The
situation that went beyond my understanding and common sense continued. It was
too long to be just a dream.
Anyway,
"Moon-soo,
good luck today."
"Yes,
boss."
Even though
the future changed a bit, me going to my part-time job remained the same.
The place
was a convenience store.
I had to
dispose of expired food, but I saved on food expenses by putting it in my stomach
at that time.
I earned
money and solved my meal problem.
I'm very
satisfied.
However,
"Please
wax the floor when there are no customers. There was a customer who drank
alcohol in broad daylight and vomited. The smell doesn't go away."
"Yes..."
The problem
is the repeating part-time job.
'Putting
aside the difficulty, it feels like working for free?!'
Think about
it as if the 29th day keeps repeating, while I'm supposed to receive my salary
that would be a lifesaver for my empty bank account on the 30th.
"It's
driving me crazy."
Swoosh-
While
wiping the convenience store floor in the dark dawn, I made up my mind.
"I'll
accept it."
I don't
believe in the occult. However, I'm not so closed-minded as to not believe it
even after directly experiencing it.
Shaman.
I'll accept
my aptitude.
'Can't see
ghosts, but can go back to the past?'
I decided
to give up on scientifically analyzing the principle and just observe the
phenomenon.
'Three
times in total.'
I recalled
the moments when I regressed to the past one by one.
First, when
I fell next to the female student.
Second,
when the female student fell next to me.
There was a
commonality.
'Can I
avoid regression if I don't encounter that female student?'
It wouldn't
hurt to try.
Ding-dong~♪
"Welcome!
Customer!"
"Cigarettes-"
"Here
you go."
"...How
did you know I was going to buy this without even ordering?"
"You
bought this before."
"Did
I? I thought this was my first time at this convenience store."
"You've
been here before."
It's been
three times in my memory.
"Am I
getting dementia..."
"Please
come again! Customer!"
'Fear not,
young lamb. Your memory, stained with nicotine and tar, is still fine.'
It's just
that the part-timer at this convenience store who's weird.
* * *
Today is a
very important day.
Why?
'Please,
let's get through this time!'
It feels
like about two weeks have passed, but the calendar date doesn't budge, like
reinforced concrete.
Since I
keep going back to the past when I took the aptitude test without getting past
the day after the results are announced, the date doesn't change.
"Calm
down."
As soon as
I saw the backs of students returning home after school, my heart pounded.
It meant
that the fateful time was approaching.
Also,
"She'll
commit suicide again, right?"
I was
concerned about the death of the female student who jumped off the school
rooftop.
'I should
warn the teacher in advance- ah...'
I hesitated
to send a text message to my homeroom teacher with my smartphone. I didn't even
know the name of that female student, let alone her face. I couldn't prevent
the accident.
'If I knew
this would happen, I should have at least looked at the name tag engraved on
her uniform...'
I had two
chances to see it.
But the
first time, she was lying face down on the rooftop floor, so I couldn't see her
name tag and face, and the second time, there was no chance to see her due to
the gruesome blood.
"...I
can't help it."
I nearly
gave up and put my smartphone back in my pocket.
First, I
have to solve the problem in front of me.
"Hey,
Kang Moon-soo. How long are you going to hide it?"
"Right.
You're the only one in our class hiding your aptitude test results."
"It's
making me curious!"
"Could
he really be an astronaut?"
"How
mean, Kang Moon-soo!"
"Hey!
Don't live like that!"
The
attention of 'some' students who bragged about their aptitude test results to
others was focused on me.
'Everyone
revealed theirs?'
It's a
baseless, blatant lie. I admit that many students have revealed their
aptitudes.
"I
can't. It's a secret."
I want to
slap my past self who thought it was okay to tell.
If I reveal
my aptitude here, my homeroom teacher will invite 'shaman Yoo Il-am' to the
school again.
I'd rather
not have that.
'Teacher,
I'll accept your intention only.'
Salute to
the homeroom teacher who is passionate and full of purpose to the bone!
However, I
didn't want to meet Yoo Il-am, who would be more suitable as a celebrity than a
shaman, three times.
"Is it
really a great job?"
"Kang
Moon-soo! How mean!"
"Hey!
Just tell us. Is it a greater aptitude than the president?"
"It
makes me more curious!"
I held out
stubbornly against the continuous urging from those around me.
"Sorry."
Right now,
a female student's life is more important than this kind of aptitude.
* * *
There's
only one good thing about experiencing the same past for the third time.
"It's
comfortable~"
It's that I
can correct the mistakes of the past.
"Hey,
Kang Moon-soo."
"Are
you really not going to tell us?"
"It's
too much between us."
"Reveal
your aptitude!"
I praised
myself for making a great decision to hide the 'shaman' aptitude.
It was a
bit annoying because my friends kept persistently asking for my aptitude test
results, but it was better than being ridiculed before.
"Hoo...."
But my
heart wasn't at ease. The time when the female student in question fell from
the rooftop and died was approaching.
'It'll be
fine.'
I had a
plan.
How?
「Kang Moon-soo: Teacher. I saw a female student
standing dangerously on the rooftop railing.」
Preventing
the incident by contacting my homeroom
"...Done.
It should be okay now."
With a
lighter heart, I carried my backpack on my back.
Thanks to
hiding my aptitude test results from my homeroom teacher, shaman Yoo Il-am
didn't come to school, and I saved a life with my quick report.
A
satisfying way back home!
It's
perfect.
'O Sun of
tomorrow! Don't move and wait there~!'
I'm on my
way to you.
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