Chapter 1: The Man Who Shouldn't Exist

The End Was Not The End

She wrote the final chapter and thought the story was over. 📖

But on the very night she typed "THE END," the hero she had created stepped out of the pages and into her world. 📒

Now, the line between fiction and reality is fading, and a story that was never meant to continue has only just begun... ✨

Chapter 1: The Man Who Shouldn't Exist

It was 1:47 a.m.

The cold night of Seoul was wrapped in silence, while the city lights shimmered through the windows.

Ha-Yoon sat in the bedroom of her apartment, staring at her laptop screen. A half-empty mug of coffee rested on the desk beside scattered notes, notebooks, and countless drafts.

Three years.

She had spent three whole years writing this novel.

And today...

Today, it was finally coming to an end.

The final chapter of her novel was open on the laptop screen.

"Tae-Hyun stepped into the darkness alone."

Just one more line.

Only one.

Ha-Yoon placed her fingers on the keyboard.

She paused for a moment.

Then slowly typed—

"For the first time in his life, Tae-Hyun was free."

She pressed Enter.

Saved the file.

And two words appeared on the screen.

The End.

Ha-Yoon leaned back in her chair.

A tired smile slowly spread across her lips.

"Finally...

Then...

The room lights flickered once.

Then again.

Ha-Yoon sat up straight.

"Huh?"

The lights flickered once more.

This time, even the laptop screen began to

flicker strangely.

The temperature in the room suddenly dropped.

Much lower than before.

As if someone had filled the entire room with the icy breath of winter.

Ha-Yoon instinctively wrapped her arms around herself.

The window was closed.

Yet the curtains were swaying.

As if the wind wasn't coming from outside...

But from within the room itself.

Her heartbeat slowly began to race.

Then...

Thud.

A book fell from the bookshelf.

Ha-Yoon quickly turned around.

Then another book fell.

And another.

One after another.

As if something inside the bookshelf was trying to force its way out.

"W-What's happening...?"

She spoke softly.

There was no answer.

Only silence.

Then...

She heard someone call her name.

Very softly.

As if the voice was coming from far away.

"Ha-Yoon..."

Her hands turned cold.

"W-Who's there?"

Silence.

Then she noticed something strange.

The darkness in the corner of the room was moving.

Ha-Yoon froze.

The darkness was really moving.

It looked like a cloud of black mist.

A crack slowly appeared in the middle of it.

It was thin.

Long.

And it kept getting bigger.

Dark lines spread across the walls of the

room.

The air suddenly felt heavy.

Ha-Yoon took one step back.

Then another.

And another.

At that moment...

A hand reached out from the crack.

It was covered in wounds.

Ha-Yoon stopped breathing for a moment.

She tried to scream.

But no sound came out.

The crack grew bigger.

A man fell out of it.

Thud!

The whole room shook.

He didn't move for a few seconds.

Then he slowly got up and knelt on one knee.

His clothes were covered in dirt and blood.

There was a deep wound on his shoulder.

A long sword hung from his waist.

Ha-Yoon looked at his face.

Her blood ran cold.

No...

That was impossible.

She knew that face.

Very well.

Because she was the one who had written every single detail of it.

The man slowly raised his head.

His cold eyes locked onto Ha-Yoon.

Tae-Hyun.

The main character of her novel.

Was standing right in front of her.

Tae-Hyun slowly stood up.

Suddenly, the darkness around him seemed to come alive.

Black mist began to circle around him.

Ha-Yoon stared in shock.

The wound on his shoulder slowly started to heal.

The blood disappeared.

The torn parts of his clothes slowly fixed themselves.

It was as if time was moving backwards.

Within a few moments, all of his wounds were gone.

Now he looked exactly the way Ha-Yoon had imagined him.

No...

Even better.

His eyes were so cold that Ha-Yoon felt as if

he could see right through her.

"He's even scarier than I imagined..."

Then another thought came to her mind.

"And... even more handsome."

Ha-Yoon quickly shook her head.

"Focus, Ha-Yoon!"

Tae-Hyun was still looking at her.

Then, for the first time, he spoke.

"You are Ha-Yoon."

It wasn't a question.

It was a fact.

Ha-Yoon opened her mouth.

"I-I..."

But the words got stuck in her throat.

She took a deep breath and tried again.

"I-I'm Ha-Yoon."

There was no reaction on Tae-Hyun's face.

No surprise.

No smile.

No anger.

He just kept looking at her.

Ha-Yoon gathered her courage.

"Y-You..."

she asked nervously,

"How did you get here?"

Silence filled the room for a few moments.

Then Tae-Hyun looked at the laptop screen.

The same two words were still shining on it.

The End.

His expression turned serious.

"You set me free."

"What?"

"I also believed that my world was everything."

His voice was cold.

"But then... the sky broke apart."

"And I ended up here."

Tae-Hyun looked around the room.

Then he started walking toward the door.

"Wait!"

He didn't stop.

Ha-Yoon quickly stepped in front of him.

"You can't go outside!"

"Why?"

"My sister will see you!"

Tae-Hyun stopped.

Just then, a faint sound came from downstairs.

It sounded like a bedroom door had opened.

Ha-Yoon's face turned pale.

"Oh no..."

"What happened?"

"Soo-Min is awake."

The sound of footsteps echoed from the stairs.

One step at a time.

Getting closer.

"Tae-Hyun, please... hide for now!"

"Why should I hide?"

"Because you're the main character of my novel!"

Just then...

Soo-Min's voice came from outside the door.

"Ha-Yoon? Are you still awake?"

Ha-Yoon's heart sank.

She looked at Tae-Hyun.

Tae-Hyun looked at the door.

And then...

The doorknob slowly began to turn...

To Be Continued...✨📖

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