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After a week in the hospital.
I felt unusually energetic today.
The girl’s consciousness had returned.
I looked at Jax, who was asleep beside my bed, and nudged him.
“Jax, can you take me somewhere?”
Jax drove me five hours back to the dilapidated house where the little girl and Grandma Rose used to live.
Today was Grandma Rose’s memorial day.
I lay on the bed Grandma Rose used to sleep on, my eyelids drooping weakly.
My internal organs began to ache violently.
Grandma Rose was still
was still the one the poor girl longed for most.
Jax looked at the girl’s pale lips, his unease growing stronger.
He knew the girl was leaving.
He gripped her hand tightly.
I struggled to open my eyes, raising my hand to touch Jax’s check.
He had grown so thin these past few days.
“Jax, thank you.
Jax pressed the girl’s hand to his face.
Letting the tears stream down his cheeks.
“Elara, have I ever told you… I think I’m falling for you!
I smiled from the bottom of my heart.
“It’s Arvan. My name is Arvan… as in “to retain, ‘to keep‘,”
I looked into his eyes, serious. “Say it again, please?”
He nodded, repeating, choked with emotion, “Arvan, I think… I’m falling for you.”
I etched his Image deeply into my memory.
He was the first person to tell me he loved Arvan.
Arvan felt it too. She loved him.
I endured the pain, whispering, “Me… too. L… like you too.”
Before Jax could react with surprise, the girl’s hand slowly slipped away.
Until it was completely out of his arsen
Arvan felt it too. She loved him.
I endured the pain, whispering, “Me… too. L… like you too.”
Before Jax could react with surprise, the girl’s hand slowly slipped away.
Until it was completely out of his grasp.
He collapsed onto her, sobbing uncontrollably.
June 10, 2024.
The girl was gone.
His Arvan was gone.
**Epilogue 1: Arvan**
I left Elara’s body and returned to the System.
The System said it could grant me one wish.
“If you want to return to your original world, the System can cure your illness.”
I gave my wish to Elara.
I hoped that in her next life, she would live a long and happy life with Grandma Rose.
My name is Arvan. The meaning of my coming here was to retain.
**Epliogue 2: Jax**
Jax laid Elura to rest beside Grandma Rose.
He knew she wasn’t his Arvan.
He buried Elara, but he could never find his little girl…
**Epilogue 3: Liam**
My sister was gone…
Mother’s prayers were useles, heaven still took her away.
In the end, he never even heard her call him ‘brother one last time.
After his sister left, he went to a chapel to draw a fortune.
He only prayed that fate would let him be her brother again in the next life, to make amends.
But the fortune he drew was the worst possible omen.
Heaven also thought he didn’t deserve it.
