'Ugh… where am.. I?' When I woke up, my head still felt kind of heavy. But it didn't bother much, since I was already kind of used to it.
I had heard someone speaking, and when I looked at the side, Dokja and Sangah were eating some kind of a campfire with the mana brazier… it was called something like that I think.
Even after I stood up, they really didn't notice me. As I was hearing their conversation from behind, it was just as I had expected.
They were talking about the times when the world was still normal. I didn't feel all too bad about this world, since I kind of could act freely, but it was also true that this world is hard… painful… even if I don't want to admit it, but the life before was better in many ways.
I mean, it was obvious as to why they could be talking about it. As Sangah started to cry remembering all these. Just as she started to cry, Dokja started to console her by saying that it's not her fault.
And just as she started to cry more, I didn't know why, maybe my hand itched, I whacked her on the back of her head.
Just as I did that, she immediately stopped crying and looked back. As Dokja also finally looked at me, I realized that even Dokja didn't know that I was there and already awake.
As I sat down beside them and picked up one of the skewers. As I started to blow the meat like thing in the skewer, which is obviously the meat of some kind of monster. I said.
"Why are you acting like it's all your fault? I mean, yeah, everyone is sad about this new world, but not like this is their own fault.
… you can say it's your fault if someone died, or something like that happens because of you. But this world ending up like this is because of the star stream, obviously."
As I started to munch on the meat, it was surprisingly really good tasting… except for the fact that it was really hot. And I have a hard time eating hot stuff.
"Cough! Cough!" After my coughs stopped, I looked at Dokja, who was also looking at me.
As I looked at Sangah, she was somehow already asleep.
"Anyway, Dokja, what I wanted to say is that… I mean, you know really well whose fault it is… none. No?
Since the star stream is just something that shows stories throughout the entire plane of existence to its audience, the constellations."
As I finished eating the one I was eating. I looked at him again and asked where Han Sooyoung was, since I couldn't see her. He pointed towards a direction, and I started walking towards there, trying to find her.
As I walked slowly, I got a notification saying that there are many unread notifications. And just as I opened them, my field of view got flooded.
[Many constellations are surprised by your persistence.]
[Many constellations are shocked by you still moving without a heart.]
[Many constellations are baffled with the things you did.]
[You have been given 42,000 coins.]
[Sub-scenario, SSS-grade hunt, has been completed.]
[You have been rewarded 50,000 coins.]
[You were the third biggest contributor in completing the scenario.]
[You have been given the chance to select an additional item of your choice.]
[All the other items have already been taken.]
[You have been automatically given Silpheed's jump boots.]
As a pair of boots suddenly appeared in front of me, I picked them up, observing how they look closely.
It was a bit dark-gray in colour, and didn't look any much different than a stylized pair of boots.
[Silpheed's jump boots.]
[Grade: SSS.]
[Description: It is a really durable pair of boots and never wears out. And even allows a really good grip on the ground. It gives the wearer +5 in agility and the ability to move like water. Sometimes flowing stably, and sometimes moving violently.]
I did expect it to be good because of its grade. But it far surpassed my expectations. As I put it on, I could immediately feel lighter.
It must have been because of the fact that it increased my agility, which directly connects to speed and other things related to movement.
Only after then did I realize that there was a hole on my upper garment. It had already been kind of beat down and torn. And now, the martial artist's robe was pretty much useless.
'I need a new one.'
As I was looking for Han Sooyoung, I thought about something for a while before deciding on doing it.
[Reader's POV (Stage 2) has been activated.]
After a while, when I had already found Han Sooyoung, the skill automatically deactivated.
[Reader's POV (Stage 2) has been deactivated.]
When I came back to my senses. I realized one thing.
'Sooyoung."
"Yes? And, didn't I tell you over and over again to not call me without using my full name? It makes me look like I have no respect." She said in retaliation.
"You don't have it anyway. Anyway, what I was saying is that my grandmother is dead." I said, not so sad afterall.
"Hm. So what?"
I looked at her, then at the starry sky. The sky had been the same since the start of scenarios, most of those stars are constellations.
"Nothing."
Reader's POV. It is a skill that allows me to detach from reality, which is pretty similar to the fourth wall in the detaching aspect. And me perceiving reality as fiction is also just a perspective of mine. I have already accepted all these as reality.
The fourth wall allowed Dokja to truly see the world as fiction. But mine is just a matter of perspective.
But the real kicker is stage two. For the first few times I used it, I didn't really understand its mechanics. But later I realized.
It turns me into an automatic machine of sorts. While I'm completely detached from my body. It deactivates the moment my purpose for activation is done, or my mana runs out.
During that time, I see what I'm doing as if I'm reading. Though, that memory is always blurry and hazy. But the most important part.
'I can see and know about the memories, experiences, and knowledge the real me allows me.'
If he allows me to see a memory he has experienced after me coming here. Or kind of lets me directly know about the experiences he has felt. Or even knowledge he acquired, or remembered after coming here.
I can get all that, if he allows it, that is. And just like that, I got the knowledge and memory of my grandmother dying today.
I guess I really am emotionless. Since I didn't feel anything when my grandmother was dying, except a little sense of dread. Or… it might be because of my grandmother's neglect towards me, which is why I really am not that emotionally attached to her.
While I was still looking at the starry sky, Han Sooyoung asked me. "Anyway, did you gain some kind of enlightenment after experiencing something like death?
I mean. How do you even regenerate your heart?! That should be against the rules of probability at this level of scenario."
"Oh, that? As you know, I have already gone through a review of probability because of this type of thing before and…
About your question…" I closed my eyes, as I felt a strange sense of relief.
"Yes, I had one."
[There is a chance of a new attribute blooming.]
I finally remember my original goal for this fanfic.