“...Knowing you, I’m not gonna tell you to clean up,” Gilberto said as he looked around Skaya’s Lair. “But you should at least live like a human.”

“This is my house. And this is comfortable for me. I suppose you could say it makes me feel relaxed.”

“How strange. It only makes me uncomfortable.”

“Ugh, then just leave!”

Seo Jun-Ho clicked his tongue and shook his head as he watched the two argue again. “Stop fighting over nothing…Both of you, come here.”

At his beckoning, they stopped bickering and slowly approached him. Standing in front of the two ice statues, they were lost in their memories.

Seo Jun-Ho felt especially emotional.

‘...I’m almost there.’ 

If he closed his eyes, he could picture the day he had poured alcohol for the four statues like it was yesterday. That was the day he had sworn to become a Player again to save them.

‘Up until now, I freed exactly half.’ 

He had freed two out of his four comrades. And today, he would be one step closer to his goal.

“Jun-Ho, who will you wake up?”

“Hm…” Seo Jun-Ho was silent for a while as he examined the two ice statues.

Rahmadat Khali and Tenmei Mio. He took in his two sleeping friends and gave a small nod. He had already decided in...