While having these various thoughts, the class start time arrived. The first period was math. I pretended to listen to the class, took out my diary sneakily, and opened it.

‘Well, it’s been a while.’

Since Seol Yuhwa appeared, unexpected events have unfolded, and I’ve only had time to list thoughts about the plan, not seriously organize them. I did diligently write observations in the diary, though.

‘When was the last time I wrote this?’

Looking at the diary, the most recent entry seemed to be when I tried to find out about Hae Sung High School. Yes, at that time, I bragged about finding Ryu Taekon and met Mr. Kim Deokpal.

So many things attracted me, but anyway, thanks to that, I could get important information. I wrote one name in the diary.

Jinhaeyul

Lord of the Sadae. ^_^ That guy.

‘Where the heck is he now?’
Since they said he’s injured… Surely, he won’t be in a hospital in a coma or something, right? Maybe he’ll wake up around the climax later.

It seemed like such a cliché, but this was an insignificant world. During this period, clichés like comas and memory loss were popular.

Moreover, sub-characters who donate their organs to the terminally ill protagonist and leave the world were also popular… Ah, I shouldn’t be thinking about this now. Let’s get back to the original.

Anyway, considering the ‘characters’ in the system, it’s almost a certainty that Jin Haeyul will appear in front of me, but I have no idea when that will be. He didn’t appear at all in the original.

‘Could he really be the villain as I suspect?’

Whether the bad relationship between our school and Hae Sung High School is because of Jin Haeyul or not… Maybe that’s going too far.

‘There’s too little evidence to make guesses.’

I’ll have to wait for more information about Jin Haeyul to be revealed by the system. So, I’ll put that on hold for now.

Next, let’s think about…

Seol Yubin.

Yesterday, I promised Seol Yuwha that I would help find Seol Yubin.

‘What was said about Seol Yubin in the original?’

I don’t remember well, but I think it was something about staying in a seaside village.

Anyway, since I know the original, I thought I could somehow be of help to Seol Yuwha, but thinking again, the original didn’t have much helpful information.

In the first place, how detailed could the whereabouts of the villain be in the original?

‘Besides, there’s no guarantee that he went there this time.’

Unlike the original, Seol Yubin didn’t say she would die in reality. Even if it seemed like she was leaving, there’s no guarantee that the destination would be the same.

‘If there’s any clue I have… it’s just this.’

I pulled out a neatly folded piece of paper from my pocket. It was a letter that Seol Yubin had sent me. I unfolded the letter and read it again from the beginning.

‘There’s nothing particularly helpful in this, either.’

Even though I thought so hard, as always, there was nothing.

‘…It feels somewhat empty.’

Probably, there were too few clues about the two main characters, Jin Haeyul and Seol Yubin, who would play the most important roles in my happy ending plan. So, it would be better not to move hastily.

‘For now, about Seol Yubin, I’ll stick with Seol Yuwha and find out, and as for Jin Haeyul, I should dig a little deeper into the Samdaeboi.’

With that conclusion, I closed the diary.

At that moment, a text message came to my phone.

“World Rank 0: Come to the gym storage during break.”

During break.

I headed to the gym storage as instructed by Seol Yuwha.

‘Why the gym storage of all places?’

I was reluctant to go because it was a place with bad memories. It’s where all my dark history is gathered. Why did it have to be here when I didn’t even know and called for it? It’s quite a clever place selection to suppress my initiative.
‘I need to hold the door well today so that it doesn’t lock.’ Now that I have my phone, I can call someone if necessary, but… based on the lesson I learned from the hospital last time, I decided not to rely on others’ help as much as possible. It’s the era of everyone for themselves. Let’s survive on our own.

Smart. Before entering the gym storage, I knocked.

“Come in.”

With a creaking sound, the door opened.

Seol Yuwha was already inside the dusty gym storage. Seol Yuwha spoke expressionlessly.

“What’s with the knock?”

Oh, people can knock. Why is she making a big deal out of it?

But being the cunning and sly Lee Jueun, instead of arguing, I put on a sly smile.

“Just… wanted to see if someone was inside.”

“Hmph.”

Seol Yuwha scoffed at me. Yeah, my appearance must be amusing. Still, it’s better than becoming a complete castaway who turns into an advanced coma, resisting the world rank 0. I timidly opened my mouth, putting bricks in the gap to keep the door from closing.

“But why did you call me?”

Then, Seol Yuwha reached out her hand towards me.

“Hand it over.”