Chapter 202
Translator: uly
Chapter: 202
Chapter Title: Part 2, Chapter 65
“Then, Dun… you’ve recovered all your memories, right?”
“?”
Dun tilted his head while holding Rahee’s hand. Suddenly, his mind went blank, and he forgot what he had just been doing.
Dun blinked vacantly for a moment before snapping back to attention.
“Recover what?”
“The memories you wanted to find? For the record, I couldn’t see them. I got bounced out of the illusion all of a sudden.”
So he still hasn’t found them yet.
Dun scratched his head and then let out a hollow chuckle.
‘Ah, since I don’t remember much anyway, I must’ve already handled it.’
He had forgotten to write down notes like last time after getting lost in Rahee’s illusion.
Still, thanks to his previous experience, he knew that events inside that realm were forgotten, so he adapted quickly.
Dun opened his quest window.
Required Quest:
[S-Rank Quest] Re-enter Default Room (Completed)
Quest Description: Recover the memories presumed lost from Rahee unnie.
‘Yep, it says completed.’
Just to be sure, Dun opened his inventory. He rummaged through the countless items to check if anything new had been added.
[Legendary+] Incomplete Cheat
Description: A cheat to deliver to Yi Saebyeok.
Magic Power Collected: 70%
*Wait until it reaches 100%.
A small USB that hadn’t been in his inventory before appeared in his hand. Dun knew what it was and felt chills run down his spine.
There was only one thing left to do.
[S-Rank Quest] Kill Yi Saebyeok
Description: Kill her to separate her soul from her body and send it back to the past.
Dun fiddled with the USB, his expression hardening slightly as he put it back in his inventory.
“I found it, unnie. Thanks.”
“Really…?”
Rahee fidgeted with her fingers, a complicated look on her face. She lifted her head to gaze at Dun standing before her.
He stood casually with his legs crossed, wearing a relaxed expression.
He looked ready to bid farewell and leave without a second thought, so Rahee grabbed his hand tightly.
She knew she should erase the memories of Dun’s life that she had seen during the consultation, but wiping them away felt incredibly difficult.
“How about… a game with me in your Dun form? I’ll go easy—give you bus, tank, and heals.”
So Rahee changed the subject, trying to naturally avoid erasing the memories.
“Or… wanna hit up a manga café with me?”
She worried that if she erased them, Dun would have to bear all this pain alone.
“More importantly, Rahee unnie. Don’t you need to sort out those memories of my life?”
“…You okay with that?”
“Yeah.”
“What do you mean?”
“I won’t tell anyone. Come visit often… You can vent to me about what you’ve been through.”
Dun, who had been tilting his head while listening to Rahee, suddenly burst out laughing.
“Pfft. What, that’s embarrassing. I’m not a kid. I’ll handle my own problems.”
“…If that’s how you feel, fine. But sharing your pain with others isn’t embarrassing—no, it can actually be a sign of strength. You… stubborn types like that.”
“…”
Dun frowned for a moment, hesitating to finish his thought.
“…More than that, there are all these big and small incidents tied to my existence, and I’m trying to prevent butterfly effects. I’ve put in a lot of effort—if it all falls apart, it’d be annoying.”
The most bothersome ones were naturally the Kim Woosung and Luisa Emperor incidents. If a contradiction arose in his existence leading to his erasure, the plausibility of those events would vanish, potentially twisting the timeline.
“Anyway, you’ll handle the protection, right?”
Rahee, who had seen most of Dun’s memories, let out a sigh and nodded.
“Even if I don’t know you… you sure?”
“Yep.”
Having gone through so much, he had a ruthless side when it came to relationships. Sometimes it seemed too much, but now she understood.
It wasn’t because he lacked interest or disliked people—he simply couldn’t survive otherwise.
“Thanks for growing up so tough and spirited.”
“?”
“No one’s as strong and cool… as you. You’ve worked too hard. Really… thanks for always pushing forward… Dun.”
As Rahee reached out to stroke his hair, Dun felt an itch in the roof of his mouth.
Startled for a second, Dun’s ears turned slightly red. He rubbed the goosebumps on his arms with one hand to calm them.
“Ugh, cut it out.”
He tried to swat her hand away but bit his tongue. Finding his flustered look adorable, Rahee pulled him into a hug. Dun’s shoulders hunched briefly.
Dun scratched the back of his neck, then carefully returned the hug.
* * *
‘What did I do in the Default Room?’
Dun held up the USB containing the cheat and examined it.
He had definitely recovered the memory from when Lee Yoo-hyun first gave him the ‘Dun Package,’ created the cheat, and stored it in his inventory—but that process had been neatly erased from his mind.
Still, he wasn’t too disappointed.
He figured there was a reason they blocked him from knowing the details.
Just looking at the Paradox Penalty made it clear.
By adding the penalty, they had blocked all possibilities of him erasing himself, so the memories lost in that realm were probably a safeguard for his existence too.
If it were like the movies—with a red pill revealing the truth or a blue pill letting him live happily brainwashed by the world—he’d pick the blue pill without hesitation. He had no desire to know the truth anymore.
