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#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <vector>
#include <numeric>
#include <iostream>
#include <random>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <queue>
#include <regex>
#include <functional>
#include <complex>
#include <list>
#include <cassert>
#include <iomanip>
#include <set>
#include <stack>
#include <bitset>
/*多倍長整数/cpp_intで宣言
#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
using namespace boost::multiprecision;
*/

//#pragma gcc target ("avx2")
//#pragma gcc optimization ("o3")
//#pragma gcc optimization ("unroll-loops")
#define rep(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define rep1(i, n) for(int i = 1; i <= (n); ++i)
#define rep2(i, n) for(int i = 2; i < (n); ++i)
#define repr(i, n) for(int i = n; i >= 0; --i)
#define reprm(i, n) for(int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define printynl(a) printf(a ? "yes\n" : "no\n")
#define printyn(a) printf(a ? "Yes\n" : "No\n")
#define printYN(a) printf(a ? "YES\n" : "NO\n")
#define printim(a) printf(a ? "possible\n" : "imposible\n")
#define printdb(a) printf("%.50lf\n", a) //少数出力
#define printLdb(a) printf("%.50Lf\n", a) //少数出力
#define printdbd(a) printf("%.16lf\n", a) //少数出力(桁少なめ)
#define prints(s) printf("%s\n", s.c_str()) //string出力
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define allsum(a, b, c) ((a + b) * c / 2LL) //等差数列の和、初項,末項,項数
#define pb push_back
#define priq priority_queue
#define rpriq priq<int, vector<int>, greater<int>>
#define deg_to_rad(deg) (((deg)/360.0L)*2.0L*PI)
#define rad_to_deg(rad) (((rad)/2.0L/PI)*360.0L)
#define Please return
#define AC 0
#define manhattan_dist(a, b, c, d) (abs(a - c) + abs(b - d)) /*(a, b) から (c, d) のマンハッタン距離 */


using ll = long long;

constexpr int INF = 1073741823;
constexpr int MINF = -1073741823;
constexpr ll LINF = ll(4661686018427387903);
constexpr ll MOD = 1000000007;
const long double PI = acosl(-1.0L);

using namespace std;

void scans(string& str) {
	char c;
	str = "";
	scanf("%c", &c);
	if (c == '\n')scanf("%c", &c);
	while (c != '\n' && c != -1 && c != ' ') {
		str += c;
		scanf("%c", &c);
	}
}

void scanc(char& str) {
	char c;
	scanf("%c", &c);
	if (c == -1)return;
	while (c == '\n') {
		scanf("%c", &c);
	}
	str = c;
}

double acot(double x) {
	return PI / 2 - atan(x);
}

ll LSB(ll n) { return (n & (-n)); }

/*-----------------------------------------ここからコード-----------------------------------------*/

template< int mod >
struct ModInt {
	int x;

	ModInt() : x(0) {}

	ModInt(ll y) : x(y >= 0 ? y % mod : (mod - (-y) % mod) % mod) {}

	ModInt& operator+=(const ModInt& p) {
		if ((x += p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
		return *this;
	}

	ModInt& operator-=(const ModInt& p) {
		if ((x += mod - p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
		return *this;
	}

	ModInt& operator*=(const ModInt& p) {
		x = (int)(1LL * x * p.x % mod);
		return *this;
	}

	ModInt& operator/=(const ModInt& p) {
		*this *= p.inverse();
		return *this;
	}

	ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt(-x); }

	ModInt operator+(const ModInt& p) const { return ModInt(*this) += p; }

	ModInt operator-(const ModInt& p) const { return ModInt(*this) -= p; }

	ModInt operator*(const ModInt& p) const { return ModInt(*this) *= p; }

	ModInt operator/(const ModInt& p) const { return ModInt(*this) /= p; }

	bool operator==(const ModInt& p) const { return x == p.x; }

	bool operator!=(const ModInt& p) const { return x != p.x; }

	bool operator>(const ModInt& p) const { return x > p.x; }

	bool operator<(const ModInt& p) const { return x < p.x; }

	bool operator<=(const ModInt& p) const { return x <= p.x; }

	bool operator>=(const ModInt& p) const { return x >= p.x; }

	ModInt inverse() const {
		int a = x, b = mod, u = 1, v = 0, t;
		while (b > 0) {
			t = a / b;
			swap(a -= t * b, b);
			swap(u -= t * v, v);
		}
		return ModInt(u);
	}

	ModInt pow(int64_t n) const {
		ModInt ret(1), mul(x);
		while (n > 0) {
			if (n & 1) ret *= mul;
			mul *= mul;
			n >>= 1;
		}
		return ret;
	}

	friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const ModInt& p) {
		return os << p.x;
	}

	friend istream& operator>>(istream& is, ModInt& a) {
		ll t;
		is >> t;
		a = ModInt< mod >(t);
		return (is);
	}

	static int get_mod() { return mod; }
};

using modint = ModInt< MOD >;//MOD=1e9 + 7
using Modint = ModInt< 998244353 >;

int main() {

	modint n, k;
	cin >> n >> k;
	modint ans = 0;
	for (modint i = k; i <= n + 1; i += 1) {
		ans += (n - i + 1 + n) * i / 2;
		ans -= (i - 1) * i / 2;
		ans += 1;
	}
	cout << ans << '\n';

	Please AC;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 3712