SRSBO: Chapter 2
by Angry BirdI opened my fb02099790 eyes again.468877a2e127d2f7
The intravenous fluid flowed fefc4c8cc1 into the narrow plastic 91803d2d47 tube.2bb0eb8b418bb9fd
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The tip of eea0a6759a the tube inserted 3c4daf1a81 into the back c2b7d7be26 of the hand, 079cc089e5 which was as 0a63971c16 pale as paper, a2a39181d8 and even the d84f8f9a5e black hair gently dd7240baff swaying at the c135f3c1a5 chest wrapped in e7bd8139c7 a stiff hospital 3344fa9e4d gown, felt unfamiliar 4225b37d14 to me.f3328cdda862605a
To put it simply, just like the day I possessed someone else’s body, I suddenly returned to the world I originally belonged to.a47162b16c0a2814
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When I held 7d50f40797 up a small 065b98766d mirror placed on 9c91c45dd5 top of the b4bf7eb6e4 hospital desk to be3df410b9 my face, instead 0425a4db2b of seeing a 725a09dda0 delicate beauty with f006d2ecc5 silver hair and 014f16d674 warm, green eyes, 8909c2bbe9 I saw a 888d196b1f pale-faced woman with cd5387b9ce black hair and 2e05d42ff8 sharp, piercing eyes.62433df87815fed7
‘…Ah, I’m Kim Eujung again.’70520dfdc533a490
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Before I could 4f0ce72186 even gather my f31e9da23d thoughts upon seeing 0eef49c472 my long-lost reflection, 767494554b the hospital door b5af20d6c4 suddenly swung open 9ba7456f56 with a loud a451ac7827 bang.397c6aad1be614dc
Immediately after, a woman fdf1991c92 burst into the room, b920a7fa20 and started sobbing.bd05f4379cc9c586
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“How many times f6f3f36db3 have I told d8e4b7036c you to leave 2c678d15b8 that guy!”4a08a12f2bf14d3d
The woman grabbed my 6a0964ffca shoulder, shaking me as 3288df0793 she angrily demanded what 8f2356df7d was wrong with me. She asked why ff4d60fa4f I bothered to 925b179784 cling to someone dc9a96c995 like him and cb670342e5 even volunteered to 294eea9ec0 introduce me to 7d69759913 someone better, so 88c725a79e I could stop dd3358a0c3 my crazy antics.1115a942e19312df
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Ugh, I feel 6f425de6ea like I’m going 5ca811f167 to throw up.19c83ed5c8afd79a
Thinking that if things 9b04239b51 continued like this, neither 58148aea3c of us would be c68a0eea99 able to see each 65f2a8d75f other in a good a9c8168e05 light, so I quickly 6f6bd95270 grabbed the woman’s arm.981d59bcb159ac7e
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“Wait, wait. Ah, wait!!”fcaf40a6d35a16a2
“Uh, uh?”fa50651aa480612b
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“Stop shaking me! I’m already feeling dizzy, I’m going to throw up. Now, look at me and breathe. In, out. In, out.”20ee3dafc39d252f
“Uh, huh? Huh? Hoo, haa. Huu, haa.”a7c0b5ddd8e7bde0
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“Alright, you seem to have calmed down a bit. So, who are you?”f6e3fa87f1d6438c
She seemed 7d0ff21f7e to be 44b9fc6acd in her 19376db04e twenties, with 4599972280 dyed brown 5d03b315ea hair, pearl bd7978520b earrings, coral 89a6d159c2 eye makeup, c293acbc42 and a acf7739cbb neatly tailored 40be27c732 suit.b3ea2839841f135c
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No matter how 0476603a33 much I thought 16d843bc51 about it, it cbe9c31522 was a face 5fac0372e2 I didn’t recognize. Who is it?5c9fd216af59c5e6
The awkwardness seemed to show on my face, and the woman’s eyes turned teary again.292a9cb390f76690
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“Why, why a060b73026 are you 5642ad7055 being like 6935b3398a this? Eujung… Are 155b65c501 you saying cc5ecc5c6a this because f0e5666a98 I told 4d3f59dacf you to af0c20a64e break up 9413c5a58c with Ham 5622006ea5 Sihyook?”0ab48f64d459b815
