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"Why do the main character's parents often get the short end of the stick?"
That is what Mila asked while looking up at the sky. She was grumbling toward whoever sent her inside the novel she read before she died.
She becomes the mother of the main character, whose parents are both dead. Mila's character was merely a tool for the MC's character development.
It's a simple, fix-all solution. The author wanted to make the audience instantly sympathetic towards the main character, and the best thing he did was to have the MC's parents die.

After she avoided her death in the original plot, death flags kept coming for her. 

Will the original plot not end if she's not dead?

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proofreader: Aserehtam

Main character's parents must die

The gathering has already begun at 7 p.m., and it's already an hour after seven, but Ethel is still leisurely browsing the shop near the restaurant. She plans to appear at the gathering when everyone has already done with their greetings and catching up.

She even purposefully ignored her friend's texts and phone calls, only sending her a message an hour before that she was on her way.

In fact, she is still contemplating whether she will still go or not.

Two sets of heavy sighs were heard inside the shop. It's a stationary shop that has a few customers, which makes them easy to look at each other.

Ethel blinked her eyes after making eye contact with the person who let out the same heavy sigh as her.

"C-can't find the right materials?"

Ethel awkwardly asked because she was caught looking at the guy.

The guy just quietly nods his head and moves away from Ethel, making Ethel feel like she's the only weird person.

"Men doesn’t take long to use the restroom, right?"