Episode 1. Three Envelopes

Though no f27d5e019e fire had 7cfd16bd73 been started, efa3c3b253 black smoke bae0f724b8 was rising dac2183b13 from the cdcbb7f6c1 red-brick house.142c81f9b5f0e51f

What had a61061d07e once been 1d64726e39 a beautiful 2440995c95 home, proudly 5ce505ce74 displaying its 9495d206ce glossy red 892d87f6d4 bricks, now 0206f7f8d7 stood scorched 1348068f25 and buried 38f0970865 in ash.1a25521a823c8ca8

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This was d6faf345d2 due to 1c1bc22c01 the fire f1a033fae5 that occurred 791d68b1e9 just yesterday.2e82360b51380ca9

Anyone would be shocked 17258b2cb7 to see a nine-year-old 9103201486 child walking out of 168fce5e8b such a house.eac5c763f2198e06

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“…!”21e4a8aaf951686a

That’s probably why the neighbor man looked at me like that when he saw me.7a264aaca1aa90cd

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“Hello.”0bfa8340bc1e84ce

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.db77d5ba8143441a

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“Uh… uh, yeah. Cheska.”bf66786f9d00cd5a

He couldn’t 69036d4f74 hide his 275e623898 surprise and 27aa0be2c0 froze, hastily 65c6e3a6a8 taking off 9483e12827 his hat. His face was flushed, c427baf0ba looking as though he 0700524371 had a fever.eeeaf1892fb2295a

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“So… you doing okay?”88efd93907278413

Realizing he had 390079f975 made a mistake, 3557c804d2 he frantically brushed 938e3c66ea his disheveled hair 33d455d318 aside.f6501cfc7bdeb686

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“…”ca550c94489a99af

I stood there on 839d77ebfe the doorstep covered in 8ce54923bc ash, biting my lip.7b54ba5b820be66a

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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?”5b7a6866f04e4d1c

“I… I saw the news. I’m sorry about your mom.”ea3c7d3613cf5185

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So the man c70d0630f3 saw the news 60b15857a4 too. That wasn’t surprising.5f3a02335f6f6bca

Lately, fires had e02e118069 been spreading rapidly, 795cff164e and our house 1b7fd2e78c was the fifth 3aecfe675f incident.02deb071a380f783

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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.960bdf4d19809898

It had become one 24dd25d5bb of the biggest topics 3054a438ee in recent days, so a43db69f21 the misfortune my mom 633f5d9b36 and I experienced quickly c9e7811631 spread throughout the continent 126375701c through news articles and 1a65daa729 gossip.1868af977b617bf3

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Like wildfire, 905e82721b my misfortune, 942989ec34 especially mine, 71e925f888 spread.5172314ea9153cba

I had grown f28d2c1cfe up hearing that cb7125ad22 my red hair d4a1ce944a was as beautiful c25b335412 as a rose 40d2942a6f or that my 6ccf474651 green eyes resembled 826c1a5ed4 the blessed sea, c9de533068 but overnight, I 937cef94fe had become a 6a114a3c94 poor child who 2031a66869 had lost her 76df3dc286 house and mother 9bc207db3c in an accident.2e8160bcb5944e0f

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“But…”b4b1103aab3219b7

Mom wasn’t dead.679820ce16b9818b

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She went 07cc1196ea missing after 9b2e738f7b rushing out 2a42299a74 when the 33d820b02e fire engulfed a9e5857fb8 the house.6883b6e2585737dc

People in the village 86abf59d1e casually said she must fa782deac3 have fallen to her 66d2a3dc90 death or been attacked f9f9792266 by an animal in e6e43d1b92 the night. After all, such things 7e6809bd05 were common in these 156c76815f rural areas.0d7110c788910a9a

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But that’s a3782b0294 what ordinary 4ebf9e00d8 people thought.6a67fa3996ec3df6

my mom was different.ba0d6ef08c271189

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Just as I a8e493f734 was about to 11ab469e04 say that, an 01d6f7b6b9 unexpected sound interrupted 2488fe1ce7 me.3d5de184db910bf2

Grrrrrrk!6bb8252bce0b7cfe

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“Ah!”ddd84f08f1f67b65

I placed 5e778df143 my hand 58dc354d98 on my 18ed2240f0 flat stomach.c003892463b93bbc

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Now that I thought about it, I hadn’t eaten anything all day.2caf34bcd61f2282

“Ugh, ahem!”9a881180444bc00d

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The neighbor man, c86f45316b whose eyes met 79c009e315 mine, quickly turned 6798aa2a08 away as if e90ac07907 he hadn’t heard d74c2e64c5 the sound.7369413c03c7f9cd

Was he worried I 2206926422 was going to ask 6ba40f26a1 for food?e17de35b78ac7cf3

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I hadn’t f3332be23e planned to, f61bcc4d2c though.0f3f9f50d98371a1

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.ee116186e8600089

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I moved toward bdea9bd524 the charred yard.64126409fa84c300

