Chapter 509 Tragic Lovers, Part 14

"I wanted you to move on! I wanted you to be happy! And now you're here because of him!?! What should I do, huh?!? Accept it?!?" John screamed.

"You should." Lee Seng replied. The both of them looked at him in disbelief.

"How could you say that?" Teresa asked. Lee Seng let out a sigh and took as step forward. His watched beeped. He ignored it as he folded his arms behind his back.

"Teresa searched for you. She found the city I met you, John. She couldn't find your body. Your body that was buried right here. And things got out of hand so she died. So I almost died, too." Lee Seng told him. "That's why I told you to move on, Teresa. If you despair enough, you'll be like John. Close to falling."

"No." John shook his head.

"No…" Teresa covered her mouth.

"You're wrong!" John pointed. Lee Seng's watch buzzed again. He sighed and glanced at it. John rushed at Lee Seng, barely budging the 5' 11" young man. "You said you'd make it so I could move on! You were my last hope! And now I'll be condemned to hell because of you?!? You didn't save her! You didn't save her!"

He punched Lee Seng. Lee Seng let the punches go. He felt bad that he couldn't do anything to help John. He had already broken a rule trying to help them. Lee Seng looked at his watch and knew it was messages from Cain.

"I thought I told you not to influence anything. Look what you did." Cain wrote. "Do not interfere. Leave it up to the pair to figure out what happens. Come back. We have to discuss what happened." Lee Seng let out a sigh of frustration as he grabbed John and pushed him away. John tumbled into his wife, who caught him and they both looked at Lee Seng as he started to turn.

"The job said to give the pendant to your wife. I did. If she lived, I would've said some things to help her move on." Lee Seng told them.

"What? What would you have said?" Teresa asked holding her husband. Lee seng's face softened. He let out a sigh and adjusted his mask.

"I know you miss him. The ones you loved so much, you held close to your heart. You held him close to your heart. Closer than you give yourself credit for. Cry, be sad, remember them. Do whatever you need to do, but remember they love you and want the best for you. They're watching you from all around you. If you take a moment to pay attention, you'll hear them, feel them. So cry, Teresa. Go and cry where your husband was buried. Right in this forest. When you're done and you're getting ready to leave, remember you can come back to appreciate all the memories you've had together… Because one day you'll see them again." Lee Seng's eyes watered.

The duo wouldn't know that he cried. They wouldn't know he said that out of his own experiences. They wouldn't know these words, as much as they were for them, were for himself. He turned away from them and disappeared. An echo left behind, looking at them and giving them a wave before it vanished.

Lee Seng found his way back to the large building. The tower was at the back end of the large estate. Lee Seng climbed the steps, Teresa and John in the bck of his mind as he made it to the top.

"Well, well, well. There's my Collector." Cain's voice sang. Lee Seng looked up, noticing his Lord was strolling over to him. "I picked an interesting Collector, didn't I?" A small woman pulled out from behind him. She was in a secretary's outfit and had blonde hair up in a pony tail.

"Yes, m'lord. A very interesting one." The blonde woman quietly answered. The two of them stopped in front of Lee Seng as Cain seemed to study Lee Seng.

"Had a good trip? The lovers are okay?" Cain dusted off Lee Seng's shoulder. Lee Seng looked at Cain's hand on him and nodded.

"Yes, m'lord." Lee Seng replied. He didn't know how formal he should be in front of this secretary looking woman. "About the lovers, I—"

"No, no." Cain shook his head. He squeezed Lee Seng's shoulder. "Like I said, we have something to discuss about you. Let's go." He pulled Lee Seng in as the secretary gave them room to move. He tapped the cane against the ground as the doors opened. They walked straight into a room Lee Seng was familiar with. The room he woke up in.

Cain pushed Lee Seng in and turned to look at the secretary.

"Stay here." Cain ordered.

"Yes, m'lord." The secretary bowed and shut the door. Lee Seng stepped further into the room, turning around as Cain appeared a couple feet in front of him.

"What're we talking about, Lord Cain?" Lee Seng asked. Cain's cane slammed in between his feet. The sound of thunder roared across the sky as Cain's face hardened.

"You have your physical body, again. I thought it was on Earth. Where did you find it?" Cain asked.

"Well…" Lee Seng looked away.

"Look at me when we're talking." Cain steppe forward and pulled Lee Seng's face to face him. "Where did you find your body?"

"The Deimon came to the place I was at." Lee Seng replied. Cain nodded, letting go of Lee Seng's face.

"Alone?"

"With someone else. A person I'm not familiar with at all. I got captured by the wife of the Spirit and her people and tortured for days. I met him while I was extremely tired. I broke out of my chains and I phased right through him and got frozen."

"Phased like a ghost? Frozen?" Cain muttered. Lee Seng nodded. "And how did you get your body back? I assume that fake demon didn't let you in so easily."

"Well…" Lee Seng began to look away when he was reminded he needed to look at Cain while they were speaking. "The thing in my head fused my spiritual body with my physical body."

"The thing in your head?" Cain repeated, confused.

"Mmm. It's hard to explain… It's like…" Lee Seng tapped his chin and then stopped. "Are you familiar with modern technology?"

"What kind of question is that?" Cain asked, offended. "Of course I am. What do you think I am? A caveman?"

"I didn't… Never mind." Lee Seng shook his head. "It's like an AI talking to me. It helps me out with stuff like my skills and abilities as a Biohuman and a Fox Spirit."

"That AI in your head saved you?"

"From death, yes. Though I'm not sure how bad it was… I passed out."

"And you've grown stronger because of it." Cain nodded. "Good. Now, about what you did with the lovers… What did you end up doing? You ignored my messages and didn't reply after I explicitly told you to let them decide their fates."

"I gave them some advice. The male spirit's soul orb thing was turning dark." Lee Seng motioned at his heart.

"Advice? And his heart is still turning black?" Cain asked. Lee Seng nodded. "Interesting. Remember, you do your job and you complete it. What happens afterwards isn't your problem. Death will figure out where they belong. If they reincarnate, go to Hell, walk Limbo, or enter Heaven. Life and Death choose what happens to them. Whether or not his soul was clear to begin with or not, he walked Limbo for quite some time and it still turned black."

"What're you tryna say? His soul was supposed to turn black?"

"You did your job so don't worry about." Cain patted Lee Seng's shoulder. "Go collect your reward for completing the request and get some rest. Dinner starts in a couple of hours. If you're hungry, there's snacks." Cain began to turn to the door when Lee Seng chimed in.

"Oh, Cain." Lee Seng stepped forward.

"Hmm?" Cain looked back.

"All of the other Collectors and even the head maid lady were shocked I was your Collector. One of them even said I don't belong in the area I sat at. What's that all about?" Lee Seng asked.

"Oh, that." Cain smiled. "Don't worry about it. Make friends, don't make enemies. I heard you toppled some dudes today. Don't let anyone push you around but try not to make enemies, 'kay?" He waved and exited the room. Lee Seng let out a sigh and left the room. He wandered down the hallway and down the large grand staircase and headed down the hall towards the food court. People milled about as he passed by. They all seemed to look at him with curious eyes as he grabbed a small snack and decided to munch first before going to the Debt Board Room.

People stared at him while he ate. He didn't care much for the stares. He had gotten used to it (A sad thing someone shouldn't be used to). When he was done, he got up and threw his stuff away and headed straight for the Debt Board area.