Chapter 165 - Life force exchange

The old woman held onto Clara's hand and both settled down on the green grass below them.

"Clara, do you really wish to do it? I must warn you that if you do it, you won't be able to appear here even when you don't have control over your body in the outside world. If you lost your consciousness, it would be the same as a human's style. This will be the last time we will be seeing each other." Her grandma said.

Without thinking twice Clara scoffed, "I will do it, grandma. What's the use of a happy afterlife, when I couldn't protect the heart of my loved ones when I'm still breathing? I will never be happy, so it's better if I rot in hell or get locked up alone in an eternal prison than to see Leonard and Belle get more hurt than they already have." Clara said.

The woman knew she was acting recklessly for love. 

"It's good to do things for love, but it's nice to think of oneself as well. I hope this is exactly what you want, my child." Her grandma said with a saddened expression

She didn't get to see her daughter and today would be the last day she will be seeing her granddaughter, and Belle is still young. Who knows when she will be able to see her as well.

"Tell me what I must do. It is what I want." Clara replied with a determined expression. She was not that good at reading people's emotions from their facial expressions, so she didn't understand how her grandma was feeling at the moment. 

The woman took a deep breath

"You will have to exchange his life force with a healthy human' own. All the damages in his body will be transferred to the other human while the healthy one will go inside that man's body.

If the other human has any health problems, it will also transfer to the man, so it's better to get a healthy human. 

The other human will die instead of the man, which puts his blood on your hands." The woman said and looked at Clara, who doesn't seem moved that a human blood would be on her hand. 

All she wanted right now was to return and give Leo hope. 

She couldn't wait to see him smile again. She doesn't care about any consequences at this moment. 

The old woman continued.

Also, you will need Belle's help with it, as you can't transfer two life forces at the same time. She will be in charge of transferring one of it." 

A thought popped into Clara's head. It will be great to do the transfer with Jerry and make him get the feel of his action.

If it is Jerry, then she will have nothing to worry about, because she will be glad to have his blood on her hand.

The bastard has hurt the man she loves, so much.

"Will Belle be okay? The last time she attempted something like this, she got hospitalised." Clara couldn't help but asked. 

"She will be fine as long as you let her be in charge of transferring the healthy life force. You should worry about yourself." Her grandma said.

"How?" Clara asked, looking confused. 

"When you do the transfer, the force will pass through your body before going inside the human body. Since you said the man is close to death, you will feel all the pain in his body before you transfer it.

If you couldn't handle the pain and lose focus, your human life force will go to the other humans instead of the dying man's own and your body will die instead

Belle will take up the guardian role." She explained, making Clara's eyes widen in horror.

"What!" She exclaimed.

"It's not easy to interfere with nature, my dear. If you have the guts to attempt it, then you must be prepared for the worst. If you wish to do this, you must be careful because you have never felt much human pain.

If you have experienced it from your other piece, I'm sure it can't be close to a dying man's pain, so you need to prepare yourself." The woman warned. 

Clara felt her heartbeat increase. 'This is crazy.' She thought.

It is not about dying alone, but the thought of the little princess taking up the guardian's role at that age scares her.

It is the main reason why she told herself to never fall in love, in fear of it leading to marriage and then giving birth to a child and made her carry on the great burden of a guardian.

'I really need to be prepared for the pain.' She told herself.

After a few minutes of being lost in her thoughts, she looked up at the woman. 

"I understand, grandma. I will be careful and I will never let Belle carry this role. Never!" She seemed so determined. 

****

At Jerry's residence.

Jim has gotten worse than before and Jerry was already panicking.

He planned to get him to a hospital but the man wouldn't budge from one spot. He looked so miserable. 

The look in his eyes was so pitiful and with his finger, he had pulled out a lot of strands from his hair. 

The man was still trying to figure out what's wrong with Jimmy, when all of a sudden, he heard a loud explosion outside. 

His heart skipped.

The sounds of gunshots followed after, making all the hair on his body stand. 

What's going on? 

What if that was Leo's boys and here was the man that made him feel so calm when doing something bad.

He was an expert in all fields.

Leo and his men were the one who used explosive devices to bring down the big wall of the man's mansion, not bothering to sneak in like they did.

Just like he commanded his men, the first person that came into view was shot dead.