Chapter 6 (1/2)

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I raised my head and touched my forehead lying on the bed. My heart was beating fast.

Ban Yeo Ryung and I were friends since we were young. All the bizarreness I went through today had finally reached its peak, from start till the end. Nothing seemed to have happened even after a well-earned rest.

I decided to accept that. The only truth this parallel world was indicating to me from the very beginning. The thing I was denying since the ultimate starting point.

As I woke up, the world suddenly changed into that of a web novel. In front of me, there were handsome guys with colorful hairs named the Four Heavenly Kings. Along with them all was a stunning and smart girl.

The boy, who had silver hair and the sole heir to a wealthy family, was not only attractive, but he was also academically competent. What all these meant were apparent. Eun Jiho was the male protagonist of this novel.

The girl whom the stars had written on his destiny, the so-called female protagonist of this web novel, was Ban Yeo Ryung. From what I had observed since my arrival in this place, it was obviously true.

My role in this novel seemed to be the girl living next door to Ban Yeo Ryung. You know, in web novels, there is a girl who steadily appears as the female protagonist’s friend. That was me. There was nothing else written for me to make me special. That was all.

The reason why my school changed was something I cannot answer. However, the reason why the infamous Four Heavenly Kings were in the same class as I was because I happened to be Ban Yeo Ryung’s classmate. She must be in the same class as the Four Heavenly Kings too. That was the only reason.

Oh, shoot! I pulled out my hair as I lost myself in my own thoughts.

Just because I was chosen as the female protagonist’s best friend, should I have to watch them from the sidelines for the next three years? Should I endure the Ji Jon Middle School or the Four Heavenly Kings or whatever these people flocking around them were? What did I do wrong!?

I grumbled for a while as I staggered to my desk. I took the lid off a marker with my teeth and wrote something on the calendar, applying pressure on every letter.

March 2, 2007. The day the web novel began.

After I finished writing, I took a step back, looked at the calendar with a disturbed expression, and nodded. Then I screamed pulling my hair out.

“Oh, this is crazy! Unbelievable! What the heck is this! Oh!”

“Donnie! What’s the matter? Did something really happen in school?”

“Oh!!!!!”

I shrieked for a long time, jumping in my room. I only stopped going insane when my mom tried to leave the house and ask Yeo Ryung Ban, the girl living next door, about what happened at school.

That day, I made up my mind. What would be so good about involving me with Ban Yeo Ryung? She’s smart, pretty, and popular among the boys, but she does not know about her beauty. Wouldn’t it be suffocating to be friends with her? The boys around Ban Yeo Ryung were even worse.

The conglomerate heir, Eun Jiho. Woo Jooin who seemed to be interested in Ban Yeo Ryung. Finally, the blue-eyed and the red-haired boys in the classroom! The epic love and thriller story of all their affairs, jealousy, and abduction!

I did not want to be involved in this storm of fate.

Let’s get out! I made up my mind.

Let’s get out of Ban Yeo Ryung!

Three years had passed since that day.

I was now gazing blankly at the calendar of March 2, 2007, I found in my belongings.

I did not know it was still here. The calendar was from 3 years ago, but I might have put it in a box and stored it somewhere at the bookshelf instead of throwing it away.

I giggled at the carefully written letters that had specks of dust all over. Then I gave a deep sigh with the smile on.

“Whew…”

Yeah, those were the days. At those times, I was innocent enough to believe it was possible to get far away from Ban Yeo Ryung, the Four Heavenly Kings, and to live a life out of the novel.

Three years had passed since then but still, nothing has changed. Ban Yeo Ryung, the dazzling beauty and the female protagonist, is still living next door. Now, we’re about to go to the same high school.

Like salt and pepper, not only Ban Yeo Ryung, but the Four Heavenly Kings were coming with us. No wonder.

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