After My Last Rewind, They Begged Me to Stay Chapter 09

After My Last Rewind, They Begged Me to Stay Chapter 09

Hearing those three names again left me momentarily stunned.

I set the flowers I was holding gently back into the bucket.

The System told me that after I left, Nathaniel and Julian-who had been relatively stable at first-had both slowly unraveled.

They insisted they’d seen me, at the very end, standing in a wash of white light, fading slowly away.

They were convinced I hadn’t actually died.

I was a little taken aback.

“They really saw me?”

The System explained.

[It’s possible the bond between you and them ran deep enough to cause a brief spatial-temporal displacement at the moment of your departure.]

Nathaniel and his brothers had even told the police about the death-rewind, begging them to help search for

The police had simply written it off as trauma-induced delusion, mental instability.

After investigation, the authorities ruled it a suicide.

With no direct evidence, there was no case for murder against the three Calloway brothers. They were

convicted of abuse instead and served two years.

I’d assumed the Calloway family would never recover after that.

Instead, once they got out, they became even more reckless-not only did they have Sienna killed, they tore

apart the entire organization behind her.

And now, in their search for me, they’d gone half-mad chasing after every rumor of the supernatural,

throwing the whole pocket world into chaos.

[To keep the pocket world from collapsing, the main System had no choice but to negotiate with them directly. Their one condition was to see you.]

I said nothing for a moment.

There was an unfamiliar note of pleading in the System’s voice.

[Host. I hope you’ll agree to see them, just once. As compensation, I’ll request another fifty million from the main System on your behalf.]

I didn’t answer right away.

“Would you force me to stay there, just to keep that world stable?”

The System replied immediately.

[Of course not. Host, rest assured. We will respect your wishes completely, and your safety will be guaranteed.]

I let out a breath and agreed.

The next moment, I was standing in front of the gates of the Calloway estate.

I pushed the door open and stepped inside.

The living room was empty, the light dim, the air heavy.

I climbed the stairs.

At the end of the second-floor hallway, a door stood open. Someone was inside.

The instant the door creaked, all three of them looked up at once.

Their eyes landed on me. Even their breathing seemed to stop for a beat.

“Eleanor…”