Back at the academy, Miri was distant. One night, she came to him, tears in her eyes. "I lied to you, David. I wasn't born here either."
She showed him a ring with symbols from Earth, identical to the one he used to wear before transmigration. The truth rocked him.
"I was supposed to be the protagonist. But something pulled you here instead."
David held her hand. "Then let's be heroes together."
Miri smiled, relief and sadness tangled in her gaze. They sat beneath the moonlight in silence, two strangers tied by fate in a world that never asked for either of them.