College was boring. It wasn’t that different from high school, but I also had no expectations in the first place. I was a dungeon explorer. My stage was the dungeon, not school.

However, as a member of society and a citizen of Korea, I had to be in a social position appropriate for my age. Even with my above 20 intelligence, I couldn’t quite understand these things.

Mother knew that I was a dungeon explorer just like my father, and thus, could make just as much money as him. Despite that, she still insisted on me attending university because ‘I was at that age’.

This way of thinking felt…fake. It was doing something for appearances’ sake. Perhaps, this was what was keeping society afloat, especially now when the world had flipped upside down with the appearance of monsters and the Awakened.

Su Ye-Eun gobbled down fries in front of me as I was seriously contemplating the meaning of my life. I usually didn’t spend much time thinking about philosophical things.

She exclaimed happily, “I can really eat it all? Really?”

“Yeah, you can.”

“A-Angel…I love you!”

“Yeah, I don’t.”

Her large-size love was only worth 6,500 won. I rejected her hot and cheap love and blankly watched her eat fries. It was Thursday, and my classes ended at 5:30. This was also the day when my class overlapped with Su Ye-Eun’s.

Midterms were coming up, but Su Ye-Eun persuaded me to go out for fries and beer. She clearly was more interested in the fries than beer, but I still went along. 

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