[You really do keep asking strange questions! Was I happy? Of course. I am an entertainer capable of enjoying every role….]
“So that means being a Good Friend wasn’t especially more fun than your other roles, right? Not even a little?”
[….]
Kim Soleum’s body, controlled by Lee Jaheon, did not move a muscle, remaining perfectly composed.
The giant TV screen lit up.
[I understand what you’re trying to say.]
[Do you want me to animate a warm stuffed doll full of cotton and become your Good Friend again? Hahahaha!]
[You want me to keep playing the delightful role of your Good Friend!]
Inside the giant TV, a rabbit doll appeared and waved its hand. Just like a certain moment one month ago.
But Kim Soleum did not waver.
“That would have been nice. I miss it.”
[Oh. Mr. Kim Soleum.]
The TV spoke cheerfully, almost mockingly.
The rabbit doll on the screen looked around fearfully, then sat down in the corner.
[Unfortunately, this Good Friend has already been ripped to pieces and turned to ash! You will never meet him again!]
“No. That’s you.”
[…!]
“The cotton doll was just the outer shell.”
That was right.
In the end, the one who had willingly accepted the restrictions of being a Good Friend and moved that stuffed doll as its body… was the host standing before him.
Even the one showing that rabbit doll on the screen right now.
‘It’s you.’
He had said…