I guess this is really how i go out huh?
I stare at the blank ceiling from my deathbed
My body feels heavy, my breath feels shallow
"I guess I couldn't avenge my dear mathilda after all, Im sorry lily".
She smiles softly. "Please elias, rest without worries, for me and mathilda. She is waiting for you after all"
Her voice so angelic it can make a grown man cry
Well… I was that grown man
Tears blur my vision while listening to lily's soft voice for the last time ever
My throat feels dry as i take my final breath
"Goodbye lily."
"Goodbye elias"
She gave me a soft smile as I closed my eyes to leave this world.
Darkness. Silence.
Then—
A sharp gasp. My eyes fly open
Im no longer on my deathbed. The cold weight of old age is no longer sensible.
My throat feels perfectly fine and I am no longer tearing up with lily besides me.
I scan my surroundings.
This room—I've seen it before. The wooden desk, the creaky bed, the window overlooking the street…..
This is a room i havent seen in decades. The room I abandoned to pursue my career
I scramble to my feet and rush to find the nearest newspaper in my room. I pick up the newspaper, my hands trembling as i scan the date
1934 september 17. The day i turned 15 years old
W-why is this happening? Is this a dream?
Maybe its the afterlife showing me my sins right?
It has to be!
There is no way I just went back in time to 1934..
Maybe…. This is a regression?
Ive read these in webnovels before, when the main character regresses back to a certain time right at the brink of death!
But why was I brought back to the past?
Was I even brought back?
Did I dream of my whole life and death and I finally woke up?
Questions flood my mind while my heart pounds in my chest and I finally realize.
This isnt a dream. This isnt an illusion
This is real life, Im the main character In a novel, a book specifically written for me
A satisfied grin takes over my face.
A book, written only for me, Elias troum!
Oh, Mathilda…. I've longed for this moment my whole life
I can finally meet you again
My dear…. dearest mathilda
I can finally… avenge you. My love
Rage wells up inside me, hot and suffocating. My fists clenches as memories of her death flood my mind.
In my past life… all I felt was sorrow. The system of this world was definitely against me, it tried every way just for me not to get stronger
The system even killed my fiancé just for me to lose every hope in becoming a reverent,
One of the ones that hold great power
The heroes of this world
The system hoped for me to fall in despair after my fiancé's death
I kept moving forward. Emotionless, I felt nothing in the last 30 years of my life, and I passed away from a spell the system managed to put on me
Maybe, just maybe the system doesnt hate me now? I wonder if it was even the system that regressed me back to my past
Maybe they decided to give me a curse in disguise as a blessing
After all the thinking I look over to my door and see shadow. A solid shadow that i can touch
I wasnt even surprised to seeing this eepy looking dude considering the fact I just went back in time but still.
I was confused, why is this guy here?
Just as I was about to speak I heard a voice
"Welcome, to your first dream elias troum, may luck be with you."