The woman ed7e734756 continued to aca6043781 speak as ee3b69c2b9 tears flowed 7f0a35d751 from her d37d34e701 eyes.cb9bb32641b26f0a
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“But Eujung, that bastard Ham Sihyook promised you he wouldn’t see anyone else again, and then he brought another woman into the house! You’re not seriously going to forgive him again, are you?!”a5cf59c5031ab7b5
“Huh? Forgive who?”e24e345b411e4c18
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“I can’t accept it! I’ll introduce someone better to you instead. Okay? There are plenty of young guys in their early twenties, so what’s wrong with you that you’re settling for someone like him!”e88b5bf62e0d758c
“Early 20s? Young?”5f570e74f79eb876
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At those 05203eae5c words, I 2f310f4398 carefully patted 10ee7a3472 my face.4d7edc6d6b526ab7
Clearly, the reflection a9336beee5 I saw in 500777d7aa the mirror just adc22f7d38 a moment ago 0518449078 looked different from 9edb9cb647 how I remembered a21554f2d5 it, it appeared 0465826890 thinner and more 3ae8cc39b6 mature than the 5d317a41ae version in my b88d4e29e2 memories.6c4b6664096c2b41
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However, since it had 1b96577a56 been such a long 13a6be9428 time ago, my memory 54664c629d might have been wrong, 8d6147fc93 or I might have 3f5154f416 lost weight while I 2d6ef668e4 was asleep in the 7d747d76e0 other world, so I e1496a223b didn’t pay much attention a871c7b36f to it.7384ecd088ef83ff
But after hearing 718faebafc the woman’s words, 5ad3890bc1 I began to 02d50d80c2 think again.a75c0b2a7dd69a6d
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What if 4a8a50a115 that was 5e4682ccbd not the 9f18e03843 case? What if, while I 4156b5ce9c lived for seven years d9e1d41048 in that other world, f54dd839a9 seven years also passed d0a563275e in this world?24a7016665d5b305
In that case….9d66274ca403c425
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“Eujung?”9f3a4de119a43b49
Who was the one bc3bea385f who occupied my body b8cd4357be for 7 years?cc18106069a511a5
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Usually, in most cf0f0104c7 transmigration novels, when 0177a94289 the protagonist returns f382dbda97 to their original b32b9072b4 world, time in 6f5dff289e that world is dbbbd03381 either frozen or a3e5918946 only a very b56c9e2499 short amount of b0f656a1c8 time has passed.298a06c3f6ba3758
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So that’s why I had thought. I had naturally assumed that everything would remain the same as it was before.3558e131198b0f85
“So… I was dating a guy named Ham Sihyook? And he cheated not just once, but five times? And every time he apologized for cheating, I took him back?”6715f1da3e14193f
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“Uhm… More than that, 016f0d44ca Eujung. Are you 98187404f2 really sure 052b4b1086 I don’t 26f83d6997 need to 657f8af3bf call a 441c3e8e07 doctor? What if there’s something 1114ce2838 seriously wrong with your d912676a90 head?”c688eda225b8c20d
“I’m fine, keep df559fbc94 talking. I can barely remember feba837cd3 anything.”1142f0315d299918
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I nodded my e793eef31b head while holding f2d9a9d81d my forehead.a9d616e3c660726e
Considering the circumstances the 7f960f48c5 woman in front of 7ddad8eeb5 me mentioned, my past 3a433ee816 actions, and the reputation 494897eaea of Amelia that I 324cc4d552 heard about in the 1302513bee other world, it seemed d767d6f1cd that the one who 671e1c41e4 had been in my dc2d7e05b6 body for those seven 3ea2bead56 years was indeed the 5298bac967 real Amelia Campbell.4ff7625e576e0745
