[BL] Debut in Interstellar After Retiring as Grim Reaper-Chapter 253: SPECIAL - : Thank You

SPECIAL Chapter: THANK YOU

"Brother, thank you very much for this!" Sitting in the living room inside a luxurious villa, a young girl was seen smiling widely as she excitedly thanked the man in front of her.

The man, although wearing an expensive suit that made him look quite intimidating and sharp, has a gentle smile on his face as he dotingly pat the young girl’s head.

"Yunyun, there’s no need to thank me for such a small matter," he paused and looked at her with an interest. "However, I’m quite curious why you seem to care about this Qin An?"

Ai Yu looked at the printed photocard that his younger cousin held dearly. It was clearly just someone who has undoubtedly a stunning face with a temperament but does his sister have to be this attentive for him? He knew his cousin. Although she seems cheerful and silly, she’s very picky in terms of people.

She will not get close to anyone that easily even if it’s an idol or an actor that she admires. The young girl had also encountered many idols before and became a fan but she was not that invested unlike this one.

After the photoshoot that day, his sister seems to have locked her attention to the young rookie and kept on watching his show in the competition. Not to mention her secret funding for voting but she also established fan groups and trained them quietly on how to support the young man in the future after debut— like someone who’s ready to be at the young man’s back at all cost in the future.

He was used to seeing her constantly climbing walls for the past years and knew that she really liked good-looking faces, no matter their gender. But he never saw her treating someone like this.

It’s just that the young girl didn’t seem to hear him and was still staring at the photocards on her hand, treating it more than a treasure.

He was speechless.

Are starchasing nowadays really this deep?

..... 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

After Ai Yun left, the young girl immediately went upstairs to her room and flopped herself to the large bed. She buried herself on the soft pillow surrounding her and smelled the faint scent of sandalwood mint, a combination touch between something warm and cool.

She hummed the OST for the Lucky99 as she completely relaxed herself in a very good mood.

Unlike other women who prefer sweets from fruits, flowers and any that produces something feminine, she prefers this one.

A scent of wood that calms her mind and the refreshing coolness from the mint that soothes her.

And she thought this was like Qin An.

Surely at first she was captivated by his outstanding looks. At that time she only wanted him as her muse to satisfy her photography. She just thought that maybe he will be like others whom she liked for a short period then be forgotten. However when she personally meets him, she smells that faint scent from him.

Qin An’s face always shows indifference and cold which is very intimidating for others but as soon as you get closer, you inexplicably feel at ease. Maybe that’s why even He Yan, the young master who came from a family with a prominent background couldn’t just help but get close to him.

Qin An’s outer temperament was like a mint, icy and sharp like a mountain. He seems very distant and exudes coldness that’s why others may seem to dislike him. But for her, mint gave her a feeling of being invigorated.

On the other hand, the sandalwood scent coming from him feels secure and warm. He looks reliable and stands among others as if he knows everything logically. This can make you feel at ease and think clearly but feel warm. It was like providing you something realistically rather than an illusioning fantasy. And for someone like her who feels more secure with facts and reality, this is a very important factor.

But his warmth was something that isn’t very noticeable because the young man doesn’t look like one.

Even Ai Yunshen herself feels doubtful for herself when she realizes this thought for him. Yet it feels right.

As she watched the competition further and observed him through the episodes, she saw him getting warm with his teammates. He became someone that can be relied on and is actually very open to learning from others. Very different from how he entered the competition at the beginning. Ai Yunshen also saw how others became close to him quickly.

Qin An changes like the sandalwood that smells warm and soothing, the calmness inside him isn’t sharp but gradually becomes gentle and serene.

As she buried herself with the sandalwood mint surrounding her, her body relaxed and her mind stopped thinking about anything else. The heavy burden on her back seems to disappear as she closes her eyes to sleep with peace.

Yet before she completely surrenders to her slumber, she whispers in a daze,

"You’ve finally become a human... reaper."

