C27 Wishes Beyond Imagination 2/2

I opened my eyes and saw an endless white scene before me. At the end of the scene was a man.

He had long silky smooth curly hair, wearing white clothing covering every part of his skin, he had a white veil covering his face and was walking towards me with a genuinely wide smile.

"Welcome back, my lost lamb! You have finally found your way back-"

"Who are you!? What is this place!?"

The way he spoke was creepy so I took a fighting stance and prepared myself to engage the man.

"You are dead and-"

"Yes, I know that, so who are you!?"

The place was unusually empty. If I'm dead then why am I alive?

"I am-"

"Are you the devil or are you the angel!?"

Although I already warned him, he didn't stop approaching me until I was finally at arms length.

I was at awe just looking at him.

"I am not the devil, I have come to guide-"

"What is this place!?"

I jump backwards because of how close he already was.

"This place is the afterlife, and this-"

"Why am I here!?"

"To return."

"I'm sorry…"

I realized that I was actually being rude to the person, so I apologized. You don't get to experience this every now and then so my reaction was to be expected but I was in the wrong so I at least should apologize.

My mind was far too preoccupied by the fact that I died in my happiest moments.

I don't regret anything.

"It's okay. It happens all the time."

"If it happens all the time then shouldn't you correct the way you approach people? The way you do it is creepy."

"I am trying and it keeps happening. I think this is my xxxth strategy. It seems that being alone with a man is scary of the dead."

That's a lot.

"So are you willing to listen to me now?"

I let my guard down and sat down to listen to what he had to say.

He sat down in front of me and offered if I wanted to sit on a couch because it would take time but I refused so he briefly explained the situation.

The story was so long that it forced me to sit down on the ground. He did offer a chair but I kept refusing for unknown reasons.

Sometimes you just want to sit on the floor. That time for me was now.

He was actually the person who created heaven and earth, day and night, land and water, plants and animals, man and woman.

He was the God almighty.

Fear was instilled within me after hearing his explanation, but it withered after he patted my head and said:

"You are the kindest person in the worlds below, you have nothing to fear. You care for everyone, you even crossed vast oceans just to save your dying country."

Hearing these words made my heart grow soft.

'Somebody was watching.'

"Even with your monochrome life, you still kept on living with a good heart. You never let desire drown you."

I was embarrassed by the fact that somebody was actually watching me all this time so I hid my face in my knees.

"I hold your kindness so high that I want to grant you your greatest wish."

Astounded by his sudden claim, I turned my gaze upward to face him.

"My greatest wish?"

"Yes. Anything you want."

I closed my eyes and thought about the things I wanted. There was dad and my country. The kids and the poor.

My mission.

"Anything I want..."

"Anything!"

I was lost in thought with so many things I wanted, but one thing was above everything else.

I wanted to be selfish this time so I wished for what my eyes have never seen before.

"I want to know all the colors in the world."

Even in this place called 'the afterlife', the only colors visible to me are:

The endless white scene, his white clothes, and black beard. It was the same as what I had been seeing my whole life.

"If that is your wish then I have something better to offer."

"No thank you. My wish is this and this is final."

I wonder how many colors are there?

"At least listen to what I have to say."

"Okay, but whatever it is I still want this."

I didn't want to be rude, so I listened to what he had to offer.

He stood proud and raised his arms upward and said:

"You will go back to the surface, be resurrected and experience the scene of colors with your own eyes!"

My eyes widened by the idea offered to me.

I didn't believe it was possible so I asked him if it was:

"Is that possible!?"

"Of course!"

A smile shaped my mouth as I stood up and jumped in joy all over.

"Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!"

"I'll send you back right now."

"Right now? Why? Can't we wait for a bit? I am excited and all, but I just died. I want to stay here a bit longer and rest, and I also want to talk with you more!"

"Really? *sniff"

He was crying all of a sudden.

"Oh! Was I too selfish? I'm sorry then please send me back. I wouldn't want to waste your precious time with idle talk."

"No! No! It's not that!... I would want to talk to you too but you really have to go back now."

I wasn't told why but it seemed urgent, so I went along with it and he sent me back to the world while crying.

"I hope we'll meet again!"

The way he said it was like wanting me to die again but I ignored it and waved goodbye as light enveloped my body and everything that was in front of me disappeared.

**

-I woke up lying inside a box with a cushion.

It looked like an old coffin so I raised my upper body with my hands to sit straight and stop them from burying me.

"Stop! I'm alive!"

"See! It worked! I told you!"

"It really did!"

I saw the two of them beside me. Seth was surprised by my sudden revival while Puchi was boasting about something.

"Welcome back, Char!"

He said as he hugged me tightly.

These two...

I think I got the wrong idea about them being a procurer.

I think they're just crazy in the head.

"How long was I out?"

"Three hours?"

"So that's why you already wanted to bury me."

"Bury you? What do you mean- Ah! No we just found this over there so we decided to let you rest there. You were starting to smell so we closed it from time to time when we couldn't handle it anymore."

"I smell? *Sniff Oh my Go- Please let's go! let's go home! I want to take a bath! Please!!!"

I don't want to describe how bad I smell but to give you a bit of an insight; I'll say I smell like, 'rotten flesh with worms slowly eating everything'.

Note that I smell like 'it' but I'm not actually in that state.

We went back to their 'apartment' so that I could take a bath and we could discuss their plan on raiding the graveyard.

I couldn't participate in their discussion as I was far too busy scrubbing every part of my body to rid off the rotten smell that was oozing out of me.

After I was done washing, they were already asleep and they left a note at the table saying I could eat the food on it then should sleep on the bed above Seth.

The food was quite lacking but beggars can't be choosers. Still though...

Are they trying to starve me???!!!

Oh wait... I think they just don't really have the money. Last time, they asked me for money. So this must probably be what my money was worth.

I think I'll pass out if I don't eat more...