Chapter 116 – Invitation (1)
“A branch of the ending?”
“Yes. Branch of the ending.”
It was great news for Yuna, who had already been in the game for a long time and even her original self had begun to fade.
She was filled with high expectations from Arin, who told her more than she expected.
‘For now… I’ll try not to show it too much on the outside and just pretend I’m not interested.’
“So. So?”
Trying to hide her excitement, Yuna responded to Arin’s story.
“Hmm~ Are you just pretending like nothing’s wrong? Or are you really not interested?
Of course I thought you would be interested. Well, not if you’re not interested. Then hang up~”
“Now, just a moment!”
“What~ You weren’t interested?”
“Well, after listening to it, I felt a little interested.”
“Really? Then shall we talk?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Yuna thought she had somehow managed to get over it, but when she caught the call again as she was about to hang up, the control of the conversation had already been taken over.
“As I said before, since you’ve almost completed the story progress, I think it’s time to take the ending branch.
The ending will vary depending on your actions from now on.”
“Um… Depending on what I do…?
Originally, I knew that my actions had an impact.
I guess that wasn’t it?”
Arin stuttered slightly, perhaps because she was embarrassed that Yuna’s question hit the nail on the head.
“Well, that’s definitely not wrong.
From now on, you will be affected more than before.
It can be said to be an important quarter.”
Still, Yuna was unable to properly understand what Arin was saying.
“Hmm. How long does that last?”
“Until you see the ending.”
“So. How long is that period.”
“I don’t know, right?”
Arin answered as if she didn’t understand Yuna’s question.
“As I said before, everything depends on what you do.
If you continue like this without any intention of progressing the story, it could take years.
On the other hand, if you leave the house and start taking action right away, the story could end within a few hours.”
“Having heard that, I understand what you mean.”
“I was so frustrated that I almost got angry.
Are you already angry.?”
“I’m sorry.”
“No, no, don’t be so discouraged!
Cheer up and do well! Then, I’ll just hang up~”
Perhaps because she was embarrassed by Yuna saying she was sorry, Arin immediately tried to hang up on her.
“Now, just a moment!”
Yuna caught Arin again as she tried to hang up the phone.
“Why again?”
“Um… Can you give me some help?”
“Help?”
“Yes, maybe it’s a condition for a good ending.
I was wondering if you could tell me that.”
“Hmm. Wait a moment.
If it happens, I’ll contact you again later.”
With those last words, the phone hung up.
The next call from Yuna came a few hours later.
“Sorry, I’m a little late. Were you waiting?”
“Oh, no! I thought there was nothing I could do even if there was no contact.”
“I’ll tell you straight, do you want to come to my house?”
“Huh? What, what?”
“I’ll invite you to my house. If you come to my house, I can give you a happy ending.”
“I. Really?”
“I don’t lie.”
“Wait a minute. I’ll think about it and get back to you.”
“Okay~ Take your time and think about it.
I’ll text you the phone number.”
“Yes.”
Arin said that and hung up the phone.
“Phew…”
Yuna, who was taken aback by the sudden invitation, sighed deeply and laid down on her bed.
Feeling the soft texture of the matrix and the blanket, Yuna began to calm her mind.
After some time passed, and her mind calmed down, Yuna began to worry about this matter again.
“It was dangerous… I was completely swept away by the pace over there.
If you had talked a little more, I would have accepted right away.”
Yuna’s heart became anxious at the thought that if things continued like this, she might face a bad ending.
While pondering over the content of the phone call just now, Yuna tried to summarize what she had just said.
“It’s a matter of my life, so I have to think and act more carefully.”
Thinking about it again, Arin’s proposal was an attractive one.
Being able to get a happy ending was enough of a benefit.
“It’s not that he’s really thinking about me, he might have something else in mind.”
Yuna became anxious and was biting the tips of her fingernails.
Various thoughts were making Yuna’s head feel stuffy.
“For now… Let’s think about other options.”
It was one of many ways to increase the progress of the story by acting dirty like this.
