Catching Fireflies Part 2

Chapter 13

Horrendous, those were the words that described my feelings. Everywhere I looked, there were dead souls being picked up by another Grim Reaper.

"Name: Samantha C. Real

Age: 32 years old

Cause Of Death: Accidental Death

Time of Death: 3:42 pm. " An announcement of the Grim Reaper next to me.

For some inexplicable reason, I appear invisible to the people around me. No one is criticizing or asking about my presence here. I did not try to ask the Grim Reaper next to me because I'm sure he has something to do with it, or maybe because I'm one of them, so things like this aren't impossible. Well, after all, I am a contracted living Reaper. The only difference between me and them is that I'm alive while they are not.

I was surprised when the Grim Reaper suddenly gave me two black envelopes. I looked at him in surprise as he looked bored.

"You should start working, babe." I lost my amazement and replaced it with annoyance.

"You want to die?"

"I'm the death of it all, babe." I just gasped because of what he said. Okay, he won. What else can I say if what he said is true? So instead of arguing, I just took what he was giving me to stop him.

"What should I do?"

"Look for a dead human and then read that to announce their death. That's all. " I just nodded. I think it was easy but also difficult. Seeing them die such a horrible death, it's kind of painful.

But Augustus ignored his father's will and still went at night. Agusto grew up without friends, and his only pleasure was fireflies. So Agusto was not afraid to make a way to get fireflies in the middle of the farm.

I started walking around inside the overturned bus. That is when I saw too much blood and almost everyone was dead inside. Some have been hit by the crystal glass from broken windows in the face, some are still dripping blood, and others are so ugly that I can't stare at them anymore.

But despite that, I open the envelope slowly. It only has one picture. From the way her uniform looks, I can say she is one of the students from Anecdote State University in Dame City. Theneighboring town of Plamour

As I look around, I find her sitting in the corner. She has a little bruise on her head and a little bit of a wound on her body. All in all, I think she was not seriously injured but died immediately. It makes me wonder what she died for.

Did she die because of a stroke or something?

When I approached her, the envelope started to have a letter beside the picture. I was not surprised that I seemed to be getting used to strange events.

That Grim Reaper said to read it, so that's what I did.

"Name: Alice O. Rosales." The first time I read it, my head almost exploded with things I could not explain. I do not understand why there seem to be some memories that enter my mind or where they came from.

But no! It's not my memories because it looks like it's from the soul I'm currently fetching.

Damn it! So, this is why being a grim reaper isn't as easy as I thought it was. Now, the fourth rule in the contract makes sense.

"Age: 19 years old. " All the sins he committed, I see them as if they were my memory. From being a bitch daughter to being a party girl, a drug user, and a murderer, damn, this is too much! "

"Cause of Death: Karmic Death." I almost fell because of that. Fortunately, someone supported me. When I looked at it, Saint, the badass grim reaper, was here.

"Tss! Stop cursing me, and continue that. Otherwise, she will escape and add to the list of lost souls. " I did not even understand what she was saying, but I continued. It has to end because my head will surely explode if it does not.

"Time of Death: 3:45 pm." Then I breathed a sign of relief. At the same time, the deafening cry of the soul was swallowed up by the darkness of the earth.

When he got there, the beautiful fireflies appeared to him. A sight he had only seen once in his entire life. It was something he was very pleased with.

"You okay, baby?" My ear was pierced by a question. I separated from him, then quickly removed his hat and kicked his foot hard. He almost jumped because of that. Fortunately, we were far away from the people, so they did not notice our sudden presence. His hat is the reason why he is invisible in the eyes of people and why he just looks like the wind can't be touched, but without his hat, he just looks normal I guess.

"Why did you do that?" He said it calmly, but his presence was darkened again, and he had this look at me that said he couldn't believe what I did.

"Why didn't you tell me that too?" I screamed. Everything that woman did is still visible to me, and I recall it vividly. It's a mystery to me how they can handle it.

"You didn't ask." His irritated excuse

Does that even make sense? Damn excuses!

I was about to kick him again when he quickly backed away from me.

"I hate you!" My tears kept flowing. The pain of that woman's memories is killing me. The memories of how, when, and where she killed his brother are like a broken cassette repeating multiple times in my mind. She choked her brother to death. That's horrifying. I can't take this anymore.

I sat down softly when I saw that. I couldn't handle the pain, as my weight returned, and I could not bear it.

I saw the Grim Reaper pick up his hat and put it on, and again the darkness returned, even his erect feather presence. He was about to leave me alone when I stopped him. I hold the hem of his cloak. That is when he stopped.

"H-how, how c-can you all possibly bear this?" I asked weakly. Announcing a human death means bearing their memories as if they were their own.

When Saint answered, he did not face me but just turned his back on me.

"Remember this, Mary, and you shall not forget it ever." He deeply sighed. "I am not a human like you. We are the Grim Reapers. We can't feel such emotions. Like the fear of death, because we are death itself. But in your case, you are a living reaper. You are human and having emotions is your weakest point. " When he said that I had met the big difference between the two of us,

I had to train myself on these things. Why is this happening to me? How many sins have I committed to just be like this?"

Get yourself together, Mary, you have one person left to fetch." He was about to walk away when I stopped him again. There is something I want to ask about the woman earlier.

"Karmic death? What is that? Her cause of death should have been accidental death, but why karmic? I don't understand. " I was just stunned this time because I was overwhelmed by the feeling of what I had seen a while ago. At her young age, she was able to do ugly things. She's only 19 years old, but she did those things, and she's still a woman.

"She died because Karma did design it." He elegantly stated I looked up at him while his head was tilted, even though he was not facing me. "Look around Mary." At his command, I looked around at the people who had died today. "They died because of her karmic fate." My eyes widened, and I quickly turned to him. What does he mean? "I'll tell you later. For now, let's just go back to work. " After he said that, he walked away, leaving me in such a state.

I just straightened up and sat on my knees, then quietly cried. To remember all those memories of that woman is to feel as if I were your memories. As if all the evil she did was mine too.

How can I open another envelope if I can't handle this first?

I kept crying.

"Damn it!" I cried like a child quietly there. I feel bad that it's mixed with a loon. But-

"Hey." I was stunned when I felt Saint's presence again, and when I looked up, he was there.

Why did he come back?

"Don't you dare think or call me by my name again, and yeah, I came back. I changed my mind. Give me back the envelope, I'll be the one to announce it. That's all for now. You can rest. " He could not look at me when he said those words. It was as if he didn't even know that he had rudely passed the envelope in my hand, and then he suddenly removed his coat and threw it at me. "I'll just work." And with that, he left me hanging.

I do not know why my heartbeat seemed to change suddenly. From the feeling of horrendous to something I can't even explain,

"What's wrong with me?" That was all I could say as I watched him walk away from me.

But because of that, he did not realize that he had gone to the forest that would mislead him in reality. In a world where darkness and eternal gloom prevail.

The End!

This children's story is entitled "Catching Fireflies," and I read it last night. For those who have read it, the book is only about the importance of following parental advice. But for me, this story is about a child who likes to hunt fireflies. There are things in our lives that were impossible that have become possible, but it's either going to lead you to good or evil. Things that I just thought of now Just like how I accepted being a living reaper for a very impossible reason. However, whether the decision I make is good or bad, I will stand by it. I hope all of us do too.

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