Ah… What a shitty life…
At least it's over now…
I don’t have to keep struggling…
I don’t have to keep putting effort to no avail…
I don’t have to worry about losing the people close to me…
In the end, I don’t feel regret. Maybe it’s cowardly of me to say this but I feel free.
I was never the one that can be a hero.
That would be my friends who never hesitated to give their all no matter how tough things got.
Never thought I’d be the st one to die. Maybe it's because of the sacrifices they made for me. Trading their lives to keep a worthless soul like me alive.
But none of that matters now. It’s the end. I only wish that I can see them again in my afterlife…
“Hey… hey Kori… wake up. We’re going to be te for the training.”
Ah… that voice… must be my memory fshing before my death.
“Thud”
“Aww. I felt that. Who in the… wait the sunlight is hitting my eyes straight. How long has it been since I saw the Sun this bright, feels like my early childhood.”
“Hurry up Kori… we’re already te. Master’s going to chew us out if we don’t hurry up.”
What is this?
“Uroi… How are you alive? Wait.. why do you look like a child?”
“What are you talking about? Are you still dreaming? Wake up already, I don't want to do extra training because of your ziness.”
No. This isn’t real. This can’t be real. How? This doesn’t make any sense. Why me?
“Wait… I look like a kid too.”
No way. I have really regressed to my childhood.
“Sp. You’re a kid. Now hurry up and let's go to the training ground.”
At the training ground.
“You two!!! You are te. Ten rounds around the ground… NOW!!! And no stopping.”
“Ah.. Ahh.. How is it that I’m out of breath by just running around the ground?”
“You better make up for this Kori. You know I hate training. I bme you, you stupid Kori…”
“No Talking while running!!!”
“Wait Uroi, what day is it?”
“Stop asking stupid questions and just run you moron…”
There’s no doubt about it. This is real. I can feel my body getting tired. I can feel my heart beating out of my chest. But most importantly… Uroi, Master and my brother and sister disciples, they are all alive.
If it’s like this. If this is truly real… Then… Then my friends… They are all alive too.
“What is wrong with you stupid Kori… Why are you crying now?”
“Uroi… I’m so gaad aaaw that you’re alive…”
“Stop coming closer and focus on running you maniac… Thud!”
“Ah… Huff… Huff… We finished ten rounds… Why is it so hard? My heart feels like it's beating out of my body.”
“Cmon. Kori we need to join other disciples for the training. Let’s take positions.”
“Yeah.”
It's been a long time since I left this pce but I remember it like it was yesterday. This was the st pce where I felt at peace.
I lost my parents before I even developed a consciousness. This pce was my only home. Uroi… He was also an orphan but he was like my brother.
The monks took all of us in who had nowhere to go. They trained us in martial arts and the best of us would go on to live prosperous lives. At least that was the case before the great disaster that left this pce in shambles. Killing all the other disciples and monks. All of it was gone before I could even finish my training.
I was somehow saved by a martial warrior from a distant nd. Now that I think of it, I was given so many chances to live and do better in my previous life. But I couldn’t become someone who saved others. I was always the one being saved.
No. I can’t keep thinking about the past. I was given a chance to right my wrongs. A chance to not repeat the same mistakes that I did in the past.
I don’t know why I was chosen but if it's this time, I’ll make sure to become strong. I’ll make sure to save my family - Uroi and everyone.. I’ll make sure to defeat the eight demons from hell. I’ll make sure to kill them all with my own hands.
