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#221 Leaving To Rot
However, the squeak of the opening door answered Alastair's confusion. Someone walked in. It was Chloe.But it wasn't the Chloe that Alastair had known all this time. The girl wasn't wearing childish, oversized clothes, she wasn't carrying a doll, and the blank stare in her eyes was gone.Chloe was wearing casual, normal clothes, with a sharp, cold gaze staring straight at Alastair.Alastair's jaw dropped. His eyes widened in disbelief at the transformation. "What... what is..." his old voice trembled."We meet again... Alastair," Chloe said, her voice crystal clear and perfectly articulated. She also no longer called Alastair 'Grandpa'—this was intentional. According to Chloe, Alastair was no longer fit to be called a grandfather, and they shared no blood ties anyway.Alastair couldn't respond at all. The shock he received was too immense. The girl he had considered a broken toy for years actually possessed full awareness."You're probably wondering why," Chloe continued, stepping cl
#220 The Fake Play
Seth's footsteps echoed softly down the corridor of the maximum-security VVIP psychiatric ward. Per his request, Kael had arranged for Alastair to be admitted to an asylum affiliated with Olympus.There were no issues on that end, so Seth only came to ensure that the old tyrant locked inside wouldn't have the slightest loophole to poison the minds of the people around him.Seth knew firsthand how capable Alastair was at manipulating others. His act of playing a poor, pitiful old man would easily fool people.Just as expected, when Seth reached the garden—where Alastair was, according to the front desk nurse—he saw a familiar sight.Alastair was sitting in a wheelchair, looking at a young nurse with a pleading gaze that seemed incredibly convincing.His wrinkled hands trembled as he held the nurse's wrist. He coughed weakly as if his life were hanging by a thread."Nurse, please..." Alastair's voice sounded hoarse and shaky. "Just five minutes. Let me use the phone at the front desk. I
#219 Dustin's Whises
Seth opened his eyes with a gasp."DAD!"He felt even more disoriented when Dustin's shrill voice filled his ears, followed by a pair of small hands wrapping tightly around his waist.The owner of those small hands was sobbing, and that was what forced Seth to pull his consciousness back together. Seth gathered Dustin's small body, lifting and hugging him tightly."You're okay... you're not hurt..."Dustin just kept crying."I think he's terrified because you were passed out for too long." Seth turned and saw Kael approaching his bed.From the atmosphere and the equipment beside him, Seth easily guessed he was in a hospital."What happened?" Seth asked."You passed out after screaming in pain. Thankfully, there was no nosebleed, but it was still terrifying. So I brought you to the hospital with Dustin," Kael explained briefly."Dustin...""He's fine. Just scared." Kael quickly clarified, knowing exactly what Seth was worried about.Seth's arms tightened around Dustin—relieved and incr
#218 Goodbye, Dad
"And you're still incredibly smart. I'm relieved." Seth couldn't possibly be enraged hearing Chloe's curses; instead, he teased her with a compliment.Chloe scoffed, crossing her arms over her chest and pouting. "I don't feel smart at all. The Chloe in your timeline is truly stupid for being so easily seduced by a womanizer like you!"Seth smiled, the first genuine smile he had felt since entering this room. "Any version of Chloe will always be adorable in my eyes."Chloe's face grew even redder, holding back embarrassment and anger. "You lunatic!" She stomped her foot and finally ran out of the room again, slamming the door hard.[She's just embarrassed,] Dustin commented."I know," Seth chuckled softly. He was certainly well-versed in Chloe's behavior. Seth's gaze softened again as he looked at Dustin's screen. "At least you aren't alone now."[Yeah. I'm very grateful to Aunt Chloe. She's still willing to stay near me and take care of my physical body, even though we can only commun
#217 Dustin The Hero
[I sabotaged Ron Clarke's research. I injected someone else's DNA into his youth serum samples. Alastair's body rejected it, and he died after his body rotted from the inside out.]Satisfying, but Seth couldn't feel it—because, in the end, Dustin remained 'broken.'[Yes, that's the sad part. I found out too late when my body was already ruined. I couldn't walk because Ron kept harvesting my spinal bone marrow in absurd amounts.]Pain struck Seth's consciousness once again. Dustin had more or less experienced what he had gone through.[It's in the past; there's no need to regret it.]Dustin replied again, as the sorrow and regret echoed throughout Seth's mind—and naturally, he felt it.Dustin finally began to share a slightly more beautiful part of his life—so Seth wouldn't sink deeper into despair.[Because Alastair was so sure he would become young again, he crossed off all the other potential heirs from the list and only left me—because he thought I would die. But in the end, I outl
#216 The Boy Who Hacked Time
Seth's eyes were glued to the body on the bed.If earlier he had only felt pity—generally speaking, when seeing someone suffer—Seth now felt as if he had just been dropped from the top of a skyscraper.His body and heart were shattered. It felt as if no part of him was left, everything torn to shreds alongside Dustin's incredibly real agony right in front of him.Seth couldn't cry because his projected body didn't have tears, but every sensation in his body translated into a profound grief.His throat constricted, making it increasingly difficult for Seth to speak, and when he finally managed to open his mouth, his voice sounded incredibly fragile. "What... what actually happened to you, Dustin?"The fluctuating voice from the avatar screen answered again.[I survived after you died, Dad. After Max killed you, I lived for a long time and eventually crossed paths with Olympus.]Seth stared at the screen, then at the frail body on the bed, and finally realized one absolute truth. "This
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