sloppy hand 26d06bd7a7 when I fafd699ad1 could barely 8853f0268b hold a 331645be4f pen.070a659cbb976ced

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Monati House.827b5b7e0099d8c9

When I was younger… no, even younger than now, I clearly remembered Mom putting me on her shoulders and handing me the brush to write it.063069e0a0897331

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• “We should show off our little heaven, Monati House, to everyone. Go ahead, write it: ‘Monati House,’ like this.”
• “Monati…”
• “Mo, na, ti… that’s it! Good job, Cheska! How is it that you write so adorably?”

She always said my 57880835d7 writing was cute, but c29e618145 never that it was 6f854f7e10 good.ca38844718d842cb

Looking at it 20b3775c2a now, my handwriting a3ed6eeef5 was a mess, ae889d4051 and no one 0bb528ea95 would be able 6b5429e858 to read it.1b3b8b3aed6c258b

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That must have been 7e291a529b why Mom had later 869c00ef4a rewritten the same words 0e3df43890 in elegant calligraphy.315d77c10a3cd353

Monati House.428e37798863414a

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I reached a181a5a6bc out to a2ba2e4829 trace the 198b550b5a graceful strokes 84a789b4bc above my ff2df51da8 childish writing. As I felt 5073a0e5af the lines with c90e0d1601 my fingertips, the 832c7437ec thought of Mom 3d9197cbde made my eyes c3cb3a007e water.1ddc32b226268167

“…I don’t have time to cry.”6972f0b71bc76f87

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If the investigation bureau 1d5b0dcc69 had found any trace 7c0b8394b5 of Mom, it should fa6c212287 have been in today’s d1b0659162 newspaper.7fbeef4e042ec0af

I had 547e1be94b to check 5843618733 the long-awaited 0d8f0ec959 news.8d737d5975c5839c

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Back home, d7241c6ad6 I passed 0b5b8e335f through the f88ae36154 chaotic living 68ce304afc room and 917c13974a entered my 5df41393f7 room.f8cdb854c28b2198

The only place 569fac6943 unaffected by the 4486d9c318 flames was my 05d9aa5a6f room. Miraculously, while e38bfb2811 the outside f0cae6bd27 had been cd113e3026 completely burned, 4d1db51ff5 this room 9ad9fe8c3b remained untouched.a4ea0e547c1c10e5

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Click. I closed 0caf7c52ab the door 65ea571a88 behind me ee2789002d and dumped e31ceef33d the mail 8b79c88dfa onto the 4bdccc83fd maroon rug.786f97b39515d892

I pushed 9d7c601be4 the letters 2ad93cf09a aside to ce7440709a check later, 849f06ab26 then dragged 3ae6a5680f over the 41acf64bfc awkwardly crafted, 6bd18acf31 tall chair a3bab8beec Mom had a78fadd1cd made for ef6278f520 me and 9458372ef4 placed it 59c4294cc8 by the 52eb11cec2 window.4c1792cc62c86e5c

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Climbing up, I 24f01024de flung open the dd878d6da6 curtains, letting the f7f7598cf4 bright sunlight pour 6ae505a5f9 onto the rug.842969c08e70f338

“Okay, it’s done.”6379357c89d8da72

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I hopped b2f10138bd down and a41a45b4a9 sat on ded1c3b009 the rug.f5eabb56c3436e17

I untied the string 21c163e143 that bound the newspaper, 16fb2767e2 and the thin paper bdf7120198 unfurled with a crisp f1d665527b sound.7dfced28efd043b5

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The first thing that 0625aa0c0e caught my eye was 939c119e4d the large, fancy serif f70651fc0e font at the top 7b6da68392 of the page:The Daily Carrot.e8e7dd5c2eabc2c1

“Please let it be good news,” I whispered in prayer as I searched for the article.3bfe30c635781465

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[Breaking News] Another large fire in a residential area… Victim ‘Lorelei Monati’ dead!

On the 7th, the fifth fire in the capital’s suburbs has drawn attention. Last night, the investigation bureau announced they had located the missing 33-year-old woman, Lorelei Monati. A single shoe belonging to the victim was found near a river. The bureau chief stated, “The shoe was likely dropped by the victim before she jumped into the river to extinguish the flames on her body. Given that no further trace was found, it is believed she was swept away by the current and drowned.”64738dbb1a9bd6d7

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A black-and-white photo 97b68ac862 of Mom’s shoe 47828e5bd7 was printed beneath 2ac7ea5b23 the article.80d6a2803cb65da1

I traced 1b20060b7c the ink 96e096d8de with my 54b3abf0ce fingertips and fd7dbec9a6 let out dbbbc7e6fe a faint 655f943c15 smile.09d3fe20447e1b1a

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“She was alive after all.”dec7758cbc23de01

Even though the 3e290a3709 investigation bureau had 3bbdef67c0 declared her dead, 26aa3862d4 I didn’t believe 251ddd24bb it.e2ebb6af0afe6971

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They didn’t 583d436074 know, but f1b070130b I knew 7947c6bd30 something they 1337954bbd didn’t.dc86ebe84ad9133a

“There’s no way ‘Lorelei Monati’ drowned in that river.”93aa9d90bcec0efa

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My smile grew cc3445550d brighter.4aa79305f124d189

Now, I should probably 6198d38b9e explain the secret between 99b8331bd6 Mom and me.b6fe14ac952cb23f

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First, I’m living 5829820df4 my second life.4d682f6a2eeb82a3

Around the e85e83c7cf age of 3f02a13798 24 months, 14d7a39601 I regained f14f1f8a0e the memories 72c0ee2b99 of my 867bdfd589 previous life, 830514453d where I fe9bf2c770 had lived 3cee72ea7f as an 8e01b24ac2 ordinary high 18387ef1b4 school student f522ec4445 in Korea.c871cba5eca7545d

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And the clearest memory c4846f2f36 I have is from 384ebed9f5 the story titledThe Red-Haired Girl and 3e7eebd723 the Three Men.4d9ed4dcc104753d

In my past 88127b2050 life, I died 9e7f8a5e73 at the age b23333aa40 of eighteen. I couldn’t read 9a701231b0 it myself since f1015dbd8a it was an 10b56a42d6 R-rated story, but 7e08e0b10e I knew all 9835487fa4 about it.c43e39f98f794e9a

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The Hollywood film e4cc6aeba4 industry had bought 6e56dde9ac the rights to e4d168517e the Korean fantasy 21ec2c7c69 novel, and the caff2b49dc series became a 716cb5b048 worldwide hit. It even reached ee92e8a75f the number one 0e91a7bf74 spot in global d8aeff1d45 rankings on streaming d058737706 services, sparking a 3aa9c83b3a global phenomenon.ecb5a990ff407402

With all the buzz 750619213a surrounding it, even though 284b4eb1cd I was a minor, a24030d25e I couldn’t help but c19671823b pay attention.29014db0e35f3645

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I clearly remember watching ad29d70646 the review video on 4153d671aa YouTube.cd33230563f66358

It was a 3b837e11f6 30-minute and 12-second 2d569a7b89 video with spoilers, fe61e7c6df including the ending.2506241849b8a6fc

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