By Zephyria 
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It seems like you’re plotting to make me cry my eyes out and wither away. I’m completely against us meeting again!
You shouldn’t come to this cold, empty, desolate world.
Darling, you should live a long and happy life, enjoying the present to the fullest.
Don’t even think about someone like me.
I’m sure your partner will take good care of you, but live doing everything you want without worrying about what others think.
And don’t let your body get hurt or sacrificed anymore!
I saved that body even as I disappeared, so it’ll be sad if it gets hurt again.
Don’t die.
Don’t get sick.
Just be happy.
So don’t let me hear these words anymore. I’m going to sleep. I’m going to disappear.
Then, miraculously, the voice that had been making me feel excited and sad stopped.
Ah, I wanted to hear more.
Actually, I wished this kind voice wouldn’t disappear…
I’m sleepy.
Again, I forget everything and fall into darkness.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What was I doing?
…Maybe that doesn’t matter.
With this memory as the end, I fall into a long sleep again.
I woke up again because I heard that voice again.
“Potato, today is the first anniversary of your disappearance.”
‘……’
“People call it a memorial day. Even though you didn’t leave a body behind, so we’ve temporarily set up an empty grave like this, and only Jae-ha and I commemorate you… Even now, I often dream. I dream that you come back in perfect condition. You still look like a freshly dug potato with a single sprout, and you rush into my arms. And when I cry, you nag me, saying that my ugly face is getting uglier.”
The voice was filled with sadness and longing.
I’ve forgotten who I am.
But I could faintly feel that I envied the person the owner of that kind and sad voice was looking for.
Who was that?
Where is that person?
Who is that person longing for so much that they cry in such a sad voice?
“I wish you would come back.”
“Sometimes, it’s hard to bear that you’re the only one missing in the midst of everything being perfect.”
Ah, he’s crying again.
That person seems to cry a lot.
Who are you looking for so desperately?
Did you love them a lot?
…Was that me?
Who was I?
Ah, I was Potato.
The owner named me Potato because I looked like a potato.
He had no sense of naming at all, but I still liked it.
Because it was the name my owner gave me.
So I liked it.
Although I never showed it.
I liked it.
Where is this?
It seems like this is where only my consciousness remains after I died.
Last time, I fell asleep before I could even remember who I was, so I didn’t even think about looking around here.
I can’t define exactly where this is, but I guess it’s a kind of afterlife.
Anyway, it seems like I’m being treated as something that had a life.
What was I doing?
I sacrificed my existence to fill my owner’s heart.
Thanks to that, the owner lived.
It was a happy ending.
“Come back, Potato…”
But the owner is shedding tears.
Why?
Wasn’t it a satisfactory ending?
Who made you cry?
Who is that bastard?
I’ll go after him… No, I can’t even escape from here, and even if I did, I’m a powerless spirit that can’t hit anyone.
But the owner is crying now, isn’t it because of me?
I’m Potato.
‘The owner is crying because of me!’
At that moment, my eyes flashed open.
It was still all dark and I couldn’t see anything, so opening my eyes was the same as closing them.
‘Owner! An Ga-hyeon! Don’t cry!’
Why are you crying! You’ll lose moisture!
Yeon Yu-jin’s body is weak, so I was worried that the owner would continue to cry like that and become exhausted.
‘Don’t cry. Stop! You said it’s been a year since I died. But why are you still sad? You should be happy that you’ve come back to life and dance!’
You’re such a foolish owner.
An Ga-hyeon had too much affection.
“How wonderful it would be if you were by my side too.”
Listening to the owner’s voice, I wiggled my butt.
‘I told you I can’t go. I’m dead. I’m dead. I can’t go to your side. I’m very busy replacing your heart.’
But deep down, I was dying to go to the owner’s side too.
He’s sad because of me.
This isn’t a happy ending.
As an ability belonging to the owner, I have a duty to lead the owner to a happy ending.
He’s sad because I’m not there.
He’s crying.
Why is this damn afterlife holding onto a small, weak, and pitiful ability like me?!
