Chapter 365: You didn’t think I would believe you?
"I made it up."
My life in the other world wasn’t a work of art, ink and paper, pages that were flipped, and a public display for others to see either.
My life was just as it was. ’My’ life and it belonged to me alone because I was the only one living in it.
An endless circle with me patting my head, patting my shoulder, patting my back, and telling myself I did well after a full day.
Sitting in my bed, in the library, on a bench in the park, reading novels to my heart’s content... Living like I was the only one who existed in my world when I had my free time.
When I went to work, I was diligent. When I came back, I was diligent.
I was the boy who had cried over the death of my grandfather, and I was also the guy who smiled and giggled in my bed because of a novel with characters that didn’t even exist.
Anyway, I would rather say that I made that story up than call all of that a novel.
"You made it up?" Seo-Jun asked and I nodded, my smile growing.
Only a fool would believe that after seeing how I trembled and cried because of this story but it’s alright.
"Rather, I think my brain made it up," I said to him.
"What does that mean?"
"Do you remember the time I was in a coma for two weeks?"
"Before I arrived?" He asked and I nodded. "I heard about it but what does that have to do with this?"
"Well," I slowly lowered my head, my expression sad yet calm. "During that time, I had a dream. I think calling it a dream is the right way to put it but it felt so real. It felt like I was living a completely different life. In that dream, I..." I raised my head and kept my sad smile up. "...was the little boy."
It wouldn’t make sense. In fact, it doesn’t make sense. Even to me. To say something like that...
"It must sound like nonsense, right? But that’s how it is. I lived a different life in that dream. It felt like I was a different person. Grew up with my grandfather, found his dead body after school and so many other things. But now that I think of it, maybe I was just getting a replay of a life I lived in my past life." I smiled at him.
Seo-Jun suddenly lowered his head and sighed.
He hugged me, pressing tightly as he said,
"Jo-Pil, it’s very hard to believe."
My gaze fell asleep I heard that. Yeah, I knew he wouldn’t believe it. He’d have to be insane to believe that.
"But I can’t say I doubt you."
I paused. Huh?
"If I think of it like this, it makes sense where you got that novel that didn’t exist in this world from." He said and I blinked. What??? "I mean," he pulled away, looking at my face with excitement. "How cool is that? Dreaming of a past life? Maybe it wasn’t that cool when you were depressed about your grandfather but that aside, it feels so original. I think I’m getting an idea for a new product I can release. Maybe a VR game that has a past life concept."
I was beyond confused, and my expression said so.
Seo-Jun looked at me and then laughed.
"What’s with that expression? You didn’t think I would believe you?" He asked and I realized, this man was indeed insane. "Besides, I watched how you cried, as if you lived the story. It was your story, after all." He smiled warmly at me. "Plus, I already got a piece of that past life knowledge so I have every right to believe it."
Ah, my heart wouldn’t stop thumping. Why was he saying things like this?
I never knew that the fact that I knew novels that weren’t from this world would help me solidify a lie. I mean, it’s not entirely a lie since I went back to my life in the other world when I was in a coma, but still...
To believe me so readily...
Would any of my other masters have believed it this easily? They had no proof, like a novel I brought from my other world, but still... I’d like to believe everyone has their different reactions.
"Anyway, there’s just one thing I’d like to ask," he said and I blinked. I hope he wasn’t going to ask about the novels there.
"W-what is it?"
Then, his eyes glinted as he asked,
"You didn’t date anyone in your past life, did you?"
I blinked, confused, and then flushed.
This man was impossible.
What did it have to do with him if I dated something from my past life or not?
It was a life he wasn’t even in, so why did it matter?
"It... It’s none of your concern." I said, but he pressed on.
"Come on, just tell me." He said, pressing his body forward and onto mine, so I just had to tell him.
After all, I was...
"I didn’t," I answered, my heart thumping and my face flushing. "I was a virgin till the end."
Hearing this made him happy as his face lit up.
"Wow, Jo-Pil, you were such a loner there too." He teased but I could tell he was happy about it. It’s not like it had anything to do with him but whatever... He would’ve been jealous if I said yes. Maybe I should’ve done so and seen his reaction after. "Wait, does that mean you never got married?"
Hm?
"No, I didn’t."
This conversation was going in another direction.
"Then, did that mean you were lonely most of your life?" He asked and I noticed his expression had shifted. Instead of being happy about it, he was rather broken by the thought.
I never thought I would see him wearing such an expression just from the fact that he knows I never dated. But I think he’s interpreting this wrongly.
"Well, I was lonely most of the time, but if I had been given a bit more time, then I might’ve found love and gotten married." His eyes widened.
"Does that mean...?"
"Yes, in my past life, I died prematurely when working and that’s how I woke up."