Chapter 268 - The Other Soul (5) (1/2)

Inna's eyes widened as she instinctively tightened her hand on her chest. Hearing his words, she unknowingly trembled as fear and anxiety wracked her brain.

If… if that's true…

Then… that means her soul was going to be eaten?!

Fuck! If her soul is going to be eaten, there's nothing going to be left of her!

Absolutely nothing!

She won't just die, she'll practically become nonexistent!

No more Hel Halja! No more reincarnation!

Just… not existing!

Inna began to uncontrollably tremble at the realization.

She'll just disappear?!

In.. in thin air…

In just any day, there's a chance that she'll just be… gone and never to return...

Tears welled up on her eyes and they began to drop on their own despite Inna's efforts on holding them back.

Solomon was startled by her crying but deep in his mind and heart, he understood her reaction.

Of course, no one would be able to keep it together if they knew they were dying.

The room fell into silence, both of them incapable of saying anything to break it. In the end, they spend moments just listening to the soft sobs of Inna as she tried to wrap her head on things.

It was a big bomb on her.

She just felt so used to… living.

She thought everything was okay, that everything was starting to get back to normal. She almost even forgot she was reincarnated to a different world because of how cozy and warm she felt for the past year. She was used to the everyday training she had with Raghnall, her lunch escapades with Rhys, the scolding and nagging of Ulima, the shows May put on when she trains, and the rare visits of Solomon. She was so used to it that she began to take them for granted.

But now that the thought of just disappearing one day, being simply non-existent, was enough to snap her back to reality.

The reality that… no, everything was not okay.

The reality that she was something that shouldn't have been there.

That she was unnatural.

And that it must've been her own karma for trying to escape death…

Inna finally found herself able to move as she furiously wiped the tears away.

”S-sorry, I don't know what got into m-me…”

She spoke with a trembling voice as she covered her eyes with her palms. Solomon felt pain when he saw her looking so frightened that he soon found himself slowly wrapping his arms around her as he comforted her.

”Shhhh… It's okay. I understand. Your reaction is natural, don't worry. Anyone would react that way after knowing such a horrible thing. But rest assured, I will do everything in my power to figure things out, okay? Everything, I promise. I won't let you disappear.”

Hearing his confident and reassuring tone, Inna couldn't help but hug Solomon back as she expressed her gratitude through incomprehensible mumbles against his robe.

Despite not knowing what she was saying, Solomon knew in his heart what she meant so he chuckled lightly at her gesture.

Then, after a few moments, Inna calmed down enough to finally let go of Solomon.

”Uh… I might have left some snot in there.”

Solomon laughed lightly.