Chapter 155 - Epilogue 3.2: Purgatory (2/2)

Wakana listens to everything, enchanted by the story completely. When Kyuri finishes the story, Wakana asks her, ”But you seemed like you wanted him to get more punished.”

”I was just joking.” Kyuri chuckles. ”To be honest, I understood his rage toward me. He couldn't remember the thousand years that we spent together. I always met him and then, I left him. His soul must have been angry, frustrated, and miserable. Though he loved me, he must have accumulated a lot of stress. Though it doesn't justify what he did that day, I think that the pain of losing his child unleashed all the hatred that he had for me. But he regretted it all his life.”

”I don't understand.” Wakana furrows her brows, ”You say that feelings turned to hatred. Then, how could you say that you still love each other after a thousand years?”

”I used to think that I was the only one suffered in those thousand years.” Kyuri's gaze turns thoughtful. ”I didn't think about him. He had to die in each lifetime. When he was Li Jun, he had to marry other women because he couldn't help it back then. His mind might have forgotten me, but his soul remembered me. So, it happened against his will. However, he was a medium to balance historical events.”

”When he was Kang Si An, the same thing happened. He even had to lose a child again that was mine in the original timeline. So, he was grieving a lot. For nearly a thousand years, he didn't have any happiness either. But he loved me. And I know that he did. Can't we get mad at our loved ones? I was also mad at him though. For a long long time. Thanks to our daughter, I started to see him again. He wasn't completely Li Jun but he wasn't completely Kang Si An either. I realized that I love him. But I didn't forgive him because I love him. I did it because he truly repented. For my happiness, he was willing to let me go.”

Wakana thinks about Choi Minho. That immortal also let her be with Sei, although he loved her.

”There are many kinds of love.” Kyuri has a warm smile on her lips. ”I am a lucky one for sure. I know that the Keeper also loved me. He also let go of me -- not once but twice because he knew me better than I knew myself. My best friend, Hana, was able to find happiness with her husband and children. We became in-laws later. What a beautiful life it was!”

A thousand years of bittersweet love. Wakana can't help but envy the woman before her. Is there someone who would love her in such a selfless way? She exhales. Choi Minho. However, she isn't like Kwon Kyuri who risked everything and turned back time. As much as she knows, it was Choi Minho who had gone to any length to protect her.

”I don't envy my husband who went to heaven. As much as I know him, I am sure that he's trying to get out of that place and come to me.” Kwon Kyuri winks at her. ”You look like you are thinking of someone.”

Wakana rubs her nose and tells her, ”There's an immortal human who is in love with me.”

”Immortal?” Kyuri claps her hands excitedly. ”Is he good looking?”

”He is.” She gives her a soft nod.

”It seems like you also have a story for me.” Kyuri props her chin under her hand. ”Why don't you tell me?”

After a moment of hesitation, Wakana reveals everything to Kyuri. ”So, I got tricked by a ghost and died.”

”You are an idiot,” Kyuri says to her in a beat.

”I know.” Wakana lowers her head, depressed. ”Dying wasn't my plan. I wanted to be a cool detective.”

”I am not calling you an idiot because of that.” Kyuri tsks. ”You are clearly in love with him. Why are you still confused?”

Huh?

Wakana blinks her eyes. ”How do you know that?”

”How would I know that?” Kyuri twirls her finger around the strand of her hair. ”Okay, first, you should tell me why do you think that you don't love him.”

She thinks about it for a long time. Choi Minho, the immortal human, is too good for her. Also, she might not have loved him. What if all that she felt was his emotions? How much was true?