#orv novel chapter 355

[pttucker]

The wounded Sword Demon was furious. I read the original novel and could predict what she would say. 「 "What the hell are we to you?" 」 Lee Jihye's shoulders trembled slightly as she bowed her head. The situation that followed continued to flow in my mind. Lee Jihye would pull out her sword and might attack me because she couldn't suppress her anger. There were many such occasions in the original novel. However, Lee Jihye chose a way that I didn't expect at all. "Let's say that you knew the future." "…" "It was all planned and ahjussi used us for your purpose. Let's say we are characters of that damn Ways of Survival and everything is set!" Lee Jihye was crying, watching me while biting her pallid lips. "Then… why did you throw your life away for us so many times?" I saw the tears falling down her cheeks and tried to open my mouth several times. It was an unexpected question. It was because it was unexpected that I couldn't answer… "Answer me! If we are really characters in a fictional novel, why did you die for us over and over?" It was a question that I couldn't answer with the Ways of Survival that I read. [The 'Fourth Wall' is shaking violently.]

Oh, Jihye. Oh, Dokja. Oh, everybody. 😭😭😭

He told them! He even admitted that if he'd been able to he would have kept it a secret until the end of the story but he decided to go against both Han Sooyoung's and his own internal advice (aka the Fourth Wall) and he told them!

Oh, and Jihye's reaction being different than all of the times Joonghyuk told her he was a regressor in TWSA. Because it is different and she's right.

If they're not even real people, if they're just characters in a story you read, why did you do everything in your power to protect them? Why did you give up your life for them? Multiple times.

"I want to be real companions" is what he said last chapter.

Dokja, I think you already are.

[pttucker]

Once I started speaking, the memories poured out like a waterfall. It was like Pandora's Box. It felt as if a lot of time had passed. I had spent a lot of time with this person. "I thought I understood you better than anyone but I don't know these days. Why did you do that in during the Flood of Disasters?" 「 "…That person is my companion." 」 "Why did you call me a companion? You wouldn't say that normally… Stabbing me in Dark Castle… even though I told you to kill me at the time." 「 "Kim Dokja! No! Kim Dokja!" 」 Every single memory caused numerous emotions to rise. The scenarios, which were really serious at the time, became stories once they were over. We were left with the stories. "Still, I am grateful for the revolutionary game. I lived at that time because of you. Still, it is weird. Why did you sell my name when hitting the wrong industrial complex? Well… maybe you were trying to fuck with me." I poured out the things I was thinking about and gradually became sleepy. I hadn't slept properly… The complaints continued even as my consciousness dimmed. The times I fought with him passed like I was reading Ways of Survival.

Oh Dokja, you really are simultaneously the most knowledgeable and the most oblivious person in TWSA.

First you do everything in your power to protect your companions and are confused when that's what they focus on rather than you deceiving them.

Then you literally recount your entire life so far with this Joonghyuk and are confused as to why he protected you all those times.

idk Dokja, why did you protect the others? Maybe because you care about them?

Ugh, but now Joonghyk has run off and Dokja's party is still distancing themselves from him. 😭