Chapter 131: In to the mountains

I gulped my saliva as a creepy sound of the breeze entered my ears while my eyes stared into the endless chasm of the cliff.

My heart rate sped up when I saw that darkness in front of me. A mouthful of warm air escaped my mouth as I closed my eyes for a moment before opening them again to see the lofty peaks in front of me.

'What the fuck was I thinking?'

I could still hear the breeze whistling while my gaze was fixed on the peaks. Honestly, I was in some sort of reverie when I left the house of Deliah. I took a deep breath to calm down my unsettled heart.

"Eve, why didn't you wake me up?" I asked Eve.

But, there was a pin-drop silence, and I heard nothing from her for a while.

"Eve?" I called her out again but still didn't get any response from her.

My heart started beating again when I didn't hear any answer from her and remembered the day when I was in the car. I closed my eyes again and took a deep breath and took a step back. But just as I lifted my leg, a voice echoed in my head again.

"What are you doing? Come here,"

And as soon as that voice finished speaking to me, I felt weightlessness, as if I was flying, and darkness enveloped me. I had the feeling that I was being restrained by some force since I could not move from my position. As I waited for some light, my heartbeat increased rapidly.

I don't know what is happening, but to be honest, I was not scared, but my heart was beating faster because of the excitement. I didn't feel an ounce of fear from this man but felt that I had some sort of connection with him.

Darkness enveloped me for a moment before I found myself in the middle of the forest. My heart skipped a beat when I found myself to be surrounded by trees. I suddenly felt a tinge of nostalgia when I saw those trees and those rocks. Isn't it the same place when I saw it in one of those memories? Where that boy hunted a dinosaur-like creature.

"Nostalgic, isn't it?"

Suddenly, I suddenly heard a voice.

My body jerked as my eyes scanned the jungle, but I couldn't find anyone.

"Who?"

"Getting scared isn't it?" The voice echoed again.

"Scared and me?" I shook my head, while my eyes darted around to find the source of the voice.

"But why are you sweating so much?" The voice echoed again.

Huh? I looked down to see that my whole shirt was soaking in sweat. I was surprised to see how much I was sweating.

"Who are you?" I scowled and searched for the source of the voice.

Suddenly a light flashed at a distance, and a silhouette of a man appeared in a distance. But my heart started beating faster when I saw that figure, who was standing with his back facing me, and I couldn't even see his face. Nevertheless, I was baffled to see that man staring into the distance, wearing a T-shirt and jeans.

What the fuck? Isn't this guy a bit old, but why is he wearing a T-shirt and jeans?

"Don't look at me like that, so what if I'm a man from a long time ago? Can't I wear the clothes I want?" His voice echoed as he slowly turned around to face me.

But just as I saw his face, my heart skipped and beat and I staggered backward. Why the fuck is he looking like me? What the fuck is happening.

He had an amused face, as his eyes stared at me.

"Why are you looking scared?" He said, but my heart couldn't calm down. To be honest, even though I saw all those dreams, I hadn't seen the face. Even after the memory merged with me, I didn't know what that face looked like.

"Why...why are you looking like me?" I somehow said the words even when my mind could not comprehend the sudden situation I was in.

But as soon as he heard those words, a frown formed on his face, as he touched his face with both of his hands. Then a sudden smile formed on his face as his gaze looked fixed on me.

What the fuck! Why is he looking at me like this as if he is some sort of villain?

"Don't be scared. It's just that I don't look like you, but." He stopped midway as he slowly strolled towards me.

"But what?" I said slowly as I gathered my courage to look straight into his eyes.

And as soon as he saw my actions, he nodded slightly while he walked towards me.

"But you look like me," 

Unconsciously, I gulped my saliva as I took a deep breath and looked straight into his eyes. Even my heart started calming down. Somehow, I know that this man was just acting like a jerk.

And he nodded again when he looked at me, as words escaped his mouth,

"Good,"

But he stopped at a distance as he observed me carefully and after a while, his voice reached my ears again.

"How was your life as a monkey?"

Huh? What is he speaking about?

But he still asked me patiently, "How was your life as a monkey?"

My eyes blinked as I looked at the man in front of me. "I think it was OK,"

But the man's smile disappeared, and his next words froze me on the spot.

"Ok? Do you feel that was OK? Your life was shit." A sigh escaped his lips as he looked at me pitifully but he suddenly shook his head and said,

"I didn't expect you to be like this? Why were you an idiot?"

As soon as I heard those words, I unconsciously replied, "What are you saying?"

He looked at me for a moment and a sigh escaped his lips again, "I didn't expect that my reincarnation would be an idiot,"

I was rooted to the spot when I heard those words as I stuttered, "Rein.. carnation,"

But as soon as those words escaped my lips, that man looked at me and nodded and said. "See, this was the thing I was talking about. Even if you know you are reincarnated. Why are you shocked like that?"

My eyes bulged out, and words stuck in my mouth when I heard those words. He was right. Why am I reacting like an idiot? All this time, I knew that I was a reincarnation of someone when I started seeing those dreams. Even so, I am overreacting to his words.

"Fine, fine. I was an idiot. What do you want me to do? But I still didn't understand why was am I an idiot when I was a monkey?"

But as soon as he heard my words, the look in his eyes changed. He looked at me as if he was looking at an idiot. "Are you asking me that question? Are you still an idiot?"

"Fine, I was an idiot. What do you want now?" I replied as soon as I heard his words.

He fell silent for a while when he heard my words, then he said, "Fine, let's leave that. Anyway, your life will change from now on,"

"What do you mean?" his words surprised me.

But he shook his head and turned around to gaze at the distance. While my eyes were fixed on him. I don't know when he said that my life is going to change now.

But as my eyes were fixed on him, his words reached my ears.

"You have seen some of the memories, right?"

My brows furrowed when I heard those words, but still, I nodded and said, "Yes, I saw some of them. If you are referring to the memories I saw in Dream,"

But as soon as he heard my words, he turned around to face me and he said, "And what about the other memories?"

"You mean those memories which abruptly started appearing to me? To be honest, I don't know whose memory that was."

But as soon as he heard my words, he turned around and again a strange look appeared in his eyes again and he again sighed.

"You are hopeless,"

"Now, what's the matter?" I replied while my gaze was fixed on him. I had enough of him. Even though, as per his words, I am his reincarnation, but there is a limit to everything. Telling me every time that I am an idiot was irritating me. But suddenly, I heard his voice again.

"The matter is, are you really that dumb that you couldn't understand that the memories you saw after taking that blood are your memories themselves? Didn't that system in your head tell you that there are changes in that ball in your mind?"

Huh? I was rooted to the spot when I heard those words and suddenly I really had an urge to drown in a cup of water. 

What the fuck was I thinking all this time?