novelzi Chapter 95
Chapter 95
Duke Erpeso’s words were enough to silence the dining room.
Soon after, Selena’s voice wavered.
“Duke―!”
She quickly approached the Duke and hugged him tightly.
Duke Erpeso seemed slightly taken aback by the physical contact, but soon smiled and returned her embrace.
Finley, too, was smiling as he watched the scene.
“......”
Seeing the three of them laughing together lightened my heart.
Selena was essentially family to the Erpeso household from the moment she first stepped foot in this mansion.
‘Everything turned out well in the end.’
Selena managed it all by herself without my intervention.
There was no need to worry anymore. The scene just now confirmed it.
I was confident that Selena could handle things on her own.
* * *
I came to the Celestial Realm for reincarnation. Finally, the day had come to fulfill my longstanding wish.
“Are you sure you don’t want to say goodbye to Kabir?”
“I think it might weaken my resolve. I’d rather not say goodbye in person.”
I answered Hans’s question that way.
I didn’t go to say goodbye to Kabir and Eric separately. I didn’t even see their faces.
It might seem cruel, but I couldn’t help it. My feelings, especially towards Kabir, would make me falter. I didn’t want my resolve to waver.
I was going to reincarnate. I no longer wanted to live as Anais.
The moment I had longed for was so close, and I didn’t want one person to shake my determination. That’s why I deliberately avoided seeing Kabir’s face.
“If that’s what you want.”
Hans seemed to understand and let it go.
We headed to Gabriela’s office.
“So, the day has finally come.”
That was the first thing Gabriela said upon seeing me.
I nodded.
Indeed, the day had come.
The day to end my life as ‘Anais’.
“Well, the formalities are complete, but we still have a decision to make.”
“About what?”
“About how exactly you want to be reincarnated.”
So, that was something that needed to be decided as well.
Gabriela looked at me with an intrigued expression.
“What do you think? Want to be born into wealth? Nobility? Or maybe the upper class?”
Usually, that’s the life one would choose. A life guaranteed to be comfortable and well-off.
But that’s not what I wanted.
There was only one thing I wished for.
“I want to grow up in a loving, ordinary family.”
A normal family. That’s what I had always dreamt of.
“I don’t need great wealth. What I needed was a family from the very beginning.”
My obsession with money had been, in the end, just a struggle against loneliness.
In my past life, I had lacked a family. In this life, I wanted to have one.
Hans chuckled, as if he had anticipated my answer.
Gabriela did the same.
“A very you-like answer.”
She seemed pleased, somehow.
Then she began to explain things methodically.
“Since you can’t do broadcasts or anything of the sort when you’re very young, we’ll contact you when you’re a bit older.”
“How old?”
“At least seven years old, I’d say.”
To act independently, seven years old seemed about right.
So, I won’t be able to do broadcasts for 7 years. Anyway, a newborn can’t do much. Gabriela’s words made sense.
“Until then, enjoy a bit. A very ordinary life without broadcasting.”
A life without broadcasting.
“Sure.”
I took the watering can and went out to the garden.
Our small house had a correspondingly small flowerbed. A single watering can was enough to water all the flowers.
‘So peaceful.’
It truly was very peaceful.
During my time as Anais, I lived chasing only thrills, seeking entertainment for my viewers rather than living my own life.
But after spending 7 years under caring parents, my mindset had somewhat changed.
‘Is it because my self-esteem has been fulfilled?’
I never had a proper family in my life. Not even once.
But in this life, I had gained one.
Parents who genuinely care for me, an environment where I am loved without having to try.
I cherished all of it.
Even watering the flowers felt enjoyable. A hum came naturally to my lips.
“......?”
At that moment, I heard footsteps nearby. I immediately looked in that direction.
“Hello.”
It was a face I had never seen before. A boy about my age.
I knew instantly who he was, even though I had never seen him before.
I burst out laughing.
“Aren’t you embarrassed to be an adult trapped in a child’s body?”
“You’re in the same boat.”
Hans chuckled in response to my remark.
Indeed, I was in the same situation, having retained all my past life’s memories since reincarnation.
Anyway, I hadn’t expected Hans to appear as a seven-year-old too. It seemed he was planning to grow up alongside me.
“Are you going to stay like this?”
“Yes. As long as you live as a human, I will continue.”
“So, you’re planning to come to find me every time I reincarnate?”
“Of course.”
It would indeed be fun to live that way. There would be no partings, and life would go on in a loop.
“Have you decided on a name?”
“Not yet. You name me.”
“Well, this time my name is Camila.”
“That’s nice. Prettier than Anais, I think.”
Our conversation flowed as if we had met just yesterday. There was no sentimentality.
Seemingly dissatisfied with that, Hans tilted his head and grumbled.
“After 7 years, that’s all you have to say?”
There were things to say, of course.
I handed him the watering can.
“Do you want to water the flowers with me?”
“......”
Hans looked utterly dumbfounded but quietly took the watering can.
Though he seemed a bit sulky, he obediently watered the flowers. His cute demeanor made me smile.
I whispered in his ear as he grumbled and watered the flowers.
“I missed you.”
Hans’s eyes turned towards me.
He let out a small laugh.
“Me too.”
We would continue living like this.
Even as our appearances and lives changed, the two of us would remain constant.
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Even those notification windows that had started popping up again a few days ago.
“I think broadcasting is my calling.”
“You’re consistent, you too.”
I loved this life.
I was happy with my broadcasting work, where I could receive and give love.
Finally, I had become a person who could call my life happy.