My thumb slowly extended and touched the cold screen.
Right at that moment, something like a spark danced just above the display.
[A new file has been downloaded.]
Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World (final revised version).txt
In that short time period, the name of the file had changed.
…. The 'final revised version'?
I clicked on the file almost subconsciously.
But, why was this? The file had been scrolled almost all the way down to its bottom-most section from the get-go. It felt as if the edits had been finished only a few moments ago. Without thinking too much about it, I scrolled down even further.
Did the 'epilogue' of the 'Ways of Survival' get added at the end, the one I didn't get to read?
The file continued on from the point where the original novel came to an end. It was a story that I hadn't seen before.
I unconsciously began reading it out loud.
Epilogue 3. Author's words
Each regression turn would reach their conclusion in their own terms.
It was the same story for the 1863rd turn.
[You have cleared all the scenarios of
She did it. Countless sentences brushed past her head the moment she saw that message.
The 'Dokkaebi King' was collapsed on the ground before her eyes, and the companions from the 1863rd turn she had led were all here, too.
“Captain! We won!!”
Kim Nam-Woon was sobbing away nonstop. Only after spotting Yi Hyeon-Seong walking in closer to support her did it feel real to her, that she had finally done it.
⸢This was the end of the 1863rd turn.⸥
What a long battle it had been.
From when she of the 3rd turn was suddenly summoned to the 1863rd, all the way to greeting the suitable end of this world.
She nearly gave up several times in the middle, though. Even then, the reason why she didn't was because of what 'that idiot' said back then.
⸢”Going to the next scenario is better than sleeping forever.”⸥
That idiot, who also came from the same 3rd turn as her.
The man who wore the same coat and used the same weapon as her.
⸢”The Apocalypse Dragon being freed doesn't mean everything's over. You know it too, don't you?”⸥
That idiot who ruined her plan, freed the Apocalypse Dragon, and eventually, managed to even eject Yu Jung-Hyeok from the scenario, too.
Even now, she could vividly recall the scenes from those moments by closing her eyes. The scene of a 'Character' breaking past his story and gaining his freedom…
“Captain, we did it. We really did it!”
Yi Hyeon-Seong could barely hide his joy. Han Su-Yeong killed the lit cigarette in her hand and addressed him. “Support everyone and return to base.”
“What about you, cap….?”
“I'll be right behind you after smoking one more. So, go on ahead.”
“….We can't do that!”
….This slow dude, why was he so quick on the uptake now?
Han Su-Yeong glanced at the Archangel standing next to Yi Hyeon-Seong. “Jophiel.”
The commander of the crimson cosmos, Jophiel, the Archangel that crossed to this world-line together with that idiot from the 3rd turn.
[Let's go, meat shield.]
“No, hang on a minute, captain!”
While lighting up her very last cigarette, Han Su-Yeong watched on as the Archangel took her companions back to Earth. The companions from the 'Ways of Survival' were getting further away. She saw how they kept shedding tears of satisfaction derived from successfully clearing all the scenarios and could only smile wryly.
Han Su-Yeong, student no.2, classroom 2, sixth year.
Han Su-Yeong had become a 13-year-old girl.
Chapter end
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