The Memory of Us Chapter 1

My boyfriend suddenly regained his memories.

He remembered his first love, the girl he’d been obsessed with for years.

He couldn't wait to break up with me.

Our two-year relationship was instantly voided. He warned me:

"Forget this relationship ever happened. Pretend we never met."

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Just yesterday, the System notified me:

[Host, your mission is complete.]

[Commencing erasure of mission-period memories.]

* * *

On our two-year anniversary, Asher got into a car accident and fell into a coma.

I sat by his bedside for eight hours, only to hear him say:

"Anything that happened while I had amnesia was not my own will. Naturally, this two-year relationship doesn't count."

He got his memories back, and he wanted to break up.

I wasn't surprised by this ending. From the beginning, we hadn't been honest with each other.

Back then, he was an amnesiac with broken legs, hurt by love.

I was a Redeemer with a mission, sent specifically for him.

The System told me: [The mission objective is to help him stand up again.]

Not just physically, but mentally. He was too negative and refused treatment.

A person who doesn't remember the past and can't see the future is lonely and lifeless.

To visualize the mission progress, the System displayed his "Love Value" for me, saying that love could give a person courage again. With love in your heart, you can face any difficulty.

When his Love Value for me reached 100, my mission would be complete.

I spent two years pulling him out of the abyss, accompanying him as he learned to walk again. The Love Value climbed slowly at first, then soared.

Until it stopped at 99.

It wouldn't budge.

I was anxious but couldn't find the reason. Finally, the System couldn't stand it anymore and reminded me:

[Love requires sincerity. You must exchange a true heart for a true heart.]

So, I sat on the balcony all night and decided to let go of the mission mindset. I decided to gamble with my real heart.

Finally, on our two-year anniversary, while Asher was driving me to our date, we collided with a truck running a red light.

In that life-or-death moment, he desperately turned the steering wheel toward himself, leaving the chance of survival to me.

In that instant, the System announced:

[Love Value Progress: 100%]

[Host, your mission is complete.]

Fortunately, the cars only scraped past each other. There were no casualties, but Asher fainted from the impact of the airbag.

I sat in the hospital room from night until dawn, watching his Love Value drop from 100 to zero.

Then it fluctuated up and down until the progress bar disappeared completely.

As the sun rose, he opened his eyes and said to me:

"Yvonne, let's break up."

From the beginning, every Redeemer who completes their mission faces two outcomes.

One: Be with the mission target forever.

Two: Forget each other and disappear into the crowd.

Asher frowned, enunciating every word:

"Forget this relationship ever happened. Pretend we never met."

This was the ending he chose for us.

I looked at him quietly and summoned the System: "Will Asher's Love Value change anymore?"

The System was silent for a few seconds, then told me:

[Mission complete. The ending is set.]

[From now on, Love Value will not be displayed.]

Makes sense. Outside of the System, human love and hate don't have visible data anyway.

Besides, every look and action from Asher right now was telling me clearly—he didn't need a progress bar.

The person he loved now wasn't me.

It was his "White Moonlight"—his first love.

Sophie.