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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

"Illegal immigrants, overstaying foreigners, or unauthorized foreigners, are on the rise again. Although the vast majority of illegal immigrants are apprehended, this trend may portend an increase in the unauthorized immigrant population following years of relative stability. One of the national concerns is security, which includes both illegal immigration and border control," said a television news anchor.

Mila, Berto, and Ethel didn't want to disturb Ginalou's first heart-to-heart conversation with her brother, which is why they all gathered in the living room, randomly watching anything shown on the TV.

They were uninterested in TV when suddenly a story that they could relate to appeared.

"Accidental kill."