“But… I was told that what I do from now on will have a big impact if I can’t just act like usual…”
Yuna was a little scared to go out and act like usual.
‘But sitting still at home and broadcasting… Thinking about what happened last time, it’s really dangerous.’
The more she thought about it, the fewer options Yuna could choose from.
“Ugh. I guess there’s nothing we can do.
I think I have no choice but to accept their invitation for now.”
In the end, Yuna had no choice but to accept Arin’s invitation.
Yuna opened the message box on her smartphone and was looking through her messages.
“Let’s see.”
As Arin said, a message was placed in Yuna’s text box without her noticing it.
“There’s already a message in your text box.
It doesn’t seem like a notification popped up… Did I not see it?
It was right after the phone call ended. I’m sure I didn’t see the notification…”
I looked at the clock thinking about calling right away, but it definitely wasn’t the right time to contact me.
“It’s already almost 12 o’clock… Wouldn’t it be bad manners to contact you now…?
I might be sleeping, so I’ll just wake up tomorrow morning and try to contact you.”
After making that decision, Yuna lay down on the bed as if she was exhausted.
Her body was exhausted because she had been suffering from various worries all day,
Worries about that matter lingered in my mind and prevented me from falling asleep.
“Ugh… I’m definitely tired… But I can’t sleep…”
Even though my body was clearly tired and heavy, I couldn’t sleep.
Yuna continued to toss and turn, and it wasn’t until several hours later that she finally fell asleep.
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“Wow! It’s already been so long.”
When Yuna opened her eyes, the clock was pointing to noon.
Surprised, Yuna went to the bathroom first and came out after simply washing her face.
“Okay. It’s already too late. Let’s think about it a little more and contact us.”
Even when I wake up and think about it again, Arin’s invitation was definitely an attractive offer.
Rather than moving forward into an uncertain future, it was not a bad choice to go down a path with some guaranteed benefits.
Eventually, Yuna turned on her smartphone and started calling Arin.
“Hmm… Hello?”
From the other end of the phone, I heard the voice of a woman who seemed to have just woken up.
“Oh, hello.
What you said yesterday… I thought about it again and contacted you.”
“Ah! It was Yuna. Wait a minute. I just woke up.
I’ll contact you again in a bit.”
Arin said that and hung up the phone.
“Looks like they just woke up…
I guess it’s not just me.”
Feeling some kind of relief, Yuna waited for the phone call to come.
A little while later, the phone rang and Yuna answered the phone with excitement.
“Hello.?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. You waited a long time, right?
I woke up and got a phone call.”
“Oh, no. I just woke up too.”
“So, the fact that you’re calling means you’ll accept my offer?
Is it okay to think like that?”
Arin asked the key questions directly from the beginning.
Although she was reluctant to answer directly, Yuna had no choice but to give her answer.
“Yes.”
“Okay! Then I’ll tell you my home address right away.
I’ll write a text message and send it to you, so come by 5 PM today.
Did you give yourself enough time? See you later then!”
After saying that, Arin immediately hung up the phone.
“He just says what he wants to say and then hangs up.”
Yuna hung up her phone, and she immediately started reading the message.
It’s 139 Hyeseonghosu-gil on the outskirts of Mirinae City!
It won’t be hard to find since it can be seen from afar.
When you arrive, ring the doorbell in front of the door!
“Let’s see… 139 Hyeseonghosu-gil on the outskirts of Mirinae City…”
Yuna turned on her computer and sat in front of her and started typing her address into the internet.
Soon after, information about the address appeared on the monitor.
“It’s here.”
The building shown in the address was a mansion near a lake.
Yuna then started looking into transportation to get there.
“Let’s see. Transportation doesn’t look like much.
Even if you take the bus or subway, you have to walk a bit longer.
It would be better to take a taxi.”
After Yuna thought so, she got ready to go out and called a taxi so that she wouldn’t be late and arrived in front of her house.
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“Then take care~”
“Wow…”
Yuna felt a little intimidated by the appearance of the huge mansion, which was different from what she saw in the picture.
Nervous Yuna swallowed her saliva and carefully rang the doorbell.
