Okay, so a few things to explain:
1. MEMORIZE comes before SCOG chronologically.
2. The story is *a lot* darker than SCOG (at least in novel format)
3. If you've read the LN of MEMORIZE, this chapter 0, prologue explains the events leading up to the prologue/chapter 1 of the LN.
Thanks for picking this one up. Hopefully, someone will be convinced to pick up MEMORIZE's LN version (looking at you Fudge!)