In that instant, light exploded, and the letters scattered and wrapped around Yeon-woo and Jeong-woo.

* * *

Beep. Beep, beep.

I was extremely dizzy. I didn’t even drink anything, but why was I so dizzy?

Drink?

Wait. Had I ever had a drink before? I did secretly buy a bottle of soju with hyung on my last birthday, but that was it. Since he said he didn’t like it, I never drank again after that sip.

No. I’d drunk all night with Valdebich before. We learned that Henova was fermenting beer in the cellar and snuck in secretly at night. It was so good that we ended up emptying five oak barrels. Howere, Henova ended up beating us with his pipe after we passed out there.

Still, it was worth it. Ah, I was drooling just thinking about it. Was there any way to get it again? It seemed like Henova was secretly fermenting it somewhere else. I thought about taking a look around.

But wait.

Henova? Who was that? Thoughts that didn’t make sense filled my head. Did I have a strange dream?

Unfamiliar names appeared and disappeared in my head. So did multiple memories. There were some holes in them, and they were so completely disconnected that it was hard to tell what they were about, but they felt...