Chapter 82 (1/2)

Chapter 82: Chapter 82

Boom!

The sky roared again. Shihuang stretched out a hand.

“I will…”

He would never be able to see Myohan. He would never be able to look into those clear eyes, never hug that small body, never kiss those soft lips, never caress his soft hair.

The god looked at him coldly.

“You will do what?”

He had so many things to say.

We will meet again. Next time, I will protect you. I will.

“What has already been done can’t be undone.”

But the god was merciless. The generosity he had shown Shihuang had completely disappeared.

“You don’t have any power to protect him.”

“O Shin, I….”

“If I give this child to you,”

Myohan opened his eyes a little in his hand. His faint gaze passed the subjects and went to Shihuang. The god’s held him with his hand.

“Will you save him?”

Shihuang couldn’t say he would. Myohan’s lifeline had ended a long time ago. He could die the second he got out of the god’s sight.

‘What if I take him? If I take him away from O Shin’s hand now, would I be able to save him?’

But the god didn’t wait for an answer. He turned his back on him. His cold voice came through the rain.

“Jin time is ending.”

Shihuang eventually fell. He knelt down on damp soil. Rain and tears mixed and ran down his cheeks. He breathed hard. He crouched to beg with clenched fists. The god still wouldn’t look away.

“If I can’t save him in this life, I will save him in the next life.”

That was his only chance at the moment. He knew if he let Myohan go, he would spend eternity regretting it.

“If I can’t save him the next life, then in the next life.”

Making one mistake was enough. Doing what couldn’t be undone and agonizing about it once was enough.

“I don’t care if I never become a man.”

Giving up without even trying once was enough.

“Please, give me a chance.”

His eyesight became fuzzy. The god was right, his time was ending. He wouldn’t be able to hold Myohan in his arms after he returned to his original form. He wasn’t sure he would be able to see him in the next Jin Time.

“A chance…” The god spoke. He turned slowly. He approached Shihuang, walking on the ground wet with rain. “So you again say what you would regret again and again.”

The god leaned down and handed the cat to him. He took him with shaking hands and looked up, his face now dirty and soaked by the rain. The god still looked clean, despite the rain. His yellow eyes held sorrow.

“In the next life, he won’t remember you.”

Myohan was so weak in his cat form. He was so small and fragile. Shihuang had never hated rain so much. He put him in his arms so that the rain wouldn’t get to him. The god spoke a little softly.

“Won’t you regret your choice?”

“With you,” Shihuang looked down to Myohan. He was still warm. He kissed him and muttered sadly. “With you, my cat, I have the entire world.”

The god just watched. The fire of the boy’s life was weak. It had to be his power that was making that dying candle still burn. Shihuang kept talking.

“I will never give you up.” Again, he promised, “I will never forget you.”

Myohan opened his eyes slowly. His clear eyes looked up at Shihuang. The god looked away and covered his face with his veil.

“Even if you can’t remember me…”

Myohan couldn’t say anything. He didn’t seem to notice he was in Shihuang’s arms. And as life finally left him, Shihuang leaned down, putting his forehead on the ground. Tears kept running down from his eyes. The rain from the sky got even heavier.

“Why…” The god muttered. His voice was quiet in the rain, but Shihuang could hear him clearly. “…am I the villain?”