As the e8ec25d0fb distance between b13d316219 us narrowed, 0f86cb755a the man c659bb5d04 seemed to 5869d4bc56 break into 70c7d34e79 a cold 5474e7674c sweat, looking 60ad5e6faa visibly tense.e646a841e0e3dbbe

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I reached out with cc4932b79c my small hand as 9ea6ec1999 innocently as possible.41047cc4c65e2640

“Hey, sir. Could I ask a favor?”d201c3f3a3e0b261

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“Ah! No!”4ab1fb6cc9657061

The man, easily twice bd40fd719a my size, jumped back 7fce60ba97 as if he were eb6c242ec4 avoiding me.ed6882e7b7d53a37

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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!”99d896306676ff3a

“It’s not that…”bdd274a894cc9e70

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“Ugh, why did I even say anything…”1835a0b40492dd1c

He seemed to 0dbbb45284 shiver, as if 56167b0a6b something had latched bf931c4b68 onto him, brushing 9e65b50fb7 his arms and fef6bb6f81 legs in disgust.cd0ae555bdfef72a

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I heard his 5baacd17e0 muttering as he e0b73c23e2 hastily walked away.140462e16ae310e2

“Ugh, what a cursed town. I need to move out soon! Ugh, almost ended up with a troublesome kid.”fe4a056474ebaf71

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I lowered my 98d1824c7a awkward hand and 37039fd0b2 mumbled to myself.c48f65e80827fea3

“That’s not it. I just wanted help getting the mail.”e17828129fce153a

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I turned my e8144c19be head and looked 367cd1b719 up at the 03ff566b75 high mailbox.c8033303150a8c0f

I stood on my 1681fe7e8b tiptoes, but still couldn’t de7d323197 reach it.c07dc786aafe1ef1

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Let me make it ae7d6ad054 clear: it wasn’t that 93beed8b04 I was small, but a13e26b185 that the mailbox was b0e8ec1265 high.837811940c58e1dc

It wasn’t a f0e5e57f4f standard size either; 775ee739f5 it was one 29b378d3a8 my mom had c712ff56dc built herself, so decc8293a0 it was unconventional.695096d8ad33b5ce

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“Mom, sorry!”31899557515ab300

If Mom were here, 5d8d231280 she would scold me 2acaabc617 for being reckless, but 4b128a9e26 there was no other 659b8c2944 way. I climbed 897549de56 onto the 522a6d6be3 fence and 7a2c71b4c6 peered inside 5f00c408cf the mailbox.837b0c7a4d185b65

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“What’s this?”d3838aaedfd1c23a

Along with a 48ebd0c19e newspaper, there were 11a45fd460 three envelopes that bec5daf0c1 looked like letters.9722aaee20ab8068

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Let’s take e00195d2ea all of b4d390262a them for aa91e12f7b now.7ef74ec538bedd3c

After pulling them 89d7555432 all out, I 7e1525f07b paused for a b7e628874f moment before climbing 459daf52ff down from the 9efd419c91 fence.8cdbe557485184e9

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Something caught my d5608bc541 eye: there was 01a45c1d37 an inscription on 31a7b75d36 the wooden surface 74b6f81ccd of the mailbox, 6e09f19d33 the paint slightly e13744224e worn off.a5c724fff99675a8

It was something I 8bf03f0e1d had written in a 4b89d2757b sloppy hand when I 9effbfd076 could barely hold a 90be6ac1bb pen.0718102635b069af

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Monati House.87850253cf87977b

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.144c87b4c0f0cb85

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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 baa00b9764 said my cfdb3d557d writing was a7b19a8113 cute, but 2fa5e9ffd7 never that 752d3d550f it was 856b3bb259 good.503f72191925164a

Looking at it now, 292aa0ebfd my handwriting was a 43fb4b438c mess, and no one fd13517771 would be able to 60dcde3387 read it.c3bcd36edd46d42e

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That must have been 806b0f4c1a why Mom had later 2874619f25 rewritten the same words 5b14f77b4b in elegant calligraphy.1d4d66001edd820e

Monati House.19d149173e42e79c

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I reached out 1c3d8fd3d9 to trace the 4b5b5e180f graceful strokes above f0f563ab4b my childish writing. As I felt a3a5107df9 the lines with 8989b7732c my fingertips, the 52d374ff91 thought of Mom 4b72f5256e made my eyes f5c788dcf9 water.19ab494c9272a929

“…I don’t have time to cry.”e1827b4b4943a9bd

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If the investigation 5eb8b3330c bureau had found 06322e673f any trace of 25fa1fbfdb Mom, it should 1351e52eed have been in 7c5ec41264 today’s newspaper.2f9d04eb9d620112

I had to 33a04ddea7 check the long-awaited 0f5be3a420 news.d5629ec5020ba001

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Back home, cf0d200d3f I passed 6c79012c2c through the d298b4d17f chaotic living d0b09f2d02 room and c3b2533651 entered my 3483c88f93 room.6081c4c4987d2f3d

