Chapter 2: Why don’t you use the convenient setting called amnesia? (2)

Baek Yu-ri.

That was the name of his self-proclaimed younger sister, which Yu-shin had barely managed to learn. A younger sister out of nowhere.

But it was better than nothing. At least he could get information through a guardian.

Of course, they weren’t blood relatives, but from Yu-shin’s perspective, she couldn’t help but feel like a real younger sister.

Anyway, Yu-shin underwent a thorough examination afterward.

Since there was nothing particularly wrong with his body. Yu-shin was finally able to be discharged from the hospital.

The doctor recommended psychotherapy for Yu-shin, but Yu-ri, his guardian and younger sister, objected.

Her reason was that she didn’t want to needlessly poke at her brother’s wounds.

Yu-shin also didn’t want to stay in the hospital for a long time eating tasteless hospital food.

So, he decided not to undergo psychotherapy as Yu-ri suggested and was discharged from the hospital immediately.

However, Yu-shin had no idea where the house he lived in was.

He had no choice but to hold Yu-ri’s hand and return home. Was he a child?

“Do we really need to hold hands?”

“Brother, you’re a patient. You need stability.”

However, Yu-ri was firm. If she let go of his hand, it felt like he would leave again.

Seeing her brother so fragile. Yu-ri couldn’t bring herself to let go of Yu-shin’s hand.

Yu-shin himself wasn’t particularly happy, feeling like a child again. But what could he do?

Since the amnesia setting had been established, it was naturally a consequence he had to accept.

‘The problem is, this kid isn’t spitting out any information.’

The reason Yu-shin had deliberately claimed amnesia was partly because it was convenient.

But most importantly, it was the method that would arouse the least suspicion and allow him to extract information from those around him.

However, Yu-ri was reluctant to answer questions about how Baek Yu-shin ended up in the hospital, how he got hurt, what he had done.

And other related issues.

“That’s not important right now, Brother. You need to rest first.”

Yu-ri’s judgment was valid. For someone with amnesia, just telling them everything haphazardly.

Would only cause more confusion. So, slowly. It was better to recover things one by one first.

‘Agh! This is so fing frustrating!’

However, that was merely common sense applicable only to a genuinely amnesiac patient.

For Yu-shin, who didn’t have amnesia, Yu-ri’s consideration felt only bothersome.

But he couldn’t cruelly crush the feelings of a younger sister who was worried about her brother, could he?

In the end, Yu-shin decided to find another method. That was to search Yu-shin’s room.

‘There must be a hint about the current situation.’

Yu-shin wasn’t stupid. Judging by the head injury and the cautious reactions of the people around him.

It seemed highly likely that Baek Yu-shin had attempted to take his own life.

Just look at Yu-ri’s actions; isn’t she treating him like a child?

If this hypothesis was true, Baek Yu-shin wouldn’t have left no traces.

‘People on the verge of making an extreme choice somehow show signs. Because they want someone to stop them.’

That couldn’t be called bad. For the instinct of living creatures is to survive.

However, the moment he arrived home. All the thoughts Yu-shin had planned out in his head vanished.

A two-story detached house with a yard in the middle of Gangnam welcomed him.

“This is my house?”

To be honest, he had been somewhat unsure since taking the taxi. But seeing it in person was truly astounding.

My house is a detached house with a yard in the middle of Gangnam, not some slum?

Should I just not go back?

Seeing Yu-shin hesitate to return, Yu-ri felt as if her heart was crumbling.

This was their home, where they had built memories together since their parents were alive…

Her brother had really forgotten everything. To that extent, her brother had been pushed to the brink.

Naturally, from Yu-ri’s perspective, unable to read Yu-shin’s inner thoughts, it could only appear that way.

But it was already too late. Yet, there was still a chance to start anew right before her eyes.

“Brother, let’s go inside now. It’s still cold outside.”

At least, her brother hadn’t passed away. He was still by her side, holding her hand.

If so, the only thing she, his sole family member, had to do was one thing.

To hold this intertwined hand firmly so it wouldn’t leave.

Of course, it wasn’t that she had no desire for revenge against the trash that had driven her brother to this state.

But for now, improving her brother’s condition was the top priority rather than planning revenge.

‘I have a house in Gangnam. Do I really need to go back to my original world?’