‘Being dumb and happy is better.’
The pain and superiority from being a little special paled against a lifetime of blissful ignorance.
He had once been determined to uncover his existence’s secrets when receiving the ‘Dun Package’ from Lee Yoo-hyun, but each new revelation only brought suffering, making him hesitate to learn more.
It felt like a game of Russian roulette.
Maybe he had learned enough to not want to know anymore.
But having learned so much, the only way forward was to keep going.
Dun fiddled blankly with the cheat and checked its info again.
[Legendary+] Incomplete Cheat
Description: A cheat to deliver to Yi Saebyeok.
Magic Power Collected: 70.5%
*Wait until it reaches 100%.
It had gone up by 0.5% from before.
He’d have to wait until it hit 100%, but he wondered what condition filled the cheat with magic power.
Wondering if infusing it himself would work, he poured magic power into the hand holding the USB.
[Cannot transfer magic power]
[[Legendary+] ver.p.saebyeok (tp) is set as input.]
[Input> ver.p.saebyeok(tp)]
[Output> ver.n.dawn]
“Ah, what’s this now.”
Frowning, Dun crossed his arms and read the status window carefully.
‘saebyeok.’
That’s dawn, right?
The input seemed to reference Saebyeok.
‘dawn.’
That was Dun—himself.
Why mention inability to transfer magic power alongside input and output?
Reasoning it out, input and output probably referred to magic power inflow and outflow.
If he couldn’t pour magic power into it here, did that mean Yi Saebyeok—his past self—could?
‘I need to go find Yi Saebyeok.’
Current time: 2 PM.
As a high school senior, he should be diligently studying at school. Dun remembered studying pretty hard back then.
Wait, did he?
All he recalled was dozing off face-down during study hall and bragging about logging six hours.
‘Well, still counts as studying hard.’
To confirm the cheat details, Dun headed to Nagil High School, his old school.
His memories were surprisingly vivid, making it easy to find his classroom.
To avoid trouble if spotted as an outsider, he cloaked himself in Shitdog form whenever someone approached.
Class was in session—the door was closed. Dun peeked through the window slits to search for Yi Saebyeok.
Thanks to his clear memories, he quickly spotted his old seat.
Expecting to see himself studying diligently, he found the seat empty. No bag, no textbooks—nothing.
Must be absent.
“Tch, damn. Skipping school like that.”
A student’s gotta go to school, not ditch.
[Don’t… scold him too much…]
As Dun clicked his tongue, the hidden Shitdog piped up quietly from its concealed spot.
“Hey, you mutt. Why aren’t you on my side?”
[He’s still a kid, y’know…]
Ever since telling Shitdog about Yi Saebyeok’s existence, it had been fiercely protective.
“Kid my ass, creepy.”
Dun left the school and pulled out his phone to open the Korean Gate app.
Thinking back, after the Hysis Gate, he had ditched college plans to hunt gates full-time.
If not at school, he was probably clearing nearby gates.
Dun marked F-Rank to E-Rank gates around him and checked them one by one.
Sure enough, he found the truant Yi Saebyeok at an E-Rank gate.
With sharp, spinning eyes and a cold, hardened expression, Yi Saebyeok swiftly dispatched the monsters.
He threw daggers to hit incoming monsters’ eyes from afar, scaled walls to stab their napes, sliced at ambushing foes with blades on his feet—using every weapon at his disposal to rapidly eliminate them.
Dun watched his past self’s movements in admiration for a while.
His current body felt too heavy for such agility, leaving him itchy with envy throughout.
“Urk. Ptui!”
Feeling queasy, Yi Saebyeok spat up on the ground before pushing forward again.
Dun gave up tailing him and checked the cheat’s magic power level.
Magic Power Collected: 70.6%
It had ticked up slightly after Yi Saebyeok felled the monster.
This confirmed the cheat fed only on Yi Saebyeok’s magic power.
If it started at 70% upon receipt, it had been filling from before then.
Which meant Yi Saebyeok’s lack of awakening wasn’t due to soulstone errors or incompatible constitution—it was this cheat.
‘Hold on, so this cheat is ultimately the power I gathered while shedding bloody tears?’
Dun’s eyes widened as he stared at the USB holding the cheat.
If so, why call it a cheat?
Why not just say it’s power and hand it over?
Lost in thought, Dun watched the level rise ever so slowly and steadily, much like his own ability utilization rate.
It must have haunted him relentlessly since birth, filling him with futility.
There had to be a reason, but handing it over labeled as a ‘cheat’ felt off.
It was frustrating, but he couldn’t know anything yet. He’d just deliver it and see.
‘Probably give the cheat when the magic power hits 100%?’
That would be the year he turned 20. By then, it’d be full. He must have received the cheat once it was charged.
Dun gazed silently at the lithe figure of Yi Saebyeok from behind.
“…”
It was a time filled with immense despair and helplessness.
A small hope sparked explosive drive, but he had wished someone would just take his life.
He didn’t want to end it himself—that would prove his weakness.
“At least it wasn’t all for nothing.”
Having thrown and received the cheat, Dun left the gate.