Mori Estate is the biggest land property in the town of Hanabi. Although it's the biggest, ironically, 3 people only own it.

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‎July 6, 20XX

‎All the staff from the estate gather wearing black attire, all of them wearing sad expressions and even crying. But there is one kid who can't feel anything, even if he wants to. Staff are slowly looking at the kid because their young master is wearing black funeral attire with a cute bear-head costume, concealing his face.

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"Young Master!" a kid in maid attire named Katie calls him. "Please remove the bear-head costume if you want to go visit your parents' grave!" Katie pleads.

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‎Although the young master wants to do it. He can't help but be insecure about what people may think if he doesn't cry; he doesn't like it when people always judge him as a cold psychopathic kid.

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‎The main butler, Sebastian, taps Katie's shoulder and smiles sadly. "Let the young master wear it, Katie. Perhaps the young master doesn't want us to see him crying."

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"But... What do you mean by that?" Katie asks, glancing to her young master standing in front of his parents' grave.

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‎"Well, we have different ways of coping and grieving..."

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"Young Master has no one by his side now; the best way we can do it is to make him feel he is not alone and we are here for Young Master." Sebastian nods to Katie, signaling her to go after him.

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‎As the people start to leave, Katie walks towards her young master.

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"Young master..." She looks at him with sadness in her eyes, thinking that he might be crying inside the bear mask.

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‎Katie, being a good maid for him and a friend, takes out her little plushie bear and gives it to him. "Here..."

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‎"What's that for?" he asks.

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"I don't have parents like the young master, so I don't know how badly it hurts."

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"But hugging Mr. Bear when I feel sad makes it a little better!" She smiles. "You might think you are alone, but everyone here cares for you, Young Master!

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‎"Even you?" he asks, taking the bear plushie.

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"Mhm! I care for young master!" Katie smiles brightly. With that smile, the young master starts to feel some warmth and butterflies in his stomach and understand Katie's emotion is contagious. He feels a little happy even though he knows he is kind of empty. He starts craving to feel emotions.

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"I like your smile," he said, out of the blue. Katie was taken aback and felt a little more embarrassed.

"Will you teach me how to smile brightly like you do?"

Katie giggles and nods. "Of course—"

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‎AFTER 3 YEARS

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Young Master, 13 years old.

‎Katie is is 12 years old.

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‎Katie is sitting on the ground, so shocked she can't even move. All she has is the horrified expression on her face.

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London Bridge is falling down. 🎶

‎Young Master started singing and stabbed the white rat's neck using a box cutter.

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‎Falling down, falling down 🎶

‎While he sings, he also moves the box cutter in a slicing motion to cut the neck of the rat. Him and Katie hear the wail of it while oozing some saliva.

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London Bridge is falling down. 🎶

‎Blood splatter on his study table. Meanwhile, Katie was forced to look at how he murdered her pet.

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‎My fair lady 🎶

‎He quickly finished cutting the neck and stopped singing.

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‎Katie starts crying and shaking.

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‎Young Master looked back at Katie. "Look, Katie! I ended his suffering... Now, let me see that bright smile again!" He dropped his box cutter to his study table and went to her, wiping her tears.

"Where is it? Why can't I see that bright smile anymore?"

"Why do you never smile like that to me anymore after that rat became your pet?" He looked at her crying face; he suddenly felt a sharp sting from his chest. It was so painful he felt like crying. Turns out he realized it was Katie's crying face doing.

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"Why...?"

‎"Why are you crying?" he asks, clutching his chest.

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Katie collected her strength to answer, "It was your gift for me, young master; that's why it hurts seeing you killing it."

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"But that white rat got infected with rabies!" ‎

‎"It could harm you—!" he got cut off by Katie.

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‎"But you don't need to kill him like that!" Katie's expression becomes hurt and angry, making him feel more pain from his chest.

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‎"It has to be killed!"

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‎"Theres must be another way!" she argues. "You don't kill animals just like that!"

"I killed it because you lied to me, Katie!"

Katie stops, confused by what he is saying right now. "What do you mean?" she asked.

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‎"You said you will be by my side..."

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‎"I am!" she replies.

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"No, you're not; you're always with that pet of yours."

He sits on his toes facing her, touching her strands of hair on her cheeks. "Katie, you draw emotion out of me..." He smiles and wraps his hands around Katie's neck. "That's why you are special to me" He was about to grip his hand, but he stopped suddenly.

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"Young...Master..." Katie said, crying and trying to pry open his hands. Again, through Katie's state, he felt pain as if piercing through his chest.

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‎FAST FORWARD TO 8 YEARS.

