The Author's POV

Chapter 853

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"Uh… I'm fucking exhausted."

The first thing Ren did upon returning from work was lay down on the soft couch in his house.

Feeling his body sink into the sofa, he felt his body slowly relax.

"Yeah… this is how it should be."

The lights were closed, and the only light that filtered through was from the narrow gap of the curtains on his left.

It was quiet around him.

"Hey, brother."

But that quietness was broken by the softly spoken words of a little girl.

A soft smile appeared on Ren's face when he looked at the little girl.

"What is it, Nola?"

In her hand was a small ball, which she handed to him.

"Want to play?"

"Play? At this time?"

Checking his watch, it was 21:00. It was rather late, but seeing the pitiful look on his sister's face, he relented.

"Well… fine."

Picking up his jacket, he left the house alongside Nola.

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"Here!"

The two played catch and throw. When one would throw, the other would catch. A rather simple game.

A gentle breeze blew past the empty park the two were in as the soft giggles of his sister filled the air.

"Hahah…too strong!"

The two played for a long time. Ren had lost track of the time as he immersed himself in the soft giggles of her sister.

"Catc—oh, damn!"

He ended up throwing a little too hard, and the ball flew behind the bushes.

"I'm sorry, Nola!"

He quickly apologized.

"It's fine, brother!"

But the little angel that she was, Nola sweetly smiled and trotted to where the ball fell. Her figure disappeared behind the bushes in the distance.

Ren waited where he was with a soft smile on his face.

He waited for who knows how long. He just stood there, staring at the bushes with a smile.

He didn't know when, but the ball appeared right beneath his feet, but Nola was no longer in sight.

But he just remained where he was and… waited.

Waited there while blankly staring at the ball at his feet.

"Ren! Ren!"

That was when he heard a couple of shouts from the distance.

When he turned his head, he found two familiar figures.

"Mom, dad, you're also here to play?"

"Play?"

Samantha's eyes started to water, and Ronald placed his hand over her shoulder.

"For god's sake, Ren! It's been ten years already! You need to start moving on! You can't just continue coming outside every day after work to stare emptily at a ball!"

With tears dropping from her eyes, Samantha's entire body trembled. Her eyes were swollen red, and she looked to be in pain.

"I, it's time to move on… please. For you and for everyone… you need to m-ove on. You can't be like this!"

"No, but…"

Tuk—

kicked the ball ahead

told you she's the one asking me to come and

He shrugged his shoulders.

you know? You

turned quiet as their figures disappeared. Before he knew it, he was

"…"

Tuk—

once more before turning

see you

***

that I realized that I could

first. Recalling the faces of my parents as they died in front of my very eyes and being helpless to help them, I felt something tight pierce my

born talented, and even

with talent, you could achieve with money.

naive thought

in the world, the only thing that I chanced upon was the sight of my parent's

But that was okay.

once again

I couldn't achieve in the previous two

but

…What about

as long

really the key to achieving the perfect ending? The ending in which we

Okay…

sure when, but I did develop talent at

as he called it. I chanced upon it after hearing Kevin speak about it, and my limit was

Great!

again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and

[Haha… maybe next time?]

[So close!]

I know where

[Aish! So close!]

I was just about to stab him in

[Eh?]

did I do wrong this

[Mh? Kevin?]

[What? Why… what?]

my

[Can he be killed?]

[What? That's bullshit.]

did I

go wrong this time? I killed everyone that stood

really

[I'm not the problem.]

is the

Why am I back? I killed him!? Why am I

Kevin can kill

he

is he so

I take too many

I… I

[Fail?]

[This can't be…]

[Again?]

[…]

[…]

[…]

Why won't he

[…kill me.]

[I want to die.]

do I even

[Help?]

[…]

[…]

[…]

[Who am I?]

point, I lost

Dover? Amanda Stern? Jin

familiar with yet

and I didn't want that. I wanted to cling to whatever was left

died and the more I witnessed what I saw…

emotions slip… myself slip, and I

was horrified by what I had become, but at the same time, I

of

so I sealed everything away. My emotions and

I just wanted

I killed those with whom

feared, but that was never what I wanted. By now, I just wanted

endless, and I saw no

with it. The brief moment when I died and regressed became one of the most peaceful and enjoyable moments of my

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