“Indeed, the world that we lived in was too stimulating. It was also glamorous.” 

“Has our earth been destroyed?” asked Biyeon out of the blue.

“Huh?” asked San in response. 

“I’m talking about World 285 that Senun mentioned. Didn’t he mention something about self-destruction?” 

“Yeah, he did. Does that mean that we have no place to return to?” said San bitterly. 

Even though he had heard it, he had casually turned a deaf ear to it. As for what Biyeon said earlier, it did not seem real at all. If it were real, they would have been considered lucky, as they were saved from destruction by being summoned to this place. Nonetheless, the situation seemed more like an absurd joke to them. A destroyed world. Fugitives. Unregistered individuals. Étrangers (French term for ‘foreigners’) who had nowhere to go. 

“Since the time zone of every episode is different, it’s not entirely hopeless. Who knows if we might go back to the past like in the movie, the Planet of the Apes?”

“You think so? It’s a little comforting to hear that. But why?” 

“No… Because the...