MaryahLu

"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

There's this amazing image of an early sunrise gleaming across the horizon. Ethel goes quietly through the sliding glass doors of the international airport. Every passing person creates a soft wind as the gorgeous faces stroll to their separate gates. The warm light shone through the glass windows, as if to brighten the lives of the people within.

Ethel smiles as she gets excited about her flight and, at the same time, remembers her past struggles to adjust and adapt to her life on Earth.

Three years ago, Ethel and Mila arrived on Earth at the same time, but unfortunately, they were transported to different countries. Mila was sent to the Philippines, and Ethel was sent to the United States.

"Can you still call me mother?"