8 The Stranger Who Acts All-Mighty (2/2)

The young man stared at his eyes for a while before saying, ”Hmm, my name is Nathan but some call me Lucy.”

”That's not what I meant-”

”Are you sad that your mother died?”, Nathan said without hesitation which interrupted Rin.

”Wh-what? Mom? Dead?” Memories flooded Rin's head. Tears came out of his unblinking eyes profusely. His heart ached again.

Nathan didn't wait for Rin and asked , ”Do you know why your mother died?”

Rin couldn't answer him but just stared with his watery eyes. However, Rin wants to know why. Why did his mother died? Why did she left him? Is it because of some illness? An accident? Or…

”Your mother died because of you.”

Those words were spoken without hesitation and a pause but for Rin, it felt like a thunder roarong repeatedly in his ears. He didn't try to deny it. He sobbed and sobbed and curled up.

Nathan continued, ”Because of a huge burden. Such an old weak lady has to work herself from day to night in worry. She pushed herself harder and harder everyday in order for you to eat. With a hope that her son, the huge burden, would change.”

Rin's eyes were wide open. He couldn't keep himself from listening.

”But” Nathan sharply said ”after all the work and suffering she ghhad gone through. It was all worthless because her son still didn't change until she died!”

”Argh!” Rin grunted as his body was trembling. His loud gasps couldn't cover the sound of his palpitating heart. His clutched hands are now covering his ears but he still heard all of Nathan's words clearly.

He was filled with extreme guilt that made a stabbing pain in his heart.

While amidst the pain, he heard Nathan slowly continue, ”Because of your inability to change, your mother died filled with regret. You are so weak that the one who you cared the most greatly suffered.”

Rin was in anguish. The thought of Nathan doing this on purpose didn't appear in his head but only pure guilt.

”However, if you have strength, everything would have change.” Nathan's smile was still gentle as ever as Rin looked into his eyes.

Under all the guilt and anguish, if there is hope then he would take it.

”A-are you saying I could get strength?!” Rin has no expectation or any hope at all but if there is a chance then he need to know. He still wish it's true.

Nathan with a smug look said to Rin, ”H-hm! Yes and I am the one who could do that.”

His tone was with condfidence but for a human's standard, the logic is; ”…How? ….Do you have some illegal drugs?? The ones in a syringe, like that?? If it is, then I would've to say no…”, Rin said with his weak voice while still curled up, not looking at Nathan.

Although complicated feelings were mixing inside of him, he was still able to have a righteous moral.

This made Nathan's eyebrow to raise and made him chuckled. He stopped Rin's train of thoughts by denying, ”Haha, no, no, all you have to do is to sign a contract!”