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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 2
Chapter Title: New Beginning (2)
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“How is he?”
“Th-that is… the broken bones haven’t healed yet, but his life doesn’t seem to be in danger.”
A middle-aged man, appearing to be in his late forties, approached him and spoke in a low voice.
The elderly Healer, unable to hide his growing bewilderment, relayed the results of his examination to the man.
“……”
At the Healer’s words that his life wasn’t in danger, the man let out a short sigh of relief inwardly for a moment, then approached Kai with an even more hardened expression than before.
He then looked at Kai with cold eyes and swiftly raised his hand.
Smack!
“……!”
“Worthless fool!”
“……”
At the middle-aged man’s powerful slap across Kai’s cheek, accompanied by a cold voice, Kai could only stare at him with a bewildered gaze.
“Father, he’s a patient.”
Another person quickly intervened, stopping the middle-aged man who seemed to grow even angrier at Kai’s inability to respond to the absurd situation, raising his hand once more.
The one who called him ‘Father’ was a young man who appeared to be in his early twenties.
“……”
Slowly lowering his hand at his son’s intervention, the middle-aged man cast one last disdainful look at Kai, then turned and quickly walked towards the exit as if he had no further lingering feelings about the place.
“May I ask one thing?”
But just then, a voice stopped him in his tracks: it was Kai.
At the cold, emotionless voice, not only the middle-aged man who had been walking away but also the others in the room looked at Kai with slightly surprised eyes.
“Who exactly are you people?”
“…What?”
“I’m asking who you are that you’d hit me the moment you see me.”
“……”
“……”
And at Kai’s subsequent words, everyone in the room looked surprised once more, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
***
“So, he hit his head and lost his memory?”
“Yes. I’ve seen someone who lost their memory after suffering a severe blow to the head a long time ago.”
“……”
Kai began to quickly grasp the current situation as he listened to the conversation between the middle-aged man and the elderly Healer on one side of the room.
‘So, I’m currently inside the body of a human named Sei-an.’
Only then did he realize that he, who had abandoned his duty as a Grim Reaper, hadn’t been annihilated but had entered the body of a human who had suffered an accident somewhere.
‘Lord Shainos!’
And Kai ground his teeth, thinking of Shainos, the God of Death, who was responsible for throwing him into this situation.
“……”
Meanwhile, there was someone quietly watching Kai from the side: Lucian, Sei-an’s older brother.
Lucian looked at Sei-an, who was deep in thought, his brow furrowed, and subtly tilted his head.
‘Is it because he lost his memory?’
It felt like something about his aura had changed. He couldn’t help but feel curious, recalling how Sei-an used to be unable to even lift his head in front of his father, always seeming intimidated by something.
“……”
Then, at the sight of Sei-an looking at him with cold eyes, as if displeased by his gaze, Lucian slowly approached him.
He thought that even after losing his memory, Sei-an’s cold gaze towards him remained unchanged.
“Are you alright?”
“Does this look alright to you?”
Kai replied to Lucian’s question with a voice full of irritation.
He was already fuming because Shainos had messed things up, and now, with so many humans bothering him noisily nearby, his nerves were completely frayed.
“And you two, there.”
“……?”
Kai then turned his gaze from Lucian towards the man who appeared to be the father of the human he was currently inhabiting, and the elderly Healer, who were still conversing, and began to speak in a low voice.
“Is it polite to chatter loudly in front of a patient? Why don’t you all just leave?”
“……”
At Kai’s words, Count Shurayton, Sei-an and Lucian’s father, also looked at Kai with a bewildered expression.
He too sensed that his son was different from usual.
“Count, it would probably be best to let him rest for now.”
“…Very well.”
At the elderly Healer’s words from beside him, Count Shurayton nodded and headed outside.
“Rest now.”
Lucian followed his father out, but not before giving Sei-an’s shoulder a light pat.
Thump!
“…Come out.”
Once everyone had left and Kai was alone in the room, he began to speak in a colder voice than ever before.
“Are you looking for me?”
And no sooner had he finished speaking than someone appeared: the God of Death, Shainos.
Still dressed in comfortable clothes and wearing a soft smile, he merely deepened his grin even under Kai’s glaring stare.
“What exactly happened?”
“Why? Didn’t I grant your wish?”
“How is this granting my wish?”
“You said you wanted to end your life as Kai, the Grim Reaper, so I did just that, didn’t I?”
“……”
At Shainos’s shrug, as if he genuinely didn’t understand what was wrong, Kai was speechless.
‘How could I thoroughly chew this guy up and make it known?’
Thinking that, Kai glared at him with eyes dripping with frost.
“Whoa, whoa, you’re going to hit me.”
“Can I?”
“No.”