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Somewhere faraway, a young woman wearing a pure white ancient hanfu dress was seen sitting quietly on the ground while her knees to down below were hanging freely. She was swaying her feet freely as if what’s down below wasn’t something that can make anyone send chills down their spine.

Beside her was an enormous bridge that looked very old yet sturdy. It was made of a special material that looks very ancient.

In her surroundings, there was nothing except darkness and the fog around her. With only the small lights from certain positions can serve as a light for whoever passes the bridge that she stayed at. Below the bridge was an endless darkness that felt eerie and dangerous but the young woman didn’t show any fear but instead just calmness as if she was in her own territory.

At this moment there was no one aside from that young woman. There was silence accompanying her until she parted her lips and started humming by herself.

The tone was slow and felt very melancholy and nostalgic. Anyone who can hear may feel a bit heavy but as someone savors, it instead brings calmness and tenderness.

It was not until the young woman felt a presence behind her that she stopped humming and turned her head slightly. She only saw a vague silhouette but she knew who it was.

"Why are you here?" she asked softly.

Instead of answering, a cold voice sounded with a question back at her. "You didn’t let him drink that soup, right?" Although that question doesn’t sound like he’s asking, he was more like stating something.

The young woman didn’t respond.

"If he would truly remember the past, do you think everything will be alright considering who he is?" he continues.

"It seems that Your Majesty doesn’t know him well," the young woman answered. "Even if he remembers it, nothing will happen."

"How sure are you? He was born as someone who is on the top of many. He did many ’glorious’ deeds and you think just because of a grim reaper will he stop?"

She smiles a bit. "Your Majesty, wasn’t it you who arranged their fate? Why does it sound like you’re regretting your decision?" Her grey eyes flashed. "You witnessed everything. He changed— no, they changed."

"..." That silences the man behind her for a second. "His memory might bring chaos."

"That’s why you sent someone who can perfectly appease him." She put her hands on the ground behind her and tilted her head slightly upwards, feeling the cold icy breeze brushing her pale skin. "Your Majesty, even a devil like him learned something that only a human can do, why don’t you also trust No. 444 that he can become a real human too?"

She paused. "Afterall... this isn’t even the first time, right?"

"But they forgot about it."

"They won’t." She assures. "Even though they drank the soup to forget their memories together, they will still find each other again."

A bowl of soup appears beside her. She put it on her palm and stared quietly at the clear water. It looks very ordinary but for someone who made it like her, it was something that every soul must drink before they cross her bridge.

But she made an exception for someone. For that devil.

She believed that since that devil became entangled with that soulless grim reaper, their fate won’t end here at her bridge.

Right now as the memories start to awaken again, this begins his memories to resurface. Not because he forgot but just fell into a slumber. As for the other one, he drank the soup.

He forgot... but how can the heart that was born from someone like him can?

"Your Majesty, you said that grim reapers are born out of nothing, like a white canvas. They lack something very important, aren’t that emotions and desire? All beings are like that even for someone like us. Those two changed and developed that inside them. If it wasn’t for a disrupted fate, how can they turn like this?"

She sighs. "They had gone through enough lengths without being together, now that it’s fate that allows them, let’s just feed them."

"Isn’t that also beneficial for us?" She chuckles. A tamed devil will no longer be like a beast who creates havoc, wasn’t that good?

The man was speechless at her words and didn’t respond for a while so she shrugged.

"Give them another chance. Because no matter how you cut the threads or made them drink the soup to forget each other, their fate will always stay as one."

"...."

Seconds later, the presence of the man behind her disappears so she chuckles.

She looked at the clear soup on the bowl. She lied.

The grim reaper didn’t drink the soup before he became a human. So, this isn’t about the devil awakening his memories but also that lonely grim reaper.

"You’ve finally become the human that you longed for, Qin An. Thus, you must spend your new life with the other wish that was just buried inside your heart."

To stay with that lone devil that accompanies you in the lonely path as a grim reaper.

The young woman chuckled again and put the soup beside her. She resumes the swaying on her feet and the humming, appearing in a good mood all of the sudden.

However her humming changes into a familiar tone that only sounds from somewhere far away again.

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