"I've finally met you, Guest.

I've been waiting for you all this time.

So... I want to get to know a little more about you."

<<Guest's Story>>

It is a very difficult task to summarize someone's life in just one sentence.

Especially if that life is your own.

I was the same. Born ordinarily in a quiet country village, following others without a purpose, wandering aimlessly, just living a life that flows along.

I studied hard because everyone else did, got into a decent university, and became an adult ordinarily without any particular inspiration or emotion—just a common 'Extra A'.

Living like this, I'd eventually get a decent job like everyone else, start a family, retire at the age limit, spend my old age in moderate leisure, and then end my life. If described as a character in a novel, it would be a trivial, ordinary life that couldn't even fill a single page.

If I had to summarize this life of mine in one sentence... what kind of sentence should I write?

Whenever these sentimental worries strike, I sometimes suddenly want to leave for somewhere far away. A place where there are no cold stares from others, no tired life living like a part of society on a conveyor belt, a place where I can just be fully myself.

I had such a place too. My childhood hometown, Yeonwol Village, where I could be happy as if I owned the whole world just by playing to my heart's content when I was young and innocent.

One afternoon in March, when a refreshing spring rain was softly falling. Normally, I would have hated rainy days, but for some reason, the spring rain that day was exceptionally cozy and warm. As if it had been wishing for my return for a long time, the drizzling raindrops were embracing the air of Yeonwol Village softly and refreshingly.

And finally, my own secret hideout that I only shared with my childhood friends. Surprisingly, an unexpected encounter begins at that spot.

The sight of her, wearing a frog raincoat and getting hit by the spring rain with her bare body, yet showing a fresh smile as if she had been waiting for me for a long time. And... even though it was definitely the first time we met today, when that sight somehow felt not entirely unfamiliar.

The strange connection with her was beginning just like a sudden spring shower.