'Shouldn't we try to gain everything that this life has to offer?
Not having to fear the reaper.'
His mind replayed Renita's words and he recalled all his mories from the previous tiline. He also rembered the cold and callous place he was sent to briefly after he had died. What would it be like to not be scared of that place?
The butcher was agitated and irritated by Renita's reply. It was sothing that was shaking his whole being from within. Her words evoked those feelings and mories of his past life that he had been trying to bury deep in his soul.
Eren rembered how Sienna treated him in his past tiline. He recalled the pool of emotions he had swirling inside his head that washed away all his hopes for having real relationships.
Renita could see in Eren's eyes that he was struggling. She thought it was because of her or sothing she said that hurt him. So she lifted her hand from Eren's chest and took his hand in hers before trying to calm his mind:
"Eren, I don't know why, but it feels like you were hurt because of sothing I said. I… I'm sorry for that. Please know that it wasn't my intention. I didn't want to be pushy, trust .
The reason I told you this was because I feel like you are always way ahead of all of us. I wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to say those words to you in the future. So I said this today when I found the right mont.
The shadow of death looms over every ranker's life no matter how cautious we want to be. And as I said, I don't have to have any regrets when my ti cos."
The storm of emotions running amok in Eren's head finally quieted down when Renita talked so sense into him. He had subconsciously connected Renita's words with his previous mories. She ant to erase those mories from his mind and replace them with new ones that could take their place.
"I... Renita… I.."
"Eren Idril, there you are. Long ti no see, man. Can we? Oh?"
Eren was about to say sothing to Renita that even he wasn't sure of. But fortunately or unfortunately, he was interrupted by a foreign yet not-so-foreign voice. He and Renita both looked in the direction of that voice to see Jason's team coming their way.
Jason was the one who had spoken those words. He stopped his sentence midway after seeing that this wasn't the right ti for him to intrude on the guy's personal space. This was when he was having a mont with what seed to be his girlfriend.
But it was already too late. Jason could see it on Renita's face that he had already ruined the mont. He might as well go ahead and talk business with Eren now that the guy was here. Otherwise, Eren had beco kinda like a slippery eel every ti Jason tried to get close to him.
Eren saw Jason heading his way. The latter was the last guy he wanted to see these days. But frankly, he had run out of excuses to ignore and get away from him. Especially now, when Eren wasn't in his finest ntal state.
'Damn it. This guy, he is the flag bearer of bad news.'
Eren cursed himself for allowing himself to beco vulnerable in his heart. The reason Eren didn't want to et Jason or form a close connection with him was simple.
Dom Walker was the original owner of Reen in Eren's past tiline. He made his demon beast taming official and was subsequently invited to the kingdom's capital. His journey to stardom and becoming one of Edinburgh's most celebrated heroes was famous throughout the entire kingdom.
When Dom's na was widely known, another detail spread throughout the kingdom. Arthur Renar, the Duke of Edinburgh, had a bastard son nad Jason. This bastard son had supported Dom under his banner and was later nad as Arthur's successor.
Jason's past was revealed slowly to the masses. And his struggle from the bottom of the hierarchy to his entry into the kingdom's elite club had been an inspiration for many, especially all the royal and non-royal bastards who aspired to have their nas etched in the annals of history like him.
Eren was also in the know regarding Jason's story. He had later found out that it was the sa guy he had seen in the academy. At that ti Eren was struggling to make ends et. So he had even tried to use his association with the guy a few tis to get out of so situation. But alas, nobody would believe him when he told them the duke-to-be was his batchmate from LA.
It was only in this life that Eren had found it odd for Jason to start his academic journey from the city of Osan. And only after he tad Reen did he start to see why the royal bastard was doing at a backwater place.
Eren guessed that Jason had sothing to do with the experints conducted on in the Osan woods. Even if he wasn't directly related, he must have known sothing about it. Jason taking Dom under his banner was a clear indication of the sa.
So eting a guy like Jason and having a conversation with him wasn't sothing Eren could take lightly. He had tried every possible way to ignore and get away from him. But alas, he couldn't ignore him forever.
"Eren, is this the wrong ti?"
Jason asked while looking at his hand which was held by Renita at the ti. The ranger beca conscious after she followed Jason's gaze and released her grip.
'You stupid, stupid woman. Hold my hand damn it. Hold it now when I need it the most.'
Eren wanted to say that it was indeed a terrible ti for Jason to interrupt. But Renita's sudden action finally sealed the deal.
Eren sighed, internally and out in the open as well.. It was ti to talk with the royal bastard.
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