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"What?"

"That, name tag..."

The young girl who had just called Hyesung with a loud voice now spoke in a half- whispered, polite tone, quite unlike before.

Following the direction of the girl's gaze, Hyesung saw a piece of paper with "Na Yeonwoo" written on it dangling from her coat hem. It seemed she hadn't noticed it after

sitting on it.

"Oh, it looks like a finished participant accidentally left it behind..."

"Ah... thank you."

Hyesung removed the paper name tag and thanked her with a slight smile. ← →

With the name tag reading "Na Yeonwoo" and the girl's somewhat familiar face, Hyesung started to piece together the situation.

'Oh, is this a dream? Okay, okay.

Hyesung exited the waiting room and headed for a distant restroom, thinking it would be better if no one was around.

Closing the bathroom stall door, Hyesung bent her fingers back until they almost broke.

It was obvious she was in a dream, but she needed to perform a reality check. If this was a dream, something impossible in reality would happen.

As expected, her wrist joint bent easily like Jelly, and her fingers pierced through her arm. Naturally, there was no pain.

'Confirmed it's a dream. What should I do now? Yeonwoo seems to have already finished. Is she still here? I want to see my baby's face.'

It seemed the background of this dream was the preliminary audition site before the broadcast of Supernova Project Season 5. Hyesung remembered the name of the girl who had just spoken to her.

'Kim Daon... right. She was the youngest participant. She wasn't a particularly standout trainee, but she appeared on camera quite a bit until she was eliminated since she was the youngest.

Although it was a bit absurd that she was a participant herself, Hyesung thought it didn't matter since it was a lucid dream where she could do as she pleased.

Just as she was about to leave the restroom to find Na Yeonwoo, a translucent blue window appeared in front of her.

[You have been caught in the whims of Fortuna, the goddess of luck and destiny. Welcome to the dream world managed by System Morpheus.]

'What is this?'

[Do you accept that your dream will now become reality?]

[Yes/No]

'This is a bit unsettling. This is the first time this has happened in a lucid dream...'

What would happen if she pressed yes? What If she didn't? Hyesung released the doorknob

and sat softly on the toilet lid.

'If I choose yes, will the background change again? That can't happen.'

[Bee-]

A warning sound beeped as if urging Hyesung.

[Warning. If you do not accept within 100 seconds, you will automatically wake up from

the dream and return to reality.]

'Warning? What will you do if you warn me, hologram? This is my dream, disappear. I need to see Yeonwoo's face.'

Hyesung waved her hand in the air. 'Why isn't it disappearing?'

[Bee-!]

'Ah, it's noisy. Be quiet.'

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