Chapter 16

I kept looking at the kid in front of me. She looks normal except for those eye colours. She has pink eyes.

"How long do you plan to keep looking at me? I know I am beautiful but I'm very busy ok! Be quick with your questions. So i can leave already." she huffed out loud.

"What do you mean?" i asked again

"Are you testing my patience now? I may look little but I'm not one, so stop with your Dilly dally." she said narrowing her eyes.

As i turned around to leave, she shouted at me " what the hell? where are you going? don't you have anything to ask me? is that all? why are you even leaving without knowing where exactly you are?"

" See! i don't know where i am and who you are! then what am I supposed to ask you? huh!" she was dumbfounded by my sudden scream.

"Ooh! you could have said so. Ahem! So as i said earlier, I am The Overseer of this world. Our names cannot be told to humans, so just call me seer. I can answer your doubts about how you got here, but there are some exceptions. And I'm here to erase your guilt which can disturb the flow of my world. So what do you want to know?"

It's really confusing to wrap my head around this sudden info. " you mean you are a god?"

"That is not within the permissions given. so i Cannot answer that. Next question?"

"... So why am I born again, that too with memories?"

" That dear is because you are a stubborn soul who refused to let go of the life taken away from you untimely. " She said with pity in her eyes.

"??"

After seeing my confused look she decided to explain the situation in detail. " So actually the person who was supposed to die was the other girl. You weren't supposed to be in that bus at that time. This life should have been her's and you should have been alive as Lydia."

"??"

"Ahhh! humans! you really are dumb."

"Excuse me! can you stop calling me that! Humans are not dumb. This is new information to me. How am I supposed to know about all the things you are telling me. Is fate something i get to decide. I haven't gotten here on my wish. i would like to know what's going on too."

She just looked at me blankly for a while. " Ok! Got it! humans don't know how the world runs! so let me explain in a way that you can understand.

Lucid dreams, you might have heard about it. That girl on the bus has lucid dreams and wrote them as a book. The path she took was what would happen if she returned as in the book, but fate is not fixed."

Seeing my confused expression again she explained " Fate is destination. But the path you choose changes the outcome. The steering wheel is in your own.Destinies are no longer fixed after humans evolved so complexly. They no longer have singular paths.

The second you chose to take that bus, your fate entangled with hers. This world is not a novel as you imagined. This is a different reality. How should I explain?? Yeah! That spider movie you watched before dying. It has a multiverse concept right! that is something that's happening here. That human is truly a genius. How did he guess it. Ahem.. am rambling again. So, this is similar to that movie. She should have died and become Alicia without previous life memories. But you saved her and died, so you took on her fate. But your destination is different. Just because your fates entwined doesn't mean they stay the same.

so did you understand?"

"That means i won't die at 17." i asked her.

"That dear depends on fate. You weren't supposed to die at 22 too, but aren't you dead there."

i was speechless yet again. " Then what's the use of knowing something? Unlike those reborn characters in those novels I don't even have any cheats."

"Are you sure about that? You have an extra time of 22 years in your brain. That knowledge is your power. Though the names and faces are different from your old world, this world has the same concepts. Just learn the new names and faces. You have already finished your education over there so it should be easy."

I looked at her as if she was crazy. " Are you serious? I'm not a genius here to remember what i studied about 20 years ago."

"I know you are dumb but no one gets a cheat to live. The world is fair everyone has to work hard in their own way to get what they want."

"Alright leave it. But what about Mikhel. Why does this boy look the same as the one i know."

" As i said, this world is different from the old one but there might be coincidences here and there. Don't go into shock every time you face one. And can you stop being depressed already. or should I erase your previous life memories."

"Please don't. I already feel guilty for them. When i know that they are hurting how can I be happy on my own."

"You shouldn't be guilty for only them, but also to your current parents. What wrongs did they do for their daughter to consider others as her parents?" she asked me angrily for the first time.

" Wh ..what do you mean?"

"You stubbornly kept your memories and now you are hurting them by keeping your distance as you like. do you know the dilemmas they face everyday when you suddenly act distant as you wish. Don't you feel guilty for them. They are humans not some characters in a book. I hope you remember that!!"

Now that I think about that i may have done everyone wrong. Seeing my ashamed look she said, " I lost control there. Let me be clear. I think what you need is a closure, so you can move on. Everyone is trying hard to move on in that world but you alone are stubbornly hanging at the same spot."

"Firstly, you didn't die in that bus. You died of excessive bleeding on the surgery table. The blood that you always donated was not available when it was for you. Your parents were devastated by the news. I heard they didn't know you like writing or that you do many volunteering works. They were very proud when they got to know about it. That girl on the bus, the author dedicated her book in your name. Her fans were touched by your story so they read your books. The popularity of your books raised very high. All the royalties were given to your parents who donated it all in your name. It wasn't a small sum girl! you have some super writing skills, though only in magical fantasy.

Even i read them. So the number of blessings you received is high enough for me to wait for you this long.That is as far as you can know.

Death is a part of life. You should accept it and move on. Life doesn't stop until you get to terms with it. That little body of yours cannot handle this many emotions. You have to take care. It's already been three days since you had a fever.If you don't wake up soon, there will be chaos in the family."

"You cannot meet me again or tell anyone about me. if you have anything you wish to know, say it soon. i need to send you back."

She was looking somewhere far away as she said that. " Thank you." i told her in a low voice.

"What for?" she asked me with a smile.

"The closure i was searching for, was that my parents are proud of me though i was short lived. Can you do me a favour?"

" I don't know? what is it?"

" Can you oversee them for me, So that i can now concentrate on my new parents. hmm?" i asked her with anticipation.

" Good girl" she whispered. "what?" i asked her as i was unable to hear.

" Sure.So be happy. Live your new life well from now on. Remember your fate is in your hands. Now go!" She said pushing me. And then i fell.