Chapter 71: Hello, I'm...

'...Han Serin.'

How long had it been since I'd turned that name over in my mind?

Even though it was a name I'd tried to erase from my thoughts as much as possible because I hated even thinking of it, it had come back without fail.

As if constantly reminding me that, in the end, there was no denying the relationship between that girl and me in this world.

"...Hoo. Tokkaengi, give me a lighter."

[...Here.]

-Flick

-Whooo...

Even as smoke wormed into my brain and injected it with pleasure chemicals, my mood didn't improve.

It couldn't be helped. I had just been reminded once again that no matter how hard I tried to escape from the woman who had completely changed my life, the world wouldn't let me, and if I could have pulled myself together that easily, I'd have been a healthy human being without a single mental illness...