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Young master 21 years old

4th year college

The young master is holding a small wooden keychain; it was knotted to his phone case. The bear wood has a name carved at the back. It's "Katie."

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"Young master, the car is ready," the main butler Sebastian said. His hair is now all white and old now.

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The young master puts his phone in his pocket and takes his plain black school bag and slings it to his right shoulder. Stepping inside the back seat.

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Sebastian bows. "Have fun on your first day as a 4th-year college student!" he cheerfully smiles.

‎"Everything has a reason."

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‎That's what people always say when they can't comprehend what is happening. That's bull for me. I don't believe shit like that. Or so I thought.

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Because... Currently,

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‎I am sitting at the hospital bed, and I saw people crying with happiness, holding my hand and looking at me, thanking me that I already woke up. Knowing I remember what happened to me before a blackout.

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‎It was a common thing. Really, I just got bullied by my own classmate; that's all. They cut my hair and beat me, and one girl got so worked up and pushed me from the window. Ah yeah, the classroom that I was from with the bullies was on the 3rd floor.

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From that fact, I knew I was dead for real. But for some reason here I am, sitting in a hospital bed with people crying happily in front of me.

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‎Was it amnesia?..

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‎I don't remember their faces and their names.

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‎The doctor comes in holding some papers and a pen and starts asking, "Hi, I am Doctor Johny Sings." He introduces his name with a bright... A bright shiny baldhead and a smile. "I just want to ask if you remember your name."

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‎I answered right away, "Uhm... Titania Reese?" Everyone around me starts looking from left to right with a confused look.

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"Do you remember why you are here?" Johny asks, but I keep getting distracted by how bald his head is, like a bulb.

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"I... fall." Yeah, fall from the 3rd floor. Thought I died, though.

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‎"Here in the room except me, do you recognize their faces and their names?"

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‎I look around until I see my reflection on the hospital window. It was as if I were in a horror movie. Or something in a thriller drama, getting so frightened as to why my reflection is another person. It's so uncanny because I felt like I saw that face before.

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‎"W-what the fuck?!" I stand, looking to everyone and my surroundings.

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‎The people crying start getting anxious and asking me what's wrong. Doctor Johny also tries to calm me down, but I have no choice.

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‎I run towards the restroom and lock the door.

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‎I felt chills from my spine as I saw my reflection in the big mirror. It's not really me?! .. My knees went weak, making me fall to the ground.

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"Okay, Titania... Calm down... Let's think," I said to myself, doing some inhale-exhale sessions for 10 seconds.

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I stand up again and look at my reflection, trying to remember who this reflection is.

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‎Suddenly, gentle knocks were heard from the door, worried voices, and sobbing.

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‎ "Winter... Are you okay, honey?"

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‎"Winter, can you open the door for us?"

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‎Winter? Is this her name? It sounds familiar. I describe my appearances to sink it in.

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I have long, shiny, straight black hair and pretty Asian eyes with a beauty mole below at the edge of my right eye; I have a good-sized chest and pretty hips, and they call me Winter.

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Suddenly I remember, this must be Winter Choi from the game Mansion Massacre!

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"No shit! I'm doomed!" Does this mean I'm in a horror game?! Winter was the most gruesome death scene when I played it before!

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"Wait! We're fine... We know how the good ending happens," but then suddenly I look at the mirror again. "The thing is... we're not the protagonist! How can I get the good ending?!"

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"Calm down, Titania! Let's make this in our hands."

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‎Think, why are we scared?

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‎Its's because we are in an interactive horror video game.

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‎Then why is this game horror?

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‎Its's because after graduation there will be a mass murder happening.

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"That's it! Because there's a killer!" I said with a proud smile.

"If there's a killer, there's a jail for them." I started smirking.

"If I help the police track down the killer and the evidence, it's a win-win situation for me!"

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"That's it, Titania; I'll become Winter and use the plot in my own hands." With an evil laugh and determination, I open the door and confront them.

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‎Doctor Johny and the others were relieved as they saw me coming out from the restroom.

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"I'm sorry, Doc, I was in a daze before..." I smile charmingly. "My name is Winter Choi."

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‎I went to hug my parents now. "These are my parents, Sarah and Marcuz Choi." I glance at the cute little kid crying. "And this is my cute little brother, Zaldy Choi."

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‎AT THE HOUSE OF THE CHOI FAMILY

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‎Sarah and Marcuz are arguing again about who will give school allowance for this month, while Zaldy is hiding between my thighs with teary eyes.

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‎"Mom... Dad... Stop arguing, will ya? Why don't you guys do 50-50 in our allowance then?" I carry Zaldy, trying to hush his tears.

