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—
the ball ahead
you believe me if I told you she's the one asking
He shrugged his shoulders.
would you know? You
he turned his head, everything turned quiet as their figures disappeared. Before he knew it, he was standing in
"…"
Tuk—
before turning
you again
***
time that I realized that I could travel back
of my very eyes and being helpless to help them, I felt something tight pierce my
even after regressing, I was no
you couldn't achieve with talent, you could achieve with money. That… was
was a naive thought
in the world, the only thing that I
But that was okay.
I had once again retained my memories from my previous
previous two lives, I could do
not the third, but
…What
long
talent really the key to achieving the perfect ending? The ending in which we survived the calamity and everyone that I
Okay…
but I
upon it after hearing Kevin speak about it, and my limit
Great!
and again… and again… and again… and again…
[Haha… maybe next time?]
[So close!]
I know where
[Aish! So close!]
was just about to stab him in
[Eh?]
do wrong this
[Mh? Kevin?]
[What? Why… what?]
is it my fault this
[Can he be killed?]
[What? That's bullshit.]
how did I
I go wrong this time? I killed everyone that
I really the
[I'm not the problem.]
the problem
killed him!? Why am I
can kill Jezebeth?
couldn't he kill
he
take too many
fail again? I… I took nothing this
[Fail?]
[This can't be…]
[Again?]
[…]
[…]
[…]
everything... Why won't he
[…kill me.]
[I want to die.]
do I
[Help?]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[Who am I?]
point, I lost track
Dover? Ronald Dover? Amanda Stern? Jin Horton? Emma
was familiar with yet
and I didn't want that. I wanted to cling to whatever was left of them so that I wouldn't lose sight
more I witnessed what I
myself slip, and I
by what I had become, but at the
it helped me get out of this
so I sealed everything away. My emotions and what made me…
wanted it
lost count of the times I killed those with whom I
the demon king feared, but that was never what I wanted. By now,
I saw no light
it. The brief moment when I died and regressed became one of the most
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