Its been a few days since I fell into this comic book world with no memory.

Da-in, please have some of this tea.

Oh, thank you, Soobin.

I was adjusting to this life quite quickly.

I accepted the tea from Soobin, who handed it to me with a smile, and sipped it in the living room before returning to my room.

Its amazing to see.

I muttered to myself, looking at my closed door.

A mysterious door with some sort of magic charm on it, locked only by my will.

Perhaps there is something secret I do in this room.

And maybe thats what I do, compare it to the original and plan my future.

With that thought, I opened the white laptop on the desk. There was a password on it, but it was the same one Id always used, so I had no trouble cracking it.

What Ive been doing lately is reviewing what Ive been up to and my plans for the future.

Seo-eun, you have my diary, right?

Yes? How did you know?

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Anyway, in consultation with Seo-Eun and the other members of the Egostream, I agreed to give myself a week to recover my memory.

I searched the internet and my files to find out what I had been doing and I realized one thing.

Why am I putting my life on the line?

I realized that in certain moments, I had taken a lot of gambles. Ive literally been risking my life. In other words, Ive been close to death a lot of times, and Ive jumped through all of them.

I even wondered if it was all staged and I had a plan, but the flow of thoughts in my notebooks and notepads proved otherwise. I really did live like a fire moth.

..

Well, I cant really criticize myself for losing my memory and not knowing anything. Im sure I had my reasons, especially since Im guessing there was a three-year gap before I met my first coworker, Seo-Eun, and Im sure I had a lot of trouble.

And most of my risky behavior had to do with Stardus

Ill think about that later.

My head throbbed at the thought of her for a moment, so I moved on to other things.

After all, my remaining plan was to stop the Sun God.

Is this it?

I had my doubts, but I put them aside, figuring Id be good at it.

In fact, when I looked at the plan organized on my computer, it said that I would work harder on external activities in the future.

With Cathedral and the East Asian Villain League, it seemed like they were going to stop terrorizing and start working in earnest. It seems that the terrorist side is gradually taking a retirement angle.

Well, the plan itself seemed untouched. I mean, Ive been working on a few projects, but theyve all fallen apart and Ive been drawn into this world, so Ive been focusing on one big thing, the Saving the World Project, and Ive spent a lot of time on that.

Im like, Wow, I just fell into this superhero comic book world.

I thought to myself, and moved my hand. And there it was, a cup in front of me.

Interesting.

I muttered to myself, and spun the cup in the air.

To my surprise, I was granted two superpowers upon entering this world: telekinesis and teleportation.

Theyre two of the staples of superpower comics, so it seems like a scam, but

Not good.

I can only offer such a mild assessment.

Telekinesis is useless because I cant lift anything heavy, and Teleportation doesnt seem to have much promise outside of running away.

The reason for this is that both of these abilities are incredibly taxing on the body, meaning that theyre not something I can use over and over again for the duration of the casting time, but rather a one-time use skill that makes me sick and has a cooldown of several days.

Of course, a casual observer might say that this is a scam, and how can you get this and cringe? Its actually incredibly powerful, and if I had it in my world, it could eat the planet, depending on how I use it, but

Not here.

In this power-balanced world, it was impossible. Sure, its enough to maintain my personal security, but whats the point of living alone when the world is hurtling toward destruction in real time? Running away from meteorites, tidal waves and crazy people.

Thats why I recruited my allies.

A coalition of villains of my own making. The Egostream.

Actually, I preferred the name Egosquad, but I couldnt figure out why it became an Egostream. Was there external pressure?

Regardless, this Egostream was the centerpiece of my plan.

To take people who are good at heart, but who have been turned into villains by an unfortunate accident, and convince them to become my allies.

Indeed, as of now, I have many people by my side that possess abilities comparable to S-class. Han Seo-eun, the white witch, Baek Eun-woo, the moonlight maiden, Lee Ha-yul, the saint who can save anyone, and Shinryong.

There were also Electra, Seo Jae-young, Death Knight, and many other powerful people who could definitely take on 1.5 people.

So I was living with such companions of mine, and we seemed to be very close.

Youre going to sleep with me?

Yeah. I always do.

