The room sank into heavy silence as the party members processed the words in their own ways.
Sniffle.
"Junior…" Lim Ga-eul was already wiping away tears.
"I had no idea our junior was thinking like this… And yet, I always relied on them…"
Kang Do-hee bit her lip.
"That person always hates revealing their weaknesses."
As someone who also despised showing vulnerability, she could empathize deeply with Jin Yuha's feelings.
"Savior, the burden…"
"…"
Meanwhile, Shin Se-hee, who had turned to the next page, struggled even more to keep up with the situation.
'What is this?'
She was stunned.
The fact that they had pieced together certain words from that chaotic noise was surprising, but the idea that they could construct sentences like these…
Of course, the fact that someone carelessly posted this information on the forum was a major blunder.
'Still, I can handle that part, so it's fine. But…'
Shin Se-hee looked down at the sentences.
They were filled with absurd levels of self-denigration.
The problem was that it wasn't easy to outright deny them. The words contained a mix of inconvenient truths.
Even worse, the maliciousness of directly copying Jin Yuha's tone was evident.
'…It's true that Jin Yuha once called himself trash and spoke self-deprecatingly, but that was directed at the character he is possessing, not himself.'
To unravel this tangled mess, she would have to explain everything from start to finish.
However, doing so might make her seem strange.
[Telling them: Jin Yuha is a transmigrator, and the character he possessed was trash.]
Was less convincing than:
[Claiming: Jin Yuha was unconsciously expressing the burdens he was carrying as a hero.]
Given the situation, the latter seemed more believable.
Faced with this absurd scenario, Shin Se-hee let out an involuntary chuckle. Yet, the party members seemed to interpret her reaction as natural.
Another wry laugh escaped her lips as she considered their response.
After some thought, she decided:
'…Should I just leave it? It's not like this harms Jin Yuha in any way.'
Yes, that was her conclusion. Ultimately, the solution was to pay closer attention to Jin Yuha so they could come to value themselves more.
It wasn't necessarily bad for Jin Yuha.
The truth was, her brain was still floating in euphoria from her first kiss with Jin Yuha.
Ah, the scenery only I had seen.
The sense of superiority from being one step ahead.
The unique privilege of knowing Jin Yuha's true story.
She was so focused on suppressing the foolish smile threatening to surface in front of the party members that she felt like her brain was at capacity. Even with her recent level-up!
Jin Yuha's first ki—
'Stop, no, no. Ahem. Now's not the time for such thoughts. Still, if the party members suddenly act differently, it might confuse Jin Yuha… I should contact them separately.'
Thus, in Sophia's room, the "Save Jin Yuha's Self-Esteem" strategy meeting continued late into the night.
While nodding fervently to avoid suspicion, Shin Se-hee couldn't help but feel a lingering concern.
'…Is this really okay?'
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As soon as I woke up in the morning, I was dumbfounded to receive a long, detailed message, over 5,700 characters, from Shin Se-hee.
"What... is this?"
I read the message once, twice, three times. No matter how many times I read it, I couldn't make sense of the situation.
How did it come to this?
The message from Shin Se-hee described another version of Jin Yuha in an alternate timeline—one crushed under the weight of self-doubt and self-deprecation, struggling like a tormented hero.
"So... what? Sophia managed to extract a few words I muttered under that jamming signal, posted them in the café, and they turned it into a whole story?"
I let out a dry laugh.
From a handful of fragmented words, the party members concluded that my self-esteem was at rock bottom.
Though perplexed, I kept reading. The message detailed how Sophia planned to tighten internal security and explained the current state of affairs.
-If you ever feel like sharing with the party members, you're welcome to. But personally, I think it's a bit early for that. Jin Yuha, you still need more time to prepare yourself, don't you?
I nodded instinctively.
That's true. Honestly, I wasn't ready to confront everything just yet.
The previous day, in front of Shin Se-hee, I had let my guard down and talked about all sorts of things, even considering sharing with the party. But upon returning to the hotel and reflecting, I grew anxious.
What would change in my relationships with the party members after I told them? What attitude should I adopt going forward?
I wasn't prepared for any of it.
Even savoring the lingering memory of a first kiss was already complicated enough.
So, I had planned to take things slowly, consulting with Shin Se-hee in the meantime...
But then, the postscript in her message caught my eye.
-Oh, by the way... if the party members seem a bit strange today... just try to go along naturally, okay?
"Strange...?"
Ding-ding!
At that moment, another message popped up, covering Se-hee's.
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[NotSoup] - Jin Yuha, shall we all meet up today?
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