DEATH… AND ME

that too unfair? ”

Luize snorted straight away.

”Once you become a diligent worker like Rean, who ’s worthy of ones ’ trust, you can come to me and say that again.
Rean had almost never missed work in the past ten years, but how about you guys? If you want to be treated like Rean, then shut up and go back to work. ”

Luize then passed the phone back to Rean ’s coworker, with the latter saying.

”Man…
I wish I had such treatment.
Well, I would probably pretend to be sick anyway, so I guess I better not have it.
Anyway, see you when you get better. ”

Rean nodded, replying.

”Alright, sorry for the trouble. ”

Rean then turned off his phone.
There was a good thing about Rean ’s problem with his soul back then, the fact that he would always follow all rules perfectly.
It didn ’t mean that he was an outstanding worker or something like that.
If anything, he was pretty average.
However, he always completed his tasks and never lacked time when the company needed him.
It turned out that ten plus years of good work brought something good to him, after all.

”Sigh…
such nostalgic voices.
However… ”

Rean looked at his hands and his surroundings.
The more he looked at it, the more real it seemed.
After some time, he decided to sit on his bed and try to check his cultivation.

”As I thought, I have no cultivation whatsoever.
First of all, I can ’t feel the presence of Spiritual Energy either.
Roan…
I guess his name is simply Death in this world…
Anyway, he did tell me that our half of the Universe doesn ’t have Spiritual Energy.
Naturally, there is no way that I have Spiritual Energy now. ”

Rean began to doubt himself. 

”Was everything I passed until now a dream? Or is this the effect of the Bloodline Trial? The trial is about the soul, so I guess it wouldn ’t be weird for my soul to be trapped in this world.
Even though I say that, everything is still too real. ”

Rean then got up and changed his clothes before opening the door to his house.
Outside, the sun shone brightly, and the people around moved as if nothing was happening.
Rean passed by the convenience store where he usually bought food and was complimented by the same workers as before.
Well, they found it quite weird since Rean saluted back, which never happened.

Rean continued to walk as he looked at everything, looking for some clue that this was all a dream.

”Just what could the Bloodline Trial be about? First of all, did that even happen? I looked into today ’s date, and this is just one day after my accident.
Assuming that I survived and everything is a dream, there ’s no way my body would be this fine.
But then again, what if the accident itself was a dream as well? Wait, can a dream last for decades? ”

He could still remember all the years he spent in the cultivation world.
If that was a dream, then it was an incredibly long one, that ’s for sure.

It was then that Rean had an idea.

”Wait! If this is all a dream made out of my memories in the Bloodline Trial, then it shouldn ’t be able to generate places I have never been before. ”

Rean quickly ran back to his home and took his car before driving away.
He had a single destination, heading out of his city.
Obviously, he had never cared about traveling or things like that in the past.
Unless he was brought along with his family or had to travel for work, he would definitely be in his city.
All he needed to do was to go to one of the nearby cities he had never stepped before.

However, just as he was passing by one of the roads, he remembered something.

”My parents ’ house…
is close to this place. ”

Rean felt a little conflicted before finally gritting his teeth and entering the next exit.

He only had to drive another twenty minutes before he stopped in front of a common house that could be seen almost anywhere.
Nevertheless, he recognized this one with a single glance.
He quickly parked his car and came out before touching the doorbell.

”Just one second. ”

Rean immediately recognized the voice coming from behind the door.
That was none other than his mother, that ’s for sure.
Immediately, he began to feel a bit off.
How should he act in front of his mother? He didn ’t know.
The previous him never cared about his parents ’ existence, nor his siblings.
In fact, he didn ’t even care about his own existence to start with.

The old woman then opened the door before showing a surprised expression as she said.

”That ’s rare.
Unless we go out to visit you, we never had the chance to see your face.
Weird…
did something happen? You look somewhat…
different. ”

Sure enough, a mother was a mother.
She caught something unusual in Rean ’s behavior the moment her eyes saw him.

”Mom… ”

Out of nowhere, Rean heard a voice echoing on his mind.
No, it would be better to call it a cry, a little girl ’s cry.

*sniff, sniff…*