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‎"That's not a bad idea; at least we both know we give allowance for this month," Marcuz agreed with me.

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"It's your first day of school, right? Here's extra money, and go have some fun." Sarah kissed my forehead and put some money in my pocket. Thanking me to stop their arguing.

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‎"Mom, I'm fineeee," I said, but I actually like extra money. Zaldy giggles as Sarah kisses his forehead too.

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"Zaldy, go get your bag; Mommy will drive you to day care today," Sarah said, so I put down Zaldy.

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‎"Day care?" I ask.

"Your little brother is a smart kid; he knows how to read now, so I thought it was good to put him into day care."

"And besides, it's hard to do chores alone when your dad all he does is work and go home LATE." She raised her tone on the "late" part.

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‎Marcuz clears his throat and back-hugs Sarah, kissing her cheeks. "I'll drive you guys to school," Marcuz offers. "Then your mom and I will go on a date after, right, baby?" Marcuz hugs her tighter.

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"Geez..." Sarah pouts but looks back to him for a kiss.

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‎My eyes... Are bleeding.

‎I can't get really used to it. When your parents are arguing one second and suddenly being lovey-dovey after...it's gross, but it's funny.

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‎After 2 hours,

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‎Dad drives last in my university; he waves goodbye to me while Mom kisses my forehead before I leave the car.

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‎I was about to say last, "See y'all," when I saw Dad pull Mom from her passenger seat and make out in the parking lot.

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So... I went straight to the gate of my university and erased what I saw.

This is it.

Where my new life will start, and the story will start.

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‎Well, the Mansion Massacre game theme is a school horror theme. Where main characters are students. And the main characters are...

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‎Seon, Jun, Hyunho, and I.

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As I enter the school, I don't expect that this university is so big and has lots of buildings and open fields. Kind of jealous because in my real life back when I was Titania, I never studied at a luxurious university because we couldn't afford it.

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"Winter! Watch out!!" I heard some people scream my name, but when I looked back, there was a football flying towards me.

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‎It hit me on the head, making me lose my balance. Tons of people crowded me, getting concerned, but it's not really helping; it makes me suffocate!

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"Of all the places, I got hit in the entrance of the school... How welcoming," I whisper to myself, trying to stand up.

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"Excuse me!" I heard a girl's voice and saw her trying to get out from the crowd towards me.

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‎Cute round eyes, naturally curled lashes, a milk-tea shade of wavy hair, and porcelain skin. Her height is more like 5'2", small and so cute, like a little fairy.

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"I happened to be around taking some medical supplies when I saw you getting hit by a football," she says in a worried tone. She helps me try to stand up, like she is helping a grandma stand.

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‎"I am Seon Kim, the student assistant of the clinic," she introduces herself.

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"I know," I whisper to myself. Everyone recognizes you; you're the ultimate healer, the campus sweetheart, and all the players play YOUR role in the game. Of course I know you; you're the protagonist of this interactive horror game.

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‎"Mhh? Did you say something?" Seon looks at me worried.

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"My head hurts a little," I said, changing the topic.

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"This is no good..." Seon tiptoes and checks my head. There's a little blood, but for some reason the part where the ball hit is swelling.

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"Big brother, help me!" She shouted. And with that, Hyunho opens the crowd. There he is, the protagonist's big brother and the aspiring police detective.

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Hyunho Kim has a short black haircut more like every criminology guy's cut; his height is 6'3", he has refined eyebrows, and his skin is cinnamon-colored, a little different from his sister's.

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‎Well, I guess he trains too much outside; that's why he has this toned cinnamon color.

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"Seon, what happened?" he asks. His voice was low and full, as if I were listening to an ASMR boyfriend cuddles you and talks to you at night, kind of thing.

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"Some football flew and hit her head. Can you help me take her with me to the clinic?"

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‎Without question, Hyunho carries me in a bridal carry, making way to the crowd. I can feel his strong muscles holding me. This is my first time getting carried in a bridal way, and as much as I want to be rational, my heart keeps beating fast.

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‎I see some of the NPCs. Well, I mean, schoolmates, especially girls, are grinding their teeth watching me getting carried by a hunk like Hyunho.

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‎"I guess it's not bad for a first day," I whisper.

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"Mhh?" His voice vibrates to his chest as I feel it while he is carrying me. He looks down at me, and gosh! It was a nice view!

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"I said, 'Sorry for troubling you guys,'" I lied, but this time I said it much louder.

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"Don't worry about it," he says. Such a cool cinnamon roll.

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"Yup, and also it's my job to treat people since I'm a student assistant." Seon opens the sliding door; this must be the clinic.