At Shainos, who stared at him with pitiful eyes as if asking where he could possibly hit him, Kai felt his fists clench without realizing it.
How could he be so vexing?
Thinking that acting so annoyingly was a talent in itself, Kai soon had to let out a long sigh.
“So, what happened to the original owner of this body?”
“He died.”
“What?”
“He was originally fated to die in an accident. The moment his soul left and came to me, your soul entered here. The timing was perfect, so much so that the humans guarding this guy didn’t notice a thing.”
“……”
‘You’re happy about that? Are you really happy?!’
His fist wanted to rise again at the sight of Shainos smiling brightly, seemingly pleased with the fact, but Kai forced himself to compose his emotions and spoke to him again.
He needed to know why things had turned out this way, at least.
“Why exactly do I have to be in a human body like this?”
“Because it wouldn’t be fun if you were annihilated.”
“……”
But the moment Shainos blurted out his answer as soon as his question ended, Kai was momentarily speechless.
Kai subtly furrowed his brow, watching Shainos give him a look that seemed to ask why he was asking such an obvious question.
“You mean you put me into a human body just for fun?”
“Yep.”
“……”
‘Should I just really hit him hard?!’
Feeling his fists clench on their own again, Kai glared at him once more with cold eyes.
“So, do your best~”
“Do my best at what?!”
“A new life will be quite fun.”
“…You’re not just leaving now, are you?”
“Well, I’m off. See you later~”
“Lord Shainos!”
Kai urgently called Shainos’s name, but he quickly vanished, playfully waving his hand as if he had nothing more to say.
“……”
After Shainos disappeared, Kai, left alone in the room, was unable to do anything for a moment.
“Haa.”
It was his own fault for trusting such an irresponsible god; who else could he blame?
Although Kai had spent a long time with Shainos, his resignation to the situation was also swift.
“……”
A moment later, Kai pushed himself up from where he was lying and slowly tried to move.
“Ugh!”
No, he *tried* to move. If it weren’t for the pain that shot through his entire body at that moment.
Especially due to his left foot, which felt excruciatingly painful as if the bones were cracked, Kai immediately sank back down.
“……”
But Kai soon got up again, ignoring the pain in his body as much as possible, and walked towards the mirror placed on one side of the room, leaning on the wall for support.
Since this was the body he would be inhabiting for a while, he needed to at least check what kind of face this guy had.
He needed to know his age, at the very least, so he wouldn’t make too many mistakes in front of his family.
Of course, they seemed to have arbitrarily concluded that he was suffering from amnesia, but he still needed to know his own condition.
“…Tsk!”
Approaching the mirror, Kai subtly furrowed his brow and made a displeased expression the moment he saw his face.
“A guy, but…”
A boy who looked at most seventeen stood before the mirror.
He was still young to be called a man, but how could he be so delicately handsome, like a woman? Kai couldn’t help but frown at his fragile appearance, which made him wonder if he should even check his chest to confirm he wasn’t actually a girl.
His silver hair, tinged with a faint violet hue, cascaded past his shoulders, and his dark violet eyes further emphasized this aspect.
Click!
“……? What are you doing there?”
“……!”
Just then, the door opened again and someone entered. It was Lucian, Sei-an’s older brother.
He had expected Sei-an to be resting, so he was surprised to see him standing in front of the mirror.
This was because the elderly Healer had told him to keep a close eye on Sei-an for a while, as he had multiple fractured bones and would be in great pain.
Lucian had returned to check on Sei-an out of worry, so he couldn’t help but be surprised to see his younger brother standing.
“I’m looking in the mirror, aren’t I?”
“……”
At Sei-an’s cold stare, as if asking if he couldn’t tell, Lucian looked at him again with an expression of surprise.
“He’s a guy who usually hates looking in mirrors…”
Sei-an had never liked looking in mirrors, disliking his own fragile appearance.
“…I think that’ll continue to be the case.”
At Lucian’s words, Kai, feeling the same way, thought that he would likely continue to dislike mirrors, and moved towards the bed.
“Ugh…!”
No, he *tried* to move. If only the pain he had temporarily forced himself to forget hadn’t surged back the moment he moved his body.
His legs gave out, and losing his balance, Kai nearly collapsed to the floor.
“I told you to rest.”
“……”
If Lucian hadn’t quickly rushed to Kai’s side and supported him at that moment, Kai would have found out what the floor felt like.
“May I ask what your relationship is to me?”
Looking at Lucian, who was supporting him, Kai quietly asked about him.
Since he was visiting this guy so often, he seemed to be family, but Kai needed to know exactly who he was.
“…Your brother.”
In response to Kai’s question, Lucian looked at Sei-an with a slightly hardened expression and answered simply.