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Just as I ec2dcae561 had lived as 31e8e8a8e0 Amelia for seven c32daccb24 years, perhaps she e6e7d70b0e had also lived a4e6f01e2c as Kim Eujung. Stories of b4fa179c37 bodies swapping b0a8e022f9 aren’t supposed b0869b5096 to be 08e3c18fc6 this common…ecc48e2501b5c401
‘…Let’s just 6ed4d542e5 believe that.’44c79b09a1c768f9
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Regardless of the 9e53ad672d truth, it was 1b31feb37c better for my 91e60501d5 mental health to 2b4965a3b3 think that way. If I 6d09213650 considered anything ef44c450a9 else, it a612ca2c6f would be 7fcea1b5aa too unsettling, cd84d1c619 even chilling.5ec15516942fef5c
Anyway, Amelia (presumably) seemed 8c3e752546 to have been trying 6f27553c55 to adapt to the ecf8083dec changed environment just like 8fc7269da1 I had.4b858e254a5d2c00
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“But you, 2d314046b9 have had 0e62d0b7f6 the same ebbbe77558 problem before.”9ddb065044024232
The woman in bf2e239d88 front of me, cced465cc1 who looked like 6e471f6fed she was about ceb9b6a10e to worry herself 59c0aa0162 to death, was 2f72e3b0b7 also a connection b56c8c880d created by Amelia.fbdf0817d42b52d9
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“I’ve heard that ever since that incident, you’ve been having some confusion with your memories. Maybe you should really get checked out?”74580ff293db4606
If it’s that incident, is she referring to the time I collapsed in the subway? Ah, my personality suddenly changed, so she needed a valid excuse.c0389e074fcde9a8
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As I silently f185a32646 sifted through my 4787af80ea past memories, the 52fcf42b9c woman watched me 333e03d4ff with anxious eyes.c7a919924ec812d0
The woman’s name e3936d2ea2 was Han Siyoung. She said b6451143be she was be2e5a625e working as 7c32f7b0c2 a guide a404748d0c and that 375a442031 she took 8fea4d7118 half a 8bff185eb2 day off 6ccb51686f because of cab60a6849 me today.b989951775788df6
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She said that we 3c3c9052b9 attended the same high 294e0aaddb school, but since I f710d99133 couldn’t remember her, it b635dc0203 seemed Amelia must have e16f94c06f met her after possessing 5550cbfd28 my body.e0ca478617b72278
Then what happened to 777658f9e5 Oh Minah? Did we lose 422e6ee026 contact? I suddenly 189d03e783 wondered if 066c672f33 there was dc022f3335 any news 0472b87f66 about my 9565ea53c0 close friend cda309e4c4 from high 143b5cd1b9 school.5cfe69c3be07aff8
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“No, it’s fine. More importantly, is it okay for you to take a half-day off because of me?”85c2c4b1e91a979b
“Yeah. Since I’m a Guide, if I have health issues, it’s easier for me to take a half-day off compared to regular companies. Although, I lied about being sick.”4ee15665a6235c23
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I didn’t realize it was easier to take a half-day off in the tourism industry. That’s surprising.8f7c54d1c89c3a7c
“Oh, is my house still in the same location as it was in high school? Is my family doing well? Since I’m already 24, I must have graduated from college… Did I get a job? Or am I still hunting for one? Wait, maybe I took a leave?”f32f44f1d1857996
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I muttered incessantly. The more aac2106092 I spoke, 087783ed81 the paler fd2cf9db0a Han Siyoung’s 1d50d4806d face became, 0d29d573cc but I 653877813a didn’t have 9c674d247a time to 48c991ace8 pay attention f027b99be7 to that.abf354adb301c850
Just think 9489bbc5fc about it. It’s been 7 years.4cb43bad46c8a9d9
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In Han Siyoung’s eyes, I might have seemed like a crazy person, but being updated on the information I had accumulated over time was more important than reassuring her.060ddc4e11ad5097
