*** What Suffocates Me ***

He got out of bed and headed to the window. It was morning. Merlin, no, Yongno hadn’t been in reality like this in a long time.

“What should I do…”

That was the first thought he had. Unfortunately, Yongno had nothing to do when it came to the real world. In the past, he had a lot of hobbies, but ever since he had first accessed and started playing DIO, all of those things were now insignificant.

Ring!

Just then, a cell phone ringtone rang out.

“Who could that be? I’m not expecting a call.”

Of course, for any normal student, it could have just been a school friend, but Yongno didn’t have any school friends. His relationship with the people he knew at school was strictly as classmates. If there was ever an occasion to meet, Yongno would dutifully laugh and talk with them, but when they split up, Yongno would forget all about them. There were dozens of these acquaintances’ numbers stored on his phone, but for Yongno, if he didn’t meet someone for a few weeks, he’d completely forget their faces.

“Hello.”

“Hey!! Yoon Yongno!!”

“Oh, hey older sis. It’s been a while.”

Yongno was the...