Chapter 390

Posted by Kuze, ? Views, Released on March 2, 2025

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“What’s something we did in Desirieland?”

“Photo booths, busking, watching fireworks.”

“What happened at the German Artirial company?”

“At that time, I forgot to install the translation module, so it took a while to download it.”

“What are Niel’s measurements?”

“85-59-88.”

“Huh… Adella, it’s you! Wahhhh!”

Every time Se-yoon asked, Adella answered smoothly without hesitation.

Se-yoon, who was able to verify Adella’s identity, hugged her tightly and burst into tears.

Adella patted her back with an awkward expression.

‘But how do they know Daniel’s measurements?’

I crossed my arms from a distance, enjoying the touching reunion scene.

* * *

“I went to the cafe in front of the house, and a foreigner who looked like Adella ordered honey castella. Since she seemed friendly with the staff, I thought she might be a regular here.”

“Were you near Adella, Yoonseul Unni?”

“Yeah. Right behind her. To be honest, I didn’t think much about it at that time. It wasn’t like I was trying to spy on her, but she was applying for Twish’s clearing refund at the cafe yesterday. But what do you know, a Safari Dream banner was up?”

“Wait… what! The owner of the cafe tricked me a month ago!”

“You were the one who tricked me first, you thieving cat!”

Se-yoon slapped Adella’s forehead, who was lying down with her knees up.

“Ugh!”

As Adella tried to raise her upper body, she fell backward again.

“I thought you and NaeMe were planning to film me at first.”

“Me and Adella? With what?”

“Something like trying to see how long I could keep fooling you and the viewers. At first, I was kind of angry because I thought they were treating the broadcast as a joke, but the more I thought about it, the weirder it got. Even if Adella could do that, NaeMe definitely wouldn’t allow it.”

“That’s true.”

“Why am I…?”

Adella pouted her lower lip, appealing with an expression of grievance.

“So when she went to the bathroom, I quickly peeked at her laptop.”

“You peeked at that? The envious owner is really something.”

“The shady one is you, who uses a multi-account to manipulate things.”

“Ah!”

“Did you think I wouldn’t know? Quickly delete all the posts before problems arise.”

“Net…”

“Either way, I thought about it a lot for a whole day. Should I tell NaeMe right away? What if it’s something NaeMe really allowed? And who’s the substitute? They seemed like a high school student. So I thought, whatever, even just to get back at them, I’d have to teach them a lesson, so I sent an email. But…”

“Oh, that pattern again! Please don’t pinch my cheeks anymore; it hurts!”

Adella’s hand, which was about to pinch her cheeks, hesitated for a moment but ended up firmly pinching Adella’s nose.

“Ow, my nose!”

“Do you know how surprised I was? They kept saying they were unrelated to NaeMe, and that they would get 200 million won ready for me in no time. I seriously believed they were criminals. And what? Delete Adella?”

“Time out! I didn’t send that! NaeMe sent it!”

Adella waved her arms, pointing at me with a resentful gaze.

“You did that, NaeMe?”

“I set a trap in reverse, just in case they might be acquaintances.”

“Don’t do that next time. You shouldn’t say things like that even as a joke.”

“Okay.”

“I’m sorry for causing trouble carelessly. I’ll be sure to consult you guys before acting from now on.”

“You really are something. You’re infinitely sweet to NaeMe. Tch.”

Adella turned her head away, wrinkling her nose.

Yoonseul seemed fascinated by Adella’s silvery hair and kept stroking it with her fingers.

“You mentioned your body was obtained in March? That’s already half a year ago. I’m a bit sad that it was kept a secret from me.”

“At that time, Unni was busy with school and broadcasting. It’s not that I don’t trust you, but honestly, you have somewhat of a clumsy personality. Wouldn’t you agree?”

Yoonseul entered the Broadcasting Arts College, completed the first semester, and submitted a leave of absence.

That’s why she also didn’t have any chance to randomly encounter Adella.

“Well… that’s not wrong. It’s really amazing when I think about it. Are you really not a robot but a person just like us? 100% human?”

“How many times do I have to say it? I am a human!”

“Do you eat and sleep just like us? Do you get ticklish too?”

Yoonseul’s hand stealthily moved toward Adella’s armpit.

Adella’s speedy reflexes were dulled as the sensitive senses of a catgirl were completely repressed.

“Hey, what are you… haahhh…! Kyahhh!”

“Oh! Wow! Really?”

