The Love That Remains

Reis yawns and scratches his neck with his white furry paw. His tail oscillates like the pendulum while he keeps his mismatched eyes fixed on Sung Jun and Arius. He has been keeping watch on his brother and the king-ranked shaman. They have not noticed him. Things are calm after Kismet has gone to heaven for karma cleansing. It will keep her busy there. But, she will return. She is quite obsessed with this shaman and the end of the world.

Arius is not anything good either. It seems that he is entering the game after Kismet is gone temporarily. He wants to use Sung Jun. He is good at guessing.

When Reis chose Fang Aisa as his pawn, he only knew her as someone who was an important chess piece in Fate's game. When he made the contract with her, he didn't care much about her. To him, she saw a thing that he needed. If she couldn't become a god and get out of Kismet's schemes, it was better for her not to exist and keep being used by Kismet.

After spending eight years with that moron, he regrets some things. But, he is a god. He is perfect. He has prepared her well to become a God. It's not a mistake to choose her to become a God.

There are two reasons why Reis sent her to hell. The first reason is that he didn't want her to accumulate any more karma directly or indirectly. If he let her stay here and take care of Sung Jun's father with her petty ways, she would gain karma that will make her way through the hell harder. She is a part-demon. In each step, she will be tempted to give up and let her demonic side win. If she accumulates more karma, she will be tempted more.

If a person just exists in this world, he or she will accumulate karma just by staying. How can a person not react to the things that are happening? If a person lives in the world, he has to participate. Good Karma. Bad Karma. It will accumulate. Then, the person will be stuck in the cycles of birth...to enjoy the fruits of good karma or get punishments for his bad karma.

Going through hell to become an immortal is the fastest and toughest path. There is no rank or rule for one to enter the hell. There is no rule for fight or win. One has to survive...or rather, not give up till the end. Becoming a demon is easy. Giving up is easy.

The second reason is that his sister went to heaven for karma cleansing. She won't interfere with his plans temporarily.

There is a third reason. He doesn't want to admit that reason. Never mind! There are only two reasons. TWO. That woman better comes out of the hell. He doesn't like waiting. He has trained her well. He is confident in her abilities, but the girl lacks a certain degree of intelligence.

If she uses her brain more, going through hell is easy.

"If she chooses to give up her humanity and become a demon, she will disappear," Arius informs Sung Jun. "If she chooses to become an immortal and come back to earth to see you, she will disappear. Fang Aisa cannot come back before she becomes a God. What will you do now, Boy?"

Sung Jun narrows his eyes. "Why can't you gods leave us alone?"

"We can't leave you alone." Arius cocks his head and smirks. "Do you leave us alone? We are the eternal employees of the supreme one. We are the managers of the many worlds that he created. Do you know what it likes to become a God? Imagine you are at your home. There are constant voices in your head...asking for this and that... blaming us for this and that... It's never-ending. When we help at the cost of pain that your karma gives us, you repeat the same mistakes. Of all the creatures in this world, humans are the worst. My sister kept trying to help you until she became what she is today. She has been trying to help humans, but they always repeat the same mistakes. They say that they will change, but it's always the same. If we want to stay out of your mess, you keep dragging us back here. If we interfere and stop things from getting worse, you always ruin it. How many times should we do it, then?"

How many times, indeed? Reis sighs. His sister's ways are not correct. It's not them who can judge these humans. The Gods are also messed up. This current mess is created by the Gods.

Sung Jun shakes his head. "Still, you have no right to take our lives for granted."

"Then, why don't you become a God too?" Arius grins at him. He is contented to see his aggrieved expression. Sung Jun looks like he is troubled and in emotional pain. "Follow Fang Aisa. Stop her from choosing the wrong option. Become a God with her. Then, you can show us how not to take human lives for granted."

Reis yawns again and rolls on his back. There, he goes. Arius is putting his bets on Sung Jun. But, the God of death doesn't know that it's Sung Jun who is tricking him.