The Author's POV

Chapter 605

Pitter! Pitter!

The muffled sound of rain hitting against the window beside me, woke me up.

I groggily opened my eyes and glanced toward the window, where I was greeted by a gloomy scene. It was a dark and dreary sight, typical of any rainy day.

It perfectly synchronized with my mood.

[You have 37 missed calls]

When I finally had the opportunity to check my phone, I noticed several missed calls. They seemed to come from my parents, Amanda, Kevin, and the others. I ultimately didn't answer them back and just shut off my phone.

I wasn't in the mood to talk with anyone at the moment.

Everything felt like a dream to me at the moment. No, rather, a nightmare. One that I couldn't possibly escape from.

'What time is it?'

An unknown period of time passed while I lay on my bed just blankly staring at the ceiling of the room I was in.

Raising my hand and turning my wrist, I checked the time. I felt a sudden pang in my heart while I stared at the time. 16 : 39 P.M.

"...It's almost time, huh?"

I reluctantly got out of bed and stumbled toward the closet where I pulled out a set of black clothes. Grabbing onto the clothes, my hands shook.

It was almost time for Smallsnake's funeral to start.

A few days had passed since the incident, and those few days had been among the most difficult in my life. It was difficult to prepare a funeral for someone you had assumed would accompany you till the end and would always be around.

I...I just couldn't stomach it.

How?

Just where did things go wrong?

Why must things have turned out this way?

"What's this?"

Unknowingly, I felt something wet stream down from the side of my face.

"..Ah, shit."

I raised my hand and clenched my chest as a sharp, heartbreaking agony swept across my chest.

It hurt.

It really hurt.

I...I really didn't expect things to turn out this way. I...I really didn't.

***

Ryan looked toward the empty casket in the distance as he passed through the long aisle that was covered in a long red carpet and seemed to stretch for miles. It was probably shorter, but to him, it looked endless.

His footsteps felt heavy, and his eyes were rather blurry.

It still hadn't sunk into his mind.

...The fact that Smallsnake had left him.

The fatherly or brotherly figure he had been missing throughout his entire life was gone just like that.

"I..shouldn't be like this."

He mumbled to himself while he walked down the aisle.

'Fix your clothes, you look like a total mess like that.'

'Is that really how you want to look at my funeral?'

wipe your

a mess, I thought I

he suddenly thought

me if he saw me in this

hollow laugh escaped from

another wave of sadness swept past Ryan who felt something grip his chest. Once again, he felt the corner of his

mustn't show him

been here, but to Ryan, he was

He was always here.

of good minutes, Ryan lowered his head. He then

familiar figures. Angelica, who was currently disguised as a cat, Ava, Hein, Leopold, Kevin, Amanda, Emma...all of Ren's

But...

only one

'Where is he?'

for Ren. It didn't take long for him to spot his parents whom he

was here apart from

'Why?'

he continuously looked for

'Why isn't he here?'

for

...How could they not?

was supposed to be the one guy that known him

wasn't he

Out of all people, he should've

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

thinking about the dream he had witnessed as a result of the demon's

think of us as

put much thought into it back when he was watching everything. In the first place, he didn't understand much of

...It made no sense.

was one thing he managed to pick up from the flashbacks, was Ren's mentality

showing any remorse and treated everyone as though they were

or not. If they were in the way of his goals, they were nothing but a roadblock that

behavior that made Ryan understand that the dream was probably a fake. The Ren he knew wasn't like this at

He wasn't.

Never.

least that was what he

waiting for him to

no, it

a result of the fact that he wasn't

probability of that Ren being the Ren he knew, Ryan just

no..they are not

same way as before was the only thing keeping him from going

was Smallsnake's words that kept him from going down

"Keum."

a small cough. Raising his head up, he found

"Why is he there?"

barely knew Smallsnake, what right did he have to stand

are

his wrist

seem like Ren is here yet. Since we

Clank—!

as Kevin began to speak, the doors slammed open abruptly. As soon as that happened, more than half of the audience turned to look in

'Ren?'

spotted

notice his appearance as the

pale face, crooked tie, and wrinkled clothes, Ryan pursed

turmoil in the chapel as several figures rushed to him, only to be rejected by him who slowly walked toward the altar. His steps were rather slow, yet, seemed

his teeth, Ryan lowered

deep sense of shame

was stupid of me to think

the hardest. He previously thought that he should've been the one who was supposed to be the saddest about his

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