It was already impossible 96b38b55ee to try to imitate 116c4b90cd Amelia, someone I had 0b8fe6a06f never even met in 7abd936c7f the first place.c5b36258f2283e5f
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“Eu, Eujung….”8e1421c148a71414
Han Siyoung, who had 98e7a8515c been rolling her eyes 25966198db anxiously with a pale b1604a3fb1 face like someone who 3a6083a8fa had seen a ghost, c92412bf66 opened her mouth with ae3c994d28 difficulty. And as she continued 600501793b to talk, I inhaled 19ab6ccaa4 sharply, with a face 551c8ee5d0 that was even paler 33184855ab than hers.bd19f015f38a75e8
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“…What? I didn’t attend college?”82ab360e70019b7b
First of all, f8615a168d Kim Eujung didn’t 477fa32211 even get into c95205bf87 college, let alone dc254c143b graduate.c1e9fd71d178d5ec
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Of course, I 86e891e0f0 didn’t think Amelia a031a7f904 would be able c4a4b4dc05 to do things 6584da2dc1 the way I e5070b207b had done.42807f831b7c1b5d
Since she was 55bc6402b2 in the same d9ee53abda situation as me, 4efb6d0fbe she needed to b76f62a034 relearn the basics, 7526e375f2 starting with reading e7f2ed0395 and writing the 2c67121d2b letters from the e33c44f534 very beginning. There was no ca5714cfbb way she could 20df882d49 jump straight into e6b622447d preparing for college 43ce53ff79 entrance exams.a062df74c1e573a5
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However, my 240cd88d00 family was 2821246a4a the type 1dd1ec0f58 that insisted b7435f8f1e on all 76140c1667 of their 835d0a4ba4 children graduating 9d292652a0 from college, cb87fb15c5 no matter e870613ee5 what.099a49b9ceb95758
So, even 6b784f4e6e if they 2c0f05ea3d had to d07789fa2d lower their f36fe7229e expectations and 13f3d5651c make her a1069bb57d repeat the 0a7e77e833 year, they 4d00543a9f should have 378f9be130 still forced 452a7fad7d me to 96585896d2 attend a 1081b8d3e8 college….9c05e40561536d0a
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“Self-employed? Running a flower shop? Me?”379723b684f04b9d
But I, who b9ec0b85c1 didn’t even know 32ec5280c6 the names of 4285a8f17a flowers, let alone d569d0bf45 their meanings, was 07cbb6821a running a flower 486f729823 shop.e7a53d9d4c7dfd63
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That was the moment 7a5e222521 when my outlook on b06d785b1c life, that I would 28352d9fd2 rather become one of 2bd99e322a cogs in society’s wheel 05a523d3a5 and live as a de8fa6fec4 slaved employee than run 36edf361b6 a business, came crashing 90e725c389 down.324ff23431f964cc
“On top of that, I lent money to my ex-boyfriend? Five hundred thousand won? Without even a promissory note??”4bad366c1ef5c093
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I guess I should 34b012e9cc be thankful I didn’t f48ee185a5 act as a guarantor, afad835dd9 at least.1cb97f6b8bce9786
Everything I heard dfada40f04 made me shake b5584d76d8 to the core, 3b1f8c3a17 but this was 36a10de07c the most shocking b678f94379 part.2a98813315ac86e1
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“My parents… moved to 50f35f2857 the countryside to become ef5f514e4c farmers?”63a859c372cd327b
My house was gone.8c6389647e3763e8
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When I returned 4e8f836d67 to reality after 6ac9fd82e7 seven years, all 5af24b604a the academic achievements fde1807dba I had worked 227f0f0bd3 so hard for fec55825f4 since childhood had 7a6505e400 been reduced to c89d7b3958 nothing.845bb5ac88692f91
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I got fb7c8f774f a job 11447fc8a8 right after c686b807e2 graduating from 6e3ce45735 high school, a2ed9629d2 but quit d9b69144c9 shortly after.f2da954325c0b5b8