Yu-shin, on the other hand, was deeply troubled by a different problem.

Although Yu-shin was briefly swayed by material temptation.

He barely managed to uphold his initial goal.

So, for now, he had to figure out what had happened to Baek Yu-shin.

Yu-shin first recalled the bet with God (anonymous user).

They had discussed the difference between exile stories and regret stories, and when things went awry, he was sent into an exile story.

If so, the world Yu-shin was currently in was highly likely to be a regret story.

Just looking at his younger sister, Baek Yu-ri, she was a typical character from a regret story.

‘Now, if only there was a half-sibling setting, it would be a perfect light novel.’

Even looking like this, Yu-shin had his fair share of web novel experience.

He could easily deduce the genre, but he still didn’t know the cause.

Was it a typical NTR-style regret? Or a different kind of regret?

No, fundamentally. If this genre was a regret story, was it modern fantasy?

Or just a slice-of-life? Knowing yourself and your enemy, you will be safe in a hundred battles. This was information he absolutely needed to know.

However, his worries proved groundless. Yu-shin soon managed to find information about this world.

There was no need to worry at all. He could find out just by turning on the television.

[Breaking News.]

[D-rank disaster monsters have appeared in Busan.]

[Heroes from Busan City are rapidly moving to suppress them.]

Thanks to the breaking news on television, Yu-shin easily realized.

‘Aha, it’s modern fantasy.’

Monsters, and heroes who hunt monsters. Clearly modern fantasy and a hunter story.

No, Baek Yu-shin was 18 years old. That is, a second-year high school student.

There’s a possibility it’s a hunter story with an academy element added. Yu-shin immediately began his analysis.

The reason Yu-shin was so obsessed with analysis was simple. Knowing yourself and your enemy, you will be safe in a hundred battles.

If you know your enemy and yourself, you will not be endangered in a hundred battles.

Yu-shin had already painfully realized the meaning of those words in the previous exile story.

He thought it was a normal fantasy exile story. But it turned out to be a dark fantasy exile story.

Thanks to that, Yu-shin saw all sorts of horrific things. Yes, to the point where his mind broke.

‘Actually, it’s hard to say my soul is intact anymore.’

Well, does that matter now? The most important thing is to put out the fire right at his feet.

Yu-ri, clinging to Yu-shin like a barnacle, used the remote control to change the channel.

What’s this? Why is she making a fuss again? When Yu-shin looked at Yu-ri, she replied.

“Brother, your stability is the top priority. News like that isn’t good for your stability.”

“It’s just news.”

“But Brother…!!!”

However, Yu-ri couldn’t bring herself to say it aloud. If she were to describe her brother in one word.

He was a hero from a fairy tale. The kind who was needlessly kind to his own detriment.

He never stopped helping others. Even if he was blatantly used and abandoned by others.

Her brother never showed any sign of it. So, she thought he was fine. No, she thought so.

Because her nagging brother was annoying.

Because he didn’t say anything.

She arbitrarily concluded that he was fine.

Of course, there was no way he was fine. As a human, those things accumulated in his heart until they burst.

Thanks to that, Yu-ri almost lost the only brother she had left. That cursed bch.

That trashy bch. You don’t even deserve to call him brother! This is how she blamed herself.

Ding-dong.

Just then, as she was deeply mired in guilt. A past mistake came back to haunt her.

Yu-ri, her face drained of color as if she had seen a desecrated corpse, hastily stood up.

Naturally, Yu-shin, sensing the unusual atmosphere, tilted his head. What is it? Who is it?

However, Yu-ri had already roughly snatched the intercom connected to the front door and was shouting.

“Are you crazy? I told you never to come back!”

[That’s too much, we used to be good friends. Why are you talking so coldly?]

“Shut up, now just hearing your voice makes me nauseous. So get lost.”

[We really were just joking! We truly didn’t know Brother would do something like that!]

“If you don’t leave, I’ll really call the police.”

Sensing the unusual atmosphere, Yu-shin simply took a step back and watched.

It seemed the other person chose to leave.

Only then did Yu-ri put the intercom back. Yu-shin looked at Yu-ri and said.

“Is that your boyfriend?”

“Absolutely not!”

Goodness. If not, then not.

Why are you getting angry and acting like a fing bch?