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‎Hyunho gently places me on the clinic's bed; he crosses his arms and suddenly looks at me.

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"May I know your name?" he asked.

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‎My face flushed. I'm so caught up on thinking about them and the story of the game; I forgot to introduce myself.

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‎"I'm Titania," then suddenly I forgot I got reincarnated and was now Winter.

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"That's my nickname, but my real name is Winter," Seon starts cleaning my wound when Hyunho asks again.

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"I heard about your name," he starts. "You're the cheerleader who got pushed from the stairs, right? In Building D."

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"Yeah." Suddenly, my memory flashes back. There's this girl crying and looking angry at me and pushing me down the stairs. This must be Winter's memories.

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"I'm sorry, but can I ask? Do you remember what the reason is why that person pushed you?" Hyunho suddenly asks me, but for some reason it feels like I was in the police station.

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‎But before I could say my answer, Seon and I saw something falling through the window. It was kind of big for a thing, so I stand up and try to look at it.

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"Wait, I'm not finished treating you!" Seon and Hyunho followed me and saw something horrifying.

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‎My knees wobble.

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‎It can't be...

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‎We were just talking about you.

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‎A girl wearing a student uniform, lying on the ground, was found dead; she hit the ground so hard her skull split open, but what's more eerie is... She was the girl who pushes me from the stairs.

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‎I don't know what's happening, but my feet drag me out to where the dead body fell. I heard Seon and Hyunho shout my name and run, following me.

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"She's..."

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Hyunho looks at me, holding both my arms. "Winter, do you know her?" My mouth is trembling with fear, and my knees have given out.

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"‎I-I don't know her name, but... She's... The one..."

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Seon examined the body without touching her; meanwhile, I was too scared to talk.

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‎"Winter, look at me... Calm down."

‎"Tell me what you know."

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‎I glance back at Hyunho. "She's the one that pushes me from the stairs," I answered.

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‎"Seon, go take Winter and tell what happened to the teachers; I'll call Uncle so he can investigate this." Hyunho starts calling his uncle.

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‎Is this happening already? The horror, the killing? Why do I have the feeling there will be more to die before the after-party happens?

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‎Seon grabs my arms to help me stand. "Winter! Let's go! We need to tell this to the teachers."

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‎Soon, some students who walk to the building see the dead body and get scared; the detectives and police surround the scene while teachers evacuate all the students from the building.

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‎Eventually, all the students scheduled for that building were canceled or settled into another building. The school is still ongoing, and so is the investigation.

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‎Meanwhile, I'm in the clinic with Seon and Hyunho.

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"Winter, I need you to calm down for what I am about to say, okay?" Hyunho sits beside me.

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"You might be a possible suspect, given the situation that you are connected to the victim."

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‎"You and the victim have a past conflict, and we need as much as possible to lead to starting the case," Hyunho explains.

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Seon gives me a warm chocolate drink and reassures me, "We need as many leads as possible so you can prove that you are innocent."

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"Personally, I don't think it was you, Winter," Seon added.

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"How can you say that?" Hyunho argues calmly. "Winter, this might hurt, but it's part of investigation being doubtful."

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‎I sigh. "So you really consider me a suspect?" I would not be this calm if this happened to me in my past life, but given that I might know something, I am not afraid because i am innocent.

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"Yes," Hyunho said, taking out his small notebook.

"No!" Seon cutely disagreed. "Winter is a friend, and I know she wouldn't do that as revenge."

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‎"Well'll see about that; that's why we are questioning her," he said.

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‎"Big brother, Winter might think you are just being nosy. At least give her context!" Seon pinches his cheeks.

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"Right." He takes his wallet and pulls out his badge.

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‎"I am Junior Detective Hyunho Kim," he introduces himself.

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"You what?! Since when did you become a detective?" I was so shocked; maybe I didn't read his side story full well; I thought he was just... A student.

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"Big brother is so talented; it's not a secret, but he wanted less attention for that," Seon smiles proudly, hugging his big brother.

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"But why are you still here? You should be out in the work field now?" I asked.

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‎Seon suddenly becomes sad while Hyunho becomes silent for a minute. "I want to finish my college first, and also I'm here to look for answers." Hyunho gives me an answer, but it's also vague; it must be a personal reason, so I won't ask more about it.

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‎"My uncle is an inspector, and he might help us to finish this case faster. So help me out," he said.

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‎It was as if we were going fast for a normal plot.

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‎I plan to team up with the police anyways in order to catch the killer bear.

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"Okay, I'll tell you what happened before she pushed me from the stairs."