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

I told you she's the one asking

He shrugged his shoulders.

you know? You died

quiet as their figures disappeared. Before

"…"

Tuk—

ball once more before turning

you again

***

time that I

was excited at first. Recalling the faces of my parents as they died in front of my very eyes and being helpless to help them,

born talented, and even

you couldn't achieve with talent, you could achieve with

a naive thought of

only thing that I chanced upon was

But that was okay.

I realized that I had once again retained my memories from

two

third, but what about the

work? Really? …What about a fifth

last as long as the

ending? The ending in which we survived the calamity and everyone that I cared

Okay…

wasn't sure when, but I

I chanced upon it after hearing Kevin speak about it, and my limit

Great!

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

[Haha… maybe next time?]

[So close!]

where

[Aish! So close!]

I was just about to

[Eh?]

I do

[Mh? Kevin?]

[What? Why… what?]

is it my

[Can he be killed?]

[What? That's bullshit.]

did I

go wrong this time? I killed everyone that stood in

I really the

[I'm not the problem.]

is the

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

Kevin can

couldn't he kill

is he

take

fail again? I… I took nothing this

[Fail?]

[This can't be…]

[Again?]

[…]

[…]

[…]

did everything... Why

[…kill me.]

[I want to die.]

I even

[Help?]

[…]

[…]

[…]

[Who am I?]

certain point, I lost track of who

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

yet started to fade

and I didn't want that. I wanted to cling to whatever was left of them so that I wouldn't lose sight

the more I witnessed what

slip… myself

had become, but at the same time, I embraced

of this hell… then

everything away. My emotions and

wanted

killed those with

but that was never what

and I saw

tasted death so many times that I became familiar with it. The brief moment when I died and regressed became one of

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