“Ugh… Cafe owner, just wait. I won’t forget this humiliation and will repay you.”

Adella’s eyes widened, and her cheeks puffed up.

“NaeMe, are you really like a god of creation? How could you create such magic if you weren’t?”

“Pfft. It’d be funny if a god had to pay for magic. Capitalism exists above the gods.”

“How much did it cost?”

“Adella, you say it directly.”

“Um… About 2,100.”

“2,100 thousand won?”

“Hey, an artificial heart costs over a hundred million, so of course, it’s 2,100 billion.”

“Wow.”

With Adella’s one remark, silence lingered in the once-bustling room.

At that daunting amount that took away one’s breath just hearing it, Yoonseul tightly pressed Adella’s cheeks with both hands.

Adella’s lips protruded like a duck.

“2,100 billion? Is this 2,100 billion? Did you waste all the money in the magic power plant because of Adella?”

“Ugh!”

“Ah, I’m sorry, Della! I’m not wearing down anything by doing this, right? Hooh hooh.”

“You’re all giving me medicine after giving me a disease, seriously! Cafe owner, come here!”

“Ahh!”

Adella jumped up and seized Kariri’s wrist.

While the girls were being playful, I sat dumbfounded in a chair, repeating my concerns.

I couldn’t hide Adella forever. But it wasn’t something I could easily reveal either.

I couldn’t think of a solution.

Is it correct to keep the status quo like this?

“Be careful from now on, Saetbyeol. You’re really lucky today.”

I warned Saetbyeol strictly with a cold demeanor.

She nodded slightly without saying much.

“What happened?”

Noticing the subtle atmosphere between us, Se-yoon tilted her head and asked.

“Nothing much. I’ll go get a drink.”

I went to the kitchen, took out cold water from the refrigerator, and gulped it down straight from the bottle.

In about an hour, Professor Chun would come home.

I casually looked around, but there were no dishes to wash, and the trash bin was neatly emptied.

Instead of going back to my room, I lay on the living room sofa.

The cold aura of the leather rose against my back.

The light spilling from the living room lamp was too bright, and I shielded my eyes with my arm.

“I want to go back to that time…”

When I closed my eyes, the memory of a woman filled the black canvas vividly.

Am I a being that has been connected since my previous life, or am I a separate being that recalls memories from my previous life?

What’s certain is that I had to keep repeating that I was the latter.

Only then—

* * *

“They fought?”

“Yeah. It seems like they’re really upset.”

“What should I do… I shouldn’t have made things worse.”

“No, in the end, it was my fault for what I said. It’s all my fault.”

Yoonseul and Saetbyeol put their heads together, contemplating how to ease NaeMe’s mood.

“My life has been full of lies from beginning to end. What parts were lies?”

“Did NaeMe say that?”

“Yeah. Exactly as I’m saying it now, without a single word being wrong.”

“Lies…? What reason would NaeMe have to lie?”

“Exactly! It’s as if she keeps hinting at something but ultimately closes her mouth! Do you know how frustrating it has been for me all this time?”

“Hmm.”

“She said she would explain everything someday… Do I seem that untrustworthy?”

Adella pulled her knees up and buried her head in them.

NaeMe surely hasn’t forgotten this promise either.

There was a thin wall blocking what was thought to be an unbreakable friendship.

She couldn’t hide her feelings and rocked her body back and forth.

“Even saying for life, it’s only been two years. Since she was saved from the capsule last year.”

To lie, there must be someone to lie to.

Thus, Yoonseul guessed that her lies must have begun two years ago.

“That’s really not long ago.”

“We always think of NaeMe as amazing, but in the end, NaeMe is also a child with a terrible past. To help her escape from trauma and open her heart, I think we need to embrace her with more love.”

“Seven years… well, seven years is actually quite long. It’s been just a little over a year since I met NaeMe.”

“You and I have both received help from NaeMe, so let’s wait a bit longer. But where did NaeMe go?”

“She said she went to the kitchen to get water.”

The girls who stepped outside the room spotted NaeMe sleeping soundly on the living room sofa.

With each breath, her little tummy puffed out and then sank again.

There’s a saying that children look the prettiest and most angelic when they sleep.

NaeMe was exactly that case now.

“She’s so cute…”

Her long black hair flowed like night waves across the sofa.

Saetbyeol absentmindedly stroked NaeMe’s hair.

Because her hair was so long, the ends were quite damaged.

Every time she pouted her clearly pink lips, it felt like she was eating raspberries.