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

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

He shrugged his shoulders.

you know? You

figures disappeared. Before he knew it, he

"…"

Tuk—

the ball once more before turning around

see you

***

first time that I realized

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

even after regressing, I

couldn't achieve with talent, you could achieve with money. That… was what I thought

was a naive thought

in the world, the only thing that I chanced

But that was okay.

I had once again retained my memories from my previous life. How

previous two lives, I could do in the

not the third, but what about the

Really? …What about a fifth

last as long as the previous

achieving the perfect ending? The ending in which we survived the calamity

Okay…

when, but I did

upon it after hearing Kevin speak

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 I went

[Aish! So close!]

just about to stab him in the

[Eh?]

do

[Mh? Kevin?]

[What? Why… what?]

is it my fault this

[Can he be killed?]

[What? That's bullshit.]

how did

I killed everyone that stood in my way and took all the

really

[I'm not the problem.]

the problem

killed him!? Why am I suddenly

can kill Jezebeth?

couldn't he

he so

take

again? I…

[Fail?]

[This can't be…]

[Again?]

[…]

[…]

[…]

Why

[…kill me.]

[I want to die.]

I

[Help?]

[…]

[…]

[…]

[Who am I?]

lost track of who I

Dover? Ronald Dover? Amanda Stern? Jin Horton? Emma Roshfield?

familiar with yet started to

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

I witnessed what I saw… the more

slip… myself slip, and I

had become, but

helped me get out of this

My emotions and

wanted it

I killed those with whom I

but that was never what I wanted. By now, I just wanted to die…

I saw no light in

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

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