In fact, at night, Seo Ja-young, who wore a purple hoodie, came over and said that we used to sleep together, and she naturally entered my futon like a cat. When I asked her later, she said it was true

Well, since she was small, the bed wasnt too tight, so I just slept with her. Of course, it was a bit exciting to be in bed with a woman I barely remember.

But

MmmSeo Ja-young, what are you doing?

I got caught.

I felt a weight on me in my sleep, and when I woke up to find her on top of me, looking down at me with her purple eyes, I was terrified.

What the hell was she doing holding on to my clothes?

Anyway, thats how I was living.

Da-in, look at this!

Da-in Its me, Eun-woo, Ariel, please choose.

Hoo-hoo, Da-in. Have some more of this.

Hey, Da-in, do you want to play a game with me to get your memory back?

And one more thing I realized while living like that.

that the people I live with care about me a lot.

No, they didnt just care. It was the kind of affection that only a fool would feel.

I mean, I could feel that they really liked me.

And they didnt seem to think that I didnt notice this

No, so Ive been gritting my teeth and ignoring all of this and putting up with it?

It was ridiculous.

No, its so blatant that it makes me blush.

Plus, I have a suspiciously high number of women in my Villain Alliance.

Looking back at the notes I left, I realize that I was very much about group cohesion. We actually live together in this house to build trust and get to know each other better, because even one of us betraying would be the end of the world, and the best way to make sure we dont even think about it is to treat each other like family and develop affection.

In fact, if you look at the atmosphere among my coworkers, its actually because of my efforts that everyone is close and incredibly harmonious around me. I cant be calculating this far This is too delusional.

Suddenly, I remembered a dear friend I had left behind in the other world. What would Jae Yeon think if he knew I was doing this? Would he be worried about me falling into the ruins, or would he be annoyed that Im living with a bunch of pretty girls?

Actually, Im thinking about her because I love her, but thats not the problem.

Stardus, she was the problem.

Phew

I said, and sighed.

Stardus, the countrys only S-class hero, the hero of this world, the only key to stop its destruction.

And Ive been going through the archives, analyzing Stardus reaction when she first saw my amnesiac self in this world.

Ive come to one conclusion.

Stardus seems to like me.

This was not an overly self-conscious realization, but a thoroughly rationalized one. How could a high-minded woman like a villain, I wondered, given everything Id done up to this point? Im like Stardus Black Knight, running to her when shes in danger.

I dont even need to look at my past records, the Stardus Ive seen in person says it all. The concern and affection in her eyes for me was palpable.

And, in fact, I think I have a heart of my own, judging by the way my heart beats at the mere thought of Stardus. Of course, my colleagues hearts are beating as well, so I guess thats not an accurate test, but whatever.

What am I going to do with this?

And the scariest thing was, I didnt seem to have realized it yet. It took me a while to come to terms with it, too. As a Stardus who never had a chance with a guy in the original, the idea of her liking me was hard to accept. Im looking at it objectively from a third partys point of view, but what about her, and Im sure shed even carry out the attack herself.

Well, at least I know now. When I get my memory back, Ill realize it all, because my current memories wont be blown away.

Anyway, Im done with my reflections. I should get the diary from Seo Eun and regain my memory. Actually, reading the diary would give me the most information, but I didnt open it for fear that my memory would return in the middle and my reflection would end.

With that thought, I began to scribble my realizations in my notebook out of habit.

[Stardus seems to like me.]

That should do it.

With that thought, I closed the notebook.

Okay, in a few days, Ill read the diary and go back to the original me.

As I stretched out my arms with that promise, I stopped in my tracks.

Wait, me. I just killed another one of the Sun Gods creatures.

Is this one going to be okay with Celeste?

***

~Meanwhile, in America, on the day that the Egostic eliminated the Wish Granter~

Wham.

..

Celeste noticed that one more candle had been extinguished in her prayer chamber.

She sighed and walked out of the prayer room.

Then she heard news from abroad.

[Carqueas, currently under the control of the Korean Association, is said to be collapsing! It was caused by the S-class villain Egostic]

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She stared blankly at the image on the TV.

Opening her eyes for the first time in a long time, she turned and left the room silently, her silver hair whipping behind her.

The time for the next Cathedral meeting was drawing near.