Sing-Shong

「 For the first time since the fall began, Kim Dokja slept comfortably. 」

Yoo Joonghyuk was afraid of something for the first time.
The Kim Dokja of this life might only appear in this life.

It was a very low voice, like the whisper of a reaper. “I will tell you about your ‘death.'”

Everyone called Kim Dokja by different nicknames. In fact, when the dokkaebi had named the strongest incarnation, people thought of different nicknames.

King of a Kingless World.

The lonely Messiah.

The Ugliest King…

The words were different but the direction they converged was all the same. The strongest person in Seoul Dome was Kim Dokja and Kim Dokja died for Seoul.

“Dokja hyung isn’t dead.”

Finally, Lee Jihye screamed, “…Where did Master go?”

“…”

“Master can save Ahjussi! Where is Seolhwa unni?”

However, Yoo Joonghyuk wasn’t here to hear the blame. Eventually, Lee Jihye also started crying. “Ahjussi…”

They had to admit it, even if they didn’t want to. Kim Dokja was dead and he wouldn’t resurrect again.

–Kim Dokja: Writer, thank you for everything in the meantime. I am looking forward to the epilogue.

They were sincere sentences. Ways of Survival was my life's novel. It wasn't the most popular, but it was the best novel for me.

If this world were a novel, the protagonist would likely be someone like her. In fact, it was an inevitable outcome.

While I hadn't worked hard…

Yoo Sangah had.

While I read webnovels on the Internet…

Yoo Sangah studied diligently.

What would it be like, if I had a life different from the one I had now? In other words, what if the genre of my life had been different?

"Kim Dok…"

If the genre of my life weren't 'realism' but 'fantasy'…

Would I have been able to become the protagonist?

Who knows.

That was probably something I would never find out. However, if there was one I did know, it was this:

"It's fine, Yoo Sangah-ssi."

"Pardon?"

"Even if you tell me the app, it won't be any use."

The genre of my life was plainly 'realism.'

"It's because a Dokja has a Dokja's life, you see."

"Hm? What do you …"

"It's just that some people are like that in life."

And in this genre, I wasn't a protagonist but a 'Reader'.