Click—
"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.
Click—
"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 ahead
believe me if I told you she's the
He shrugged his shoulders.
would you know? You
everything turned quiet as their figures disappeared. Before he knew
"…"
Tuk—
the ball once more before
you again
***
the first time that I realized that I could travel
first. Recalling the faces of my parents as they died in front of
even after
with talent, you could achieve with money. That… was
naive thought of
when I became the richest man in the world, the only thing that I chanced upon was the sight
But that was okay.
once again retained my memories from my previous life. How
achieve in the previous two lives, I could do in the third,
not the third, but what about
Really? …What
last as long as
achieving the perfect ending? The ending in which we survived the calamity and everyone that
Okay…
sure when, but I did develop talent at some
he called it. I chanced upon it after hearing
Great!
and again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and
[Haha… maybe next time?]
[So close!]
where I
[Aish! So close!]
about to stab him
[Eh?]
did I do wrong
[Mh? Kevin?]
[What? Why… what?]
is it my fault
[Can he be killed?]
[What? That's bullshit.]
did
I killed everyone that stood in my way and took all
really the
[I'm not the problem.]
the problem
I back? I killed him!? Why am
Kevin can
he
is he so
take too
did he fail again? I…
[Fail?]
[This can't be…]
[Again?]
[…]
[…]
[…]
Why won't he kill
[…kill me.]
[I want to die.]
do I
[Help?]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[Who am I?]
certain point, I lost
Nola Dover? Ronald Dover? Amanda Stern? Jin Horton? Emma Roshfield? Melissa
I was familiar with yet started to fade from my
didn't want that. I wanted to cling to whatever was
I died and the more I witnessed what I saw… the more
myself slip, and I
was horrified by what I had become, but at the same time, I embraced
it helped me get out of this
away. My emotions and
I just wanted it
I killed those with whom I was once
demon king feared, but that was never what I wanted. By now, I just
and I
that I became familiar with it. The brief moment when
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