[BL] Debut in Interstellar After Retiring as Grim Reaper

Chapter 299: Wish

What is his name? He has not thought of this before and it was also the first time that someone asked him for this. Anyway he also didn’t care about this matter in the first place but hearing No. 22 or Ji asked him made him pause and wonder.

A name. What name could he have if he has one?

"I haven’t thought of it." He answered truthfully.

Ji isn’t surprised at his words. "Why don’t we think of it first? Calling you numbers is really quite cumbersome. I’ll give you a suggestion. For example, my name. In Chinese numerology, the number two is often associated with auspiciousness and luck. So I use the character Ji that means auspicious and lucky too." He was somehow proud of his given name. As grim reapers, they are always associated with dark energies and stuff so he felt that naming himself as Ji is balancing the two energies.

However, he thought of No. 444’s number and sighed that even his name is literally associated with the death itself. 444 indeed sounds very ominous.

No. 444 thought of the words he said and turned to the man beside him. "How about you? Do you have a name?" he curiously asked.

"Yeah." Unexpectedly, the man nodded. "Yin."

"Yin?" Ji heard them and he was surprised, he looked at the man more closely and only when he really observed his physical appearance did he realize something.

"!!!" He was dumbfounded. "Yin? A devil?" Of course he’s familiar with that name. That is the devil that has long been a target by many. Subdoing him means to be rewarded by something great. How could someone like him follow a grim reaper?

He observed more and keenly noticed the weakening dark energy around the devil. It was very shocking to see him in this state and others would definitely take advantage of this. But since he’s with No. 444, many would hesitate.

Meanwhile, No. 444 began thinking about his name after hearing that even the devil has a name. It’s not that he thinks it’s very important but he didn’t know why he had the urge of wanting one after hearing they have too.

However, he isn’t great at naming himself so in the end, he settled for the closest one to his name.

"Si." He said after a while. "Then you can call me Si."

Both Ji and Yin were surprised but also understood. Si means four. Very simple and direct yet also somewhat suited for him.

"Okay." Ji nodded and smiled again before stretching his hand. "Nice to meet you, Si."

No. 444 heard the name and paused for a second before clasping the latter’s hand on his.

The devil, whose name is Yin, just listened to their words quietly on the side until he saw No. 444— no, Si stretched out his hand to handshake Ji. His eyes stayed at their clasp hands for a second before looking away.’

Just unbeknownst to them, He Li was also looking at the action in front of him, but unlike the devil who merely glanced, the latter really stared at the clasped hands with a deep thought.

So his original name was Si? Then he wondered why he changed it.

Maybe to start a new life?

He Li sighed and suddenly wondered ’when’ will this stop? He knew that he was in this bizarre situation where Qin An’s life as a grim reaper is being played out, but he just wondered what’s going on outside? The situation was already very critical and he didn’t know where his team was, and most especially Qin An.

Did he already find the ginkgo tree?

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Back to the memory, Ji led Si and Yin to his next ’client’, a child.

This child died due to an illness in the hospital and unlike the souls that quickly felt anxiety and unwillingness, this child doesn’t seem to have an idea about his own death and was even excited when he heard that Ji could fulfill any wish he wanted.

"Then I want toys! I want many toys!" The child’s eyes were bright with innocence. His face was very pale and he’s bald due to the illness he had that cost him a life. He’s also thin and very weak. However, his eyes remained bright and pure.

Ji squatted down and smiled gently. He raises his hand a bit and gently touches the child’s head, also erasing the little resentment around his body.

"Okay. I will fulfill all your wishes today."

"Yehey!" The child cheered and went happily tinkering with the toys that suddenly popped in his room.

Watching the child enjoying himself, it was Yin who asked Ji.

"This is very different to what happened earlier, right?" His brow raised. "This is very easy. There was no resentment and his wish was also very easy to fulfill. How can this compare to his mission earlier?"

No. 22 wanted to teach No. 444 how to let a soul voluntarily follow them. Although fulfilling wishes was the same, the gravity of their wish is very different. It is like comparing the level 1 to the final level where they had to defeat the Boss of the game.

However, Ji’s face remains calm. "The child’s wish is merely to play and I fulfill it. Si, do you think he’ll follow me immediately after this?"

It’s obvious that Si’s thinking was in line with Yin’s so upon hearing it, he nodded. "You grant the wish. So he’ll follow now."

Ji shook his head. "It’s not easy like that. We’re not just merely fulfilling a wish from how the soul speaks. What we need to grant is the unfinished business that entangles their life here. For example earlier, that woman’s wish may be to avenge herself but it’s not about killing the people immediately. You can just help her take revenge in another way." he paused. "What those sinners fear is when their affair was exposed, so that’s what we do."

"But isn’t it just the same? It’ll also affect their lives. Is it still the same as the dead affecting the living?"

Ji sighed. "Si, becoming the perpetrator and seeking justice is a different thing. Her killing someone is an offense that a dead indeed cannot cross but it is not wrong to seek justice for herself in another way. Furthermore, the soul made that wish out of hatred and impulsiveness after death, what do you think her real wish was?"

The two didn’t answer so he continued. "That is why we need to find out the soul’s life first and understand everything before taking a step. For victims like her, what they want is revenge but the real wish is about the people or things that will be left behind."

What that victim may want was not her cousin or lover’s death but more like a closure and to pay for whatever they did. After all, the victim is an ordinary person, not a criminal. It’s normal to feel irrational after death. And it’s also due to the dark energy that consumed her.

Si and Yin who were listening were still really confused but the latter didn’t answer anymore because the door opened and a couple went inside with tears streaming from their eyes.

Ji smiled. "There it is. The real wish."

And surely, in the next second, the child cried and begged hoarsely. "I want Mom and Dad!"

A proper goodbye is the child’s wish.

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