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—

weakly kicked the ball

I told you she's the one asking me to come and play with her?

He shrugged his shoulders.

know? You died

Before he knew it, he was standing in the empty park

"…"

Tuk—

kicked the ball once more before turning around and

you

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first time that I realized that I could

of my parents as they died in front of my very eyes and

never born talented, and even after regressing, I

with talent, you could achieve with money. That… was what I thought

a naive thought of

I became the richest man in the world, the only

But that was okay.

had once again retained

couldn't achieve in the previous two lives,

not the third, but

Really? …What

as long as

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

Okay…

wasn't sure when, but I did

he called it. I chanced upon it after

Great!

and again… and again…

[Haha… maybe next time?]

[So close!]

I know where I went

[Aish! So close!]

was just about to stab

[Eh?]

do wrong

[Mh? Kevin?]

[What? Why… what?]

it my fault

[Can he be killed?]

[What? That's bullshit.]

did

wrong this time? I killed everyone that stood in my way

really

[I'm not the problem.]

the problem

killed

can

couldn't he

is he

take too many

fail again? I… I took nothing

[Fail?]

[This can't be…]

[Again?]

[…]

[…]

[…]

did everything... Why won't he kill

[…kill me.]

[I want to die.]

do I

[Help?]

[…]

[…]

[…]

[Who am I?]

I lost track of

Samantha Dover? Nola Dover? Ronald Dover? Amanda Stern? Jin Horton? Emma

familiar with yet

was losing track of myself, and I didn't want that. I wanted to cling to whatever was left of them so

more I witnessed what

felt my emotions slip… myself slip,

what I had become, but at the

get out of this hell… then so be

I sealed everything away. My emotions

just wanted it to

the times I killed those with whom I was once close

was never what I wanted. By

looked endless, and I

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

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