Chapter 154 - Epilogue 3.1: Purgatory (1/2)

”Certainly.” Kyuri gets a shiver down her spine. ”I don't think that I could ever forget that thing.”

”To think that Hana was carrying it in her mind…” Si An shudders. ”The keeper told us that the thing was disposed of.”

”Where did they dispose of it?” Kyuri wonders. ”No, I don't think that I ever want to know.”

That's true. Of all the evil spirits and anomalies that they dealt with, Hong Yi Hwan had given them a nightmare. Si An gazes at Kyuri. ”Say, will we meet the keeper again?”

”Who knows?” Kyuri puckers her lips. After working with the keeper for such a long time, she admits the keeper isn't bad. ”I won't mind meeting him again.”

”Neither do I.” Si An wrinkles his nose slightly. ”He did have feelings for you. So I don't like him.”

”I am alive because he had feelings for me.” Kyuri peers at him. ”He saved my life many times.”

”Also, he killed you once.” Si An sighs. ”Fine, I won't hold it against him. He turned out to be a decent guy later.”

The mist shifts away. They reach the end of the bridge. As soon as they climb down the steps, they find themselves in a long white hall with countless souls.

”Who would have thought that they deal with things like this?” Kyuri points at the tiny board hanging by the ceiling. ”Purgatory, the waiting hall.”

”...” Si An purses his lips. This is not how he imagined the afterlife to be.

The hall is filled with countless chairs. Most souls are seated, waiting. There's a reaper with dark hair going to each of them and explaining them the procedure. The woman, dressed in a similar black suit that the other reapers wore, notices them. She heads toward them.

”There, she comes,” Kyuri mumbles.

”How can I help you?” The woman gives them a polite smile.

”Well, I am Kwon Kyuri.” That's all Kwon Kyuri says to the woman. It's rather awkward to talk to the reapers who are supposed to be scary creatures.

”Kang Si An.” Si An introduces himself. ”My wife is supposed to get VVVIP treatment in hell. I am supposed to take a trip to heaven for helping the higher entities.”

”Oh.” The woman widens her eyes. ”You are… I know both of you. Here.”

She hands them red tickets. ”You would need this.”

Kang Si An's ticket turns white when he takes it while Kyuri's ticket is completely black.

”Please take the doors.” The woman points toward the doors on their left. ”The white one leads to heaven. The black one leads to hell. The grey door isn't for you. Please go ahead. Someone will approach you after you arrive at your respective destinations.”

After that, the woman rushes away.

”They seem busy.” Kyuri looks at her ticket. There's a VVVIP label in golden letters. ”Timekeepers kept their end of the deal. I wasn't scammed.”

”Why can't I go to hell with you?” Si An lets out a tired sigh. ”Heaven doesn't seem fun without you, Honey.”

”You need to go there.” She drags him to the white door. ”Talk to the higher-ups. Didn't you want to ask why you became a vessel? The keeper never answered your questions.”

”I don't know why but…” Si An scowls at the white door. ”I am sure that they will give me some crap.”

Kyuri nods. ”That is likely so. You should find a way to not become the Keeper's vessel in your next lifetime.”