I Transmigrated into the Wrong Body

It's Time (52)

Edited by: ASaltedFish

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It had been two days since Ellery woke up, but Aster was still unconscious. Since he was still alive, it meant that Aster was still fighting. From time to time, tears would fall from Aster's eyes, and he would clench his fists, but other than that, he didn't show much pain.

Aster had never been an expressive person, so Ellery knew that he was experiencing pain from the memories.

Ellery couldn't do much for Aster, so he continued to hold Aster's hand, talking to himself, hoping that Aster could hear and remember that he was there for him – even through the rough memories...

"Please wake up, Aster. We are all waiting for you."

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After going through his memories the 6th time, Aster did not show any emotions anymore. He did not cry for his past self, nor could he remember what the pain felt like when his uncle beat him.

He still did not look behind him.

The memories, the people, and even the shadows in the corners of his apartment tried to cling to him, hoping to get him to turn around, but Aster ignored them.

They were tempting, but he promised Ellery, Adel, and the Beast God that he wouldn't turn around and would keep looking forward. He thought about Ellery and Akimitsu getting married and having cute kids, his and Edros' crystal collection, and the vegetable garden he had always wanted.

Then he thought about his promise to Edros to give their relationship a try when he woke up. He was shy and a bit unsure, but he knew he wanted to be in a relationship with Edros, who had always thought about him.

Orin and Darya were also waiting for him and Ellery. If he died, Ellery would also die, leaving Orin and Darya behind once again. They were finally able to reunite, so Aster wanted them to live a long life together.

With all of these reasons, he was determined to make it out alive, even if these memories were painful.

In the face of simple situations that went wrong, Aster found himself freaking out. But when it was a serious, life-threatening situation, he felt eerily calm, just like he was now.

He was calm when he left his uncle's house. He was calm when his mother and father died. He did not cry even if he wanted to.

Time and time again, these challenging situations would happen, and he lost all of his ability to cry after a while.

When was it going to end?

At the end of the 10th run of his memories, Aster stopped looking at his past self standing in the middle of his new apartment and walked toward the balcony that the two of them were facing.

Since his past self had just moved in, the balcony was bare and not clean, but it still showed him the familiar scenery he saw every time he went to water his lettuce.

When he opened the sliding glass door and stepped onto the balcony to look over the city, he saw a bright light shining in the distance. He could not turn around, so the only way to get to that light was to jump off the balcony.

But they were on the 6th floor.

Most people would think they would die, but Aster knew these were just memories. He wasn't really here as he had died a long time ago.

Aster stood on the ledge, ready to jump off, but he felt something grab his legs.

"Aster, if you jump off now, you will die." He could hear the voice of his past self say. "Isn't it better to stay here with me? Now that we have our own apartment, no one can hurt us."