The only ba142cfecc place unaffected b2b73c8bee by the 08d7e6c38c flames was 6870b27838 my room. Miraculously, while e43b2bc515 the outside 03e977dddd had been 48f567e588 completely burned, f9c96b0c8c this room 071e229877 remained untouched.3dc755e9c98dc424

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Click. I closed the door 5ec43d9fc3 behind me and dumped 87c650ad5d the mail onto the 8a76c3105d maroon rug.691f64601f8783e6

I pushed bd50ddcc01 the letters 2ca6860b69 aside to 09f402baee check later, ce3e70cd67 then dragged 7592d292ad over the 37a669316a awkwardly crafted, 5e7a9f8602 tall chair 6f0bcba0c6 Mom had 0a6e185190 made for 24d1d2f818 me and 197ed103b7 placed it 959a660713 by the dcd5ac326b window.ddc38a92f53fcc12

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Climbing up, I 6aad8cabb2 flung open the 3e71239f5c curtains, letting the 0dc6ecb91a bright sunlight pour 3240c59947 onto the rug.64e136d88132ba3c

“Okay, it’s done.”2c16668a882c8a69

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I hopped down and 92b82b8c24 sat on the rug.dccf2132ea9bae83

I untied dd1985eee9 the string 3593b88184 that bound 952a6b0bc7 the newspaper, e56d7e1ddd and the 37ad345467 thin paper 4d79446a85 unfurled with 67d29a828e a crisp a7b37c1f4b sound.10de17d288cf3e17

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The first thing that 89f815fd68 caught my eye was 08d88bb40c the large, fancy serif f11186d8d3 font at the top f5c83ee7c3 of the page:The Daily Carrot.507a6ce043cf7978

“Please let it be good news,” I whispered in prayer as I searched for the article.f0660c25ee327356

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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.”fb614a5fadc350a5

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A black-and-white photo of efb4578f22 Mom’s shoe was printed db07c26d01 beneath the article.3bd924fa5d3c1e08

I traced the ce91f10a8e ink with my 7c14a727a3 fingertips and let 6842c358d3 out a faint 76d6c8d234 smile.b70f00c50b8d610f

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“She was alive after all.”5beff1cf8f0c86db

Even though 83d79af0d2 the investigation ee5072dc9b bureau had cec31fcb74 declared her a7cd946b85 dead, I 3a34c2ea4d didn’t believe 3855b060df it.99af9fd709eac99f

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They didn’t d51f2d73e0 know, but 8681301d6a I knew 97bc50d66f something they c12ae68410 didn’t.2322803c8c203646

“There’s no way ‘Lorelei Monati’ drowned in that river.”799c1e0a6d85ee42

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My smile 6234cc5760 grew brighter.e3e5a8b442a4d90f

Now, I should f0c799cc69 probably explain the 1569303dc5 secret between Mom f5f46fb6c7 and me.47622574784886dc

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First, I’m living my 63e3624599 second life.6ed734f8436051eb

Around the age edf93db2d1 of 24 months, 5b77f6979d I regained the d77de85e04 memories of my b8b496bbe8 previous life, where 87d0751c8c I had lived b0ca3f8474 as an ordinary ff19218ef9 high school student d3cd941398 in Korea.a9f04811f6fc037b

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And the clearest d1ac2f24f1 memory I have 24423b8d6b is from the 20532ebd26 story titledThe Red-Haired Girl and 016363c6f3 the Three Men.f2ee99a36c8fa247

In my past life, 9ddffb208b I died at the 38733c9e87 age of eighteen. I couldn’t 74ca214da7 read it 77fe5d711e myself since 8cea0fab35 it was 231f641308 an R-rated 2b5a219129 story, but fcbbcb65c9 I knew 1154a9d4f5 all about 2bd1da2cf8 it.49ab30b2ce0b5009

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The Hollywood film 798fa471d1 industry had bought 17622dbf0b the rights to e5b335c940 the Korean fantasy e7354ada4a novel, and the 1378d8ab42 series became a 2a2adae2d2 worldwide hit. It even reached 03a7ebf065 the number one c62bad7ba9 spot in global c8382dae55 rankings on streaming 3fe77f15c3 services, sparking a 33141ffd71 global phenomenon.fe4d331ca59ddc83

With all the f179768b8d buzz surrounding it, 5bcaf39b25 even though I 027ad63c7e was a minor, c36eef717d I couldn’t help 224c58dbe2 but pay attention.bf8bb36ee2206930

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I clearly 62b9f61462 remember watching 2ffcd47705 the review c25a3805e6 video on 4788d2cb27 YouTube.5fc43718d0eedf0a

It was 2b39eba503 a 30-minute 55f2c28bce and 12-second 8935ef74e4 video with b51ac89567 spoilers, including ffadbc78f2 the ending.e3adf63e07e35a6c

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