This death didn’t hurt. Or… maybe it didn’t.

Uijae floated in a dark void—a place devoid of anything. He opened his hands and looked at them. Good. If he could see his hands, that meant his vision had returned. His fingers traced over the scar on his palm, where golden chains shimmered faintly.

The contract was still intact. Both he and Lee Sa-young were alive.

“……”

But there was nothing he could do. He couldn’t open his inventory, summon the system window, or move his body freely. All he could do was drift aimlessly through the void. In the end, Uijae had no choice but to confront the thoughts he had been avoiding.

‘It seems staying close to Lee Sa-young saved me from a complete death, but…’

Truthfully, he had believed that dying would return him to his original world. This was the Memorial Dungeon, after all. A place where the memories of the dead came to an end. Yet, here he was, not returning but wandering aimlessly in this strange space.

‘Is this a glitch?’

Was I supposed to die here all along? Last time, didn’t I meet Hong Yeseong in a place like this?

‘He probably won’t come…’@@novelbin@@

The thought of Hong Yeseong’s last moments left Uijae feeling uneasy. He curled up and closed his eyes. What was Lee Sa-young doing now? He hadn’t shown himself until the very moment Uijae was overwhelmed by monsters and took his last breath. He must have watched the entire process.

‘So cold-hearted…’

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