It’s like they don’t have an ounce of compassion!
Send me back to my owner!
If there’s a power that arbitrarily gave me an ego, if there’s such a supernatural higher being! It’s only right that they should have prepared a way to return me to my owner!
I am Potato.
A bizarre mutant with an ego attached to An Ga-hyeon’s proud ‘Resurrection’ ability.
But a brave ability that will never lose in loving and caring for my owner, An Ga-hyeon, more than anyone else.
‘Return me!’
Send me to An Ga-hyeon’s side!
‘I won’t fall asleep this time. I don’t want to hear An Ga-hyeon crying anymore!’
I’ll make a loud, buzzing siren-like noise until they return me to that guy’s side.
‘Return me to my owner!’
Compensation? There’s no such thing.
I sacrificed myself to save my owner, so I’m penniless.
I have nothing to offer as compensation.
That’s right, I’m being stubborn and insisting that they return me.
But shouldn’t I be able to do that?
My owner is crying so sadly, and I want to cry with him, so I’m going to be a little stubborn, is that not allowed?
If you ignore me because I’m noisy, you’re the worst people in the world.
You’re more foolish than the greedy Ban No-ah.
‘Return me!’
Send me to the owner’s side where I should be!
Send me! Send me! Send me! Send me! Send me! Send me! Send me! Send me! Send me!
How long had I been shouting to be sent back?
-…You’re noisy, so get out of here to where you want to go.
An ambiguous voice, neither male nor female, descended like a ray of light into the pitch-black space.
Then, a passage was created that a small potato could easily pass through.
‘Are you granting my wish?’
Surprised, I asked the strange voice that wasn’t the owner, but there was no further reply.
The golden hem rippled and spread, as if whispering to come over here.
I saw a familiar face beyond the passage.
It was my owner, An Ga-hyeon, crying on top of a grave the size of an adult’s palm.
‘My owner!’
I jumped up from my seat and ran towards the passage.
Legs grew and I could run towards the passage.
I could vividly feel my body, my eyes, and even the sprout growing on my head.
I am Potato.
A bizarre creature born with an ego attached to the only special ability of the proud SSS-Class Guide An Ga-hyeon, ‘Resurrection’.
I’m going to meet you now, my owner.
To stop your crying, to meet you and wipe away your tears so you won’t be upset anymore, and to tell you to live happily together forever.
“Ga-hyeon! Owner!”
As I came out of the passage, I saw the dazzling outside.
The best of all was the sight of my owner, who was startled to hear my voice and looked at me.
“…Potato?”
Hyeon Jae-ha, the partner who was comforting the owner next to him, was surprised to find me.
“Am I dreaming?”
Hyeon Jae-ha rubbed his eyes, wondering if this was a dream or reality.
Whether he did or not, I used the air as a stepping stone and jumped vigorously towards An Ga-hyeon.
“Owner!”
“You… did you really come back? Is that really you, Potato?”
I bumped my forehead against An Ga-hyeon, who was repeating the same words like a parrot, unable to believe it.
“Ouch!”
“Then am I Potato or an onion?”
“It’s Potato…”
An Ga-hyeon, who was flustered and unable to adapt to the situation, soon burst into tears.
He hugged me tightly as if he wouldn’t let me go and sobbed loudly.
“Why did you die! You bad bastard. I told you firmly to live, to be sure to live!”
“How could I follow that?! Anyway, I’m back alive, so that’s enough!”
“You can’t say such things to the owner as soon as you come back!”
“Heh, I nag you because you’re a stupid owner!”
After bickering for a while, we eventually burst into laughter.
It was An Ga-hyeon who first extended a hand of reconciliation.
“…Thank you for coming back.”
It’s not pretty at all to say that with eyes swollen from crying.
But in my eyes, he was the most wonderful and proud owner in the world.
I must be blind, sigh.
“Yeah. Thank you for waiting for me too, Owner.”
Now, your happiness will be a completely closed happy ending, right?
Don’t cry anymore.
I’m happy just being by your side.
-End of Side Story