Agatha (48)

He heard her voice calling out for him from behind.

"J-James." Her voice was breaking when she uttered it. Margarette instinctively called out, feeling like she would deeply regret it if she didn't.

However Jiang Li felt too tired, with no whatsoever energy to even look over his shoulder. It was the kind of exhaustion that clings to the spirit. It had silently accumulated for hundreds of years, suppressed by the bit of fulfillment and happiness from the previous lifetimes. Yet now that a sad realization had been triggered by Margarette, it was like his heart was suddenly too heavy and weary.

The system's automated voice rang just then. 'Host.'

'Please let me remind you that you only have ten seconds before the boost ends.' 

He paused for a second before absentmindedly nodding to show that he understood. 'Anything else?'

'Yes. You haven't answered my previous question yet,' it said. 'Would you like to leave for the next world now?'