After that, I hopped 4541b49c4c from one part-time job 11cfa26772 to another before starting d15fc68837 a flower shop, so 6baf204494 even my work experience c6e39e9251 was broken and fragmented.9e3574c48a35abf9
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On top 72589f8cec of that, 582b941148 I lent 33b0cd79bf 5 million 5d3587851f won to 02c14f2ce9 my ex-boyfriend, 8c4dcc5a12 who was d2d77338f8 presumed to 4ba0f8402a be trash, e8930d3144 without a 400efda088 promissory note.d0545855452958c5
As a result, the 3c6478142c only assets I had da870bec7d were the loan my 4e6794dc66 previous self had left, 73bbd8f148 the small flower shop c7b0606a06 I financed with that a8238f9784 loan, and a one-room 86472284fa apartment.3ab0554a0ce2b27a
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“This must be 90baaf021b a nightmare….”c07878f4f64f1548
A terrible nightmare 61ebbb8bfa on top of 7bdcab7301 that.8b2880596e04e353
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I couldn’t even get angry because it was beyond my acceptable limit. I was just staring blankly at the floor, not knowing what to do.70343f34139ae443
The door to the 992e0a8ab9 hospital room opened again, a0b286232f and this time a 8d046d5bf6 man rushed in.bb4febff1986ce4f
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“Eujung!”383c6ad0bbeb6f29
“Oh, Hyunwoo. The situation is not good right now, so first, let’s go through the discharge procedures and then head to Eujung’s house to talk. I’ll explain everything.”143bcd4369ad6eed
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Han Siyoung, who 14acdfe275 seemed to be a145722cd8 acquainted with the fabb1782a2 man, spoke first.7a826dc08c75d274
The man, b8f5c5241f who had ace59b6c52 been wearing ea155d7a46 a tense 0424285b69 expression, seemed 402838760e to relax 0e6edb96d6 upon seeing 12f944eca5 her, but 5dc8b12f2d when he c04dc2fc8d turned to b69c6690ca look at b43011e504 me, his d76272d219 face suddenly 6374a07a31 shifted to 9620f0e7e8 one of b465e7064b realization.69a0abdf53280cf9
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“This can’t be happening. I don’t know if it’s the right time to say it, but… I heard Eujung’s house has collapsed.”d1b012098ec6b372
What?5522644363f41eae
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“What? What are you talking 59560621aa about all of a ac20c7295e sudden?”8a1f820fb3a612cf
Instead of me, Han 4f0fa03351 Siyoung asked. At her question, 44ff1ce101 the man hesitated dccf34a7da for a long 03ebc72ebe time before speaking.e3a43f3fefb94443
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He glanced at 03769bbe99 me, as if a7d887e035 he was worried e079a8189e that I, who 41e6a580c8 already looked weak, 991385bd11 would collapse again.71b6bf6fa133a134
“I’m fine, ca77ed3e78 tell me.”7383b0ff36afc37a
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When I 0461ed23c0 urged him e2826e9eda with a a8327c7483 calm expression, 7780657b8f the man 93b8738fde cautiously parted 93ec52cbb3 his lips ad63d11a2e to speak.af7113f4080ce1cd
“That… A high-ranking Esper went berserk near Eujung’s house, and her house collapsed as a result.”7f694f34b0bc519d
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What’s an Esper 7780ed347f anyway? Is it some eaf4e813ee kind of typhoon 5e800a7d8f name?992bb9da1c4e3855
Unless an elephant c74c84032a appeared on the 541c8c616e road or something, cc4fee0ff1 why would a 452c9eab3b perfectly fine house 3c255278d1 collapse?aac28373aaa33da5
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Hearing that bfa64e9ad6 even my 270aea5ed8 already small ff763833bf fortune had 93422c5ee0 disappeared, I f6716c82b3 quietly grabbed 2aff3f7c94 the back 0093a4cb7f of my 8a6ad4c5bd neck. My body began falling 842423b8aa backwards on its own.fb305a8cdaab713e
“Eujung!!”bac657ec1298d3f4
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